2017-2018学年山东省菏泽市高二上学期期中考试英语试题（B）

2017-2018学年山东省菏泽市高二上学期期中考试英语试题（B）

‎2017-2018学年山东省菏泽市高二上学期期中考试英语试题（B）‎ 第I卷（共100分）‎ 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）‎ 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. 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I.5分，满分22.5分）‎ 听下面5段对活或独白。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. Why doesn’t the woeman refuse carrot cake?‎ A. It contains some healthy ingredients.‎ B. It’s high in sugar.‎ 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，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A Traveling somewhere new can bring exciting adventures. But it can also bring unwelcome surprises. Google Maps tool has many tech tools that help make traveling easier. Today, we bring you 4 top tips for using Google Maps.‎ ‎♦ Plan a road trip route When you are traveling on a road trip, you do not have to plan each part of the trip separately with Google Maps. To plan a road trip, open Google Maps. Search for your first destination, and then click on the arrow to get directions. Then, click on the plus + sign to add more destinations to your trip.‎ ‎♦ Save your maps for offline use When you are traveling, you may not always have access to the Internet. The good news is you can still use Google Maps even without the Internet. You can download a map from Google Maps to your phone. The app will show you the area of the map you will be saving.‎ ‎♦ Skip the lines at popular places Another useful Google Maps tool shows you how busy a place is during the week. A bar graph will show you the normal busy and quiet times during the week for places like restaurants, stores, tourist attractions and more. By using this tool, you can plan your trip to avoid the busiest times of the places you want to visit.‎ ‎♦ Find the best places in town Do you want to know the best local places? You can ask Google Maps for recommendations. After you search for a city in Google Maps, click Nearby to find the top-rated restaurants, hotels, pubs, coffee shops, and more.‎ ‎21. How can you use Google Maps when there s no Internet?‎ A. Download the map of the areas you go to.‎ B. Search for the free local service of WiFi C. Book the service of the Internet in advance.‎ D. Acquire information through your cell phone.‎ ‎22. What can the third tip “Skip the lines at popular places” benefit you?‎ A. It provides you the best seasons to visit a place. ‎ B. It lists places you should not go to visit.‎ C. It helps you book the most famous places.‎ D. It warns you of the rush hour you may come across.‎ ‎23. How can you find the best places in a city?‎ A. Search online.‎ B. Turn to Google Maps.‎ C. Follow the travel guide.‎ D. Refer to its introductions.‎ B In a rare and difficult mission, a plane successfully rescued two sick workers from the U.S.‎ science station at the South Pole on Wednesday. The medical rescue took place in the dark. Regular flights to the South Pole are usually considered too risky between the months of February and October.‎ The Amundsen-Scott station is run by the National Science Foundation. The plane arrived there after a difficult 2,400-kilometer, nine-hour trip from a British base on the Antarctic Peninsula.‎ The National Science Foundation spokesman Peter West said the rescue operation went according to plan. “It was a very challenging operation for the pilots, for everyone who is around to support the pilots, everyone from weather forecasters, to flight followers, all those people. So it was extremely challenging and they have performed extraordinarily well in the face of those challenges.”‎ The National Science Foundation did not release the workers’ names, nationalities, or medical conditions. The National Science Foundation decided last week to send away at least one person from the station. The station has a doctor and a physician’s assistant. They make contact with doctors in the U.S.‎ as needed. But, the worker needed medical care that the station’s doctor could not provide. They decided to send away a second worker who was also sick.‎ West said the rescue operation was considered risky because right now Antarctica is always dark and extremely cold. “It is dark there now, because we are into the Antarctic night. It is very cold at the South Pole. The average temperature is minus 60 Celsius, though it can be colder and can be warmer. There is weather to contend with, which is not the same as temperature.‎ ‎ Blowing and drifting snow and all of those things.”‎ ‎24. What was the task of this special flight?‎ A. To observe climate in Antarctica.‎ B. To send doctors to Antarctica.‎ C. To save people from Antarctica..‎ D. To deliver equipment to Antarctica.‎ ‎25. What was Peter West’s attitude towards the people involved in this action?‎ A. Neutral. B. Praiseful. C. Optimistic. D. Agreeable ‎26. What do you know about the two workers?‎ A. Their names. B. Their nationalities.‎ C. Their working place. D. Their medical conditions.‎ ‎27. Why were the two workers sent away?‎ A. They couldn’t work any longer. ‎ B. They were not used to the extreme cold.‎ C. There was no medical care in the station.‎ D. The station doctor couldn’t treat their illness.‎ C New efforts are underway to make American college campuses and public housing free of cigarette smoking. Twenty colleges in the United States recently received grants (许可) to help make their campuses tobacco free.‎ And in November, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro announced that smoking will become illegal at all public housing over the next 18 months. The federal housing department has over one million homes. “Every child deserves to grow up in a safe, healthy home free from harmful second-hand cigarette smoke,” Castro said.‎ The move to ban smoking at public housing units and college campuses follows approval of state laws banning smoking at most workplaces. 27 American states ban smoking in all indoor workplaces, including restaurants. California became the first state to ban smoking at most workplaces in 1995.‎ Those supporting smoke-free workplaces, public housing and college campuses give one ‎ major reason: the negative health effects of smoking.‎ The Centers for Disease Control says the health effects of smoking are large. The CDC says cigarette smoking is the leading cause of “preventable deaths” in the United States. Smoking accounts for 480,000 deaths every year, it says.‎ Supporters of smoking bans and smoke-free areas say the bad effects of second-hand smoke make it a public health issue. Some also say that college campuses are a good place to limit or ban smoking.‎ Gary Reedy is chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society, which recently announced anti-smoking grants to 20 U.S.‎ colleges. He said it is important to stop college students from smoking, “to be successful in creating a tobacco-free generation.”‎ The CDC estimates that 13 percent of adults between the ages of 18 and 24 smoke cigarettes. Reedy said that reducing the number of college students who smoke can lead to reduced smoking rates among older adults. His reasoning? Once a person starts smoking, it is hard to stop, Reedy says.‎ The CVS Health Foundation is providing $ 3.6 million for the anti-smoking grants. The foundation was started by the American drug store company CVS.‎ ‎28. Who will benefit from the new efforts to deal with cigarettes?‎ A. Young smokers.‎ B. Tobacco companies.‎ C. Students and children.‎ D. People in public places.‎ ‎29. What makes the measure to ban smoking possible?‎ A. Money wasted on cigarettes.‎ B. Bad health effects of smoking.‎ C. Public awareness of health.‎ D. Laws passed by states.‎ ‎30. What does the underlined part “preventable deaths” in Paragraph 5 mean?‎ A. Deaths caused by smoking.‎ B. Deaths that can be stopped.‎ C. Deaths in serious accidents.‎ D. Deaths due to deadly diseases.‎ ‎31. Which of the following matches Reedy’s opinions?‎ A. Smoke-free campuses reduce adult smokers.‎ B. His organization will offer enough money to colleges.‎ C. Students won’t smoke if they weren’t at colleges.‎ D. It is easier for college students to stop smoking.‎ D Did you ever wonder why you have no memory of when you were a baby or very young child? The question of why adults do not remember how they learned to walk or talk has long been a mystery. Researchers in the United States are investigating this question.‎ You know you learned how to walk and talk, but the funny thing is that you don’t remember when and how you learned this.‎ The study involved computer-based tests. The tests were designed to work like games. They were given to 32 four-year-olds, 32 six-year-olds and 50 young adults.‎ The tests measured the memory process that helps people recognize differences between experiences. For example: A walk with your dog when you saw a friend, and a different walk without your dog or when you did not see your friend.‎ The second test involved showing the test subjects a number of photographs. The children and young adults taking the test were asked to compare the first group of photos with a second set of pictures.‎ Sometimes, the two sets of photos were the same. But other times, they were different. Remembering differences in objects, such as pictures, is known as pattern separation.‎ The two tests suggest that memory skills are more advanced for six-year-olds than 4-year-olds. That might help explain why adults do not remember when they learned to walk or talk.‎ Memory research is important as doctors try to develop a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Persons with the disease suffer memory loss. But memory loss research is not limited to helping Alzheimer’s patients. It could help with law enforcement officers trying to get more detailed descriptions from witnesses to crimes. It could also help find ways to get better and more reliable information from young victims of crime, such as child abuse by family members or care ‎ givers.‎ ‎32. How did the researchers carry out their search?‎ A. By analyzing. B. By comparing.‎ C. By discussing. D. By observing.‎ ‎33. Why do adults not remember their early life according to the tests?‎ A. Their memory skills haven’t developed well enough.‎ B. They don’t have the ability of recognizing pictures.‎ C. They don’t have any memory at that stage of life.‎ D. Their minds are disturbed by their surroundings.‎ ‎34. What do you know from the last paragraph?‎ A. The cause of memory loss.‎ B. The cure of a serious disease.‎ C. The practical value of memory research.‎ D. The reliable information from young victim.‎ ‎35. What may be the best title for the text?‎ A. When Can We Remember Our Life of Early Years?‎ B. The Most Unforgettable Experiences We Remember.‎ C. The Older We Are, the Better Memory Skills We Have.‎ D. Why Can’t We Remember Our First Few Years of Life?‎ 第二书（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。‎ The United States is primarily an English speaking country. 36 Business, education and most public aspects of life are conducted in English.‎ Across the country, people pronounce English sounds in several different ways and some regional vocabulary differences exist, but for the most part, Americans speak one common language. 37 However, not everyone in the U.S.‎ is a native speaker of English. Most immigrants to the country are speakers of other languages. There are hundreds of communities around the U.S.‎ where English is not the most commonly used language. Chinese, Italian, German, Armenian, Greek, Vietnamese and French are all spoken in numerous communities in ‎ the ‎U.S.‎ ‎ 38 It is widely spoken in New York and across the southern part of the country.‎ For speakers of other languages, learning English is important, but traditionally teaching people to speak English as a second language was given little attention. Non-English speakers were expected to “pick up” the language through contact in public. 39 Today, most large public schools and community colleges have ESL, English as a Second Language, programs. American English teachers feel that English students should learn the language the way they will be using it. Therefore, ESL programs teach different English lessons to different students. Some programs teach students to communicate in English in public. 40 ‎ American ESL instructional methods emphasize the importance of communication to language learning. The instructional goal is to get the English learners to learn by using their target language.‎ A. Recently, this has changed.‎ B. This language is called American English.‎ C. They arrived here with their own languages.‎ D. These methods do not feature grammar and translation.‎ E. The majority of the population speaks English as their native language.‎ F. Other programs teach the kind of English people will need on their jobs.‎ G. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language after English in the U. S.‎ 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）‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。‎ A small dog’s loyalty recently melted the hearts of millions of Japanese people. It was reported that it had been waiting for his owner to 41 for three years, not knowing that she 42 would. ‎ A few years ago, an old lady from Osaka‎, ‎Japan, 43 a cute little lost dog that she named Fu Shi. The two lived 44 for a while, but tragedy struck three years ago, when the old lady 45 brain disease which eventually led to dementia (痴呆). She had to be taken to a nursing home to be under constant special 46 , and the small dog found itself all alone again. But he ‎ had no 47 that the old lady was never coming back, so he 48 the last three years waiting for her.‎ ‎ 49 told news reporters that, every day, Fu Shi could be seen waiting for his owner at the comer of the alley to her house. He would 50 there all day, until nightfall, and would then return to the now-abandoned house that they had 51 . Touched by the animal’s loyalty, one of the neighbors contacted an animal 52 , and told them his touching story. Apparently, Fu Shi 53 on the food that the neighbors left for him ever since his owner 54 , but they couldn’t do anything about his 55 .‎ After giving Fu Shi a check up, a vet 56 that he was 8-years-old, and suffering from intestinal worms. He was given a 57 and made a full recovery.‎ Fortunately, this heartbreaking story has a 58 ending. After full media 59 in Japan and other Asian countries, Fu Shi has been adopted by a loving family. He also has a new 60 now, Sky.‎ ‎41. A. join in B. return home C. calm down D. wake up ‎42. A. ever B. even C. never D. just ‎43. A. took in B. gave up C. treated D. rejected ‎44. A. curiously B. seriously C. anxiously D. happily ‎45. A. tolerated B. switched C. suffered D. acquired ‎46. A. care B. case C. department D. symptom ‎47. A. pressure B. bravery C. characteristic D. idea ‎48. A. wasted B. analysed C. spent D. foresaw ‎49. A. Strangers B. Neighbors C. Friends D. Relatives ‎50. A. wander B. run C. play D. sit ‎51. A. lacked B. updated C. shared D. attended ‎52. A. research B. rescue C. team D. park ‎53. A. survived B. united C. waited D. moved ‎54. A. went away B. came to C. ran away D. got lost ‎55. A. movement B. error C. conflict D. sadness ‎56. A. exposed B. determined C. blamed D. observed ‎57. A. treatment B. crime C. reward D. apply ‎58. A. enthusiastic B. cautious C. unusual D. happy ‎59. A. challenge B. coverage C. ambulance D. handle ‎60. A. surrounding B. possibility C. name D. master 第II卷（共50分)‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）‎ 第二节（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。‎ I want to share an act of kindness 61 (witness) yesterday. It was my week to volunteer at our church food storeroom. Usually, the 5th Tuesday is very slow and quiet, but not yesterday. The act of kindness was from some 62 (unname) members of our church 63 donated extra autumn squashes (南瓜) from their garden. The customers who came yesterday were so 64 (delight) to be able to get a fresh vegetable diet. Our food storeroom is small, so we can’t store fresh vegetables and only keep non-perishables (不易腐烂食品), so to see the joy on faces was heartwarming.‎ Today, I also did another good deed and helped a person 65 need, I was able to give ‎ my mail carrier a bottle of cold water. She was filled with 66 (happy). She wasn’t feeling well and couldn’t wait 67 (finish) her route and get home. She complained that she also had 68 painful throat. I was able to offer her several 69 (kind) of throat pills. As a singer, I always have big supply and she was so 70 (excite) because they were her favorite medicine.‎ 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。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。‎ It was my duty last week lock and unlock the classroom. I was the first one to get to school and the last to leave.‎ Everything goes along well. But last Thursday evening at home, I found my keys losing! I looked everywhere but couldn’t find it.‎ The next morning, I went to school even early, with bad mood. Going downstair, I saw a chain of keys leave on the window of a second floor. They were so familiar to me. My keys! What a wonder! It must be a kind neighbor which picked them up and put off there for its owner!‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假如你是学生李华，你从美国朋友Tom处借的一本书不慎遗失，请你给他写封电子邮件，内容要点如下： ‎ ‎1.表示歉意；2.解释原因；3.提出赔偿办法。 ‎ 注意：1.词数100左右； ‎ ‎2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ Dear Tom,‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 山东省菏泽市2017-2018学年高二上学期期中考试 英语试题（B）答案 第I卷(共100分)‎ 第一部分 听力(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)‎ ‎1-5 BCACA 6-10 CBAAC 11-15 BABCC 16-20 BABBA 第二部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)‎ ‎21-25 ADBCB 26-30 CDCDB 31-35 ABACD 36-40 EBGAF ‎ 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 BCADC 46-50 ADCBD 51-55 CBAAD 56-60 BADBC ‎ 第II卷(共50分)‎ 第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)‎ ‎61. witnessed 62. unnamed 63. who 64. delighted 65. in ‎66. happiness 67. to finish 68. a 69. kinds 70. excited 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)‎ 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)‎ It was my duty last week ∧ lock and unlock the classroom. I was the first one to get to school and the last to ‎ ‎ to leave.‎ Everything goes along well. But last Thursday evening at home, I found my keys losing! I looked everywhere ‎ ‎ went lost but couldn’t find it.‎ ‎ them The next morning, I went to school even early, with bad mood. Going downstair, I saw a ‎ chain of keys leave on ‎ ‎ earlier downstairs left the window of a second floor. They were so familiar to me. My keys! What a wonder! It must be a kind neighbor ‎ ‎ the which picked them up and put off there for its owner!‎ who/that 删除off 第二节 书面表达(满分25分) ‎ One possible version:‎ Dear Tom,‎ I’m sorry to tell you that I’ve lost your book that I borrowed from you. Now I’m expressing my deepest apology for my carelessness.‎ Actually, I put the book in my schoolbag after we met at school yesterday. But to my sorrow, it was stolen on my way home. I tried to get it back but failed. How angry and guilty I felt!‎ This morning, I went to buy the same book in some bookstores but it was very expensive. However, I promise that I’ll tighten my belt these days to get you a completely new one by the end of this month. Please forgive me again and accept my sincere apology.‎ Best wishes!‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 附：听力录音文稿 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!‎ ‎ ‎