2017-2018学年湖南省长郡中学高二上学期第一次模块检测英语试题

2017-2018学年湖南省长郡中学高二上学期第一次模块检测英语试题

‎2017-2018学年湖南省长郡中学高二上学期第一次模块检测英语试题 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分10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0.5分，满分2.5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. Why can’t Mary attend the meeting？‎ A. She is sick.‎ B. She has to take care of her sister.‎ C. She has to play with her sister.‎ ‎2. How much did the woman pay for the cell phone including tax？‎ A. $ 14. B. $ 40. C. $ 43.‎ ‎3. What is the relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Husband and wife.‎ B. Customer and shopkeeper.‎ C. Tourist and guide.‎ ‎4. Where is the history museum？‎ A. At the end of Clark Street.‎ B. On the left of North Avenue.‎ C. At the corner of Clark Street and North Avenue.‎ ‎5. When should the man return the books and magazines？‎ A. Within two weeks. B. Within three weeks. C. Within a month.‎ 第二节（共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5分）‎ 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6. What is the man going to do？‎ A. Have classes. B. Play basketball. C. Go to swim.‎ ‎7. Where is the woman going next？‎ A. To the recreation center to play basketball.‎ B. To the tennis room.‎ C. To the weight room.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. Where is the man now?‎ A. At Platform No. 4.‎ B. At State Street Station.‎ C. By the ticket machines.‎ ‎9. Why is the man thankful to the woman?‎ A. He has got his problem solved.‎ B. He has arrived at the Science‎ ‎Museum.‎ C. He can get the ticket for free.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. What is there going to be in Liberty‎ ‎Park next week?‎ A. There will be an art festival.‎ B. There will be an art class.‎ C. There will be an art contest.‎ ‎11. Who will come in person and show their paintings?‎ A. Two best international painters.‎ B. Three best international painters.‎ C. Three best local painters.‎ ‎12. What information do we know about the art exhibitions?‎ A. The exhibitions start at the same place and time.‎ B. The exhibitions start at different places and times.‎ C. The exhibitions will attract people from all over the world.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. When will the woman come?‎ A. At half past eleven. B. At around eleven. C. At half past ten.‎ ‎14. What did the woman do a few days ago?‎ A. She had her new tooth examined.‎ B. She had a new tooth pulled out.‎ C. She had a new tooth filled in.‎ ‎15. What causes the woman’s toothache?‎ A. It doesn’t fit quite right.‎ B. She doesn’t take good care of it.‎ C. She doesn’t use it properly while eating.‎ ‎16. Why does the woman go to the doctor’s?‎ A. To take out the bad tooth.‎ B. To set the new tooth right.‎ C. To thank the doctor for helping her.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. Why does the speaker surf the Internet?‎ A. To read comments about herself.‎ B. To watch the world news.‎ C. To order some food.‎ ‎18. Where does the speaker have breakfast?‎ A. At home. B. In a cafe. C. In the studio.‎ ‎19. What does the speaker do at about 3:00 p. m.?‎ A. Drink a cup of coffee.‎ B. Attend a meeting.‎ C. Have lunch.‎ ‎20. What’s the speaker’s job?‎ A. A journalist. B. A business woman. C. A singer.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分） ‎ 第一节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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 Founded in 1764 by French traders, St. Louis today is the fifteenth largest urban area in the USA. There are many attractive destinations for tourists.‎ ‎★ American‎ Kennel Club ‎Museum of the Dog Dog lovers who visit St. Louis won’t want to miss this 14,000-square-foot museum. Inside are over 500 paintings, watercolors, and a variety of other dog at objects.‎ The museum is open al the year round, Tuesday through Saturday ‎10 a. m. to 4 p. m., and Sunday 1 p. m. to 4 p. m. Admission is $ 5 for adults, $ 2.50 for students, and $ 1 for children up to 10.‎ ‎★ Anheuser Busch Brewery The Anheuser Busch Brewery tour is not just for beer lovers. The tour includes the historic Brew House, where visitors can enjoy how beer is made. Then the tour continues to the modern Bevo Packaging Plant. The best will be the Budweiser Clydesdale Stables.‎ The tours are always free.‎ ‎★ Gateway Arch Designed by Eero Sarinen and Hannskari Bandel, it took over two years and 900 tons of stainless steel to build. It is the tallest of the country’s national monuments. The arch is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. About one million people per year come to the top of the ach, where there is an observation platfom providing a great view of the city.‎ ‎★ St. Louis Zoo First version of the St. Louis Zoo opened in 1904 at the St. Louis World’s Fair, but in the century it has grown into one of the foremost zoos in the world. The Zooline Railroad, a passenger train takes visitors around the zoo, which contains over 9,000 animals of over 800 species.‎ The zoo is open every day but Christmas and New Year’s Day, with summer hours of ‎8 a. m. to 7 p.m., and the rest of the year of ‎9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Admission to the zoo is free.‎ ‎21. If you (a student) plan to visit the American‎ Kennel Club ‎Museum of the Dog with your parents and your five-year-old brother, how much will you pay?‎ A. $ 8.5. B. $ 12. C. $ 13.5. D. $ 16.‎ ‎22. Which of the following can you visit if you are interested in how to make beer?‎ A. American‎ Kennel Club ‎Museum of the Dog.‎ B. Anheuser Busch Brewery.‎ C. Gateway Arch.‎ D. St. Louie Zoo.‎ ‎23. What can we know about the Gateway Arch from the passage?‎ A. It was made of stones.‎ B. It was built in two years.‎ C. President Jefferson was buried there.‎ D. You can see the city clearly on the top of the arch.‎ ‎24. At the St. Louis Zoo, you can visit all animals there .‎ A. by train B. by bicycle C. by bus D. on foot B They wear the latest fashion with the most up-to-date (配饰). Yet these are not girls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventies. A generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favouring the same high street looks worn by those half their age.‎ Professor Julia Twigg, a social policy expert, said, “Women over 75 are now shopping for clothes more frequently than they did when they were young in the 1960s. In the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matter. It was an expensive item that they would purchase only every three or four years—now you can pick one up at the supermarket whenever you wish to. Fashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly.”‎ Professor Twigg analysed family expenditure (支出) data and found that while the percentage of spending on clothes and shoes by women had stayed around the same—at 5 or 6 per cent of spending—the amount of clothes bought had risen sharply.‎ The professor said, “Clothes are now 70 per cent cheaper than they were in the 1960s because of the huge expansion of production in the Far East. In the 1960s Leeds was the heart of the British fashion industry and that was where most of the clothes came from, but now almost all of our clothes are sourced elsewhere. Everyone is buying more clothes but in general we are not spending more money on them.”‎ Fashion designer Angela Barnard, who runs her own fashion business in London, said older women were much more affected by celebrity (名流) style than in previous years.‎ She said, “When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirrea looking attractive and fashionable in their sixties, they want to follow them. Older women are much more aware of There’s also the boom in TV showing people how they can change their look, and many of my older customers do yoga to stay in shape well in their fifties. When I started my business a few years ago, my older customers tended to be very rich, but now they are what I would call ordinary women. My own mother is 61 and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten years ago.”‎ ‎25. Professor Twigg found that, compared with the 1960s, .‎ A. the price of clothes has generally fallen by 70%‎ B. people spend 30% less than they did on clothes C. the spending on clothes has increased by 5% or 6%‎ D. the amount of clothes bought has risen by 5% or 6%‎ ‎26. What can we learn about old women in terms of fashion?‎ A. They are often ignored by fashion designers.‎ B. They are now more easily influenced by stars.‎ C. They are regarded as pioneers in the latest fashion.‎ D. They are more interested in clothes because of their old age.‎ ‎27. It can be concluded that old women tend to wear the latest fashions today probably because .‎ A. they get tired of things more quickly B. TV shows teach them how to change their life C. they are in much better shape now D. clothes are much cheaper than before ‎28. Which is the best possible title of the passage?‎ A. Age Is No Barrier for Fashion Fans B. The More Fashionable, the Less Expensive C. Unexpected Changes in Fashion D. Boom of the British Fashion Industry C As globalization continues to make the world a smaller place, and goods become more accessible across borders, concerns about food safety in the Asia Pacific region have steadily risen over the years. An APEC forum is being held in Beijing, to find ways to better address the problem.‎ ‎156 participants from 19 APEC economies and 4 nonAPEC members attended the APEC Food Safety Cooperation Forum. Created 7 years ago, the forum has been actively looking for ways to strengthen food safety standard in the region, without affecting trade.‎ ‎“As consumers are faced with more varieties of food, the potential food safety risk also becomes bigger. This forum has helped APEC economies to cooperate in supervision (监督), exchange information, and improve the overall food safety standard in the Asia Pacific region,’’ said director of China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision Wu Qinghai.‎ For the first time the forum has brought together high-level regulators, academics, and industry stakeholders to talk about their respective roles in safety supervision. They say governments alone cannot shoulder this heavy duty.‎ In China, the continuous food safety problems have greatly hurt consumers’ confidence in domestic products； therefore more turned to imports. However, problems related to quality of those imported goods also began to show. In July this year, more than 400 batches (批) of food imports from 35 countries and regions were found substandard by the country’s top quality supervisor.‎ Governments and industries have been brought closer by this forum. As food moves more freely beyond borders, this forum is hoped to promote safety control cooperation, so APEC can better benefit from the economic integration (经济一体化).‎ ‎29. What kind of function can the forum play?‎ A. It has found ways to deal with safety problems.‎ B. It has greatly influenced the economy in the area.‎ C. It has long been able to put every side’s efforts together.‎ D. It helps to bring government regulators and together.‎ ‎30. The last but one paragraph tells us that .‎ A. many Chinese customers would rather buy some foreign food B. food imported from other countries is indeed high in quality C. the Chinese customers are more satisfied with their domestic food safety D. there are only 35 countries and regions exporting food to ‎China ‎31. The underlined word “address” in the first paragraph can be replaced by “ ”.‎ A. call off B. deal with C. deliver a speech on D. send a letter about D We all have an idea about the common types of environmental problems. However, light pollution may be a new term to many of us. But, the fact is, it does affect mankind, other living forms and the environment as a whole.‎ What is light pollution? It presents all forms of misused man-made light. The obvious cause of light pollution is the use of outdoor lighting products improperly. It can be office lighting, car headlights, station lights, streetlights and many more.‎ Light pollution is harmful to both animals and plants. Upon studies, it is found that obvious effects are observed in the behaviour of nocturnal animals. Needless to mention, bright light at night makes it difficult for these animals to hunt, wander and perform their regular activities. Light pollution is directly or indirectly responsible for causing several diseases. Its effects are related to disturbance in the physical rhythm. It contributes to risks of developing cancerous cells. So, it’s nothing less than a threat to human health.‎ You have already seen the negative effects of light pollution on animals and human health. Apart from this, the actual cost of misused light is about millions of dollars every year. It also leads to the release of greenhouse gases and global warning. After all, fuels are used for producing electricity.‎ While outdoor lighting and using man-made lighting products are part of our modern lifestyle, some simple ways will surely help in reducing light pollution. For example, while installing outdoor lighting, make sure that they are pointed downwards. Also, use only the required lighting equipment for both home and offices. Believe it or not, many people living in the urban areas cannot view clear sky and stars at night. Let’s contribute our part in reducing the ‎ pollution.‎ ‎32. What can we learn about light pollution?‎ A. It has no effect on plants.‎ B. It contributes to most cancers.‎ C. It is a negative fruit of light technology.‎ D. It affects animals’ normal activities in the daytime.‎ ‎33. How does light pollution affect the climate?‎ A. It reduces temperatures by days and makes nights warmer.‎ B. It creates more clouds over parts of the Earth.‎ C. It stops the release of greenhouse gases.‎ D. It causes global temperatures to go up.‎ ‎34. How can we contribute our part in reducing light pollution?‎ A. Forbiding the use of outdoor lighting.‎ B. Using clean energy to produce electricity.‎ C. Not using unnecessary lights at home and offices.‎ D. Reducing money spent on man-made light in urban areas.‎ ‎35. It can be inferred from the last paragragh that .‎ A. citizens should be forbidden to install outdoor lighting B. only simple ways can help reduce light pollution C. there is no clear sky or stars over the urban areas D. light pollution needs to be dealt with urgently ‎ 第二节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。‎ Empathy (共鸣)‎ Last year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped shanty over the past 10 years. 36 Today, people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.‎ Jennifer Freed, a co-director of a teen program, has another explanation. Turn on the TV, and you’re showered with news ad reality shows full of people fighting, competing, and generally ‎ treating one another with no respect. 37 ‎ There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature. 38 Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. Besides, empathy can be a cure for loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and fear.‎ Empathy is also an indication of a good leader. In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers. 39 “Academics are important. But if you don’t have emotional intelligence, you won’t be as successful in work or in your love life,’’ she says.‎ What’s the best way to up your EQ? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others. 40 ‎ To really develop empathy, you’d better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, join a club or a team that has a diverse membership, have a “sharing circle” with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.‎ A. Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person.‎ B. That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.‎ C. “One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking,” Freed says.‎ D. Humans learn by example—and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic.‎ E. Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else—both what they think and how they feel.‎ F. Good social skills—including empathy—are a kind of “emotional intelligence” that will help you succeed in many areas of life.‎ G. Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ Dear son, ‎ The day when you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.‎ If I get dirty when eating, if I cannot dress myself, have patience. Remember the hours I spent 41 it to you. If, when I speak to you, I 42 the same thing thousand and one times, do not 43 me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story 44 you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a 45 , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I 46 , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my 47 little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and don’t laugh at me. I taught you 48 to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life. When at some moment I lose the memory or the 49 of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you 50 to me.‎ If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well 51 I need to and when not. When my 52 legs do not allow me to walk, give me your 53 , the same way I did when you gave your first 54 . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to 55 anymore—that I want to rest forever, do not get 56 . Someday you will understand. ‎ Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Someday you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted the 57 thing for you and I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad or angry for seeing me 58 you. You must be next to me and help me as I did it when you 59 living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and 60 . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have always had for you.‎ I love you, son.‎ Your father ‎41. A. giving B. teaching C. coming D. pointing ‎42. A. praise B. think C. repeat D. criticize ‎43. A. interrupt B. hurt C. ignore D. avoid ‎ ‎44. A. when B. after C. since D. until ‎ ‎45. A. rest B. word C. shower D. sleep ‎46. A. discovered B. invented C. noticed D. assumed ‎47. A. knowing B. fearing C. enjoying D. consulting ‎48. A. what B. when C. how D. why ‎49. A. news B. attitude C. material D. thread ‎50. A. discussing B. listening C. responding D. appealing ‎51. A. where B. whether C. that D. when ‎52. A. tired B. short C. long D. strong ‎53. A. leg B. ear C. hand D. mind ‎54. A. step B. start C. laugh D. cry ‎55. A. talk B. live C. write D. sleep ‎56. A. careful B. interested C. calm D. angry ‎57. A. last B. first C. best D. most ‎58. A. near B. behind C. below D. against ‎59. A. made B. started C. earned D. found ‎ ‎60. A. mercy B. duty C. excuse D. patience 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。‎ In recent years, there has been great progress in the study of genetics. With this progress, doors have been opened up to technologies that never existed before. 61 many people are excited about these new technologies, these same technologies frighten others. Nowhere is this truer than with genetically 62 (modify) (GM) food.‎ There 63 (be) two ways in which a plant or an animal can be genetically modified. First, new material can be inserted into its DNA to give the plant 64 animal qualities which it would never have in nature. Second, material can be taken from the DNA of a plant or an ‎ animal in order to remove qualities which are not desired.‎ One aim of GM research is to produce food 65 will make us healthier. So far, this technology has been used 66 (produce) plants which are better able to defend 67 (they) against pests and disease. 68 (support) of GM food argue that GM plants are healthier and have larger harvests. Though there has been research in GM animals 69 pigs, no GM meat 70 (sell) at present.‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分25分） ‎ 第一节 短文改错（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。错误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。‎ In general, visitors don’t have much difficulty know where to buy things in Britain. Most shops sell that you would expect them to. Lots of big supermarkets were self-service.‎ When you enter in one of these shops, you take a basket and put the things you hope to buy into them. If anyone tries to take things from a shop without paying, it is certainly that he or she will be caught. Most shops have store detective who have the job of catching shoplifters. Shoplifting is considering a serious crime in Britain. When waited to be served, it’s pretty important that you should wait for your turn. Many people from overseas are astonished at British habit of queueing.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分15分）‎ 假如你是李华，你的英国网友Tim写信询问你有关中国传统节日“中秋节”的情况，请你根据以下信息给他回一封E-mail。‎ ‎1.要点包括：节日简介、节日准备、赏月活动等；‎ ‎2.词数要求：100左右；‎ ‎3.参考词汇：中秋节：the Mid-autumn Festival。‎ 湖南省长郡中学2017-2018学年高二上学期第一次模块检测 英语试题答案 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分10分）‎ ‎1-5 BCACB 6-10 BACAA 11-15 CBBCA 16-20 BABCC 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）‎ 第一节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分2.5分）‎ ‎21-25 CBDAA 26-30 BDADA 31-35 BCDCD 第二节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）‎ ‎36-40. BDGFC 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节（共20小题；每小题1分，满分2)分）‎ ‎41-45 BCADC 46-50 BACDB 51-55 DACAB 56-60 DCABD 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎61. While/Although/Though 62. modified 63. are 64. or ‎65. which/that 66. to produce 67. themselves 68. Supporters ‎69. like 70. is being sold 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分25分）‎ 第一节 短文改错(满分10分）‎ In general, visitors don’t have much difficulty know where to buy things in Britain. Most shops sell that you ‎ ‎ knowing what would expect them to. Lots of big supermarkets were self-service.‎ ‎ are When you enter in one of these shops, you take a basket and put the things you hope to buy into them. If ‎ ‎ 删除in it anyone tries to take things from a shop without paying, it is certainly that he or she will be caught. Most shops have ‎ ‎ certain store detective who have the job of catching shoplifters. Shoplifting is considering a serious crime in Britain. When ‎ ‎ detectives considered waited to be served, it’s pretty important that you should wait for your turn. Many people from overseas are ‎ waiting astonished at ∧ British habit of queueing.‎ ‎ the 第二节 书面表达(满分15分）‎ 略 听力材料 Text 1‎ M: Mary is supposed to be here at the meeting. Where is she?‎ W: Her sister came down with stomachache, and she has to look after her at home.‎ Text 2‎ W: I bought a cell phone that was on sale. It was $ 40.‎ M: Did that price include tax?‎ W: No, I paid another $ 3 for that.‎ Text 3‎ W: That dress looks really nice. I am sure our daughter will like it.‎ M: Could we buy it next time, dear? I don’t have enough money with me. Text 4‎ W: Is there a history museum near here?‎ M: Yes, you go down this road and take the third turn on the left. The museum is at the corner of Clark Street and North Avenue. You can’t miss it.‎ Text 5‎ M: How long can I keep these books and magazines?‎ W: Three weeks. Don’t forget to return them on time.‎ Text 6‎ W: Hey Joe, where are you going? Are you on your way to class?‎ M: No, I, m going to the recreation center to play basketball. Do you want to go with me？‎ W: I’d like to. But I’m not a member.‎ M: That’s all right. If you’re a full-time student, membership is included in your tuition. Do you have your student ID card？‎ W: Yeah. Does that mean I can use any part of the recreation center？‎ M: Yeah. You can use the swimming pool, the gym, the tennis room, the weight room... anything you want. All you need to do is show your ID card at the door.‎ W: Hey, cool. What are we waiting for？‎ Text 7‎ W: Excuse me, do you need any help？‎ M: Yup, I... I’m just looking. Well, uh, well, I want to go to the Science Museum, but I’ve been lost for the past few hours, and I can’t understand these ticket machines.‎ W: Ah, well, just press this button. And from here, it’s a dollar fifty.‎ M: Okay.‎ W: Then, get on the train at Platform No. 4.‎ M: Alright. And where do I get off the train？‎ W: Get off at State Street Station, three stops from here.‎ M: Okay, I got it. Thanks for your help.‎ W: No problem. Good luck!‎ Text 8‎ M: Liberty Park, good morning. How can I help you?‎ W: I would like to know more about the art festival next week. What can I do at the festival?‎ M: Oh, you can do lots of things! You can listen to music, look at paintings by local and international painters, join the picnic, enjoy a delicious lunch in the park or watch a play.‎ W: Wow! What paintings can I see at the festival?‎ M: Three of our best local painters will come in person and show their paintings. Two of them are very traditional and like to paint landscapes. The third local painter is a modern artist and her paintings show the world in a different way, the way she sees it. You can also see new and old ‎ paintings from France, Japan, Brazil and Norway.‎ W: When is the art exhibition?‎ M: Oh, there are two, actually. The local painters will show their paintings at ‎11 a. m. on Saturday and the international exhibition starts at 3 p. m. on Sunday. Would you like to know where it is?‎ W: Yes, please.‎ M: The local exhibition is in Building 4 and the international exhibition is in Building 8.‎ Text 9‎ M: Good morning. Dr. Ellis’ office.‎ W: This is Mrs. Jackson. May I speak to the doctor?‎ M: This is Dr. Ellis. How is that new tooth?‎ W: Not so good, doctor. That’s what I, m calling about.‎ M: What’s wrong?‎ W: It just doesn’t seem to fit right.‎ M: Well, that might happen during the first few days after it has been put in. Have you been leaving it in as I told you?‎ W: Yes, I have. But it hurts in the beginning.‎ M: But it’s really better to leave it in, except when you clean it, of course. ‎ W: Well, I did at first, doctor. But it hurt so much that I just couldn’t stand it any longer. Maybe we can set it right a little more.‎ M: OK. When can you come here?‎ W: Oh, right away doctor, if you don’t mind.‎ M: Let me see. Can you get here in half an hour?‎ W: That’s 11:00. Yes, I can make it. Thank you. See you then.‎ Text 10‎ W: I love working in the music business. Every day is different to me. The first thing I do every day is to check my e-mail message from fans and write a couple of replies. Then I surf around on some music websites to see what the music journalists say about me.‎ Then I leave the house and go to a small French cafe for breakfast. I enjoy relaxing with a cup of coffee, watching the world going by. At about 11 o’clock, my car arrives and takes me to ‎ the studio, where I meet the other members of the band and start working. Usually, we begin with the problems of the previous day. At about three in the afternoon, we stop for lunch. After that we continue recording. I am careful with my voice. I never sing if I feel tired and I drink a lot of water during the day.‎ I usually arrive home at about half past six or seven. I never go to bed too late as I don’t want to be tired for the studio next day.‎