2020天津市耀华中学高三上学期第二次月考英语试题含答案

这是一份2020天津市耀华中学高三上学期第二次月考英语试题含答案

天津市耀华中学 2020 届高三年级第二次月考英 语 试 卷★请同学们将试题答案填涂或填写在答题卡上本试卷分第 I 卷 (选择题) ，第 II 卷 (非选择题) 和第 III 卷 (听力试卷)三部分, 共150 分, 第 I，II 卷考试时间 100 分钟， 听力考试时间为 20 分钟。答卷前, 请务必将自己的姓名、考号、座位号填写在答题卡上和密封线外相应位置。答卷时, 务必将答案涂写在答题卡上, 答在试卷上的无效。考试结束后, 将答题卡和答题纸一并收回。祝各位同学考试顺利！第Ⅰ卷（95 分）第一部分：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。1. ---The Youth League Committee is looking for volunteers for the promotion ofrubbish-sorting. Would you like to join in?--- . Everyone should do his bit.A. You asked for it B. You betC. You have my word D. You’ve got me there2. You can apply for a foreign university on the Internet by yourself, or you can turn to a special agency which can do it for you.A. appropriately B. alternatively C. additionally D. apparently3. is obviously right is to give all children equal opportunities to develop their special gift.A. Which B. As C. That D. What4. Safety should be a priority in any industry and it should come as no surprise that safety issues early can actually save money, long-term, for companies.A. requiring B. inquiring C. addressing D. acquiring5. The school isn’t I really wanted to go to, but I suppose I’ll just have to it.A. the one, make the best of B. the one, get away fromC. one, take advantage of D. that, catch up with6. While it wasn’t the goal of the trip, I was rewarded with fresh insights, ones that to me during the regular course of business.A. might never happen B. could never have happenedC. should not happen D. needn’t have happened7. The better you have of words, the better chance you have of saying exactly what you mean. A. contribution B. benefit C. command D. ability8. Nowadays, there still exist a lot of challenges facing some developing countries, the greatest is hunger.A. that B. of which C. whose D. to which9. ---How do you go to your office every day?---Normally, I take the subway to work, most of my colleagues.A. so do B. so does C. as does D. as do10. Using a new app named Papa, the elderly people can young volunteers to take care of them whenever they are in need.A. bring up B. come across C. call on D. pick up11. ---Why didn’t you attend the assembly this morning?---But I anything about that.A. didn’t tell B. haven’t told C. hadn’t been told D. haven’t been told12. In Lebanon, they say, a 50% increase in the price of cigarettes would lead to many people smoking in poorer households as wealthy families.A. as twice; quitting B. twice as; to quit C. as twice; to quit D. twice as; quitting13. During Voldemort’s time in power, people live in fear that they will be killed, either for having impure (不纯的) blood or for having pity for those who do.A. constant B. chief C. available D. artificial14. When I came in, John was sitting in the corner with his hands on his head, nervously for the final result.A. crossed, waited B. crossed, waiting C. crossing, waited D. crossing, waiting15. According to my grandma, it is a good idea to drink chicken soup when you have a cold. , scientists agree with her.A. Sooner or later B. For example C. To be honest D. Believe it or not第二节：完形填空 (共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分)阅读短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。One of my neighbors used to have a beautiful tree in her front yard. Her dad had planted itfor her 16 it was nothing more than a little branch and several years later it started to17 towards the sky at an amazing speed. Soon it blessed her with cooling 18 in the summer and glorious, golden leaves in the fall.When the two-day snowstorm struck our town, heavy snow 19 the tree’s branches that were still full of leaves. The weight split that lovely tree down the 20 . It was so sad seeing half of it 21 on the ground after the storm. When I talked to my neighbor later, she said that the damage had been too much and that the 22 tree would have to be cut down.23 , she had saved a few seedlings from it that she hoped to 24 in the future.Still, it was a shock to drive by her house the other day and see 25 but a stump (树 桩 ) in her front yard. I missed that tree. I missed its branches, its leaves 26 in the afternoon sun. I missed seeing its limbs reach towards the heavens. I thought that the stumpwould be a sad 27 of its loss for a long time to come.My wonderful neighbor had another plan, 28 . When I drove by her home today I saw a tiny bird feeder sitting on that stump and a colorful songbird having its 29 . It was such an affirmation (肯定) of life. It was such a joy to 30 . I could feel my heart 31 .Life by its very nature is a 32 bag. It hands us both beauty and tragedy, love and loss,33 and pain. What we do with it, however, is up to us. We can let it 34 us in two, or we can use even its hardest times to make our 35 stronger and our hearts more loving. We can spend it complaining or we can use it to help others.第二部分：阅读理解 (共 20 小题；每小题 2.5 分, 满分 50 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。ARoad tripMotorhome delivery offers great family holidays. For just $1 a day, you can hire a fully-equipped motorhome, which you deliver to a specific destination within some days and kilometers. You then hire another one to get home or take a bus or train. Your only other expense will be fuel and about $20 a day for parking fees. To learn more, visit apollocamper.com.Plan aheadFor a comfortable break, flexibility with times, dates and places helps lower the cost. Find afew hotels you like, ask about their vacant rooms, then wait a few weeks and call again. If they still have rooms, you’re at an advantage to ask for a better price. Lots of last-minute deals are online. Watif (watif.com.au) has deals on hotels that have dropped their prices so slow. You don’t know where you’re staying until it’s booked, but anywhere with four or five stars has to be fairly good.Back to natureWild camping appeals to nature lovers and costs nothing. This is forbidden on beaches and parks in most urban areas, but you can turn up in more distant area as long as nobody owns the land. You’ll need to take everything with you and may need to shop on eBuy (ebuy.com.au) .If you’re a camping beginner, be aware of safety measures and get your questions answered on the Internet.Swap meetHow about a home swap? For a $250 yearly joining cost, you can stay in someone’s home in an international place of your choice while they or someone else stays in yours. Find out more at familylink.com.au.36. Where can you get the information about motorhomes?A. familylink.com.au. B. watif.com.au. C. apollocamper.com. D. ebuy.com.au.37. What’s the advice for camping beginners?A. Take only what you need. B. Stay away from no-man’s land. C. Keep in touch with eBuy. D. Watch out for possible dangers.38. What helps to pay less for rooms in a hotel?A. Waiting for some time before booking. B. Choosing hotels with four or five stars. C. Deciding on rooms as early as possible. D. Bargaining prices through the Internet.39. What’s the purpose of the text?A. To show the advantages of online service.B. To teach the importance of running away from work. C. To help people have fun at less expense.D. To introduce new destinations for nature lovers.BEffective Friday, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has declared a strike against 11 video game publishers over games that went into production after Feb. 17, 2015. The companies include some of the heavyweights of the industry, like Electronic Arts Productions, Insomniac Games, Activision and Disney.The strike comes in light of an unsuccessful 19 months of negotiations after the existing labor contract known as the Interactive Media Agreement expired in late 2014. Overall, the strike is an effort to provide more secondary compensation along with other concerns, such astransparency upon hiring talent and on-set (制作中) safety precautions.The video gaming industry has ballooned in recent years. The Los Angeles Times reportsthat the industry is in the midst of an intense increase in cash flow. In 2015, gaming produced$23.5 billion in domestic revenue.But SAG-AFTRA says voice actors don’t receive residuals ( 追加酬金) for their gaming work. Instead, they receive a fixed rate, which is typically about $825 for a standard four-hour vocal session. So the voice actors are pushing for the idea of secondary compensation---a performance bonus every time a game sells 2 million copies or downloads, or reaches 2 million subscribers, with a cap at 8 million.“It’s a very small number of games that would trigger this secondary compensation issue,” said voice actor Crispin Freeman, who’s a member of the union’s negotiating committee. “This is an important aspect of what it means to be a freelance ( 从事育由职业的) performer, who isn’t regularly enjoyed every single day working on projects.”Another major complaint from the actors is the secrecy of the industry. “I can’t imagine if there’s any other acting job in the world where you don’t know what show you’re in, when you’re hired,” says voice actor Keythe Farley, who chairs the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee.“And yet that happens every day in the video game world,” Farley told reporters during a press conference Friday. “I was a main character in Fallout 4, a character by the name of Kellogg, and I never knew that I was doing vocal recording for that game throughout the year and a half.”Scott Witlin, the lawyer representing the video game companies, says voice actors “represent less than one tenth of l percent of the work that goes into making a video game.” So “even though they’re the top craftsmen in their field,” Witlin says, “if we pay them under a vastly different system than the people who do the 99.9 percent of the work, that’s going to create far more problems for the video game companies.”40. Why did SAG-AFTRA declare a strike against some video game publishers?A. It had been cheated repeatedly in the 19 months of talks. B. The labor contract between them had been violated.C. The negotiations between them had broken down.D. Its appeal to renegotiate the contract had been rejected.41. What do we learn from the passage about the video gaming industry?A. It has invested a lot in its domestic market. B. It has attracted many famous voice actors. C. It has become more open and transparent. D. It has gained huge profits in recent years.42. What are the voice actors demanding?A. Extra pay based on sales revenues. B. A non-discriminatory contract. C. A limit on the maximum work hours. D. More regular employment.43. What docs Keythe Farley say about voice actors?A. They are not paid on a regular basis.B. They are kept in the dark about many details of their job. C. They are discriminated against in the gaming industry.D. They are not employed full-time.44. What is the argument of lawyer Scott Witlin?A. Changing the pay system would cause the industry more problems. B. Paying voice actors on an hourly basis is in fine with the law.C. Voice actors should have a pay raise if they prove to be top craftsmen. D. Voice actors are mere craftsmen, not professional performers.CImagine your body is like the house you live in. Every day, your family creates rubbish. The rubbish builds up until it is put out for the weekly garbage collection.Now, say you put three bags of garbage out, but because one of the collectors was away sick, only two bags are collected. You take the leftover bag inside to be put out again next week. The following week you put out another three bags, plus the leftover bag from last week. But again, only two bags are collected. Imagine this cycle is repeated over the following weeks.This is a simple description of what happens to your body when your kidneys ( 肾) don’twork efficiently. Your body is not thoroughly emptied of waste products. Other areas of the body such as blood pressure and red blood cell production are affected and the insidious process that may lead to kidney failure begins.It’s not uncommon for people to lose up to 90 percent of their kidney function before developing any symptoms. There may be no warning signs. This makes early detection( 诊察)difficult.Kidney’s main job is to remove toxins ( 毒素) and unwanted water from our blood. Every day our kidneys clean an average of 200 litres of blood. Kidney failure may be a gradual and silent process, going unnoticed because there is no apparent pain.Research shows that more than 25 percent of patients found to require dialysis ( 透析) do not see a kidney specialist until less than 90 days before dialysis starts. Some risk factors for kidney disease such as age and genetic make-up are out of our control; however, some changes in lifestyle may help prevent kidney damage. Two major risk factors for kidney disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, have been on the rise over the last few decades. Both conditions are chiefly affected by being overweight and not getting enough exercise, which are the potential factors for the disease.45. The author gives the example of the house we live in to indicate that .A. it s safe and harmless for our body to keep some wasteB. it doesn’t matter much if the waste in our body is not emptied in timeC. it’s important for our body to empty the waste in time every dayD. our body will not produce any waste if our kidneys work efficiently46. The underlined word “insidious” (in Paragraph 3) means .A. gradual and unnoticed B. apparent and fastC. smooth and safe D. painful and long47. We can infer that when we find some symptoms related to our kidneys, .A. the kidney failure beginsB. the kidneys may have been seriously damagedC. we have lost about 10 percent of kidney functionD. the kidneys can still work properly48. How many factors of kidney disease are mentioned in the passage?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.49. Which of the following helps prevent kidney damage?A. Go to see a kidney specialist shortly before dialysis starts.B. Go to see a kidney specialist whenever you find any warning sign. C. Try to keep low blood pressure and a stable lifestyle.D. Take enough exercise and make early detection of kidney disease.DThe age of adulthood is by definition arbitrary. If everyone matured at the same, fixed rate, it wouldn’t be a human process. Indeed, maturation happens at varying speeds across different categories within the same individual, so I’d say I was easily old enough to vote at 16, but nobody should have given me a credit card until I was 32, and I’ve got the county court judgment to prove it.However, we broadly agree that there’s a difference between a child and an adult, even if we might argue about the transition point. So the political theorist David Runciman’s view that six-year-olds should be allowed to vote goes against any standard argument about the age of civic responsibility. Nobody would say that a six-year-old could be held criminally responsible, could be sent to war, could be capable of consent, could be given responsibility for anything. So allowing them the vote—along with, unavoidably, seven-year-olds who are even sillier, if anything—is quite an amusing proposal.Runciman’s argument is that this is the only way to rebalance political life, which is currently twisted in favor of the old, who don’t (he added) ever need to demonstrate mental capacity, even long after they’ve lost it.The first part of his case is self-evident: pensions are protected while children’s centers are closed, concepts such as sovereignty ( 最 高 权 威 ) are prioritized over the far more urgent business of the future: climate change. Nostalgia ( 怀念) for a past the young wouldn’t evenrecognize plays a central role, which is completely unfair.Most of the arguments against giving six-year-olds a vote are that children would end up voting for something damaging and chaotic, if someone made unrealistic promises to them, which could never be realized. Well, it’s not children’s fault.Having said that, children do tend towards the progressive, having a natural sense of justice (which kicks in at the age of six months, psychologists have shown, by creating scenes of great unfairness to babies, and making them cry) and an underdeveloped sense of self-interest. Mykid, when he was six, made quite a forceful case against private property, on the basis that, since everybody needed a house, they shouldn’t cost money, because nobody would want anyone else not to have one. Also, food should be free. It was a kind of pre-Marx communism, where you limit the coverage of the market to only those things that you wouldn’t mind someone else not having.On that particular day, when we were registered as voters, my kid was quite far to the left of me, but in the normal run of things, we’re united, which brings us to the point of the problem: children obey you on almost nothing, but they do seem to believe in your politics until they’re adolescent. So giving kids the vote is really just a way of giving parents extra votes. And whatcan stop us having even more children, once there’s so much enfranchisement (选举权) in it forus?Now, if parents could be trusted to use their influence wisely, and hammer into children the politics it will take to assure a better future, then I wouldn’t necessarily have a problem with that, apart from, obviously, that culture is already wildly twisted towards parents, and I can imagine a few non-parents boiling with fierce anger. But that’s not worth talking about anyway, because parents can’t be trusted, otherwise we’d all already vote Green(绿党).In short: no, six-year-olds should not get the vote; but while we’re here, if any votes come up in the near future, which will have an impact on the next five decades of British political life, alongside EU migrants, 16-year-olds certainly should be enfranchised.50. The author refers to his age of adulthood to prove that .A. certain rights are granted at different stages of life B. there’s a common standard for the age of adulthood C. people mature at different rates in various aspects D. a credit card is more difficult to get than the vote51. People reject David Runciman’s proposal because .A. they believe children are far from mature in many waysB. they are uncertain whether children can assume responsibilityC. they know the age to get the vote is not to be questionedD. they don’t think a child can grow into adulthood earlier52. What is the base for David Runciman’s argument?A. Public ignorance of children’s abilities. B. Inequalities of opportunity.C. A cultural preference for the old. D. The imbalance in political life.53. The author talks about his kid to indicate that .A. children are in favor of a just society and tend to be idealistic B. children are innocent and don’t want to be involved in politics C. children are simple-minded and can fall for an adult’s trickD. children are good-natured and like to help people in need54. The author thinks allowing children the vote may lead to .A. twisted culture B. parents’ objections C. misuse of rights D. unusual maturation55. What is the main point of the passage?A. There is a difference between adults and children. B. Allowing children the vote is not altogether absurd. C. The definition of adulthood is quite controversial. D. Parents should introduce politics to their children.第Ⅱ卷（35 分）第三部分：写作 (共两节, 满分 35 分)第一节：阅读表达 (共 5 小题；每小题 2 分, 满分 10 分)阅读下列短文, 按照要求用英文回答问题。I was in the country, Vietnam, from 1970 to 1971. I was a nineteen-year-old soldier. Sixmonths after my arrival, I stepped on a land mine and lost my right foot. Although it was a painful experience, I also felt great relief and happiness. I knew it meant my plane ticket home. So I had mixed feelings after the accident.Back in the US, I was fitted with an artificial leg and I threw away my uniform and my Purple Heart. They had no value to me. They reminded me of what I wasn’t proud of and I had one constant reminder: one artificial leg.Twenty-six years later, I participated in a bicycle race in Vietnam, which was designed forAmericans and veterans ( 老 兵) and civilians of Vietnam. In the race I formed a connection with Tran, a veteran of the former North Vietnam. Like me, Tran had also lost his leg due to a mine. But unlike me, he had also lost some family members in the Americans’ bombing. He said he used to be filled with hate for Americans.One day, I heard that he had slipped in the race by accident, and that his leg was hurting him. I offered him some medicine to ease his pain. He gave me a “thumbs up”. He smiled his big smile. And that was enough. We had a special connection. Although language was an obstacle to our communication, it didn’t hinder us from conveying our friendship. In the race, we found that we could relax and enjoy each other’s company, even without words.During the race, I found his prosthesis ( 假肢) was not good, so I considered arranging anew prosthesis for him after returning home. And I invited him to visit my country. Joyfully, he agreed. When I returned home, I talked with my friend Jim, who owned the company where my prosthesis was made. I told him about Tran and why he should have a new prosthesis. Jim agreed.Later, Tran travelled to my country. We got Tran a new prosthetic leg. I was happy to give something to him---and in a way, to his country. At my daughters’ school, he talked about forgiveness. Despite their country’s loss, he found the place in his heart to forgive.He is my friend, and I am happy that now our friendship will continue for the rest of ourlife.56. Why did the author have mixed feelings after the accident? (no more than 10 words)57. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 4 mean? (only 1 word)58. What did the author’s friend, Jim, agree to do? (no more than 10 words)59. What was the change of Tran’s feelings to Americans? (no more than 10 words)60. Why does the author say he and Tran will be friends for the rest of their life? Please give reasons in your own words. (no more than 20 words)第二节：书面表达 (满分 25 分)61. 假定你是李津，是一名高三学生，自上个月开始你家长不再允许你使用手机上的 app软件，他们认为这对学习没有帮助还浪费时间，但是你不这样认为，为此你感到很苦恼。 请你用英语写一封信向你的美国笔友 John 求助。内容应包括：1. 介绍情况2. 你的想法3. 希望得到 John 的帮助并了解美国家长对此事的看法 注意：1. 实当增加细节，不少于 100 词2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数Dear John,I’m sorry to bother you, but Look forward to your reply.YoursLi Jin第 III 卷（20 分）第四部分：听力 (共两节, 满分 20 分)第一节 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。每段对话仅读一遍。62. What will the woman probably do today?A. Go camping. B. Review lessons. C. Take an exam.63. What is the most expensive item?A. The washing machine. B. The fridge. C. The bed.64. Where are the speakers?A. In the office. B. At home. C. In the supermarket.65. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The man’s change.B. The man’s childhood.C. The man’s favorite movies.66. What do we know about Mrs. William?A. She is in her thirties.B. She had her daughter at the age of 25. C. She looks younger than she is.第二节 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 67~68 题。67. What happened to the speakers?A. They had difficulty getting a map. B. They lost their way.C. They were given the wrong directions.68. What will the woman do?A. Drive the car. B. Blame the man. C. Call her sister.听第 7 段材料，回答第 69~71 题。69. What does the man do?A. A sportsman. B. A tour guide. C. A sports writer.70. What does the woman think of the man’s job?A. Tiring. B. Great. C. Boring.听第 8 段材料，回答第 72~74 题。71. What is the weather like now?A. Warm and sunny. B. Chilly and snowy. C. Cold and cloudy.72. How will the man go to work?A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By car.73. What is the woman trying to persuade the man to do?A. Listen to the forecast. B. Wear warm clothes. C. Go out for lunch.听第 9 段材料，回答第 75~77 题。74. What’s the man’s plan for this summer?A. Working at musical festivals. B. Doing a market survey.C. Staying with his family.75. Where will the woman probably work this summer?A. In a restaurant. B. In a music club. C. On a farm.76. How long will the woman work every day?A. 4 hours. B. 5 hours. C. 6 hours.77. Where did the woman get the job information?A. From her friend. B. From a magazine. C. From her parents.听第 10 段材料，回答第 78~81 题。78. In which country is the speaker now?A. America. B. England. C. Australia.79. When was The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry published?A. In 2007. B. In 2012. C. In 2014.80. What award has the speaker won?A. The Man Booker Prize.B. The Commonwealth Book Prize. C. The Tinniswood Award.81. What will the speaker do next?A. Introduce her works. B. Answer questions. C. Visit the library.天津市耀华中学 2020 届高三年级第二次月考英语答案第一部分：英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分 45 分)第一节：单项填空BBDCA BCBDC CDABD第二节：完形填空BCBAB DDCCD DCADA BACAD第二部分：阅读理解 (共 20 小题；每小题 2.5 分, 满分 50 分)A 篇: CDAC B 篇: CDABA C 篇: CABDD D 篇: CADACB第三部分：写作 (共两节, 满分 35 分)第一节：阅读表达 [No.49 ]56. Because although he was injured, he could returned home.57. Prevent58. To make a new prosthesis for Tran for free.59. He turned hate to forgiveness.60. Open. 第二节：书面表达 Dear John,I’m sorry to bother you, but I’m really in urgent need of your help.Ever since last month, my parents haven’t allowed me to use mobile phones, because they think it is a waste of time using apps on the phone, which they believe will affect my study. However, I don’t agree with them. I know I’m a Senior 3 student and I just use the apps related to my study, such as searching information on the Internet or looking up new words in the E-dictionary. Actually, they really help to broaden my horizon and I have made great progress in my study.To be honest, I have tried to share my ideas with my parents, but they still stick to their opinions. So what should I do? I really need your help, and I also want to know attitudes of American parents.Look forward to your reply.第四部分：听力 (共两节, 满分 20 分) 20BCBAC BACBC CBCAB BABCBYoursLi JinText 1听力材料M: The weather is so nice today. Let’s go camping in the mountain.W: I’d like to, but the coming exam is scheduled for next week and I have to prepare for it in the library.Text 2W: How much did you pay for this new fridge?M: Oh, it was a little over a thousand dollars, plus tax. It was much more expensive than our washing machine, but not nearly as much as our bed!Text 3W: Well, dinner is ready. I wonder why Tom hasn’t come back yet.M: I just asked him to go to the supermarket after work. He should be on the way back home. W: Let me call him to ask.Text 4M: Well, when I was a teenager, I would go there whenever there was a new movie, but Iseldom go to the cinema anymore. W: How come?M: I don’t like all these new science fiction movies, not to mention violence ones! Text 5W: Do you know that Mrs. William is already 45?M: Really? I can’t believe it. She seems like a young lady who is in her thirties. W: You will be more surprised when you see her 25-year-old daughter.Text 6W: Are you sure this is the right street? M: No, I have no idea where we are. W: Well, I think we must have got lost.M: It’s not my fault. Your sister’s directions don’t make sense.W: What? Don’t blame others. The routes seemed easy to understand for me. M: Well, then, why don’t you drive if you are so much better at it than I am? W: OK. This can’t beat me. Pull over.Text 7W: What do you do for a living?M: I’m a sports writer, working with a sports magazine. W: A sports writer? That must be a lot of work.M: It is. Every day, I take a lot of pictures.W: How interesting! Then you travel a lot to watch exciting sports events?M: You’re right. More than half the year, I am out traveling around the country. And I also drive a lot.W: Do you go abroad often?M: Not really. But I do sometimes go abroad to report on overseas sports events. W: What an exciting job! I wish I could be more like you.M: Why not? Text 8W: What a cold day! The weatherman says there will be a snowstorm today. You’d better wear warm clothes, dear.M: I don’t believe the weatherman anymore. Last week he said there would be clear skies but it rained all week.W: All right. Go ahead and catch cold. You can see that it’s overcast. In the winter, that always means that it’s going to snow.M: It doesn’t make any difference. Felix is driving me to the office. I don’t have to go outside. W: But you may go out for lunch.M: By that time, this storm will have blown over. Look! It’s partly sunny already. W: No, it’s partly cloudy. Here are your overcoat and boots.M: Thank you. And here’s Felix. See you tonight. Text 9W: So, what are you going to do this summer?M: Well, I’m probably going on holiday with my parents, but I really hope I can get a summer job in a market. What about you?W: I’m going to Scotland for the summer. M: For the whole summer?W: Yes. I’m going to work in the mountains with my best friend. M: Really? That sounds great!W: Yes. The work won’t be very interesting. It’ll be mostly cooking, cleaning and working on reception and selling drinks. But our hours are eight till ten in the morning and six till nine in the evening. So we’ll have plenty of time during the day to go for a walk in the open air.M: I wish I could get a job like that. How did you find out about it?W: I read about it in a magazine called Summer Work Round Britain. It tells you about all kinds of different jobs in different places. You can work on farms picking fruits, or at hotels near the sea. You can even get work at music festivals.Text 10W: Hello, I’m Rachel Joyce. I’m so happy to be here today at the Claremont Library. I’ve traveled all the way from England, and it’s truly wonderful to visit the United States! This is the first stop on my book tour. I’m off to Australia next! Before I take any questions, let me tell you a bit about myself. My new novel, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, was published in 2014. The book is a companion to my first novel. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, which follows a man named Harold Fry as he goes in search of his old friend, Queenie Hennessy, in hopes of saying goodbye before she dies. The novel was published in2012. It was almost chosen for the Commonwealth Book Prize and the Man Booker Prize. The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy is Queenie’s side of the story as she waits for Harold. I’ve also written many radio plays for BBC Radio Four, and in 2007, I won the Tinniswood Award for my radio play To Be a Pilgrim. I have also won the UK National Book Award for New Writer of the Year. Now, I’ll take questions from the audience.