2024届福建省泉州市鲤城区高三下学期5月联考英语试题

这是一份2024届福建省泉州市鲤城区高三下学期5月联考英语试题，共14页。试卷主要包含了 5 分, 满分 7等内容，欢迎下载使用。
（本卷 8 页，考试时间 120 分钟，试卷总分 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, 并标在试卷的相应位置, 听完每段对话后, 你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一 小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What are the speakers prbably talking abut?
A. The bike price.B.A bike race.C. The man’s bike. 2. Why has the wman mved the by’s seat?
A. He talks t much.
B. He has truble in listening. C. She wants t see him better.
3. When did the man get his niece’s call?
A.At 6:05.B.At 6:00.C.At 5:45. 4. What des the man think is mst needed t succeed?
A. Effrt.B. Luck.C. Talent. 5. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A.At hme.B. In a shp.C. In a restaurant.
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。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What is the man ging t d this summer?
A. Wrk at a htel.
7. Hw will the man use the mney?
A. T hire a gardener.
B. Repair his huse.
B. T buy sme flwers.
C. Teach a curse.
C. T buy bks.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. What is the wman recmmending t the man?
A.Abk.
9. What is the wman reading nw?
A. The Beautiful Mind.
B.A club.
B. The Kite Runner.
C.Acurse.
C. The Great Gatsby.
10. Hw much time des the man have t read the bk?
A.Abut tw weeks.B.Abut three weeks.C.Abut ne mnth. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
11. Hw did the man learn abut the apartment?
A. In the newspaper.
12. What is cvered in the rent? A. Gas.
13. When can the man mve in?
A. On Thursday.
B. Frm his friend.
B. Electricity.
B. On Friday.
C. Thrugh the Internet.
C. Water.
C. On Saturday.
第 1 页 共 8 页14. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 Why did the wman fail t catch the bus?
A. She was late. B. The bus left earlier than usual. C. She wanted t walk hme.
15. What is the man wrried abut?
A. The wman’s safety.B. The public transprtatin.C. The dangerus neighbrhd. 16. What des the wman decide t d in the end?
A. Buy a car.B. Call the newspaper.C. Cmplain t the lcal gvernment. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. What is the speaker mainly talking abut?
A. Cling fans.B.Air cnditining.C. Rm design. 18. Which cuntry might have invented the first cling device?
A. Egypt.B. Rme.C. China. 19. Which cling methd has the lngest histry?
A. Wet plants.B. Cld water.C. Hand fans. 20. Where is the passage mst prbably taken frm?
A.Aradi prgramme.B.Aculture magazine.C. Ahistry bk.
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
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Earlier this year Rdney Smith Jr. made headlines when he drve eight hurs frm his hme in Huntsville. Alabama, t cut the lawn fr an elderly sldier in Nrth Carlina wh culdn't find anyne t help him with his yard wrk.
That wasn’t the first time the twenty-nine-year-ld Bermuda native had gained such attentin. T d his gd deeds, Rdney ften finds leads fr thse in need thrugh scial media.
Back t ne August afternn in 2015, Rdney Smith Jr. was driving hme. That’s when Rdney saw an elderly man struggling t mw his lawn. He wuld take a cuple f shaky steps, using the handle t stabilize himself, pause, and then slwly push the mwer again. Rdney decided t help. Mr. Brwn thanked him greatly, and Rdney went hme feeling satisfied.
Sitting at his cmputer t d his hmewrk, Rdney culdn't get Mr. Brwn ut f his mind. There must be many Mr. Brwns ut there. He went nline and psted that he wuld mw lawns fr free fr senir citizens. Messages flded in.
One day a cancer-battling wman said she wasn't having a gd day. Rdney decided t d mre than mwing lawns. After he finished mwing, he kncked n her dr. “Yu’re ging t win this fight, Madam,” he said. Then he asked flks t pray fr her n scial media.
Wrd f Rdney’s missin spread. A grandmther in Ohi said he’d encuraged her 12-year-ld grandsn t mw lawns. He gt a letter frm a seven-year-ld by in Kansas. “Mr. Rdney, I wuld like t be a part f yur prgram, and I’ll make yu prud,” he wrte.
That gave Rdney an idea. In 2017, he decided t establish a prgramme Raising Men Lawn Care Service t make a natinal mvement fr yung peple. The kids learn the jy f giving back.
Yard wrk seems like a small, simple thing, but taking care f the lawn means a lt t the peple they d it fr. “When we mw their yards fr free, they can use the mney fr healthcare and fd, etc... It means mre than yu wuld think,” Rdney said.
24. Rdney drew attentin fr his _____.
A. mwing skillsB. ambitinC. driving distanceD. genersity
25. Why did Rdney knck n a lady’s dr? A. T cmfrt her.
C. T teach gardening tips.
B. T pray fr her.
D. T ask abut her health.
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26. Where d Rdney’s decisins cme frm? A. Natinal media.
C. Persnal success.
27. What is the best title f the passage? A. Giving Free, Gaining Frtune
B. Mwing a Lawn, Making a Life
C. Serving the Senir, Satisfying the Self
D. Changing a little, Challenging the Limits
B. Daily inspiratin. D. Peple’s curage.
C
Each year, the wrld lses abut 10 millin hectares f frest — an area abut the size f Iceland — because f cutting dwn trees. At that rate, sme scientists predict the wrld’s frests culd disappear in 100 t 200 years. T handle it, nw researchers at Massachusetts Institute f Technlgy (MIT) have pineered a technique t generate wd-like plant materials in a lab. This makes it pssible t “grw” a wden prduct withut cutting dwn trees.
In the lab, the researchers first take cells frm the leaves f a yung plant. These cells are cultured in liquid medium fr tw days, then mved t anther medium which cntains nutrients and tw different hrmnes (激素). By adjusting the hrmne levels, the researchers can tune the physical and mechanical qualities f the cells. Next, the researchers use a 3D printer t shape the cell-based material, and let the shaped material grw in the dark fr three mnths. Finally, the researchers dehydrate (使脱水) the material, and then evaluate its qualities.
They fund that lwer hrmne levels lead t plant materials with mre runded, pen cells f lwer density (密度), while higher hrmne levels cntribute t the grwth f plant materials with smaller but denser cell structures. Lwer r higher density f cell structures makes the plant materials sfter r mre rigid, helping the materials grw with different wd-like characteristics. What’s mre, it’s t be nted that the research prcess is abut 100 times faster than the time it takes fr a tree t grw t maturity!
Research f this kind is grund-breaking. “This wrk demnstrates the great pwer f a technlgy,” says lead researcher, Jeffrey Berenstain. “The real pprtunity here is t be at its best with what yu use and hw yu use it. This technlgy can be tuned t meet the requirements yu give abut shapes, sizes, rigidity, and frms. It enables us t ‘grw’any wden prduct in a way that traditinal agricultural methds can’t achieve.”
28. Why d researchers at MIT cnduct the research?
A. T grw mre trees.
C. T reduce tree lsses.
B. T prtect plant diversity.
D. T predict frest disappearance.
29. What des paragraph 2 mainly tell us abut the lab research?
A. Its theretical basis.
C. Its scientific evidence.
B. Its key prcedures.
D. Its usual difficulties.
30. What des the finding suggest abut the plant materials? A. The hrmne levels affect their rigidity.
B. They are better than naturally grwn plants.
C. Their cells’shapes mainly rely n their density.
D. Their grwth speed determines their characteristics.
31. Why is the research grund-breaking accrding t Berenstain? A. It uses new bilgical materials in lab experiments.
B. It has a significant impact n wrldwide plant grwth. C. It challenges traditinal scientific theries in frestry. D. It revlutinizes the way t make wden prducts.
D
第 4 页 共 8 页A new study n 26 chimpanzees(黑猩猩) frm zs arund the wrld fund that chimpanzees can recgnize family members and lng lst friends even after decades f separatin.
The participating chimpanzees were given juice while staring at a screen flashing side by side phts f ther chimps. One animal frm each pair f phts had lived with the grup fr at least a year, while the ther was a stranger. An eye-tracking camera recrded where the participants were lking and fr hw lng. Data shwed their eyes rested lnger n familiar grupmates, suggesting “rich recgnitin f each ther.”
There is als evidence that they became mre intent when shwn a picture f a chimpanzee with whm they’d had mre psitive interactins, cmpared with cnflicting relatinships.
In the mst impressive case, a 46-year-ld chimpanzee named Luise repeatedly demnstrated “intense attentin upn seeing phtgraphs f her sister Lretta and nephew Erin, whm she hadn’t seen fr mre than 26 years. The team said Luise’s results represent the lngest-lasting scial memry dcumented in any nn-human animal t date.
“We tend t see urselves as unique special creatures with incredible intellectual(智力的) capacities that are very different frm ther animals n earth,” said Laura Simne Lewis, a pst dctral fellw in Berkeley’s psychlgy department and lead authr f the study, “This study is shwing us hw similar we are t chimpanzees.” She nted that the findings supprt the thery that lng-term scial memry in humans and mdern day chimps has came frm “ur last cmmn ancestr that lived smewhere between 5 t 7 millin years ag” wh als likely had lng-term scial memry.
Nw that they have definitive evidence that these endangered species pssess lng-term scial memries, researchers have mre questins, including whether chimpanzees miss the individuals they’re n lnger with, especially their friends and family, “Our study desn’t determine they are ding this, but it raises questins abut the pssibility that they may have the ability t d s,” Lewis said.
32. What is paragraph 2 mainly abut? A. The nature f chimps.
B. The methd f the study.
C. The analysis f the recrded data.
D. The layut f experimental equipment.
33. What des the underlined wrd “intent” in paragraph 3 mean?
A.Attentive.B. Dubtful.C. Hesitant.D. Emtinal 34. Why is the example f Luise in paragraph 4 mentined?
A. T stress chimps are as intelligent as human beings. B. T explain where chimps’scial memry cmes frm. C. T better demnstrate the chimps’memry length.
D. T further prve the existence f chimps’scial memry.
35. What will the research team mst prbably cntinue t explre?
A. Hw chimps recgnised their clse cntacts after lng separatin. B. Hw t strengthen chimps’lng-term scial memries.
C. Whether chimps feel strng emtins t their lng lst friends. D. Why chimps pssess the amazing scial memries.
第二节(共 5 小题; 每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分)
Despite what mst peple might think, yu really dn’t need much time t wrk ut. In fact, even ten t twenty minutes f challenging exercise a few times a week is enugh t burn fat, build muscle, bst strength, and
cntribute t a healthy, active lifestyle. 36
But smetimes, the resistance isn’t really abut the actual time the wrkut takes. It’s abut the energy it takes t get ready fr it. Maybe yur stress levels are ver the tp, r yur energy levels have been s lw that yu keep talking yurself ut f a wrkut. Or maybe yu just dn’t want t get all sweaty and have t take a shwer
第 5 页 共 8 页afterward. 37 In such fast-paced life, we’re all struggling. But when it cmes t exercise, being healthy and fit isn’t as black and white as the fitness wrld tries t make it seem. 38 Ding smething is always better than nthing when it cmes t mvement. Micr wrkuts, like getting ut fr a fifteen-minute walk instead f ding the strength training wrkut, are significantly better than ding nthing at all.
39 They are time-saving, since they can be dne in secnds r in as little time as 15-20 minutes. They require minimum space and equipment. Many can be dne at hme, in the park, r even while waiting in the checkut line. They are als mney-saving as these can be dne withut a gym membership, cach, trainer, r class instructr.
S in rder t maintain a healthy lifestyle, make time t mve. 40 If all the mvements like push-ups and pull-ups yu will still get many f the same benefits f a lnger, harder wrkut.
A. These are understandable excuses.
B. Fitness can be simple, easy and cnvenient.
C. The advantages f micr wrkuts are apparent. D. Try t add in micr wrkuts thrughut the day.
E. N matter hw busy yu are, yu have time t exercise.
F. Micr wrkuts are being backed up by trainers and science. G. Being healthy is really mre imprtant than yu can imagine.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分 30 分)
Granny fell ill befre Valentine’s Day. She had t 41 ur planned z trip, which she had been 42. “Remember t say hi t the mnkeys fr me,” Granny 43 us up befre we left. We did g and have fun, but I kept 44 Granny culd have been with us.
Tex sptted sme 45 and suggested taking a picture in frnt f them. While we said, “Cheese,” Indi accidentally said, “Happy Valentine’s Day, Granny!” This slip f the tngue reminded me. I 46 taking pictures f different animals and 47 them int a z valentine fr Granny. Everyne lved that.
At hme, we 48 ut the printed pictures n the table. Since it was 49 t fit s many pictures nt a heart-shaped card, we 50 t create a whle bunch f' valentines, each card representing an animal. 51, ur print didn’t have clr ink, s we 52 the black-and-white pictures with markers and made speech ballns fr the animals. When we were dne, I made a cuple f 53 n the cards and tied them tgether t make a bk. It tk frever t finish, but it turned ut 54 “Oh, yu little sweet ptates!” Granny smiled when we gave her ur 55 . “Yu sure did turn this lady’s frwn(眉头) upside dwn! I lve yu s much.”
41.A. cancel 42.A. hearing f 43.A. cheered 44.A. demanding 45.A. cards 46.A. prpsed 47.A. dividing 48.A. gave
49.A. extrardinary 50.A. cntinued 51.A. Unfrtunately 52.A. assciated 53.A. ntes
54.A. nble
55.A. creatin
B. miss
B. apprving f B. make
B. insisting B. turists B. denied B. gruping B. spread
B. impssible B. anticipated B. Ultimately B. displayed B. symbls B. great
B. assumptin
C. attend
C. lnging fr C. cnnected C. imagining C. ballns C. inquired C. turning
C. cunted C. essential C. decided
C. Eventually C. illustrated C. hles
C. enrmus
C. devtin
D. ruin
D. seeking fr D. wke
D. wishing D. mnkeys D. permitted D. carving D. handed
D. meaningless D. declared
D. Apparently D. clred
D. marks D. classical
D. invitatin
第 6 页 共 8 页第二节(共 10 小题; 每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分)
The turism phenmenn fueled by Harbin, in Nrtheast China’s Heilngjiang Prvince, shws n sign f fading. Mst recently, the ice city 56 (lead) t fierce cmpetitin amng turism authrities in several cities as they try t change the Internet ptential 57 (engage) int real turist ftfall. Mre 58 (interest), the vide f the leaders f lcal turism dancing with perfrmers has entertained millins f netizens.
These diligent effrts made by Harbin 59 (attract) turists t the city were jined by netizens acrss the cuntry, 60 playfully discussed abut the exceptinal skills 61 (pssess) by their wn heads f turism bureau, all t achieve similar success in their wn cities.
Starting frm January 9th, the fficial accunt f the Department f Turism f Henan Prvince has seen 62 increase in the number f vides being psted, 63 mre than 30 clips released per day. S the turism authrities in Shanxi and Shandng prvinces find 64 a must t prmte their enriched turism resurces n scial media. Winter, the traditinal turism ff-seasn, draws new turism fever, 65 (signal) the fast turism develpment in China. 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。为了让更多的人了解家乡的变化，你创办了网站“ 我的家乡” 。请你给英国好友 James 写 封邮件，介绍一下自己创办网站的目的和网站板块内容。
注意：
1. 词数应为 80 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答； 3. 开头和结尾已给出， 不计入词数。
Dear James,
___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Best regards, Li Hua
第二节(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。
Smetimes things dn’t g as planned, but that desn’t mean they can’t still be wnderful in their wn way. My parents and I had spent frever researching summer camps nline. Finally, we picked ut ne where I culd design games, animate(制作动画) characters, and learn ther cl cding(编程) stuff.
My mm said, “I like the idea f yu exercising that clever brain f yurs. But I als want yu t get plenty f fresh air.” “Campers can chse t hike r swim every afternn!” I said, as I clicked n the registratin frm.
My dad filled ut the frm, and weeks later, my parents drpped me ff fr what I thught wuld be a week f nnstp cmputer-cding fun.
I arrived at the check-in table at the same time as a camper f my age named Halley, wh was wearing an adrable sunhat. Halley greeted, “We are in the same grup—number 7.” Led by an advisr, we fllwed the green arrws t the campsite.
I surprisedly fund that it was s cl and wdsy alng the path. I exchanged ideas with Halley abut what might cme ut f the camp. Halley excitedly mentined the little animals he lved t bserve and smething abut night sky watching.
“Yu gave me the best idea,” I said. “I’ll base my characters n the animals yu mentined!” Halley laughed.
第 7 页 共 8 页“I might be missing smething here. Wh are these mysterius characters?”
“Yu knw, the characters we’ll be designing and animating n cmputers this week!” I said. “Uh, srry. Still lst,” said Halley. “Why wuld we be ding cmputer stuff at Nature Camp?”
It was then that I realized sme errrs must have been made. I must have accidentally clicked n the wrng nline frm! We immediately raced back t the welcme table t see if I culd switch ver t Tech Camp, but f curse it was cmpletely full.
注意：1. 续写词数应为 150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在题卡的相应位置作答。
I frced a smile as we headed fr ur campsite. ________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________
“OK, I’ll have a try,” I lked at Halley thankfully. _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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英语试卷答案
听力
1-5CACBC 6-10ACBBA 11-15BACBA 16-20CBACA
阅读理解：21-23CDB 24-27 DABB 28-31CBAD 32-35BADC 36-40EABCD
完形填空：41-45BCADD 46-50ACBBC 51-55ADCBA
语篇填空：56.has led /has been leading 57. engagement 58. interestingly 59. t attract 60. wh 61. pssessed 62. an 63. with 64. it 65. signal(l)ing
应用文：
Dear James,
I’m excited t intrduce “My Hmetwn”, a website I’ve launched t highlight the ecnmic and envirnmental transfrmatin f ur hmetwn. It features categries n ur histry, ecnmic grwth, envirnmental effrts, cultural heritage, and future visins. These aspects have significantly shaped what we are tday and what we seek t becme. In this way, I intend t dcument ur prgress and inspire a brader audience t appreciate the jurney f ur hmetwn.
I hpe the website ffers yu a glimpse int the changes we’re prud f. Yur thughts wuld be greatly appreciated!
Best regards,
Li Hua
读后续写：
One pssible versin:
I frced a smile as we headed fr ur campsite. As I stepped frward, I just felt s disappinted that I had t sit dwn. Seeing that, Halley sat next t me. Fr the next few minutes, regret immersed me as my treasured Tech Camp slipped away due t my inattentin. Then Halley brke the silence, whispering kindly, “I guess it was the call f the wild.” I respnded with a bitter smile. He presented the stuff I culd enjy frm nature, suggesting we hike and experience it. “Yu can discver unexpected excitement.” he encuraged me.
“OK, I’ll have a try,” I lked at Halley thankfully. We reached the campsite and started t explre the nature. Nature Camp turned ut amazing! We turned ver stnes t be amazed by the creatures beneath and hiked thrugh wds t be greeted by the muntains behind. My favrite time came when we slept ut under the stars, talking abut ancient Greek stries. Even thugh I didn’t chse the prgram n purpse, Halley was right. Try nt t stay stuck in the negative fr a whle bunch f amazingness really is just waiting t jump ut and surprise yu!
听力材料
1.【原文】W: Ww! Yur dad did a great jb! He made the ldest bike in twn lk new. Peple may think yur bike is mre expensive than mine.
M: Yu knw it ges faster than yur bike nw.
W: I dn’t think s. Let’s race and see.
2. 【原文】M: Mrs. Sphie? Why has my seat been mved t the frnt rw? Everyne else is sitting in their riginal seats.
W: If yu chse t talk in class instead f listening, yur seat will be mved clser t me s I can see yu better.
3. 【原文】M: Maria, I need t meet my niece at the railway statin at 6:20. She called me a quarter ag. I just had an emergency meeting.
W: Oh, it’s 6:00 nw. 20 minute t g.
M:That is enugh.
4. 【原文】W: Rbert, which d yu think yu need mre f, luck, talent r effrt t succeed in the arts?
M: In my pinin, yu need the pprtunity t succeed and nt everyne gets the right pprtunity even if they’re really talented and devted.
5. 【原文】M: Nw yu can begin taking the plates t the custmers. Well, dn’t carry t many plates. Yu may drp them.
W: Oh, I wn’t. I’ve never drpped plates in my life.
M: Yu can’t be t careful.
W: Well, I’ll try my best.
6-7题【原文】M: Guess what I’ll be ding this summer?
W: What?
M: I’m ging t wrk at the Churchill Htel.
W: What exactly will yu be ding there?
M: Let’s see. I’ll be ding sme small repairs inside and utside the htel. I’ll be cutting grass and taking care f the flwers.
W: Sunds interesting. What’s the pay?
M: Well, uh... abut twenty dllars per hur, five hurs a day, and Sunday free.
W: That’s gd mney. What are yu ging t d with it?
M: I’ll pay fr the textbks fr next semester.
8-10题【原文】W: Hey, Jhn? Can I talk t yu fr a minute?
M: Sure. What’s up?
W: I want t let yu knw abut a bk club I jined mnths ag. I knw yu d a lt f reading, s I thught yu might want t cme with me next mnth.
M: Oh! That sunds like fun. When des the grup meet?
W: Usually the last Saturday f the mnth, at 7:30 in the evening. Is that t late fr yu?
M: N, I think that’s kay. What d yu talk abut in the grup?
W: Well. Every mnth we chse a new bk, and then during the next meeting we discuss it.
M: What bks have yu read?
W: Quite a lt. Recently we have read The Beautiful Mind and The Great Gatsby. Nw we are reading The Kite Runner.
M: The Kite Runner? I’ve heard that’s a gd bk. What’s it abut?
W: It’s abut tw by wh grw up in Afghanistan in the 1980s and hw their friendship shapes the rest f their lives.
M: That sunds interesting. I’d lve t cme.
W: Great! The next meeting will be held in half a mnth, s yu still have time t read the bk.
11-13题【原文】M: Gd afternn, madam. My friend saw the infrmatin in the newspaper that yu might have a spare apartment and tld me n Friday.
W: Yes, I have a spare apartment fr rent.
M: Wuld it be OK t lk at it nw?
W: OK. Cme in please.
M: Emm … This apartment lks nice and quite new. The living rm is really large.
W: It’s frty square meters.
M: Hw much shuld I pay?
W: $800 a mnth.
M: What are included?
W: Only gas is included. Yu have t pay fr the electricity and water.
M: Er, can yu cut dwn a little? I’ve searched a lt n the Internet, and there wasn’t s much high rent.
W: As yu can see, the apartment has recently been redecrated and cmpletely furnished.
M: Well, that’s it. When can I mve in?
W: Let me see. Tday is Wednesday. In three days if yu like.
M: That’s great.
14-16题【原文】M: Why did yu get hme s late, Enya? I was wrried sick!
W: I had everything timed perfectly. I sat in the cffee shp, waiting fr Bus 35. It is suppsed t leave at 4:45 sharp. I take it every day at that time because it arrives at the Waterl Statin just in time fr me t catch Bus 15.
M: And yu lst track f time, didn’t yu?
W: N, Ken, nt this time. I was at the bus stp n time, and I was picking up my bag and getting t my feet at 4:35. I was tw feet frm the bus when it suddenly left!
M: Ten minutes early?
W: Yes. S, I had t wait thirty minutes fr the next bus. By then, there were n mre buses leaving frm Waterl.
M: Hw did yu get here, then?
W: I walked. Can yu imagine — me, a yung wman, walking in the dark fr an hur by alne?
M: And in this neighbrhd! Next time, please call me. That was s dangerus.
W: I knw. I’m lucky t be alive. What’s wrng with the public transprtatin in this city? Dn’t they care abut peple wh can’t affrd cars?
M: We shuld write a letter t ur lcal fficials.
W: And the newspaper!
17-20题【原文】The desire t stay cl is, f curse, nthing new.
The ancient Egyptians and Rmans emplyed varius techniques t cl dwn their buildings frm the utside heat. Sme peple have even claimed that the first air cnditining device was invented in ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians wuld hang wet plants utside their windws, and when the air came int the huse, it wuld be cled by the cl water drps n the plants.
The Rmans understd that if they culd bring cld water under their huses, then the temperature inside wuld fall. And if we really stretch the meaning f the phrase “air cnditining”, then hand fans have been used since the very beginning f the histry. Peple realized that they culd mve air by waving smething and it wuld cl them dwn fr a while.
The Chinese inventr Ding Huan went a step further in the secnd century and invented a fan that culd g arund, similar t fans we might see tday, althugh it was pwered by servants.
That’s all fr tday. Please stay tuned fr mre updates.