山东省聊城市2020-2021学年高二下学期期末教学质量抽测英语试题 Word版含答案

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本试卷分四部分，共12页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：
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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. What will the wman prbably d after class?
A. G t dinner.B. Talk with a prfessr.C. G t the theatre.
2. What is the relatinship between Jim and Bb?
A. Classmates.B. Clse friends.C. Twins.
3. What des the wman mean?
A. She will finish the phtcpies in n time.
B. She can’t make the phtcpies nw.
C. She is t busy t make the phtcpies.
4. What des the wman suggest the man d?
A. Give his ankle a gd rest.B. Treat his injuries immediately.
C. Cntinue his regular activities.
5. What can we knw abut the wman’s rmmate?
A. She is always late.B. She is frgetful.C. She is bad-tempered.
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、7题。
6. What are the waiters like?
A. Nisy.B. Implite.C. Lazy.
7. What des the wman say abut the carpet?
A. It desn’t smell well.B. It’s damaged.C. It’s t ld.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What are the speakers ding?
A. Talking ver a trip.B. Visiting a friend.C. Lking fr an apartment.
9. What d the speakers want Jim Thmas t d?
A. G t Britain with them.B. D sme research.C. Take care f their flat.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why is Billy unable t help the wman?
A. He is nt at hme.B. He is taking a shwer.C. He is playing the vide game.
11. What is the wman ding?
A. Washing the clthes.B. Cking.C. Fixing the pipe.
12. What time is it nw?
A.7:15.B.7:30. C.7:45.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What kind f party will the girl have?
A. A pl party.B. A rller-skating party.C. An ice-skating party.
14. Wh will the girl invite t her party?
A. Kelly.B. Melinda.C. Mike’s friend.
15. What advice is prbably accepted by the girl?
A. Decrating the place with ballns.B. Buying everyne a cheesecake.
C. Renting sme winter animals.
16. What is the relatinship between the speakers?
A. Friends.B. Neighbrs.C. Brther and sister.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Hw did the speaker feel befre the first jb interview?
A. Cnfident.B. Nervus.C. Scared.
18. When did the speaker get his jb at the gas statin?
A. When he was in middle schl.B. When he was in high schl.C. When he was in cllege.
19. What inspired the speaker t be an engineer?
A. Helping at McDnald’s.
B. Serving at a cffee shp.
C. Wrking at a building cmpany.
20. What was the man’s secret t success?
A. He studied hard.B. He met lts f peple.C. He learned frm wrk.
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87.5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
If yu are tired f staying at hme, nw make the mst ut f the weekend by getting stuck int the best things ging n this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Kew Gardens
If yu are ready t fully put yurself int nature, get yurself dwn t Kew Gardens. The Ryal Btanic Gardens is famus fr its plant cllectins frm arund the wrld. Recently, everyne visiting the garden, including members, has t bk tickets nline fr the time range befre they set ft in the garden. This is the first time that Kew has adpted this plicy in its histry.
Lambeth Cuntry Shw
This year the cuntryside festival wn’t be ging ahead in its usual hme f Brckwell Park. But all yur favurite aspects f the fair will be part f the virtual (虚拟的) editin, including the highly expected Vegetable Sculpture Cmpetitin, the usual flwer shw cmpetitins, and lcal-themed talks.
Walthamstw Garden Party in the Air
The free tw-day festival in E17 will be held this weekend. Yu can enjy nline music and dance perfrmances. Dn’t miss the mst wnderful part f the weekend: East Lndn Radi’s first-ever nline shw taking place acrss the weekend with behind-the scenes chats with lcal musicians.
Clumbia Rad Flwer Market
As the largest flwer market in East Lndn, this market is lcated in Bethnal Green. It pens n Sundays. Every Sunday mrning the quiet street f Clumbia Rad fills up with stalls (摊位) selling fresh flwers and plants. Persnally, it is wise t g there between 8:00 am and 10:00 am s that yu can walk at yur wn pace and wn’t be pushed by the crwds.
21. What is the recent change in Kew Gardens?
A. The gvernment pens it t the public fr a shrter time.
B. Peple are encuraged t appreciate the views nline.
C. Tickets are bked nline fr certain visiting hurs.
D. A series f flwer cmpetitins can be seen there.
22. If yu are interested in music, which f the fllwing appeals t yu?
A. Kew Gardens.B. Lambeth Cuntry Shw.
C. Clumbia Rad Flwer Market. D. Walthamstw Garden Party in the Air.
23. Why des the authr advise peple t visit the flwer market in the early mrning?
A. T get a gd deal.B. T get fresh flwers.
C. T avid the traffic jam there.D. T have a peaceful experience f buying flwers.
B
I travel n a regular basis, althugh I spend mst days wrking t make a living just like yu d. S whenever a chance arises fr me t visit a far-ff cuntry, I jump at it. When I was studying abrad in Australia, I traveled extensively (广泛地) all ver the cuntry with tw friends. We bked everything frm whale watching t a private flight ver Munt Ksciuszk, and racked up (累积) sme impressive credit card bills. Anther internatinal student almst lked dwn her nse at ur pricey adventures, declaring that she had cme t Australia t study, nt t empty her saving accunt n travel.
My questin t her came. Why wuld yu cme literally halfway arund the wrld t save yur mney and keep yur nse pressed int a bk every weekend? Wuld yu g t China and nt visit the Great Wall because it csts mney? Wuld yu g t Italy and skip visiting the Vatican because it requires an admissin ticket?
I knw where I wuld like my life t g in the cming mnths and years. But there are n guarantees that things will g as planned. In fact, nthing will g as planned.
“Oh, I’ll travel when 1 retire.” “I’ll travel when the kids are grwn.” “I’ll travel when the huse is paid ff.” Hw ften d we hear thers say these? I hear these excuses all the time. But yu knw what happens? Age. And stress. And, well, life. Life happens and by the time yu retire and yur kids are grwn and yur huse is paid ff, yu have bad knees and weak lungs and yu simply can’t visit all thse places yu dreamed abut in yur yuth. Hw sad! I dn’t want t end up like that, hlding n t yuthful travel dreams that will never be reality.
I ften think, what if “smetimes later” never came? S, if yu are privileged enugh t be able t affrd t travel, then yu shuld attack it with curisity and energy and a sense f adventure. As fr me, at the end f the day, I’d rather die with a millin memries than a millin dllars. Mney wn’t cmfrt me n my deathbed, but knwing that I’ve lived a full and fulfilling life might.
24. Why des the authr mentin his travel experience in Australian?
A. T shw his passin fr travel.B. T recall a wnderful experience.
C. T prve his belief in travel.D. T attract the readers’ attentin.
25. What wuld the authr agree t d accrding t the text?
A. Save mney fr further study.B. Spare mney fr an admissin ticket.
C. Travel t a freign cuntry withut mney.D. Stay at hme studying n weekends.
26. What des paragraph 4 mainly talk abut?
A. The regrets f missing sme jurneys.B. The barriers in the future life.
C. The excuses fr failing t travel.D. The uncertainties f future fr travel.
27. What is the writing purpse f the text?
A. T persuade the readers t travel yung.B. T tell his wn travel experience.
C. T illustrate the benefits f travel.D. T make a cmparisn between life and travel.
C
Mre and mre peple arund the wrld are living in city areas and the need fr high-quality fresh fd is rising. At the same time, new hmes, apartment buildings, shpping centers and rads are taking the place f rich land near cities. That makes grwing crps in tall buildings an interesting slutin.
In Dallas, Texas, a cmpany called Green Habitat Hydrpnics (GHH) sells vertical farming (垂直农业) supplies. “Yu can cntrl anything and everything yu want t with hydrpnics—the prcess f grwing plants in sand, small stnes r water with added nutrients (营养物) but nt sil,” Kris Maxwell, a sales emplyee at GHH said. “Fr example, certain plants need certain nutrients and PH levels. But dn’t wrry. Yu can change the hydrpnics slutins (溶液) by adding r taking away nutrients, r by changing the PH level, r even by cntrlling the amunt f water in a slutin, s that plants get all the nutrients and water requirements they need. There are even different slutins fr certain stages in the plants’ grwth.”
In this indr envirnment, LED lights, which are envirnmentally friendly, replace the sun. Heaters, clers, and special machines cntrl the temperature and humidity. Up t 300 plants can grw in ne cntainer unit.
GHH als sells aerpnics (气雾栽培) systems. With this system, plants are placed in huge cntainers where nly the rts are put in a slutin. Nutrient rich wastes frm fish, fr example, are filtered and sent thrugh the system.
The gd thing abut this methd is that n fertilizers have t be used because the fish prduce all f the necessary nutrients. Anther advantage f vertical farming is that n pests will damage yur crps.
What d yu think? Des vertical farming have a bright future?
28. Which f the fllwing may nt be the reasn fr vertical farming?
A. Many peple nwadays are flwing int cities.
B. The earth has t supprt mre and mre peple.
C. Peple shw greater interest in eating fresh fd.
D. The fields fr grwing crps near cities are reducing day by day.
29. As fr vertical farming, what can be used t take the place f the sunshine?
A. Heaters.B. Clers.
C. Light frm a kind f bulb.D. Air cnditining machines.
30. The underlined wrd “filtered” in the furth paragraph can be replaced by “______”.
A. balancedB. remvedC. destryedD. created
31. What is an advantage f aerpnics system used in vertical farming?
A. It can be easily perated.B. Peple can get delicius fd.
C. There is n need fr chemical nutrients.D. It may bring abut a gd harvest.
D
Many rich parents drive their kids t special activities after schl. Besides the trips t sccer practices and games r pian lessns, they increasingly make ne mre stp—a trip t their lcal after-schl tutring (辅导) center. It’s becming a mre cmmn activity within and utside f American schls.
Parents pay tutring arund $ 200 per mnth fr each child t get math, reading and ther kinds f lessns nce r twice a week with their wn lessns and hmewrk intended t be mre challenging than what is ffered by the schls. They aim at students nt nly struggling in schl wrk but als thse wh are already ahead in curses. It seems that there n child is t yung t start. They teach these little kids hw t recgnize letters, numbers, patterns and shapes.
Children in after -schl centers can get cnfused abut which kind f learning matters mre, but parents keep their kids in tutring fr years if they think it’s getting results. “We just kept her in the prgram, because it was wrking,” the mther f a fifth grader tld me. A furth-grade student mentined that her regular teacher cunted her private math center tasks as satisfying her schl hmewrk.
Trublingly, educatrs believe that the grwth f private tutring in the U.S. is leading t a sense f pressure that can result in emtinal prblems. “The students wh take classes utside f schl make ther kids feel bad, because they’re brighter and they d mre, and they can d it faster,” a Bstn- area elementary schl headmaster tld me.
What’s mre frightening is happening. A grwing educatin arms race is ging amng families. They feel pressured t make sure their kids learn enugh t be abve their grade level and ranked at r near the tp f their classes. Many parents tld me they keep their children in after-schl educatin simply t keep up with thse wh d. Tutring educatin is seriusly changing what it means t g t schl.
32. What can we learn abut tutring centers frm paragraph 2?
A. They serve children f different levels and ages.
B. Their charges are relatively cheap.
C. They mainly prvide curses related with exams.
D. Their teaching cntent keeps pace with that f schls.
33. What des the authr intend t tell us in paragraph 3?
A. Students benefit a lt frm private tutring.
B. Tutring is recgnized by sme parents and schl teachers.
C. Parents try t raise kids’ interest in private tutring.
D. Tutring takes up a lt f students’ spare time.
34. What is a prblem caused by the grwth f private tutring?
A. Students are tired f schling under great pressure.
B. Parents pay little attentin t their children’s mental health.
C. Parents are under the pressure f educatin arms race.
D. The public becme less satisfied with the schl educatin system.
35. Which f the fllwing is a suitable tile fr the text?
A. The Advantages f Private TutringB. The Disadvantages f Private Tutring
C. The Ppularity f Private TutringD. The Cncerns abut Private Tutring
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。
D yu like t receive gifts? Of curse, yu d. Everybdy des. But are gifts imprtant in yur relatinship? The answer isn’t simple. 36 . But that desn’t mean that yu shuldn’t give yur partner sme gifts. Here are a few reasns why gift-giving is such an imprtant part f the interpersnal interactin (交流).
Gifts make yur partner feel lved
37 . Whispering the wrds “I lve yu” in their ears simply isn’t enugh. Yu need t prve it. A present lets them knw that yu are thinking abut them. Basically, yu’re ffering smething with all yur heart, withut expecting anything in return. It desn’t matter hw much the gift csts. What matters is the thught.
38
Birthdays are ne f thse days when a persn is entitled t be selfish—in ther wrds, t think nly themselves. Mst peple like celebrating and they want t feel special n that day. S, yur partner’s birthday is cming up and yu dn’t have a clue hw t celebrate this special day. The best thing t d is get them a present that can be cnsumed, such as a bunch f flwers. 39
Gifts make yur partner smile
One f the mst imprtant things f being in a relatinship is making the ther persn happy. But hw d yu manage t put a smile n yur ther half’s face? Simple: yu get them a gift. It ges withut saying that happiness desn’t cme frm mney. 40 . Keeping a relatinship is difficult nwadays, but presents make things much easier. Yu’ll see that an ffering will immediately lift yur lved ne’s md.
A. Gifts are necessary n special ccasins
B. Gifts are imprtant t yur relatinship
C. Offerings are a way f shwing peple hw yu care fr them
D. Relatinships dn’t survive n material grunds
E. Therefre, the gift like this can create a bigger surprise
F. Nt nly will yu make their birthday special, but als yu’ll be creating memries
G. Hwever, it can’t be denied that small gifts make yur partner smile
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。
N act f kindness, n matter hw small, is ever wasted. Yesterday a salesman, wrking fr a telecm cmpany, 41 me t sell his phne plans. I was at wrk and unwilling t spend time n thse cnversatins, s I made a(n) 42 that I culdn’t talk yet and I 43 him t call back ne hur later.
Hwever, he cntinued t explain his phne plans, which he said were better than my 44 ne. While listening t him, smetimes I was lst in thught, giving “hmm” as a sign f 45 r shwing him that I was still there. Smetimes I felt a bit impatient. But I tried t be 46 during the cnversatin.
At the end f the cnversatin, he said: “Thank yu fr listening t me. 47 , peple treat us as thieves r 48 at us. Tday, I haven’t had a cnversatin withut ffense (侮辱). I knw yu culd have been 49 after wrk r dne smething else had I nt 50 yur time. S I am really tuched.”
I thanked him fr this statement. I 51 hw much he culd have been the subject f verbal (言语的) 52 all thrugh his wrking days. I als admitted that thse peple shwing bad 53 t him might have been me. But nw I am delighted t allw him t feel treated 54 . In fact everyne shuld be 55 as a human being.
41. A. frcedB. invitedC. calledD. allwed
42. A. chiceB. prmiseC. decisinD. excuse
43. A. beggedB. advisedC. warnedD. encuraged
44. A. presentB. cmmnC. frmerD. extra
45. A. impatienceB. cnfusinC. agreementD. cnfidence
46. A. pliteB. prudC. excitedD. annyed
47. A. RarelyB. PersnallyC. RecentlyD. Usually
48. A. shutB. waveC. stareD. smile
49. A. bredB. relaxedC. stressedD. amazed
50. A. dealt withB. gt thrughC. given backD. taken up
51. A. arguedB. appreciatedC. realizedD. accepted
52. A. cmmunicatinB. challengeC. attackD. ability
53. A. impressinB. characterC. demandD. attitude
54. A. seriuslyB. differentlyC. unfairlyD. badly
55. A. respectedB. regardedC. explredD. trusted
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。
Frm rags t riches is a cmmn phrase in English. It’s ften used t describe either peple r 56 (stry) abut peple wh begin their lives in extreme pverty and end up being 57 (wealth), ften thrugh hard wrk r talent.
The phrase is thught t have cme frm the writings f Hrati Alger, 58 American writer. His mst ppular 19th-century wrks 59 (write) fr children, and described extremely pr bys 60 hard wrk wn them a change t imprve their lives.
Thugh ging frm rags t riches 61 (be) likely t be an expressin withut a lng histry, the cncept f mving frm being pr t being rich is 62 (actual) nt new. It’s a cmmn theme in fairy tales. Cinderella mves frm wearing rags and ding all the husewrk t 63 (marry) the prince, her kind heart finally bringing her happiness.
The phrase is als ften thught t have a 64 (cnnect) t the American dream. In the past, many freigners viewed America 65 a place where they culd end pverty and have a chance t d wnderful things.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是李华，你校网站准备开设“英语角”专栏，以便学生发表文章。交流观点。请你用英语写一篇文章，介绍本专栏并征集稿件，内容包括：
1. 开设目的；
2. 稿件的内容和要求；
3. 鼓励参与。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：专栏clumn
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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。续写的词数应为150左右。
My children were sitting at the kitchen table, playing s game. They had taken sme cards and written a secret wrd n each ne. Withut lking at the wrd n the card, they had t put the card n their freheads. Then they tk turns asking yes-r-n questins until they were able t guess the secret wrd n their card. “In my secret wrd ‘frk’!” Jrdan asked.
“Yes! Yu gt it! Yu wn!” bth f his sisters yelled.
Minutes later, my yungest daughter Julia said, “Mmmy, mine in really hard.” I ndded sympathetically (同情地). The pr girl didn’t stand a chance. The card n her frehead read “lve”.
She’d already asked mre than a dzen questins, and each answer seemed t cnfuse her even mre. Then, she asked, “Is it invisible (看不见的)?”
Lea and Jrdan lked at ne anther, unsure f hw t answer. They asked me, “Mm, what d yu think? Is the wrd n Julia’s card invisible?”
I paused. Is lve invisible? In the game, it bviusly was. “Well, yes, the wrd n Julia’s card is invisible,” I said. “We can’t see it in the same way we can see an bject like a frk r a bird.”
Pr Julia shk her head. “I still dn’t get it.”
I said, “Julia, when I want t shw yu yur wrd, I make yur favrite dinner.”
Julia thught fr a minute, “Is my wrd ‘hungry’?”
I smiled. “N, but that was a gd try. If yu wanted t shw me yur wrd, yu wuld give me a hug r a kiss.”
Julia’s eyes lit up. “Mm, my wrd is ‘lve’!”
I ndded, and the kids clapped. Then, they chse new cards.
But later, when the kids finished playing the game, Julia came t me and said, “Mm, I think lve shuld never be invisible.” I smiled and ndded my head. Then I thught abut my day and hw I spent my time. I had t admit that I was t busy cking and cleaning t shw actual lve. But yung children didn’t appreciate clean flrs. They even didn’t ntice thse things, let alne feel lved by them. I decided t change.
Paragraph 1:
I gathered the kids tgether and asked what visible lve they wanted. ___________________________________
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Paragraph 2:
Over the next few weeks, I picked several suggestins frm the list and had a try.__________________________
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2020—2021学年度第二学期期末教学质量抽测
高二英语参考答案.
第一部分 听力
（说明：本题共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1—5 BCBAB6—10 BAACA11—15 BACBA16—20 CABCC
第二部分 阅读
（说明：本题共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）
21—25 CDDAB25—30 DABCB31—35 CABCD36—40 DCAFG
第三部分 语言运用.
第一节
（说明：本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
41—45 CDBAC45—50 ADABD51—55 CCDBA
第二节
（说明：本题共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
55. stries57. wealthy58. an59. were written50. whse
61. is62. Actually63. marrying 64. Cnnectin65. as
第四部分 写作
第一节
（说明：本题满分15分）
Our schl website is ging t set up a new clumn “English crner”, where yu can publish yur articles sharing yur ideas abut anything related t yur schl life. It ffers yu a great chance t imprve yur writing skills as well.
Yur articles may cver different issues, ranging frm yur cnfusin abut relatinship with yur classmates t advice abut afterschl activities. Meanwhile, it is preferable that yur writing is neatly dne with n mre than 200 wrds, s be sure t duble check it befre yu submit yur wrk.
We’re sincerely lking frward t yur articles fr this clumn. Pick up yur pen and get writing!
第二节
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I gathered the kids tgether and asked what visible lve they wanted. I fund a pen and a ntebk t make a list. Then they actively put frward their suggestins: baking mre brwnies, having a water balln fight and s n. Julia gave the mst. Sn, I had mre than a dzen suggestin. Sme were cmpletely pssible, and thers were really hard. But I had a starting pint. I put the list n the fridge and determined t make gd use f it.
Over the next few weeks, I picked several suggestins frm the list and had a try. I made mre ckies and played mre games. I read bks and kicked sccer balls. It was a great time. One afternn, Julia came int the kitchen and tld me she was seeing my lve. Actually I didn’t change much. I just did mre playing and less cleaning. I’d given them mre f my time, and what I’d gtten in return was wrth it.
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Text 1
M: We’re planning t g ut fr a dinner and then t the theatre after class. Want t cme?
W: Lvely plans. I’d lve t, but Prf. Davisn wants t speak t me.
Text 2
W: I ften mistake Jim fr Bb. Can yu tell them apart?
M: N. They lk s much alike that even their mther didn’t knw wh was wh smetimes when they were yung.
Text 3
M: Can I have five phtcpies f this, please? Hw much is a cpy?
W: It’s ten pence a cpy, but I’m afraid the machine’s ut f rder at the mment.
Text 4
M: Tday is a bad day fr me. I fell ff a step and twisted my ankle.
W: Dn’t wrry, usually ankle injuries heal quickly if yu stp regular activities fr a while.
Text 5
M: Why did yu cme t the meeting late? I left a message with yur rmmate abut the time change.
W: She has a very shrt memry, and it really gets n my nerves smetimes.
Text 6
W: Hell. It’s Sally L frm the rm 1088. I’d like t make a cmplaint.
M: What are yu nt satisfied with, Ms L?
W: The service and the dining area.
M: Culd yu give me mre details, please?
W: Yes, the waiters are extremely, rude. Als the carpet in the dining area is such a disgrace. It is very smelly.
M: I’m very srry. I’ll talk t the waiters and the cleaners right away.
W: Okay.
Text 7
M: Sue, shall we g t Britain fr the hliday this summer?
W: Gd idea.
M: S I will make preparatins fr the trip these days.
W: OK. When are we leaving?
M: Next Friday. I’m excited. But there are still a few things I need t d befre we g.
W: Like what?
M: Picking up ur passprts, ging t buy ur plane tickets and finding ut wh we shuld lk fr t lk after ur apartment while we are gne.
W: Er... Jim Thmas, a frmer cllege classmate f mine, is cming t d sme research this summer, frm July t August.
M: That’s great.
Text 8
W: Billy, the sugar is running ut. Can yu g t the stre dwnstairs t get a bag fr me? Billy? Billy!
M: Stp yelling, hney. Billy can’t help yu right nw.
W: Is he playing the vide game in his study again?
M: N. Mike called and asked him ut t play basketball.
W: What? he just tk a shwer and changed his clthes! He’ll get all sweaty again.
M: Can’t blame him fr being a by.
W: S yu’ll get me the sugar. Nw!
M: Hney, in case yu didn’t ntice it. I’m still busy fixing the water pipe here.
W: But the prk will get vercked it I leave!
M: Try the hney in ur refrigeratr, will yu?
W: Oh, yeah. Great!
M: S, will yu get it dne befre 7:30? I’m s hungry.
W: In just a quarter? N way. Yu can’t expect me t d it s sn.
M: Okay... Take yur time.
Text 9
W: What d yu think I shuld d fr my birthday this year?
M: Yu shuld have a really big party! Maybe a pl party!
W: That wuld be fun. I dn’t really like swimming, thugh. Maybe I’ll have a rller-skating party.
M: What abut an ice-skating party?
W: Yeah, that’s even better! I’ll definitely invite Katie and Sammy.
M: What abut Melinda?
W: Yes, Melinda, t. D yu think I shuld invite Kelly?
M: N, because she didn’t invite yu t her party last mnth. Am I allwed t invite anyne?
W: Yu can invite ne friend, but that’s it.
M: Fine. I’ll invite Mike. Yu shuld have a winter-themed party. If Mm and Dad say it’s kay t rent ut the entire place, we can decrate it with ballns. I knw yur favrite cake is cheesecake, but yu shuld get an ice-cream cake instead.
W: Thse are all great ideas. Maybe I can even get a snw machine!
M: Yu can call the party “Patty’s Wnderland”. Maybe Mm will let us rent sme winter animals, like deer and penguins!
W: Okay, dn’t get ahead f yurself. I dn’t think that wuld be pssible.
M: Yeah, I guess yu’re right.
Text 10
M: When I shwed up, at my first jb interview, it was my last year at middle schl. All my friends said hw nervus they were fr their interviews. I thught t myself, “If yu lk scared, it is a sign f weakness.” When I went t McDnald’s fr the interview, I thught it wuld be a piece f cake. But my answer t every questin was “I dn’t knw”. Nt surprisingly, I didn’t get that part-time jb. The fllwing year I had a secnd chance at a gas statin. This time I shwed up in a nice shirt with a tie and answered every questin plitely. And I gt the jb. I learned hw t deal with mney, hw t fix cars, and hw t deal with peple. Mst imprtantly, I had learned a life skill. When I graduated frm high schl, and my friends were still wrking at cffee shps, I was wrking fr a building cmpany. I helped build the Westin Htel and Ocean View Apartments. It inspired me t becme an engineer, and nw I design and build airplanes. S hw did I get t where I am? My teachers wuld say it sure wasn’t my study habits: In my case, I learned with my hands.