木里中学2017～2018学年度(下)高中2017级期中考试
英 语
考试时间共120分钟，满分150分
试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）
注意事项：
1.答题前，考生务必在答题卡上将自己的学校、姓名、班级、准考证号用0.5毫米黑色签字笔填写清楚，考生考试条码由监考老师粘贴在答题卡上的“条码粘贴处”。
2.选择题使用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡上对应题目标号的位置上，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后再填涂其它答案；非选择题用0.5毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡的对应区域内作答，超出答题区域答题的答案无效；在草稿纸上、试卷上答题无效。
3.考试结束后由监考老师将答题卡收回。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题（共100分）
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，共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 will the woman probably do today?
A. Go camping. B. Take an exam. C. Review lessons.
2. What is the most expensive item?
A. The bed. B. The fridge. C. The washing machine.
3. Where are the speakers?
A. At home. B. In the office. C. In the supermarket.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. The man’s childhood. B. The man’s change. C. The man’s favorite movies.
5. What do we know about Mrs. William?
A. She is in her thirties.
B. She looks younger than she is.
C. She had her daughter at the age of 25.
第二节（共15小题；每题1.5分，共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 happened to the speakers?
A. They lost their way.
B. They had difficulty getting a map.
C. They were given the wrong directions.
7. What will the woman do?
A. Blame the man. B. Call her sister. C. Drive the car.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
8. What does the man do?
A. A sportsman. B. A sports writer. C. A tour guide.
9. What does the woman think of the man’s job?
A. Great. B. Tiring. C. Boring.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。
10. What is the weather like now?
A. Warm and sunny. B. Cold and cloudy. C. Chilly and snowy.
11. How will the man go to work?
A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By car.
12. What is the woman trying to persuade the man to do?21-cnjy*com
A. Wear warm clothes. B. Listen to the forecast. C. Go out for lunch.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。
13. What’s the man’s plan for this summer?
A. Staying with his family.
B. Doing a market survey.
C. Working at musical festivals.
14. Where will the woman probably work this summer?
A. In a hotel. B. On a farm. C. In a restaurant.
15. How long will the woman work every day?
A. 4 hours. B. 5 hours. C. 6 hours.
16. Where did the woman get the job information?
A. From a magazine. B. From her friend. C. From her parents.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. In which country is the speaker now?
A. England. B. Australia. C. America.
18. When was The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry published?
A. In 2007. B. In 2012. C. In 2014.
19. What award has the speaker won?
A. The Man Booker Prize.
B. The Tinniswood Award.
C. The Commonwealth Book Prize.
20. What will the speaker do next?
A. Introduce her works. B. Visit the library. C. Answer questions.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
This March is a busy month in Shanghai. There’s a lot to do. Here are the highlights.
Live Music—Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He’s coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie’s Heroes. Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don’t expect to get much sleep. This is Herbie’s third visit to Shanghai. The first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly.
PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15—23 March
PRICE: ￥80,120 TIME: 10:00p.m. till late!
TEL: 6466-8736
Scottish dancing
Take your partners and get ready to dance till you drop. Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn. Instructors will demonstrate the dances. The live band, Gordon Stroppie and the Weefrees, are also excellent.21cnjy.com
PLACE: Jack Stein’s DATES: every Monday
PRICE: ￥60 including one drink TIME: 7:00—10:00 p.m.
TEL: 6402-1877
Exhibitions—Shanghai Museum
There are 120,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history under one roof. It’s always interesting to visit, but doubly(加倍地) so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition. There are lots of mummies and more gold than you’ve ever seen before. Let us know if you see a mummy move!21*cnjy*com
PLACE: Shanghai Museum PRICE: ￥30 (￥15 for students)
TEL: 6888-6888 DATES: daily
TIME: Monday—Friday 9:00a.m.—5:00p.m. , Weekends 9:00a.m.—9:00p.m.
Dining—Sushi chef in town
Sushi(寿司) is getting really big in Shanghai. In Japan, it’s become an art form. The most famous Sushi “artist” is Yuki Kamura. She’s also one of the few female chefs in Japan. She’ll be at Sushi Scene all of this month.
PLACE: Sushi Scene in the Shanghai Hotel DATES: all month
PRICE: ￥200 TIME: lunch time
TEL: 6690-3211
For a full listing of events, see our website.
Suppose you are going to attend an activity at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, which one can you
choose?
A. Live Music—Late Night Jazz. B. Exhibitions—Shanghai Museum.
C. Scottish dancing. D. Dining—Sushi chef in town.
22. Which of the following is true according to the advertisements?
A. Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that it never tires you out.
B. The performance given by the American jazz band won’t last long.
C. Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food.
D. It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhibits from Egypt.
23. From the text we may learn that Kamura is .21·世纪*教育网
A. an instructor B. a waitress C. a cook D. an artist
24. Where can we find the passage?
A. On a website. B. In a newspaper.
C. In a book. D. In a magazine.
B
Derek Rabelo is not the only surfer to conquer Hawaii’ s famous Pipeline big wave break, but while all others use their sight to do it, this young professional surfer must rely only on his other senses. That’s because he is completely blind.
When Derek was born, over 24 years ago, he got his name from Derek Ho, the first Hawaiian surfing world champion. A surfing enthusiast himself, Ernesto dreamed that his son would share the talent of his uncle, a professional surfer. Unfortunately, Derek was born completely blind, but this didn’t stop his family from believing that he could do anything he wanted, even if that meant becoming a surfer.
At age 2, Derek received a bodyboard and the beaches of Guarapari, Brazil, became his backyard. He was always comfortable in the water and surfing was in his blood, but he didn’t actually try riding a wave until he turned 17, when his father bought him a surfboard. His father taught him the basics and encouraged him to keep practicing, but after successfully standing up on the surfboard, Derek knew he needed to become much better if he was going to achieve Ernesto’s dream and become a professional surfer. So he joined the Praia do Moroo surf school, where he studied under coach Fabio Maru.
Standing up on a surfboard and conquering small waves is one thing, while gathering the courage to take on Hawaii’s board-breaking Pipeline is another. But that’s exactly what Derek Rabelo set out to do just months after learning how to surf. Everyone told him it was too dangerous, but he felt he could do it. And he did, earning the praise of famous professional surfers like Kelly Slater and Mick Fanning. Now 24, Rabelo has been surfing the Pipeline every winter since.
25. What does the first paragraph tell us?
A. Good eyesight is necessary for becoming good surfers.
B. Nobody has ever conquered Hawaii’s big wave break.
C. Derek Rabelo is the only blind professional surfer to conquer Hawaii’s big wave break.
D. Derek Rabelo dreams to conquer Hawaii’s big wave break.
26. How did Ernesto behave after Derek was born?
A. He named him after his uncle.
B. He never lost confidence in him.
C. He sent him to a surfing champion.
D. He started his own interest in surfing.
27. After Derek was able to stand up on the surfboard, he ________.
A. began to try riding a wave
B. was no longer afraid of water
C. realized he still had a long way to go
D. knew his father’s dream had come true
28. Which of the following words can best describe Derek according to the last paragraph?
A. Brave and confident. B. Skillful but proud.
C. Thoughtful and modest. D. Courageous but stubborn.
C
“Indeed,” George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, “some kind of fly, or bug, had begun to eat the leaves before I left home.” But the father of America was not the father of bug. When Washington wrote that, Englishmen had been referring to insects (昆虫) as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created lightning-bug(萤火虫). But the English were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The American bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity. Although fan became the usual term, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs, and the like.21*教*育*名*师
Or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug-shaped car. The bug could also be a burglar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, “to install (安装) an alarm”. Now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly to others’ conversation. Since the 1840s, to bug has long meant “to cheat”, and since the 1940s it has been annoying.
We also know the bug as a flaw in a computer program or other design. That meaning dates back to the time of Thomas Edison. In 1878 he explained bugs as “little problems and difficulties” that required months of study and labor to overcome in developing a successful product. In 1889 it was recorded that Edison “had been up the two previous nights discovering ‘a bug’ in his invented record player.”
29. We learn from paragraph 1 that_______.
A. Americans had difficulty in learning to use the word bug
B. George Washington was the first person to call an insect a bug
C. The word bug was still popularly used in England in the 19th century
D. Both English men and Americans used the word bug in the 18th century
30. What does the word “flaw” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. Fault. B. Explanation. C. Source. D. Finding.
31. The passage is mainly concerned with ________.
A. the misunderstanding of the word bug
B. the development of the word bug
C. the public views of the word bug
D. the special meanings of the word bug
D
How to deal with waste has been a problem since humans started producing it. As more and more people choose to live close together in cities, the waste-disposal (处理) problem becomes increasingly difficult.
During the eighteenth century, it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot as a dump site. Residents or trash haulers (垃圾拖运者) would transport household rubbish, rotted wood, and old possessions to the site. Some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried. The unpleasant sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by.
Factories, mills, and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of . Those located on rivers often just dumped (倾倒) the unwanted remains into the water. Others built huge burners with chimneys to deal with the problem.
Several facts make these choices unacceptable to modern society. The first problem is space. Dumps, which are now called landfills, are most needed in heavily populated areas. Such areas rarely have empty land suitable for this purpose. Property is either too expensive or too close to residential (住宅区的) neighborhoods. Long-distance trash hauling has been a common practice, but once farm areas are refusing to accept rubbish from elsewhere, cheap land within trucking distance of major city areas is almost nonexistent .
Awareness of pollution dangers has led to more strict rules of waste disposal. Pollution of rivers, ground water, land and air is a price people can no longer pay to get rid of waste. The amount of waste, however, continues to grow.
Recycling efforts have become commonplace, and many towns require their people to take part. Even the most efficient recycling programs, however, can hope to deal with only about 50 percent of a city’s reusable waste.
32. The most suitable title for this passage would be .2·1·c·n·j·y
A. Places for Disposing Waste B. Waste Disposal Problem
C. Ways of Getting Rid of Waste D. Waste Pollution Dangers
33. During the 18th century, people disposed their waste in many ways EXCEPT for .
A. recycling it B. burying it
C. burning it D. throwing it into rivers
34. What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?
A. Farm areas don’t accept waste from the city in modern society.
B. There is cheap land to bury waste in modern society.
C. Ways to deal with waste in modern society stay the same.
D. It is not difficult to find space to bury waste in modern society.
35. The main purpose of writing this article is to .
A. tell people a better way to get rid of the waste
B. warn people of the pollution dangers we are facing
C. call on people to take part in recycling programs
D. draw people’s attention to waste management
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.
Being prepared and knowing the right things you have to do during the flood will give you greater chance to be safe and survive. You can have something following in mind.
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Finding out how long the flood is expected to last will guide you in the proper measures and prevention you have to do. So do listen to the weather report. Don’t pay attention to rumors(谣言).
Prepare and keep necessary supplies that will be usable and will last long enough.
Make sure that necessary items during the flood are ready. 37 They are candles, radio, extra batteries, cash, phones, medicines, extra food, emergency cooking equipment, and bottled water, as water service may be cut off.
Know the emergency(紧急情况) numbers in your place.
In case of emergency conditions where you need further help, you will be able to ask for help. 38
Stay in a safe place.
39 If your house is well-built and won’t be affected by flood, then it may be the best place to be during a storm. Be aware of the flood signal in your place to help you decide on where to stay and react to the condition. The flood often comes with the strong wind so board up(用板围住) and close windows. 40
A. Know about the latest weather conditions in your area.
B. We’ll keep you updated with weather information all day.
C. Important items to prepare for that will help you survive.
D. You can dial 911 or communicate with the right department.
E. Do check everything that might be blown away or turn loose.
F. Stay away from low-lying places which may be swept away by storm waves.
G. Run down to the sea as quickly as possible even if further flooding is likely to occur.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully 41 the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! 42 on earth was he going to get the 43 of the money ?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was 44 to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no 45
asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to 46 .
There was only one way to get money, and that was to 47 it. He would have to find a job. 48 who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had 49 on most things.
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”
That was the 50 of James’s odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the 51 of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the 52 of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the
53 increased and he knew that he would soon have 54 for the bicycle he longed for.
The day 55 came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He 56 no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode 57 home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard 58 for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more 59 he had bought it with his own money. He had 60 what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
41. A. cleaned B. covered C. counted D. checked
42. A. How B. Who C. Why D. What
43. A. rest B. part C. sum D. amount
44. A. brave B. smart C. unfair D. hard
45. A. result B. reason C. point D. right
46. A. split B. spare C. spend D. save
47. A. borrow B. collect C. raise D. earn
48. A. Or B. So C. But D. For
49. A. decisions B. experience C. knowledge D. opinions
50. A. introduction B. beginning C. requirement D. opening
51. A. variety B. similarity C. quality D. suitability
52. A. brand B. size C. type D. number
53. A. effort B. pressure C. trouble D. money
54. A. enough B. all C. much D. some
55. A. instantly B. normally C. finally D. regularly
56. A. gave B. wasted C. left D. took
57. A. patiently B. silently C. proudly D. tiredly
58. A. working B. asking C. looking D. applying
59. A. though B. if C. than D. since
60. A. deserved B. achieved C. benefited D. learned
第Ⅱ卷 非选择题（共50分）
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。
A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground. One of the most wild 61 (tornado) which have winds of more than 400 kilometers per hour 62 （be）able to pick up cars, trains and even houses. Winds like this can destroy houses, but leave the furniture 63 （exact）where it was. 64 average, there are 800 of them in the US each year, 65 (cause) about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.
Hurricanes are strong tropical storms and they usually have a huge 66 (affect) on the east coast of the US. This is a story about the 1900 Galveston hurricane.
Charles Coghlan was a nineteen-century Irish actor who went to live in Canada. He then moved to New York, 67 he became famous. By 68 late 1890s, he 69 (move) to Galveston. He died in 1899, a year before the hurricane struck. The cemetery where Coghlan was buried 70 (destroy) by the hurricane and Coghlan’s coffin ended up in the sea.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10 分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除: 把多余的词用斜线( )划掉。
修改: 在错词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Some countries are better than others in looking after the environment. People in countries such as Germany put their garbage into different bags—paper in one bag, plastic in other bag, etc. The garbage is then taken away but, if possible, recycling. Chemicals which are found in refrigerators and aerosol cans are not allowed. There are laws do not allow people to burn too much coal.【21cnj*y.co*m】
In 1970, with people learnt more about environmental problems, the “Green” movement began and soon spread all over the Europe. Now the “Green” movement tried to get governments to think serious about the environment and what to do to look after it. It collects informations about how industry is damaging the environment and gives it to newspapers.21·cn·jy·com
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
为了减少环境污染、缓解城市交通压力，我市开始实施新的机动车限号行驶规定（the license number-plate restrictions)。假定你最近就我市实施这一新规定进行了采访，请用英语写一篇短文。内容包括：
1．限号带来的好处；
2．限号存在的问题；
3．你的看法及改进建议。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
木里中学2017～2018学年度(下)高中2017级期中考试
英语参考答案
一、听力 1-5CAABB 6-10ACBAB 11-15CAACB 16-20ACBBC
二、阅读 21-24BDCA 25-28CBCA 29-31DAB 32-35 BACD
36-40 ACDFE
三、完型41-45CAADC 46-50 BDCDB 51-55 ADDAC 56-60 BCADB
四、语法填空
61. tornadoes或 tornados 62. is 63. exactly 64. On 65. causing
66. effect 67. where 68. the 69. had moved 70. was destroyed
评分标准:有任何错误,包括用词错误、单词拼写错误(含大小写)或语法形式错误，均不给分
改错
in-at 2. other-another 3.but-and 4.recycling-recycled
5.在laws后添加that或which 6. learnt-learning或With-As
7. 删除Europe 前的the 8.tried-tries
9. serious-seriously 10.informations-information
评分标准：有任何错误,包括格式错误、用词错误、单词拼写错误(含大小写)或语法形式错误，均不给分。
六、书面表达
One possible version
Recently I made a survey on the new license number-plate restrictions which have been adopted in our city .
Many people agree that the system to some extent, has reduced the environment pollution and relieved the pressure of transportation. However, every coin has two sides. Many car owners complain that it is annoying that they are not allowed to drive their own cars, especially when something is urgent.
In my opinion, for the benefit of the public, it is worthwhile to sacrifice part of personal convenience. However, I think it will be better if that government provide more means of public transportation for citizens . （104 words）
书面表达评分标准：25分
一、各档次语言要点配分参考标准
档次
要点数
要点分
语言要点表达情况划档依据
第五档
5
21-23
语言基本无误,行文连贯,表达清楚
第四档
4
16-20
语言有少量错误,行文基本连贯,表达基本清楚
第三档
3
11-15
语言有一些错误,尚能表达
第二档
2
6-10
语言错误很多,影响表达
第一档
2
0-5
只能写出与要求内容有关的一些单词
二、内容要点认定及计分参考标准
1.介绍采访背景；（说明清楚表达正确，计5分）
2.限号带来的好处 ；（说明清楚表达正确,计5分）
3.限号存在的问题；（阐述清楚表达正确，计5分）
4.看法和建议；（表意清楚、表达正确，计5分）
5.卷面书写及层次；（2分）
三、扣分参考依据
1．其表达未能达成正确句意的，不给分，如：写出了主语或谓语等关键词，但未能达成符合要点要求、意义清楚的句子；21世纪教育网
2．句子结构完整、但关键点出现错误或漏掉部分关键词，扣半个要点分，如：主谓一致错误，或关键词拼写错误(如主语，关键性名词等)，或谓语动词时态/语态错误等；
3．凡使用铅笔答题、或答题中使用了涂改液或不干胶条，一律不给分；
4．凡多次出现非关键性单词拼写错误或其它同类错误，原则上每4处扣1分；
5．文章内容要点全面，但写出了一些多余内容(连接或过渡词句不在此列)，原则上不扣分；
6．凡书写超出规定的答题区域，全卷不给分；
7．书写潦草凌乱、但基本不影响阅卷的，酌情扣卷面分1-2分。
录音原文：
Text 1
M: The weather is so nice today. Let’s go camping in the mountain. 【21·世纪·教育·网】
W: I’d like to, but the coming exam is scheduled for next week and I have to prepare for it in the library. 2-1-c-n-j-y
Text 2
W: How much did you pay for this new fridge?
M: Oh, it was a little over a thousand dollars, plus tax. It was much more expensive than our washing machine, but not nearly as much as our bed!【21教育名师】
Text 3
W: Well, dinner is ready. I wonder why Tom hasn’t come back yet.
M: I just asked him to go to the supermarket after work. He should be on the way back home.
W: Let me call him to ask.
Text 4
M: Well, when I was a teenager, I would go there whenever there was a new movie, but I seldom go to the cinema anymore.
W: How come?
M: I don’t like all these new science fiction movies, not to mention violence ones!
Text 5
W: Do you know that Mrs. William is already 45?
M: Really? I can’t believe it. She seems like a young lady who is in her thirties.
W: You will be more surprised when you see her 25-year-old daughter.
Text 6
W: Are you sure this is the right street?
M: No, I have no idea where we are.
W: Well, I think we must have got lost.
M: It’s not my fault. Your sister’s directions don’t make sense. www-2-1-cnjy-com
W: What? Don’t blame others. The routes seemed easy to understand for me.
M: Well, then, why don’t you drive if you are so much better at it than I am?
W: OK. This can’t beat me. Pull over.
Text 7
W: What do you do for a living?
M: I’m a sports writer, working with a sports magazine. 21教育网
W: A sports writer? That must be a lot of work.
M: It is. Every day, I take a lot of pictures.
W: How interesting! Then you travel a lot to watch exciting sports events?
M: You’re right. More than half the year, I am out traveling around the country. And I also drive a lot. 【21教育】
W: Do you go abroad often?
M: Not really. But I do sometimes go abroad to report on overseas sports events.
W: What an exciting job! I wish I could be more like you.
M: Why not?
Text 8
W: What a cold day! The weatherman says there will be a snowstorm today. You’d better wear warm clothes, dear.
M: I don’t believe the weatherman anymore. Last week he said there would be clear skies but it rained all week.
W: All right. Go ahead and catch cold. You can see that it’s overcast. In the winter, that always means that it’s going to snow.
M: It doesn’t make any difference. Felix is driving me to the office. I don’t have to go outside.
W: But you may go out for lunch.
M: By that time, this storm will have blown over. Look! It’s partly sunny already.
W: No, it’s partly cloudy. Here are your overcoat and boots.
M: Thank you. And here’s Felix. See you tonight.
Text 9
W: So, what are you going to do this summer?
M: Well, I’m probably going on holiday with my parents, but I really hope I can get a summer job in a market. What about you?
W: I’m going to Scotland for the summer.
M: For the whole summer?
W: Yes. I’m going to work in the mountains with my best friend.
M: Really? That sounds great!
W: Yes. The work won’t be very interesting. It’ll be mostly cooking, cleaning and working on reception and selling drinks. But our hours are eight till ten in the morning and six till nine in the evening. So we’ll have plenty of time during the day to go for a walk in the open air.
M: I wish I could get a job like that. How did you find out about it?www.21-cn-jy.com
W: I read about it in a magazine called Summer Work Round Britain. It tells you about all kinds of different jobs in different places. You can work on farms picking fruits, or at hotels near the sea. You can even get work at music festivals.
Text 10
W: Hello, I’m Rachel Joyce. I’m so happy to be here today at the Claremont Library. I’ve traveled all the way from England, and it’s truly wonderful to visit the United States! This is the first stop on my book tour. I’m off to Australia next! Before I take any questions, let me tell you a bit about myself. My new novel, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, was published in 2014. The book is a companion to my first novel, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, which follows a man named Harold Fry as he goes in search of his old friend, Queenie Hennessy, in hopes of saying goodbye before she dies. The novel was published in 2012. It was almost chosen for the Commonwealth Book Prize and the Man Booker Prize. The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy is Queenie’s side of the story as she waits for Harold. I’ve also written many radio plays for BBC Radio Four, and in 2007, I won the Tinniswood Award for my radio play To Be a Pilgrim. I have also won the UK National Book Award for New Writer of the Year. Now, I’ll take questions from the audience.
