江苏省海安高级中学2023-2024学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

这是一份江苏省海安高级中学2023-2024学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题，共12页。试卷主要包含了5 分,满分 7等内容，欢迎下载使用。
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. What will Andy d this weekend?
A. Enjy sme music. B. Visit a friend. C. Stay at hme.:
2. What did the man d recently?
A. He wrked hard.
B. He went n vacatin.
C. He visited his relative.
3. Hw is the man feeling?
A. He is sick. B. He is tired. C. He is relaxed.
4. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. In a car. B. At a bus stp. C. At a parking lt.
5. What is wrng with Sarah?
A. Her bike was brken.
B. She was badly hurt.
C. She was fairly frightened.
第二节 (共 15 小题; 每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分)
听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the man ding?
A. Hsting a prgram.
B. Cnducting a survey.
C. Ding sme shpping.
7. Wh is the wman shpping with?
A. Her friend. B. Her schlmate. C. Her husband.
听第 7 段材料,回答第 8至 10 题。
8. What happened t the man?.
A. He has missed his flight.
B. His flight is held up.
C. His flight has been canceled.
9. What is the weather like in Malaysia?
A. Changeable. B. Settled. C. Extreme.
10. What will the wman d next?
A. Bard the plane.
B. Make a travel plan.
C. Check the weather reprt.
听第8 段材料,回答第 11至 13题。
11. What are the speakers talking abut?
A. Ways f keeping fit. B. Benefits f exercise. C. Tips fr lsing weight.
12. What des the scientific jurnal say abut keeping fit?
A. Regular mild physical activity wrks better.
B. Wrking ut at the gym is the mst rewarding.
C. Avid eating after ding intensive exercise.
13. What des Rashmi d t stay fit?
A. He wrks ut at the gym.
B. He runs in the park.
C. He ges cycling.
听第 9 段材料,回答第 14至 17题。
14. What d we knw abut Jack?
A. He is a sprts lver. B. He is a man f actin. C. He is a skilled rganizer.
15. Which aspect f the cmpany appeals t Jack?.
A. The cmpetitive pay.
B. The psitive impact n sciety.
C. The pleasant wrk envirnment.
16. What psitin did Jack apply fr after finishing university?
A. A cach. B. An editr. C. A jurnalist.
17. Hw des Jack describe himself?
A. Qualified.: B. Hnest. C. Experienced,
听第 10 段材料,回答第18至 20 题。
18. What made the speaker upset with Giles?
A. The way he cmmunicates. B. The way he dresses. C. The way he wrks.
19. What did the speaker's father suggest he d?
A. Try t change Giles.
B. Accept differences.
C. Pay attentin t details.
20. What is the speaker's attitude twards Giles nw?
A. Appreciative. B. Impatient. C. Critical.
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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
If yu're after a quick snap, if yu're ut and abut, here are a few brilliant instant cameras t chse frm.
Instax Mini 12
Made by Fujifilm, the Instax Mini series f cameras is ideal fr taking quick snaps and getting high-quality credit card sized phts. The Mini als cmes with built-in flash, a clse-up lens(镜头) and selfie lens fr taking thse perfect shts.
The camera cmes in a range f bright clurs, including sky blue and clay white.
Plarid G
Famus fr their cameras, Plarid still makes instant cameras in the mdern day, with a classic lk. The G cmes with autfcus as well as a self-timer fr effectively capturing the mment and prducing quality Plarid phtgraphs fr yu t keep.
It als cmes in a range f funky clurs, if all black r white isn't yur preference.
Instax Mini Ev
The Mini Ev cmbined camera and printer is a cmpact device with a 28mm lens that's capable f letting yu review and edit phts befre printing them.
Als featured is a back 2.7-inc h LCD screen fr viewing what yu're shting and the ability t print frm yur phne via Bluetth.
Instax Mini 40
Cming just in a single but vintage black design, the Instax Mini 40 is a slid ptin fr quick instant snaps, with a ne-tuch selfie mde and a mre traditinal lking camera, fixed with a 60mm lens.
It's als small enugh t fit cmfrtably in yur bum bag r pcket t take a quick snap if yu're ut and abut.
21. What d Instax Mini 12 and Plarid G have in cmmn?
A. Bth have selfie lens. B. Bth have ptinal clrs.
C. Bth are in small size. D. Bth have a classic lk.
22. If yu wish t print phts in yur smartphne thrugh a camera, which mdel is suitable?
A. Instax Mini 12. B. Plarid G. C. Instax Mini Ev. D. Instax Mini 40.
23. What is the unique feature f Instax Mini 40?
A. The built-in flash. B. The pht-editing functin.
C. The autfcus functin. D. The single black design.
B
I try t be a gd father. Ck my kids gd dishes, and take them t pht shts. But cmpared with Dick Hyt, I suck. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled sn, Rick, in marathns.
This lve stry began in Winchester, Mass.,43 years ag, when Rick was strangled(缠住) by the umbilical crd(脐带)during birth, leaving him brain-damaged and unable t cntrl his limbs. “He’ll be a vegetable(植物人)the rest f his life,” dctrs tld Dick and his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine mnths ld. “Put him in an institutin.” But the Hyts weren't buying it. They nticed the way Rick's eyes fllwed them arund the rm.
When Rick was 11, they tk him t the engineering department at Tufts University. Equipped with a cmputer, Rick was finally able t cmmunicate. After a high schl classmate was paralyzed(使瘫痪)in an accident, and the schl rganized a charity run fr him, Rick said, “Dad, I want t d that.” Hw was Dick, a man wh never ran mre than a mile at a time, ging t push his sn five miles? Still, he tried. That day changed Rick's life. “Dad,” he typed, “when we were running, it felt like I wasn't disabled anymre!”
That sentence changed Dick's life. He became bsessed with giving Rick that feeling as ften as he culd. They even decided t try marathns. “N way,” Dick was tld by a race fficial. They weren't quite a single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair cmpetitr. Fr a few years, Dick and Rick jined the massive field and ran anyway. In 1983, they ran anther marathn s fast that they made the qualifying time fr the Bstn Marath n the fllwing year.
Nw they've dne 212 triathlns and 85 marathns. “My dad is the Father f the Century,” Rick typed.
24. What des the underlined sentence in paragraph 2 mean?
A. The Hyts didn't believe it was true.
B. The Hyts culdn't affrd any institutin.
C. The Hyts culdn't deal with the situatin.
D. The Hyts had n mney fr their sn's treatment.
25. What's discussed in the third paragraph?
A. Why Rick became paralyzed. B. Hw Rick started running.
C. Why running changed Rick's life. D. Hw Rick cmmunicated with thers.
26. They gt the chance t jin the 1984 Bstn Marathn because .
A. they ra n a marathn very fast
B. they gt supprt frm a charity
C. they met a sympathetic race fficial
D. they had becme very famus in the prcess
27. Which can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. A by with a rare disease B. The greatest dad in the wrld
C. A tugh rad t wrld champin D. Parents' influence n children's future
C
Smking is s alluring(诱惑的), pleasurable fr sme and perhaps the wrst thing that yu can pssibly d t yur bdy. S, prducers made electrnic cigarettes as a safer smking chice——safer than tbacc. Althugh e-cigarettes cntain the drug nictine like cigarettes, they d nt use tbacc and yu d nt light them. They are pwered by battery.
Hwever, if e-cigarettes are s safe, why has the United States Center fr Disease. Cntrl(CDC) seen an increase in telephne calls abut e-cigarette pisnings?
The answer is children. Mst f the calls are frm peple wrried abut children wh have played with the devices. In the perid f ne mnth this year, the Center said 215peple called the Center with e-cigarette cncerns. Mre than half f these calls were fr children aged five and yunger. The devices had made them sick.
Tim McAfee is directr f the Center's Office n Smking and Health. He says the prblem is regulatin—the U. S. federal gvernment des nt cntrl e-cigarettes even thugh they cntain liquid nictine. Mr. McAfee adds that liquid nictine is a well-knwn danger. Mr. McAfee explains that nictine pisning happens when it gets int the skin, gets int the eyes r is swallwed. It can cause stmach pain r a sense f unbalance. And t much nictine can kill.
Tim McAfee says e-cigarettes d nt create the level f risk t peple that tbacc prducts d. He ntes. that almst 500,000 Americans die each year frm cigarettes." s, cigarettes are the winner in that cntest." E-cigarettes d nt cntain hundreds f harmful chemicals that are fund in real cigarettes. S, the U. S. Surgen General Bris D. Lushniak has suggested that e-cigarettes may be a useful tl fr adults trying t end their tbacc use.
But Tim Mc Afėe wrries that teenagers may think electrnic cigarettes are harmless. They culd becme addicted t the nictine and then start smking real cigarettes. In ther wrds, he fears that fake e-cigarettes culd be a "gateway" t the real thing fr yung peple.
28. What d the prducers think f e-cigarettes?
A. Cheaper. B. Safer. C. Dangerus. D. Expensive.
29. We can learn frm the passage that .
A. the CDC wants t develp a better type f e-cigarettes
B. the U. S. federal gvernment is against the use f e-cigarettes
C. Bris D Lushniak thinks e-cigarettes may cntribute t giving up smking
D. Bris D Lushniak is a heavy smker
30. What is Tim McAfee's pinin abut smking?
A. He strngly claims that regulatins shuld be made t ban smking.
B. He is cnvinced that e-cigarette is a useful tl.
C. Smking e-cigarettes can make a persn sick.
D. He is cncerned abut the teens using e-cigarettes.
31. What's the authr's attitude twards e-cigarettes?
A. Neutral. B. Negative. C. Psitive. D. Indifferent.
D
Accrding t the Slar Energy Industry Assciatin, the number f slar panels installed(安装)has grwn rapidly in the past decade, and it has t grw even faster t meet climate gals. But all f that grwth will take up a lt f space, and thugh mre and mre peple accept the cncept f slar energy, few like large slar panels t be installed near them.
Slar develpers want t put up panels as quickly and cheaply as pssible, s they haven't given much thught t what they put under them. Often, they'll end up filling the area with small stnes and using chemicals t. cntrl weeds. The result is that many cmmunities, especially in farming regins, see slar farms as destryers f the sil.
“Slar prjects need t be gd neighbrs,” says Jrdan Macknick, the head f the Innvative Site Preparatin and Impact Reductins n the Envirnment (InSPIRE) prject." They need t be prtectrs f the land and cntribute t the agricultural ecnmy." InSPIREis investigating practical appraches t "lw-impact" slar develpment, which fcuses n establishing and perating slar farms in a way that is kinder t the land. One f the easiest lw-impact slar strategies is prviding habitat fr pllinatrs(传粉昆虫).
Habitat lss, pesticide use, and climate change have caused dramatic declines in pllinatr ppulatins ver the past cuple f decades, which has damaged the U. S. agricultural ecnmy. Over 28 states have passed laws related t pllinatr habitat prtectin and pesticide use. Cnservatin rganizatins put ut pllinatr-friendliness guidelines fr hme gardens, businesses, schls, cities—and nw there are guidelines fr slar farms.
Over the past few years, many slar farm develpers have transfrmed the space under their slar panels int a shelter fr varius kinds f pllinatrs, resulting in sil imprvement and carbn reductin. “These pllinatr-friendly slar farms can have a valuable impact n everything that's ging n in the landscape, "says Macknick.
32. What d slar develpers ften ignre?
A. The decline in the demand fr slar energy:
B. The negative impact f installing slar panels.
C. The rising labr cst f building slar farms.
D. The mst recent advances in slar technlgy.
33. What des InSPIRE aim t d?
A. Imprve the prductivity f lcal farms.
B. Invent new methds fr cntrlling weeds.
C. Make slar prjects envirnmentally friendly.
D. Prmte the use f slar energy in rural areas.
34. What is the purpse f the laws mentined in paragraph 4?
A. T cnserve pllinatrs. B. T restrict slar develpment.
C. T diversify the ecnmy. D. T ensure the supply f energy.
35. Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A. Pllinatrs: T Leave r t Stay B. Slar Energy: Hpe fr the Future
C. InSPIRE: A Leader in Agriculture D. Slar Farms: A New Develpment
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。
We're lucky t live in an age when the sum ttal f human knwledge is pretty available at the click f a buttn. We've never had access t s much infrmatin. 36 S here are a few strategies t sharpen yur critical thinking.
Watch ut fr cnfirmatin prejudice. 37 In repeated experiments, psychlgists have shwn we're much mre likely t accept smething as evidence if it cnfirms what we already think we knw. And we're much mre likely t ignre infrmatin if it is nt in line with ur views, which will affect ur ability t prcess infrmatin.
Acknwledge small differences. In life, mst situatins are varying and cmplicated. Admitting that can enrich the way that we view the wrld. Fr example, what elur is the sky? Well, the bvius answer is blue. But at sunrise r sunset, it can be red. On a cld misty mrning, white r gray. 38
Practise intellectual humility. One apprach t, well, arguing, is t let g f the idea f being “right”. Or at least seriusly cnsider that yu might actually be wrng. 39Really try t understand where the ther persn is cming frm. Arguing is just t waste smebdy's time.
40 It's mre imprtant than ever t knw where yur infrmatin is cming frm. That science-lking paragraph might lk very cnvincing until yu dig a little deeper and find it was just psted by smene having n qualificatins. That is the case we shuld nt verlk.
Engaging in critical thinking isn't as fun as picking up a pitchfrk, r feeling like yu're fundamentally right. But in the lng run, it leads t a mre curius, educated and harmnius sciety, which is the biggest win f all.
A. Avid mistakes.
B. Check yur surces.
C. We all enjy feeling like we're right.
D. S pay attentin t differences in many situatins.
E. But nt all f what's ut there is quite what it seems.
F. S dn't rush t decide, and be actively prepared t change yur mind.
G. Putting yurself int the ther persn's shes can have mre fruitful utcmes.
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。
I nce read abut a Frenchman wh spent weeks alne in a cave t see what wuld happen t his bdy rhythm. The idea f living withut the structure f time became a 41 ` fr me, and when lckdwn came, I saw a reasn t 42 the experiment. S, I fund a cave where I culd g with ther vlunteers. The aim was t see hw living dwn there fr 40 days and nights wuld affect ur sense f 43 .
It's a strange feeling t 44 and nt have a watch t tell yu if yu've slept enugh. But sn it felt 45 . I slept really' well. After a while, we gt familiar with the 46 . and began t frget t d chres and wrk tasks. There were 47 abut washing-up, s we had a grup meeting. It was 48 . It tk hurs f discussin. After that, we began t 49 . We began t cperate mre and a strng 50 develped between us. Sme 51 planned hlidays and bike turs tgether.·
In the end, we were 52 there. Fllwing yur wn rhythm is an incredible freedm. When we were tld it was ver, we didn't feel ready t 53 .
I think, as a sciety, we shuld recnsider the way we spend ur time. We wake up 54 it's time t wake up and t wrk, but we frget t listen t ur 55 .
第二节 语法填空(共10个小题； 每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
China has cuntless attractins. The Great Wall is 56 (prbable) ne that is mst familiar 57 the Western turists. The Great Wall is like a giant stne dragn,58 (wind) acrss the cuntry frm the cean n the east t the desert n the west. It is the lngest wall that 59 .(build) ever, 1500 miles in 60 (lng). Alng the wall are watch twers, 61 sldiers were n the watch fr threats. The wall was initially cnstructed 62 (prevent) invasin f neighbring states, and the majrity f the existing wall is frm the Ming Dynasty. Frm the tp f the Great Wall, peple can enjy . 63 impressive view f cntinuus muntains, green trees and blming wild flwers. If we were t build such a wall nw, we wuld use mdern machines.64 , the ancient Chinese had t build the wall by hand. The reasn why the Great Wall attracts turists frm all ver the wrld every year is 65 it represents the highest wisdm f ancient china. Just as the saying ges, “He wh has never been t the Great Wall is nt a true man.”
第三节 单句语法填空(共10个小题；.每小题0.5分，满分5分)
66. P (将...理解为,视为) as a majr breakthrugh, the discvery challenged traditinal beliefs.
67. Traditinal ecnmic (分析) were based n the assumptin that mre is better.
68. The cmpany's (承诺,投入) t prviding quality at a reasnable price has been vital t its success.
69. In the thery, (互动,交互) advertising can engage viewers in a way that30-secnd spts d nt.
70. The drug (撤回,撤离) frm sale after a number f peple suffered serius side effects.
71. The fficers were s (严重,严厉) sclded fr their unprfessinal behaviur.
72. As an active p (参加者) in varius vlunteer wrk, I have a lt f experience in serving thers.
73. The wman (否认) that she had neglected her child.
74. He utlined his plans and then p (接着做,继而做) t explain them in mre detail.
75. One a (拥护者) believes that many ther benefits shuld be taken int cnsideratin when we assess the cst-effectiveness.
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)
76.每年，交通事故会导致许多伤亡。请你以学生会的名义写一封有关交通安全的倡议书，
内容包括：
1.倡议的目的；
2.倡议的具体内容；
3.提出呼吁。
注意：
1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear fellw students,
Traffic accidents cause many deaths and injuries every year. In rder t



Students' Unin
第二节 读后续写(满分25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。
Strange Ftprints in the Snw
Jnathan wke up and lked arund. Fr a mment, he wasn't sure where he was. Then he remembered. He and his sister, Julie, were visiting Aunt Gwen. They had spent yesterday helping Aunt Gwen clean her basement. Tday they wuld have time t play.
He lked ut the windw. Fresh snw cvered the grund. He culd hardly wait t g utside. Jnathan dressed and hurried dwnstairs t the kitchen.
“Hi, sleepyhead,” said Aunt Gwen. “Julie has already eaten her atmeal. She's utside.”
“That's where I'm ging as sn as I finish breakfast,” Jnathan said.
A shrt time later, he zipped up his cat, put n his bts, and walked ut the frnt dr. The sun made the snw sparkle. He lked arund. He didn't see his sister, but he saw smething else. Strange ftprints in the snw tracked acrss Aunt Gwen's yard.
“They're way t big t be Julie's. They lk like they belng t a dinsaur,” Jnathan said. Then he added, “But that's silly. Dinsaurs are nt arund anymre.”
He lked clser: The ftprints were the shape f a very large val(椭圆) with a stem. “Maybe they belng t an elephant r a hipp that escaped frm the z,” he thught. He held his breath and listened. He didn't hear anything.
He remembered a bk he'd seen earlier n Aunt Gwen's shelf. It was a bk abut animal tracks. He dashed inside t get it. The bk had pictures f animals and the tracks they made. He turned the pages ne by ne, but nne f the phts lked like the ftprints in Aunt Gwen's yard.
He stared at thse ftprints again. An animal that made such big tracks wuld have t be heavy. Its tracks shuld sink far dwn int the snw. Yet these ftprints seemed t skim acrss the tp.
Hw can that be? He wndered.
Jnathan nticed smething else. The tracks never left Aunt Gwen's yard. Instead, they turned and went arund the huse. “Maybe the animal is still here,” he whispered.
Paragraph1:
Quietly, he began fllwing the ftprints. ▲
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Paragraph 2:
That was when he saw her---his sister, Julie. ▲
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41. A. trend
B. dream
C threat
D. reality
42. A. finance
B. dubt
C. repeat
D. pstpne
43. A. time
B. hunger
C. directin
D. belnging
44. A. wrk
B, talk
C. wake
D. play
45. A. stressful
B. desperate
C. challenging
D. freeing
46. A. cave
B. jungle
C. flat
D. pnd
47. A. assessments
B. arguments
C. restrictins
D. regulatins
48. A. tense
B. calm
C. friendly
D. relaxing
49. A. withdraw
B. quarrel
C. hesitate
D. unite
50. A. cmpetitin
B. prejudice
C. bnd
D. feature
51. A. yet
B. even
C. nly
D. barely
52. A. nervus
B. bred
C. depressed
D. happy
53. A. hang n
B. g ut
C. cut in
D. take ff
54. A. because
B. unless
C, befre
D. thugh
55. A. friends
B. bdies
C. lectures
D. parents
2023-2024学年度第一学期高二年级期中考试
答案：
听力： 1—5A CBAC 6—10BCBBA 11—15 AACBB 16—20 CACBA
阅读理解: 21-23 BCD 24-27 ABAB 28-31 BCDA 32-35 BCAD
七选五: 36-40 ECDGB
完形填空: 41-45 BCACD 46-50 ABADC 51-55 BDBAB
语法填空：
56. prbably 57. t 58. winding 59. has been built 60. length
61. where 62. t prevent 63. an 64. Hwever 65. that
单句语法填空：
66. Perceived 67. analyses 68. cmmitment 69. interactive 70. was withdrawn
71. severely 72. participant 73. denied 74. prceeded 75. advcate
应用文: Pssible versin:
76.
Dear fellw students,
Traffic accidents cause many deaths and injuries every year. In rder t prtect urselves, we shuld sharpen ur sense f respnsibility and raise ur awareness f rad safety.
One majr reasn fr traffic accidents is ignring traffic rules. Therefre, it is suggested that we students
bey traffic lights and always crss the rad n a crssing. Besides, we shuld avid playing n the rad r riding a bike carrying a passenger.
In a wrd, it is up t all rad users t make sure that we pay attentin t rad safety. Let's d ur part.
Students' Unin
77.
Quietly, he began fllwing the ftprints. “What might it be, s big, but s light?” Jnathan racked his brains but in vain. It was s quiet that the sund f snw falling culd even be heard. Thugh fear thickened, curisity drve him t fllw the strange ftprints. All f a sudden, there, just at the crner f the basement, came a weak vice. Hlding his breath, he gathered his curage t take a step frward.
That was when he saw her—his sister, Julie. Seeing Jnathan, she made a funny face at him, inviting him t play tgether with the snw. But what hked Jnathan was the big shes wrn n her feet. Nticing his curisity, Julie tld him excitedly, “See what I fund in Aunt Gwen's basement? They are ld-fashined snw shes. Aunt Gwen said the shape helped walk steadily n the snw. And that is true!” Jnathan then laughed, “N wnder I culdn’t find thse ftprints in Aunt Gwen's bk.” There was n page fr a snwsheing sister.
听力原文：
(Text 1)
W:Hi, Andy. What are yu ding this weekend?
M: I'm ging t a hip-hp festival with my friends. Many big stars will be there. It starts tmrrw.
W:Dn't g! I heard the weather will be very bad!
M: It's OK. The festival is in the City Hall.
(Text 2)
W:Hw nice t see yu again! Where have yu been? Busy wrking? Or n vacatin?
M:Actually, I went t Stirling t see an uncle f mine.
(Text 3)
W:Yu lk a bit ff clr. Are yu feeling under the weather?
M:N,I'm nt ill. I'm just run-dwn frm wrking t much.
(Text 4)
M:Hey, stp! Didn't yu see that traffic sign? It means yu must cme t a cmplete stp.
W:What sign? I dn't see any sign.
M:That's a prblem.
(Text 5)
W:I heard Sarah came ff her bicycle. Is she in a bad way?
M: Luckily she didn't break anything; she was pretty shaken up thugh.
(Text 6)
M: Hi, have yu gt time t answer a quick questin r tw?
W: Yes, I think s. We need a break!
M: Have yu been spending a lt f mney?
W:N, that's the prblem! We're lking fr sme nice jewelry ——earrings r a gld chain maybe ... but we can't find anything we like.
M: And wh is it fr? Fr yur family, friends, r schlmates?
W: It's just fr urselves. We usually buy each ther smething special fr ur wedding celebratin every year. It's a little traditin we have.
M: Well, gd luck!
(Text 7)
M: Hi, can I sit n this chair?
W: Yes, yu may.
M: My flight is delayed s I have t spend anther hur at this airprt.
W:Oh it's sad t knw that. Where are yu heading t by the way?
M:I am ging back hme t Pakistan.
W: Oh great, hw is the weather there?
M: We have all the fur kinds f weather there and they can be extreme smetimes. Like sme regins are belw freezing pint and sme can be 48 degrees Celsius.
W: This is interesting; here in Malaysia we dn't have much weather variatin. And it stays almst the same thrughut the year.
M: Yu must visit Pakistan; it's amazingly beautiful in all weather cnditins.
W: I s wanted t visit Pakistan. And I will make a plan sn. I must g nw as check-in fr my flight has started.
M: Thank yu! It's nice meeting yu.
(Text 8)
W: Hw d yu advise peple t stay fit and healthy, Rashmi?
M: Well, I was reading a scientific jurnal just this mrning saying that wrking ut at the gym is actually less effective than ging fr a walk regularly in the park.
W:Really? Why did it say that?
M: I think the idea is that if yu d really intensive exercise, then yu're mre likely t reward yurself with a bigger snack at the end f the sessin. But if yu just stretch yur legs ften r take regular gentle exercise, it desn't have the same effect.
W:S what d yu d? Yu're in pretty gd shape.
M: Well, I try nt t pay t much attentin t my weight. I've never been a fan f the gym and I never g fr a run ——I find it bring. But recently I've gt int rad cycling. Every cuple f weeks a few f us g ut fr a ride in the cuntryside 40 r 50 kilmeters. The scenery's beautiful and it's a great way t enjy nature and stay fit at the same time.
(Text 9)
W:OK, Jack, s tell me abut yurself.
M: OK. I'm 24 years ld and I'm a very active persn. I dn't just mean that I play a lt f sprts althugh I d run and g t the gym several times a week. What I mean is that I'm a persn wh likes t get invlved in things. I've rganized a lt f scial events in my life. A recent ne was against the building f a new car park in the center f my hmetwn. And that was successful actually; we gt it stpped r at least delayed. S, as I was saying, I'm a firm believer in taking actin.
W: And yur current situatin?
M: Well, I graduated frm university tw years ag with a degree in jurnalism, but I haven’t been able t find a jb that really suited me. T be hnest, newspapers aren't an easy wrld t break int, unless yu have the right cntacts. S instead, I decided n a fresh apprach, which was t seek ut cmpanies I admire, basically any cmpany r rganizatin that's wrking fr sme psitive gd in sciety. And that's hw I fund yu. And my hpe is that when I find the right cmpany, they’ll see that I have the right attitude and the right skills, s that we can bth benefit frm wrking tgether, um, yeah ...
(Text 10)
M: I think the mst valuable lessn anyne has ever taught me was when I was abut 25. I was getting really frustrated with a guy I was wrking with. We'd set up ur wn web design business and Giles that was the name f my business partner ——wuld always get lst in little details and take ages making a first design t shw the custmer. And my dad said, “Lk, yu can't change ther peple; yu can nly change the way yu behave twards them.” S I accepted that was just Giles's way that he lved the little details—and I tried t think f it as a psitive thing, and we've gt n s much better ever since and wrked much mre effectively. S that's becme a srt f guiding principle fr me in life nt t try t change thers and I have t say, it's been very helpful t me.