湖北省黄冈中学2015届高三上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案

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湖北省黄冈中学2015届高三年级11月月考英语试题


第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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在答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面五段对话。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 are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Their study. B. Their nationality C. Their language ability.
2. How much will the woman pay for the skirt?
A. $35. B. $30. C. $20.
3. Why does the boy make the phone call?
A. To get a book back. B. To borrow a book. C. To get a message.
4. What is the woman trying to do?
A. Tell a story. B. Report a game. C. Tell an accident.
5. What do we know about the woman?
A. She wants to relax. B. She is a footballer. C. She loves movies.
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 is the man’s problem?
A. He lost a suitcase. B. His keys are gone. C. He broke his suitcase.
7. What will the woman do next?
A. Repair the suitcase. B. Get another lock. C. Check about the keys.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What do we know about the man?
A. He traveled a lot. B. He is tired of his job. C. He was in Peru for years.
9. How many countries has the man been to?
A. Nearly 25. B. Nearly 60. C. Almost 65.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Workmates. B. Secretary and boss. C. Secretary and customer.
11. What do we know about Elaine Strong?
A. She is out. B. She is busy. C. She is ill.
12. What does the man want the woman to do?
A. Fix his fax machine. B. Fax him something. C. Ask Elaine to call back.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The woman loves cool summer.
B. The man is British.
C. It is rather cold in winter in Britain.
14. What is true about the summer in Britain according to the conversation?
A. There’s always good sunshine.
B. It snows sometimes.
C. It can be cold most of the time.
15. What do we know about clothes in Britain?
A. It’s not very easy to get good ones.
B. They’re of good quality but expensive.
C. They’re of good quality and cheap.
16. What probably is the British people’s attitude towards dressing?
A. Many people like wearing casual clothes.
B. Casual clothes are mon in office.
C. Men prefer suits in social situations.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At an airport waiting hall.
B. At a coffee bar.
C. On a plane.
18. What do we know about the man?
A. He went to London during World War II.
B. He has been to several European cities.
C. He has flown a lot.
19. How soon will the man get to London?
A. In six hours. B. In four fours. C. In two hours.
20. What can we learn about the man?
A. He was a teacher.
B. He just retired from the Army.
C. He has never traveled with his wife.

第二部分：词汇知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
21. Shirley Temple is a former Hollywood child star, who began to enjoy great_________for the role she had played in films, when she was just 5 years old.
A. performance B. fame C. devotion D. assistance
22. With the night falling, the crowd gathering around the accident scene began to_________.
A. break up B. break down C. break out D.break away
23. Despite the fact that Philip has been working hard, it is______ clear that he has no chance of passing his examination.
A. absolutely B. immediately C. confidently D. painfully
24. Needles apparently stuck into the body of an 11-month-old baby by her abusive aunt were surgically(手术地) ______on Tuesday.
A. moved B. placed C. replaced D. removed
25. U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday paid honor to health care workers who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, calling them “heroes”_________ to be applauded rather than discouraged.
A. reserving B. deserving C. observing D. preserving
26. “Since China has good relations with both Pakistan and Afghanistan, China can encourage Islamabad to take essential steps for________ terrorism and extremism in the region,” the paper said in its editorial. 
A. coping B. containing  C. confirming D. mitting
27. Now I need lots of time to __________ my thoughts thoroughly because I want to give them a confident report.
A. make out B. figure out C. leave out D. sort out
28. Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened, so surely it would be __________ to get a second opinion.
A. sensitive B. sensible C. confident D. acceptable
29. An expert says, “I think it is unpredictable for nature. You don’t know what will happen but_________, we are preparing.”
A. somehow B. somewhat C. anyhow D. someway
30. I am convinced that 10% of life is what happens to you, and 90% of it is how you react to it, and we have a choice every day_________the attitude we will have to meet that day.
A. in search of B. in exchange for C. in relation to D. in honor of

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。
Things have been kind of tough lately for Shannon Baker and her little family. They have each other’s parents and young daughter and for that they are 31 . But she and her husband are both currently 32 . And their car is in great need of 33 . And then there is the matter of their second child, who is 34 soon. So things are a little tense for the Baker family these days.
When Shannon and her daughter were walking through a store 35 lot recently, Shannon picked up an envelop from the ground that 36 $4,000 in cash. There were a 37 of different interpretations that could be considered. Was this a kind of good 38 ? Could it be an attempt by the universe to balance everything? Could it be simply a gift from God? Shannon didn’t know. The only thing she knew was that the cash in that envelope 39 to someone else. Oh, and one other thing she knew: Her young daughter was 40 . “My kid was standing right there 41 I found it, ” Shannon told WLS-TV in Chicago. “So basically I wanted to teach my daughter how to be 42 . And for me that was enough.”
Never mind the bills that were 43 , or the car that needed to be fixed, or the baby that would e soon. And forget that when she 44 the money over to the police she was told that there was actually nothing illegal if she 45 it.
The police were able to return the money to the person who 46 it: an old woman. And one can imagine the 47 and relief she felt when the police handed the lost envelop back to her. “She came to my house and she was almost in tears, 48 me,” Shannon said. “She gave me a hug and an envelope with a small 49 in it. But the amount, large or small, wasn’t 50 . What was important was the opportunity to teach my daughter honesty.”
31. A. restricted B. upset C. sensitive D. grateful
32. A. unemployed B. appreciated C. disappointed D. removed
33. A. repair B. protection C. cash D. sale
34. A. sick B. desperate C. due D. dull
35. A. gathering B. parking C. cleaning D. begging
36. A. involved B. contained C. charged D. paid
37. A. number B. deal C. handful D. flood
38. A. expense B. prize C. hope D. luck
39. A. pointed B. reacted C. belonged D. responded
40. A. urging B. watching C. laughing D. affecting
41. A. before B. though C. because D. when
42. A. honest B. loyal C. ripe D. humorous
43. A. piling up B. giving away C. showing off D. passing by
44. A. watched B. turned C. got D. collected
45. A. kept B. made C. checked D. promoted
46. A. sent B. disliked C. lost D. generated
47. A. respect B. repentance C. tension D. joy
48. A. forting B. congratulating C. offending D. thanking
49. A. amount B. present C. envelope D. option
50. A. sufficient B. ethical C. important D. decent

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题分2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文, 从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
My mother is the only living person who has never municated via email or text. She has never turned on a puter, registered an email account, used data storage media or searched the Internet. Since 1955, she has settled in Silicon Valley, married to an extremely technical specialist in applied physics and engineering, designing photometric systems for NASA. Only when Dad suffered from cancer could we convince her she needed a cell phone. Mom’s being separated from the information age is voluntary and deliberate.
Mom is still that farm girl, and she takes the most pride in it. She sees her neighbor and her munity “real”. She shows no interest in the digital and virtual life. My mother saw Depression, World War II and the beginning of the Cold War before reaching voting age. She enjoyed country music on “The Sons of the Pioneers”, a Canadian broadcast. The battery was so precious a resource that radio was limited to the barn because Grandma thought it helped cows produce milk. In the age when Churchill moved millions for the first time with radio broadcasts, she only experienced live media monthly, if at all.
In her early twenties, Mom pleted nurses’ training and worked in that field before marriage, family and church became her life’s concerns. She never really warmed up to television, though I think she appreciated a few of the series we watched, edies like All in the Family. puters, the Internet and mobile apps are simply not part of her experience.
Mom disagrees with the opinion that technology simplifies life. In her life, she sees online records, email and paperless systems as mysteries in which no written reference can assist her.
However, I can partly understand: I like such kind of experience and relationship one has with physical books. I am a child of television who only recently switched to online viewing. I’ve written down my awkward, love-hate relationship with my devices. Mom’s technophobia surely played a role here, but it works for her. She’s happiest as she is.
51. The author’s mother began to use mobile phone when .
A. she found it hard to contact with her husband
B. she settled in Silicon Valley for fifty years
C. she got marred to a technical specialist
D. her husband suffered from cancer
52. What is the author’s mother most proud of according to the passage?
A. Having so many close neighbors. B. Experiencing too much all her life.
C. Living simply and in her own style. D. Being involved in modern technology.
53. What is the author’s attitude towards his mother’s such kind of experience?
A. Critical. B. Positive. C. Neutral. D. Negative.
54. It is implied in the underlined sentence that .
A. the author should make efforts to learn from his mother
B. the author prefers watching movies online to watching TV
C. Mom’s attitude towards technology has an effect on the author
D. Mom should also set down the relationship with physical books

B
Listening to your favorite music can make a person feel great and can make their emotions change. The song you are listening to can affect how you feel. Different types of music may make you cry, laugh, or even feel anger. According to researches, music is a plex sound that causes a large variety of emotional responses in listeners.
The nature of emotions created by music has been a matter of much debate. Researches have shown that basic emotions, such as happiness, anger, fear, and sadness, can be recognized in and created by musical stimuli (刺激) in humans.
I know from experience that when I am in a bad mood, I’ll listen to my favorite CD. I don’t know what it is about the music but it just makes me feel better almost instantly. All of you have CDs or songs that make you feel great when you’re feeling down. Music has that power and none of us realize that until we really think about it. The physical effects that music has on us are almost the same as the emotional ones.
Music can change you in many ways, depending on the kind of music you are being exposed to. According to “Music and Emotions”, electronic music with loud sounds will physically affect you more easily than any other type of music. Certain types of music can give you courage and strengthen your willpower, while other types can make you relaxed. I can think of a good example for music bringing willpower and strength to you, when you are getting ready before a sport. The sport I play is football and I know that if I don’t listen to a certain mix of songs, my head is all over the place. If I listen to some certain songs I bee very energized and feel better about things.
Music affects your emotions in many ways. It also affects your physical status. Music also is the key to your enjoying of a movie. Music affects your emotions by being able to change your state of mind from a sad mood to a happy one. It can also make a person feel great before a petition. Music is also the key to Movies. Without music in movies there would be no suspense, no horror and no excitement. It makes movies what they are to us.
55. The main idea of Paragraph l is .
A. the effects of different types of music
B. music can affect our emotions
C. how music affects our emotions is plex
D. why people laugh, cry or bee angry when listening to music
56. The underlined sentence in the 2nd paragraph probably means “ ”.
A. people have different opinions in what is the best kind of music
B. people can’t agree with each other in what is the nature of music
C. people have been arguing about the effects of music on our emotions
D. people have been discussing about what causes our emotions
57. The main purpose of the last paragraph is to illustrate .
A. music will also be accepted by movies
B. music can change us in many ways
C. music can be popular with music lovers forever
D. music will give the mon people excitement
58. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Music may cheer you up, but it can’t let you down.
B. Music used to fort sport players in games.
C. Electronic music can affect our emotions much less.
D. Different music will cause different emotions in us.

C
Three Yale University professors agreed in a discussion that the automobile was what one of
them called “Public Health Enemy No. 1 in this century”. Besides polluting the air and overcrowding the cities, cars are involved in more than half the disastrous accidents, and they contribute to heart disease “because we won’t walk anywhere any more,” said Richard Weeinaman, professor of medicine and public health.
Speaking of many of those man-made dangers of the automobile, Arthur W. Galson, professor of biology, said it was possible to make a kerosene-burning turbine car that would “lessen smog by a very large factor”. But he expressed doubt whether Americans were willing to give up moving about the countryside at 90 miles per hour in a large vehicle. “America seems wedded to the motor car—every family has to have at least two, and one has to be a convertible (敞篷汽车) with 300 horsepower,” professor Galson continued. “Is this the way of life that we choose because we treasure these values?”
For professor Sears, part of the blame lies with “a society that regards profit as a supreme value, under the illusion that anything that’s technically possible is, therefore, morally justified”. Professor Sears also called the country’s dependence on its modern automobiles “terrible economics” because of the large horsepower used simply “moving one individual to work”. But he admitted that Americans have painted themselves into a corner by allowing the national economy to bee so dependent on the automobile industry.
“The solution,” Dr Weeinerman said, “is not finding a less dangerous fuel but a different system of inner city transportation. Because of the increasing use of cars, public transportation has been allowed to wither (衰弱) and grow worse, so that if you can’t walk to where you want to go, you have to have a car in most cities,” he declared. This, in turn, Dr Weeinerman contended, is responsible for the “arteriosclerosis (动脉硬化)” of public roads, for the pollution of the inner city and for the middle-class movement to the suburbs.
59. The main idea of the passage is that .
A. Americans are used to travelling by cars
B. American public transportation is growing worse
C. American car industry caused disastrous road accidents
D. American people’s health is threatened by automobiles
60. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. Americans prefer cars to anything else
B. Americans are interested in fast automobiles
C. kerosene-burning engines cause more problems
D. kerosene-burning engines are green transportation
61. In Paragraph 3, Professor Sears implies that .
A. technology is always good for people
B. technology is a sword with two sides
C. more attention should be paid to social effects
D. US doesn’t care about the environment at all
62. According to Dr Weeinerman, the best solution is .
A. to look for a fuel alternative B. to improve public transportation
C. to walk to where people want to go D. to control the production of the automobile

D
Do you dream of owning your own house? Canadian Kyle MacDonald, a 26-year-old from Vancouver who is a resident in Montreal, has just achieved it. MacDonald, who has spent much of his time since graduating from college backpacking round Europe and Asia and whose main ine appears to e from working as a pizza-delivery man, decided last year that he wanted to
settle down. However, when he checked the real estate market, he quickly realized that he had no chance of raising the deposit on a home of his own.
So he came up with an inventive solution. Using the power of the Internet, he decided to try to barter(易货贸易) his way to a house. His starting offer? One red paper clip (回形针). Of course, he didn’t expect someone to offer him a house for the paper clip , he simply wanted to trade it for something that was more valuable. 14 trades later, he is now the owner of a house in Kipling, Saskatchewan.
His first trade took place when two women from his hometown offered him a pen in the shape of a fish. MacDonald then traded the fish-pen for a doorknob, then the doorknob for a stove. Further transactions brought him an electricity generator and a ski-bob, a small vehicle on tracks that people use to ride across snow and ice. After nine trades, he had a recording contract at a music studio in Toronto.
But Kyle pressed on, still convinced that he would eventually get a house. After trades which brought him the opportunity to spend a day with rock star Alice Cooper and to have a small part in a Hollywood movie, he struck gold.
When words of Kyle’s astonishing barter journey reached the people of Kipling, they decided to make their move. The population of the town is a little more than l,000, and falling fast. By offering the keys to an empty house on Main Street, Kipling hoped to bring much needed publicity—and residents—to the fading town. And they seem to have succeeded!
63. When Kyle MacDonald started his Internet bartering, he .
A. hoped that someone would give him a house for his paper clip
B. didn’t expect anyone to give him a house for a paper clip
C. didn’t know if anyone would exchange a house for a paper clip
D. expected that he would have a house after 14 trades
64. The third thing that Kyle MacDonald received was .
A. something you can write with B. something you hold when you open a door
C. something you can cook food on D. a small vehicle for riding across snow and ice
65. The people of Kipling, Saskatchewan wanted to .
A. give all the houses on Main Street away
B. leave town and live somewhere else
C. attract more people to e and live there
D. offer the keys to houses in the city
66. What does the underlined word “transaction” refer to?
A. deal B. knowledge C. vehicle D. decision
E
Alexis Pilkington was a popular 17-year-old and a well-liked athlete who had already won a soccer scholarship to college. But none of that stopped Alexis from being the target of online bullying (欺凌). Alexis began to receive hundreds of online unpleasant ments via the latest social networking site called formspring.. In March 2010, Alexis mitted suicide and although all agreed that the online bother was not the single factor that led to Alexis’ death, everyone did agree that it was a contributory factor.
Unfortunately, Alexis’ story is not unique. A 2010 study conducted by the Cyberbullying Research Center showed that cyberbullying victims were almost twice as likely to have attempted suicide pared to youth who had not experienced cyberbullying.
Suicide is obviously the extreme and no one can minimize the tragedy of it. However, there are other damages that occur as a result of aggressive bullying. It can damage self-esteem and lead to feelings of worthlessness, and also increase social isolation and make victims bee withdrawn, depressed, anxious, and insecure. So what causes girls to be so unkind towards each other?
A term known as relational aggression may best describe the cause of girl-on-girl bullying. It starts with a clique (派系) usually led by a girl with a high level of social status and popularity. In order not to lose her position, she will control girls within the clique and take action if she feels threatened. At the leader’s directive the girls within the clique will spread rumors and lies and annoy other girls continuously. The bullying starts at school but will quickly go to cyberbullying due to anonymity (匿名). Girls will easily do so in the anonymity of the Internet. Ultimately the cause will be summarized as the insecurity and jealousy of one girl and the twisted loyalty of members within her clique. Underneath the confident exterior (外表) of a female bully lie desperate insecurities.
67. The example of Alexis Pilkington is given to show .
A. popular youth are not easy to bee the target of bullying
B. cyberbullying is quite mon among teenagers
C. today’s youth don’t like to study any more
D. suicide is a serious problem among youth
68. The bullying will quickly go to cyberbullying mainly because .
A. the bullies don’t have to give their names online
B. it’s free to post ments online
C. it will not attract much attention
D. it will not affect their real life
69. Which of the following is NOT the cause of bullying?
A. Lack of security. B. Jealousy of others.
C. Trying to be friendly. D. The twisted loyalty of members within a clique.
70. We can infer from the last paragraph that a female bully .
A. has strong self-confidence B. has strong leadership skills
C. is actually weak inside D. is usually good at study
第四部分：书面表达(共两节，满分50分)
第一节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
71. The teacher_________________ how excited I was feeling hearing the news! (fancy)
老师永远也不可能想到, 我听到那个消息的时候感到多么的兴奋！

72. Two months have passed, and _________________to the plane remains a mystery. (happen)
两个月过去了，飞机发生了什么情况还是一个谜。
73. For the students, there is as____________into a key high school as to enter a key university. (admit)
对这些学生来说，进重点中学的竞争与被名牌大学录取的竞争一样激烈。
74. It was at the meeting which was held yesterday_____________the plan, which I feel is practical. (put)
他是在昨天召开的会议上提出的那个计划，我觉得它很实用。
75. _________________the story, she asked me to tell her a more thrilling one. (pretend)
假装已经听过这个故事，她叫我给她讲一个更刺激的。
76. He told me some stories, most of _________________what he had read from books and magazines. (base)
他给我讲了几个故事，大多数都是根据他在书和杂志上看的东西（讲的）。
77. It was several minutes what he was saying. (take)
过了好几分钟，我才理解他说的是什么。
78. The cause of the fire as well as the loss _________________, and it won’t be long before the result es out. (look)
火灾的原因和损失正在调查中，用不了多久就能出结果了。
79. Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, _____________in cash. (pay)
后来，他们可能在酒吧或者俱乐部演出，这样他们得到现金。
80. So_____________ his work that he is awarded the best worker in his pany. (bury)
他是如此专心于他的工作以至于他被誉为公司最佳员工。

第二节：短文写作 (共1题，满分30分)
请根据以下提示，并结合你生活中的一个事例，用英语写一篇短文。
Pain means progress. In most cases, things that bring us pain can make us grow.
注意：1. 无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示；
2. 除诗歌外，文体不限；
3 .内容必须结合你生活中的一个事例；
4. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
5．词数为不少于120左右，如引用提示语则不计入总词数。




湖北省黄冈中学2015届高三年级11月月考英语试题答案
听力1—5 CBACA 6—10 BCABC 11—15 ABBCC 16—20 ACBCA
单选21—25 BADDB 26—30 BDBCC
完填31—35 DAACB 36—40BADCB 41—45DAABA 46—50CDDAC
阅读51—54 DCBC 55—58 ACBD 59—62 DBCB 63—66 BCCA 67—70 BACC
完成句子 71. can / could never have fancied 72. what (has) happened
73. much petition to be admitted 74. that he put forward
75. Pretending to have heard about /of 76. which were based on / them based on
77. before I could take in / before I took in 78. is being looked into
79. for which they are paid / which they are paid for 80. buried is he in
范文
On the way to success all of us may meet with such kind of things that bring us pain. But in my opinion, it is just through pain that we strengthen ourselves and make progress.
In the first year of senior high school, I entered for the 3,000-metre race in the sports meet and started training for it. But a few days later, my legs were so painful that I wanted to quit. However, with my classmates’ encouragement, I picked up my courage again and went on training. As a result, I took the first place in the race and was highly praised by the school.
Many an example shows that we shouldn’t be afraid of painful experiences which will help us grow strong both physically and mentally.

录 音 稿
(Text 1)
W: Can you speak French?
M: Yes, of course. It’s my mother tongue. I can also speak English and Japanese. What about
you?
W: I can only speak Chinese.
(Text 2)
W: The skirt is great. But thirty-five pounds is too much. I’ll give you 20 pounds.
M: No. It’s a bargain, I promise you. I suppose I can knock the five off.
W: OK, I’ll take it.
(Text 3)
M: Hello! Could I speak to Jean?
W: I’m sorry she’s not in. This is her mother. Can I take a message?
M: This is Tony, Jean’s classmate. Please tell her to bring the book she borrowed from me to school. I need to use it tomorrow.
(Text 4)
M: What exactly did you see?
W: I was walking past the park towards the city centre when a cyclist passed me and then a car came round the corner from the right, there. I don’t know. I guess the driver didn’t see the cyclist…
(Text 5)
W: Well, thank goodness it’s Friday. It was a long week. We should do something together this weekend. Got any plans yet?
M: How about going to the park or seeing a new film maybe?
W: Can you get tickets for a game? I haven’t been to a football game for ages.
(Text 6)
W: Can I help you, sir? Would you like the porter to take your suitcase to your room?
M: No, thank you. ⑹I’m afraid I can’t get my suitcase unlocked. I usually carry two keys but I can’t find either at the moment, so I wonder if you have one. It’s a standard lock, nothing special. I tried to break it but I couldn’t. I suppose I could just cut into the top of it as it is fairly soft material but then I’ll have ruined it.
W: I’ll see what I can do for you, sir. I know we have some.⑺Just wait a few minutes and I’ll have a look.
(Text 7)
W: Well, hello, Mr. Brown. I haven’t seen you for weeks. Where have you been all this time?
M: Oh, I’ve just been to Peru and worked there.
W: You must really have been getting around. How many countries have you been to?
M: ⑼Nearly 60 countries now. I guess I’ m a real world traveler.
W: Well, if you aren’t, I don’t know who is.
M: Maybe someday I’ll settle down. I just can’t seem to stay in one place for very long.
W: How many years have you been traveling?
M: I’ve been with the pany for 25 years and traveling all the time.
(Text 8)
W: Hello, Ultimate puters. May I help you?
M: Yes, this is Jack Kordell from Hunter’s Office Supplies. May I speak to Elaine Strong,
please?
W: I’m sorry, ⑾but she’s not in right now.
M: OK, do you know when she’ll be back?
W: Uh, yes, she should be here later in this afternoon. May I take a message?
M: Yes. ⑽Ms. Strong sent me a brochure detailing your newest line of laptop puters with a description of other software products, but there wasn’t any information about after-sales service.
W: Oh, I’m sorry. ⑿Would you like me to fax that to you?
M: Yes, but our fax is being repaired at the moment. Umm... could you try sending that information to me later?
W: Sure. Could I have your name, telephone number, and fax number, please?
M: Yes. Jack Kordell and the phone number is 560-1287. And the fax number is 560-1288.
W: All right, Mr. Kordell. I’ll be sure to send you the fax this afternoon.
M: OK, bye.
(Text 9)
W: Oh, the one thing I don’t like about Britain is the weather.
M: Well, I agree. I’ve lived in a number of countries around the world, and ⒀I always like to e home to Britain. But I don’t usually stay for long because I really enjoy the sunshine, and you just can’t be sure of getting the sunshine at all in Britain.
W: Even in the summer.
M: No, of course, sometimes we have a warm summer’s day, but ⒁ it can be really quite cold most of the time. I’d say the average temperature during the summer is about 18 or 19 degrees.
W: Is it easy to get good clothes in Britain?
M: I would say yes. It’s quite easy because there’s the tradition of the cloth industry, especially in the Midlands and the North.
W: ⒂So you can get good clothes but you have not to pay a lot for them?
M: That’s right.
W: Do people dress formally in Britain?
M: In parison with other countries, I’d say no, certainly not in social situations. But apart from the office, most men don’t wear suits, and many people e to dinner parties dressed very casually.
(Text 10)
W: Yes, Sir. You called?
M: Yes, I wonder if you could bring me another bottle of beer.
W: Certainly. Would you like anything else?
M: Well,⒄my grandson is supposed to meet me in London at the airport. Do you think he’ll be able to find me?
W: I’m sure he will. You don’t have to worry about that. Are you going to be visiting him?
M: Yes. I’ve never seen my grandson.
W: I think you’ll have a wonderful time in London. It’s beautiful, is this your first time abroad?
M: No, ⒅I saw quite a bit of Europe before, Rome, Berlin, Paris, places like that, but I’ve never been to London.
W: Oh, ⒅then you have flown before too.
M: No, that was during the Second World War and I went to Europe on a large ship carrying
soldiers.
W: Things are quite different in Europe nowadays.
M: I’m sure they are. I’m really interested to get there.
W: Well, ⒄⒅it’s 4 o’clock now and we’ll be there at 6:00. Will you be staying long?
M: I plan to stay five weeks.⒇l was a teacher but I have stopped working. My wife has been dead and so I can go wherever I want.
W: I think you’ll have a good time. I’ll go and get a beer for you.