2022届江苏省苏北七市南通市高三第二次调研测试（二模）英语试题含答案

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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纸上。
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，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。
第二节（共15小题; 每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟; 听完后，各小题将给 5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
1.What csts the mst accrding t the wman?
A. The car. B. The repairs. C. The driving lessns.
2.What did the man d yesterday?
A. He cut wd. B. He cked a meal. C. He watched mvies.
3.What will the weather be like tmrrw prbably?
A. Rainy.B. Sunny. C.Windy.
4.When will the man meet Tm?
A. 8:00 a.m. B. 9:00 a.m. C.5:00p.m.
5.What is the wman
A.Wrking in sales.B.Wrking with peple.C.Wrking with numbers.
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. What is the relatinship between the speakers?
A.Teacher and student. B.Father and daughter. C. Teammates.
7. What des the wman think f science in the end?
A. It is dangerus. B. It is strange. C.It is great.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Hw did Lucy first acquire the bike?
A.She bught it. B. She brrwed it. C. She was given it.
9. Wh wned the bike befre Lucy?
A. Her sister. B. Her friend. C. Her brther.
10. What cncerns Lucy mst abut a bike?
A. The price. B. The safety. C. The clr.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Where are the speakers?
A.In a htel. B.In a cave. C.In a university.
12. Hw ld are the paintings?
A. Arund 500 years ld. B. Arund 1000 years ld. C.Arund 17,000 years ld.
13. Wh is the man?
A.A prfessr. B.A painter. C.A htel wner.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
What d we knw abut Stuart?
A.He's a tur guide. B.He's a travel lver. C. He's a delivery man.
15. What des Stuart recmmend getting?
A. A map f the area. B.A cell phne. C.A htel card.
16. What des Stuart say travelers shuld d?
A. Try nt t travel alne.
B.Write dwn cntact infrmatin.
C. Ask different peple fr directins.
17. What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A. Suggestins abut getting lst.
B.Advice n staying safe utside.
C.Tips fr chsing a travel destinatin.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
18. What time did the examiner leave?
A.At 10:55. B.At 11:00. C.At 11:05.
19. Why did the examiner leave?
A. He had frgtten the paperwrk.
B. He had t g smewhere else.
C. He had finished his wrk.
20. What des the speaker intend t tell the listeners t d?
A. Be prepared. B. Try t be n time. C. Never fear failure.
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。
A
My favurite Bks
—Psted by Catherine Chung.a great writer
Stries f Yur Life and Others by Ted Chiang
This cllectin cntains several maths stries. The ne I recmmend is Divisin By Zer,abut Jane Parkinsn,a brilliant German mathematician.T her great despair,she ends up prving that mathematics is incnsistent and is able t prve that any tw numbers are equal.A beautiful,thught-prvking(发人深省的)stry abut belief,understanding，and faith.
The Husekeeper and the Prfessr by Yk Ogawa
It's abut a wman wh cmes t wrk fr a nce-great mathematician.Due t a brain injury,he has nly 80 minutes f shrt-term memry available t him befre he frgets everything. It is filled with beautiful maths,simply and clearly described alngside finely drawn relatinships between the characters.
T Much Happiness by Alice Munr
Kvalevskaya was a 19th-century mathematician at a time when wmen were nt allwed in mst f Eurpe t attend university. She married a man wh prmised t take her t Germany t study. She made majr cntributins t the field and became the first wman in Russia t btain a dctrate in mathematics.
The Ore Miner's Wife by Karl Iagnemma
It is abut a miner wh thinks he's discvered the prf t the prblem: cnstruct a square,equal in area t a given circle. His wife, nt knwing what has suddenly taken his attentin and his time, fears he is being unfaithful. A mving explratin f the jys f entering a prblem whle and the desire and impssibility f truly knwing thse we lve.
21.What des"I"refer t in Paragraph 1?
A. Catherine Chung. B. Ted Chiang.
C. Jane Parkinsn.D.Yk Ogawa.
22.Which bk is abut a pineering Russian wman mathematician?
A.Stries f Yur Life and Others. B.The Husekeeper and the Prfessr.
C.T Much Happiness.D.The Ore Miner's Wife.
23.What d the listed bks have in cmmn?
A. They tell lve stries. B. They invlve mathematics.
C. They explre human relatinship. D. They reveal peple's inner wrld.
B
When Narayanswami was invited t a dinner by a friend wh wrked at Nasa's Jet Prpulsin Labratry,she was excited.Many f the guests flew planes."I must have expressed sme yearning(渴望),"she says,because smene tld her:"Yu shuld jin he flying club!"The next day Narayanswami, wh was 57at the time, arranged t meet an instructr."I said:'Aren't I t ld?'He said:'We've gt students in their 80s.'"
Narayanswami grew up in Suthall, west Lndn,and at grammar schl suffered hrrific racist bullying. The library prvided shelter. But,as she reached her late teens, she feel family pressure fr an arranged marriage;"I really prtested," she says."But I want t be an astrnaut! My mther made a prmise.'As lng as yu are getting an educatin we will nt lk fr a husband fr yu.'"
Narayanswami studied bilgy at Leicester University, then did a PhD at St Andrew, fllwed by pstdctral research at the University f Califrnia."Every time yu mve yu get further away,"her dad remarked n the phne."I didn't feel I wuld be able t escape unless I did that," she says.
In 2020, aged 64, Narayanswami finished 423 light hurs she needed t earn her pilt's license. Then she applied t Nasa's astrnaut crps, but received a very appreciative rejectin. Even nw,at 66,she says:"I haven't been able t figure ut hw t deal with it I desn't g away." The racist bullying she received as a child has cast a very lng shadw.
Flying has helped.It is a wrkut: she has t tw the plane ut t the taxiway.And it ffers a different perspective. "I can see eagles, bears,muntain lins, birds f prey.I lve the beauty f the cluds. They are like ill. Vaster than ur hills," she says.
New pssibilities have arisen—Narayanswami chairs the bard f the General Aviatin Awards in the US—but she finds relaxing difficult.In light, she is"part f a huge netwrk f peple wh are cmmunicating by radi frequency. There is n sense f skin clur. We are all tied tgether by ur vices."
24. 1Hw did the instructr’s wrds sund t Narayanswami?
A. Disappinting. B.Embarrassing.
C. Annying.D. Encuraging.
25.What des the,underlined wrd"that"in Paragraph 3 refer t?
A.Accepting an aged marriage. B.Receiving an educatin.
C. Keeping a distance. D. Making a prmise:
26.What des Narayanswami think f Nasa's rejectin?
A.It indicates prejudice against her. B. It ruins her childhd memry.
C.It raises cncern fr her age. D. It leaves rm fr negtiatin.
27.What des flying bring t Narayanswami?
A.A gd way f relaxatin. B. A different dimensin f life.
C.A rich knwledge f wild lie. D.A full exhibitin f leadership.
C
At Jenner Park primary Schl in Wales, pupils between the ages f seven and nine are writing letters t residents f a lcal care hme. The initiative sees children and their elderly pen pals(笔友)exchange updates abut their lives,helping t build relatinships between generatins while als giving the children an understanding f the value f writing letters by hand—an activity that's becming less and less cmmn.
Laura Jhnsn,the teacher wh crdinates(协调)the scheme at Jenner Park,says:"All f ur writing is fr a purpse. That's the key in getting children t value handwriting. "As sn as yu put an audience there, knwing that smene ut there is ging t be reading it—whether that's parents r anther grup f children—there's always the real sense f pride t g alng with it,"says Jhnsn.
The schl maintains a fcus n handwriting thrughut the years,frm dedicated handwriting classes in the prep schl t a calligraphy club ffered t the lder grups. It has created smething called the pen license. It allws yunger children t mve frm using a pencil t pen nce they've reached a certain standard."There's a lt f excitement abut reaching that pen licence stage," says Jhnsn.
Jhnsn adds that develping students' writing in this way matters fr their life after schl:"Fr us, it's imprtant that we create citizens f the future wh have a set f life skills that can make them successful." The dminance f technlgy is a challenge,she admits, but she als believes bth tls have their place."Obviusly we're cmpeting with technlgy cntinuusly."she says."And I knw there are peple there saying yu dn't need t bther abut handwriting because tech is ut there. But we dn't see it as cmpeting We're trying t get pupils t realize that there's a place fr handwriting。and t knw when it's imprtant t use each."
28. Why des the schl launch the initiative?
A. T help children t find the meaning f handwriting.
B. T encurage children t shw pity fr the aged.
C. T persuade children t chse prper curses.
D. T urge children t acknwledge the audience.
29.What des Paragraph 3 mainly tell us abut the schl?
A. Its after-class activities. B. Its practice in handwriting.
C. Its academic achievements. D. Its innvatin in technlgy.
30.What can we infer frm the last paragraph abut handwriting?
A. It will win against technlgy. B. It will give way t technlgy.
C. It will c-exist with technlgy.D. It will cause cnfusin t peple.
31. Which can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Handwriting prmtes the pen pal scheme
B. Slw cmmunicatin reduces misunderstanding
C. Creative ideas fr dealing with challenges gain ppularity
D.Putting pen t paper cntributes t a lve f the written wrd
D
Peple wh regularly sleep fr six hurs r less each night in middle age are mre likely t develp dementia（痴呆）than thse wh rutinely manage seven hurs，accrding t a majr study int the disease.
Researchers fund a 30% greater risk f dementia in thse wh during their 50s,60s and 70s cnsistently had a shrt night's sleep, regardless f ther risk factrs such as heart cnditin and pr mental health.
Sabia, an authr f the study at the university f Paris and her clleagues analyzed survey data frm University Cllege Lndn's Whitehall I study, which launched in 1985 and fllwed the health and lifestyles f mre than 10,000 British vlunteers. The French team fcused n nearly 8.000 participants wh self-reprted their sleep patterns.
During 25 years f fllw-up.521 participants develped dementia, with mst diagnsed in their late 70s. Writing in Nature Cmmunicatins, the scientists described hw thse wh rutinely gt six hurs f sleep r less each night in their 50s and 60s were 30% mre likely t develp dementia than thse wh typically managed seven hurs.
The study des nt prve that sleeping t little causes dementia, since sleep lss itself may be ne f the earliest symptms f the disease. But sme scientists believe the results strengthen evidence that cntinuus pr sleep may at least cntribute t the disease.
The first pathlgical(病理上的)changes that lead t dementia ccur ne t tw decades befre the disease becmes bvius, as sticky prteins called amylid build up in the brain. When the 1985 Whitehall II study first assessed the sleep f vlunteers wh later develped dementia,this prcess had prbably nt started.This meant that if they were sleeping t little, it was unlikely t have been caused by dementia-related brain changes.
"It strengthens the evidence that pr sleep in middle age culd cause r wrsen dementia in later life," said Dr Liz Culthard, a cnsultant senir lecturer in dementia neurlgy. "It makes sense t take measures t imprve sleep such as ging utside during daylight hurs t help maintain the natural rhythms that prmte gd sleep, aviding t much alchl r caffeine, particularly befre bed, and finding a bedtime rutine that wrks fr yu."
32.What risk factr fr dementia des the passage fcus n?
A. Sleep lss.B.Age.
C.Pr mental health.D.Heart cnditin.
33.Hw did French scientists get the research findings?
A. By making a cmparisn. B.By mnitring sleep patterns.
C. By interviewing British vlunteers. D. By analyzing previus survey data.
34.In what tne d the scientists talk abut the research?
A.Casual.B. Dubtful.
C. Negative.D. Cautius.
35. What is the purpse f the last paragraph?
A. T give examples. B. T cllect prfs.
C. T ffer suggestins. D. T present arguments.
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。
I am nt sure hw many bks I have reread,but perhaps it is fewer than the average persn. 36 The surce material, thugh, is f curse nt.
I used t take the same apprach t bks as I did t travel: dn't g t the same place twice.Life is t shrt. 37 Then I realized that the fact that life is shrt might wrk the ther way arund, t: if yu knw yu enjy smething,r smewhere, then why nt return?
Recently I reread Jseph Heller's Catch-22.I was inspired t d s when reminded f hw he'd respnd when peple rudely asked him why he'd never written anything as gd:"Wh has?"Catch-22 pretty much saved my life when I first read it. 38 I had drpped ut f schl twice,didn't leave the huse at all and didn't have a life.It felt as thugh I hadn't laughed in such a lng time.
39 It managed t take me ut f the dark wrld, and thugh its themes are,f curse,serius,its cleverness cheered me greatly.I related t its characters wh are themselves trapped.I am nw planning t reread the srt f bks that inspired me in my wn writing.
I wn't take a break altgether frm reading the mst recent releases.I lve the smell f new bks fresh frm the printers. 40
Catch-22 had me laughing.
My favurites are secndhand editins.
There is discmfrt in reading recently-released bks.
At that time I was an extremely depressed 17-year-ld.
Fr me, the pleasure f rereading is a newly discvered ne.
There is s much t read and s much t see and experience.
Hwever,I have determined t dip mre frequently int the ld nes
第三部分 语言知识运用 (共三节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文各题所给的A、B、C 和 D四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。
Literature was smething I was interested in. At schl I was that kid wh stuck his hand up t 41 alud frm the Shakespeare play. Over the hlidays I wuld visit the 42 and read literatures. While my generatin was playing after schl.I was in a ghett(贫民区)learning t 43 .
I lived then in Lags.The ghett landlrds had unlimited 44 They culd thrw families with all their pssessins ut int the street. Annyed,I wrte abut 45 .Thse pieces were nt published.Then it ccurred t me t write a stry abut them.This began my lng 46 in the rigrus craft(严谨构思)f the shrt stry.
Hwever, after finishing my A-levels,I had a jb wrking fr a paint cmpany. 47 in Lags was s terrible that it tk three hurs t get t wrk.I wuld wake up at 4 a.m. and write fr an hur befre 48 wrk. When I 49 I wld sleep and then write till ne 'clck.
The first 50 tk a year.I gt myself 51 frm wrk and bught a typewriter with the severance pay(解雇金).I began 52 many 53 , wh all turned it dwn.
Then, ne mrning, a letter came frm Lngmans' African Writers’ ,series.I remember giving a cry f 54 .That mment changed everything.I was 19.With the publicatin f Flwers and Shadws, the life I was meant t live 55 .
41.A. thinkB. readC. cryD. speak
42.A. librariesB. charitiesC. exhibitinsD. attractins
43.A. actB. writeC. ckD. paint
44.A. talentsB. wealthC. pwersD. freedm
45.A. friendshipB. pssibilitiesC. injusticesD. welfare
46.A. memryB. sufferingC. serviceD. adventure
47.A. TrafficB. ClimateC. AccmmdatinD. Security
48.A. making up frB. getting dwn tC. lking frward tD. setting ut fr
49.A. resignedB. retiredC. returnedD. reslved
50.A. ptinB. draftC. visitD. picture
51.A. freedB. inspiredC. firedD. prevented
52.A. re-writingB. withdrawingC. jb-huntingD. explring
53.A. friendsB. teachersC. writersD. publishers
54.A. fearB. jy C. painD. srrw
55.A. endedB. changedC. beganD. imprved
第二节 语法填空 (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。
The traditinal Chinese lunar calendar divides a year int 24 slar terms. The Spring Equinx(春分),as the furth term f the year starts n March 20 56 ends n April this year.
The Spring Equinx signals the equal 57 (lng)f the day and nigh time.The day f the Spring Equinx is 58 the sun is directly abve the equatr.After the equinx, the sun mves nrthwards, resulting in 59 (gradual) lnger day time in the Nrthern Hemisphere and lnger night in the Suthern Hemisphere.
Standing an egg upright is a ppular game acrss the cuntry during the Spring Equinx.It is an ld custm that 60 (date)back t 4,000 years ag.Peple practice this traditin t celebrate the cming f spring.It 61 (believe) that if smene can make the egg stand, he will have gd luck in the future.
The Spring Equinx is 62 gd time t fly kites.In ancient times,peple did nt have gd medical resurces. S 63 (pray)fr gd health, they wrte their medical issues n paper kite. When the kite was 64 the air,peple wuld cut ff the stringy let the paper kite flat away, 65 (symblize) the flying away f diseases.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是李华，读完外教Mr.Brwn推荐的一些英文小说后，你的收获很大。请你给他写一封感谢信，内容包括∶
1.表示感谢;
2.你的收获;
3.希望得到进一步指导。
注意∶
1.词数 80左右;
Dear Mr.Brwn,

Yurs，
Li Hua
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
第二节 故事续写(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。
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。
A Narrw Escape
A feeling f terrr came ver ten-year-ld Chet Rscw.He had been swimming in the A Narrw Escape
Matawan River by himself. But he had the idea that smene r smething was watching him.
And then he saw a large gray fin(鳍)slicing thrugh the water like a knife. What was that? Culd it be a shark? That was impssible! Elm Hills was miles and miles frm the cean. Hw culd a shark find its way int this little river?
But nw Chet culd see it cming tward him.The shark was bigger than Chet himself. The black eyes staring up thrugh the water-killer eyes.
Chet dived tward the shre, punding thrugh the water and kicking with all his might. His feet tuched the bttm. He was running nw, lking ver his shulder. The shark was right behind him, its huge jaws wide pen and its white teeth shining in its blded muth.Thse killer eyes stared at Chet. And then, with a flick f its tail, the shark pushed itself backward int the water, and disappeared dwn the river.
Chet rse t his knees and threw up. When he culd stand, he suddenly nticed his fiends,Sid,Mnty and Dewey, standing n the dck(码头).Befre he culd stp them,they had dived int the water.
"Get ut f the water!"he screamed."Get ut! Get ut nw!"
He thundered dwn the path and nt the dck."Yu have t get ut! There's a shark!"
"Yu hear that,Mnty?" Sid said."There's a shark in the river! We'd better get ut."
Sid lifted himself up n the dck and tk a running leap ff the edge f the dck.He jumped int the river with such an enrmus splash that Chet gt thrughly wet. Mnty and Dewey dived in after him.
"Oh shaaaaaaa-rrrrrrrk!"Sid called thrugh cupped hands."Here, shark! Cme and get us!"
They laughed, and Chet std there, ttally helpless.
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。
But then he nticed Sid,strangely still in the river.
Befre he had a chance t think,Chet was in the water,leaving Mnty and Dewey n the dck.
2022届高三第二次调研测试
参考答案
英 语
参考答案：
1—5 BACCB 6—10 ACBAB11—15 BCABA16—20 CACBA
21—25 ACBDB 26—30 ABABC31—35 DADDC 36—40 EFDAG
41—45 BABCC 46—50 DADCB 51—55 CADBC
and 57. length 58. when 59. gradually 60. dates
is believed 62. a 63. t pray 64. in 65. symblizing
应用文
Dear Mr. Brwn,
I’m writing t express my sincere thanks t yu fr recmmending me sme English nvels.
The recmmended nvels, whse languages are beautiful and plain t read, have brught me many unexpected benefits. Having finished reading them, I have built a larger vcabulary, which, in turn, has imprved my writing skills. Besides, these English nvels pen me up t new experiences and perspectives, ffering me new infrmatin abut culture and sciety that I never knew befre.
Please accept my thanks nce again. I really hpe yu can prvide me with sme mre guidance n reading English nvels.
Yurs,
Li Hua
读后续写
But then he nticed Sid, strangely still in the river. His face had gne white. His muth was pen, like he was ging t scream. Chet’s insides turned t jelly when he saw the shining fin mving slwly thrugh the water. “Hurry!” Chet cried. “Get ut!” Mnty and Dewey flew ut f the water. But Sid seemed stuck. The shark was clser t the surface nw, its black eyes almst glwing. They all screamed at Sid, but Sid still didn’t mve. The shark was getting clser.
Befre he had a chance t think, Chet was in the water, leaving Mnty and Dewey n the dck. He swam as fast as he culd tward Sid, grabbed hld f Sid’s arm and pulled him. Mnty and Dewey were at the edge f the dck, reaching dwn fr them. Sid lifted himself up, and Chet planted his hands n the dck. Chet was almst ut f the water when smething caught his leg. “It’s gt my leg!” Chet screamed. “Pull!” Sid shuted. They pulled until Chet’s leg finally came free! Chet was injured, but t his relief, his friends were safe.

录音原文：
Text 1
M: I have finally passed my driving exam! The driving lessns cst s much mney! It cst mre than the ld car I bught.
W: Cngratulatins! Yes, ld cars are quite cheap — it’s the cst f repairs that is the mst expensive thing.
Text 2
W: Hw d yu feel tday after cutting all that wd?
M: My shulder aches. I think I did t much yesterday.
W: Take it easy tday. Watch sme mvies and I’ll ck a nice meal fr yu.
Text 3
M: It’s ging t rain all day accrding t the weather frecast.
W: Well, and it’s t windy tmrrw, s that ruins ur plan t g hiking. I was hping tday wuld be sunny!
Text 4
M: I believe Tm is hme frm university tmrrw. I’d like t see him.
W: He’ll arrive at abut 8:00 r 9:00 a.m., but he needs t rest. We’ll have dinner at 5:00 p.m. Wuld yu like t jin us?
M: Great.
Text 5
M: I think I’d be an excellent candidate fr the jb. I’ve had lts f experience wrking in sales — and I’m really gd with peple, like yu.
W: I’m nt gd with numbers thugh, which is a big part f the jb. But that is ne f yur strengths.
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M: OK, take the liquid and carefully pur it int the test tube. Yu must be very careful in case it burns a hle in the table.
W: Isn’t this a bit risky, sir? My dad is als a teacher and he says science can be dangerus.
M: Nt if we take care and d it crrectly. Nw, nce yu have pured all f the liquid in, wait fr it t react.
W: That’s strange — there’s a lt f smke cming ut f the tube!
M: Dn’t wrry — that’s suppsed t happen. Just keep watching with yur teammates. What else d yu ntice?
W: The clr is changing! I lve science!
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M: Is that a new bike, Lucy? It lks nice with a bright clr.
W: Well, my sister bught it frm a friend, but she hardly ever used it. I brrwed it s ften that last mnth she just said I culd keep it.
M: That was very generus f her. My brther wuld never lend me anything, let alne give a bike t me.
W: My sister desn’t value t much f such thing.
M: That’s a gd way t be. The less yu wn, the less yu have t tie yu dwn and wrry abut.
W: That’s right. Hw lng have yu kept yur bike?
M: A cuple f years nw. It’s always been a gd ne. It never gives me any truble.
W: That is the main thing yu want frm a bike. Yu need it t be reliable.
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M: This French cave is ne f the best in the wrld in terms f ancient histry.
W: When yu say “ancient”, hw far back in time are we talking? 500 years?
M: Try again.
W: 1000 years?
M: Mst experts believe the cave paintings yu see n the wall are arund 17,000 years ld.
W: What?! Are yu serius? That’s incredible. I’m s glad we came t visit this cave. Staying at the htel all day was becming a bit bring, t be hnest. I lve getting clse t histry in this way.
M: Me t. As sn as I heard we were staying in this area, I immediately thught f these caves.
W: I didn’t realize yu had heard f it. What else d yu knw?
M: Well, the cave was first discvered in 1940, pened t the public in 1948, then clsed again in 1963. Because I’m a university prfessr, the staff here allw us t get in.
W: Ww! Thank yu fr taking me.
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W: Yu’ve traveled a lt, haven’t yu, Stuart? I’m abut t g traveling myself fr the first time. What advice wuld yu give me?
M: Well, there are lts f things I can tell yu. Is there anything specific yu want t knw?
W: I d wrry abut getting lst. If I land in anther city, in anther part f the wrld, hw can I find my way arund?
M: When I arrive smewhere fr the first time, I always try t get a map f the area frm the airprt r the htel I’m staying at. And I get smene t write dwn where I am staying, s I can shw it t peple if I’m lst.
W: Have yu ever fund yurself smewhere strange, with n map r directins?
M: Oh, many a time. The thing t d then is ask fr directins. But dn’t just ask ne persn, because sme peple dn’t like t admit they dn’t knw. Ask several peple.
W: Wh are the best peple t ask?
M: It depends. Obviusly, turists might nt be familiar with the area, and children might nt knw sme places. Delivery peple are gd, because they drive arund different places all the time.
W: What if there’s n ne arund?
M: Try t remember places like twers r tall buildings, near where yu want t g. They can help yu find yur way.
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Tday I want t talk abut the imprtance f being prepared. There is a famus saying that ges: “If yu fail t prepare, prepare t fail.” It’s famus because it is s true. Let me share with yu a stry that happened t me recently that prves this.
Over the summer, I had t get the main bedrm f my huse rebuilt. Last week, I rganized fr a building examinatin fr 11:00 n Mnday. Well, at 10:55, I was still in the shwer. I had frgtten all abut it! When the examiner kncked n the dr, I rushed ut f the shwer. Hwever, I hadn’t taken the time t upgrade all the paperwrk. I was ttally unprepared — nt t mentin cmpletely embarrassed! By 11:05, the examiner had left. He culdn’t wait arund fr me t get ready as he was scheduled fr anther jb smewhere else. I made him angry by wasting his time. Unfrtunately, I had t bk anther appintment — and I had t pay twice!
The pint I am trying t make is, please, whatever yu d in life, always be prepared!