2018-2019学年安徽省黄山市屯溪第一中学高一上学期期中考试试题 英语 （word版）

2018-2019学年安徽省黄山市屯溪第一中学高一上学期期中考试试题 英语 （word版）

屯溪一中2018-2019年度年高一第一学期期中考试 英语试卷 试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。‎ 注意事项：‎ ‎1. 答卷前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、班级、座位号填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。‎ ‎2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B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，再选涂其它答案标号。‎ ‎3. 回答非选择题时，必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应的位置，写在本试卷上无效。如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。‎ 第I卷 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。‎ 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）‎ 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. How much will the man pay?‎ A. $70. B. $80. C. $100.‎ ‎2. What happened to Amanda?‎ A. She failed to go to the beach. B. She was caught in a fire. C. She got sunburnt.‎ ‎3. Where does the conversation take place?‎ A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel. C. In a shop.‎ ‎4. Why is the man looking for Sharon?‎ A. To invite her for lunch.‎ B. To check some information.‎ C. To hand in his sales report ‎5. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. Some books. B. A project. C. A desk.‎ 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 sport did Paul play?‎ A. Basketball. B. Baseball. C. Football.‎ ‎7. Who showed little interest in the sports afternoon?‎ A. Anne. B. Tom. C. Susan.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. What is the woman doing?‎ A. Asking for directions. B. Checking job information. C. Having an interview.‎ ‎9. What do we know about the woman?‎ A. She has been working for three years.‎ B. She teaches second-year students.‎ C. She is a student reporter.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. How did the woman travel?‎ A. By plane. B. By car. C. By train.‎ ‎11. What does the woman want to drink?‎ A. Orange juice. B. Coffee. C. Water.‎ ‎12. What does the man ask the woman to do for a book in the end?‎ A. Write a passage. B. Design a cover. C. Take photos.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. Who is the man probably?‎ A. The house owner. B. The woman’s father. C. The woman’s husband.‎ ‎14. What is the problem with the air conditioner in the bedroom?‎ A. It is old. B. It is noisy. C. It looks awful.‎ ‎15. What was fixed last year?‎ A. The TV set. B. The fridge. C. The washing machine.‎ ‎16. What will the man do next week?‎ A. Repair the sofa.‎ B. Have the TV set checked out.‎ C. Replace the bedroom air conditioner.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. When did the speaker get home?‎ A. At about 2:30 am. B. At about 7:30 am. C. At about 8:30 am.‎ ‎18. How did the speaker feel about the weather during the party?‎ A. Surprised. B. Unconcerned. C. Worried.‎ ‎19. What can we learn about the speaker?‎ A. He couldn’t find his car. B. He likes disco very much. C. He had a good time at the party.‎ ‎20. How did the speaker get home?‎ A. On foot. B. By car. C. By taxi.‎ 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 Most people agree that eating healthy food is important. But sometimes making good food choices can be difficult. Now, there are apps that can help people learn about the food they eat to improve their health and their dining out experience.‎ HappyCow app Vegetarians do not eat animal meat. Vegans do not eat any animal products. The HappyCow app is made for both groups. Users can search for vegetarian-vegan restaurants and stores around the world.‎ OpenTable app ‎ OpenTable app helps people choose restaurants when they want to go out to eat. It is a free service that shows users restaurant available based on where and when they want to dine. It gives users points when they make reservations(保留，预定), which can add up to discounts on restaurant visits.‎ LocalEats app Restaurant chains, like McDonalds, can be found almost anywhere a person might travel. But sometimes travelers want to eat like locals. The LocalEats app is designed for that. It can help you find local restaurants in major cities in the US and in other countries. It costs about a dollar.‎ Where Chefs Eat app ‎“Where Chefs Eat” is a 975-page book. Most people would not want to carry that around. But there is a much lighter app version of the same name for just $15. Six hundred chefs provide information on 3,000 restaurants around the world on the Where Chefs Eat app.‎ ‎21. Happycow app is designed for those who prefer .‎ A. local foods B. animal product C. animal meat D. vegetables ‎22. What app costs you most according to the text? ‎ A. HappyCow B. OpenTable. C. LocalEats D. Where Chefs Eat ‎23. Where does this passage most probably come from? ‎ A. A science textbook. B. A tourist map. C. A technology report. D.A museum guide.‎ B Steven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider that he’s an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce garbage, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road. What is even more interesting is that one of Stein’s jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bag.‎ Americans use more than 100 billion thin plastic bags every year. So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts (收银台). The bags are not allowed in some 90 cities in California, including Los Angeles. Eyeing these headwinds, plastic-bag makers are hiring (聘请)scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.‎ Among the bag makers’ arguments: many cities with bans（禁令）still allow shoppers to purchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport. And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.‎ The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement: reusable shopping bags. The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out. However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make. One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.‎ Environmentalists don’t doubt these points. They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.‎ ‎24. What has Steven Stein been hired to do?‎ A. Help increase market sales. B. Recycle the wastes.‎ C. Stop things falling off trucks. D. Argue for the use of plastic bags.‎ ‎25. What does the word “headwinds” in paragraph 2 refer to?‎ A. Effects of city development. B. Bans on plastic bags. ‎ C. Headaches caused by garbage. D. Plastic bags hung in trees.‎ ‎26. What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plastic-bag makers?‎ A. They are quite expensive. B. Replacing them can be difficult.‎ C. They are less strong than plastic bags. D. Producing them requires more energy.‎ ‎27. What’s the environmentalists’ attitude toward the use of paper bags?‎ A. Supportive B. Uninterested C. Negative D. Objective C There’s a new achievement in 3D printing that’s beginning to come into focus: food. Recent development has made possible machines that print, cook, and serve foods on a mass scale(大规模地). And the industry isn’t stopping there.‎ Food production With a 3D printer, a cook can print complicated chocolate sculptures and beautiful pieces for decoration on a wedding cake. Not everybody can do that—it takes years of experience, but a printer makes it easy. A restaurant in Spain uses a Foodini to “re-create forms and pieces” of food that are “exactly the same”, freeing cooks to complete other tasks. In another restaurant, all of the dishes and desserts it serves are 3D-printed, rather than farm to table.‎ Nutrition ‎ Future 3D food printers could make processed food healthier. Hod Lipson, a professor at Columbia University, said, “Food printing could allow consumers(消费者) to print food with customized(定制的) nutritional content, like vitamins. So instead of eating a piece of yesterday’s bread from the supermarket, you’d eat something baked just for you on demand.”‎ Challenges Despite recent advancements in 3D food printing, the industry has many challenges to overcome. Currently, most ingredients (烹饪原料) must be changed to a paste（糊状物）before a printer can use them, and the printing process is quite time-consuming, because ingredients interact with each other in very complex ways. On top of that, most of the 3D food printers now are limited to dry ingredients, because meat and milk products may easily go bad. Some experts are doubtful about 3D food printers, believing they are better suited for fast food restaurants than homes and high-end restaurants.‎ ‎28. What do we know about 3D printing and food ?‎ ‎ A. The 3D printing industry is beginning to focus on food.‎ ‎ B. With further development, it’s possible to use the 3D printing technology to print food.‎ ‎ C. People have made possible 3D food printers ‎ D. The 3D printing and food have developed into a perfect industry.‎ ‎29. What benefit does 3D printing bring to food production?‎ A. It helps cooks to create new dishes.‎ B. It saves time and effort in cooking.‎ C. It improves the cooking conditions.‎ D. It contributes to restaurant decorations.‎ ‎30. According to Paragraph 3, 3D-printed food .‎ A. is more available to consumers B. can meet personal nutritional needs C. is more tasty than food in supermarkets D. can keep all the nutrition in food ‎31. What is the main challenge that prevents 3D food printing from spreading widely?‎ A. The printing process is complicated.‎ B. 3D food printers are too expensive.‎ C. Food materials have to be dry.‎ D. Some experts doubt 3D food printing.‎ D Adults understand what it feels like to be flooded with objects(物品). Why do we often think that more is more when it comes to kids and their belongings? The good news is that I can help my own kids learn earlier than I did how to live more with less.‎ I found the pre-holidays a good time to encourage young children to donate less-used things, and it worked. Because of our efforts, our daughter Georgia did decide to donate a large bag of toys to a little girl whose mother was unable to pay for her holiday due to illness. She chose to sell a few larger objects that were less often used when we promised to put the money into her school fund (基金) (our kindergarten daughter is serious about becoming a doctor).‎ For weeks, I’ve been thinking of bigger, deeper questions: How do we make it a habit for them? And how do we train ourselves to help them live with, need, and use less? Yesterday, I sat with my son, Shepherd, determined to test my own theory on this. I decided to play with him with only one toy for as long as it would keep his interest. I expected that one toy would keep his attention for about five minutes, ten minutes, max. I chose a red rubber ball — simple, universally available. We passed it, he tried to put it in his mouth, he tried bouncing it, rolling it, sitting on it, throwing it. It was totally, completely enough for him. Before I knew it an hour had passed and it was time to move on to lunch.‎ We both became absorbed in the simplicity of playing together. He had my full attention and I had his. My little experiment to find joy in a single object worked for both of us.‎ ‎32. What do the words “more is more” in paragraph 1 probably mean?‎ A. More money, more worries. B. Enough is enough.‎ C. The more, the better. D. Earn more and spend more.‎ ‎33. What made Georgia agree to sell some of her objects?‎ A. Saving up for her holiday. B. Raising money for a poor girl.‎ C. Adding the money to her fund. D. Giving the money to a sick mother.‎ ‎34. What did the author do in Paragraph 3?‎ A. He tried out an idea. B. He thought of many questions.‎ C. He helped his son start a hobby. D. He trained his son’s attention.‎ ‎35. What can be a suitable title for the text?‎ A. Take It or Leave It B. Live More with Less C. A Lesson from Kids D. The Pleasure of Giving 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。‎ Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between.‎ ‎36 We dance from Florida to Alaska, from north to south and sea to sea. We dance at weddings, birthdays, office parties and just to fill the time.‎ ‎“I adore dancing,” says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in Iowa. “I can’t imagine doing anything else with my life.” Bridges runs dance classes for all ages. “Teaching dance is wonderful. 37 It’s great to watch them. For many of them, it’s a way of meeting people and having a social life.”‎ ‎38 “I can tell you about one young couple,” says Bridges. “They’re learning to do traditional dances. They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile. 39”‎ So, do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier? Andrea Hillier says, “Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years, I want to get better and better. 40 I find it hard to stop! Dancing reminds me I’m alive.”‎ A. So why do we dance?‎ B. Dance in the U.S. is everywhere.‎ C .My older students say it makes them feel young.‎ D. If you like dancing outdoors, come to America.‎ E. Dancing seems to change their feeling completely. ‎ F. I keep practicing even when I’m extremely tired.‎ G. They stayed up all night long singing and dancing.‎ 第三部分 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。‎ No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own 41 .‎ I learned this lesson from a(n) 42 many years ago. I took the head 43 job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.‎ ‎ It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the 44 team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to 45 the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn’t 46 I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to 47 that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were 48 me. I had to change my 49 about their ability and potential.‎ ‎ I started doing anything I could to help them build a little 50 . Most important, I began to treat them like 51 . That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their 52 , we met every day and 53 passing and kicking the football.‎ ‎ Six months after suffering our 54 on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to 55 . Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a 56 for ‎ us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest 57 of my life!‎ ‎ From the experience I learned a lot about how the attitude of the leader can 58 the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and 59 them. I helped them to see themselves 60 , and they built themselves into winners.‎ ‎ Winners are made, not born.‎ ‎41. A. efforts B. tests C. luck D. nature ‎42. A. experiment B. experience C. visit D. show ‎43. A. operating B. managing C. coaching D. organizing ‎44. A. successful B. excellent C. new D. strong ‎ ‎45. A. prepare for B. cheer for C. help with D. finish with ‎46. A. agree B. believe C. describe D. regret ‎47. A. realize B. receive C. allow D. demand ‎48. A. asking for B. looking for C. depending on D. caring about ‎49. A. decision B. attitude C. conclusion D. idea ‎50. A. pride B. culture C. fortune D. relationship ‎51. A. leaders B. partners C. winners D. learners ‎52. A. prizes B. vacations C. health D. honor ‎53. A. risked B. missed C. considered D. practiced ‎54. A. defeat B. decrease C. accident D. mistake ‎55. A. relax B. improve C. enlarge D. defend ‎56. A. shame B. victory C. struggle D. favor ‎57. A. chances B. concerns C. pleasures D. offers ‎58. A. surprise B. serve C. interest D. affect ‎59. A. encouraged B. observed C. protected D. impressed ‎60. A. honestly B. secretly C. calmly D. differently 第II卷 第一节 单词填空（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。 ‎ Few people I know seem to have much desire or time 61 (cook). Making Chinese dishes is seen as especially troublesome. Many westerners 62 come to China cook much less than in their own countries once they realize how cheap 63 can be to eat out. I still remember 64 (visit) a friend who’d lived here for five years and I was shocked when I learnt she hadn’t cooked once in all that time. 　　‎ ‎ While regularly eating out 65 (become) common for many young people in recent years, it’s not without a cost. The obvious one is money; eating out once or twice a week may be affordable but doing this most days adds up. There could be an even 66 (high) cost on your health. Researchers have found that there is ‎ ‎ 67 direct link between the increase in food eaten outside the home and the rise in 68 (weigh) problems.‎ If you are not going to suffer this problem, then I suggest that the next time you go to your mum’s home 69 dinner, get a few cooking tips from her. Cooking food can be fun. You might also begin to notice the 70 (effect) not only on your health but in your pocket.‎ 第二节 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：在错的词下画一横线，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。‎ It was Monday morning, and the writing class had just begin. Everyone was silent, wait ‎ to see who would be called upon to read his and her paragraph aloud. Some of us were ‎ confident and eager take part in the class activity; others were nervous and anxious. I had ‎ done myself homework, but I was shy. I was afraid that to speak in front of a larger ‎ group of people. At that moment, I remembered that my father once said, “The ‎ classroom is a place for learning and that include learning from textbooks, and mistake ‎ as well.” Immediate, I raised my hand.‎ 第三节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 为了丰富学生的校园生活并加深对学校的了解，你校学生会将组织学生观看一部英文短片Growing Together, 假设你是李华，请你以组织者的身份写一则英文书面通知，内容包括：‎ ‎1. 短片内容：学校的发展和成就；‎ ‎2. 放映时间、地点；‎ ‎3. 欢迎对短片提出意见。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1. 词数100左右；‎ ‎2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ 屯溪一中2018年高一期中测试 英语试题参考答案 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） ‎ ‎1~5 ACABA 6~10 BACCB 11~15 ACABC 16~20 BCBCA 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ ‎21-25 DDCDB 26-30 DCCBB 31-35 CCCAB 36-40 BCAEF 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）‎ ‎41-45 ABCCA 46-50 BACBA 51-55 CBDAB 56-60 BCDAD 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎61. to cook 62. who/that 63.it 64. visiting 65. has become ‎ ‎66.higher 67.a 68.weight 69.for 70. effects 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）‎ It was Monday morning, and the writing class had just begin. Everyone ‎ ‎ begun was silent, wait to see who would be called upon to read his and her ‎ ‎ waiting or paragraph aloud. Some of us were confident and eager∧take part in the ‎ ‎ to class activity; others were nervous and anxious. I had done myself ‎ ‎ my/the homework, but I was shy. I was afraid that to speak in front of a larger ‎ ‎ large group of people. At that moment, I remembered that my father once said, ‎ ‎“The classroom is a place for learning and that include learning from ‎ ‎ includes textbooks, and mistake as well.”Immediate, I raised my hand.‎ ‎ mistakes Immediately 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ Notice In order to help our students better understand our school as well as enrich their campus life, I’m glad to inform you that a short video, Growing Together, will be played by our Students’ Union.‎ ‎ The video, half an hour in length, will be shown in the assembly hall, next Friday afternoon from 4:00pm to 4:30pm. It will introduce the history, development and achievement of our school in English, which can also interest the international students and foreign teachers. Also, excellent graduates from key universities will be invited to join us and share their learning experience. ‎ ‎ All the students who want to attend are expected to come. If you have an interest in the activity, please sign up for it before this Sunday by sending an email to Lihua@qq.com. Don’t miss the chance, and your valuable suggestions are most welcome.‎ ‎ Students’ Union 听力原文 Text 1‎ M: Is this the bookcase you advertised?‎ W: Yes, it’s our regular $50 bookcase on sale today for $40. If you buy a pair, you can save another $5 for each. ‎ M: OK. I’ll take a pair. ‎ Text 2‎ M: Oh, Amanda, look at you! You are so sunburned! ‎ W: I know! I went to the beach yesterday.‎ M: Does it hurt?‎ W: Oh, yes. I feel like I’m on fire.‎ Text 3‎ W: I waited ten minutes at the table before the waiter showed up and when I finally got served I found it was not what I ordered.‎ M: I’m terribly sorry. It’s been unusually busy tonight.‎ Text 4‎ M: Hi, Mary. I need to check some numbers from the sales report. Is Sharon there?‎ W: No, she’s out for lunch at the moment.‎ M: OK. Please tell her I looked for her when she gets in.‎ Text 5‎ M: Sara, can I have my books back tomorrow? I need them for my project.‎ W: James, I’m very sorry. I lost one of them.‎ M: What? How come?‎ W: I don’t know. I put them on my desk. But I couldn’t find the one with the hard cover.‎ Text 6‎ W: Did you go to the sports afternoon last Friday, Tom? I couldn’t go.‎ M: Yes, we had a great afternoon. I had some horse-riding lessons.‎ W: Really! Sounds fun! What did the others do?‎ M: Well, 6Paul wanted to try basketball, but they don’t do that on Fridays—so he did baseball. ‎ W: Paul is always interested in that. I’m sure he had a good time. What about Susan?‎ M: She did very well. She played in a football team and got two goals!‎ W: Great... Did anyone play tennis?‎ M: Nobody did that. 7Anne didn’t want to do anything but she had to play something so she had a game of table tennis.‎ Text 7‎ M: Miss Park, I’m pleased to meet you. I’m Bill Smith.‎ W: Oh, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Smith.‎ M: Did you have any difficulty finding our office?‎ W: Not at all, Mr. Smith. The directions were very clear.‎ M: Glad to hear that. Well, shall we start?‎ W: Yes, I’m ready.‎ M: OK. Why don’t you tell me a little bit about yourself?‎ W: OK. I’m a second-year student at Hanguk High School. I’ve been working with the Flying Eagles, the school English newspaper, since I started at the high school.‎ M: Hmm, very interesting! This experience will be useful for the position. What do you do there?‎ W: 9I’m a student reporter. ‎ Text 8‎ M: Hello, Cindy. How was the trip? Did you get the train?‎ W: No, 10I drove. It took me two and a half hours. The highway wasn’t very busy.‎ M: Would you like some coffee or some water after a long trip?‎ W: No, thanks. 11Do you have some orange juice?‎ M: 11Juice, no problem. Here you are.‎ W: Thanks M: As I said on the phone, I got the designs for the cover of The Wonderful Pyrenees on Tuesday. I like the photos in the design a lot. Where did you get them?‎ W: I took them myself.‎ M: Really? So you’re not only a designer. You’re a photographer, too.‎ W: That’s right.‎ M: 12Are you interested in taking photos for the whole book?‎ W: Yes, of course!‎ Text 9‎ M: I have received your rent for the next year. So how’s everything in the apartment? 14Is the bedroom air conditioner working well?‎ W: Well, it cools pretty well now, 14but it sure makes an awful lot of noise. It makes it hard for me to sleep sometimes.‎ M: Oh, really? I’ll have someone take a look at it. How about the fridge? You said it wasn’t cooling properly?‎ W: Oh, it’s working fine now, thanks.‎ M: Good. 15And is the washing machine OK?‎ W: 15Yes, since you had it fixed last year, I haven’t had any problems with it. I want to talk with you about the sofa, though. It’s really uncomfortable. Maybe it’s time to change it for a new one. How old is it, anyway?‎ M: Well, it’s pretty old. About 20 years, I guess. Maybe it is time to think about a new one. 16Is the TV set working on all the stations?‎ W: 16Not really.‎ M: OK. 16I’ll have it checked out next week. ‎ Text 10‎ M: I remember very well the night 17I went to a party in town but had to spend six hours getting the five kilometers back home. It was my friend’s dance party. The weather was fine when we left for the party and it only took us twenty minutes to get to the party by car. 19We had a great time at the party. Every now and then someone would arrive and tell us the weather was getting worse. We just kept on partying— 18We weren’t interested in what was happening outside. Then, 17around 2:30 am, it was time to go home. We couldn’t believe it when we got outside. Everything was covered with snow. Where was the car? Luckily we had parked near the disco, so we followed the walls around to the back and went from car to car, looking for ours. Finally, we found it. My brother drove.20I had to walk in front of the car, all the way home, following the side of the road. It was a good thing that I knew the way very well.‎ ‎ ‎