江西省宜春中学2024-2025学年高二上学期10月月考英语试题

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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. What shuld the man d t save his plant?
A. Give it mre fd. B. Give it less sunlight. C. Give it less water.
2. What d we knw abut the wman?
A. She is shrt with dark hair.
B. She has a cusin with glden hair.
C. She dreamed f making hair changes.
3. What des the man ffer t d fr the wman?
A. Add her t the waiting list. B. Bk a ticket fr her.
C. Give her a phne number.
4. What are the speakers prbably ding right nw?
A. Attending a party. B. Ging fd shpping.
C. Searching fr a parking space.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A. Their plans fr the future. B. A friend f theirs.
C. A mvie character.
第二节(共15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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Why can’t the man use his wn phne?
A. It has run ut f battery. B. He has lst it smewhere.
C. There’s a prblem with the screen.
7. Hw des the app help the wman sleep?
A. It plays relaxing music. B. It blcks ut the blue screen light.
C. It prevents Internet use in the evening.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What is the man’s prblem?
A. He has a temperature. B. He is struggling t save energy.
C. He is t cld t d his wrk.
9. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. In an ffice. B. In the wman’s huse.
C. In a schl.
10. What des the wman suggest?
A. Fcusing n typing the reprt.
B. Taking better care f their health.
C. Discussing the issue with the bss.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Hw d the speakers feel nw?
A. Bred. B. Disappinted. C. Excited.
12. What is prbably the wman’s main interest?
A. Gardening. B. Ty huses. C. Mdel trains.
13. What will the man prbably d first?
A. G t the bathrm. B. Get smething t eat.
C. Buy the tickets.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Mther and sn. B. Strangers. C. Teacher and student.
15. What mnth is it nw?
A. September. B. Octber. C. Nvember.
16. What sprt was the man invlved in?
A. Ftball. B. Swimming. C. Basketball.
17. What des the man prbably want t be in the future?
A. An artist. B. An athlete. C. A dctr.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Wh did the speaker g t the AI Canteen with?
A. A family member. B. A lcal friend. C. A business partner.
19. What is ne disadvantage f the canteen accrding t the speaker?
A. It lacked human emtins. B. There wasn’t much chice.
C. The fd didn’t taste very nice.
20. Hw many peple can the AI system serve in a day?
A. 100. B. 200. C. 300.
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。
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21. What is ne advantage f renting an electric scter?
A. It saves mney. B. It cvers all the rutes.
C. It makes yur tur easy. D. It helps t reduce accidents.
22. What des the activity ffer travelers?
A. Lcks against theft. B. Facilities t keep healthy.
C. Assistance fr the disabled. D. Guidebks fr Niagara Falls.
23. When can yu call ff the activity t get all yur mney back?
A. After nline cnfirmatin. B. One day ahead f the tur.
C. The mment the tur starts. D. Twenty fur hurs after bking.
B
When Schauna Austin was 20 years ld, she lst her husband in a car crash. Unable t raise a baby alne, she made a difficult decisin during pregnancy — t place her baby fr adptin. She gave birth t a child she named Riley, and held him fr 72 hurs straight. “It was perfect,” Austin said, hlding her new baby. “I knew I wuld have him fr a shrt time, s I made every minute cunt. I didn’t sleep fr three days until the time came t let him g.”
Her Riley became anther family’s Steven. Like mst clsed adptins, a firewall went up between Austin and Steven’s new parents — n cmmunicatin whatsever. But that nly lasted abut a week. Adptive mther Jennifer Schebinger and her husband, Chris Schebinger, said they had n interest in excluding the birth mther. “Yu knw, yu can’t have t many peple lving yu, right? Why culdn’t he be bth f urs?” Chris Schebinger said.
S, year after year, they sent Austin piles f pictures and bund bks detailing Steven’s every majr and minr milestnes. The Schebingers said they did this s that when Austin and their sn were ready, they culd pick up right where they left ff. The tw reunited when Steven was 7 years ld. Austin taught him hw t fish, and they have kept in cntact ever since. Austin felt blessed beynd wrds, and Steven felt he gt the best f bth wrlds.
Steven is nw 26, married, and with a baby by f his wn. Much t the delight f Austin, he named the child Riley. “I think the lessn we learned is that smetimes we create barriers where barriers dn’t need t be. And when we pull dwn thse barriers, we really find lve n the ther side,” Chris Schrbinger said.
That lve n the ther side has cntinued t grw. The families spend Thanksgiving as ne, and will f curse be getting tgether again in the days ahead.
24. What des the underlined sentence in the secnd paragraph mean?
A. The less peple lve yu, the better.
B. There are t many peple wh care abut yu.
C. Being lved by many peple is desirable.
D. It’s a burden t be cared abut by t many peple.
25. What was Austin’s attitude twards reuniting with her sn?
A. Tlerant. B. Grateful. C. Uneasy. D. Angry.
26. What can we learn abut the Schebingers frm the passage?
A. They did nt give birth t any children.
B. They cntacted Austin as sn as they tk Steven in.
C. They felt blessed beynd wrds when Austin taught Steven hw t fish.
D. They believed it better t get the bilgical mther invlved.
27. What des the authr want t cnvey mst thrugh the passage?
A. Bilgical parents are crucial t a child’s grwth.
B. Peple create barriers where barriers dn’t need t be.
C. Adptive parents and bilgical parents shuld raise children tgether.
D. Lve is fund when we pull dwn unnecessary barriers.
C
The wrld is full f advice n hw t get a gd night’s sleep, but smetimes ding s just isn’t pssible. If yu are struggling with a sleep disrder, are a shift wrker r have a baby wh wakes every few hurs, being tld hw t sleep well can be annying. Fr thers, despite feeling exhausted all day, a furth episde f yur favrite TV series can seem mre appealing than ging t bed.
Hw d yu knw if yu are sleep-deprived? Fr sme peple, the answer will be bvius; fr thers, it may be less s. Russell Fster, a prfessr at the University f Oxfrd, specifies three signs that yu are prbably nt getting enugh sleep: “Feeling that yu dn’t perfrm at yur peak during the day; versleeping n free days; r craving (渴望得到) a nap during the day.”
“Lack f gd sleep can cause an imbalance in yur appetite hrmnes(荷尔蒙),” says Martin Meadws, a registered dietitian: “The hrmne ghrelin, which causes yu t feel hungry, increases and the hrmne leptin, which signals that yu are full, decreases.”
As Meadws says: “It’s a perfect strm where we want t eat mre and we dn’t knw when t stp, cmbined with the fact that when we are sleep-deprived ur willpwer is lwer, and it all becmes pretty tricky. Pr sleep, r sleep deprivatin (匮乏), leads t an increased likelihd f pr lifestyle chices. Many f us get stuck in the habit f eating junk fd, and the knck-n effect is that the junk fd disturbs ur sleep, because it’s higher in sugar; it’s mre stimulating.”
“Shrt term, yu can get away with the negative influence f sleep deprivatin f yu,” says Fster. “It’s in the lng term that things start t fall apart.” He catalgues the ill effects: “Yur cgnitive perfrmance drps with accumulated sleep deprivatin — yur cmmunicatin skills, yur decisin-making skills, yur memry.” There is als an increased risk f cardivascular (心血管的) disease, depressin and psychsis.
Frtunately, accrding t Meadws, mst f us culd d with an extra hur t an hur and a half f sleep each night t cpe with sleep deprivatin. And if yu had a bad night’s sleep, Meadws recmmends “making a cnscius effrt t chse fds such as whlegrains, beans, fruits and vegetables. Because they are packed with fiber and water, they will help yu feel full while limiting yur verall energy intake.”
28. The examples given in the first paragraph are intended t ______.
A. list reasns why peple hate advice n gd sleep
B. highlight the harm caused by sleep deprivatin
C. present the factual phenmenn f lack f sleep
D. frm a cntrast with the fllwing paragraphs
29. Hw des lack f gd sleep affect appetite accrding t Martin Meadws?
A. It disturbs the feeling f being hungry r full.
B. It ruins yur appetite instead f feeling hungry.
C. It causes imbalance in eating and sleeping
D. It has n impact n appetite hrmnes.
30. Which f the fllwing message is cnveyed by Meadws in paragraph 4?
A. When it’s strmy utside, we crave fr junk fd and a gd night sleep.
B. When we feel under the weather, we shuld eat less and sleep mre.
C. We shuld cmbine healthy eating with regular sleep tgether.
D. Bad eating and sleep deprivatin cntributes t each ther.
31. Peple lacking sleep are encuraged t ______.
A. sleep fr as lng as they want during the day
B. cnsume fd rich in fiber and water
C. prevent yurself frm energy intake each night
D. watch ne episde f their favrite TV series
D
“Ging wireless is the future fr just abut everything!” That is a qute frm scientist Sreekanth Chalasani, and we can’t help but agree. Realizing this, a team f scientists has made a breakthrugh tward wirelessly cntrlling human cells using sund, in a technique called “sngenetics (声遗传学).” This cncept may seem strange but let us explain.
Basically, the term “sngenetics” means using ultrasund (超声波) t change the behavir f cells in a nn-invasive manner. “We already knw that ultrasund is safe, and that it can g thrugh bne, muscle and ther tissues, making it the ultimate tl fr cntrlling cells deep in the bdy,” says Chalasani.
Lw-frequency ultrasund waves can target a particular prtein that is sensitive t the signal. This research, published in Nature Cmmunicatins, fcused n TRPA1. When this prtein is stimulated thrugh the ultrasund waves, it als stimulates the cells which carry it. What type f cell is being stimulated depends n the utcme. Fr example, a muscle cell may cntract with stimulatin, r a neurn (神经元) in the brain will fire. In this experiment, scientists genetically marked cells with an increased cncentratin f TRPA1, making them the key targets f the ultrasund waves.
Currently, treating cnditins like Parkinsn’s disease requires scientists t implant electrdes (电极) in the brain which stimulate certain disrdered cells. Researchers hpe that sngenetics can ne day replace these invasive treatments.
In the future, the team wants t adjust the placement and amunt f TRPAI arund the bdy using the gene treatment. Gene delivery techniques have already been shwn t be successful in humans, such as in treating blindness. Therefre, it’s just a case f adjusting this thery t a different sund-based setting.
“Gene delivery techniques already exist fr getting a new gene—such as TRPA1—int the human heart,” Chalasani says. “If we can then use an external ultrasund device t activate thse cells, that culd really change pacemakers.” There is still a while t g befre this treatment can becme a reality. The future fr sngenetics, thugh, lks bright.
32. What’s wrking principle fr sngenetics?
A. Using medicine interventinal therapies.
B. Changing cells’ shape with new equipment.
C. Cntrlling cells in a nn-invasive manner.
D. Using a kind f unique medical cmpsitin.
33. What did the scientists intend t d in the experiment?
A. Change the cncentratin f the prtein.
B. Find target cells fr treatment precisely.
C. Analyze the prtein sensitive t the signal.
D. Chse the type f cell t be stimulated.
34. What can we learn abut sngenetics frm Paragraphs 4 and 5?
A. It can be applied t ther fields besides medicine.
B. It may replace sme traditinal medical treatments.
C. It will ttally transfrm gene delivery techniques.
D. It has succeeded in curing diseases like blindness.
35. What’s the best title fr the text?
A. Can cells be cntrlled by sund? B. Hw is sngenetics clinically used?
C. Are gene delivery techniques available? D. What are applicatins f sngenetics?
第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分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。
Autnmy-supprtive parenting is an apprach that fcuses n building a child’s sense f agency in the wrld as well as a strng sense f self. 36 We shuld recgnize that children have a different perspective r experience than adults. Therefre, instead f pushing adults’ way f thinking n children, adults shuld let kids d their wn critical thinking and slve prblems themselves, which will help them trust their abilities.
Guide kids t find their wn slutin
As any parent with mre than ne child can tell yu, kids develp differently. 37 While ne child may find it easy t start their hmewrk independently, the ther might nt be a self-starter. S we push ur kids t the next level by knwing their skill level and meeting them there.
Let kids find their wn fun
38 It really is harm t them. It als sets us up t be their cruise (航行) directrs at all times. That’s a huge burden n us! Letting children find their wn thing t d when bredm strikes allws them t becme self-sufficient and use their imaginatin t find fun n their wn.
Trust yur child t act in their best interest (r fake it)
Anther characteristic f autnmy-supprtive parenting is being pen, curius, and flexible. Trusting children t be accuntable t themselves (r acting like it) is the nly way yu will knw if yur child will be a respnsible, independent adult. Fr example, if yu ask yur child when they think is the best time t d their hmewrk, and they tell yu it’s in the mrning befre schl begins, supprt them and let them try it, n matter hw strange it sunds. 39
Dn’t frget t supprt yurself
Once yu grasp autnmy-supprtive parenting, yu’ll see pprtunities t put it int practice. N matter hw ld yur kid is, adpting this style will nt be easy. 40 If yu get hard n yurself because yu’re nt measuring up, yu’re mre likely t return t the cntrlling practices.
A. It may wrk.
B. Our kids dn’t knw hw t manage bredm.
C. That can mean we have t supprt them in different ways.
D. S frgive yurself if things dn’t g right n a particular day.
E. And they may nt knw yet, but it’s gd fr them t think abut it.
F. Sme days are just ging t be mre autnmy-supprtive than thers.
G. It’s trying t understand children’s experience f what’s ging n right nw.
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。
Gerry Keene was abut 20 minutes int his caving tur in the Tm Mre cave system near Perryville, Missuri, when ne f the kids with him sptted a dg ahead f them.
The dg, curled (蜷) up n the mud flr, lked rather 41 , because when they apprached with lights and greeted her, she just 42 lifted her head but wuldn’t mve at all. It was 43 that the dg was nt in the right place, but they had n idea hw t rescue it. They 44 a light fr her and went ut t get help.
Keene called Rick Haley, anther experienced 45 , wh sn arrived and jined them. But figuring ut hw best t get the dg ut tk a bit f 46 , since the rescue equipment n hand was really 47 fr humans. Haley had an idea f using a bag and a blanket t mve the dg like a package.
The channel in the cave was tight and upright in places, s it was a little 48 t mve dwn. It was abut 500 feet frm the entrance, Haley 49 , when they gt back t where the dg was. He did a 50 assessment t her, gently mved her int the bag and cvered her with the blanket. Then they started mving her 51 twards the entrance until finally getting ut f the cave. In ttal, the rescue 52 tk abut an hur and a half. The dg was sn 53 by the lcal peple and finally reunited with her wner after 54 fr tw mnths. Keene said their cave prject didn’t g exactly as planned, but was an unfrgettable experience fr the 55 . “If it weren’t fr the prject, we’d have never fund the dg,” he said.
41. A. lazy B. weak C. sad D. frightened
42. A. excitedly B. plitely C. basically D. actively
43. A. essential B. dubtful C. apparent D. crucial
44. A. left B. brught C. sent D. prvided
45. A. dg-trainer B. pet-dctr C. firefighter D. caver
46. A. persuasin B. emtin C. brainstrming D. argument
47. A. intended B. cmmn C. heavy D. risky
48. A. vital B. technical C. pssible D. reasnable
49. A. cnfirmed B. insisted C. suspected D. estimated
50. A. medical B. usual C. quick D. prfessinal
51. A. side by side B. ft by ft C. hur after hur D. ne after anther
52. A. missin B. drill C. team D. plan
53. A. identified B. saved C. adpted D. bught
54. A. traveling B. running C. hiding D. missing
55. A. dg B. pet-wner C. kids D. residents
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。
A unique fd trend has recently gained 56 (ppular) amng yung peple in China. Knwn as “leftver fd blind bxes”, these innvative meal ptins prvide a cnvenient and 57 (affrd) way t enjy delicius fd while als reducing fd waste. S far this cncept 58 (attract) the attentin f many curius yung individuals. The cncept f “leftver fd blind bxes” riginated abrad, specifically frm an app called T Gd T G that started in Denmark in 2015. Its gal is 59 (fight) against fd waste by ffering surplus(剩余的) unsld fd frm nearby stres and restaurants 60 a reduced price.
Inspired by vides psted by Chinese creatrs living abrad 61 shared their experience, Chinese cnsumers and businesses have quickly accepted the idea, 62 (lead) t similar peratins in majr Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu. The peratinal methds f the “leftver fd blind bx” mdel can vary between stres. Sme bxes cntain pre-packaged meals 63 (base) n a stre’s sales befre the evening, while thers allw custmers t chse frm 64 still remains in the stre arund clsing time. Hwever, the latter ptin is less cmmn. The cntents f the blind bxes are ften nly revealed upn pening, adding 65 element f surprise t the dining experience.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
假设你是晨光中学的学生李华。你所在的学校将要在“五四青年节”举办以“The mstbeautiful teenager I knw”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇英文演讲稿，内容包括：
1.人物基本信息和事迹；
2.介绍他/她的原因；
3.你对于“美”的理解。
注意：1.词数80左右；2.可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯。
The mst beautiful teenager I knw
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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。
My middle child, Jake, was smart and gd-lking, but he always sees the cup f life as half empty. Every day when he came hme frm schl, Jake wuld list everything bad that happened that day!
On his ninth birthday, we saved enugh mney t take the family t Disneyland fr tw days. His dad and I didn’t make much then, s it cst a cnsiderable amunt, but we felt Jake’s birthday was wrth it. After ding Disneyland t death, we returned t ur htel rm, all exhausted. And I asked the birthday by, “Did yu have fun tday, Jake?”
All my fault-finding sn culd say t me was, “Pirates(海盗) f the Caribbean was clsed!”
“Jake Marshall,” I was clearly unable t cntain my anger, “we std in line fr an hur and a half t see The Haunted Mansin. We rde Space Muntain three times. We spent tw days playing in the park, and all yu can say is, Pirates f the Caribbean was clsed?” Clearly, smething had t be dne abut his negative attitude and I was ging t be the ne t d it!
I was determined t help him. I read every article and bught every bk. With the help f great resurces, I fund my sn had the tendency t see the wrst in every situatin. My research tld me that peple with negativity have an emtinal need fr rder and sensitivity. That meant I needed t listen t my sn’s daily pessimistic reprts. My usual reactin was t try t talk Jake ut f his negativity, but that wuldn’t satisfy his need fr sensitivity, s I had t let him finish his cmplaints and ask what gd things happened. Then I needed t wait until he culd tell me. This wuld help Jake realize that gd things really were happening t him.
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。
One day Jake came hme frm schl and cmplained as usual.
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Frm then n, Jake came t understand the pwer f seeing gd pints.
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2026届高二上学期第一次月考英语试卷答案
第一部分 听力(共20小题，满分30分)
1-5 CCACC 6-10 ABCAC 11-15 CBABA 16-20 BCBAB
第二部分 阅读(共两节，20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分)
21-23 CAB 24-27 CBDD 28-31 CADB 32-35 CBBA 36-40 GCBAD
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
41-45 BCCAD 46-50 CABDC 51-55 BAADC
第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
56. ppularity 57. affrdable 58. has attracted 59. t fight 60. at
61. wh/that 62. leading 63. based 64. what 65. an
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
【参考范文】
The mst beautiful teenager I knw
The mst beautiful teenager I knw is Zhang Xiaming, a peer in ur schl. Xiaming is renwned fr her dedicatin t cmmunity service. She vlunteers at the lcal rphanage, bringing jy and warmth t thse in need. Her actins inspire us all t cntribute t sciety.
I admire Xiaming nt nly fr her kindness but als fr her inner beauty. Beauty, t me, is nt merely skin-deep. It’s abut the cmpassin and willingness t help thers, as is demnstrated by Xiaming. She teaches us that true beauty lies in the heart.
Thank yu fr listening. Let’s all strive t be like Xiaming, spreading beauty and kindness in ur wrld.
第二节(满分25分)
One day Jake came hme frm schl and cmplained as usual. He grumbled abut everything that made him unhappy, his face cluded with glm. I sat next t him and gently said, “Jake, are there any happy things?” Jake lked up at me, cnfused, and then hesitantly mumbled, “Tday, the teacher praised me.” Curius, I asked fr the reasn. Inspired by my inquiry, Jake went frm speaking in fragments t puring ut his excitement and enthusiasm. In the end, I patted his shulder and said, “Jake, yu had such a meaningful day tday. Think mre abut the gd pints.” A glimmer f light sparkled in Jake’s eyes as he ndded with effrt.
Frm then n, Jake came t understand the pwer f seeing gd pints. Every day when he came hme, he culdn’t wait t tell me abut the happy mments f his day. I wuld pull him int my embrace, letting him knw that his happiness was my happiness. I felt gratified by the rewards f my effrts. I witnessed his attitude changing frm negativity t psitivity. The path t getting there seemed t be a struggle, but he was making headway. I believed Jake wuld get used t seeing the cup f life as half full.
听力录音稿
Text 1
M: D yu have any idea what’s wrng with my huseplant? It gets plenty f sun and enugh plant fd...
W: Are yu watering it t ften? Remember this plant cmes frm the desert where there’s hardly any rain.
M: Ah... Maybe that’s the prblem!
Text 2
M: It seems t be human nature t pursue what we dn’t have. Tall peple want t be shrter, and shrt peple want t be taller...
W: I knw. Fr example, when I was yunger, my cusin always wanted my glden hair, and I wanted dark hair like hers.
Text 3
W: Hi, are there any tickets left fr tnight’s cncert?
M: Srry, they’re sld ut. But I can put yu n the waiting list, in case there are any cancellatins tnight. Wuld yu like me t d that?
W: Oh, yes, please. Let me give yu my phne number.
Text 4
M: Oh, this is s annying! We’ve been driving arund fr ages, and I haven’t seen a single space.
W: There’s a street party ging n in twn tday. That’s prbably why it’s busy. Let’s try the supermarket... Yu can park there fr free as lng as yu buy smething.
Text 5
W: S, tell me a little bit abut the character yu played in yur new film Last Weekend.
M: Well, Jake is a srt f the ‘everyman’ character. He desn’t have any special talents. In fact, he lives a pretty bring life, until his ld friend Maggie returns t twn...
Text 6
M: Can I brrw yur phne fr a secnd? Mine is dead, and I can’t find my charger.
W: Sure.
M: Thanks. Hey, what’s wrng with yur screen? It’s all dark and the clrs lk strange.
W: Oh! I’ve been using an app called “Sunset” t help me sleep at night.
M: Really? Hw?
W: Well, studies shw that t much blue light frm screens can make sleeping difficult. S, in the evenings, the app puts a red filter (滤光器) ver the screen t cancel it ut.
M: Oh, interesting. Des it help?
W: Yeah, I think s! I als listen t white nise, which helps me fall asleep t.
Text 7
M: Can we d smething abut the temperature in here? I have s many emails t deal with tday, but my hands are s cld that I can hardly type my reprt!
W: I knw. I’ve been struggling t. But the heat prbably wn’t be turned n until the end f the mnth.
M: Why nt?
W: It’s a part f the cmpany’s plans t save energy.
M: Well, I can understand that. But hw are we suppsed t wrk in these cnditins?
W: I guess we always have the chice t wrk frm hme.
M: True. But befre my yungest daughter starts schl, it’s just t difficult fr me t d that. I wuldn’t be able t fcus.
W: Then I think we shuld talk t the bss abut what can be dne, therwise peple will start getting ill.
Text 8
W: Well, here we are! I can’t wait t get inside and see what’s n ffer!
M: I heard this year’s Mini Fair is ging t be even bigger and better than last year’s. It wn’t disappint us.
W: Oh really? I had t g t a bring wrk event at that time, s I culdn’t cme last year.
M: Yes! I gt s many things fr my mdel train set.
W: Like what?
M: Well, the clest things I gt were sme tiny little trees. They lked s real.
W: Ww!
M: I’m hping the guy wh sells them is here again this year.
W: I hpe s! Nw that I’m satisfied with the inside part f my dlls’ huse, I want t fcus n creating the garden. S, it wuld be great t get sme little plants and trees. What abut yu?
M: I want sme little mdel cars and peple t add t my train statin scene. But I need t find a tilet first.
W: Over there, by the restaurant hall.
M: Great. Meet yu in five minutes, by the ticket desk.
Text 9
W: Hi, are yu here fr the tur?
M: Yes, I’m Michael Green. Are yu the head girl?
W: That’s right. I’m Jayne Palmer. Yu lk a bit lder than the kids I usually shw arund the schl!
M: Ha-ha! Yeah, I’ll be sixteen next mnth.
W: My birthday is in Octber, t!
M: Really?
W: Yeah! S, why are yu changing schls?
M: Well, my mm gt a new jb in this area, s we’re mving here. I’ve heard gd things abut this place.
W: Well, as yu can see, we have sme great facilities... Here are the basketball curts. Then just behind them, yu’ll see the ftball field and the running track. And that building ver there is ur swimming pl.
M: Ww! There wasn’t rm fr anything like this at my previus schl. I was n the swimming team, but we had t travel t use the city pl fr ur practices.
W: Well, we’ve certainly gt plenty f space. The arts teaching here is als excellent. We have a music studi and ur wn theater.
M: Amazing!
W: S, where wuld yu like t g first?
M: Well, I’m quite interested t see the science facilities. I’m hping fr a career in medicine.
W: Okay, great! Well, the labratries have all been updated recently, s we’ve gt sme really gd equipment. Fllw me.
Text 10
On my recent business trip t Shanghai, I met up with a lcal friend wh tk me ut fr a very interesting evening meal. At the Cmmunity AI Canteen, everything is dne by rbts. When yu walk in there, yu place yur rder n a screen. Using rbtic arms, the intelligent cking system then cks yur fd befre packing it up... It even adjusts the temperature, depending n whether yu want t eat it straight away r take it hme with yu! T pay, yu place yur fd n a smart cash desk, which immediately calculates (计算) the cst. There’s even a 24-hur ndle machine just utside, which ffers ht and fresh fd arund the clck. The canteen ffers a huge amunt f chices and the dishes taste great. It is really fun t get “a taste f the future”. Hwever, I’m nt sure I wuld like all restaurants t be run by rbts. I can see the benefits fr busy families r ffice wrkers needing a quick lunch, but what abut lnely lder peple wh wuld miss the human tuch? I d think we will see mre places like this in the future, thugh. At best, a human waiter can serve arund 100 peple in a day. The AI system can serve duble that figure, making it gd fr business.
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