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哈尔滨师大附中 东北师大附中 辽宁省实验中学
2024年高三第四次联合模拟考试
英语试卷
注意事项：
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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。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。
例： How much is the shirt
A. 19. 15. B. 9. 18. C. 9. 15.
答案是C。
1. What does the girl think of the exam
A. It was difficult. B. It was easy. C. It was in a hurry.
2. Which house does the woman like better
A. The bigger one. B. The white one. C. The brick one.
3. What did the man get for his son
A. Clothes. B. Tennis shoes. C. Some records.
4. Who will the girl be with on Friday evening
A. The man. B. Amanda. C. Mary.
5. Where probably are the speakers
A. Al a country hotel. B. At a harvest festival. C. At a wine factory.
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。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。
听下面一段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What car does the man have
A. A Honda. B. A Hyundai. C. A BMW.
7. What do we know about the man’s car
A. It is new. B. It looks good. C. It is washed twice a year.
听下面一段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How long have the speakers been waiting
A. 5 minutes. B. 10 minutes. C. 15 minutes.
9. What is the speakers’ last adventure
A. They got some free drinks.
B. They called a wrong waiter.
C. They got seats next to the kitchen.
听下面一段材料，回答第10至13题。
10. What is a cool logo usually on
A. A polo shirt. B. A cool T-shirt. C. Casual cargo pants.
11. What do girls wear at dance clubs
A. Short shirts and jeans.
B. Short shirts and cargo pants.
C. Cargo pants and high heels.
12. What jewelry does the woman always wear
A. A ring. B. A necklace. C. Earrings.
13. How does the woman feel about the clubs
A. She likes them.
B. She thinks them noisy.
C. She thinks them troublesome.
听下面一段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What do we know about the man
A. He is an experienced police officer.
B. He has been a police officer for 13 years.
C. He has been doing patrol work these years.
15. What does the man think of being a police officer
A. It is interesting. B. It is dangerous. C. It is stressful.
16. What assignment is the man mainly talking about
A. Patrol. B. Detective work. C. Supervising investigations.
17. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Colleagues. B. Hostess and guest. C. Hostess and audience.
听下面一段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What is the talk mainly about
A. House decorating skills. B. House selecting secrets. C. Home improvements plans.
19. Why probably does the speaker prefer some new fixtures
A. The old ones don't match the carpet.
B. The old ones are broken.
C. The old ones are somewhat dark.
20. What is the last job
A. Building a deck. B. Changing the roof. C. Designing a yard.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Medical Examination Instructions
These medical instructions are being issued as your immigration （移民） application has reached the stage where medical examination results are required.
When, who and how to complete your Immigration Medical Examination
You are required to have the medical examination within 30 days of the date of this letter; your medical examination must be performed by a doctor from the IRCC list of Panel Physicians; book an appointment with a Panel Physician in your area as soon as possible.
Once your medical examination has been completed, the Panel Physician will submit medical results to IRCC for assessment. To obtain a copy of your Immigration Medical Examination, please ask the Panel Physician at the time of your appointment.
Paying for your Immigration Medical Examination
Any costs related to the medical examination are your responsibility and are payable to the Panel Physician at the time of examination. This payment is for the Panel Physician's services and cannot be returned even if your immigration application is refused or the validity period （有效期） of your immigration medical examination ends.
Note: If you are qualified for coverage under the Interim Federal Health Program, the costs related to your immigration medical examination may be covered by the IFHP. Please confirm with the Panel Physician in your area that they are registered with the IFHP.
What must I bring to my appointment
★The attached Medical Report form
★Identification, including your passport if one is available (Proof of identity must include at least one government-issued document with photograph and signature, such as a passport. )
★ Eye glasses or contact lenses （隐形眼镜）， if worn
★Four recent photographs
★For individuals qualified for Migration Medical Examination coverage under the Interim Federal Health Program, please bring one of the following documents:
Refugee Protection Claimant Document
The Interim Federal Health Certificate
Acknowledgement of Claim and Notice to Return for Interview
If available, you may be offered vaccinations （接种疫苗） by the Panel Physician.
21. After your medical examination, ______.
A. the previous health reports ought to be consulted
B. you will submit the results to IRCC for assessment
C. the Panel Physician will present the results to IRCC
D. you will surely obtain a copy of examination results by the physician
22. If your immigration application is refused, which statement is right about the costs
A. The IFHP will cover them. B. They cannot be returned.
C. The Panel Physician will pay in cash. D. They will be returned if you apply.
23. Which of the following must be brought to the appointment
A. Proof of identity. B. The Federal Health Certificate.
C. The application form. D. Medical examination instructions.
B
Wall Street bankers, investors and economists have for months argued over whether a US recession （衰退） is coming. But for some Americans, the unforgiving economic pain typical during recession has already set in.
AI Brown and his wife faced a tough call in May when reviewing their weekly budget: what's a higher priority, more food or dish soap Based in Concord, North Carolina, Brown was the main breadwinner for his wife and their two children. Then in April, he was let go from his job as a global director of business development at software company Cascade. He's since quit his gym membership and sold various items around his home, including a computer and yard furniture. His 13-year-old son quit the basketball team.
Brown, 37, now spends his days searching the internet for jobs or reaching out to potential connections. After filing over 600 applications, only a handful have produced interviews. That's a far cry from the labor-market strength described in government figures.
Investors and economists have been expecting a recession since last year as the Fed raised interest rates to control inflation （通货膨胀） That caused companies to focus on profitability over growth, which meant cutting spending and reducing their workforces.
“I think it's unlikely that I will get another good paying job with great benefits like the one I had,” McCollum, who lives in Cleveland, Ohio, said. More Americans are likely to encounter similar cases, some experts predict.
“As we go through this year, and into next year, there is still going to be this focus on trying to reduce costs, and it is going to result in more unemployment,” said Thomas Simons, a senior economist at Jefferies. “The impact of layoffs, currently concentrated among white-collar workers, will last throughout the economy through a ‘big pullback in overall spending’,” Simons said. "Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of economic output, so if more Americans are forced to cut back because they were laid off, that might throw the US economy into a recession.
24. What are some Americans currently going through
A. They can't afford necessities of life. B. They've lost interest in high-end gyms.
C. They are badly treated by their bosses. D. They have difficulty making ends meet.
25. What does the author want to demonstrate through Brown's job hunting
A. One should try various ways to find a job.
B. American labor market is not that friendly to job-seekers.
C. Few companies are interested in middle-aged job-hunters.
D. The government provides accurate figures of the job market.
26. How do companies deal with the economic struggles
A. By employing more workers. B. By changing interest rates.
C. By giving priority to profits. D. By cutting employees' allowances.
27. Which statement will Thomas Simons probably agree with
A. Laid-off workers tend to go into debt.
B. Lower consumption may worsen the current situation.
C. Americans will spend more to increase economic output.
D. Companies are to blame for the unemployment of white-collar workers.
C
What's your first memory Whatever it is, you're bound to treasure it. But can we actually trust them Nothing about memory is simple. Memory is malleable. What we remember is not necessarily what happened. A memory is not a recording. It's more like a dramatic reconstruction and one that we can keep changing without realizing it.
For any experience to be remembered, it has to be encoded （编码）. This encoding is not any kind of direct translation, though. It's a rich and complex process that creates associations and meanings. We might be remembering something very similar, but slightly changed and colored by our own sets of associations.
Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus produced groundbreaking research on eyewitness testimony （证据）. Her work showed that memories can easily be influenced, even after they've been created. For example, if two eyewitnesses talk with each other, their memories of events often change, absorbing what they've heard from the other one-but they won't realize this has happened. Similarly, witnesses who are shown an image of an innocent person, can sometimes stick it onto their memory of the actual event-a process known as unconscious transference （无意识的转移）. It is estimated that around 70% of wrongful convictions （定罪）， later overturned by DNA evidence, are due to mistaken eyewitness testimony.
In some cases, memories can even be deliberately created and implanted. The Lost in the Mall experiment took a test group of subjects and talked to them in depth about key childhood memories while also adding an invented one-the experience of having been lost in a shopping center. It was found that between a quarter and a third of subjects not only accepted this new memory as genuine but enriched it with specific details.
Most of us have certain key memories of being a very young child. But research suggests that they're highly unlikely to be actual memories due to the way memory is stored in the baby brain. Your precious first memory may well not be a real memory, and we're all perhaps living in our imaginations more than we realize.
28. What does the underlined word "malleable" in paragraph 1 mean
A. Trustworthy. B. False. C. Easily changed. D. Deeply impressive.
29. Which will influence the memory of eyewitnesses
A. Powerful DNA evidence. B. Pictures stuck in their memory.
C. Reduced accuracy of convictions. D. Exchanged information between them.
30. What can we learn about "The Lost in the Mall" experiment
A. It was designed to investigate mistaken eyewitness testimony.
B. Its subjects could recall specific details of a shopping center.
C. Its subjects made believe that they had been lost in a shopping center.
D. It demonstrated that invented experiences could be fixed in one's memory.
31. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. The Unreliable Nature of Memory. B. Revised Eyewitness Testimony.
C. Reflection on Sweet Childhood. D. An Exploration of Truth and Fiction.
D
It took an ill screech owl （鸣角鸭） to teach a scientist the value of up-close-and-personal study.
In his Harvad talk, Carl Safina, an ecologist and author of Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe, recalled that the chick was found dying in his backyard. Safina took it in and planned to nurse it back to health and then perform release. But the owlet's flight feathers didn't grow properly. Safina delayed the release. Over those extended months, Safina got to know Alfie in ways that moved and changed him.
"An owl found me and then I was watching 'an owl', " he said. "It was no longer an owl after a while, it was 'she' because she had a history with me. This little owl, who was with me much longer than I thought she would be, became an individual to me by that history and all those interactions.
The bond with Alfie strengthened to the point that, when she was finally released, she created a territory with Safina's home at its center. Safina was able to spend hours each day observing her in the woods as she learned to take care of herself in the wild, met two mates, and raised chicks of her own.
When he heard Alfie calling, Safina said, he'd call back and she'd land nearby. Their closeness allowed him to learn more things about screech owls. Field guides, for example, describe two known calls but he identified six, some of which you have to be quite close to hear. The relationship also opened a window for Safina onto personality differences between Alfie and her mates.
When pointed out that his approach to Alfie-including the act of naming her-ran counter to widespread scientific practice, Safina said he wasn't concerned about violating （违反） convention, particularly if something interesting like individual personality differences among owls could be learned.
The experience caused Safina to think more deeply about humankind's relationship with nature and the kind of personal connection he was able to feel with a wild individual. "What I learned from Alfie is that all sentient （有情感的） beings seek a feeling of well-being and freedom of movement, " Safina said. "That's a guide to what's right and what's wrong to me.
32. What do we know about Alfie
A. She developed a close bond with Safina.
B. She was a fictional character in Safina's book.
C. She intentionally landed in Safina's backyard.
D. She was dying because of the broken flight feathers.
33. What happened after Safina released Alfie
A. Alfie chose to stay with Safina at his home.
B. They maintained a continuous communication.
C. Alfie met mates and raised chicks by herself.
D. Safina kept his distance from her to prevent attachment.
34. What did Safina achieve in his study
A. Recording six different calls of the screech owl.
B. Identifying different types of owls by their calls.
C. Learning how to release owls back into the wild.
D. Understanding personality differences among owls.
35. How did Safina's experience with Alfie impact him
A. He became more focused on exploring nature.
B. He initiated his commitment to wildlife conservation.
C. He developed a deep appreciation for the welfare of living creatures.
D. He decided to guide readers to distinguish between right and wrong.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Who can imagine life today without an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) They are available in considerable numbers throughout the world.
The first ATM was the brainchild of an enterprising Turkish-American inventor Luther George Simjian. When the idea of an automated banking machine struck him, he registered 20 patents before any bank agreed to give it a trial run. It is easy to assume that the inventor of such a popular machine was laughing all the way to the bank. 36 Within six months of its operation in New York in 1939, the device was removed due to lack of customer acceptance.
It was not until 1967, nearly 30 years later, that Barclays Bank, in a careful launch, rolled out a self-service machine in London, England, which proved successful. 37 The first cash machine relied on customers' use of prepaid tokens （代币） to get envelopes with a fixed amount of cash inside.
38 The banks' principle was seemingly customer service. But it would be foolish to minimize the many advantages that cash machines provided to the banks themselves. By the late 1970s, the highest fixed cost for the average large bank was its branches. The greatest variable cost and loss to profits were its staff. Bank accounts swiftly recognized that self-service operations could reduce bank branch staff cost by 70 percent.
Experts quickly determined that public acceptance of ATMs counted on convenience, simplicity, speed, security and trust. 39 For maximum efficiency, ATMs had to be located near public transport or in a shopping mall, not at a branch. The busier and more crowded the location, obviously, the better. Now, roughly 75 percent of all cash provided by banks to their customers comes from cash machines. 40 .
Public acceptance of deposits （存款） by machine was significantly slower than customers' usage of ATMs for withdrawals. In general, it seems that customers sometimes still prefer and trust an over-the- counter transaction （交易）for deposits.
A. Location, in particular, was a key factor.
B. His cash machine, however, didn't prove durable.
C. The device was relatively primitive, at least by today's standards.
D. However, cash machines posed some interesting, unanswered questions.
E. An interesting factor was the issue of bio-statistics for customer identification.
F. Devices originally dismissed by the public are now recognized as essential institutions.
G. Soon afterwards, many other banks became admittedly champions of the cash machine.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。
My friendship with the students in a primary school in Uganda started on a shaky ground. The 41 of not being understood was hidden within, for they spoke a language different from that of mine and mine too fell on 42 ears.
I greeted them with a broad smile, and they replied with ice cold 43 when I spoke further. A 44 echoed（回响） in my mind; you must live through to get to them. So I gave it another try. I spoke 45 English with hand gestures and a bit of dancing. If all failed, the smile would 46 . Soon we picked up and then the 47 of the learners came into play. At the mention of a name, reddish cheeks and shaking voices were the response I got. I decided to 48 a desk with a team each day during group work to get closer. After school, I 49 them home.
50 , we became friends. They were even aware of my favorite fruit, avocado （牛油果）. If I didn't get one on my desk, it would 51 me wherever I was. My slippers were 52 . One night I left them out as no one could steal a pair of slippers in that state. The next morning, I was ready to drag my slippers on as usual and I was surprised they had been 53 . Wow!
The little things we do for each other bring us great joy and 54 . We don't have a proper spoken language, but we are fluent in the language of 55 .
41. A. anger B. fear C. desire D. belief
42. A. sharp B. all C. long D. deaf
43. A. silence B. blame C. comment D. agreement
44. A. puzzle B. doubt C. reminder D. relief
45. A. official B. simple C. academic D. unusual
46. A. turn out B. break off C. die away D. take over
47. A. laziness B. shyness C. loneliness D. calmness
48. A. share B. clear C. search D. exchange
49. A. prevented B. forced C. accompanied D. allowed
50. A. Suddenly B. Gradually C. Accidentally D. Obviously
51. A. miss B. leave C. refuse D. find
52. A. worn out B. put out C. made out D. carried out
53. A. packed B. cleaned C. abandoned D. repaired
54. A. freedom B. chance C. warmth D. challenge
55. A. friendship B. admiration C. sympathy D. confidence
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。
Scientists have discovered the remains of 56 appears to be an ancient sheep-drawn chariot（战 车）near the famous Terracotta Army in the western tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. The main structure of the chariot has likely rotted （腐烂） away after 57 （spend） more than 2, 000 years in the ground but researchers did find a row of six sheep skeletons （骨架） wearing attachments used for pulling a chariot, so they 58 （infer）this was a sheep-drawn chariot.
Horse-drawn chariots were common in ancient China, but a sheep-drawn chariot is 59 extremely rare find. The founder of the Western Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wu, or Sima Yan, who ruled from 266 to 290 CE, is said 60 (ride） in a sheep-drawn carriage around his palace complex every night and would sleep wherever the sheep stopped. Researchers hope laboratory 61 (analyze）on the western tomb's burial chamber, which is currently underway, will help them determine who was buried there.
In addition to the six-sheep chariot, scientists unearthed a four-wheeled 62 (wood）chariot, probably drawn by horses, 63 （equip）with a fancy umbrella. It is the oldest of 64 （it）type ever found. They also found a wealth of iron tools and weapons, providing new insight 65 the period when iron tools first began to appear.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
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1. 工作职责；
2. 聘用条件；
3. 工作待遇。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 请按如下格式做答（标题和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数）。
Guardian of Welcoming-Guest Pine Wanted
Please contact Miss Wang before 30 July. Inquiries are encouraged but visits declined.
Mount Huangshan Nature Reserve
第二节（满分25分）
Crab Lessons
My son Geordi was a rather spirited boy. Very little held his attention for long. He spent most of his spare time thinking up new ways to scare me half to death. Like the time he decided to "surf" on a tiny plastic table that was meant to hold a few drinks rather than a six-year-old boy. Geordi had just begun learning about the ocean in school and was surprisingly fascinated by it. We lived in Delaware, so any discussion about the ocean usually included horseshoe crabs （鲎）， which crowded our coasts to mate in the late spring.
As part of the lesson, Geordi's teacher brought horseshoe crab shells （壳） to school for the children to touch and examine. Hearing that horseshoe crabs had been around for over 300 million years, even before the dinosaurs, Geordi thought that was officially the coolest thing he had ever heard. He could not stop talking about it for days, and I decided it was time for us to take a drive to the Delaware Bay.
As we stepped out from the car, strong wind nearly blew my poor forty-five-pound child to the ground. Being a six-year-old mischievous （调皮的） boy, Geordi saw this as an opportunity to showcase his amazing talents, which included falling down, getting up, falling down and, yes, getting up again. This, of course, was always complete with giggles （咯咯笑）. The drama came to a sudden stop as Geordi spied the dozens of army-truck-looking creatures in the sand. The next sound effect was "Wow!" as his body froze and his eyes widened with wonder.
Geordi ran around excitedly, not knowing which one to check out first. He settled on a horseshoe crab that was on its back, legs waving wildly in the air, desperate for water. "Mom, look at this one!" he screamed. "He's cool!" I pointed out the different body parts of the crab for him, and he listened quietly and absorbed the information. He said, "I really liked him. I think I will name him Spike because he had all those really cool, spiky （尖的） things on his back. "Then I picked up the crab, turned it over to its proper position and placed it at the edge of the water.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。
Geordi asked what I was doing.
Geordi spotted many more horseshoe crabs on their backs.2024 年哈师大附中高三第四次联合模拟考试
英语试卷参考答案
I、听力
1-5 ACBBA 6-10 ABBCB 11-15 ACAAC 16-20 ABCCB
II、阅读理解
第一节
21-23 CBA 24-27 DBCB 28-31 CDDA 32-35 ABDC
第二节
36-40 BCGAF
III、完形填空
41-45 BDACB 46-50 DBACB 51-55 DADCA
IV、语法填空
56. what 57. spending/having spent 58. inferred 59. an
60. to have ridden 61. analysis 62. wooden 63. equipped
64. its 65. into
V、写作
应用文参考范文
Guardian of Welcoming-Guest Pine Wanted
Intending to better guarantee the daily growth of the Welcoming-Guest Pine, Mount
Huangshan Nature Reserve of Anhui Province needs to employ a guardian.
The fundamental responsibility for the job is to make sure that nothing harms the tree.
Additionally, applicants are expected to check the pine tree more than 3 times a day and take notes
recording your observations. Preference will be given to those who are careful, diligent and
responsible. What’s more, anyone with previous experience is highly welcome.
We can provide you with accommodation, meals and a free medical check. Salary is
negotiable.
Please contact Miss Wang before 30 July. Inquiries are encouraged but visits declined.
Mount Huangshan Nature Reserve
读后续写参考范文
Geordi asked what I was doing. I explained to him that if the crab got stuck on its back and
could not get back to the water soon, it would die. Horseshoe crabs, I told him, are very important
in many ways. Their eggs are a great food source for birds, and their shells and blood have special
medical properties that can help many people. Besides, it didn’t seem right to let a species that had
survived so long just dry up in the sun. Geordi listened intently, his eyes sparkling with concern.
He then bent down and cautiously touched Spike’s shell with his finger, murmuring, “Go home,
Spike.” We watched the horseshoe crab slowly make his way back into the ocean.
Geordi spotted many more horseshoe crabs on their backs. He decided that we should help
them all. Without fear or hesitation, he began picking up stuck horseshoe crabs and turning them
over, and helped me carry them to the water. He was extra careful and gentle, worried that he may
hurt one. His sincere concern for the horseshoe crabs touched my heart. When the job was done
and it was time to leave, Geordi asked, “Do you think we will ever see Spike again ” “Maybe,” I
said, “but now that we have helped him, we know he will be okay even if we don’t see him again.”
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Looking satisfied with that answer, Geordi said, “Yeah, that is the most important thing.” And,
suddenly, my son who was usually cavorting like crazy, looked to me like a grown boy for the first
time.
听力原文
Text 1
M: What did you think of the final exam
W: I was expecting it to be easy, but at the end of the first hour, I was still on the first page. I
barely had time to get to the last question (1).
Text 2
M: Between the two houses we saw yesterday, which one do you prefer
W: I think the white one is prettier, but the brick one has a bigger yard, so I like it better (2).
Text 3
W: I suppose you have been buying Christmas gifts for your family.
M: I bought tennis shoes for my son (3), but I haven’t decided what to get for my wife. Probably
some clothes or classical music records.
Text 4
M: Mary and I will go to a concert on Friday evening. Would you come
W: I’d love to, but I’ve promised to go to the movies with Amanda (4).
M: Well, perhaps some other time.
Text 5
M: I can’t believe that all your rooms are occupied (5).
W: Don’t you know about the wine festival And, of course, the countryside is really pretty in the
fall, so a lot of tourists come for sightseeing.
Text 6
W: So you have a Hyundai
M: Well, I have a BMW. Nay, just kidding. I have a Honda (6).
W: Oh. Is it new
M: It was new in 2003.
W: So, it’s pretty old now.
M: Yes, it is. But it still looks good (7).
W: Do you take good care of it
M: Oh, yes. I wash it once a week.
W: Do you change the oil
M: My mechanic changes the oil twice a year.
Text 7
W: Have you seen our waiter
M: Here he comes now.
W: We’ve been sitting here for 10 minutes (8).
M: Oops, I guess I was wrong. That isn’t our waiter.
W: We can give him five more minutes, and then leave.
M: I’ll go up front and talk to the manager.
W: That’s a good idea.
M: Maybe they’ll give us free drinks for waiting so long.
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W: Maybe he’ll send us our waiter immediately.
M: Every time we eat out, it’s an adventure.
W: Last time, we got seats next to the kitchen (9).
Text 8
M: Tell me, what do guys wear at dance clubs in your country
W: They wear casual cargo pants and maybe a polo shirt.
M: A polo shirt
W: Or maybe a cool T-shirt. Some kind of cool logo on it (10).
M: OK, what about girls
W: Girls like short shirts, or jeans (11), and of course high heels.
M: High heels Aren’t they hard to dance in
W: They are actually, but we look so much better with high heels on. We look taller. That’s good.
M: How about guys What kind of shoes do they wear
W: Usually sneakers.
M: Well, how about jewelry Do you wear any kind of jewelry, or necklace etc.
W: I personally don’t wear a necklace, but lots of people do. I always wear earrings (12). Silver
ones. Those look really pretty at the clubs. Very shiny.
M: How about makeup
W: Oh, of course. Makeup is really important, too.
M: Ah, I see.
W: Like makeup for the eyes. You want to have a really strong look for your eyes.
M: Do guys wear makeup too
W: I don’t think so. But they wear perfume. I actually like it when guys wear perfume.
M: Well, it sounds like you have a lot of fun at the clubs.
W: Oh, yeah. It’s a lot of fun (13). Dressing up, meeting people, talking, laughing and dancing.
Text 9
W: Welcome to our program, Sam (17).
M: Thank you.
W: Sam. How long have you been a police officer
M: I’ve been a police officer for thirty years (14). I’ve done everything from patrol to undercover
work to detective work, and now I’m supervising investigations.
W: Sam, I think most people would say that being a police officer is a very stressful work, and
would you agree
M: Yes, it’s definitely a stressful job (15). But it depends on your assignment.
W: So, what’s probably the most stressful assignment you can have
M: I’d say patrol is the most stressful assignment (16).
W: That’s interesting. In what way
M: Well, I guess the biggest part of the stress is the fear factor—the fear of unknown. In patrol
work, you don’t know from moment to moment who you are talking to or what their reaction is
going to be to justify your presence. For example, a patrol officer stops someone for a traffic
violation. But there are more officers injured during a routine stop.
W: Really
M: Really. That’s why all police officers are taught from the very beginning to be aware of their
surroundings.
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W: I see. Let’s take a break and then we’ll move on to our next topic.
Text 10
M: I recently bought an old house, and new, I’m trying to fix it up. I’d like to make a few home
improvements before I move in (18).
First of all, I’m pulling out all of the old carpet and laying down some new carpet throughout
the house. I’m also putting in new light fixtures. The old ones don’t light up the rooms very well
(19). Next, I’m remodeling the entire kitchen by putting in new kitchen cabinets, a new counter
top, a new sink and tap, and new floors. I’m also going to buy new appliances for the kitchen.
I’m also thinking about adding a new addition to the house, which would include a new
family room and dining room area. Outside our back door, I am going to build a deck, which is
more or less like a balcony, where we can sit, relax, and have barbecues. We will also do some
designing and planting job to the yard to beautify things a little. One final thing I need to do is
replace the roof (20), and if I don’t, I might start having leaks in the house. By the time I’m
finished with these home improvement projects, the place should look as good as new.
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