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沅澧共同体2025届高三第一次模拟考试（试题卷）
英 语
时量：120分钟 满分：150分 命题单位：常德市第二中学 常德市第六中学
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。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19.15 B. 9.18 C. 9.15
答案是C。
1.Who falls ill
A.Bob. B.Linda. C.Betty.
2.How far is Thomas’s trip to school now
A.120 km. B.180 km. C.300 km.
3.What is Hunter’s lecture about
A.Water pollution. B.Air pollution. C.Soil pollution.
4.What does the woman want to buy
A.A book. B.Some medicine. C.A map.
5.What will Tom do next
A.Enjoy dessert. B.Prepare some dishes. C.Go through the menu.
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 is the woman busy doing
A.Working on a project. B.Preparing a big dinner. C.Writing a shopping list.
7.Where is the man
A.In a supermarket. B.In the office. C.At home.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8.What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A.Friends. B.Colleagues. C.Neighbors.
9.Where is the Cafe Moonset
A.On Brown Street B.On Green Street. C.On King Street.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10.What does the man’s father like to use for shopping
A.WeChat. B.Alipay. C.Cash.
11. What makes the man finally decide to choose the gift
A.Its size. B.Its material. C.Its color.
12. How much will the man pay
A.$20. B.$40. C.$50.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13.Why did Mr.Smith suffer a bad toothache
A.He had too many sweets. B.He never brushed his teeth. C.His parents cared little about him.
14.What did Mr.Smith do in the waiting room
A.He sat waiting in the chair. B.He made some phone calls. C.He walked around in the room.
15.How did Mr.Smith feel when seeing the tools
A.Excited. B.Terrible. C.Calm.
16.What does the woman do
A.A doctor. B.A hostess. C.A teacher.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.What can be used to make new bottles
A.Plastic. B.Paper C.Mixed materials.
18.Why did James Longcroft invent the bottle
A.To protect the sea. B.To save money. C.To recycle paper.
19.What made Longcroft open the company
A.Making more money. B.Inventing new bottles. C.Offering clean water.
20.What can we know about the new bottle
A.It breaks down from inside to outside.
B.It can be eaten by animals without harm.
C.People can now get it easily at a low price.
第二部分 阅读（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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Here is the list of people with disabilities, who are living life to the fullest!
Henry Perkin
During his childhood, Henry Perkin suffered from polio（小儿麻痹症）. When he became a young man, he was also involved in an accident that worsened his problems. Throughout his entire life, he was facing serious physical issues and was in bed because of severe pain. However, he didn’t let that defeat him, and he became one of the famous artists of the 20th century.
John Nash
John Nash had mental disease. He mixed the line between what is real and what isn’t. His life story was given light due to the movie A Beautiful Mind.John Nash was aware of his illness but fought against it, not letting it tear him, and developed a successful academic career. He won a Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994.
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli was partially blind but that didn’t stop him from taking piano lessons until he was 6 years old.Unfortunately, when he was 12 years old, he suffered a blow during a football game that completely blinded him. His blindness didn’t stop him from pursuing and focusing on singing.
Harry Coover
Harry Coover, at the age of 13, was a rising star surfer. However, after an attack with a 14-foot tiger shark, he, unfortunately, lost his left arm. One month after the attack, he was back on the sea and surfing to his dreams once again. After 2 years, he won his first national surfing title. He is still an active surf competitor to this day.
21.Where is this text probably taken from
A.An exam paper. B.A travel guide.
C.An advertisement. D.A magazine.
22.Who was devoted to music in his life
A.Henry Perkin. B.John Nash.
C.Andrea Bocelli. D.Harry Coover.
23.What do Henry Perkin and Harry Coover have in common
A.They met with a serious accident. B.Their stories were adapted for films.
C.They won some kind of national prizes. D.They had to stay in bed because of the illness.
B
A woman who took up running after she lost her left leg due to cancer has passed the world record for most consecutive（连续的）marathons.
Jacky Hunt-Broersma, 46, completed her 104th consecutive marathon in 104 days. A spokesperson said certifying the record would take around three months. “Part of me was really happy to be done,” she says. “And the other part kept thinking I need to go running.”
Jacky is grateful, because running has given her the confidence she was afraid she would never regain. In 2002, doctors diagnosed her with a rare type of bone cancer. Within two weeks, they amputate（截肢）her left leg to save her life. She was only 26 years old.“It was a roller coaster,” she recalls. “Everything happened so fast.” For the first couple of years, Jacky struggled with the change in her life. She was angry that she had got cancer and embarrassed to be different. She wore long trousers in public so people would not notice her artificial leg.
Out of the blue, she took up running in 2016. She had cheered her husband on at long-distance running events but had never considered doing it herself, thinking it was only “for crazy people”. Buying a special artificial leg for long-distance runners, she signed up for her very first 10 kilometers. On the eve of the race, she switched her registration to the half-marathon category—and she has not looked back since, exploring longer distances and different terrains.
In fact, Jacky wishes she had started running earlier. “Running has made such a difference on my mental state and it showed me how strong my body can be. It gave me a total new acceptance of who I am and that I can do hard things.” she says.
24.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to
A.Cancer. B.Amputation. C.Left leg. D.Running.
25.Why did Jacky decide to run marathons
A.It could build up her body. B.It could help her build confidence.
C.She was encouraged by her husband. D.She was struck by a sudden thought.
26.Which of the following best describes Jacky
A.Competitive. B.Creative. C.Thoughtful. D.Determined.
27.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text
A.To share a woman’s story. B.To introduce a kind of disease.
C.To recommend a woman’s lifestyle. D.To highlight the importance of running.
C
In birds, males are often the ones having showy, colorful feathers—the better to attract females. For example, male cardinals（红雀）get bright red feathers, while females are pale brown. And the male white-necked jacobin, a tiny tropical hummingbird（蜂鸟）, has a deep blue head and lively green back, whereas females are generally drab.
But not always. Researchers studying white-necked jacobins in Panama noticed that nearly 30 percent of the more than 120 females they caught between 2015 and 2019 turned out to be females that looked like males, while 2 years later over 40 percent. A study published in Current Biology explains why. It turns out that copying male coloration helps female white-necked jacobins avoid being disturbed from other hummingbirds while feeding.
“The bright coloration on the bird is associated with attack;” says Jay Falk, an evolutionary ecologist. “Just looking like males seems to stop bullies（霸凌）,” allowing females better access to honey. Falk and his colleagues also wondered if the male-lookalike female jacobins were trying to attract mates by standing out from the drab females, or if they were competing with each other for honey. Falk and his colleagues turned to their next guess: resource competition. They found that the male-copying females appeared in front of the feeders more often and spent longer time feeding than the drab females.
With such benefits, why don’t all females develop bright feathers It not only needs more energy and time to keep the feathers, but also it’s risky. Female hummingbirds are single parents, which is already energy-demanding. On top of that, “if you’re brightly colored and sitting on a brown nest in a green tree, you’re going to stand out,” Falk says. “It’s much easier to be eaten.”
28.How does the author introduce the topic
A.By proving data. B.By answering a question.
C.By making comparison. D.By describing a situation.
29.What do the numbers in paragraph 2 suggest
A.Protecting jacobins is becoming urgent.
B.Current Biology proves to be of great value.
C.Bright-feathered female jacobins are on an increase.
D.Male-lookalike female jacobins are more adaptable to the environment.
30.Why do female white-necked jacobins copy male coloration
A.To stand out to attract mates. B.To get more chances to survive.
C.To compete with other hummingbirds. D.To offer more food to other hummingbirds .
31.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about
A.The disadvantages of having bright feathers.
B.The significance of developing bright feathers.
C.The correct methods of keeping the bright feathers.
D.The environment of the bright-feathered hummingbirds.
D
“There’s research showing that we tend to postpone breaks when we finish what we’ve got to do” says psychology professor Claudia Hammond, whereas microbreak studies indicate that it is more beneficial to build regular downtime into a busy schedule.
Neuroscientists have shown that continuous mentally taxing work can even lead to poorer decision-making, since it reduces “cognitive（认知的）control”, which is our ability to flexibly direct our thoughts and behavior in order to reach a long-term goal.
In an experiment in 2022, behavioral researcher Antonius Wiehler and his colleagues asked participants to perform simple or demanding tasks on a computer for 6.5 hours. To measure the running-down of cognitive control, the computer periodically interrupted the participants to ask questions such as “Would you like $22 now or $50 in six months ” “In the morning, you’re fresh. And you know the best choice is to take the money later;” says Wiehler. But the people doing exhausting tasks increasingly chose the immediate rewards of lower value.
Why would this be Wiehler and his team showed that people who had done harder tasks had higher levels of glutamate（谷氨酸）in their prefrontal cortex than those doing easy ones. The implication was that perhaps it is the build-up of glutamate that causes a reduction in cognitive control. However, Wiehler's study didn't prove this.
“There are many exciting questions waiting to be solved,” says Wiehler, not least concerning how brains recover and how much rest is needed to maintain or restore normal glutamate levels and cognitive control.
Besides improving decision-making, regular periods of downtime may also aid effective learning. Neuroscientists have long known that memory consolidation occurs during sleep, but now studies suggest that waking rest can also help the brain’s records of what we have just learned.“If you rest for a few minutes after you learn something, your memory is better later, ” says Erin Wamsley, a psychologist.
32.What can we know from the experiment in 2022
A.Normal glutamate levels can be restored after the break.
B.People doing simple tasks have better cognitive control.
C.Higher levels of glutamate lead to a reduction in cognitive control.
D.The levels of glutamate can change according to the working intensity.
33.What is the tone of the author
A.Negative. B.Critical. C.Objective. D.Humorous.
34.What will probably be discussed next in the text
A.How to promote sleep. B.How to consolidate memory.
C.How to enhance effective learning. D.How to improve decision-making.
35.Which is the most suitable title for the text
A.Glutamate Determines Memory B.Regular Downtime Brings Benefits
C.Mental Work Reduces Cognitive Control D.Demanding Tasks Cause Poor Decision-Making
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。
Burnout is a form of exhaustion caused by constantly feeling overwhelmed（不知所措）. It happens when we experience too much emotional, physical, and mental fatigue for too long. 36 But burnout can also happen in other areas of your life and affect your health.
Burnout builds over time. It’s caused by stress at work or in other parts of your life, making it difficult to manage your job and other responsibilities. Once you’ve identified your burnout signs, there are ways to deal with your stress:
37
If you are in an environment where this is possible, try to explain how you’re feeling and discuss a more manageable munication is important for creating a healthy work environment.
Get enough sleep
Sleep is vital for good physical and mental health. If you aren’t getting enough because of anxiety over your job, it’s likely to lead to burnout. Prioritize getting enough sleep.
Try a relaxing activity
38 Burnout symptoms can appear physically, as you can hold onto stress in your body. Practicing these activities can help you release the tension.
Find support
The support of trusted coworkers, friends, and family is important. Their support can help you deal with the stressors of your job.Finding a therapist is also a great way to discuss your feelings and get support.
Change your attitude about work
You can’t always change your job, but you can change how you feel about it. 39 Take a vacation or extended leave to remove yourself from work stress. Then, disconnect from your job completely.
If you’re experiencing burnout, don’t try to keep going. 40 Instead, take a break to help yourself recognize the signs of burnout and work to lessen it.
A.Engage socially.
B.Talk with your supervisor.
C.Exercise helps lift your mood.
D.It will only make things worse.
E.In many cases, burnout is related to one’s job.
F.Yoga, meditation, or tai chi can be great ways to release stress.
G.Find something to value in your work and create balance in your life.
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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
During a Sunday night football game, I saw a young man on the K-Back team facing 41 . I asked an assistant coach about him and learned he 42 daily. The next day, I contacted Coach Gutierrez to know more about Evan Resetar, the 43 in question.
Evan loved football in spite of his autism （自闭症） and had 44 with physical movements and language expression. When asked why he loved the game, Evan simply responded, “The brotherhood.” His teammates also 45 him, saying he was wonderful and brought 46 to the team.
Evan is very 47 about his team and he just wants to be treated like any others there. He 48
likes playing defense. Coach Gutierrez called him a role model and a（n） 49 to the other players.
Evan’s teammates are inspired by his perseverance and 50 and they’ve taken him in as one of their own. They 51 him as the symbol of their team motto, “FAMILY （Forget About Me I Love You）.” Though Evan may not play in 52 moments of close games, his coaches find opportunities to 53 him, treating him no differently than any other player.
The amazing thing about Evan, or any person with autism, is that they 54 every day with challenges, and he, and they, 55 them every single day.
41.A.challenges B.development C.opportunities D.failures
42.A.struggled B.cried C.tried D.changed
43.A.assistant B.captain C.player D.coach
44. A.experience B.trouble C.connection D.patience
45. A.envied B.assisted C.taught D.admired
46. A.joy B.loss C.success D.pity
47. A.worried B.nervous C.enthusiastic D.curious
48. A.especially B.exactly C.patiently D.tirelessly
49. A.guidance B.motivation C.assistance D.inspiration
50. A.devotion B.ambition C.caution D.contribution
51. A.remember B.accept C.see D.want
52. A.magical B.crucial C.awkward D.precious
53. A.include B.protect C.believe D.track
54. A.wake up B.lie down C.turn around D.work out
55. A.face B.change C.overcome D.ignore
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。
At an event ahead of World Book Day, students enjoy speeches from writers and experts at BFSU, Beijing Foreign Studies University on Monday. The reading dialogue “The Power of Reading” was held in BFSU on Monday 56 (raise) the awareness of reading among the public.
The event, 57 (organize) by China Daily and BFSU, invited distinguished guests from different areas to share growth experiences and life wisdom. Throughout its history, China 58 (give) priority to reading, valuing the pursuit of knowledge advocating among scholars the Confucian ideal of self-cultivation,
59 (harmony) governance and peace.
Through this reading dialogue, “we hope to inspire young students’ passion 60 learning and encourage them to become talents with 61 global perspective”, says Qu Yingpu, publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily. In his sharing, Qu recalls his youth when 62 (read) classics. As an adult, he draws 63 (greedy) spiritual nutrition from poetry and fiction. Qu encourages the university students to read foreign 64 (work) in their original languages as a good way to cross cultural barriers, better understand different cultures and learn mutually from each other.
This event starts the strategic cooperation between China Daily and Beijing Foreign Studies University,
65 aims to promote talent cultivation at university with media’s practical strengths.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
假定你是李华，上个月参加了学校举行的“科技改变生活”英文海报设计大赛。请你给你的英国好友Peter写一封邮件分享这次经历，内容包括：
1.你设计的作品；
2.你的感想。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Peter, Yours, LiHua
第二节 （满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
When I was 15, I climbed my first high mountain near where I live in Surrey, British Columbia.I was overweight at the time and out of breath when I reached the top. But I loved the challenge of overcoming something bigger than myself. Soon I’d climbed nearly 60 mountains.
Last year, on 15 February, my friend Mel Olsen and I went to Oregon to climb 11, 240-foot Mount Hood.That day, we started at 3 a.m. It was about -10℃. Along the way, we met two other climbers, and the four of us continued on together. Before the final push to the top, my face felt as if it were burning. The other climbers decided to turn back , but Mel and I went ahead.
As we went higher, it became more difficult to climb on. At around 9 a.m., we reached an ice step. It was about three or four feet tall. I volunteered to go first. I placed my left foot on the ice step. I was sure that I was safe, so I put my full weight on it. Suddenly, I heard a sound, and a whole piece of ice broke off the step, right under my foot.
In a second, I fell backwards. I could hear Mel calling my name as I was rolling down the mountain. After a few seconds, I found I’d fallen 50 feet. Then I took a survey of my body to see where I was hurt, starting with my head, then my neck and arms. For the most part, I was fine, except that I was suffering from a huge pain in my left leg and couldn’t move.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The pain spread all over my body. I started climbing again half a year later.沅澧共同体 2025届高三 5月模考
英语参考答案及听力材料
1 ~ 5 CBABA 6 ~10 ACACC 11~15 CBAAB 16~20 BCACB
21~25 DCABD 26~30 DACCB 31~35 ADCBB 36~40 EBFGD
41~45 AACBD 46~50 ACADA 51~55 CBA
56. to raise 57. organized 58. has given
59. harmonious 60. for 61. a
61. reading 63. greedily 64. works
65. which
第四部分写作评分原则
1. 按 5 个档次给分。
2. 评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡
量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。
3. 评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上
下文的连贯性及语言的得体性。
4. 拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考
虑。英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。
5. 如书写较差，以致影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。
第一节（满分 15分）一、参考范文
Dear Peter,
How is everything going I’m excited to share with you our schools English Poster
Competition I participated in last month.
The theme of the competition is “Technology Changes Lives”. For my design, I focused
on “AI helps us create a better life”，featuring illustrations of AI doing housework for people.
My design also included a few short English phrases like “Technology Creates Dreams”. I
believe raising the awareness of revitalizing the country through science and technology can
create a harmonious and prosperous society.
This experience made me think more deeply about the importance of developing
science and technology in our lives. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this topic!
二、内容要点
1. 你设计的作品； 2. 你的感想。三、各档次的给分范围和要求
完全完成了试题规定的任务。—覆盖所有的内容要点。—应用了较多的
第五档 语法结构和词汇。—语法结构或词汇方面有些许错误，但为尽力使用复
13-15 分 杂结构或较高级词汇所致；具备较强的语言运用能力。—有效使用了语
句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑。完全达到了预期的写作目的。
完全完成了试题规定的任务。—虽漏掉 1、2 个次重点，但覆盖所有的
主要内容。—应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。—语法结构或
第四档 词汇方面应用基本准确，些许错误主要是尝试复杂结构或词汇所致。—
应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑。达到了预期的写作目
10-12 分
的。
基本完成了试题规定的任务。—虽漏掉一些内容，但覆盖所有主要内
容。
第三档
7-9 分 —应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。—有一些语法结构或词汇
方面的错误，但不影响理解。—应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文
内容连贯。整体而言，基本达到了预期的写作目的。
未恰当完成试题规定的任务。—漏掉或未描述清楚一些主要内容，写了
一些无关内容。—语法结构单调，词汇项目有限。—有一些语法结构或
第二档
词汇方面的错误，影响了对写作内容的理解。—较少使用语句间的连接
4-6 分
成分，内容缺少连贯性。信息未能清楚地传达给读者。
未完成试题规定的任务。—明显遗漏主要内容，写了一些无关内容，原
因可能是未理解试题要求。—语法结构单调，词汇项目有限。—较多语
第一档
法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响对写作内容的理解。—缺乏语句间的连
1-3 分
接成分，内容部连贯。信息未能传达给读者。
未能传达给读者任何信息；内容太少，无法评判；写的内容与所要求内
0 分 容无关或缩写内容无法看清。
第二节（满分 25分）一、参考范文
The pain spread all over my body. I shouted for help. Immediately Mel and other climbers came
to help me and called Mountain Rescue. Then I was taken to a hospital where I stayed for ten
days. I was treated well both in hospital and at home. The doctors told me it would be a year
before my leg was well again. When lying in the bed, I was always thinking what I should do
to prevent such an accident. I was constantly learning how to do it better next time.
I started climbing again half a year later. Of course, my parents and friends have been worried
about me and have been advising me not to take risks any more. I know the fall has made me
more careful. But the experience also made me grow as a person. Since the accident, I’ve
climbed another 10 mountains. I love it. I’m not going to let one fall stop me from doing my
favorite thing.
二、写作思路
Paragraph 1：解决问题
1. “我”大声呼救；
2. 在朋友 Mel 和其他登山者的帮助下，“我”得到了救助；
3. “我”边恢复健康，边复盘，不断学习登山的知识，期待之后的登山；
Paragraph 2：
1. 恢复健康后，家人朋友劝“我”不要冒险；
2. “我”觉得登山可以带给我成长，我不想让这次意外阻止我做自己喜欢的事情。
三、各档次给分范围和要求
— 与所给短文融洽度高，与所提供各段落开头语衔接合理；— 五个要点齐
全，内容丰富；— 所使用语法结构和词汇丰富、准确，可能有些许错误，
第五档
但完全不影响意义表达；— 有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使所续写短
21-25 分 文结构紧凑。
— 与所给短文融洽度较高，与所提供各段落开头语衔接较为合理；— 五
个要点齐全，内容比较丰富；— 所使用语法结构和词汇较为丰富、准确，
第四档
可能有些许错误，但完全不影响意义表达；— 比较有效地使用了语句间的
16-20 分 连接成分，使所续写短文结构紧凑。
— 与所给短文关系较为密切，与所提供各段落开头语有一定程度的衔接；
— 写出了至少三个要点的内容；— 应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的
第三档
要求，虽有一些错误，但不影响意义的表达；— 应用简单的语句间的连接
11-15 分 成分，使全文内容连贯。
第二档 6- — 与所给短文有一定的关系，与所提供各段落开头语有一定程度的衔接；
10 分
— 写出了至少两个要点的有关内容；— 语法结构单调、词汇项目有限，
有些语法结构和词汇方面的错误，影响了意义的表达；— 较少使用语句间
的连接成分，全文内容缺少连贯性。
— 与所给短文和开头语的衔接较差；— 产出内容太少；— 语法结构单
第一档 调、词汇项目很有限，有较多语法结构和词汇方面的错误，严重影响了意
1-5 分 义的表达；— 缺乏语句间的连接成分，全文内容不连贯。
0 分 — 白卷、抄袭、内容太少无法判断或所写内容与所提供内容无关。
听力录音材料：第一节
(Text 1)
W: Bob, please help Linda carry Betty to our school clinic. She is not herself.
M: Got it. I’m coming.
(Text 2)
W: Thomas, remember how we used to travel 300 km to school in the city as kids M: Sure,
it was so far I hardly ever went home. But now, the new highway cuts the trip down to just
an hour, saving 120 km.
(Text 3)
W: Will you attend Professor Hunter’s lecture
M: Of course. My project is also about water pollution.
W: Mine is about air pollution, but I’ll be there too.
(Text 4)
W: Excuse me, sir.
M: Yes, how can I help
W: My app shows there is a drugstore around here. Do you know where it is
M: Oh, it moved to the street corner, right next to the bookstore.
(Text 5)
M: Mom, can I have dessert now
W: Not until you finish your dish.
M: I’m almost through with it.
W: Then you can have it, Tom. 第二
节
(Text 6)
M: Guess what, honey!
W: What is it
M: I did all your shopping for you.
W: My shopping How did you know what I wanted to buy
M: I saw the shopping list you left next to the phone. I figured you were busy with your
project these days, so I wanted to help out.
W: I really appreciate what you have done. By the way, I’ll be leaving the office at the usual
time today.
M: Good. I’m now heading to the kitchen to start preparing dinner.
W: Thank you for your efforts, Sam.
M: It’s my pleasure, Jenny.
(Text 7)
W: Hello. May I speak to Joe
M: Yes. Joe speaking. Is that Charlotte
W: Exactly.
M : Hello, Charlotte. I haven’t heard from you for ages after you left our company. How is
everything going
W: Not bad. I’m calling to ask if you’d like to have dinner with me at 6:30 p.m.
M: Why not
W: By the way, I’ve finished all my online courses.
M: Congratulations!
W: Thanks. See you at Cafe Moonset, a newly-opened restaurant on King Street.
M: How can I get there
W: You get out of your company and turn right. Then go along Brown Street. Turn down
Green Street and take the second turn on the right. That’s King Street.
M: Fine! There is still an hour to go. See you then.
(Text 8)
W: Good afternoon, sir. How can I help you
M: Yes. I’d like to find a birthday gift for my father.
W: How old is he, if I may ask
M: He’s turning seventy in about two weeks.
W: What about a new wallet Many elderly people aren’t used to using WeChat Pay or Alipay.
They prefer cash. It’s more convenient for them.
M: I agree.
W: Take a look at this one. It’s the latest design, and the quality of the material is excellent.
M: I’m sure of that. But it’s a bit too bright. My father prefers darker colors.
W: How about this one then
M: That works for me. How much is it
W: Originally $50, and there is a 20% discount now.
M: Sounds good. Can I pay by WeChat
W: Absolutely.
(Text 9)
W: Mr. Simth, welcome to our interview! Could you share with us your story about your
teeth
M: Of course. As a kid, I was careless about brushing my teeth. The only thought I ever gave
to my mouth was what kind of candy to put in it. That, for sure, ended when I had a sudden,
terrible toothache. Then I was taken to the dentist.
W: I’m scared at the sight of a dentist!
M: Me too. A dentist’s office has a special smell. And that smell is the only thing I remember
while I was sitting there waiting. When my name was called, I felt the way to the dentist’s
office was the longest walk of my life.
W: Then came the important moment!
M: Seeing dentist tools for the first time as a little kid is very frightening. But things were not
happening as I had imagined. The dentist was very kind and made the whole visit pass as
quickly as possible. In the end, I came home happily.
W: Many thanks for sharing your story.
(Text 10)
W: An inventor from Edinburgh has made a bottle that breaks down in salt water in just three
weeks. It’s made from paper and plants. It could help reduce plastic pollution in the ocean.
James Longcroft started a bottled water company two years ago, but not for profit. He aimed to
put all the money he made into providing clean drinking water to African countries. However,
concerned about the environmental effects of plastic bottles, Longcroft decided the company
should go plastic-free. After months of experimenting at his kitchen table, he invented a new
type of water bottle made from paper with a waterproof lining. When the bottle is buried or
thrown in the ocean, the paper breaks down from the outside. The outside is made from recycled
paper, while the inside is designed to be waterproof to keep its structure, and keep the water
fresh—just like plastic, said Longcroft. The 27-year-old inventor also mentioned that the bottle
can be safely eaten by sea animals.
Longcroft is trying to collect $25,000 to produce the bottle. “We really want to get our
bottles into people’s hands as soon as possible. If we can prevent even one plastic bottle from
ending up in the environment, it will be worth it,”said Longcroft.

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