福建省厦门市湖滨中学2023-2024学年高三上学期期中英语试题（Word版附答案）

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本试卷分五部分，共8页。满分150分，时间120分钟，试卷附有答题卡。
注意事项：
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第一部分 听力理解（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，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. Hw much des the keybard cst nw?
A. $40. B. $ 50. C. $ 20.
2. What are the speakers ding?
A. Making dinner. B. Ordering sme fd. C. Shpping fr a party.
3. What des the wman decide t d?
A. G climbing. B. Buy camping equipment. C. Stay at hme.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A. What t eat tday. B. Hw t pst a ntice nline. C. Where t find the menu.
5. What kind f mvies des the wman like best?
A. Musicals. B. Actin mvies. C. Dcumentaries.
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。
6. Where d the speakers plan t g?
A. The wman’s hme. B. A museum. C. A library.
7. Why des the wman want t g n Saturday afternn?
A. T enjy the nice weather. B. T sleep late in the mrning. C. T avid the crwd.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What des the man think f the vide?
A. Amazing. B. Traditinal. C. Bring.
9. What makes the dancing special accrding t the wman?
A. The music. B. The cstumes. C. The rutines.
听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。
10. What’s the main purpse f Eric and his father taking the cycle trip?
A. T raise mney fr charity. B. T spend time tgether. C. T break their usual rutine.
11. What made a day happier during the trip?
A. Riding fr a lng distance.
B. Chatting with the lcal peple.
C. Enjying the sunshine n the face.
12. What is Eric nw?
A. He's a student. B. He's a hst. C. He's a cach.
13. What des Eric want t d?
A. Take anther lng ride. B. G cycling n weekends. C. Participate in cmpetitins.
听第9段材料, 回答第14至17题。
14. Where is the wman prbably?
A. In a taxi. B. On a bus. C. On a plane.
15. When will the speakers' flight leave?
A. In 15 minutes. B. In 20 minutes. C. In 30 minutes.
16. Wh are the speakers ging t visit?
A. Their frmer classmates. B. The man's parents. C. The wman's parents.
17. Hw is the man feeling?
A. Relaxed. B. Nervus. C. Excited.
听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。
18. Hw many readers des this magazine have arund the wrld?
A. Abut 20 millin. B. Abut 25 millin. C. Abut 45 millin.
19. When was the first Time magazine issued?
A. In 1923. B. In 1962. C. In 2003.
20. What is the mst ntably special issue f Time magazine abut?
A. The 100 best nvels. B. The 100 best TV shws. C. The 100 mst influential peple.
第二部分 阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Hng Kng and Macau are hme t several well-knwn universities that ffer diverse curses and prgrams t students. Here are sme f the universities and their key infrmatin.
The University f Hng Kng（HKU）
This university is ne f the ldest and mst prestigius in Asia, ffering undergraduate, graduate, and research prgrams in varius fields. Ppular majrs include business, engineering, law, and medicine. Admissin requirements vary depending n the prgram, but all applicants must have a high schl diplma r equivalent and be fluent in English. HKU ffers schlarships and financial assistance t bth lcal and internatinal students.
The Hng Kng University f Science and Technlgy（HKUST）
This university is famus fr its prgrams in science, engineering, and business. It als ffers prgrams in scial sciences and humanities. Admissin requirements include high academic achievement and language prficiency（English）. HKUST prvides a range f schlarships and financial aid packages t deserving students.
The Chinese University f Hng Kng（CUHK）
This university ffers a wide range f undergraduate and pstgraduate prgrams in areas such as business, science, scial sciences, and humanities. Admissin requirements include academic perfrmance, language prficiency (English and Chinese), and persnal qualities. CUHK prvides schlarships fr students frm different backgrunds and regins.
The University f Macau（UM）
This university is the nly public cmprehensive university in Macau, ffering prgrams in business, science, scial sciences, humanities, and educatin. Admissin requirements vary depending n the prgram, but all applicants must be fluent in English r Prtuguese（葡萄牙语）. UM ffers schlarships nly fr lcal students and des nt prvide accmmdatin fr any students.
21. What majrs are liked and chsen mre at the University f Hng Kng?
A. Science, engineering, and business.
B. AI technlgy and English.
C. Business, engineering, law, and medicine.
D. Business, science, scial sciences, and humanities.
22. Which f the fllwing statements abut the University f Macau is CORRECT?
A. UM des nt prvide financial aid t internatinal students.
B. UM is ne f the best public universities in Macau.
C. UM has the best business prgram in Macau.
D. UM des nt admit internatinal students.
23. What d the fur universities mentined in the passage have in cmmn?
A. They all have high tuitin fees.
B. They all ffer great schlarships.
C. They all have high-quality drmitries.
D. They all have language requirements.
B
Terasa Hill did nt intend t d smething unplanned. It began when Terasa was bserving a hrse auctin (拍卖). A chestnut: racehrse was fr sale? “She was the mst beautiful thing I’d ever seen, thugh it had an injured leg,”said Terasa.
When the bidding started, Terasa surprised herself by stepping in. Finally, Terasa became the new wner f Sierra, and Sierra, limping(跛) and hurt with pain frm a brken knee, became a labur f lve fr Terasa. After three lng mnths f nursing her under the guidance f a lcal animal dctr, the leg recvered.
It wasn’t nly Sierra’s leg that needed t recver; Sierra needed t relearn hw t trust peple. Terasa thught the best way t win Sierra’s trust and fndness was t feed her treats. Terasa kept prviding Sierra with many treats, but nne passed the sniff (嗅) test. Desperate, Terasa experimented by making her wn mixture f mlasses and grains, which she baked in her wn kitchen. The ckies were a hit with Sierra and ther hrses, sending Terasa’s life in a new directin.
Her treats, called “Barnies”, were sld t a lcal stre and like htcakes, within mnths lcal businessmen began demanding fr mre. Terasa’s kitchen was n lnger big enugh fr the increased demand, mving her peratin t an Oshawa cmpany.
Then a serius health prblem threatened t ruin her plans. Terasa called upn the same reslutin that had helped her save Sierra t help her vercme her wn illness. Family and friends came t her rescue and kept Barnies Ltd. ging. Almst a year later, healthy and mre reslute than ever, Terasa fund a natinal distributr and Bainies began selling in 144 stres acrss Canada.
And what abut Sierra, the inspiratin fr all this success and change? The hrse has fully recvered and has becme a wnderful riding hrse.
24. Why did Terasa create her wn ckies?
A. T shw superb cking skills. B. T prvide a special diet fr Sierra.
C. T find a way t bnd with the hrse. D. T lay the fundatin fr her business.
25. Which best describes Terasa accrding t paragraph 3?
A. Inflexible. B. Pessimistic. C. Cnfident. D. Determined.
26. Why is the last paragraph an effective cnclusin?
A. It raises a valuable questin.
B. It prvides surprising infrmatin.
C. It returns t the tpic f the pening paragraph.
D. It cntinues the fcus f the paragraph befre it.
27. What is the text mainly abut?
A. A remarkable encunter. B. A famus fd cmpany.
C. A rescue f a weak hrse. D. A care er frm previus devtin.
C
The sund f leaves underft is usually assciated with autumn. But this year, it was the sundtrack t summer walks acrss Eurpe, as maximum temperature recrds fell and the cntinent suffered its wrst drught in 500 years.
The drught had been building fr mnths after a dry winter and spring, but it was wrse by a series f fierce heatwaves ver the summer, says Sim n Parry at the UK Centre fr Eclgy &Hydrlgy. In France, nuclear pwer plants were frced t reduce their utput as lw river flws meant there wasn't enugh water t cl their reactrs. Water levels n the Rhine river drpped s far that ships laded with gds in Germany and the Netherlands, including cal and petrl, were unable t travel. Besides, farmers saw crps wither(枯萎). Harvests f sya-beans and sunflwer seeds were predicted t fall by between12 and 16 percent.
This was a crisis caused in large part by climate change, says Richard Allan, wh is als at the University f Reading. “Warming due t human-caused climate change made this event much mre extreme,” he says. Studies suggest that the drught was made at least 20 times mre likely by glbal warming.
Hwever, that missing rainfall ends up smewhere, says Peter Gleick at the Pacific Institute in Califrnia. This year’s disastrus flds in cuntries including Australia and Pakistan are the “flip side” f the drughts, he says. “The drughts and the extreme flds that we are seeing are tied tgether, and are part and parcel f the brader challenge f climate change,” says Gleick.
In the wake f a drught, it is critical that nature gets time t recver. But fr Eurpe, this was the secnd severe drught in fur years. “My grass has already recvered frm this summer... but if I had a tree that survived it, that wuld take 10 years r mre t get back t a nrmal state,” says Nik Wanders at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
28.What is the authr’s purpse in mentining the sund?
A. T shw the seasnal cycle. B. T describe the beauty f autumn.
C. T emphasize the dry weather. D. T clarify trees’ survival mde.
29. What is paragraph 2 f the text mainly abut?
A. The reductin f river water. B. The duratin(持续）f the drught.
C. The causes f varius lsses. D. The cnsequences f the disaster.
30. Which is prbably the best way t tackle climate change accrding t the text?
A. Expanding climate mnitring.B. Imprving human behavir.
C. Prmting natural restratin. D. Balancing water distributin.
31. What is the authr’s attitude tward the climate change trend in Eurpe?
A. Cnservative. B. Unclear. C. Cncerned. D. Hpeful.
D
Mst f us wuld like t be mre creative, but we assume there is little we can d abut it. Psychlgy prfessr K. Anders Ericssn claims that with enugh practice, any f us can becme experts. Hwever, he is quick t add that this requires a specific kind f practice that Ericssn calls ‘deliberate practice’: that is, pushing beynd ne’s cmfrt zne and setting gals that are abve ne’s current level f perfrmance. He says he has yet t find the limits n being successful and he desn’t believe them t be real.
Ericssn has lked primarily at artistic and athletic skills, but can these findings apply t creativity? Mst experts agree that even if mst peple cannt hpe t becme creative geniuses, they can learn t becme mre creative thrugh practice. Psychlgists claim that there are actually tw levels f creativity, which they refer t as‘Big C’ and ‘small c’. Big C creativity applies t breakthrugh ideas, nes that may change the curse f a field r even histry. Small c creativity refers t everyday creative prblem slving, like creating a new recipe r imprving a prcess, which psychlgists subdivide further int similar and different thinking. Similar thinking invlves examining all the facts and arriving at a single slutin. In cntrast, different thinking invlves cming up with many pssible slutins. What mst peple think f as creativity generally invlves different thinking and can be taught, practised and learnt.
Even with practice, different thinking alne cannt make ne creative, hwever. Sctt Barry Kaufman, a cgnitive psychlgist, says that mst creative peple share ne persnality quality: penness t new experience. Since this quality and these prcesses have been identified, less creative peple can try t emulate them. Nrmally, we tend t reprduce what we already knw because creative ideas mve us int unfamiliar territry invlving risks and fllwing the usual behavirs is cmfrtable.
Mving utside f ur cmfrt zne, engaging indeliberate practice and tlerating cntradictry ideas, risk and failure are all things we can learn t d better. It is unlikely that ding s will transfrm any f us int creative geniuses, but it des have the ptential t increase ur level f creativity.
32. Why des Ericssn think he can’t find the limits?
A. N restrictins exist. B. Practice makes perfect.
C. Each ne can succeed. D. The gal is ambitius.
33. Which f the fllwing is an example f ‘small c’?
A. Settling in ut er space. B. Building a plastic dghuse.
C. Develping rbts t lk after the ld. D. Explaining the thery f evlutin in class.
34. What des the underlined wrd “emulate” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Justify. B. Limit. C. Cpy. D. Assess.
35. What message des the authr seem t cnvey in the text?
A. We can learn t be mre creative. B. Life is full f varius challenges.
C. It’s better t take deliberate practice. D. Mst can becme creative geniuses.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2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。
G n a 15-minute Tur
Didn’t smene say that life is abut the jurney, nt the destinatin? ___36____When yu are fcused nly n getting t the next meeting, starting yur next class perid, r hurrying t send an email, yu’re missing all f the peple between Pints A and B.
T cmmit sme time t the jurney, take sme time t walk arund where yu wrk and ntice yur surrundings. 37 Als, sme f the smaller yet critical scial clues that exist right under yur nse will be cncentrated n again.
38 Things t lk fr include the lk and feel f peple’s wrk spaces, the timing f when different peple mve arund the ffice, and which peple seek interactin versus thse wh stay at their desks all day.
After yur first bservatin tur, select a different day t tur yur wrkspace fr mds. Other peple’s mds can prvide yu with critical clues abut hw things are ging. 39 Fcus n what yu see, hear, and pick up n in ther peple.
Schedule 15 minutes t tur yur wrkplace twice a week fr a mnth and be sure t avid making t many assumptins r cnclusins--just simply bserve. 40
A. Yu’ll be amazed at what yu see alng the way.
B. Spare a little time t clsely mnitr each persn’s prgress.
C. Ntice what peple may be feeling when yu drp by t talk briefly.
D. During any wrkday, take just 15 minutes t bserve neglected things.
E. Yu generally lve the breathtaking landscape and peple’s perfrmances.
F. Ging n a shrt tur will help yu get in tune with ther peple and their emtins.
G. T becme scially aware, remember t enjy the jurney and ntice peple alng the way.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题1分，满分15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。
When I was little, I ften helped my mther plant ur family’s garden. In April, I wuld kneel by Mum’s side fr hurs, carefully digging hles and 41 seeds int the earth.
When I grew up, I was unwilling t d any planting. 42 ,my mther never said much abut my decisin until tw years ag. I was leaving hme when Mum 43 me.
“Wuld yu please help me with the planting tday? she asked. I mumbled(咕哝) smething alng the 44 f, “Uh, maybe ... I’ll see.” By the time I left the huse, Mum was already in the garden. She 45 fr a mment as I walked past, and frm the crner f my eye I saw a certain 46 in her stare. A few hurs later, I decided t head back hme t help her and felt very 47 fr my selfless decisin. But I was t late.
I 48 little abut that day until nearly a year later, Mum unexpectedly 49 her friend Sara t cancer. She went t see hw the tw children were 50 the sudden lss. There Mum learned the answer.“Mummy made me my wn garden,” Rachel said 51 , leading her utdrs t see the masterpiece. Sara had decided t plant her children smething that wuld 52 lng after she was gne.
As I listened t my mther tearfully tell Sara’s stry, I realized the true 53 f a garden. Our annual planting was abut kneeling tgether, planting ptential life and creating the best 54 tgether.
I wn’t ever 55 the planting day again.
41.A. packing B. driving C. pushing D. directing
42.A. Naturally B. Surprisingly C. Awkwardly D. Obviusly
43.A. stpped B. fllwed C. grabbed D. reminded
44.A. rles B. scenes C. clues D. lines
45.A. turned arund B. slwed dwn C. burned ut D. lked up
46.A. peace B. panic C. puzzle D. pain
47.A. calm B. nble C. guilty D. crazy
48. A. thught B. frgt C. talked D. inquired
49.A. expsed B. tied C. lst D. left
50. A. perceiving B. suffering C. appraching D. encuntering
51. A. seriusly B. prudly C. bitterly D. brkenly
52.A. die ut B. run ut C. catch n D. live n
B. style C. pwer D. test
54.A. memries B. wnders C. prspects D. services
55. A. spend B. miss C. recall D. waste
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。
Fr Chinese peple, nthing is mre cmmn than drinking ht water every day. Cntrary 56 Westerners’ drinking cld water at hme r in restaurants, Chinese peple are always seen carrying vacuum cups whichever seasn it is. Why d they have a 57 (prefer) fr ht water?
In the past, the authrities suggested 58 ( drink) biled water t prevent infectius diseases, because it was 59 (general) cnsidered a way t kill ff bacteria.Even nw, equipping ht water dispensers (饮水机) 60 (recmmend) in public places like schls, hspitals and railway statins. .
Anther reasn is Chinese peple's eating habits. It's believed that ht water helps keep the bdy's internal temperature, which can be 61 (benefit) t health by imprving bld circulatin and digestin. 62 is widely accepted in China that drinking a glass f warm water in the mrning helps kick-start the digestive system.
Finally, traditinal Chinese medicine places great emphasis n yin and yang, a cncept 63 ht water is cnsidered t be yang and cld water yin. It's believed that drinking ht water can balance the yin and yang in the bdy 64 lead t better verall health in cld weather cnditins.
S next time yu have a cld, will yu still be 65 ( cnfuse)abut a Chinese friend's tip fr drinking mre ht water?
第四部分写作（共两节, 满分40分）
第一节（满分 15 分）
假如你是李华，针对目前学生们不重视体育锻炼的现象，为鼓励学生踊跃参加即将到来的校体育节，学生会将举办以“热爱运动”为主题的演讲比赛，请用英语写一篇演讲稿。内容包括:
1.描述现状及原因;
2.坚持运动的好处与理由;
3.呼吁大家热爱并坚持运动。
注意: 1.词数80左右; 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯; 3. 开头和结尾已为你写好。
Dear fellw students,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thanks fr listening.
第二节（满分 25 分）
阅读下面的材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Having wrked at a small fd stre fr tw years, I thught I had becme successful at what ur manager called“custmer relatins". I firmly believed that a friendly smile and an autmatic “sir",“madam",“thank yu” and“srry” wuld see me thrugh any situatin. But n a Christmas night an ld wman shk my belief that such a glib respnse(巧言应对)culd smth ver any difficulty while dealing with ther human beings.
The mment she entered the stre, the wman presented a sharp cntrast t ur shiny stre with its bright lighting and neatly arranged shelves. Walking as if each step were painful, she slwly pushed pen the glass dr. On such a zer-degree night, she was wearing nly a faded print dress, a thin sweater t small t buttn, and black slippers with the backs cut ut t expse heels. There were n stckings r scks n her blue-veined legs.
After walking arund the stre fr several minutes, the ld wman stpped in frnt f the rws f canned vegetables. She lked at the rw f cans, finally picked up a can f cm and stared at the label. At that pint, I decided t be a gd and plite emplyee and asked her if she needed help. As I std clse t her, my smile became harder t maintain. An unpleasant smell f sweat rse frm her trn clthing.
"I need sme fd," she muttered in reply t my bright “Madam, can I help yu?"“Are yu lking fr crn, madam?"
“I need sme fd," she repeated, lking dwn at the can in her hand, “Any kind.”
“Well, the can f crn is ninety-five cents, madam." I said in my mst helpful vice. “Or, if yu like, we have a special n bread tday."
After a shrt pause, she lifted her head and said, “But I can't pay.”
Fr a secnd, it was n the tip f my tngue t tell her that she culd take the crn.
注意：
续写词数应为 150 左右；
请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
Then the emplyee rules flded int my mind: Remain plite but d nt let the custmers get the best f yu.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
Mments after she left, I rushed ut f the dr with the can f crn._________________________________
2023-2024学年第一学期期中考 高三英语 答案
听力：
1-5 ABACC 6-10 CBABC 11-15 BACAC 16-20 CBBAC
阅读
第一节(共15小题:每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
21-25 CADCD 26-30 CDCDB 31-35 CABCA
第二节(共5小题:每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
36-40 GFDCA
完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
41-45 CBADD 46-50 DBACC 51-55 BDCAB
语法填空
56.t 57. preference 58. drinking 59.generally 60.is recmmended
61. beneficial62.It 63.where 64.and 65. cnfused
应用文
Dear teachers and students,
I am glad t give yu a speech abut lving sprts. As we all knw, sprts play an imprtant part in ur daily life. If yu are a sprt lver, yu will gain many benefits frm ding sprts. Fr example,it cannt nly build up yur bdy, but als strengthen yur will. When yu feel sad r meet sme difficulties, yu can chse t play yur favrite sprt t cheer yu up and clear yur mind.
My favrite sprt is tennis. The reasn why I lve this sprt mst is that playing tennis helps build strng leg bnes. Besides,playing tennis is gd fr my heart and I can burn a lt f calries withut ging anywhere.
Let's lve sprts and keep playing sprts, which can make ur senir high schl life mre clrful and meaningful.
Thanks fr yur listening
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听力原文
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W: Pardn me, what is the price f this keybard? Is it n sale?
M:It is usually fifty dllars,but it is twenty percent ff until the 15th f this mnth.
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M:What are yu ging t rder? I'm thinking f getting the ndles.
W: Why nt try smething else? Their Italian dishes are gd. Fr myself, I haven't decided. M: I had ne f thse yesterday. Let's split a medium pizza and a large salad then.
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M:Hey Denise, are yu still ging climbing at the weekend? I heard there is ging t be a strm.
W: Abslutely! If it's bad, I have sme gd-quality camping equipment and there's smewhere t stay nearby. M: Okay, be careful and give me a call if yu need me.
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M: Is that the menu fr the emplyees' cafeteria?
W: I think this is yesterday's menu. They have a different ne fr each day f the week.
M:Where can I get tday's menu?
W: They always pst it n the emplyee website.
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W:What type f mvies d yu like?
M: I like all srts f mvies,primarily science fictin and actin mvies. What abut yu?
W: I kind f like musicals. But my favrite is dcumentaries.
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M: Are yu free n the weekend?
W: I haven't gt any plans yet. Why?
M: There's an exhibitin f Chinese paintings at the public library. Wuld yu like t g with me? W: I'd lve t. But when?
M: Hw abut Saturday mrning? It's cler in the mrning, and may be less crwded.
W: I'm afraid I cannt get up early n weekends. I prefer Saturday afternn. Believe me, there wn't be t many peple.
M: S, shall we meet at 2 'clck n Saturday after nn? W: Great. I'll be waiting fr yu at my hme.
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M: Have yu seen the vide fr the band's new sng gyet?
W: Yes, I watched it last night. It’s really nt like their ther stuff， but I culdn't stp listening t it.
M:Maybe I'll start t like it nce I've heard it a few mre times. I dn't think I've ever seen such an incredible vide, thugh.
W: I guess they've hired a Hllywd directr t ma ake it-yu can tell frm the quality.
M:The dancing lks like smething frm anther planet!
W: Ithink it's the cstumes that created that effectThe rutines themselves are quite like ther vides I've seen.
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W: Eric，yu've recently returned frm a cycle trip with yur dad acrss the USA. Why did yu want t d this ride?
M: I suppse the usual reasn fr ding it is t cllect mney fr charity. We certainly did that， and spent a lng time
with each ther t, which was wnderful. But, mst imprtantly, we bth fancied ding smething really different during the summer hliday. W:What was a typical day like?
M: Every day was different. Sme were gd; sme were difficult. But all were gd experience. It wasn't actually hw far we rde that made a day gd r bad, it was mre what happened. Having a cnversatin with sme lcal peple seemed t make us even happier than feeling the sun n ur faces. W: And have yu gt plans fr ding mre cycling?
M: I'm in my final year at schl nw, and I need t d well t get t university, s it's nt the best time fr me t g fr lng rides. I prefer t enter sme cmpetitins rather than g cycling n weekends.
W: Gd luck, Eric!
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M: Have yu arrived at the airprt yet?
W: N, I've just gt in a taxi. I'll be there in 20 minutes.
M: Well, ur flight will leave in half an hur, s ask yur driver t g faster.
W: He's ging as fast as he can.
M:What shuld I d if yu dn't get here n time? W: Just g ahead withut me.
M: But we're ging t visit yur parents. Wn't it be strange if I turn up alne?
W: N, they'll prbably laugh. They always say I need t have better timekeeping. Even as a kid, I was always late fr the schl bus.
M:Are yu sure?
W:Yes, therwise we'll have t buy tw extra tickets instead f ne.
M: That makes sense. Well, I'll hld n anther 15 minutes, but then I'll need t bard.
W: Nt a prblem. I'll message my parents and ask them t pick yu up frm the airprt.
M: That wuld be great. I've never been t Edinburgh befre. I'm a little bit uneasy abut it.
W: It will be fine. See yu sn.
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Time magazine is an American news magazine,with editins cvering mst f the rest f the wrld. It is the wrld’s biggest news magazine, with a readership f 20 millin in Nrth America and 25 millin peple arund the wrld.
The first issue f Time magazine was first published by Britn Hadden and Henry Luce n March 3rd，1923. It was designed as a magazine which wuld keep “busy men”up-t-date n the news. The entire magazine was aimed at men. When the magazine started in 1923，there was just US $ 86,000 at the dispsal f the editrial staff.By 1962， grss revenue was at US $326millin. By 2003，the magazine was made up f a cmbinatin f reprting, phtgraphs, graphics and analysis that was intended t make the news as clear and infrmative as pssible. This is hw the magazine stands nw，under the managing editr.