2023-2024学年度湖北省黄石市阳新县高级中学高二上学期11月月考英语测试试卷含答案

这是一份2023-2024学年度湖北省黄石市阳新县高级中学高二上学期11月月考英语测试试卷含答案，共11页。试卷主要包含了5 分，满分 7等内容，欢迎下载使用。


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。
1. Where is Mr. Smith nw ?
A. At hme.
B. On the way.
C. In his ffice.
2. What are the speakers talking abut?
A. A ty.
B. Their daughter.
C. Their pet.
3. Why des the man cme ?
A. T visit them.
B. T deliver the package.
C. T repair the machine.
4. What did the man d?
A. He drve t fast.
B. He bught a ticket.
C. He went t the curt.
5. What is Jack ding ?
A. He is lining up.
B. He is hunting fr a jb.
C. He is being interviewed.
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 至 7 题。
6. What will Kathy and Carl prepare fr Susan tgether ?
A. A dessert.
B. Sme flwers.
C. A birthday cake.
7. When is the party ?
A. At 6:00.
B. At 7:30.
C. At 8:00.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。
8. What’s the relatinship between the speakers?
A. Bss and emplyee.
B. Clerk and custmer.
C. C-wrkers.
9. What will the man d?
A. Change a sheet fr guests.
B. Tell smene t send up pillws.
C. Answer the phne.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
10. When did Teena receive the package?
A. Last week.
B. Ten years ag.
C. Several weeks ag.
11. What’s the bad news?
A. The gift was sent wrng.
B. The gift was brken.
C. The gift was stlen.
12. Hw is Teena finally?
A. Scared. B. Frustrated. C. Grateful.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
13. Hw many peple live in Australia ?
A. 12 millin. B. 20 millin. C. 200 millin.
14. Why des Michael like Brisbane?
A. It has a bnd with his grwth.
B. It is the capital city f Australia.
C. It is the mst beautiful city in Australia.
15. What can we knw abut Canberra?
A. It has the gld cast.
B. It’s the biggest city f Australia.
C. It’s in the sutheast f Australia.
16. What’s Australian peple’s attitude t visitrs?
A. Indifferent. B. Friendly. C. Cncerned.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. Hw lng did Jeffrey stay in space?
A. 520 days. B. 534 days. C. 879 days.
18. Which recrd did Jeffrey break?
A. The U.S. astrnaut's recrd.
B. The recrd fr the lngest space stay
C. The Russian astrnaut's recrd.
19. What did Jeffrey mainly write in his bk?
A.The Gd's creatin.
B. His experience in space.
C. Hw t take phts in space.
20. Wh will decide if Jeffrey will g back int space?
A. His wife. B. The bss f NASA. C. Himself.
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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
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Qutl Cling Bed Pillw 4.7
Fr thse wh are in the market fr a mre affrdable pillw that matches pricier ptins, the QuTl Cling Bed Pillws deliver n that and mre. The pillw’s cling capabilities definitely impressed ur tester. Hwever, she did find that she had t adjust the filling a few times thrughut the night t maintain cmfrt.
Tuft & Needle Original Fam Pillw 4.5
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Marlw The Pillw 4.2
Accrding t Jan Lefkwitz, D.C., funder and wner f Bdy In Balance Chirpractic, peple wh sleep n their side require a different amunt f supprt in a pillw than thse wh sleep n their back r stmach. Marlw The Pillw includes a hidden zipper channel designed t adjust the pillw’s lft withut the mess f lse filling, prviding adequate vlume that may suit side sleepers.
21. What might be the disadvantage f Tuft & Needle Original Fam Pillw?
A. Its quality.B. Its cmfrt.
C. Its material.D. Its price.
22. Wh are the target custmers f Marlw The Pillw?
A. Thse wh sleep sideways.B. Thse wh prefer sft pillws.
C. Thse wh are cnscius f price.D. Thse wh have sleeping prblems.
23. Which is the best verall pick?
A. The Cmpany Stre Pillw.B. Qu tl Cling Bed Pillw.
C. Tuft & Needle Original Fam Pillw.D. Marlw The Pillw.
B
As 17-year-ld Trri’ell Nrwd drve thrugh Flrida, last February, the laughter and chatter frm the fur teenage girls inside her car quickly gave way t screams. As they apprached an intersectin, anther car T-bned them, sending their car sailing int the yard f a nearby hme, cming t a stp nly when it crashed int a tree.
As smke rse frm the car, a bystander shuted, “It’s abut t blw up! Get ut!” Shaken, but therwise OK, Nrwd crawled ut thrugh the windw as the driver’s side dr culdn’t be pened. Alng with tw f her friends, wh’d als managed t free themselves, she ran fr her life. But halfway dwn the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmns, wasn’t with them. Nrwd ran back and fund Simmns uncnscius in the back seat. She threw pen the back dr and pulled her friend ut. She dragged Simmns a few feet t safety and laid her n the grund. After checking Simmns’ pulse she fund there was n sign f life, s she started CPR(心肺复苏).
Had the accident happened a few weeks earlier, she might nt have knwn what t d. But just the day befre, Nrwd, wh wanted t pursue a career in medicine, had earned her CPR certificate by learning n her wn. Kneeling n the lawn and lking dwn at her dying friend, Nrwd knew she had precius little time t practice what she’d learned.
She started pumping Simmns’ chest with her interlcked fingers and breathing int her friend’s muth in the hpe f filling her lungs with the kiss f life. After quite a while, Simmns began cughing and taking quick deep breaths fr air. The CPR had wrked! Sn,the ambulance arrived and rushed Simmns t the hspital. And then she heard hw her best friend had saved her life. “I wasn’t shcked,” Simmns tld thers. “She will always help in any way she can.“
24. What caused the car crash?
A. The girls were t excited t ntice anther car.
B. Nrwd drve the car t quickly that day.
C. Nrwd’s car crashed int a tree in a yard.
D. Anther car hit Nrwd’s car near the intersectin.
25. What was Nrwd’s immediate reactin after hearing the bystander’s warning?
A. She crawled ut thrugh the windw and ran withut stpping.
B. She ran fr her life but turned back t save her friend
C. She dragged her friends ut and perfrmed CPR at nce.
D. She pened the driver’s side dr and pulled her friend ut.
26. Why did Nrwd knw hw t perfrm CPR?
A. She had learned CPR in schl classes.B. She pursued a career in medicine.
C. She just earned her CPR certificate.D. The bystander tld her hw t d it.
27. What’s the best title fr the passage?
A. The Breath f LifeB. A Frightening Night
C. The Pwer f KnwledgeD. A Brave Girl
C
Rbert Hayden was an African-American pet. He was best knwn fr his pem Thse Winter Sundays, which was written in 1962. It describes the pet’s memries f his father, narrating that despite the distance between them, there was a kind f lve, real and invisible, shwn by the father’s effrts t imprve his sn’s life. The pem shws hw Hayden’s view abut his father’s lve has changed, and that his understanding f it has actually gtten deeper as the years have gne by; eventually the pet starts t appreciate the selflessness f these parental actins, while feeling a sense f regret fr nt having ever thanked him fr what he has dne.
The main symbl in the pem is temperature. Imagery such as “blue-black cld” makes the reader aware f the cld temperature. Hwever, sn in the pem, it becmes warm and wrds such as “fires burn” heighten this image. The difference in the temperature utside and inside the huse shws the authr’s relatinship with his father.
Rbert Hayden was brn in Detrit, Michigan, in August, 1913. As a nticeably small child with pr eyesight, Hayden ften fund great cmfrt in literature, becming fnd f petry. After graduating frm high schl, he attended Detrit City Cllege. Befre lng, he left cllege in 1936 t begin wrking fr the Federal Writers’ Prject (FWP). Hayden spent time there researching African-American histry and flk culture subjects that wuld inspire and influence his petic wrk. After marrying Erma Inez Mrris in 1940, he published his first cllectin f petry Heart-Shape in the Dust in the same year.
Hayden returned t the University f Michigan fr higher educatin after the publicatin f his first bk. W. H. Auden, a pet and prfessr, became a majr influence n Hayden’s wrk, guiding him thrugh matters f petic frm and technique. In his later years, Hayden cntinued t write and publish petry. In 1976, he became the first African American t serve as Pet Laureate (桂冠诗人).
28. What is the pem Thse Winter Sundays abut?
A. The father-sn relatinship.B. The authr’s lve fr winters.
C. The family values in the 1960s.D. The life f African Americans.
29. What des the underlined wrd “heighten” mean in the secnd paragraph?
A. charge.B. imprve.
C. recrd.D. pick.
30. What can we knw abut Rbert Hayden frm Paragraph 3?
A. He was brn with pr eyesight.
B. He inspired thers t pick up petry.
C. He shwed interest in pems in childhd.
D. He studied African-American histry in cllege.
31. What influenced Hayden’s petry mst?
A. His experience f wrking fr FWP.
B. The help frm Prfessr W. H. Auden.
C. The encuragement frm his family.
D. His decisin t receive higher educatin.
D
It’s easy t believe that rbts are stealing jbs frm human wrkers and badly affect the jb market; after all, yu’ve likely heard that they are tracking and mving packages withut the use f human hands.
But there’s n need t wrry abut a rbt takever just yet, says a new study frm BYU scilgy prfessr Eric Dahlin. Dahlin’s research fund that rbts aren’t replacing (取代) humans at the rate mst peple think, but peple are likely t greatly exaggerate (夸大) the rate f rbt takever.
T understand the relatinship between jb lss and rbts, Dahlin surveyed nearly 2, 000 peple abut their views n jbs being replaced by rbts. They were first asked t guess what is the percentage f emplyees whse emplyers (雇主) have replaced jbs with rbts. They were then asked whether their emplyers have ever replaced their jbs with rbts.
The study fund that nly 14% f wrkers say they’ve seen their jb replaced by a rbt. But thse wh have experienced jb displacement due t a rbt verstate the effect f rbts taking jbs frm humans by abut three times.
“Our understanding f rbts taking ver jbs is greatly exaggerated,” says Dahlin. Thse wh haven’t lst jbs verstate it by abut duble, and thse wh have lst jbs verstate it by abut three times. Eye-catching headlines saying a bad future f emplyment have likely verblwn the situatin f rbts taking ver jbs.
The finding fits early studies, which suggest that rbts aren’t replacing wrkers. Rather, wrkplaces, where bth emplyees and rbts are wrking tgether, deliver mre value in a way. “An everyday example is an autnmus machine at yur lcal department stre,” says Dahlin. “This rbt cleans the flrs while emplyees clean under shelves r ther difficult-t-reach places.”
32. Hw did Eric Dahlin carry ut his research?
A. By asking peple questins.B. By cmparing early studies.
C. By interviewing emplyers.D. By studying new businesses.
33. What is the furth paragraph mainly abut?
A. Bad effects f technlgy.B. A fall in laid-ff wrkers.
C. Benefits f using rbts.D. The finding f the study.
34. What might deepen peple’s wrry abut rbt takever accrding t the text?
A. Lw pay.B. News reprts.
C. Physical health.D. Fewer wrkplaces,
35. Which statement will Eric Dahlin prbably agree with?
A. Rbts can wrk as human partners. B. Jb markets will be affected seriusly.
C. All human wrkers will be replaced. D. Wrk experience matters t much.
第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5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。
Are yu struggling t be yurself at wrk? Tired f being behind schedule? ___36___ But relax, it happens t everyne. Here are sme imprtant wrk tips yu can fllw t imprve yur prductivity.
Fcus On One Task
Sme peple have the habit f multitasking. which is great but it might distract yu frm the bigger picture. Multitasking might help yu with different tasks and yu might als feel like the jack f all trades. ___37___ Fcus n ne task at a time. this will allw yu t cmplete that task with high standards. When the said task is dne. yu can mve n t the next ne.
___38___
Regular breaks are actually great at the wrkplace. They help in reducing stress and als increase yur verall prductivity. Mst wrkplaces ensure that their emplyees take regular breaks, which enhances their verall prductivity. Yu can als try this apprach at hme. Take breaks f 15 minutes after wrking fr abut an hur. Mve away frm wrk and fcus n yurself. then return back t wrk. This will allw yu t prceed with wrk effectively.
Set Small But Effective Gals
___39___ What matters is hw yu deal with them. Yu can break any large task int small but manageable tasks. which will help yu stay prductive and will als make the best f time. Think f it like building blcks and yu will have t fcus n ne small task at a time but the end result will be fascinating.
Try Fllwing The “Tw-Minute” Rule
The Tw Minute rule is basically abut making the best ut f small windws at wrk. If there is a task at wrk. and yu can d it in 2 minutes then yu d it in n time. ___40___ This als increases yur prductivity.
A. Learn T Take A Break
B. Get Relaxed During Breaks
C. Yu are definitely having prductivity prblems.
D. Yu will be given large and difficult tasks at wrk.
E. But yur prductivity wn’t increase in the lng run.
F. In rder t make the mst f yur time, fcus yur mind n yur wn prductivity.
G. When yu cmplete that small task. yu dn’t have t waste mre time getting back t it.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A student frm Phenix learned a life-saving skill in his health class. It was the skill he learned that helped him ____41____ a teacher’s life.
It was a schl day. Tw ____42____ tk a walk arund the campus during the lunch break. One suddenly lst cnsciusness (知觉) and ____43____ t the grund, the nly thing the ther teacher Ellen culd d was cry fr help because it happened t ____44____. Tw girls near Ellen immediately ran t the ____45____ t ask fr help. When they arrived, sme students in the gym were ding ____46____. Hearing the tw girls’ wrds, Salim Mhamed and his cach hurriedly ____47____ t help.
Salim ____48____ the girls wh called fr help and saw the teacher ____49____ lying uncnscius. All he knew was that her heart had stpped, s he did the mst lgical step he knew that culd help—chest cmpressin (胸外按压). He said he learned it in his ____50____ class. While Salim was ding that, Ellen was n the ____51____ and called 911. The peratrs gave Salim further ____52____ while waiting fr the dctrs t arrive.
The teacher regained cnsciusness befre being taken t the hspital. It turned ut that she ____53____ a heart attack. But thanks t Salim’s quick actin, she was able t recver.
Ding CPR (心肺复苏) r chest cmpressin may seem ____54____, but Salim said it shuld be a skill everyne must learn. “CPR is just a(n) ____55____ thing. Everybdy shuld knw hw t d it. It is easy,” he said in an interview.
41. A. leaveB. damageC. save D. master
42. A. teachersB. editrsC. vlunteers D. players
43. A. fellB. buriedC. gt D. turned
44. A. psitivelyB. narrwlyC. gracefully D. rapidly
45. A. flatB. hspitalC. classrm D. gym
46. A. hmewrkB. exerciseC. cmments D. struggles
47. A. checked inB. lst heartC. went ut D. fell apart
48. A. cntactedB. fllwedC. tk D. slwed
49. A. in needB. in advanceC. in excitement D. in ruins
50. A. admiratinB. medalC. subject D. health
51. A. handB. playgrundC. phne D. ccasin
52. A. applicatinsB. eventsC. instructins D. impressins
53. A. majredB. sufferedC. studied D. checked
54. A. difficultB. pwerfulC. frmal D. effective
55. A. adventurusB. ecnmicC. rare D. nrmal
第二节(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 wrld is filled with peple wh have different ____56____ (belief), traditins, and ways f living. It is within ur differences ____57____ we can find beauty. Cultural diversity benefits everyne bth in educatinal and prfessinal envirnments. It prepares the way fr better prblem-slving, and mre empathy and cmpassin, and ____58____ (allw) us t apprach the wrld frm different pints f view.
When yu g ut int the wrld, yu will cme int cntact ____59____ peple frm different backgrunds and walks f life. It is imprtant t hnr and supprt cultural diversity with yur actins. If yu’re unsure hw yu can take actin t d s, cnsider the ____60____ (fllw) ideas: Interact with peple utside f yur culture; be ____61____ (prepare) t listen and free yurself f judgment; if yu see anyne wh is being ____62____ (cultural) insensitive, speak ut against it; accept that differences are ____63____ (benefit) and nt harmful; dn’t frce yur pinins n peple with ppsing nes; travel the wrld as much as yu can ____64____ (experience) different cultures and understand them at surce; read literature and learn frm different cultures; learn _____65_____ new language and cmmunicate in a friend’s native language rather than yur wn.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
假定你是校学生会主席李华，你校将举办主题为“My beautiful hmetwn”的英语演讲比赛，请给外教Byrn写邮件邀请他来当评委。内容包括：
1.比赛介绍；
2.评委职责。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Byrn,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节(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。
Hlidays are nt necessarily fr fun r rest. Ding smething meaningful can als gain special pleasure. When the final bell rang, the students were reminded that there was n schl n Mnday—the Labr Day. “Enjy yur extra day ff,”said the teacher t her class.
An extra day f fun suited Kayla just fine. She lved breaks. She wanted t g ut t play with her friends. When the schl bus drpped Kayla ff, she ran int the huse happily.
“Hw was schl, Kayla?” asked her mm.
“It was great, Mm. I am excited abut n schl n Mnday. ”
“Yu just started back t schl tw weeks ag. Already in need f a break, huh?” asked Kayla’s mm with a laugh.
Kayla slept in the next mrning. Saturday was her favrite day f the week. It rained mst f the day, s Kayla enjyed playing vide games inside. On Sunday, her friends came ver and they played basketball fr several hurs.
Then it was Labr Day, yu knw, the extra day ff that Kayla was s lking frward t. But Kayla was awakened early that mrning by her dad. He tld Kayla that in hnr f Labr Day, the family wuld be cleaning bth inside and utside the huse. Kayla culdn’t believe it. This was a hliday. A day when she was suppsed t be enjying freshly squeezed lemnade while playing in her tree huse. As Kayla wiped her eyes, she began t wnder if this was just a bad dream.
“Kayla, yur breakfast is ready. We have a lt f wrk t d tday. Let’s get a mve n, ”said Kayla’s mm. As she sat dwn at the kitchen table, Kayla asked her parents,
“Are yu serius abut wrking tday? Isn’t Labr Day a hliday?”
“Yes, Kayla. It is, ”replied her dad. “But yur mm and I thught wrking hard tday wuld make yu appreciate why Labr Day was bserved in the first place. ”
Paragraph1：
At first, Kayla felt disappinted at her parents’ plan fr the hliday.
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Paragraph 2：
But things began t change as she was ding the chres.
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参考答案
英语听力
1-5. BBCAB 6- 10. BCCBA 11- 15. CCBAC 16-20. BBABA
阅读理解
21-23. DAA 24-27. DBCA 28-31. ABCB 32-35. ADBA 36-40. CEADG
完形填空
41-45. CAADD 46-50. BCBAD 51-55. CCBAD
语法填空
56. beliefs 57. that 58. allws 59. with 60. fllwing 61. prepared 62. culturally 63. beneficial 64. t experience 65. a
应用文
Dear Byrn,
I hpe this email finds yu well. I am writing t invite yu t be a judge fr an upcming English Speech Cntest with the theme “My beautiful hmetwn” at ur schl.
The cntest aims t prvide ur students with an pprtunity t shwcase their English speaking skills and express their lve and pride fr their hmetwns. As a judge, yur respnsibilities wuld include evaluating the students' speeches based n their cntent, language prficiency, delivery, and verall impact. The cntest will take place n Sunday frm 8 a.m. t 10 a.m. at ur schl auditrium.
If yu have any further questins r require mre details, please feel free t let us knw.
Yurs,
Li Hua
读后续写
Paragraph1：
At first, Kayla felt disappinted at her parents’plan fr the hliday. Hw eagerly she wanted t g ut t play with her friends! She was against the annying plan frm the bttm f her heart, but she had n chice. First, Kayla was arranged t wash the breakfast dishes. After that, she was asked t give their puppy a bath. She knew it was a hard task, which needed a lt f tiring, careful and patient wrk. She has begun the wrk with great unwillingness.
Paragraph 2：
But things began t change as she was ding the chres. Brushing the puppy, she fund it was a lt f fun with s many sap bubbles. Then it was n t yard wrk where Kayla helped t pick up sticks. She pretended the small sticks were basketballs, and sht them int a large trash can. S the wrk was dne with great pleasure. Kayla felt prud t see hw much better the yard lked. When she finished her meaningful chres, Kayla enjyed relaxing in her tree huse. The lemnade tasted wnderful after a hard day f wrk.
听力原材料
(Text 1)
M: Gd mrning, I have an appintment with Mr. Smith in his ffice at 10 ’clck.
W:Yes, he left a message fr yu. He's terribly srry, but he's stuck in traffic.
(Text 2)
M: Oh, hney. She lks just like yu. She's the sweetest thing I've ever seen!
W: Lk at her tiny fingers and her little lips. I've waited s lng fr this mment.
(Text 3)
M: There's n prblem here except yu frgt t switch n the machine.
W: Oh, we're s srry, but thank yu fr cming.
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W: Srry, sir, yu were ging 100 miles an hur s I have t give yu this ticket. Send yur 100 dllars t curt within 10 days r yu'll be in truble. Nw, have a nice day!
M: Oh, bad luck.
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W: Hi, Jack. What are yu ding?
M: Hi. Mary. I'm filling ut a jb applicatin.
W: Are yu finished with schl already?
M: N. I have ne mre semester, but it wuld be great t have a jb lined up.
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W: May I speak t Carl please?
M: Srry. But she just left. Wh's that?
W: This is Kathy. 1 just want t tell her that Susan's birthday party is at 8: 00 'clck this Friday. And I'll cme t pick her up at 6:00. Then we'll g t the shp t get sme flwers. I think we'll get Susan's huse at 7:30.
M: OK. Any ther things?
W: Tell her t take a dessert if she wants.
M: I'm sure she'll get yur message.
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M: Hell ，husekeeping, this is Chris.
W: Hell ，this is Debbie frm the Call Center. Rm 545 needs extra pillws sent up. Culd yu send smene up there?
M: Sure, what's the guest's name?
W: James Brwn.
M: Hw many pillws?
W: Tw pillws, please.
M: OK. I'll tell Sarah t g after she cmes back. She's nw changing a sheet fr guests in Rm 331. I'm sure she'll be here in a minute.
W: Thank yu.
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M: N, I didn't. Oh, hld n, d yu say a cuple weeks ag?
W: Sure, I received it last week.
M: Well, then, yes, I sent yu a Christmas gift.
W: That's right. It tk abut ten days frm China t Canada.
M: D yu like my gift, Teena?
W: I'm afraid I have bad news.
M: What happened?
W: I felt very frustrated that smene pened the package and stle the cntents.
M: Geez. It’s a wrist watch.
W: I knw. It said n the utside f the package. Anyway thank yu very much fr sending me a gift.
M: Teena, I really think the watch is fr yu. S I will send yu a same ne later.
W: Ben, dn't spend mney n it. Having yu as my friend is the best gift I can have!
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W: Hell Michael. We're ging t talk abut Australia. S first f all hw many peple live in Australia?
M: Hell, Cindy. Oh, there's abut twenty millin peple in Australia right nw.
W: OK. What are the biggest cities?
M: The biggest city is Sydney. Um, then it is fllwed by Melburne and then Brisbane. Um, and then I think it's Perth.
W: OK. Um, if yu had t live in ne place where wuld yu live?
M: I like Brisbane. I had my teenage years in Brisbane, grwing up in Brisbane. It has gt the gld cast and the sunshine.
W: Oh. nice. Actually, what is the capital city f Australia?
M: Ah. Canberra is the capital city. It’s in the sutheast f Australia. But nt the biggest city.
W: Uh-huh. What is the best thing abut Australia?
M: Ah, prbably the friendly peple. The relaxed attitude, and we like visitrs.
W: That's gd. OK. Thanks a lt Michael.
M: N wrries.
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M: Jeffrey Williams is a retired United States Army fficer and NASA astrnaut.He flew t space fur times and currently hlds the American recrd fr mst days spent in space. On March 1, 2016, Williams passed anther U.S. astrnaut Sctt Kelly's recrd f 520 days in space, he stayed 534 days n the Internatinal Space Statin! Hwever, the wrld recrd is 879 days in space, made by Russian astrnaut Gennady Padalka. Williams is a Christian and he believes in Gd. During his days in space, he captured lts f phtgraphs f Earth. After he returned frm the space, he wrte the bk "A View f Gd's Creatin frm Space" and many f his phts are fund in his bk.The bk tells abut his experience in space, and shares his persnal stries and vivid pictures f the Earth. When peple asked him, "Wuld yu like t visit the space again and break the wrld recrd f 879 days in pace?", he smiles and replies, " "That is a questin yu shuld ask my wife, since she is the bss in my family."