2025年秋季学期 三地高2026届八月月考
英语试题
注意事项
本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
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第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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。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 is the man going to do
A. Go on a trip. B. Visit his friends. C. Prepare for an exam.
2. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. Old friends. B. Their fathers' retired life. C. Exercise plans.
3. Why does the woman call the man
A. To recommend a park. B. To invite him to a party. C. To offer him a lift.
4. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. In a library. B. In a bookstore. C. In a travel company.
5. How will the speakers go to the cinema
A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. By underground.
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. What's the relationship between the speakers
A. Workmates. B. Classmates. C. Shop assistant and customer.
7. Why does the man look different
A. He has lost some weight. B. He's wearing a new coat. C. He's wearing glasses.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does the man's brother think of Mr. Williams
A. He's talented. B. He's strict. C. He's humorous.
9. What would Mr. Williams like his students to do
A. Talk with native speakers. B. Join the Spanish club. C. Speak Spanish loudly.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the man think of drawing animals
A. Boring. B. Hard. C. Fun.
11. Which place will the man visit during his painting trip
A. A castle. B. A railway station. C. A bridge.
12. How will the man deal with his paintings
A. Putting them in for a competition.
B. Making them into cards.
C. Giving them to his friends.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What's the most important reason for the woman choosing to study at that university
A. Her friends studied there.
B. She liked the atmosphere there.
C. It was near her home.
14. How does the woman like her food tasting course
A. It was quite frustrating.
B. It was sometimes stressful.
C. It was time-consuming.
15. What did the woman gain from her experience in Denmark
A. Many helpful contacts. B. Some new recipes. C. A better job.
16. What does the woman like most about her present job
A. Interviewing clients. B. Tasting food. C. Writing a report.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What does the speaker say about going to the gym
A. It's expensive. B. It's challenging. C. It's boring sometimes.
18. What does the speaker advise snowboarding beginners to do
A. Do a lot of practice. B. Live on small hills. C. Learn from Olympic snowboarders.
19. Why is snowboarding easy to get started
A. Because it has simple rules.
B. Because it needs no instruction.
C. Because it needs little preparation.
20. What is the speaker mainly talking about
A. A new sport. B. The benefits of exercise. C. The skills of snowboarding.
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）
阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
After I bought my new guitar, I started looking for apps to teach me how to use it. Finally, I chose Beginner Guitar Songs. Marty Schwartz, who is an amazing guitar teacher, showed me how to hold the guitar and then introduced how to play easy chords (和弦) to me. I quickly progressed through Beginner Lesson Series and advanced to Important Guitar Chords.
Two days later, I was ready to learn more chords. I found Guitar Lessons from Howcast. There are over 140 video lessons. I spent most of the day learning chords. Every day, I added a new chord and then reviewed the ones I had learned. By the end of the first week I had learned about ten chords. By the end of the second week, I had learned about fifteen chords. The app also taught me how to play scales (音阶). I learned the Pentatonic scale and the Blues scale. At that time, I felt like I was ready to dive into some music.
I also enjoyed GuitarJamz where I found more lessons from Marty Schwartz. Besides, I downloaded Blues Guitar Licks Lessons and Solo Guitar Lessons. Marty had hundreds of lessons for free on his YouTube channel. I watched, learned and experimented to see what I could do.
Then, I felt that some of my favourite classic rock songs were pretty easy. As I expected, now I can play America’s A Horse with No Name — two chords, The Beatles’s Let it Be — four chords, and Cat Stevens’s Peace Train — four chords.
Over the next few weeks I still watched YouTube videos and used chromatic Tuner. I also downloaded guitar sheet music through Songsterr Plus. This guitar learning app showed me how to read guitar tablature (奏法乐谱) and chord diagrams.
21．What did the author most probably think of Beginner Guitar Songs
A．Interesting. B．Expensive. C．Useful. D．Difficult.
22．What can we learn about Marty Schwartz’s online teaching
A．It is only suitable for beginners.
B．It can be finished in just two weeks.
C．It’s the most popular online guitar teaching.
D．It is important to the author’s guitar learning.
23．While learning to play his favourite songs, the author most probably __________.
A．lost interest in the songs B．found it hard to learn them well
C．wanted to write some rock songs D．felt sure he would be able to play them well
B
Music is said to be a universal language. But for Chase Burton, a deaf filmmaker, music has always been a different experience.
“When I was a kid, I’d lie on the floor above our garage so that I could feel the vibrations (震动) from my brother’s band rocking out below my body. That was one of the first times I began building a relationship with music,” said Burton.
In 2016, his ability to experience music changed completely, thanks to the California – based technology company Not Impossible Labs. It designed a vibrating suit that enables deaf people to “feel” music through their skin. The suit can translate audio (声音) into a range of vibrating pulses (脉冲) that are felt at 24 contact points. Burton has been wearing the suit for four years. “The sound drubs different parts of my body,” said Burton. “Maybe it will strike me in my ankles first. And then I’ll start to feel the vibrations in my back and wrists.”
The creators want to extend the musical experience beyond the deaf community. In 2018, they gave out 150 vibrating suits at a rock concert where half the audience members were deaf and half could hear. Since then, the creators have been working to improve the technology and want the suit to become a consumer product accessible to all, which will be used in live sports broadcasts, or video games.
As a writer and director, Burton has been working to make the movie world more inclusive. For his latest movie he hired all-deaf staff and actors. Burton hopes that the vibrating suits will be available to his film audiences in the future. He believes that the suits can improve emotions while people are watching a movie for normal people as well as the deaf. “I see the tech as a real opportunity to help people understand that music or movies don’t always need to be enjoyed through the ears,” said Burton.
24．What does the underlined word “drubs” in paragraph 3 probably mean
A．Hits. B．Affects. C．Changes. D．Reflects.
25．Why were normal people provided with the vibrating suit by the creators
A．To attract more users. B．To promote the sale.
C．To make people enjoy music. D．To carry out an experiment.
26．What does Burton expect of the vibrating suit in the future
A．It will be used by his film audiences.
B．It will help improve the actors’ emotions.
C．It will become the main theme in his movies.
D．It will change the normal’s attitude to the deaf.
27．What is the best title for the text
A．A Deaf Filmmaker’s Musical Experiences
B．The Application of Vibrating Suits to Films
C．Wearable Devices for Deaf People Are Coming
D．Vibrating Suits Allow Deaf People to Feel Music
C
Jammed roads, loud noises, suffocating (令人窒息的) smog. For some people, living in the city can be stressful. But a growing body of research shows some city birds can be more aggressive than their rural twins, suggesting they too feel the pressures of city life.
Generally, animals that live in cities tend to be bolder and more aggressive — both characteristics that enable them to survive in such complex habitats. “Individuals that can’t deal with constant disturbance, such as noise, people, cars, etc., would be unlikely to thrive in an urban habitat,” says Jeremy Hyman, a professor and department chair of biology at Western Carolina University.
Some birds may become more aggressive because cities are rich in food sources — and so there’s strong competition to establish a foothold. “Only the most aggressive males can manage to hold a territory in this place where lots and lots of birds would like to have a territory,” says Hyman.
But food scarcity may also make some urban species more aggressive, and so birds have to fight an awful lot in order to maintain a large enough territory to get the resources that they need. High levels of stress caused by noise and other factors might also play a role in making birds more aggressive, notes Hyman.
In some cases, aggression seems to be “a worthwhile cost,” says Sarah Foltz, a behavioral ecologist at Radford University. However, a big unanswered question is whether birds learn to be aggressive during their lifetime. But what scientists do know is that some birds can be highly adaptable. “Aggression definitely has a genetic component to it,” says Foltz. “But also, we know that when we change environmental factors, birds change their aggression.”
Overall, Foltz says scientists are still trying to understand just how much urban density (密度) different species can tolerate and which characteristics of an urban environment influence aggressiveness the most. “We’ve got all these little pieces,” she says, “But it’s still coming to gather to make a bigger picture, so it’s sort of an unfinished puzzle.”
28．Why are birds in the city more aggressive
A．They need to adapt the environment.
B．They are annoyed by city’s disturbance.
C．They have such characteristics in the rural.
D．They hate people in the city.
29．What can be inferred from Hyman’s statements
A．Birds in the urban will die out.
B．Male birds will occupy all the urban habitats.
C．Conflict will always exist despite sufficient food.
D．Stress plays a more critical role in bird’s aggressiveness.
30．What plays a role in birds’ aggression
A．Gene and environment. B．Evolution and structure.
C．Body and environment. D．Gene and structure.
31．What does Foltz think of the research
A．Promising B．Common C．Critical D．Meaningless
D
Email has brought the art of letter writing back to life, but some experts think the resulting spread of bad English does more harm than good.
Email is a form of communication that is changing, for the worse, the way we write and use language, say some communication researchers. It is also changing the way we communicate and build relationship. These are a few of the recently recognised features of email, say experts, which should cause individuals and organizations to rethink the way they use email.
“Email has increased the spread of careless writing habits,” says Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics (语言学) at an American university. She says the poor spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure of email reflect a growing unconcern about the way we write.
Baron argues that we shouldn’t forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in email. “The more we use email and its tasteless writing, the more it becomes the normal way of writing,” the professor says.
Others say that despite its poor writing, email has finished what several generations of English teachers couldn’t: it has made writing fashionable again.
“Email is a critical new communication technology.” says Ian Lancashire, a professor of English at Toronto University. “It fills the gap between spoken language and the formal methods of writing that existed before email. It is the purest form of written speech.”
Lancashire says email has the mysterious ability to get people who are usually scared by writing to get their thoughts flowing easily onto a blank screen. He says this is because of email’s close similarity to speech. “It’s like a circle of four or five people around a campfire,” he says.
Still, he accepts that this new-found freedom to express themselves often gets people into trouble. Emails sent in a day almost exceed (超过) the number of letters mailed in a year. But more people are recognising the content of a typical email message is not often exact.
32．From what Baron says in the third paragraph we can see that .
A．people communicate by email with many mistakes
B．email requires people to change their native language
C．professors in universities don’t need to use email
D．careless people use email more than careful people
33．What does the underlined word “critical” in paragraph 6 probably mean
A．Serious. B．Different. C．Important. D．Senior.
34．In Lancashire’s opinion, email is a wonderful technology because .
A．it can be useful all over the world
B．we can express ourselves in a free way
C．it is the fastest way to communicate
D．we can save a lot of paper
35．This passage mainly shows us that .
A．email makes people lose interest in English
B．experts hold different opinions about email writing
C．Americans only use email to communicate
D．people should stop using email to communicate
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。
Phan Thi Kim Chi’s connection with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) began at an early age. Growing up in a small village in Vietnam, it was difficult for Phan to travel to hospitals in neighboring cities. Whenever she caught a cold or experienced a headache as a child, her family would seek the help of a local TCM doctor. 36 According to Phan, even though TCM has long been commonly practiced and accepted in Vietnam, finding a good school to learn TCM in Vietnam is not easy.
As a foreign student, Phan finds the TCM basic theory course to be the most challenging one in its system. 37 It requires years of learning and practice to truly understand the ideas of yin and yang, harmony between human and nature, and the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Sometimes she even translates the TCM vocabulary into Vietnamese so she can remember and understand them better.
38 According to a report, the total number of international students studying TCM in China was 8, 187 last year, with the largest population of 6, 441 coming from Asian countries, followed by 832 from Africa and 432 from Europe. Also, many Chinese medical universities had projects that sent professors abroad to teach TCM. 39
The popular situation of TCM is not limited to schools and hospitals. It has also become a lifestyle choice for many young people. There is a trend among young people to pay more attention to health conditioning and maintenance. However, experts remind that TCM stresses the importance of diagnosing (诊断) and treating based on determining symptoms (症状) . It is impossible to offer a one-size-fits-all approach to all patients. 40
A．They highly recognized the effectiveness of TCM, especially its use in pain treatment.
B．Even when drinking herbal milk tea, it’s best to make choices according to it.
C．Being broad and far-reaching, TCM is deeply connected with Chinese philosophy.
D．Overseas students of TCM, like Phan, are not uncommon.
E．This led her to major in TCM at a traditional medical school in China.
F．Many other Chinese medicine organizations have adopted similar strategic methods.
G．For example, some students find it difficult to master the philosophical ideas behind TCM.
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。
You are standing in a grocery store when you witness a man use abusive (辱骂的) language towards his mother. Or you are at a party and your classmate says something mean to another friend.
Both are 41 in which bystander intervention could affect the outcome. 42 however, when being faced with the realities of a given situation, we may not be sure at that moment how it would be best for us to react.
The good news is, there is a “popular myth” that when people are standing in a crowd and something bad happens, they are 43 to react, says Alan Berkowitz, an expert on the bystander effect. However, the latest research shows that most people feel compelled (必须) to help when they can. When they do not help, it is because they either do not feel they have the 44 to do so or are unsure about safety.
Actually, you can prepare yourself to be an active bystander by 45 the “Five D’s” : distract, delegate (委托), document, delay or direct, says Thomas Vance, a certified counselor. “The key is to move from a ‘bystander’ to an ‘active bystander’ who chooses to challenge 46 behavior.”
Distraction is a good place to start. Take the example of the man who is verbally abusing his mother in the grocery store. An active bystander can 47 intervene by asking the man how to choose a ripe watermelon. This can help to change the 48 , which may be able to significantly reduce the temperature of the encounter.
As another 49 , you can delegate, or ask someone else in the group to act. In a situation in which you are a witness to an act of violence, you can tell someone else to 50 the authorities. Asking someone in the situation whether there is anything that you can do to help can also delay and therefore 51 a situation.
Furthermore, you can videotape the behavior on your cellphone. Just being 52 is another form of documentation, a way of showing a would-be perpetrator (作恶者) that you are there and are watching the situation unfold. In certain situations, however, giving direct feedback about how a given behavior makes you feel can also be helpful. But you have to be 53 not to intervene in a way that could cause harm to you or the victim.
To sum things up, it is about 54 the circumstances, because in the end, no two situations are alike. Anyway, it is best not to depend on others to be the active bystander, especially when you yourself have the tools available in your bystander toolbox to 55 .
41．A．circumstances B．conferences
C．facilities D．locations
42．A．Hopefully B．Thankfully C．Undoubtedly D．Unfortunately
43．A．eager B．impatient C．lucky D．unlikely
44．A．details B．devices C．lessons D．skills
45．A．adopting B．contacting C．replacing D．varying
46．A．artificial B．critical C．inappropriate D．unrealistic
47．A．fairly B．indirectly C．noticeably D．separately
48．A．pace B．plot C．setting D．subject
49．A．element B．option C．origin D．position
50．A．blame B．fund C．inform D．update
51．A．approach B．confirm C．escape D．transform
52．A．distant B．loose C．native D．visible
53．A．careful B．nervous C．scared D．worried
54．A．appreciating B．assessing
C．consuming D．imagining
55．A．give in B．pass on C．put off D．step up
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。
The Hongkou District Sports Festival, aiming to establish Shanghai’s Ruihong Tiandi as an integrated sports and 56 ( consume) centre, kicked off on July 5. 57 ( span )58 days through August 31, the event capitalizes on its peak summer season to engage all age groups with 13 major competitions and 45 sporting disciplines.
58 ( structure) around three main activity pillars — competitive sports events, community competitions and recreational sports activities — the festival featured national, city, and district-level sporting events. These included a national Go championship hosted by the Chinese Weiqi Association, a Shanghai amateur fencing open organized by the China Sport School Federation, 59 a youth jump rope competition 60 talented students demonstrated their athletic abilities.
Since its launch, more than 200 experiential activities, followed by a tech-integrated sports zone added in mid-August, 61 ( develop) for the festival through its partnership with Decathlon.
To boost commercial cooperation, organizers team up 62 100 local restaurants and 39 sports venues, launching discount packages with parking privileges. A cutting-edge virtual carnival demonstrates 63 enhanced reality technology transforms athletic experiences, operating daily from 7:00 am until 2:00 am 64 ( serve) diverse schedules.
This extended framework of the Hongkou Hazhajin Sports Festival promotes sports-retail integration and stimulates district-wide economic vitality, with each goal 65 (respective) in place.
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Peter来信询问你校近期举办的“校园生活技能大赛”相关情况。请你根据以下提示给他回一封信：
1.大赛目的；
2.比赛项目；
3.你的收获与感受。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to receive your letter asking about our school’s “Campus Life Skills Competition”.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Looking forward to hearing about your school activities.
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，使之成为一篇完整的短文。
One sunny day in Mixenden, Rose, the little dog, was having fun with her young owner, Jack, near Dudley Crescent. They were playing fetch with her favorite ball. Rose loved chasing it! But this time, the ball bounced too close to some big, jagged rocks. Rose, excited and focused on getting her ball, didn’t see the danger. She ran after it and vanished straight down a very narrow crack between the rocks. She fell a scary 40 feet deep into the dark hole below. Jack was horrified.
Rescue teams quickly arrived: firefighters, animal rescuers, and even experts who know about deep holes. They looked down the dark, tight space. It looked very dangerous. They sadly decided that trying to rescue Rose was too risky. They didn’t think anyone could safely get her out. They gave the terrible news: Rose probably wouldn’t survive and they could do nothing for her. Hope seemed very small.
Jack’s heart was breaking. He couldn’t believe his little dog was trapped deep underground and everyone said there was no hope. He wouldn’t accept it. While the rescue teams sadly packed up, Jack stayed. He found a shovel and started digging near the rocks where Rose had fallen. It was back-breaking work. The ground was hard as stone. Sweat poured down his face, and his hands became sore and blistered. He dug fiercely, calling Rose’s name down the dark hole. He had to get to her.
After hours of exhausting work alone, Jack had an idea. He pulled out his phone. With shaking, dirty hands, he took pictures of the deep crack and the spot where he was desperately digging. He wrote a heartfelt message: “This is my dog, Rose. She fell down this hole. They say it’s too dangerous to save her. I’m her owner, and I can’t leave her. I’m digging her out, but I need help. Please, can anyone help us Share this!” He posted this plea on social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
注意：
(1)续写词数应为150左右;
(2)请按如下格式在答题纸相应位置作答。
Jack didn’t know if anyone would even notice his post._________________________________
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Jack’s post didn’t just bring messages; it brought people._______________________________
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高2026届英语八月月考试题
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第一节范文：
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to receive your letter asking about our school’s “Campus Life Skills Competition”.
The competition was held to help us improve our self-care ability and develop a sense of labor. There were various events, such as cooking, tidying up rooms and simple home appliance repair. I took part in the cooking contest, where I made tomato and egg noodles. Though it was a bit tiring, I felt proud when my dish was praised.
Through this activity, I realized that mastering basic life skills is important for our growth. It also taught me to value labor and appreciate the hard work of others. Now I often help my parents with housework at home.
Looking forward to hearing about your school activities.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节范文
Jack didn’t know if anyone would even notice his post. But then, something truly amazing happened. People saw his heartbreaking pictures of the dark, scary hole and read his desperate words — a father refusing to abandon his beloved dog. Their hearts instantly ached for him. They didn’t just read it; they shared it everywhere. Friends told friends, families shared it at dinner, and strangers across oceans passed it on. Within days, what started as one man’s plea became a global story. Thousands, then millions, of people all over the planet knew the names Jack and Rose and were rooting for her.
Jack’s post didn’t just bring messages; it brought people. Within days, volunteers poured in from everywhere. Men and women drove from nearby towns, from across England, and even from Scotland and Wales. They arrived dust-covered and determined, carrying heavy tools like drills, and generators bought with online donations. They shared one goal: save the dog. Strangers worked side-by-side, tirelessly chipping away at the stubborn rock. The lonely hole became a hive of hope, filled with the sounds of effort and the shared dream of seeing Rose safe. Finally, the inspiring news erupted: “She’s out!” It felt as if the entire world felt relieved. The rescue sparked this scene of generosity, which truly crowned the miracle.
高2026届英语八月月考试题
听力录音材料
Text 1
W: The final exam is finally over. Jimmy, what are your plans for the summer vacation
M: I'm going to Quanzhou with my friends. I want to try the fruit soup there.
W: Then, Kai Yuan temple is a must visit.
Text 2
M: I heard your father retired, too. What does he do now
W: He often goes out to do exercise and sometimes visits his old friends.
M: That's nice. My father often goes to the park to play chess.
Text 3
W: Hello, Ted. Where are you Are you going to Anna's birthday today
M: Oh, hi, Lily. Yes, I'm in the park now.
W: My brother will drive me there in his new car. Would you like me to pick you up
M: That's very kind of you.
Text 4
W: You can keep the book Journey to the West for only half a month. Remember to return it then.
M: May I renew it If I can't finish reading.
W: Of course.
Text 5
M: I don't want to take a crowded bus to the cinema. Let's take a taxi.
W: I have no problem with that, if you pay for it.
M: Uh, I think subway is even better, don't you think
W: Okay.
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W:Charlie, you look different. Did you lose some weight
M: My weight hasn't changed for at least ten years.
W: That it must be the new coat you' re wearing. It's a really nice coat.
M: Ah, I wore this coat last winter, in the winter of the year before last.Do we really work in the same office for the last five years, Jenny
W: Sorry, Charlie, you know I'm not good at noticing things sometimes.Oh, I know it. You' re wearing glasses now. How did you become nearsighted
M: I'm not. I'm just wearing it in a decorative way. Now I look knowledgeable, don't I
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M: Which language will you study this term
W: I prefer Spanish.
M:③I hear from my brother that the teacher, Mr. Williams, is very tough on students.
W:③But he has a special teaching style.
M:③A special teaching style. What is it
W:③He usually invites native speakers to join the class. It's good to study foreign languages with native speakers. Many students can speak Spanish well after taking Mr. Williams's course.
M: Great. I think I will also register for it.
W: That's good.
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W: Hi, Simon, how are your painting classes They started last week, didn't they
M: Actually, they started last month. I' ve had four lessons already.
W: Do you like the classes
M: Most of the time.Drawing fruit is boring and drawing animals is difficult, but drawing cartoons is interesting.
W:Are you going to go on a painting trip
M: Yes, we could choose a castle, a bridge or the railway station.I chose the bridge, and that's where we' re going.
W:So, what are you going to do with your paintings
M: Well, they' re a good enough for a competition.But I' ll make them into cards and get my friends to buy them. I need to pay my parents for all the paints they bought.
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M:Jane, why did you choose to major in home economics at eastern Illinois university
W: Some of my friends studied home economics. They wanted me to go to the same university as them and then I could share a flat with them.But being close to home appealed to me most.
M:Did you enjoy the course
W:Yes, I learned a lot about things like food tasting. We had to taste a dish and try to judge whether the public would like it. As the training got more complexes, it became harder to be in agreement and there were even some tense moments. But it was worth it in the end.
M:What was your first job
W:I worked for a large food company. They sent me to work in Denmark for two years. I was invited to visit local food companies. I met lots of people there and they' ve helped me and taught me a lot. I'm still in touch with them. All these influenced my work.
M: Do you enjoy your present job
W: Well, I have to interview clients to find out about their preference and understand what they need. I taste food to make a judgment about its quality, which is my favorite part. And then there are reports to write. Which some people hate, but I never mind.
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M: We all know we are supposed to exercise to stay in shape. But sometimes going to the gym can become boring. That's when you have to find a new challenge. If you live in an area with mountains and snow, you definitely should try snowboarding. First of all, snowboarding is great exercise. It's good for your heart. Of course, you must take things slowly at first. You can't expect to fly down a mountain like an Olympic snowboarder on your first day. Like any activity, you must practice to become more advanced. You shouldn't start on high hills, for example. First, you have to learn to control the board on small hills. Another great thing about snowboarding is that it is easy to get started. Instructors are easy to find and you don't have to buy a lot of things. In fact, you should rent a board at first. Then if you enjoy it,you can buy your own board. With snowboarding, you don't have to worry about a lot of rules because there aren't any. Snowboarding is a fairly new sport, but it has quickly become very popular. Try snowboarding today, you won't regret it.
