2025-2026年江苏省南通市高二上学期10月月考英语试卷

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注意事项：
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第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题；每小题1．5分，满分7．5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. On which day desn't the wman like t g t the z?
A. On Fridays. B. On Sundays. C. On Saturdays.
2. What address is the wman lking fr?
A. 514 Fifth Street. B. 415 Furth Street. C. 415 Fifth Street.
3. What des the wman say abut Mary?
A. She'll be hme n time. B. She was late fr wrk. C. She's wrking vertime.
4. What is the man used t?
A. He is used t wearing n hat.
B. He is used t ging ut n a cld winter day.
C. He is used t being dne harm t.
5. Hw des the man prefer t g t wrk?
A. By train. B. By car. C. By bus.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1．5分，满分22．5分)
听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6-8题。
6. What is the prbable relatinship between the tw speakers?
A. Sister and brther. B. Teacher and student. C. Husband and wife.
7. Hw many children d they have?
A. 3. B. 4. C. 5.
8. Hw des the man feel?
A. Tired. B. Free. C. Bad.
听第7段材料，回答第9～12题。
9. At what time des the early flight get t Paris7
A. At 7: 50. B. At 11: 05. C. At 9: 00.
10. At what time can the wman get t the center if she takes the early plane?
A. At 9:40. B. At 10: 10. C. At 11:45.
11. Which f the fllwing is true?
A. There are tw flights t Paris every mrning.
B. There is a flight t Paris every half hur.
C. There are tw flights t Paris except Friday.
12. Hw lng des it take the bus t get t the city center?
A. 14 minutes. B. 40 minutes. C. 4 minutes.
听第8段材料，回答第13～14题。
13. When did the cnversatin take place?
A. In the mrning. B. In the afternn. C. In the evening.
14. What shuld the man like befre eating?
A. Sme range. B. Sme cffee. C. Sme ham.
听第9段材料，回答第15～17题。
15. What happened t the wman7
A. She lst her jb.
B. The bss allwed her t g n a hliday.
C. She was given a chance t study abrad.
16. Hw did the man feel abut the wman's bss' decisin?
A. He understd it well.
B. It was cmpletely wrng.
C. He didn't understand it.
17. What shuld the wman d in the future7
A. She shuld g t wrk n time.
B. She shuld learn new things and wrk hard.
C. Bth A and B.
听第10段材料，回答第18～20小题。
18. T many British peple, what is an ideal way t relax fr a few minutes?
A. A cup f tea. B. A cup f cffee. C. A glass f beer.
19. When did the English custm f drinking tea begin t frm?
A. In the 14th century. B. In the 15th century. C. In the 17th and 18th centuries.
20. Which Cffee Huse first ffered tea?
A. Lynn's Cffee Huse. B. Tm's Cffee Huse. C. Twining's Cffee Huse.
第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. ---Jane wasn’t in when Jack came, was she?
---________, but she left a few minutes later.
A. N, she was B. Yes, she was C. Yes, she wasn’t D. N, she wasn’t
22. There are nly ___________ natural resurces as there were thirty years ag.
A. as half much B. as half many C. half as much D. half as many
23. The best way t learn a freign language is t g t the cuntry and learn it frm ____ speakers.
A. mther B. excellent C. real D. native
24. ---Did yu write t Grace last summer?
---N, but I ______ her ver winter vacatin.
A. will be seen B. will be seeing C. will have seen D. will have been seen
25. There was a lt f fun at last night’s party. Yu ____ have cme, but why didn’t yu?
A. must B. might C. need D. shuld
26. Every time she tried t argue with her brther, she wuld ______by crying her eyes ut.
A. keep n B. stay up C. end up D. benefit frm
27. I’d like t knw the way yu think f _____ yur handwriting.
A. t imprve B. imprving C. hw t imprve D. imprve
28. ---Hw sn will he leave fr Suth Krea?
---________.
A. Every three weeks B. Fr three weeks.
C. Three weeks later D. In three weeks’ time
29. I _______ yu fr sixteen years and I still dn’t knw what ges n in yur mind.
A. have married B. have gt married t
C. have married with D. have been married t
30. He sat quietly in the rm, listening t the rain _________ against the windw.
A. beating B. hitting C. striking D. kncking
31. She ften helps the students _____ she thinks are nt gd at English.
A. whm B. which C. wh D. when
32. Francis Prest Blair, Jr ______ brn in Kentucky, lived and wrked in Missuri.
A. was B. he was C althugh D. which was
33. ---What else did yu d _______ sending e-mails?
---I watched a TV series n CCTV-1.
A. besides B. except C. except fr D. except that
34. ---I didn’t mean ___________ her.
---But talking like that means _______ her.
A. t hurt; t hurt B. hurting; hurting C. t hurt; hurting D. hurting; t hurt
35. I wnder hw she _____like that t her parents.
A. dare t speak B. dare speaking C. dared speak D. dares speak
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Abut a year ag, I went t stay at a Detrit htel. I didn’t want t 36 t much mney with me, s I 37 the desk clerk t put a hundred-dllar bill in the 38 fr me.
The next mrning, hwever, the clerk said that he knew nthing abut my mney. I didn’t have any prf 39 I had given the man the mney. There was clearly 40 left t d but g t the nearest lawyer at nce.
The lawyer 41 me t return t the htel with him and give 42 hundred-dllar bill t the clerk. 43 we did. An hur later, I went back t the desk and asked fr my mney tgether with the lawyer. 44 I had the lawyer as an eyewitness (证人) t the 45 hundred-dllar bill, the clerk culd nt 46 he knew nthing abut it.
Anther hur later, I put the secnd park f the lawyer’s plan int actin. This time bth the lawyer and I went t the 47 t ask fr the hundred-dllar nce again. N matter 48 I said, the clerk wh kept my bill 49 that he had given it t me. I said it was nt 50 . The lawyer said t him, “I 51 this gentleman give yu a hundred-dllar bill. If yu dn’t hand it in immediately, I will be frced t call the 52 .” Nw the clerk felt quite 53 , s he gave me back the first hundred-dllar bill.
“I dn’t knw 54 t thank yu enugh fr getting my mney back,” I said t the lawyer. And what d yu suppse he answered? He said, “Oh, dn’t 55 me. That will be ne hundred dllars, please.”
36. A. brrw B. spend C. waste D. carry
37. A. madeB. askedC. allwedD. let
38. A. safeB. deskC. bxD. bag
39. A. that B. which C. where D. when
40. A. smethingB. nthingC. anythingD. everything
41. A. hped B. agreed C. insisted D. advised
42. A. the therB. antherC. thersD. ther
43. A. SuchB. AllC. SD. Much
44. A. FrB. ThughC. Even if D. Because
45. A. first B. secnd C. thirdD. ne
46. A. sayB. admitC. permitD. recgnize
47. A. restaurant B. bankC. htel D. hspital
48. A. what B. whatever C. whichD. hw
49. A. suggestedB. insistedC. required D. requested
50. A. true B. sureC. exactD. nice
51. A. frcedB. madeC. allwedD. saw
52. A. pliceB. judge C. fficialD. fficer
53. A. cntentB. nervusC. angryD. sad
54. A. whenB. whatC. whereD. hw
55. A. thankB. praise C. leave D. fl
第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题上将该项涂黑。
A
Sme peple were eating and drinking in a cffee huse. A yung wman was sitting alne at a table. She was wearing a beautiful diamnd necklace. There was an ugly man at a table nt far frm her. He was lking at her necklace all the time.
Suddenly the lights went ut. The cffee huse was in darkness. The wman started t shut. She was very frightened. A few minutes later the lights came n again. The wman was crying. Her necklace was missing.
The manager quickly clsed all the drs. He telephned the plice. N ne culd get ut f the cffee huse. The plicemen sn came. The plice inspectr tld his men t search everyne. The necklace was nt n anyne. They then searched the whle cffee huse. The necklace culdn’t be fund.
The plice inspectr then lked at the faces f all the peple in the cffee huse. He saw the ugly man and lked at the man carefully. He went up t the man and picked up the bwl f sup that was n his table. He then pured the sup int a glass. The necklace fell ut. The plicemen caught hld f the man and tk him away. The yung wman was happy t get back her necklace.
56. A yung wman lst her necklace in _____ .
A. a hspital B. a shp C. a cffee huse D. a restaurant
57. The manager clsed all the drs and _____ .
A. searched everyne in the cffee huse
B. searched the whle cffee huse
C. telephned the plice
D. lked at all the peple in the cffee huse
58. The plice inspectr fund the necklace in _____ .
A. a cup f cffee B. a bwl f rice C. a glass f milk D. a bwl f sup
59. The necklace was stlen by _____ .
A. a beautiful girl B. an ld wman C. a yung student D. an ugly man
B
Washingtn D. C. is the capital f the United States. It's the center f the natinal gvernment. It’s a busy, wrking city with a large ppulatin. But what is mre, Washingtn is als a city f histry and culture.
Washingtn was created in 1790, when Cngress (the highest law-making bdy f the U. S. A.) decided t place the natin’ new capital in the east f the cuntry. It was built halfway between the nrthern and the suthern states f the America. And f curse it was named after Gerge Washingtn, the first President f the United States.
There are many turist sights in Washingtn. One f them is the White Huse. This is the hme and ffice f the President f the United States. Mst visitrs are, hwever, surprised by hw small the White Huse actually is.
Washingtn is als a great culture city. The Library f Cngress cntains (包括) ne f the largest library cllectins in the wrld. The Smithsnian Museum hlds the natin's largest cllectin f cultural materials. And me Jhn F. Kennedy Center is a famus center f art and culture. It. has many great musical and theatre perfrmances thrughut the year.
60. The writer mainly talks abut ___
A. Washingtn B. the histry f Washingtn
C. buildings and sights-in Washingtn D. the histry and culture f Washingtn
61. Frm the passage we knw that Washingtn is situated(位于) in ________ .
A. the east f the U. S. A.
B. the center f the U. S. A;
C. the east, n the middle pint frm nrth t suth, f the cuntry
D. the east and half-way away frm the nrth
62. The White Huse impresses(给人印象) the peple mst fr _____ .
A. its white clr B. its size
C. its histry D. it is the hme and ffice f the president
63. The writer intrduces Washingtn in the rder f_____ . .
A. general intrductin, histry, sights and culture
B. ppulatin, histry and culture
C. general intrductin, histry, sights, buildings and culture
D. histry and culture
C
He wanted t g t cllege, and the nly thing that might have stpped him was his disability.
But this year, Zhang Yan and ther physically disabled kids can realize their dream just like any ther students.
As registratin(报名)fr this year’s cllege entrance examinatins draws near, the gvernment has lsened its requirements n physical examinatins fr new cllege students.
A new rule was jintly decided in March by the Ministry f Educatin, the Ministry f Health and the China Disabled Persns’ Federatin. It clearly states that n student shuld be rejected(拒绝)simply because they have a physical disability.
Schls may still advise disabled students n the chice f their majr if it is likely t affect their future chances f emplyment . Hwever ,the final decisin will be up t the student.,
“Nw I can just g ahead and d my best in the exams. I dn’t have t wrry that my healthier classmates will have the upper hand because f my disability,” said Zhang happily.
The 18-year-ld by will graduate this year frm a Chengdu high schl in Sichuan Prvince .He lst an eye during an accident as a child.
Zhang’s mther called Peking University t ask if her sn’s eye prblem wuld make it difficult fr him t accepted by the university’s Bi-chemistry Department. She was happy t find ut that their chice f students wuld be based “fairly” n exam results.
“The university fficial said my sn wuld be judged at the same level as ther students ,” said Zhang’s mther.
64. Frm the reprt we can infer that Zhang Yan prbably _____.
is nt sure f his success in the cming exam
des a very gd jb in his studies.
Will nt be chsen by the Peking University.
Shws nt much interest in Peking University.
65. Frm the 5th paragraph we can infer that ___.
sme clleges have strict limits t disabled students
a majr is nt imprtant t disabled students.
Students are nt free t chse their majr.
disabled students may have difficulty finding a jb if their majr is nt chsen prperly.
66. Which f the fllwing statements is WRONG accrding t the reprt?
There will be n physical examinatins fr new cllege students this year .
Zhang Yan has sme interest in Bi-chemistry .
Examinatin marks are quite imprtant t students.
Many clleges used t set limits t disabled students.
67. Which can be the best headline fr this reprt?
Zhang Yan Will G T University.
Clleges Open Up T The Disabled
Lucky Disabled Students
D. A New Rule Fr Clleges.
D
Fred Michel is ne f 7.2 millin Americans wh mnlight, r hld mre than ne jb.
Once a week, after his day jb as medical directr f a mental health center, the 40-year-ld psychiatrist(精神病大夫) heads t a part-time jb at a treatment center fr yung peple. Twice a mnth, he travels three hurs t anther teenage treatment center.
Last year, 5.4 percent f the American wrkfrce held secnd jbs, accrding t the US Labr Department, and that lks set t increase this year.
Many wrkers like the safety that mnlighting prvides, says Carl Hausamn, the writer f “Mnlighting: 148 Great Ways t Make Mney n the Side.”
The infrmatin frm he US Labr Department shws that 40 percent f US mnlighters in 1997 tk a secnd jb t meet husehld expenses r pay ff debts. Others save mney r buy sme special things.
Peple als take secnd jbs with an eye t the future-wanting t try ut a new field r gain experience.
Michel started mnlighting when medical systems were unstable(不稳定的). He wanted t make sure he wasn’t tied t ne system that ended up failing.
Just as the purpses fr mnlighting vary, the mnlighters crss all age and racial grups. And they wrk in a variety f industries-n lnger just service, ffice and sale jbs.
“Technlgy just affects yur ability t make mney,” Hausman says. “That makes a frequent change in mnlighting.”
As its name means, mnlighting still ccurs mstly at night. And that results in sme pressures. Chief amng them is time.
Full-time emplyers culd misunderstand, t. Sme cmpanies d nt allw after-hur wrk because they fear it will affect their emplyees’ 9-t-5 perfrmance.
“The primary emplyer is saying, ‘Wait, I’m paying yu fr the sharp, fresh, energetic yu,’” says Tm Gimbel, president and funder f LaSalle Staffing in Chicag. “If yu’re burning yurself at bth ends, It’s ging t shw.”
Still, the gd dne t the mnlighters can be great. Besides extra incme, mnlighters enjy variety , freedm and chance t d smething new. They als may find their part-time jbs strengthen what they d full time.
Besides, “it’s fun,” Michel says. Nt nly d this part-time jbs ffer a chance t netwrk, stretch his prfessinal skills and make mre mney, but they als give him the variety he wuldn’t find just in a full-time jb.
“It’s a way f pulling frm the spice cabinet,” he says, “and ffering a little variety thrughut the day.”
68. What is the article mainly abut?
The ways f mnlighting.
The reasns fr mnlighting .
The prblems with mnlighting.
The kinds f peple wh mnlight.
69. The reasn why Fred Michel began t mnlight is that ____.
he fund it exciting t d a part-time jb
he needed t make ends meet with mre mney
he feared he wuld lse his present jb ne day
he felt mre and mre pressure frm his emplyer
70. Sme cmpanies dn’t allw their wrkers t mnlight because they are afraid ___.
their wrkers can nt d extra-hur wrk fr them
their wrkers will be t tired t try their best at wrk
their wrkers will ne day turn t sme ther different jbs
their wrkers will nt get t wrk and be ff wrk n time
71. The underlined sentence “It’s a way t f pulling frm the spice cabinet.” In the last paragraph means___.
mnlighting gets yu away frm the jb yu dn’t enjy
mnlighting ffers yu freedm t make extra mney
mnlighting strengthens yur prfessinal skills
mnlighting brings yu chances t d smething different
E
When he died in April f 1983,Dr. Jel Hildebrand was 101years ld ,wh had been married fr seventy-five years ,and had taught freshman chemistry t ver 40,000 cllege students. Fr his life ,he had published a ppular chemistry textbk and dzens f articles ,had managed the U.S. Olympic ski team, and discvered a way t allw deep-sea divers t stay underwater lnger .In his wn way ,Dr. Hildebrand was certainly a genius.
Dr. Hildebrand’s interest in chemistry began at an early age. In an interview ,he nce said that his interest had t make his wn decisin abut what t pay attentin t .Even as a student in high schl, Dr. Hildebrand had the fame as the ne wh learned mre chemistry than his teacher knew .As a result he was given the keys t the high schl chemistry lab, and there he discvered that the crrect frmula(公式)fr a certain chemical cmpund was nt the ne given in his chemistry bk but a ttally different ne . Dr. Hildebrand went n t teach at the University f Califrnia at Berkeley and remained there fr almst frty years.
During that time, Dr, Hildebrand discvered that the gas helium(氦)culd be cmbined with xygen fr use as diving gas t allw divers t dive deeper and take the great pressure f the water withut the physical discmfrts that had been experienced when that used anther gas , nitrgen. The use f helium fr deep-sea diving is nw standard practice .Dr. Hildebrand was als valuable t his cuntry during bth wrld wars .In Wrld War I he analyzed the pisnus gases used n the battlefield and helped develp a truck that culd clean and treat sldiers’ clthes which had been cntaminated(弄脏)by pisnus gases during fighting. In Wrld War II he helped develp a type f snwmbile ,a vehicle used t carry the sldiers thrugh the snw in nrthern cuntries.
Dr. Hildebrand’s retirement(退休)frm teaching at the age f seventy was required by state law in Califrnia. He bjected t this ,jking he thught a teacher’s time f retirement ught t be determined nt by age but by hw many f that teacher’s students were still awake after the first fifteen minutes f class!
Dr. Hildebrand’s writing career cntinued ,hwever, and was still feeling strng at the age f 100,when he published an article n the thery f chemical slutins. Dr. Hildebrand’s lve f life and his interest in it were an inspiratins t all wh knew him. When asked nce hw he culd have such ageless energy and vigr, he said , “I chse my ancestrs carefully.”
72.In the eyes f Dr. Hildebrand ,televisin was prbably___.
a pwerful tl fr knwledge learning.
A favurable means t encurage learning.
Smething that was nt helpful t peple’s attentin
Smething that man had t use in their daily life.
73. When Dr. Hildebrand was still a high schl student, he was well knwn because ____.
he was gd at chemistry.
Culd use the chemistry as he liked.
His teachers were nt s clever as he was.
Discvered the frmula fr sme chemical cmpund(成分)
74. The use f helium in deep-sea diving ______.
is nw still regarded as standard practice fr deep-sea diving .
was discvered with the help f Dr. Hildebrand’s teachers.
Was a great help t the inventin f snwmbiles.
Helped t make the divers lve their jb.
75. The best tpic f the passage shuld be ___.
A Man Wh Lved His cuntry Deeply
A Well-knw Prfessr f Chemistry
A Man Wh Lived a Lng and Valuable Life
The Greatest Discvery f the Century
第II卷
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个（√）如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行缺一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行的右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个司：在缺字处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行的右边横线上写出改正后的词。
原行无错的不要改，答对号。
It was very fine while I gt up early last Sunday mrning. 76._______
s I decided t g fr a walk and tk sme phts in the 77. _______
beautiful cuntry. After breakfast, I carried my camera with 78. _______
me and set ff. Every thing went smth. I enjyed my trip 79. _______
s much that I didn’t realize the weather had been turned 80. _______
bad. I began t run and it was t late. I was caught 81. _______
by the rain and was wet thrugh. I kept n running until 82. _______
I get t a bus stp. I std there waiting a lng time fr the bus 83. _______
shivering with cld. Shrtly befre I gt hme, I 84 _______
had high fever, which made me stay in bed fr a whle week! 85_______
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假若一个澳大利亚教育参观团要到你校，他们想了解中国教育的基本情况，请根据以下图表和所给提示，用英语写一篇短文，为来客做介绍。
1．参考词汇：cmpulsry educatin一义务教育 junir middle schl一初中
senir middle schl一高中 prfessinal schl一职业学校
2．短文须包括以下要点：50％的学生能进人大学学习；在高校，部分费用由家庭承担；中国教育尽管成就巨大，但仍然满足不了社会的需求。
3．注意：(1)词数：120左右。(2)短文的题目和开头已给出，不计人总词数。
参考答案
1--5 BCCAB 6--10 CBACA 11--15 ABABA 16--20 ACACB
21---25 BDDBD 26---30 CADDA 31---35 DCACC
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Educatin in China Tday
Educatin in China tday has been develping rapidly. Mst children start schl by the age f seven. They spend five r six years in a primary schl and three r fur years in a junir middle schl, which are cmpulsry educatin. The students dn' t need t take exams befre they enter a junir middle schl.
After graduatin, sme study in a prfessinal schl fr tw r three years befre wrk. Mst f them attend a senir middle schl tt thee years. Students have t pass a series f examinatins befre, entering a university. Nw abut 50% f the students can g t university. The university life lasts tw r five years, and part f the cst is prvided by their families, lint they can get supprt frm the university. After they graduate, they can g and find jbs.
Thugh great changes have taken place in the educatin system f China, it still can't meet the needs f the sciety.
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Text 1
M: D yu like t g t the z n Sundays?
W: Yes, I like t g t the z, but nt n Sundays, because it's always s crwded. Hw abut ging n Friday r Saturday?
Text 2
W: Is this 415 Fifth Street?
M: N, it's 514 Furth Street.
Text 3
M: Is Mary at hme yet?
W: N. She has t wrk late again tday.
Text 4
W: Yu shuld have knwn that it may d yu harm if yu dn't cver yur head n such a eld winter day.
M: It desn't matter. I'm used t it.
Text 5
W: If I were yu, I'd take the bus t wrk. Driving in that rush-hur is terrible.
M: But by the time the bus gets t my stp, there aren't any seats left.
Text 6
W: Hi, dear. Yu're hme early.
M. Hi, sugar. Where were yu?
W: I was in the bathrm.
M: Where are the kids?
W: Jack's at the library. Bill and Tm are at ftball practice.
M. And Susan?
W: She was here a few minutes ag. Maybe she's in her rm.
M: Oh, I'm tired.
W: Hw was yur day?
M: Busy, but nt bad.
Text 7
W: Gd mrning! Can yu tell me the times f mrning flights t Paris, please?
M: Yes, certainly. There are daily flights at 7:50 and 11: 05.
W: And when d they arrive at Paris?
M: The early flight arrives at 9:00 and the midmrning ne at 12: 15.
W: S the jurney takes an hur and ten minutes.
M: Yes, that's crrect. But remember, yu must be at the airprt an hur befre.
W: Of curse. And in Paris is there a bus t the city center?
M: Yes, there are buses every half hur and the jurney takes abut 40 minutes.
W: Fine. I'd like t bk five tickets n the early mrning flight t Paris n Friday, June 10th.
M: Five tickets. Fine.
Text 8
W: What wuld yu like fr breakfast, Bill?
M: I wuld like sme ham and eggs.
W: OK. Hw many eggs wuld yu like?
M: I usually eat tw eggs.
W: OK. Hw d yu like them cked?
M: I like them fried.
W: And what wuld yu like t drink?
M: Well, hw abut sme cffee nw and sme range juice when we eat?
W: All right.
Text 9
W: My bss tld me never t g t wrk again.
M: Why?
W: I dn't knw. When he tld me that, I was very sad and surprised.
M: Did yu ften g t wrk late?
W: Yes, I ften did.
M: Did yu wrk hard?
W: Well, it's hard t say.
M: Are yu gd at cmputers?
W: N, I dn't knw hw t use it.
M: Then I knw the reasn. Yu didn't use yur time well and yu dn't learn new things.
Text 10
During the 1930s there was a ppular sng that had the title "Everything Stps fr Tea" and t millins f British peple a restful cup f tea is still an ideal way t relax fr a few minutes frm the tiredness f the day.
The English custm f drinking tea has its rts in the 17th and 18th centuries. When first imprted t Britain the extic "cha' (as the Chinese tea was called) was cnsidered a man's drink t be enjyed with clleagues at Lndn cffee shps. These were ppular meeting places fr many walks f life--pliticians, pets, actrs and writers. Many Lndn clubs began in this manner.
In 1706 the fist cffee huse that ffered tea was Tm's Cffee Huse wned by Tm Twining. He realized that he needed t intrduce an added attractin t cmpete with the ther cffee huses in Lndn. And tea was rare, extic and extremely expensive s that it became an exclusive drink.