2023年高考押题预测卷02（新高考Ⅰ卷）-英语（全解全析）

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2023年高考押题预测卷02【新高考I卷】
英语·全解全析
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第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
1-5 BACCB 6-10 BCABC 11-15 AACAB 16-20 BCAAB
第二部分 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)
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【答案】21. B 22. D 23. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了香港科学博物馆以及它的开放时间等具体信息。
【21题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“You might really like this museum if you are interested in science. Hong Kong Science Museum wants to teach kids science and give them a place to have fun with computers. Kids like running around and playing with the equipment there. However, adults can learn some knowledge, too.”（如果你对科学感兴趣，你可能真的会喜欢这个博物馆。香港科学博物馆想教孩子们科学，给他们一个玩电脑的地方。孩子们喜欢在那里跑来跑去玩设备。然而，成年人也可以学到一些知识。）故可推知，我们可以从文章中推断出，大人和小孩都可以在科学馆学到东西。故选B项。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“Through having better exhibits and fun science programs in an enjoyable environment, the museum wants to popularize science to the public and support science education in schools.”（通过在愉快的环境中提供更好的展览和有趣的科学节目，博物馆希望向公众普及科学，并支持学校的科学教育。）可知，香港科学馆的工作是让科学在大众中普及。故选D项。
【23题详解】
细节理解题。根据Opening hours中“Closed on Thursday”（周四休馆）可知，周四，香港科学博物馆谢绝参观。故选C项。
B
【答案】24. D 25. A 26. C 27. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了蒂娜·莱弗顿因为年少时家里比较贫穷，所以无法实现她的舞蹈梦。62岁时她开始学习芭蕾舞，虽然遇到了一些困难，但是她坚持了下来，而且芭蕾舞给她带来了很多的变化。
【24题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段最后两句话“As I came in the door, I found a big smile on my face. From the minute I started, I felt like coming home.(当我进门时，我发现脸上露出了笑容。从我开始的那一刻起，我就感觉像回家了)”可推知，莱弗顿上第一节芭蕾舞课时感觉很兴奋。故选D。
【25题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段第二、三句话“Sadly, her parents couldn’t afford ballet classes, for they were first-generation Indian immigrants, struggling to making a living in the UK. Her father was a train driver on the underground in London and her mother held two cleaning jobs. (可悲的是，她的父母负担不起芭蕾舞课，因为他们是第一代印度移民，在英国艰难谋生。她的父亲是伦敦地铁的火车司机，母亲做过两份清洁工作)”可知，莱弗顿小时候家境贫寒，父母的收入也不高，所以导致她小时候不能学跳舞。故选A。
【26题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段第五句话“Dancing has also brought new friends. (跳舞也带来了新朋友)”以及倒数第二句话“And then, of course, there is the joyful feeling.(当然，还有快乐的感觉)”可知，芭蕾舞给莱弗顿带来了很多的朋友和乐趣。故选C。
【27题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，62岁时莱弗顿开始学习跳芭蕾舞，虽然遇到了一些困难，但是她坚持了下来，而且芭蕾舞给她带来了很多的变化。她交了很多新朋友，而且从种获得了很多的乐趣。由此可推知，我们可以从莱弗顿的故事中学到“追求梦想永远不会太老”的道理。故选B。
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【答案】28. D 29. A 30. D 31. B
【解析】
【分析】本文为说明文。以前，我们开车去看电影或购物，会排放二氧化碳，消费自然资源。而现在我们习惯了在家里看流媒体电影，避免了排放二氧化碳。但是看自媒体会消耗能源，排放二氧化碳。有报告说，下载和流媒体的能耗非常高。文章提供了如何在使用流媒体时尽可能地减少在线时间节约能源的方法。
【28题详解】
推理判断题。第一段In the old days, when you had to drive to a movie theater or to a video store to get some entertainment, it was easy to see how your actions could have an impact om the environment....driving across town and coughing out emissions（排放）and using gas all the way.中提出：以前我们开车去看电影或买东西时很容易对环境造成影响，不仅增加排放，还消费自然资源。第二段承接上文说“But now that we’re used to staying at home and streaming movies,....You’re welcome. Mother Nature”而现在人们习惯在家里利用流媒体上看电影，也就不用开车去外面，就避免了排放。 分析选项可知，家庭流媒体避免了可能的气体排放。故选D。
【29题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“Watching a half-hour show would lead to 3.5 pounds of CO2 emissions. That’s like driving 3.9 miles. ... digital technologies are responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions,” 看半小时的节目要排放3.5磅的二氧化碳。这相当于开车3.9英里排放。数字技术造成了4%的温室气体排放...。可知A项（3.9英里可能会产生3.5磅的二氧化碳）是正确。而B项（数字技术占用电量的4%）是错误的。倒数第二段“Online video use is expected to account for 80%of all internet traffic by 2022 according to CISCO. By then, about 60% of the world's population will be online.”到2022年，在线视频的使用预计将占所有互联网流量的80%。届时，全球约60%的人口会上网。可知，C和D项的内容是在2022年才会发生，把未做当成已发生的。故C和D是错误的。故A是正确。
【30题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段提及这五个国家的前面内容“In the European Union, the Eureca project lead scientist, Rabih Bashroush, calculated that 5 billion downloads and streams of the song "Despacito" consumed as much electricity as the countries of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic used in a single year.” 在欧盟，欧洲经委会项目首席科学家拉比·巴什鲁什计算出，《Despacito》歌曲的50亿次下载和流媒体消耗的电力相当于乍得、几内亚比绍、索马里、塞拉利昂和中非共和国等国一年使用的电力。由此推断出的这五个国家是来说明下载和流媒体的能耗非常高。故选D。
【31题详解】
细节理解题。倒数第二段提出“You're probably not going to give up your streaming services, but there are things you can do to help lessen the impact of your online use.” 你可能不会放弃流媒体服务，但你可以做一些事情来帮助减少在线造成的影响。接着提出四点节省能源的忠告“Here are some tips: Disable auto play for video on social media.；Stream over Wi-Fi, not mobile networks；Watch on the smallest screen you can；Don’t use high-definition video on devices.”可知，所给的四点节能的忠告为：在社交媒体上禁用视频自动播放功能；通过Wi-Fi传输，而不是移动网络；尽量用最小的屏幕观看；不要使用高清视频设备。由此可知B项（关闭自动播放功能）符合节省能源的第2点的要求（在社交媒体上禁用视频自动播放功能）。可知B项符合题意，故选B。
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【答案】32. D 33. A 34. C 35. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。星际空间探索者有可能遇到与以前和以后到达的人交流的问题，因为他们的口语在一路上发生了孤立的变化。文章主要说明了语言在未来是如何变化的而展开，探讨了人们对此的不同看法和意见，指出地球上的语言可能会和飞船上的语言不同。
【32题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段“Regarding the issue, two American scholars, Andrew McKenzie and Jeffrey Punske, co-authored the article “Language Development During Interstellar Travel”. What has been discussed in the article is the concept of language change over time. They wrote that given more time, new grammatical forms can completely replace current ones.(关于这个问题，两位美国学者Andrew McKenzie和Jeffrey Punske合著了《星际旅行中的语言发展》一文。本文讨论的是语言随时间变化的概念。他们写道，如果给更多的时间，新的语法形式可以完全取代现有的语法形式)”可知，第二段主要讲的是McKenzie和Punske的文章。故选D。
【33题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第二段“Regarding the issue, two American scholars, Andrew McKenzie and Jeffrey Punske, co-authored the article “Language Development During Interstellar Travel”. What has been discussed in the article is the concept of language change over time. They wrote that given more time, new grammatical forms can completely replace current ones.(关于这个问题，两位美国学者Andrew McKenzie和Jeffrey Punske合著了《星际旅行中的语言发展》一文。本文讨论的是语言随时间变化的概念。他们写道，如果给更多的时间，新的语法形式可以完全取代现有的语法形式)”以及第四段中““If you’re on a spaceship for 10 generations, new concepts will emerge, new social issues will come up, and people will create ways of talking about them,” McKenzie said(麦肯齐说：“如果你在宇宙飞船上呆了10代，新的概念、新的社会问题就会出现，人们就会创造出谈论它们的方式，这些就会成为宇宙飞船特有的词汇。”)”可知，McKenzie针对第二段中McKenzie和Punske文章中提出的观点，提出了一个新的概念，故画线词意思是“提供了一个新概念”。故选A。
【34题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段中“And the further away you get, the less you’re going to talk to people back home.(你走得越远，你跟家里的人说的话就越少)”可推知，在宇宙飞船上的人由于语言的改变，他们会不太想和地球上的人说话。故选C。
【35题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段“It’s possible that interstellar space explorers could come across problems communicating with previous and subsequent arrivals, as their spoken language has changed in isolation along the way.(星际空间探索者有可能遇到与以前和以后到达的人交流的问题，因为他们的口语在一路上发生了孤立的变化)”结合文章主要说明了语言在未来是如何变化的而展开，探讨了人们对此的不同看法和意见，指出地球上的语言可能会和飞船上的语言不同。可知，文章的主要内容是语言在未来是如何变化的。故选B。
第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
【答案】36. C 37. A 38. E 39. G 40. F
【解析】
【导语】本文是说明文，文章论述了运动如何使人变得更聪明，并鼓励人们积极进行体育锻炼。
【36题详解】
根据前文“Do you like to exercise? (你喜欢运动吗？)”，以及后文“Do you prefer playing a team sport, like volleyball or baseball? (你喜欢像排球或棒球这样的团体运动吗？)”可知，前后四句属于一个问句群，列举了几种运动方式，由此可知，设空处应与运动方式有关，故C选项“What is your favorite way to exercise?(你最喜欢的运动方式是什么？”符合语境。故选C。
【37题详解】
根据前文“The work you do at school every day is like exercise for your brain. Learning and thinking can help you become smarter.( 你每天在学校做的工作就像对大脑的锻炼。学习和思考可以帮助你变得更聪明。)”可知，此处强调你每天在学校做的事就像是让你的大脑进行运动，学习和思考可以帮助你变得更聪明，解释了“运动”和“变聪明”之间的关系。故A项用“But how can physical exercise help?( 但是体育锻炼能有什么帮助呢？)”启下，引出下文的讨论话题“运动如何使人变得更聪明？”，符合语境。故选A。
【38题详解】
根据上文“Some researchers point out that exercise stimulates the body’s nervous system, causing it to release chemicals that make us feel happy and calm. This helps to explain why many people feel more alive and active after exercising.(一些研究人员指出，锻炼可以刺激身体的神经系统，使其释放出让我们感到快乐和平静的化学物质。这有助于解释为什么许多人在运动后感到更有活力和活力。)”可知，本段主要按照逻辑顺序解释了运动如何使人变得更聪明。运动会刺激人体的神经系统，使其释放让我们感到开心和平静的化学物质，这样我们在运动过后就会变得更有活力，故E项“And if you feel better, you can think more clearly and focus better.(而如果你感觉更好的话，你就能更清晰地思考，更好地集中精力)”承接上文，指出变得更有活力之后的结果，符合语境。故选E。
【39题详解】
根据下文内容“Experts believe that as little as 15-30 minutes per day three times a week may be enough to improve brain performance. (专家认为，每天只需锻炼15-30分钟，每周三次就足以改善大脑的表现。)”可知，本段主要介绍了你每周需要运动多长时间来改善大脑性能，故G项“So how much exercise do you need to help your brain work at its best?(那么，你需要多少锻炼才能让你的大脑达到最佳工作状态呢？)”提出问题，引出下文，符合语境。故选G。
【40题详解】
根据前文“Exercise is good for your body in so many ways, so include as much exercise as you can into your daily or weekly routine. (锻炼对你的身体有很多好处，所以每天或每周都要尽可能多地锻炼。)”可知，运动对你的身体有好处，所以你应该尽可能多运动，故F项“Just take it easy starting until your body is ready to get more exercise.(刚开始的时候不要做太多，等你的身体准备好了再进行更多的运动。)”承接上文，指出想要多运动时需要注意的问题，符合语境。故选F。
第三部分 语言知识运用 (共两节，满分30分)
第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
【41~55题答案】
41. A    42. C    43 B    44．D    45．A    46．A    47．C    48．B    49．D    50．B    51．A    52．B    
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【导语】本文是记叙文。本文主要讲述了在作者十四岁时，作者的一位朋友Nora因病没有出席作者的聚会。作者当时非常生气，在电话中说了过分的话，伤了Nora的心。多年后，作者回想起来自己的所作所为十分懊悔，真挚地向Nora写了一封道歉信，并取得了Nora的原谅。
【41题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我计划得很好，但发生了一些意外的事情。A. unexpected出乎意料的；B. unproven未被证明的；C. unfair不公平的；D. unsure不确定的。but此处有转折，结合下文“Nora, one of my friends, didn’t _______”，Nora没有出现的剧情来看，应当是“出人意料的事发生了”，指Nora没有到场。故选A。
【42题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：当我们该坐公共汽车的时候，我的一个朋友诺拉没有出现。A. take over接管；B. show off炫耀；C. turn up出现；D. set out开始。根据下文“Why would she tell me she’d come to the party”可知，此处应为Nora没有出现。故选C。
【43题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我感到非常生气。A. guilty有罪的；B. mad疯狂的；愤怒的；C. embarrassed尴尬的；D. skeptical怀疑的。结合下文“Why would she tell me she’d come to the party and then _________ without letting me know?”可知作者发现Nora没有出现感到十分恼火。在非正式语体和日常交流中，mad和angry意义相近，可以表示“生气的，发怒的”。故选B。
【44题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：她为什么会告诉我她会来参加派对，然后不告诉我就打退堂鼓呢？ A. reach out伸出；B. step forward向前走；C. look away不再看；D. back out不遵守（诺言等）；打退堂鼓。根据下文“I needed no apologies but I demanded to know why.”可知，此处back out表示“食言，违约”。作者非常生气Nora没有来，因此质疑她为什么不告诉我她会来，却食言了，连说都没说一声。故选D。
【45题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，我决定给Nora打个电话，得到她的答复。A. answers答案；B. comfort舒适；C. expectations期待；D. company陪伴。根据下文“I needed no apologies but I demanded to know why.” 可知，作者给Nora打电话，想要寻求一下她为什么没有来的答案。故选A。
【46题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：诺拉解释，她不得不离开学校，因为她生病了。 A. explained解释；B. announced宣布；C. predicted预测；D. complained抱怨。根据下文“she had to stay away from school because she was sick”可知， Nora解释她因病不能来学校。此处应当是Nora解释自己缺席的原因。故选A。
【47题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我仍旧愤怒，拒绝听，“你是什么样的朋友？” A. attempted尝试；B. intended打算；C. refused拒绝；D. pretended假装。根据上文“Angry still seized me”可知，作者仍然十分生气，故下文应当是作者在生气时的举动。拒绝听Nora的解释，自顾自地发泄自己的情绪。其他三个词均不能较好地传达出作者生气的情绪。故选C。
【48题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：在这学年剩下的时间里，我们几乎不再闲逛了，我忘记了我和诺拉之间的伤人电话。A. merely仅仅；B. barely很少；C. regularly有规律的；D. frequently频繁的。由上文““What kind of friend are you?” Nora began crying on the phone, hurt and surprised.”可知，Nora被作者的话深深刺伤了，作者也对Nora十分不满，这一学期他们应当是很少再会一起遛弯了。故选B。
【49题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. urgent紧急的；B. formal正式的；C. random随机的；D. hurtful有害的。根据上文“Nora began crying on the phone, hurt and surprised.”以及下文的“I recognized how selfish”可推断出，作者年轻时以自我为中心，不懂得照顾他人感受，所以就忘掉了这个深深刺痛Nora的电话。故选D。
【50题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们之间曾经发生过友谊，但我耸了耸肩不在乎。A. Quarrel争吵；B. Friendship友谊；C. Tolerance容忍；D. Disagreement分歧。根据下文“Nora, one of my friends,”可知，作者和诺拉之间曾经是好朋友，存在过友谊，但是作者不在乎。故选B。
【51题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在，我感到后悔。A. regretted遗憾；后悔；B. ignored忽视；C. remembered记住；D. honored尊敬。结合前文“Years later, I began to reflect on that ugly phone conversation.”可知，数年后作者对自己的行为进行反思，感到十分懊悔。故选A。
【52题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我意识到我是多么自私和以自我为中心。A. self-disciplined有自我约束力的；B. self-centered自我为中心的；C. self-respected自尊心强的；D. self-contained独立的。根据前文的selfish和后文的“I’d been, caring only about myself.”可知，此处作者应当是想说自己一直以自我为中心。故选B。
【53题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我想纠正错误。A. accessible易接近的；B. easy容易的；C. right正确的；D. valuable有价值的。根据下文“I composed an apology letter to Nora and soon got her ________”可知，作者想弥补错误。“make things right”为固定搭配，表示纠正某件错事。故选C。
【54题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我写了一封道歉信给Nora，并且很快得到了她的谅解。A. decision决定；B. sympathy同情；C. information信息；D. forgiveness宽恕。根据下文“So finally, we did bring a sad moment from the past to a ________conclusion, healing both of us.”可知，作者写了一封道歉信给Nora，并且很快得到了她的谅解。故选D。
【55题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：最后，我们过去的悲伤时刻带来了一个圆满的结局，治愈了我们俩。 A. serious严肃的；B. strange奇怪的；C. healthy健康的；健全合理的；D. natural自然的。根据下文“healing both of us”可知，过去悲伤的时刻终于迎来了一个圆满的结局，把我们都治愈了。healthy在这里引申为美满的，圆满的，健全的。“healthy conclusion”可理解为圆满的结局，与前文“sad moment”形成对比，故选C。
第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
【56~65题答案】
【答案】56. for 57. to come 58. served 59. probably 60. what
61. popularity 62. developing 63. are thought 64. than 65. tasty
本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了享誉世界的中国饮食文化。
【56题详解】
考查介词。句中的“its nice appearance, good flavor, and implied meaning”解释了中国食物享誉世界的原因，因此用介词for。故填for。
【57题详解】
考查非谓语动词。“find it+形容词+to do sth.”是固定结构，其中it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是不定式短语。故用to come。
【58题详解】
考查动词的时态。根据时间状语“In ancient times”可知，此处讲述的是过去发生的事情，故用一般过去时。故填served。
【59题详解】
考查副词。分析句子结构可知，空处修饰谓语动词represents，故填副词probably。
【60题详解】
考查名词性从句。分析句子结构可知，空处引导表语从句，且在从句中作宾语，表示“…的事物”，故填what。
【61题详解】
考查名词。空处作gaining的宾语，故应该用名词popularity“流行，受欢迎”。
【62题详解】
考查非谓语动词。本句中已经有谓语动词，且逗号前后部分没有连接词连接，故空处应是非谓语动词作状语。develop与句子主语之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，故用developing。
【63题详解】
考查时态、语态和主谓一致。此处描述的是客观情况，故用一般现在时；主语是characteristics，表示复数意义，且与think之间是被动关系，故用are thought。
【64题详解】
考查比较状语从句。根据语境和空前的more可知，此处应用than引导比较状语从句。故填than。
【65题详解】
考查形容词。分析句子结构可知，空处作定语，修饰Chinese food，因此用形容词。tasty“美味的”。故填tasty。
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节
【66题答案】
【答案】Dear students，
How lucky we are under the wings of our parents! However，we will finally grow up someday，leaving our home and facing life challenges alone．The Ministry of Education is appealing us to create our own happiness．To improve our living skills，we should learn to do some housework and develop good living habits．
But how to make it? Trying to do some chores at home is of great benefit．For example，making dinners，tidying our rooms，washing our clothes and so on．We can master one or two life skills every year.
In the meanwhile，it’s time to take actions to do something to let our family feel our love．
Let’s move，try harder and be well equipped for our future life．
第二节 （满分25分）
【答案】
At first I didn’t say much, just sat back and listened, satisfied to be included. Each day I would say more and more. For the first time, when I spoke, someone really listened and remembered the conversation the next day. I’d found someone who cared, and I didn’t feel so out of place anymore. My confidence and self-esteem increased and my hiding place started to collect dust. I still hid in the shadows sometimes, but it was almost like they were pushing me away with their fingers and telling me to join the world.
Now I look forward to going to school, and gradually I am letting other people into my life. I owe it all to him. He acted like the big brother I never had. If something bothered me or made me mad, I’d tell him. Each day I grew stronger and more outgoing than the day before. Sometimes I would think that he was my guardian angel sent to help me with my problems and pick the best solutions. I knew I could make it and would be all right the day the bus driver glanced back in her mirror and screamed, “Christy, you’re being too loud!” I laughed until the tears came because I finally realized I didn’t have to be part of the concrete anymore.

听力原文
Text 1 
M: Look at the girl in a red skirt over there. She looks like the missing girl in the newspaper.
W: But the description said the missing girl had black hair. That girl over there has brown hair.
Text 2 
W: Please, Steve. When you ask for help, it makes others upset if you don’t express your thanks.
M: You’re right. There are just so many things on my mind. But sorry, it won’t happen again.
Text 3 
W: Wow, this place has got all sorts of books. There is also a nice café nearby. I can’t believe I’ve never been here before!
M: Great, isn’t it? It’s definitely my favorite place to buy books, even if they are a bit more expensive here than they are online.
Text 4
M: Put your coat on. The taxi will be here in five minutes.
W: I need to brush my hair. I thought I had told you to order it for 8:00 p.m.
M: I did. Just hurry up now.
Text 5 
M: I’m trying to lose weight but nothing seems to be working. I’ve tried running and cycling.
W: You should try counting calories. You decide what to eat and measure how many calories to burn every day according to your own plan. You’ll see and feel the difference.
Text 6
M: You look tired. Has it been a long day?
W: Yes. I can hardly keep my eyes open now. I started working at my computer at nine o’clock this morning and I don’t think I looked away until five.
M: Really? No breaks at all?
W: Not one.
M: Well, you’re home now. Just relax and have an early night.
W: I wish I could. But now I have to cook dinner. The kids need to be fed.
M: Oh, don’t worry about that. I’ll take care of it.
W: Thank you. You are so sweet.
Text 7 
W: Want to go to a concert tonight?
M: Which concert?
W: The Peppers at the City Stadium.
M: How on earth did you get tickets for that? They must have been sold out as soon as they went on sale.
W: My brother and his wife were planning to go but they’ve had to cancel. His wife is ill, so I got the tickets.
M: Sorry to hear that. By the way, where are the seats?
W: In the third row.
M: Wow, those are really good seats! They must have cost a lot. I can usually only afford seats at the back or upstairs.
W: Yes, it’s a pity that they can’t go.
M: We should get them a gift as a way of saying thank you.
W: How about some flowers for his wife?
M: OK.
Text 8
M: Have you ever experienced any fears?
W: Oh, lots of fears. Especially since I came to university.
M: What do you mean — leaving home, taking exams…that sort of thing?
W: Not really, those things haven’t bothered me too much. But meeting other people was scary to me at first.
M: Why? You had met people before, hadn’t you?
W: Yes, but I had known them all my life. Here I had to get to know various new people and learn how to communicate with them.
M: Weren’t they friendly?
W: They were friendly enough. But they come from all over the world — from France, Russia, Poland…everywhere. Fortunately, we can all communicate in English, which happens to be my major in college.
M: Yes, even in your spare time, it is helping you study.
W: Exactly.
M: What do you want to be when you leave school? A translator or something?
W: I’m hoping to go into teaching.
M: Oh, the same as me. I want to teach history.
Text 9 
W: Do you think young people should also have jobs when they are at school?
M: I do. I think kids should work for their pocket money.
W: What kind of work?
M: Helping with the washing up, cleaning…whatever. They should realize they need to work if they want to have money.
W: My kids are very good at those things. Both of them help with jobs around the house.
M: That’s good, but I don’t think all young people are like that these days.
W: To be fair, I suppose a lot of parents want their kids to concentrate on their schoolwork.
M: I always had enough time to do my schoolwork in my youth, even though I also worked on my dad’s farm.
W: I used to deliver newspapers. I had to be up at 6:00 a.m., whatever the weather.
M: It didn’t do you any harm, did it? I bet you still did well at school.
W: I did OK, although I was tired all day. I really think young people need to get enough sleep. It is sleep that helps their brains develop.
Text 10
Hello, and welcome to That’s Entertainment! I’m Sally Withers, and tonight, I am so excited to have one of my own personal heroes on the show! Now, I don’t want to give the surprise away too quickly. So how about if I give you some information, and see if you can guess?
Tonight’s guest star was born in 1946, as the fourth of 12 children. Besides her charity work, she’s also an actress, author and businesswoman. However, none of these amazing achievements are what she is most famous for!
Confused yet? Well, let’s see… She’s most famous for being one of America’s most popular and productive songwriters, with 51 records to her name. Twenty-five of her songs reached number one on the Billboard country music charts. She’s won Grammy Awards many times throughout her unbelievable career!
Her Imagination Library programme currently gives free books to 1.9 million children around the world. Back in 2016, she raised $9 million to help the victims (受害者) of the Great Smoky Mountains wildfires. And most recently, during COVID-19, she donated $1 million to fight against the disease.
Yes, you’ve guessed it. Our special guest tonight is Dolly Parton!