2017-2018学年河北省邢台市高二上学期第二次月考英语试题

2017-2018学年河北省邢台市高二上学期第二次月考英语试题

‎2017-2018学年河北省邢台市高二上学期第二次月考英语试题 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分）‎ 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。‎ 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。‎ 例：How much is the shirt?‎ A. £ 19.15. B. £ 9.18. C. £ 9.15.‎ 答案是C。‎ ‎1. Where is the man’s mother now?‎ A. At home. B. At a bus stop. C. In a hospital.‎ ‎2. Where is the man going first?‎ A. To the airport.‎ B. To the supermarket.‎ C. To Canada.‎ ‎3. Why did the woman apologize?‎ A. She kept the man waiting for a long time.‎ B. She wanted to change the dish she ordered.‎ C. She brought the man the wrong dish.‎ ‎4. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. Diving. B. Driving. C. Drawing.‎ ‎5. Why is the woman preparing so much food?‎ A. It’s the man’s birthday.‎ B. The man can eat a lot.‎ C. The woman wants to thank the man.‎ 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）‎ 听下面5段对活或独白。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 does the man order?‎ A. Hot dogs and fries. B. Burgers and fries. C. Sandwiches and sodas.‎ ‎7. How much does the man give the woman as a tip?‎ A. Three dollars. B. Two dollars. C. One dollar.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. What is the woman doing?‎ A. Looking at a paper map.‎ B. Trying to find a website.‎ C. Using a phone to give directions.‎ ‎9. Where are the speakers?‎ A. In a car. B. On a boat. C. On a train.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. What’s the relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Husband and wife. B. Friends. C. Boss and worker.‎ ‎11. Why does the woman look worried?‎ A. She has been late for work recently.‎ B. She is not getting on well with her boss.‎ C. She has trouble taking her children to school.‎ ‎12. What might the woman think of Alice’s way to deal with her problem?‎ A. Practical. B. Strange. C. Wrong.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. How long will the course last this year?‎ A. Six weeks. B. Seven weeks. C. Eight weeks.‎ ‎14. What was the woman surprised at?‎ A. The lack of assistants.‎ B. The condition of weather.‎ C. The number of children.‎ ‎15. What new activities can the children have this year?‎ A. Adventure sports.‎ B. Fun programs.‎ C. Creative classes.‎ ‎16. What is expected about the course this year?‎ A. It will cost more. ‎ B. It will start earlier.‎ C. It will last longer.‎ 请听第10段材料，回答I7至20题。‎ ‎17. What makes the speaker move to the south?‎ A. The receiver of the letter.‎ B. The weather and her relatives.‎ C. The weather and the neighbours.‎ ‎18. What do they think of the first house?‎ A. It was not satisfactory at all B. It was just the one that they wanted.‎ C. It was exactly like what they had been told.‎ ‎19. How many houses did the speaker see?‎ A. 3. B. 4. C. 5.‎ ‎20. What can we learn from the letter?‎ A. The speaker has lived in a new house.‎ B. The speaker will move to the center of a big city.‎ C. Adam needs to help his mother with the moving.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A Mini Book Excerpts (节选)‎ Biography ‎ When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it… The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor.‎ J. D. Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski (Random House, $ 27)‎ Mystery ‎“You’re a smart boy. Benny’s death was no accident, and you’re the only one who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it?” The boy was staring stubbornly at his lap again.‎ A thought suddenly occurred to Annika, “Did you... You recognized the man in the car, didn’t you?”‎ The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers. “Maybe,” he said quietly.‎ Red Wolf by Liza Marklund (Atria Books, $ 25.99)‎ Short Stories She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class. Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they don’t want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughters won’t. Some mothers suffer so their daughters won’t.‎ You Are Free by Danzy Senna (Riverhead Books, $ 15)‎ Humor Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times’s “amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have in the United States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can spend less than half to that within a day’s drive in most cities?‎ Happy And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle (Ecco, $ 14.99)‎ ‎21. What did Salinger do for his town?‎ A. He built a car park. B. He tried to protect its land.‎ C. He wrote some good novels. D. He rescued many townspeople.‎ ‎22. The book You Are Free is mainly about .‎ A. smart children B. happy daughters C. different women D. suffering mothers ‎23. Which book should readers choose, if they want to know something about Fun Times?‎ A. Red Wolf.‎ B. You Are Free.‎ C. J. D. Salinger: A Life.‎ D. Happy And Other Bad Thoughts.‎ B Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced. She had three kids under age 7, and was hardly keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra hours as a waitress. “There were times when I would lie in bed and think. I don’t know how I’m going to pay that bill,” Mangano says.‎ But she had a special ability for seeing the obvious thing. She knew how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing (拧) out a mop,” Mangano says. “So, There’s gotta be a better way.”‎ How about a “self-wringing” mop? She designed a special tool you could twist in two directions at once, and still keep your hands clean and dry. She set out to sell it, first a few at flea markets.‎ Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes (电视迷) buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain. They gave it a try, and it failed. Mangano was sure it would sell if they’d let her do the on-camera display. She said, “Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because it’s a great item.”‎ So QVC, a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping, took chance on her. “I got onstage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.” ‎ Today she’s president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network. Talking about the household invention, Mangano says, “It is as natural for me as it is for a parent to talk about their child.”‎ ‎24. What is the first paragraph mainly about?‎ A. Mangano’s small home.‎ B. Mangano’s work experience.‎ C. Mangano’s unhappy marriage.‎ D. Mangano’s hard living conditions.‎ ‎25. Mangano sold the mop successfully with the help of .‎ A. HSN B. QVC C. couch potatoes D. experts on shopping TV ‎26. What does Mangano think of her invention?‎ A. Special. B. Normal.‎ C. Dissatisfied. D. Unbelievable.‎ ‎27. What can we learn from the text?‎ A. HSN is a business organization that sells goods on the Internet.‎ B. The experts on shopping TV were confident about Mangano’s mop.‎ C. Mangano got the idea of self-wringing mop from her own experience.‎ D. Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family.‎ C A device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months.‎ The system, called Driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20%—40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue.‎ Driver Alert is based on a computerized wristband (腕带). The device, worn by drivers or pilots gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel (方向盘). A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound and the driver’s response.‎ Tiredness is directly related to a driver’s response time. Usually, a watchful driver would use about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy.‎ In such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the driver’s response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible.‎ The device has been delivered to the department’s laboratories for testing. If these tests,‎ ‎ scheduled for six months’ time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year.‎ ‎28. Driver Alert is a device that can .‎ A. keep drivers asleep B. change drivers’ response accuracy C. reduce the possibility of accidents ‎ D. protect drivers when accidents happen ‎29. What does the underlined word “fatigue” in Paragraph 2 mean?‎ A. Illness. B. Tiredness.‎ C. Carelessness. D. Impoliteness.‎ ‎30. How does Driver Alert work?‎ A. By being used as a nonstop alarm all the time.‎ B. By squeezing the steering wheel on the way,‎ C. By reminding or warning drivers if necessary.‎ D. By being worn on drivers’ hands every moment.‎ ‎31. What do we know about Driver Alert?‎ A. It must be fixed on the driver’s cars.‎ B. It aims to prevent drivers from sleeping.‎ C. It has gone through testing at laboratories.‎ D. It isn’t available to drivers at the moment D Conventional wisdom says that hardship can make us old before our time. In fact, a new study suggests that violence not only leaves long-term scars on children’s bodies, but also changes their DNA, causing changes that are equal to seven to ten years of premature aging.‎ Scientists measured this by studying the ends of children’s chromosomes (染色体), called telomeres (端粒), says Idan Shalev, lead author of a study published in Molecular Psychiatry.‎ Telomeres are special DNA sequences (序列) which prevent the DNA in chromosomes from separating. They get shorter each time a cell divides, until a cell cannot divide any more and dies.‎ Several factors have been found to shorten telomeres, including smoking, radiation and psychological stresses such as being treated badly when young and taking care of a chronically ill ‎ person.‎ In this study, researchers examined whether exposure to violence could make children’s telomeres shorten faster than normal. They interviewed the mothers of 236 children at ages 5, 7 and 10, asking whether the youngsters had been exposed to domestic violence between the mother and her partner; physical maltreatment by an adult; or bullying. Researchers measured the children’s telomeres-in cells obtained by wiping the insides of their cheeks-at ages 5 and 10.‎ Telomeres shortened faster in kids exposed to two or more types of violence, says Shalev. Unless that pattern changes, the study suggests, these kids could be expected to develop diseases of aging, such as heart attacks or memory loss, seven to 10 years earlier than their peers.‎ Shalev says there is hope for these kids. His study found that, in rare cases, telomeres can lengthen. Better nutrition, exercise and stress reduction three things that may be able to lengthen telomeres, he says.‎ The study confirms a small but growing number of studies suggesting that early childhood a adversity imprints itself in our chromosomes, says Charles Nelson, a professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at Harvard‎ Medical ‎School.‎ ‎32. The new study found that .‎ A. hardship can change a child’s memory B. violence can speed up a child’s aging C. violence leaves scars on a child’s mind D. hardship has an effect on a child’s mind ‎33. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refer to?‎ A. Telomeres. B. Children.‎ C. Chromosomes. D. DNA sequences.‎ ‎34. What can be inferred from the text?‎ A. Violence can cause quick cell death in children’s body.‎ B. Telomeres can help prevent chromosomes from separating.‎ C. Children who have shorter telomeres have heart attacks later.‎ D. Being treated badly will make a child’s telomeres shorten faster.‎ ‎35. What is the best title for the text?‎ A. Violence and Telomeres B. The Function of Telomeres C. Violence Makes Children Aging D. DNA Influences Children’s Growth ‎ 第二节（共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分）‎ 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ Every boy and every girl expects their parents to give them more pocket money. 36 One main purpose is to let kids learn how to manage their own money. The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family. Timing is another consideration. Some children get weekly pocket money. 37 ‎ First of all, children are expected to make a choice between spending and saving. Then parents should make the children understand what is expected to pay for with the money. At first, some young children may spend all of the money soon after they receive it. 38 By doing so, these children will learn that spending must be done with a budget.‎ In order to encourage their children to do some housework, some parents give pocket money if the children help around the home. 39 They believe helping at home is a normal part of family life.‎ Pocket money can give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with the money. 40 They can spend it by buying things they want. They can save it for future use. Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice. Saving can also open the door to future saving and investing for children.‎ A. Others get monthly pocket money.‎ B. They can spend it by giving it to a good cause.‎ C. Why do their parents just give them a certain amount?‎ D. Some children are not good at managing their pocket money.‎ E. Learning how to get money is very important for every child.‎ F. Some experts think it not wise to pay the children for doing that.‎ G. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the right time.‎ 第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ During my school days, I was one of those shy and distant kids who would just sit in a comer for an entire day. For me, my books were my 41 world. Even during breaks, I used to just sit in a corner of the 42 and see others play games. It was not as if I wasn’t interested in 43 others or making new friends, but I always felt lacking in energy when 44 my peers. I always had an opinion that my advances towards new 45 would be limited. And I just didn’t want to ‎46 a rejection.‎ Once during my English class, my teacher shared a(n) 47 with us. It was about King Bruce and a spider. It revolved around a lost battle and talked about how King Bruce, despite losing the battle, ‎48 in the end. He was 49 by a little spider. The little 50 of the spider and the way it was taking rejections impressed me a lot. I was so surprised that I myself started 51 the movements of spiders at home. Once, a spider took around an hour to reach the top of a wall and I 52 knocked it down. To my 53 , within seconds it started making its 54 up again.‎ For me, this 55 was a game changer. I realized that rejections are ‎56 a failure. The world may mistreat me, 57 I can stand up and start working again. There would be time when people would like and 58 me. At present, I 59 mixing with people, learning new things and making new friends. I think, there are just no such 60 as rejections or failures as everything can change at any moment.‎ ‎41. A. real B. new C. next D. only ‎42. A. office B. station C. playground D. street ‎43. A. visiting B. watching C. helping D. joining ‎44. A. related to B. compared with C. separated from D turned to ‎45. A. friendships B. courses C. teachers D. programs ‎46. A. avoid B. suffer C. cause D. fear ‎47. A. story B. task C. experience D. song ‎48. A. failed B. won C. left D. refused ‎49. A. confused B. hurt C. persuaded D. inspired ‎50. A. improvements B. changes C. movements D. advantages ‎51. A. adjusting B. observing C. showing D. guiding ‎52. A. cruelly B. angrily C. luckily D. bravely ‎53. A. delight B. surprise C. amusement D. disappointment ‎54. A. progress B. way C. web D. mistake ‎55. A. incident B. research C. trouble D. adventure ‎56. A. often B. sometimes C. never D. ever ‎57. A. so B. though C. or D. but ‎58. A. train B. meet C. appreciate D. remember ‎59. A. enjoy B. suggest C. imagine D. risk ‎60. A. approaches B. values C. things D. solutions ‎ 第二节（共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ Starting in 1972, the National Park Service established a policy for forest fires called Natural Bum. It was true 61 some forest fires, such as those which were caused by lightning were necessary for forests 62 (keep) balanced ecosystems, so the fire should be allowed to burn. 63 , a big fire in Yellowstone National Park in 1988 caused this policy to be abandoned (放弃) ‎ since the fire was initially allowed to burn yet soon out of control. As a result, the fire of 1988 destroyed much of Yellowstone, which is America’s 64 (old) and most beloved national park. Massive areas of plants were destroyed, and large empty spaces and acres of burned and blackened trees greeted 65 (visit). The rivers and streams were choked with ash, and the ecosystem of the park was changed 66 repair.‎ In addition, great numbers of animals 67 (kill) by the fires that burned out of control. The fires were driven by high winds, 68 (move) as many as ten miles a day. Many small animals died in the flames. The fires’ rapid advances 69 (give) the wildlife little chance to escape. Even today, few of these small forest animals have returned to live in the park. In the years immediately following the fires, the numbers of visitors declined 70 (rapid).‎ 第四部分 写作(共两节,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，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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。‎ My sister saw a lovely cup when we were shopping the another day. She began to like it at once. Then she bent down and picked it down to look at the price on them. As she did this, lots of teas splashed (泼洒) on her T-shirt! I had to try hard not to laugh at her shocking face! My sister was about to get out of the shop fast as she could when a shop assistant come over to us. It turned out to being her own cup, which she’d left on the shelf by the mistake. The assistant was clear as embarrassed (尴尬的) as my sister, but I just thought it was funny!‎ 第二节 书面表达(满分25分）‎ 假定你是李华。你的美国网友Jackson在邮件中询问你最喜欢的艺术家。就此请你用英语给他回一封电子邮件，内容包括：‎ ‎1.介绍你最喜欢的艺术家；‎ ‎2.陈述你的理由。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1.词数100左右；‎ ‎2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ ‎3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。‎ Dear Jackson,‎ I’m glad to hear that you have interest in painting. ‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 河北省邢台市2017-2018学年高二上学期第二次月考 英语试题答案 ‎1〜5 CBCBA 6〜10 BACAA 11〜15 CAACB 16〜20 CBABA ‎21〜23 BCD 24〜27 DBBC 28〜31 CBCD 32〜35 BADC 36〜40 CAGFB ‎41〜45 DCDBA 46〜50 BABDC 51〜55 BABBA 56〜60 CDCAC ‎61. that 62. to keep 63. However 64. oldest 65. visitors 66. beyond 67. were killed ‎68. moving 69. gave 70. rapidly 短文改错 My sister saw a lovely cup when we were shopping the another day. She began to like it at once. Then she bent ‎ ‎ other down and picked it down to look at the price on them. As she did this, lots of teas splashed (泼洒) on her T-shirt! I ‎ ‎ up it tea had to try hard not to laugh at her shocking face! My sister was about to get out of the shop ∧ fast as she could ‎ ‎ shocked as when a shop assistant come over to us. It turned out to being her own cup, which she’d left on ‎ the shelf by the ‎ ‎ came be 删除the mistake. The assistant was clear as embarrassed (尴尬的) as my sister, but I just thought it was funny!‎ ‎ clearly 书面表达 One possible version:‎ Dear Jackson, ‎ I’m glad to hear that you have interest in painting. It happens that painting is my favorite. I always spend much time painting a picture like many famous painters. Among those great people, I like Van Gogh best. I think he is the most outstanding impressionist, and his works always leave me a large space to apreciate their beauty of art. Another reason why I like him so much is that he was a determined person although he failed many times during his creation. I can see his positive attitude and passion for life through his work “Sunflowers”, which teaches me to keep going forward regardless of the difficulties of life.‎ I can’t wait to know your favorite painters. Please write to me soon.‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 听力材料 ‎(Text 1)‎ W: How’s your mother now? I heard she had an operation last week.‎ M: She is much better. Thank you. But she still needs to stay there for two more weeks.‎ ‎(Text 2)‎ W: Where shall I drop you off, sir?‎ M: I’m going to the airport，but please stop at the Healey Supermarket. My wife is waiting for me there. We’re going to Canada together.‎ ‎(Text 3)‎ M: Pardon me, I asked for peanut butter dressing on my salad.‎ W: I’m so sorry. I’ll see that it’s changed.‎ ‎(Text 4)‎ W: Wonderful! You began to learn driving only yesterday afternoon, but now you can drive well enough.‎ M: Err. I find driving is not so difficult as I expected before.‎ ‎(Text 5)‎ W: Dinner is ready.‎ M: I’m coming. Wow, so much food! Why so much food?‎ W: It’s your birthday today. Remember?‎ M: Oh, I forgot it.‎ ‎(Text 6)‎ W: Hi, welcome to Burger Palace. Can I take your order, please?‎ M: Yeah. Two bacon cheeseburgers and two orders of fries, please.‎ W: All right. Would you like anything to drink with that?‎ M: No, thanks. We’ve got sodas at home.‎ W: So, that’s going to be to go, right?‎ M: That’s right.‎ W: OK. Your total is $ 17.‎ M: Here’s a twenty. Keep the change.‎ W: Oh, thank you so much! You are Number 255. Your order should be ready in about five minutes.‎ ‎(Text 7)‎ M: Can you see how close we are on the map?‎ W: It seems that we’re pretty close, but these smart phone maps are hard to read.‎ M: Yeah, I always prefer to look at a paper map. I think I still have some in the pocket of the right door, if you wanna grab one...‎ W: No, I’d probably be even worse at that. Uh-oh, I think you were supposed to turn left back there.‎ M: You mean that you were supposed to tell me to turn left back there?‎ W: Yeah, I’m sorry. I don’t have one of these kinds of phones, so I’m afraid I don’t really know what I’m doing. Do you want to pull over and take a look?‎ M: No. It’s okay. Just push that little button on the side of the phone to turn on the sound. That will allow us to hear the directions out loud.‎ ‎(Text 8)‎ M: Hi, Jean. You look worried. Is everything OK?‎ W: Well, my new boss is expecting us to start work at 8 o’clock in the morning. But I have to take our children to school. That means I’ll be late for work. And you can’t spare any time to do it.‎ M: Oh, dear... er... but not a surprise. My friend Alice had a similar problem last year.‎ W: How did she settle it?‎ M: She didn’t do anything at first. But in the end she told it to her boss. He said he hadn’t realized the early start would present a problem and he agreed to let them start half an hour late.‎ W: That’s great. Perhaps I should deal with it the same way.‎ ‎(Text 9)‎ M: Hello, everyone. We are lucky to have Molly Taylor here today. Molly is organizing an activity course for the summer holidays. Molly, this is the second year of the course, isn’t it?‎ W: Yes. The summer course operated for the first time last year for a six-week period. We did think about making it longer this year and have a seven-week course, as there’re some schools which finish term a week earlier. In fact, two schools have eight-week holidays. But in the end we decided to keep to the same plan as last year.‎ M: But, as I understand, last year’s course wasn’t a complete success, was it?‎ W: Well, we were actually very surprised by the number of people interested in the course. We didn’t actually have enough assistants to look after all the children. Besides, there was such a lot of rain that we couldn’t go outside as often as we wanted to.‎ M: So, what activities can the children look forward to this year?‎ W: Well, once again there’ll be artists and musicians who will lead creative classes. We also considered providing some more exciting adventure sports. But we decided not to, in the end. Instead we’re introducing some fun programmes. I think it’ll be good fun for the children.‎ ‎(Text 10)‎ W: Dear Adam,‎ As you know, we’ve been looking for a new house for some time. Now that you and your ‎ sisters have left home, we have found that the house is too big for us. Although we like our neighbours, we’ve decided to move south for two reasons. First, the weather will suit us better, and second, we’ll be a little nearer to your Uncle George and Auntie Linda. It will make visiting each other much simpler.‎ We stayed with your uncle and aunt last weekend and saw several houses. One of them sounded as if it was just what we wanted. When we saw it, we nearly died! It was in terrible condition. After that, we were very careful about believing everything the real estate agent told us. The next two that we saw were not much better, but the fourth house was exactly what we wanted. It was empty, so we’re going to move in immediately. We gave the details of our house to the real estate agent only last week, but it’s already been sold. We’ll put all your things in boxes and take them with us. You’ll have to sort them out and throw away what you don’t want.‎ Can you come next weekend? You can have a nice rest in the country. Call on Wednesday at the new number to let us know.‎ Your lovely,‎ Mom