2025-2026年安徽省合肥市高三下学期英语高考模拟题

这是一份2025-2026年安徽省合肥市高三下学期英语高考模拟题，共6页。试卷主要包含了5分，满分7等内容，欢迎下载使用。
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段录音。每段录音后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段录音后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段录音播放两遍。
1. What des the man prbably want t buy?
A. A cake.B. An umbrella.C. Sme flwers.
2. When will Tm and Anne get married?
A. In June.B. In July.C. In August.
3. Why des the man prefer shpping at Brwn’s?
A. It’s much bigger.B. It’s newly pened.C. It’s less crwded.
4. What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Classmates.B. Fellw wrkers.C. Salesman and custmer.
5. What are the speakers ding?
A. Negtiating a deal.B. Discussing a reprt.C. Planning a campaign.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段录音。每段录音后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段录音前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题都有5秒钟的作答时间。每段录音播放两遍。
听第6段录音，回答第6、7题。
6. What des Mike decide t d in the new year?
A. Adpt a healthy lifestyle.B. Open anther fitness club.C. Help the wmen wrk ut.
7. What des the statistic shw?
A. Cmpetitin amng gyms is heating up.
B. Membership fees fr gyms have increased.
C. Sme gym-gers’ enthusiasm is shrt-lived.
听第7段录音，回答第8至10题。
8. What des the man invite Fenny t d in Lndn?
A. Watch a shw.B. G sightseeing.C. Visit a schl.
9. Where will Fenny meet Katie?
A. At an art museum.B. At a clthes cmpany.C. At an exhibitin centre.
10. What des the man think f Katie?
A. She’s ambitius.B. She’s pen-minded.C. She’s energetic.
听第8段录音，回答第11至13题。
11. What are the speakers talking abut regarding smartphne use?
A. Data security.B. Phne addictin.C. Envirnmental risks.
12. Why des the man always keep his phne n?
A. He hates missing calls.B. He relies n the alarm.C. He needs the latest news.
13. What des the wman d t her phne every night?
A. Turn it ff fr a while.B. Update the applicatins.C. Delete unnecessary files.
听第9段录音，回答第14至16题。
14. What des Prfessr Mre expect the students t d in class?
A. Keep silent and listen carefully.
B. Take an active part in discussins.
C. Make as many ntes as pssible.
15. Which carries the mst weight in the final grade?
A. The midterm test.B. The final exam.C. The research paper.
16. What will Prfessr Mre d next?
A. Talk abut the textbk.B. G thrugh a reading list.C. Assign sme hmewrk.
听第10段录音，回答第17至20题。
17. Why des the speaker give the talk?
A. T present a guest.B. T sell a bk.C. T share a stry.
18. What did Melville d in San Francisc?
A. He jined a jazz band.B. He started a magazine.C. He taught at a cllege.
19. When did Melville return t Lndn?
A. In 1987.B. In 1992.C. In 1997.
20. What is Melville’s bk aimed at?
A. Recmmending a cntemprary musician.
B. Prmting the study f black dance music.
C. Drawing public attentin t music educatin.
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
The City f Burlingtn public art prgram is presenting a series f temprary public art signs at the Beachway in cnjunctin with the Ontari Culture Days. This prject will select 10 visual artists and 10 writers t create artwrk that will be displayed n temprary signs alng the multi-use path. This call is pen t Burlingtn-based artists and is pen t all art frms that can be presented in a sign frmat. This includes, but is nt limited t: visual art, graphic art, phtgraphy, petry, shrt stry, nn-fictin, etc. Submissins may be frm existing r newly created wrk.
The artist fee fr this prject is $400. The City f Burlingtn will pay fr all csts related t the prductin, installatin (安装) and maintenance f the signs.
Estimated Prject Timeline
Applicatin Package
Artwrk Statement: Please prvide a brief statement (maximum 150 wrds) utlining yur artwrk cncept.
Artwrk r Writing Submissin:
Visual Art Submissin: Please submit an artwrk sketch (草图) f yur cncept. This can be a wrk in prgress rather than a cmpleted piece. If yu are prpsing t use a cmpleted artwrk, please submit it as yur “sketch”.
Writing Submissin: Submissins must be a maximum f 250 wrds. It may be a stand-alne piece such as a pem r shrt stry r a part taken frm a larger piece.
Artist Bigraphy: Please prvide a shrt intrductin (maximum 50 wrds) t the artist written in the third persn.
21. What is the purpse f this text?
A. T raise mney fr lcal artists.B. T release a cllectin f artwrk.
C. T intrduce a cultural festival.D. T call fr artwrks fr a prject.
22. Hw lng will the public art signs be n display?
A. Ten days.B. Three weeks.C. One mnth.D. Tw mnths.
23. Which f the fllwing meets the applicatin requirements?
A. A 150-wrd pem.B. A 100-wrd self-intrductin.
C. A 300-wrd stry.D. A 200-wrd artwrk statement.
B
When yu’re a teacher, a big part f yur jb is battling student miscnceptins. Often students cme t the classrm believing that learning can’t be fun and that what they learn isn’t relevant t the real wrld — much less t their persnal interests. I’ve discvered that if I shw students hw what they learn is relevant t my hbbies, they’re much mre willing t make cnnectins t their persnal interests and develp their wn hbbies.
N matter what subject I’m teaching, I find ways t bring my hbbies int the classrm. Fr example, I’m a car enthusiast, s when I teach physics, I cntextualize cncepts with my knwledge abut cars. If we’re cvering frictin, fr example, I bring different tires (轮胎) int my classrm s that my students can cnduct lab experiments with them t see hw frictin wrks in real-life applicatins.
When I first brught my hbbies t my classrm, I was fcused n hw ding s wuld build engagement and help my students understand cncepts in science. But I quickly learned that the practice als helped me build strnger relatinships with them. When I let them see an aspect f my life utside f schl, sme students wh were als interested in cars cnnected with me mre and became mre engaged in my curses. Even thse wh didn’t share that interest with me seemed mre engaged nce I shwed a different side f myself.
What started as an experiment is nw mre f a philsphy. Even when I’m planning classes, I tend t think abut hw I can bring in my hbbies. I find that ding s energizes my instructin, engages my students, and demnstrates t them hw abstract cncepts play ut in the real wrld. Best f all, my passin fr my hbbies seems t inspire them t be passinate abut finding their wn.
24. What pses a challenge t teachers accrding t the authr?
A. Students’ misunderstandings abut teachers.
B. Students’ false assumptins abut learning.
C. The irrelevance f textbks t students’ life.
D. The gap between teachers’ and students’ hbbies.
25. Why des the authr bring tires int the classrm?
A. T teach an engineering skill.B. T explain the structure f a car.
C. T share a real-life experience.D. T illustrate a scientific cncept.
26. What was the unexpected utcme f the authr’s teaching methd?
A. A higher class attendance rate.B. Better examinatin results.
C. A clser teacher-student bnd.D. Mre spare time fr students.
27. Which f the fllwing best describes the authr as a teacher?
A. Innvative.B. Humrus.C. Decisive.D. Sympathetic.
C
Human beings have always lved reviews: wrd f muth has lng been regarded as ne f the mst valuable marketing tls available t a cmpany. Cnsumers enjy reading and giving reviews. Hwever, the prblem is that a lt f the reviews are fake (假的). Shabnam Azimi and Alexander Krasnikv f Lyla University f Chicag and Kwng Chan f Nrtheastern University recently published a study n fake reviews.
The study used a dataset f 1,600 reviews f Chicag htels. Sme f them were real; thers were fake. The reviews were presented t 400 subjects. Each subject gt eight reviews t read: a balanced set f tw psitive fake, tw psitive real, tw negative fake and tw negative real, presented in a randm rder. The reviews were written by real peple wh were given infrmatin abut the htel.
The results shw that cnsumers generally trust negative reviews mre than psitive nes. Mrever, we humans tend t assume that psitive reviews might be fake. “Overall, negative reviews are less cmmn. S, we pay mre attentin t them. When a negative review is fake, we get tricked,” Azimi says.
When it came t faking a review, length was imprtant t believability, as was detail. A lng, negative review f a htel, cmplete with lts f infrmatin, tended t cnvince participants. A lengthy, psitive review, n the ther hand, was regarded as suspicius, and participants tended t trust writers that kept their glwing reviews shrt. Emtin was als imprtant in cnvincing readers — r the lack f emtin, at least. Azimi says study participants tended nt t trust reviews where the writers expressed their feelings in a big way. The mre dispassinate that negative write-up, the mre likely it was t take the reader in.
The fake reviews written fr Azimi’s study were put tgether by humans, but increasingly, fake reviews are being written by AI, which makes them lk mre real. Thugh many cmpanies use algrithms (算法) t weed ut fake reviews, Azimi pints ut that the machines are prgrammed by humans, and given ur limited ability t spt fake reviews, this isn’t a gd sign.
28. Which aspect f the study des paragraph 2 mainly talk abut?
A. Its design.B. Its findings.C. Its purpses.D. Its significance.
29. What des the underlined wrd “glwing” in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Funny.B. Abusive.C. Insightful.D. Praising.
30. What kind f review wuld readers mst likely trust?
A. A lng, psitive ne.B. An unemtinal, negative ne.
C. A shrt, negative ne.D. An enthusiastic, psitive ne.
31. What can be inferred frm the last paragraph?
A. Many cmpanies are prducing fake reviews.
B. Writing fake reviews will be declared illegal.
C. Machines can detect fake reviews accurately.
D. It will be harder t recgnize fake reviews.
D
Carbn remval is crucial fr fighting climate change. Scientists at Salk Institute are making use f the natural capacity f plants t absrb carbn dixide by enhancing their rt systems. This ptimizatin (优化) aims t increase the amunt f carbn stred and extend the duratin f its strage.
T design these climate-saving plants, the scientists are using a research tl called SLEAP — an AI sftware that tracks multiple features f rt grwth. Created by Salk Fellw Talm Pereira, SLEAP was initially designed t track animal mvement in the lab. Nw, Pereira has teamed up with plant scientist Prfessr Wlfgang Busch t apply SLEAP t plants.
In a study published in Plant Phenmics, Busch and Pereira establish a new prcedure fr using SLEAP t analyze plant rt phentypes — hw deep and wide they grw, hw massive their rt systems becme, and ther physical qualities. Prir t SLEAP, tracking the physical characteristics f bth plants and animals required a lt f labr that slwed the scientific prcess. SLEAP uses cmputer visin (the ability fr cmputers t understand images) and deep learning (an AI apprach fr training a cmputer t learn and wrk like the human brain) t help researchers prcess images much mre quickly.
The applicatin f SLEAP t plants has already enabled researchers t establish the mst extensive catalg (目录) f plant rt phentypes t date. What’s mre, tracking these physical rt system characteristics helps scientists find genes (基因) assciated with thse characteristics, as well as whether multiple rt characteristics are determined by the same genes r independently. This allws the Salk team t determine what genes are mst beneficial t their plant designs.
“Our cperatin is truly prf f what makes Salk science s special and impactful,” says Pereira. “We’re nt just ‘brrwing’ frm different disciplines — we’re really putting them n equal fting in rder t create smething greater than the sum f its parts.”
32. What d the scientists at Salk Institute hpe t achieve?
A. Keeping mre carbn in plants.B. Optimizing the use f energy.
C. Enhancing bilgical diversity.D. Reducing carbn absrptin.
33. Why did Pereira create SLEAP?
A. T generate plant images.B. T cnduct research n animals.
C. T study climate patterns.D. T track features f rt grwth.
34. What will SLEAP help the scientists d?
A. Pick ut diseased plants in the frest.B. Cllect samples f plant rt systems.
C. Identify genes fr desirable plant rts.D. Preserve the genes f endangered plants.
35. What can be inferred frm Pereira’s wrds?
A. Academic disciplines are f equal imprtance.
B. Cmputer prgramming is a must fr scientists.
C. Interdisciplinary apprach prmtes creativity.
D. Cperatin utweighs cmpetitin in research.
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。
During yur initial reading f material, d yu ever g back and reread sentences r paragraphs? Is it because the material is t difficult t cmprehend n the first reading r because yu are asleep? 36 Yu are napping (打盹) r daydreaming. Halfway dwn the page yu realize that yu have n idea what yu have read. 37 Thus, yu g back and reread, nt because yu did nt understand, but because yu were nt paying attentin. This type f rereading is called regressin.
Napping and daydreaming are habits caused by lack f invlvement with the material. Be demanding n yurself and expect 100 percent attentin t the task. Engage yur mind. Visualize the incming ideas, and relate the new material t what yu already knw. 38 If yur mind is truly ccupied with the text, yu will nt be able t think abut Friday night r where t g n Saturday.
Regressin is a crutch (拐杖) that allws yu t make up fr wasted time. First f all, becme aware f when and why yu are regressing. 39 Say, “OK. I missed that paragraph because I was thinking f smething else, but I’m ging t keep n ging and start paying clse attentin.”
40 Gd readers wh mnitr their wn cmprehensin use it in the reading prcess. Hwever, regressing because yur mind was asleep is a waste f time.
A. Bth are t blame.
B. Prbably the latter is true.
C. Dn’t just read the wrds; think the ideas.
D. Spend a few minutes reading the material alud.
E. Yur eyes were engaged, but yur mind was nt.
F. Then, start denying yurself the right in rder t break the habit.
G. Rereading because yu did nt understand is a reasnable fix-up strategy.
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四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Ursula has always called the beautiful small twn f Beavertn her hme. Althugh she’d had childhd 41 f explring the wrld and studied internatinal business with a desire t pursue a 42 in Trnt, finding a jb prved mre 43 than she’d expected.
“I decided that if nbdy was ging t 44 me, I wuld just create a jb fr myself,” says Ursula. She was brn and raised n a large family farm, s the 45 f an agriculture turism business came naturally t her and began t 46 .
“I 47 the plan t my family, and asked if they culd rent me a small 10 acres (英亩). They 48 at first, unwilling t take a risk, but I finally 49 t get the green light,” she says.
Fur years later, thse beautiful 10 acres f fields had turned int 20 acres filled with ver 400,000 sunflwers. 50 , I had little cnfidence in the beginning,” says Ursula; “but the Sunflwer Farm rse t fame and has becme ne f the mst sught-after 51 in the prvince.”
While many visitrs have never been t a farm at all, 52 a sunflwer farm, the unique setting allws them t 53 the city fr a while, breathe in the fresh air, gain a newfund 54 fr agriculture, and maybe even 55 with their farming rts and what they may have taken fr granted fr t lng.
41. A. stries B. needs C. habits D. dreams
42. A. career B. degree C. hbby D. prject
43. A. practical B. imprtant C. difficult D. dangerus
44. A. invite B. ntice C. hire D. cver
45. A. issue B. idea C. truth D. funder
46. A. gain grund B. take rt C. wrk wnders D. raise cncerns
47. A. prpsed B. adapted C. preferred D. prved
48. A. aplgized B. refused C. panicked D. regretted
49. A. pretended B. returned C. prmised D. managed
50. A. Suppsedly B. Admittedly C. Similarly D. Cnsequently
51. A. ccupatins B. slutins C. institutins D. destinatins
52. A. let alne B. except fr C. such as D. regardless f
53. A. miss B. leave C. seizeD. tur
54. A. demand B. supprt C. appreciatin D. excuse
55. A. deal B. part C. cmplete D. recnnect
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。
There are few peple wh culd find jy in waiting fr a micrwave 56 (finish) heating, but my mum did it. One f my earliest memries is being held 57 her arms, cunting dwn the flashing green 58 (number) tgether. Mum is small, but I remember feeling s high up there. She wuld dance us left and right arund the kitchen, ur eyes 59 (watch) the micrwave like it was a space rcket cuntdwn, 60 (excite) and tensin building t that final mment: BEEEEP! The micrwave had a lud alarm, but we vershadwed that nise with ur wn perfrmance, tipping ur heads back and shuting int the air — a scream 61 always ended in laughter.
My mum wuld find fun even when cmpleting the mst bring f tasks: I remember 62 (push) in a supermarket trlley (手推车) ver 63 uneven car park grund like riding a rllercaster. She wuld speed up, the wind blwing ur hair back, 64 my tiny vice singing ut, “Weeee-eee-eee!”
I realise nw that Mum didn’t find the jy in these tasks: she created it. Wh cares if neighburs can hear yu singing alng t a micrwave? Life is all f s many 65 (seeming) uneventful mments, but we can turn any f them int a celebratin.
非选择题部分
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
你发现你校图书馆藏书存在被勾画涂改的现象。为此，请你向校英文报投稿，写一篇文章，内容包括：
(1) 说明具体情况；
(2) 呼吁爱护书籍。
注意：
(1) 写作词数应为80左右；
(2) 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
Treasure Library Bks: Our Shared Respnsibility
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。
On a sunny Saturday afternn, I was driving my daughter t her weekly swimming lessn. As we came t a heavily traveled street, we saw an unusual prcessin appraching: a bny, wild-eyed cw fllwed by many cars, and bys n bicycles and n ft.
“That pr cw!” I said angrily. “Thse ignrant city peple are frightening her.”
At that time, my daughter, aged nine, believed that her papa was equal t any crisis. “What are yu ging t d?” she asked.
“See that piece f rpe arund her neck?” I said. “After I leave yu at the swimming center, I’ll g back and catch her and hld her fr her wner, wh’s prbably trying t find her.” Having milked cws as a by and wrked with beef cattle, I knew — s I thught — all abut cws.
Later I learned that this particular cw had cme frm at least seven miles away and, n the way, had kncked dwn several peple. She had passed a baseball field, breaking up the game and flattening the umpire (裁判) in passing. In brief, ruins lay behind her. The crwd was nt fllwing her with intent t harm her, but merely t see what she wuld d next.
I left my daughter at the swimming center, circled back and fund the cw standing at the grassy edge f a side street, breathing heavily. The crwd surrunded her — at a respectful distance. I parked my car, pitying their ignrance, walked up t the cw in what the nlkers assumed t be a fearless manner.
She watched me narrwly as I apprached, turning her head t view me with ne big eye, then the ther. At thirty feet frm her I have a slight hesitatin, at twenty a serius dubt. At ten feet I stpped and realized the truth. Here was a cw freign t my experience. Driven cmpletely crazy, she was ready t charge anything that mved.
注意：
(1) 续写词数应为150个左右；
(2) 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
As I was abut t turn and run, tw plicemen arrived.
We tied the rpe arund the tree and began t discuss what t d with the cw.
August 2
Call fr Artists respnses due
By August 12
Successful artists selected; enter int a cntract with the City f Burlingtn
September 6
Final artwrk files due
September 23 ~ Octber 13
Artwrk displayed fr duratin f Culture Days celebratin
英语 参考答案
一、听力
1-5 CBCBA6-10 ACACA11-15 ABABC16-20 BABCB
二、阅读
第一节
21-23 DBA24-27 BDCA28-31 ADBD32-35 ABCC
第二节
36-40BECFG
三、语言运用
第一节
41-45DACCB 46-50 BABDB 51-55 DABCD
第二节
56. t finish 57. in 58. numbers 59. watching 60. excitement
61. that/which 62. being pushed 63. the 64. and 65. Seemingly
第四节、写作
第一节 (AI版)
Recently, it has been bserved that many library bks at ur schl are marked with pens, highlighted, r even have pages trn ut. These acts damage shared resurces and affect ther students’ reading experiences.
Bks are ur shared treasure. They deserve respect and care. When we misuse them, we limit their lifespan and deprive thers f learning pprtunities. Let us make a prmise: t keep bks clean, avid writing in them, and reprt any damage we find.
By treating bks gently, we shw respect fr knwledge and fr every member f ur learning cmmunity. Tgether, we can maintain a better library fr all.
第二节 (AI版)
As I was abut t turn and run, tw plicemen arrived. One f them pulled ut a gun, ready t sht the mad cw. “N!” I shuted, waving my arms. “Give me a chance t calm her dwn.” The fficers hesitated, then lwered their weapns. I slwly apprached the cw again, speaking in a sft, gentle vice as I had dne with frightened cattle n my grandfather’s farm. The cw’s wild eyes fixed n me, her bdy tense. I kept murmuring, taking tiny steps frward. When I was clse enugh, I reached ut and grabbed the rpe. The cw jerked back but didn’t charge. The crwd gasped.
We tied the rpe arund the tree and began t discuss what t d with the cw. “She belngs t smene,” I said, examining the wrn rpe. One pliceman ffered t call the nearest farms while the ther kept the crwd back. Sn a farmer arrived n a truck, his face red with relief and anger. “That’s Daisy! She’s been gne since mrning!” He explained she had been frightened by a snake and brken lse. Tgether we caxed the nw-tired cw nt the truck. As they drve away, my daughter tugged my sleeve. “Daddy, yu really did save her.” I smiled, knwing I had learned smething t — smetimes curage means knwing when t be gentle.
听力文本
Text 1
M: Excuse me, is there a flwer shp nearby?
W:Yes, d yu see the bakery ver there? Next t it, yu’ll see a red umbrella. That’ s where the flwer shp is.
Text 2
W: Are Tm and Anne getting married in June?
M: N, they have rescheduled their wedding fr late July. After the wedding, they’ll g n their hneymn.
Text 3
W: Which supermarket d yu usually g t?
M: I always shp at Brwn’s.
W: A new supermarket has pened in this area. It’s much bigger.
M: I knw, but it’s always packed with peple.
Text 4
W: Jack, Mrs. Palmer wants us in her ffice.
M: Right nw? Fr what?
W: She wants us t meet the new sales manager.
Text 5
M: I’d like t summarize what it is we’re lking fr.
W: Gd.
M: Basically, we want the printing cst t cme dwn by 15%.
W: Well, it’s really hard fr us t ffer such a price cut.
Text 6
W: Happy New Year, Mike.
M: Happy New Year.
W: Have yu made any reslutins?
M: I’d like t eat less and exercise mre this year. Three hamburgers a day is prbably nt a gd idea.
W:Yeah, many peple hpe t be healthier in the new year. Yu always see a lt f peple start jining gyms. I heard sme kind f statistic that gyms are always 50% mre crwded in the mnth f January. And then usually by February, it’s back t nrmal.
M: That’s s true. It’s always difficult t keep up the wrkut rutine.
Text 7
M:Fenny, if yu’re up in Lndn tmrrw, I’ve gt tw tickets fr the American Ballet Theater. Wuld yu like t cme?
W: Thanks, but I’ll be busy tmrrw.
M: N prblem, maybe anther time. D yu have plans?
W:Yes, I’ll meet Katie at the Olympia Exhibitin Center. Remember her? We went t the same art schl. Sme f her designs are ging t be exhibited there. She’s hping ne f the big clthes cmpanies might buy them.
M: Setting her sights high, isn’t she?
W: Yeah, she is aiming high, but she has what it takes t get there.
Text 8
W:Peple are increasingly cncerned abut nline security, and many experts are nw ffering advice n hw t use smartphnes safely.
M: What advice?
W: Let me ask yu first. Hw lng have yu kept yur phne n s far?
M:Fr ver a year nw. It’s nt that I’m addicted t it, r have imprtant calls, but I need the alarm t wake me up every mrning.
W:Yeah, but that’s where the risk is. Accrding t experts, we shuld switch ur phnes ff and n nce a day as a security measure. It helps clse the applicatins running in the backgrund and stp data cllectin prcesses we’re nt aware f.
M: Sunds reasnable. D we switch the phne ff and switch it back n immediately?
W: Well, better wait fr a few minutes.
M: When d yu usually d that?
W: I d it every night befre ging t bed.
Text 9
W:Welcme t Histry f the English Language. Since the class is quite small, I plan t run this curse as a discussin. I hpe everyne will be fully engaged and vlunteer t share yur knwledge and pinins. I wn’t take attendance, but since part f yur grade depends n participatin, I encurage yu t cme t class.
M: Prfessr Mre?
W: Yes.
M: Culd yu tell us mre abut the assessment f the curse?
W:Certainly. In additin t yur participatin in class, which accunts fr 10%, there will be a midterm test (20%), a final exam (30%), and a research paper (40%). Any questins?
M: D we have any reading assignments?
W:Yes, I believe yu’ve all gt yur textbk. Yu have t finish reading assigned chapters befre each class. Apart frm that, there’s a list f bks that yu’re required t read. Nw, let’s have a clse lk at it.
Text 10
Hell, everybdy. Thanks fr yur cnsistent supprt fr ur weekly meeting — New Bks Sharing. Tday, we’ve invited Dr. Casper Melville, lecturer frm the University f Lndn. Dr. Melville started ut as a music jurnalist fr a black music magazine called Blues and Sul. In 1992, he mved t San Francisc, and funded a jazz magazine named On the One with sme friends. They did a really gd jb thugh there was nt a lt f mney in it. In 1997, he mved back t Lndn and started teaching, and made the decisin t find anther way t write abut music. He grew up in Lndn. He feels that the music in Lndn clubs has frmed him, but unfrtunately, it has been seriusly undervalued by the academic wrld. In black music studies, jazz has received great attentin, but dance music has been largely ignred. His bk, It’s a Lndn Thing, is meant t change that situatin. S, let’s welcme Dr. Melville t share with us his ideas in the bk.