英语卷·2017届江西省师大附中高三12月月考（2016-12）

英语卷·2017届江西省师大附中高三12月月考（2016-12）

江西师大附中高三年级英语月考试卷 ‎ 命题人：杜中立 徐水 审题人：都丽娟 2016.12‎ 第Ⅰ卷 (选择题 满分100分)‎ 第一部分　听力 (共两节，满分30分)‎ 第一节 (共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)‎ 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. What kind of music does the woman like?‎ A. Classical music. B. Rock music. C. Country music.‎ ‎2. What does the woman want to buy?‎ A. Sweets and apples. B. Oranges and apples. C. Vegetables and apples.‎ ‎3. What does the man mean?‎ A. He had a good time at the party.‎ B. He doesn't want to see his friends again.‎ C. He didn't enjoy the party at all.‎ ‎4. What does the woman suggest the man do?‎ A. Go on a diet. B. Talk to her sister. C. Introduce himself first.‎ ‎5. What will the man probably do tonight?‎ A. Read Chapter 4. B. Study in the library. C. Watch the football match.‎ 第二节 (共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)‎ 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?‎ A. Travel agent and customer.‎ B. Husband and wife.‎ C. Boss and secretary.‎ ‎7. When will the meetings end?‎ A. At 3:00 p.m. 　　 B. At 5:00 p.m. 　　 C. At 6:30 p.m.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter?‎ A. She has to give up her travel plan.‎ B. She wants to visit another city.‎ C. She needs to put off her test.‎ ‎9. What does Diana want Peter to do?‎ A. Help her with her study.‎ B. Take a book to her friend.‎ C. Teach a geography lesson.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. Why can't Jim find Susan's home?‎ A. Because he hasn't been told how to get there.‎ B. Because he forgot to bring the map Susan gave him.‎ C. Because he is so forgetful that he can't remember her address.‎ ‎11. Where is the bank?‎ A. It is next to the bus stop.‎ B. It is on the corner beside the bus stop.‎ C. It is on the corner across the street.‎ ‎12. Where is Susan's house?‎ A. It is the seventh house from the corner on Jim's right.‎ B. It is the seventh house from the corner on Jim's left.‎ C. It is the seventeenth house from the corner on Jim's right.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. Where are the new houses?‎ A. On the main road. B. Close to a bus station. C. Near the sports center.‎ ‎14. What does the woman like most about the new houses?‎ A. The sports center. B. The space. C. The quietness.‎ ‎15. Why does the man sound uninterested?‎ A. Because he is very interested in the book.‎ B. Because he doesn't want to move.‎ C. Because he has to finish his work first.‎ ‎16. What can we know about the man in the end?‎ A. He is interested in the new houses.‎ B. He will change his mind.‎ C. He will go to see the new houses.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. Why have many people done everything possible to make sure the test goes smoothly?‎ A. Because the students have less choices now.‎ B. Because the test has become more important than in the past.‎ C. Because the test is an important and life changing event.‎ ‎18. What is TRUE about traffic control during the Gaokao?‎ A. It lasts for a long time.‎ B. It aims to create a peaceful environment for students.‎ C. It does not only happen around the examination sites.‎ ‎19. What is the most important lesson students should learn before graduation?‎ A. Respect other people's interests.‎ B. Don’t be too sensitive to the Gaokao.‎ C. Depend on themselves in life.‎ ‎20. What is the speaker's attitude toward traffic control in the end?‎ A. Negative. B. Positive. C. Neutral.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分）【来源：全,品…中&高*考+网】‎ 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）【来源：全,品…中&高*考+网】‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A GETTING A GRANT Who pays?‎ The local education authority (LEA) for the area in which the student is living.‎ Who can get this money?‎ Anyone who gets a place on a first degree course, although a student who has already attended a course of advanced further education may not. Students must also have been resident in the UK for at least three years, which can exclude some students from overseas.‎ SPECIAL CASES If a student has worked before going to college?‎ A student who is 26 or more before the course starts and who has worked for at least three of the previous six years will get extra money – £155 a year if 26, increasing to a maximum of £615 at 29 or more.‎ If a student is handicapped?‎ LEAs will give up to £500 to help meet extra expenses – such as buying a tape recorder for a blind student, extra heating or special food.【来源：全,品…中&高*考+网】‎ Banking?‎ Most of the big banks offer special services to students who open accounts (in the hope that they will stay with the bank when they become rich officials). A student won’t usually have to pay bank charges as long as the account stays in credit. Some banks allow students to overdraw by £100 or so, and still don’t make charges (though they do charge interest).‎ ‎21. The underlined phrase “a grant” in the first line most probably means _____.‎ ‎ A. bank interest B. a credit card C. financial aid D. an education fee ‎22. A 31-year-old nurse wishes to qualify as a doctor at a university. She has worked since she was 25. How much extra money will she get a year?‎ A. None. B. £155. C. £515. D.£615. ‎ ‎23. A big bank offers a new student special services because _____.‎ ‎ A. they need student accounts badly ‎ ‎ B. they charge students extra interest ‎ C. they hope he’ll be a potential customer ‎ ‎ D. they know he can get money regularly B ‎ Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors(流星) but also because of rays from ‎ the sun and others stars. The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential for plants to make the food which we eat. Heat, too, makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage. ‎ ‎ Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space. The unit of radiation is called “rem”. Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more radiation than 0.1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on. The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage --- a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her physical organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed children or even grandchildren.‎ Missions of the Apollo flight have had to cross belts of high amount of rems. So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo missions have been quite short. We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory. Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far.‎ 24. According to the first paragraph, the atmosphere is essential to man in that ________‎ ‎ A. it provides enough light for plant growth.‎ ‎ B. it protects man against the harmful rays from space.‎ ‎ C. it supplies the heat necessary for human survival.‎ ‎ D. it screens off the falling meteors.‎ 25. Why is it difficult to identify space radiation damage?‎ A.The effect of exposure to radiation is slow in coming.‎ B. Tiny amounts of radiation do no harm to human body.‎ C. Only more than 60 rems of radiation can be discovered immediately.‎ D. Astronauts in spacesuits won’t be hurt by radiation.‎ 26. It can be inferred from the passage that _______‎ ‎ A. the Apollo mission was very successful.‎ ‎ B. protection from space radiation is no easy job.‎ ‎ C. astronauts will have disabled children or grandchildren.‎ ‎ D. radiation is not a threat to well-protected space explorers.‎ ‎27. The best title for this passage would be ______. ‎ A. The Atmosphere and Our Environment   B. Research on Radiation                C. Importance of Protection Against Radiation             D. Effects of Space Radiation C Every April I am troubled by the same concern -- that spring might not occur this year. The landscape looks dull, with hills, sky and forest appearing gray. My spirits ebb, as they did during an April snowfall when I first came to Maine 15 years ago. "Just wait," a neighbor advised. "You'll wake up one morning and spring will just be here." ‎ And look, on May 3 that year I awoke to a green so amazing as to be almost electric, as if spring were simply a matter of flipping a switch. Hills, sky and forest revealed their purples, blues and green. Leaves had unfolded and daffodils were fighting their way heavenward. ‎ Then there was the old apple tree. It sits on an undeveloped lot in my neighborhood. It belongs to no one and therefore to everyone. The tree's dark twisted branches stretch out in unpruned（未经修剪的） abandon. Each spring it blossoms so freely that the air becomes filled with the scent of apple. ‎ Until last year, I thought I was the only one aware of this tree. And then one day, in a bit of spring madness, I set out with pruner to remove a few disorderly branches. No sooner had I arrived under the tree than neighbors opened their windows and stepped onto their porches(门廊). These were people I barely knew and seldom spoke to, but it was as if I had come uninvited into their personal gardens. ‎ My mobile-home neighbor was the first to speak. "You're not cutting it down, are you?" she asked anxiously. Another neighbor frowned as I cut off a branch. "Don't kill it, now," he warned. Soon half the neighborhood had joined me under the apple tree. It struck me that I had lived there for five years and only now was learning these people's names, what they did for a living and how they passed the winter. It was as if the old apple tree was gathering us under its branches for the purpose of both acquaintanceship and shared wonder. I couldn't help recalling Robert Frost's words: ‎ ‎ The trees that have it in their pent-up buds ‎ ‎ To darken nature and be summer woods ‎ One thaw led to another. Just the other day I saw one of my neighbors at the local store. He remarked how this recent winter had been especially long and complained of not having seen or spoken at length to anyone in our neighborhood. And then, he looked at me and said, "We need to prune that apple tree again." ‎ ‎28. By saying that “my spirits ebb” (Para. 1), the author means that _________________.‎ ‎ A. he feels blue B. he feels relieved C. he is surprised D. he is tired ‎29. The apple tree mentioned in the passage is most likely to _________________.‎ ‎ A. have been abandoned by its original owner ‎ B. be regarded as a delight in the neighborhood ‎ C. have been neglected by everyone in the community ‎ D. be appealing only to the author ‎30. According to Para. 4, why did the neighbors open their windows and step onto their porches?‎ ‎ A. They were surprised that someone unknown was pruning the tree.‎ ‎ B. They wanted to prevent the author from pruning the tree ‎ C. They were concerned about the safety of the tree ‎ D. They wanted to get to know the author ‎31. It can be inferred that the author’s neighbor mentioned in the last paragraph most cared about _______________.‎ ‎ A. the neighborhood gathering B. how to pass the long winter ‎ C. when spring would arrive D. the pruning of the apple tree D ‎ Taste is such subjective matter that we do not usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyone’s preference is that it’s one person’s opinion. But because the two big cola companies ---- Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola are marketed so aggressively, we’ve wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-Cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting.‎ We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola or Pepsi, Diet Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who thought they’d have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand.‎ We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then we fed them four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants’ choices with what mere guess-work could have accomplished.‎ Getting all four samples right was a tough test, but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse-only 7 to 27 identified all four samples correctly.‎ While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people got all four samples wrong. Overall, half the participants did about as well on the last round tasting as on the first, so tiredness or taste burnout was not a factor. Our preference test result suggests that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price.‎ ‎32. According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order to______.‎ ‎ A. show that a person’s opinion about taste is mere guess-work ‎ B. show which cola is the more liking of the drinkers ‎ C. find out the role taste preference plays in a person’s choice of drinking ‎ D. compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks ‎33. It is implied in the first paragraph that ________.‎ A. the competition between the two colas is very strong B. the improvement of quality is the chief concern of the two cola companies ‎ C. the purpose of taste tests is to promote the sale of colas D. blind tasting is necessary for identifying fans ‎34. The statistics recorded in the preference tests show that________.‎ A. Coca-Cola and Pepsi are people’s two favorite drinks B. few people had trouble telling Coca-Cola from Pepsi C. people’s tastes differ from one another  D. there is not much difference in taste between Coca-Cola and Pepsi ‎ ‎35. The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to _______‎ A. argue that taste testing is an important marketing strategy B. show that taste preference is highly subjective C. emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each other D. recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colas.‎ 第二节 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分) ‎ ‎ 根据短文内容，从文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ Food manufacturers and retailers are letting shoppers down. This is the view of the CWS, which has just brought out a new report.‎ According to the report, shoppers believe food labels because they think there are strict regulations in place.　36　So the food industry can get away with all sorts of tricky strategies to make products look bigger and sound better than they are.‎ The report has identified the different ways in which shoppers are misled. 37 Descriptions on packaging are sometimes inaccurate in an attempt to oversell the product. One example given in the report is the phrase "haddock fillets", used for a product that is in fact cut from big blocks of fish rather than individual slices.‎ ‎　 38　 These include "traditional", "wholesome", or "premium". The claim that a brand is "90% fat-free" hides the fact that it contains 10% fat, which is above recommended levels. Phrases such as "free from preservatives" make a virtue out of a normal attribute of food.‎ ‎ Labels have a wide variety of text sizes on them. You sometimes need a magnifying glass to read the small print. 　39　‎ Another deliberate type of misinformation lies in the image. Many pictures on packets use small plates to make the product look bigger.　40 　‎ However, misleading messages on packaging could soon be a thing of the past. The CWS recently produced a code which, if used, would end the current inaccuracies and half-truths. It has called on the government to support it as a way of improving food standards.‎ A. An officer says the labels will receive very serious consideration.‎ B. Meaningless adjectives are often used to give a positive message.‎ C. Photographs are sometimes retouched (修饰) to achieve the same effect.‎ D. The rules are, in reality, very weak at present.‎ E. By contrast, the hard sell (强行推销) information is given emphasis.‎ F. The most common of these is poor labeling.‎ G. This result has not pleased the food industry.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分) ‎ 第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分) ‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ Dropping into hopelessness completely, Jack wandered on the streets, knowing he came to the end of life. In his mid-fifties, Jack had never been   41  , experienced the joy of having children or spent holidays with his family. On this miserable rainy night, he felt as if there was  42  in the entire world who cared whether he lived or died.‎ Meanwhile, I was sitting in my room watching the rain  43   my window. When I heard the doorbell ring, I   44   from my chair and raced out. But my mother was already at the door. Opening it, she found herself face-to-face with a very dirty-looking man with tears streaming down his face. My mother, overcome by   45   , invited the man inside, and he sat with my parents in our living room．‎ ‎  46   , I walked secretly downstairs so that I could get a better look. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but the sight of the man,   47   his head in his hands and crying, made my chest ache. I raced back upstairs to my room and   48   my hand into my money jar. Pulling out my only half-dollar coin, I ran back downstairs.‎ When I reached the door of the living room, I walked right in. The three   49   looked at me in   50  as I quickly made my way over the stranger. I put the half-dollar in his hand and told him that I wanted him to have it. Then I gave him a   51  , turned and ran as fast as I could out of the room and back upstairs. I felt excited but happy.‎ Downstairs, Jack sat quietly with his head   52  .Tears streamed down his face as he   53  held that coin. Finally looking up at my parents, he said, “It’s just that I thought nobody cared. For the last twenty years, I have been so   54  . That is the first hug I have ever got. It’s hard to believe that somebody   55  .”‎ ‎       Jack's life changed that night. When he left our house, he was   56   to live instead of die. Although we never saw Jack again, we received letters from him   57  , letting us know that he was doing fine.‎ ‎       My life changed that night, too, as I   58   the huge healing power of giving, even if it’s only a gift of fifty cents. Before Jack left, my parents asked him why he had knocked on our door. Jack said that   59   he was walking along the streets that rainy night,  60  and ready to die, he noticed a sticker on the car. It read: SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.‎ ‎41．A. employed         B. understood           C. married              D. managed ‎42．A. anybody      B. somebody             C. everybody       D. nobody    ‎ ‎43．A. beat          B. approach               C. break                D. cover 44．A. ran      B. jumped                   C. looked           D.‎ ‎ settled 45．A. pity            B. anxiety          C. guilty                 D. fear 46．A. Worried     B. Annoyed              C. Excited          D. Curious 47．A.  shaking         B. holding              C. nodding             D. resting 48．A. adjusted         B. presented             C. reached               D. pushed  49．A. strangers        B. neighbors            C. adults               D. visitors  50．A. anger            B. delight              C. fun                    D. surprise  51．A. smile         B. hug             C.  kiss                D. handshake 52．A. raised       B. ignored             C. bowed                   D. turned   53．A. calmly           B. privately           C. impatiently          D. tightly  54．A. lonely            B. anxious            C. stressed               D. bored 55．A. makes            B. cares               C. figures               D. deserve 56．A. flexible         B. likely               C. disappointed         D. ready 57．A. at once  B. occasionally             C. hardly               D. never 58．A. hid              B. informed             C. assisted               D. saw 59．A. before        B. when                 C. until                  D. unless 60．A. weak         B. ashamed              C. regretful             D. hopeless  ‎ 第二卷（非选择题 满分50分）‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分) ‎ 第一节 ‎(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 【来源：全,品…中&高*考+网】‎ 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be very difficult to let go of your anger. But forgiveness is possible --- and it can be surprisingly 61 (benefit) to your physical and mental health. So far, research 62 (show) that people who forgive can have more energy, better appetite and better sleep. “People who forgive show 63 (little) anger and more hopefulness,” says Dr. Frederic Luskin, who wrote the book Forgive for Good. “So it can help reduce the tiredness out of the immune system and allow people 64 (feel) more energetic.”‎ So when someone has hurt you, cool down first. Take a couple of breaths and think of something 65 gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love. Don’t wait for an 66 (apologize). “Many times the person who hurt you may never think of apologizing,” says Dr. Luskin. “They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things in 67 same way. So if you wait for people to say sorry, you could be waiting a very long time.”‎ Next, keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean 68 (accept) the action of the person who upsets you. 69 , learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you.‎ Finally, try to see things from the other person’s perspective. You may realize that he or she ‎ was acting out of ignorance. To gain perspective, you may want to write a letter to 70 (you) from that person’s point of view. ‎ 第四部分写作（共二节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文，文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ ‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ ‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。‎ ‎ 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ ‎ 注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎ 2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ As a senior three student, it won’t take long after I graduate. Now, I have many to share with my fellow students. Firstly, I’d like to show my appreciation to those who stand by me all the way, teachers, parents and friends including. Without their help or advice, my life will be different. Secondly, it’s high time for I to say sorry to the classmates whom I hurt or misunderstood. I firm believe that communication and smiles act as bridges to friendship. Thirdly, I’ve made my mind to make every effort to study, for hard work is the key to a success. Finally I want to express my hope that all the young fellow can make full use of time, because time and tide waiting for no man.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 你们班计划在下周一下午4:00—5:00在本班教室举行一次题为“I Have a Dream”的英语演讲比赛，假定你是班长李华，请给你们外籍教师Lucy写封书面邀请函，请她担任评委，对演讲作简要点评，并对获奖者颁发证书（certificate）。‎ ‎ 注意：1. 词数100左右；‎ ‎ 2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。‎ ‎ 3. 开头结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。‎ Dear Lucy,‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Yours ‎ Li Hua【来源：全,品…中&高*考+网】‎ ‎【答案】‎ 听力：1-5 BAAAC 6-10 CAABB 11-15 CACBB 16-20 CCBAB 阅读：21-23 CDC 24-27 BABD 28-31 ABCA 32-35 CADB 七选五：36-40 DFBEC 完型：41-45 CDABA 46-50 DBCCD 51-55 BCDAB 56-60 DBDBD 填空：‎ ‎ 61．beneficial 62．has shown 63．less 64．to feel 65．that ‎ ‎66．apology 67．the 68．accepting 69．Instead 70．yourself 改错：‎ As a senior three student, it won’t take long I graduate. Now, I have to share with my fellow students.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Firstly, I’d like to show my appreciation to those who stand by me all the way, teachers, parents and friends . Without their help or advice, my life be different. Secondly, it’s high time for to say sorry to the classmates whom I hurt or misunderstood. I believe that communication and smiles act as bridges to friendship. Thirdly, I’ve made my mind to make every effort to study, for hard work is the key to success. Finally I want to express my hope that all the younger can make full use of time, because time and tide for no man.‎ ‎ ‎ 作文：‎ Dear Lucy,‎ ‎ In order to promote students' interest in speaking English, our class plans to hold an English Speech contest entitled "I Have a Dream" in our classroom next Monday afternoon. As our foreign English teacher, we all agree you are the right person to be invited to be the judge. The contest is scheduled from 4:00 to 5:00pm, during which time six contestants will compete in turn. At the end of the contest, you will also be invited to make a brief comment on the contestants' performance as well as issue the certificates to the winners. Thank your very much for the favor you'll do to us.‎ ‎ Looking forward to your coming.‎ ‎ Yours,‎ ‎ Li Hua ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 听力材料 Text 1‎ W：What kind of music do you like?‎ M：I enjoy nearly all kinds of music, especially country music and classical music. What about you?‎ W：I like rock music.‎ Text 2‎ M：Do you have everything ready?‎ W：I'm sorry, but I have to buy a pound of sweets and some apples.‎ Text 3‎ W：We had great fun at the party, didn't we?‎ M：Yes, it was nice to have seen our old friends again.‎ Text 4‎ M：Your sister Jane didn't recognize me at first.‎ W：I'm not surprised. Why on earth don't you lose some weight?‎ Text 5‎ M：Hi, what's the homework for the literature class? I missed it today.‎ W：We are supposed to read Chapter Four.‎ M：Great! I have read it when I was studying in the library last night.‎ W：Wow, lucky you. You can watch the football match tonight!‎ M：That is right!‎ Text 6‎ M：What is my schedule for tomorrow, Lisa?‎ W：Well, your flight leaves from Heathrow at 7:10 a.m. from Terminal 2, and arrives in Frankford at 8:40 a.m.‎ M：And then?‎ W：Then you can take the shuttle bus into town.‎ M：Oh, yes, of course. And the meetings, when do they begin?‎ W：The meetings will start at 10：00 a. m. and end at 3：00 p. m. with a short lunch break. After the meetings, you will have some time for afternoon tea. Your flight back will leave at 5：00 p. m. ‎ It gets back here at 6：30 p. m.‎ M：That's fine. Then I will be able to have dinner with my wife.‎ Text 7‎ W：Hey, Peter, I'm sorry! ‎ M：Hi, Diana, what's wrong? ‎ W：We were going to Hong Kong this weekend, but I'm afraid I can't go.‎ M：How come? ‎ W：I have a really big geography test and I have to study for it.‎ M：We can go next week instead.‎ W：No, I don't want to ruin your weekend. You go ahead and please take the book I bought to my friend Sally. Tell her I have to study all weekend, because I can't afford to fail the test.‎ M：OK, then I'll go with them. But it's a pity you can't come.‎ Text 8‎ W：Hello.‎ M：Hello, Susan, this is Jim. I'm calling from the bus stop at Pine Street. I've been searching for your house for about thirty minutes now, but I can't find it. I forgot to bring the map you gave me.‎ W：OK. Wait right where you are. I'll come and get you.‎ M：That's not necessary. If you tell me the direction once again, I'll probably be all right this time.‎ W：OK. Can you see a bank on the corner?‎ M：Yes, there's one across the street.‎ W：Well, cross the street and walk past the shoe shop. My house is the seventh house from the corner on your right.‎ M：OK. Thanks. I'm sure I'll be able to find it this time.‎ Text 9‎ W：I went to look at those new houses near the sports center this afternoon.‎ M：Oh, yes.‎ W：They are really nice. There is a lot of space and each house has got 3 bedrooms and a separate shower room.‎ M：Em.‎ W：And there is a garden at the back. John, will you put down your book? Aren't you interested?‎ M：Not especially.‎ W：But why? I thought you wanted to move.‎ M：You are the one who wants to move.‎ W：But you said the last time your brother stayed, it is impossible to live without an extra bedroom.‎ M：I didn't say that. I like this flat. I can walk to work.‎ W：You could still walk to work if we move.‎ M：It is farther away, and it is being far more noisy near the sports center.‎ W：But it is not exactly quiet living on this main road. It is simply that we need more space. John, will you at least come and have a look at the new houses?‎ M：Very well, then, but do not expect to change my mind.‎ W：OK. We will just look.‎ Text 10‎ Every year, around 9.4 million Chinese students take the Gaokao. Although young people have more choices nowadays than in the past, the test is still an important, life changing event. That's why local authorities and parents have done everything possible to make sure the test goes smoothly.‎ One measure taken lately is traffic control around examination sites. It aims to create a peaceful environment so that students taking the exam are not distracted.‎ Some are willing to cooperate. They understand students are all under great pressure. What's more, they say traffic control is just temporary. It doesn't last a very long time. So, it's not a big deal.‎ However, not everyone thinks so. Some people argue that the first and the most important lesson students should learn before graduation is to respect other people's interests. It is not reasonable to disturb other people's lives for the Gaokao. The second reason is that they think many parents are too sensitive to the Gaokao. One's future depends on one’s self, not on society.‎ Anyway, the whole society has done a lot for students and the exam. In my personal opinion, I take this sacrifice as a sign of special caring for students by society. It is very common to see some traffic policemen at the crossroads near high schools during these two special days.‎ ‎ ‎