福建省龙岩重点中学2022届高三上学期1月第三次月考英语试卷(Word版含答案,无听力音频含文字材料)

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龙岩一中2022届高三第一学期第三次月考
英语试题
(满分:150分 时间:120分钟)
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. Who has received a report
A. Tom. B. Alice. C. Bob.
2. Where have forest fires now broken out
A. In New South Wales. B. In Victoria. C. In Tasmania.
3. What does the woman ask the man to do
A. Restart his computer. B. Read the instruction book. C. Ask a technician for help.
4. What are the two speakers mainly talking about
A. A magazine. B. The man’s job. C. A neighbor.
5. Why is the man talking to Sonia
A. To ask her address. B. To invite her to a party. C. To refuse her invitation.
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。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. Where are the speakers
A. On a farm. B. In a restaurant. C. At a store.
7. What is the man dissatisfied with
A. The products. B. The price. C. The service.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. What does the man think of Becky
A. Easy-going. B. Impatient. C. Quiet.
9. What happened to Becky
A. She quarrelled with the woman.
B. She lost an important file.
C. She misunderstood the woman a lot.
10. How will the man help the woman
A. By bringing Becky a file.
B. By reminding her of a file.
C. By having a talk with Becky.
听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11. When will the girl start her afternoon class next Thursday
A. At 2:30 p.m. B. At 2:00 p.m. C. At 1:30 p.m.
12. Where will Jane Winter give the talk
A. In the classroom. B. In the hall. C. In the library.
13. What does the man ask the girl to do
A. Write a story about Jane Winter.
B. Invite Jane Winter to her class.
C. Show Jane Winter her story.
听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。
14. What has the woman found a place for
A. A birthday party. B. A dinner party. C. A graduation party.
15. Why didn’t the woman choose Brown’s Café
A. It is too old. B. It will be closed then. C. It has no free rooms.
16. What does the woman say about the Garden House
A. It is quite far. B. It is not big enough. C. It is rather expensive.
17. Where did the man go last week
A. To the Opera Café. B. To the Rivers Hotel. C. To the University Hotel.
听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。
18. When did the speaker leave school
A. At the age of 14. B. At the age of 18. C. At the age of 32.
19. How does the speaker feel about her job as a secretary
A. Bored. B. Happy. C. Tired.
20. What does the speaker like to do in her spare time
A. Attend parties. B. Watch movies. C. Read books.
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
HOLIDAY FUN AT THE POWERHOUSE
Join in the holiday fun at the powerhouse this month linked to our new exhibition, evolution&Revolution: Chinese dress 1700s to now. DON'T FORGET our other special event, the Club Med Circus School which is part of the Circus (马戏团)! 150 years of circus in Australia exhibition experience!
●Chinese Folk Dancing: Colorful Chinese dance and musical performances by The Chinese Folk Dancing School of Sydney. Dances include: The Golden stick dance and the Chinese drum dance. A feature will be the Qin Dynasty Emperor’s court dance. Also included is a show of face painting for Beijing Opera performances.
Sunday 29 June and Wednesday 2 July in the Turbine Hall, at 11:30 am &1:30 pm.
●Australian Chinese Children’s Arts Theatre: Well-known children’s play experts from Shanghai lead this dynamic youth group. Performance include Chinese fairy tales and plays.
Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 July in the Turbine Hall, at 11. 30 am &1. 30 pm.
●Chinese Youth League: A traditional performing arts group featuring performance highlights such as the Red scarf and Spring flower dances, and a musician playing Er Hu.
Sunday 6 to Tuesday 8 July in the Turbine Hall, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.
●Kids Activity: Make a Paper Horse: Young children make a paper horse cut-out. (The horse is a frequent theme in Chinese painting, indicating a kind of advancement.) Suitable for ages 8-12 years.
Saturday 28 June to Tuesday 8 July in the Turbine Hall, 12:00 pm to 1:00pm.
●Club Med Circus School: Learn circus skills, including the trapeze (空中飞人), trampolining (蹦床) and magic. Not only for children over 5. There are 40 places available in each 1 hour and these must be booked at the front desk, level 4, on the day.
Tuesday 1 to Saturday 5 July at 11:30 am &1:00pm.
Enjoy unlimited free visits and many other benefits by becoming a family member of the Powerhouse. Our family membership covers two adults and all children under the age of 16 years at the one address.
Members receive Powerline, our monthly magazine, discounts in the shops and the restaurants, as well as free admission to the Museum. All this for as little as $50,000 a year! Call (02) 92170600 for more details.
21. When can you watch the Chinese drum dance
A. On July 2. B. On July 3. C. On July 6. D. On July 8.
22. To learn the magic tricks, you can go to ______.
A. Kids Activity B. Chinese Youth League
C. Children's Arts Theatre D. Club Med Circus School
23. What is required if you want to enjoy free visits to the Museum
A. Calling (02) 92170600. B. Gaining family membership.
C. Coming for the holiday fun. D. Paying Powerline $50,000 a year.
B
We've known for years that plants can see, hear, smell and communicate with chemicals. Now,reported New Scientist, they have been recorded making sounds when stressed.
In a yet-to-be-published study, Itzhak Khait and his team at Tel Aviv University, in Israel, found that tomato and tobacco plants can make ultrasonic (超声的) noises. The plants “cry out” due to lack of water, or when their stems are cut. It's just too high-pitched for humans to hear.
Microphones placed 10 centimeters away from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz(千赫兹).Human hearing usually ranges from 20 hertz to 20 kilohertz.“These findings can change the way we think about the plant kingdom,” they wrote.
On average, “thirsty” tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11.When plant stems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15. Unstressed plants produced fewer than one sound per hour, on average.
Perhaps most interestingly, different types of stress led to different sounds. The researchers trained a machine-learning model to separate the plants' sounds from those of the wind, rain and other noises of the greenhouse. In most cases, it correctly identified whether the stress was caused by dryness or a cut, based on a sound's intensity and frequency. Water-hungry tobacco appears to make louder sounds than cut tobacco, for example. Although Khait and his colleagues only looked at tomato and tobacco plants, they think other plants also make sounds when stressed.
If farmers could hear these sounds, said the team, they could give water to the plants that need it most. As climate change causes more droughts, they said this would be important information for farmers. “The sounds that drought-stressed plants make could be used in precision agriculture,” said Anne Visscher at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK.
Khait's report also suggests that insects and mammals can hear the sounds up to 5 meters away and respond. For example, a moth may decide not to lay eggs on a water-stressed plant. Edward Farmer, at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, is doubtful. He said that the idea of moths listening to plants is “a little too speculative”.
If plants are screaming for fear of their survival, maybe we should be glad we can't hear them.
24.What did Khait and his team find from their research
A. Plants made low-pitched sounds when in danger.
B. Plants made ultrasonic noises to communicate with each other.
C.Plants picked up a wider range of sounds when stressed.
D.Plants were able to produce sounds in response to stresses.
25.How did tomato and tobacco plants react to different stresses according to the text
A.A plant reacted to different stresses with the same sound.
B.Cut tomato plants produced more sounds per hour than water-hungry ones.
C.Cut tobacco plants seemed to make weaker sounds than drought-stressed ones.
D.Tobacco plants might make louder sounds than tomato plants when short of water.
26.What's the main idea of Paragraph 6?
A.Challenges faced by farmers in the future.
B.The potential applications of the research.
C.Farmers' contributions to the research.
D.What the future agriculture will be like.
27. The underlined word “speculative” in the second-to-last paragraph has the closest meaning to“_______”.
A.practical B.unsupported C.surprising D.Complicated
C
In August 2020, Kate Wilson, a 16-year-old from Shrewsbury, posted on the social media video platform TikTok a series of sentences from books she had read. Set to a piece of soft music, the short video plays out as Wilson holds up copies of the books. “You have been the last dream of my soul.” from A Tale of Two Cities. “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same,” from Wuthering Heights. It has been viewed more than 1.2 million times.
These posts, called BookTok, can attract millions of views, and light an appreciation of books in young readers again. “I started reading again after six years when I came across BookTok for the first time last October,” says Mireille Lee, 15.
Adam Silvera ’s 2017 novel They Both Die at the End is one of the books to have benefited from the BookTok effect. In March, it shot to the top of the teen fiction charts,selling more than 4,000 copies a week. The book has sold more than 200,000 copies in the UK after thousands of posts about it.
Publishers are watching with interest. Publisher Horrox says, “There’s something about the fact that it is under a minute. People who are consuming this content watch a 32-second video and someone’s like: ‘This book has romance, and it’s really heartbreaking. Thankfully, it’s only a fiction.’ And then the viewers think: ‘Oh, OK, those are all things that I’m interested in. I’ll go buy it.’”By December 2020, Wilson was being contacted regularly by publishers, who had realized that TikTok“ really does sell books”.
Jenny is 22, and says, “I thought TikTok was ridiculous last year before the first lockdown. I really did think it was just for 14-year-olds, but BookTok is such a lovely community. There are people who like the same books as me, and I can talk about the books that I like. It just seems a little bit magical.”
28.Why does the author mention the story of Kate Wilson
A. To make a prediction. B. To clarify Tiktok.
C. To present some posts. D. To introduce BookTok.
29.What do we know about the book They Both Die at the End
A. It is fiction intended merely for children.
B. It has become the bestseller in the UK.
C. It has made profits from the posts on TikTok.
D. Over 200,000 copies have been sold worldwide.
30.What can be inferred from what Publisher Horrox said
A. People like to advertise on TikTok.
B. TikTok is the best platform to sell books.
C. BookTok videos are short but very effective.
D. Publishers started to contact Wilson regularly.
31.What is Jenny’s attitude towards BookTok
A. Approving. B. Critical. C. Objective. D. Uncaring.
D
In a study published in Nature Machine Intelligence, researchers at Ohio State University show how artificial intelligence(AI) can follow clinical trials to identify drugs for repurposing, a solution that can help advance innovative treatments.
Repurposing drugs is legal and not unusual. When doctors prescribe(开处方)drugs that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA)for purposes different from what is printed on the labels, the drugs are being used “off-label”. Just because a drug is FDA-approved for a specific type of disease does not prevent it from having possible benefits for other purposes.
For example, Metformin, a drug that is FDA-approved for treating type 2 diabetes, is also used to treat PCOS(a disease of women), and other diseases. Trazodone, an anti-depressant with FDA-approval to treat depression, is also prescribed by doctors to help treat patients with sleep issues.
The Ohio State University research team created an AI deep learning model for predicting treatment probability with patient data including the treatment, outcomes, and potential confounders(干扰因素).
Confounders are related to the exposure and outcome. For example, a connection is identified between music festivals and increases in skin rashes(红疹). Music festivals do not directly cause skin rashes. In this case, one possible confounding factor between the two may be outdoor heat, as music festivals tend to run outdoors when the temperature is high, and heat is a known cause for rashes. When working with real-world data, confounders could number in the thousands. AI deep learning is well-suited to find patterns in the complexity of potentially thousands of confounders.
The researcher team used confounders including population data and co-prescribed drugs. With this proof-of-concept, now clinicians have a powerful AI tool to rapidly discover new treatments by repurposing existing medications.
32. What do we know about a drug used off-label
A. It is sold without a label. B. It is available at a low price.
C. Its uses extend beyond the original ones. D. Its clinical trials are rejected by doctors.
33. Metformin and Trazodone are similar as both of them _______.
A. are used off-label B. treat rare diseases
C. result in sleep issues D. are medical breakthroughs
34. What can be inferred about “confounders”
A. They are possible treatments.
B. They are environmental factors.
C. They can be easily recognized in real-world data.
D. They should be taken into serious consideration.
35. What is the main idea of the text
A. AI examines benefits of existing drugs. B. AI identifies off-label uses for drugs.
C. AI finds new drugs for common diseases. D. AI proves the power of drug research.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
The ReUseIt Network
The ReUseIt Network is an on-line forum that aims at finding new uses for unwanted items that would otherwise be thrown into the trash. 36 They can help each other through the network.
The primary benefit of reusing items is that it reduces the amount of reusable items that end up in the trash with a secondary benefit of reducing the overall amount of items thrown into landfills. 37 As a result, the burden on our natural resources is reduced.
The ReUseIt Network also provides an opportunity for those looking for an item to ask for it.
38 It is a great way to help give away those things which we may have forgotten, giving every member the chance to ReUseIt! In a society where many items are thrown away long before they have actually outlived their use, the ReUseIt Network is a great help not only to people who have free things but don't want them but also to people who want them but don't have them.
39 Simply list the item that you wish to give away and wait for someone to respond saying that he or she is interested in taking the item. And then you give away the item.
We do suggest that you be honest about the condition of the items offered. They don't have to be in good condition. 40 Some people like to experiment with old things, or need a part to make something work. You may have just what they are looking for! Make sure that all transactions(交易)are free and legal. And above all, be friendly!
A.And in some cases they can be non-working.
B.If you need an item,just join the ReUseIt Network.
C.The request may remind someone who has unused items.
D.It also helps reduce the need to produce additional goods.
E.Now you may start your participation in the ReUseIt Network.
F.Furthermore, it helps save money for those with a tight budget.
G.It serves as a tool to make connections between community members.
第三部分 语言运用(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。
On July 24, 1916,a natural gas explosion trapped 32 men working in a tunnel 250 feet below Lake Erie. The first rescuers who entered the tunnel were 41 by gas, and for hours no one else dared to enter the suffocating(窒息的), 42 deathtrap.
Then, late that night, someone had an idea: 43 Garrett Morgan and his new invention. Garrett Morgan was a successful factory owner in Cleveland. The son of freed slaves and the seventh of 11 children, mechanically minded Morgan had opened his own sewing machine shop, which he soon 44 to a tailoring factory with 32 employees.
In the early 1900s, factory buildings were crowded and untidy. They were often made of wood, with no fire escapes. Fire could cause serious 45 .Concerned about his employees, Morgan 46 with a “safety hood”(头罩)that would allow the wearer to 47 despite a fire's poisonous smoke.
Morgan knew smoke rises during a fire. Therefore, he created a heat-resistant hood with a long tube reaching to the floor. Wearing Morgan's hood,a firefighter could breathe the 48 air near the ground. Morgan lined the breathing tube with a sponge-like material that was wetted before use to 49 the air. A second tube was designed to 50 exhaled(呼出的)air.
Called to the scene on the night of the tunnel explosion, Garrett arrived with samples of his safety hood. Still in their nightwear, he and his brother Frank put on the hoods and bravely entered the tunnel. It was a dangerous 51 of the invention, but they saved two lives and 52 four bodies before
officials closed the 53 . Morgan knew that more lives might have been saved if he had been called sooner.
The daring 54 made Morgan famous and brought requests for safety hoods from fire departments around the country. But his greatest 55 was knowing that his invention would now save more people.
41.A.lit B.powered C.overcome D.overheated
42.A.changeable B.remarkable C.cautious D.poisonous
43.A.show off B.send for C.ring off D.call for
44.A.declined B.decided C.expanded D.exported
45.A.business B.damage C.illness D.doubts
46.A.experimented B.associated C.equipped D.struggled
47.A.exist B.communicate C.breathe D.listen
48.A.cleaner B.thicker C.colder D.warmer
49.A.feel B.trap C.cool D.heat
50.A.take away B.get off C.pollute D.release
51.A.task B.test C.game D.part
52.A.overlooked B.identified C.recovered D.buried
53.A.gap B.case C.deal D.site
54.A.rescue B.attempt C.reform D.escape
55.A.fortune B.comfort C.achievement D.reward
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。
Today I'm going to be talking to you about the International Space Station—the ISS,which is a joint project between 20 countries. 56 you can imagine,people always want to know something about the ISS,so I will run through the most common questions 57 are often asked by people.Well,you need to be good friends with the others because it is a small place! The first routine of the day is 58 (ensure)all is well with the many systems. Then this is followed by breakfast, which is timed to take 59 (precise)half an hour.
Experts have decided that togetherness around the dining table is psychologically important,so pre-packed food 60 (eat)together.Mail,which is received overnight,is read around the table, 61 (follow)by a daily conference.Recreational time is pretty limited! I used to stare out the window, 62 (look)at the beautiful Earth below.Then each day,in order to soften the ill 63 (effect)of being caged in such a small place, we have two hours for physical movement. Working time takes up twelve hours 64 Monday to Saturday. Sundays are for rest and 65 (communicate), via emails and video conferencing, with family back home on Earth.
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,听说你们班曾经任教的外教 Sara 准备在中国举办婚礼。现在你代表全班同学给Sara发一封邮件。邮件包括以下内容:
1. 向她表示祝福;
2. 感谢她给予的帮助;
3. 已邮寄具有中国特色的小礼物。
注意:
1. 词数 80 左右; 2. 可适当增加细节,使行文连贯; 3. 开头结尾已写好,不计入总词数。
Dear Sara,
I am Li Hua, one of your former students. _____________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
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。
During my first seven semesters as a medical student at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, I spent most of my time studying in classrooms and I rarely spoke with real patients in a hospital setting.
Then I started visiting the neurology ward (神经内科病房) at Dr. Sardjito Hospital, where I was gathering data for my paper. At the hospital I would review the medical records of newly admitted stroke patients, and interview them to find out if they took the pills.
One cold, rainy evening last October, I was in the hospital desperately “hunting” for the final three patients I needed to complete my study. The records showed that there was a 43-year-old stroke patient, whom I will call Ms A. Holding a patient questionnaire, I walked towards her room. Ms A was lying on bed 4B, clearly still weak. There were no nurses, relatives or friends with her. I sat down on a chair next to her, and asked how she was doing. She softly replied that she was getting better. When I told her that I wanted to gather some information from her, she agreed.
After I finished, I prepared to leave so that I could go through more medical records. Before I could stand up, Ms A spoke up in her weak voice, “I haven’t seen you here before, doc. Are you new ”
“Not really. I don’t come here every day,” I replied. She started making conversation, asking why I was working so late in the evening. I was surprised someone in her condition would want to talk.
Soon Ms A started talking about herself. She told me that she had three children in primary school, who were staying with a neighbour. “My husband died a year ago and I’m the sole breadwinner of my family,” said she.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为 150 左右;
2. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;
3. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
I didn’t know what to say.____________________ ____________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
A single tear suddenly fell from the corner of her eye. ____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
龙岩一中2022届高三第一学期第三次月考
英语试题参考答案
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. C
11. A 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. B 16. C 17. A 18. B 19. A 20. C
第二部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)
ADB DCBB DCCA CADB GDCEA
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节 CDBCB ACACD BCDAD
第二节 56.As 57. that 58. to ensure 59. precisely 60. is eaten
61. followed 62. looking 63. effects 64. from munication
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)
Dear Sara,
I am Li Hua, one of your former students. We’re more than delighted to hear that you are going to tie the knot, in China! On behalf of my classmates, I am writing to congratulate you on your happy marriage.
We want to convey our sincere gratitude to you for your help. Your whole-hearted devotion and enthusiastic teaching kindle our passion for English learning. Besides, your English class is so fascinating, indeed, that we all fall in love with the language. More importantly, you get us to know a totally different world of culture by introducing your country tous.
We’ve prepared a hand-made Chinese knot for you, as a token of our gratitude. We hope the gift, which is on its way to reach you, can bring happiness and good luck. Wish you a happy wedding!
Yours,
Lihua
第二节
I didn’t know what to say. Looking into her eyes, I cursed myself for not remembering the lessons from my previous courses on communication skills. Since I didn’t have anything to say, I just listen attentively while she talked. The conversation went on like this for about 20 minutes. She shared her difficulties and sufferings. Meanwhile, all I did was nod my head as a way of showing mysympathy.
A single tear suddenly fell from the corner of her eye. “Thank you, doc, thank you so much. I’m sorry for keeping you here to listen to my problems, but I feel relieved now.” I smiled and continued to listen. Just at this very moment, it suddenly dawned on me that Ms A had taught me one of the most important lessons a doctor can learn. Sometimes what patients need might not be expensive medicine or state-of-the-art technology. Instead, patients may simply need a patient heart, willing ears and a little time. For me, that is one of the best things a doctor can do for a patient.
高三英语听力模拟试题3
录音稿
第一节
(Text 1)
M: Alice, did you receive the report that Mr. Smith sent you yesterday morning
W: Yes, Tom, I did. It was on my desk when I came in.
M: Good. Maybe you could pass it on to Bob, too. He needs to know about this.
(Text 2)
W: Hi, Jim, the newspaper says the forest fires in the states of New South Wales and Victoria have finally been stopped.
M: But fires have now broken out in the forests in the north of Tasmania.
(Text 3)
M: My computer keeps freezing. It just won’t do anything.
W: Did you restart it
M: Yes. And I have read the instruction book but I’m not sure I understand it.
W: Oh, I don’t understand either. Maybe you should call technical support.
(Text 4)
W: John, do you work for a magazine now I heard your neighbor recommended you.
M: Yeah. Although it’s a bit tiring, my workmates are very friendly. It’s nice to work with them.
(Text 5)
M: Thanks for the invitation to your party, Sonia. I’d like to go but I’m not sure of the address.
W: OK. I live near the bus station. So it’s the easiest way to get here on a No. 5 bus.
第二节
(Text 6)
W: These carrots are completely natural.
M: What about your eggs Are they fresh
W: Of course. All our eggs come from local farms daily.
M: You sell fruits, don’t you
W: Yes, they’re right next to the nuts over there.
M: Your things look great but unreasonably expensive.
W: Well, we sell only the best and the pure natural.
(Text 7)
W: Mark, can I have a word with you I’m very impatient with Becky.
M: Why is that I’ve always found her very easy to get on with.
W: Well, that’s not the problem. She’s a lovely person but whenever I ask her for something, she never seems to know where to look; it takes ages to find what I need. Now she seems to have lost a really important file that I gave her last week.
M: OK. I’ll have a quiet word with her — I know she’s been a bit overworked recently, but it sounds like she needs to sort herself out a bit.
W: Thanks Mark, I appreciate it.
M: No problem.
(Text 8)
M: We have a special visitor coming to the school next Thursday.
W: Who is it
M: Jane Winter.
W: Really! She’s my favorite writer. Will I get to meet her
M: Yes. She’s coming for the whole day. From 9 till 12 she’s going to visit some classes. Then in the afternoon she’s going to talk to the whole school about her new book.
W: But I have Science on Thursday afternoon from 2 to 3:30.
M: It’s OK. We’ll start afternoon lessons later than usual at 2:30, so she can talk to us at 1:30 for an hour.
W: Oh good. Where will the talk be — in the library
M: No, it’s too small. There’s more space in the hall. It will hold more people.
W: I can’t believe she’s really coming here!
M: There’s one more thing — she wants to look at some of the students’ stories and I would like you to give her one of yours.
W: Me ! Oh, I’d love to. Thank you.
(Text 9)
M: Have you found a room for your birthday party yet, Rosie
W: Yes, at the University Hotel. It’s old but the room’s nice and big.
M: Did you look at any other places
W: Yes, five. And there was something wrong with all of them.
M: Why didn’t you like Brown’s Café
W: I love it but they’re putting in a new kitchen so they won’t be open for two months.
M: Oh. And the Rivers Hotel It was very cold when I went there last year.
W: It’s quite warm now but it’s not very clean.
M: Pity! What about the Bridge Restaurant My brother had a graduation party there last month. Is it far from your home
W: No, but the problem is none of their rooms is free on my birthday.
M: And it’s very expensive.
W: Not really, but the Garden House is.
M: Oh yes, I know. How about the Opera Café I had a great dinner party there last week.
W: It’s fine for a dinner but it’s not big enough for a party.
(Text 10)
W: Good morning, everybody. My name is Jane Brown. Today I’d like to talk about myself. I’m 32 years old and I have just finished my first week at university. As well as attending lectures regularly, I have had to learn to read books quickly and write long papers.
I decided to go to university after 14 years away from the high-school classroom. As a secretary, although I was earning a reasonable amount of money, I was bored with doing something where I hardly had to think. I wanted to be one of the students at the local university, who looked happy and full of hope.
However, now that I’ve actually become a student I find it hard to mix with younger classmates. Unlike most eighteen-year-olds, I much prefer a weekend with my books to one out partying. Then there are the normal student benefits of long holidays and theater and cinema discounts. I hope that continuing my education at this late date has been a wise choice.
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