2017-2018学年江西省上饶县中学高二上学期第一次月考英语试题

2017-2018学年江西省上饶县中学高二上学期第一次月考英语试题

考试时间：2017年10月12—13日 上饶县中学2017-2018学年高二年级上学期第一次月考 英 语 试 卷 命题人：曹 芬 审题人：鲁志华 时间：120分钟 总分：150分 第Ⅰ卷（三部分，共115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. When did the speakers last see each other?‎ A. Fifteen years ago. B. Five years ago. C. One year ago.‎ ‎2. What does the man wish for the future?‎ A. All his dreams will come true.‎ B. Science will develop much faster.‎ C. He will be able to do his job from home.‎ ‎3. What will the woman do next?‎ A. Bring the man a salad. B. Take away the man’s soda.‎ C. Give the man some cheese.‎ ‎4. What is the relationship between the speakers?‎ A. They are friends. B. They are cousins.‎ C. They are brother and sister.‎ ‎5. What does the woman tell the man to do?‎ A. Prepare for landing. B. Take his headphones out.‎ C. Put his chair back in fifteen minutes.‎ 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 did the man like to do?‎ A. Hike. B. Swim. C. Take photographs.‎ ‎7. What does the woman suggest in the end?‎ A. The man should go more camping.‎ B. Life could be fun without social media.‎ C. Family activities are very important.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. Why was the man worried?‎ A. His mother has been ill. B. He lost his wallet.‎ C. A policeman was in front of the shopping mall.‎ ‎9. What will the man have to do in the end?‎ A. Pay the fine. B. Go to the hospital. C. Repair his car.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. What does the boy want to eat?‎ A. Peanut butter. B. Yoghurt. C. Cookies.‎ ‎11. What does the boy imply about carrot cake?‎ A. It’s low in sugar. B. It contains some healthy ingredients.‎ C. It’s not as delicious as other types of cake.‎ ‎12. How does the boy probably feel in the end?‎ A. Surprised. B. Jealous. C. Angry.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. What job is the man interviewing for?‎ A. A job at a school. B. A job at a radio station. C. A job at a TV station.‎ ‎14. What does the man think of sending emails?‎ A. He has done that his whole life. ‎ B. He has no confidence in it.‎ C. He is rather good at it.‎ ‎15. What does the job involve according to the woman?‎ A. A lot of traffic. B. Meeting the fans.‎ C. Getting up early in the morning.‎ ‎16. Who is one of the man’s references?‎ A. Someone he used to teach. B. Someone he used to work with.‎ C. Someone he went to graduate school with.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. When are laundry places usually closed?‎ A. At six o’clock in the morning. ‎ B. At eleven o’clock in the morning.‎ C.At seven o’clock at night.‎ ‎18. How many washers might a larger laundry place have?‎ A. 48. B. 24. C. 12.‎ ‎19. According to the talk, what do people often do while waiting in the laundry place?‎ A. Chat with the employee. B. Eat some food.‎ C. Put their clothes out in the sun.‎ ‎20. Who met their husband at a laundry place? ‎ A. The speaker’s sister. B. The speaker’s friend. C. The speaker.‎ 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。‎ A It’s 2035. You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life. Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics（智能电子元件）are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You’re not even middle-aged! As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies. ‎ ‎“Ready for your trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space—and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots（防疫针） are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door. It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office, Autopilot.” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it. 21. What changes the color of your shirt? ‎ A. The mirror. B. The shirt itself. ‎ C. The counter. D. The medicine. 22. How do the shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal? ‎ A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl. ‎ B. By listening to the doctor’s advice. C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen. D. By checking the nutrition details of the food. ‎ ‎23. The strawberries the children eat serve as _________ A. breakfast B. lunch C. vaccines D. nutrition ‎ B Many of the inventions that form part of our everyday lives had their roots right here in the UK. Let’s take a look at some of the most important inventions. The bagless vacuum cleaner James Dyson, 1979 There are some things we don’t know we need until someone invents them. Step forward, the bag-less vacuum cleaner. James Dyson came up with the idea after spending a lot of money on an expensive cleaner that simply pushed dirt around. Most of us would have left it that, but Dyson went on to change the basic principle of a vacuum cleaner—an idea that hadn’t been changed for 100 years—by designing a system that removed the necessity of the bag for good. His final version took five years of res earch. However, when Dyson first approached manufactures with his idea, he couldn’t interest them. But he didn’t give up and set up a factory in Wiltshire in 1993 to produce them himself. Two years later, Dyson’s products were outselling the competition. The Mini Alec Issigonis, 1959 While the Americans were driving supersize Cadillacs, Britain famously went in the opposite direction and came up with a small car. Alec Issigonis was responsible for the design and made a name for himself in motoring history with its launch(投放市场) in 1959 for the British Motor Corporation (BMC). The Mini’s success wasn’t overnight. Many thought it “strange”, but it developed into a love affair with the British that’s never decreased, helped by the fact that many stars loved it. The London sewage system(污水处理系统) Joseph Bazalgette, 1865 Like any major city, London has always produced large amounts of waste. Give thanks, then, to Joseph Bazalgette, an engineer who developed a far-reaching underground sewage system. It changed the process of getting rid of waste by dumping it into the Thames River. Even more impressive was his idea to construct pipes that would function for nearly 150 years and still be large enough to meet the need of the increasing population. As he said, “We’re only going to do this once.”‎ ‎24. What do we know about James Dyson and his idea? A. His efforts paid off at last. B. He enjoyed immediate success. C. His idea attracted many manufacturers. D. He set up the first vacuum cleaner factory. ‎ ‎25. The Mini won its popularity ______. ‎ A. soon after its launch in 1959. ‎ B. because it was advertised by stars. C. with the help of some famous people. ‎ D. because people lost interest in supersize cars. ‎ ‎26. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph shows Bazalgette was______. ‎ A. cautious B. confident C. far-sighted D. strong-minded ‎ ‎27. What did the three British inventors have in common? ‎ A. Their success came after many failures. ‎ B. They influenced many other inventors. ‎ C. They made their inventions by accident. ‎ D. Their inventions changed people’s lives.‎ C Physics is a different world now. Will there ever be another Einstein? Scientists say a new Einstein will appear, but it may take a long time. After all, more than 200 years separated Einstein from his nearest rival (对手) , Isaac Newton. Many physicists say the next Einstein hasn’t been born yet, or is only a baby now. That’s because the searching for a unified(统一的) theory that would explain all the forces of nature has pushed current mathematics to its limits. New math must be created before the problem can be solved. But researchers say there are many other factors working against another Einstein appearing anytime soon. For one thing, physics is quite a different field today. In Einstein’s day, there were a few thousand physicists worldwide, and fewer theoreticians. Education is different, too. One extremely important aspect of Einstein’s training that failed to be considered is the philosophy he read as a teenager. It taught him how to think theoretically about space and time. And he was a skilled musician. The interplay between music and math is well known. Einstein would fiercely play his violin as a way to think through a knotty physics problem. Today, universities have produced millions of physicists. There aren’t many jobs in science for them, so they go to Wall Street and Silicon Valley to apply their analytical skills to more practical and rewarding efforts. Besides, those who stay in science don’t work alone. It’s very difficult to imagine an independent person like Einstein ever tolerating this. 28. Which of the following best explains the reason that the next Einstein hasn’t been born yet? ‎ A. Education today doesn’t pay enough attention to philosophy teaching. B. We don’t know who will be another Einstein among newly-born babies. C. Math today is limited and cannot help the further development of physics. D. There were more physicists in Einstein’s time than today. ‎ ‎29. One of the reasons that made Einstein a great scientist is _________ A. the lack of physicists in his day B. the philosophy he read in his teens ‎ ‎ C. the knowledge learnt from Isaac Newton D. his decision of not working at Wall Street ‎ ‎30. The underlined word “knotty” here probably means________. A. interesting and useful B. important and meaningful C. realistic and hard D. difficult and puzzling ‎ ‎31. From Paragraphs 3 and 4, how many reasons does the writer give to explain that another Einstein hasn’t appeared? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. ‎ D Researchers have created a backpack that has a computer and medicines in it that can help even untrained soldiers save the lives of wounded troops. Wounded soldiers have a better chance of survival if they get help soon after being hurt and are quickly taken to a hospital or clinic. But soldiers who do not have medical training may not know how to help their injured friends. Doctors and engineers have developed what they call an “intelligent backpack”. It has a computer and electronic measuring devices. The backpack also has robotic instruments and medicines ready to give to injured troops. About 16 doctors and engineers from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and several other places are working on the project. The U. S. Department of Defense has given money to the project. Ron Poropatich leads the project. He is a retired army surgeon. He says the backpack will help soldiers care for those who are injured. The devices included in the backpack can monitor a person’s heart rate and blood pressure. The robotic instruments can even tell whether the soldier has a collapsed lung. The intelligent backpack's computer can compare information gathered about the injured soldier with thousands of similar cases, and quickly tell the best methods to use to save the soldier’s life. Sometimes, it is not always possible to quickly remove the injured soldier from the battlefield.So, Dr. Poropatich says, the researchers hope to create a backpack that will have devices that can keep a soldier alive for a long time. Dr. Poropatich hopes the backpack and its instruments will be ready for testing animals in about three years. 32. What can we learn from the first paragraph? A. The backpack can play a big part in the b attlefield. B. Most of the soldiers can’t use the backpack correctly. C. Soldiers should have taken medical training. D. War or battle has brought harm to the world. 33. How many kinds of items are mentioned in the backpack? A. 4. B.5. C.3. D.2. 34. What can we know according to Ron Poropatich? A. The project got support from the whole world. B. The robotic instruments can monitor lungs. C. The injurer’s heart disease can be cured. D. The devices can adjust soldiers’ blood pressure. 35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. Researchers and Their Wonderful Discovery B. Medical Care Tested on the Wounded Soldiers C. Emergency Medical Care in a Backpack D. Robotic Devices Used in the Battlefield 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。‎ Ever thought of learning a foreign language? Most schools offer foreign language classes, but sometimes it feels like a real drag to have to sign up to learn something so brand new. 36 ● Promoting brain power. Studies have shown that there are potentially lots of brain benefits to learn a new language. 37 And many scientists believe that the more you put your brain to work, the better results you will see. This extended brain work may actually lead to improved memory! ● Expanding opportunities. 38 These days, if you live in a big city you are very likely lucky enough to be able to experience the diversity that comes with having people from all over the world live in one place. ● 39 Part of being more open to travel is the joy of exploring different cultures. If you are able to speak the official language of the country you are visiting, you will find this process a lot easier than if you are trying to communicate in English all the time. ‎ ‎ For example, if you were to travel to Paris and were able to use French to communicate with locals, you may be introduced to aspects of French culture that you otherwise would have been completely unaware of. 40 ‎ A. Exploring different cultures. B. Learning a foreign language is important. C. It could be an amazing learning experience. D. Adults learn a language more slowly than the young. E. However, there are lots of benefits to learn another language. F. Learning and using more than one language is kind of like a practice for your brain. G.If you learn another language, you might find your opportunities for jobs, friendships and so on. ‎ 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）‎ 阅读下列短文，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，并将答题卡上该选项涂黑。‎ The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish from each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems  41  .  The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated(孕育) by   42  . In China, the mother river is the Yellow River  43  the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were   44   for several thousand years and formed their own styles. Then in the Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture  45 went overseas to Japan,  46  into the Japanese society and   47  the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it  48  to the same system.  When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was 49 on the Mesopotamian Plain(美索不达米亚平原）-the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well-known as the  50  of the European culture.  51 the Chinese culture, the European one also  52  waters. When the colonists of England   53  in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't  54  from the European one a lot.  At the same time, the  55 of the language systems adds to the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic (象形文字的) language while the Western languages ‎ are  56  based on the Latin system, for example, the one I’m using to write this paper. Other factors like human race difference  57  as well. However,  58 the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom  59 until recent centuries.  60  , they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no-interference(干扰)from the other.  41. A. in all B. above all C. in no case D. on the whole 42. A. rivers    B. lakes    C. mountains   D. plains 43. A. or     B. for    C. while    D. when 44. A. improved   B. developed   C. created    D. protected 45. A. gradually   B. naturally   C. suddenly   D. quietly 46. A. changed   B. mixed    C. decided   D. forced 47. A. expanded   B. interrupted   C. shaped    D. influenced 48. A. comes    B. belongs   C. amounts   D. adds 49. A. carried out   B. given out   C. brought up   D. picked up 50. A. base     B. sign    C. result    D. content 51. A. With    B. Like    C. Via    D. Except 52. A. crossed    B. formed    C. affected   D. spread 53. A. went up    B. joined up   C. settled down   D. broke down 54. A. differ    B. suffer    C. result    D. come 55. A. feature    B. development  C. appearance   D. distinction 56. A. simply    B. mostly    C. properly   D. partly 57. A. counts    B. reduces    C. lasts    D. changes 58. A. in terns of   B. in case of   C. due to    D. as to 59. A. communicate  B. distinguish   C. transform   D. display 60. A. However    B. Furthermore   C. Meanwhile   D. Therefore 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。将答案填写在答题纸的相应位置.‎ I went into the future because I 61.______ (win) a prize that gave me a tour. I 62.________ (suffer) from “time lag” when I left my own time. Wang Ping gave me some green tablets 63.________ could help me feel less nervous and uncertain. His 64. ______ (parent) company, 65.‎ ‎ ______ (call) “Future Tours”，transported me safely into the future in a time capsule. The first thing I noticed 66.______ (be) the poor quality of the air, so my head ached. And I found several things 67. ______(difference): a mask to give me enough oxygen; a hovering carriage driven by computer; a strange-looking house 68. _______ (belong) to Wang Ping’s parents. Here the trees acted 69. ______walls and provided oxygen for the room; a table, some chairs and a bed rose from under the floor as if 70. ______magic.‎ 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。‎ Worry about the time available, Zhang Pingyu had made a list of the sites she wanted to see in London. Her first delightful was going to the Tower. It built long ago by the Norman invaders of AD 1066. Therefore, the building had expanded around it. It is remained part of a royal palace and prison combined. To my great surprise, Zhang Pingyu found the Queen’s jewels guarded by special royal soldiers, that still wore the four-hundred-year-old uniform of the time of Queen Elizabeth I on special occasions. She finishes the day by looking at the outside of Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s house in London. Oh, she had so many to tell her friends! 第一节：书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假如你是李华，你的朋友Jack想去某报社应聘当记者，写信向你请教如何做一名好记者，请你给他回一封信，给他提供一些建议，你经过认真整理之后为他例了如下要点：‎ ‎1.作为一名记者，不但要有很好的新闻嗅觉，而且具有令人钦佩的专业技能。‎ ‎2.采访过程中要能够根据受访者的回答来获取他需要的信息并同时想出下一个问题。‎ ‎3.采访一结束，就必须准确迅速地写出报道。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1.词数：100左右。邮件的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。‎ ‎2.可以适当增加细节。‎ Dear Jack,‎ I’m very glad to receive your letter asking for my advice on how to be a good journalist. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 上饶县中学2019届高二年级上学期第一次月考 英语试卷答案 听力部分：1—5 BCACA 6—10 CBAAC 11—15 BABCC 16—20 BABBA 阅读理解：21—23BDC 24—27ACCD 28—31 CBDC 32—35 AABC ‎ 36—40 EFGAC 完形填空:41—45DACBA  46—50BCBCA   51—55BACAD 56—60 BACAD 语法填空：61.had won 62. suffered 63.which 64.parents’ 65. called ‎ ‎66. was 67.different 68. belonging 69. as 70. by 改错：‎ Worry about the time available, Zhang Pingyu had made a list of the sites she ‎ ‎ Worried ‎ wanted to see in London. Her first delightful was going to the Tower. It ∧built ‎ ‎ delight was long ago by the Norman invaders of AD 1066. Therefore, the building had expanded ‎ ‎ However buildings around it. It is remained part of a royal palace and prison combined. To my great ‎ ‎ 删掉 her surprise, Zhang Pingyu found the Queen’s jewels guarded by special royal soldiers, ‎ that still wore the four-hundred-year-old uniform of the time of Queen Elizabeth I on ‎ who special occasions. She finishes the day by looking at the outside of Buckingham ‎ ‎ finished Palace, the Queen’s house in London. Oh, she had so many to tell her friends!‎ ‎ much 书面表达：‎ One possible version:‎ Dear Jack,‎ I’m very glad to receive your letter asking for my advice on how to be a good journalist. I’d like to suggest the following to you.‎ As a good journalist, not only should you have a good nose for news, but you also should have admirable professional skills, such as distinguishing whether the interviewee is telling the truth or not and taking notes while listening. Then while an interview goes on, you should acquire the information you need depending on what the interviewee answers and meanwhile come up with the next question. What’s more, the moment the interview is over, you must write out your story accurately and quickly to get a “scoop”.‎ I hope that my suggestions are helpful for your decision-making anyway and good luck with your work.‎ ‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 附：听力原文 Text 1‎ M: You’re all grown up! How old are you now? Fifteen?‎ W: I was fifteen the last time you saw me! I’m twenty now.‎ M: Really? It seems like just last year that you and your brother came over to visit!‎ Text 2‎ M: Do you think, within a few years, many people could work at home instead of working in offices?‎ W: Yes, of course. Science and technology have developed really fast these past few years. And in the future, I believe almost all our ideas will become reality.‎ M: I’m looking forward to it.‎ Text 3 ‎ M: Excuse me.I asked for this salad without cheese on it, but this one is covered in it.‎ W:I’m sorry, sir. I’ll take it back and bring you out a new one.Can I get anything else for you?‎ M: Just another soda, please. Thank you.‎ Text 4‎ M: What would you like for your birthday, Sis?‎ W: I want the iPhone 6S.‎ M: That’s a pretty expensive gift! Do you think Mom and Dad will buy it for you?‎ W: No, but I’m hoping Aunt Janine will.‎ Text 5‎ W: Sir, you need to bring your chair back to its upright position and close your tray table. We’re touching down in fifteen minutes.‎ M: Sorry, I didn’t hear the announcement. I had my headphones in.‎ Text 6‎ W: Did you have a nice weekend, Charlie?‎ M: Not really. I went camping with my family.‎ W: That sounds fun!‎ M: It wasn’t. Camping is so boring. I didn’t have any service on my phone, so I couldn’t check Facebook or Twitter the whole weekend!‎ W: That doesn’t sound like a big deal. Didn’t you enjoy hiking or swimming with your family?‎ M: Not really. I enjoyed taking pictures of us fishing, but I couldn’t even post them until we got back on Monday.‎ W: Hmm... It sounds to me like you need to learn how to enjoy life without sharing every moment on social media.‎ Text 7‎ W: You look sad, Jason. What’s wrong?‎ M: I got a ticket just now.‎ W: Why? ‎ M: I was driving slowly near the shopping mall when a policeman suddenly appeared from behind and asked me to pull over. I had to stop my car. He told me that I had stopped on the double yellow line while I was waiting for the light.‎ W: Why did you do that? You are not a new driver. ‎ M: I was thinking about my mother. She’s been ill in bed. I was worrying about her, so I didn’t notice where I had stopped. ‎ W: Then what did you say? ‎ M:I said I was wrong, but the policeman wrote me a ticket anyway. That means I lost 425 dollars! ‎ W: Misfortunes often come in pairs. ‎ Text 8‎ W: What did you just put in the basket?‎ M: Some peanut butter.‎ W: That is not a jar of peanut butter.‎ M: Okay, fine. They’re peanut butter cookies. ‎ W: You know we don’t keep cookies in the house.‎ M: Mom, please? ‎ W: I will buy you yoghurt instead. It’s much healthier.‎ M: I don’t like yoghurt. What about some chocolate pudding?‎ W: You can get the low sugar kind.‎ M: That kind doesn’t taste as good. What about some carrot cake? It has carrots in it.‎ W: Cake also has a lot of sugar.‎ M: This is so unfair! I’m the only kid at school who isn’t allowed to eat food that tastes good.‎ W: Okay, I’ll let you buy one chocolate bar, but that’s it.‎ M: Really? Are you serious? You’re the best, Mom!‎ Text 9 ‎ W: Thanks for coming in today. Please have a seat. Tell me a little bit about yourself. Why do you think you’re qualified for this job?‎ M: I’ve worked as a music teacher my whole life, mainly with children, and now I’m ready for a change. Because I love music so much, I think working at a radio station would be perfect for me. ‎ W: The duties of this job include answering the phones and sending emails. How are you with both of those things? ‎ M:I’m experienced in sending emails, and I’m also fairly confident on the phone. When I was a teenager, I worked at a TV station answering phone calls, so this is probably pretty similar.‎ W: We also have some early mornings here in the studio. Sometimes you’ll have to be here around 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. How do you feel about that?‎ M: I’m an early riser, so that’s easy for me. It also means less traffic, which I’m always a fan of.‎ W: Do you have references I can call?‎ M: Yes, I have a list to give you. Two are people I worked with at my last job,and one is an old graduate school professor of mine.‎ W: Great. Well, I think that’s it. I’ll give you a call back in the next few days to let you know our decision.‎ M: Thank you so much.‎ Text 10 ‎ People who live in cities usually take their dirty clothes to a laundry place called a “laundromat”. These public businesses are usually open from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. A smaller laundromat might have a dozen washers and a dozen dryers, while a larger one might have twice that number. Most places do not have any employees there, as there are simple instructions posted near the machines and everything can be done without assistance. Most people bring their own washing soap, but there is often a machine that sells small packages in case you run out or forget yours. During the weekend, it can be hard to find an open machine but it is much easier during the week. Many laundry places have TVs, video games, magazines, or free Wi-Fi. Recently, many laundry places have added cafés or bars. Because people usually spend a few hours doing their laundry, having a drink or a meal is a convenient and fun way to pass the time. Of course, when so many people are washing their clothes close to each other, it is easy to make mistakes. My sister actually met her husband at a laundromat after he put her clothes in his basket by accident!‎