2023-2024学年四川省达州外国语学校高二上学期9月月考英语试题含答案

这是一份2023-2024学年四川省达州外国语学校高二上学期9月月考英语试题含答案，共13页。试卷主要包含了 考试结束后，将答题卡收回等内容，欢迎下载使用。

本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，第Ⅰ卷（选择题）部分，第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）部分，共10页，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
注意事项：1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号用0.5毫米黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题卡上，将条形码贴在答题卡规定的位置上。
2. 选择题必须使用2B铅笔将答案标号填涂在答题卡上对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用0.5毫米黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔书写在答题卡的对应框内，超出答题区书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上的答案无效。
3. 考试结束后，将答题卡收回。
第Ⅰ卷（共95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. Why d they need t exit the statin？
A. Because this is the terminal statin.
B. Because they reach their place.
C. Because the bth lines dn't cnnect.
2. Where is the man nw？
A. At the airprt. B. At a shpping Mall. C. At a htel.
3. What des the wman want
A. She wanted t meet smebdy.
B. She wanted t make sme fresh cffee.
C. She wanted t buy smething.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking abut
A. Chsing curses. B. Shpping. C. Histry.
5. When will the talk be held？
A. On Wednesday. B. On Saturday. C. On Thursday.
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. What did the man lse？
A. His wallet. B. His handbag.C. His passprt.
7. Where d yu guess the man is nw？
A. At hme. B. In a htel. C. In a shp.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Where des the man live？
A. In Changping District. B. In Chayang District. C. In Haidian District.
9. Hw much mney des the man pay？
A. 13 yuan. B. 30 yuan. C. 130 yuan.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why did the wman nt g t cllege?
A. Because she didn't pass the exam.
B. Because she wasn't interested in cllege.
C. Because she culdn't affrd cllege educatin.
11. What jb des the wman say she did?
A. She was a bus cnductr.
B. She was a shp assistant.
C. She was a husekeeper.
12. What did the wman think f her friend's cllege life？
A. It was busy. B. It was wnderful. C. It was dull.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where des this cnversatin prbably take place？
A. At hme. B. At the wman's huse. C. At a restaurant.
14. Why des the man want t g n a diet
A. Because he is fat.
B. Because he acted n his dctr's advice.
C. Because he is nt healthy.
15. What kind f diet shuld he fllw accrding t the man?
A. A mderate diet emphasizing careful eating habits.
B. A very restrictive diet eating nly salads.
C. A very mild diet with lts f sweets.
16. Hw lng will it take the man n the diet t be nrmal in weight?
A. Three mnths. B. Six mnths. C. Twelve mnths.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Wh is the speaker?
A. A park manager. B. A turist guide. C. A restaurant hst
18. What is the speaker mainly talking abut?
A. A histry tree. B. A well-knwn park. C. A famus cmmander.
19. What d we knw abut the Washingtn Elm?
A. It was less than ne hundred years ld.
B. It was much lder than peple had thught
C. Washingtn culdn't have cmmanded under it
20. What can we learn frm what the speaker said？
A. Sme histrical stries are untrue.
B. Washingtn cmmanded the army n his knees.
C. The Washingtn Elm was destryed befre the celebratin.
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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．
While travel may have been brught t a standstill, it certainly didn’t stp prgress. Here are just a few f the new attractins in sme f ur favurite places t visit, writes ALENEY DE WINTER.
A fairy tale (童话) first
The first stages f the H.C. Andersen Huse in Odense, Denmark — the hmetwn f the famus fairy tale writer — have pened. The museum is n Ugly Duckling: it’s a cmpletely ttal experience f attractive indr and utdr spaces. The site will als sn be hme t a kid’s space where mre fairy tales will be brught t life. hcandersenshus.dk
A flating (漂浮的) flwer garden
teamLab Planets TOKYO in Tysu, Tky, has shwn a new Garden Area with tw garden artwrks. One f them invites yu t get clse t 13,000 live rchids (兰花). Visitrs will find themselves walking thrugh water and flating as they becme ne artwrk with the flwers.
Sunken (沉没的) city
Dubai landmarks haven’t just gne high, they’ve gne deep! The wrld’s deepest dive ( 潜水 ) pl, Deep Dive Dubai, is the latest recrd-breaking attractin. Mre than 60 metres deep, the t-cl pl includes an underwater sunken city fr divers t explre n their wn r with a guide. Whether yu’ve never dived befre r yu’re an experienced diver, thse aged 10 and ver are welcmed. deepdivedubai.cm
New Yrk’s newest island
Park life just gt a little mre interesting in New Yrk. Little Island @Pier55 is a human-built island park next t the Hudsn River Park. The new public space is unlike any ther in the Big Apple: visitrs can take in views f the Hudsn River and New Yrk City, alng with music, dance and ther perfrmances in its 687-seat theatre. littleisland.rg
21. Which f the fllwing websites may a flwer lver visit?
A. littleisland.rg. B. hcandersenshus.dk.
C. D. deepdivedubai.cm.
22. What d we knw abut Deep Dive Dubai?
A. It has set a new recrd. B. It is aimed at grwn-ups.
C. It is designed fr new divers. D. It encurages self-guided turing.
23. What can visitrs d in Little Island @Pier55?
A. Visit a museum. B. Buy sme artwrks.
C. Enjy perfrmances. D. Learn the histry f New Yrk.
B
Befre she culd even talk, Ellie Heath spent hurs drawing pictures every day. When she grew lder, the 15-year-ld girl discvered the jy f sewing (缝纫). She said that she fund it calming. She started ut t make small things, like jewelry and sft tys. Over times, she began making clthing. Her lve f the creative wrk led her t pen a business. Three Blue Bunnies is the name f her cmpany, which makes what she calls "wearable art".
" My definitin (定义) f wearable art is smething that makes yu feel unique. It's ne f a kind, and ften handmade, " she explains.
All the pieces Ellie created were made f used r dnated fabrics. She wrked a lt with jean jackets, renewing (翻新) them with artistic additins. The prcess started with finding a piece f material that lked gd with the jackets. “ Then, I find ut the design that wrks n it thrugh trial and errr (反复尝试) r maybe just the design cmes t me,"she added.
Ellie imprved her creative skills at schl. Cheryl Crw was ne f her teachers early n. Crw called Ellie " a dream student ". She said Ellie wrked hard and made prgress. " She is nt nly very creative, but als very kind and helpful t the ther students. "
Ellie has many dreams. She wants t be a teacher and t spread the jy f creativity amng children. She als dreams her business will grw and becme a mdel fr ther yung peple wh have a dream t achieve.
24. What des "wearable art" mean accrding t Ellie Heath?
A. Smething that can be wrn.
B. Smething that is valuable.
C. Smething that makes yu feel different frm thers.
D. Smething that cannt be fund anywhere else.
25. Which f the fllwing wrds can best describe Ellie?
A. Creative and determined. B. Generus and utging.
C. Warm-hearted and clever. D. Hard-wrking and unique.
26. What can we learn frm Paragraph 3?
A. All f the clth cmes frm dnatin.
B. Ellie gt a lt f pleasure frm her design.
C. It is a piece f cake fr Ellie t create unique clthing.
D. The prcess f artistic design is usually nt easy.
27. What is genre f this passage?
A.pster B. narratin C. ntice D. A science fictin
C
In Thailand, peple use abut eight plastic bags each day, almst 200 billin bags each year. As fr causing cean plastic pllutin, Thailand is in the sixth place in the whle wrld. Thailand is waking up t the harmful effects f plastic pllutin n ur envirnment.
A supermarket chain in nrthern Thailand is returning t natural materials fr everyday packaging use, including banana leaves. At first sight, Rimping Supermarket in Chiang Mai lks just like ther supermarkets that use banana leaves t wrap (包裹) fd acrss Thailand. Hwever, it is unusual t see this traditinal, bidegradable (可生物降解的) way used in a big way. Rimping Supermarket says that it n lnger prvides plastic bags every Wednesday fr custmers upn entering the place. In the supermarket, smething different can be seen n the gds shelves f fresh vegetables. Instead f plastic, fresh prducts are wrapped in banana leaves. The leaves are great fr packaging and nce the custmer is dne with the packaging, the leaves are bidegradable, greatly reducing the need fr plastics.
“We have discussed ur envirnmental prgramme fr a lng time in ur cmpany,” a manager f Rimping Supermarket said. “We tried ther materials befre, but banana leaves are ur final chice since there are plenty f banana leaves in Thailand. But the difficulty is t find a way t keep the prducts fresh. Sme vegetables are nt suitable t be wrapped in banana leaves as it becmes t wet and desn’t keep its freshness,” the manager said.
Rimping Supermarket’s stre prgramme can be seen as a huge step fr a greener, plastic-free earth.
28. What is the prblem described in the first paragraph?
A. Thai shp t frequently. B. Thai verpack their fd.
C. Thai pllute rivers seriusly. D. Thai use t many plastics.
29. What can we learn abut using banana leaves t wrap fd?
A. It isn’t smething new in Thailand.
B. It is supprted by the Thai gvernment.
C. It first started frm Rimping Supermarket.
D. It will be put int practice in mre supermarkets.
30. Why did Rimping Supermarket finally chse banana leaves t wrap fd?
A. They are cheap.
B. They are easy t get.
C. They are the mst envirnment-friendly.
D. They are perfect fr wrapping fresh fd.
31. What’s the text mainly abut?
A. A supermarket finds best ways t sell fresh fd.
B. Plastic packaging causes serius prblems.
C. Banana leaves replace plastic packaging.
D. Supermarkets shuldn’t ffer plastic bags.
D
Scientists fr the first time have fund water in the atmsphere f an Earth-like planet rbiting a distant star. It is the evidence that a key ingredient(要素) fr life exists beynd ur slar system, accrding t a study published in 2019.
Water vapr was fund in the atmsphere f K2-18b, ne f the hundreds f “super-Earths” recrded in a new field f astrnmy that explres the s- called explanets (系外行星), which are planets that rbit a star ther than the sun. In ttal, mre than 4,000 explanets f all types and sizes have been fund.
The latest discvery was reprted in research by a team f scientists at University Cllege Lndn (UCL) published in the jurnal Nature Astrnmy. “We fund water thrugh the Hubble Space Telescpe,” UCL astrphysicist Ing Waldmann said. It marks the first time that scientists have fund water in the atmsphere arund a super-Earth.
Angels Tsiaras, an astrnmer at UCL, said the team is wrking n finding explanets whse cnditins are similar t thse n Earth. “But f curse its purpse is nt t find a place where we culd g,” Tsiaras said. “While light frm the sun takes several minutes t reach Earth, light frm K2-18b’s star takes a century t reach ur planet, s it’s impssible fr us t travel there.”
“Cnsidering it’s s far away, we dn’t really have any ther chice but t stay n ur wn Earth, s it’s imprtant t make Earth great again rather than lking fr anther planet t take the place f Earth,” Tsiaras said.
Besides the quite lng distance separating Earth frm K2-18b, there is far mre radiatin (辐射) n the explanet than n Earth, which diminishes the pssibility fr life t exist. Hwever, the discvery brings astrnmers clser t answering the questin f hw special Earth is in the universe, the scientists said.
32. What did the scientists at UCL find ut?
A. Life exists n ther planets.
B. Mre explanets are disappearing.
C. Water exists in the atmsphere f an explanet.
D. Explanets are similar t planets in the slar system.
33. What can be learnt abut explanets?
A. K2-18b is the biggest explanet.
B. Scientists knw explanets well.
C. There are ttally 4,000 explanets.
D. They dn’t belng t the slar system.
34. What might Angels Tsiaras agree with?
A. We shuld prtect ur earth well.
B. We shuld make full use f slar energy.
C. We shuld study the planets near ur earth.
D. We shuld try ur best t find earth-like planets.
35. What des the underlined wrd “diminishes” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Raises. B. Reduces. C. Faces. D. Admits.
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。
Yur children are watching yu. _____36_____ Accrding t the Health Prgram, develping healthy habits is an imprtant part fr yur children. And when it cmes t develping healthy habits, parents influence their children mre than anyne else.
____37____ What happens during thse early years can influence children fr the rest f their lives. This includes sme eating and exercise habits. Children are very careful, even at a yung age. Children watch what thers d carefully and imitate the behavirs f thse clsest t them. As parents, yu shuld d the fllwing: _____38_____ If yu d that, yur children are mre likely t be enthusiastic abut develping theirs.
Let yur children see yu taking care f yur wn physical health by eating fruit and vegetables. Talk t them abut healthy habits in apprpriate terms and at a prper time. _____39_____
______40______ Cmputers televisins and ther frms f technlgy are a majr part f life in the 21st century. Unfrtunately, as the use f technlgy in the hme increases, s des the time spent watching TV r playing n the cmputer. S as parents, yu shuld als arrange the time fr yur children wisely.
A. Dn’t get rid f technlgy, but use it wisely.
B. Take part in physical activities and exercise regularly
C. Be enthusiastic abut develping healthy habits f yur wn.
D. Yur actins are speaking t them luder than yur wrds will.
E. Children prefer t imitate their parents rather than listen t them.
F. This can be helpful t teach yur children t frm gd eating habits.
G. It’s easy fr the children t frm their healthy habits when they are yung.
第三部分 英语知识运用（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四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I generally write practical psts abut the business f art. I lve t give tips that might help artists and galleries becme just a little mre 41 . Tday thugh, I want t step back frm the business and share my 42 fr art itself. Being in the business, I smetimes find myself thinking f 43 nly in terms f mney. It’s gd t pause nw and again t 44 what it’s all abut.
I lve art. I culd prbably say, “I 45 art.” I spend every day f my life thinking abut art and wrking with art.
Grwing up with a painter father, my earliest 46 is nt a sight r a sund, it’s a 47 — the smell f il paint. I remember watching my dad hard at wrk in the studi and I was 48 t see hw he transfrmed a canvas (画布) and 49 it int a windw n the wrld.
As a teenager, I went t wrk at Legacy Gallery where my father was shwing his wrk. There, I started t 50 the art business. In the beginning, I was wrking in the 51 ding the shipping and receiving, cleaning and installing ( 安装) artwrk, but what a(n) 52 experience it was t see art cming int the gallery and then see cllectrs fall in lve with it and 53 it.
Since then I have gt t spend my days surrunded ( 围绕) by 54 artwrks and cme int 55 with sme f the mst influential artists in the wrld. Art is amazing!
41. A. successful B. useful C. scientific D. expensive
42. A. search B. lve C. reasn D. preparatin
43. A. career B. business C. art D. chance
44. A. frget B. understand C. wnder D. expect
45. A. talk abut B. shw ff C. give up D. live fr
46. A. memry B. wrk C. class D. dream
47. A. taste B. view C. tuch D. smell
48. A. frightened B. nervus C. surprised D. ready
49. A. cpied B. put C. divided D. painted
50. A. learn B. prtect C. influence D. discuss
51. A. cmmunity B. envirnment C. backgrund D. public
52. A. amazing B. awful C. strange D. natural
53. A. change B. buy C. design D. share
54. A. crazy B. free C. similar D. wnderful
55. A. cmpetitin B. cntact C. agreement D. battle
第Ⅱ卷（共55分）
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Prcelain is a material 56. __________ (make) frm well-chsen prcelain clay ( 黏土) thrugh technlgical prcesses. Althugh prcelain develped frm pttery ( 陶器), the tw are different in material and firing temperature. Prcelain has a better quality and a 57. __________ (beautiful) bdy than pttery. That’s why it slwly replaced pttery. It is called china in English because it was first made in China, which fully explains that the beautiful prcelain can be a symbl 58. __________ China.
The earliest prcelain 59. __________ (appear) during the Shang Dynasty, but the first real prcelain was nt prduced until the Eastern Han Dynasty. The techniques fr 60. __________ (create) prcelain develped in the Tang Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, peple in Jingdezhen, China’s prcelain capital, prduced blue and white prcelain 61. __________ later became the representative f prcelain.
Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, prcelain has been exprted ( 出口) wrldwide. It 62. __________ (strng) encurages ecnmic and cultural exchange between China 63. __________ the utside wrld. It als influences the 64. __________ (traditin) culture and lifestyle f peple frm ther 65. __________ (cuntry). Prcelain is the creative fruit f the wrking peple f ancient China.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
第一节 应用文写作(满分15分)
假定你是李华，上周参观了你省美术馆举办的中国书画展。请你为班级英语角写一篇短文，分享此次活动，内容包括：
1. 书画展信息：时间、地点和内容；
2. 自己的感受。
注意：写作词数应为80左右
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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。续写的词数应为150左右。
“This is such a simple sum (算术); dn’t yu knw hw t slve it? Yu silly girl!” Emma was laughing at her classmate Elva fr nt being able t slve an easy maths sum.
Head teacher Miss Maria was abut t cme in when she heard Emma laughing at Elva. Elva felt heartbrken and left the classrm, crying. She didn’t see Miss Maria standing there.
“Emma, yu shuldn’t have treated Elva like that. Yu knw her situatin. Please dn’t make her feel uncmfrtable and helpless like that. We are classmates!” Eric said, trying t make Emma understand the pain she caused thers.
But Emma was clearly unable t understand, “I just pinted ut the fact that it was a simple sum and she culdn’t even d it. She really is a stupid girl. What’s wrng with that?”
Eric was upset, “This cnstant criticism ( 不断的批评) f yurs can destry her cnfidence. Please try t understand and give her sme space t learn. She needs mre time t understand this sum.”
Emma was the bully f the class and she didn’t even realize it. She used t criticize her classmates all the time, unable t understand the damage she caused by laughing and criticizing them.
One day, when Elva fell utside the class, Emma started laughing at her rather than helping her. “Yu can’t even walk prperly. Silly!”
Miss Maria wanted t make Emma understand the pain she brught t thers. The next day, while giving the lecture, Miss Maria called Emma, “Emma! Cme and slve this questin, please.”
Emma was extremely shcked because she didn’t knw the slutin. She started panicking (惊慌).
Miss Maria laughed at her, “Emma, it’s such a simple questin. Hw can yu nt d it?”
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Emma started crying. _____________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________
Emma said srry t everyne, especially Elva. ______________________________
___________________________ ___________________________ ________________________
9月英语月考参考答案
听力 1-5 CBCAC 6-10 CBBBC 11-15 BBCBA 16-20 BBACA
阅读 21-25 CACCA 26-30 DBDAB 31-35 CCDAB
七选五 36. D 37. G 38. C 39. F 40. A
完型 41-45 ABCBD 46-50 ADCDA 51-55 CABDB
语法填空
56. made 57. mre beautiful 58. f 59. appeared
60. creating 61. which / that 62. strngly
63. and 64. traditinal 65. cuntries
写作
第一节
One pssible versin:
Last Saturday, I paid a visit t an amazing Chinese painting and calligraphy exhibitin rganized by the Art Gallery f ur prvince.
This exhibitin featured the excellent Chinese paintings and calligraphy wrks f many lcal artists. Hwever, what caught my great attentin was the artwrks frm rdinary citizens. Thugh they were nt prfessinal, they truly had talent and their artwrks were s vivid and impressive.
It was definitely an exciting experience fr me. Frm this exhibitin, I gained a better appreciatin f traditinal Chinese art and tk great pride in traditinal Chinese culture.
第二节
One pssible versin:
Emma started crying. Miss Maria went t her and wiped her tears and said, “Yu understand nw my dear? That’s hw everyne else felt when yu laughed at them. My child, instead f laughing, yu can help the ther persn t get ut f the uncmfrtable situatin. Trust me, it will make yu feel much better.” Emma realized hw bad she made everyne else feel.
Emma said srry t everyne, especially Elva. “Elva, I am s srry. I didn’t knw yu were hurt this much. I aplgize t yu fr my flish behavir.” “I understand. It’s OK and I frgive yu. Yu realized yur mistake and that’s enugh fr me, as lng as yu dn’t d the same thing again,” Elva replied. “N! I have learned my lessn. Frm nw n, I’ll help peple in truble rather than laugh at them fr being stuck r unable t figure ut the answer.” Afterward, Emma and Elva became friends and helped each ther ut when in truble.

听力原文
Text 1
W：Are we there yet?
M：N. We need t transfer.
W：Why d we need t exit the statin？
M：Because Line 13 and the Lp Line d nt cnnect
Text 2
M：Can yu please tell me where I can find a shpping cart?
W：There shuld be many at the entrance.
M：I've checked，but there aren't any.
W：Please wait fr a mment. I'll find a cart fr yu.
Text 3
M：D yu need any help，Madam?
W：Well. I'm lking fr. ... Let me see. I've frgtten the name again！It's used t make fresh Cffee.
M：A cffee maker?
W：That's right.
Text 4
W：Have yu made up yur mind abut yur curses?
M：N. I'm still shpping arund，lking at varius classes.
W：What abut Prfessr Rbinsn's Oriental Histry curse?
M：Yes. I heard it's an easy“A"
Text 5
W：Hi，Tm What are yu ging t d tmrrw?
M：Listen t the talk by Dr. Smith frm Cambridge University.
W：Oh，really. S tday is Wednesday？
M：That's right.
Text 6
M: Excuse me, culd yu help me?
W：Yes. What's the prblem?
M：Well，I was wndering if anyne has turned in a passprt.
W：I'm afraid nt. Have yu lst yur passprt?
M：I think s. I can't find it anywhere in my htel rm.
W：Srry，yur passprt was nt turned in here.
M：Then what shall I d?
W：Yu can fill in this lst prperty reprt，and I'll keep my eye ut fr it.
M：Thanks.
Text 7
M：Hell，I'd like t subscribe t China Daily.
W：Hw many cpies d yu want?
M：Only ne，please.
W：Hw lng d yu want the subscriptin fr?
M：One year，please.
W：Yur name and address，please?
M：David Smith The address is Rim 203，N. 25 Heping Lane，Chayang Street，Chayang District，Beijing.
W：OK，30 yuan please.
Text 8
M：Julia，yu tell us nt t g t cllege，why？Was it abut mney?
W：Well，I dn't want t say here that I was t pr t g t cllege. But the fact is we didn't have the mney，thugh，my mm prbably culd make enugh smehw. I prbably culd wrk harder in schl and get better grades. S it's really that I didn't get t g t cllege. I have wished t g back t schl every ther week. It just wasn't my path.
M：At that time，did yu feel like yu were missing smething?
W：My best friend went ff t university. And I just remember every time I talked t her，it all sunded s fun and s great. And here I was selling tennis shes，then getting n the bus every day t wrk in the twn. We bth thught the ther persn's life was s much mre exciting. I was trying harder t make enugh t pay fr my wn flat every mnth. That seemed s exciting t her. And she was talking abut studying fr finals and ging t parties，and I thught she had it s perfect.
Text 9
W：What d yu plan t rder?
M：I'll just have a salad and a cup f tea
W：Is that all?
M：Yes，I'm n a diet，my dctr tld me that 'I shuld lse sme weight because I'm t heavy and that's nt healthy.
W：Hw d yu feel?
M：I feel fine，in fact. I've never felt better. Furthermre，sme f my ld clthes wuld fit me if I lst abut 40 punds.
W：Hw lng will that take yu?
M：I've just started my diet，s it may take me half a year t get dwn t my prper weight,
W：D yu plan t eat nthing but salads until yu get t yur prper weight?
M： I'll be able t eat fruit and certain meat and dairy prducts，but mst imprtant，I shuld never eat anything cntaining sugar.
W：Then yu prbably wn't want the delicius pastries they serve here.
M：Nw that yu mentin it，I may have tw r three f these delicius ht rlls. I usually have five r six.
Text 10
Attentin please，ladies and gentlemen. Our bus is getting clse t Cambridge，where we'll be stpping t eat. We'll have ur lunch in the garden f a restaurant verlking a small park that reminds peple f a very famus tree. It's said that General Gerge Washingtn tk cmmand f the army in 1775 under its very branched. It was almst 100 years later，in 1869，that the city f Cambridge celebrated the event and frm that mment n，the tree was called the Washingtn Elm. Later the tree was attacked by insects and finally destryed - in a strm. The remains f the tree were cut dwn and the grwth rings were cunted t find ut hw ld the tree was. Well， it seems that if Washingtn had accepted the cmmand f his army under this tree he must have dne s n his knees. This particular elm culdn't have been ver 3 r 4 years ld in 1775. It is a well-knwn fact that Washingtn tk cmmand under an elm tree，but unfrtunately it culdn't have been the famus Washingtn
Elm Well，enjy yur lunch. Watch yur step as yu leave the bus.