2021湖北省部分重点中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题含答案

这是一份2021湖北省部分重点中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题含答案，共16页。试卷主要包含了本试卷分第Ⅰ卷两部分等内容，欢迎下载使用。
湖北省部分重点中学高二年级联合考试
英语试题
注意事项：
1．本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上。
2．回答第第Ⅰ卷时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案桔涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号，写在本试卷上无效。
3．回答第Ⅱ卷时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题（共60小题，计100分）
第一部分 听力（共两节, 满分30分）
做题时, 现将答案标在试卷上, 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。
1. Why doesn't the girl want to go to school according to the man?
A. She is ill.
B. She feels nervous.
C. She lost her book report.
2. Who does the woman have to wait for?
A. Her sister. B. The man. C. Her parents.
3. What is the man probably trying on?
A. A tie. B. A suit. C. A pair of socks.
4. What might the man be doing now?
A. Doing some cooking. B. Washing dishes. C. Setting the table.
5. What does the woman think about the book?
A. She likes it very much.
B. There are too many pages.
C. It will be hard to understand.
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和第7题。
6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Neighbors.
B. Husband and wife.
C. House owner and repairman.
7. What will the speakers do next?
A. Go to a cinema. B. Turn up the TV. C. Fix up their house..
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. How does the woman look?
A. Excited. B. Optimistic. C. Stressed.
9. What does the man promise to do?
A. Take care of the children more.
B. Call off the children's a activities.
C. Go on a family trip.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where will the woman get soap?
A. From the grocery store.
B. From the supermarket.
C. From the man.
11. Where was the woman swimming?
A. In the pool. B. In the ocean. C. In the river.
12. How did the speakers travel to their destination?
A. By car. B. By train. C. By motorbike.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where are the speakers?
A. In the doctor's office. B. In the ski field. C. In the drugstore.
14. What did the woman do the week before?
A. She did some tests.
B. She moved into a new place.
C. She helped her brother do something.
15. What happened to the woman according to the man?
A. She hurt herself while skiing.
B. She lifted something too heavy.
C. She stretched (拉伸) out her back too much.
16. What's the main reason for the woman to teach ski lessons?
A. She loves skiing.
B. Her office job is boring.
C. She needs holiday expenses.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. To whom is the speaker talking?
A. New employees. B. Foreign tourists. C. International students.
18. What are girls advised to do in a café?
A. Take care of their bags.
B. Don’t talk to strangers.
C. Leave the place quickly.
19. What is the best place to park a car?
A. Beside a house. B. On a quiet road. C. In a public car park.
20. What should one do when walking home alone at night?
A. Stop a police car for help.
B. Walk in well-lighted areas.
C. Take a knife for self-defense.
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, 从每篇短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项。
A
As a boy growing up in Minneapolis during the 1970s, Russell King knew he wasn't into the things most other boys liked. “I didn't really like sports, and I liked to play with girls,” King, now 57, said. King liked dolls (布娃娃) but he got the message early that because he was a boy, he wasn't supposed to. “I remember a time when I was playing with dolls, as a little boy about 6 years old, my father saw me, and he said, “Boys don't play with dolls.”
But in primary (初级的) school, King’s music teacher, Paige Macklin, inspired the reverse message.
Macklin made him sing the young boy part in the song “William's Doll" for a concert. It couldn't have been a more fitting song. “William's Doll' is a song about a boy wanting to play with a doll but everybody saying 'no'," King said. Suddenly, he didn't feel so alone. “I realized, ‘somebody else has these feelings. This isn't just me,’” King said.
King told his former teacher that he was grateful to her for what she inspired in him. She couldn't have guessed at the time that King's voice would lead him to the stage, where he performs cabaret in drag (一种身着异性服饰的艺术表演) as Miss Richfield. “As a teacher, you don’t know how you might have influenced students. And not in any way I would have expected that," Macklin, now 75, told King.
“You didn't expect the soloist (独唱者) to turn out to be a big drag character?” King said with a laugh. Singing that song allowed him to be comfortable with being himself, he said. “As that 6-year-old boy, I couldn't be a little kid I wanted to be. I wasn't supposed to like dresses and color, and all the things I liked. I couldn't really have a voice, and singing that song gave me a voice.
21. What happened in King's childhood?
A. His father didn't respect his hobbies.
B. His father wanted him to play sports.
C. He wasn't allowed to play with girl
D. He had a great gift for singing.
22. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “reverse” in Paragraph 2?
A. unfair B. contrary C. right D. reliable
23. What does the text try to tell us?
A. Music plays an important role in a kid's life.
B. A childhood doll may speak a lot about a kid.
C. We should feel comfortable about being ourselves.
D. Sticking to our hobbies will finally bring success.
B
After my girlfriend, Liz, and I had dated for about a year, and a few years before we got married, she joined me, my parents and my sister's family on a ski (滑雪) trip in Stowe, Vermont. I was in my late 30s, it was the first family vacation I'd been on in years, and it was the first such holiday Liz had ever taken with my relatives.
But the ski vacation is only as good as the ski conditions, and that January was spring-like. To make matters worse, our rented cabin (a little wooden house) was close to the ski hills but far from anything else. There was no Internet, and the only entertainment was a few board games and a single television.
For a couple of days, while we waited for the snow to fall, we watched endless hours of CNN (mom's choice) and SpongeBob SquarePants (my six-year-old niece's), played Scrabble (一种拼字游戏) and drank. Cabin fever set in quickly. At one point, my mom actually fought my niece for the remote control, even sitting on her to wrest (抢夺) it from her hands. My brother-in-law was downing a bottle of port (sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal) and a bottle of white wine nightly. Amazed, but also somewhat terrified, Liz asked me in our bedroom: “What is wrong with your family?” I remember well her crazed laughter as she said it.
Then it snowed, but only at the top of the mountain. We climbed, drove to the lift, and took it up. But as we climbed higher into quiet, thick cloud, Liz began to look unusual. When I asked her what was wrong, she admitted that she had only ever been on a bunny hill (初学者滑雪道). When she said that, she took hold of my arm tightly. “A bunny hill!” The lift let us off at the top of a double-black-diamond ski run in the middle of a snowstorm.
My family, with not a look back at all, disappeared down the hill. Liz got off the lift, only just, and then, two falls later, took off her skis and rapidly got back on the lift, taking it back down to the lodge (a little house).
Did I say it was her first vacation with my family? It was also her last.
24. What can we know from the first two paragraphs?
A. It was Liz’s first time to attended the family vacation.
B. The ski conditions were very good when they arrived.
C. Maybe it was a bit warm in that January.
D. The author's mother was too cruel to his niece.
25. What's the meaning of the sentence underlined in the third paragraph?
A. Someone got a high fever in the cabin in no time.
B. They felt bored and restless for staying indoors.
C. They made the cabin warm enough.
D. The life in the cabin was alive and interesting.
26. Why did Liz look unusual when they climbed higher to go skiing?
A. Because she was too excited to ski.
B. Because the peak was too fearsome for her.
C. Because the author's family didn't care for her.
D. Because she felt nervous and frightened.
27. What can we infer from the article?
A. The author 's brother-in-law was fed up with the wine.
B. Liz's skiing experience was limited.
C. Liz went down to the hill without trying skiing.
D. The author and Liz broke up after that vacation.
C
Humans are no strangers to widespread viruses, and each time a vaccine (疫苗) is developed, it gives us hope for the future. Now, the world is waiting for a vaccine to fight COVID-19.
Scientists worldwide have been rolling up their sleeves (袖子) to work toward an effective novel coronavirus vaccine.
Under the going-together of the World Health Organization (WHO), up to 172 countries have been busy with the “largest and most various COVID-19 vaccine portfolio (文件夹)”, a program known as the COVAX Global Vaccines Facility.
COVAX is a system for joint purchasing (采购) and balancing the risks of multiple vaccines. When a vaccine proves to be safe and effective, all countries within the facility will be able to get it.
The plan is aimed to ensure that all countries, regardless of their economic position, can get the vaccine timely when one is available. It also makes sure that prices will be kept as low as possible.
“A number of vaccines are now in the final stage of clinical (临床的) trials,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesust on Aug 24, adding that the goal of COVAX is to deliver at least 2 billion doses (剂) of a vaccine by the end of 2021.
According to the WHO, at present, nine potential(有潜力的) vaccines are part of the portfolio.
To ensure the equal opportunities and fair giving-out of the vaccines, the WHO has said that the world needs to prevent vaccine nationalism — countries putting their own interests ahead of others in trying to secure supplies of a possible vaccine.
“Vaccine nationalism only helps the virus,” Tedros said, warning that it would lead to a lengthened pandemic (疫情) if only a small number of countries got most of the supply.
“Like an orchestra (管弦乐队), we need all instruments to be played in harmony (和谐) to create music that everyone enjoys,” he said.
Vaccine development looks promising, as several countries have made great progress. Russia began production of its first set of a COVID-19 vaccine on Aug 15. Four Chinese vaccine candidates (候选者) have started international stage-3 clinical trials.
28. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Russia is the first country to have made progress.
B. COVAX ensures all countries get the vaccine at the same time.
C. WHO plays an important role in fighting COVID-19.
D. Scientist have produced 2 billion doses of vaccines.

29. What's the author's attitude towards vaccine nationalism?
A. Supportive. B. Critical. C. Optimistic. D. Understanding.
30. Tedros compared fighting COVID- 19 to an orchestra to ______.
A. show his deep love for music
B. make the passage more interesting
C. point out the similarities in between
D. stress the importance of cooperation
31. What can be the best title for the text?
A. United for vaccine B. Vaccine on the way
C. Fighting against COVID-19 D. Say goodbye to COVID-19
D
You rush through a crowded railway station, tripping over bags, with your coffee flying out, only to have the doors slide shut in your face, leaving you breathless on the platform (站台) as the train pulls away.
But at least if you're in France, someone may be playing the piano for you. But it won't be performed by a paid musician, or even a street entertainer playing for coins. It will just be a unplanned passer-by, jamming for the fun of it on one of the pianos that the national railroad company, S. N. C. F., has fixed in nearly 100 stations across France. They are free for anyone to play, and travelers from all walks of life have taken to doing just that.
Gares & Connexions, the S. N. C. F. division that manages its stations, rents the instruments from the producer, Yamaha: which keeps them in good repair and adjusts their tunes (音调) every month or two. The first one was set up in the Gare Montparnasse in Paris in 2012.
The music, mixed with the sounds of shouting passengers, screaming trains and rolling suitcases, gives French stations a special soundscape. The amateur musicians have included Irish soccer fans and even babies. In 2014, Gares & Connexions and Yamaha organized a nationwide contest called Your Tum to Play, asking participants (参与者) to submit videos of themselves using one of the pianos. It drew nearly 900 entries.
Isn't the railroad company taking a big chance? Apparently not: “None of the instruments has been vandalized to this day, or even only damaged,” said Claire Foumon, a spokeswoman for Gares & Connexions. “They are shared and respected by all.”
So if you miss a train in Paris; Bordeaux or Marseille one day, perhaps someone will be playing a favorite piece that will ease your pain. Or perhaps you'll sit down and play your anger and displeasure away yourself.
32. Why did Gares & Connexions fix pianos in railway stations?
A. To advertise Yamaha's products.
B. To make stations more attractive.
C. To let travelers have a relaxing trip.
D. To help street artists make a living.
33. What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?
A. The contest has proved a hit. B. The pianos are very popular.
C. Railway stations are crowded. D. everyone can be an amateur musician.
34. What does the underlined word “vandalized” in Paragraph 5probably mean?
A. Selected carefully. B. Checked regularly.
C. Reserved in advance. D. Destroyed on purpose.
35. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Miss a train yet catch a tune B. A soundscape in the memory
C. The role of piano in French life D. An amazing train with a piano bar
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。
Sometimes, writing humor stories can be the hardest type of stories to tell. You can become defeated with strong feelings from past events. You may wonder why readers care about your story more than anyone else's. 36
l Look for things that contradict (矛盾) each other.
This is one of the easiest ways to get yourself laughing about the things you come across in your life. 37 To do this, keep an eye out for things that seem strange occupying the same personality, place, set of rules, etc., and explore their relationship to each other. Expand upon what strikes you as strange about these details and why.
l Find what sticks out.
38 Did you have a strong dislike? Did you feel out of place? Did something wear you out? Layer all of these details into your draft (草稿), paying special attention to what is unique or funny about each thing. Some special details work together in order to keep readers involved, rather than boring them.
l 39
This is important, especially in situations that most people find anything but funny. This is a time when the advice “write what you know” fits best. There's no one you know better than yourself. Is there something that you were laughed about as a kid, or did something that caused you to feel shame happen to you in the office? Bring these moments into your writing. Anyone can relate to an embarrassing moment that's funny to look back on.
l Look around.
Comedy is everywhere, and it's up to you to recognize it and translate it into something that others will find amusing. 40
A. Try to find jokes from seemingly different details.
B. The most important part of humor writing is seeing everything as material.
C. There are some situations where jokes play a vital role.
D. Here are some tips for finding those jokes to sprinkle (喷洒) throughout your tale.
E. Think about how a certain situation made you feel.
F. Laugh at yourself.
G. Laugh at most people.
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, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Each year the headmaster of the school where I work asks us to read a book chosen by him. The book provides an outline for work we will do throughout the school year, which can 41 better service to our students.
This year’s book is The Element: How Finding Your Passion (热情) Changes Everything by Ken Robinson. Robinson uses the term “the Element” to 42 the place where the things we love to do and the things we are 43 at come together. He goes on to say that he feels it is 44 for each of us to find our Element, not just for our own 45 , but for the improvement of our communities (群体).
How easy is it to look at those who seem to have found their Element! They are great at what they do, and they love to do it because they do what they do so well. But what is important to note is that each of us has the ability to find the Element.
In schools, there is an effort to help students uncover what gifts they have been given. The goal then is to help them discover these talents through experience and education. 46 , this is only one piece of the puzzle. Another piece is finding where a person's talent (才能) and the love of 47 that talent intersect (相交).
I like this book very much since it 48 my own life: how I parent my kid, how I teach, and how I lend support to the students I work with, 49 or in groups. I appreciate the 50 of this book as it helps to shape growth potential (潜力) within communities and individuals.
Realizing our God-given talent and properly practicing that talent are 51 and depend on each other for existence. The perfect 52 of them can benefit not just ourselves, but our 53 , communities and the whole world we humans live in. As a 54 , I am really looking forward to 55 my part.
41. A. bring up B. set aside C. make for D. take down
42. A. simplify B. describe C. beautify D. explore
43. A. angry B. slow C. quick D. good
44. A. essential B. convenient C. reasonable D. natural
45. A. application B. environment C. contribution D. development
46. A. Therefore B. Besides C. Instead D. Anyway
47. A. exercising B. accepting C. challenging D. preparing
48. A. sticks to B. points to C. holds on to D. relates to
49. A. secretly B. individually C. purposely D. collectively
50. A. edition B. assignment C. design D. guidance
51. A. inseparable B. unbearable C. contrary D. unavoidable
52. A. appearance B. involvement C. combination D. dependence
53. A. friends B. families C. countries D. unions
54. A. parent B. student C. teacher D. headmaster
55. A. playing B. forming C. taking D. knowing
第II卷 非选择题（共12小题, 计50分）
第二节 语法填空题(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。 
Dressed in a flowing long robe (长袍) 56 (decorate) with floral embroidery (花卉刺绣) from an ancient period, stylist Xiao Hang looks like she came from a time machine. She walks across the noisy Beijing subway, 57 (attract) curious looks and questions.
China 58 (welcome) western fashion and futuristic technology during the past decades, 59 a growing number of young people like Xiao are looking to the past for their dressing choices. 60 (obvious), they prefer to put on traditional “hanfu”, or “Han clothing"
These historic 61 (costume) of the Han ethnic (民族的) majority are enjoying a come-back because the government is helping the progress of traditional culture. Period dramas have also contributed to a 62 (great) interest in traditional Chinese clothing and a higher demand for it.
Xiao, 63 used to work at a state-owned machine manufacturing (量产) company, now runs her own hanfu business, where she dresses customers for photo shoots and even plans hanfu-style weddings.
However, there is still some way before the style reaches wide 64 (accept) in China. Many people say their hesitation is due to the strange looks they get when wearing hanfu 65 public.
第四部分 写作(共两节, 满分40分)
第一节: 应用文写作 (满分15分)
设你是某国际学校的学生李华，最近在学校里总看到有浪费饭菜的现象。请你给全校同学写封英文信，倡议大家节约粮食。要点包括：
1. 必要性；
2. 具体措施；
3. 发出倡议。
注意:
1. 词数 80词左右；
2. 可适当增加细节已使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已经为你写好，不计入词数。
Dear fellow students,
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节 第二节概要写作(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。
One evening, it was raining heavily. An old lady was sitting inside her car, stuck in the middle of the road. It was clear that she needed help badly. A poorly dressed man went near her car. He was hesitating (犹豫) to speak to her but still approached.
The lady pulled down the glass of the driver's seat. She looked worried. She tried to wear a smile seeing a needy man approaching her.
The man opened his mouth, “Hello Ma’am, can I help you?" The lady looked puzzled and said, “Yes.” “Please wait inside your car and let me see if I can solve the problem. By the way, I am Thomas Anderson,” Thomas said.
Thomas discovered that she got a flat tire (车胎漏气). Soon he went to fix the problem. After he finished, the lady began to talk to him.
She said, “I really don't have enough words to thank you. How much should I pay you?” She was actually ready to reward him for his kindness.
Thomas was surprised. He had never expected any reward from her, though his family needed money badly for their baby was going to be born the very next month.
He told her, “That's so nice of you, Ma'am. But if you really want to pay me back, the next time you see someone who needs help, please think of me and help that person. I hope this chain of love will not end with you.” He smiled and went away before the lady could further say anything.
The lady was so astonished. Anyone who saw the ragged (穿着破烂的) man would think how much he needed help. But he just told her something that she never thought of.
On her way, she found a small cafe down the road. She wanted to have a cup of warm coffee. As the lady went inside, a waitress came up to her with a very clean towel so that she could wipe her hair. The lady observed that the waitress, who was all smiles to her, was heavily pregnant (怀孕的). She looked like she needed rest but she tried not to show any sign of tiredness.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
While drinking the coffee, the old lady thought of Thomas and his words to her.



Paragraph 2:
The waitress found that below the napkin (餐巾) there were 500 dollars.




秘密★★★启用前
2020年11月湖北省部分重点高中
高二上学期第二次联考英语试题参考答案
1—20. BCAAB BACCC BAACB CCACB
21—40. ABC CBDB CBDA CADA DAEFB
41—60. CBDAD DADBD ACBCA
56. decorated 57. attracting 58. has welcomed / has been welcoming 59. but 60. Obviously 61. costumes 62. Greater 63. Who 64. acceptance 65. in
应用文写作
Dear fellow students,
Some students are usually seen wasting food. I am writing to call on everyone to move against wasting food and take active part in saving food.
Food is of vital significance. It is not easy for farmers to produce it, and we should value every grain of it. Besides, the COVID-19 is still here and we shouldn't be too optimistic about our food supply.
And this is what we can do: When eating at the school, buy no more than you can have. When eating out, take your leftovers back home.
I am convinced that, with our joint efforts, the happening of wasting food will disappear.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节概要写作
While drinking the coffee, the old lady thought of Thomas and his words to her. She knew what to do. After she finished, she paid her bill. When the waitress came back with the change, the lady was gone. The waitress looked for her outside the cafe but the lady and her car were out of sight. Confused, she came back. While she was about to clean the table, she found a note written on the napkin. The note read, “Someone helped me out just the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, please don't let this chain of love end with you.”
The waitress found that below the napkin there were 500 dollars. She wondered how the lady knew how much this money meant to her, with the baby to be born the very next month. She took the money and went back home. While having dinner, she shared the story of the kind lady with her husband, Thomas Anderson. Both of them realized that it was Thomas' kindness that was rewarded in a special way.

附听力原文:
Text 1
W: I'm not going to school. I feel sick and tired today.
M: You're not sick. You are just afraid of presenting your book report. Stop worrying. When you read it to me last night, it was really good. You will get a good grade on it.
Text 2
M: Hey, Naomi. Do you need me to come pick you up and take you to the party tonight?
W: No, I have a car. I just have to wait for my mom and dad to come home, because I can't leave my little sister home alone.
Text 3
M: This matches that suit I have at home, doesn't it? I don't know how to tie it, though.
W: Don't worry, I do. My dad taught me how to do it when I was little.
Text 4
W: Wow, this smells good. I never knew you were so helpful in the kitchen. Can I have some?
M: Sure, but it's not ready yet. Why don't you get the dishes ready and put the tablecloth on the table?
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M: You should read this. It's one of my favorite books of all time. I recommend it to all my friends who like to read.
W: Actually, I've always wanted to read that. But I can never finish books that thick. It looks like a dictionary.
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M: What is that awful noise? It sounds like a bunch of people are running around up there.
W: I know. I was talking to the people in the apartment next door, and they said they could hear it too.
M: Turn up the television. I can't hear the movie.
W: I can't turn it up any louder.
M: What are they doing up there, anyway? This has been going on all day.
W: Apparently, they’re putting in new floors. They'll be done soon; don’t worry.
M: I have an idea. Let's go out and see a movie.
W: You're right. I can't take this anymore.
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M: You're so jumpy and anxious. What's wrong?
W: Every time I hear a baby cry, I think it's Annie.
M: But she is fast asleep in her baby bed.
W: I know...
M: Anyway, I didn't hear any noises. Did you?
W: Yes! It must have come from outside on the street. It scared me. I'm a mother of four, so even when I hear someone say“Mommy”, I turn around to respond.
M: You need a vacation, dear.
W: That's nice of you to say so, but I have my hands full right now. Between Allie's soccer practices and David's music lessons, we really don't have any time to take off.
M: Hey, don't look so sad! I promise we'll go somewhere for a couple of weeks when school ends. We can even invite your mother, too. She loves taking care of the children, and she loves to travel.
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W: I can't believe I forgot to pick up soap again! This is the second time I went back to the supermarket to buy it and I still forgot!
M: You can just borrow some of my soap for now. It's the blue bottle upstairs in the bathroom. I can buy some more soap for you after I go shopping at the grocery store later.
W: Thank you. I really wanted to take a shower since we were at the beach all morning. I'm just so tired from swimming that I forget everything! I'm so glad to be home now.
M: Yeah, I'm tired too. I think swimming at the beach is even more tiring than in a pool or a river. It was a nice drive down there, though.
W: Yes, the weather was beautiful today. I was thinking of how nice it would be to take a train on a day like this.
M: I never like trains actually. I think on a day like this, I would prefer to ride a motorbike.
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W: The pain began when I was skiing. It was a dull pain in my back at first, but it has gotten worse now. Usually I love skiing, but that was a bad day.
M: Did you lift anything heavy in the days before skiing? You may have hurt it then and not known until you started doing something stressful.
W: I helped my brother move the week before. Maybe I hurt myself, lifting a sofa or a box. I think I would have felt the pain earlier, though.
M: It is probably how you got hurt. I'll schedule some tests before you go, but it is important that you take it easy until we know what happened. You should also stop in the drugstore and buy some mild pain medication. I'll refer you to a movement doctor as well. He will show you some movements to reduce your pain.
W: That would be great. I need to get back to work as soon as possible.
M: It says here on the sheet that you are a ski instructor. I don't recommend that you continue difficult activities like skiing until we know what is wrong.
W: Yes, I have been teaching ski lessons part time during the winter. I always need extra money for the holidays. My normal job is in an office though, so I have plenty of rest there. It's very boring.
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Hello everybody. My name is David Anderson. I’m glad to be invited by the International Student Centre to give you a talk on how to protect yourselves and avoid losses, both on and off campus. First, if you, especially the girls, are in a café or restaurant, make sure that your bag is where you can keep an eye on it. If you want to leave for a while, don’t ask a stranger to take care of it. Just take it with you. Second, if you drive, park in a public car park, or at least in a well-lighted area if it’s at night. Avoid the quiet dark roads, and don’t leave your passport, laptop, or cash in the car. Third, if you have to walk home alone late at night, stick to well-lighted areas. If you really think someone is going to hurt you, go to the nearest house and ask for help. If a car stops to ask for information, just keep well clear of the door. At last, I just want to say that in this country, it is not allowed to carry a knife, or anything that can be used as a weapon, even if it’s for self-defense. Actually, this isn’t a dangerous town if you’re careful enough.