2024莆田一中高二下学期期中考试英语试题

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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．Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A．In a hspital.B．In a factry.C．In a htel.
2．When will the speakers arrive at the airprt prbably?
A．At 3: 30．B．At 4:30．C．At 5: 30.
3．What suggestin des the wman give t the man?
A．Aviding wrking at night.
B．Getting all the parts frm Japan.
C．Buying a new washing machine.
4．What are the speakers talking abut?
A．Hw t get t New Yrk.
B．Hw t enter fr a curse.
C．Hw t get a driving licence.
5．What kept the wman awake last night?
A．The heat.B．The repairs f the pwer.C．The strm.
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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。
6．Why des the wman talk t the man?
A．T cancel their plan.B．T make an invitatin.C．T ask fr infrmatin.
7．What des the man decide t d this evening?
A．See a band shw.B．Buy tickets nline.C．Accmpany his parents.
听下面一段对话，回答第8、9题。
8．Hw is the huse usually heated?
A．By cal.B．By electricity.C．By wd.
9．What will the wman d next?
A．Make a phne call.B．Buy a heater.C．Ck supper.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至13题。
10．What is the relatinship between the speakers?
A．Neighburs.B．Clleagues.C．Husband and wife.
11．What did the man d this afternn?
A．He did his wrk.B．He tk sme exercise.C．He fixed his cmputer.
12．What des the wman want the man t d?
A．G ut smewhere.
B．Help her with the paper.
C．Stp playing a musical instrument.
13．Hw des the man feel abut the wman’s request?
A．Astnished.B．Embarrassed.C．Angry.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至17题。
14．What’s the cnversatin mainly abut?
A．Fighting fire.B．Detecting fire.C．Preventing fire.
15．What can we knw frm the cnversatin?
A．Australia lst 4% f its trees.
B．The system is used in America.
C．The system will use heat cameras.
16．What size f fire can the new system discver?
A．The size f a car.B．The size f a plane.C．The size f a ftball field.
17．What is the wman’s cncern besides trees?
A．Prtecting humans.B．Purifying the air.C．Saving animals.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至20题。
18．What is the speaker ding?
A．Teaching a class.B．Reprting a study.C．Chairing a meeting.
19．What is the mst imprtant part f taking ntes?
A．Reading.B．Listening.C．Writing.
20．What is ne f the advantages f using symbls?
A．It keeps infrmatin secret.
B．It leave s space fr future use.
C．It makes key wrds nticeable.
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）
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
Chclate is delicius, we all knw that. But it isn’t just fr eating, as these chclate wrks f art clearly shw.
Chclate cuch
In 2009, chclate cmpany Galaxy used 250kg f their wn chclate t make a chclate cuch. The cuch was part f their “Irresistible Reads” campaign, which was designed t aruse interest in bks. It was put n display in Victria Embankment Gardens in Lndn. Phts were taken f British TV actress Emilia Fx sitting n the cuch reading a bk.
Chclate mailbx
In 2011, seven artists frm New Yrk built a chclate mailbx decrated with white truffle hearts t celebrate Valentine’s Day. The mailbx was n display n Fifth Avenue. Peple culd pst their lve letters there, and the pst ffice wuld stamp and mail them fr free during the three weeks leading up t February 14.
Chclate wall
A wall f chclate at a railway statin in Utrecht, the Netherlands became many fd lvers’ new place t mark in 2019．The whle wall was made f chclate, making it very fun, gd-lking, and f curse, delicius. Viewers were encuraged t tuch, smell and taste it, interpreting the artwrk in their wn ways.
Chclate shes
One f Lndn’s greatest chclates, Phil Neal nce created a cllectin f high-heeled shes made f chclate. Neal used tp-quality Venezuelan chclate, filled the shes with gauche and strawberries, and decrated them with 22-carat gld. The shes were n sale at Lndn’s luxury chclate shp Thebrma Caca.
21．Why was the chclate cuch made?
A．T display a prduct.B．T prmte reading.
C．T celebrate an ccasin.D．T recmmend gardening.
22．On which day culd a letter be psted free via the chclate mailbx?.
A．January 29．B．January 5．C．February 18．D．February 25.
23．Which f the fllwing was fr sale?
A．The chclate cuch.B．The chclate mailbx.
C．The chclate wall.D．The chclate shes.
B
When Param Jaggi was five years ld, he had a passin t take things apart t see what was inside. He started with tys and even brke a cmputer, which made his parents nt t pleased. As he gt lder, he shifted frm breaking things t building things, which greatly cmfrted his parents. In middle schl, he started wrking n prjects in his kitchen labratry, and his first prject was making bifuels.
Althugh Jaggi’s parents initially thught his experiments were just a byhd fancy, he remained determined t make a difference t the envirnment. Eventually, his parents came arund and started supprting his dreams. Jaggi’s interest cntinued as he grew up, but he fcused mre n slving real prblems, especially thse related t the envirnment.
At 17, Jaggi went beynd his schl prjects and c-funded Ecviate, a cmpany that uses technlgy t slve everyday energy and envirnmental prblems. He planned t transfrm peple’s idea that ging green is expensive, by making available a series f affrdable prducts that are easy t use. Thrugh Ecviate, he designed prducts that culd cntribute t a greener future. One f his ntable inventins was the“CO2ube”,a device that culd reduce carbn emissins, and it’s available t many peple at lw prices.
Yung Jaggi, nw a third-grade cllege student studying engineering and ecnmics, has becme a famus ec-innvatr and his cmpany is develping prmisingly. Hwever, Jaggi’s visin t save the envirnment ges beynd creating prducts. He plans t launch an nline platfrm thrugh Ecviate, which will encurage yung students interested in science and technlgy t get actively invlved in innvatin and inventin. Students can submit a science prject nline, and talk abut the help that they need t make the prject a reality.
24．What can we learn abut Jaggi?
A．He dreamed t be an engineer.B．He was curius by nature.
C．He always annyed his parents.D．He was addicted t playing tys.
25．What des the underlined part “came arund” in Paragraph 2mean?
A．Walked arund.B．Changed their minds.
C．Paid a visit.D．Becme cnscius.
26．What drve Jaggi t develp affrdable and user-friendly prducts?
A．His desire t make a differenceB．His pursuit f academic career.
C．His hpe t bst green industry.D．His lve fr greener devices.
27．Why des Jaggie plan t launch an nline platfrm?
A．T prvide ec-themed curses.B．T prmte smart prducts.
C．T empwer yung inventrs.D．T ffer envirnmentalists funds.
C
A new study led by researchers at the Yale Schl f Public Health finds air pllutin may negatively impact standardized test scres. Using data frm the Nrth Carlina Educatin Research Data Center, the researchers tracked 2.8 millin public schl students in Nrth Carlina frm 2001 t 2018 and measured their expsure t PM2.5fund in plluted air. While previus research has shwn negative effects n academic perfrmance, it has relied n relatively small r less representative samples. “The biggest strength f this study is that we tracked every student in Nrth Carlina in thse years, fr the whle time perid that they were in the public schls,” said Emma Zang, cauthr f the study.
The study als finds that test scres f ethnic minrities and girls are disprprtinately（不成比例地）impacted by PM2.5levels. “Females and ethnic minrities face sexism and racism,” said Zang. “There are a lt f plicies that are nt friendly twards them. S, when they’re expsed t the same level f air pllutin, they dn’t have the resurces t lessen the negative influences.” Mre privileged ppulatins hwever, might have mre resurces that allw them t live in a better envirnment, such as in huses with air purifiers.
“The level f PM2.5pllutin in the US is relatively lw, but students living in areas belw the current air quality standard f annual PM2.5cncentratin are still negatively impacted by air pllutin when it cmes t their test scres,” said Zang. “We shuld aim t strengthen the annual PM2.5standard t better prtect ur children.”
Air pllutin is knwn t cntribute t disease and death, and it als negatively affects students’ academic perfrmance even at lw levels f pllutin. The subsequent studies, the researchers said, wuld invlve lking at whether the findings hld true in different areas, and als the reasns behind the ethnic and sexual differences.
28．What’s the greatest advantage f the study?
A．Cllecting mre cmprehensive data.
B．Tracking each student fr 18 years.
C．Measuring students’PM2.5expsure precisely.
D．Building links between air pllutin and test scres.
29．Accrding t Zang, ethnic minrities and girls ______.
A．lack resurces t reduce the impact f air pllutin
B．have the lwest test scres due t their identities
C．benefit frm current plicies n PM2.5pllutin
D．suffer frm educatinal inequalities wing t their backgrund
30．What’s Zang ding in paragraph 3?
A．Making a cmparisnB．Raising a dubt.
C．Offering a suggestinD．Giving a predictin.
31．What might be the fcus f the fllw-up studies?
A．Establishment f PM2.5standard fit fr children.
B．Ways t address racial and sexual differences.
C．Lng-term impacts f air pllutin n children.
D．Applicability f the findings t ther regins.
D
Tday, petry and science are ften cnsidered t be mutually exclusive（互相排斥）career paths. But that wasn’t always the case. The mathematician Ada Lvelace and the physicist James Clerk Maxwell were bth accmplished pets. The pet Jhn Keats was a licensed surgen. Cmbining the tw practices fell ut f favr in the 1800s. But translating research int lyrics, haiku, and ther petic frms is resurging（再现）amng scientists as they lk fr alternative ways t inspire thers with their findings.
“Petry is a great tl fr questining the wrld,” says Sam Illingwrth, a pet and a gescientist wh wrks at the University f Western Australia. Thrugh wrkshps and a new science-petry jurnal, called Cnsilience, Ilingwrth is helping scientists t translate their latest results int pems that can attract appreciatin frm thse utside f their immediate scientific field.
Stephany Mazn, a scientist frm the University f Helsinki in Finland, jined ne f Illingwrth’s wrkshps. In the wrkshp, she was gruped with ther scientists and tasked with writing a haiku, a 17-syllable-lng pem, which sptlighted water, a fluid that featured in all f the grup members’ research prjects. “It was a lt f fun, and surprisingly easy t write the pem,” Mazn says. She plans t cntinue writing. “We d a disservice（伤害）t urselves t think that scientists can’t be artistic and that art can’t be used t cmmunicate scientific ideas,” Mazn says.
That viewpint is eched by Illingwrth, wh thinks science cmmunicatin initiatives are t ften dminated by public lectures with their hands-ff PwerPint slides. “Actually, when science cmmunicatin invlves writing and sharing pems, it invites a tw-way dialgue between experts and nnexperts,” he says. Scientist-pet Manjula Silva, an educatr at Imperial Cllege Lndn, agrees. Petry prvides a way t translate cmplex scientific cncepts int a language that everyne can understand, Silva says.
Scientists and pets are bth trying t understand the wrld and cmmunicate that understanding with thers. The distinctin between scientists and pets is less than peple might think. We’re all just peple with-hpefully-really interesting things t say and t share.
32．What is the purpse f mentining the celebrities in paragraph 1?
A．T display they were talented.
B．T cnfirm they were ut f favr.
C．T encurage different career paths.
D．T shw petry and science can be cmbined.
33．What are Illingwrth’s wrkshps aimed t d?
A．Prmte a new science-petry jurnal.
B．Encurage science cmmunicatin thrugh pems.
C．Inspire utsiders t pursue their careers in science.
D．Get scientists t exchange ideas abut the latest research.
34．What des Illingwrth think f the dminant ways f science cmmunicatin?
A．Innvative.B．Effective.C．Cnventinal.D．Cmplex.
35．Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A．Scientists Take n Petry
B．Scientists and Pets Think Alike
C．Petry: A Great Tl t Questin the Wrld
D．Science Cmmunicatin: A Tw-way Dialgue
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，共12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Perhaps yu’ve stpped ding what yu want because yu’re afraid f what thers think f yu. Yu feel that yu must d what they expect and that yu must meet their expectatins, therwise yu’ll lse their apprval. 36 Then, yu’ll be able t d what yu want freely.
Think abut yurself, abut what yu really like and are interested in. Yu must lead yur life independently. 37 Hwever, yu might feel afraid t d it because yu’ve always dne everything t gain the apprval f thers. Yu need t get ut f that zne, mve t new places, and explre yur full ptential.
By surrunding yurself with peple wh think like yu, yu’ll realize that yu dn’t feel judged. Then, yu’ll start ding what yu really want. 38 Yur new friends will integrate int yur life and yu’ll als keep yur genuine friends. On the ther hand, thse wh are always ready t see the negative and questin what yu’re trying t d will drift away.
T vercme yur fear f what thers think and f their nn-apprval, yu shuld start talking abut yur plans. Fr instance, yu might want t tell a handful f friends abut yur wishes and dreams. 39 Yu’ll feel cnfident in yurself and yu’ll be able t g n yur new path withut any fear.
It’s unavidable that nt everything will be plain sailing, and yu’ll find bstacles alng yur way. 40 Peple in yur envirnment ften dn’t understand what yu d n matter hw much yu explain it, s ignre them.
A．Yu dn’t have t change yur circle f friends.
B．Yur life belngs t yu, as well as yur actins.
C．There is n need t think abut what yu want.
D．By talking t them, yu’ll be able t rganize yur plans and ideas.
E．If this is the case, it’s time t start wrking n yur self-esteem（自尊）.
F．Yu must d what yu want withut being affected by what thers think.
G．Hwever, yu must trust in yurself and seek the necessary strength t mve frward.
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。
At a family picnic fr emplyees f the cmpany where my father wrked, they held a cntest fr children. I was 13, full f enthusiasm, s I 41 myself int it.
The hst gave each child a clth handkerchief and tld us the winner wuld be the ne wh cast it the 42 . The first thrwers, tk mighty wind-ups（挥臂投掷）, but when the clth left their hands, it 43 and landed n the grund a few inches in frnt f them. The crwd rared with 44 . Nt until then did I realize it was nt meant t 45 any real skill, but simply fr laughs. Hwever, it stimulated my 46 fr thinking utside the bx.
It 47 me t see the kids thrwing harder when the handkerchief always caught the air and died. It was bvius that using the same 48 wuld nt wrk. Suppse I tied a 49 inside the handkerchief? When they inspected it, I’d be 50 . S I began tying the handkerchief arund itself t make it small and 51 packed tgether t keep it frm unflding. When I apprached the line, peple were already laughing, 52 a big strng-lking by like me casting it just a few inches.
I tk a lng wind-up, and the balled handkerchief 53 ff maybe 60 feet away. The laughing 54 in cllective shck. I had nt brken the rules. What I learned frm this cntest was that, in rder t live creatively, yu have t 55 the less-used parts f yur brain, and nt accept steretypes（刻板印象）, slgans and unquestined ideas.
41．A．admittedB．trappedC．threwD．talked
42．A．strngestB．farthestC．highestD．biggest
43．A．escapedB．wrinkledC．penedD．crushed
44．A．laughterB．applauseC．painD．anger
45．A．learnB．preserveC．imprveD．demnstrate
46．A．respnsibilityB．passinC．demandD．recreatin
47．A．delightedB．frightenedC．amusedD．annyed
48．A．techniqueB．clthC．ruleD．dispsal
49．A．cueB．rckC．leafD．she
50．A．finedB．enviedC．disqualifiedD．banned
51．A．lselyB．randmlyC．delicatelyD．firmly
52．A．expectingB．enjyingC．tleratingD．cnfirming
53．A．skippedB．jumpedC．rankedD．rcketed
54．A．diedB．raredC．cntinuedD．weakened
55．A．give ffB．tap intC．turn dwnD．g ver
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。
Trends ppular amng the yuth such as “China chic” and the grwing influence f yung cnsumers have driven the develpment f hanfu industry in recent years. Amng the varius 56 （style）, the hrse face skirt has emerged as the mst ppular item.
57 （cmbine）classical elegance with mdern simplicity, the hrse face skirt is said t perfectly suit the cntemprary culture and lifestyle f yung peple, making 58 a fashin icn（标志）. This trend has gained ppularity in Luyang city, Central China’s Henan prvince, 59 numerus perfrmers recently shwcased these beautiful skirts in their acts, with many visitrs alike 60 （dress）in the elegant hrse face skirts. In Caxian cunty f Shandng prvince, ne f the cuntry’s hanfu prductin and sales centers, the sales 61 the hrse face skirts during last Spring Festival hliday 62 （increase）dzens f times cmpared t usual vlumes. Actually, the skirt has becme a very ppular 63 （chse）fr gifts.
The current ppularity f hanfu in the cuntry is believed 64 （indicate）mre than a fashin trend; it 65 （represent）a deeper cnnectin t Chinese traditin and cultural identity.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
上周六，你校组织高二年段同学到木兰陂公园进行研学活动（field trip），了解家乡的环保状况。请你为校学生英文报写一篇短文，介绍具体情况。要点如下：
1．活动的目的；
2．活动的过程；
3．你的感受。
注意：
1．写作词数应为80左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
A Field Trip t Mulanbei Park
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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。
Kevin wke t the blaring beep f his alarm clck. “Can’t wait fr that camping trip”, Kevin thught, filled with excitement. As he was leaving hme, his dad grabbed him by the hand and said, “Befre yu g, just tell me the directins n where yu and yur friends are ging t stay.”
“But dad!” Kevin cmplained.
“N buts!” Kevin’s dad added.
“Fine.” Kevin tld him the directins and left.
The three friends, Kevin, Jay and Nathan, had been planning this adventure fr weeks, packing their stuff-tents, snacks, and a map-preparing fr a 3-day utdr explratin. Excitement ran thrugh Kevin as they departed fr their campsite. “This trip is ging t be awesme,” Nathan excitedly yelled as they set ff. But little did they knw that nature had a surprise in stre fr them.
The first day at the campsite was ging great, setting up tents, cllecting firewd, and sharing stries. “Man, we nailed these tents,” Kevin said. “I knw it was easy really,” Nathan replied. The friends were happy.
Yet twards night, as the dark cluds gathered verhead, the atmsphere shifted, and a sudden strm erupted with unfrgiving anger. Rain pured dwn frm the heavens like a relentless waterfall, transfrming the peaceful campsite int a muddy battlegrund. Wrse still, a huge tree was uprted and crashed dwn with a deafening crack n their nly means f escape—their car. Kevin’s eyes widened in hrrr as he sptted the damaged wreckage beneath the fallen giant. “Our car!” he screamed ver the hwling wind, his vice a mix f disbelief and despair. “We’re stuck here,” he declared, his wrds barely audible against the backdrp f thunder and raindrps. They realized that their plans had been vilently spiled by frces beynd their cntrl. The nce quiet campsite nw std as a deserted battlefield, the fallen tree serving as a painful reminder f the unpredictable nature f the wrld arund them.
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。
莆田一中2023～2024学年度下学期第一学段考试答案
听力 1—5ABCCA 6—10BBACA 11—15BCABC 16—20ACABC
阅读理解 21—35BAD BBAC AACD DBCA 36—40 EFADG
完型 41—45CBCAD 46—50 BDABC 51—55DADAB
语法填空 56．styles 57．Cmbining 58．it 59．where 60．dressed
61．f 62．increased 63．chice 64．t indicate 65．represents
应用文
A Field Trip t Mulanbei Park
Last Saturday witnessed a field trip t the Mulanbei Park, aiming t raise awareness f ur hmetwn’s envirnmental cnditins and deepen ur understanding f ur hmetwn’s river management practices.
Upn arrival, we were struck by the park’s natural beauty, ecsystem and species diversity as well as the effrts made by lcal authrities t cnserve it. Hwever, it was als evident that mre wrk needs t be dne t prtect the envirnment, s we started the waste cllectin and waste srting frm the team wrk f each class, in rder t prmte envirnmental prtectin.
Nt nly did the trip feast the students n the eclgical beauty f nature, it als strengthened ur determinatin t jintly prtect the envirnment and expand the scial identity f envirnmental prtectin.
读后续写 One Pssible Versin
Paragraph 1:The next day, they fund themselves facing the immediate prblem f finding water. The bys pushed thrugh the bushes, and the search fr water sn drained their energy. They were abut t give up when they heard a small sund, a splash f sme srt. “Wait, did yu hear that?” Jay’s vice sunded hpeful as they fllwed the faint sund f water. “Me t! Let’s keep ging,” Kevin encuraged, sunding determined. They ran as fast as they culd and fund a small stream-a lifeline in all the challenges. Hwever, with time passing by, mre challenges emerged --limited fd, frightful night filled with wilderness sunds, and the uncertainty f survival in the wild. Their nerves were near the edge f breaking dwn after lng hurs f uncertainty in the wilderness.
Paragraph 2: On the third night, a distant engine sund brke the terrible stillness. “It must be my dad!” Kevin yelled. Relief washed ver the wear y faces as they witnessed the apprach f a rugged vehicle, with headlights cutting thrugh the darkness-a beacn f hpe amidst the peril. Kevin’s dad stepped ut t meet the grup. The emtins that played acrss their faces-disbelief, gratitude, and verwhelming jy-mirrred the shared truble that had frged a deep bnd amng them. The jurney back was filled with survival stries and lessns learned, deepening their understanding f the wilderness. Back hme, Kevin’s dad said, “Gd thing yu tld me thse directins,” teaching them the imprtance f infrming smene abut plans. The experience turned int tales f curage and resilience, embedded in their memries as lessns fr a lifetime.
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Text 1
M: Excuse me, madam. Visitrs are nt allwed here. This is the perating rm.
W: I’m srry. I must have gt ff the lift n the wrng flr.
M: Yu can g t the third flr if yu want t see the patients.（1）
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M: It’s already 2: 30．Shuld we set ff fr the airprt nw?
W: The plane wn’t take ff till 5:30．The airprt is nly a ne-hur drive frm here, s let’s set ff at 3: 30.（2）
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M: My washing machine is mre than 10 years ld and it has wrked just fine until last night.
W: Yu’ll never be able t get parts fr it, even frm Japan. S it might be time t invest in a mre recent mdel.（3）
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M: I need t get my driving license befre next summer fr that trip t New Yrk.（4）
W: There’s a crash curse my driving schl ffers. Yu can d yur thery test n the cmputer, have a class every day fr tw r three weeks and take yur test at the end.
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W: I’m s tired tday. My pwer went ut last night during the strm, and I culdn’t figure ut hw t fix it.
M: That seems like an annying task. Did yu stay up trying t find ut what the prblem was?
W: N. It was just t ht t sleep after that.（5）
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W: Hi, Mike. D yu have any plans fr the weekend? I have an extra ticket fr the Dawsn Tri’s live perfrmance at Capital Stadium. Wuld yu like t jin me?（6）
M: I dn’t knw if I can. My parents are cming t twn this weekend, s I need t spend time with them.
W: Well, if they like jazz, they might enjy the shw as well. Why dn’t yu g t the band’s website and see if there are mre tickets available?（7）Their shws ften sell ut, but yu might be lucky.
M: All right, I’ll d that this evening.（7）Thanks fr the infrmatin.
Text7
W: Why is it s cld in this huse, Dad?
M: We were suppsed t get sme cal fr the fire, but it hasn’t arrived yet.（8）
W: Well, we need it. Can’t we burn sme wd?
M: N, we didn’t have any. Yu culd use the little electric heater I bught last week. I’ll phne the cal dealer nw and ask what is happening.
W: OK. I think I’ll start t make dinner nw.（9）We might feel warmer if we eat sme fd.
M: Yes, I think that is a gd idea.
Text8
W: Have yu finished wrk?
M: Actually, I have finished at lunchtime tday because they’re replacing ur cmputers. S I was at the gym this afternn.（11）
W: Are yu ging ut tnight?
M: N, I dn’t think s. Why? Are yu inviting me smewhere?
W: Oh, n. I have lts f wrk t d. I’ve actually spent all day trying t write a histry paper. I have t hand it in tmrrw.
M: Well, srry, I can’t help yu with that. I never enjyed studying histry at schl and I wasn’t very gd at it either.
W: I dn’t need any help with the essay. But yu can help me by nt playing yur pian.（12）I’m srry. I just can’t stand it anymre. I’ve lived here since June and yu’ve played the pian every night.（10）
M: But I thught yu liked it. I’ve lived here fr tw years.（10）Nbdy’s ever cmplained befre s I’m really surprised.（13）Yu shuld have tld me earlier.
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W: We’re develping a new technlgy that can detect frest fires as sn as they start.（14）
M: That sunds amazing Given hw many fires there have been recently, it’s smething the wrld extremely needs.
W: Indeed. In 2020 alne, Califrnia had ver 8,000 fires, lsing rughly 4% f the state’s trees.
M: That is truly surprising.
W: Yes. The ther place where it will be useful is Australia. At the start f the year, there were 50 separate frest fires burning acrss the cuntry.
M: S hw will yur new detectin system wrk?（14）（15）
W: We’re ging t use a new range f satellites which have heat cameras.（15）
M: Dn’t ther satellites have thse?
W: Yes, but nne is s advanced. They can detect a fire the size f a ftball field. The new system can sense a
fire the size f a car.（16）
M: And will that be enugh f a difference t stp the fire frm spreading?
W: We believe s. Hpefully it will give firefighters enugh time t stp it befre it gets t big. If they get the plane up in time, they will put ut the fire quickly.
M: If it wrks, I really hpe yu get recgnitin fr it.
W: I just want t try and stp trees frm burning, and mre imprtantly, prtect the pr animals that live in them.（17）
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W: Tday, let’s begin with nte-taking techniques.（18）Nte-taking is an imprtant skill nt nly fr taking classes, but als fr ding yur jb in the future. I’d like t draw yur attentin t certain pint s abut taking ntes. First, remember that nte-taking shuld be 75% listening and nly 25% writing.（19）S dn’t try t write dwn every single wrd the teacher says. Ignre what is unimprtant and write in phrases nt cmplete sentences. Secnd, leave spaces and lines between main ideas. Yu may want t add sme infrmatin later. I find that sme f yu are gd at making use f clr, mapping web and symbls such as arrws, circles and bxes. I highly recmmend these tls t all f yu, because the use f them makes the utline mre easily readable and interesting than the blcks f text. It als makes sure that imprtant wrds stand ut.（20）Here are sme examples...The next day, they fund themselves facing the immediate prblem f finding water.
On the third night, a distant engine sund brke the terrible stillness.