江苏省南通市2019-2020学年高一英语上学期期末调研模拟试题(Word版有听力文字材料无听力音频材料)

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江苏省南通市2019-2020学年高一英语上学期期末调研模拟试题
本试卷由四个部分组成。其中,第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。
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,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 does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Have lunch first. B. Eat slowly. C. Join in a game.
2. What will the woman probably do next?
A. Check the battery. B. Repair the display. C. Buy a new phone.
3. What surprises the man?
A. Jane dropped school. B. Jane made much money. C. Jane is still working.
4. What does the woman mean?
A. She is encouraged. B. She appreciates the offer. C. She needs a friend.
5. What does the man mean?
A. A cold drink can be relaxing.
B. Scott and Tina like to play jokes on each other.
C. Humor can be helpful in embarrassing situations.
第二节
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. Where will the package go to?
A. The UK. B. The US. C. Mexico.
7. How much more will the man pay for the package than normal?
A. 10 cents. B. 50 cents. C. 90 cents.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8. Where does the man come from?
A. Victoria. B. Montreal. C. Halifax.
9. How many days will the man stay in the city in total?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 5.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. Who is the man?
A. A repairman. B. The woman’s husband. C. The kids’ tutor.
11. When will the man see about the window?
A. Tomorrow afternoon. B. In a few weeks. C. In a short time.
12. Who broke the window this time?
A. The woman’s children. B. The woman. C. The man.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. Which people were probably leaving big cities to live in the countryside?
A. The British. B. The Brazilians. C. The Mexicans.
14. What was the likely population in New York in 2000 according to the conversation?
A. 12 million. B. 14 million. C. 26 million.
15. Which is not mentioned as the problem caused by increasing population?
A. Transportation. B. Education. C. Housing.
16. Which city wouldn’t be in the top ten in terms of population?
A. London. B. Mexico City. C. New York City.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. What is the first thing to celebrate the festival?
A. A group discussion.
B. A lecture.
C. A women’s program.
18. Who is Dr. Linda Thompson?
A. Author of Gender Connection.
B. President of the university.
C. Secretary of an organization.
19. What will follow Thomas Lane’s talk?
A. A reception. B. A competition. C. A group discussion.
20. How can student poets participate in Women’s History Month?
A. By writing for the newspaper. B. By reading their own poets. C. By giving lectures.
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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
It's a drink which has become synonymous with a healthy lifestyle - but is green tea the magical potion many health sites would have us believe? Green tea has been popular in China for centuries, and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat a number of health issues - including depression.
Its virtues have also been extolled by celebrities and so-called health experts for a number of reasons. These include its ability to help weight-loss, as well as containing antioxidants which are believed to help combat different types of cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's. Given these claims, it's easy to see green tea as sort of magical elixir.
1. Green tea and weight loss
Green tea contains B vitamins, folate (naturally occurring folic acid), manganese, potassium, magnesium, caffeine and other antioxidants, such as catechins. It’s catechins ?along with green tea's naturally occurring caffeine ?which are thought to help the body burn more calories.
Weight-loss products containing green tea have a higher concentration of catechins and caffeine than the typical green tea beverage. However, there's some bad news. A review from 2012 of 18 studies involving 1,945 people found no significant effect of weight loss from drinking green tea.
2. Green tea and cholesterol
Thanks again to the catechins, in a reputable review from 2013 of 11 studies involving 821 people, it was found daily consumption of green and black tea (as a drink or a capsule) could help lower cholesterol and blood pressure.
It's important to note, however, that the authors of the study pointed out the trials were short-term, and cautioned longer-term trials would be needed to substantiate their findings. These were back up by an earlier review in 2011, which found drinking green tea enriched with catechins led to a small reduction in cholesterol, a main cause of heart disease and stroke.
Though no one could say for certain how much green tea a person would need to drink to reap the benefits.
3. Green tea and cancer
On this the NHS is clear. There is no evidence drinking green tea protects against different types of cancer.
21. What's the meaning of the underlined word in the second paragraph?
A. Criticized B. Commented C. Praised D. Exaggerated(夸张)
22. People think the ingredients in green tea that can burn more calories are ______
① vitamins ② folate ③ catechins ④ magnesium ⑤ caffeine
A. ①② B. ④⑤ C. ③⑤ D. ②⑤
23. According to Part 2, we can infer that ______.
A. further researches are needed to prove the findings
B. the short-term research is not right
C. the long-term research is not in the works
D. over drinking green tea benefits health
B
In the movie Jurassic Park (1993) a billionaire creates a theme park filled with dinosaurs, brought back from extinction through cloning by a team of scientists.
Although the film is of course fictional, the methods used in it to bring animals back from the dead may soon become reality.
Scientists from Harvard University in the US are currently working on resurrecting the woolly mammoth, a mammal that became extinct around 4,000 years ago.
However, it wouldn’t be an exact copy of the hairy beast. “Our aim is to produce a hybrid elephant-mammoth embryo,” Professor George Church, head of the team of scientists, told The Guardian.
“Actually, it would be more like an elephant with a number of mammoth traits. We’re not there yet, but it could happen in a couple of years.”
The team is hoping to make a “mammophant” – a mix between an elephant and a mammoth. It would be like a regular elephant but have features from the mammoth that would make it more adaptable to cold weather.
Small ears, a thick layer of body fat and, of course, long hair are what helped the mammoth live in freezing temperatures.
So why go through all the effort and expense to bring back an animal that died out thousands of years ago? The answer lies in climate change.
It’s hoped that the creatures will stop frost in the world’s tundra from melting and releasing huge amounts of harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
“Mammoths used to keep the tundra from thawing by punching through snow and allowing cold air to come in,” said Church. “In the summer, they knocked down trees and helped the grass grow.”
Church and his team are attempting to mix mammoth DNA, recovered from frozen samples of the animal found in Siberia, with that of the Asian elephant, which is its closest relative.
There are critics who believe that the media has got carried away with the story though, after several websites ran headlines such as “Woolly mammoths will be roaming Earth again within two years”.
“So far, scientists have managed to incorporate traits of the mammoth into elephant DNA. In a few years, they hope to make an embryo, but that’s a long way from creating a viable embryo,” Popular Science magazine wrote.
Some have even gone so far as to call the story “fake news”. Paleoanthropologist (古人类学家) John Hawks wrote on blog platform Medium: “Is this just another case of the media sensationalizing(大肆渲染) what is otherwise a good science story?”
Although we may not be seeing woolly mammoths at the zoo any time in the near future, it’s still exciting to know that there is still the possibility of a real Jurassic Park someday, however tiny that possibility may be.
24. The underlined word “resurrecting” in Paragraph 3 probably means ______.
A. making something adaptable to current condition
B. studying a sample of something
C. bringing something back to life
D. producing a hybrid embryo of something
25. What would a mammophant look like according to the text?
A. It would be a combination of elephant, mammoth and dinosaur.
B. It would be an exact copy of the woolly mammoth with long hair.
C. It would look like a normal elephant but also share some mammoth traits.
D. It would be like a bigger sized elephant with small ears and short hair.
26. What is the main purpose of producing mammophants according to Church?
A. To improve biodiversity.
B. To help fight global warming.
C. To remove frost in the tundra.
D. To help grass grow in the tundra.
27. What can be concluded from the text?
A. The media holds a cautious attitude toward the mammophant program.
B. A hybrid elephant-mammoth embryo is likely to be produced within two years.
C. The method used to produce mammophants was borrowed from the movie Jurassic Park.
D. Scientists still have a long way to go to fulfill the goals of the mammophant program.
C
Good news for people who have difficulty in remembering things. A memory technique invented by the ancient Greeks has recently been proved to be able to greatly improve ordinary people’s memory ability. You may even become a memory champion if you practice hard enough.
This is according to a study published in the journal Neuron. Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands found that memory champions aren’t all that different to us. People with an average memory can greatly improve their memory ability by using what’s known as the “mind palace” method.
The method is the secret weapon (武器) of the fictional (虚构的) character Sherlock Holmes.
In order to do this, you need to picture a place you’re familiar with, such as your living room. Then, you have to remember this place in as much detail as possible as this is your own mind palace.
Suppose you want to remember a shopping list. You can start by spreading out all the items around your living room in your mind. This means each item on your list is connected with a remembered place in your living room. You travel to that remembered place as you recall the list.
To explore the effects of this method on the brain, researchers gathered 51 participants with average memory levels and no previous memory training. After 40 days of daily 30-minute training sessions (一段时间), participants doubled the amount of words they could remember – they went from recalling an average of 26 words out of 72, to an impressive 62. Four months later, even without continued training, their recall performance remained high.
“Once you are familiar with these strategies and know how to apply them, you can keep your performance high without much further training,” Martin Dresler, assistant professor from Radboud University Medical Center, told the Daily Mail.
In addition, the training also affects the way our brain cells connect. After training, the way that the participants’ brain cells connect began to be like those of memory champions compared to scans (扫描检查) taken before training. Researchers believe this could be responsible for their increased memory.
But what makes this research so fascinating is that it seems to prove that the talent to store things in your mind isn’t down to genes. Dresler found there was no difference in brain structure between memory champions and normal people, which means memory champions are not born with different brains.
“They, without a single exception, trained for months and years using methods to achieve these high levels of performance,” Dresler told Science Daily.
It’s clear that more studies are needed to find out what’s going on here, but the “mind palace” method might be your best bet to never forget an important name, date or appointment ever again.
28. The main purpose of the text is to ______.
A. present a research on a memory improvement strategy
B. explore the secrets of memory champions
C. argue whether good memory is natural or trained
D. explain how a memory improvement strategy works.
29. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the “mind palace” method?
A. The method became popular because of Sherlock Holmes.
B. People need to draw a familiar place on paper before using the method.
C. The effects of this method are likely to fade when the training stops.
D. The method relies on a connection with a familiar environment to remember things.
30. What would Martin Dresler probably agree with?
A. People’s memory level has a lot to do with their brain structure.
B. Memory champions are often born with outstanding memory ability.
C. Memory training could change the way our brain cells connect.
D. With continued training, everyone can develop into a memory champion.
D
Scene?one: Michael?flies?in.
When he was high enough, Michael looked down. He could see the van parked among the trees, but he couldn't see the gang. He started to fly towards the wall. He went through the details of the plan in his head. He had to wait until he heard the bell ring at ten. It took fifteen minutes there was nobody outside the building. That was when he had to fly in.
A minute later the bell rang and he saw the guards started to move away from their posts. He flew quickly over the wall and dropped down to the ground next to the building he had to enter. He spoke quietly into his microphone.
‘I'm at the main door.'
‘OK, Now press these keys on the number pad on the door. Ready? 7-8-5-0-7-9-9.’
‘Ok. Done.’
‘Now press the key that says “Enter”.’
Michael pressed the ‘Enter’ key. He heard a click.
‘The door's open.’
‘Good. Now go and do everything that I told you to do. Call me again when you get out with the “Lion” envelope.’
Michael slowly pushed the door open. To his amazement, he saw a man in military uniform standing in the middle of the corridor. He was holding a large sign which said:
MICHAEL,DON'T SAY SPEAK!
IT’S OK
THE POLICE ARE HERE.
YOU CAN WAIT TO THE OFFICE.
THE ALARMS ARE OFF.
The man smiled, and Michael smiled back. He worked down the corridor to the office, where there was a uniformed policeman. He held a sign which said:
MICHAEL,DON'T SAY ANYTHING!
TAKE THE ENVELOPE OUT OF THE CUPBOARD.
THERE'S A TRACKING DEVICE IN IT.
THERE'S ANOTHER TRACKING DEVICE ON THE DESK.
PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET.
Michael found the envelope and put it in his pocket, together with toe the tracking device. He waved cheerfully at the policeman and walked out of the office and down the corridor. As he stepped out into the courtyard, he spoke into his microphone, ‘I have got the “Lion” envelop.’
‘Good!’ said Wilson. ‘Now fly straightly back to us.’
He flapped his wings and flew up high to get above the lights. He knew he had to follow the plan so as not to make the men suspicious. As he flew over the wall, he started to feel scared again.
Scene two: Good news on Shillan.
‘We've found him!’ said Detective Riley to the Broads as he came back into the living room after his latest phone call.
‘Oh, that's wonderful news!’ said Sarah. ‘Where is he now?’
‘He's still with the criminals,’ answered Riley, ‘but our officers have given him a tracking device so we can follow him everywhere he goes.’
‘But why is he back with the criminals?’ asked Sarah. ‘Isn’t that dangerous?’
We need to catch these people, Mrs Broad, We need Michael’s help.’ said Detective Riley.
‘Oh, dear!’ said Sarah. ‘So he's not safe at all. You're going to use him to find those terrible people.’
I’m sorry, Mrs Broad,’ answered Riley. “But you must understand that I'm doing this for the safety of the country, and perhaps the whole world.’
31. What were the details of the plan of Michael?
A. He would wait until the bell rang ten times.
B. He would fly into the building in a quarter of an hour.
C. He would press the keys 7-8-5-0-7-9-9 and say “Enter”.
D. He would walk along the corridor and then enter the office.
32. According to the dialogue between Michael and Wilson, what could we get?
A. Michael was skilled at the task he was doing.
B. Michael was going to do something bad.
C. Wilson was not familiar with the building.
D. Wilson was once the guard in the building.
33. According to the signs, what can we infer?
A. It was safe for Michael to talk with the two men quietly.
B. The police had already arranged everything for Michael.
C. Someone had already put the envelope on the cupboard.
D. Michael could use the tracking devices to contact the police.
34. What did Sarah think after being told the fact of Michael?
A. Detective Riley was using Michael at the risk of his life.
B. Detective Riley couldn't rescue Michael at that moment.
C. Michael was able to catch the criminals despite in danger.
D. Michael should sacrifice for the safety of the whole country.
35. As to the characters in the story, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Wilson is a criminal.
B. Michael is an innocent boy.
C. Sarah is likely to be Michael's mother.
D. The man in military uniform is a policeman.
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。
Ambition(志向,抱负) is a necessary quality in life. It is the force which drives us on to use whatever talent we have got. __36__, these talents will not be used for our own and other’s benefit. Without ambition we are just jellyfish that flop through life. We only react to events; we don’t try to control them.
__37__. First of all, it can be unrealistic. We may not be able to see the limits of our own abilities, so we do ambitious things that are completely beyond us. Some people can see our good qualities and our limitations objectively. They may tell us that we haven’t the ability. We refuse to take their evaluation. We keep on trying. Many years and many disappointments later we are forced to accept their judgment. But what a waste of time our ill-founded ambition has caused us!
Besides, our ambition can be too concentrated. We devote our attention to one narrow aim, such as getting distinctions in our science subjects. Everything that may draw us away from this aim is cut out of our lives. In the end we get our distinctions. But we are isolated beings who only care about a particular examination. And we probably won’t make good scientists __38__.
And our ambition can be limited to lifeless objectives. __39__. Persons who feel inferior try to make up by seeking the respect of others through owning these artificial signs of worth.
__40__. But, like all blind forces, it must be directed if not to cause disaster.
A. Still, ambition can have several disadvantages
B. Because our ambition may make us among selfish people
C. Unless we have got some degree of ambition
D. Since we don’t have the breadth of view necessary for greater success
E. Ambition is necessary in the lives of individuals
F. As long as tightly controlled by the head and the heart
G. We want to gain money, or power, or membership of some circles
第三部分 语言知识运用(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)
阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,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。
All of us have been in different situations. Now 41 back to two situations from your past, one pleasant and the other unpleasant. 42 carefully whether you relive(再体验)them or just recall them. If you relive them, and 43 the same emotions as if you are undergoing the same situations again, you are 44 associated with the incidents. If you can objectively recall the incidents in the past, it’s 45 that you are dissociated (分离) from the incidents. Now how do association and dissociation 46 us in our life?
The simple 47 I prefer to follow is to associate with positive things in life and dissociate from the 48 ones. A few months ago, my friends and I went to the Ooty hill station. One of my friends, Amy, had been to Ooty before, had a wonderful time there, and 49 the beauty of nature. The only unpleasant thing was that her ring fell into the 50 . When we decided to take a boat ride, Amy was not willing to 51 us, as she had associated the 52 with that unpleasant memory before closely. 53 she had so many other very pleasant memories of her previous 54 , she had closely 55 that unpleasant incident to heart and relived the same old incident. We could see her 56 the same situation she had when her ring was lost. If she had dissociated herself from that unpleasant incident, she could have figured out a way to keep the 57 safe during such a boat ride and had 58 .
If you see people who are 59 , they may have dissociated from their positive experiences and associated with the negative ones. Learning to make a good 60 of which to associate and which to dissociate will make our life better.
41.A. date B. send C. turn D. think
42.A. Achieve B. Perform C. Notice D. Explain
43.A. experience B. understand C. describe D. watch
44.A. certainly B. quickly C. hardly D. gradually
45.A. possible B. clear C. fair D. lucky
46.A. thank B. attract C. protect D. help
47.A. order B. result C. rule D. policy
48.A. dangerous B. simple C. useless D. negative
49.A. remembered B. missed C. enjoyed D. watched
50.A. lake B. field C. forest D. castle
51.A. aid B. join C. accept D. ask
52.A. trip B. stage C. task D. trick
53.A. Though B. But C. Unless D. Or
54.A. research B. plan C. project D. visit
55.A. brought B. put C. given D. taken
56 A. going through B. looking after C. figuring out D. comparing to
57.A. goods B. valuables C. materials D. resources
58.A. fun B. time C. honor D. freedom
59.A. tired B. frightened C. embarrassed D. depressed
60.A. offer B. wish C. choice D. start
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。
Why don’t birds get lost on their long flights from one place to another?
Not long ago, experiments showed that birds rely 61 ______ the sun to guide them during daylight hours. But what about birds 62_______ fly by night? Tests with artificial stars have proved that certain night flying birds are able to follow the stars in their long-distance flights.
A dove had spent its lifetime in a cage and had never flown under a 63_______(nature) sky. Yet 64 _______ showed an inborn ability to use the stars for guidance. The bird’s cage 65_______ (place) under an artificial star-filled sky. The bird tried to fly in the same direction as that 66 ________ (take) by his outdoor cousins. Any change in the position of the make-believe stars caused 67________ change in the direction of his flight.
Scientists think that doves, when 68_______ (fly) in daylight, use the sun for guidance. But the stars are obviously their main means of flight. What do they do 69______ the stars are hidden by clouds? Apparently, they find their way by such landmarks as mountain ranges, coastlines, and river courses. But when it’s too dark to see these, the doves circle 70_______ (help), unable to get their position.
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l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:在错的词下画一横线,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。
David McConnell sold books door-to-door. Housewives were not interested in the books and frequently slammed the door(关门,拒绝)in McConnell’s face after he had a chance to make his sale. Instead of being discouraging, McConnell decided to give off a free gift, a small vial(小瓶) of perfume, by which he made himself. He soon discovered that the women prefer the perfume to the books. He stopped selling books and creating his own company Avon, which is success.
When you do nothing, you learn nothing. And when you try and fail, you learn what doesn’t work. That puts you one step close to what will work. It is not failure itself but the attitude we have towards it matters.
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
阅读下面的文章,并按要求用英语写一篇150词的作文。
Iam so looking forward to my college life. I have pictured it thousands of times in my mind. The free lifestyle and lively parties are always appearing in my mind. The great expectation of campus life endows me a lot of passion to keep studying. After one year's study, I would find my lifestyle.
The first thing for me is to learn more knowledge. Most students find a way to release themselves and skip or sleep in the class. They think study is just the task, so they give up improving themselves and take part in all kinds of activities, which bring them great joy. The wrong conception about college stage makes most students miss the best time to equip themselves with skills. I realize my job and dare not to loosen study.
【写作内容】
1.用30词概括上面的内容;
2.你的梦想是什么?阐述拥有梦想使你的生活变得不同;
3.你认为实现梦想需要什么。
【写作要求】
1.写作过程不能引用原文中语句;
2.作文中不能出现真实的姓名和学校名字。











答案
第一部分: 听力(满分30分 每题1.5分)
1-5. BACBC 6-10. ABCCA 11-15. CBABC 16-20. ABCAB
第二部分: 阅读理解(满分40分 每题2分)
21-23 CCA 24-27 CCBD 28-30 ADC 31-35 BBBAD 36-40 CADGE
第三部分: 语言知识运用
第一节 完形填空(满分30分 每题1.5分)
41-45 DCAAB 46-50 DCDCA 51-55 BAADD 56-60 ABADC
第二节 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。
(满分15分 每题1.5分)
61. on 62. that / which 63. natural 64. it 65. was placed
66. taken 67. a 68. flying 69. when/if 70. helplessly
第四部分: 写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节 短文改错(满分10分 每题1分)
71. after改为before 72. discouraging改为discouraged 73. off改为away
74. 去掉by 75. prefer改为preferred 76. creating改为created
77. success之前加a或success改为successful 78. And when改为But when
79. close改为closer 80. matters之前加that
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
One possible version:
As the author mentions, college life is the common dream of all the senior 3 students and the professional knowledge and various activities are also what we are looking forward to learning and participating in.
I have been dreaming of becoming a doctor. I really admire doctors, for they can help patients by using their professional knowledge. I know if I want to become a doctor, I need to master the essential medical knowledge and accumulate a great deal of experience. Keeping this dream in mind, I need to take action to work hard right now to master some basic knowledge and try my best to enter a good medical university. Having a goal to fight for, I have now a completely different life.
Admittedly,it is not easy to realize our dreams. The most important thing is that we stick to them and never give up. Apart from this, we should also use the right method.
录 音 稿
Text 1
W: Don’t wolf down your lunch. It’s not good for you.
M: OK, mom, but the boys will be here any minute, and I don’t want to miss the game.
Text 2
W: I think I need a new cell phone.
M: Why? Doesn’t it pick up a signal anymore?
W: No, and the display works only part of the time.
M: Did you check the battery?
W: No. I thought they were good forever.
Text 3
W: Jane earned a lot of money over the summer as a consultant for that company.
M: I don’t doubt it. What surprises me is that she is still working there now that classes have started again.
Text 4
M: What’s up? You look down.
W: I’ve got piles of papers to type, but I type so slowly.
M: Come on. What are friends for? I can do it for you.
W: Really? How kind you are to help me out!
Text 5
W: With Scott and Tina both up for the same job, I feel nervous when they’re in the same room.
M: I just try to act normally, like tell them a joke or something. That usually breaks the ice.
Text 6
M: What’s the postage on this letter to Mexico, please?
W: How would you like to send it?
M: By registered airmail.
W: Ninety cents, please. And please write down the postal code in the mailing address. Anything else?
M: Yes. I’d like six postcards and 10 fifty-cent stamps please.
W: All right. Here you are.
M: And⑥this package is for London. Will you weigh it for me?
W: Yes, of course. This package is 10 grams overweight. ⑦You’ll have to pay 50 cents extra for the overweight.
Text 7
W: What kind of wine did you have, sir?
M: We had red wine. One bottle of the house wine.
W: Just a moment. I’ll check with the waitress.
(After a while. )
W: All right, sir. I corrected the mistake.
M: I’d like to pay by check. Do you accept out-of-town checks?
W: Yes. Do you have some identification?
M: I have my driver’s license and two credit cards. Is that all right?
W: Yes, that’s fine. Ah, ⑧I see you’re from Halifax. How do you like Montreal?
M: I think it’s a marvelous city.
W: How long are you going to be here?
M: ⑨For three more days until Tuesday. We arrived two days ago.
W: I hope you enjoy your visit here.
M: Thank you.
Text 8
W: I’d like to speak to Mr. Johnson, please.
M: Speaking.
W: Oh, hello. This is Erica Stone. My living room window was broken this afternoon.⑩Can you repair it?
M: Sure. I can come over tomorrow afternoon. Is that OK?
W: Could you come over now?
M: OK. I’ll come over and take a look in a little while.
W: You charge about $100, don’t you?
M: Usually, if it’s a small window. ⑩Say didn’t I repair a window for you a few weeks ago?
W: Yes, you did.
M: Oh, and your little ones have broken the window again? Were they playing ball in the house?
W: Well, no. I told them not to do that any more.This time I broke it. I was practicing volleyball.
M: Oh, you did, did you?
Text 9
W: In Britain we are often told that people are leaving the big cities to live in the countryside but is this the same worldwide?
M: Not at all. If you look at the biggest cities in 1950, seven out of the top ten were in the developed countries but by the year 2000, the developing countries will have eight out of top ten. New York, which in 1950 was number one with a population of around 12 million, will only be the sixth largest city in the world but with an extra 2 million.
W: And London?
M: London, which was number two, won’t even be in the top ten. Its population in 1950, by the way, was about 10 million.
W: And why is this happening? Why are people moving to the big cities from the country in the developing countries?
M: The reasons are various but many are moving to look for work. And the problems caused by this are enormous. It’s said that 26 million people will be living in Mexico City by the year 2000, with Sao Paulo in Brazil not far behind.
W: It’s hard to believe.
M: I know. Well, just imagine the difficulties this is going to cause in terms of health, transport and education.
Text 10
W: As many of you already know, March is Women’s History Month, so it’s just a few weeks until the university begins its annual festival. The Women’s Studies Program, together with the College Life Office, is pleased to announce that a full schedule of events is planned all through March. The opening activity will be a lecture by Dr. Linda Thompson, secretary of the Women’s Studies Program; she’ll talk about the status of women on college campuses. All students are invited to attend at eight p.m. on March first in the Student Center, Room 112.
On March fourth, the Student Center Cafe will offer a place for women poets to read their works. The English department’s Kate Benson will read from her recently published poetry collection The Ways of a Woman. Student poets will be encouraged to share their poems as well. Interested people should sign up at the Women’s Studies Office.
On the fifteenth, come out and hear Thomas Lane, author of the best-selling book Gender Connection, talk about male / female relationships. The talk will be held in the Student Center Auditorium at 7:30 p. m. with a reception to follow.
Lots of other events are being planned, including a show of the work of women artists, a group discussion about women’s legal issues, and more. Check the campus paper for times and places, or stay tuned to WRUC for further details.


Why don’t birds get lost on their long flights from one place to another?
Not long ago, experiments showed that birds rely 1 ___ the sun to guide them during daylight hours. But what about birds 2___ fly by night? Tests with artificial stars have proved that certain night flying birds are able to follow the stars in their long-distance flights.
A dove had spent its lifetime in a cage and had never flown under a 3_______(nature) sky. Yet 4 ___ showed an inborn ability to use the stars for guidance. The bird’s cage 5_____ (place) under an artificial star-filled sky. The bird tried to fly in the same direction as that 6 ________ (take) by his outdoor cousins. Any change in the position of the make-believe stars caused 7________ change in the direction of his flight.
Scientists think that doves, when 8_______ (fly) in daylight, use the sun for guidance. But the stars are apparently their principal means of navigation. What do they do 9______ the stars are hidden by clouds? Apparently, they find their way by such landmarks as mountain ranges, coastlines, and river courses. But when it’s too dark to see these, the doves circle 10_______ (help), unable to get their position.
61. on 62. that / which 63. natural 64. it 65. was placed
66. taken 67. a 68. flying 69. when/if 70. helplessly


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