2024届四川省成都外国语学校高三下学期高考模拟（一）考试英语试题

这是一份2024届四川省成都外国语学校高三下学期高考模拟（一）考试英语试题，共18页。试卷主要包含了 答非选择题时, 必须使用0， 考试结束后, 只将答题卡交回， Wh is Beta?等内容，欢迎下载使用。


注意事项:
1. 答题前, 务必将自己的姓名、考籍号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。
2. 答选择题时, 必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑, 如需改动, 用橡皮擦擦干净后, 再选涂其它答案标号。
3. 答非选择题时, 必须使用0. 5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔, 将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。
4. 所有题目必须在答题卡上作答, 在试题卷上答题无效。
5. 考试结束后, 只将答题卡交回。
第一部分：听力（共两节, 满分30分）
做题时, 先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后, 你将有两秒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。
1. Hw sn will the man return the bk?
A. In three days. B. In ne week. C. In tw weeks.
2. What will the wman d next?
A. Advertise fr the mvie. B. Prepare sme fd. C. G t the cinema.
3. Where will the speakers meet n Saturday?
A. At the man’s huse. B. At the theatre. C. At schl.
4. What are the speakers talking abut?
A. A hat. B. A scarf. C. A sweater.
5. What des the wman ask the man t d?
A. Put ut a fire. B. Read a scary stry. C. Find sme firewd.
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。
听第六段材料, 回答第6-7题。
6. Wh is Beta?
A. The wman’s daughter. B. The wman’s dg. C. The wman’s friend.
7. What training is effective fr Beta?
A. Reward training. B. Mvement training. C. Cnfidence training.
听第7段材料, 回答第8至9题。
8. What is the man?
A. A dctr. B. A student. C. An athlete.
9. What d we knw abut the man?
A. He met with a car accident.
B. He had an peratin n his leg.
C. He gt injured at the age f 17.
听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。
10. Where will the speakers spend their vacatin?
A. At a beach. B. On an island. C. In a muntain.
11. What will the wman make a bking fr?
A. The htel. B. The flight. C. The restaurants.
12. What des the wman suggest ding befre leaving?
A. Buying sme clthes.
B. Bking the activities.
C. Watching the weather cnditins.
听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。
13. What is the relatinship between the speakers?
A. Hst and guest. B. Writer and reader. C. Bss and emplyee.
14. What is the wrk life balance like in traditinal wrkplaces?
A. Peple's wrk and private lives are separate.
B. Peple wrk lng legal wrking hurs.
C. Peple spend little time with family.
15. What des the man think f wrking n weekends in traditinal wrkplaces?
A. It's nrmal. B. It's impssible. C. It's uncmmn.
16. What will the man prbably talk abut next?
A. The influence f his new bk.
B. The changed wrk-life balance.
C. The healthy wrking lives.
听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。
17. What culd the speaker prbably be?
A. A teacher. B. A student. C. A guide.
18. Hw was the first winter f the first Englishmen?
A. Easy. B. Bring. C. Tugh.
19. When was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?
A. In 1620. B. In 1621. C. In 1622.
20. What can we learn frm the talk?
A. Natives were invited n the first Thanksgiving,
B. Thanksgiving is celebrated quite differently nw.
C. Thanksgiving was riginally celebrated in December.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节, 满分40分）
第一节（共15小题, 每小题2分, 满分30分）
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
While Alice has her adventures in the Wnderland, yu can have yur wn as well this summer. British cntemprary artist Philip Clbert has created a Lbster （龙虾） Wnderland in Changsha, Hunan Prvince.
Philip Clbert's glbally welcmed lbster series has wn the hearts f a large number f fllwers. The artist, with a master's in philsphy, takes lbster as his secnd persnality.
Thrugh large installatins, public art theme exhibitin and new media art, the artist has intrduced wrks frm galleries and created a surreal art scenery in city's public space with a cmbinatin f pp art and lcal culture.
In Changsha IFS, Clbert's exhibitin, which is the Lndn-based artist's first large-scale. ut-dr public art installatins, has three majr sectrs, shwcasing his large installatins, sculptures and new media arts as well as the special Wrks created fr the event.
The pening ceremny, an art carnival, saw the debut （首次登台） f a 12-meter-lng Lbster Taiknaut specially made by Clbert. His Lbster Flwer and Lbster Shark als fund their way in the parade. At the suthwest square, peple can find Lbster Funtain twering 12 meters and enjy tw majr theme sectrs, Lbster Island and Lbster Skate Park. Lbster Rainbw, a lbster breaking thrugh a rf with a rainbw behind it, is the artist's brand-new wrk fr Changsha IFS. In his wrks, such as Daydreamer, Clbert als expresses his wish f narrwing the distance between art pieces and peple.
21. What is Philip Clbert well knwn fr?
A. Alice Wnderland. B. Shark experience. C. Rainbw stry. D. Lbster series.
22. What can we learn abut the exhibitin accrding t the text?
A. It tk place in the pen air.
B. Peple can buy lbsters at lwer price.
C. Peple can enjy lbster funtain and lake.
D. Lbster Island is the artist's brand-new wrk fr Changsha IFS.
23. Where can the text prbably be fund?
A. A shpping brchure. B. An art magazine.
C. A science reprt. D. A fashin advertisement.
B
I used t believe that nly wrds culd catch the essence f the human sul. The literary wrks cntained such distinct stries that they shaped the way we saw the wrld. Wrds were what cmpsed the questins we sught t uncver and the answers t thse questins themselves. Wrds were everything.
That belief changed.
In an rdinary math class, my teacher psed a simple questin: What's 0. 99 runded t the nearest whle number? Easy. When runded t the nearest whle number, 0. 99 =1. Smehw, I thught even thugh 0. 99 is nly 0. 01 away frm 1, there's still a 0. 01 difference. That means even if tw things are nly a little different, they are still different, s desn't that make them cmpletely different?
My teacher answered my questin by presenting anther equatin （等式）： 1= 0. 9, which culd als be expressed as 1=0. 99999… repeating itself withut ever ending.
There was smething mysterius but fascinating abut the equatin. The left side was unchangeable, bjective: it cntained a number that ended. On the right was smething endless, number repeating itself limitless times. Yet, smehw, these tw ppsed things were cnnected by an equal sign.
Lying in bed, I thught abut hw much the equatin paralleled ur existence. The left side f the equatin represents that smetimes life itself is s unchangeable and s clear. The cncrete, whle number f the day when yu were brn and the day when yu wuld die. But then there is that gap in between life and death. The right side means a time and space full f limitless pssibilities, and endless pprtunities int the pen future.
S that's what life is. Objective but imaginative. Unchangeable but limitless. Life is an equatin with tw sides that balances itself ut. Still, we can't ever truly seem t put the perfect wrds t it. S pssibly numbers can express ideas as equally well as wrds can. Fr nw, let's leave it at that: 1= 0. 99999. . . and live a life like it.
24. What des the authr emphasize abut wrds in paragraph 1?
A. Their wide variety. B. Their literary rigins.
C. Their expressive pwer. D. Their distinct sunds.
25. What made the authr find the equatin fascinating?
A. The repetitin f a number. B. The difference between the tw numbers.
C. The questin the teacher raised. D. The way tw different numbers are equal.
26. Which f the fllwing can replace the underlined wrd "paralleled" in paragraph 6?
A. Measured. B. Cmpsed. C. Mirrred. D. Influenced.
27. What is a suitable title fr the text?
A. The Perfect EquatinB. Numbers Build Equatins
C. An Attractive QuestinD. Wrds Outperfrm Numbers
C
Nearly every week, we hear news abut the latest successes and failures in driverless vehicles. But we hear little abut hw ther industries are develping this same kind f technlgy. One industry heavily invlved in researching and develping artificial intelligence, r AI, is agriculture. Cmpanies are experimenting with high-tech tls that can help farmers save time and mney, while reducing envirnment-harming chemicals.
One f the cmpanies is EcRbtix f Switzerland. It created a rbt equipped with AI and cameras t identify all plants n a farm. The rbt has fur wheels t carry itself thrugh the fields in search f weeds. Cmputer-cntrlled arms then lwer and spray weeds with small amunts f herbicide （除草剂）. Cmpany fficials say the rbt can fully perate n its wn fr up t 12 hurs a day while being pwered by the sun. It uses the same kind f sensr and psitining technlgy used t guide driverless vehicles. A farmer can als cntrl the equipment thrugh a smart phne.
The c-funder f EcRbtix, Aurélien Demaurex, says the farm rbt can kill weeds with 20 times less herbicide than traditinal methds. This is because the system uses exactly the right amunt f chemical in the exact place required t kill weeds. Currently, farmers spread weed killers ver massive areas t destry unwanted plants.
Anther cmpany develping farm rbtics is Califrnia-based Blue River Technlgy. The cmpany has a system called "See Spray", which it claims is the wrld's first smart sprayer. The system-which cnnects t the back f a tractr-is als equipped with AI t identify and chemically kill nly weeds. It can als spray chemicals n wanted plants t help them grw. Ben Chstner, vice president f business develpment fr Blue River Technlgy, explains in a cmpany vide that See Spray technlgy uses the same deep learning methds used in facial recgnitin. "The first time the machine saw pigweed, it didn't knw what kind f plant it was. But we taught it-by giving it tens f thusands f examples f pigweed-and nw it's an expert in pigweed. "
28. Hw will AI benefit agriculture?
A. It will fund agriculture research. B. It can avid harmful chemicals.
C. It cntributes t lw-cst farming. D. It frees all farmers frm field wrk.
29. What d the prducts f the tw cmpanies have in cmmn?
A. They use recgnitin technlgy. B. They are pwered by slar energy.
C. They are cnnected with smart phnes. D. They can help wanted plants grw rapidly.
30. What d Ben Chstner's wrds suggest abut the rbt?
A. It can track varius plants. B. It has the learning ability.
C. It is envirnmentally-friendly. D. It is gd at self-imprving.
31. What is mainly talked abut in the text?
A. Mdern See Spray technlgy. B. The experiment in farming rbts.
C. Artificial intelligence in agriculture. D. The new trend in artificial intelligence.
D
A lt f manufactured glass tday made frm sand and sdium carbnate （碳酸钠） can be reused r melted dwn and recycled int new items, but it desn't break dwn in the envirnment and will sit in landfills fr thusands f years. A team f Chinese scientists aimed t deal with this envirnmental cncern by develping an ec-cnscius alternative.
In a study published recently in the jurnal Science Advances, a team at the Chinese Academy f Sciences' Institute f Prcess Engineering describe hw they engineered bidegradable glass made frm amin acids （氨基酸）. That glass wuld have a smaller impact n the envirnment and can break dwn in a few weeks r in several mnths.
In a test, glass beads （珠） made ut f amin acids were placed under the skin f mice, and the breakdwn f the beads and the skin healing prcess were bserved fr 30 days. A diagram frm the study shws hw the mice's bdies brke dwn the beads. In that mnth, the glass implant degraded beneath the skin, the wund site healed, and fur grew back. "Thrughut the experimental perid, n mice exhibited any pain-related behavir that may have been caused by the glass implantatin, and nne f them experienced bvius weight lss, " the researchers wrte in their paper.
Althugh amin acids d degrade ver time in the envirnment, this bidegradable glass is nt as durable as traditinal glass, because amin acids can break dwn quickly in heat. In rder t vercme this, the researchers chemically mdified （改造） the amin acids using the heating-cling prcedure applied in glass manufacturing. This is when materials fr the glass are heated t becme sft and then rapidly cled s as t make the glass tugher.
"It's imprtant t pint ut that this bidegradable glass is currently in the lab stage, and far frm large-scale cmmercializatin, " emphasized Yan Xuehai, a prfessr invlved in the study, in a press release.
32. What is an advantage f the new glass?
A. It can be recycled at a lw cst. B. It is prduced withut pllutin.
C. It takes less time t break dwn. D. It has a wide range f applicatins.
33. Why did researchers implant glass beads inside mice?
A. T investigate why amin acids are medically useful.
B. T assess whether the glass is bilgically harmless.
C. T explre hw lng it takes fr the glass t degrade.
D. T bserve if the glass can be melt dwn in mice's stmach.
34. What makes amin acids nt as lng-lasting as traditinal glass?
A. The instability f amin acids.
B. The difficulty f breaking dwn.
C. The failure f the glass implantatin.
D. The challenge f imprving the heating-cling prcedure.
35. What is the attitude f Yan Xuehai twards the new glass's launch n the market?
A. Optimistic. B. Critical. C. Indifferent. D. Uncertain.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分, 满分10分）
根据文章内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A man may usually be knwn by the bks he reads as well as by the cmpany he keeps, fr there is the cmpaninship f bks as well as f men. 36
A gd bk may be amng the best f friends. It's the same tday that it always was, and it will never change. It is the mst patient and cheerful f cmpanins. 37 It always receives us with the same kindness, amusing and instructing us in yuth, and cmfrting and supprting us in age.
38 They d s just as tw persns smetimes discver a friend by the admiratin which they bth have fr a third. There's a prverb, "Lve me, lve my dg. " But there is mre wisdm in this: "Lve me, lve my bk. " The bk is a truer and higher bnd f unin. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each ther thrugh their favrite authr.
Bks intrduce us int the best sciety. 39 We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjy them; their experience becmes urs, and we feel as if we were actrs r actresses with them in the scenes which they describe.
There is a stry f tw men: ne was a king, wh dreamed every night that he was a beggar; the ther was a beggar, wh dreamed every night that he was a prince, and lived in a palace. 40 But when we read, we may nt nly be kings and live in palaces, but, what is far better, we may transprt urselves t the muntains r the seashre, and visit the mst beautiful parts f the wrld, withut tiredness, incnvenience r expense.
A. Bks are t mankind what memry is t a man.
B. Imaginatin is smetimes mre vivid than reality.
C. Nthing in bks can lng survive but what is really gd.
D. It desn't turn its back upn us in times f difficulty r hardship.
E. They bring us int the presence f the greatest minds that have ever lived.
F. Men discver their liking fr each ther by the lve they each have fr a bk.
G. And ne shuld live in the best cmpany whether it may be the cmpany f bks r men.
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分, 满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Harry Linehan, 13, and his brther Tm, 15, are bth members f the Srrent Surf Life Saving Club. Last Sunday mrning, they were training at the beach when a cuple 41 and alerted them t a man ffshre wh was in 42 .
There were n lifeguards 43 , s Tm made a beeline t the man n his racing paddlebard （冲浪 板） and shuted t Harry fr 44 . And, as any yunger brther wuld, Harry 45 . When the bys gt ut t the man, they nticed he was 46 t keep his head abve water. With great effrts, the bys 47 t get the man n a racing bard and 48 pulled him an the heavy kayak （独木舟） back t shre. 49 , the man was OK and did nt need further medical assistance. "He 50 us, but he was definitely in a state f 51 , "said Tm.
A representative frm Surf Life Saving Club arrived shrtly afterwards and was 52 the bys had been able t put their training int 53 . Their father Nathan said his sns had been 54 fr situatins exactly like this. "The purpse f the rganisatin （SLS） is t teach peple 55 s they can use them when needed. The 56 just put them int actin, " he said.
Harry has a surf rescue certificate and Tm 57 a brnze medal in a surfing cmpetitin nly a week befre the 58 "If I didn't have the training I wuldn't have knwn what t d. . . yu dn't realize the skills yu have until yu 59 them, "said Tm. "Anyne with the 60 training wuld have dne the same thing. "
41.A. set ffB. settled dwnC. turned awayD. rushed ver
42.A. silenceB. trubleC. disappintmentD. charge
43.A. n dutyB. in panicC. under cntrlD. n bard
44.A. prtectinB. adviceC. permissinD. help
45.A. hesitatedB. escapedC. fllwedD. frze
46.A. preparingB. strugglingC. learningD. pretending
47.A. seemedB. preferredC. prpsedD. managed
48.A. suddenlyB. quietlyC. slwlyD. effrtlessly
49.A. LuckilyB. HpefullyC. NrmallyD. Naturally
50.A. receivedB. thankedC. welcmedD. cnsulted
51.A. shckB. embarrassmentC. excitementD. anger
52.A. anxiusB. cnfusedC. happyD. curius
53.A. peratinB. studyC. effectD. practice
54.A. awardedB. interviewedC. cachedD. admired
55.A. skillsB. theriesC. standardsD. subjects
56.A. trainersB. bysC. representativesD. cuple
57.A. cllectedB. lstC. dnatedD. designed
58.A. raceB. testC. campaignD. rescue
59.A. rememberB. needC. cherishD. master
60.A. freeB. infrmalC. apprpriateD. latest
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。
Many years ag, a dance between clay and fire gave rise 61 a tangible piece f art: prcelain（瓷器）. In the flames 62 （burn） in kilns （窑） arund China in the Xia and Shang dynasties, prcelain was brn. Prcelain 63 （make） by heating raw materials, ften a mix between China stne 64 kalin clay, in a kiln at a temperature as high as 1, 200 degrees Celsius. Temperature is the key t 65 （prduce）prcelain.
Prcelain has als been 66 carrier fr cultural exchanges. Alng with China's silk and tea, prcelain was ne f the first gds 67 （receive） wrldwide trade.
As it travelled arund the glbe thrugh the ancient Maritime Silk Rad, prcelain enjyed great 68 （ppular）amng ryal families and upper classes in Eurpe, 69 were attracted by these beautiful cntainers they named after China, a prduct that culd be prduced nly in the far East. As a memry that can be felt with bth hands, prcelain is 70 （abslute） the tuchable histry.
第四部分写作（共两节, 满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。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：在错的词下画一横线, 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。
This winter hliday, my classmates and I played the game called drum tpping. Eight students tried t cntrl a drum by pulling strings attaching t it and bunce a ball n tp f them at the same time. With the ball buncing n the drum, ur feelings rse and fell dwn with eagerness. It was much tugh than expected as it called fr quick reactin and perfect cperatin. Everyne was clumsy at first, and we gradually gt the trick f determining the ball's drp lcatins and what t cntrl the ball. We have fun with the game. Hwever, what mattered mst was we learned frm failure and finished ur task perfect thrugh teamwrk in the end.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华, 你的外国朋友Chris准备在学校的中国文化节中表演诗朗诵, 写信给你请你帮她推荐一首中国古诗。现在请你给她写一封回信, 要点如下：
1. 诗歌的名称及作者（诗歌名称可使用汉语拼音）；
2. 诗歌的主要内容；
3. 你推荐的原因。
注意：
1. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯；
2. 词数100词左右。
Dear Chris,
Yurs,
Li Hua
成都外国语学校高2021级高考模拟试（一）
英语参考答案及评分意见
第一部分听力（满分30分）
1-5 CBACC6-10 BABCA11~15 BCAAC16-20 BACBA
评分标准：1-20小题, 每小题1. 5分。
第二部分阅读理解（满分40分）
第一节（满分30分）
21~25 DABCD26~30 CACAB31~35 CCBAD
评分标准：21-35小题, 每小题2分。
第二节（满分10分）
36-40 GDFEB
评分标准：36-40小题, 每小题2分。
第三部分语言知识应用（满分45分）
第一节完形填空（满分30分）
41-45 DBADC46-50 BDCAB51-55 ACDCA
56~60 BADBC
评分标准：41-60小题, 每小题1. 5分。
第二节（满分15分）
61. t
62. burning
63. is made
64. and
65. prducing
66. a
67. t receive
68. ppularity
69. wh
70. abslutely
评分标准：61-70小题, 每小题1. 5分。有任何错误, 包括用词错误、单词拼写错误（含大小写）或语法形式错误, 均不给分。
第四部分写作（满分35分）
第一节短文改错
1. the-as
2. attaching-attatched；
3. them-it；
4. 删去dwn；
5. tugh-tugher；
6. and-but/yet；
7: what-hw；
8. have-had；
9. was和we加 that；
10. perfect-perfectly
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
一、各档次评分参考标准
二、内容要点认定及计分参考标准。
1. 恰当的开头（阐述清楚, 表达正确, 计3分）；
2. 诗歌的名称及作者（阐述清楚, 表达正确, 计4分）；
3. 诗歌的主要内容（阐述清楚, 表达正确, 计8分）；
4. 推荐的原因（阐述清楚, 表达正确, 计8分）；
5. 恰当的结尾。（阐述清楚, 表达正确, 计2分）
三、扣分参考依据
1、其表达未能达成正确句意的, 不给分, 如：写出了主语或谓语等关键词, 但未能达成符合要点要求、意义正确的句子。
2、句子结构完整、但关键点出现错误或漏掉部分关键词, 扣半个要点分, 如：主谓一致错误, 或关键词拼写错误（如主语, 关键性名词等）, 或请语动词时态/语态错误等；
3、凡使用铅笔答题、或答题中使用了涂改液或不干胶条, 一律不给分；
4、凡多次出现非关键性单词拼写错误或其它同类错误, 原则上每4处扣1分；
5、文章内容要点全面, 但写出了一些多余内容（连接或过渡词句不在此列）, 原则上不扣分；
6、凡书写超出规定的答题区域, 全卷不给分；
7、书写潦草凌乱、但基本不影响阅卷的, 酌情扣卷面分。
四、参考范文
Dear Mike,
I’m mre than delighted t learn that yu＇re preparing fr the perfrmance in the Chinese Culture Festival and ask fr my recmmendatin fr pems. Therefre, I’m writing t give yu sme suggestins.
Amng all the well-knwn ancient Chinese pets and their great wrks, I strngly recmmend Min Nng, written by Li Shen, t yu. In the pem, by vividly describing a scene where farmers wrk hard in the field in ht summer, Li Shen cnveyed his deep cncerns fr famers, and made an appeal t readers nt t waste fd.
I recmmend Min Nng fr its great ppularity amng the Chinese. Nearly every Chinese is taught t recite the pem at a yung age. In additin, cnsisting f nly fur lines, the pem is easy t recite.
I hpe my recmmendatin can d sme help t yu and wish yu success in yur perfrmance!
Yurs,
Li Hua
Tapescript
Text 1
M: Oh, thanks! When d yu want the bk back?
W: I'm ging away in three days, but yu'll need it lnger than that. D yu want t give it t my sister next week r wait until I get back in tw weeks?
M: I'll wait fr yu t return. Have a nice trip!
Text 2
M: The mvie in the advertisement came ut last night. It lks gd! I heard it was funny. Umm. . . Why dn't we g t the mvie nw?
W: Gd idea. But befre that, I'll get sme snacks ready.
Text 3
M: Mary, this prject is taking me t lng. Have yu finished yurs?
W: Yeah, but I finished mst f mine in class. Did yu want me t' cme and help?
M: That'd be great! My mm culd make dinner and we culd watch a TV shw afterwards.
W: Okay. Let's d it n Saturday!
Text 4
M: Hw nice it is!
W: Yes, and it matches yur scarf and hat perfectly.
M: Exactly! And it says that sweaters tday are nly £ 28.
W: Ww! It's a real bargain.
Text 5
W: Alright, we need lts f wd t build a big fire, Jhn. Can yu help me get sme big sticks frm the frest?
M: Of curse! Hw much wd will we need?
W: Enugh t last fr a lng and scary stry. I've brught my ld strybk and this mask, s yu can help me act them ut.
Text 6
W: Mark, yu're right. Beta is easily drawn t sme things, especially when there are ther dgs arund.
M: S is my dg. I fund fun activities like mvement training helped him fcus and build cnfidence.
W: Well, Beta desn't lve it.
M: That's amazing! And have yu tried reward training? It's a great way t strengthen psitive behavir.
W: We tried it a cuple f times. It's really effective.
Text 7
W: Sit dwn. Nw, I need t get sme basic details f yu first. Right, we'll start with yur name and age.
M: Martin Hansen, and 19 years ld.
W: S, yu are a freshman?
M: Yeah. And I am studying medicine actually.
W: Ahl Gd chice. Then let's get sme f yur medical backgrund. Have yu ever had any serius illness r accident?
M: I gt a brken leg playing ftball when I was 17. And I used t be a galkeeper in the schl team.
W: And have yu had any peratins?
M: Never.
Text 8
M: Culd yu lk ver the plans fr ur hliday this summer?
W: Yeah. It lks very interesting. I thught we were ging t an island r climbing a muntain. But I'm als glad we chse the beach vacatin.
M: I think we can start the trip a day earlier. Des that wrk fr yu?
W: The day befre is perfect fr me. And I'll bk an early flight.
M: OK. I'll bk the htel and the restaurants. Is there anything else yu want t add?
W: Check the frecast fr the week, s we can plan what clthes t take.
M: Great idea. I'll call yu just befre I bk the activities.
Text 9
W: Gd mrning, everyne. On tday's shw, we've gt Chris Swinsn, whse new bk. is abut wrk-life balance. Hell, Chris.
M: Hell, Anna.
W: S, Chris, tell us abut yur bk and hw the wrk-life balance has been changing.
M: Well, in the mre traditinal wrkplaces, peple's wrking lives and private lives are, r were, clearly divided. But except fr legal wrking hurs, peple smetimes stay late in the ffice and wrk in the evenings. This is called wrking vertime.
W: OK, and what else?
M: Well, in these envirnments, it isn't cmmn fr peple t wrk n weekends r hlidays. And they are free t fcus n nn-wrk areas f life, such as music, sprts, spending time with family and friends. It's imprtant and healthy.
W: Yeah! S what has changed? Hw are things different nw?
Text 10
W: Hell, everyne. Nice t see yu again. In yesterday's class, we learned abut sme public hlidays in Britain. Tday, let's talk abut sme public hlidays in the United States. Well, back hme in the States n the furth Thursday f Nvember we have a public hliday called Thanksgiving when peple dn't g t wrk and traditinally spend the day with their family eating a large meal including turkey and sme pies. Yu may wnder hw that idea gt started. Well, the actual idea is similar t sme festivals in ther cuntries but it's related t the beginnings f Nrth America, when the first Englishmen successfully arrived in 1620 in what is nw the state f Massachusetts. Their first winter was-difficult and half f them died frm disease and hunger. That desn't sund like. anything t celebrate, right? But in the fllwing spring f their arrival, the Native Americans taught them hw t grw cms and pumpkin, as well as hw t hunt and fish. In the autumm: f this year, after a successful fd supply, the Englishmen planned a great dinner and invited the lcal chief and 90 natives, wh brught ppcrn with them, which f curse was ttally unknwn in Eurpe. This is the first Thanksgiving in American histry. And many ways f celebrating the first Thanksgiving have been handed dwn t future generatins.