2024-2025学年重庆市高二下册第一次月考英语检测试题（附答案）

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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. Hw will Alex g t meet the wman?
A. By plane.B. By subway.C. By car.
2. Where are the twins nw?
A. In the bedrm.B. In the bathrm.C. In the dining rm.
3. What will the man d next mnth?
A. Jin a gym.B. Make a wrkut plan.
C. Take part in a cntest.
4. What is the relatinship between the speakers?
A. Deliveryman and custmer.B. Neighbrs.
C. Wrkmates.
5. What des Kelly mean?
A. She beat Frank last week.
B. She swims faster than befre.
C. She is the best swimmer in the schl.
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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What activity des the first tur include?
A. Eating seafd.B. Watching penguins.C. Explring a cafe.
7. What will the wman d next?
A. G fr sme fd.B. Leave fr hme.C. Take a street walk.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. When did the man first want t becme a writer?
A. When he was a child.
B. After he became a father.
C. Befre he retired as a dctr.
9. What d we knw abut the man?
A. He is an envirnmentalist.
B. He has changed his lifestyle.
C. He fcuses n children’s bks.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where is the first bridge lcated?
A. In Rme.B. In Flrence. C. In Azerbaijan.
11. Why was the secnd bridge built?
A. T cnnect tw cuntries.
B. T accmmdate wrkers.
C. T serve as a histrical landmark.
12. What des the wman say abut the secnd bridge?
A. It is abut 48 miles lng.
B. It was built in 1345.
C. It is well equipped.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Hw ften des Vicky wrk n a different trip?
A. Twice a mnth.B. Once a mnth.C. Every tw mnths.
14. Wh was the trip t the Caribbean targeted at last year?
A. Ppular singers.B. Musical enthusiasts.C. Old stars.
15. Hw has Vicky spent her re time during a trip?
A. By talking with thers.
B. By listening t music.
C. By ding a training curse.
16. What des Vicky plan t be in the future?
A. A trainer.B. A psychlgist.C. A tur guide.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What des the speaker mainly talk abut?
A. Her gap year experience.
B. Her father’s influence.
C. Her travel arrangements.
18. When did the speaker set ff?
A. In January.B. In June.C. In July.
19. What did the speaker d during the jurney?
A. She kept a diary.
B. She tk maths classes.
C. She cmpleted sme hmewrk.
20. Why did the speaker’s father make the decisin?
A. T let his kids explre the wrld first-hand.
B. T help his kids t make freign friends.
C. T relieve the stress f the whle family.
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、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Fur Outstanding Female Scientists
Katherine Jhnsn
Katherine Jhnsn graduated frm cllege—with hnr—at the same age mst peple graduated frm high schl. She later applied t a prgram at the Natinal Advisry Cmmittee fr Aernautics and earned a spt as ne f the agency’s human cmputers. One f Katherine’s S mst imprtant jbs was calculating the path f the first American manned ceflight in 1961and the Apll mn landing in 1969. While NASA began using cmputers fr the task in 1962, astrnaut Jhn Glenn refused t g int flight until Katherine checked the cmputer’s calculatins by hand.
Cecilia Payne-Gapschkin
When Cecilia Payne-Gapschkin became the first wman t receive a PhD frm Harvard’s Radcliffe Cllege, n ne knew hw much her dctral paper wuld change the wrld f science. Her cnclusin that stars are cmpsed mainly f hydrgen and helium(氨)cntradicted the main thery f the time, and sme f the day’s leading scientists penly questined her findings. It wuld take mre than a decade fr anther scientist t reach the same cnclusin.
Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner is ne f nly tw wmen t have an element named in her hnr—the element with the atmic number 109 is called meitnerium. She was the first physics prfessr in Germany and the first scientist t include the term “nuclear fissin(裂变)” in a published paper. During her career, she discvered what causes the Auger Effect, explained hw nuclear fissin wrks, and uncvered the element prtactinium(镁).
Grace Hpper
Grace Hpper was knwn fr her pineering wrk in the develpment f cmputer prgramming languages. She began her career in cmputing and wrked n the Harvard Mark I cmputer prgram. Later, she created the first prgram that translated cde int machine language, and als develped the COBOL (Cmmn Business-Oriented Language) prgramming language.
21.What was ne f Katherine Jhnsn’s significant cntributins?
A. She earned a PhD frm Harvard.
B. She develped a prgramming language.
C. She calculated the path fr majr ce missins.
D. She explained hw nuclear fissin wrks in a mdern way.
22. Whse cnclusin abut stars faced cntradictin frm leading scientists?
A. Cecilia Payne-Gapschkin’s. B. Katherine Jhnsn’s.
C. Lise Meitner’s.D. Grace Hpper’s.
23. What d Lise Meitner and Grace Hpper have in cmmn?
A. They graduated frm Harvard.
B. They discvered new elements.
C. They were bth pineers in their wn fields.
D. They wrked n smething abut cmputers.
B
By 2015, the priest Jyner f Cnete came t understand he was hsting funerals(葬礼) twice a mnth——a surprising number fr his twn’s tiny ppulatin. In this African American twn, a quarter f families live an extremely pr life and heart disease kills mre 20 t 39-year lds than car accidents d.
Jyner decided t d smething abut it. Driving hme ne day, he pulled ver and thught that maybe he’d get further with his eyes pen. He lked arund, and all he saw was farmland. It gave him an idea: Get the kids t take part in it.
Jyner ran a yuth camp, s that summer, he shwed the campers hw t grw their wn fd n the small land. The kids, 4 t 16 years ld, ate up the vegetables they had grwn, and the fllwing year, they gave free bxes f vegetables t the ld peple in the twn.
Nt everyne welcmed the idea. Sme church elders questined whether it was wise t let kids take part in agrarian pursuit(农业工作). But Jyner saw it differently. “The kids are bringing fd t peple wh need it. They enjy what they’re ding,” he said. At the same time, it imprved the health f the cmmunity by prviding healthy fds.
Tday, because f Jyner, that small land has changed int the 21-acre Cnete Family Life Center. The lcal hspital, schls and restaurants help the center by buying its salad greens, peppers, strawberries, and ther fd fr peple. Research frm East Carlina University fund that peple in Cnete have lst weight, lwered their bld pressure, and visited the hspital less frequently because f the fresh fd and health advice available at the center.
24.What d we knw abut the twn where Jyner lives?
A. It develps very slwly.B. There are nt enugh churches.
C. Peple are t pr t live a healthy life.D. Many yung peple die frm accidents.
25.Why did Jyner decide t grw fd n the small land?
A. T prvide fd fr kids.B. T lwer the number f deaths.
C. T teach kids hw t plant.D. T make full use f the small land.
26.What did sme church elders think f Jyner’s idea?
A. They weren’t interested in it.B. They were dubtful abut it.
C. They strngly disagreed with it.D. They thught it did harm t kids.
27. Which f the fllwing wuld be the mst suitable title fr the passage?
A. Jyner’s Agricultural Slutin fr Cmmunity Health
B. A Small Twn’s Battle Against Pverty and Accidents
C. Kids in Farming: Challenges and Triumphs in a Pr Twn
D. The Transfrmatin f a Farmland int a Life - Changing Center
C
In my scial netwrk, there are several members wh generate cmplicated feelings in me, including delight and fear. Interactins with them feel like a cnversatinal game f Russian rulette (轮盘赌). In the right md, these individuals can deliver a fun-filled evening, but if I catch them at the wrng mment, they can wipe ut all my psitive energy. There is simply n knwing what is t cme. If this sunds familiar, then yu t have frenemies.
Julianne Hlt-Lunstad and her clleagues at Brigham Yung University have designed a scale(量表) that identifies fur categries f relatinships. Yu can try it fr yurself. Pick cuple f peple within yur scial netwrk and answer the fllwing tw questins n a scale f ne (nt at all) t six (very much). When yu are feeling in need f advice, understanding r a favr, hw helpful is yur cnnectin? Likewise, hw upsetting is yur cnnectin?
Peple wh scre ne n bth questins are yur indifferent relatinships —a neighbr, perhaps, with neither gd nr bad qualities. Thse wh scre highly n the first questin, while getting the lwest pssible rating n the secnd, are yur supprtive and lyal scial ties. Thse with the lwest scre n the first questin and high marks n the secnd are aversive relatinships. Finally, anyne with a scre f tw r mre n bth scales is cnsidered an ambivalent cnnectin—yur frenemies. They may be incredibly generus when yu have a prblem yet can als fight back with a cruel cmment when they feel envius r threatened.
Research suggests that ambivalent, lve-hate relatinships are ften mre stressful than cnsistently negative nes, damaging mental and physical health. Cutting ff cntact may nt always be pssible, especially if the persn is a bss r family member. S, what can be dne?
Simply being aware f the ambivalent nature f a relatinship might ffer sme prtectin. Persnally, I use this insight t prepare myself emtinally, fcus n the psitive, and limit interactins when needed. It als leads me t reflect n my wn actins --am I ever the frenemy? I am determined t be a little mindful f my interactins with all my ties.
28. Why des the authr cmpare interactins with certain peple t Russian rulette?
A. T suggest ways t handle these interactins.
B. T shw hw these peple cmpete fr attentin.
C. T stress hw unpredictable these interactins can be.
D. T intrduce a scial game these peple like t play.
29. Which figure best illustrates the different types f relatinships in ur scial netwrk?
A. B.
C. D.
30. Accrding t the last paragraph, what may the authr agree with?
A. Cautin against acting like a frenemy.
B. Avid interacting with frenemies cmpletely.
C. Encurage frenemies t act mre emtinally.
D. Balance frenemies with supprtive friendship
31. What is the central message the authr intends t cnvey thrugh this text?
A. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B. Only true friends are wrth keeping.
C. A healthy friendship needs give-and-take.
D. Lve-hate relatinships are quite harmful.
D
The numerus bacteria that naturally inhabit the human bdy seem t help us in many ways. One grup is emerging as particularly beneficial: a type f gut (肠道) bacteria knwn as Blautia, which has made headlines recently because it seems t prduce sme really remarkable effects. Nw, a Chinese team is glimpsing anther ptential benefit f Blautia: helping peple adapt t high altitudes. Their findings suggest that prviding Blautia culd help muntaineers and thers perfrm better in these challenging envirnments.
Qing-Peng Kng, a geneticist at the Chinese Academy f Sciences, and his team recruited 45 men t mve frm their hmes at 250 meters abve sea level t a twn at abut 3,700 meters. Despite the thin air, the men ate similar fd as they had at hme, minimizing the effects f diet changes n their gut bacteria. After 2 days, Blautia went frm being rare t very abundant in their guts.
In the secnd experiment, the team expsed mice t cntrlled lw-xygen cnditins in the lab first and then simulated(模拟) an altitude f 4,000 meters, while giving Blautia t half f them every ther day. The Blautia-treated mice shwed milder respnse f altitude sickness. This pens the dr int whether altitude sickness might be amenable t treatment thrugh the gut.
The bacteria’s effect may als extend t the brain. “Its superpwer cmes frm the cnnectin between the gut and the brain,” says Klepac-Cerak at Wellesley Cllege. The fatty acids it makes are knwn t activate receptrs(神经末梢) n nerves that cnnect the digestive system, heart and brain. This culd help explain a surprising relatinship that Klepac-Cerak reprted last year: Kids are mre likely t talk and laugh when they have mre Blautia in their guts. “There’s lts f cmmunicatin happening between ur brain; we are just beginning t uncver what services bacteria d fr us.” Klepac-Cerak ntes.
Blautia’s apparent superpwers suggest t Kng it culd serve as a supplement (补充) that benefits peple regardless f whether they are planning a trip t Tibet. But first, Kng says, he wants t find ut whether Blautia is a “sl” player r has these prtective effects nly as part f a larger grup f bacteria.
32. What’s the newly-fund benefit f the study led by a Chinese team?
A. It gets public attentin.B. It helps peple d better at high altitudes.
C. It makes scial media angry.D. It intrduces an advanced new technlgy.
33. What d we knw abut the subjects (实验对象) in bth experiments?
A. They experienced lw-xygen cnditins.
B. They received Blautia in their diet.
C. They mved t high-altitude regins.
D. They suffered severe altitude sickness.
34. What des the underlined wrd “amenable” in Paragraph 3 mean?”.
A. CarelessB. Untreatable.C. UnchangeableD. Reactive.
35. Hw wuld bth Kng and Klepac-Cerak describe Blautia’s rle in human health?
A duble-edged swrd.B. A sl player.
C. An extremely effective slutin.D. A partially-understd influence
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外的最佳选项，选项中有两项多余选项。
Prtecting the Eclgical Envirnment
As we all knw, the eclgical envirnment is crucial fr the survival and develpment f all life n Earth. It prvides us with essential resurces such as clean air, fresh water, and rich sil. 36
Industrializatin has led t increased emissins s (排放) f pllutants int the air and water. Factries release large amunts f waste gases and liquids, which nt nly damage the quality f the air we breathe but als pllute rivers and lakes. 37 Vast areas f trees are being cleared fr agriculture, lgging, and urban expansin. This destrys the habitats f cuntless species and cntributes t sil lss.
38 Gvernments arund the wrld have been passing stricter envirnmental laws and regulatins. These laws are effective in cntrlling industrial pllutin. Fr example, they set limits n the amunt f pllutants that factries can release and require heavy fines as punishment.
Renewable energy surces are als being increasingly used. Slar and wind energy, in particular, are catching n. 39 Renewable energy s surces can reduce ur dependence n fssil(化石)f fuels and lwer carbn emissins.
Besides, individuals can als play a vital rle in prtecting the eclgical envirnment. We can start with simple things in ur daily lives, such as saving water and electricity. 40 We can als chse t use public transprtatin r bicycles instead f private cars.
Mrever, raising public awareness f envirnment prtectin is essential. Only when everyne realizes the imprtance f prtecting the eclgical envirnment as well as takes actin can we hpe t have a sustainable future.
A. Defrestatin (森林砍伐) is anther majr issue.
B. This helps t cnserve energy and reduce waste.
C. Cutting carbn emissins is essential fr ur welfare.
D. After all, their cst may add t much burden t ur lives.
E. They are clean and sustainable alternatives t traditinal energy.
F. T address the threats, human beings are urged t take sme measures.
G. Hwever, human activities have been psing a serius threat t it recently.
第三部分 语言运用(共三节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。
One summer day, Sarah decided t g fr a bike ride in the cuntryside. The sun was shining brightly, and the air was filled with the sweet smell f fresh flwers. She felt a great sense f 41______ as she bicycled alng the winding path.
As Sarah rde further, she 42______a small, ld huse standing at the end f a dirt rad. She had never seen it befre and felt curius. Reslved t 43______, she lcked her bike and walked twards it. The dr was half 44______, s Sarah pushed it pen and stepped inside. The huse was dusty. She 45______ the rms, finding sme ld phtgraphs and n 46______tys.
In the kitchen, Sarah fund a 47______ ckbk whse cver was trn at the edges. She pened it and was surprised t see 48______ frm her grandmther, wh had passed away years ag. Tears welled up in her eyes as she remembered the happy times they had shared. She carefully 49______ it in her scarf and placed it in her backpack.
When Sarah gt hme, she shwed the ckbk t her parents. They were amazed by the 50______ and hugged her tightly. That night, Sarah cked ne f her grandmther’s recipes fr the whle family, and they had the meal tgether 51______
The experience had been a/an 52______ pint fr Sarah. She learned t 53______ histry and beauty in everyday life. Lking back, Sarah knew that her 54______ abut the value f family had led her t a treasure she had never 55______t find.
41.A. emptinessB. cntentment C. achievementD. lss
42. A. spttedB. lcatedC. imaginedD. recgnized
43. A. investigateB. slipC. explreD. check
B. stuckC. repairedD. blcked
45. A. searched frB. cleaned upC. brke intD. wandered thrugh
46. A. misplacedB. unusedC. ignredD. abandned
B. wrn-utC. secnd-handD. best-selling
48. A. recipesB. menusC. illustratinsD. ntes
49.A. threwB. wrappedC. fldedD. hid
50.A. secretB. wnderC. utcmeD. discvery
51.A. calmlyB. cnfidentlyC. cheerfullyD. patiently
B. breakingC. endingD. turning
53. A. appreciateB. assessC. analyseD. admit
54. A. sympathyB. curisityC. enthusiasmD. inncence
55. A. arrangedB. guaranteedC. expectedD. declined
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。
Rsalind Franklin: The Overlked DNA Pineer
Rsalind Franklin, a British chemist, made grundbreaking cntributins t DNA research. Her X-ray images ffered the first cncrete evidence 56 DNA had a duble-helix structure. Yet, her wrk was lng unrecgnized.
Franklin’s methds were meticulus(一丝不苟的). She dedicated cuntless hurs t studying crystals thrugh a micrscpe, demanding that every statistic 57 (recrd) with precisin. One f her key techniques 58 (be) refining X-ray technlgy, which became vital t the discvery.
59 additin t her research, Franklin mentred yung scientists selflessly. Her patritism was 60 (primary)shwn in her dedicatin t truth. Tragically, she passed away befre realizing 61 prfundly her discvery shaped mdern bilgy.
Franklin’s legacy teaches that science requires nt just abstract theries but 62 (practice) slutins. She develped 63 nvel methd t capture clearer images, prving the need fr innvatin. Her famus qute remains a principle 64 (guide)researchers tday. Just as a telescpe reveals distant stars, her wrk 65 (serve) as a beacn fr future discveries.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文写作(共15分)
假定你是李华，与留学生朋友Bb约好一起去书店，因故不能赴约。请给他写封邮件，内容包括:
1)表示歉意；2)说明原因；3)补救方案并另约时间。
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第二节 读后续写(共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。
The high jump mat (垫子) lmed in frnt f me like a mnster. I had signed up fr the track and field cmpetitin n a dare, never imagining I’d actually make it t the finals. Nw, the bar (杆) was set at 1.6 meters -a height I had failed t clear three times in practice. My legs felt like jelly.
“Yu’re up next, Lena!” Cach Harris called. The crwd in the bleachers cheered, but their vices sunded distant. I wiped my sweaty palms n my shrts, remembering the last time I attempted this height. My ft had caught the bar, sending it crashing landed awkwardly n the mat. The laughter frm the ther students still haunted me.
Cach walked ver and placed a hand n my shulder. “Fear is just a shadw,” he said quietly. “It’s nt real unless yu let it blck yur light.” He pinted t my shes-ld but meticulusly cleaned. “Remember why yu put these n tday.”
I glanced dwn. On the inside f my left she, I had written “Fr Dad” in permanent marker. My father, a frmer athlete, had always believed I culd d anything. He’d passed away last year, but his vice still eched in my mind: “The nly limit is the ne yu set fr yurself.”
Taking a deep breath, I stepped back t begin my apprach.
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 mment my feet left the grund, time seemed t slw.
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At the award ceremny the next day, Cach handed me a small, aged ntebk.
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高二年级第一次月考答案
:1-5.CACAC:1-5.CACAC 6-10.BABAB11-15.BCCBC16-20.BACCA
阅读理解:21-23CAC24-27CBBA 28-31 CBAD32-35 BADD
七选五:36-40 GAFEB
完形填空:41-45 BACAD46-50 DBABD51-55 CDABC
语法填空:56. that 57. be recrded 58.was 59.In 60. primarily
61.hw 62. practical 63.a 64. guiding 65. serves
应用文写作:
Dear Bb,
I’m writing t sincerely aplgize fr having t pstpne ur bkstre visit this weekend
I’ve been selected t represent ur schl in a natinal academic cmpetitin next mnth, s I have t be fully cmmitted t preparing it. T make up fr this, I’d lve t suggest a new plan! There’s a fascinating exhibitin n sustainable innvatin at the city library next Saturday afternn. It cmbines ur shared interests in technlgy and envirnmental science, and I think it’d be a meaningful experience. Wuld this wrk fr yu?
Once again, I’m srry fr the incnvenience. Let me knw yur thughts—I’m flexible and excited t reschedule!
Best regards,
Li Hua
读后续写:
The mment my feet left the grund, time seemed t slw. I felt the spring f the track beneath me, the air rushing past my face. My eyes stayed lcked n the bar, but instead f fear, I felt a strange calm. There was nly Dad's vice-clear, steady and alive. “Bend at the hips, Lena. Let the wrld fall away.” My right leg swung up, then my left fllwed in a smth arc. Fr a heartbeat, I hung in the air-and then I was rlling nt the mat. The bar trembled but stayed in place. The crwd explded int cheers. I lay there, staring at the sky, tears mixing with sweat. I had dne it.
At the award ceremny the next day, Cach handed me a small, aged ntebk. As I flipped thrugh the pages, my breath caught -Inside were my father’s handwritten training ntes, filled with tips and sketches f jumping techniques. On the last page, he had written: “T my Lena-smeday, yu’ll fly higher than I ever did.” Tears spilled nt the paper as I clutched the ntebk t my chest, feeling his presence strnger than ever. “He’d be prud,” Cach said sftly. I ndded, knwing this was just the beginning.
听力材料:
(Text 1)
W: Alex is ging t meet me at the airprt tmrrw. I can’t wait!
M: Is he taking the subway r is he driving?
W: He isn’t ging t take the subway. It takes t lng.
(Text 2)
M: Where are the twins? It’s awful quiet arund here!
W: They tk a shwer after jumping rpe in the garden all mrning, then had lunch and they are sleeping at the mment.
(Text 3)
W: What did yu d last weekend?
M: Umm, I spent mst f the time at the gym.
W: Hw cme?
M: Well, I plan t enter a bdybuilding cmpetitin next mnth.
(Text 4)
M: Hell, Maggie Fergusn? I’m utside yur huse nw, 25 Hill Street. I have a package fr yu, but yu’re nt answering the dr.
W: I’m nt hme. I’m at wrk. And I wrk n the same street, number 91. Can yu bring it here?
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M: I’m a better swimmer than yu, Kelly!
W: Have yu ever beaten Mark in a race?
M: N, he is the fastest swimmer in ur schl.
W: Well, guess what, Frank, I beat Mark last week. S, what des that make me?
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W: Hi. D yu have any tickets fr the SeaRide Special tur tday?
M: Srry. We’re sld ut. It’s a really ppular tur this time f year because the penguins are passing thrugh the area.
W: Oh, t bad. I’m leaving tmrrw mrning, and I was really hping t take ne f yur turs.
M:Well, the Island Explratin tur still has a cuple f spts left.
W: Great! And that’ll give me time t get smething t eat befre it starts. I see there’s a cffee shp just dwn the street.
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W: What made yu decide t becme an authr?
M: Ever since I was a child, I have written stries. But I never dreamed I culd be an authr. I studied science at schl and went n t becme a dctr. It was nly after having children f my wn and telling them stries that I remembered hw much I lved writing.
W: What d yu write abut in yur nvels?
M: Many f my bks fcus n prtecting the envirnment. I d lts f research fr thse and I lve it when I get letters frm readers telling me that my stries have changed the way they live and see the wrld.
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W: Did yu knw that sme peple live n bridges? Lk at these tw pictures.
M: Oh yeah. This ne lks very ld. It’s in Rme, isn’t it?
W: Well, it’s actually in Flrence, nrth f Rme. It’s called the Pnte Vecchi, built in 1345.
M: But the bridge in the ther picture lks newer.
W:Yeah, that’s Neft Dashlari in Azerbaijan, 60 kilmeters away frm its capital Baku.
M: It lks really lng, and it lks like it has a lt f factries. D a lt f peple wrk there?
W: Yes, they drill fr il frm under the sea there. They decided that the wrkers needed smewhere t live, s they built a kind f “city” abve the sea. The bridge is 30 miles lng. That’s abut 48 kilmeters. They built huses, libraries, schls, and even a mvie theater there. It even appeared in a James Bnd mvie.
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M: Hw lng have yu been wrking n the passenger ships, Vicky?
W: Well. fr abut tw years till nw. And I’ve been n twelve different trips.
M: D yu like it?
W. I d. We nly haye tw-mnth cntracts but the wrk is very varied. And ften each trip has a different theme. I was n a trip t the Caribbean last year, which was fr fans f musicals and lts f singers were there t entertain the guests. Several f them were stars in the ld days.
M: S, what’s the next step in yur career?
W: Well, bviusly, I dn’t want t wait tables fr the rest f my life. I have a lt f free time n bard the ship, s I’ve been ding a training curse with an nline university.
M: On what?
W: Psychlgy. I want t help peple. I’ve been listening t peple telling me their prblems fr years in the turism industry!
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Hi, everyne. I was s happy t tell yu abut my remarkable year, which I’d describe as a grand adventure. It’s tricky t knw where t start, s I think I’ll just begin at the very beginning. That was when my dad decided t take ur family n a trip arund the wrld. He started planning it last January. but we didn’t leave until July, after my exams in June. During my gap year, I wanted t keep my mind engaged. s Miss Barnes, my ld gegraphy teacher, and Mr. Green frm my amazing maths classes, kept in tuch with me and prvided plenty f assignments. My dad wanted t give us experience f things yu can’t get frm bks r TV prgrammes. Yu knw, things like the amazing smells cming frm the Indian street fd markets r the breathtaking light yu encunter in deserts. He was right. In the Sahara it was amazing! And the real experience f meeting and making friends with peple frm diverse cultures was invaluable.
Sme peple might argue that it wasn’t a gd idea fr my parents t take us ut f schl fr a year. But I think it was a wnderful pprtunity. Having cnnectins in all thse cuntries has been incredibly enriching. Travelling is a great thing, and I hpe yu all have the chance t d a lt t.