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第 = 1 \* ROMAN \* MERGEFORMAT I卷 选择题（100分）
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
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。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．Hw ld is the wman nw?
A．20 years ld.B．45 years ld.C．65 years ld.
2．Hw did the man feel after watching the vide?
A．Excited.B．Mved.C．Surprised.
3．What is the wrst part f Je’s stry?
A．The grammar.B．The handwriting.C．The spelling.
4．What des the man ask the wman t d?
A．D her hmewrk. B．G t the mall with him. C．Buy him sme milk.
5．Wh is the wman prbably talking t?
A．Her classmate.B．Her sn.C．A dctr.
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段对话，回答以下6-7小题。
6．Why did Lisa sleep badly last night?
A．She stayed up late.B．She drank t much cffee.C．She suffered frm pressure.
7．What des the man advise the wman t d befre bedtime?
A．Take sme pills.B．D sme exercise.C．Drink ht milk.
听第7段对话，回答以下8-9小题。
8．Which f the fllwing is Linda’s jb?
A．Wrapping fruit.B．Cleaning huses.C．Pulling weeds.
9．Hw des the wman find her part-time jb?
A．Bring.B．MeaningfulC．Enviable.
听第8段对话，回答以下10-12小题。
10．What’s the relatinship between smking and drinking?
A．Dependent.B．Unrelated.C．Cntradictry.
11．What d we knw abut nictine?
A．It helps quit drinking. B．It makes peple sleepy. C．It weakens the effect f alchl.
12．What is mentined at last?
A．The methd f the research. B．The subjects f the research. C．The significance f the research.
听第9段对话，回答以下13-16小题。
13．What des the cmpetitin try t find this year?
A．The best dancer.B．The best actr.C．The best singer.
14．Hw shuld peple enter the cmpetitin?
A．By fax.B．By phne.C．Thrugh the Internet.
15．When des the sprts hall clse this week?
A．At 10:30 pm.B．At 9:00 pm.C．At 8:00 pm.
16．What d we knw abut the new swimming pl?
A．It is bigger than the ld ne. B．It will be free fr the first week.
C．It will be pen earlier than planned.
听下面一段独白，回答以下17-20小题。
17．What did Susan want t d after supper?
A．Get her car with her friends. B．Wait till the rain stpped. C．Walk t her car alne.
18．What was Susan like?
A．She was brave but careless. B．She was rude and self-centered.
C．She was independent and cnfident.
19．Wh did Susan meet at the crssrads?
A．Her husband.B．A taxi driver.C．A strange passenger.
20．What is the text mainly abut?
A．An unfrgettable experience. B．Sme reliable friends. C．An exciting party
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
1. Scenic landscapes n stamps: A nine-day tur in the cities f Xuzhu,Suqian and Huai'an in nrthern Jiangsu prvince.
This rute is assciated with lcal culture, characteristics, and creativity. It ffers a taste f the famus canal cities.
2.Life n the Grand Canal: A seven-day Jiangsu tur thrugh the cities f Nanjing, Suqian, Huai'an,Yangzhu and Suzhu.
This rute presents the mst authentic, ecnmic, cultural and entertainment-fcused activities alng the canal frm bth ancient and mdern times.I allws visitrs t ride in bats and bserve lcal fishermen fishing.
3.Fd,culture,leisure and health;Seven-day experience f lcal life in Zhenjiang Changzhu,Wuxi and Suzhu
T increase turists’ interest in the traditinal culture and crafts f Jiangsu, the rute will include pttery,embridery(刺绣), paper-cutting, cking and ther hands-n experiences. It includes scenic spts alng the Beijing-Hangzhu Gran Canal, ancient water twns, histrical streets and ancient fishing villages.Visitrs can jin in the recreatinal farmhuse experience and pick up bth fruits and vegetables
4．A walk int histry: Six-day tur in Xuzhu, Suqian,Huai’an,Yangzhu, Zhenjiang, Changzhu and Wuxi
The Beiing-Hangzhu Grand Canal runs thrugh the entire prvince and has been a part f Jiangsu's culture fr thusands f years. Inspired by the canal, the rute includes histrical cities Xuzhu, Suqian, Huai'an,Yangzhu alng with Zheniang Changzhu and Wuxi.
21．Which f the fllwing d the fur travel rutes share?
A．A time duratin f less than a week. B．Ancient twns in suthern Jiangsu.
C．The Grand Canal. D．The city f Suqian.
22．Which rute is the best fr an in-depth turist wh wants t cver fewer cities with mre time?
A．Rute 1B．Rute 2C．Rute 3D．Rute 4.
23．What can yu enjy in the rute nly cvering Suzhu, Wuxi, Changzhu and Zhenjiang?
A．Rwing a bat.B．Trying n paper-cutting.
C．Grwing vegetables.D．Fishing with lcal villagers.
B
Recently, I had lunch with a yung Chinese student wh studies at a cllege in New Yrk. He is very bright and ambitius and I enjyed ur cnversatin. Still, I felt upset and useless afterwards because I was nt able t prvide him with any gd news. Graduating at the end f this year, he asked me hw he culd find a jb in this cuntry and fulfill his career dreams.
In recent years, students wh fund a jb here after graduatin have had t g thrugh a cruel lttery system t btain their H-1B wrking visa. And the success rates have been declining year after year because f the ever grwing number f applicants. Last year, there were 233,000 applicants and nly 30 percent f them were lucky, abut half f the rate in 2013.
And it can nly becme wrse. US frmer President Dnald Trump’s immigratin plicies in this cuntry have been tightening up and this trend will cntinue fr at least the next few years. In this case, freign students studying scial sciences, a field in which starting salaries are rarely abve the required amunt, can kiss their visa hpes gdbye.
Cmpared t the lder generatin f Chinese students, tday’s yung peple n lnger cnsider the US as the nly ptin. Many start t think China ffers better pprtunities in the lnger term.
This is nt t say that Chinese students in the US are nt interested in jb pprtunities here any mre. A few years f wrk experience in the US can give them advantages when they finally land back in their hme cuntry. But if the jb pprtunities are largely reduced by the tightening f immigratin plicy, I expect there will be a decline. And if that happens, it is the American ecnmy that will suffer frm the lss f thse educated, hard-wrking and talented immigrants.
24．The authr felt useless because ___.
A．he culdn’t find a jb in the fierce jb market.
B．he was less bright and ambitius than the Chinese yung student.
C．he culdn’t win the cruel lttery.
D．he had t make the Chinese student realize it was difficult t find wrk there.
25．Which is nt the reasn why freign students have difficulty finding jbs in the US?
A．It is increasingly hard fr them t get their H-1B wrking visa.
B．The number f applicants in the jb market is ever grwing.
C．Dnald Trump’s immigratin plicies have been tightening up.
D．The starting salaries they require are higher than expected.
26．Suppsing there were 250, 000 applicants in 2013, hw many f them gt their H-1B wrking visa?
A．125, 000. B．75, 000. C．150. 000. D．200, 000.
27．What’s the writer’s attitude twards the tightening f immigratin plicy in the US?
A．Indifferent. B．Cncerned. C．Favrable. D．Objective.
C
Beautiful cral reefs (珊瑚礁) in Thai seas have been gradually wrsening due t glbal warming that causes cral bleaching, in additin t certain human activities withut prper cntrl and envirnmental cnsciusness. Recently, researchers frm Thai university Chulalngkm have created 3D-printed cral reefs mdeled n the nature f real crals called Innvareef t accelerate the recvery f the cral reef ecsystem.
Innvareef crals are cated with calcium and phsphate nutrients (钙磷营养物) that crals need t thrive and cnsist f flat surfaces. The reefs’ hles serve as habitats and hiding places fr many sea animals. Artificial reefs als make use f hydrdynamics technlgy t enhance their resistance t tidal frces and ensure that they stay in place. Finally, the PH (level f acidity) f the selected type f cement used fr the reefs is clse t that f seawater, and the design cncept is that f Leg, easily assembled (组装) and disassembled blcks that are easy t transprt and fix.
“The Innvareef is nt t large. It’s light-weighted and can be carried by anyne thus saving transprtatin csts. Yu can simply put it at any desired lcatin in the sea and then dive dwn t put all the units tgether t cmplete the Innvareef. Nt even five minutes afterward, fish and several cean creatures start t cme in t survey and make it their new habitat, leading t bidiversity arund the Innvareef. Mre imprtantly, the research data indicates that the settlement and grwth rates f planula n the Innvareef are better than thse n ther artificial reefs,”said Assciate Prfessr Dr. Nantarika Chansue at Chulalngkrn University.
Innvareef is the hpe fr the effective recvery f natural cral reefs. Nw the team is fcused n adding mre details s that the new structures lk mre like natural reefs. Fr the future generatins f Innvareef, the team will develp a mre specific design fr each sea species in the area.
28．What functin is expected f the Innvareef?
A．T extend the life f crals. B．T mnitr the grwth f crals.
C．T help restre natural cral reefs. D．T prtect cral reefs frm human destructin.
29．What d we knw abut the Innvareef frm paragraph 2?
A．It is highly resistant t heat. B．It has lw manufacturing csts.
C．It prvides rich nutrients fr fish. D．It is prtable and easy t assemble.
30．What are Dr. Nantarika Chansue’s wrds mainly abut?
A．The advantages f the Innvareef. B．The inspiratin fr the Innvareef.
C．The methds f imprving cean habitats. D．The imprtance f prtecting bidiversity.
31．What will researchers prbably d in the future?
A．Apply the Innvareef n a large scale. B．Carry ut mre tests n the Innvareef.
C．Make a specific design f the Innvareef. D．Cnduct further research n natural cral reefs
D
Mst new runners assume that the best way t imprve is simply t run greater and greater distances. While it’s true that ging farther and faster will imprve yur running skills, mst caches and trainers will advise sme level f strength training as well. Fcusing n yur cre is a cmmn suggestin. A recent study seems t back this up. In the Jurnal f Bimechanics, researchers investigated a symptm that has lng cnfused runners frm beginners t experienced nes. A gd number f runners, 14 percent t be exact, experience gradual lwer back pain. The results f the new study seem t suggest that weak deep cre muscles might be t blame. When these muscles aren’t strng enugh, the study fund, muscles n ther areas f the bdy kick in t keep the runner up-right, eventually leading t back pain.
T understand the rle that these muscles play, the researchers had eight vlunteers with minimal running experience run alng an indr track. High-speed cameras and 3D mtin detectrs analyzed which muscles mved, and hw much. Once they created a wrking cmputer mdel fr each runner, the scientists imitated what wuld happen if certain deep muscles were weaker, r shut ff cmpletely. As it turns ut, when a persn can’t use their deep cre muscles very well, their bdies still want (and need) t maintain a gd running frm, and uses surface muscles t d s.
What’s wrng with that? A muscle is a muscle, right? Nt exactly. While the surface muscles are ften targeted in wrkuts - they give yu a six-pack (六块腹肌), after all - they are pretty useless when it cmes t supprting yur spine (脊柱). The deeper cre muscles, which essentially lie beneath and can’t be seen frm the utside, d all the heavy spinal lifting.
It’s imprtant t nte that even when yu’ve made these muscles super strng, yu wn’t likely ntice visible results. But they will prbably help yu run better and definitely help prevent ptential back pain. Perhaps thrwing a nice lng plank (平板支撑) may wrk.
32．Why d mst new runners want t run farther and faster?
A．Because they think it can imprve running skills.
B．Because sme caches and trainers advise them t d s.
C．Because a recent study prves it t be helpful.
D．Because it’s a kind f useful strength training.
33．What des the new study shw us when peple d the running?
A．14 percent f the runners have weak muscles.
B．The muscles n ther areas lead t back pain.
C．Strng deep cre muscles can prevent back pain.
D．The beginning runners usually have weak cre muscles.
34．What happens when peple d the running?
A．A wrking cmputer mdel can be created.
B．Certain deep muscles becme weaker.
C．They use bth deep and surface muscles.
D．Deep cre muscles prbably functin first.
35．What can we infer frm the text?
A．Ding a lng plank can benefit the runners.
B．The spine is supprted by the deep muscles.
C．Training the six-pack is useless.
D．Super strng muscles can’t be seen.
第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。
When talking t peple abut climate change, yu might always get asked the questin: What can yu d t help as a cnsumer? Here are sme specific steps yu can take:
Sign up fr a green pricing prgram with yur electric utility. Sme utility cmpanies allw hmes and businesses t pay extra fr pwer frm clean surces. When yu participate in these prgrams, yu’re telling yur utility cmpany that yu’re willing t pay mre t address climate. 36 Withut that demand signal, the innvatins that gvernments and businesses invest in will stay in the shelf.
37 Depending n hw much mney and time yu can spare, yu can replace yur incandescent light bulbs with LEDs, install a smart thermstat, insulate yur windws, buy efficient appliances, r replace yur heating and cling system with a heat pump.
Buy an electric vehicle (EV). EVs have cme a lng way in terms f cst and perfrmance. Althugh they might nt be right fr everyne, they’re becming mre affrdable fr many cnsumers. 38 Peple buy lts f them, cmpanies will make lts f them.
39 . Veggie burgers haven’t always tasted great. Hwever, the new generatin f plant-based prtein alternatives is better and clser t the taste and texture f meat than their predecessrs. 40 . In additin, eating a meat substitute just nce r twice a week will cut dwn n the e-missins yu’re respnsible fr. The same ges fr dairy prducts.
A．That’s cst-effective.
B．Try a plant-based burger.
C．Reduce yur hme’s emissins.
D．That’s an imprtant market signal.
E．EVs are friendly t envirnment and easy t drive.
F．Yu can find them in many restaurants and grcery stres.
G．This is where cnsumers’ behavir can have a huge impact.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I went t the beach nearby. It was a 41 time watching families cme and g fr a warm weekend here. As I was near the end f the beach, I nticed a 42 playing alne. It seems that she built a little sandcastle with a mat (护河) 43 it and nw was trying t 44 the canal with water.
Unluckily, there was n 45 arund t carry water. She wuld g t the waves, 46 her hands and then return t her little sandcastle. Sadly nt much f the water was 47 it t the mat. But she kept trying, still smiling and 48 . I s wished I culd 49 , but I didn’t have a cntainer with me.
Watching her, and feeling helpless, I had an aha 50 . I realized that I had a bttle f water in my bag. I quickly dug in, tk it ut, and walked ver t 51 it t her.
Cnfused at first, she smiled but shk her head 52 , saying n. I cmfrted her with that it wuld make getting the water much 53 , and that’s what I wuld d. She smiled widely and finally tk it frm my hands after I 54 . Nt wanting her t feel 55 , I walked ff the beach, seeing her running ver t the sea with a big smile, 56 with a bttle in hand.
In my heart, I knw that when she ntices that smene needs 57 in life, maybe, just maybe, she wuld recall this little randm act f kindness by a 58 . And maybe that wuld make her mre 59 t jump in and help 60 a little gentler wrld arund her.
41．A．bitterB．cludyC．lvelyD．busy
42．A．clerkB．girlC．friendD．waiter
43．A．underB．twardsC．behindD．arund
44．A．fillB．cverC．mixD．cmbine
45．A．sandB．plC．radD．cntainer
46．A．cupB．shakeC．graspD．crss
47．A．leadingB．gettingC．makingD．pinting
48．A．surprisedB．hpefulC．meaningfulD．frightened
49．A．keep nB．g arundC．cheer upD．help ut
50．A．mmentB．peridC．decadeD．date
51．A．lendB．handC．hldD．leave
52．A．happilyB．madlyC．shylyD．sadly
53．A．fullerB．betterC．fasterD．earlier
54．A．insistedB．suggestedC．requiredD．pushed
55．A．prudB．uneasyC．disappintedD．inncent
56．A．cnnectedB．relatedC．fixedD．equipped
57．A．assistB．dnatinC．adviceD．chice
58．A．guideB．wrkerC．turistD．stranger
59．A．curiusB．friendlyC．likelyD．bvius
60．A．challengeB．createC．enterD．face
第 = 2 \* ROMAN \* MERGEFORMAT II卷 非选择题（50分）
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Several large wden cnstructins 61 ( date) back t the Nelithic era（新石器时代) were unearthed at the Jijiacheng ruins site, a prehistric cultural site lcated in Changde City, central China's Hunan Prvince.
First discvered in 1978,the site used 62 ( be) a city frm the Qujialing culture perid (3300 BC-2600 BC) - a Nelithic civilizatin, 63 had rts in the middle and upper reaches f the Yangtze River primarily 64 (find) in tday's Hunan and Hubei prvinces.
Researchers 65 (cnduct) three excavatins(挖掘)at the suthwestern part f the city wall since 2020. Mre than 30 husing sites were discvered at the 721 -square-meter area, 66 a number f wden architectural relics unearthed that were built 4,800 years ag. Researchers think they are the mst cmplete and 67 (early) wden structure building fundatin in China. Besides, remains f rice husks (外壳) were als fund at the site, cvering 68 area f 80 square meters.
Researchers believe 69 ( strng) the new findings will enrich the architectural histry f prehistric China. " The 70 ( discver) helps us understand the verall architectural style f the Yangtze River Basin," said Zha Hui, a prfessr at Peking University Schl f Archaelgy and Muselgy.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
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。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(∧)，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。
Whenever we are faced with prblems, cperatin play an imprtant part in getting us ut f truble. There was a time when I was t prud that I verlked my classmates, refusing wrk tgether with them. Therefre, there was n dubt that I was left alne, suffer frm lneliness and failure. Unfrtunately, a teacher impressed n me the value f cperatin. Frm then n, I learned t help thers r turn t my friends fr help whenever I had difficult finishing a task n my wn. Surely cperatin made a great difference. Nw I am getting n well t my friends. My experience has been taught me that nly if we attach great imprtance t cperatin can we g beynd myself.
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
72．假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Steve对中国美食很感兴趣，他想让你推荐一种中国传统美食。请给他回信，内容包括：
1.推荐的美食；2.推荐的理由；3.希望有机会来中国品尝美食。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Steve,
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Yurs,
棠湖中学高2021级高三上期第二月考试
英语试题参考答案：
一．听力部分
1.B 2．B 3．B 4．C 5．C 6．C 7．B 8．A 9．B 10．A 11．C 12．C13．C
14．B 15．A 16．B 17．C 18．C 19．C 20．A
二．阅读理解
21．C 22．A 23．B 24．D 25．D 26．C 27．B 28．C 29．D 30．A 31．C
32．A 33．C 34．D 35．A 36．D 37．C 38．G 39．B 40．F
三．完形填空
41．C 42．B 43．D 44．A 45．D 46．A 47．C 48．B 49．D 50．A 51．B
52．C 53．C 54．A 55．B 56．D 57．A 58．D 59．C 60．B
四．语法填空
61．dating 62．t be 63．which 64．fund 65．have cnducted 66．with
67．earliest 68．an 69．strngly 70．discvery
五．短文改错
1.play→plays 2.t→s 3.refusing后加t 4.suffer→suffering 5.Unfrtunately→Frtunately
6. r→and 7.difficult→difficulty 8.t→with 9.去掉been 10.myself→urselves
六．书面表达
72．Dear Steve,
Knwing that yu’re interested in Chinese fd, I'd like t recmmend yu dumplings.
The factrs fr my recmmendatin are as fllws. Cnsidered as a Chinese cultural symbl, dumplings are a kind f traditinal fd lved by peple almst everywhere China. Dumplings are easy t make and they are delicius. What usually ges inside dumplings is cabbage and prk r smething else. Mst imprtantly hmemade dumplings are ften assciated with hmesickness, as flavrs and fillings vary frm family t family.
I hpe yu can cme t China t taste Chinese fd sme day.
Yurs,
Li Hua
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M: That means yu have twenty years t g and then yu can quit yur jb.
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W: Yu mean the ne yu shared yesterday? Yes. I was even tuched t tears.
M: T tell yu the truth, s was I.
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W: Yur stry is fantastic, Je, but the spelling is bad. Wrst f all, yur handwriting is nthing if nt awful. Please rewrite it. This time cncentrate n yur expressins, please.
M: Srry, Miss Green. I will imprve my wrk. Did I make any grammar mistakes?
W: Only a few.
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W: Bb, I’m ging t the mall. Wuld yu like t g with me?
M: Srry, I have t much hmewrk t d. There is n milk in the fridge. I must have ne cup f it every day. Culd yu buy sme fr me?
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W: My little by fell dwn the stairs while he was playing with his classmates.
M: I’m srry t hear that. Let me examine him right nw... Luckily, he didn’t break any bnes.
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M: Lisa, there are dark circles under yur eyes. Did yu stay up late last night?
W: N, I just lst sleep. I have t give a presentatin next week s I thught abut t much abut wrk.
M: Yu were just stressed ut. Take care f yur health t avid prblems.
W: Yu are right. I think I need t see a dctr and take sme sleeping pills.
M: There is n need t d s fr the time being. Yu can d yga befre ging t bed r g fr a walk after supper. And remember nt t drink sme strng tea r cffee befre bedtime.
W: I’ll have a try. Thanks a lt.
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M: Oh, Linda. What are yu up t these days? It seems ages since we met in ur university canteen.
W: Well, I wrk part time at a supermarket.
M: What d yu d there?
W: I usually wrk in the prduce sectin in the early mrning, wrapping fresh fruit and vegetables. Smetimes it really gets busy. Have yu gt a jb, Phil?
M: Yeah, I d garden wrk n weekends. Watering, cleaning leaves, pulling weeds, and things like that.
W: It must be nice t wrk utdrs.
M: Smetimes it is, except when it rains r snws.
W: Every jb has its shrtcmings. There are times when I get pretty tired. But a jb is a jb, and n the whle it ensures a great sense f achievement. And I hpe t cver my cllege fees as much as pssible.
M: Me t. Well, I’d better get ging. My friend is waiting there.
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Many peple wh drink alchl als like t smke cigarettes. Drinking and smking seem t be clsely linked. But this may be mre than just a mixing f tw fairly cmmn activities. New research has lked mre clsely at the relatinship between cigarettes and alchl. And the relatinship is ne f equal dependence. Smking and drinking seem t feed n each ther. Mahesh Thakkar, head f the research explains that when a persn drinks alchl they get sleepy. He says the drug, nictine, in cigarettes fights that sleepy feeling. Thakkar’s earlier research shws that mre than 85 percent f alchl-dependent American adults als depend n nictine. Hwever, the new study shws a dependent relatinship between alchl and nictine. The Wrld Health Organizatin says 7 millin peple die every year frm alchl and nictine use. Mahesh Thakkar and his team identified why alchl use and smking are ften linked. He says this knwledge may help peple break their addictins t alchl and nictine.
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M: Welcme. Jenny and I have gt lts t tell yu.
W: That’s right. This week Westfield Radi runs its annual cmpetitin. Last year it was t find the best dancer, and next year it will be the turn f lcal actrs t enter. But this year we’re lking fr the best singer in ur city.
M: And what are the rules?
W: Nt many. Yu need t phne yur entry. We dn’t accept entries thrugh the Internet r by fax.
M: Right. Well, it’s schl hlidays this week, s what’s n ffer?
W: The sprts hall will pen an hur earlier than usual at 8:00 am and shut later at 10:30 pm instead f nine. The indr ftball grund is always ppular and has t be bked in advance.
M: But what abut the swimming pl?
W: Nt quite such gd news, I’m afraid. It will be pen abut a week later than planned, but gd news nw—there will be n charge fr swimmers fr the first week. It’s the same size as the ld ne, but it is much better equipped.
M: That’s great.
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Welcme t ur Vide Prgramme! Is there anybdy wh impressed yu a lt? And is there anyne wh yu want t say thanks t? Tday, we’re ging t share a stry which happened t Susan last week.
One day, Susan and her friends had just finished their supper at a party when it began t rain heavily. As it became lighter, Susan decided t get her car by herself and g hme then. Her car was parked tw blcks away. But her friends recmmended that she shuld nt g alne, fr she was having a baby in five mnths. One f her friends wanted t g with her, but she refused plitely, because her friend needed t take care f her baby t. Then Susan walked away very carefully. When she arrived at the first crssrads, a taxi stpped and a passenger came ut with an umbrella. Befre Susan knew what was happening, he walked right beside her and tld her that he wuld accmpany her t where she wuld g. Susan refused plitely, but the man insisted. During the walk, the stranger kept telling her t walk slwly.
When they finally gt t the car park, Susan thanked him, and the man went away withut leaving his name r address. What a tuching experience! S, there is smene wh is willing t help thse in need. Best wishes t all f them!