重庆市西南大学附属中学2022-2023学年高二英语下学期期末试题（Word版附答案）

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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。
Where is the wman prbably frm?
Peru.B. Britain.C. Mexic.
What will the man d tnight?
Attend a party.B. Reply t an invitatin.C. Play ftball.
What des the wman think f her ld rmmate?
Selfish.B. Thughtful.C. Careful.
What shuld the city d accrding t the wman?
Create mre jbs.B. Imprve the air quality.C. Clse sme businesses.
What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
Their daily rutine.B. Their drmitry.C. The weather.
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。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。
Hw des the wman suggest the man get hme?
By bus.B. By car.C. By taxi.
Where are the speakers?
At hme.B. At a bus statin.C. At a restaurant.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。
Why is the man at the supermarket tday?
T d sme shpping.B. T carry ut a survey.C. T meet the wner.
What change did the wner make t the supermarket last year?
The lcatin.B. The name.C. The manager.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
What is the wman ding?
Brrwing a tent.B. Returning a tent.C. Packing a tent.
What is the wman’s mtivatin fr climbing?
T get clse t nature.B. T have fun.C. T imprve her fitness.
Where will the speakers climb tgether?
In the wild.B. At a climbing center.C. At a gym.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
What is the wman’s pinin abut her idea f the nline business?
It’s unique.B. It’s practical.C. It’s challenging.
Why will the wman cntact artists?
T see their wrks.B. T lk fr inspiratin.C. T d business with them.
What will the wman d fr large rders?
Offer free delivery.B. Charge a small fee.C. Give a discunt.
What is special abut the packaging?
It’s luxury.B. It’s f gd quality.C. It’s envirnmentally friendly.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
Where are drinks served all day?
In the cafe.B. In the dining rm.C. By the swimming pl.
What will the listeners prbably d arund 1 p.m.?
Have lunch.B. G swimming.C. Attend a cnference.
What des the speaker aplgize fr?
The updated prgram.B. The high temperature.C. The late lunch.
Why des the cnference prgram have t be changed?
Sme rms are being repaired.
The General Manager can’t cme.
A speaker isn’t able t give her talk.
第二部分 阅读理解（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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
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made t ease the elderly’s financial burdens
Mary, a 77-year-ld lady with pr eye-sight, decides t buy a WOW Cmputer mst prbably fr all the reasns except that.
it can even read emails t the users
it has a 22-inch hi-reslutin screen
it has hundreds f nline games t chse frm
its buttns are easy t see and understand
Which f the fllwing is the selling pint f the WOW Cmputer?
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Heavily discunted intrductry price.
B
In the Pascucci husehld, putting up Christmas lights was always a big day f celebratin and a family affair. Every year, Anthny Pascucci, the male head f the family, and his lder sister, Cnnie Pascucci, and Anthny’s sn, Anthny Jr., and daughter, Sara, pitched in it.
In 2020, Anthny Sr., 60, tied clrful lights all arund their rf until it lked as if the brightness f the lights culd cunter sme f the darkness f the past year with COVID-19. Hwever, just several days after Christmas Eve the pandemic claimed his life.
Sara says the next weeks were the wrst f her life. But when she pulled up t the huse at the end f a lng day, the twinkling Christmas lights brught her a spark f jy. Taking the lights dwn felt like a final act f clsure she wasn’t ready t take. S she kept them up.
One day Sara received an unsigned letter which read “Take yur Christmas lights dwn! It’s Valentine’s Day!!!” Sara was shcked and angry. She decided t pst the letter. “I wanted t remind peple that we all had a tugh year and peple shuld be a little mre caring tward each ther,” she says.
“I knw what it feels like t lse smene and nt want t put their things away. It’s very hard,” ne man cmmented. And smething strange began t happen. Sara was driving back frm wrk ne day when she nticed that Christmas lights were appearing—r reappearing—n neighbrs’ huses. The mystery had a sweet explanatin: Her neighbrs had gtten tgether and decided, cllectively, t hang their lights back up and turn them back n in hnr f Sara’s father.
“T see the lights and the blck lit up again,” Sara said, “it tuched my heart.” A few weeks later, Sara decided she was ready t take dwn the lights. Sara said it was hard t pack them away—“but nt as hard as I think it wuld have been if we hadn’t experienced all that supprt and lve.”
In Sara’s family, putting up Christmas lights.
was in the charge f AnthnyB. was a family rutine
C. was the biggest event in a yearD. culd remve the darkness f the past year
Sara kept the lights up because.
they reminded her f her fatherB. it was still Christmas seasn then
C. it was t trublesme t remve themD. she culdn’t tlerate them
Sara psted the unsigned letter in rder t.
share her anger and shck
win thers’ sympathy and favr
criticize the persn wh wrte the letter
appeal t peple t shw mre cnsideratin t thers
Which can be the mst prbable title fr the text?
Up in Lights.B. Sara’s Sweet Neighbrs.
C. An Unfrgettable Christmas.D. Let Yur Neighbrs’ Lights On.
C
Acrss the gardens f Britain, peple are building sheds. Peple have gne crazy abut sheds. The Timber Trade Federatin reprts that in Octber, the last mnth fr which statistics were available, imprts f sftwd were 34% higher than a year earlier. With stcks (库存) running lw, what wd is available is quickly sld ut.
A garden shed used t be mstly a place t stre tls, r a place t discuss hw t grw flwers and enjy tea and snacks while the rain falls utside, accrding t Michael Rand, an expert gardener. But the creative brain-wrker has lng put it t mre prductive use. Rald Dahl and Dylan Thmas wrte in sheds. Gerge Bernard Shaw had ne in his Hertfrdshire garden that faced the sun.
Besides grwing flwers, the sheds nw being built are als ften intended fr wrk. Hwever, they are grander than the nes thse pineer shed-writers used. Green Retreats, which mstly builds garden ffices, says that verall sales n building sheds grew by 113% between 2019 and 2020. Larger and fancier structures are especially ppular.
This has an imprtant impact n cities. Urban schlars like Richard Flrida and Edward Glaeser are busy trying t wrk ut whether the rise in hme-wrking that has ccurred during the COVID-19 pandemic will cntinue when the virus declines. If it des, many service jbs in cities, frm waiters t taxi drivers, will disappear. Public transprt systems will struggle. The value f city-centre husing will drp. The shed bm makes that utcme mre likely.
A white-cllar wrker wh has tried t wrk frm the kitchen table fr the past nine mnths might be keen t return t the ffice. A wrker wh has a beautiful garden shed with Wi-Fi will nt hpe s. Jel Bird, wh builds persnalized sheds, is certain that his custmers expect a lng-term change in their wrking habits. “They dn’t cnsider hme-wrking t be temprary,” he says. “They’re spending t much mney n sheds.”
Why did Britain buy mre sftwd frm ther cuntries?
Sftwd was cheaper this year.
Demands fr sheds were n the rise.
Sftwd suppliers were fewer than befre.
Britns stred sftwd like crazy due t COVID-19.
What des paragraph 3 mainly talk abut?
Previus shed-writers.B. Varius functins f sheds.
C. Imprvements n shed-building.D. The advantages f garden-sheds.
What can we infer frm the text?
The shed bm might threaten ecnmy in cities.
Wrkers are eager t return t wrk in their ffices.
Mre peple prefer gardening in their beautiful sheds.
Peple’s wrking habits remain the same after COVID-19.
What is Jel Bird’s attitude t returning t wrk in ffice after COVID-19?
Unclear.B. Optimistic.C. Indifferent.D. Pessimistic.
D
Ariel Nvplansky, an eclgist in Israel, set up an experiment amng pea plants t study hw they cmmunicate with each ther.
In the experiments Ariel put the pea plants in rws f cntainers. The center plant in the rw was the target. The pea plants had been grwn with tw main rts. On ne side, each pea plant had ne rt in its wn pt and the ther reaching int a neighbr’s pt. The central plant cnnected t its clsest neighbr, which cnnected t anther neighbr, and s n dwn the line. On the ther side, all the plants kept their rts in their wn pts, uncnnected t their neighbrs.
With everything ready, the eclgist created a dryness fr the central target plant, which had quickly clsed up its leaf pres ( 气 孔 ) t save water. Amazingly, the cnnected plants n ne side gradually clsed up their leaf pres, even thugh nly ne f them had experienced real dryness. On
the ther side, with uncnnected rts pea chain, all their pres stayed pen. This means the warning signal didn’t travel frm the stressed plants leaves thrugh the air, but nly frm its rts thrugh the sil.
It’s pssible that plants are just eavesdrpping (偷听) even if the damaged plant didn’t mean t send signals t them. Maybe the damaged plant leaks certain chemicals and nearby rts culd sense thse signals. But the plants with cnnected rts that weren’t dried ut passed n the drught signals t their neighbrs t, which means simple eavesdrpping prbably isn’t the answer. They seem t be
having a real cnversatin, picking up infrmatin n ne side and sharing it with a neighbr n the ther.
The benefit t a plant that receives this infrmatin is pretty clear. But what’s the benefit t sending a danger signal t yur neighbr? Remember, yur neighbr may actually be yu.
Which aspect f the experiment des paragraph 2 mainly cncern?
A Its finding.B. Its applicatin.C. Its purpse.D. Its design.
Hw d the pea plants cmmunicate in the experiment?
By cnnecting their rts.B. By pening their leaf pres.
C. By spreading a special smell.D. By leaking certain chemicals.
Which wrd best describes the cmmunicatin between plants?
Cnfidential.B. Cperative.C. Lng-distance.D. Air-t-air.
Why des a plant send a danger signal t its neighbrs accrding t the last paragraph?
T better its surrundings.B. T make itself strng.
C. T develp its rt.D. T keep itself safe.
第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
One Secnd Every Day
I’ve been in advertising fr eight years and used t wrk a lt f late nights and weekends fr numerus prjects. 36 One day I watched a talk called “The pwer f time ff ”. It’s abut hw every seven years, the speaker takes a year ff frm wrk s he can d his wn creative prjects.
37 I decided I had t d that. I need t take time t start my wn creative ideas.
The first prject ends up being smething I call “One Secnd Every Day”. Basically, I recrd ne secnd f every day fr the rest f my life, cmbining these mments int ne single cntinuus vide until I can’t recrd them anymre. 38 There’re many things I have n recllectin f unless smene brings them up, and I think, “Oh, that’s smething I did.”
39 On a gd day, I’ll have maybe fur secnds I want t chse. I’ll just have t narrw them dwn t ne, but even narrwing them dwn t that ne allws me t remember the ther three anyway.
I dn’t use any filters (滤镜), just trying t catch the mment as much as pssible as it is. I started
a rule f the first-persn view. Early n, I thught I shuld have a cuple f vides where peple wuld see me, but I realized that wasn’t the way t g. 40
The prject has many pssibilities. I encurage yu all t recrd just a small piece f yur life every day, s yu can never frget that day and treasure every mment.
It instantly inspired me.
The purpse is t remember what I’ve dne.
I’m always energetic when ding things I lve.
Peple might have different interpretatins f it.
It’s difficult, smetimes, t pick that ne secnd.
But I never had time fr ne I wanted t wrk n n my wn.
The essence f my prject shuld be recrding the thing as I actually see it.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 45 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I had never been mre anxius in my life. I had just arrived at the airprt t travel hme. As I watched the bus driver set my luggage n the airprt sidewalk, I realized my41had just begun. This was my first visit alne t the internatinal terminal f the airprt, and nthing was42.
I culdn’t make sense f any f the 43 . Where was the check-in cunter? I felt as if I were deaf and blind and stupid. I began t 44 I had t find help!
I tried t ask a passing businessman fr help, but my 45 came ut wrng. He frwned and walked away. I had been in this cuntry fr a semester, but culd nt even remember hw t ask fr directins. Awful! Anther 46 arrived at the terminal, and the passengers came ut carrying lts f luggage. Right! I culd 47 them t the right place.
I dragged my enrmus suitcase, went after them and reached the elevatrs. Oh, n! They all fit in it, but nt enugh rm fr me. I watched in despair as the elevatr drs clsed. I was 48 ! I gt n the elevatr when it returned and 49 all the buttns. Which ne culd it be? I pressed buttn 3 because I thught I saw thse passengers pressed 3, thugh nly a quick glance. The elevatr climbed up t the third flr and stpped. A high, unpleasant nise 50 the pening f the drs, and I lked arund 51 .
Tears frmed as I saw the empty hall and realized I wuld 52 my plane. Just then an elderly airprt emplyee walked twards me. He guessed I was 53 and ffered t help. He patted my shulder t ease my anxiety. We walked up sme stairs, turned a crner, and reached the check-in cunter!
When I turned t 54 him, he was gne. I never gt an pprtunity t knw that man’s name, but I wuld always remember his kindness. Withut his timely help, I wuld have missed my plane. I hpe I will be able t d the same fr anther traveler experiencing a(n) 55 jurney like me.
41．
A. excitement
B. anxiety
C. freedm
D. curisity
42．
A. special
B. wrng
C. familiar
D. perfect
43．
A. facilities
B. destinatins
C. regulatins
D. signs
44．
A. dubt
B. investigate
C. panic
D. suspect
45．
A. manners
B. instructins
C. tnes
D. wrds
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
With a histry f mre than 2,000 years, the Silk Rute dates back t Han dynasty. Thrugh this rute, the Chinese highly qualified silk made 56 (it) fame t the western cuntries. The merchants in different regins 57 (seek) the pprtunity f trading Chinese silk and they indeed made their frtune alng this rute. That rute functined 58 the life bld f internatinal trade at that time. Meanwhile, the Chinese civilizatin 59 (intrduce) t the Western cuntries and vice versa. The Silk Rute was cnsidered as a new chapter 60 (recrd) the friendship between the Eurpean and Asian peples.
Thrughut all these years, many great figures have made significant61(cntribute) t the develpment f the Silk Rute. Tday, the Silk Rute has a petic name called One Belt One Rad, aiming t help thse62(cnnect) regins in culture and ecnmy exchange with63 mre advanced rad. The main cities alngside it are becming64(large) and mre imprtant in helping trade and culture exchange. Many cuntries have gained great benefits alng the trading prcess. All in all, the ancient Silk Rad is mre like a histrical textbk fr everyne t read and t knw abut65happened during that ancient time. It has been playing a significant rle in the develpment f the civilizatins f China.
46．
A. bus
B. plane
C. businessman
D. emplyee
47．
A. send
B. fllw
C. guide
D. accmpany
48．
A. tuched
B. relieved
C. abandned
D. lifted
49．
A. tried ut
B. stared at
C. clicked n
D. srted ut
50．
A. annunced
B. stressed
C. suggested
D. prmised
51．
A. jyfully
B. firmly
C. calmly
D. cautiusly
52．
A. abard
B. miss
C. catch
D. desert
53．
A. lst
B. hurt
C. exhausted
D. embarrassed
54．
A. call
B. pat
C. thank
D. greet
55．
A. favrable
B. unfrgettable
C. uneventful
D. awful
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分 15 分）
假如你是李华，最近你校学生会发起了“绿色地球，从我做起”的主题活动，作为学生会成员，请你为该活动写一封倡议书。内容要点如下：
活动目的；
提出建议；
发出呼吁。注意：
写作词数应为 80 左右；
可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
第二节 读后续写（满分 25 分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给的段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
A yung wman was waiting fr her flight at an airprt. She was leaving fr Lndn because she gt a new jb there. It was said that her new bss was a typical English gentleman-plite, mdest, humrus and cnsiderate. She was excited as well as a little nervus abut her new life.
With several lng hurs befre her flight, the wman hunted fr a bk in the airprt shps, bught a packet f ckies and fund a place t sit. She tk ut a bk and started t read. Althugh she was absrbed in her bk, she happened t see that the man sitting beside her, as bld as he culd be, grabbed a ckie r tw frm the bag in between them. Educated t be well-mannered, she tried t ignre it t avid an argument. But t shw that she was the wner, she started t take ckies frm that bag t. Unfrtunately, the man didn’t get that hint, since he didn’t stp grabbing the ckies.
“Hw annying!” she thught. As the greedy ckie thief kept eating, the wman munched(用力
咀嚼) sme ckies and watched the clck.
She was getting angrier as the minutes went by, thinking, “If I weren’t s nice, I wuld blacken his eyes.” With each ckie she tk, he tk ne, t; when nly ne was left, she wndered what he wuld d.
With a smile n his face, and a nervus laugh, he tk the last ckie and brke it in half. He ffered her a half, and ate the ther. She grabbed it frm him, glared at him and thught, “Oh, brther. This guy has sme nerve and he is s rude! Why didn’t he even shw any gratefulness?”
She had never knwn when she had been s angry, and sighed in relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belngings and headed t the gate quickly, refusing t lk back at the rude thief. She barded the plane, sank in her seat, and lked fr her bk, which was almst cmplete.
注意：
续写词数应为 150 左右；
请按如下格式在相应位置作答。Paragraph 1:
As she reached in her baggage, she gasped (喘气) with surprise.
Paragraph 2:
Surprisingly, she fund the man sitting just behind her.
西南大学附中 2022—2023 学年度下期期末考试
高二英语试题参考答案
听力：
1－5 BCAAC 6－10 BCBAB 11－15 CBBCA 16－20 CAABC
阅读理解：
21－25 CCBBA 26－30 DABCA 31－35 DDABD
七选五：
36－40 FABEG
完型填空：
41－45 BCDCD 46－50 ABCBA 51－55 DBACD
语篇填空：
56．its 57．sught 58．as 59．was intrduced 60．recrding
61．cntributins 62．cnnected 63．a 64．larger 65．what
作文一：
Dear students,
Recently we’ve launched an activity themed n Ging Green Starts with us, thus raising envirnmental awareness. Here highlight tw simple ways we students can save the earth.
T begin with, using sustainable prducts, like glass cntainers instead f single-use plastics, and incrprating them int daily life can g a lng way t making a difference. It’s als suggested that yu reduce energy wastage by turning ff lights when leaving, as mst f the electricity has a cnnectin t fssil fuels whse use leads t envirnmental damage.
Dn’t hesitate t jin us and keep lking fr new innvative ways t prtect ur envirnment!
Li Hua
作文二：
Paragraph 1：
As she reached in her baggage, she gasped(喘气)with surprise. She tk it ut carefully and was surprised t see her wn packet(包) f ckies. At that mment the wman was s ashamed that she cvered her face with her wide-pen muth, and fr an instant she blushed(脸红). The plane seemed t stp there rted t the spt(一动不动). “Why had I ridiculusly cnsidered him a ckie thief? I we him a sincere aplgy,” she thught. Just as she was blank in her head(大脑一片空白), suddenly, a sft and clear vice, “Excuse me, Lady,” wke her up t the real wrld. Instinctively she glanced back（回头看） t see wh he was.
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Surprisingly, she fund the man sitting right behind her. It was the man wh, she thught, was rude and ate her ckies, smiling at her. She lwered a bit f her bdy(放低身体) shamefully, hesitated fr a mment and intrduced herself nervusly. After further cmmunicatin, she was surprised t find that the gentleman was her new bss in Lndn. She was struck dead with embarrassment(尴尬的要死) with her heart beating painfully fast and banging against her ribs(她的心剧烈地跳动着，敲击着肋骨). All the air seemed t be frzen(空气仿佛凝固了), and she felt as if the whle wrld were watching her. Seeing her embarrassment and nervusness, the cnsiderate bss patiently calmed her dwn and asked her t discuss her new jb in advance(预先). “What a cincidence(巧合)! What an unfrgivable mistake!” she thught.
西南大学附中2022—2023学年度下期期末考试
高二英语试题听力原文
Text 1
W: Have yu nticed that peple here in Mexic stand very clse tgether?
M: Yes. It’s the same in Peru t.
W: It’s the ppsite in Britain. I was a little uncmfrtable here at first. But after a few days, I’m getting used t it.
Text 2
W: Are yu ging t Brian’s birthday party tnight?
M: Oh my gsh, it ttally slipped my mind! I didn’t even reply t his invitatin. I’ve gt ftball practice tnight.
W: That’s t bad. I’ll let him knw yu’re nt able t make it.
Text 3
M: Hw are yu and yur rmmate getting alng?
W: Pretty well. She usually cmes hme late, but she’s always careful nt t make any nise in case I’m sleeping. She’s very thughtful.
M: That’s nice.
W: Yeah. She’s a real change frm my ld rmmate, wh nly cared abut herself.
Text 4
M: This twn is a healthy place t live in. There are many trees, and the air quality is gd. I guess that’s because there isn’t a lt f industry.
W: Yeah. But n industry means n jbs. It is difficult t find wrk arund here. The city shuld bring mre businesses here.
Text 5
M: What an awful mnth we are having!
W: It’s pretty bad, isn’t it? S ht and wet. It’s hard t sleep at night in ur drmitry.
M: It’s nt usually this ht in the fall. Well, I think I’m ging t get sme mre ice cream in the stre.
Text 6
W: Hw are yu ging t get hme later, Harry?
M: Oh, I can just take a bus r a taxi. There are usually plenty f taxis in frnt f this restaurant at night.
W: Yes, but nt n a Sunday night. Yu might wait fr a lng time. Why dn’t yu ask Kevin t drive yu hme? He’s having dinner with us and he lives near yu.
M: That’s right. I’ll ask him when he’s back frm the bathrm.
Text 7
M: Hell, I’m a manager frm Sunrise Supermarket headquarters t cnduct a survey abut custmer satisfactin. I was wndering if yu culd tell me a little abut yur experience in shpping here.
W: Sure, I shp here all the time. It’s becme a really gd place t shp since the wner decided t mve here last year.
M: I see, did yu shp at Sunrise Supermarket when it was lcated n Brightn Avenue?
W: I went there a few times but the stre was s small. I didn’t have a wide selectin like we have here.
Text 8
W: Thanks fr letting me brrw the tent, Sam.
M: N prblem, Tara. I was wrried it’d be t small.
W: It was a little tight but we managed. We’ll have t get a big ne fr next time. Anyway, it was a great camping trip!
M: Are yu ging again sn?
W: N, we’re practicing ur rck climbing fr a little while t get int shape.
M: It’s great fr building strength! Me and Shelly d it at the climbing center just ut f twn. It’s fun slving the puzzle f hw t get up, and exciting t!
W: True that! My gym has a practice wall but we’d like t d it in the wild ne day!
M: I have a guide I can recmmend. He’ll take yu t the best climbing spt and it has all the equipment t!
W: Great! D yu want t practice tgether?
M: Sure, I’m ging with Shelly at 6 pm tnight.
W: Excellent. I’ll meet yu at the center then!
Text 9
W: Jhn, I want t start an nline stre fr hmemade items. I want t sell handmade candles, sap, and ther husehld things.
M: Great idea! It sunds like it can be unique.
W: I’ve been researching and I fund ut that this market area is nt verly cmpetitive and there’s huge demand.
M: S, what’s yur next step?
W: I want t start by reaching ut t lcal artists and see if they’re interested in partnering with me and I’d ffer a platfrm fr them t sell their prducts.
M: Gd idea! It’d be a win-win fr bth f yu. What abut deliveries?
W: I’ve been thinking abut that. I want t ffer free delivery fr rders ver a certain amunt, and fr smaller rders, I’ll charge a small fee.
M: And hw abut packaging?
W: I want t make sure the prducts are packaged well. I’m investing in packaging materials that are recyclable.
M: That sunds great. I’m sure it will be successful. Let me knw if there’s anything I can d t help.
W: Thanks, Jhn. I really appreciate it.
Text 10
M: Well, gd mrning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcme t the Crwne Plaza business center at Cgee Beach. I’m David Bwers, yur hst fr the next tw days, and I just want t give yu sme practical infrmatin. OK. Cffee, tea, and cld drinks are served all day in the cafe which is just inside the main entrance t the htel. Lunch is served between 12:00 and 2:30 in the private dining rm. This evening yu are invited t jin the management fr drinks by the swimming pl. The General Manager usually makes a shrt welcme speech. I’d like t aplgize fr the temperature. I’m afraid it’s a little warmer than usual in here because the air cnditining in the business center is being repaired. Hwever, the wrk will be cmpleted befre lunchtime. Right. There are sme changes t the cnference prgram. Unfrtunately, ne f the main speakers has canceled her talk and s a cuple f the sessins have been canceled r rescheduled. The updated prgram is being printed at the mment. OK nw, befre we g fr breakfast, are there any questins?