甘肃势泉市2024_2025学年高二英语下学期期末考试

这是一份甘肃势泉市2024_2025学年高二英语下学期期末考试，共16页。试卷主要包含了答题前，考生务必用直径0，本卷命题范围， B等内容，欢迎下载使用。
考生注意：
1.本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2.答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
4.本卷命题范围:北师大版选择性必修 Bk 2 Unit 5~ Bk 3 Unit 9。
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. Hw many students are there at the schl this year?
A. 400. B. 700. C. 1,000.
2. What des the man decide t sell?
A. His camera. B. His CDs. C. His cmputer.
3. What prgram will be shwn after the news?
A. A cartn mvie. B. A ftball match. C. A fd prgram.
4. Hw will the man g t schl tmrrw?
A. By car. B. By bicycle. C. By bus.
5. Why is Sally late fr the appintment?
A. She had an accident.
B. She had t pick smene up.
C. She went t the hspital.
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 is the weather like tday?
A. Cludy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.
7. Where is Cathy ging next?
A. T the muntains. B. T the frest. C. T the river.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What kind f exercise did the article suggest?
A. Jgging. B. Crss-cuntry skiing. C. Dwnhill skiing.
9. Hw is crss-cuntry skiing different frm dwnhill skiing?
A. It can be dne in flat areas.
B. It’s gd fr lungs and hearts.
C. It desn’t require much snw.
10. What relatin is the man t the wman?
A. Her friend. B. Her husband. C. Her sn.
听第8段材料，回答第11至 13题。
11. What des the man want t d first?
A. Take the Star Ferry. B. Buy Christmas gifts. C. D science experiments.
12. Which place des the man shw little interest in?
A. The Science Museum.
B. Ocean Park.
C. Temple Street Night Market.
13. What might the wman think f taking the Star Ferry?
A. Bring. B. Silly. C. Exciting.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. Where will the man g first?
A. T a hall. B. T a classrm. C. T a meeting rm.
15. What will the Directr f the Studies talk abut?
A. Scial activities. B. Different curses. C. Student drmitries.
16. Hw lng will the man stay in the hall?
A. One and a half hurs.
B. One hur and frty-five minutes.
C. One hur and fifteen minutes.
17. Hw des the man feel abut the test?
A. Surprised. B. Cnfident. C. Glad.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Wh is the talk prbably intended fr?
A. Animal activists. B. Z visitrs. C. Z keepers.
19. Why are night animals hard t be bserved?
A. Because they are sleeping during the day.
B. Because they are nt allwed t be watched.
C. Because they are uncmfrtable with daylight.
20. What is the functin f red light in the system?
A. T create natural daylight.
B. T put night animals t sleep.
C. T enable visitrs t watch.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Gergia, America is famus fr its histry, but it als has sme great getaways beynd its limits.
Tybee Island
Fr a day in the sun, head t the sft white sand and expansive beaches f this island, where the waves are gd enugh fr beginners t surf. Surf shps, surf schls and ther surf-related businesses attract many t cme and bst the develpment. Lcals lve cming here t cmb the shres fr a feast at the ceanfrnt restaurants.
Wassaw Island
As ne f Gergia’s castal barrier islands, it was fficially named as a Natinal Wildlife Refuge. Bat turs r charters are the easiest way t reach the place, which has n rad access, but this is als an ideal destinatin fr the mre experienced kayaker (划皮艇的人).
Whitemarsh Island
This scenic place can give yu a quick dse f nature. The ak and palmett (矮棕榈) frests f the island are laced with different trails. Especially, in its preserve, there is a very beautiful trail that yu can explre. It is great fr rad biking, running, r just walking with yur dg. And it’s unlikely that yu’ll encunter many ther peple. The trail is pen year-rund and can be visited anytime.
Skidaway Island State Park
Trails n this slice f land alng Gergia’s Intracastal Waterway cut thrugh maritime (海的) frest and past salt marshes, but the best way t see it all is frm a bat. Yu can chse turs that lead explratin where yu’re likely t spt deer, egrets (白鹭) and s n. The park als features well-maintained camping sites, making it a perfect destinatin fr vernight stays in the peaceful castal landscape
1. What d we knw abut Tybee Island?
A. The view is mre charming n rainy days.B. The surf industry is helpful fr its ecnmy.
C. The ffshre view invites lcals t cme.D. The island receives credit frm the natin.
2. What makes Whitemarsh Island special?
A. The experience f explring the trail.B. The chance f taking a bat travel.
C. The chance f sptting dlphins.D. The experience f vernight stays.
3. Which is suitable fr a camp?
A. Tybee Island.B. Wassaw Island.
C. Whitemarsh Island.D. Skidaway Island State Park.
B
I was a vlunteer with the city f Milpitas, and was studying at missin cllege. One night after ging t class, I was heading hme and decided t stp ff at a burrit (墨西哥卷饼) restaurant. I gt my burrit and started t head fr my car when I was apprached by a hmeless man. He was very dirty and bviusly very hungry. He asked me fr sme change t buy a little fd. As I was pulling sme change ut, I had an idea.
I asked him t fllw me back int the burrit restaurant t rder. He was ashamed f the way he lked and said he did nt want t g in there. But I insisted. When he finally fllwed me in, the peple behind the cunter refused t let him in, but I tld them that I was buying him dinner and he had a right t be there. After we argued ver it fr a while, they finally gave in. It seemed like he was relieved a bit t be sitting at a table. I asked him t rder whatever he wanted. But he nly rdered a burrit.
Fr smene wh has been n the fringes (边缘) f sciety, he was very surprised at my genersity. But t me, it was what any “human being” shuld d r at least ffer. Yu had t be there t see the lk in his face. It reminded me when I was yung and my mm brught ut a big birthday cake fr me n my birthday, with all the candy, chclate and gdies that we were abut t eat. I think he felt special, like he was getting attentin, smething that I culd see he hadn’t experienced in a lng time.
I ften think abut this stry because, t me, it’s nt just abut helping smene ut by feeding them. It’s mre abut giving them the respect and dignity (尊严) f being a human being and allwing them t feel gd abut themselves.
4. Why did the hmeless man apprach the authr?
A. T ask fr a lift.B. T beg fr mney.
C. T request a burrit.D. T seek cmpany.
5. What des the underlined wrd “it” in paragraph 2 refer t?
A. Where t sit in the restaurant.
B. What t rder fr the hmeless man.
C. Whether t buy dinner fr the hmeless man.
D. Whether t allw the hmeless man t enter the restaurant.
6. Why des the authr mentin his birthday in paragraph 3?
A. T demnstrate his wnderful childhd.
B. T stress the imprtance f enjying a feast.
C. T cntrast his life with that f the hmeless man.
D. T describe the happy feelings f the hmeless man.
7. What is the thing really wrth ding accrding t the authr?
A. Treating thers with respect.
B. Ridding the wrld f hunger.
C. Encuraging acts f kindness.
D. Paying attentin t the hmeless.
C
DeepSeek: Pineering the Future f Intelligent Slutins
In the age f rapid technlgical develpment, DeepSeek has becme a pineer in artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics. It was funded t help industries make intelligent decisins. DeepSeek fcuses n creating advanced AI platfrms t bst efficiency and prductivity in fields like finance, healthcare, educatin, and lgistics.
DeepSeek uses advanced technlgies such as machine learning, natural language prcessing (NLP), and predictive analytics. Its main prduct, an AI data analysis platfrm, helps rganizatins handle large amunts f data in real-time. It can generate useful insights and autmate decisin-making. Fr example, in healthcare, DeepSeek’s algrithms can diagnse diseases mre accurately. In finance, its tls can predict market trends and reduce risks.
What makes DeepSeek special is its fcus n adaptability and ethical AI. The cmpany tries t create transparent AI mdels that users can trust. Its “Adaptive Learning Framewrk” allws systems t change accrding t new data, staying useful in changing situatins.
Since its start, DeepSeek has received much praise. Industry leaders like its ability t turn AI thery int practical uses. A CFO frm a big cmpany said it cut their peratinal csts by 30% and imprved frecasting. Healthcare wrkers als like hw it reduces diagnstic errrs. But DeepSeek’s success has als started discussins abut AI ethics and wrkfrce changes.
In the future, DeepSeek plans t wrk with educatinal institutins t train AI talent and start cmmunity prjects t slve prblems like climate change. As its CEO said, they want AI t bring prgress, nt just prfit. DeepSeek shws the bright future f AI, and it’s ready t change the way industries wrk.
8. Why was DeepSeek funded?
A. T develp new vide-game technlgies.
B. T help industries make intelligent decisins.
C. T create a scial media platfrm.
D. T build self-driving cars.
9. Hw des DeepSeek help in the finance field?
A. By prviding free financial advice t all users.
B. By prmting high-risk investments.
C. By increasing the cmplexity f financial regulatins.
D. By predicting market trends and reducing risks.
10. What makes DeepSeek special?
A. Its high-cst prducts that nly large cmpanies can affrd.
B. Its fcus n adaptability and ethical AI.
C. Its lack f interest in new technlgical develpments.
D. Its preference fr wrking alne rather than cllabrating.
11. What are DeepSeek’s future plans?
A. T clse dwn its current business and start a new ne.
B. T fcus nly n making mre prfit withut any scial cntributins.
C. T wrk with educatinal firms t train AI talent and start cmmunity prjects.
D. T stp using AI technlgies and switch t traditinal methds.
D
Research has fund that lneliness and scial islatin are assciated with an increased risk f cnditins like anxiety, depressin, heart disease, and strke. In fact, a 2010 analysis fund that lneliness is as harmful t physical health as smking 15 cigarettes a day — meaning using friendship t reduce lneliness is gd fr yu. But hw many friends shuld yu have?
Accrding t Jeffrey Hall, a prfessr f cmmunicatin studies at the University f Kansas, if yu want t ease the health impacts f lneliness, the mst imprtant thing yu can d is t have at least ne imprtant persn in yur life. But if yu want t have the mst meaningful life, ne where yu feel very bnded and cnnected t thers, mre friends are better.
Sme research endrses his remarks. One study frm 2016 fund that thse with at least six friends have better health thrughut their lives, and a study frm 2020 fund that middle-aged wmen wh have at least three friends typically have higher levels f verall satisfactin with their lives.
T figure ut whether yu need mre friends in yur life, psychlgist Marisa Franc recmmends asking yurself, “D I feel lnely?” Lneliness is srt f an alarm system. While everyne feels lnely smetimes, yu shuld determine whether yu feel left ut r islated regularly.
Franc als recmmends asking yurself if there are parts f yur identity that yu feel are restricted. “Different peple bring ut different parts f us. S when yu have a large friend grup, yu’re able t experience this side f yurself that lves basketball, and that side f yurself that lves flwers,” Franc said. “If yu’re nt feeling quite like yurself, that might indicate yu need different types f friends.”
Since making new friends can be difficult, Franc said it’s ften easier t rekindle ld relatinships. She added that yu shuld take the initiative and nt assume that friendships will naturally happen.
“Ultimately, there ‘isn’t a magic number’ f friends fr everyne,” Hall said. “Yur persnality and the characteristics f yur life are ging t make a difference.”
12. What might Jeffrey Hall agree with?
A. Having just ne friend leads t mre happiness.
B. Everyne’s ideal number f friends desn’t vary.
C. A brad friend netwrk enables strng cnnectins.
D. Friendship shuld be priritized in scial relatins.
13. What des the underlined wrd “endrses” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Creates.B. Supprts.C. Satisfies.D. Intrduces.
14. Which ne suggests a persn needs mre friends accrding t Franc?
A. Cntinuus self-dubt.B. Few exciting experiences.
C. Ineffective scial activities.D. Cnstant feelings f islatin.
15. What des Franc say abut having a large friend grup?
A. It requires befriending thse with shared values.
B. It ensures persnal grwth by wide scial circles.
C. It means a persn wn’t feel restricted any lnger.
D. It helps explre different aspects f ne’s persnality.
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Hw t Reduce Excessive Daydreaming
Daydreaming can be a pleasant escape, but when it becmes excessive (过量的), it can negatively impact ur daily lives and respnsibilities. Here are sme strategies t help yu cut dwn n daydreaming and stay mre engaged with the present.
Analyze yur daydreaming patterns
Understanding the purpse and recgnizing patterns f yur daydreaming is key. Daydreams may serve t escape stress, cmfrt yurself, r frget painful memries. ____16____. Fr example, d yu daydream mre when yu’re bred r stressed? Als, list the negative impacts n daily life, such as pr fcus at wrk r schl, r tense relatinships. This awareness is the first step tward change.
Use daydream reductin techniques
Enhance awareness f when yu’re daydreaming, indicated by signs like lsing eye cntact r difficulty fcusing. ____17____. Then set limits fr daydream cntent, and shift them tward psitive, gal-riented thughts instead f letting them wander aimlessly. Reward yurself when yu stay fcused. If excessive daydreaming cntinues t affect yur life negatively, cnsider prfessinal treatment.
Increase fcus
T imprve yur fcus, start with gd sleep. ____18____. Then, practice mindfulness by ding smething simple, like enjying a piece f fruit. These tw steps can help grund yu in the present and keep yur mind sharp.
____19____
Find hbbies that inspire and require fcus, like hiking r meditatin (冥想). Other activities like reading, slving puzzles r practicing a musical instrument can als help build yur fcus. Avid excessive TV r screen time, which can increase daydreaming. Plan less and d mre by setting a clear rutine, which allws yu stay fcused and avid things that pull yur attentin away.
Cntrlling excessive daydreaming is nt abut getting rid f imaginatin but abut finding a healthy balance. ____20____. With effrts, yu can achieve this gal and enjy a mre fcused and satisfying life.
A. Develp mre hbbies
B. Engage in fcus-building activities
C. A well-rested mind is less likely t wander
D. When feeling tired, get up and mve t refcus
E. Keep a recrd f the details f each daydream first
F. In fact, the gal is t stay present and engaged with life
G. Nte when and where yu daydream mst, and identify any causes
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I’ve always been terrified f heights. The thught f being up high made my heart ___21___ and my hands sweat. But ne summer, my friends and I decided t try rck climbing, and I chse t face my ___22___.
We arrived at the climbing gym, and the ___23___ walls abve us seemed like a huge challenge. When my friends eagerly put n their climbing belts and started practicing n the lwer rutes, I ___24___. I watched them with a mix f admiratin and ___25___. I culd feel a wave f self-dubt wash ver me. When it was my ___26___, I finally tk a deep breath and tied my belt.
The first few feet were manageable, but as I climbed higher, my fear ___27___. My hands shk, and I grasped the hlds ___28___. “Yu’re ding great!” my friends ___29___ frm belw, but I culd barely hear them fr the thundering f my wn heart. I lked dwn and immediately _____30_____ it, as the grund seemed s far away.
I _____31_____, trying t steady my breathing. I knew I had tw chices: give up r keep ging. I chse the latter. Slwly, I _____32_____ upward. The higher I climbed, the mre my cnfidence grew. When I finally reached the tp, I culdn’t _____33_____ the smile n my face and felt a sense f _____34_____.
That day, I learned that smetimes, the hardest part f vercming a fear is taking the first _____35_____.
21. A. breakB. flyC. singD. race
22. A. dangerB. fearC. dutyD. future
23. A. dividingB. bearingC. tweringD. enclsing
24. A. cmplainedB. hesitatedC. agreedD. failed
25. A. anxietyB. sympathyC. gratitudeD. desire
26. A. chiceB. favriteC. turnD. way
27. A. faded awayB. mved nC. held backD. built up
28. A. tightlyB. lightlyC. calmlyD. skillfully
29. A. stressedB. cheeredC. jkedD. respnded
30. A. regrettedB. discveredC. enjyedD. made
31. A. criedB. wavedC. frzeD. accepted
32. A. edgedB. jumpedC. landedD. guided
33. A. putB. cntainC. frceD. feel
34. A. respnsibilityB. directinC. balanceD. achievement
35. A. sightB. impressinC. stepD. chance
第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
语法填空
An epidemic is an infectius disease that ____36____(rapid) spreads t a large number f peple within a shrt perid f time. Epidemics can be caused by several different ____37____(factr), such as a virus r bacteria.
One f the earliest ____38____(recrd) epidemics happened between abut 500 and 550 CE. It killed up t 50% f the area’s ppulatin, ____39____(make) it ne f the main reasns f the fall f the Rman Empire. In ____40____1330s, the epidemic knwn as “The Black Death” returned in Asia and spread t Eurpe. Centuries later in 1918, the Spanish Flu ____41____(strike). In 2002, SARS began ____42____a case f lung disease in China. It spread t Canada, Vietnam and Singapre and lasted until 2003. Then in West Africa between 2013 and 2016, there was the mst widespread utbreak f the Ebla Virus Disease (EVD), ____43____killed ver 11,000 peple.
Gvernments wrldwide have underlined the fact that they need ____44____(far) medical research n epidemics ____45____(get) at the causes and cme up with cures as sn as pssible.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华，你的新西兰朋友Jerry来信表示对中国文化很感兴趣，恰逢你校开设了英文线上课程 ——“中国诗歌鉴赏(Appreciatin f Chinese Petry)”, 请你回信向他推荐此课程。
内容包括：
(1)开设时间；(2)课程内容； (3)推荐理由。
注意：(1)写作词数应为80个左右；
(2)请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
Dear Jerry,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
47. 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。
Gerry lved t read stries befre bed. He was a gd reader and had plenty f bks that he culd read t himself. Reading n his wn was fun, but Gerry als liked listening t his parents read bks alud. That way he culd hear the stries in the thick bks that he wasn’t yet able t read. Meanwhile, the shared experience f strytelling created a warm and cmfrting atmsphere that stayed with him lng after the tales ended. Gerry felt truly lved and cherished in thse precius mments, surrunded by the magic f strytelling and the bnd between parents and children.
If yu asked him wh was a better reader Gerry wuld say that he liked bth his parents equally. That was true. He lved Mm and Dad bth very much. But deep dwn, Gerry felt that Dad was just a little bit better at reading stries because he always made different vices fr each character. Gerry thught that this made the bks mre exciting.
But Dad wasn’t always hme t read t Gerry befre bedtime. Gerry’s dad wrked fr a big cmpany that had ffices all arund the wrld, s Dad had t travel a lt. When he was gne, Gerry felt very sad. Mm still read bks at night, but it wasn’t quite the same. Smetimes Gerry went t bed withut a stry at all, just t get t sleep faster and get that much clser t the day they wuld pick Dad up at the airprt. Understanding Gerry’s feelings well, Mm made effrts t cmfrt Gerry during Dad’s absence.
One night, Gerry felt sad because Dad was in Lndn and wuld be there fr tw mnths. That was lnger than any trips that came befre.
Just as Gerry was abut t turn ff the light switch and pull the cvers up t his chin, Mm kncked n the dr gently, “Gerry, I have a surprise fr yu.”
Mm came int the rm and handed Gerry her phne. Gerry was surprised. Nrmally Mm’s phne was ff limits, and there was n screen time after supper. “Take a lk,” Mm encuraged.
注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Gerry tk the phne and lked at the screen with curisity.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“Dad, can we meet n the phne every night?” asked Gerry eagerly.
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酒泉市普通高中2024~2025学年度第二学期期末考试
高二英语答案
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
略
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
【1~3题答案】
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. D
B
【4~7题答案】
【答案】4. B 5. D 6. D 7. A
C
【8~11题答案】
【答案】8. B 9. D 10. B 11. C
D
【12~15题答案】
【答案】12. C 13. B 14. D 15. D
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
【16~20题答案】
【答案】16. G 17. E 18. C 19. B 20. F
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
【21~35题答案】
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. A 31. C 32. A 33. B 34. D 35. C
第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
【36~45题答案】
【答案】36. rapidly
37. factrs
38. recrded
39. making 40. the
41. struck 42. with
43. which 44. further
45. t get
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
【46题答案】
【答案】Dear Jerry,
Knwing yu are passinate abut Chinese culture, I'd like t recmmend ur schl's nline English curse Appreciatin f Chinese Petry.
The curse is scheduled t be available in August n ur schl website, which will get updated every Mnday mrning. Cvering a wide range f tpics, the curse includes the histry and develpment f Chinese petry, famus pets and their wrks, as well as the unique aesthetics and techniques f Chinese petry. I strngly recmmend this curse t yu because it nt nly helps yu understand the beauty and depth f Chinese petry, but als enhances yur language skills related t petry.
Undubtedly, the curse is wrth yur participatin . Dn't hesitate t sign up fr it!
Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
【47题答案】
【答案】
Gerry tk the phne and lked at the screen with curisity. There was Dad! “Hi, Gerry!” Dad said. “Can yu hear me all the way frm Japan?” “Yes!” said Gerry. Smething exciting happened. Dad held up a thick bk with a dark blue cver. “Mm packed this bk in my suitcase s I culd still read yu a stry befre bed. Wuld yu like t hear it?” “Oh, yes!” said Gerry. With the phne prpped up n the pillw, Gerry culd hear Dad make all the different vices fr the stry’s characters. It was almst just as gd as having Dad here in persn.
“Dad, can we meet n the phne every night?”asked Gerry eagerly. “Of curse!” Dad said. And he turned the page t begin the next chapter f the stry. Frm then n, Mm and Dad tk turns t read stries t Gerry befre bedtime, and Gerry felt very satisfied. Tw mnths later, Dad returned frm the business trip in Lndn, bringing back mre strybks fr Gerry. Gerry hugged his father tightly and excitedly said, “Finally, we can get rid f ur phnes. Tnight, yu can sit next t my bed and read me stries.”