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1. Wh
y do
esn
??????t the girl want to go
to sc
hool
according to the ma
n?
A. S
he
is i
ll.
B
. She feels nervous. C. She lost her book report.
2. Wh
o is
the woman
talking to?
A. H
er h
usb
and.
B
. A
n
inst
ructor. C. A doctor.
3. Wh
at do
the s
peak
ers need to do
to the
prin
ter?
A. A
dd so
me
new
pap
er.
B. C
hange the ink. C. Restart it.
4. Wh
y do
es the man do his presen
t jo
b?
A. F
or l
ove.
B
. Fo
r mone
y. C. For reputation.
5. How
old was the woman when s
he started wrestling?
A. 24. B. 21. C. 18.
151.522.5
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6、7
。
6. Wh
at
is th
e ma
n??????s opinion of the
le
ctur
e?
A. I
t was ve
ry b
ad.
B
. It
was
imp
ortant.
C. It was interesting.
7. Why doesn??????t the woman think coal will be important for much longer?
1 ( 1 2 )
Peo
ple will u
se o
ther e
nergy
for
pow
er.
B.
No m
achines
can
wor
k dow
n in
coal mines.
C. Good sources of coal have been decreasing.
7
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8
、9。
8. How
does the woman look?
A. E
xcited
.
B
. Optimistic. C. Stressed.
9. Wh
at doe
s the
m
an
promise t
o do?
A.
Take c
are
of the child
ren more.
B.
Can
ce
l t
he chil
dren??????s activities.
C. Go on a family trip.
8
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T
10
1
2。
10. Wh
ere wi
ll th
e woma
n get soap
?
A. Fro
m th
e gr
ocery s
tore. B. From the supermarket. C. From the man.
11. Wh
ere
wa
s the woman swimmin
g?
A. I
n th
e po
ol.
B
.
In th
e ocean. C. In the river.
12. How
d
id the speakers travel to
the
ir destination?
A. By car. B. By train. C. By motorbike.
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1316。
13. Wh
ere
are
the spe
akers?
A. In
the
doc
tor??????s of
fice
.
B. In
the ski
field. C. In the drugstore.
14. Wh
at di
d th
e wom
an do the week before?
A.
She
did som
e te
st
s.
B.
She
moved
into
a new p
lac
e.
C. Sh
e helped
her
bro
ther do
something
.
15. Wh
at ha
ppen
ed to t
he wom
an according to the man?
A.
She
hurt h
erself whi
le sk
iing.
B.
She
lifted som
ethi
ng t
oo he
avy.
C. She
stre
tched
out he
r b
ack
too muc
h.
16. Wh
at??????s
the m
ain reason for the woman to teach ski lessons?
A.
She
loves
skii
ng.
B.
Her
office
job is b
oring.
C. She needs holiday expenses.
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17
20。
17. Wh
at
is the t
alk main
ly a
bo
ut?
A. A s
chool p
lay.
B.
A
stud
ent f
ilm
pr
od
uction
. C. A concert on campus.
18. Where should people go if they want to be a stage manager?
2 ( 1 2 )
Th
e vi
deo
room
.
B.
The g
ym sta
ge. C. The drama room.
19. Wh
at will be
done during this
lunch hou
r?
A. Pa
intin
g furn
iture.
B.
Creat
ing de
cor
ations.
C
. Looking for stage crew.
20. Wh
en
will
Mrs. B
lake and her
tea
m b
egin to practice for the pe
rfo
rma
nce?
A. In the winter. B
. In the summer. C. In the spring.
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at
ca
n we know
about
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tery Gift?
A.
It is
avai
lable an
ytime dur
ing
April.
B.
Y
ou
may c
ho
ose
vouc
hers
or clo
thing.
C.
It is g
iven to the
fir
st fi
fty clas
s appl
icant
s.
D. Ea
ch p
artic
ipant o
f the
launch
even
t c
an ge
t on
e.
22. Wh
en
wi
ll kids att
end the l
aun
ch
event if they are
fon
d
of tenn
is?
A. A
t 1
pm
.
B
. A
t 3
pm. C. At 5 pm. D. At 6 pm.
23. Wh
at i
s the m
ain
purpo
se of the text?
A.
To
report the
sp
orts ev
ents. B.
To
intro
duce he
alt
hy lifest
yles.
C. To advertize the sports classes. D. To give advice on making friends.
B
Cr
aig
Blackbu
rn,
a fat
her
and
car fan,
built
a Ba
tm
obile f
or
his
son
??????s
hope
for u
sing
the
vehic
le to
bright
en the
live
s of sick c
hildren.
An
d no
w he hopes to use it for more than just his
son??????s hope
afte
r se
eing the
ch
ildren??????s
rea
ction
to th
e B
atm
obile.
B
ased
on the nu
mber of failur
es he
had see
n in car
group
s,
he estim
ated t
hat
only about
one in 50
atte
mpted constructions was actually finished and he realized what an incredible
opportuni
ty he had.
Mr.
Blac
kburn
started
th
e projec
t at th
e beginnin
g o
f2018
after
hearing a f
riend in
the US
was do
ing
the sam
e th
ing.
It started wi
th
im
porting
an
oute
r shell
ov
ersea
s, before
pic
king
br
ains o
f a f
riend
who
had
a ba
ckg
rou
nd as a
work
er in a car
facto
ry to
gain know
le
dge
of how
to bu
ild
the c
ar. With
the
help of his friend, Mr. Blackburn built the Batmobile in 18 months
with the c
ost reachin
g six f
igu
res.
Mr
. Bl
ackburn
hoped
to add
a fla
meth
rower(
)
onto th
e bac
k of
the ve
hicle
and
said he
had thou
ght ab
out buildin
g the more re
cent Ba
tma
n Tumbler
from
the
serie
s film
. Thou
gh
Mr. Blac
kburn
enco
unte
red p
lent
y of
diffic
ulti
es t
o get ov
er
during
the
construction,
in Sep
tembe
r 201
9,
the car ma
de i
ts f
irst
show at the Carnival of Flowers in
Toowoom
ba,
before b
ei
ng us
ed
by Bla
ck
burn
??????s so
n for h
is ho
pe.
“It was
grea
t. It was
so go
od
to
see t
he
kids
?????? and
adult
s??????
excite
men
t at
seei
ng
the
Batmo
bil
e.”
Mr.
Blackbur
n s
aid
. As
a re
sult,
the car l
over
s hop
e to m
ake
the
car
work on the
roads as soon as possible, so he can visit sick children and take them out with his son.
4 ( 1 2 )
Wh
at i
s Craig
Bla
ckbur
n??????s initial purpose of making the Batmobile?
A.
To
realize
hi
s s
on??????s
dream.
B.
To
don
ate
it to sick
ch
ildr
en.
C.
To
pay h
is r
esp
ect
s to the f
ilm
D. T
o sh
ow off at t
he C
arniva
l of
Flowers in T
oow
oomba.
25. How
did Blackburn feel
about the car-makin
g at first?
A. H
ope
ful. B
. Con
fused
. C. Impossible. D. Unsure.
26. How
d
id Black
bur
n??????s fri
end h
elp
him?
A.
By
making
an o
uter shell
for him.
B.
By
offering
him
financial s
up
port.
C.
By
sharing
the
kno
wledge of bu
ild
ing
car
s.
D. B
y t
ellin
g h
im the
background
of
the
car factory.
27. Wh
at
is th
e c
ar love
rs?????? ex
pec
tatio
n of the Batmobile?
A.
It
will
be
driven soo
n on th
e ro
ads.
B.
It
can
be disp
laye
d aro
un
d the
world.
C.
It
can
change
the
liv
es of
sick
childr
en.
D. It will appear in the next film about Batman.
C
Ma
ny pe
ople
believe
tha
t there
is on
e form
of their
la
nguag
e that
is mo
re co
rrect than
oth
ers.
They m
ay belie
ve
for ex
ample t
hat B
ritish E
nglish is
more c
orrec
t than
ot
her varieti
es;
or that w
ritten E
n
glish is mor
e corr
ect tha
n s
poken Englis
h.
Often this
beli
ef is su
pp
orted
b
y
reference
boo
ks
to
gramm
ars,
us
age
guides or di
ct
ionaries
: i
f somethi
ng goe
s ag
ainst a rul
e in a
gram
mar
, or if
the w
ord
isn??????t in the
dic
tiona
ry, it “m
ust be w
rong”. Si
nce
the referen
ce
books
are most
often
based
on o
bservatio
n of the
standard
written
language
, th
e
argum
ent
is r
eally
circ
ular:
thes
e b
ooks w
ill n
atural
ly
describe
standar
d us
age, b
ecaus
e t
hat is
what
the
y are
for;
but this does not mean that there is anything wrong with other kinds of usage that are less often
describ
ed.
A be
tter way
of
looking
at
things is t
o say
that u
sage is
“correct i
n
its place”.
St
andard
America
n E
nglis
h is co
rrect i
n A
me
rica, a
nd
form
al written
gramma
r is e
mp
loyed in
formal
writing. So this means there is no answer to the question: “What kind of English should
5 ( 1 2 )
stud
y?”
It de
pends on
their purp
oses. F
or m
any learn
ers, the b
est mod
el
is one
or
other of
the t
wo
main s
tanda
rd v
arie
ties:
Britis
h o
r American
English. Neither of these is
“better” tha
n th
e oth
er, and
the
y are both
used an
d u
nderstoo
d world
wide.
People
are a
lso worr
ied by
langua
ge ch
ange
. If younge
r peo
ple
“break” t
he ru
les that
older p
eop
le have
learn
t, old
er people
often
feel
dist
urbed: th
ey
are co
ncerned th
at you
ng
er
people n
o longe
r know
the
ir gramm
ar,
and that th
e
language
is
going dow
nhil
l.
This
is a
needless
worry:
change is
natural an
d
in
evitable, it ca
nnot
be
stop
ped,
a
nd it d
oes not
generally
affect
a lan
guage
??????s effici
ency a
s a comm
unicat
ive to
ol. A
gre
at deal o
f mo
dem E
nglish
gramm
ar would
have
bee
n wrong three hundred years ago, and will perhaps be wrong again
thre
e hund
red
yea
rs fro
m no
w.
28. Wh
at can we
inf
er from
paragrap
h 1
?
A.
Learn
ers are
always
con
fus
ed by
the
ref
erence boo
ks.
B.
Some w
rong
usages ca
n be
found in
th
e re
ference bo
oks.
C.
Nobody
can
challenge
th
e au
thority of
the ref
eren
ce b
ooks.
D. U
sag
es not men
ti
oned in
the re
ference books are not necessarily wrong.
29. Wh
at is p
ara
gra
ph 2 main
ly about ?
A.
There is n
o “stan
dar
d Eng
lish”
.
B.
Am
erican
English
is bet
ter
than
British Eng
lis
h.
C.
A le
arner shoul
d master
all the
distincti
ons o
f different
English.
D. The
diffe
renc
es betw
een
British Eng
lish a
nd American
En
glish.
30. Wh
ich word ca
n replace the
underlined
word “ine
vitable” in
paragraph 3
?
A. A
voi
dab
le.
B. F
ormal.
C.
C
ertain. D. Temporary.
31. Wh
at is the author??????s attitud
e towards the changes o
f English?
A. Disturbed. B. Optimistic. C. Cautious. D. Doubtful.
D
Any
one who
com
mu
tes (
) by
car knows
that traffic jams are an unavoidable part of
life. But
huma
ns are not alone in
facing
pote
ntia
l backup
s.
Ant
s a
lso com
mu
te—between their nest and sources of food. The survival of their habitats
depends on
doing th
is efficient
ly.
When humans commute, there??????s a point at which cars become dense () enough to
6 ( 1 2 )
d
own
the
flow o
f tr
affic,
causing
jam. r
esearch
ers
wanted to k
now if a
nt
s on the
move
could al
so
get stu
ck
. So they
regul
ated
tr
affic de
ns
ity by
const
ructin
g bridg
es o
f various
widths
be
twee
n a
col
ony o
f Arge
ntine
ant
s and
a s
ource
o
f food.
Then they waited and watched, trying
to find ou
t
at what
point
they
are g
oing to have
a tra
ffic jam
.
Bu
t it
appe
ars that
tha
t ne
ver happen
ed
. Th
ey alwa
ys
ma
nage
d to a
void
traffi
c jam. T
he
flo
w of
ants did in
crea
se
at the
beginn
ing as
an
ts started
to fi
ll the
brid
ge and
then
levell
ed off
at hi
gh densities. But it never slowed down or stopped, even when the bridge was nearly filled
with ants
.
T
he
re
searche
rs the
n to
ok a c
loser
look
at ho
w the
behaviour of i
ndivi
dual an
ts im
pacted
traff
ic as a
whole.
And they fou
nd that
when
ants sens
e overc
rowdin
g, they a
djust
the
ir speeds
and
avoid enterin
g high-de
nsity
are
as, w
hich
preven
ts
jams
. Th
ese
behav
iors
may be p
ro
moted
by phero
mones, c
hemi
cals t
hat te
ll o
ther
ants where
a trai
l is. T
he an
ts als
o man
age to
avoid
colliding
(
) w
ith
each
oth
er at
high d
ensities, w
hich
could
really
slow them
dow
n.
Can
ants
help u
s s
olv
e our
ow
n
traffi
c p
roblems?
Not like
ly. Tha
t??????s b
ecaus
e wh
en it c
omes
to getting
from
point
A
to
point
B as fast as
po
ssible
,
huma
n d
rivers pu
t the
ir o
wn goals
first.
Ind
ividua
l a
nts have to
be mo
re co
ope
rative in ord
er to f
eed the
col
ony
. But the
re
sear
ch c
ould
be use
ful in improvin
g traf
fic fl
ow for self-driving cars, which can be designed to be less like
selfi
sh hum
ans—
an
d more like
ants.
32. Wh
at does the underlined w
ord “this” in paragrap
h 2 refer
to?
A. S
urvi
ving
. B
. Com
mut
ing.
C.
Fi
ndin
g food.
D. Avoiding jams.
33. How
did the
resear
chers control the traffic
density
of t
he commu
ting a
nts?
A.
Th
rough cl
oser
obs
ervatio
n. B.
By
regulating
their
numbe
rs
.
C. B
y fin
ding
out th
e dens
e po
ints.
D
. By controlling the widths of their path.
34. How
can
ants a
vo
id traffi
c jam according to the research?
A.
They
follow
a
sp
ecial
route.
B.
They
level
off at
hi
gh de
nsitie
s.
C.
They
never st
op
or slo
w down
on the wa
y.
D. The
y
depe
nd on the
ir n
atu
ral c
hem
icals
to a
dju
st their speeds.
35. Wh
ich of t
he followin
g can be the best title for the
text?
A.
Traffic jams
B.
Survival of
an ant co
lony
C. Unavoidable? Not for ants! D. Differences between human and ants
7 ( 1 2 )
,。
。
We??????
ve
long be
en
taug
ht tha
t hel
ping oth
ers
helps ou
rse
lves. As Charles Dickens wrote,
“No one is u
sele
ss in th
is w
orld who
lightens th
e burden
s o
f another
.”
Sc
ienc
e ha
s sh
own that
unselfish behaviors actual
ly
do i
mprov
e our
he
alth
. 36 It can
reduce the ri
sk
for co
gnitiv
e impa
irmen
t(
)
. It can eve
n help u
s live long
er.
37 A 20
17 stu
dy
found pain
su
fferer
s who
vol
unteered
repo
rted d
ecrease
d pa
in along
with an
im
prov
ed sen
se of
purp
ose
. A new
series of
studies
m
ay have
found one
reas
on.
Regions of
th
e brain
that react to painful stimulation seem to instantly disappear by the
experien
ce of gi
ving.
In
anoth
er st
udy,
the
researchers
e
mpl
oyed
cance
r p
atients
li
ving
with pain
and asked
them to
cook a
nd c
lean
for
thems
elve
s or
for th
e benefit
of others
at
their treatment
center.
38
Wh
en th
ey did the work for their own personal benefit, the pain-relieving effect was
reduced
by over 6
2%
.
In ad
ditio
n, th
e stud
y f
ound
it was
the meani
ng people ga
ve to t
heir
good dee
ds that
predicted
how
much pai
n the brain w
ould perceive. Resear
ch
ers b
elieve th
e
medic
in
e should
consid
er
using
unselfish
“sup
plement th
erapies(
) t
o tre
at pain
.” 3
9
A
reduced
sense
of pai
n com
bined
wit
h feel-go
od chemic
als
—it see
m
s our
bra
in
s r
eward
us
for
helping
other
s even
whe
n we??????re n
ot expecting anything in return. 40 It is a good way to improve
your health and others??????.
A.
It is true
for vo
luntee
rs.
B.
Helping ot
hers h
elps our
sel
ves.
C.
H
owev
er, more
rese
arch is
nee
ded
abo
ut the
idea
.
D.
It also
appe
ars t
hat givin
g can h
elp us
cop
e with
pain.
E.
When they we
re h
elping oth
ers,
their
pain l
eve
ls drop
ped.
F. Volunt
eerin
g,
for e
xample
, h
as
been shown t
o red
uce s
tress a
nd improv
e d
epres
sion.
G.Sounds like a great reason to put volunteering and other giving behaviors on your to-do list.
8 ( 1 2 )
15115
, A、B、C、D U
。
I
n the
v
ast sofa
shop,
we feel
lost,
th
ere??????s
so mu
ch
choi
ce. The
sales
man is ch
arm
in
g.
“So
fa bed o
r re
gular so
fa? E
very
day
use or
just
41 ?
” It??????s amazing how interested he is in
our need
s. He doesn??????t
judge u
s, h
e 42
o
ur c
hoice
s.
W
e stroll(
) t
hrough
the sofa
s, o
ur new best fr
iend 43
us clo
sely. “Try
this
one.
It is of Fr
ench
qu
ality, Itali
an
desig
n and
Sc
andina
vian style.”
It??????s
more e
xp
ensive than we??????d
bud
geted
fo
r, s
o we 44
. “Th
is
model i
s never
redu
ced,
” say
s
45
, sympat
heticall
y.
He
ta
ps on h
is calc
ulator,
p
hones a mystery contact and then offers us an exceptional 46 of
40 percen
t. We??????re
47
.
Th
e sa
lesma
n
48 p
roduces
the
order f
orm
and ge
ts
us
to 49
it. H
e??????s still fr
ie
ndly,
50
not qu
ite as f
on
dly atta
c
hed as b
efore.
The th
rill
of t
he ch
ase is
ove
r. “T
here??????
s a 195
-
euro
s deliver
y 51 . Didn??????t I mention that? You??????re on the fifth floor, you say? That makes it
215 euro
s.”
His
mo
bile pho
ne rings a
nd he??????
s v
isibl
y 52
. Hi
s bos
s has ju
st bl
amed h
im for lo
w
ering
the pric
e so mu
ch. “D
elivery
d
ate?
In this mo
del t
her
e??????s
only pur
ple left.
Gray? Th
ere??????s
a t
hree
-mo
nth
wa
it.” W
e
??????re
53
. T
he sa
lesm
an ta
ps
on his sc
reen. “Y
ou??????re
54
. I??????ve
got
just
one
left in st
ock
in
gray i
n It
aly. You
can
ha
ve i
t in…ei
gh
t w
eeks
.” We
want to
than
k him
but
he??????s
alread
y left
us a
nd,
all sm
iles, he??????s on the 55 of a new couple who??????ve just come into
the shop. “Sofa bed or regular sofa?”
41.
A.
informal
B.
casual C.
usual
D.
occasional
42.
A.
approves B.
rejects C.
makes D.
has
43.
A.
telephon
ing B.
tracking
C.
hugging D.
passing
44.
A.
agre
e
B.
hes
itate C.
insi
st D.
with
draw
45.
A.
the custome
r B.
his boss C.
the salesma
n
D.
my husband
46. A. discount B. expectation C. reality D. honor
9 ( 1 2 )
A.
encouraged B.
thrilled C.
inspired
D.
exhausted
48.
A.
passively
B.
finally C.
sincere
ly D.
rapidly
49.
A.
approach B.
present C.
sign D.
men
tion
50.
A.
unless B.
so
C.
and D.
but
51.
A.
point
B.
date
C.
charge D.
releas
e
52.
A.
glad B.
patient
C.
excited
D.
upset
53.
A.
dis
appoi
nted B.
pr
oud
C.
sa
tisfied D.
edu
cat
ed
54.
A.
in need
B.
in luck C.
at risk
D.
on the way
55. A. hands B. heels C. shoulders D. heads
101.515
,
1
。
A
56-year
-old
ent
hus
ia
stic ba
cky
ard b
ird
watc
her named Stuart D
ahlqu
ist
spent
ye
ars
56
(leave
) out
foo
d for a
family
of c
rows
and was
left 57 (s
hock)
when
he fou
nd a
gift
from the
cro
ws bac
k in
Marc
h 201
9.
He fi
rst b
eca
me
famil
iar
58
the
bird family after he
rescued two ch
icks
that ha
d fallen o
ff t
heir nest
in
his
front
yard
five ye
ars ago.
Da
hlquist
had alw
ays deli
ghted
in liste
nin
g to th
e ba
by b
irds ch
irp
(
)
to
59
(they
) parent
s du
ring fe
eding
time. When he foun
d the tiny
crows on
the
groun
d,
he
went to
help
. D
espite
the a
lar
m f
rom th
e
60
(ad
ult)
, Da
hlqu
ist ma
na
ged
to sc
oo
p up
the
ch
icks
and
put them back in t
he nes
t. H
e eve
n left
out food a
nd water
at th
e bas
e of
the
tree i
n case
they
fell
61 second time. He
then
began regularly throwing bird food into his front yard,
and the c
rows
62
(apparen
t) to
ok notice.
One day
wh
en
Dahlquist was pre
parin
g fo
r his
daily feed
ing r
ou
tine,
he
was
surp
rised
63
(find
) a
fi
r spr
ig(
) tha
t ha
d b
een
decorat
ed w
ith a
soda
can tab. Not only
that, it
was
left
in
the e
xact spo
t
64
he fed the crows. The next day, he 65 (offer)
another one
and
he w
as amazed
by
the discov
ery
.
“T
his isn??????t only generous, it??????s creative, it??????s art.” Dahlquist wrote on social media. “My
mind is blown.”
10 ( 1 2 )
80;
2. 。
Dear fellow students,
The Student Union
25
,
,
。
Anyon
e go
ing to an a
musem
ent pa
rk mig
ht have see
n th
e like
s of me.
I h
eld pu
rses,
cellphone
s a
nd sun
gla
sses while
ot
hers
threw them
selves on roller coasters. I admit their
bravery,
but
refuse
to
challe
ng
e m
y own limita
tions.
On
e
day
wh
en we
were at t
he W
ond
erland
Amuse
ment P
ar
k in
Toro
nto, My f
rien
ds t
ried to
get m
e to
ride
a rol
ler c
oas
ter.
But
the cli
ck, cli
ck, c
lick of t
he cars cl
imbing
up the tracks
made me
fear.
The s
top a
t the t
op,
before fa
lling
with
p
eopl
e??????s sc
reams,
seem
ed te
rr
ible.
M
y friend
s were
stil
l
tryin
g to pe
rsuad
e me,
an
d I was still s
ay
ing n
o, when
I sudden
ly
saw a fa
miliar
face
, o
ne
I ha
d
nev
er seen
outside
a telev
isions
et.
It
was
Je
nnifer Cap
riat
i, a
pop
ular tenn
is
star at
the
to
p of
her g
ame
, alr
eady w
inni
ng
titles
at th
e ag
e of four
tee
n. S
he was
my heroi
ne.
I pulled
out
a pen
and the
o
nly p
aper
that
I
co
uld f
ind and
wa
lked
to her.
She
was we
aving he
r
way th
rough
a
rope
th
at l
ed to a
rid
e cal
led
the J
et
Screa
m.
I
was
runn
in
g q
uickly be
cau
se
I didn
??????t
wan
t to p
as
s up
the ch
ance
to
meet h
er
face
to
fac
e, bu
t I
was
also a bit nervous. So I waited at the exit to calm down and get closer to her as she came off the
11 ( 1 2 )
Sev
era
l m
inutes la
ter, she
got
o
ut from
the e
xit
, la
ughing a
nd ta
lking w
ith he
r b
roth
er. I
focused
on
her
wa
lk
ing t
oward
me. I loo
ked
d
own
at
the gr
oun
d. She w
al
ked pa
st. I
t was m
ore
diffic
ult to talk to
a s
tar tha
n I t
ho
ught, but I
had to take
the c
hance.
I called
her n
ame,
not
very co
nfid
ently
, but m
ore
like a qu
esti
on, “
Jennife
r?”
She t
u
rned aro
und. H
er e
yes
met
mine.
Our ey
es ac
tuall
y met
“Wou
ld yo
u m
ind sig
ning
for m
e?” I
aske
d,
hand
ing the
pen
and
paper towa
rd h
er.
He
r han
d
wrote
over
t
he pap
er and
said, “You are the first person who has
recognized me in the park so let??????s take a roller coaster together.”
:
1.150;
2.。
Hearing her invitation,I was filled with mixed feelings.
My friend came up and asked, “Are you sure you will take a roller coaster?”
12 ( 1 2 )
CACCC 11—15 BAACB 16—20 CAACC
20
2.550
21—25 CDCAD 26—30CADAC 31—
35BBDDC 36—40 FDECG
30
15
1
15
41—45D
ABBC 46—50ABDCD 51—55CDABB
10
1.
5
15
56.
le
avi
ng 57.
shocked
58.
wi
th
59.
their
60.
adul
ts
61. a 62. apparently 63. to find 64. where 65. was offered
40
15
One possi
ble ver
sion:
Dea
r fe
llow
students,
We a
ll
feel con
cerned
wh
en seei
ng
le
ftovers
pil
ed in the
bins of t
he ca
nteen.
To arouse our
awarene
ss o
f s
aving food
, our s
chool
is to l
aunc
h a c
am
paign
against
food waste.
As for
u
s stud
ents
, plea
se
don
??????t ord
er
food t
hat we c
an??????t finish. Furthermore,let??????s remind
each other to cl
ear th
e
pl
ate all th
e time or p
ack left
overs home.
T
reasu
ring f
ood i
s a C
hi
ne
se tra
ditional virtue. Remember, every grain comes after hard
work. Let??????s save food and do it from now!
The Student Union
25
One possible
vers
ion:
,
99
O
n the on
e ha
nd, I
felt g
ood
that I
wa
s the
only
fan
w
ho go
t the opp
ortu
nity
. I ad
mired J
en
nifer
Capria
ti v
ery mu
ch
and w
as eager
to stay wit
h
her
a littl
e lo
nger. O
n th
e
other
hand
, I w
as sc
are
d of r
idin
g a roller
c
oaster.
How
ever,
I
mus
t take
the cha
nce
and it didn??????t take much time to make my decision. I nodded
and wen
t to the
rolle
r co
aster
with h
er.
,
“
9
?”
“Ye
s,” I
answ
ered. “Th
is is
the
only ch
ance
for me
to
ride a rolle
r co
ast
er w
ith m
y heroi
ne.
” My fr
iend
was sur
pris
ed;
she had
spent years
tryin
g to pers
ua
de me to
do th
at.
Fears
of he
ight
s
and
movin
g too fa
st s
eem
ed
unimpo
rt
ant now
. Althoug
h I sc
reamed
du
ring the
entir
e time li
ke a girl
being c
has
ed by an a
xe
killer,
I fin
ally s
urvive
d.
Tha
t chan
ce
o
f meet
ing wit
h
Jen
ni
fer
Capriati
helped me overcome my fear. And since then, I have lived in a world where I am a bit braver.
1 ( 4 )
1
W: I??????m n
ot
go
ing
to s
chool.
I f
eel
sick an
d tired
toda
y.
M: Y
ou??????re not sick. You are just afraid of presenting your book report. Stop worrying. When you
read
it to
me la
st night,
it wa
s reall
y good
. You
wil
l get
a good
grad
e on it.
Text 2
M:
O
K, h
ave y
ou
fasten
e
d yo
ur
skis? W
e??????ll
take the
f
irst slope very slowly until you get your
bal
ance.
W:
I don??????t want to make a fool of myself. My husband is watching.
M:
It??????s O
K.
Ever
yone h
as
to star
t som
ewhere
.
Tex
t
3
W:
Oh, no. The pages I printed are coming out blank. We need to change the ink.
M:
I just
di
d.
It??????s an
old
print
er.
All
you h
ave
to do is
tu
rn it o
ff,
an
d then
turn
it on again.
Tex
t 4
M:
L
ook
at
the wor
k the ar
ti
st has
put in
to
this pic
ture
.
I he
ard he is famous for it.
W:
It is very beautiful—but expensive. You must make a good living as an art dealer.
M:
I was
a ba
nker be
for
e. I m
ad
e twi
ce a
s muc
h.
Art is
my
passion.
Tex
t 5
M: Aren??????t you scared of going to your car alone at night? It??????s dangerous for young women.
W:
No w
ay.
I??????v
e be
en th
e be
st b
oxer
in my classes for three years and I have wrestled for the last six
years.
M:
You d
id
all th
at an
d y
ou
are only
24
?
Tex
t
6
W:
What do
you
thin
k of t
he lec
ture we just listened to together?
M:
I thou
ght it
was very interesting.
W:
Really? D
id yo
u
really t
hin
k so
?
M:
Yes
, did
n??????t yo
u?
W:
Certain
ly not.
I th
oug
ht it was
comp
lete tr
ash
, actually
.
M:
So, y
ou think you know more than he does.
W:
We
ll,
taking
coal f
or exa
mp
le, c
oal
won
??????t be im
portant f
or mu
ch
longe
r.
M:
Why
not?
W:
It??????s
too d
irty.
Th
ey wo
n??????t be a
ble t
o fin
d
peop
le wor
kin
g down
in coal
mines in the future.
M: B
ut I believe they??????ll invent new kinds of machines to solve that problem.
W:
The on
ly
sort of
pow
er people
will use
in the future is atomic energy!
Tex
t 7
M: You??????re so jumpy and anxious. What??????s wrong?
W: Every time I hear a baby cry, I think it??????s Annie.
3 ( 4 )
But she i
s
fast as
leep
in he
r baby
bed.
W:
I kno
w…
M: Anyw
ay
, I d
idn??????t hea
r an
y noises. Did
you?
W:
Yes!
It m
us
t have com
e from outside on the street. It scared me. I??????m a mother of four, so even
when
I hea
r s
omeo
ne
say
“M
om
m
y”, I
tur
n arou
nd t
o resp
ond.
M: You
need a
vacatio
n, dear.
W:
That??????s
nice
of yo
u t
o say
s
o,but I
have
my
hands full r
ight
n
ow. Be
twe
en All
ie??????s so
ccer pr
actices
and
Dav
id??????s m
usic l
esson
s, we rea
lly d
on??????t
have a
ny tim
e to t
ake
off
.
M: Hey, d
on??????t look so sad! I promise we??????ll go somewhere for a couple of weeks when school ends.
We can even invite your mother, too. She loves taking care of the children, and she loves to
tr
avel.
Text 8
W:
I ca
n??????t b
elie
ve I fo
rgot t
o
pick
up
soa
p aga
in!
Thi
s is
the se
cond tim
e
I w
ent back t
o
the
supe
rmark
et to
buy i
t an
d I
still f
or
got
!
M:
You ca
n just
b
orrow
some of
m
y soa
p
for now
. It??????s
the
blue
bot
tle
upstair
s in
the bathr
oom
. I c
an
buy s
ome
more soap
for y
o
u after
I go shoppi
ng a
t th
e gro
ce
ry
store l
ater.
W:
Thank
you
. I re
ally
wa
nted
to take a s
how
er
since w
e
were
at the
beac
h all
mo
rn
ing.
I??????m
just so
tir
ed f
ro
m sw
immin
g that
I forge
t everything! I??????m so glad to be home now.
M:
Yeah,
I??????m
tired to
o. I
think sw
imming
a
t the
beach is
e
ven m
ore
tir
ing tha
n i
n a
poo
l o
r a r
iver
.
It w
as a
nice drive down there, though.
W:
Y
es, th
e we
ather
was beauti
fu
l toda
y.
I
was
think
ing of
h
ow nic
e it wo
uld
be
to
take a train on a
day like this.
M:
I ne
ver li
ke trai
ns act
ua
lly.
I think
on
a d
a
y lik
e this
, I
wo
uld p
ref
er to
ride
a
mot
orbike.
Text 9
W:
The
pain
be
gan when
I was
sk
iing
. It w
as a du
ll pain
in my
bac
k at f
irst,
bu
t it h
as go
tten
worse
now.
Usu
ally I l
ove sk
iing, but t
hat was a bad day.
M:
D
id you
lift
anything
heav
y in
the d
ays befo
re skiin
g
? Yo
u may h
ave hur
t
it the
n
an
d not
k
nown
u
ntil yo
u star
ted
doin
g som
ething s
tressful.
W:
I
he
lped my b
roth
er m
ove
the we
ek
before. M
aybe
I hurt
myself
, lif
ting
a so
fa
or
a box. I t
hink
I wo
uld h
av
e fel
t the
pain
earli
er, th
ough.
M: It is p
robab
ly ho
w you got h
urt.
I??????ll s
ched
ul
e
some tests
before
yo
u go,
but
it is
impo
rtan
t that
you take it
ea
sy until
we k
now what happened. You should also stop in the drugstore and buy
some
mild p
ain
medic
a
tion.
I??????ll
ref
er you
to
a mo
ve
ment
do
ctor as well. He will show you some
m
ovem
ents t
o re
duc
e your
pain
.
W: That wo
uld be gre
at.
I need
to get
ba
ck to
work
as
soon as possible.
M:
It say
s
here
on th
e sheet
that
you ar
e a
ski i
nstructo
r.
I don??????t
re
commen
d th
at you
contin
ue
diff
icult activi
ties
like ski
ing
unt
il w
e k
now w
hat is wr
ong
.
W: Yes, I have been teaching ski lessons part time during the winter. I always need extra money for
the holidays. My normal job is in an office though, so I have plenty of rest there. It??????s very
boring.
Text
10
Ha
pp
y
New Yea
r,
stud
ents!
We hope eve
ry
one ha
d a f
antastic Chr
istm
as, b
ut
it??????s
time to get
ba
ck to w
ork
. We
have a lo
t t
o do be
tween
now a
nd
your su
mmer va
ca
tion,
and th
e firs
t thin
g on the
agen
da is t
o prepa
re
for t
his year??????
s pe
rforman
ce
of “Th
e L
ittle
Merm
aid”.
In
orde
r for th
is pr
odu
ctio
n
to work,
we need
e
veryon
e to help
. M
rs.
Bl
ake
is hold
ing try
ou
ts
in th
e dra
ma roo
m after
school.
Thi
s lunch hou
r,
we
are lo
oking fo
r
peop
le to
work o
n th
e stage
crew
. I
f you would
lik
e to be
a
lighti
ng dire
ctor, a s
tage
man
age
r, or
par
t of
the sound cre
w, go
to the
video roo
m. Musi
c students
are enc
ouraged
to s
ee the
ir teacher in
the band
room
. Art stu
dents will be
resp
onsible
for
creating a
large
ocean
pa
intin
g th
at will
be
use
d for
the
ba
ckg
round
.
Oth
er d
uti
es inc
lude pa
int
ing
furn
iture,
ma
king
poster
s an
d other prom
oti
onal
mat
eria
l, and
creati
ng d
ecora
tions.
For t
hose
wh
o vol
un
teer
their t
ime
,we wil
l be
off
ering a free pi
zza
day
in the g
ym
at th
e en
d of ever
y month. If
all go
es
well,
we
will
finis
h o
ur pre
par
ation
s by t
he end of M
arc
h.
Th
is wil
l give Mrs
. B
lake
and the
cast a full
month to practicefortheperformance. Weareexcited toofferthisamazingperformanceright up until
the last day of school in late June. Remember, if we all work together, we can achieve anything!
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