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命题学校：武汉市第十五中学命题教师：李丹、赵菁华审题教师：杜庆
考试时间：2024年 11 月 13 日 14: 30-16: 30 试卷满分：150 分
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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。
1. Where des the man plan t put the painting?
A. In the kitchen. B. In the living rm. C. In the frnt hallway.
2. What did the wman d yesterday?
A. She had a meeting. B. She typed an e-mail. C. She finished her daily reprt.
3. What will the wman d first?
A. Finish her hmewrk. B. Design a water system. C. G ver the instructins.
4. Why des the man make the phne call?
A. T cancel an appintment. B. T ffer sme infrmatin. C. T rganize a business trip.
5. What is the pssible relatinship between the speakers?
A. Dctr and patient. B. Jurnalist and player. C. Emplyer and emplyee.
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。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. When will the wman take her flight?
A. At 9: 25. B. At 12: 45. C. At 21: 00.
7. Hw will the wman pay fr the ticket?
A. In cash. B. By check. C. By credit card.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. Why des the wman cme t the man?
A. T change a tie. B. T express thanks. C. T make a cmplaint.
9. What des the wman like abut the wallet?
A. The clur. B. The design. C. The material.
10. Hw much is the wallet tday?
A. 10 dllars. B. 18 dllars. C. 20 dllars.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
11. What is the man ding?
A. Ding a survey. B. Taking an interview. C. Hsting a prgram.
12. What did Wang Yaping d in 2008?
A. She became an astrnaut.
B. She flew fr 1, 567 hurs in ttal.
C. She cntributed t the Beijing Olympics.
13. What des the wman think f Wang Yaping?
A. Calm and interesting. B. Strng and encuraging. C. Inspiring and cperative.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
14. Wh is the wman mst prbably speaking t?
A. A retiree. B. A patient. C. A librarian.
15. What des the man need t d with the recrds?
A. T return them. B. T cllect them. C. T update them.
16. Why des the lunch club need mre drivers?
A. It is lcated in a neighbring cmmunity.
B. It prmises t prvide a lift fr its members.
C. Many members are frm ther cmmunities.
17. When will Mrs. Carrll g t the hspital?
A. Next Friday. B. Next Tuesday. C. Next Mnday.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
18. What prducts des Stevensn’s prduce?
A. Metal gds. B. Medical tls. C. Machine parts.
19. Wh is Rnald Stevensn?
A. The directr f the cmpany. B. The funder f the cmpany. C. The manager f the cmpany.
20. What is the schl unable t d this year?
A. Arrange a mrning presentatin every week.
B. Hire a teacher t bserve and talk t the students.
C. Send a teacher t find ut abut the grup’s prgress.
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，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Teen vlunteer pprtunities are the best way t learn the values f respnsibility and enhance prblem-slving skills. Here are a few vlunteer pprtunities fr yu t take up.
Care fr pets
Animal shelters and hmeless shelters are the best places fr animal lvers. A typical day vlunteering at an animal shelter wuld invlve helping with the adptin prcess, feeding animals and cleaning up after animals.
Participate in a beach cleanup
Teens can assciate with a lcal envirnmental rganizatin fr a beach preservatin. This is a great way t learn abut eclgy and cntribute t its imprvement in a hands-n manner. The pprtunity invlves utdr activities and is a gd platfrm t cnnect with green advcates.
Vlunteer at a summer camp
A jb as a ‘Cunselr-in-Training’ is a great fit fr teens. It teaches them rganizatin skills by training under experts. Teenagers can learn cmmunicatin skills and benefit frm the real-time feedback frm children and parents. It is als an excellent pprtunity t learn utdr supprt skills, such as CPR and first aid.
Vlunteer at a lcal hspital
Lcal hspitals are always n the lkut fr a helping hand. Whether it’s chatting with residents, greeting visitrs r transprting patients t the cafeteria, a little help ges a lng way! A few hspitals may have an age limit and require vlunteers t get basic training and cmmit their time each week.
21. Which vlunteer pprtunity suits envirnmentalists best?
A. Care fr pets. B. Vlunteer at a lcal hspital.
C. Vlunteer at a summer camp. D. Participate in a beach cleanup.
22. What can vlunteers benefit frm a jb at a summer camp?
A. They can acquire essential emergency medical skills.
B. They can receive guidance frm bilgists.
C. They can prgress in academic perfrmance.
D. They can gain independence in utdr activities.
23. What is special abut vlunteering at a lcal hspital?
A. It welcmes vlunteers f all ages. B. It may invlve interactins with dctrs.
C. It may call fr weekly time devtin. D. It fcuses n transprting patients.
B
I wanted t buy smething tday—until I figured ut the cst versus the benefit. At that pint I knew it was a cmpletely stupid idea.
What I wanted t buy was an lder car t have in additin t my fur-year-ld Smart Car that I abslutely like. S yu wnder, why wuld I want t have anther car as well? The reasn is---grandkids. I have several and in the Smart Car I can nly have ne passenger (It’s a tw-seater) . Besides, ne f my daughters-in-law des nt trust the Smart Car as a vehicle fr her daughter Lily t ride in, s that’s ne little girl I can’t take anywhere at all. My husband als has a car—and a truck.
S that’s why I had the stupid idea t buy an ld Tyta I fund n the lt f an hnest used car salesman. Thank heavens I came t my senses befre I spent $8000 t buy it, $80 r s t license it and prbably $500 t insure it fr a year. It wuld be senseless t buy that car. My grandkids just have t cntinue t cme with me ne by ne. I can’t take tw girls ut t lunch r tw girls shpping r pick up the brther and sister that live in the same huse. As fr the little ne that’s nt allwed t ride with me. . . well, Grandpa will have t pick her up. As fr me, I didn’t get mney in my savings accunt by being ttally stupid. Sure, ding things with the kids is fun, but spending that kind f mney t put tw r mre f them in a grup---which wuld prbably drive me crazy anyway---is really dumb. Smetimes temptatin can prve that yu still have a little sense.
24. What can we knw abut the authr’s grandkid Lily?
A. She refused t stay with her grandma
B. She thught it was dangerus t sit in a Smart Car.
C. She was always picked up by her mm.
D. She was nt allwed t take her grandma’s car.
25. Why did the authr give up the idea f buying the Tyta?
A. It was a used car. B. She culdn’t affrd it.
C. The salesman was unreliable. D. There was n need fr it.
26. What des the underlined wrd “dumb” in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Difficult. B. reasnable. C. stupid. D. amazing.
27. What can be the best title f the text?
A. Lk befre yu leap. B. Better late than never.
C. Dn’t judge a bk by its cver. D. Every advantage has its disadvantage.
C
It’s Paris Fashin Week and the streets f the city are filled with designers, mdels and jurnalists. Amng the crwds, eagle-eyed experts are taking careful ntes. Their jb is t detect emerging trends. Their ntes will instantly be added t selected “trend frecasts”, which will be sld t designers, wh will use them t inspire new pieces. Traditinally, these fashin frecasters have relied nly n such methds t make predictins.
But as artificial intelligence (AI) technlgies have becme increasingly pwerful in the last decade, frecasting agencies are nw turning t machine learning fr help.
This is all welcme news fr an industry wrth abut $2 trillin glbally. Frecasts can have a big influence n the fashin industry’s carbn ftprint, which is respnsible fr at least 4% f all wrldwide emissins. Designers will prduce mre f what will actually sell at the mment, 25% f fashin prducts are unsalable, r nt sld. Besides, using Al tls that can analyze millins f psts frm arund the wrld allws designers t lk at fashin trends mre glbally.
But designers ften feel insecure abut relying just n the data prvided by AI. “A few years ag, there were big indicatrs n scial media f yellw being a trend,” says Francesca Mustn, vice president f a trend frecasting cmpany. “And if yu had fllwed cmpletely the scial media data gathered by AI mdels, yellw pieces wuld seem t be a gd investment. But hw many peple are really ging t wear a bright yellw cat? That’s a brave fashin chice. “ AI tls dn’t have their wn aesthetic (审 美 的) viewpint s they may nt be able t satisfy peple’s desire fr newness. “That’s why we maintain a very strng creative viewpint in ur frecasting with a team f industry experts,” says Mustn.
Dr Michal Kren, a researcher, says, “The rle f human experts in identifying trends will cntinue t be crucial even as AI and data-driven mdels becme mre accurate. “
28. What is the purpse f the ntes taken by the experts?
A. T reprt the news abut Paris Fashin Week. B. T cmpare different design methds.
C. T help them make fashin predictins. D. T cllect infrmatin abut designers.
29. What des paragraph 3 mainly discuss?
A. The varius benefits f using Al tls t predict trends.
B. The high envirnmental csts f the fashin industry.
C. The imprtance f lking at fashin mre glbally.
D. The serius prblem f unsalable fashin prducts.
30. Why des Mustn mentin the trend f yellw predicted a few years ag?
A. T shw AI fashin predictins are nt always reliable.
B. T explain why peple dislike sme new trends.
C. T describe the recent changes in peple’s fashin chices.
D. T prve the key rle f scial media in fashin frecasting.
31. Which statement might bth Mustn and Kren agree with?
A. Machine learning is mre creative than human experts.
B. AI tls will nt replace human trend frecasters.
C. It is pssible fr Al t have its wn fashin sense.
D. Many human trend frecasters will be unemplyed.
D
The sharp fin (鳍). The rws upn rws f sharp teeth. The large black eyes. The sharks yu see n televisin in Jaws r Discvery’s “Shark Week” are nt the friendliest lking creatures. They aren’t exactly an animal yu want t find near yu while swimming in the cean. Despite their prtrayals (刻画) in mvies and ppular culture, sharks are cmplicated, misunderstd creatures that are weaker than they appear.
One very cmmn misunderstanding abut sharks is their desire t hunt humans. Actually when sharks attack humans, it is because they mistake a human fr their nrmal prey (猎物), seals r dlphins. They dn’t seek ut humans n purpse. Statistically, yu are mre likely t be struck by lightning than be bitten by a shark.
Sharks are very imprtant t the cean as they are at the tp f the fd chain. Sme sharks even cntrl the balance f an ecsystem thrugh fear alne. Tiger sharks in Australia help prtect seagrass meadws frm turtles. Turtles eat the seagrass and withut the sharks, will destry these meadws. When tiger sharks are present thugh, the turtles are scared away, hlding back their appetite fr seagrass and prtecting its grwth.
Thugh sharks have a reputatin fr being very scary t humans, the sad truth is that they shuld be scared f humans. The number f sharks in the cean is steadily drpping. There are a few reasns fr this. Fr ne, they mature quite slwly, ver several years, and prduce relatively few yung. Fr anther, verfishing f sharks is happening because mre and mre peple want their fins. Abut 100 millin sharks are killed every year accrding t Natinal Gegraphic. Shark fin is a way fr peple t shw ff their wealth. Shark fins are als believed t have medicinal benefits, thugh there is n evidence r prf that they actually d.
32. What d mst peple think abut sharks?
A. They are ugly. B. They are imprtant.
C. They are cmplicated. D. They are vilent.
33. The authr cmpares shark bites t lightning strikes t shw they are
A. deadly B. unavidable C. rare D. unpredictable
34. Why shuld sharks be scared f humans accrding t the authr?
A. Humans kill sharks in large quantities. B. Humans keep sharks t shw ff.
C. Humans catch sharks fr medical research. D. Humans are greater in number than sharks.
35. Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A. SOS: Save Our Sharks! B. Sharks: Killers r Misunderstd?
C. Shark Fins: An Eclgical Crisis D. Sharks: King f the Ocean
第二节 (共 5 小题；每小题 2. 5分，满分12. 5分)
根据短文内容，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。
In the wrkplace, it’s crucial t avid making prmises we can’t keep. But hw can we d this?
One way t d this is by being realistic abut ur capabilities and timetable. Fr instance, a wrkmate asks us t cmplete a task within an extremely tight deadline, but we’ re already busy with ther wrk. 36 We culd say, “Let me check my current wrklad and get back t yu n whether I can meet this deadline.”
37 If we’ re nt sure abut the requirements f a task r prject, we shuld ask questins befre cmmitting. Fr example, when a manager assigns a cmplex prject, we can ask fr mre details abut the resurces available, and ptential challenges. This way, we can make a mre infrmed decisin.
Mrever, we shuld learn t say n when necessary. 38 It shws that we respect ur wn limitatins and the imprtance f delivering quality wrk. Fr example, if we’re re asked t take n a task that we knw is beynd ur expert knwledge r skills, we can plitely decline and suggest alternative slutins r peple wh might be better suited fr the jb. This actin will earn us the respect f ur wrkmates. 39
Furthermre, it’s imprtant t manage expectatins. If we’ re asked t d smething that may have uncertainties, we shuld cmmunicate them upfrnt (先期地). Fr instance, we’re asked t prepare a presentatin, but we can’t cllect all the necessary data in time. Then, we culd say, “ 40 But I’ll d that and keep yu updating n my prgress.” This way, ur superirs are aware f the ptential risks and wn’t be blindsided.
A. Cmmunicating clearly is a wise chice.
B. Naturally, we can maintain a gd reputatin in the wrkplace.
C. Instead f immediately saying yes, take a mment t assess ur schedule.
D. There might be sme challenges with finding enugh infrmatin.
E. Trusting each ther really means helping each ther in the wrkplace.
F. Ding this desn’t mean we’re uncperative.
G. We create a psitive wrk envirnment where everyne can finish their jbs well.
第三部分 语言知识运用 (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。
In 2014, Amy cllapsed frm a brain hemrrhage (脑溢血) while wrking. After a year recvering at hme, she 41 a curse with the ambitin t becme a 42
Hwever, ccasinal visin disturbance was still 43 , influencing the amunt f 44 she culd give t the curse. Further cmplicatins (并发症) left the yung artist almst cmpletely blind, making it difficult t see a whle figure. It’s particularly 45 because it seemed t 46 her ptimism t be a painter!
One mrning, when watching the sunrise, she suddenly felt a sense f 47 She realized that she may nt 48 a whle face anymre, but it shuldn’t stp her frm putting what she culd see n canvas (画布) . The fllwing years, she 49 her special art jurney.
“Strangely, my experience has increased my 50 when drawing, enabling me t catch a character better, “ she explains. “Peple ften speak highly f the detail and sensitivity f the character. I have mre determinatin and appreciatin fr my 51 These are 52 I wuldn’t have had withut everything I’ve 53 . “ Fr her new turing exhibitin, she has prduced a series f artwrks based n her visual experience. “In the 54 interactin between what I can and cannt see lies my perspective n the wrld.”
Smetimes, we can turn a lss int a gain: smething unique and individual that has been gifted t us by never 55
41. A. switched n B. signed up fr C. called n D. kept in tuch with
42. A. librarian B. painter C. witness D. dctr
43. A. crucial B. essential C. present D. distant
44 A. dnatin B. ccupatin C. credit D. energy
45. A. embarrassing B. rewarding C. depressing D. ppsing
46. A. assess B. ruin C. reveal D. cnflict
47. A. thankfulness B. achievement C. belngings D. security
48. A. draw B. btain C. see D. fund
49. A. ceased B. started C. adpted D. detected
50. A. sensitivity B. taste C. eyesight D. attentin
51. A. talent B. display C. interactin D. visin
52. A. gifts B. challenges C. awards D. pains
53. A. lived ff B. gne after C. appealed t D. survived thrugh
54. A. misty B. abnrmal C. autmatic D. regular
55. A. lsing B. leaving C. failing D. quitting
第二节 语法填空 (共 10 小题；每小题 1. 5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
“Black Myth: Wukng” has gained extrardinary ppularity. ____________ (56) its fficial launch n the Steam platfrm n August 20th, 2024, it has rapidly turned int ____________ (57) glbal hit.
It has sld incredible 10 millin cpies in just three days, as develper Game Science has annunced. The cncurrent (同时发生的) nline numbers f the game have als been increasing. On August 22nd, it reached a ____________ (58) (day) cncurrent nline level f 2. 4 millin n the Steam platfrm. This ppularity is similar t that f the phenmenal game “Elden Ring” ____________ (59) (launch) in 2022.
In a blg pst, Daniel Ahmad, Directr f Research and Insights at Nik Partners, said Black Myth: Wukng’s sales ____________ (60) (succeed) “represents the grwing capabilities and ambitins f Chinese game develpment studis and their ability ____________ (61) (cmpete) n the glbal stage.”
Black Myth: Wukng is clearly a huge hit ____________ (62) (glbal), but it is particularly ppular in China, where it has brken thrugh int the mainstream. Based n Steam cncurrent data, the majrity f the game’s players are in China, ____________ (63) there is still a large audience fr Black Myth: Wukng in the west. It nt nly shwcases the charm f Chinese culture but als ____________ (64) (meet) the high expectatins f gamers wrldwide fr high-quality games, thus ____________ (65) (win) widespread praise and lve.
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
你校将于下周六组织一次”科技进校园”活动。请你用英语为学生会写一则通知，内容包括：
1. 活动时间、地点；
2. 活动内容；
3. 欢迎前往参加。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80 个左右；
2·请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Ntice
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The Student Unin
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。
It was a Saturday afternn. I was having lunch when Dad tld me t get ready. I became unhappy. I dn’t like Saturdays! Even thugh it’s a hliday fr mst children, it is nt fr me because I need t g t ftball club.
Many kids lve sprts, but I am nt ne f them. I prefer t stay at hme and read. I dn’t like running, s in a team I am a bad player. The cach is tired f me and my teammates smetimes think I’m useless.
I have n idea hw t play ftball. Usually, after practice my teammates wuld ask me t stay ut f the game and I wuld just nd.
Last Thursday, the cach tld us that we wuld be cmpeting with anther team in a mnth and many peple wuld cme t see the game. Our ppnents (对手) were the winner last year and I frze and thught hw awkward it wuld be if the team lst because f me. S I decided t practice hard fr the match and I went t practice every single day.
After ne mnth, when the game day came, my teammates were unwilling t take me in the team, and I als wished t stay away frm the grund as well. But they happened t be shrt f ne player and had n chice but t take me in the team.
Our team was the Big Blues. There was a great cheer n ur arrival in the field. I gt very nervus. The game started and within tw minutes, I gt a blue card. By the time I was allwed back, the scre was tw gals fr each team and the next gal wuld decide the winning team.
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。
Paragraph 1:
When the ball came twards me, I frze. ______________________________________________________
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Paragraph 2:
Our team, The Big Blues, wn the match! ___________________________________________________
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武汉市常青联合体 2024-2025学年度第一学期期中考试
高二 英语试卷 参考答案
第一部分 听力
1-5 CACBA 6-10 BCABB 11-15 ACBAC 16-20 CCABC
第二部分 阅读
21-23 DAC24-27 DDCA28-31 CAAB32-35 DCAB
36-40 CAFBD
第三部分 语言运用
第一节：
41-45 BBCDC 46-50 BACBA 51-55 DADAD
第二节：
56. since 57. a 58. daily 59. launched 60. success
61. t cmpete 62. glbally63. but 64. meets 65. winning
第四部分 写作
第一节
Ntice
In rder t/Aiming t aruse students’ interest in science and technlgy, ur schl will hld an activity themed with “Science and Technlgy Int the Campus” n the schl playgrund at 8: 00 next Sunday mrning.
In this activity, there will be a lecture by Prfessr Liu, wh will give us a vivid intrductin f the daily applicatin f science and technlgy. And then yu can have an amazing experience with AI rbts. I’m sure it will be incredibly fascinating. In the end, everyne will get a beautiful card as a suvenir.
Lking frward t yur cming n time. Yu’re sure t benefit a lt frm it.
The Student Unin
第二节
Paragraph 1:
When the ball came twards me, I frze. My teammates were very tired and seemed wrried. The ppnents rushed twards me. Withut thinking anymre, I fund curage, and I kicked the ball with all my strength. The ppnents didn’t think highly f me, s they didn’t think that I wuld be able t kick the ball s pwerfully. As I kicked, the galkeeper jumped twards the ball but missed it.
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Our team, The Big Blues, wn the match! All my teammates ran twards me t lift me in the air. Since that day, I have gained sme cnfidence and started t play better. My cach and teammates are als cntent with me and they try t imprve my skills every time I play. Nw I have realized that I always liked this sprt, but my prblem with it had smething t d with the lack f encuragement I gt. Nw I can build n my cnfidence and I’ve realized I can als play this sprt very well.
听力原稿
Passage 1
M: D yu like this painting I bught? I want t put it in the frnt hallway.
W: I like it, but I think it might lk better in the kitchen r the living rm.
Passage 2
M: Have yu dne yur yesterday’s daily reprt?
W: N, I haven’t. I had t attend the meeting discussing rights f wmen all day lng yesterday. I’ll d it right after typing this e-mail.
Passage 3
W: I’m struggling with my prject. I have t cme up with a design fr a water treatment system. . . but I dn’t knw where t start.
M: Well, why nt lk clsely at the task instructins first?
W: Gd idea.
Passage 4
W: Gd afternn, Suzhu Trading C. , Ltd.
M: Hell. This is Smith frm Hngxing Internatinal Trading C. , Ltd.
W: Hell. We’ve been lking frward t meeting yu.
M: Likewise. We’ll be arriving n the 3rd and staying at the Palace Htel.
Passage 5
W: Have yu had any illness r accident befre?
M: A brken knee I gt playing ftball when I was 17. Apart frm that, nthing.
W: OK. S what’s yur prblem?
M: Well, recently I’ve been getting this pain here, just in my frehead.
Passage 6
M: Eastwind Airways.
W: D yu have any flights t Sydney next Tuesday?
M: Yes. There’s a flight at 12: 45 and ne at 21: 00. Which flight wuld yu like?
W: Well, I need t get there in the mrning.
M: OK. Hw abut the earlier flight? Then yur arrival will be at 9: 25 a. m. , lcal time.
W: Excellent.
M: S that’s $5, 000. Hw wuld yu like t pay?
W: Can I pay at the check-in desk?
M: Yes, but yu will be charged an extra 5 dllars if yu d that.
W: Oh, in that case, here’s my credit card.
Passage 7
M: Can I help yu?
W: Yes, well, I bught this tie last week fr my husband’s birthday, but he desn’t like it. Culd I change it fr smething else?
M: Certainly, madam. What d yu have in mind?
W: Maybe a wallet.
M: Any particular clur?
W: Nt really.
M: Hw abut this ne?
W: I like the design, but dn’t particularly care fr the clur. D yu have that in ther clurs, t?
M: Well, they cme in white, pale yellw, and brwn. Will a brwn ne d?
W: Yes…
M: Here yu are.
W: Hw much is it?
M: It’s nly 20 dllars.
W: That is a lt f mney fr a wallet.
W: But it’s really pleasant as a gift, isn’t it? And yu will get a 10% discunt tday.
Passage 8
M: Hi, Jessie. I need t cnduct a survey cncerning students’ rle mdels fr a schl prject. Can yu please answer a few questins?
W: Sure.
M: Wh is yur rle mdel?
W: Wang Yaping.
M: One f the Shenzhu-XIII crew members, right?
W: Yes. She is als the first female astrnaut t enter Tiangng space statin.
M: Culd yu ffer mre details?
W: Well, Wang started as a pilt, and became a member f China’s first female astrnauts in May 2010 with years f systematic educatin and training.
M: She must be very tugh.
W: Indeed. Wang is able t stay calm under pressure. During her service as a military pilt, she flew a ttal f 1, 567 hurs and was invlved in majr tasks such as the Wenchuan earthquake relief effrt and the 2008 Summer Olympics f Beijing. She sets a gd example fr all wmen wh dream f ging t space.
Passage 9
M: Gd mrning. My name’s Frank. I’ve just retired and mved t the cmmunity. I’d like t becme a vlunteer, and I guess yu are in charge f the vluntary wrk here.
W: That’s right.
M: What srt f thing culd I d?
W: Well, we need help with the library. We brrw bks frm the city library. S, ne thing yu culd d is get invlved in cllecting them.
M: That’s n prblem.
W: Anther thing is the recrds that we keep f the bks we’re given. It wuld be very useful t have anther persn t help keep the recrds up t date.
M: Right. I can d that. D yu run a lunch club in the cmmunity fr elderly peple?
W: Yes, we have a very successful club.
M: I culd help with transprt, if that’s f any use.
W: That’ll be nice. Peple cme t the club frm neighbring cmmunities, and we’re always in need f mre drivers.
M: What abut help fr individual residents? D yu arrange that at all?
W: Yes. In fact, there’s Mrs. Carrll. She needs a lift t the hspital next Mnday.
Passage 10
W: Welcme t Stevensn’s, ne f the cuntry’s majr prducers f metal gds. Thank yu fr chsing us fr yur tw weeks f wrk experience. My name is Julia, the managing directr. Stevensn’s is quite an ld cmpany. It was set up in 1923 by Rnald Stevensn wh went int the steel industry when he left schl.
Stevensn’s riginal plan was t prduce spare parts fr the machine tls industry – althugh in fact that never happened. Shrtly befre the cmpany went int prductin, Stevensn was given the pprtunity t make gds fr hspitals, s that’s what we did fr the first five years.
Nw sme idea f what yu’ll be ding during yur tw weeks with us. Mst mrnings yu’ll have a presentatin frm ne f the managers, t learn abut their department. And yu’ll spend sme time in each department, bserving and talking t peple. Nrmally a teacher frm yur schl will cme in each week t find ut hw the grup were getting n, but yur schl isn’t able t arrange that this year. OK, are there any questins befre we mve n? …