福建省铭选中学、泉州九中、侨光中学2022-2023学年高一下学期期中联考英语试卷

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铭选中学、泉州九中、侨光中学
2023春季高一年期中联考英语试卷
(考试时间:120分钟 满分：150分)
第一部分 听力 (共两节, 满分30分)
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。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。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. What does the woman ask the boy to do?
A. Go to bed early. B. Prepare for his exam. C. Do some sports.
2. How does Christine feel these days?
A. Jealous. B. Tired. C. Thankful.
3. What is the man buying?
A. A dishwasher. B. A fridge. C. An oven.
4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Schoolmates. B. Father and daughter. C. Customer and waiter.
5. What do we know about the man?
A. He takes the subway to work.
B. He likes collecting clocks.
C. He gets up late every day.
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 does Kent want to do?
A. Ask the time. B. Attend a meeting. C. Make an appointment.
7. What is Kent?
A. A teacher. B. A secretary. C. A doctor.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does Emily suggest Tony do?
A. Go to sleep. B. Take up running. C. See a doctor.
9. What is Tony’s attitude toward Emily’s advice at last?
A. Disapproving. B. Positive. C. Uncertain.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where probably are the speakers?
A. In the street. B. In a library. C. In a supermarket.
11. When did the man move to the town?
A. A few weeks ago. B. Two years ago. C. Two days ago.
12. What is the woman’s plan for today?
A. Going shopping. B. Going cycling. C. Reading books.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the first question about?
A. Working. B. Smoking. C. Check-ups.
14. How often does Emma go to the doctor for a check-up?
A. Once a year. B. Twice a year. C. Once every three years.
15. How many questions are discussed in the conversation?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
16. What change will the discussion probably bring to the speakers?
A. They’ll exercise more.
B. They’ll work harder.
C. They’ll rest more.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Who firstly discovered hot springs in Bath?
A. The British. B. The Americans. C. The Romans.
18. What will the speaker do at the beginning of the trip?
A. Enjoy a hot spring. B. Go to a theater. C. Visit a gallery.
19. What did Jane Austen do in Bath according to the speaker?
A. She lived there for about four years.
B. She often went to the museum.
C. She published four books.
20. What are people advised to do after getting off the bus?
A. Take a rest first.
B. Follow the speaker closely.
C. Wait for other visitors at the bus stop.
第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节, 满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题; 每小题2.5分, 满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Summer camps are one of the best experiences that a kid can have with all the great memories with new friends and experiences that they will never forget. Read this list to find out which summer camp suits your kids most.
Camp Brooks
Lying on Lake Livingston in Trinity, Texas, Camp Brooks is one of Texas’ favorite summer camps and with good reasons! Kids can do all kinds of camp activities that you can imagine including things like dancing, painting, and singing. Boys and girls won’t ever run out of things to do with all the choices that are offered. They also have special events that include a parents’ weekend and a family camp.
AstroCamp
AstroCamp is a unique adventure camp lying in Clover, Virginia. The camp site sits next to a river with mountains around. Campers can enjoy the beautiful natural environment and take part in summer camp activities like horse riding and swimming. The camp offers several different programs. Their one-week camps are suitable for kids aged 8-17 while their two-week camps are for campers aged 12-20.
Supernow Adventure Club
Supernow is one of the top summer camps for kids established in 1921 and lying on a North Carolina mountain in Brevard. Campers receive a monthly activity box containing different science projects with the goal to solve a problem. Each month takes kids on a new adventure. Supernow creates the perfect environment to improve a child’s creativity and makes choosing a summer camp easy for parents.
PlanetBravo
PlanetBravo offers technology-focused in-person summer camps all around Los Angeles, California. It provides camps on various subjects like 3D modeling, coding, programming, and more. The camps are a fun and educational choice for students in 2nd grades through 9th. Compared to other day or overnight camps, their programs are pretty affordable. Kids can choose a number of different classes so they can learn more than one thing or try different subjects they might be interested in, which makes PlanetBravo different from other camps.
21. Which camp is suitable for kids who like art?
A. PlanetBravo. B. Camp Brooks.
C. AstroCamp. D. Supernow Adventure Club.
22. Where can campers enjoy outdoor sports?
A. In Trinity. B. In Los Angeles.
C. In Clover. D. In Brevard.
23. What is special about PlanetBravo?
A. It holds family meetings. B. It focuses on science projects.
C. It sets a low price. D. It offers campers free choices.
B
On February 6th, 2022 Inglemoor High School freshman Ishitha Arekapudi took a deep breath as the wheels of a white glider (滑翔机) hit the ground. She did it—her first solo (独自的) flight in a glider!
“I was nervous, but when I started out, I knew it was going to be okay because I had the right training and I knew what to do,” she said.
Since May 2021, the young flyer has been training with an instructor every weekend at Bergseth Field Airport in Enumclaw, America to prepare for her flight.
She intended to fly solo before reaching her 15th birthday, she said. However, winter weather conditions in December prevented her from reaching that goal. It didn’t stop her. Since she couldn’t fly at Bergseth Field with the winter weather, Arekapudi joined the Evergreen Soaring Association at the Arlington Municipal Airport to continue training with support from flight instructor Eric Haupt.
Arekapudi said she spent every weekend at the airport in the early morning despite the cold and rain.
To share her story and inspire other students to develop their interests, Arekapudi formed the Sky Riders Club as an eighth-grader in 2021. In middle school, the group started with five members. By the end of last year, over 40 students joined. As the current president of the club, Arekapudi said, she gets to invite guest speakers and company representatives (代表) to speak about aviation (航空).
Flying is more than just a hobby for Arekapudi. Next, she is preparing for the Federal Aviation Administration Airman Knowledge Test. She plans to study astrobiology or astrophysics in college, and finally work for NASA or Blue Origin. The goal is to become a space woman, she added.
24. How did Arekapudi feel after she took off on her first solo flight?
A. Curious. B. Disappointed. C. Confident. D. Frightened.
25. Which words can best describe Ishitha Arekapudi?
A. Brave and creative. B. Easygoing and active.
C. Hard-working and determined. D. Cautious and independent.
26. What can we learn about Arekapudi’s Sky Riders Club?
A. It became a good example for other clubs.
B. It failed to achieve its purpose.
C. It received bad comments from experienced flyers.
D. It developed quite well afterwards.
27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. High school student completed her first solo flight.
B. What does it take to become a flyer?
C. What should you do to achieve your goal?
D. Having a hobby helped a girl enter a college.
C
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” When I was a kid, I dreaded the question. I never had a good answer. Adults always seemed terribly disappointed that I wasn’t dreaming of becoming a scientist or an astronaut.
In college, I finally realized I wanted to do many things. So I found a solution: I became an organizational psychologist. My job is to fix other people’s jobs. I get to experience them indirectly—I’ve got to explore how filmmakers blaze new trails and how astronauts build trust. And I’ve got to believe that asking youngsters what they want to be does them a disservice.
One of my complaints about the question is that it forces kids to define (定义) themselves in terms of work. When you’re asked what you want to be when you grow up, it’s not socially acceptable to say, “A father,” or, “A mother.” This might be one of the reasons many parents say their most important value for their children is to care about others, yet their kids believe that top value is success. When we define ourselves by our jobs, our worth depends on what we achieve.
The upside of low expectations is that they erase the gap between what we want and what we get. A lot of evidence shows that instead of painting a rosy picture of a job, you’re better off going in with a realistic preview of what it’s really like. Sure, you might be less excited to take it, but on average you end up more productive.
I’m all for encouraging youngsters to aim high and dream big. But asking kids what they want to be leads them to claim a career identity they might never want to earn. So instead, invite them to think about what kind of person they want to be—and about all the different things they might want to do.
28. What does the underlined word “dreaded” most probably mean in Paragraph 1?
A. Became interested in. B. Was confused about.
C. Cared little about. D. Felt anxious about.
29. What is the disadvantage of forcing kids to define themselves by jobs?
A. Leading to a limited value about self-worth.
B. Getting them to make regular complaints.
C. Having side effects on their future work.
D. Preventing them from being kind and helpful.
30. How can we work more productively in the author’s opinion?
A. Imagine our job to be promising.
B. Preview our job realistically as a whole.
C. Keep a normal attitude towards our job.
D. Take up a job in our desired career.
31. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?
A. To argue against a false belief.
B. To suggest a way to educate kids.
C. To present a few new points of view.
D. To encourage kids to dream big.
D
Osa is an athletic yet stubborn 62-pound German shepherd. The six-year-old dog has mastered the art of sniffing (嗅，闻) out cancer and is key to a research project that has the potential to change oncology (肿瘤学).
Osa is part of an ambitious effort launched five years ago at the University of Pennsylvania that aims to develop one of the most powerful scent-detection (气味探测) machines in the world: the canine nose. She is able to distinguish between blood samples (样本) taken from cancer patients and healthy people simply by sniffing them.
In fact, Osa is one of five cancer-detection dogs trained by Annemarie DeAngelo and her workmates at the university’s Penn Vet Working Dog Centre. The most important goal is to develop an “electronic sniffer” that can have similar cancer-sniffing superpowers of Osa and her pals. Osa arrived at the Penn Vet Working Dog Centre from a breeder at two months of age. Ever since, she has taken training. The process is demanding, challenging and repeated until the dog has mastered the most basic task of all. Finally, she has succeeded in sniffing out cancer. To change Osa’s outstanding abilities into an electronic nose, researchers use a similar way to train the machine.
An electronic nose prototype (原型，模型) has been built, and it’s successful in sniffing out cancer 90 to 95 percent of the time. That team has also correctly detected different types of cancer, and is building a cancer-detecting device for the National Institutes of Health. One aim is to be able to distinguish between early-stage and late-stage cancer. “It would be amazing to identify people at an early stage and really have an effect on saving lives,” says a researcher. “The dogs have been able to detect that. With that ability, a blood test could be sent to a central lab, or ideally performed in a doctor’s office, making some hidden cancers a thing of the past. We expect that the cancer-sniffer device will be completed soon.
32. What can we learn about Osa from the first two paragraphs?
A. She uses nose to detect the presence of cancer.
B. She can change the course of the oncology.
C. She was too stubborn to join the research.
D. She used to be an athletic German shepherd.
33. Which of the following best describes the training according to Paragraph 3?
A. Purposeful. B. Boring. C. Strict. D. Endless.
34. What can we infer from the researcher’s words?
A. Distinguishing cancers is important in early experiments.
B. Blood tests will be more difficult in the future.
C. There will be more dogs tested for detecting cancer.
D. The hidden cancers may be detected by an electronic nose soon.
35. What is the text mainly about?
A. The result of a study on dogs’ life.
B. The role of dogs in detecting cancers.
C. The importance of having a blood test.
D. The ways to distinguish cancers.
第二节 (共5小题; 每小题2.5分, 满分12.5分)
根据短文内容从短文后的七个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。
Bruce is a manager who had a team of around 40 people. Most of them were bright, enthusiastic, and hardworking young people. 36 Individually, everyone on the team is excellent. But as a team, they are not good, which is very important for the organization.
37 He invited everyone to a hall for a game consisting of 3 rounds. For the first round, he told everyone to blow a balloon kept on the table and then write their name on it without bursting it. All the team members blew the balloon and wrote their name on it. 38 After some time, he called them back to the room. Now there were more balloons scattered(分散) around without names on them. He told that they had 15 minutes to find the balloon with their name written on it. After 15 minutes, he stopped the round as no one got their balloons.
For the next round, Bruce told them if any team member found a balloon with a name on it, he or she had to give the balloon to the person whose name was on it. Everyone started searching, and within a couple of minutes, everyone had their own balloon with their name on it. Bruce went to the dais (讲台) and said, “You see, in the second round, no one was able to find their balloons as we were working on individual targets. But in the final round, within a couple of minutes, everyone had their balloon with them. 39 ”
Most of the time, people hide information, avoid cooperation, and distance themselves from their team members. 40 And in the long run, it also affects the individual. So, everyone in the team should share and care with team members for team success. We should communicate, share and work effectively for greater ambition for the team.
A. However, he had a problem.
B. This helps to promote their independence.
C. That’s the power of teamwork and sharing.
D. So he considered taking his group on a trip.
E. This kind of mindset causes trouble for team growth.
F. Then he told everyone to wait outside for the next round.
G. Bruce then decided to solve this issue by planning a team activity.
第三部分 英语知识运用 (共三节, 满分45分)
第一节 完形填空 (共20小题; 每小题1分, 满分20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, 选出可以填空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Twelve-year-old Flores couldn’t afford books, so he 41 to start reading junk mail. Flores would read all that wouldn’t 42 him anything.
Ron Lynch, a postman, was making his daily 43 when he saw a boy digging through junk mail. He was 44 about why the boy was doing that. What Flores said next 45 Lynch. Flores told Lynch that he 46 junk mail because he didn’t have books of his own and, he couldn’t afford to get to the 47 .
Lynch was 48 by the little boy’s words, so he decided to help the boy. He 49 the boy’s story to his blog to ask for help encouraging this young boy’s 50 for reading. The 51 from his social network? WONDERFUL! The post spread 52 his personal circles. “It’s gone crazy from there,” Lynch said. “I’ve heard from the U.K., Australia, from India.”
53 began to arrive at Flores’ doorstep. The little boy was 54 and so excited that he could 55 read something REAL! Flores is now the proud owner of a 56 library. “They said these books are for you. I thought they were 57 , but they were for me,” said Flores about the 58 .
The point is one person can 59 a life. All it takes sometimes is 60 what is going on around you.
41. A. decided B. offered C. attempted D. managed
42. A. claim B. cost C. lose D. miss
43. A. supplies B. questions C. deliveries D. inquiries
44. A. optimistic B. cautious C. concerned D. curious
45. A. disappointed B. confused C. shocked D. motivated
46. A. wanted B. read C. cleaned D. bought
47. A. library B. hotel C. office D. market
48. A. well-informed B. hard-won C. heart-broken D. ready-made
49. A. posted B. wrote C. created D. updated
50. A. worry B. ambition C. achievement D. hunger
51. A. comment B. relief C. expression D. response
52. A. beyond B. out C. against D. besides
53. A. Gifts B. Books C. Praises D. Charities
54. A. interested B. touched C. eager D. anxious
55. A. gradually B. frequently C. eventually D. normally
56. A. personal B. perfect C. regional D. national
57. A. expensive B. nervous C. mistaken D. awkward
58. A. courage B. honesty C. happiness D. kindness
59. A. shape B. destroy C. recover D. change
60. A. understanding B. noticing C. monitoring D. recognizing
第二节 单句选词块填空 (共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分)
根据下列句子语境从所给词块中选择合适的词块填空，所给词块中有两个多余。
注意：请在答题卡填入每小题所选词块的相应序号，在横线上直接写出该单词不得分。
A. due to B. fighting for C. came across D. taking charge of
E. referred to F. picked out G. apart from



61. He was in a serious situation, ___________ his life in hospital.
62. Unfortunately, the show has been canceled ___________ the bad weather.
63. I ___________ an old friend of mine on the street the other day.
64. The problem ___________ in his latest research paper aroused heated discussion.
65. She was ___________ from thousands of applicants for the job.
第三节 (共10小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分15分)
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The 53-year-old craftswoman (手艺人)Ji Yulan, an inheritor (继承人) of the intangible heritage (非物质遗产) of paper-cutting from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 66 (engage) in the art for over 40 years.
She made paper-cuts of people from other 67 (walk) of life. “The paper-cutting art comes from the folk and it should return to the people,” Ji said. One of her pieces showed a nurse with long, beautiful hair, 68 (wear) a mask and a protective hat. Ji was deeply impressed by female medical workers who cut their long hair to better fit into the protective suits while fighting in the front line against the epidemic. “Women are attractive in long hair 69 it takes a lot of courage to cut it,” Ji said. She created a paper-cutting work to show the image, in
70 a nurse has her long hair back. She named the piece The Angel in Harm’s Way.
Ji has 12 students, aged from 3 71 23. “They discovered their interest in paper- cutting and came to me 72 (learn) it,” she said, adding that she often encourages her students to create works 73 (base) on a younger mindset. “I am 74 (extreme) optimistic about the future of the craft. Younger generation have a real sense of
75 (culture) heritage.”
第四部分 读后续写 (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。
Peter, 55, loved his job as a bus driver. He had been one almost all his life, loving the company of the little children who rode his bus daily. It made him feel younger and more energetic. His record was clean without one accident during his career (职业生涯), which made him a trustworthy driver.
However, Peter’s boss Mr. Clark thought Peter was old and wanted younger drivers. He called Peter to his office and told it was time for him to make retirement plans. Although Peter wanted to keep the job he had to give in to Mr. Clark’s request. And Peter decided to retire a week later. He would miss being a bus driver for the school kids and he would miss their lovely smiles and jokes.
After leaving Mr. Clark’s office, Peter went about his job and returned home to his lonely life. His wife had died years before and his son lived abroad. His job was the only thing that kept him busy.
But that would be gone too. And Peter wondered what he would do without it. He didn’t have any hobbies in particular. His job and the joy of seeing his young riders every day were the only things that kept him clear-headed. Unfortunately for Peter time flew by and his retirement day came soon.
The day before his last day, Peter was dropping off the kids at his first stop when he looked out the window and saw a lady on the road who had passed out (昏迷). He asked the kids not to leave the bus and got down to help the woman. He sprinkled (洒) some water from his water bottle on the woman’s face; before long she was awake.
Peter was about to return to the bus when he heard screams behind him. He turned around and saw the front part of the bus in fire—caused by an engine problem. The children were looking out the window screaming “Help!” Shocked, Peter called 911 and rushed to help the children. The fire had already spread to the bus entrance by then, trapping the children at the back of the vehicle.
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。
Knowing he didn’t have time to lose, Peter covered himself with his jacket and rushed into the burning bus.________________________________________________________________
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The next day, Peter woke up to find Mr. Clark, parents, kids carrying flowers outside his house._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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铭选中学、泉州九中、侨光中学
2023春季高一年期中联考英语试卷参考答案
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
1-5 CBCAA 6-10 CABBA 11-15 BCBAC 16-20 CCAAB
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
21-25 BCDCC 26-30 DADAB 31-35 BACDB
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
36-40 AGFCE
第三部分 英语知识运用 (共三节, 满分45分)
第一节 (共20小题; 每小题1分, 满分20分)
41-45 ABCDC 46-50 BACAD 51-55 DABBC 56-60 ACDDB
第二节 (共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分)
61-65 BACEF
第三节 (共10小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分15分)
66. has (been) engaged 67. walks 68. wearing 69. and/so 70. which
71. to 72. to learn 73. based 74. extremely 75. cultural
第四部分 写作（满分25分）
【作答示例】
Knowing he didn’t have time to lose, Peter covered himself with his jacket and rushed into the burning bus. “It’s dangerous!” someone cried, but Peter paid no attention. Unbothered by his hand that burned in the process, he began comforting the crying kids as he rescued them. Thankfully, the firefighters arrived on the scene soon and helped Peter, saving all 28 students from the burning bus. In tears, the kids surrounded Peter and hugged him, and Peter’s eyes welled up, too.
The next day, Peter woke up to find Mr. Clark, parents, kids carrying flowers outside his house. Confused, Peter hurried downstairs and approached them. The crowd started handing him the flowers and saying he was a hero. And Mr. Clark hugged him and said, “Even younger drivers would have been too frightened to get into a burning bus, but you weren’t.” Then, he shook Peter’s hands and added that Peter could keep his job. Peter almost jumped for joy in tears. Just then, the kids he had saved surrounded him and hugged him again. After that day, Peter continued driving kids, happy and proud.

2023春高一期中考试听力原稿
Text 1
M: The final exam is drawing near. I feel much more nervous than before.
W: Don’t worry, my boy. You cannot stay in your bedroom studying all the time. Play badminton with me in the yard. (1) Come on!
Text 2（第2题为推断题）
M: Hi, Christine. I heard you’ve exercised a lot after work recently. I really envy you having such a strong will.
W: Thank you. But I’m exhausted by doing too much exercise. New Year’s Day is coming, so I need a break — a long break.
u will 意志；决心
Text 3
M: This one is brand-new, right?
W: Yes. It arrived yesterday afternoon, along with the dishwasher and the fridge.
M: Can it be used to bake cakes?
W: Yes, of course. You can even roast a chicken with it. (3)
Text 4（第4题为推断题）
W: The food in this restaurant is quite ordinary. It’s not as good as my dad’s cooking. I’d rather eat in our school’s canteen.
M: But isn’t it pleasant to enjoy dinner with light music and good service?
Text 5
W: Yikes, you have seven clocks in your bedroom. Are you crazy?
M: No, my working hours start from 7:30 a.m., and it takes me 40 minutes to get to my office by subway. (5) So I have to make sure I can wake up on time in the morning.
Text 6（第7题为推断题）
M: Hello, this is Kent Dumont speaking. (6) Can I talk to Dr. Ferguson?
W: I’m so sorry, Mr. Dumont. Dr. Ferguson is in a meeting now. What can I do for you?
M: It doesn’t matter. I just want to make an appointment with him. (6) I have a headache. I even feel this way while giving a class. Would sometime next week be convenient for him?
W: Wait a moment, please. Let me check his schedule for next week. Would next Monday afternoon be OK for you?
M: It’s perfect for me. I’ll arrive at 3:30 p.m. Thank you for your time.
Text 7
W: You look so sleepy, Tony. What’s wrong with you? Are you sick?
M: No. But I have little interest in anything, especially when it comes to studies.
W: Well, I really advise you to go for a run in the morning.
M: Why? Isn’t running tiring?
W: On the contrary! It really refreshes you and gets you ready to learn as long as you know how to run properly.
M: Are you sure, Emily? (8)
W: Yeah. I almost run every morning and have a clear mind after breathing the fresh air. Why not join me? (8)
M: Good idea. I’ll give it a try. Thanks for your advice. (9)
Text 8（第10题为推断题）
W: Excuse me, could you tell me where the library is?
M: No problem. You go four blocks to Washington Street, then turn left. It’s on the corner, across from the supermarket.
W: I’m sorry. Could you speak a little slower? You just said four blocks?
M: Yes, four blocks. You can ride there. When you get to Washington Street, turn left. The library is across from the supermarket.
W: Thanks! I’ve been in the town for only a few weeks, so I really don’t know my way around the town yet.
M: I understand how you feel. I moved here two years ago, (11) and I often asked for directions then.
W: Thank you again. It’s very kind of you.
M: Oh, wait! Today is Monday, and the library is closed! (12)
W: What a pity! I was hoping I would read some books there. (12) Thank you for reminding me.
M: You are welcome.
u block 街区
Text 9
M: Hi, Emma. (14) Will you discuss some questions about health with me?
W: Certainly.
M: No. 1: (15) Do you smoke more than ten cigarettes a day? (13)
W: Well. I gave up smoking five years ago.
M: Right. I should, too.
W: Yeah, smoking is really harmful to our health.
M: I agree. OK, No. 2: (15) Do you have a check-up in the hospital at least once a year? (14)
W: Of course. My company organizes a physical examination every year. (14) How about you?
M: I went to the doctor … let me see … about two years ago.
W: Oh, that’s not a good habit.
M: Hmm, let’s move on to No. 3: (15) Do you work more than ten hours a day?
W: No, but you’ve been working a lot lately.
M: Yep, I’ve been too tired recently. I should work less.
W: You really should slow down.
M: Well, the last question: (15) Do you have a lot of worries in your life?
W: I guess I’d have to say yes. I should rest more, and you too. (16)
Text 10
Everybody, can I have your attention please? We’ll soon arrive at our next stop. Before that, I’ll introduce its basic information to all of you. Let me ask you a question: do you know the word “bath” is also the name of a city? When the letter “b” is written in capital, it is the name of a place. Bath is the only city in the U.K. to be listed as a World Cultural Heritage site. Bath is known for its hot springs, and they were firstly found by the Romans. (17) So as the start of our trip, we’ll spend some time on a hot spring. (18) Bath is an elegant city full of traditional heritage, contemporary culture, green spaces and a few surprises. In addition to the hot spring for pleasure and relaxation, it also has a remarkable collection of museums, galleries, theaters and so on. Have you heard of Jane Austen? She once lived in Bath for about four years. (19) And two of her six published novels, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey are set there. I believe you must be much more interested in Bath now. There are thousands of visitors every year, so it will be very crowded. When you get off the bus, please follow me closely. (20)
u capital 大写字母
u World Cultural Heritage site 世界文化遗产
u hot spring 温泉
u contemporary 当代的
u Jane Austen 简·奥斯汀，英国小说家，主要作品有《傲慢与偏见》《理智与情感》等。
u Persuasion《劝导》
u Northanger Abbey《诺桑觉寺》