福建省三明市第一中学2024-2025学年高二上学期8月开学考试英语试卷（Word版附答案）

这是一份福建省三明市第一中学2024-2025学年高二上学期8月开学考试英语试卷（Word版附答案），共13页。
本试卷共12页，满分150分，考试用时120分钟。
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第Ⅰ卷
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．Which animal is in the field?
A．A cw.B．A hrse.C．A sheep.
2．Wh gt a prmtin?
A．Liza.B．Emily.C．Henry.
3．What did Tim dislike abut his last jb?
A．Facing dangers n the rad trips.
B．Wrking by a very nisy garage.
C．Being away frm hme fr lng.
4．Why culdn’t the man understand the wman’s aunt?
A．She speaks in sign language.
B．She speaks with an dd accent.
C．She speaks a different language.
5．What shuld the man’s sn d accrding t the wman?
A．Spend mre time studying.
B．Take pictures f his friends.
C．Becme a member f a club.
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，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6．What happened t the by in the basketball match?
A．He injured his leg.
B．He failed t scre the ball.
C．He left the match half way.
7．Why was the by disappinted?
A．His team lst the match.
B．He perfrmed badly in the match.
C．His teammates didn’t treat him as a her.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
8．At what price was The Scream sld?
A．82.5 millin dllar.B．106.5 millin dllars.C．119.9 millin dllars.
9．What des the wman say abut the paintings?
A．Their cmmercial value always changes.
B．They’ re becming mre valuable than befre.
C．They get much appreciatin frm persnal cllectrs.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至13四个小题。
10．Where des the cnversatin take place prbably?
A．In a shp.B．On the phne.C．In an apartment.
11．What needs t be dealt with first?
A．The switch.B．The fridge.C．The water heater.
12．What’s wrng with the gas water heater?
A．It can’t be used.B．Its seal is brken.C．It is ut f rder smetimes.
13．When will the Agency send peple t slve the prblems?
A．Next Tuesday.B．This Tuesday.C．Next Thursday.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至17四个小题。
14．What des the man think his parents will buy him?
A．A T- shirt.B．A pair f trainers.C．A pair f sunglasses.
15．Wh went t pick up the speakers’ parents?
A．Their neighbr.B．Their grandpa.C．Their grandma.
16．Which rm will the man clean?
A．The bedrms.B．The bathrm.C．The living rm.
17．What will the speakers have t d in the kitchen?
A．Clean the flr.B．Wash the dishes.C．Fill the fridge.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。
18．What percentage f senirs in the UK wuld talk with three peple a week at mst?
A．Over 20%.B．Just 26%.C．Abut 55%.
19．What were mre than half f senirs afraid f?
A．Leaving their hmes.B．Taking early retirement.C．Parting frm their children.
20．What did the survey f 2,000 British aged 16-45 shw?
A．One- third f them wanted t help senirs.
B．30% f them felt t shy t talk with senirs.
C．A minrity f them wrried abut their elder years.
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
The Origins f Famus Brands
Our lives are full f brand names and trademarked prducts that we use every day. Althugh many brand names are simple acrnyms（首字母缩略词） r versins f their funders names, sme f the cmpanies we trust every day actually have fascinating and surprising back stries.
Starbucks
It seems fitting that the mst famus cffee brand in the wrld wuld take its name frm ne f the wrld’s greatest wrks f literature. The inspiratin fr the name f the cffeehuse came frm Herman Melville’s Mby Dick. The funders’ riginal idea was t name the cmpany after the Captain Ahab’s ship, but they eventually decided that Pequt wasn’t a great name fr cffee, s they chse Ahab’s first mate, Starbucks, as the name instead.
Ggle
Ggle was riginally called Backrub, fr it searched fr links in every crner f the Web. In 1997, when the funders f the cmpany were searching fr a new name shwing a huge amunt f data fr their rapidly imprving search technlgy, a friend suggested the wrd “ggl”. When a friend tried t register the new dmain（域） name, he misspelled “ggl” as “ggle”.
Nike
Originally funded as a distributr fr Japanese running shes, the cmpany was riginally named BRS, r Blue Ribbn Sprts. In 1971, BRS intrduced its wn sccer she, a mdel called Nike, which is als the name fr the Greek gddess f victry. In 1978, the cmpany fficially renamed itself as Nike, Inc.
The right name is essential t a cmpany’s success, and a great rigin stry is just as imprtant as a great prduct. An attractive rigin stry is ne mre thing that keeps custmers guessing, wndering, and buying its prducts.
21．What is the name f the Captain Ahab’s ship?
A．Mby Dick.B．Starbucks.C．Pequt.D．Herman Melville.
22．Why did the funders f the Ggle want t change its name?
A．They mistk their name.
B．They wanted new custmers.
C．The cmpany’s riginal name was t lng.
D．The cmpany’s search technlgy was imprving rapidly.
23．Where des the imprtance f the rigin stry f ne cmpany li e in?
A．It can change the cmpany’s image.
B．It can add myth t the cmpany.
C．It makes custmers imagine and purchase its gds.
D．It explains the develpment f the cmpany t custmers.
B
Alan Mathisn Turing was brn in England in 1912. Like many talents wh g n t great things, Turing shwed his unbelievable intelligence frm a very yung age. Actually, by the time he was halfway thrugh primary schl, Turing’s teachers had already realized he was a mathematical genius. He culd d cmplex calculating in his head even thugh he had never been taught abut it.
Frtunately, Turing was the ppsite f Hawking, and he abslutely lved schl. Prf f this is the extreme lengths he wuld g just t get t class. Fr example, n ne ccasin when there was a train strike, Turing even cycled 60 miles t attend. Nw that’s devtin!
Hwever, in spite f Turin’s schlarly attitude and his bvius genius, his teachers had their cncerns abut his future. This was because well- knwn schls in Britain like the nes Turing attended regarded the Classics, such as Latin and Greek as the mst imprtant, nt subjects like maths and science. Turing’s prud teachers even wrte letters t his parents asking them t persuade the yung man t fcus mre n the Classics. Imagine hw different the wrld might be if the yung Turing had listened t his teachers! Thankfully, his lve fr all things scientific and mathematical meant there was n chance f that.
After finishing secndary schl, Turing cmpleted a degree in mathematics at King’s Cllege Cambridge, and then btained his PhD frm Princetn University in the USA. It was during these university years that he invented the Turing Machine, which is cnsidered by many peple t be the earliest versin f a cmputer prcessing unit. It sunds unbelievable that anybdy culd have invented smething which was similar t a cmputer in 1936．But that just shws hw far ahead f his time Alan Turing was, even when he was still a yung man.
24．What can be inferred abut Turing accrding t paragraphs 1-2?
A．He maintained interest in the Classics.B．He rejected attending famus schls.
C．He shwed a strng desire fr schling.D．He ignred parents’ advice n curse selectin.
25．What des the writer think f the Turing Machine?
A．He argues it’s still limited in many functins.
B．He thinks it’s influential in cmputer histry.
C．He dubts if it is truly invented by a yung man.
D．He cnsiders the cnstructin f such machines impssible.
26．What is the authr’s main purpse in writing this passage?
A．T indicate the link between genius and success.
B．T illustrate the inventin f the Turing Machine.
C．T stress the impact f teachers’ guidance n Turing’s life.
D．T intrduce Turing’s genius, schlarly attitude and achievement.
27．What can we learn frm Turing’s stry?
A．Satisfied with little, yet wishing fr mre.
B．Chances favr the minds that are prepared.
C．Nthing great was ever achieved withut passin.
D．Ordinary peple hpe, while talented peple create.
C
Parents f teenagers ften view their children’s friends with distrust, wrrying that their children will be pushed by their peers（同龄人） int ding smething flish r even dangerus. Their wrries hld water. In a previus study, psychlgist Laurence Steinberg fund that a teenage driver with a same- age passenger in the car is at higher risk f traffic accidents than ne driving alne r with an adult.
In the fllwing years. Steinberg examined why teens were mre likely t take risks in the cmpany f ther teenagers. In a later study, by scanning（扫描） the brains f 40 teens and adults, Steinberg fund the brains f teenagers, but nt adults, shwed greater activity in tw regins assciated with rewards when they were being bserved by same- age peers. The reward systems f the brain are activated whenever peple experience smething rewarding, like eating a nice- tasting fd, which make them feel satisfied. In this case, rewards are greater fr teens, which mtivates them t seek higher- risk experiences.
But Steinberg thught peer pressure might als have its psitive side. In the latest study, Steinberg’s team used a card game t research hw peers affect the way yung peple gather and apply infrmatin. It invlved 101 teenage bys wh played either alne r with three peers. They chse cards frm fur decks（牌堆）: tw decks had “gd” cards, and tw “bad” nes. Players with peers were mre willing t take risks, trying t figure ut which decks culd help them t win. The results shwed that teens playing with their peers engage in mre explratry behavir, learn faster and achieve better perfrmance n the task than thse playing alne.
Nw sme experts are prpsing that we shuld take advantage f the teens’ keen sensitivity（敏感） t the presence f friends t imprve educatin. “Risk taking in an educatinal cntext is a vital skill that enables prgress and creativity,” wrte Sarah- Jayne Blakemre, a prfessr at University Cllege Lndn.
28．What d the underlined wrds “hld water” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．Make sense.B．Face dubtsC．Bring relief.D．Start debates.
29．What is the reasn behind teens’ dangerus behavir?
A．Inability t tell right frm wrng.B．A sense f satisfactin.
C．Eagerness t fllw their friends.D．Lack f scial experience.
30．Hw des risk- taking affect teens in the latest study?
A．It starts fights between them.B．It inspires them t questin.
C．It weakens their independence.D．It helps them t learn better.
31．What wuld Blakemre suggest teachers d in the classrm?
A．Cnduct grup discussin.B．Imprve time management.
C．Encurage persnal pinins.D．Develp decisin- making skills.
D
Hney bees are imprtant t ur survival as humans. The majrity f fruit and vegetables we eat wuld n lnger exist withut them. The hney bee ppulatin is threatened by a large number f dangers, mst f which can be prevented with the help f humans. Being an fficer in Envirnmental Club here at Freedm, I believe this is a very imprtant tpic that we want t educate students abut.
Bees are threatened by large- scale mnculture （单一耕作） agriculture and pesticides that are used n these crps. Fr the mst part, large cmpanies which grw the same kind f crps in large fields are t blame fr the widespread use f pesticides and the planting f mnculture crps.
It is believed that the use f pesticides makes bee families mre easily be affected by infectin and sickness, which is hurting their numbers. The belief is that in this weakened state bees becme easily affected by mites and fungi （small living things that cause infectius diseases）. Then Clny Cllapse Disrder （CCD） appears. It ccurs when the majrity f wrker bees in a hney bee family disappear. This is a terrible result fr the bee family.
Anther ptential cause f CCD is malnutritin （营养不良）. Mnculture fields cntribute t the malnutritin f bees because a single crp des nt prvide enugh nutrients fr a family f bees. Hney bees require a variety f plants t chse frm in rder t stay healthy and prductive.
Numerus factrs are cntributing t the wrldwide lss f hney bees. Envirnmental Club is trying t bring light t this difficult situatin that we are facing and we’ re trying t educate students n the tpic. The declining bee ppulatin is a very pressing issue fr all f us, but I find myself realizing that cmes alng with serius prblems. Hwever, many f my generatin haven’t been aware f that. We have t wrk n finding slutins t this and supprt fr mre reasnable cnsumptin and prductin f prducts that affect bees.
32．What’s the current situatin f hney bees?
A．Their varieties have decreased a lt.B．They are ignred by students
C．They are lsing their habitats.D．Their lives are put at risk.
33．What wuld happen t hney bees after they get pesticides?
A．They wuld be infected with diseases easily.B．They wuld suffer CCD quickly.
C．They wuld attract mites easily.D．They wuld die in a mment.
34．Why are mnculture field s harmful t hneybees?
A．They are unable t prvide enugh crps.
B．They fail t ffer them balanced nutritin.
C．They fail t give them a gd natural envirnment.
D．They are unable t feed bees with their favrite crps.
35．What is the best title fr the text?
A．Save the bees.B．Say n t pesticides.
C．Supprt bee prducts.D．Avid mnculture agriculture.
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。
The days when art was an Olympic sprt
Did yu knw that creating wrks f art used t be an Olympic cmpetitin? 36 In the first year, Walter Winans became the first and the nly Olympian t win medals fr bth art and sprts. Despite this seemingly ptimistic start, the idea f the arts being included in the Olympic Games sn met with disinterest, finally resulting in the remval f the art cmpetitin frm the Olympic Games.
37
The idea t include art in the Olympics came frm Barn Pierre de Cubertin, wh was the funder f the Internatinal Olympic Cmmittee, which created the mdern Olympics. Cubertin believed that the arts and sprts were linked and was impressed by anyne wh had a firm cmmand f bth a sprt and an artistic discipline（项目）.
Why aren’t the arts included in the Olympics tday?
Fr starters, nly amateurs were allwed t cmpete in the arts part f the Olympics. 38 Having artists f average quality cmpeting while nly the mst cmpetent athletes were allwed t cmpete created a dramatic divide and gave the impressin that the arts were nt as imprtant as sprts.
Secndly, wrks f art created had t have sprts as the subject matter. 39 Limiting the subjects als cntributed t making the arts part f the Olympic Games bring t the general public.
Finally, ne f the biggest reasns was that the arts are subjective. Sprts can be judged by time and distance, making it easy t determine wh is the winner. 40 This difficulty in judging a definite winner resulted in the arts part becming a nn- cmpetitive exhibitin that ran fr the duratin f the Olympic Games.
A．Why was art made an Olympic discipline?
B．What is a discipline in the Olympic Games?
C．This rule made the bjects prduced seem really bring.
D．The arts, n the ther hand, are nt quite s easy t judge.
E．Hwever, the arts part f the Olympics Games was sn abandned.
F．This means that many famus artists were banned frm participating.
G．Fr 36 years, frm 1912 t 1948, artists participated in the Olympic Games.
第三部分： 语言运用（共三节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下列短文，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。
When I was a child, my family went t the beach ften. Hwever, we 41 played in the sand r swam in the cean. Nature was t be 42 far away, with the car windscreen in between. We wuld wave t the sea frm ur 43 , watch the sunset and drive hme. My parents were 44 in crwded and plluted cities. Their upbringing made them think maybe it was 45 fr kids t stay inside. Withut knwing it, I was 46 by their attitudes.
It was my wn children wh led me t anther 47 . They liked bserving earthwrms and jumping in mud. Their such 48 abut the natural wrld allwed me t see it in a 49 way. On beach trips, I fund myself 50 t dig int the sand with them and 51 its cl graininess（颗粒感） as they buried me in it.
Last summer, my lve fr 52 led t us buying a huse in a farming twn near a muntain. It’s smething I wuldn’t have 53 as a city girl. I’ve fund a deeper cnnectin t nature and I’m grateful fr it. There are miles f tracks arund us that I 54 every day. I walk thrugh snw, mud and rain, 55 my bts — which I bring straight int the huse.
41．A．stillB．neverC．alwaysD．smetimes
42．A．transfrmedB．evaluatedC．appreciatedD．greeted
43．A．vehicleB．tentC．huseD．htel
44．A．hiredB．raisedC．invlvedD．trapped
45．A．warmerB．happierC．funnierD．safer
46．A．influencedB．cnfusedC．btheredD．reminded
47．A．careerB．futureC．findingD．path
48．A．cncernB．dubtC．curisityD．knwledge
49．A．systematicB．standardC．generalD．different
50．A．hesitantB．astnishedC．anxiusD．disappinted
51．A．sharedB．enjyedC．interpretedD．shwed
52．A．shreB．sandC．farmingD．nature
53．A．achievedB．imaginedC．supprtedD．acknwledged
54．A．explreB．nticeC．measureD．preserve
55．A．washingB．clingC．dirtyingD．plishing
第Ⅱ卷
第三部分：语言运用
第一节 语篇填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Stress: Gd r Bad?
Stress used t be an almst unknwn wrd, but nw that we are used t talking abut it, I have fund that peple are beginning t get stressed abut being stressed.
In recent years, stress 56 （regard） as a cause f 57 wide range f medical prblems, frm high bld pressure t mental illness. But like s many ther things, it is nly t much stress that des yu harm. It is time that yu shuld cnsider that if there were n stress in yur life, yu wuld achieve a little. If yu are stuck at hme with n stress, then yur level f perfrmance will be lw. Up t a certain pint, the mre stress yu are 58 , the better yur perfrmance will be. Beynd a certain pint, thugh, further stress will nly lead t exhaustin, 59 （ill） and finally a breakdwn. Yu can tell when yu are ver the tp and n the dwnward slpe, by asking yurself a number f questins. D yu, fr instance, feel that t much is being expected f yu, and yet find 60 impssible t say n? D yu find yurself getting impatient r 61 （anny） with peple 62 （talk） ver unimprtant things? … If the answer t all thse questins is yes, yu had better cntrl yur stress, as yu 63 （prbable） are under mre stress than is gd fr yu.
T sme extent yu can cntrl the amunt f stress in yur life. Dctrs have wrked ut a chart, 64 shws hw much stress is invlved in 65 （variety） events. Getting married is 50, pregnancy 40, mving huse 20, Christmas 12, etc. If the ttal stress in yur life is ver 150, yu are twice as likely t get ill.
第四部分： 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 英汉互译 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10 分）
66．They tested 380 ancient Chinese medical treatment s that shwed prmise in the fight against malaria.
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67．Einstein passed away, and the whle wrld murned the great lss f a brilliant scientist.
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68．Smart tilets will be keeping cnstant track f yur health as well.
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69．他们的项目陷入了僵局。然而，屠呦呦并不认输。
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70．从这个意义上说，明日之家已经是今日之家。
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第二节 书面表达（满分15分）
假定你是青年学者李华，获悉（穿越回2015年）屠呦呦刚刚获得了本年度的诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。请你给这位伟大的科学家写一封邮件，内容包括：
1．表示祝贺（钦佩）；
2．陈述理由（感悟）。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
可能用到的词汇：malaria疟疾；artemisinin青蒿素
第三节 读后续写表达默写（共6小题，每小题2.5分，满分15分）
72．当她知道考试结果时，她的眼里闪烁着喜悦的光芒。
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73．听到这个消息，他非常生气，紧握着手，身体轻微颤抖着。
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74．当她读到那封真诚的信时，泪水流下了她的脸颊。
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75．我太害怕了以致于我的大脑一片空白手心出汗。
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76．当主持人宣布她获奖时，她激动得心砰砰跳。
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77．心里七上八下，我感到喉咙发紧。
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Dear Miss Tu,
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Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
三明一中2024-2025学年上学期8月月考
高二英语科试卷参考答案
第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共95分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
1-5：ABCBC 6-10：ACCAB 11-15：BCAAB 16-20：BCAAB
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）
A篇阅读 21-23：CDC B篇阅读 24-27：CBDC
C篇阅读 28-31：ABDA D篇阅读 32-35：DABA
第二节 （共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
36-40：GAFCD
第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）
41-45：BCABD 46-50：ADCDC 51-55：BDBAC
第Ⅱ卷 （非选择题 共55分）
第二节 语篇填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分 15 分）
56．has been regarded 57．a 58．under 59．illness 60, it
61．annyed 62．talking 63．prbably 64．which 65．varius
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 英汉互译（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
66．他们测试了380种有望战胜疟疾的古代中医疗法。
67．爱因斯坦与世长辞，全世界都哀悼一代科学巨星的陨落。
68．智能马桶也会持续记录你的健康状况。
69．Their prject gt stuck. Hwever, Tu Yuyu wuld nt acknwledge defeat.
70．In this sense, the hme f tmrrw is already the hme f tday.
第二节 书面表达（满分15分）
71．One pssible versin （词数：106）
Dear Miss Tu,
Upn hearing that yu have been awarded this year’s Nbel Prize fr Physilgy r Medicine, I’m writing t extend my warm cngratulatins and sincere hnur t yu.
Yu deserve the hnur! Thanks t yur discvery f artemisinin, hundreds f thusands f lives have been saved and health f millins f peple imprved. Withut dubt, yur success prves the great value f traditinal Chinese medicine and help prmte its spread arund the wrld. Persnally, I admire yur dedicatin, initiative and team wrk, frm which ur yunger generatin can learn a lt.
Yur cntributin has made a big difference t the wrld. Cngratulate yu again n yur achievement!
Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
第三节 读后续写表达默写（共6小题，每小题2.5分，满分15分）
72．When she knew the result f the test, her eyes twinkled with jy.
73．Hearing the news, he was filled with anger, hlding his hand tightly and his bdy trembling slightly.
74．Tears streamed dwn her cheeks as she read the heartfelt letter.
75．I was s scared that my mind went blank and my palms were sweating.
76．When the hst annunced that she wn the prize, her heart was beating widely with excitement.
77．With butterflies in my stmach, I felt my thrat tight.
附一： 听力录音文本
Text 1
M: What is in that field ver there? I think it is a sheep.
W: I see it. N, it’s actually a cw. I wish we wuld see a hrse. I’ve always wanted t ride ne!
Text 2
W: Henry, I’ve gt gd news t share. My bss ffered me a prmtin, and I tk it.
M: Are yu serius, Emily?
W: Yes, I am really excited.
M: That’s great. Cngratulatins! Yu have n idea hw happy I am fr yu. I believe yu are the best chice fr that prmtin. I heard Liza wuld be prmted t the head f yur department befre.
Text 3
W: Hi, Tim. I heard yu’ve changed yur jb. Why?
M: Well, I didn’t mind being a truck driver, but I hated the lng trips away frm hme. The garage where I’m wrking nw is just five minutes away.
Text 4
M: Is that yur aunt? I culd nt understand her. She speaks with an unusual accent.
W: Yes, her father was in the army. S she lived in lts f different cuntries while grwing up. She speaks many different languages t.
Text 5
M: My sn has started t learn taking phts lately. He seems t spend a lt f time alne ding it.
W: Maybe yu shuld encurage him t jin a phtgraphy club, s he can learn and make new friends at the same time.
Text 6
W: Tell me abut the basketball match, Jhn.
M: Well, ur team played well. We scred lts f pints. Then I fell and hurt my leg, but I carried n playing. The ther team was really better than us, thugh.
W: S did yu lse?
M: N, because in the final secnds, I managed t get the ball, jump up t the basket and scre. That meant we’d wn! I thught my team might carry me ut f the gym like a her, but they didn’t. S I was a bit disappinted.
W: Well, maybe next time.
Text 7
M: D yu knw the painting by Edward Munch called The Scream?
W: Yes. It was sld at an auctin— guess at what price?
M: I remember a painting by Van Ggh sld at a recrd- high 82.5 millin many years ag.
W: Then Munch’s The Scream achieved anther milestne: it was sld at 119.9 millin dllars. And here it says the previus recrd is held by a painting by Picass at 106.5 millin.
M: Des that mean the wrld is attaching greater significance t fine art?
W: Nt necessarily. These paintings have already becme an icn, but their cmmercial value changes, depending n the market, the campaign, persnal taste, ect.
Text 8
W: Gd mrning. IMA Rental Agency. Hw can I help?
M: Oh, hell. I’m ringing abut sme prblems with my apartment.
W: What are the prblems yu’ve fund?
M: Well, the first thing is the fridge. The seal n the dr is lse. We have a small child and need t keep milk cl, s we need t get that dne straight away.
W: OK… that’s the fridge fr immediate repair.
M: And there’s a little prblem with the gas water heater.
W: Ah ha...
M: The switch is brken. It’s nt serius and we can still use it. But yu knw, smetimes we are just s cld when taking a shwer if it is ut f rder. If yu can send smebdy ver in the next cuple f weeks r s, that’d be great.
W: OK, I’ve gt that. We will send peple t slve yur prblems next Tuesday.
Text 9
W: I can’t wait fr Mm and Dad t cme back frm America! I hpe they buy me thse trainers I wanted.
M: They’ll prbably get me a T- shirt as usual instead f the sunglasses I asked fr.
W: Prbably. What time are they arriving? They were leaving at 10 this mrning.
M: Well, they shuld be here abut 7. The jurney takes abut 8 hurs. Our neighbrs culdn’t g t cllect them s Grandpa is ging. I hpe he’ll be OK. He always gets lst. Grandma is ging t wait here with us.
W: Gd— she can help us clean the huse!
M: Gd idea. I’ll d the bathrm and yu d the bedrms. And we’ll ask if she can tidy the living rm. That’s easy. We can d the kitchen tgether.
W: That’s nt a prblem. We nly have t fill the fridge with fd. I washed the dishes and yu cleaned the flr last night.
M: Great.
Text 10
Accrding t the survey f 1, 896 senirs in the United Kingdm, mre than ne in five wuld have a cnversatin with n mre than three peple ver the span f an entire week! That translated t nearly 2.6 millin elderly flks wh didn’t enjy regular human cntact n a daily basis. Perhaps the mst alarming is that researchers said an alarming 225,000 individuals wuld g a week withut talking t anyne face- t- face.
The survey als revealed that ver half f senirs were willing t take early retirement. They said they knew they culd be taken gd care f if they tk their children’s advice, mving int the nursing hmes. But they were unable t accept this idea. They were s scared f leaving their nly hmes they had lived fr mst f their lives.
Meanwhile, anther survey f 2, 000 peple aged 16-45 in the UK shwed that 55% f yunger flks admitted t wrrying abut being lnely in their elder years. With that in mind, tw- thirds f thse peple said they wanted t d smething t help bst the cnfidence f a lnely senir, but 37% wrried that such a gesture wuldn’t be well- received. Anther 30% felt t shy t spark up a cnversatin with senirs. 27% admitted they were nt sure hw t help, and a quarter said they were simply t busy themselves.