2021-2022学年山东省菏泽第一中学高二下学期第一次月考英语试题含答案

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 山东省菏泽第一中学2021-2022学年高二下学期第一次月考英语试卷
时间：120分钟 满分：150分
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. How much did Tony pay for the book?
A. $6. B. $12. C. $18.
2. What is the conversation about?
A. Finding a job. B. Having a book printed. C. Asking for a rise.
3. What is the man going to buy?
A. An English grammar book. B. Some magazines. C. Several science books.
4. How many students passed the competition?
A. 90. B. 180. C. 270.
5. Why do the speakers need the brochures?
A. To get them exhibited.
B. To advertise for the printers.
C. To prepare for an exhibition.
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。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6 What’s the woman probably?
A. A guest. B. A hotel attendant. C. A policewoman.
7. What will the man do next?
A. Change his room and get a refund.
B. Try to get rid of the cockroaches (蟑螂).
C. Leave the woman as soon as possible.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In the hospital. B. In the gym. C. In the classroom.
9. Why can’t the man’s arm be back to normal once the cast comes off?
A. His arm might have some swelling.
B. His arm is still broken.
C. He doesn’t use the arm.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. Why does the woman call the man?
A. She wants to buy a computer.
B. She wants to know about the computer.
C. She couldn’t turn on the computer.
11. Where are the connections according to the man?
A. They are in the computer.
B. They are between the CPU and the outlet.
C. They are on the screen.
12. What do you think of the woman?
A. She is eager to help others.
B. She knows little about the computers.
C. She is an expert at the computers.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. Which state did the woman drive from?
A. Minnesota. B. Montana. C. California.
14. What does the man ask the woman to do?
A. Meet her group. B. Check in. C. Give a speech.
15. Who does the woman actually want to see?
A. Captain Jones. B. General Richards. C. General Thompson.
16. How does the woman probably feel in the end?
A. Excited. B. Stressed. C. Disappointed.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. What led to trade unions?
A. The industrial revolution.
B. Unsafety of Europe.
C. The mercy of the employers.
18. What’s the main task of trade unions now?
A. Make sure that employers do not exploit workers any more.
B. Get all the workers together to finish the goal well.
C. Consult with the employers about the labor contracts.
19. Who will speak on behalf of the workers?
A. The governors. B. The employers. C. The leaders of trade unions.
20. Why may unions get closely linked to political parties?
A. Sometimes they have to support the government.
B. They do this in order to achieve their aims.
C. They should create tense atmosphere between them.
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
A lot of people like movies and films. They can add thrill and imaginations to our lives. Find the latest movie reviews here.
Mulan
The fearless and spirited eldest daughter of an honored warrior, Mulan is the apple of her father’s eye. To save her aging father from serving in the Imperial Army, clever Mulan disguises (乔装) herself as a man soldier named “Ping” to bravely take her father’s place in the Imperial Army to battle northern invaders in China.
Critics Consensus (共识): It could have told its classic story with greater depth, but the live-action Mulan is a visual improvement.
Family Romance
Love is a business at Family Romance: a company that offers the rental service. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps fulfill the dreams of his clients. Mahiro’s mother will hire Ishii to play as her missing father. And reality will begin to be unclear.
Critics Consensus: It is a fascinating exploration of human connection and follows an unconventional path.
Greenland
A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet (彗星) races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his wife Allison, and young son Nathan make a dangerous journey to their only hope for refuge (避难). Among terrifying news, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity while they battle the increasing panic and lawlessness surrounding them.
Critics Consensus: Beware, comets of Greenland: Gerard Butler, is here to protect Earth -- and show audiences an improbably entertaining time.
Black Box
Having lost his wife and his memory in a tragic car accident, news photographer Nolan Wright is desperate. After losing his wife and memory, Nolan Wright, a single father undergoes an experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.
Critics Consensus: An interesting work of writer-director Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, Black Box makes up for a lack of surprises with strong performances and an emotionally rewarding story.
21. Which movie should have presented a better story according to critics?
A. Mulan. B. Family Romance. C. Greenland. D. Black Box.
22. Which movie is a science fiction？
A. Mulan. B. Family Romance. C. Greenland. D. Black Box.
23. In which section of the newspaper can you read this text?
A. Advertisement. B. Science. C. Entertainment. D. News Report.
B
Once upon a time, science fiction was just a style among other styles. There were crime stories, there were horror stories, there was literary fiction, and there was science fiction. But today science themes dominate these other styles. It’s difficult to think of much modern crime, horror or “serious” fiction that doesn’t involve science.
And it’s not just books. With every second movie and computer game having a sci-fi element, science fiction seems to have controlled our entire entertainment culture. It’s clear that if we want to define science fiction, we should relate it to the role that science plays in our lives.
Although some experts have claimed to be able to trace sci-fi back to ancient times, it is more reasonable to find it in initial form in the 19th century when industrial societies arose. One of the features that set industrial societies apart from other kinds was the increasing part that science played in everyday life. Factories with vast machines turned out huge quantities of goods, which were transported by trains, motor vehicles and ships all over the world. Cities were built on the back of technology, with electricity in homes and hospitals helping everyone to lead healthier, more convenient lives. All of these changes had great effects not only on people’s real lives, but on their imaginative ones.
Writers began to describe these changing physical and mental landscapes, eventually giving science fiction a large and devoted fan base of especially young readers, who found that it spoke to their curiosity about the future that science would create.
But sci-fiction reflected fears about science rather than hopes. These typical early science fiction novels might be a UK novel like H.G. Wells’ The War of the World’s (1897). With great skill, Wells played upon the fears of technology by imagining Earth under threat by a civilization—that of men from Mars.
The science fiction of today expresses the impact of the computing revolution, robotics and our environmental challenges, while it is less concerned with “little green men from Mar” and other themes of past sci-fiction.
Given that science, technology and polities are always intertwined, contemporary science fiction often has a great deal to say about power. Many recent novels—like American Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother (2008)—are concerned with government and security service “conspiracies (阴谋)” against the people, particularly as the revelations of whistle blowers like Edward Snowden sink in. This can give sci-fi writing a “skeptical (怀疑的)” feel.
This underlines one of the features that remains constant between the beginnings of the empire of science fiction and its state today.
As then, so now: We want to read about how fearful the future will be, not how it will be a paradise.
24. What can we know according to the first paragraph?
A. Science fiction used to take the leadership in literature.
B. Horror stories and literary fiction have initiated science fiction.
C. Modern fiction reflects the influence of science fiction.
D. Science fiction is the dominant literature style at the present time.
25. What caused science fiction to appear in the 19th century?
A. The curiosity of young readers about the future.
B. The changes that the industrial revolution brought about.
C. People’s stretched imagination affected by their real life.
D. People’s fears about science rather than hopes.
26. According to the passage, what do we know about the early science fiction?
A. It aroused people’s curiosity of science about daily life.
B. It intensified people’s worries about the social problems.
C. It promoted people’s understanding of the true value of science.
D. It conveyed an atmosphere of imaginary anxieties to people.
27. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. The impact of science fiction. B. The development of science fiction.
C. The content of science fiction. D. The characteristic of science fiction.
C
“Do not tell anyone”. We often hear these words when someone tells us a secret. But keeping a secret is hard. We’re often tempted（引诱）to “spill the beans”, even if we regret it later.
According to the professor, Asim Shah, keeping a secret may well “become a burden”. This is because people often have an “eager and anxious urge（冲动）to share it with someone”. An earlier study, led by Anita, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress. People entrusted（托付）with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches, reported the Daily Mail.
Secrets are so often getting out. Why do people share them at all? Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a friend. Another reason people share secrets is guilt over keeping it from someone close to them. A sense of distrust can develop when people who are close do not share it with each other. “Keeping or sharing secrets often puts people in a position of either gaining or losing the trust of someone, ”according to Shah.
He added that talkative people could let secrets slip out. But this doesn’t mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people. A quiet person may be someone who keeps everything inside. To tell such a person a secret may cause them stress, and make them talk about the secret.
Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you’d better put yourself in their position, Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn’t give the information away. Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone’s secret you should come clean about it. Let the person know that their secret isn’t so secret anymore.
28. Why does the author say keeping a secret may “become a burden”?
A. Because people are born not to be able to keep secrets.
B. Because when people have secrets, their bodies ache.
C. Because keeping secrets is certain to cause depression.
D. Because keeping secrets could probably be harmful to health.
29. How many reasons have been mentioned in Paragraph 3 why people tend to share secrets?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5.
30. What does the underlined words “spill the beans” mean?
A. To fall by accident. B. To let out secrets on purpose.
C. To spread secrets to everyone around. D. To give away secrets unintentionally.
31. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Quiet people are more likely to keep the secrets to themselves.
B. Sharing secrets helps establish friendship or get over the, sense of guilt.
C. Putting yourself in others’ shoes helps realize the importance of keeping secrets.
D. A person who is asked to keep a secret will suffer from psychological problems only.
D
Fish biodiversity (生物多样性) in freshwater systems, such as lakes and rivers, has been declining since the beginning of the industrial revolution—so much so that researchers now estimate human activity has severely affected the fish biodiversity in more than half of the world’s rivers.
Sébastien Brosse at Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France, and his colleagues have been collecting data from 2456 river basins (江河流域) across the world for more than a decade. Brosse and his team created an index (指标) to measure the changes in fish biodiversity in these rivers and how they have been affected by human activity. Previous measures of biodiversity typically only assessed the number of different species in a particular ecosystem. This new index also measures the function of each freshwater species and their evolutionary relationships.
Using these measures, each river basin was given a score between 0 and 12—the higher the score, the higher the change in biodiversity as a result of human activity.
The team found that 53 per cent of the river basins had a score higher than 6, which meant their fish biodiversity had been severely affected by human activity, especially after the industrial revolution. Unsurprisingly, these were located mostly in high-income countries, such as Western Europe and North America, where humans have heavily used rivers.
Just 14 per cent of river basins in the study have been little affected by human activity, but these only provide a habitat for one-fifth of the world’s freshwater fish species.
“The less-impacted rivers are mainly located in Africa and Australia,” says Brosse. This is probably due to a slower rate of industrialization in Africa and low population density (密度) around rivers in Australia, he says.
“Rivers which have the most economic development around them, like the Mississippi River, are the most strongly impacted,” says Brosse. Along with overfishing and climate change, dams are especially harmful for freshwater biodiversity as they reduce the flow of nutrients and block migrating fish.
32. What’s new about the index used by Brosse and his team?
A. It only measures the function of each freshwater species.
B. It only measures the evolutionary relationships of freshwater species.
C. It does not measure the number of different species in a particular ecosystem.
D It assesses the function of each freshwater species and their evolutionary relationships.
33. Which score means that the biodiversity of a river basin is most severely affected by human activity?
A. 12. B. 8. C. 4. D. 1.
34. Where might the most-impacted rivers mainly be located?
A. Areas with dams.
B Areas with overfishing.
C. Areas with the least economic development.
D. Areas with the most economic development.
35. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Rivers play a vital role in human life.
B. People should take measures to protect rivers.
C. Humans have severely affected fish biodiversity in half of all rivers.
D. Environment protection is much more important than economic development.
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。
Teenagers' fitness is now a major concern and physical exercise is very important. ____36____ Exercise makes your body strong and helps you to keep the right body weight. Sports scientists offer the following advice to teenagers. ____37____ Then you can design a programme that will help you become healthier.
____38____ “Overweight” means that the person gets very little exercise and often has a serious weight problem.“Inactive” means that the person does not join in many physical activities, but is not seriously overweight. “Active” refers to people who participate in sports and other physical activities, but do not have a high fitness level.
According to experts, overweight teenagers should work out to keep healthy. Ride a bike, play volleyball or basketball for a while, and go for a twenty minute walk each day. All these will help to burn calories. Inactive teenagers should do similar activities, but add some bending and stretching exercises, such as push-ups and sit-ups, starting with twenty of each a day. Inactive people can take a little more exercise than overweight people because their bodies are stronger. ____39____
Experts also suggest one hour a week or more on running and other forms of intensive exercises, together with fifteen minutes a day spent on stretching and bending activities. ____40____ Some weight-training and other body-strengthening exercises could also be planned in the programme in order to increase people's strength and safety.
A. It's time to take part in sport.
B. It reduces stress and improves fitness.
C. Sports can make your life more colorful.
D. First, find out your present level of fitness.
E. The same rule is also suitable for active teenagers.
F. They are really important in order to prevent injuries.
G. There are three levels of fitness that need a change of lifestyle.
第三部分 语言运用（共三节，满分35分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
For a little girl growing up in Colombia, a science career with NASA may seem impossible. Trujillo, however, is an aerospace ___41___ who leads a team at the NASA laboratory ___42___ for the robotic arm of the latest Mars rover (火星探测器).
How did Trujillo go from simply dreaming about the universe to ___43___ exploring it? That's a tale of ___44___ written in the stars.
Born in 1983, even as a young girl Trujillo was ___45___ of her passion for science. But she doubted how far she'd be able to ___46___ in a male-dominated field. Then her dad offered to send her to Miami. Only 17 at the time, she ___47___ the offer.
Trujillo took a series of housekeeping ___48___ to put herself through Miami Dade College. Sometimes she was cleaning bathrooms to help pay her way through her ___49___ . But she didn't ___50___ "I saw everything coming my way as an opportunity."
Then came another life-changing moment. She became the first Hispanic (西班牙语国家) woman to be ___51___ to the NASA Academy. Later, she became an engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
This February, when the Perseverance rover ___52___ on the surface of Mars, it was ___53___ by commentary (解说) from Trujillo in NASA's first-ever Spanish-language ___54___ .
Trujillo's own story is ___55___ that just beyond the barrier lies an entire universe of opportunities waiting for anyone willing to work hard enough to reach for the stars.
41. A. astronaut B. pilot C. engineer D. guide
42. A. eager B. responsible C. concerned D. grateful
43. A. actually B. hardly C. precisely D. repeatedly
44. A. innocence B. kindness C. perseverance D. sympathy
45. A. certain B. tolerant C. afraid D. fond
46. A. respond B. rise C. invest D. apply
47. A. made up B. turned up C. picked up D. took up
48. A. measures B. activities C. jobs D. courses
49. A. studies B. purchases C. recreations D. trips
50. A. skip B. panic C. reform D. complain
51. A. applied B. admitted C. assigned D. introduced
52. A. originated B. sank C. landed D. waited
53. A. accompanied B. restricted C. enhanced D. teased
54. A. theory B. broadcast C. criticism D. performance
55. A. enterprise B. information C. competence D. proof
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
语法填空
Just as Aristotle put it, “We are what we ____56____ (repeated) do.” In many aspects, our lifestyle is the result of choices ____57____ we have made. So forming good habits is very important, especially for ____58____ (teenager). That’s because bad habits, if not corrected, will have a bad effect on our adult life. To prevent harmful habits from dominating our life, we should make use ____59____ the “habit cycle” to kick bad habits and develop good ones. First, we can facilitate positive changes by examining our bad habit cycles and ____60____ (try) to adapt them. Aside from this, we should also form good habits on purpose. Gradually, we ____61____ (reward) by our actions.
Of course, bad habits, once ____62____ (form), are not easy for us to get out of. Some people can get out of bad habits quickly while others might try many times until they succeed. If we can’t succeed straight away, don’t become pessimistic. As ____63____ matter of fact, the most successful way to change is not suddenly, but over a period of time. As a Chinese saying goes, “A journey of a thousand miles ____64____ (begin) with a single step.” As long as we continue taking small steps, we are sure _____65_____ (get) rid of bad habits and build a healthy life.
第三节 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
66. In time, he gained r__________（认可）as one of the greatest artists China has ever known. (根据中英提示单词拼写)
67. China has made a great b________ (突破) in many fields in the past decades. （根据中英文提示填空）
68. Tsinghua University is ________ (把……分等级) number one in China for engineering.（根据汉语提示单词拼写）
69. To prevent harmful habits like these from d_________(主宰) a teenager's life is essential. （根据中英文提示填空）
70. To f_________（促进）a positive change in our bad habits. we must first examine our bad habit cycles and then try to adapt them. （根据中英文提示填空）
71. I feel more d________ (精力充沛) and stronger than ever, in both body and mind. （根据中英文提示填空）
72. It has e________ (提高) the quality of my life, improving my health and increasing my happiness. （根据中英文提示填空）
73. Governments need to consider making p________ (政策) and taking appropriate actions and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. （根据中英文提示填空）
74. With such campaigns in effect, China’s waterways are heading towards a clean and s________ (可持续的) future. （根据中英文提示填空）
75. S________ (抓住) the chance, or you’ll regret it. （根据中英文提示填空）
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节（满分15分）
76. 假定你是李华。你校英语报将举办主题为“My Dream Career”的英语演讲比赛。请你面向全校师生写一篇演讲稿，介绍你的个人情况，内容包括：
1. 你的职业规划；2. 选择这一职业的原因；3. 为此需要做的事情。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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第二节（满分20分）
77. 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，续写的词数应为 150 左右。
Jason threw the papers on my desk—his eyebrows knit into a straight line as he glared at me. He pointed a finger at the paper. “Next time you want to change anything, ask me first,” he said, turning on his heels and leaving me in anger. “How dare he treat me like that,” I thought. I had changed one long sentence, and corrected grammar, something I thought I was paid to do.
As the weeks went by, I grew to dislike Jason. One day, another of his episodes left me in tears. I stormed into his office, prepared to let the man know how I felt I sat across from him and said calmly, “Jason, the way you’ve been treating me is wrong. I’ve never had anyone speak to me that way. As a professional, it’s wrong, and I can’ allow it to continue.”
Jason assumed a nervous smile and leaned back in his chair. I closed my eyes briefly. “I want to make you a promise. I will be a friend,” I said. “I will treat you as you deserve to be treated, with respect and kindness. You deserve that. Everybody does.” I slipped out of the chair and closed the door behind me.
Jason avoided me the rest of the week. Papers and letters appeared on my desk while I was at lunch, and my corrected versions were not seen again. I brought cookies to the office one day and left some on his desk. Another day I left a note. “Hope your day is going great,” it read. Over the next few weeks, Jason reappeared but there were no other episodes.
One year after our “talk”, I discovered I had cancer. I was thirty-two, the mother of three young children, scared. Friends and loved ones visited and tried to find the right words to comfort me. No one knew what to say, and many said the wrong things. Others wept.
Paragraph 1
One day, Jason came into the hospital room awkwardly, and placed a box beside me.
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Paragraph 2
For ten years, I have watched those red and white flowers blossom every spring.
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参考答案
1. 【答案】B
2. 【答案】A
3. 【答案】A
4. 【答案】B
5. 【答案】C
【答案】6. B 7. A
【答案】8. A 9. A
【答案】10. C 11. B 12. B
【答案】13. C 14. A 15. B 16. C
【答案】17. A 18. C 19. C 20. B
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. C
【答案】24. C 25. B 26. D 27. B
【答案】28. D 29. A 30. D 31. C
【答案】32. D 33. A 34. D 35. C
【答案】36. B 37. D 38. G 39. E 40. F
【答案】41. C 42. B 43. A 44. C 45. A 46. B 47. D 48. C 49. A 50. D 51. B 52. C 53. A 54. B 55. D
【答案】56. repeatedly
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58. teenagers
59. of 60. trying
61. will be rewarded
62. formed 63. a
64. begins 65. to get
66.【答案】recognition
67.【答案】breakthrough##reakthrough
68.【答案】ranked
69.【答案】dominating
70.【答案】facilitate
71.【答案】dynamic##ynamic
72.【答案】enhanced##nhanced
73.【答案】policies
74.【答案】sustainable##ustainable
75.【答案】Seize##eize
76.【答案】Boys and girls,
I’m glad to state my dream career here today. Honestly speaking, everyone wants to be a person of value, and so do I. I have been dreaming of becoming a doctor, and I can imagine people will greatly appreciate my work as it will let them own good health. How honorable it is to save patients out of sickness! As a teenager, I’ll make great efforts to study science and fully prepare for the dream. Nothing will be impossible if I put my heart into it.
That’s all! Thanks for your listening!
77.【答案】One day, Jason came into the hospital room awkwardly, and placed a box beside me. “Tulips,” he said. I grinned, not understanding. He shuffled his feet, then cleared his throat. “If you plant them when you get home, they’ll come up next spring. I just wanted you to know that I think you’ll be there to see them when they come up.” Tears clouded my eyes and I reached out my hand. “Thank you,” I whispered. Jason grasped my hand and gruffly replied, “You’re welcome. You can’t see it now, but next spring you’ll see the colors I picked out for you. I think you’ll like them.” He turned and left without another word.
For ten years, I have watched those red and white flowers blossom every spring. In fact, this September, doctors declared me cured and I've watched my children graduate from high school and go on to college. In a moment when I prayed for just the right word, a man with very few words said all the right things. After all, that’s what friends do.
听力原文
1.【原文】W: I just bought this book in the sales. I paid only $18 for it, $6 off its original price.
M: It’s really a bargain, but Tony bought the same book for just half the original price at another bookstore.
2.【原文】W: Have you had a job before? Why do you want to work here?
M: Yes, but in a small printing company. Now I come here because I want to get a better salary.
3.【原文】W: Hi! Where will you go? What are you going to buy?
M: I will go to a bookstore to buy an English grammar book written by Betty Simon.
W: Oh. I see. By the way, I heard there were magazines, novels. comics, and science books on sale in the bookstore.
4.【原文】W: How many students passed the National English Proficiency Competition for middle school students this year?
M: About 270 students in second grade in high school took part in it, but one out of three failed.
5.【原文】M: Can you call the printers and find out if they have done our brochures yet? We have to get them ready before the opening of the exhibition on Friday.
W: I already called, but nobody answered. I’ll do that first tomorrow morning.
6-7.【原文】M: This room is unfit for humans. I want another room, and I want a refund for tonight.
W: You would be kind enough to tell me the problem, sir.
M: In a word, cockroaches!
W: Oh, no, are they back? I’ll give you another room immediately, sir, and a refund for tonight.
M: Thank you. I’m glad that you don’t believe that your guests are liars.
W: Sir, without happy guests, we are nothing.
8-9.【原文】W: How have you teen getting along with this arm?
M: Fine. I can get around it, but it has definitely slowed me down.
W: Have you bad any pain?
M: At first I had some at night, but that only lasted a few days.
W: We’ll take the cast off today, so you will be almost back to normal. You need to take an X-ray first to make sure that the bone has healed completely.
M: Will my arm be back to normal once the cast comes off?
W: No. If you have no pain, you can slowly start to use the arm, but you have to take it easy. Your
arm might have some swelling.
M: Okay, I’ll make sure I’m careful with the arm.
10-12.【原文】W: Something’s wrong with my computer.
M: What’s the problem?
W: I can’t turn on my computer.
M: Did you see f all the connections are right?
W: I’m not sure I understand what you mean.
M: The connections between your CPU and the outlet.
W: Is that what’s stopping my computer from being turned on?
M: If your plugs aren’t connected all the way, the computer won’t be turned on.
W: I have no idea.
M: Why don’t you try it and see what happens?
W: I’ll try it right now.
M: Let me know if that doesn’t work.
13-16.【原文】M: Welcome to your first week of training in Montana. I’m your captain. You can call me Captain Jones. During this winter term, we will teach you the importance of exercise, teamwork, and communication.
W: I drove all the way here from California! It took a whole day. But it’s worth it!
M: Great! I have your name here on this list. Julia, so you’re already checked in. Go ahead and meet your group and get to know each other.
W: First, I want to knew about the special guest that is coming to speak to us!
M: Ah, you’re thinking of General Thompson. He was the captain of the Air Forces in World War
Ⅱ.
W: Yes! That’s him! My friend Nick and I really want to meet him. We saw a movie about him called Lost in Flight.
M: Well, Lost in Flight was actually about the general of the Navy, General Richards. He is our special guest next month.
W: What? That’s the whole reason why I come to this camp!
M: He is giving a speech in his hometown in Minnesota, so he could not come for this term.
17-20.【原文】M: Trade unions or labor unions first appeared in Europe as a result of the industrial revolution. Workers were at the mercy of the employers. They were underpaid, lacked any sort of training, and were sometimes mistreated. When trade unions emerged, they became powerful organizations. Workers got together and organized themselves to make sure that employers do not exploit them any more. Nowadays, the main goal of trade unions is to negotiate labor contracts with employers. The leaders of trade unions speak on behalf of workers and are mainly
worried about wages, working conditions and the laws that govern the hiring, firing and promotion of workers. In some cases unions may call for strikes to force employers to negotiate a deal or they may promote political legislation favorable to the interests of their members or workers as a whole. To achieve this aim they may support and get closely linked to particular political parties. Some people blame unions for creating tense atmosphere between employers and employees. But the truth is that unions have contributed to considerably improving the employees’ standard of living.