2022届重庆市第八中学高三下学期4月第二次阶段检测英语试题含答案

这是一份2022届重庆市第八中学高三下学期4月第二次阶段检测英语试题含答案，共11页。试卷主要包含了5分，满分7等内容，欢迎下载使用。

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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 is the weather like tday?
A. Dry. B. Rainy. C. Sunny.
2. When did the wman first call?
A. In the mrning. B. In the afternn. C. In the evening.
3. What clr is the car?
A. Black. B. Grey. C. Blue.
4. When did the by start playing ftball?
A. At 7 p.m. B. At 8 p.m. C. At 9 p.m.
5. What are the speakers prbably ding?
A. Learning a line. B. Shting a film. C. Buying a camera.
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. Hw many candles has the wman rdered?
A. 5. B. 10. C. 50.
7. What will the man d t help the wman?
A. He’ll cancel the rder.
B. He’ll take the candles back.
C. He’ll give the wman free candles.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。
8. What is the main tpic f the cnversatin?
A. The cmpany is being sld.
B. The cmpany is turning a prfit.
C. The cmpany is making jb cuts.
9. Wh is the man speaking t?
A. His bss. B. His client. C. His c-wrker.
听第8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
10. Hw many shps did the speakers mentin at first?
A. Tw. B. Three. C. Fur.
11. What did the shp next t the pst ffice nce sell?
A. Shes. B. Fd. C. Phnes.
12. Hw des the wman feel abut the changes?
A. Sad. B. Grateful. C. Optimistic.
听第9段材料，回答第 13 至16 题。
13. Where are the speakers?
A. In a museum. B. On a hill. C. In a park.
14. Why is the man ht?
A. He is ill. B. The weather is ht. C. He has been climbing.
15. Hw des the wman feel abut the museum?
A. Interested. B. Bred. C. Upset.
16. What des the wman suggest?
A. Ging hme. B. Taking a pht. C. Ging back dwn.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. Wh is allwed t start a student club?
A. A 1st year student. B. A 3rd year student. C. A 5th year student.
18. What skill can yu learn thrugh participating in assciatins?
A. Cncentratin. B. Time management. C. Administratin.
19. Hw much starting capital culd a new assciatin get previusly?
A. $1,000.B.$1,500.C.$2,00
20. Wh is prbably giving the talk?
A. A student.B. A president.C. A prfessr.
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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Here are fur wnderful htels and campsites in Eurpe.
Ekies All Senses Resrt, Chalkidiki, Greece
This culd be the perfect retreat fr stressed parents wh need spiling. Fr a start, it’s in lvely Greece, but there’s n need t take a ferry, as it’s n the mainland. With a juice bar beside the (heated) pl, pen-air spa, calm beach, restaurants r meals n demand, and secret bays t explre by bat, it makes fr a super-relaxed break.
●Dubles frm € 88, junir suite (sleeps 4) frm €138 a night, family suite (sleeps6) frm €272 B&B, pen late April-Octber, i-escape.cm
Casa Vicentina, Algarve, Prtugal
Fr a back-t-nature feel, family-run Casa Vicentina in the Algarve is perfect. Built with eclgical materials, it’s in a prtected park area n a natural lake. Breakfast is a plentiful buffet and bikes are supplied free f charge, s yu can g t the beach r cafes and restaurants. Accmmdatin is in brightly decrated rms r larger suites cmplete with small kitchens.
●Rms frm €75 B&B, wnderfulland. cm
Fairy Chimney Inn, Cappadcia, Turkey
Older kids will lve the fairytale landscape f Cappadcia and the excitement f staying in a cave htel. The Fairy Chimney Inn used t be part f a cave mnastery(修道院). Its rms are beautiful and hmely, with traditinal decratins and the ccasinal reminder f the mdern wrld. All rms have curtyards verlking the extrardinary landscape.
●Rms frm €55 B&B, plus €11 per child, fairychimney. cm
Casa San Gabriel, Umbria, Italy
Casa San Gabriel is a small hilltp farm where three self-catering cttages share a swimming pl, playgrund and barbecue. There’s added excitement fr yung guests in the family f alpacas(羊驼) kept n site. There are several water, wildlife and activity parks nearby, and slightly further afield a Pincchi theme park.
●A week at II Fienile cttage (sleeps 4-6) csts frm €650, B&B (lw seasn nly) frm €95, casasangabriel. cm
21. In the Ekies All Senses Resrt, yu can enjy_____.
A. a ferry jurneyB. an pen-air spa
C. living in tree husesD. dancing in the playgrund
22. Which f the fllwing will yu chse if yu want t enjy a breakfast buffet?
A. The Ekies All Senses Resrt.B. Casa Vicentina
C. The Fairy Chimney InnD. Casa San Gabriel
23. If yu want t see sme wildlife n hliday, which website shuld yu click?
A. i-escape.cmB. wnderfulland.cm
C. fairychimney.cmD. casasangabriel.cm
B
I like t believe that sme things in life never change. A cnstant, ever since I culd hld a pen, has been the rutine at lunch with my grandfather. My grandmther will ask me hw the walk was frm my parents’ huse befre I take a seat at their kitchen table.
Sitting in his usual spt in the crner is my grandfather. He lks up fr a quick “hell” befre heading back dwn t the crsswrd puzzle in frnt f him.
“S, hw is this ne cming alng?” I’ll ask. With a failed laugh, he’ll slide the crsswrd tward me. Carefully cut and neatly flded frm his newspaper, three- quarters f it will already have been finished. Many f the clues are far t advanced fr me t figure ut. Hwever, I’m happy t help with the strange clue related t sprts—my expert knwledge—that still remain.
Even if I’m certain f an answer, I fill in the squares with a pencil, as clues are always checked thrughly by my grandfather. In the rare event that we’re unable t finish the crsswrd by the end f lunch, he’ll call me later that evening t g ver the clues he later slved.
Tday, lunch unflds in its usual manner. Hwever, large parts f the puzzle are blanks “Grandfather, I think this is 49-dwn... and this, 52-acrss,” I say.
“Oh, right. Yes, put that dwn there,” he replies.
I reach acrss the table t hand him the crsswrd. Lking at him as he searches fr answers, suddenly I feel smething different. I nte his hair is whiter than I remembered. Fr the first time I think abut my grandfather as, well, a grandfather.
But life is abut change—change we aren’t always prepared fr. Just as we are n different ends f life, we find urselves n different ends f the city nw t. But at lunch, when we take up ur pens and pen the crsswrd, the wrld stands pleasantly still. Nw，instead f an exercise f quick wit(机智),ur crsswrds are abut patience and understanding. As clues are slwly understd, s are the truths in life.
24. What is the grandfather usually ding when the authr visits him?
A. He is preparing lunch happily as a rutine.
B. He is sitting in the crner wrking at riddles.
C. He is cncentrating all his effrts n the crsswrd.
D. He is cutting crsswrd puzzles frm newspapers carefully.
25. The phrase “g ver” in Paragraph 4 prbably means “____”.
A. repeatB. switchC. discverD. prvide
26. Which f the fllwing wrds can best describe the grandfather?
A. Quiet and ptimistic.B. Humrus and helpful.
C. Enthusiastic and careful.D. Independent and funny.
27. What des the authr think f the crsswrds nw?
A. They bring his grandparents clser t him.
B. They imprve his intelligence and patience.
C. They encurage him t slve prblems in life.
D. They help him t understand the truths f life.
C
When making chices, peple assume that they pick what they like. Hwever, research suggests that we like smething strictly because we have chsen it. In ther wrds, we dislike things we dn’t chse. And this phenmenn has existed since we were babies.
In an experiment, US researchers brught several 10 t 20-mnth-ld babies int a lab and gave them tw same bright and clrful sft blcks t play with. They set each blck far apart, s the babies had t crawl t ne r the ther—a randm chice. After the baby chse ne f the tys, the researchers tk it away and came back with a new ptin. The babies culd then pick either the ty they didn’t play with befre, r a brand-new ty.
It turned ut that the babies reliably chse t play with the new ty rather than the ne they had nt chsen.
In fllw-up experiments, when researchers instead helped chse which ty the baby wuld play with, the phenmenn disappeared. “As if they were saying, ‘Hmm, I didn’t chse that bject last time, because I guess I didn’t like it very much” said Lisa Feigensn, c-authr f the study.
This is a very imprtant phenmenn in life, Feigensn nted. Adults will less like the thing they didn’t chse, even if they had n real preference in the first place. It lks like babies d just the same.
It shws that the act f making chices changes hw we feel abut ur ptins. The randm chices might becme ur preferences. “They are really nt chsing based n whether they are nvel r what they prefer,” said Alex Silver, c-authr f the study.
This new finding explains why adults build uncnscius preference when they make chices between the same things. Justifying(证明有道理) chice is smehw fundamental t the human experience. “I chse this, s I must like it. I didn’t chse this ther thing, s it cannt be s gd. Adults make these inferences uncnsciusly,” Feigensn said.
Such tendency makes sense t us as we live in a cnsumer culture and must make s many chices every day, between everything frm tthpaste brands t styles f jeans.
Next, researchers will lk at whether t many chices culd be a prblem fr babies as they certainly are fr adults.
28. What is the purpse f the experiments?
A. T test whether peple chse what they like.
B. T see why babies prefer new tys t ld nes.
C. T explain hw babies and adults make chices differently.
D. T study if t many chices culd create prblems fr peple.
29. What can be learned frm the experiments?
A. Babies prefer bright and clrful tys.
B. Babies’ preference largely affects their chices.
C. Babies prefer adults t help them make chices.
D. Babies’ previus randm chices affect their preference.
30. Why is the new finding imprtant in life?
A. It entirely changes ur styles t chse.
B. It helps us make wise decisins in a cnsumer culture.
C. It prmtes the relatinship between adults and babies.
D. It helps us understand ur uncnscius preference fr chices.
31. What can be the best title fr the text?
A. Babies like what they chseB. Randm chices matter
C. T many chices puzzle the adultsD. Preference affects the chice
D
The argument that human-caused carbn emissins are merely a drp in the bucket cmpared t greenhuse gases generated by vlcanes has been making its way arund the rumr mill fr years. And while it seems t be reasnable, the science just desn’t back it up.
Accrding t the US Gelgical Survey (USGS), the wrld’s vlcanes, bth n land and undersea, generate abut 200 millin tns f carbn dixide annually, while ur autmtive and industrial activities cause sme 24 billin tns f CO2 emissins every year wrldwide. Despite the arguments t the cntrary, the facts speak fr themselves: Greenhuse gas emissins frm vlcanes cmpse less than ne percent f thse generated by tday’s human activities.
Anther indicatin that human emissins surpass thse f vlcanes is the fact that atmspheric CO2 levels, as measured by sampling statins arund the wrld, have gne up cnsistently year after year regardless f whether r nt there have been majr vlcanic eruptins in specific years. “If it were true that individual vlcanic eruptins dminated human emissins and were causing the rise in carbn dixide cncentratins, then these carbn dixide recrds wuld be full f spikes—ne fr each eruptin,” says Cby Beck, a jurnalist writing fr nline envirnmental news. “Instead, such recrds shw a smth and regular trend.”
Furthermre, sme scientists believe that vlcanic eruptins, like that f Mt. St. Helens in 1980 and Mt. Pinatub in 1991, actually lead t shrt-term glbal cling, nt warming, as sulfur dixide (SO2), ash and ther particles in the air and stratsphere reflect sme slar energy instead f letting it int Earth’s atmsphere.
Scientists tracking the effects f the majr 1991 eruptin f the Philippines’ Mt. Pinatub fund that the verall effect f the blast was t cl the surface f the Earth glbally by sme 0.5 degrees Celsius a year later.
In an interesting twist n the issue, vlcanic activity may be cntributing t the melting f ice caps in Antarctica but nt because f any emissins, natural r man-made. Instead, scientists Hugh Crr and David Vaughan f the British Antarctic Survey believe that vlcanes underneath Antarctica may be melting the cntinent’s ice sheets frm belw, just as warming air temperatures frm human-induced emissins erde them frm abve.
32. Accrding t Paragraph 1, sme peple argue that .
A. their pinin is supprted by science
B. vlcanes generate mst f the greenhuse gases
C. human activities are t blame fr greenhuse gases
D. carbn emissins prduced by vlcanes are increasing
33. What des the underlined wrd “spikes” in Paragraph 3 prbably mean?
A. Sudden increases. B. Smth trends.C. Stable regularities. D. Sharp declines.
34. Accrding t this passage, what d the scientists believe abut vlcanic eruptins?
A. They brught abut glbal warming.
B. They actually partly cled the surface f the Earth.
C. They melted the ice sheets in Antarctic frm abve.
D. They dminated human emissins in greenhuse effect.
35. The purpse f the passage is t .
A. cmpare the results f the studies
B. cntradict a view held by sme peple
C. present new findings fr greenhuse phenmenn
D. reprt the effects f CO2 in greenhuse phenmenn
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。
In tday’s increasingly cmpetitive sciety, peple are laded with a grwing amunt f stress. Stress can affect hw yu feel, think, and behave. 36 It’s wrth taking the time t learn different strategies fr managing yur stress.
Identify the cause. If yu are having prblems with tense muscles, vertiredness headaches, it is quite pssibly stress-related. Is it yur jb, relatinship r smething else? Prblems can be divided int three categries: thse with a practical slutin, thse that will get better with time and thse utside yur cntrl. 37
Mve yur bdy. Exercise wn’t cure yur stress, but it can help t clean yur head. Try smething new: yga may be calming, but there’s nthing mre thrilling than hitting a punchbag. Dn’t wrsen the stress by drinking and smking. 38 They will nly make yu feel physically and mentally wrse.
39 If yu are the kind f persn wh is pen t advice, yu can talk t a friend abut yur stress. Friends can wrk as a supprt grup, and they may prvide yu with slutins. Smetimes, yu can’t see the easy way ut f situatin when yu are standing right in the middle f it.
Make a list. Having t much t d may cause yu t rush arund because, if yu are mving faster, it feels as if yu are getting mre dne. 40 Make a t-d list. D the big, imprtant things last, after yu have achieved several f the small things. That way, yu will apprach the big things already feeling gd.
A. Talk it thrugh.
B. Be a gd listener.
C. These aren’t slutins.
D. It pays t try new things.
E. But this is a false impressin.
F. It can als impact hw yur bdy functins.
G. Fcus n the first kind and ignre the thers.
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）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I had been practising my speech fr days, but I was still stressed ut. I was in the first year f my PhD, and my 41 public speaking experiences had nt exactly been successful. Nw, I hped I culd get thrugh this ne withut 42 .
When my turn t speak finally came, I fcused n 43 . I wuld have t speak fast t present all the infrmatin I had 44 . Fifteen minutes later, I finally relaxed, 45 f finishing n time. I had n 46 whether the audience had learned anything.
I cntinued t view my 47 this way until abut a year later, when I made a presentatin t a nnscientific audience. Their 48 made it clear that they had nt gtten the message I wanted t 49 . Suddenly, I realized these peple prbably felt the same way I did after watching a 50 presentatin: The speaker was nt 51 with the audience at all. And I realized that I didn't want t be that speaker. I wanted t d better.
Instead f trying t 52 the audience with as much infrmatin as pssible, I began t care abut what peple wuld take away frm my presentatins. I 53 advice, added pictures, remved text, wrte a script t use as a radmap, and 54 a lt.
My effrts rapidly 55 . My audience started t appear energized and interested in what I was saying, and their questins shwed that they had learned smething.
41. A. uniqueB. previusC. specialD. later
42. A. incidentB. lssC. adjustmentD. attentin
43. A. audienceB. techniquesC. timeD. cntents
44. A. usedB. plannedC. expectedD. frgtten
45. A. afraidB. tiredC. prudD. ashamed
46. A. evidenceB. ideaC. desireD. ptin
47. A. effrtsB. discveriesC. experiencesD. talks
48. A. suggestinsB. excitementC. apprvalD. questins
49. A. recrdB. cnveyC. ppseD. btain
50. A. disappintingB. frighteningC. wnderfulD. traditinal
51. A. delightedB. satisfiedC. cnnectedD. bred
52. A. helpB. fillC. refreshD. strike
53. A. ignredB. wrteC. refusedD. sught
54. A. practicedB. cpiedC. criticizedD. crrected
55. A. went nB. paid ffC. ended upD. gt arund
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Lcated in the nrthwest f Hunan Prvince, abut 300 kilmeters away frm Changsha, the capital city f Hunan, Zhangjiajie, 56 cvers a ttal area f 9,563 square kilmeters, is a turist city fr its unique natural scenery and turism resurces. Zhangjiajie 57 (award) the title f “Wrld Gelgical Park” in 2004. 58 (actual), Zhangjiajie, hnred as “the mst fantastic muntain under heaven” and “a walking Chinese landscape painting” , is als widely praised as “ 59 enlarged ptted landscape” “a mini fairyland” and “a maze(迷宫) f nature”, attracting a grwing number f turists 60 hme and abrad.
Since it was discvered in the 1980s, the turism industry 61 (becme) the leading industry in Zhangjiajie, which has stimulated the 62 (develp) f ther industries related t turism. When yu cme t Zhangjiajie, yu can fully appreciate 63 (it) magnificent natural scenery and experience appealing flk custm as well as ther thrilling turist 64 (activity), and yu will be deeply impressed by 65 is perfrmed by the minrities there.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你的英国朋友Emma 在给你的邮件中提到她对中国历史很感兴趣，并请你介绍一位你喜欢的中国历史人物。请你给Emma回信，内容包括：
1．该人物是谁；
2．该人物的主要贡献；
3．该人物对你的影响。
注意：1. 词数不少于80；2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Emma,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
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续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Last March, Margarit drve t visit his mther wh lived in the cuntryside. When he set ff fr hme, Margarit’s mther lked at the dark sky and nticed the sign f a cming strm. Wrried abut her sn’s safety, she tld him t drive as carefully as pssible n his way hme and he prmised t give her a call upn his arrival.
With his mther’s wrds in mind, Margarit apprached the main rad carefully. Sn, it started t rain heavily. Eager t get hme, Margarit began t drive faster. Tw hurs later, he came t a bumpy muntain rad that had been flded by a creek(小溪) . Margarit, driving a fur-wheel drive truck, figured that he wuld be OK. At that mment, he didn’t realize that such a thught wuld be a big mistake.
It was halfway acrss the creek that an unfrtunate incident tk place: The rushing waters grabbed hld f his vehicle, pushing it ff the rad and sending it dwn a rcky creek bed. The truck finally stpped sme 80 feet away. Margarit’s prblems nly grew frm there as the water had smehw psitined the truck int the creek bank at a 45-degree angle, making it difficult fr him t pen the driver’s side dr. Injured and trapped inside with the muddy water rising quickly, Margarit was certain he was ging t die. Shaking with fear, he was at a lss abut what t d.
On the rad right behind Margarit were a delivery wrker named Steve and his nephew Mike, wh were n the way t deliver furniture t custmers in the cuntryside. They witnessed the hrrible incident, and when Margarit’s truck came t rest in the middle f the verflwing creek, Steve quickly began t take actin. First, he grabbed a rpe frm the back f his vehicle and used it t ensure he culd safely apprach the truck.
Next, he turned t Mike and yelled, “Give me a rck!”.


Margarit was abut t thank Steve and Mike when the mbile phne in his jacket pcket rang.

答案
第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分)
1-5 BACAB 6-10 CACAB 11-15 AABCA 16-20 BBCBC
第二部分 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)
(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
21-25 BBDCA 26-30 CDADD 31-35 BBABB
(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
36-40 FGCAE
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分30分)
(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
41-45 BACBC 46-50 BDDBA 51-55CBDAB
(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
56. which 57.was awarded 58.Actually 59.an 60. frm/at
61. has becme 62. develpment 63. its 64. activities 65. what
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
(满分15分)
【参考范文】
Dear Emma,
It’s a great pleasure t knw that yu take an interest in Chinese histry, and I just can’t wait t share my favrite histrical figure with yu!
Li Shizhen, a schlar and dctr f the Ming dynasty, is ne f the mst influential figures in China’s medical cmmunity. His famus bk, Benca Gangmu, which cst him years f effrt, has been regarded as the mst cmplete and cmprehensive medical wrk in the histry f Chinese medicine. It is the very bk that has lifted Chinese medicine science t a new level. Hadn’t it been fr his wrk, many previus errrs wuldn’t have been crrected and many mre peple’s lives culd have been claimed.
What impressed me mst are this immrtal’s perseverance and kindness shwn in his career. Encuraged by him, I’m determined t wrk harder fr my dream. Hpe yu will like him t and knw Chinese histry better.
Yurs,
Li Hua
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Next, he turned t Mike and yelled, “Give me a rck!” With the rck, he hit the windw ver and ver but had little success. Steve then shuted t Margarit t mve away frm the windw. He balanced himself n the truck, leaned back and threw the rck at the windw. Finally, the glass brke and Steve kicked in the remaining pieces f glass. Relieved, Margarit reached ut fr Steve's hand and was rescued. The tw men escaped and returned t safety.
Margarit was abut t thank Steve and Mike when the mbile phne in his jacket pcket rang. With trembling hands, Margarit tk ut the phne and pressed it t his ear. His mther's anxius vice came ver the phne, “Are yu hme yet? Everything's gd?” Tears welled up in his eyes at the familiar sund f cncern. Margarit chked up as he explained the accident t his mm and cmfrted her. Hanging up the phne, he turned t Steve and Mike and sincerely thanked bth f them. Cld as the rain was, great warmth filled his heart like never befre.
听力原文：
Text 1
W: Yu asked me t tell yu when it stps raining.
M: And has it? I need a sunny day t d sme painting utside.
W: Nt yet, but the frecast says it will be dry and sunny tmrrw.
Text 2
W: Hi, Mr. Murphy. I called yu at breakfast time, and again after lunch. My fridge needs an urgent repair.
M: OK. I’m having dinner nw, but I’ll cme ut straight afterwards.
Text 3
M: I thught yu didn’t like cars in that clr. Yu said there were s many blue cars n the street, and yu thught they were bring.
W: But this is a special ne.
M: I liked the black ne we saw yesterday. The grey ne was OK as well.
Text 4
W: Cme inside nw. Yu’ve been playing ftball fr tw hurs. It’s time fr bed. M: Oh Mm, it’s nly nine ’clck. Nne f my friends ever g t bed befre ten. W: Maybe nne f them have t be up as early.
Text 5
W: Cut. Start frm the tp! Le, please, let’s try that line again with mre enthusiasm. M: I’m trying. It’s getting late, and we’ve been shting this scene fr hurs.
W: Yur character is falling in lve. Shw us sme emtin! Cameramen, get ready t sht!
Text 6
W: I placed an rder n yur website fr sme candles, but I need t cancel it. M: Hw cme?
W: Well, I was nly trying t buy five candles, but I added a zer at the end by mistake.
M: Oh dear! Let me lg nt the system and check whether they have been shipped r nt. W: I hpe nt. I dn’t knw what I’d d with that many.
M: Yu culd give them away as presents fr free. Ha-ha! I’m just kidding. We’d take them back. W: That’s a relief.
M: Gd news. They haven’t been shipped yet, s I’ll cancel the rder.
Text 7
W: Cme in, Adam. Please, take a seat.
M: Thanks.
W: Dn’t be nervus. Yu’re nt in any truble.
M: I appreciate yu saying that, but cnsidering the budget cuts, I’m nt expecting gd news.
W: There is gd news and bad news. The gd news is that n ne will be fired within yur team.
M: They will be relieved. But what’s the bad news?
W: One f the ther teams is ging t be remved. Yu knw, it has been a difficult decisin, but we had t lk at what is best fr the business. Unfrtunately, they are nt delivering the figures as yu are.
M: What if I tk ver their team temprarily, t try and get them t ur level? W: Wuld yu be willing t d that?
M: Abslutely, if it means they culd keep their jbs. Well, I can give it a sht.
Text 8
M: D yu knw the big shp n the High Street?
W: Which ne d yu refer t? The ne next t the pst ffice? The ne n the crner? The ne with rund windws? There are several big shps n the High Street.
M: The ne with the windws and the ne n the crner have bth been changed int ffices nw. I mean anther ne.
W: Oh yes, I knw. I bught my bts there.
M: Yes, that’s the ne. Everyne used t have their kids’ feet measured there. They had sme nice shes but a little ld-fashined.
W: S, what d yu want t tell me abut the shp?
M: Well, I was dwn there this mrning and I nticed it has nw been divided int tw, with ne shp selling phnes and the ther selling rganic fd.
W: Oh, that’s such a shame. All the twn’s lvely ld businesses are disappearing.
Text 9
W: I wnder wh built this place.
M: Didn’t yu read the sign at the bttm f the hill? W: N, what did it say?
M: I’m nt ging back dwn there t read it fr yu.
I’m verheating after climbing up here.
W: The exercise will be gd fr us n such a cld day.
M: Maybe. Anyway, the sign said this was the part that was built first. The rest f the castle came arund 200 years later and the uter walls were dwn there in the park.
W: It’s a pity there are just empty buildings here nw. I’d be glad t have seen the things they had inside.
M: We can lk arund the museum later. They have sme things there.
W: Oh great! I never get bred lking at things like that. I lve the histry f these places.
M: Me t. It’s amazing t think f the peple wh walked n this land and hw different life was fr them back in the ld days.
W: Can I take yur pht here?
M: Yes, and then let’s climb the steps t the tp f the twer. The view frm there will be fantastic.
Text 10
M: We thank everyne wh is interested in establishing a student assciatin at the university. There are sme imprtant things, including changes t the rules and fees. Firstly, yu all knw that anybdy culd start a club r assciatin previusly. Hwever, starting frm this year, yu must have successfully cmpleted at least ne year f studies and have nt been a student fr mre than 4 years. The reasn is that we want all ur students t fcus n their studies, and nt get disturbed by utside activities. Hwever, jining student clubs is a great way t learn career skills like rganizatin and leadership. Secndly, the university administratin will n lnger prvide every new rganizatin with $1500. Instead, the starting capital will be $10 per new member, up t $2000. It desn’t matter if yu have mre than 200 members in yur new club. These are the majr changes, and we are cnfident that they will imprve student life and help ambitius yung students be active n campus. Persnally, I have a lng histry at the University f Tuscalsa, first as a student nw as a prfessr. Thrughut the time, I have been always invlved in clubs and assciatins here, bth fr students and staff. S, I understand their value. If yu have any further questins, please take a lk at the brchure r meet me at my ffice tnight at 6 p.m., where I will be answering questins persnally.