2022届河北省唐山市一中高三上学期期中考试英语试题（word版含答案） 含听力

这是一份2022届河北省唐山市一中高三上学期期中考试英语试题（word版含答案） 含听力，共14页。

说明：
1.考试时间120分钟，满分150分。2.将卷Ⅰ答案用2B铅笔涂在答题卡上,将卷Ⅱ答案用黑色字迹的签字笔书写在答题卡上。
卷Ⅰ(选择题 共95分)
注意事项：
1. 答题前, 先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后, 用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在试题卷答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
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，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. Where is the wman ging with her children?
A. T Japan. B. T Australia. C. T Canada.
2. Hw much shuld the man pay?
A. $16.B. $32.C. $60.
3. What des the wman expect the man t d n Saturday?
A. Celebrate their mum’s birthday.
B. Help Brian mve huse.
C. Take Brian ut fr the day.
4. What des the wman mean?
A. She will take the jb right away.
B. She isn’t sure whether t take the jb.
C. She desn’t like the jb.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A. A nvel.B. A film.C. A writer.
第二节(共15小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分22.5分)
请听下面 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。请听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。
6. What will the wman d this evening?
A. D sme shpping. B. Attend a party. C. Visit her grandma.
7. What des the man advise the wman t d?
A. Make a skirt. B. Buy a handbag.C. Wear a necklace.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Where des the cnversatin take place?
A. At an airprt. B. At a htel. C. At a plice statin.
9. What des the man suggest the wman d?
A. Wait where she is.
B. Make a request fr the lss.
C. Give him her telephne number.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What’s the relatin between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife.B. Friends. C. Bss and wrker.
11. Why des the wman lk wrried?
A. She is nt getting n well with her bss.
B. She has been late fr wrk recently.
C. She has truble taking her children t schl.
12. What might the wman think f Alice’s way t deal with her prblem?
A. Practical.B. Strange. C. Wrng.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Hw lng will the curse run this year?
A. Eight weeks. B. Six weeks. C. Seven weeks.
14. What was the wman surprised at?
A. The lack f assistants. B. The cnditin f weather. C. The number f children.
15. What new activities can the children have this year?
A. Fun prgrams. B. Adventure sprts. C. Creative classes.
16. What is expected abut the curse this year?
A. It will last lnger. B. It will run better. C. It will start earlier.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What difficulty did the speaker have when starting t learn French?
A. Grammar. B. Prnunciatin. C. Vcabulary.
18. Why did the speaker g t France?
A. T settle there. B. T lk fr a jb. C. T cntinue t study.
19. What did the speaker think f her French after she arrived in France?
A. Pr. B. Excellent. C. Acceptable.
20. What is the mst imprtant in learning a language accrding t the speaker?
A. Mastering the grammar rules.
B. Knwing a large number f wrds.
C. Using the language in real life.
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）
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21. What can peple d with Trip.cm？
A. Search fr travel agencies.B. Seek help with language translatin.
C. Bk a htel.D. D nline shpping.
What can we learn frm the text？
A. Trip.cm ffers custmers English service arund the clck.
B. Ctrip Grup has branches in 200 cuntries and regins.
C. Ctrip Grup is trying t be a NASDAQ listed cmpany.
D. Trip.cm is ne f the largest cmpanies in the wrld.
What des Trip.cm pay the greatest attentin t？
A. Whether its pricing is cmpetitive.
B. Whether its data are secure enugh.
C. Whether its members are active r nt.
D. Whether its service cvers the whle wrld.
B
A PhD student in Michigan defended her paper while wearing a skirt made f rejectin letters she received while studying. 29-year-ld Caitlin Kirby printed ut 17 f her rejectin letters—frm schlarships, academic jurnals, and cnferences—then flded each ne int a fan. She cnnected them in rws, and by the end she designed the item int a skirt and wre it.
She said that the idea behind her unique clthing item came ut f a desire t nrmalize rejectin and take pride in vercming it. “The whle prcess f revisiting thse ld letters and making that skirt srt f reminded me that yu have t apply t a lt f things t succeed,” she said. “A natural part f the prcess is t get rejected alng the way.”
Caitlin’s adviser, Julie Libarkin, a prfessr f earth and envirnmental science at Michigan State University, als encurages the acceptance f failure in her students. Libarkin believes it’s imprtant fr students t get int habit f applying fr things, and t get used t the feeling f rejectin, s she encurages them t chase after any pprtunity that cmes their way. If a student desn’t get the grant r the spt in the academic jurnal, that’s kay. They’ll still have learned smething in the prcess.
As fr Caitlin? Her rejectins ver the years have led t great things: Since her dctrate, she’s wn a schlarship t d further research n urban agriculture in Germany.
Currently, she’s a pst-dctral researcher at the University f Nebraska-Lincln. As fr what the future hlds? “I’m prepared t receive a few mre rejectin letters alng the way,” she jked heartily, “Maybe I’ll make a lnger skirt.”
24. What can we learn abut Caitlin Kirby’s rejectin letters?
A. She made sme rejectin letters int a skirt.
B. The rejectins were cnnected int a fan.
C. 29 f her rejectins were frm jurnals.
D. She received 17 rejectins in ttal.
25. What is Julie Libarkin’s attitude twards Caitlin’s actin?
A. Oppsed. B. Ambiguus.
C. Skeptical. D. Favrable.
26. Which f the fllwing wrds can best describe Caitlin?
A. Creative and cnsiderate. B. Caring and determined.
C. Generus and intelligent. D. Optimistic and humrus.
27. Which f the fllwing may Caitlin agree with?
A. Educatin is the entrance t success.
B. Self-respect earns mre respect.
C. One needs t nrmalize failures.
D. Hard wrk pays ff.
C
Scientists have lng sught t prevent sharp memries frm dulling with age, but the prblem remains unsettled. Nw research published in Scientific Reprts suggests virtual reality might help lder peple recall facts and events based n specific details.
The study invlved 42 healthy lder adults frm the San Francisc Bay Area. Half spent a dzen hurs ver fur weeks playing a virtual-reality game called Labyrinth; they wre headsets and walked in place, walking virtual neighbrhds while cmpleting small tasks. The ther half, in the cntrl grup, used electrnic tablets t play games that did nt require recalling details. After 15 sessins (期), the latter perfrmed rughly the same as befre n a lng-term memry test. But the Labyrinth players gain an imprvement in memry thrugh the VR game. A scientist Peter Wais f the University f Califrnia said the imprvements brught them up t the level f anther grup f yunger adults taking the same memry tests.
Meredith Thmpsn, an educatin researcher, studies learning thrugh VR games but was nt invlved in the new study. “It wuld be great t actually fllw peple ver time and see what this type f game des fr lng-term memry.” She says, adding VR can prvide greater invlvement than ther games. Wais’s team is nw investigating hw lng the bserved effects last and which elements f the training have the mst impact.
A cgnitive (认知) psychlgist, Daniel Simns, wh was als nt invlved in the study, ntes experiments with ther games that claim t train the brain have ften failed t evaluate this. And it remains unclear hw test perfrmance in a labratry setting might translate t real-wrld situatins. The utcme, Simns ntes, “needs t be repeated, ideally with a much larger grup, befre it’s treated as a strng finding.”
Fr nw, Wais says, the team hpes its studies with similar-sized grups will help draw funding t test the game in a larger pl f participants.
28. What is the passage mainly abut?
A. Virtual reality imprves lder adults’ memry.
B. Peple f different ages shuld play VR games.
C. Virtual reality changes peple’s memry.
D. Peple’s memry gradually fails as they age.
29. What is Meredith Thmpsn’s attitude tward the research?
A. satisfied. B. cncerned.C. cautius.D. enthusiastic.
30. Accrding t the scientists, the research needs t be imprved due t ________
A. the lack f financial supprt.
B. the unsatisfying test perfrmance.
C. the limited pl f participants.
D. the impractical applicatin in real wrld.
31. Where may the passage cme frm?
A. A nvel. B. A review.C. A guidebk.D. A magazine.
D
The Gata used t lk annyed when they received pwer bills that rutinely tpped $200. Last September the cuple mved int a 1,500-square-ft hme in Premier Gardens, an area f 95 “zer-energy hmes” (ZEH) just utside twn. Nw they’re actually eager t see their electricity bills. The grand ttal ver the 10 mnths they’ve lived in the three-bedrm huse：$75. Fr the past tw mnths, they haven’t paid a cent.
ZEH cmmunities are the leading edge f technlgies that might smeday create huses that prduce as much energy as they cnsume. Premier Gardens is ne f a half-dzen subdivisins (住宅开发项目) in Califrnia where every hme cuts pwer cnsumptin by 50%, mstly by using lw pwer appliances and slar panels.
Aside frm the panels n the rf, Premier Gardens lks like a cmmunity f traditinal hmes. But inside, special windws cut pwer bills by blcking slar heat in summer and keeping indr warmth in winter.
The rest f the energy savings cmes frm the slar units. They dn’t just feed the hme they serve. If they generate mre pwer than the hme is using, the extra flws int the utility’s pwer grid (电网). The residents are billed by “ net metering”：they pay fr the amunt f pwer that they get frm the grid, minus the kilwatts (千瓦) they feed int it. If a hme generates mre pwer than it uses, the bill is zer.
That sunds like a bad deal fr the pwer cmpany, but it’s nt. Slar hmes prduce the mst pwer n the ht sunny afternns when everyne rushes hme t turn up the air cnditiner. “It helps us lwer usage at peak pwer times,” says slar expert Mike Keesee. “That lets us avid building cstly plants r buying expensive pwer at peak usage time.”
What’s nt t like？Mstly the csts. The special features can add ＄25,000 r mre t the purchase price f a huse. Tax breaks bring the cst dwn, especially in Califrnia, but in many states ZEHs can be extremely expensive. Fr the cnsumer, it’s a matter f paying nw fr the hardware t save later n the pwer bill.
32. Why is the Gata eager t see their electricity bills nw？
A. They want t cut dwn their utility’ expenses.
B. They want t see hw much they have saved.
C. They want t knw if they are able t pay.
D. They want t avid being vercharged.
33. What is special abut the ZEH cmmunities？
A. They are built in harmny with the envirnment.
B. They aim t be independent in pwer supply.
C. They are subdivided int half a dzen sectins.
D. They have created cutting edge technlgies.
34. What des the “net metering” practice mean t the pwer cmpany？
A. Reduced peratinal csts.
B. Mre pressure at peak time.
C. Increased electricity utput.
D. Less prfits in the shrt term.
35. The authr believes that buying a huse in a ZEH cmmunity ______ .
A. cntributes t envirnmental prtectin
B. is but a dream fr average cnsumers
C. gives the wner great tax benefits
D. is wrthy in the lng run
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Yu run int the grcery stre t pick up ne bttle f water. Yu get what yu need, head t the frnt, and chse the line that lks fastest.
Yu chse wrng. Peple wh yu swear gt in ther lines lng after yu are already checked ut and ff t the parking lt. 36
It turns ut, it’s just math wrking against yu; chances are, the ther line really is faster.
Grcery stres try t have enugh emplyees at checkut t get all their custmers thrugh with minimum delay. 37 Any small interruptin — a price check, a chatty custmer — can have dwnstream effects, hlding up an entire line.
If there are three lines in the stre, delays will happen randmly at different registers. Think abut the prbability: 38 S it’s nt just in yur mind: Anther line prbably is mving faster.
Researchers have a gd way t deal with this prblem. Make all custmers stand in ne lng, snaking line — called a serpentine line — and serve each persn at the frnt with the next available register. 39 This is what they d at mst banks and fast-fd restaurants. With a serpentine line, a lng delay at ne register wn’t unfairly punish the peple wh lined up behind it. Instead, it will slw dwn everyne a little bit but speed up checkut verall.
40 It takes many registers t keep ne line mving quickly, and sme stres can’t affrd the space r manpwer. S wherever yur next wait may be: Gd luck.
A. With three registers, this methd is much faster than the traditinal apprach.
B. But smetimes, as n a Sunday afternn, the system gets particularly busy.
C. Hw high is the prbability that yu are in the fastest waiting line?
D. The chances f yur line being the fastest are nly ne in three.
E. Sme f them may have std in a queue fr almst an hur.
F. S why dn’t mst places encurage serpentine lines?
G. Why des this always seem t happen t yu?
第三部分 语言运用 （共三节，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。
Five years ag, I left my jb t wrk n a ship. My friends said that wrking n a ship wuld 41 my career, but I was willing t take the risk.
42 fr the adventure, I barded a ship with 2,000 passengers and crew. T my 43 , the ship was well equipped. That first vyage was a learning experience. There was s much new infrmatin t 44 . Even remembering which unifrm t wear each day was a 45 . The mst cnfusing thing was that I ften frgt t 46 my clck when the ship crssed time znes.
As a dctr, I was 47 fr the 600 crew. The ship’s medical center was 48 a flating emergency rm, and we didn’t have a team f specialists fr a secnd 49 . With lng hurs’ wrk, it required a strng will.
As many f the passengers were elderly, heart attacks culd 50 anywhere and emergency evacuatins (疏散) were difficult t arrange. I remember ne such patient, wh was taken ff the ship halfway. After a(n) 51 ride in an ld ambulance, I was relieved that the patient arrived at a hspital safely.
Thankfully, the jb had several unexpected benefits t me. I 52 the passenger facilities and I even 53 as a tur guide n trips ashre.
Nw, I understand being a dctr n a ship is nt a jb － it’s a way f 54 . I lse my career ambitin, 55 I knw what happiness is in my life.
A. blckB. buildC. ruin D. imprve
A. HungryB. SkillfulC. Suitable D. Thankful
A. angerB. disappintmentC. scare D. relief
A. take inB. figure utC. give up D. pass n
A. lessnB. riskC. challenge D. chice
A. watchB. repairC. check D. set
A. pwerfulB. respnsibleC. helpful D. grateful
A. prbablyB. especiallyC. certainly D. actually
A. examinatinB. argumentC. pinin D. mvement
A. happenB. breakC. stp D. disappear
A. amazingB. bringC. exciting D. scaring
A. cleanedB. enjyed C. fixed D. prtected
A. vlunteeredB. travelledC. refused D. returned
A. cnfidenceB. lifeC. experience D. business
A. thughB. unlessC. but D. r
卷Ⅱ(非选择题 共55分)
第二节 单词拼写 (共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分)
阅读下面句子, 根据汉语提示在空白处填入1个适当的单词。
注：所填单词要求1—4册课本复习词汇。
What yu tld me abut yur cuntry __________ (扩大) my hrizns and arused my interest in freign culture.
He made advances t Hllywd, __________ (主演) with Julianne Mre in Nine Mnths.
The mment I heard the gd news, I ffered my __________ (祝贺) t her ver the phne.
He then ges back and briefly __________ (耳语) smething int the blnde’s ear.
With the rapid prgress develpment f artificial __________ (智能，智慧), ur life in the future is sure t be ttally different frm tday.
I’d like t inquire sme infrmatin cncerning the psitin __________ (公布, 登广告) in yesterday’s newspaper.
I find that ding physical exercise a cuple f times a week makes me feel mre __________ (精力充沛的).
There is clear __________ (证据) that children wh take music lessns develp a better memry cmpared with children wh have n musical training.
They wuld be able t reply t ur __________ (信号) using similar methds..
As is knwn t all language learners, newly learnt wrds will sn be frgtten unless __________ (经常) used in everyday cmmunicatin.
第三节 单句语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面句子, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
David went t Australia fr his hliday last week, which accunted __________ his absence frm Linda’s birthday party.
A number f trees __________(cut) dwn t make way fr the highway in recent years, which makes us very upset.
The yung man disappeared int the crwd __________ I culd express my thanks t him.
__________(recver) frm depressin, Shimakage decided t share his experience nline with thse suffering frm the same disease.
When we arrive at __________ used t be called the City f Fg, we fund Lndn had cmpletely changed.
The designer, as well as the mdels, __________(interview) shrtly after they finished their amazing perfrmance.
Students shuld have a prper attitude __________ cllege befre thinking abut which cllege t attend.
The Vice f China has set up a stage __________ sme peple can achieve their dreams.
It was the culture, rather than the language, ________ made it hard fr him t adapt t the new envirnment abrad.
After he retired, the ld man did all he culd t prtect the ld temple frm __________ (damage).
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）
假如你是你校学生会主席李华，为庆祝建党100周年，你校决定举办一场学生书画作品展，主题为“我心中的祖国”，现向全校同学征集作品。请你代表学生会写一则通知。内容包括：
1. 展览的时间、地点
2. 作品内容
3. 截止日期
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：建党 the funding f the CPC
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第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
There was smething in the elderly wman’s grace that caught my eye. Althugh slw and unsure f her steps, the wman mved with deliberatin(从容), and there was n hesitatin in her gestures.
It was a few years ag, and I had taken a part-time hliday-seasn jb in a vide stre at the lcal shpping mall. Frm inside the stre, I culd see the peple utside rushing by.
The elderly wman entered the stre, alng with her daughter, wh was displaying a serius case f impatience, rlling her eyes, sighing and checking her watch every few secnds. I guessed if she had pssessed a rpe, she wuld have fastened it t her mther t drag her alng t keep step with the rush f ther shppers.
The elderly wman separated frm her daughter and began t seek thrugh the DVDs n the nearest shelf. After the slightest hesitatin, I walked ver and asked if I culd help her find smething. The wman smiled up at me and shwed me a title written n an ld piece f paper.
Rather than rush ff t lcate the DVD fr the wman, I asked her t walk with me s I culd shw her where she culd find it. Lking back, I thught I wanted t enjy her cmpany fr a mment.
Smething abut her deliberate mvements reminded me f my wn mther, wh’d passed away the previus Christmas. I missed my mm and still felt regretful abut the mments when I’d used my impatience t make her life unhappy.
As we walked alng the back f the stre, I intrduced its flr plan: ld televisin shws, actin mvies, cartns, science fictin. The wman seemed glad f the unrushed cmpany and casual cnversatin.
We fund the DVD and she thanked me, saying that it was the ne she’d enjyed when she was her daughter’s age. Unwillingly, I accmpanied her t the cash register, realizing I had t return the elderly wman t her daughter, wh was still tapping her ft at the frnt f the stre.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右。
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

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Tgether they made their way tward the stre’s exit. ______________________________
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唐山一中2021—2022学年度第一学期期中考试
英语参考答案
听力
1-5 ABABB 6-10 BCACA 11-15 CABCA 16-20 BCCAC
阅读理解
21-23 CAB 24-27 ADDC 28-31 ACCD 32-35 BBAD 36-40 GBDAF
完型填空
41-45 CADAC 46-50 DBDCA 51-55 DBABC
单词拼写（每小题0.5分，满分5分）
56. bradened 57. starring 58. cngratulatins59. bargaining 60. whispers
61. advertised62. energetic 63. evidence 64. signals 65. frequently
单句语法填空（每小题1分，满分10分）
66. fr 67. have been cut68. befre69. Having recvered
70. what71. was interviewed72. t/twards73. where
74. that 75. being damaged
应用文写作（满分15分）
Ntice
Aimed at celebrating the 100th anniversary f the funding f the CPC, a calligraphy and painting exhibitin, with the tpic Mtherland in My Heart, will be held in ur schl exhibitin hall next Friday.
The wrks submitted shuld fcus n the tpic. Yu can express yur great lve t ur mtherland in yur wrks. Additinally, it is a gd idea t picture the rapid develpment f ur cuntry, r its prmising future. Meanwhile, yur determinatin t study hard s as t make ur cuntry mre beautiful and prsperus can als be cnveyed in yur wrks.
Anyne wh is interested in it is suppsed t submit yur wrks at the schl ffice befre the deadline, this Friday afternn.
Student Unin
读后续写（满分25分）
As the elderly wman was waiting in the queue at the cash register, I walked ver t her daughter. “Mind sme advice?” I asked. She rlled her eyes and said, “f curse nt.” I smiled t shw her I wasn’t criticizing. “Cherish her and cherish every single mment yu can stay with her,” I said. And then I answered her curius expressin by saying, “When she’s gne, it’s these little mments that will cme back t yu. Mments like this. I knw.” Having finished saying this, I nticed the elderly wman mving with her deliberatin back t her daughter.
Tgether they made their way tward the stre’s exit. Then the daughter glanced ver her elderly mther. And slwly, almst unwillingly, she placed her arm with apparently unaccustmed affectin arund her mthers’ shulders and gently guided her back int the crwd. Tears filled my eyes when I watched them disappearing in the crwd.
听力原文
Text 1
M: Are yu ging t spend the summer in Australia?
W: N, I planned t g t Canada, but my children begged me t take them t Japan. I agreed.
Text 2
M: Excuse me. D yu have any tickets left fr the cncert tnight?
W: Yes. They are $16 each. Um... hw many wuld yu like?
M: Tw, please.
Text 3
W: What’s the matter with yu, Jack?
M: Brian phned me tday. He was wndering whether I culd help him mve huse n Saturday.
W: I’d rather yu didn’t. It’s mum’s birthday and I thught we culd take her ut fr the day.
Text 4
M: Have yu decided t take that summer jb yu were ffered?
W: Well, I want mre infrmatin befre I accept it.
Text 5
M: Gd, I’m glad that’s ver.
W: S yu dn’t like it? It’s based n a nvel written by a famus writer.
M: N, I think the stry, the dialgue and the whle thing abut the war are hard t understand.
W: But the leading actr is my favrite.
Text 6
W: Hi, I’m lking fr a dress fr Jane’s party this evening. Can yu give me sme advice?
M: Hw d yu like this skirt? It ges well with yur skin.
W: Really? OK, I wuld try it.
M: And I believe this necklace wuld make yu mre attractive.
W: OK. Shuld I take a bag with me?
M: Of curse.
W: Hw abut the brwn bag yu and I bught last week?
M: I can’t agree mre. And hurry up, grandma is waiting fr us.
W: OK.
Text 7
W: Hi, I just arrived n Flight 245 frm Lndn. I waited until all the luggage came ut, but my suitcase wasn’t there.
M: Well, I guess it might have been put n the wrng flight. There’s a chance it wn’t arrive until tmrrw.
W: Tmrrw!
M: I’m very srry abut this. Leave us a phne number s that we can reach yu, and the airline will call yu as sn as we get yur suitcase.
Text 8
M: Hi, Jean. Yu lk wrried. Is everything OK?
W: Well, my new bss is expecting us t start wrk at 8 ’clck in the mrning. But I have t take ur children t schl. That means I’ll be late fr wrk. And yu can’t spare any time t d it.
M: Oh, dear... er... but nt a surprise. My friend Alice had a similar prblem last year.
W: Hw did she settle it?
M: She didn’t d anything at first. But in the end she tld it t her bss. He said he hadn’t realized the early start wuld present a prblem and he agreed t let them start half an hur late.
W: That’s great. Perhaps I shuld deal with it the same way.
Text 9
M: Hell, everyne. We are lucky t have Mlly Taylr here tday. Mlly is rganizing an activity curse fr the summer hlidays. Mlly, this is the secnd year f the curse, isn’t it?
W: Yes. The summer curse perated fr the first time last year fr a six-week perid. We did think abut making it lnger this year and have a seven-week curse, as there’re sme schls which finish term a week earlier. In fact, tw schls have eight-week hlidays. But in the end we decided t keep t the same plan as last year.
M: But, as I understand, last year’s curse wasn’t a cmplete success, was it?
W: Well, we were actually very surprised by the number f peple interested in the curse. We didn’t actually have enugh assistants t lk after all the children. Besides, there was such a lt f rain that we culdn’t g utside as ften as we wanted t.
M: S, what activities can the children lk frward t this year?
W: Well, nce again there’ll be artists and musicians wh will lead creative classes. We als cnsidered prviding sme mre exciting adventure sprts. But we decided nt t, in the end. Instead we’re intrducing sme fun prgrams. I think it’ll be gd fun fr children.
Text 10
Pleased t be here tday. My name’s Jan and I’d like t share with yu smething abut my French learning. I still remember when I first started t learn the language I didn’t really have a prblem with the prnunciatin. I just had a hard time memrizing wrds. But I made a great effrt and sn I was scring ten ut f ten in all f the tests. By the time I gt t university, I culd d sme writing and translatins withut much difficulty, and I actually enjyed learning the grammar rules. Then as part f my university curse I had t g and live in France fr a year. As sn as I arrived, I realized I didn’t knw hw t rder the type f cffee I liked, and trying t find smewhere t live r stay was smething difficult t deal with. I called peple abut infrmatin in the paper, but I had t keep putting the phne dwn because I culdn’t understand a wrd they were saying — they all spke s quickly!I culd see then that there’s n pint in just knwing wrds if yu can’t hld a cnversatin with a native speaker. The ability t speak freely is what helps yu get a jb, hld a cnversatin r just buy things yu need.