安徽省亳州市五校2018-2019学年高二下学期期末联考英语试卷

安徽省亳州市五校2018-2019学年高二下学期期末联考英语试卷

英语试题 总分:150分 考试时间:120分钟 注意事项：‎ ‎1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将准考证条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。‎ ‎2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用合乎要求的2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。‎ ‎3.非选择题的作答：用合乎要求的签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。‎ 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。‎ 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。‎ 例:How much is the shirt? A.￡19.15. B.￡9.18. C.￡9.15. 答案是C。‎ ‎1. What does the man want to do?‎ A. Take photos. B. Buy a camera. C. Help the woman.‎ ‎2. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. A noisy night. B. Their life in town. C. A place of living.‎ ‎3. Where is the man now?‎ A. On his way. B. In a restaurant. C. At home.‎ ‎4. What will Celia do?‎ A. Find a player. B. Watch a game. C. Play basketball.‎ ‎5. What day is it when the conversation takes place?‎ A. Saturday. B. Sunday. C. Monday.‎ 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6、7题。‎ ‎6. What is Sarah going to do?‎ A. Buy John a gift. B. Give John a surprise. C. Invite John to France.‎ ‎7. What does the man think of Sarah’s plan?‎ A. Funny. B. Exciting. C. Strange.‎ 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 does the man call the woman?‎ A. To tell her about her new job. B. To ask about her job program. C. To plan a meeting with her.‎ ‎11. Who needs a new flat?‎ A. Alex. B. Andrea. C. Miranda.‎ ‎12. Where is the woman now?‎ A. In Baltimore. B. In New York. C. In Avon.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant?‎ A. Where the restaurant is. B. Whether the prices are low. C. How well the food is prepared.‎ ‎14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine?‎ A. After he came back to Sweden. B. Before he went to the United States.‎ C. As soon as he got his first job in 1982.‎ ‎15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant?‎ A. Talk to people in the street. B. Speak to taxi drivers. C. Ask hotel clerks.‎ ‎16. What do we know about Jan?‎ A. He cooks for a restaurant. B. He travels a lot for his work. C. He prefers American food.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon?‎ A. It’s a new building. B. It’s a small town. C. It’s a public place.‎ ‎18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon?‎ A. Saturday nights. B. Sunday afternoons. C. Fridays and Saturdays.‎ ‎19. Which street is known for its food shops and markets?‎ A. Via del Mar Street. B. Fernando Street. C. Hernandes Street.‎ ‎20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best?‎ A. It has an old stone surface. B. It is named after a writer. C. It has a famous university.‎ 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A Kindle E-reader, 8 th generation Free Touchscreen Display Price： $79.99‎ ‎● Thin and light for one-handed reading New Kindle is 11% thinner and 16% lighter than the previous generation Kindle, making it easy and comfortable to hold in one hand.‎ ‎● Read like real Paper Kindle creates text similar to what you see in a physical book. The blacks and whites on the screen are uniform, improving text and image quality.‎ ‎●Long-life battery Kindle doesn't need power to show a page of text, allowing you to read for weeks on a single charge.‎ ‎● Thousands of books, no distraction (分心）‎ Kindle is designed to be an e-reader. It satisfies your love of reading without interruptions like e-mails and phone calls.‎ ‎●Look it up without leaving your page Smart Lookup combines entries from The New Oxford American Dictionary with information from Wikipedia, so you can know meanings, characters and more without losing your place.‎ ‎●Adjust your text size Choose from eight text sizes to prevent tired eyes, so you can keep reading longer.‎ Customer reviews:‎ ‎※ Damon, May 21,2019‎ The price is great with an extra $ 20 off and this new Kindle is smaller in my hands than my old one. I was sad to lose my old Kindle, but this one is terrific.‎ ‎※ Jason, January 26, 2019‎ I miss the original Kindles size - this one is too small. Also, the screen is overly sensitive and things pop up （弹出）and the battery doesn't last as long as the original Kindle. But my biggest disappointment is that this Kindle doesn't allow you to transfer everything from the original Kindle，so I lost all of the information from my old one. Overall, disappointing.‎ ‎※ Susan, November 17, 2018‎ I had the original Kindle, and the battery lasted for weeks. This battery only seems to last a few days, however. The other problem I have with this version of the Kindle is the touch screen. It is annoying when you are reading and start turning the wrong way. Sometimes, it's hard to get the page to turn the way you'd like it to.‎ ‎21. Which is a feature of the 8th-generation Kindle?‎ A.It is 16% thinner than the previous one. B.It is user-friendly with a built-in dictionary.・‎ C.It can run for several months on a single charge. D. It is designed to receive e-mails and make calls.‎ ‎22. In which way does Jason's new Kindle bother him most?‎ A.Its screen is much too sensitive .B.It is not as large as he expected.‎ C.Its battery life isn't as long as his original one. D.Documents can't be transferred between different Kindles.‎ ‎23. What problem do Jason and Susan have with their new Kindle ?‎ A.There are always messages popping up. B.Ifs difficult to turn on the touch screen.‎ C. Page turning doesn't work well sometimes. D.The battery lasts shorter than the original one.‎ B A week ago at Compton Elementary School, Georgia, something wonderful happened. Band students from Hillgrove High School arrived to hang out with and talk to the little guys. They wanted to make sure the school's youngest had food in their homes that week.‎ The thing that thrilled people was that this generous idea came from 17-year-old Nathan Jones, not an adult. Jones is a good trumpet （小号）player with the Hillgrove Hawks band. The idea, he said, came to him two years ago during a discussion about community service in a freshman leadership class. Serving the community was nothing new to Jones. For years, he and his family, who recently moved from Orlando, Florida, had been active community volunteers.‎ Last year, Jones thought it was a good idea to get the school band involved in community service, only for the young kids in the school Band director Patrick Erwin agreed but decided they had neither the time nor the resources to do it. "It got put on the back burner," Jones said. “This year, I decided to try again. ” This time, Erwin encouraged Jones to take charge and he did.‎ Back in August, Jones challenged the band to raise $ 5,000 to help with the cost of packing the meals. Within two weeks, they'd collected $‎6,000 in donations, enough to provide 2,500 family meals, including bags of rice, soy protein, vitamins and vegetables. By the end of the month, when poor families are struggling, a bag of food can mean the difference between a full stomach and an empty one for many of those students.‎ But HiHgrove's effort isn't just about feeding the body. It's about feeding souls, too.‎ Early on, the band's goal was to direct students' focus from getting "likes" on social media to building relationships with the people around them. So the band decided on the message, "What the world needs now is love, not likes” for its half-time show.‎ ‎ That means actually going into the community and actually showing love,” Jones said. “ We're going out and doing what we are telling people to do. ” ‎ ‎24 . Why did the band students go to Compton Elementary School?‎ A. To share their music with the kids. B. To provide food for poor young kids.‎ C. To give students advice on healthy eating. D. To help children who had trouble making friends.‎ ‎25. Where did Jones get his idea?‎ A.A news report about Compton. B.A discussion in a leadership class.‎ C. His volunteer experience in Orlando. D. His parents who loved community service.‎ ‎26. The underlined part “put on the back burner" in Paragraph 3 probably means A. put aside B. started C. changed over D .occupied ‎27 .What can we learn about the Hillgrove band?‎ A.They couldn't raise enough money. B.They were going to help more schools;‎ C.Their work meant a lot to the young kids. D.They had been helping Compton for two years.‎ C On the night of August 24, 2001, everything changed when my friends car hit a wall with me inside. I lost most of my right leg, and I was left bleeding with several broken bones. At the hospital, although my body was weak, my mind was still very clear. I just kept telling myself to hold on. A week later，I made a deal with the doctors that once I could roll onto my side, I could leave.‎ Two weeks later , I was allowed to go home. Although I left the hospital, the fight was far from over. My left knee was badly injured, which resulted in different surgeries (手术）over the next few years. And soon, more of my right leg had to be removed. This made it harder to wear my false leg, so I donated it to a nurse who couldn't afford one for herself. The joy of being able to provide this gift to someone else was greater than the happiness I felt on any day I was able to wear it myself.‎ People often tell me they're proud of me for staying strong. But in my mind, staying strong has always been my only choice. So, on the day I left the hospital, I made a promise to myself to always live life to the fullest.‎ Now, I may not be able to do things the way everybody else does them, but still,I always find a way to do them. I soon settled into everyday life again, until one day I realized I wasn't living my life as fully as I wanted to.‎ After 13 years of thinking that I was confident, I had an unfamiliar feeling sweep over me. For the first time in my life, I was not only confident but I wanted to help those around me. In 2014, I even started modeling. My dream is that one day a little girl will see me in a magazine and say, "Wow, she's beautiful, and she only has one leg. I could do that too someday, even though I have a disability."‎ ‎28. How did the author feel after the car accident?‎ A. She felt lucky that she was still alive. B. She took a positive attitude toward life.‎ C.She couldn't accept the loss of her leg. D.She complained that life was unfair to her.‎ ‎29. What made the author feel happy according to the text?‎ A. She could wear her false leg again. B.She had lived her life to the fullest.‎ C. She was able to offer help to others. D .She could do things like everybody else.‎ ‎30. Why did the author start modeling in 2014 ?‎ A.To appear on the cover of a magazine. B.To prove disabled people could also succeed.‎ C.To challenge herself by trying something new. D .To encourage others to be confident of themselves.‎ ‎31. What was the author's main purpose in writing the text?‎ A.To stress the importance of having a dream B.To show how difficult life is for disabled people.‎ C.To give advice to disabled people on how to make a living.‎ D.To share her past experiences and how she discovered her dream.‎ D Many of us have had this experience: we lie down in a bed other than our own, perhaps at a friend's house or in a hotel room, and find it difficult or impossible to fall asleep. Is it because the bed is uncomfortable? Maybe, but perhaps there can be other reasons .‎ According to a new study published in Current Biology, a significant reason is what the scientists call "first night effect” .They believe that one side of the brain acts as a "night watch” to warn us about potential dangers. It forces us to stay awake on the first night in a new environments.‎ For the study, 35 young volunteers were asked to sleep in a sleep lab for several days. Meanwhile, researchers watched their brain activities.‎ According to the researchers, on their first night, the left brain was more active than the right brain and people had a hard time sleeping. However, left-brain activities decreased as days went by, falling even to the point of complete calm. In this process , the participants got an increasingly better sleep experience.‎ The findings suggest that the different rhythms of the sides of the brain affect our sleep. When the two sides work differently, the balance between them is broken. Thus, the brain can't relax and is sensitive to anything strange in the surroundings, just as it is in the daytime.‎ ‎“ At some level, the brain is continuing to analyze things, even though you are not aware of the analysis, ” US professor Jerome Siegel told Smithsonian."If something unusual happens - if a door ‎ opens or you hear a key in a lock --you can be alert, even though the intensity of the stimulus （刺激强度) is quite low. ” More surprisingly , this phenomenon is similar to the way some animals sleep.‎ The researchers think that it is the result of evolution (进化），and works to protect us in potentially dangerous environments.‎ If you have ever had what you think is "first night effect" , researchers suggest that you bring your own pillow or sleep in a room similar to your bedroom next time you sleep away from home.‎ ‎32. What is found in the new study published in Current Biology?‎ A.Brain activities affect people's sleep in a new environment.‎ B.A comfortable bed helps people sleep well in a new environments C.Most people can sleep well in a new environment after the first night.‎ D.The right brain determines how well people sleep in a new environment.‎ ‎33.What do the researchers think makes the brain sensitive to new things ?‎ A.The tiredness people suffer from in the daytime.‎ B.The bad sleep experiences people have ever had.‎ C.The imbalance between the two sides of the brain.‎ D.The strangeness of the things people come across.‎ ‎34. What do the researchers think of "first night effect”？‎ A.It has developed as a way to protect us. B.It increases our better sleep experiences.‎ C.It's a characteristic that animals don't have. D.It helps people to get used to new environments quickly.‎ ‎35 .What might be the best title for the passage?‎ A.Why cann’t we get to sleep B.How can we get a better sleep C.What affects our brain activities D.How can we prevent our "first night effect"‎ 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,并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ It’s natural to greet friends with a smile and a wave. 　36　 But what happens if your face and body send mixed messages? Would someone be more likely to believe the look on your face or the way you hold your body?‎ Scientists have recently tackled these questions. They found that when a person is looking at your face, she might not believe what she sees if your body language doesn’t match the feeling that your face shows.‎ ‎　37　 Previously, they had found that the tone of a person’s voice can be more important than the words that are spoken. For example, most people tend not to believe a person who says in a flat voice, “I’m so excited.”‎ When it came to emotions conveyed by facial expressions and body language, most scientists suspected that the face was more important. To test if this was true, psychologists from the Netherlands and Boston showed people a number of pictures of isolated(孤立的)faces and isolated bodies (with faces blurred out(模糊的)) that showed anger or fear. 　38　‎ An angry face had low eyebrows and tight lips. A scared face had high eyebrow and a slightly open mouth. 　39　 A scared body had arms forward and shoulders square, as if ready to defend.‎ These results told the researchers that mixed signals can confuse people. Even when people pay attention to the face, body language subtly(微妙地) influences which emotion they read.‎ ‎　40　 If you want to be understood, it helps to avoid sending mixed messages.‎ A. Studying such mixed messages is nothing new for scientists.‎ B. Scientists feel new to study the mixed message that confuses people.‎ C. So, your body language is important for telling people how you feel.‎ D. When you do this, your face and body work together to show your friends that you’re happy to see them.‎ E. An angry body had arms back and shoulders at an angle, as if ready to fight.‎ F. They also showed pictures in which angry or scared faces were paired with angry or scared bodies.‎ G. Body language can sometimes be misunderstood in different culture backgrounds.‎ 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)‎ Many families usually take their children to travel during school breaks. But Julie and Tim Rivenbark planned a(n) 41 vacation with their two children―a one-year trip around the world. They plan to 42 30 countries in all. Right now, the four travellers are about halfway through their 43 . Ms. Rivenbark says they are trying to see as much of the 44 as they can. ‎ Mr. Rivenbark says the family has 45 on ostrich (鸵鸟) birds, elephants, and camels. But, he says, one of the most 46 experiences of the trip has been meeting new people. “People have been 47 friendly and welcoming and love our kids―and it’s lovely to see them interacting (互动) with new people and their 48 to see our kids enjoying themselves in their country.” Eleven-year-old Tyler says he has enjoyed 49 about the people they have met. “I learned in Africa that people have very 50 lifestyles to those in America.” His sister Kara 51 that she liked Thai food. Ms. Rivenbark says that the trip is 52 the children a lot more than short visits would have. “I think that the longer we travel, the more 53 it has on how they see the world. I can see them 54 more than they can see themselves,” she said. It took the family a year to 55 for the trip. They had to sell their house and cars. Ms. Rivenbark 56 her job and her husband is using unpaid leave. They carry small bags 57 lightweight clothing and whatever else they need. Ms. Rivenbark says she 58 being able to carry everything she needs on her back. ‎ Tyler and Kara each have iPads so they can communicate with teachers to stay 59 with their schoolwork. Tyler is also ‎60 a 365-day video blog.‎ ‎41. A. shorter B. important C. complicate D. longer ‎42. A. pass B. visit C. walk D. guide ‎43. A. destination B. experience C. trip D. voyage ‎44. A. world B. nature C. forest D. country ‎45. A. competed B. kicked C. shot D. ridden ‎46. A. scary B. surprising C. exhausting D. interesting ‎47. A. largely B. extremely C. mainly D. rarely ‎48. A. caution B. passion C. reaction D. attention ‎49. A. teasing B. learning C. attracting D. copying ‎50. A. similar B. different C. odd D. special ‎51. A. discovered B. realized C. suggested D. explained ‎52. A. witnessing B. exploring C. teaching D. studying ‎53. A. benefit B. influence C. reflection D. action ‎54. A. changing B. concerning C. understanding D. sharing ‎55. A. leave B. hope C. fight D. prepare ‎56. A. adjusted B. designed C. quit D. found ‎57. A. filled with B. consisted of C. carried out D. taken along ‎ ‎58. A. practices B. prefers C. enjoys D. dislikes ‎59. A. rapid B. active C. fresh D. current ‎60. A. completing B. creating C. revising D. managing 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。‎ From the first day I arrived in Kunming, I had my understanding of China 61___ (change). Far from being narrow-minded and hostile to 62 _____ (foreign) ，people came up to talk to me the first time I went out on the street. It happened to be all in Chinese, so I didn’t understand much, 63_____ it did cause me to rethink my assumptions. ‎ As my Chinese improved, this continued throughout my stay, from my landlord introducing me to people who could help us learn Chinese to 64 ______ (get) to know the couple who ran a noodle restaurant nearby. ‎ If you’re interested in other people, their culture, and their language, they’ll be 65 ____ (friend) to you. China isn’t 66 exception. ‎ Don’t judge a country by its media coverage, 67____ (especial) some Western media, which have much prejudice. ‎ I saw a very different kind of China with my own eyes. Kunming, 68______ I lived for most of my stay, wasn’t much polluted. I had frank conversations with Chinese people about almost everything. ‎ Still China 69______ (develop) ，but the economic growth means that most people 70_____ (see) their living standards improve rapidly in the last 20 years. People I spoke with were generally optimistic about the future. ‎ 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)‎ In the past, very few foreigners visited the south foot of the Himalayas. Later, many Japanese went there because the honesty of a small boy. ‎ One day, some Japanese photographers asked a locally boy to buy some bottles of beer, which took the boy three hours. The next day, the boy volunteered to help him and one of the photographers gave him lots of money. But the boy didn’t return back on time. The third night, the boy knocked at the doors of the photographer, telling him that he bought four bottles of beer at one store, climbing a mountain and crossed a river to buy another six. On the way back, three bottles was broken. He cried and brought the broken pieces to the photographer but gave him the change. ‎ The people there were moving. Then more travelers came to the place.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假设你是李华，你的美国老师Miss Morgan要求你们明天下午去听一个美国历史的讲座。你因故不能参加。请你根据以下要点，写一封短信向Miss Morgan请假。‎ 内容要点:1. 表示歉意； 2.理由：去机场接从法国回来的舅舅；3. 询问：是否有录音，以便补听讲座。 注意：1. 词数：100词左右； 2. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Miss Morgan， I am so sorry that__________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ Li Hua 第一部分：听力（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ ‎1-20 ACACB BBABA BACAA BCBCC 第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）‎ ‎21-23.B .D .D 24-27.B .B. A .C 28-31.B .C .D .D 32-35.A C .A A 36-40 DAFEC 第三部分：英语知识运用 ‎ 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ ‎41-45 DBCAD 46-50 DBCBA 51-55 ACBAD 56-60 CACDB 第II卷（50分）‎ 第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎61. changed 62. foreigners 63. but 64. getting 65. friendly ‎ ‎66. an 67. especially 68. where 69. is developing 70. have seen 第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（满分10分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（满分10分）‎ In the past, very few foreigners visited the south foot of the Himalayas. Later, many ‎ ‎ southern Japanese went there because ˄ the honesty of a small boy.‎ ‎ of ‎ One day, some Japanese photographers asked a locally boy to buy some bottles of beer，‎ ‎ local which took the boy three hours. The next day, the boy volunteered to help him and one of the ‎ them photographers gave him lots of money. But the boy didn’t return back on time. The third night, ‎ ‎ ‎ the boy knocked at the doors of the photographer, telling him that he bought four bottles of beer ‎ ‎ door at one store, climbing a mountain and crossed a river to buy another six. On the way back, three ‎ ‎ climbed ‎ bottles was broken. He cried and brought the broken pieces to the photographer but gave him ‎ ‎ were and the change. ‎ The people there were moving. Then more travelers came to the place.‎ ‎ moved 书面表达One possible version：‎ ‎ Miss Morgan, I am so sorry that I won't be able to attend the lecture on American history tomorrow afternoon. My uncle is returning home from France, and I have promised to meet him at the airport at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon. ‎ ‎ I am very much interested in American society and history. I wonder if it is possible for the talk ‎ to be recorded, and if so, could I borrow the tape? It would mean a great deal to me to listen to the tape and make up for what is covered in the talk. I would appreciate it if you could allow me to ask for a leave of absence.‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua Text 1‎ M: I’ve got my camera with me. But am I allowed to take photos here?‎ W: I think so. It doesn’t say you can’t. ‎ ‎ ‎ Text 2‎ M: I really like living here in this flat, because it’s so near the center of town.‎ W: That’s true. But it gets really noisy at night.‎ ‎ ‎ Text 3‎ M: Hi, Maggie. I’m coming, but it’s snowing and the traffic is moving slowly.‎ W: OK, David. Take your time. We’ll wait for you, so we can have dinner together.‎ ‎ ‎ Text 4‎ M: Celia, you see those girls over there? They need another player for a basketball game. Would you like to join them?‎ W: Seems like it’s a game for fun. Sure, I’ll be there in a minute.‎ ‎ ‎ Text 5‎ W: I won’t have anything to wear to work on Monday unless I pick up my clothes at the dry cleaners.‎ M: Then you’d better hurry. It closes at noon on Sundays.‎ W: Oh! I should have gone there Saturday.‎ ‎ ‎ Text 6‎ M: All right, Sarah. We know that you’re planning something big for John’s birthday. Could you tell us just what you have in your mind?‎ W: I wanted to make his birthday a very special event. John has a sister living in France, and I’ll send her a plane ticket, so that she can be here for his birthday.‎ M: Boy! What an excellent plan! That’s something special. I kind of guessed you had some secret plan and were waiting for the right time to tell me.‎ W: Well, I didn’t want to say anything until I was sure she could come.‎ ‎ ‎ 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 Dan. But it’s a pity you can’t come.‎ ‎ ‎ Text 8 ‎ W: Hello, this is Andrea.‎ M: Hello, Andrea, this is Alex. I have some very good news for you. Miranda was very satisfied with you and said she’s very much looking forward to working with you. Isn’t that wonderful? Congratulations, dear! How does it feel to be Miranda’s new assistant? I imagine that you’re just delighted with this news. So, let’s see…you can start on Monday, right?‎ W: Umm, well, I don’t think I can start Monday. I am visiting my father in Baltimore. And because I don’t live in New York, I’ll need a couple of days to find a flat and buy some furniture and move my things from Avon.‎ M: Oh, well…then, in that case I suppose Wednesday would be good. Ok, see you then!‎ ‎ ‎ Text 9‎ W: Hello, Mr. Jan Erick Friedman. You’re a frequent traveler. And we also know that you eat out twice a day. How come you are so fond of eating out?‎ M: When I got my first job back in 1982 and started traveling, I had no other choice but to eat out. I found that I felt different due to what I was eating, so I tried to find places that served food that made me feel good. The secret was the quality of the food and how well the food was prepared. I made an effort to find good restaurants as well as nice dishes.‎ W: How did you manage to make a list of 218 favorite restaurants?‎ M: I have lived in many cities, and when I moved back to Sweden from the United States, people asked me where to go and eat when they went to cities I knew. I got a lot of ideas. Then I wrote about restaurants for the Swedish Club’s magazine, and someone suggested I gather the information about the restaurants together. Since I had all the facts about the restaurants I had been to, I started to do that. ‎ W: How do you find restaurants?‎ M: The best way is to ask the people there. I may talk to people at a street market or take a walk and look for a place myself. I never ask a hotel clerk or a taxi driver. I don’t go to empty restaurants or places with menus difficult to understand.‎ Text 10 ‎ M: At the beginning of the tour, we will start with the most important place in my town, which is the Plaza Leon. The Plaza Leon, which is more than 100 years old, is the gathering place for young people on Friday and Saturday nights, and for parents and children on Sunday afternoons. Four streets lead to the Plaza, which have wide sidewalks and are tree-lined. Hernandes Street, which was named after a famous writer born in the city, contains all of the food stores, fish markets, and vegetable stands. Fernando Street, which was named after an educator, is where all of the government offices are housed. Via del Mar Street, whose roads are made of stones, is the only street which still has its old surface. Finally, we come to Horatio Street, on which there are two universities. One of them is the most famous university in my country. That’s why it is my favorite street of all. ‎