2021青岛胶州高三上学期期中考试英语试题（含听力）含答案

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2020—2021学年度第一学期期中学业水平检测
高三英语
(时间:120分钟，满分:150分)

注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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。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. What is the girl going to do this weekend?
A. Collect empty bottles. B. Go on a field trip. C. Buy uniforms.
2. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Try a different website.
B. Sign up to be a member.
C. Choose movies at home on TV.
3. Why has the woman moved the boy?
A. He talks too much.
B. He can’t see clearly.
C. He has trouble in listening.
4. How often does the man work out now?
A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Every other day.
5. Who is the woman probably speaking to?
A. Her good friend. B. Her doctor. C. Her personal trainer.
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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In an office downtown.
B. In an apartment downtown.
C. In an apartment in the East End.
7. What does the man want to do now?
A. Get to work. B. Go to a restaurant. C. Visit the woman’s company.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。
8. When did the speakers’ parents get married?
A. 15 years ago. B. 30 years ago. C. 35 years ago.
9. What will the speakers do for the wedding anniversary?
A. Send their parents on a trip.
B. Have a little wedding ceremony.
C. Invite some new friends to a party.
10. Who will send out the invitation emails?
A. The man. B. Mom and Dad. C. The woman.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。
11. How does the woman feel about her job?
A. Satisfied. B. Unhappy. C. Excited.
12. What does the man do for a living?
A. He is a doctor. B. He works as a lawyer. C. He owns his business.
13. When will the woman take some time off?
A. In the spring. B. In the summer. C. In the winter.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至17题。
14. How does the girl spend her day?
A. Playing ball games.
B. Talking with her friends.
C. Sharing pictures with her friends.
15. What best describes the man’s work?
A. Technological. B. Financial. C. Medical.
16. What is the man’s main concern about Meitu?
A. It’s making his daughter less smart.
B. It’s an old technology.
C. It isn’t very private.
17. What might happen in the end?
A. The girl will have to delete Meitu.
B. The man will allow the girl to use Meitu.
C. The man will send his daughter to a different school.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至20题。
18. Which type of ski run is fit for beginners?
A. Green-circle. B. Blue-square. C. Black-diamond.
19. What do we know about Whistler Blackcomb Mountain Resort?
A. There are no instructors there.
B. Visitors can take cable cars there.
C. Cabins there are in the center of the forest.
20. How can visitors get the best prices?
A. By calling the resort directly.
B. By going to the sales desk.
C. By booking through the website.
第二部分 阅读 （共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （15个小题，每题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
The Costa Book Awards consistently pick winners that are both of the moment and subsequently endure. It's our pleasure to confirm this year’s Category Winners.
First Novel Award Winner
Book: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Author: Gail Honeyman
Eleanor is 31 years old; work finishes on a Friday and begins again on a Monday. Between, her only company will be two bottles of vodka and her own unique wisdom. It is an unexpected shared experience suddenly opens the door to possibility. Challenging reader expectations with a living, breathing character, Gail Honeyman's debut is a funny and moving diamond.
Biography Award Winner
Book: In the Days of Rain
Author: Rebecca Stott
The Exclusive Brethren were a closed community who believed the world is ruled by Satan. Into this is born Rebecca. Her father had been an influential Brethren Minister. As her father lay dying, he begged her to help him write the memoir. He wanted to tell the story of their family who for generations had all been members of a fundamentalist Christian sect.
Poetry Award Winner
Book: Inside the Wave
Author: Helen Dunmore
To be alive is to be inside the wave, always travelling until it breaks and is gone. These poems are concerned with the borderline between the living and the dead — the underworld and the human living world – and the acutely intense being of both.
Children's Award Winner
Book: The Explorer
Author: Katherine Rundell, Hannah Horn
Four children survive their aircraft plunging into the Amazon jungle, but for Fred and his friends, it's only the beginning of a cruel battle for survival. Filled with adventure and a real command of character and incident, Rundell has few peers in superb children’s fiction.
21. Which of the following tells about a family story？
A. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. B. In the Days of Rain.
C. Inside the Wave. D.The Explorer.
22. Which character in the book lives alone and like drinking?
A. Eleanor Oliphant. B. Gail Honeyman. C. Rebecca. D. Fred.
23. What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?
A. Randell has written a lot of excellent children’s books.
B.The Explorer is no good than other children’s fictions.
C. Few children’s fiction is as good as Randell’s.
D. Randell cooperates with others in writing children’s fiction.
B
Music is said to be a universal language. But for Chase Burton, a deaf filmmaker from Texas, music has always been a profoundly different experience.
“When I was a kid, I’d lie on the floor above our garage so I could feel the vibrations (震动) from my brother’s band rocking out below my body,” the 33-year-old told CNN. “That was one of the first times I began building a relationship with music.”
In 2016, his ability to experience music changed dramatically, thanks to California-based technology company Not Impossible Labs.
It designed a vibrating suit that enables deaf people to “feel” music through their skin. Consisting of a body harness, ankle and wrist straps, the device translates audio (音频) into a range of vibrating pulses (脉动) that are felt at 24 contact points. Burton has been testing the suit for four years.
The sound hits different parts of your body, said Burton. “Maybe it will strike me down in my ankles first. And then I’ll start to feel the vibrations in my back. And then I’ll feel some pulsations in my wrist.”
The creators want to extend the tactile (触觉的) musical experience beyond the deaf community. In 2018, they gave out 150 of the wearables at a rock concert in Las Vegas where half the audience members were deaf and half were hearing.
Since then, Not Impossible Labs has been working to improve the technology and says it’s ready to go to market soon. Eventually, the creators want the device to become a consumer product, accessible to all. The company’s talent and business development director, Jordan Richardson, told CNN that the technology could be incorporated into live sports broadcasts, video games, theme parks or museum installations. The newest digital streaming movie releases could have built in ‘vibe-tracks’ to ‘feel’ the movie. He said. “We truly think that anything that has an audio element can also have a vibrational experience associated with it as well.”
24. How does Chase Burton feel music with the new technology?
A. By lying on the floor above their garage.
B. By wearing a wearable device to feel the vibrating pulses.
C. By striking different parts of his body.
D. By feeling the audio of the music.
25. Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. Both deaf and common audience experienced the device in 2018.
B. Chase Burton is a deaf music maker.
C. Music always strikes Burton’s ankle first.
D. The device translates vibrating pulses into a range of audio.
26. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. We can buy a vibrating suit on the market now.
B. The device is only aimed at deaf people.
C. The technology will be used in other fields.
D. The technology is mature and perfect.
27. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Music dramatically changed my life.
B. Wearable devices for deaf people.
C. How to feel the vibrations.
D. Vibrating suit allows deaf people to feel music.
C
Balancing preservation of the land with our desire to travel is a challenge for us travelers. When seeing cities face constant resource and waste problems, I couldn’t help but think about how much travel can affect the environment.
Back in my youth, I was an environmental activist. But over the years, I leave the lights on. I fly a lot. I drink out of plastic bottles. I eat a lot of meat. And I love fish, especially tuna. However, recently, I’ve begun thinking harder about how travel affects the environment and how I affect the environment. In doing so, I’ve tried to be a lot more aware of my actions.
I don’t know if there is an easy solution for this problem. The most environmentally friendly activity is not to travel at all, but that’s unrealistic and too extreme. There’s so much money in travel that I don’t think the government and regulation can do much. Only when their profits are hurt will hotels, operators, and the industry as a whole begin to listen. Instead, it’s all about the consumers. The only good way is to get people to be more environmentally conscious and make better decisions.
Consumers have a lot of power. Why did Wal-Mart start selling only sustainable fish and whole milk? Consumers wanted it. I think if we as travelers begin to demand more environmentally friendly practices and avoid companies with poor environmental records, we can change things.
Now, I recycle more, I use fewer water bottles, I shut off the lights, Most importantly, I use operators and stay at places that are reducing their environmental impact.
Travel can destroy the environment but it doesn’t have to. We have the power to make things better. We can do small things and demand more of the places we stay and visit. We can and should demand more of places, and of ourselves.
28. Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A. My experiences of protecting the environment.
B. Can we balance travel and the environment?
C. Is there an easy way to solve environmental problems?
D. How can we travel in an environmentally friendly way?
29. Why does the writer list his actions over the years?
A. To show he is wealthy.
B. To tell he is fond of travelling.
C. To indicate he has become less environmentally conscious.
D. To explain his hobby.
30. What’s the realistic way to solve the problem according to paragraph 3?
A. People do not travel at all.
B. The government takes effective measures.
C. Tourism industry follows environmental rules.
D. Consumers become more environmentally conscious.
31. What can be learned from the last paragraph?
A. Travel will surely destroy the environment.
B. Few things travelers can do to protect the environment.
C. We can get a lot from the places we travel.
D. What travellers do can make a difference to the environment.

D
More than a billion people around the world have smart phones, almost all of which come with navigation (导航) apps such as Google or Apple Maps. This raises the questions we meet with any technology: what skills are we losing? What abilities are we gaining?
Talking with people who’re good at finding their way around or using paper maps, I often hear lots of frustration with digital maps. North/South direction gets messed up, and you can see only a small sections at a time.
But consider what digital navigation aids have meant for someone like me. Despite being a frequent traveler, I’m so terrible at finding my way that I still use Google Maps every day in the small town where I have lived for many years. What looks like an imperfect product to some has been a significant expansion of my own abilities.
Part of the problem is that reading paper maps requires specific skills. There is nothing natural about them. In many developed nations, including the U.S., one expects street names and house numbers to be meaningful references, and instructions such as “go north for three blocks and then west ” make sense. In Istanbul, in contrast, where I grew up, none of those hold true. For one thing, the locals rarely use street names. Why bother when a government or a military group might change them again? Besides, the city is full of winding, ancient alleys that meet newer avenues at many angles. Instructions as simple as “go north”would require a helicopter or a bulldozer (推土机).
Let’s come back to my original questions. While we often lose some skills after leaving the work to technology, it may also allow us to expand our abilities. Consider the calculator: I don’t doubt our arithmetic skills might have dropped a bit as the little machines became common, but calculations that once boring and tricky are now much more straightforward - and one can certainly do more complex calculations more confidently.
32. What does the underlined word “frustration” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Convenience. B. Annoyance. C. Excitement. D. Explanation.
33. What does digital map mean to the writer?
A. Travelling friend. B. An imperfect product.
C. A good helper. D. A learning tool.
34. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?
A. The skills of reading maps are important.
B. How Americans name street.
C. America and Istanbul are different in many ways.
D. It is necessary to use navigation maps in Istanbul.
35. Which of the following will the writer agree?
A . Two paper maps are better than a digital one.
B. Calculations become boring due to the use of calculators.
C. Technology reduces our abilities.
D. When technology closes a door, it opens one as well.

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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Many of us like to dine out and treat ourselves to delicious food. We are used to choosing hearty fat-filled dishes and sugar-charged desserts, which are not easily cooked at home.
      36 According to Economic Daily, low-calorie, low-fat and high-fiber meals have become popular in China’s restaurants and online delivery platforms.
      37 According to a report released by a major online food delivery platform, the number of light meals ordered online also rose 75 percent from the previous year.
     Having a light meal, however, doesn’t mean eating only vegetables. Different from the meat-free lifestyle, a typical light dish avoids oily, salty and spicy food.  38 Healthy nutrients are the theme of the light meal.
These dishes are useful for keeping healthy and controlling your weight.   39 Diners see it as “a great way to avoid bloating (变胖),” wrote the Telegraph.
These changes in eating behavior are connected to deeper changes in how people think about food, says Walter Willett, chair of the nutrition department at the Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health, US. “Diet quality, not quantity, is important for both weight control and long-term well-being,” Willett told The New York Times.
So the next time you have a party with friends, try a light meal.   40
A. That’s probably why so many people, especially millennials (千禧一代), are into them.
B. The country saw a rapid expansion of restaurants specializing in light meals.
C. People tend to choose the food that suits their taste.
D. Instead, it contains things like boiled meat, whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
E. So light meals have a promising future.
F. It will satisfy not only your stomachs but maybe also your hearts.
G. The recent rise of light meals, however, gives diners a smarter choice.
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。
I was out in my fields, spade in hand, planting trees this morning. I feel good when I do it, knowing that long after I am gone, these trees will 41 high above the land, providing oxygen for humans not yet born and 42 the carbon dioxide from the air.
Each spring, as I am 43 , my mind goes back to a 44 I have of my grandfather, walking with him on the land, listening to his 45 and learning about nature. He often told a story which has 46 in my imagination all these years.
It was in the early 1900s, a man lost his wife and daughter to a terrible disease. Filled with 47 , he decided to take up the 48 occupation of shepherd in the hills. He was about 55 years of age at that time, and as he 49 his sheep, he looked around and saw the land was 50 . Then the old man felt he needed to do something to help the land 51 , for it had once been a splendid green forest.
He collected some 52 of oak trees from other places, 53 watered them and cared for the young trees that sprouted the next year. For the rest of his life, he planted everyday. No one knew his story until he was 90 years old. Yet he 54 to plant, perhaps only five trees a day. At that time, the hill had become a green forest, 55 as far as people could see.
41. A. survive B. tower C. shape D. react
42. A. applying B. adding C. receiving D. cleaning
43. A. thinking B. walking C. planting D. wondering
44. A. imagination B. memory C. regret D. word
45. A. stories B. complains C. laughter D. songs
46. A. brought B. got C. stuck D. put
47. A. anger B. sadness C. worries D. dreams
48. A. special B. lonely C. rewarding D. attracting
49. A. tended B. moved C. bought D. lost
50. A. broad B. abandoned C. charming D. bare
51. A. appear B. grow C. recover D. spread
52. A. branches B. seeds C. flowers D. leaves
53. A. indifferently B. desperately C. anxiously D. lovingly
54. A. had B. competed C. continued D. forgot
55. A. spreading out B. bringing about C. wandering about D. leading to
第二节：（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
There is no doubt that humankind dreams of making Mars our second home. However, sending people there will require all the skills, courage and 56 (intelligent) of the human race. While the Moon can be reached within days, it would take months to reach Mars, 57 (travel) through dangerous solar radiation. And even if the first settlers do reach Mars safely, staying alive will be 58 daily challenge, but as proved by the Biosphere (生物圈) 2 experiment, not impossible.
As early as the 1980s, scientists were building Biosphere 2 in the Arizona desert. It consisted of a closed space 59 people, animals and plants could live together. The “closed” concept meant that the space was designed 60 (function) with its own oxygen, food and water, needing nothing from the outside world. 61 the two-year experiment was not a success, it did provide us with a better understanding of how humans might be able to live on another planet. More recently, scientists 62 (succeed) in growing a variety of plants in an environment similar to that on Mars. That 63 (definite) is a big step forward.
For now, human settlement of Mars is still 64 (decade) away. In the meantime,
scientific research shows that the planet Earth is getting 65 (warm). This change is having a terrible effect on the biosphere.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
Someone says, like a musical symphony, life has high and low moments, and somewhere in between are those moments we call “bittersweet”.
请结合以上材料，给你校英文报写一篇短文，介绍你高中生活中的不同时刻，并总结经过这些时刻后，你对生活的态度或认识。
注意:
1.词数80左右；
2.请在答题卡的相应位置做答。

第二节: 概要写作（满分25分）
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
There are some important regulations parents can take to make sure their kids use cell phones in a safe and responsible way. When kids know what the consequences are when rules aren’t followed, that makes life more predictable for them.
Most kids are not paying for their cell phones or their cell phone plans, so if you pay for it, you own it, which means you have the right to take it away anytime if they disobey the rules you set up earlier.
After a kid has a cell phone, suddenly parents discover data runs out half way through the month. This can get expensive and your kids need to know how to monitor their use. Also, teen cell phone addiction should be limited. Generally, it’s a good idea to have no cell phone policy while they are doing homework and at bedtime. Come to agreement in advance about what they are and aren’t allowed to download on their cell phone. There are some really bad apps for kids that you don’t want on their phones.
Make sure your kids understand how to set up their privacy. Talk with them about why guarding their privacy is so important. Many teens truly have no concept about everything that a cell phone can share about them including personal information and their location.
You want to cover what is and isn’t appropriate to share via a cell phone. This definitely means photos and language used in emails and on social media. But don’t forget simpler things like providing their address, their age or what school they go to online.
Lastly, there are times and places when using one’s cell phone is not appropriate. In movie theaters or during class time at school the phone should be on silent and put away. Additionally, when someone is having a face to face conversation with them, they need to be looking at the person, not their phone.
2020—2021学年度第一学期期中学业水平检测
高三英语参考答案
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
1-5: AAAAB 6-10: CBCBC 11-15: BCCCA 16-20: CAABC
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）
21-23: BAC 24-27 : BACD 28-31: BCDD 32-35: BCDD
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
36-40 : GBDAF
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）
41-45 :BDCBA 46-50: CBBAD 51-55 :CBDCA
第二节：（共10小题，每小题1．5分，满分15分）
56. intelligence 57. travelling 58. a 59. where 60. to function
61. Although 62. have succeeded/succeeded 63. definitely 64. decades 65. warmer
四．写作（满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
评分细则（格式错扣1分）：
1.极优档 (15分)：书写规范；覆盖所有要点，内容充实；词汇丰富，行文流畅，有修辞意识。
2.优秀档 (12-14分) ：漂漂亮亮
紧扣主题，覆盖所有要点，内容充实；语法结构多样，词汇丰富，行文较为流畅，显示出较强的语言运用能力，允许有个别语法错误，但不影响语言表达。
3.良好档 (9-11分)：清清楚楚
紧扣主题，覆盖所有要点，内容较充实，语言有少量错误，但基本不影响意思表达。
4.一般档 (6-8分)：马马虎虎
紧扣主题，基本覆盖所有要点，能够表达基本内容，语言错误已影响了部分意思的表达，但多数句子基本正确。基本达到预期的写作目的。
5.较差（3-5）：稀里糊涂
内容不完整，要点不全，行文不连贯，语言错误（尤其是大错）较多，多数句子基本正确。
6.差（1-2分）：一塌糊涂
内容混乱，或主要内容偏离主题，能够写出少数与内容相关的可读句。
7.极差（0分）：一塌糊涂
只能写出与内容相关的词语，没有有效信息，抄写其他文章，或只写出与作文无关的内容。
第二节（满分25分）
参考答案：
Parents can make rules to guide their kids to use cell phones safely and responsibly. (要点1) First, parents have the right to determine how to use cellphones because they own them. (要点2) Besides, parents should teach kids to use cell phones wisely. (要点3) Lastly, it is important to make sure they know how to protect their privacy. Meanwhile, when and where to use cell phones should also be told. (要点4)

评分原则
1. 本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分。
2. 评分时，先根据所写概要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. 词数少于40的和多于80的，从总分中减去2分。
4. 评分时，应主要从以下四个方面考虑：
（1）对原文要点的理解和呈现情况；
（2）应用语法结构和词汇的准确性；
（3）上下文的连贯性；
（4）对各要点表达的独立性情况。
5. 拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个重要方面，评分时，应视其对交际的程度予以考虑。
6. 如书写较差以致影响交际，可将分数降低一个档次。
各档次给分范围及要求:
第五档：（21-25）
理解准确，涵盖全部要点;
能准确使用相应的语法结构和词汇;
有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使所完成的概要结构紧凑;
完全使用自己的语言。
第四档（16-20）
理解准确，涵盖绝大部分要点;
所使用的语法结构和词汇可能有些许错误，但完全不影响意义表达；
比较有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使所完成的概要结构紧凑;
有个别整句抄自原文。
第三档（11-15）
理解较为准确，涵盖绝大部分要点;
所使用的语法结构和词汇可虽有些许错误，但不影响意义表达；
应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使上下文内容连贯;
出现两句以上整句抄自原文现象。
第二档（6-10）
理解有误差，仅涵盖半数要点;
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;
出现两句以上整句抄自原文现象。
第一档（1-5）
没有理解原文，造成概要内容与原文主题不符;
有较多语法结构和词汇方面的错误，严重影响了意义的表达；
缺乏语句间的连接成分，全文内容不连贯;
多个句子抄自原文。
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Text 1
M: We need to raise money for our school field trip. This weekend, I need everyone to collect and return empty bottles from around your neighborhood.
W: Sure. I’ve done that before for my soccer team. We made $200 and spent the money on uniforms.
Text 2
M: I hate signing up for these movie websites. Why is it necessary, if they are free?
W: You know, there are other free websites to choose from. They don’t require you to be a member.
Text 3
M: Mrs. Lane? Why has my seat been moved to the front row? Everyone else is sitting in their original seats.
W: If you choose to talk in class instead of listening, your seat will be moved closer to me so I can see you better.
Text 4
M: I think I’m ready to start working out more. Once a week is just not enough.
W: Why don’t you start with two days a week for now? Eventually, you will be able to manage every other day.
Text 5
M: Well, your blood pressure seems to be fine, and your blood sugar is at a normal level. Have you been going to the gym often?
W: Yes, I have my own personal trainer, and she is very helpful. Actually, we’ve become very good friends.
Text 6
M: Wow! Nice place! I’ve never been to this part of town before.
W: Thanks. This area’s called the East End. It isn’t very central, but I chose it because l could afford more space here.
M: Yeah, you have a whole extra room!
W: I know! I use it for work.
M: I thought you worked in an office downtown.
W: My company lets me work one day a week from home.
M: Lucky! You’ve got a great boss and a great apartment. I’m so happy for you! Let’s celebrate! Let me take you to dinner.
Text 7
W: Mom and Dad’s 35th wedding anniversary is coming up.
M: Is it? When?
W: It’s on the 15th of December. I think we should do something special for them.
M: Like what?
W: We could have a surprise party for them and have a little wedding celebration, or we could send them to a bed and breakfast for a weekend.
M: What do you mean by "little wedding celebration"?
W: It’s when you invite all the people who were at their first wedding celebration to watch them say everything again. I went to one like this once, and everyone had a good time.
M: Sounds great! We can do this. Do you think we could organize it by December?
W: It can’t be that hard. Mom organized my wedding for me in a month!
M: You’ re right. Who should we invite?
W: I can copy Mom’s address book and send out some emails. I’m sure some of Mom and Dad’s friends would be willing to help us.
M: OK, let’s talk to the others tonight at dinner about it.
Text 8
M: Long time no see. You must be busy lately. I heard you were changing jobs.
W: I was going to leave my job, but they promoted me instead. At first I was excited, but now I think I made the wrong decision.
M: Why is that?
W: Since my pay raise, they have been making me work longer hours.
M: That’s why I work for myself. I set my own schedule, and I don’t answer to anyone. You can always come work for me selling cars.
W: I should have become a doctor like my father. They are much more respected than lawyers.
M: Well, I respect you. You know what? You should plan a trip for the summer. It will give you a chance to relax.
W: I would love to, but I am saving up all my vacation time for Christmas.
Text 9
W: Look at this! Don’t I look cute?
M: You look like an anime character.
W: No, I don’t! I look prettier, though. You can edit your selfies with this MeituPic app. Do you want to try it?
M: So that’s Meitu? I heard my co-workers talking about it. No, I don’t want to try it. You should stop playing with it, too.
W: Why? What’s wrong with it?
M: First of all, you spend too much time looking at your phone anyway. You should be out playing with your friends.
W: But my friends are also using Meitu. We send each other pictures all day.
M: Whatever happened to playing ball games? Or board games? Or just sitting around talking? I think your generation isn’t as smart as it should be. But there is another reason I don’t want that app on your phone.
W: Really, Dad? Do I have to delete it?
M: It’s a safety reason, dear. You know I work in an Internet security firm. My colleagues are
getting more concerned about the apps their children use. They say people use their phones to store too much information. Meitu is the newest one they’re worried about.
W: But everyone else is using it!
M: I’m just worried for my little girl.
W: Sometimes I wish you were a doctor or a banker.
M: Listen, I’ll find another photo-editing app for you to use... one that is more private and secure.
Text 10
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