沈阳市重点高中联合体
2021—2022学年度上学期12月考试高二年级试题
英 语
考试时间：120分钟 试卷总分：150分
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选杼题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
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 time will the man probably meet Dr. Jones
A．At 9：00. B．At 9：15. C．At 10：00.
2．What will the man do next
A．Wait for a call.
B．Check his schedule.
C．Meet Alice’s secretary.
3．Where is the man probably now
A．At home. B．On the subway. C．At the police station.
4．What does the man think of philosophy
A．Interesting. B．Difficult. C．Dull.
5．What do they think of Mary
A． Frank. B．Particular. C．Easy-going.
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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6．What’s the woman doing
A．Waiting for Ann. B．Typing her paper. C．Making a call.
7．Whom is the birthday party for
A．Mike. B．Mary. C．Ann.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
8．How many bands will there be in the festival this year
A．10. B．12. C．22.
9．Why does the woman find the ticket price reasonable
A．It is a three-day pass.
B．It includes some food and drinks.
C．It has better music than before.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。
10．What did Miss Milano do
A．A tennis player. B．A singer. C．A film star.
11．What does Miss Milano say about New York
A．It is almost the same as it was 10 years ago.
B．There are great changes in the center.
C．The countryside has changed a lot.
12．Why did Miss Milano come to New York
A．To take a vacation.
B．To travel on business.
C．To watch the tennis games.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。
13．What does the man usually do at 7：00 am
A．He catches the bus.
B．He prepares to get up.
C．He eats the breakfast.
14．When does the man start to work at the library
A．At noon. B．At 11：15. C．At 8：00.
15．How does the man go to the gym
A．On foot. B．By bus. C．By bike.
16．On which days does the man take guitar lessons
A．Mondays. B．Wednesdays. C．Saturdays.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17．Who is the speaker
A．A writer. B．A hostess. C．An editor.
18．What can we learn about Unbearable Lightness
A．It is a good seller.
B．It will come out today.
C．It has a beautiful cover.
19．What will Portia probably do tomorrow
A．Draw pictures for the book.
B．Read books for readers.
C．Attend a talk show.
20．Why does the speaker give this talk
A．To collect comments on the latest books.
B．To share her opinions on reading new books.
C．To encourage the listeners to buy Portia’s books.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15个小题，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中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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21．Which of the following can be submitted to submitarticle@archisearch.gr
A．A video on Youtube.
B．A link to thirty images.
C．A collection of five photos.
D．A Greek text of four hundred words.
22．What will the Archisearch Editorial Team do with the submissions
A．Contact readers.
B．Provide financial support.
C．Make necessary changes to them.
D．Get all of them published in time.
23．Where can the text be found
A．In a travel brochure. B．On the school blackboard.
C．On the Internet. D．In a textbook.
B
A winter storm hit overnight. I opened my back door only to find six inches of wet, heavy snow piled up against it. I knew I had quite a job of shoveling（铲除）out ahead of me, so I grabbed my snow shovel. It looked a lot more ready to work than I did. I sighed and pulled on my boots, gloves and heavy coat.
The cold wind was below zero and cut into my face as I slowly shoveled off my car roof. After that, I started my way to my daughter's house, shoveling the path as I walked. It took a while to get her driveway clear and I knew I still had a lot to do. Next came the paths down the hill to my own car covered in snow. I grabbed the broom to sweep them off as well. I felt uncomfortable when the wind blew the swept snow back. Then I started to shovel out my driveways. My back was aching as I worked. I wished I could be building a snowman instead of shoveling. Winter sure had seemed a lot more fun when I was a boy.
When I finished, I examined my work. It didn't look half bad. I smiled and looked at the woods covered in white. They were such a special sight. I leaned on my shovel and took it all in. Then I thanked God for the beauty of the day and started up the hill with the snow shovel in one hand and the broom in the other. Suddenly, an urge came over me and I dropped them both. I spread my arms, fell back into the blanket of white and happily moved my arms and legs to make an angel in the snow.
As you go through the seasons of this life, take joy in your work, take joy in your play, take joy in your life. Remember that the course of your days rests in your own hands. And always know in your heart that God loves you through the snowstorms as well as in the sunshine.
24．According to the first paragraph, why did the author sigh
A．He would have large amounts of work to do.
B．The wind blew the swept snow back time and again.
C．No one could help him to sweep the snow on the way.
D．He couldn't go to his daughter's house on such weather.
25．What can we know from the second paragraph
A．The author enjoyed working out in cold wind
B．The author found it little fun to make a snowman.
C．The author had wanted to go to his daughter's house.
D．The author made great efforts to sweep the snow on his driveways.
26．The author dropped the tools because .
A．he was too tired.
B．he slipped over in the snow.
C．he hoped to build a snowman.
D．he wanted to regain the fun in the snow.
27．What can be the best title of the passage
A．Seek Pleasure Whenever Possible
B．Caution! Snowy Days!
C．A Fascinating Shoveling Experience
D．God Loves Everyone
C
A single toy catches a child's attention for a limited period of time, but a box of items that allows a child to build their own toys will catch their imagination for years to come. This brilliant idea already exists in real product form, and it's called Toyi.
Toyi is described as an eco-friendly creative building kit, and it recently won the well-known IF Design Award. It came from Istanbul, Turkish, where a young female designer named Elif Atmaca originally came up with the idea for it when she wanted to help the kids living in disadvantaged areas. These children do not have access to the variety of interesting toys that wealthier children do.
Toyi Atmaca's design allows children to transform what are around them into clever toys. It consists of sticks, junction parts, flexible connectors, toy body parts like feet, eyes, hands, and wheels that can be used to turn old water bottles, cups, boxes, towels, etc. into cute, clever, and unique playthings. This toy kit upcycles（升级利用）materials that would otherwise go to waste, turning a recycling bin into a treasure container.
“Our initial target was to deliver Toyi kits to only disadvantaged children in Turkish,” Atmaca told the media. But during a research conducted with around 300 children, .she realized that the restriction on being creative went beyond any boundary. “I saw that everything was planned and shaped by grown-ups, blocking the kids' imagination in a significant way,” said Atmaca.
Atmaca concluded that each kid needed space where he or she could freely create. She explained the entire process should be left to kids’ creativity, reminding teachers and all grown-ups that child-led play was an excellent way for children to develop lifelong skills.
Toyi's creators are now considering distributing the kits to as many children as possible around the world through different international NGOs. Atmaca notes that for each Toyi kit sold out, they will also donate one kit to a disadvantaged child through different partnerships around the world.
28．Why did Atmaca design Toyi at first
A．To win the famous IF Design Award.
B．To help poor kids make their own toys.
C．To protect the environment in Istanbul.
D．To recycle all the waste in the dustbin.
29．Which is probably the product made with the toy kit of Toyi
A．A new picture of a young boy.
B．A computer with high technology.
C．A treasure container from a dustbin:
D．A six-armed “robot” from a water bottle.
30．How do the toy kits help improve the children's ability
A．It provides the kids various types of toys.
B．It offers space for the kids’ creative minds.
C．It changes the poor kids' living conditions.
D．It teaches the kids to share joys with others.
31．What is the new target for Atmaca and her partners
A．Giving away toy kits to more poor children.
B．Selling toy kits to every kid in the world.
C．Designing new toy kits for kids and adults.
D．Doing further research on the kids' demands.
D
This year researchers expect the world to post 1.35 trillion photographs, or about 3.7 billion per day. All those pixels（像素）take up a lot of room if they are stored on personal computers or s phones, which is one reason why many people store their images in the cloud. But unlike a hard on drive which can be encrypted（加密）to protect its data, cloud storage users have to trust that a tech platform will keep their private pictures safe. Now a team of Columbia University computer scientists has developed a tool to encrypt（加密）images stored on many popular cloud services while allowing authorized users to browse and display their photographs as usual.
Malicious（恶意的）attempts to access or leak cloud-based photographs can expose personal information. In November 2019, for example, a bug in the popular photograph storage app Google Photos mistakenly shared some users' private videos with strangers. Security experts also worry about employees at cloud storage companies on purpose accessing users' images.
So the Columbia researchers came up with a system called Easy Secure Photos (ESP), which they presented at a recent conference. “We wanted to see if we could make it possible to encrypt data while using existing services,” says computer scientist Jason Nieh, one of the developers of ESP. “Everyone wants to stay with Google Photos and not have to register on a new encrypted-image cloud storage service.”
To overcome this problem, they created a tool that preserves blocks of pixels but moves them around to effectively hide the photograph. First, ESP's algorithm（算法）divides a photograph into three separate files, each one containing the image's red, green or blue color data. Then the system hides the pixel blocks around among these three files (allowing a block from the red file, for instance, to hide out in the green or blue ones). But the program does nothing within the pixel blocks, where all the image processing happens. As a result, the files remain unchanged images but end up looking like grainy(粗糙的)black-and-white ones to anyone who accesses them without the decryption（解密）key.
32．What's probably the main purpose for people to store images in the cloud
A．To save storage room. B．To make photos beautiful.
C．To try a new storage way. D．To keep their privacy safe.
33．Why might employees in cloud storage companies be distrusted by experts
A．They sell users' passwords.
B．They have invented new tools.
C．They often let out personal information.
D．They may steal a glance at users' images.
34．What's the advantage of ESP
A．It can provide clear images.
B．It can decrease the upload time.
C．It can classify images automatically.
D．It can encrypt data on the original platform.
35．What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about
A．Method of decryption. B．Image-processing technique.
C．Separate files of images. D．Data analysis of colors.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。
Tech Neck
Have you ever bent your head down to look at a screen until your neck muscles hurt If so, you’ve experienced tech neck. 36 . It’s a common problem, and it’s on the rise.
Your neck muscles are designed to hold your head upright. 37 . But bending your head forward for long periods of time can strain your muscles. That can make them sore.
In the past people spent most of their time looking up. But now people spend significant amounts of time looking down at their phones. They often hold them at waist or chest level. This causes people to crane their necks to see the phone, which, in turn, causes tech neck. 38 .
It’s probably not realistic to expect people to give up their phones to avoid tech neck. But giving up technology altogether isn’t necessary. You can do things to avoid tech neck even while keeping your smartphone.
First you can hold your phone up so you don’t have to bend down to look at it. But this can be tiring for your arms. So keep your head upright, and look only with your eyes. Try to sit up straight in front of a screen as well, or it can hurt your back.
Also, take breaks. 39 . If you’ve been sitting, stand up and walk around. Moving your body will help relax your muscles. If you continue experiencing tech neck, you can do exercise to strengthen your neck muscles.
40 .If you’re aware of the problem, you can take measures to avoid it.
A．Drop down your smartphone right now and have a walk outside
B．Once in a while, look up from your screen, and roll your shoulders back
C．Using smartphones excessively has resulted in tons of psychological problems
D．Bending over to view the screen of a computer on a desk can have a similar effect
E．Tech neck is a common result of using today’s technology, but it doesn’t have to be
F．They can also move your head around and even crane it forward for a short amount of time
G．Tech neck occurs when the use of phones, computers and other technology causes neck pain
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a teenager in the 1990s, Melissa Blake was interested in fashion. 41 , fashion wasn’t much interested in her.
Blake, who has a genetic bone and muscle disorder and 42 a little under four feet tall, couldn’t find jeans or dresses in her size. Having had 26 surgeries before age 17 to 43 her freeman-Sheldon syndrome（综合症）, she couldn’t walk long distances. 44 through fashion magazines, she didn’t see a single person who looked like her, and she felt 45 .
Blake, 39, has devoted her adult life to trying to 46 that. She is a disability-rights activist as well as a freelance 47 whose work has appeared in the New York Times and Glamour. And Blake 48 a new selfie every day online, where she talked about her happy moments or how she dealt with not-so-good days.
Her fans went 49 , calling Blake a powerful woman. Among her fans is Mindy Schcier, the founder and CEO of Runway of Dreams, which shows 50 for people with disabilities. Last fall, one of Blake’s friend asked Blake to be one of the 51 in New York Fashion Week.
“It was a little frightening,” Blake says of modeling. “But I take the 52 . After my repeated practice, I won countless applause.” Often, when we think of 53 for people with disabilities, we think of home buildings and employment market. But it is also important to have access to what’s fun and 54 .
“Fashion isn’t going to solve all the world’s problems,’’ says Blake. “When disabled people included, it sends a message that everyone can do something 55 in all aspects of life.”
41．A．Luckily B．Ultimately C．Unfortunately D．Hopefully
42．A．stands B．becomes C．turns D．holds
43．A．handle B．treat C．cure D．charge
44．A．Carrying B．Cutting C．Paging D．Breaking
45．A．violent B．righteous C．graceful D．melanchroly
46．A．stand up for B．make up for C．look up to D．live up to
47．A．writer B．artisan C．anthropologist D．visitor
48．A．handed B．brought C．took D．posted
49．A．noisy B．mature C．wild D．mild
50．A．fashion B．courage C．behavior D．ambition
51．A．managers B．volunteers C．editors D．models
52．A．effort B．lead C．challenge D．part
53．A．position B．acclaim C．assistance D．craft
54．A．professional B．enjoyable C．impressive D．inspiring
55．A．identical B．solemn C．remarkable D．repulsive
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is not too late to update your knowledge about EDG. On Saturday night November 7, a five-person team of the Chinese e-sports club, 56 (know) as EDward Gaming, won the 2021 League of Legends (LoL) World Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland.
The hashtag（标签话题） #EDG is champion# 57 (attract)209 million viewers by Sunday morning, with the number still rising. The livestreaming of the championship had more than 200 million viewers on two major domestic smartphone apps, and the number was boosted by viewers on other channels.
In other words, about one 58 thirty people on the planet witnessed the success of the Chinese e-sports team.
The team has made very good use of the opportunity to share Chinese culture with the world. At the beginning of the championship in early October, the members of EDG and other staff displayed tai chi martial arts and 59 (tradition) Chinese costumes in Reykjavik, 60 (roll) a "Chinese hurricane" in the Icelandic capital. Now the posting of photos and videos on social networks have spread that hurricane to the whole world.
With the 61 （popular）of digital technology, new forms of cultural exchanges have been emerging, of 62 e-sports are of the hottest. Unlike texts and videos, e-sports break the barriers of language and are understandable around the world.
Also e-sports appeal most to those in their early 20s, as shown by the fact that almost nothing could keep college students’ carnival（狂欢） 63 bay at 2 a.m.. 64 the fans’ passion reflects is the fascinating popularity of e-sport in China.
With more Chinese star gaming clubs and teams emerging, the industry is expected to 65 (far) prosper（蓬勃发展） and continue spreading Chinese culture to the world.
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，你的英国笔友David最近总是失眠，为此他感到非常苦恼，特发来邮件向你寻求建议。请你给他回一封邮件，内容包括：
1．养成良好的睡前习惯；
2．保持健康的饮食；
3．保持乐观的心态。
注意：写作词数应为80左右。参考词汇：insomnia失眠
Dear David,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
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。续写的词数应为150左右。
A couple of months before I started high school, my parents gave me the greatest gift any teenage boy could ask for: a cellphone. I lived on that phone all summer with my face buried in its screen. I ignored my family and my surroundings （周围事物）. Being connected was more important than being present.
So, you can imagine my displeasure when I learned what my dad had planned for our family vacation that year. “This year,” my dad said, “we’ll be doing something special. We’re going camping!” His excitement was met with a disappointed sigh（叹气）. It wasn’t my dream vacation because mind was on my phone. I was so buried in the screen, in fact, that the first time I can remember truly looking up was when we drove across a bridge on the way to our campsite.
I stared out the window and saw redwoods towering above us, their branches threatening to pierce（刺破）the blue sky. I saw a roaring river, with slivers of silky black water appearing between crashing white rapids. The air blowing into the car from the open windows was hot. But none of that mattered to me. The reason I had looked up was for something far more serious: my phone no longer had service.
The last hour of the drive was increasingly tense. My dad announced that he had chosen a campsite that had no cell service, and that my phone would be useless until we returned home. I would be trapped in the forest for four days with no way to contact the outside world! I went through the full cycle of teenage emotions during the first day of the trip. I raged（发怒）. I bargained. I begged. I flip-flopped（转变）from a depressive state to anger and back.
I went to bed angrily that night. But when I awoke in the morning, something had changed.
注意：
1．所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2．续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:
Instead of burying myself in my phone, I focused on something else: my surroundings.
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Paragraph 2:
The next four days passed in a flash with many fun activities.
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英语答案
第一部分 听力
1—5 BAACB
6—10 BACBC
11—15 CCACA
16—20 BBACC
第二部分 阅读
21-23 D CC
24-27 ADDA
28-31BDBA
32-35ADDB
第三部分 语言应用
36-40GFDBE
41-45CABCD
46-50BADCA
51-55DCCBC
56.known 57. had attracted 58. in 59. traditional 60. rolling
61.popularity 62. which 63. at 64. what 65. further
第四部分 写作
第一节：
Dear David,
I am sorry to hear that you have a problem with insomnia. To help you out, I’d love to offer you some advice.
First, it’s vital to form a healthy bedtime habit. You’d better not watch films for a long time or listen to music that excites you. Also, keeping a balanced diet plays a significant role in your good sleep. A cup of milk before bed may help you sleep sound through the whole night. More importantly, it’s a good idea to hold a positive attitude towards life instead of being anxious frequently.
I hope my advice is worth taking and will benefit you.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节：
Para 1:
Instead of burying myself in my phone, I focused on something else: my surroundings. I let the noise of the wilderness wash over me, animals and bugs creating a ruckus that was both loud and serene at the same time. My anger turned to peace, then little interest and, finally, excitement. Standing on the high campsite, I felt the weight of stress melt from my shoulders as I viewed the vast expanse that unfolded below me. The sight that met my startled eyes nearly took my breath away. For the first time, I thought camping in a place that had no cell service might not be so bad.
Para 2:
The next four days passed in a flash with many fun activities. I hiked. I swam. I fished. My dad and I learned how to start a fire together after several false starts. We cooked together and I ate the sweetest marshmallows I had ever tasted. Dad told me stories of his life, stories I had never heard or perhaps I hadn’t been listening. When the weekend came to an end, I realized I hadn’t thought of my phone once. I hadn’t felt the need to be connected to anywhere else. It dawned on me that what mattered most were the moments I was sharing with just my father and nature.
读后续写评分标准：
总分为 25 分，按 5 个档次给分。
第五档（21-25分）
与所给短文融洽度高，与所提供各段落开头语衔接合理；所使用语法结构和词汇丰富、准确，可能有些许错误，但完全不影响意义表达；有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使所续写短文结构紧凑。
第四档（16-20分）
与所给短文融洽度较高，与所提供各段落开头语衔接较为合理；所使用语法结构和词汇较为丰富、准确，可能有些许错误，但完全不影响意义表达；比较有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使所续写短文结构紧凑。
第三档（11-15分）
与所给短文关系较为密切，与所提供各段落开头语有一定程度的衔接； 应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求，虽有一些错误，但不影响意义的表达；应用简单的语句间连接成分，使全文内容连贯。
第二档（6-10分）
与所给短文有一定的关系，与所提供各段落开头语有一定程度的衔接；语法结构单调、词汇项目有限，有些语法结构和词汇方面的错误，影响了意义的表达； 较少使用语句间的连接成分，全文内容缺少连贯性。
第一档（1-5分）
与所给短文和开头语的衔接较差； 产出内容太少，很少使用短文中标出的关键词语； 语法结构单调、词汇项目很有限，有较多语法结构和词汇方面的错误，严重影响了意义的表达；缺乏语句间的连接成分，全文内容不连贯。
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白卷、内容太少无法判断或所写内容与所提供内容无关。
听力原文：
Text 1
M: Hello. I have an appointment with Dr. Jones for nine o’clock this morning, but I’m afraid I’ll have to arrive about fifteen minutes late.
W: That’s all right, Mr. Davis. Dr. Jones doesn’t have another appointment until ten o’clock.
Text 2
M: Hi, Alice, do you think it’s possible for us to have a talk tomorrow
W: I’d like to, but I have a tight schedule recently. May I ask my secretary to call you back and decide on the exact time if my schedule allows
Text 3
W: Hello, Police Station. Can I help you
M: Yes, I left my wallet on the subway when I came back from the airport. I just realized that when I began to unpack.
Text 4
W: To be frank, I find philosophy rather boring.
M: To tell you the truth, I can’t agree with you more.
Text 5
M: Frankly, Mary is not what I’d call easy-going.
W: I see. People in our neighborhood find it hard to believe she’s my twin sister.
Text 6
W: It’s already 10:30 am now. I haven’t finished typing my paper yet.
M: Don’t worry, Mary. The clock is 10 minutes fast.
W: Great! First make a call to Ann and tell her to wait for us. I’ll finish the paper soon.
M: Do we have any other things
W: We’re going to Mike’s birthday party at 12 o’clock in a restaurant.
Text 7
M: Are you going to the Shaky Knees Festival
W: Huh I’ve never heard of that.
M: It’s a huge music festival in the heart of the city. It’s been around for a few years, and it keeps getting better! Last year, they had 10 bands. This year, there will be 12 bands more.
W: Oh, cool! How much are the tickets
M: The single-day passes are $50 and three-day passes are $100.
W: That seems expensive. Does that include any meal or drink tickets
M: It includes a hot dog and two bottles of water.
W: That seems fair.
Text 8
M: Good evening. Our guest on In Town Tonight is the well-known Italian actress, Sandra Milano. Miss Milano, welcome to New York.
W: Thank you, William. I’m happy to be here.
M: When was your last visit to New York
W: OK. I haven’t been here for a long time. My last visit was at least ten years ago.
M: Have you noticed many changes
W: Well, yes and no. The heart of the city is just the same as it was ten years ago. But the countryside is very different from the downtown area.
M: Yes, that’s true. Are you here on vacation or on business
W: I came for the tennis games at Forest Hills. I have always enjoyed playing and watching tennis.
M: You’ve started working in Italian television, haven’t you
W: That’s right.
M: Do you intend to stay in TV or will you return to the movies
W: I haven’t decided yet. I may return to the movies.
M: Well, Miss Milano, we hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in New York and thank you for coming to talk with us.
Text 9
W: So, what is your schedule like every day
M: Well, I get up around 5:45 in the morning.
W: Wow! That’s kind of early.
M: A little. Then, I eat a quick breakfast, and I catch the bus at 7:00. It takes me about 20 minutes to walk to the bus stop.
W: That’s a pretty good walk.
M: Yeah, and uh, next, I work at the library from 8:00 to 11:15 or so, and I have classes from noon until about five. Then I catch the bus back home, and I arrive at around 6:15. I make a sandwich or something for dinner, and then I walk to the gym and meet some of my friends around 7:00.
W: So you have a group you work out with then
M: Right. We exercise, play basketball, lift weights... you know, do things like that... for about an hour and a half.
W: Wow. Do you do that every night
M: Oh, no. I usually go to the gym on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. And on Wednesdays, I take guitar lessons. Yeah, uh, in the evening at a music school, you know, just around the corner from my house.
W: Oh, that’s nice. It sounds like you have a very busy schedule.
Text 10
W: Have a seat. Right back at you. Right back at every one of you. Thanks for that noise. I appreciate you all being here. Yesterday was a big day, wasn’t it All of the country people turn out and do one thing. That is to buy Portia’s new book. It is called Unbearable Lightness. The book came out yesterday. It’s doing very well. But enough about Portia. Let’s talk about PEOPLE. Portia was on its cover. It comes out to stands today. On new stands today. So to be out for a week, and then that will be in your office forever. If you have not read Portia’s book, it is really an amazing book. It’s beautifully written and very honest and very touching. So if you could only buy one book this year, buy Portia’s. And if you would only buy two books, then buy two copies of Portia’s. Right. That’s right. I can’t think of any other book that will be taken read. And more great news. Tomorrow Portia will be here to talk about the book.
