2019届四川省泸县第五中学高三高考适应性考试英语试题 Word版缺答案
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2019年四川省泸县第五中学高考适应性考试
英语试题
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共100分）和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题，共50分)两部分。总分150分，考试时间120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷选择题（100分）
注意事项：
1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、考号用0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡上。并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。
2．1-60小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写在答题卡对应框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。
3．考试结束后，将答题卡收回。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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。
例:
How much is the shirt?
A. 19.15. B. 9.18 C. 9.15
答案是C。
1. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Study methods. B. Driving lessons. C. Traffic rules.
2. How did Professor Lee find the man’s paper?
A. It was terrible. B. It was perfect. C. It could be better.
3. What does the man mean?
A. The weather is bad. B. They don’t take a blanket. C. The beach is full of people.
4. Where is the man’s brother at the moment?
A. In a park. B. At an airport. C. At a supermarket.
5. What did the man do yesterday afternoon?
A. He went out with Ken. B. He watched TV. C. He played baseball.
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 are the speakers doing?
A. Looking at a photo. B. Attending a party. C. Choosing a hat.
7. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and employee. B. Mother and son. C. Shopkeeper and customer.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8. What do we know about the woman?
A. She is learning to dance.
B. She goes to the gym twice a week.
C. She enjoys running around in circles.
9. In which way does the man prefer to do exercise?
A. Riding to music indoors. B. Walking slowly. C. Cycling outdoors.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. Who were arguing last night?
A. The speakers. B. Two strangers. C. Their neighbors.
11. When did the man wake up?
A. At 2:00 am. B. At 3:00 am. C. At 4:00 am.
12. What is the woman’s new routine?
A. Having a cup of coffee every day.
B. Drinking soybean milk every morning.
C. Doing some exercise every morning.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. How does the woman usually go to work?
A. By bike. B. By subway. C. By car.
14. What will happen if the man is late for work?
A. His boss will yell at him. B. He will work overtime. C. He will be fined.
15. Why does the woman like living in the city?
A. It makes it easier to work from home.
B. There are many interesting things to do.
C. Her kids will get into good schools.
16. What do the speakers have in common?
A. They both have children.
B. They both like driving.
C. They are both married.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. Where would this talk be heard?
A. In a lecture. B. On a TV program. C. In a doctor’s office.
18. How do most people deal with headaches?
A. By taking medicine. B. By rubbing the head. C. By sleeping.
19. When should you turn to a doctor?
A. If you get headaches regularly.
B. If your headache is caused by certain smells.
C. If you get a headache after hurting your head.
20. What is the best way to relieve a normal headache?
A. Having a rest. B. Taking a shower. C. Drinking some water.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Green Book
It is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Farrelly. Set in 1962, the film is inspired by the true story of a tour by African American classical and jazz pianist Don Shirley and Italian American bodyguard Frank Vallelonga who served as Shirley’s driver and bodyguard. The film was written by Vallelonga’s son, based on interviews with his father and Shirley, as well as letters his father wrote to his mother. At the 91st Academy Awards it won Best Picture, Best Writing, and Best Supporting Actor.
Roma
It is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Set in 1970 and 1971, the film, which is a semi-autobiographical story on Cuarón’s upbringing in the Colonia Roma neighborhood of Mexico City, following the life of a housekeeper of a middle-class family. At the 91st Academy Awards, it became the first Mexican entry to win Best Foreign Language Film, and also won Best Cinematography and Best Director, becoming the first foreign language film to win in the last category, as well as marking the first time a director won Best Cinematography for their own film.
Bao
It is a 2018 American computer-animated short film written and directed by Domee Shi. The film is about an aging and lonely Chinese-Canadian mother, suffering from empty nest syndrome, who receives an unexpected second chance at motherhood when she makes a steamed bun (baozi) that comes to life as a boy. The film won Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards.
Bohemian Rhapsody
It is a 2018 biographical film about Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the British rock band Queen. It follows the singer’s life from when he joins the band in 1970 to their 1985 Live Aid performance at the original Wembley Stadium in London. Directed by Bryan Singer, it received four awards at the 91st Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.
21.Who won Best Cinematography for the film he directed?
A.Peter Farrelly B. Alfonso Cuarón C. Domee Shi D. Bryan Singer
22.Which film will the fans of the band Queen most probably see?
A.Green Book B. Roma C. Bao D. Bohemian Rhapsody
23.What is the difference between Bao and the other three mentioned above?
A.Only Bao is an animated cartoon. B.Only Bao is produced in America.
C.Only Bao is about ordinary people. D.Only Bao is written and directed by one person.
B
If you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly highclass Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one，tell the driver to drop you at any place，say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least signs of anxiety.
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration cards to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.
The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss at the rate. From then on they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly.
With so many loopholes(漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “petty advantages”. But the strange thing is that all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fares after they have attended to their business and that not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”．
24．The underlined words in Paragraph 5 means to “________”．
A. be ready to help others B. make good use of one's friends
C. be a little ahead of others D. gain something at other's expense
25．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. While taking a taxi in Finland，you can get off without first paying your fare.
B. In a big hotel in Finland, you can enjoy free meals if you're living in the hotel.
C. The bosses in Finland pay the employees according to the registration of their working hours.
D. The workers are always honest with their working hours.
26．We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. the Finnish society is of very high moral(道德的)level
B. there are many loopholes in everyday life in Finland
C. in Finland, most taxi drivers will not charge you anything
D. everyone in Finland is like a gentleman, for they have faith in themselves
27．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. Life in Finland B. A Society with “Foolish” People
C. What a Life D. Honest Accounts of the Finns
C
On the day the tornado hit, there was no sign severe weather was on its way—the sky was blue and the sun had been out. My husband Jimmy and I were watching TV upstairs.
No sooner had we got the coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us. It was the loudest thing I have ever heard. The bones of the house shook, and the power went out. We had three flights of steps to get through to get to the relative safety of the first floor.
As we struggled to reach the last flight of steps, our front door blew out. Pieces of glass that looked like crushed ice flew everywhere. Suddenly, a three-foot-long tree branch flew over our heads, missing us by inches. Had we been one step up, it would have impaled us.
By the time I reached the closet, Jimmy pushed me down to the closet floor, but he couldn’t get inside himself because of the wind. I grasped Jimmy’s arm and tried to bring Jimmy with it. My knees and head were full of glass, but in that moment, I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out the back of the house and into the bay.
“Hold on! Hold on!” he yelled. But there was nothing in this closet to hold on to.
All of a sudden, Jimmy lifted off his feet like people in tornadoes do in the movies. I thought he was gone. And then everything stopped. He landed on his feet. In those first quiet moments, I couldn’t believe it was over. Jimmy said he’d go outside to check. “No,” I said. “Don’t leave me. Don’t leave me.”
Our neighbor says the storm lasted four minutes. In that time, four of the twelve town houses in our unit were completely destroyed. Of the houses left standing, ours suffered the most damage. Amazingly, none of us were severely injured.
28.Which of the following sentences is NOT the evidence to show the tornado is violent?
A.It was the loudest thing I have ever heard.
B.The bones of the house shook, and the power went out.
C.Our neighbor says the storm lasted four minutes.
D.Pieces of glass that looked like crushed ice flew everywhere.
29.From the passage, we can infer that______.
A.The couple had predicted the arrival of the tornado in advance.
B.Jimmy flew right out the back of the house and into the bay during the tornado.
C.The three-foot-tree flew over the couple’s head and injured them badly.
D.The author still felt scared when the tornado was suddenly over.
30.Why did the author feel “no pain” in paragraph4?
A.She didn’t hurt badly enough to sense the pain.
B.She was severely injured and failed to sense the pain.
C.Her attention was fully focused on her husband.
D.She had let her husband go away from her hand.
31.Which of the following phrases best describes the couple’s experience in this tornado?
A.A thrilling adventure B.A narrow escape C.A risky attempt D.A serious accident
D
Microsoft has developed a new smart phone app that identify eye signals and translates them into letters, allowing people with motor neurone disease (运动神经元症) to communicate with others from a phone.
The GazeSpeak app combines a smartphone’s camera with artificial intelligence to recognize eye movements immediately and change them into letters, words and sentences.
For people suffering from ALS (渐冻症) , also known as motor neurone disease, eye movement can be the only way they are able to communicate.
“Current eye-tracking input systems for people with ALS are expensive, not strong under sunlight, and require frequent re-adjustment and material, relatively steady setups,” said Xiaoyi Zhang, a researcher at Microsoft who developed the technology.
“To ease off the disadvantages, we created GazeSpeak, an eye-gesture communication system that runs on a smartphone, and is designed to be low-cost, strong, portable and easy to learn.”
The app is used by the listener by pointing their smartphone at the speaker. A chart that can be stuck to the back of the smartphone is then used by the speaker to determine which eye movements to make in order to communicate.
The sticker shows four grids of letters, which each is equal to a different eye movement. By looking up, down, left or right, the speaker selects which grids the letters they want belong to. The artificial intelligence is then able to predict the word or sentence they are trying to say.
Zhang’s research, Smartphone-Based Gaze Gesture Communication for People with Motor Disabilities, is set to be presented at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in May. (265)
32.According to the passage, people with ALS can communicate with others by __________.
A.eye contact B.body language C.hand shaking D.language expression
33.Which of the following is NOT the advantage of GazeSpeak?
A.cheap B.unsteady C.accessible D.learnable
34.How do the speakers use the app?
A.They point at the letters they want on the phone.
B.They predict the word or sentence they try to say.
C.They turn to the listeners to speak out the letters for them.
D.They look in the four directions to choose the grid of letters.
35.Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A.People Suffering From ALS Needs Help
B.Smartphone App Helps ALS Sufferers Speak With Eyes
C.How Do People With ALS Communicate With Others
D.Researchers Develop The New Smartphone App
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Nowadays people tend to digitalise everything from watches to fridges. It seems you can choose any item labeled as “smart”. 36 However, there are plenty that can be used to reduce emissions and save money.
If you’re a part of the digitalisation movement，you might be interested in the concept of smart homes. It means that every element of your house can be controlled from a panel on the wall or your phone. 37 Use your mobile to power them on or off，and you may feel truly modern or truly lazy. Asides from the benefits of living a more comfortable life, this presents an opportunity to cut down on your electrical bills.
Electricity generation today represents 31% of total global fossil fuel use and around 40% of all energy-related CO2 emissions. 38 It is considered as the first step to prevent global climate change. Connect a smart thermometer to the heating and cooling system and set a specific temperature at which the heating begins to work. Doing so, the room will be at a desired temperature when necessary and switches on a power-saving mode when not occupied. Similarly, by installing a CO2 sensor, you can have an automated ventilation (通风) system. 39 .
In a 150,000m2 office complex near Munich， called Campeon, energy costs of up to 117,067 Euro were saved after the use of environmental control devices this year. In this way, they are contributing to a large decrease in CO2 emissions. Clearly, smart homes are about much more than just living a comfortable life. 40 .
A. It is actually about living a green life.
B. Smart devices have been installed worldwide nowadays.
C. It starts working only when CO2 concentrations reach a certain limit.
D. There seem to be an ocean of such so-called “smart” inventions.
E. Bearing this in mind, measures should be taken to make buildings more energy-efficient.
F. Alternative energy must be discovered before the fossil fuel runs out in the future.
G. This includes basics such as heating and lighting and many other appliances.
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。
I was really nervous this year because I was in a new class. It 41 me that I didn't know anyone in the class, But 42 I didn't know anyone. I had the 43 to do something I love- people watching.
The girl sitting behind me was always laughing and talking happily. She was one of the very few people who made any 44 to acknowledge me.
At the end of the year, we were 45 to do a big open-ended project where the 46 were basically to read something, then watch something related to it, and then 47 a presentation based on what we learned.
On the presentation day, that girl 48 in front of the class, and told everyone how she had read about eating disorders, because she herself had 49 with one. As it was too difficult for her to talk about it 50 , she had made a movie, where she had 51 some people about their eating disorders and bow they had felt and 52 them eventually. After the presentation, almost 53 was in tears. Several people commented on how 54 she was to stand up and talk about it, and how strong she was to have got over the disorder.
I never 55 she would have a problem like that because she always seemed 56 . Her courage to talk about something so 57 in public and her strength to get through her difficulties have 58 me. I’ve also learned how difficult it is to 59 people. You never know what type of person someone is just hy 60 for a term.
41.A.pleased B.confused C.interested D.Seared
42.A.since B.if C.before D.unless
43.A.honor B.right C.chance D.duty
44.A.discovery B.progress C.remark D.attempt
45.A.forced B.required C.allowed D.reminded
46.A.instructions B.purposes C.catalogues D.references
47.A.try out for B.make use of C.come up with D.look forward to
48.A.turned away B.got up C.looked down D.came back
49.A.stayed B.begun C.struggled D.mixed
50.A.directly B.swiftly C.randomly D.seriously
51.A.informed B.consulted C.supported D.interviewed
52.A.ignored B.overcome C.improved D.developed
53.A.somebody B.anybody C.everybody D.nobody
54.A.reliable B.brave C.patient D.generous
55.A.expected B.admitted C.suspected D.concluded
56.A.cheerful B.honest C.curious D.independent
57.A.specific B.professional C.complex D.personal
58.A.comforted B.inspired C.persuaded D.relaxed
59.A.amuse B.impress C.judge D.satisfy
60.A.thinking B.listening C.communicating D.observing
第 Ⅱ 卷非选择题（50分）
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Running individual official accounts on social-networking app WeChat has become a new channel for Chinese people to express themselves, according to a survey.
At present many media ____61______ (organize), companies and individuals in China have launched official accounts on WeChat, _____62_____ (attempt) to attract more subscribers to expand their reach. Over 66 percent of 2,001 respondents said they are willing to set up individual official WeChat accounts, while 27.2 percent said they have already started such accounts. The survey, ____63______ (publish) Tuesday by the China Youth Daily, also said expressing feelings and views, as well as gaining popularity, are the top three reasons people want individual official accounts. More than half of individual official accounts offer content concerning _____64_____ (person) views and feelings, as well as entertainment and recreation information, the survey said.
Despite only having 75 followers, Wang Yiran, ____65______college student in Shandong Province, said she will keep posting updates, as she considers _____66____a meaningful way to keep record of her daily life and to share opinions with others.
_____67_____more than 540 respondents _____68_____have individual public accounts on WeChat, 5 percent claimed that they _____69_____(build) popular "self-media" brands using their accounts, ______70____12.2 percent said they had made money from the accounts through advertising.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last July, my parents and I went to visit my aunt and uncle. At the day of our flight, we had to wake up very early. When we checked our bag in, we found one of them broken, but fortunate we were on our way on time. My favorite experience was our visit to Mount Rainier, which was nothing like I have expected.
When we left, my aunt lent us sunhats, but I thought it would be very hot. Imagine her surprise when I found the mountain top covering with snow. We walked along a small path beyond the main trails increase our chances of seeing wildlife. Small wild flowers grew up through the snow, underneath that we could hear a small stream. Little animals stood still to avoid from being noticed. It was the most beautiful sight that I had ever seen.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是学生会主席李华,你校即将举行一年一度的“校园书展(a campus book fair)”活动,其目的是给同学们提供一个交换、利用图书的机会。请你用英语写信给你的加拿大笔友Mike,介绍此次活动的有关活动并征求他的建议。内容应包括:
1. 活动目的;
2. 活动内容:买书、卖书、交换图书;
3. 活动意义。
注意:
1. 词数100左右;
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3. 开头和结尾已给出,但不计入总次数。
Dear Mike,
How are you doing these days?
Yours,
Li Hua
2019年四川省泸县第五中学高考适应性考试
英语试题参考答案
第一部分：听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1-5 BCCBB 6-10 ABBCB 11-15 ABABB 16-20 CBACC
第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
21-23BDA 24-27:CDCA 28-31:CDCB 32-35:ABDB 36-40:DGECA
第三部分：英语知识运用
第一节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
41-45:DACDB 46-50:ACBCA 51-55:DBCBA 56-60:ADBCD
第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
61 organizations 62.attempting 63.published 64.personal 65. a
66. it 67. of 68. that 69.had built 70.while
第四部分：写作（满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
Last July, my parents and I went to visit my aunt and uncle. the day of our flight, we had to wake up very early. When we checked our in, we found one of them broken, but we were on our way on time. My favorite experience was our visit to Mount Rainier, which was nothing like I expected.
When we left, my aunt lent us sunhats, I thought it would be very hot. Imagine surprise when I found the mountain top with snow. We walked along a small path beyond the main trails increase our chances of seeing wildlife. Small wild flowers grew up through the snow, underneath we could hear a small stream. Little animals stood still to avoid from being noticed. It was the most beautiful sight that I had ever seen.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
Dear Mike,
How are you doing these days?
Aimed at providing a platform where students can have a chance to exchange and make use of their books, the annual campus book fair will soon be held in our school. The fair will attract a huge crowd from the entire school, who are to sell, purchase and exchange their books with their peers.
As a regular visitor, I’ve found myself increasingly drawn by the fair. For one thing, the fair exhibits books of hundreds of types on diverse topics, motivating us to further develop our reading habits and helping to broaden our horizons. For another, most books are sold at a lower price than what the bookstores offer.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how to host such a book fair better.
Yours,
Li Hua
听力原文
(Text 1)
M: How are your driving lessons coming along?
W: Just fine. In a few more weeks, I’ll be able to drive quite well.
(Text 2)
W: What did Professor Lee think about your paper?
M: Oh, I got quite a good grade but there was a long written comment at the end of it. He said I could have spent more time on the background!
(Text 3)
W: Well, Peter. I’m glad you succeeded in persuading me to spend the day on the beach.
M: Yes, but the beach is so crowded. We just can’t seem to find a place to put down our blanket.
(Text 4)
W: Hi, Mike. I saw your brother in the park yesterday. Isn’t he usually at work at the supermarket during the week?
M: Normally he’d be there. But he’s on holiday this week. And he’ll board a plane bound for London in just several minutes.
(Text 5)
W: Where were you yesterday afternoon?
M: I was at Ken’s house. We didn’t go out because there was a baseball game broadcast live.
W: It’s not surprising that no one answered my call.
M: Oh, I’m sorry.
(Text 6)
W: Here is a picture of you when you were four years old.
M: I look stupid. Why was I wearing that silly hat?
W: It was Halloween. Your dad and I wanted you to wear it to his company party.
M: Why?
W: Because you were lovely and we wanted to show you off. You know, I’ll always remember you that way. You were such a beautiful child.
M: Well, I’m not a child now.
(Text 7)
W: I’m taking a spinning class at the gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
M: What’s a spinning class? Is that where you just run around in circles like kids or something?
W: No, silly. Everyone in the class rides exercise bicycles together while the instructor gives us directions. There are also different kinds of music that we ride along to.
M: Oh, I see. Well, I think riding a bike outside would be much more fun, and it would probably be better exercise, too.
(Text 8)
W: Good morning! You’re up early. It’s not even 8:00 yet.
M: Well, I have a report to finish at work for this afternoon. Anyway, I didn’t get much sleep after being woken up by those two guys arguing in the street last night. Did you hear them?
W: Oh, maybe. Was it around 3:00 in the morning?
M: Actually, it was at 2:00—I looked at my clock when they woke me up. Some of our neighbors were yelling at them to keep it down.
W: I thought I was having a dream. Anyway, do you want some of this?
M: What’s that?
W: It’s soybean milk. I’ve been drinking it every morning for the past two weeks. It’s my new routine.
M: Oh, I often just have some coffee.
(Text 9)
M: How do you usually get to work in the morning?
W: I try to ride my bike most of the time. Of course, when I’m running late, I take the subway.
M: I always seem to be five or ten minutes late for everything. I drive to work every day, so if the traffic is bad, I have to think of a new way to apologize to my boss for being late.
W: Does your boss yell at you if you’re late?
M: No, not really. He knows that I live far away. I stay late whenever I don’t make it on time in the morning, and it probably helps that I earn a fair amount of money for the company year after year.
W: Have you ever considered moving into the city to be closer to your job?
M: To be honest, I would rather change jobs than houses! My wife loves our house, especially since she works from home. Our kids are in great schools. And on the weekends, there are a million things for us to do as a family.
W: It does sound nice. For me, though, I love living in the city. There are so many cultural activities, and I love not having to drive.
M: Yeah, driving is pretty stressful sometimes.
W: I think it’s also easier to live in the city when you don’t have kids. If I were a mom, I’d probably live closer to you.
M: Well, you and Timothy might want to think about getting started with that…
W: You sound just like my mother-in-law!
(Text 10)
M: Welcome back to Natural Medicine. We turn our attention to the subject of headaches, which everyone gets from time to time. We asked 100 people what they did to deal with their headaches. As you can see on this chart here, the most common answer was “Take headache pills”. The next most common answer was “Rubbing my head”.“Sleeping” and “Taking a shower”, were some of the other responses. But the best cure for a headache that we know of was all the way down at No. 10, so it’s something that most people don’t think about doing —“Drinking water”. It’s true: headaches are often the body’s way of telling you that it’s thirsty, and a glass of water might be all you need to feel like yourself again. Of course, some people get very serious headaches because they are sensitive to light, sound, or certain smells. These headaches are different, and many people have to take strong medicine in order to make them go away. If you hurt your head and have a headache afterwards, it is important that you see a doctor right away, as this could be due to a more serious injury. But if it’s a normal headache, try drinking some water before you reach for those pills. It might be just what you need. OK, we’ll be right back after these commercials…
