江苏省泰州市海陵区泰州中学2024-2025学年高二上学期10月月考英语试题

这是一份江苏省泰州市海陵区泰州中学2024-2025学年高二上学期10月月考英语试题，共13页。试卷主要包含了5分，满分7，5分，共30分），5分，共1，5分），cmplaining等内容，欢迎下载使用。

命题人：刘慧敏王文雪朱学丽审题人：金艳秋
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．Why des David learn calligraphy?
A．T shw his wrks at exhibitins.
B．T give his pieces t his parents as gifts.
C．T teach his parents this ancient art frm.
2．What is prbably the man?
A．A dctr.B．A car mechanic.C．A plice fficer.
3．What is the wman advised t d?
A．Buy a new phne.B．Get a pair f glasses.C．Have a bigger text size n her phne.
4．Hw des the wman sund?
A．Excited.B．Tired.C．Disappinted.
5．What are the speakers talking abut?
A．The pr s and cns f technlgy.
B．The time peple spend n screens.
C．Different ways t access infrmatin.
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．Which picture has already been chsen by the wman?
A．A picture f her cusin.B．A picture f her mther.C．A picture f an ld man.
7．Where was the picture f the wman’s mther taken?
A．In a fashin shw.B．In the park.C．In her garden.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题
8．What inspires the wman t think abut living n the Mn?
A．News.B．Scientific studies.C．Mvies.
9．What des the man think will be supplied t the Mn cntinually?
A．Oxygen.B．Water.C．Fd.
10．What is the wman’s final idea abut living in uter space?
A．She is excited abut the pssibility.
B．She needs time t think abut it.
C．She prefers t stay n the Earth.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题
11．What jb did Michael mst prbably d in the past?
A．Teaching.B．Writing.C．Advertising.
12．Why des Michael enjy his life nw?
A．He lives clser t his wrkplace.B．He has mre chices.C．He gets paid mre.
13．What des Michael believe is the right thing t d?
A．Wrking in a cmpany t d the same things.
B．Staying at hme all day withut ding anything.
C．Cntributing t the cmmunity thrugh his wrk.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14．Why did the man clse his WeChat Mments?
A．He didn’t like the psts n WeChat.
B．He tried t fcus n the real wrld.
C．He didn’t want peple t knw anything abut him.
15．Hw did the man cmmunicate with his friends in the past?
A．Thrugh emails.
B．Thrugh instant messages.
C．Thrugh face-t-face cnversatins.
16．What has changed in the man’s life?
A．He pays mre attentin t wrk.
B．He spends mre time with his children.
C．He cmmunicates mre with ld friends.
17．What’s the pssible relatinship between the tw speakers?
A．Bss and secretary.B．Old schlmates.C．Waiter and custmer.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18．What is the speaker ding?
A．Intrducing the inventins.B．Teaching the students.C．Guiding the audience.
19．What des the speaker tell everyne t d?
A．Explre the entire center.B．Register fr a newsletter.C．Take a schedule.
20．When will the winners be annunced?
A．In arund three hurs.B．In tw and a half hursC．In half an hur
第二部分：阅读理解（共三节，满分44分）
第一节（共12小题；每小题2.5分，共30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Included in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, Chinese shadw puppetry （皮影戏） is cnsidered ne f the natin’s ldest frms f material perfrmance. Annie Katsura Rllins, wh is based in Trnt and researching Chinese shadw puppetry, has spent years develping expertise（专业技能） in Chinese shadw puppetry and making great effrts t help it survive a battle with cultural changes, urbanizatin, and mdern frms f entertainment.
“There’s an antediluvial understanding f what traditin is,” says Rllins. “We think it’s ld and what nce was. Actually, traditins are always changing in histry and we just fail t witness it. T survive, the traditin needs t be with the present and be lking tward the future.”
Rllins was in charge f the exhibitin “Immaterial Remains: Can Yu Preserve a Shadw?”, which aimed t nt nly display the art frm but als fcus n the questin f hw t preserve shadw puppetry in China. In the exhibitin, the finely carved details f clthing, facial features, and hair were bvius in the shadws f the puppets, which were in mtin as air flwed, bringing them t life n the walls. Samples f the dried cwhide（牛皮） used t make the puppets were available fr visitrs t tuch and feel. A vide demnstrated hw the puppets are made and perated. Rllins ntes, “If yu can eat with chpsticks, yu t can wrk a shadw puppet.”
She says the years she spent learning frm master puppeteers in small villages remain the best way t carry n the traditins f Chinese shadw puppetry int the future, which she describes as practitiner-led（由从业者主导的） creativity. “I think that is the key t really keeping the frm grwing, develping, and relevant t current sciety and culture,” Rllins says. “We need t emphasize the live perfrmance as a methd f preservatin s that every time it’s perfrmed, it’s being cntinued in its riginal frm rather than in pictures r vides. Thse things nly shw part f what a live perfrmance is.”
21．What is ne thing that Rllins has devted herself t fr years?
A．Digging int Chinese shadw puppetry.
B．Prmting changes in cultural dynamics
C．Hlding exhibitins t preserve Chinese shadw puppetry.
D．Intrducing mdern frms f entertainment int city life
22．What des the underlined wrd “antediluvial” in paragraph 2mean?
A．Old- fashined.B．Cmprehensive.C．Flexible.D．Valuable
23．What is the purpse f the exhibitin mentined in paragraph 3?
A．T demnstrate the ppularity f Chinese shadw puppetry.
B．T shw varius stries presented by Chinese shadw puppetry.
C．T highlight the histrical significance f Chinese shadw puppetry.
D．T explre effective strategies t preserve Chinese shadw puppetry.
24．What is Rllins’ advice n preserving the traditins f Chinese shadw puppetry?
A．Shwing the puppets in exhibitins and museums.
B．Setting up wrkshps and mdernizing traditinal puppetry.
C．Learning frm masters and prviding live perfrmances.
D．Dcumenting the perfrmances thrugh pictures and vides.
B
Every mrning, crwds f Lndn cmmuters（通勤者） walk heavily thrugh the undergrund and cyclists race beside the nisy traffic. Meanwhile I’ve been peacefully paddling （用浆划） up the Thames t wrk in Kevin, my inflatable kayak （充气皮划艇）. Even if the weather is terrible, it’s still hugely enjyable t discnnect frm the Lndn bustle （喧嚣）.
I usually blw Kevin up the night befre s that in the mrning I can jump straight in and paddle t the city frm my hme in Putney. I rw alng the suth bank. It’s a busy river, and fairly fast flwing. I’ve had several near misses with bridges. There’s n GPS needed. I just carry a marine radi, my mbile phne, wall et and suit. I rw t the Huses f Parliament and then reach the shre at the steps near Cannn Street and, balancing Kevin n my head, walk thrugh the city.
The idea f kayaking t wrk came frm a fundraising event that I did last year n the Thames. Twelve mates and I gt int blw-up kayaks and paddled alng, stpping at varius places t raise mney. I then realized I culd use the inflatable kayak t get t wrk: what a way t turn a fairly tiring jurney int the best part f the day! I started lving my cmmute!
My mrnings with Kevin are drawing t a clse, thugh, as I’m escaping fr an adventure in June. With my fellw adventurer, I am kayaking frm Greenland t Iceland.
I think a spell in the great utdrs is very humbling. In Lndn everything is s easy. It rains and yu put up an umbrella; yu’re hungry and yu buy smething frm a shp. Only when yu’ re ut in the wild can yu realize hw little cntrl ver yur life yu really have.
25．What des the authr think abut cmmuting by inflatable kayak?
A．It is time- cnsuming.B．It is risky in bad weather.
C．It helps him save mney.D．It gives him pleasure.
26．What is paragraph 2 mainly abut?
A．Hw the authr cmmutes in his kayak.
B．An intrductin t kayaking in Lndn.
C．A descriptin f the authr’s utdr experience.
D．What difficulties the authr encunters n his way t wrk.
27．What made the authr cme up with the idea f cmmuting in a kayak?
A．A fundraising experience.B．A tiring cmmuting jurney.
C．A piece f advice frm his fellw adventurer.D．A kayaking trip frm Greenland t Iceland.
28．What des the authr want t express in the last paragraph?
A．Staying utdrs imprves peple’s verall health.
B．Peple in cities have little chance t interact with nature.
C．Everyne shuld knw the essential skills t survive in the wild.
D．Spending time in nature inspires peple t be respectful f nature.
C
If yu were t place all the rice cnsumed each year n ne side f a scale（天平）, and every persn in the wrld n the ther, the scale wuld tip heavily twards rice’s favr. This be lved crp cntributes ver 20% f the calries cnsumed by humans each year.
The rts f rice g back thusands f years t when early farmers in Asia, Africa, and Suth America each independently planted the crp. Asian rice, hwever, spread widely and is nw a crnerstne f diet and culture in Asia and beynd.
Many plant geneticists believe that Asian rice riginated in what’s nw China. Over 10,000 years ag, nmadic （游牧的） hunters in the regin began gathering and eating seeds frm a weedy grass. Arund 9,000 years ag, they started planting these seeds. With each harvest, grwers selected and replanted seeds frm the rice plants that pleased them mst—like thse with bigger grains. Over thusands f years, thusands f varieties f Asian rice emerged.
Traditinally, grwers plant rice in paddy fields—flat land submerged （淹没） under as much as 10 centimeters f water thrughut the grwing seasn. This practice return s high yields since many cmpeting weeds can’t survive in such an envirnment. But the technique cnsumes plenty f water. Rice cvers 11% f glbal crpland, but uses ver a third f the wrld’s irrigatin water（灌溉用水）.
This frm f rice prductin als prduces a surprising quantity f greenhuse gases. Flded fields are the perfect breeding grunds fr micrrganisms knwn as methangens （产甲烷菌）. The rice farming cntributes arund 12% f human-caused methane emissins each year.
Greenhuse gases cme frm many—smetimes unexpected— places. Making rice grwing mre sustainable is just ne f the many challenges we’ll need t face t avid disastrus warming. Tday, many rice grwers still fld fields all seasn lng. Changing ld practices requires a majr mindset shift, but ging against the grain culd be just what we need t keep ur planet healthy and ur bwls full.
29．What is paragraph 3 mainly abut?
A．The histry f Asian rice.B．The influence f Asian rice.
C．The farming f Asian rice.D．The advantage f Asian rice.
30．What is the advantage f grwing rice in paddy fields?
A．It can make the rice mre delicius.
B．It can prtect the rice frm ther weeds.
C．It can enable rice t adapt t a variety f climates.
D．It can reduce the amunt f water needed fr irrigatin.
31．What can we learn abut the current way f planting rice?
A．It is facing mre and mre challenges.
B．It has been unable t meet the demand fr rice.
C．It requires the intrductin f new technlgies.
D．It shuld be imprved t be envirnmentally friendly.
32．In which sectin f a newspaper will the text appear?
A．HealthB．Science.C．Agriculture.D．Histry.
第二节（共3小题；每小题0.5分，共1.5分）
The Wind in the Willws
33．What did Tad bast abut?
A．His cartB．His batC．His gardenD．His chair
34．Wh did all the hard wrk in the mrning?
A．Tad alneB．Mle and TadC．Rat and TadD．Rat and Mle
35．Why wn’t Tad g t the plice?
A．Because his nerves haven’t recvered their shck.
B．Because his friends will g t the plice in his stead.
C．Because he has t g t a blacksmith’s t mend the cart.
D．Because he is pssessed with the idea f traveling in a mtr- car.
第三节（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。
Mld（霉菌） is unpleasant because f hw it lks and smells. Sme peple have the habit f remving mld frm fd in rder t cnsume the unaffected rest. 36
Remving the mldy parts desn’t guarantee that the txins（毒素） present in the prduct will be remved cmpletely. Therefre, they can cause illness r fd pisning. Only hard and dry fds can be cnsumed nce the mldy part has been remved. Therefre, yu shuld cmpletely thrw away sft and mist fds in this situatin. 37 We can’t affrd t ignre the presence f mlds n the surface and inside prducts. Hwever it’s kay t eat cured meat prducts, firm fruits, and vegetables.
38 Many f these have t d with the cnsumptin f raw fds that haven’t underg ne the apprpriate prcesses. Fr example, eat sme fruits withut washing them thrughly. Sme chemicals are ften added t them while they are being grwn r prcessed. Besides, cnsuming raw r undercked white fish, withut prir freezing, als increases the risk f cntaminatin （污染） with anisakis （胃线虫）. 39 Experts usually recmmend unfreezing prducts in the refrigeratr. This prevents temperatures that are favrable fr bacterial grwth.
In additin, yu must take care when handling raw fds and cked fds t avid crss- cntaminatin. Crss- cntaminatin can ccur thrugh indirect spread f micrrganisms by equipment, fd handlers, ck facilities r surfaces. 40 Micrrganisms culd pass frm ne t the ther and certain micrrganisms cause mst types f fd pisning. After entering the bdy, these living things release pisns that make peple sick.
A．These prblems exist everywhere.
B．Yu shuld never use the same tls.
C．There are ther dangerus situatins
D．Fd unfreezing prcesses are a critical pint.
E．Therefre, many think it can be a cmmn prblem
F．Yu shuld never eat bread that have develped mld.
G．Hwever, many are unaware this culd lead t illness.
第三部分：语言运用（共三节，满分37.5分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The mst imprtant life lessn I’ve learned frm running is t run at my wn pace. This lessn has guided me in many ways. 41 , it made me challenge the fixed expectatins f retirement and aging.
Running is a metaphr fr life. I realized this while 42 fr a marathn t celebrate my 60th birthday. All the ther runners being faster than me made me 43 . But my cach shared sme valuable advice: run at yur wn best pace—setting a gal r target time culd be a 44 . He was right. 45 , I ran mre easily and faster. I als enjyed the experience much mre.
I have 46 this principle t ther areas f my life. Finding a rhythm is nt abut 47 r hw many things I can get dne in a day. It has mre t d with what I decide t d at this stage in my life.
Running carries its wn set f expectatins, including what it meant t be a strng runner. But expectatins als 48 t ther areas f life, including what peple at certain life stages shuld be ding r nt ding. Expectatins at my age can 49 hw leisure time is spent, decisins abut emplyment and even the rle f a 50 .
I used t think it was yung peple wh bre the brunt（冲击） f 51 , but lder adults can experience it t. This is irnic （讽刺的）, 52 ften later in life is a time when we tend t care less abut the pinins f thers. That is the message my running cach was trying t cnvey. 53 what thers are ding.
Their pace is nt 54 the pace yu shuld run at. Run in yur wn way. It’s nt better r wrse—nly 55 .
41．A．In turnB．In depthC．In advanceD．In particular
42．A．cmpletingB．strugglingC．trainingD．searching
43．A．pitifulB．gratefulC．embarrassedD．impressed
44．A．reslutinB．limitatinC．practiceD．mtivatin
45．A．Against timeB．Over timeC．Of all timeD．Ahead f time
46．A．appliedB．cmparedC．expsedD．suggested
47．A．musicB．efficiencyC．requirementD．business
48．A．subscribeB．referC．cntributeD．extend
49．A．hpe frB．center nC．decide nD．call fr
50．A．bssB．athleteC．grandparentD．citizen
51．A．separatin anxietyB．peer pressureC．sleeping disrderD．age discriminatin
52．A．thusB．becauseC．butD．s
53．A．MindB．ExpectC．FrgetD．Abandn
54．A．basicallyB．graduallyC．alternativelyD．necessarily
55．A．differentB．amazingC．cmmnD．fair
第二节 单词拼写（共12小题；每小题0.5分，满分6分）
56．The reasn why peple get t the tp seems cmplex, because they get ______ （激励） by different things.
57．All ur curses can be ______ （定做） t suit the needs f individuals.
58．Vitamin D is very crucial, which helps the bdy ______ （吸收） calcium and stimulates bne frmatin.
59．Still thers lay the blame n the Americans, ______ （抱怨） that punds have piled n thanks t eating t much American- style fast fd.
60．The cuntry has apprved f an ______ （雄心勃勃的） target t draw 24% f its primary energy cnsumptin frm renewable resurces by 2025.
61．In recent years, new buildings have s______ up like mushrms in the city.
62．What the witness said in curt wasn’t c______ with the statement he made t the public.
63．T Emma’s jy, the entire audience brke int lud a______ when she finished perfrming the drama.
64．C______ t ffering better services, the cmpany cntinues t imprve its prducts t meet the changing needs f its custmer base.
65．Nwadays the p______ fr travelling is shifted frm shpping t fd and scenery.
66．Mle had fallen in lve at first s______ with the cart and all its little fitments.
67．Tad’s cart is the very finest f its srt that was ever built, withut any e______.
第二节 语法填空（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个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。请将答案的完整形式写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
There is a Chinese stry f an ld man in his 90s wrking with his family t remve muntain s t cnnect the utside wrld 68．______ thers’ dubts. The stry has inspired the Chinese t unite and vercme difficulty with 69．______ (determine) and hard wrk.
The stry became a reality in Lin Cunty, Henan Prvince in the 1960s. A 1,500 kilmetre-lng waterway alng the cliffs（悬崖） f the Taihang Muntains 70．______ (build) by the lcal peple within 10 years, bringing precius water frm the Zhang River in the brdering Shanxi Prvince t the drught-hit area.
Initially, finding drinking water was 71．______ headache fr residents: Peple had t fetch water frm five kilmetres away every day. 72．______ (ease) this area’s water shrtages, the lcal gvernment decided t cnstruct a canal acrss the muntains, 73．______ cmpletin was a remarkable engineering achievement.
Peple tied rpes arund their waists and 74．______ (hang) ff cliffs, drilling hle in rck, and then dug canals with simple tls. Frm February 1960 t July 1969, they levelled （夷平） 1,250 muntain tps and dug 211 tunnels, 75．______ (remve) 22.2 millin cubic metres f earth and rcks.
Their effrts gained multiple 76．______ (benefit). It was the canal that 77．______ (dramatic) changed the life f the lcal peple, irrigating 36,000 hectares f land and slving water supply difficulties t sme 567,000 peple. Their deeds have been praised as the “spirit f the Red Flag Canal”.
第四部分
第一节 应用文（满分15分）
78．假定你是李华。你所在的校乒乓球队正面向高二招收（recruit）新队员。你有意加入，请按下列要点向教练写一封英文自荐信，内容包括：
1．表达意愿；2．说明优势；3．希望能录用。
注意：
1．词数80左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear cach,
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
79．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。
At first, Michael Surrell didn’t see the black smke r flames shting frm the windws f his neighbrs’ hme. He and his wife had just parked arund the crner frm their wn huse in Allentwn, Pennsylvania, when they gt a call frm ne f his daughters: “The huse next dr is n fire!” He went there and saw a wman crying desperately n their prch （门廊） .
“The baby’s in there!” the wman cried. Thugh the fire department had been called, Surrell, then64, instinctively （本能地） ran inside. “The baby” was 8-year-ld Tiara Rberts, the wman’s granddaughter.
Entering the burning huse was like “running int a bucket f black paint,” Surrell says. The thick smke caused him t stumble blindly arund, burned his eyes, and made it impssible t breathe. The cnditins wuld have been dangerus t anyne, but fr Surrell, wh has chrnic bstructive pulmnary disease （慢性阻塞性肺病）, they were life-threatening.
After a few minutes in the smke-filled huse, he retreated utside t catch his breath. Surrell knew he culdn’t hld his breath fr lng. Taking a deep breath, he went in a secnd time. The darkness was verwhelming. Yet because the huse had a similar layut（布局） t his, he fund the stairs and made it t the secnd flr. He turned t the right and was met by intense heat. He was already ut f breath.
His thrat and lungs burned as if he’d breathed in fire instead f the smke and st（烟灰） in the air. Every blink stung his eyes. All he culd hear was the crackling and ppping f burning wd. Then a sft but distinct man （呻吟声） emerged. Still unable t see, Surrell fell t his knees n the ht wd flr. He crawled tward the sund, feeling arund fr any sign f the girl.
注意：
1．所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Finally, he tuched smething—a she, then an ankle. __________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Surrell wke up in the hspital a cuple f days later.
2024～2025学年秋学期高二年级练习
英语学科试卷答案
一、听力
1-5 BCBCA6-10 ACCAC11-15 CBCBC16-20 CBCBA
二、阅读
21-24AADC25-28 DAAD29-32 ABDC33-35 ADD
三、七选五
36-40 GFCDB
四、完型填空
41-45 DCCBB46-50 ABDBC51-55 BBCDA
五、单词拼写
56．mtivated57．tailred58．absrb59.cmplaining
60．ambitius61．sprung62．cnsistent63．applause
64．Cmmitted65．pririty66．sight67．exceptin
六、语法填空
68．despite69．determinatin70．was built71．a
72．T ease73．whse74．hung75．remving
76．benefits77．dramatically
七、应用文
Dear Eric,
I hpe this letter finds yu well. My name is Li Hua, a passinate and dedicated student frm grade tw. Knwing ur schl team is recruiting members, I am writing t express my earnest desire t jin and cntribute.
I believe I pssess several strengths making me a suitable candidate fr the team. Frm my yung age, table tennis has been nt nly a hbby but a means f develping discipline, perseverance, and strategic thinking. Meanwhile, participating in varius matches and training sessin s has equipped me with fierce cmpetitive spirits and endless pursuit f excellence.
I will sincerely appreciate it if yu culd cnsider my applicatin. I eagerly await yur psitive reply and prepare fr an interview at all time.
Yurs,
Li Hua
八、读后续写
Para.1: Finally, he tuched smething-a she, then an ankle. Grasping the ankle firmly, Surrell gathered all his remaining strength. Despite the unbearable heat f the flames n his cheeks, the sund f Tiara’s faint man kept him ging. Turning, he fught thrugh the smke and ran blindly int the blackness. Surrell put Tiara dwn n the prch and started CPR-the first time he’d ever dne s. Sn Tiara pened her eyes and tk a breath n her wn. Hwever, Surrell struggled t catch his breath and was barely cnscius as he was laded int an ambulance.
Para.2: Surrell wke up in the hspital a cuple f days later. Tiara, standing beside his bed with tears streaming dwn her cheeks, lked at him with immense gratitude. “Yu’re my her,” she whispered, her vice chked with emtin, “I dn’t knw hw t repay yu fr what yu’ve dne. “It’s a small price t pay,” Surrell reassured her, “I’d d it again in a heartbeat. Wuldn’t give it a secnd thught.” Tiara, her eyes bright with life, gave him a tight and grateful hug.
Transcript
Text 1
W: Keep practicing yur calligraphy technique, David. Then, smeday yu might be able t see yur pieces.
M: That’s kind f yu, Ms. Zhang. But I’m nly studying this ancient art frm t give a surprise t my parents. They lve receiving art as presents.
W: Great idea.
Text 2
M: Turn yur engine ff, please. D yu knw why I have pulled yu ver tday, Miss?
W: I knw. I was ding eighty mph in a sixty mph zne, but I’m a dctr. I’m rushing t my hspital t try t save a patient.
Text 3
M: D yu always set the text size s big n yur phne?
W: I bught a new ne and can’t see it if it’s smaller.
M: The text size lks huge t me. I wear glasses and I think yu need sme as well.
Text 4
W: Hell. Culd I have the blue cat in the windw, the ne with the fur cllar, please?
M:I’m srry, madam. That ne has been sld. A lady just came in and rdered it.
W: Oh n. I lve that cat.
Text 5
M: D yu think technlgy has changed ur lives fr the better?
W: Abslutely. It has made things a lt mre cnvenient. We can easily cnnect with ther peple and access infrmatin quickly.
M: I’m cncerned that it has led t peple staring at screens all day.
Text 6
W: I’ve been asked t submit a few f my phtgraphs fr a lcal art exhibitin, but I dn’t knw which nes t chse. Will yu help me?
M: Hw many d they want?
W: They said between three and five. I plan t send them fur. I’ve already chsen ne f my favrite pictures. It is a picture f my cusin. Here, she lks like a fashin mdel, desn’t she?
M: She really des! And I lve this ne. That’s yur mther, right?
W: Right. I tk that in ur garden at hme.
M: It’s beautiful. Then what abut this ne f the little kids playing in the park?
W: Yeah, OK… I d like it.
M: And then… lastly, this picture f the ld man eating an apple.
W: Perfect! Thanks.
Text 7
M: Have yu read tday’s newspaper? It says that technlgy is advancing s quickly. Sn peple will be living in uter space.
W: D yu think s? I lve science-fictin films and they make me wnder what it wuld be like t live n the Mn.
M: Well, it wuld be hard t breathe, and there is n fd t eat there.
W: Yu knw what I mean—with the help f technlgy, peple can live inside special space buildings, like in the films.
M: Oh, I see. They wuld need a cntinuus supply f xygen and I’m nt sure hw easy that wuld be. But scientists are develping that kind f thing all the time.
W: What abut water? There isn’t any n the Mn.
M: That’s true, but I knw astrnauts recycle water when n the Internatinal Space Statin.
W: Recycle the water? Hw?
M: Er... hw d yu think?
W: Ugh! Yu mean water that cmes ut f their bdies?
M: Ha-ha! Yes! It sunds hrrible, but the water is treated.
W: Hw awful! My stmach is turning just thinking abut it. I think I’ll stay n the Earth!
Text 8
W: Michael, d yu wrk full time?
M: N. I used t wrk in an advertising cmpany, but nw I nly d sme part- time jbs, like writing and teaching. And I get paid fr them.
W: In yur mind, what are the advantages f nt having t g t wrk frm nine t five?
M: Well. I guess ne f the advantages is that I have mre chices than befre. If I dn’t felt like wrking, I dn’t have t wrk. I can spend my time ding things independently instead f staying in the wrkpiace t d the same things all the time.
W: Yu seem t enjy yur life a lt.
M: I d. I am very happy where I am. By ding what I am interested in and gd at, I can d a better jb helping thers and cntributing t the cmmunity. And I believe it’s the right thing t d. What abut yu, Mary? D yu ’ believe that in rder t lead a balanced life, we need sme different frms f wrk?
W: Yes, I d. And I als believe ur attitudes tward wrk shuld be psitive. Whatever wrk we d, we shuld try t d it creatively and psitively.
Text 9
W: Hi, Charles! Are yu n WeChat?
M: I used t be n WeChat a lt befre. I liked t pst traveling pictures n my WeChat Mments and try t catch up with everybdy. But then I realized that I gt lst frm what was actually happening arund me.
W: I knw hw yu feel. What happened afterward?
M: Then I decided t clse my WeChat Mments and lived in the real wrld.
W: It’s very funny hw the cmmunicatin style has changed in the last few years.
M: Yeah. I remember just fur years ag all the cmmunicatin I used t have with my friends was by meeting. But nw everybdy spends s much time nline. We prefer instant messages r emails.
W: Well, the questin is, are yu actually mre in cmmunicatin nw than yu were fur r five years ag?
M: I am mre in cmmunicatin with peple that I haven’t been in tuch with fr the last ten years. Like all the friends frm ur elementary schl. And nw everybdy is updated n what I’m ding r why I d this, what I’m ging t d with my family n next vacatin, what I’m planning fr my career...
W: S that’s a gd thing I think.
Text 10
Welcme, everyne. We’ve gt an exciting day ahead f us, as we begin the 20th annual science and inventin fair. Students have prepared fr mnths t present their experiments, tests, and prducts. Nw, let me intrduce a cuple f headline prjects t lk fr. First, ur previus winners have designed recycling and waste management systems, making envirnmental care ur mst widespread presentatin theme. Of curse, alng with these frnt- runners, there are many breathtaking prjects in cmputer design, chemical engineering, and even husehld equipment. Nw please, inventrs cme t the frnt t take instructins and schedules while the audience wait t explre the cnventin center. And fr all, dn’t frget t fllw this year’s scial media page and sign up fr ur grup’s newsletter. We’ll pen up all experiments within the next 30 minutes; after this, visitrs will have arund tw and a half hurs t explre the prjects. Fllwing this perid will immediately begin ur award ceremny and annunce this year’s winners. It’s a privilege t ffer such intelligent yung students the pprtunity t express their ideas. Likewise, it’s an hnr t be able t share them with all f yu tday. Please, stay patient while ur yung presenters finish their final preparatins.