2020常德高三高考模拟考试（二）英语试题含答案

这是一份2020常德高三高考模拟考试（二）英语试题含答案，共15页。试卷主要包含了5分，满分7，15B， B等内容，欢迎下载使用。

英 语

本试卷分为四个部分，共12页。时量120分钟。满分150分。

第I卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）（澧县一中）
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。
例： How much is the shirt?
A. £ 19.15 B. £ 9.18 C. £ 9.15
答案是C。
1. What will the man do first?
A. Learn more about prices. B. Do reports. C. Find a supplier.
2. When will the meeting be held?
A. At 12:00. B. At 1:00. C. At 11:30.
3. Why is the woman leaving work early?
A. To pick up a car.
B. To post a package.
C. To take care of her mother.
4. What are the speakers talking about in general?
A. A trip. B. Food. C. The weather.
5. What relation is the man to the woman?
A. Her customer. B. Her co-worker. C. Her boss.
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。听每段对话或独白后，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. What will the woman do on Saturday afternoon?
A. Watch a game. B. Enjoy a concert. C. Do her homework.
7. Where will the woman go on Sunday?
A. To the man’s house. B. To a hospital. C. To a park.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What is the woman’s opinion about the computer screen?
A. Big. B. Nice. C. Stylish.
9. What brings the man a bit of trouble?
A. The screen. B. The keyboard. C. The mouse.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the purpose of the call?
A. To accept a position.
B. To advertise a job opening.
C. To check on a job application.
11. For what day is the man’s appointment scheduled?
A. Tuesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday.
12. What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Call her later.
B. Wait at the front desk.
C. Meet with Victoria Smith.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Which city does the man book a shuttle bus for?
A. London. B. Milton. C. Toronto.
14. What is the woman doing?
A. Conducting an interview.
B. Offering the flight timetable.
C. Taking the man’s information.
15. When will the man probably leave for Milton?
A. At 11:30. B. At 12:00. C. At 12:30.
16. What does the woman advise the man to do?
A. Have some coffee.
B. Collect his luggage first.
C. Book his return ticket in advance.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Why did Fagin come to the speaker?
A. To buy her house. B. To rent her house. C. To decorate her house.
18. Why was the speaker hesitant about Fagin’s offer?
A. She disliked him.
B. The money was not much.
C. They’d damage some of her belongings.
19. How long did it take to prepare the house for the film?
A. Four days. B. A month. C. Two months.
20. What did the speaker do when the crew left?
A. She watched a film.
B. She visited her relatives.
C. She repainted the living room.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A （芷兰）
University accommodation（住所） offices
Many university accommodation offices have their own list of registered landlords (房东). Others also provide information on accommodation agencies and other housing organizations. The advantage of using your university accommodation office is that you can get some support if you have a problem. The disadvantage is that they are unlikely to have enough registered landlords to house all their students.
Property papers: Loot and Renting
Loot is an important source (来源) of information about private housing for co-renters. The offers are from private landlords, agencies and individuals looking for other co-renters. They also have a website: www. loot. com. The advantage of using Loot is that there are some excellent bargains. The disadvantage is that there is no quality control over the offers.
Renting is another useful paper. The offers in this paper are mainly from accommodation agencies. Their website is at www. Renting.co. uk.
Accommodation agencies
The majority of rented accommodation in London is probably advertised through accommodation agencies. The advantage of using accommodation agencies is that you will have access to a large number of accommodations. A good agent will listen to your requirements and can save you time in looking for the right accommodation. The disadvantage is that they will make a range of charges to potential renters.
Noticeboards
Around the universities you will find a number of noticeboards where offers of accommodation will be posted. These will either be from landlords or from students. Some universities will also have online noticeboards where students can advertise to other students. Advertisements from students can be an excellent way to find accommodation. However, advertisements from landlords can be problematic.
Word of mouth
Some of the best housing in London is never advertised but is passed on from one group of students to another by word of mouth. It might be that you can find out about good offers from final year students. However, don't suppose that just because you have found out about housing from a friend it is necessarily, going to be better than that found through any other source.
Family
Faced with the very high rents charged in London, some students and their parents will consider buying as an alternative. In some cases this might be a good choice.
Below is a housing guide for students going to London.
21. What is the advantage of using Loot?
A. There are some good bargains.
B. Their website is designed mainly for students.
C. It gives you personal information about other co-renters.
D. It has more offers from accommodation agencies than Renting.
22. A good agent can help you .
A. know more people
B. find cheap accommodation
C. get the right accommodation quickly
D. get free information about most accommodations
23. For students going to London for the first time, which of the following provides the most reliable information?
A. University accommodation offices. B. Loot and Renting.
C. Noticeboards. D. Family.

B （安乡朱彩霞名师工作室）
The flu season arrives so predictably, and affects so many of us, that it’s hard to believe that scientists have had very little idea why cold weather helps germs to spread.
Worldwide, up to five million people catch the illness each flu season, and around a quarter of a million die from it. Part of its power comes from the fact that the virus changes so quickly that the body is hardly prepared. “The antibodies we’ve built up no longer recognize the virus – so we lose our immunity,” says Jane Metz at the University of Bristol. It also makes it harder to develop effective vaccines, and even if one comes out, governments often fail to persuade enough people to take it up.
The hope is that by understanding better why flu spreads in winter, but naturally fades in summer, doctors could find simple measures to stop its spread.
Previous theories had centred on our behaviour. We spend more time indoors in the winter, meaning that we’re in closer contact with other people who may be carrying germs.
Another popular idea concerned our physiology(生理机制）: the cold weather weakens your body’s defenses against infection. In winter, without much sunlight, we may run low on Vitamin D, which helps power the body’s immune system. Moreover, when we breathe in cold air, the blood vessels in our nose shrink, which affects the normal function of white blood cells, allowing viruses to slip past our defenses unnoticed.
While such factors both play some role, analyses suggested another ignored cause may have been lying invisible in the air that we breathe. Thanks to the laws of thermodynamics（空气热力学）, cold air can carry less water vapor before it reaches the “dew point” and falls as rain. So while the weather outside may seem wetter, the air itself is drier as it loses the moisture. And researches in the past few years has shown that these dry conditions seem to offer the perfect environment for the flu virus to flourish.
In wetter air, the epidemic struggles to build strength, while in drier conditions it spreads like wildfire. And comparing 30 years’ climate records with health records, Jeffrey Shaman at Columbia University found that flu epidemics almost always followed a drop in air humidity.

24. What can we infer from the second paragraph ?
A. We lose immunity due to the absence of our antibodies.
B. The antibodies fail to function due to variation of virus.
C. Government should come up with better ways to persuade people.
D. One in four of the infected die from the influenza each flu season.
25. What is the purpose of understanding better why flu spreads in winter?
A. To help develop effective vaccine.
B.To seek ways to treat people infected with flu.
C. To figure out ways to cut off its transmission.
D. To explore how to defend our immune system.
26. In what weather condition a flu epidemic is more likely to occur ?
A. Destroying bodies’ immune system.
B. Powering our bodies’ immune system.
C. Killing numerous viruses that we take in.
D. Stopping us acquiring enough Vitamin D.
27. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Ways to prevent infection of flu B. Flu-A disease not so hard to prevent
C. A predictable flu season D. Why germs spread in winter

C（市一中宋文辉）
Rivers are the veins (静脉) of the Earth, transporting the water and nutrients needed to support the planet’s ecosystems, including human life. In Asia, some of the world’s largest rivers flow from the highest mountain ranges to vast floodplains below and finally into the ocean. Like veins these rivers connect the rocks in the mountains to the sediment (沉淀物) at the bottom of the ocean and give life to everything in between. While many nutrients are essential to the survival of life, there is one element transported by water in rivers that holds the key to life and to the future of our planet — carbon.
Carbon is everywhere and understanding the way it moves and is either released or stored by the Earth system is a complex science in itself. Carbon starts its journey downstream when natural acid rain, which contains dissolved (溶解) carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, dissolves minerals in rocks. This helps transform carbon dioxide to bicarbonate (碳酸氢盐) in the water that then flows in our rivers. This is a very long process, which is one of the main ways carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere. Carbon is transported by rivers to oceans and once that carbon reaches the ocean, it is stored naturally in deep sea sediments for millions of years.
As carbon travels down a river, different processes may impact whether it continues to flow downstream or whether it is released into the atmosphere. For example, human engineering, like extensive dam construction, will result in dramatic changes to how water and sediments travel down the river. Some carbon that fails to reach the sea may return to the atmosphere in some way, which causes more warming.
Earth’s climate is closely related to the carbon cycle. We all know about the essential role of plants in consuming carbon dioxide, but do we know enough about rivers? Changing the chemistry and the course of rivers may have significant impacts on how they transport carbon. Remember: wherever we live, we all live downstream.

28. Where is the carbon in rivers originally from?
A. The atmosphere. B. The rocks.
C. The acid rain. D. The upstream areas.
29. Why is human engineering mentioned in Paragraph 3?
A. To show how important to life carbon is.
B. To explain how necessary it is to build dams.
C. To show how a natural process is interrupted.
D. To explain how humans fight global warming.
30. What does the author want to convey in the last paragraph?
A. We’d better move upstream to live.
B. We should protect plants along rivers.
C. We’d better seek more help from plants.
D. We should be cautious about river management.
31. What is the best title for the text?
A. What Humans Do with Rivers
B. What the Carbon Cycle Means to Us
C. How Rivers’ Transporting Carbon Counts
D. How Living Downstream Affects the Earth
D （汉寿一中）
The five-year trial, conducted by the researchers at the University of Connecticut, followed nearly 600 students from 12 schools in New Haven.
In schools with improved nutrition policies and programs, students had healthier BMI (body mass index) over time. By the end of the study they reported healthier behaviors than their peers in schools without the nutrition policies and programs. Students in schools with support for improved nutrition policies had an increase in BMI of less than 1%. However, the BMI of students in schools without improved support for these policies and programs increased 3% to 4% .
"These findings can provide guidance for schools and communities. Childhood obesity(肥胖）is a serious health threat, and schools are a vital way to reach children and their families to reduce risks and promote health," said lead author Jeannette Ickovics.
The study is one of the first school-based policy guidance studies that followed students through middle school. "This is some of the most persuasive evidence we have to date that strongly proved that nutrition education and promoting healthy eating behaviors in the classroom and cafeteria can have a meaningful impact on children's health," said Marlene Schwartz, director of the Rudd Center and senior study author.
The nutritional guidance in the schools studied included ensuring that all school-based meals met nutritional criteria; providing nutritional directions for students and their families; school-wide campaigns to limit sugary drinks and encourage the use of water; and limiting the use of food or drinks as rewards for academic performance or good behavior.
In the study authors said that more than one in five American teenagers are currently obese, and as many as one in two are overweight or obese. Being overweight or obese early in life affects health across the lifespan(寿命）,contributing to a range of chronic(慢性的）diseases that reduce productivity and shorten lifespan.

32. What can we infer from the trial?
A. Family is responsible for students’ diets.
B. Childhood obesity has become more and more serious.
C. Peer pressure influences students’ academic performance .
D. School-based nutritional programs reduce student obesity.
33. What’s the benefit of the findings?
A. Helping cure obesity in different age groups .
B. Offering reference to schools and communities.
C. Overcoming students’ bad habit of wasting food.
D. Adjusting people’s food structures and removing poverty.
34. The fifth paragraph is mainly about the nutritional guidance’s___.
A. specific measures B. potential problems
C. operation procedure D. matters needing attention
35. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the last paragraph?
A. To let us know the current state of American lifespan.
B. To introduce some chronic diseases caused by obesity.
C. To advise parents to pay more attention to their children’s health.
D. To stress the necessity of conducting the nutritional guidance in schools.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）(市一中宋文辉）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Building trust inside your team
A team without trust isn’t really a team: it’s just a group of individuals, working together, often making disappointing progress. 36 So how can you, as a leader, help your team to build the trust that it needs to develop? In this article we'll look at the issue of trust within teams and what you can do to build it.
Lead by example.
If you want to build trust within your team, then lead by example, and show your people that you trust others. This means trusting your team, your colleagues, and your boss.
37 They are taking cues (提示) from your behavior. Take the opportunity to show them what trust in others really looks like.
Know each other personally.
One way to build trust is to encourage your team members to know each other. Think about creating situations that help them to share personal stories, and to bond. 38 Start by sharing some personal information about yourself and then ask someone else about a hobby, or a musical interest.
39
When people work together, there will be honest mistakes and disappointments, and it's easy to blame someone for these. However, when everyone starts pointing fingers, an unpleasant atmosphere can quickly develop. This lowers trust, and is finally unproductive.
Discuss trust issues.
If you manage a team that has trust issues, it’s important to find out how these problems originate, so that you can come up with a strategy (策略) for overcoming them. Consider giving team members a questionnaire to fill out anonymously (匿名地). 40 Once you’ve read the results, get everyone together to talk about these issues.

A. Do not place blame.
B. Try to avoid mistakes and disappointments.
C. Ask them about the reasons for their lack of trust.
D. Do this by asking sensitively about their family or hobbies.
E. Never forget that your team members are always watching you.
F. Instead, encourage everyone to think about the mistake positively.
G. However, when trust is in place, the group can achieve truly meaningful goals.

第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）（芷兰）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Tired from a full day’s work, Rosa Parks got on a Montgomery bus on December 1, 1955 and forever became one of the inspirational people who 41 the world. She sat down among several white passengers, along with three 42 African-Americans, in the middle of the bus.
At a later stop, after Parks had 43 her seat, a white passenger 44 the full bus. By the then-current Montgomery laws, the black passengers were 45 obligated to leave their seats and give them over to 46 white passengers.
It seemed a 47 situation as the white passenger 48 his way down the aisle（过道）. The bus driver, James F. Blake, left the driver’s 49 and moved directly up to the four black passengers. His 50 was to get the black passengers to move to the 51 of the bus—basically, it was standard operating procedure.
While the other three black passengers 52 Blake and moved on, Rosa Parks refused to do this. Blake eventually contacted the 53 police and they arrested her.
This 54 is considered one of the moments in the history of the Civil Rights movement in the United States. It 55 a year-long bus boycott in the city of Montgomery, 56 by Martin Luther King, Jr. That movement changed civil rights in the United States 57 .
Parks lived to the age of 92, dying in 2005. She was 58 a posthumous statue in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. She was also granted the 59 of “lying in honor” at the Capitol Rotunda, only the third 60 citizen to be so honored.

41. A. respected B. changed C. accepted D. broke
42. A. other B. rest C. ugly D. poor
43. A. got down B. occupied with C. came along D. settled into
44. A. drove B. avoided C. found D. boarded
45. A. legally B. finally C. originally D. classically
46. A. crying B. standing C. quarreling D. drinking
47. A. routine B. proper C. ordinary D. reasonable
48. A. took B. fought C. made D. wound
49. A. door B. window C. wheel D. seat
50. A. action B. behavior C. intention D. hope
51. A. back B. outside C. center D. front
52. A. scolded B. obeyed C. beat D. pleased
53. A. clever B. national C. local D. strict
54. A. affair B. accident C. conflict D. incident
55. A. sparked B. sent C. promoted D. heated
56. A. moved B. found C. held D. led
57. A. forever B. deeply C. either D. just
58. A. offered B. rewarded C. presented D. passed
59. A. fame B. honor C. name D. title
60. A. well-known B. private C. special D. amazing

第II卷
注意事项：
用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷无效。
第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）（市六中）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
China plans to build 3,300 km of new high-speed railways in 2020, with the total length hoped to exceed 36,000km.
The 3,000-plus km of high-speed railways are part of the 61 (plan) development of 6,800 km of new railways for the new year as the country will keep fixed-asset 62 (invest) on railways on a large scale, said Lu Dongfu, general manager of the China Railway Corp.
The country 63 (see) an expanding high-speed railway network over the years, with a total length of 28,000 km by the end of 2019, accounting 64 more than two-thirds of the total high-speed railway in the world.
China's railways are expected 65 (transport) 3.54 billion passengers and 3.37 billion tons of goods this year, 66 general manager said. By the end of this year, China will see 850 Fuxing high-speed trains put into service 67 the research and development of Fuxing high-speed trains running at 350km, 250 km, 200 km and 160 km will be 68 (great) strengthened.
China will continue to promote the application of digital tickets 69 explore more flexible pricing mechanisms(价格机制) for high- speed trains, Lu said.
The total revenue (收益)of railway transport saw a record rise of 10.9 percent year-on-year last year, 70 (reach) 772 billion yuan.
第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分35分）
第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）（安乡朱彩霞工作室）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（ Λ ），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Yesterday was my best friend Li Ming’ s birthday. When school is over, I went to the bookshop. I bought a book calling “Exploring space”, and had it wrapped for him. Since he had wanted to buy this book for many week, I knew that he would be very pleased with my present.
While I got to the party, Li Ming said ‘hello’ to me with big smile. I noticed that there were many presents on the floor, but I was sure that mine would be her favourite. I gave the present to Li Ming but whispered in his ear, ‘You will love it’. He could not wait to unwrap it. Sudden, the smile on his face disappeared. I looked and I saw some big words on the cover of the book said, Caring for Your Baby! I had picked up out the wrong in the shop!

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）（市六中）
假如你是李华，你在英国一所高中学校做交换生，你准备自荐参加该校的汉语演讲俱乐部，内容包括：1. 自我介绍及优势；2. 你想做的事，如传播汉语文化等；注意：1.可适当添加内容；2.词数:100左右。

Dear Sir\Madam,
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,
Li Hua
英语参考答案和听力录音材料
第I卷
1 ~ 5
BACAB
6 ~10
AAABC
11~15
ACBCC
16~20
CBCBC
21~25
ACABC
26~30
DDACD
31~35
CDBAD
36~40
GEDAC
41~45
BADDA
46~50
BACDC
51~55
ABCDA
56~60
DABBB
第II卷
61. planned
62.investment
63. saw
64. for
65. to transport
66. the
67. while
68. greatly
69. and
70. reaching
短文改错
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写作
一、评分原则
1. 本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分。
2. 评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。
3. 评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上下文的连贯性及语言的得体性。
4. 拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。
5. 如书写较差，以致影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。
二、内容要点：1. 自我介绍及优势；2. 你想做的事，如传播汉语文化等；
三、各档次的给分范围和要求
第五档
完全完成了试题规定的任务。
—覆盖所有的内容要点。
—应用了较多的语法结构和词汇。
—语法结构或词汇方面有些许错误，但为尽力使用复杂结构或较高级词
汇所致；具备较强的语言运用能力。
—有效使用了语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑。
完全达到了预期的写作目的。


21-25分
第四档
完全完成了试题规定的任务。
—虽漏掉1、2个次重点，但覆盖所有的主要内容。
—应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。
—语法结构或词汇方面应用基本准确，些许错误主要是尝试复杂结构或
词汇所致。
—应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑。
达到了预期的写作目的。


16-20分
第三档
基本完成了试题规定的任务。
—虽漏掉一些内容，但覆盖所有主要内容。
—应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。
—有一些语法结构或词汇方面的错误，但不影响理解。
—应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文内容连贯。
整体而言，基本达到了预期的写作目的。
11-15分
第二档
未恰当完成试题规定的任务。
—漏掉或未描述清楚一些主要内容，写了一些无关内容。
—语法结构单调，词汇项目有限。
—有一些语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响了对写作内容的理解。
—较少使用语句间的连接成分，内容缺少连贯性。
信息未能清楚地传达给读者。
6-10分
第一档
未完成试题规定的任务。
—明显遗漏主要内容，写了一些无关内容，原因可能是未理解试题要求。
—语法结构单调，词汇项目有限。
—较多语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响对写作内容的理解。
—缺乏语句间的连接成分，内容部连贯。
信息未能传达给读者。
1-5分
0分
未能传达给读者任何信息；内容太少，无法评判；写的内容与所要求内容无关或缩写内容无法看清。
四、说明
1. 内容要点可用不同方式表达。
2. 所作发挥应紧扣主题。


听力录音材料：
Text 1
W: Our supplier has decided to raise their prices. You have to look at some other companies to lower our costs.
M: OK, but I need to finish these monthly reports before I start anything else.
Text 2
W: I ordered the food for the lunch meeting. The restaurant will get it ready at 11:30.
M: We’ve just rescheduled the meeting for 12:00. Please call the restaurant back and ask them to bring the food an hour after the rescheduled meeting time.
Text 3
W: I’m leaving the office early today. My mother is ill and I should take her to the clinic. Could you send this package for me?
M: Sure. You can take my car.
Text 4
W: How did you enjoy your travel to Italy?
M: Oh, I liked it very much. The food was good and I visited many beautiful places. But the weather was a little cold in the north and I didn’t like it.
Text 5
M: You should get some rest. You’ve already mixed up the orders of two customers.
W: I know. I also knocked over a cup of coffee on a lady.
M: You’ve been working too hard. Why don’t you ask the manager for the afternoon off?
W: Well, I’ll go and talk to him right away.
Text 6
M: I’m going to a rock concert in the park on Saturday. It’s free. And how about you?
W: I think I will study first. I want to finish my homework in the morning. And Brian and I are going to see a basketball game in the afternoon.
M: And what are you going to do on Sunday?
W: Brian’s going to visit his mother in the hospital. But I’m not going to do anything really. Maybe I’ll read a book at home.
M: Well, I’m going to have some friends over for a barbecue in my back garden. Would you like to come?
W: Thanks. I’d love to.
Text 7
M: Have you seen my new computer?
W: It looks good — the latest stylish mouse and a really nice keyboard. It’s quite a big screen. Your old one was much smaller. When did you buy it?
M: A few days ago, so I’m sure there’ll be many new things to learn about. Now the only thing is, one of the keys I use a lot is in a different position from the keyboard I had before, so I have to take my eyes off the screen and look down to press it.
W: I’m sure it’ll be easy to use soon.
M: I think so. And I like it very much.

Text 8
M: Hello, this is Richard Cooper. I applied for a position of a sales representative a week ago. I am calling to see if the position has been filled.
W: Oh, Mr. Cooper. In fact, I was just about to call you because you are one of the applicants we’ve selected for an interview. Could you come in this week, sometime between Tuesday and Thursday?
M: Sure, Tuesday would work best for me. How about 10?
W: That will be OK. Please remember that there won’t be anyone at the reception desk, so come straight to room B and ask to speak to Victoria Smith.
Text 9
W: OK, sir. I’ll just fill out this form for you. So what date do you want to book this for?
M: The 16th of October — oh, sorry, that’s my departure date. My plane arrives on the 17th, so book it for the 17th, please.
W: So, that’s the Toronto Airport Shuttle to Milton. And you said your expected time of arrival was 11:30? So if I book your bus for after 12:00 — let’s say, 12:30, that should give you plenty of time to collect your luggage, maybe have a coffee?
M: Yeah, that sounds fine.
W: So, what sort of ticket do you want?
M: One way. I can book the return trip once I’m there.
W: No problem. Just allow a couple days in advance to make sure you get a seat. And what’s your name, please?
M: Peter Thomson.
W: OK, and you’ll be coming from the U.K.? What flight will you be traveling on?
M: Oh, it’s Air Canada flight number AC936, from London Heathrow.
W: Right. So I’ll book you a one way ticket at 12:30 on the 17th of October from the Toronto Airport to Milton.
M: Yes. That’s right.
W: OK. Have a good trip.
Text 10
Hi, I’d like to tell you an interesting experience. It happened two years ago. A man named Charles Fagin from a Hollywood film studio came to me and said my house looked perfect for a film he was working on. He asked me if I’d be interested in renting it out for a few weeks.The money he offered was attractive, but there was one more thing. They’d dig up my lovely garden. I was a little hesitant. But finally I agreed. Fagin told me they’d paint some rooms, but he promised they’d repaint them after the shoot, and they’d fix anything they damaged. Preparation on the house began a month before the film shoot. The crew painted the living room gray. They brought in a larger sofa and dug holes in the ceiling for the lights. For the film shoot, which took place over four days, I agreed to be out of my house, staying with my relatives. Fortunately for me, the shoot went well. The scenic painters’ attempt at repainting my living room before they left were so poor that I ended up painting it again myself.