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英 语 试 卷
（满分150分 时间 120分钟）
第I卷
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。
Where was the man yesterday evening?
At home. B. In the woman’s house. C. At the cinema.
What will the man do on Saturday morning?
Have an exam. B. Go shopping. C. Go over his lessons.
What time is it now?
2:25. B. 2:30. C. 2:35.
How will the speakers travel?
By air. B. By bus. C. By train.
Where does the conversation take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In the man’s house. C. In a store.
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。
What is the boy’s opinion about the IT teacher?
Serious. B. Funny. C. Strict.
Which subject does the boy like best?
IT. B. History. C. Sports.
听第7段材料，回答8-9题。
What is the woman’s opinion about the computer classes?
They should be used to do homework.
They should be cancelled.
They should be reduced.
When did the kids wake up this morning?
At 6:00. B. At 6:30. C. At 10:00.
听第8段材料，回答10-12题。
Who is the man probably?
A repairman. B. The woman’s neighbor. C. The owner of the house.
Why is the woman calling the man?
It’s not warm in the room. B. The air conditioner is broken. C. She can’t turn the music off.
What does the woman say about her neighbours in Apartment 102?
They cause trouble for her sleeping.
They stop her repairing her apartment.
They are difficult to get on with.
听第9段材料，回答13-16题。
What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
Husband and wife. B. Co-workers. C. Neighbours.
What are the speakers mainly discussing?
A. Living costs. B. A gas bill. C. Increased prices.
15. Why might the man make a call?
A. To ask about a price increase.
B. To request a repair service.
C. To show his dissatisfaction about the customer service.
16. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. Tell her the result of the call. B. Change service companies. C. Prepare for a meeting.
听第10段材料，回答17—20题。
17. What kind of book did the speaker buy at the show?
A. About making cookies. B. About making bread. C. About making cakes.
18. What advice did the speaker get from the central market?
A. How to choose fish.
B. How to cook a lunch with meat.
C. How to make cookies in two minutes.
19. What food did the speaker like most?
A. Chilean food. B. Chinese food. C. Canadian food.
20. What is the opening hours of the Good Food Show on Saturday?
A. From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. B. From 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. C. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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
Not getting the sleep you need?
Is your pillow the problem?
How well did you sleep last night?
Did you toss and turn all night? Did you wake up with a sore neck or a headache? Do you feel like you need a nap even though you have slept for eight hours? Just like you. I would wake up in the morning with all of those problems and I couldn’t figure out why. Like many people who have trouble getting a good night’s sleep, my lack of sleep was affecting the quality of my life. I wanted to do something about my sleep problems, but nothing that I tried worked.
The pillow was the problem
I bought every pillow on the market that promised to give me a better night’s sleep. None of them worked. Finally, I decided to invent one myself. I asked everyone I knew what qualities they would like to see in their “perfect pillow” and got many responses: “I’d like a pillow that never goes flat,” “I’d like my pillow to stay cool” and “I’d like a pillow that adjusts to me regardless of my sleep position.” I spent the next two years of my life inventing MyPillow.

MyPillow to the rescue
Flash forward ten years and MyPillow, Mike Lindell’s revolutionary pillow design, has helped five million people improve the quality of their sleep. Lindell has been featured on numerous talk shows, including For Business News and Imus in the Morning. Lindell and MyPillow have also appeared in feature stories in The New York Times, MyPillow has been selected as the Official Pillow of the U.S. National Sleep Foundation.
“Until I was diagnosed with various sleep issues, I had no idea why my sleep was so interrupted throughout the night. I watched Imus each morning and heard endless ads about MyPillow. I ordered one and now, I wake up rested and ready to conquer (征服) the day ahead. Thank you for helping me remember what it's like to sleep like a baby!
—Jacqueline H
Get the sleep you’ve been dreaming about!
Save 50% today by using the promo code: “ywb979.”
Buy now at mypillow.com or call 800-299-4018
What is the main purpose of this passage?
A. To introduce Mike Lindell. B. To deal with the problem of bad sleep.
C. To tell the fun_ction of MyPillow. D. To encourage to buy MyPillow.
The first two paragraphs were probably written by ______.
Mike Lindell B. a fellow at the US National Sleep Foundation
C. Jacqueline H D. a staff writer for The New York Times
Lindell decided to invent MyPillow after ______.
① he had trouble getting a good night’s sleep
② his wife often woke up with a sore neck or a headache
③ none of the pillows that promised to improve sleep worked for him
④ his friends shared their ideas of a “perfect pillow” with him
A. ①② B. ③④ C. ①③ D. ②④
B
When he was a little boy his uncle called him “Sparky”, after a cartoon horse named Spark Plug. School was all but impossible for Sparky. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. And his record in sports wasn’t any better. Though he did manage to make the school’s golf team, he lost the only important match of the season in no time.
Throughout his youth, Sparky was awkward socially. It wasn’t that other students disliked him; it was just that no one really cared all that much. Sparky was a loser. He, his classmates ... everyone knew it. So he learned to live with it. He made up his mind early that if things were meant to work out, they would. Otherwise he would content himself with what appeared to be his mediocrity.
One thing was important to Sparky, however — drawing. In his senior year of high school, he sent some cartoons to the yearbook. The editors rejected his ideas. Despite that, Sparky was convinced of his ability. He decided to become an artist. So, after completing high school, Sparky wrote to Walt Disney Studios. They asked for samples (样本) of his artwork. Despite careful preparation, he was rejected.
But Sparky still didn’t give up. Instead, he decided to tell his own life’s story in cartoons. The main character would be a little boy who symbolized the continuous loser and chronic (长期的) underachiever. You know him well. Because Sparky’s cartoon character went on to become a cultural phenomenon of sorts. People readily identified with this “lovable loser”. He reminded people of the painful and embarrassing moments from their own past, of their pain and their shared humanity.
The character soon became famous worldwide — Charlie Brown. And Sparky, the boy whose many failures never kept him from trying, is the highly successful cartoonist Charles Schultz. His cartoon strip (连环漫画), “Peanuts”, continues to inspire books, T-shirts and Christmas specials, reminding us that life somehow finds a way for all of us, even the losers.
24. What does the underlined word “mediocrity” in paragraphs two mean?
A. annoying violence. B. strange behavior.
C. hopeless feeling. D. being ordinary.
25. Before Sparky started his Charlie Brown cartoon, _______.
A. his artwork was rejected time and again B. he thought himself really bad at drawing
C. some editors encouraged him to keep trying D. his artwork was accepted by Walt Disney Studios
26. Why did Sparky’s cartoon character Charlie Brown become popular?
A. Everyone had pity on it. B. It belonged to youth culture.
C. Its lovely image rid people of their pain in life. D. People shared some similarities with the character.
27. What can we learn from Charles Schultz’s story?
A. Everyone is equal in life. B. All is well that ends well.
C. There is always a way out. D. Things speak for themselves.
C
The world’s most popular animals are in more danger than we realize, according to a new study. A survey of the Public’s Knowledge suggests many people are unaware that the animals they consider “inviting” are under threat in the wild. These include lions, elephants, tigers and other animals which frequently appear in branding and advertising.
The idea of “inviting” species has come up recently in Conservation Biology, explains Dr. Franck Courchamp, the study’s lead author. “There is a regular claim that the most ‘inviting’ species are attracting most of the time and resources. I started wondering whether this was true and followed by better results in conservation,” he told BBC News.
Using an online survey available in four languages, researchers asked the public to name the wild species they considered most attracting. They also looked at how frequently animals were represented on zoo websites, and on the covers of Disney and Pixar films. Additionally, the team had volunteers in France catalogue their meeting with virtual (虚拟的) populations of the 10 most “inviting” animals over the period of a week. They saw an average of 4.4 lions in cartoons, magazines and other sources each day, suggesting that people are likely to see two to three times as many “virtual” lions in a year as there are lions in West Africa. “Mostly I think because people see giraffes and lions every day of their life, they unconsciously think they are in abundance,” Dr. Courchamp said.
Despite their abundant media representation, nine of the animals on the list are classed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. When researchers asked survey participants whether they thought these animals were endangered, almost half of the participants thought that critically endangered gorillas (大猩猩) were not under threat.
As for this, Dr. Courchamp proposes a solution. Companies would donate money to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in return for using the animals in their branding or advertising. “I think it’s not so unrealistic,” says Dr. Courchamp. “There are already some companies that do that. Jaguar is in partnership with Panthera, an organization protecting wild cat species. Lacoste also made a campaign recently where they replaced their logo with images of endangered species.”
28. What is the text mainly about?
A. The ten most attracting animals.
B. The importance of saving wild animals.
C. Animals’ images needing more attention.
D. Animals’ attraction harming their conservation.
29. According to Dr. Courchamp, survey participants’ views are unconsciously affected by _____.
A. the media B. their preferences
C. the IUCN Red List D. other participants’ opinions
30. How might the researchers feel about survey participants’ answers?
A. Relieved. B. Surprised. C. Frightened. D. Excited.
31. What is Dr. Courchamp’s solution?
A. Raising people’s environmental awareness.
B. Asking big companies to organize campaigns.
C. Funding conservation by trading animals’ images.
D. Appealing for cooperation in NGOs for animal protection.
D
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” An old tale tells a seemingly unbelievable story of a magic mirror, but now the magic is no longer unachievable.
In August 2018, news went widely-spread that the police had caught criminal suspects who attended Chinese singer Jacky Cheung’s concerts. How did the police pick out the suspects among thousands of screaming fans? The helping hand is AI facial recognition technology. The low-key yet powerful tool is no longer far-fetched, but entering the world of China’s top investors and companies.
Facial recognition is a technology able to identify a person from a digital image or a frame from a video source. Tang Wenbin, CTO of Face ++, an AI computer vision(视觉) technology company in China, vividly explained the workflow. According to him, facial recognition is the identification of our appearance, including knowing the sex, age and identity of a person. You may think it is like a brain or a neural network. You use data to train it, and then, it learns the pattern.
Facial recognition technology has been traditionally allied with the security work but today there is active expansion into other industries including mobile phones, marketing and finance. Chinese start-ups have seen the potential of Al facial recognition for simplifying and speeding up tasks in multiple industries. And the market is now crowded and competitive.
China is starting the AI revolution and has made breakthroughs in facial recognition. "If applying AI to different industries is a marathon, the companies there probably have just got off the blocks, "said Tian Feng, director of Alibaba Cloud Research Center. He also thinks that in the future, everybody will be able to use AI as it will soon become a basic tool for work and life.
32. Why is the news mentioned in paragraph 2?
A. To introduce a new tool for companies.
B. To show the magic has become a reality.
C. To prove old tales are based on true stories.
D. To describe the background of facial recognition.
33. Which of the following best explains “allied with” underlined in paragraph 4?
A. Dependent on. B. Compared with.
C. Different from. D. Related to.
34. What do Tian Feng’s words imply?
A. Many companies in China are researching AI.
B. Al plays a key role in companies' development.
C. Al technology applied now is far from mature.
D. Al technology will be used in marathons one day.
35. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. The eye of AI in China
B. Effects of AI technology
C. Breakthroughs of Chinese technology
D. Facial recognition in security
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填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A person’s nose is important for breathing and smelling, while the ears have the basic functions of listening. They are both used in many popular expressions.
36 But the following passage is not to discuss facial features, but to explain how they are used in many popular expressions.
Some people are able to lead other people by the nose. For example, if a wife leads her husband by the nose, she makes him do whatever she wants him to do.
Some people are said to be hard-nosed. 37 If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money, for an object or service.
It is always helpful when people keep their nose out of other people’s business. They do not interfere (干涉). The opposite of this is someone who noses around all the time. This kind of person is interested in other people’s private matters. 38
Someone who keeps his nose to the grindstone (磨刀石) works very hard. This can help a worker keep his nose clean or stay out of trouble.
One unusual expression is that it is no skin off my nose. This means that a situation does not affect or concern me. 39 That is, he makes a situation worse for himself by doing something foolish because he is angry.
What about ears? Well, I hope you are all ears or very interested in hearing more expressions. We might even put a bug in your ear or give you an idea about something. 40 This means to be interested in what is happening around you and what people are thinking.
If you are a good person, you will lend an ear to your friends. You will listen to them when they have a problem they need to talk about. Sometimes we are supposed to play it by ear, which means to decide what to do at the last minute instead of making detailed plans.
A. He is considered nosey.
B. Our last expression is to play it by ear.
C. I think we have explained the nose expressions.
D. We also advise you to keep your ear to the ground.
E. Nose and ears are among the most important sense organs.
F. They will not change their opinions or positions on anything.
G. We also say that sometimes a person cuts off his nose to spite his face.
第三部分 语言知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节 （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。
One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to 41 my strange problem — 42 to read.
In the library, I found my way into the “Children’s Room.” I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the 43 at random. The 44 of a book caught my eye. It 45 a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my secret 46 of happiness and sorrows, but one morning, he was gone, 47 to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never 48 my beagle.
To my astonishment, there on the book’s cover was a beagle which looked 49 to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan.
50 , I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.
Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though
51 were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been 52 his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the 53 . At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of 54 , on and on, until my own 55 dog and I were, in my mind, running together.
My mother’s call 56 me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly
57 and I was going to read them.
I never told my mother about my amazing experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable
58 in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and 59 his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has 60 .
A. defeat B. explain C. sense D. figure
A. confusion B. absence C. inability D. eagerness
A. list B. shelf C. gallery D. locker
A. back B. surface C. content D. cover
A. obtained B. developed C. described D. presented
A. sharer B. teller C. follower D. reader
A. left behind B. turned back C. sent out D. given away
A. missed B. forgot C. sensed D. walked
A. similar B. equal C. distant D. belonging
A. Unusually B. Unluckily C. Unknowingly D. Undoubtedly
A. heads B. ideas C. pages D. books
A. separated from B. concerned about C. set free from D. called back by
A. room B. picture C. book D. sky
A. struggle B. waiting C. racing D. reunion
A. dead B. lost C. honored D. imagined
A. hurried B. returned C. stopped D. followed
A. wonderful B. simple C. challenging D. long
A. topic B. excellence C. improvement D. cost
A. sold B. authored C. spotted D. read
A. turned B. demanded C. meant D. held
第二节 单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
61. His movie won several awards at the wrap-up gala, _________ he conducted the orchestra performance in person as a celebration.
A. which B. that C. where D. it
62. Timoteo has an unusual job—he is a human traffic _________.
A. sign B. signal C. mark D. symbol
63. A reader can enjoy an indirect experience without any of the dangers or stresses _________.
A. involved B involving C. to involve D. to be involved
64. The policeman ________ the facts again and again, but couldn’t piece them together.
A. got through B. picked up C. went over D. turned out
65. —What do you think of Harry Potter and Philosopher’s Stone? —Fantastic. Steven Kloves _________ each character in the movie impressive through lively dialogues and fascinating plots.
A. makes B. would make C. made D. had made
66. Amy, as well as her brothers, _________ a warm welcome when returning to the village last week.
A. are given B. is given C. were given D. was given
67. This makes a fun activity for a children’s party; they love ________ the fruit and frozen bananas into the top of the machine and watching the ice cream come out below.
A. fixing B. feeding C. applying D. forcing
The villagers are very friendly and enthusiastic and they _________ tourists free accommodation.
A. supply B. provide C. afford D. offer
69. He didn’t follow the doctor’s suggestions as required, but he _________.
A. ought B. ought to C. ought to be D. ought to have
70. I still remember my happy childhood when my mother _________ take me to Disneyland at weekends.
A. might B. must C. would D. should
第三节 根据首字母或提示词，或结合句意写出所给单词正确形式（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
71. One of the founders, the painter and (nature) Peter Scott, designed the famous panda logo.
72. He said he needs a thousand more (penny), which is worth almost 10 thousand pence, to buy an airplane. What a humorous guy!
73. Living in the country is cheaper, in (compare) with the big cities.
74. True mothering starts with (condition) love for another person, without demands or expectations.
75. Baseball, (origin) from an old English game called rounders, is now popular in Europe.
76. I work as a computer programmer. To be s , I do system analysis, trouble shooting and provide software support.
77. Nowadays, many college graduates v to teach in remote areas responding to the call of the state.
78. The children p and screamed when they realized they were lost.
79. Generally a compound word, (由…组成) two or more characters, provides the whole meaning.
80. I am (没心思) to tell you at the moment. This grey weather depresses me.
第四节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡相应位置上。
In 1939, MGM studios in Hollywood created 81 is still the most successful film of all time—Gone with the Wind. This amazing film came during an important period in Hollywood history. Among the 20 highest-earning films of all time, five of them were made between 1927 and 1961. Later, thanks to the 82 (popular) of Hollywood films during this 34-year period, it became known as “The Golden Age of Hollywood”.
Hollywood’s golden age had its beginnings earlier in the century, 83 Henry Ford invented a new way of producing cars. Ford’s car, the Model T, 84 (produce) rapidly and cheaply, and this influenced many aspects of American life, one of which was the movie industry.
Movies were also made in a new way known as the “Hollywood studio system”. It 85 (standard) the way movies were produced. Movies had to be made quickly and cheaply because the major studios owned hundreds of theaters across the US. These theaters showed the studio’s films, and they needed as endless stream of new releases (发行). 86 (achieve) this, the studios employed thousands of people — actors, producers, directors, writers and technicians, and operated much 87 a factory. The result was a large number of films that were all quite similar.
The Golden Age of Hollywood ended in the 1960s as movie ticket sales started falling. In response,
88 new generation of filmmakers was given much 89 (much) freedom by the studios. Today, there are still many great movies 90 (make), such as Zeroville (《梦幻影都》), in Hollywood.
第II卷
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。
The other day, it was my birthday and I was looking forward to see my friends. We were meeting at a my favorite Italy restaurant. I was exciting and got to the restaurant at exactly 7 o’clock. I looked around for a familiar face but failed. Still, I decided to wait for him patiently. The restaurant quickly filled up with customer, but none of them were my friends. I called Lily, but she didn’t answer. I felt lonely and sadly. My friends had forgotten my birthday. I went home, opened the door and walk into the dark house. Suddenly the lights went off and my friends jumped up and shouted “Surprise!” They hadn’t forgotten, it was the best birthday ever.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华。恰逢新年之际，你的美国笔友Mike即将来到中国，他来信向你询问有关中国春节的习俗，请你回信告诉他有关的习俗。
要点如下：
1. 时间；2. 目的：团聚 3. 庆祝活动：吃团圆饭，放鞭炮, 贴对联，走亲访友, 给孩子“压岁钱”等。
要求：1. 词数100左右, 开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇： 对联couplets 压岁钱 lucky money
Dear Mike,
I’m glad to know you are coming to China. Now let me share something about the Spring Festival with you.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
 英 语 试 卷 答 案
【听力理解】(共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)
1-5 CBACA 6-10 BCCBC 11-15 BABBA 16-20 ACACB
【阅读理解】(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
21-23 DAC 24-27 DADC 28-31 DABC 32-35 BDCA 36-40 EFAGD
【完形填空】(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
41-45 ACBDD 46-50 ADBAC 51-55CACDB 56-60 BACBD
【单项选择】(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
61-65 CBACA 66-70 DBDDC
【单词拼写】(共10小题；每小题1分，共10分)
naturalist 72. pennies 73. comparison 74. unconditional 75. originating
76. specific 77. volunteer 78. panicked 79. consisting of 80. in no mood
【语法填空】(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
81. what 82. popularity 83. when 84. was produced 85. standardized
86. To achieve 87. like 88. a 89. more 90. being made
【短文改错】(共10处错；每处错1分，满分10分)
The other day, it was my birthday and I was looking forward to seeing my friends. We were meeting at a my favorite Italian restaurant. I was excited and got to the restaurant at exactly 7 o'clock. I looked around for a familiar face but failed. Still, I decided to wait for them patiently. The restaurant quickly filled up with customers , but none of them were my friends. I called Lily, but she didn't answer. I felt lonely and sad . My friends had forgotten my birthday. I went home, opened the door and walked into the dark house. Suddenly the lights went on and my friends jumped up and shouted “Surprise ！” They hadn’t forgotten，^and it was the best birthday ever.
【书面表达】(满分25分)
Dear Mike,
I’m glad to know you are coming to China. Now let me share something about the Spring Festival with you.
The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China, which falls on the 1st day of the lunar calendar. It’s celebrated as a family get-together. On the eve of the Spring Festival, families come together and have a feast. In many places people like to set off firecrackers. Dumplings are the most traditional food. Children like the festival very much, because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes. They can also get some lucky money from their parents. People post New Year couplets at the door for good fortune. The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long. People visit relatives and friends with the words “Have all your wishes ”. People enjoy the Spring Festival, during which time they can have a good rest.
Yours,
Li Hua
【听力原文】
(Text 1)
W: Where were you yesterday evening? I called you to ask about the homework, but you weren’t at home.
M: That’s right. I wasn’t. I was at the movies.
(Text 2)
W: Hi, Bob. The shopping center will have a big sale this weekend. I know you want a pair of running shoes.
M: Yes. But I have a maths exam next Monday. I need to go over my lessons.
W: Come on. It’s a big chance.
M: OK. But I can only go on Saturday morning.
(Text 3)
W: I hope we’ve not late.
M: What time is it?
W: Let me see. 25 minutes past.
M: Then we’ll just make it. It doesn’t start until 2:30.
(Text 4)
W: How shall we travel today?
M: The airport is closed and all main roads are too dangerous to use because of last night’s heavy snowstorm. But the trains are still working.
(Text 5)
W: Excuse me. What’s taking so long with our sweet food?
M: I’m afraid there’s a small problem in the kitchen.
W: I think we’ll just get the check.
M: Please let me apologise for the wait by offering you a 10% discount on your meal tonight.
(Text 6)
W: Tom, our new IT teacher is very young.
M: Yeah. And he always makes us laugh in class, so the class is not that boring. Our project for this term is to design a website. I’ve always wanted to know how to do that. The sports teacher is much more serious but that’s my favorite subject.
W: Last year I used to really like history, but the teacher we have now gives us so much homework.
(Text 7)
W: Are you free now? I have something to talk with you.
M: Yes, I’m OK now. What’s wrong, dear?
W: I really think we need to cut down on the kids’ computer classes. They have no free time at all after school.
M: I’m not so sure about that. They are in middle school now, and I think they need to know about computers.
W: Oh, come on! They were still doing homework at 10:00 last night. And they didn’t wake up when the alarm rang at 6:00 this morning. I woke them half an hour later.
M: Really? Well, you may be right about the lessons, then. Kids need time to just play.
(Text 8)
M: Hello?
W: Hello, Mr. West. This is Susan Evans in Apartment 101.
M: Oh, hi Susan. How are you?
W: Well, right now I’m pretty warm. I put the air conditioner on “high”, but it doesn’t seem to be working. I’ve tried everything, but it just doesn’t work.
M: Well then, I’ll have to call the repairman. Is there anything else?
W: Yes. And there’s another problem: the neighbours next door in Apartment 102 have music on day and night, really loud. I’m having trouble sleeping.
M: Hmmm… that’s more difficult. I’ll speak to them. I’m sorry, Susan.
W: That’s all right. But if these things can’t be solved, I’ll have to move out.
(Text 9)
W: What’s going on, Mike?
M: I got a bill from the gas company in the mail today. Heating the home with natural gas is so expensive!
W: Yes, my bill is expensive too. I guess that’s because the weather is turning colder, so I’ve been turning up the heater lately.
M: So have I. But I still don’t think my bill should be this high. Maybe I should all the gas company and ask if the fees have gone up.
W: Yeah, that’s a good idea. I’ve called them before, and they have good customer phone service. Let me know what you find out.
M: OK. But first I have to prepare for the coming department meeting.
W: Oh, so do I. I nearly forgot it.
(Text 10)
W: Today, I want to tell you about the Good Food Show at the Capital Exhibition Centre. I really enjoyed my visit. First I looked at the books on sale. Jane Adams was there signing copies of her latest book. It’s about making cakes so I had to have it! My family loves sweet things such as cookies, ice cream and cakes, and I really liked her last book about making bread. In fact, there’s advice on all sorts of topics. I listened to someone from the central market talking about what you should look out for when you buy fish.
Then, in the exhibition theatre, I saw a cook prepare a healthy but tasty lunch using only vegetables! Also in the theatre, at 2 o’clock every day, a cook talks about preparing delicious sweet foods in under 15 minutes. I tasted one made with chocolate and it was out of this world!
At the show, you can try food from all around the world, from Chile to China, and I did! I enjoyed the food from Canada most of all, although everything I tasted really good.
The exhibition centre is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Monday to Saturday and from 10 until 6 on Sundays. For more details, phone…

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