英语卷·2017届福建省漳州市八校高三下学期2月联考（2017-02）

英语卷·2017届福建省漳州市八校高三下学期2月联考（2017-02）

‎ 2017届高三2月八校联考 ‎ 英 语 试 题 ‎(考试时间：120分钟 总分150分)‎ ‎ 本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分，考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 注意事项：‎ ‎ 1. 答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。 ‎ ‎ 2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。‎ 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 are the speakers going to do?‎ A. Work in the library. B. Spend some time outdoors. C. Stay at home.‎ ‎2. How much does the man have to pay?‎ A. 72 dollars. B. 90 dollars. C. 108 dollars.‎ ‎3. What does the man mean?‎ A. Somebody was shot in the school.‎ B. He may be on the news, but it is not on purpose.‎ C. He was not afraid when the shooting happened.‎ ‎4. What is the result of the conversation?‎ A. The man asks Cathy to help him.‎ B. The woman tries to find Cathy for the man.‎ C. The woman helps the man with his physics.‎ ‎5. What will the woman do during Christmas?‎ A. Work with the man. B. Visit the man. C. Have a trip.‎ 第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）‎ 请听下面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。听完每段对话或独白前，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至8题。‎ ‎6. When does the conversation take place?‎ A. In the morning. B. At noon. C. In the afternoon.‎ ‎7. Where does the woman work?‎ A. The marketing department.‎ B. The personnel department.‎ C. The accountant department.‎ ‎8. What didn't the man bring with him?‎ A. Resume. B. Identification card. C. Certificates.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。‎ ‎9. Why didn't the woman sleep well last night?‎ A. She was too tired to sleep well.‎ B. She worried about her family.‎ C. She felt much pain.‎ ‎10. Who is Tom?‎ A. The woman's husband. B. The woman's son. C. The woman's pet.‎ ‎11. What makes the woman tired off sometimes?‎ A. Working all day. B. Being a Super-mother. C. Being on herself in life.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。‎ ‎12. What will happen next Monday?‎ A. There will be another lecture.‎ B. Students will have a day off.‎ C. There will be the end of the class.‎ ‎13. What does the woman want to do before returning the test paper?‎ A. Talk to a student. B. Take a holiday. C. Check students' homework.‎ ‎14. How did the man get his grade?‎ A. He learned the materials carefully.‎ B. He planned his study time reasonably.‎ C. He studied on the last day before an exam.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。‎ ‎15. What concert does the man like more?‎ A. A pop music concert. B. A Jazz concert. C. A classical music concert.‎ ‎16. What did the man do during the concert?‎ A. He left the woman alone. B. He shouted at the woman. C. He apologized to the woman.‎ ‎17. What are the speakers going to do before seeing a movie?‎ A. Go home. B. Have dinner. C. Have coffee.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ ‎18. When did George arrive?‎ A. At 5:00. B. At 4:40. C. At 4:20.‎ ‎19. Why did George come to the square?‎ A. To meet a friend.‎ B. To talk with a doctor.‎ C. To calm down and enjoy the afternoon sun.‎ ‎20. Where was George's car when he found it?‎ A. Behind a larger one. B. In front of a larger one. C. By the dentist's.‎ 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 The Nobel Prize Winners in Literature Rabindranath Tagore (1913)‎ Prize motivation: "because of his deep sensitive, fresh and beautiful poetry, with perfect skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West"‎ William Faulkner (1949)‎ Prize motivation: "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"‎ Ernest Miller Hemingway (1954)‎ Prize motivation: "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea"‎ John Steinbeck (1962)‎ Prize motivation: "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception"‎ Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1953)‎ Prize motivation: "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant speech skills in defending noble human values"‎ Claude Simon (1985)‎ Prize motivation: "who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the description of the human condition"‎ Mo Yan (2012)‎ Prize motivation: “he, with dreamlike realism, combines folk tales, history and the contemporary".‎ Bob Dylan (2016)‎ Prize motivation: "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"‎ ‎21. Which writer won Nobel Prize for his poetry?‎ ‎ A. William Faulkner. B. Bob Dylan. C. Rabindranath Tagore. D. Claude Simon.‎ ‎22. Which writer won Noble Prize for his specific work instead of his lifelong achievements?‎ ‎ A. Ernest Hemingway. B. John Steinbeck. C. William Faulkner. D. Winston Churchill.‎ ‎23. Whose works will you turn to if you are interested in a song writing Nobel Prize winner?‎ ‎ A. Mo Yan’s. B. Bob Dylun’s. C. Claude Simon’s. D. Rabindranath Tagore’s.‎ ‎24. Who described real life experience in his historic works?‎ ‎ A. John Steinbeck. B. Mo Yan. C. Ernest Hemingway. D. Winston ‎ Churchill. ‎ B Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mum, you must come and see the daffodils(水仙花) before they are over." ‎ I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Lake Arrowhead. "I will go next Tuesday," I promised, a little unwillingly, on her third call.  The next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn's house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said, "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible(看不见的) in the cloud and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see!"       My daughter smiled calmly and said, "We drive in such weather all the time, Mum. You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience."       After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small road and on the far side of a small church, I saw a hand-lettered sign that read "Daffodil Garden". We got out of the car and each took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, we turned a corner of the path, and I looked up amazed. Before me lay the most beautiful sight. Flows of flowers of different colors seemed poured down the peak and slopes. There were five acres of flowers! A sea of daffodil! It was like a fairyland all beyond description. ‎ ‎"But who has done this?" I asked Carolyn. "It's just one woman," Carolyn answered. That's her home. "Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house. On the patio(露台), we saw a poster. “Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking" was the headline.  The first answer was a simple one. "50,000 bulbs(鳞茎)" it read. The second answer was, "One at a time, by one woman." The third answer was, "Began in 1958." ‎ I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than fifty years before, had begun—one bulb at a time—to bring beauty and joy to this remote mountain top. Just planting one bulb at a time, year after year, had changed the world where she lived and created something of magnificence, beauty, and inspiration. ‎ When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small amounts of daily effort, we too can accomplish great things. Everyone can do something to change the world.‎ ‎25. The writer wasn’t going to see the daffodils at first because ______.‎ A. she cared more about the children. B. they were on a remote mountain top. ‎ C. the weather was not good enough. D. it was not easy for her to drive there.‎ ‎26. What do we know from the passage about the woman who grew daffodil?‎ A. She must have been a modest woman. B. She worked as a professional gardener.  C. She grew the daffodils over 50 years by herself. D. Being poor, she made a living by selling daffodils.‎ ‎27. What has the writer learned from this experience?‎ A. It's never too late to learn.  B. Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it. C. People can change the world where they live by growing flowers.  D. Accumulation of small steps may lead to something magnificent.‎ ‎28. Which may be the best title for the passage?‎ A. An Unforgettable Experience.  B. A woman and Daffodils. ‎ C. The Daffodil Garden. D. One bulb grown, magnificence dawns.‎ C Why doesn’t the unemployment rate ever reach zero? Economists, who generally believe that supply tends to meet demand, have long thought about this question. Even in good times, i.e. not now, there are people who can’t find work. And even in bad times, i.e. now, there are job openings. With over 14 million people out of work and looking for a job, you would think every available job would be filled. But that’s not the case. Not now and not ever.‎ ‎ On Monday, the Nobel Prize committee awarded the prize for economics to the three scholars who have done the most to explain this phenomenon. Two of the winners are Americans, Peter Diamond of MIT and Dale Mortensen of Northwestern. The third winner is Christopher Pissarides, who teaches at the London School of Economics and was born on Cyprus.‎ ‎ Like most of economists, what they have found about why the jobless and ready-employers don’t find each other seems obvious. You have to find out there is job opening you are interested in. Employers need to get resumes. It takes a while for both employers and employees to make the decision that this is what they want. And these guys came up with a framework to study the problem of why people stay unemployed longer than they should and what can be done about it.‎ ‎ So what would today’s Nobel Prize winners do to solve the current problem of the unemployed? And does the awarding of the prize contribute to the politicians’ lowering joblessness?‎ ‎ Speaking from his north London home, Pissarides told The Associated Press the announcement came as “a complete surprise” though his work had already helped shape thinking on both sides of the Atlantic.‎ ‎ For example, the New Deal for Young People, a British government policy aimed at getting 18-24-year-olds back on the job market after long periods of unemployment, “It is very much based on our work,” he said.‎ ‎ “One of the key things we found is that it is important to make sure that people do not stay unemployed too long so they don’t lose their feel for the labor force,” Pissarides told reporters in London. “The ways of dealing with this need not be expensive training – it could be as simple as providing work experience.”‎ ‎29. According to the writer, which is true about finding jobs?‎ ‎ A. It is always difficult to find a job. ‎ ‎ B. Everyone can find a job in good times.‎ ‎ C. Contrary to popular belief, it is easier to find a job in bad times.‎ ‎ D. It is possible to find a job even in times as bad as now.‎ ‎30. What is it that lead to their winning the prize?‎ ‎ A. They have found the reason for unemployment.‎ ‎ B. They have put forward a set of ideas to deal with unemployment. ‎ ‎ C. They have found out why people don’t want to be employed.‎ ‎ D. They have long studied the problem of unemployment.‎ ‎31. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?‎ ‎ A. Pissarides thinks his work surprising.‎ ‎ B. The work of Pissarides has influenced many economists.‎ ‎ C. Some of the winners’ idea have been put into practice.‎ ‎ D. It is probable that unemployed young people in Britain benefit from Pissarides’ work.‎ ‎32. What is effective in dealing with unemployment according to Pissarides? ‎ ‎ A. Spending large sums of money on training. B. Teaching some knowledge of economics.‎ ‎ C. Providing work experience. D. Keeping people unemployed for some time.‎ D ‎ Under new rules posted by the Civil Aviation(航空) administration of China on Friday, pilots will have to pass a “level four” test of Mandarin Chinese, China’s official language. Those who speak with an accent that “often impedes” comprehension will not pass. These rules take effect in January 2016.‎ China’s 56 ethnic groups speak more than 80 languages and dialects. Even native Mandarin speakers can have trouble communicating with each other depending on the strength of their accents, which can be mutually unintelligible(难理解的).‎ ‎ One flight trainer illustrated the scope for linguistic confusion, especially when common English aviation terms are used. Asked if there is a problem on board, a Chinese pilot might answer in the negative with the words mei you, or “there isn’t. But someone speaking with a heavy Sichuan accent would pronounce mei you as “May day” – unconsciously parroting the universally recognized distress call(遇难信号). ‎ ‎ Like their international counterparts(对应物), Chinese aviators have developed codes to avoid confusion resulting from homonyms(同音异义字) or near-homonyms. They use the terms yao for one and guai for seven, which are otherwise pronounced yi and qi respectively and easily confused.‎ ‎ The new rule could affect all pilots, who must renew their license every six years, and adds to a growing list of burdens for the profession. ‎ ‎33. What does the underlined word “impedes” in Para 1 mean?‎ A. improves B. helps C. misunderstands D. limits ‎34. Which of the following is true according to the passage?‎ ‎ A. Sichuan dialect has the contrary meaning to Mandarin. ‎ ‎ B. Native Mandarin speakers can understand each other well.‎ ‎ C. It isn’t necessary for a pilot to pass the test before January 2016.‎ ‎ D. “May day” is a distress call in our everyday life.‎ ‎35. What is the purpose of the Chinese aviators using the terms yao for one and guai for seven?‎ ‎ A. To avoid confusion. B. To communicate with their international counterparts.‎ ‎ C. To pass the test. D. To avoid their accents.‎ 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。‎ Chopsticks ‎1. When chopsticks were invented?‎ In fact, before the invention of chopsticks, Chinese ancestors actually used hands to eat, but how did they eat soup and porridge? 36 Chinese started to use chopsticks about 3,000 years ago in Shang Dynasty. ‎ ‎2. Who invented chopsticks?‎ The records of using chopsticks have been found in many written books but lack physical evidence. However many stories are about the invention of chopsticks. One says that Jiang Ziya, an ancient wise man, created chopsticks. 37 But there is no exact history record about the invention. We can only say that smart ancient Chinese invented chopsticks.‎ ‎3. How to use Chinese chopsticks.‎ Using two slim sticks to pick up food is actually not difficult. You can do it if you practice it for some time, even if you are a foreigner. The key to managing chopsticks is keeping one chopstick in position while moving the other to pick up food. 38 ‎ ‎4. Chopsticks Manners Chopsticks are usually held in the right hand, and left-handed chopstick use is considered as improper in China. Playing with chopsticks is thought to be impolite. 39 ‎ ‎5. The philosophy of Chinese chopsticks Chinese philosopher Confucius advised people to use chopsticks instead of knives because the metal knives remind people of cold weapons, which mean killing and violence.‎ ‎6. A chopsticks-themed museum can be found in Shanghai If you are truly interested in chopsticks, you can pay a visit to the Shanghai Chopsticks Museum. The museum gathered more than 1,200 pairs of chopsticks from China, Korea, Japan and Thailand. 40 ‎ A. Chopsticks were introduced to many other neighbor countries due to its lightness and convenience.‎ B .It is considered to be polite and thoughtful to pick up food for the elderly and children.‎ C. Bamboo chopsticks are most frequently used in Chinese daily life.‎ D. The oldest one was from the Tang Dynasty.‎ E. There also go around some other stories.‎ F. Remember to practice with patience. ‎ G. They had to use sticks to eat them.‎ 第三部分 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。‎ I have been paralyzed(瘫痪) from the neck downwards since I was born in 1971 and spent my life wheelchair-bound. However, 41 this I have been lucky enough to travel the world, develop a (an) 42 career and establish a supportive group of family and friends.‎ ‎ Growing up in a home full of love, 43 and faith, my parents and siblings(兄弟姐妹) helped me to live a 44 normal life. However, it was through 45 that I was able to 46 normal childhood activities, 47 I was able to feel the 48 by drawing young girls dancing and running, which my 49 kept me from participating in.‎ As a young girl I had an art exhibition in my hometown of Copenhagen 50 my artwork. The local paper 51 my exhibition and printed an article and photos of me with my paintings. Upon seeing this article, an international organization the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists(MFPA) 52 and offered me a scholarship，which helped develop my 53 abilities and 54 my career as a painter by providing me with 55 for art classes and materials. I have been with the MFPA for 14 years and I paint with my 56 . Like all the artists I make my living through the 57 of reproductions of my paintings in the form of cards and calendars which are sold directly to the public. Through the MFPA, which has been helping 802 mouth and foot painters like me to create a 58 future since 1957, I am 59 surrounded by fellow mouth and foot painters, who have 60 and assisted me with my work.‎ ‎41. A. in terms of B. in spite of C. in face of D. in honor of ‎ ‎42. A. successful B. regretful C. painful D. helpful ‎43. A. hope B. determination C. courage D. support ‎44. A. relatively B. completely C. extremely D. especially ‎45. A. painting B. dancing C. singing D. running ‎46 .A. explain B. experience C. create D. accept ‎47. A. though B. if C. because D. so ‎48. A. strength B. stress C. joy D. challenge ‎49. A. interest B. family C. disability D. friends ‎50. A. selling B. displaying C. trading D. buying ‎51. A. considered B. designed C. mentioned D. attended ‎52. A. got in touch B. came across C. kept away from D. made use of ‎ ‎53. A. athletic B. artistic C. scientific D. cultural ‎54. A. stop B. destroy C. find D. further ‎55. A. clothes B. wheelchair C. funding D. walking stick ‎56. A. hand B. foot C. mouth D. arm ‎57. A. show B. sale C. display D. storage ‎58. A. upset B. lonely C. discouraging D. positive ‎59. A. finally B. constantly C. hardly D. only ‎60 A. inspired B. persuaded C. refused D. noticed 英语试题答题卡 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，满分50分）‎ 注意事项：用0.5毫米的黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）‎ 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎ 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。将答案写在答题卡的相应位置。‎ My husband and I were paying a visit 61 my parents in Tucson. We went to a fast-food restaurant for dinner together. My husband went to the counter 62_ (order) dishes and I stood with my parents.‎ My dad is 90 years old. He can hardly see very well and walks with a stick. I was scanning the restaurant, 63 (wait) to sit at the first table that was 64_ (convenient) than others. A woman who was sitting with her son made eye contact with me and asked me to come to her. With a 65 (puzzle) look on my face, I pointed to myself and said, “Me ?” She 66 (nod) and said, “Yes, you.” I walked to the table and she said, “Bring your family here. I can finish eating at the counter. My son is in 67 hurry to leave anyway.” My eyes 68 (fill) with tears as she wiped down the table and guided my dad to the seat.‎ ‎ I always believe that there are 69 (nature) kind people in this world. This woman has set a good example to her son, 70 is a really lucky guy.‎ ‎61_____________ 62_____________ 63_____________ 64_________________ 65_____________‎ ‎66_____________ 67_____________ 68_________________ 69_____________ 70_____________‎ 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）‎ 假如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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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：在错的词下面划一横线，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。‎ Life is always full of something that you can not expect. Bob is very sorry to have missed the first two lesson this morning. He got up early as usually in the morning, but when he was ready to leave he find his bicycle’s front tyre(轮胎) flat. He wanted to take taxi to school, and he didn’t have any money on him. He had to look for a place along the street to get his bicycle repairing. Unluckily, there were not any bicycle repair shops was open in the early morning. So he had to walk to school, carrying his bicycle all the way. That was the reason how he was late for school. He told Mr. White not to worry with his lessons, for he would make up for it and turn to his teachers for help if necessary.‎ 第二节： 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Mike来信询问你的家乡是否有雾霾天气，情况如何。请你按照以下提示给他回一封e-mail. 内容如下：‎ ‎1. 由于大气污染程度十分严重，自去年年底以来发生数次雾霾天气。‎ ‎2. 人们已经意识到雾霾天气的危害，正在采取各种措施减少其发生。‎ ‎3. 你在日常生活中打算为此做些什么。‎ 要求：1. 参考词汇：雾霾haze；雾霾天气 hazy weather ‎ 2. 词数在100词左右。开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数。‎ Dear Mike,‎ I’m glad to receive your letter, and thank you for your caring for the weather and my health. Now I’d like to tell you something about the haze.‎ ‎_______________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ 英语试卷答案 听力(30分) 1-5 BABAC 6-10 ABCCA 11-15 BBABB 16-20 ACBCA 阅读理解(30分) 21-24 CABD 25-28 DCDD 29-32DBAC 33-35 DCA 七选五(10分) 36-40 GEFBD 完型填空(30分) 41-45 BADAA 46-50 BCCCB 51-55 DABDC 56-60 CBDBA 语法填空(15分) 61. to 62. to order 63. waiting 64. more convenient ‎65. puzzled 66. nodded 67. a 68. were filled 69. naturally 70. who 短文改错(10分)‎ 1. missed the first two lesson 中lesson改为lessons 2. he got up as usually 中usually改为usual 3. find改为found 4. take taxi 之间加a 5. and he didn’t have any money中 and改为but 6. repairing改为repaired 7. 去掉shops was open之间的was 8. the reason how he was late中 how改为why 9. not to worry with his lessons中 with 改为about 10. make up for it 中 it 改为 them 书面表达(25分)‎ Dear Mike,‎ I’m glad to receive your letter, and thank you for your caring for the weather and my health. Now I’d like to tell you something about the haze.‎ Since the end of last year, the hazy weather has occurred a lot of times in my hometown, which has done great harm to our daily life. Many traffic accidents happened just because of the heavy smog. Besides, more and more citizens have to go to see the doctor due to the serious diseases caused by the haze. A great number of people have to stay at home for fear of the poisonous air.‎ As for me, I will go to school by bike or on foot, and I won’t throw the waste anywhere. In addition, I will tell the people I meet to protect the environment. Would you like to tell me some good ideas? I’m looking forward to your reply.‎ ‎ Yours,‎ ‎ Li Hua 听力原文 Text 1‎ M: It's too beautiful a day to waste indoors.‎ W: You're right. Let's make the most of it.‎ Text 2‎ M: I'll take these clothes. How much is the total?‎ W: The dress is 30 dollars, the blouse is 20 dollars, and the jacket is 40 dollars. But today we offer a 20% discount.‎ Text 3‎ W: What's this? I hear about your appearing on the ten o'clock news?‎ M: Oh, it's no big deal. They were shooting something on school, and I happened to get caught in the lens.‎ Text 4‎ M: I'm really worried about my physics exam tomorrow. ‎ W: I'd really like to help, but I've got something important to do. Why don't call Cathy instead?‎ M: Good idea. Maybe I'll give her a call. Thanks.‎ Text 5‎ M: I'm really glad I got a chance to talk to you before you left, Mary. Have a safe trip!‎ W: Thanks. Try not to work too hard while I'm away!‎ M: Yeah, I'll try not to! See you after Christmas.‎ W: OK. Bye! Have a nice Christmas!‎ Text 6‎ M: Good morning. My name's James Goodman.‎ W: Ah, good morning, Mr. Goodman. Nice to meet you. I'm Lucy White from Personnel. Sit down, please.‎ M: Thank you very much.‎ W: Now, have you brought your curriculum vitae with you?‎ M: Oh, my CV. Yes, here it is. There are three copies.‎ W: Have you brought your certificates as well?‎ M: No, I haven't. I'm awfully sorry. Can I send them to you by mail?‎ W: Yes, that'll be all right. Now, let's talk about the post.‎ Text 7‎ M: Did you have enough sleep last night? You look so tired.‎ W: Really? But to tell you the truth, I didn't sleep well the whole night.‎ M: Why?‎ W: I was in a lot of pain because of the treatment for my breast cancer.‎ M: Maybe you should stay at home.‎ W: But I like my job. I've never been on my own in my entire life, and now I'm leaving away from Tom and the boys. I can take a break from being Super-mom. You know, sometimes I got tired of being Super-mom.‎ M: I can understand you perfectly well in that point. Anyway, you'd better take care.‎ W: Thank you.‎ Text 8‎ W: That's all for this week. Thank you. I'll see you here for another lecture next Tuesday. Don't forget next Monday is a holiday and you'll have no class. You are free to go, everyone but you, Jack. Could I have a minute before you take off?‎ M: Sure. Um, is there a problem?‎ W: I've finished grading the tests. I wanted to talk to you before returning them to the class.‎ M: Oh, don't tell me that I failed another exam! I tried so hard.‎ W: You didn't fail. But in fact you got the highest grade in the class. I'm concerned about how you accomplished this.‎ M: Well, I didn't cheat, if that's what you think. I've actually changed my study habits, planning my study time better so that I don't wait until the last day to study. It's made a world of difference in how well I learn the material.‎ Text 9‎ M: (Whispering) How long is it going to last? We've been here for hours.‎ W: Shhh !‎ M: (Whispering) I want to go out.‎ W: Shhh !‎ M: (Whispering) I'm going out. I'll wait for you outside.‎ ‎(After the concert)‎ W: How could you do this to me? How could you just walk away in the middle of the concert? That was rude.‎ M: You told me this was a Jazz concert, but it wasn't.‎ W: I thought you would like it. I did have two tickets for Jazz, but I exchanged them for this concert. You told me you liked classical music, so I...‎ M: Forget it, Daphne. In fact, I shouldn't have walked away like that. I apologize.‎ W: Don't be silly. Why don't we go to a movie? I want to make up.‎ M: Good idea, but let's go for a cup of coffee first.‎ W: All right. It's on me.‎ Text 10‎ It took George quite a while to find a parking place for his car, and in the end he had to leave it in a narrow street, some way away from the dentist's. His appointment was at five and he still had twenty minutes to spare. He crossed into the square and sat down on a bench, partly to enjoy the last of the afternoon sun, but also to calm his nerves. He hated the visits to the dentist.‎ Suddenly, he saw a red sports car like his, pull out of the street where he had parked. The car was soon out of sight. George felt in his pockets for his keys: they were not there. "My car!" he exclaimed in a loud voice, which made several people stare at him. He got up and ran across the square, then down the narrow street. But he discovered his car was concealed behind a larger one. He was relieved to find his keys still in the car.‎