高三英语3月模拟考试
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的校名、姓名、考号填写在答题卡的密封线内。
2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案；不能答在试卷上。
3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在另发的答题卷各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液.不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将答题卷和答题卡一并收回。
I．听力（共两节，满分35分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节：听独白或对话(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请听下面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。在听完每段对话或独白前，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1段对话，回答1—3题。
1. What did the woman do on Friday?
A. She prepared for the exam.
B. She attended a class activity.
C. She had a history lesson.
2. What is the weather in the desert like at night?
A. Hot and dry.
B. Hot and wet.
C. Cool and dry.
3. Why is it easy to see different rocks in the desert?
A. There are very few plants.
B. There are too many rocks.
C. There are different colors of rocks.
听第2段对话，回答4—5题。
4. What course is John studying at the college?
A. Medicine.
B. Basic Programming.
C. Advanced Programming.
5. How many students are there at the college?
A. 500 B. 550 C. 600
6. Which club will John probably join?
A. The Table Tennis Club.
B. The Tennis Club.
C. The Film Club.
听第3段对话，回答6—9题。
7. Where was the match played?
A. In South Africa.
B. In England.
C. In America.
8. Who is Nelson Mandela?
A. The former South African President.
B. A famous football player.
C. A famous football coach.
9. When did the host team get its goal?
A. In the first half.
B. In the second half.
C. Near the end of the first half.
听第4段对话，回答10—12题。
10. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At an airport.
B. At home.
C. At the office.
11. What will the man miss?
A. His job in London.
B. Local shops and cinemas.
C. His life in the town.
12. How does the woman think of the man’s wearing a suit?
A. He should wear a suit on the first day.
B. He needn’t wear a suit.
C. He must wear a suit all the time.
听第5段独白，回答13—15题。
13. When did the woman dream of becoming a singer?
A. When she was 12.
B. When she was 5.
C. When she met Rene.
14. What do we know about the woman’s parents?
A. They were singers.
B. They discovered Rene.
C. They ran a piano bar.
15. How did Rene feel when he first heard the woman singing?
A. He was moved.
B. He was surprised.
C. He was disappointed.
第二节：听取信息(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
请听下面1段独白。根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答卷纸标号为16—20的空格中。你将有2分钟的作答时间。本段独白读两遍。
| Time | Event |
| __________ (16) | King George I announced the opening of the first International Olympic Games. |
| ___________ (17) | Coubertin held __________ (18) in Paris. |
| 1924 | The first ____________ (19) held. |
| ______, _______ and _______ (20) | The Olympic Games were not held. |
II． 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Leaving Home
When I told my mother, she looked at me as if I had ___21____her face.
"What? Live in London?" she said.
"I just feel it's time I saw a little more of the world. After all, mum, I'm twenty-two!”
Just then, my father came downstairs, looking ___22____as he always did after his Sunday afternoon nap. I had chosen the moment carefully.
"Clive wants to leave home. He doesn't want to live with us any more," she told him in a trembling voice. My father's expression changed.
"What? You aren't serious, are you, son?" he asked. He sat down at the table opposite me.
Perhaps my parents wouldn't have reacted this way if they hadn't spent all their lives in a small village in Wales. And perhaps my mother in particular wouldn't have been so possessive if her only other child hadn't died as a baby. I tried to explain to them that the bank I worked ___23____ had offered me a chance to take a job in their head office. But I didn't dare tell them I had already accepted the job.
"London's a long way away. We'll hardly see you any more," my father said.
"l can come back at _____24_______, dad. "
He shook his head, looking more and more like someone who had just been given a few months to __25_____ by his doctor.
"I don't know, son. I don't know."
He shook his head again and then got up and walked __26_____ into the garden.
My mother and I sat there at the table. In the ____27_____, I could hear the old clock ticking away in the hall. There were tears in my mother's eyes. I knew she was going to put pressure on me to give up the idea, and I wondered if I could stand up to it. I even began to wonder if it was wrong __28____ me to want to leave my family, the village and the people I had known all my life to live among the English in their cold, strange capital.
She put her hand over mine.
"Your father __29_____ lately. Neither have I. You know that. But we won't stand in your way if it's __30____you really want," she said.
21. A. washed B. slapped C. kissed D. changed
22. A. relaxed B. tired C. anxious D. pleased
23. A. for B. / C. at D. in
24. A. weekends B. weekdays C. night D. daytime
25 .A. live B. play C. work D. spare
26. A. away B. out C. quickly D. slowly
27. A. noise B. silence C. darkness D. meantime
28. A. for B. of C. with D. to
29. A. has been well B. hasn’t been good
C. hasn't been well D. has been good
30. A. something B. everything C. that D. what
语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为31-40的相应位置。
Why did the chicken go _______31______ the road? To get to the other side.
Most people know this joke. But recently, some people _____32_____ (be) much more concerned with how the grizzly bear and mountain lion can cross the road.
Millions of animals die each year ____33______ U.S. roads, the Federal Highway Administration reports. In fact, only about 80 ocelots, ____34_____ endangered wild cat, exist in the U.S. today. The main reason? Roadkill.
"Ecopassages" may help animals cross the road without _____35____ (hit) by cars. They are paths both over and under roads. "These ecopassages can be extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid human conflicts," said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
____36_____ do animals actually use the ecopassages? The answer is yes. Paul Beier of Northern Arizona University found foot marks left by mountain lions on an ecopassage that went under a highway, _____37_______showed that the lion used the passage.
Builders of some ecopassages try to make them look like a _____38_____ part of an area ___39___ planting trees on and around them. Animals seem to be catching on. Animals ____40_____ salamanders and grizzly bears are using the bridges and underpasses.
The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look around. You might see an animal overpass!
III. 阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：阅读理解（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项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(A)
Have you ever wondered what you would look like if you were an Asian, Middle Eastern, black, white or Indian person? By stepping into the Human Race Machine, you can find out. When you sit inside it, the machine creates a digital image of your face. After pushing certain buttons, the machine uses various photos of people of a certain ethnic group mixed with your own facial features. From this, it can come up with an image showing how you would look as a member of a different race.
The machine is part of a traveling retrospective (回顾展) called “ Seeing and Believing: The Art of Nancy Burson.” Burson is a famous American photographer and inventor. The show of 100 photos and multimedia works was on view at the Grey Art Gallery in New York on April 20.
“ It is a strange feeling, just like stepping into someone else’s skin.” said Hathy Zajchenko, a museum visitor from Pennsylvania, US. As soon as she sat down, she tried out a range of ethnic groups. “ The Middle Eastern image worked pretty well for me,” she said with a smile.
According to Burson, the machine is a prayer for unity. It is about seeing through differences to find the things we all share in common. Burson added the database of Middle Eastern faces, both Arab and Jewish, after the terrorist attacks on September 11. “ I have always wanted to allow people to see differently. I am a photographer. I am recording the unseen, because what we can not see is so much more interesting than what we can see,” Burson said.
For those who missed the show, the Human Race machine will be on view at the New York Hall of Science in the Queens district full-time as of June.
41．The Human Race Machine can ____.
A. tell you what you would look like if you were a member of another ethnic group
B. create a digital image of your face and change it
C. turn your pray into reality
D. let people step into someone else’s skin
42． The phrase “ come up with” in the first paragraph means ____.
A. get nearer B. produce C. come out D. change
43． When Kathy Zajchenko said that the Middle Eastern image worked well for her, she meant that ____.
A. she would like to change her face
B. she had a strange feeling
C. she was satisfied with what she looked like as a Middle Eastern person
D. she could buy the Human Race machine
44．The underlined sentence “ The machine is a pray for unity.” means _____ .
A. the Human Race machine can unite the facial feather of a different ethnic group
with your own
B. the machine shows that no matter what race people are, there are some things we all have in common
C. one can pray before the machine
D. if you want, the machine can change your face
45． Burson added the database of Middle Eastern faces after the September 11 attack because ____.
A. she wanted to show people what terrorists look like
B. she wanted to record what people cannot see
C. she wanted to be famous as a photographer
D. she wanted to let people see the foreign people
(B)
A few years
ago a young mother watched her husband diaper(给……换尿布) their
firstborn son. “You do not have to be unhappy about it,” she protested. “You
can talk to him and smile a little.” The father, who happened to be a
psychologist, answered firmly, “He has nothing to say to me, and I have nothing
to say to him.”
Psychologist now know
how wrong that father was. From the moment of birth, a baby has a great deal to
say to his parent and they to him. But a decade or so ago, these experts were describing
the newborn as a primitive creature who reacted only by reflex, a helpless
victim of its environment without capacity to influence it. And mothers
accepted the truth. Most thought (and some still do) that a new infant could
see only blurry(模糊的) shadows,
that his other senses were undeveloped, and that all he required was
nourishment, clean diapers, and a warm bassinet.
Today university
laboratories across the country are studying newborns in their first month of
life. As a result, psychologists now describe the new baby as perceptive (理解力强的), with remarkable
learning abilities and an even more remarkable capacity to shape his or her
environment including the attitudes and actions of his parents. Some
researchers believe that the neonatal period may even be the most significant
four weeks in an entire lifetime.
Far from being
helpless, the newborn knows what he likes and rejects what he doesn’t. He shut
out unpleasant sensations by closing his eyes or averting his face. He is a
glutton for novelty. He prefers animate(living) things over inanimate and
likes people more than anything.
When a more nine
minutes out, an infant prefers a human face to a head-shaped outline. He makes
the choice despite the fact that, with delivery room attendants masked and
gowned, he has never seen a human face before. By the time he’s twelve hours
old, his entire body moves in precise synchrony (同时发生) to the sound of a human voice, as if he were dancing.
A non-human sound, such as a tapping noise, brings no such response.
46．The author
points out that the father diapering his first-born son was wrong
because________.
A. he believed the
baby was not able to hear him
B. he thought the baby
didn’t have the power of speech
C. he was a
psychologist unworthy of his profession
D. he thought the baby
was not capable of any response
47． According to the
passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. A new infant can
see only blurry shadows.
B. A new infant’s
senses are undeveloped
C. All a new infant
requires is nourishment, clean diapers, and a warm bassinet.
D. A new infant is
actually able to influence his or her environment
48． What does the underlined
sentence “He is a glutton for novelty” probably mean?
A. The newborn is
greedy for new food
B. The newborn tends
to overeat
C. The newborn always
loves things that are new to him
D. The newborn’s
appetite is a constant topic in novels
49．According to the passage,
it’s groundless (wrong) to think that newborns prefer________.
A. a human face to a
head-shaped outline
B. animate things to
inanimate ones
C. human voice to
non-human sounds
D. nourishment to a
warm bassinet
50． What is the passage
mainly discussing about?
A. What people know
about newborns
B. How wrong parents
are when they handle their babies
C. How much newborns
have progressed in about a decade’s time
D. Why the first month
of life is the most significant four weeks in a lifetime
(C)
The two things – snow and mountains – which are needed for a ski area are the two things that cause avalanches, large mass of snow and ice crushing down the side of a mountain—often called "White Death."
It was the threat of the avalanche and its record as a killer of man in the western mountains that created the snow ranger. He first started on avalanche control work in the winter of 1937 –38 at Alta, Utah, in Wasatch National Forest.
This mountain valley was becoming well known to skiers. It was dangerous. In fact, more than 120 persons had lost their lives in 1936 and another 200 died in 1937 as a result of avalanches before it became a major ski area. Thus, development of Alta and other major ski resorts in the west was dependent upon controlling the avalanche. The Forest Service set out to do it, and did, with its corps of snow rangers. It takes many things to make a snow ranger. The snow ranger must be in excellent physical condition. He must be a good skier and a skilled mountain climber He should have at least a high school education, and the more college courses in geology, physics, and related fields he has, the better.
He studies snow, terrain, wind, and weather. He learns the conditions that produce avalanches. He learns to forecast avalanches and to bring them roaring on down the mountainsides to reduce their killing strength.The snow ranger learns to do this by using artillery, by blasting with TNT, and by the difficult and skillful art of skiing avalanches down.
The snow ranger, dressed in a green parka which has a bright yellow shoulder patch, means safety for people on ski slopes. He pulls the trigger on a 75 mm. Recoilless rifle, skis waist deep in powder testing snow stability, or talks with the ski area’s operator as he goes about his work to protect the public from the hazards of deep snow on steep mountain slopes.
51. The snow rangers are employees of _______.
A. the Forest Service. B. the Resource Bureau.
C. the Tourist Board. D. the Sports Bureau.
52. A snow ranger himself must be ______.
A. a college graduate. B. a physicist. C. a geologist. D. a mountaineer.
53. A snow ranger uses very powerful guns _____________.
A. to warn skiers of an approaching avalanche. B. to signal for help in an emergency.
C. to create an avalanche. D. to communicate with the ski area’ operator.
54. The primary duty of the snow ranger is _______.
A. To make sure ski area operators are following safety rules.
B. To predict and control avalanches in mountainous areas.
C. To check skis and repair them.
D. To forecast the weather.
55.The passage implies that a snow ranger ___________.
A. knows how to use a pistol. B. must write lengthy reports on his work.
C. may travel many miles when he is on duty. D. has a long working day.
第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
You are going to read a text about the tips on resume writing, followed by a list of examples. Choose the best example from the list A-F for each numbered subheading(1—5).There is one extra example which you do not need to use.
What follows are tips on writing a functional resume that will get read—a resume that makes you come alive and look interesting to employers.
56. Put yourself first:
In order to write a resume others will read with enthusiasm, you have to feel important about yourself.
57. Sell what you can do, not who you are :
Practise translating your personality traits, character, accomplishments and achievements into skill areas. There are at least five thousand skill areas in the world of work .
Many people are at a loss when asked to think about their abilities, some think they have none at all! But everyone does, and one of yours may just be the ticket an employer would be glad to punch—if only you show it .
58. Be specific, be concrete, and be brief!
Remember that “brevity is the best policy.”
59. Turn bad news into good :
Everybody has had disappointments in work. If you have to mention yours, look for the positive side.
60. Never apologize :
If you’re returning to the work force after fifteen years as a parent, simply write a short paragraph (summary of background ) in place of a chronology of experience. Don’t apologize for working at being a mother; it’s the hardest job of all. If you have no special training or higher education, just don’t mention education.
The secret is to think about the self before you start writing about yourself. Take four or five hours off, not necessarily consecutive, and simply write down every accomplishment in your life, on or off the job , that made you feel effective. When you’re satisfied, send it to a printer. It shows an employer that you regard job hunting as serious work ,worth doing right .
Isn’t that the kind of person you’d want working for you?
A
A woman who lost her job as a teacher’s aide due to a cutback(缩减) in government funding wrote :“principal of elementary school said I would be the first teacher they would rehire if
government funds became available.”
B
One resume I received included the following :“Invited by my superior to straighten out our organization’s accounts receivable(应收款的). Set up orderly repayment schedule, reconciled (调和，和解) accounts weekly, and improved cash flow 100 per cent . Rewarded with raise and promotion.” Notice how this woman focuses on results, specifies how she accomplished them, and mentions her reward—all in 34 words.
C
For example ,if you have a flair for saving, managing and investing money, you have money management skills.
D
An acquaintance complained of being biased when losing an opportunity due to the statement“Ready to learn though not so well educated”.
E
One of my former colleagues, for example, wrote three resumes in three different styles in order to find out which was more preferred. The result is, of course, the one that highlights skills and education background.
F
A woman once told me about a cash flow crisis her employer had faced. She’d agreed to work without pay for three months until business improved. Her reward was her back pay plus a 20 percent bonus. I asked why that marvelous story wasn’t in her resume. She answered ,“It wasn’t important.” What she was really saying of course was “I’m not important.”
请根据以上内容，给那5个建议选出最匹配的，最能说明情况的例子。
56.________ A
57. ________ B
58.________ C
59. ________ D
60. ________ E
F
IV、写作（共两节，满分为40分）
第一节：基础写作：（共1小题，满分15分）
北京奥组委在全国中学生中为2008奥运会招募志愿者,要求报名者提交英语个人简介。假设你是王婷婷，请按下面信息写一份个人简介。
姓名：王婷婷 性别：女 年龄：18 学校：广州西湾路中学
爱好：音乐，摄影，打羽毛球
性格：善于交际，乐于助人
渴望成为志愿者，为社会尽一份力，为奥运，为祖国贡献力量。
第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文（包括短文概括和议论文）。
有人认为21世纪是一个“e-时代”，电子读物将代替传统的读物，认真阅读下面短文，请完成下面的任务。
About a decade ago, some publishers were predicting that books would soon be a thing of the past, and that we would all be reading downloadable texts on portable hand-held screens, either on an MP3, an ipad or a mobile phone screen.
Wishful thinking, it turns out. The book is still with us, while the various book-replacement devices have mostly been dumped on the recycling heap. They were too hard to read, people complained, and also too heavy, using so much battery power that they quickly grew hot in the hand. When it comes to reading in bed, e-book and the traditional book work equally poorly. And when you are reading along an e-book, it’s hard to know exactly where you are in a book. And you can’t skim or flip through easily, nor can you search or make notes. The whole experience is a little like floating through cyberspace.
By far the best things about the e-book are its capacity — it can hold about 80 books or more if you use a memory card — and portability. You can cram yours with both recreational reading and stuff for work, and it all fits in your pocket.
1.概括短文要点，字数为30词左右；
2.就这一主题自由发表你的看法，至少包括以下内容要点，字数为120词左右。
(1)你更喜欢阅读电子书籍还是传统书籍， 谈谈你的理由。
(2)你认为电子读物将逐渐取代传统书籍吗？为什么？
2007届高三英语模拟考试
英语答卷
听取信息： 16. ____________________ 17. __________________
18. ____________________ 19. __________________
20. ____________________
语言结构: 31.________________ 32.________________
33.________________ 34.________________
35._________________ 36._________________
37._________________ 38._________________
39._________________ 40._________________
信息匹配: 56.______ 57.______ 58._______ 59.______ 60.______
小作文：
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任务型作文：
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2007届高三英语模拟考试
Key:
听力: 1-5 BCACA 6-10 CAABB 11-15 CABCA
16. April 6, 1896 17. 1894 18. an international meeting 19. Winter Olympics
20. 1916, 1940, 1944
完型填空：21—30 BAAAA BBBCD
21. 答案：B。根据上下文，他妈妈的心情应该是好象给人打了似的。孩子要离家出走，对妈妈来说，洗、吻和改变都不合题意。
22. 答案：A。父亲刚睡完午觉，应该不是累，也不存在高兴或担忧。
23. 答案：A。work是不及物动词，为谁work，介词应为for。
24. 答案：A。根据上下文逻辑关系，离家很远，不可能晚上回来，白天和上班时间不可能回家，所以，只有周末最有可能回来。
25. 答案：A。医生给病人判的应该是还能活多久的结果。其他选项都不合题意。
26. 答案：B。根据上下文，话题应该是在屋里客厅展开的。所以，父亲站起来，应该是走出去到花园。
27. 答案：B。能听到闹钟声的氛围应该是寂静的时候。
28. 答案：B。这是一个it + be + 形容词+ OF + sb. To do sth.句型。所以，选择of。在表示人的个性特征如：wrong , right, clever, stupid, nice, kind 等形容词后跟of搭配，其他如：necessary, important等形容词后用for。
29. 答案：C。根据后边的neither…可以肯定是否定式。再根据上下文时态，应该是现在完成式。另外，身体好坏用well，而不用good。Good修饰名词。
30. 答案：D。want the way 所以用what 代表way。What 引导表语从句。在从句中做宾。That不代表意思，不充当句子成分。Something，everything不全面。
语言结构：31. across 32.have been 33.on 34.an 35.being hit
36.But 37.which 38.natural 39.by 40.like
阅读理解：41—45 ABCBB 46—50 DDCDA 51-55 ADCBC
信息匹配：
56.F Put yourself first意为把自己放在第一位。在本文中的意思是“要想让自己的简历使读的人充满热情，那么你首先就要觉得自己是个人物”。［F］就论证了这个观点。作者举例说明，不要认为自己做过的事情不值一提，如果连你都看不起自己，那么别人又怎么会看重你呢？
57.C Sell what you can do, not who you are重要的是你能做什么，而不是你是谁。下文则详细说明“要学会把自己的个性和成就诠释成具体的技能，世界上有至少5000种技能”(你
总能找出一种自己拥有的技能)。［C］项“例如，如果你有节约、投资、管理钱财的天份，那么你就拥有理财的能力。”最贴切。
58.B Be specific, be concrete, and briefly! 言语简洁。［B］项的例子说明了这点，一位女士仅用了34个词就把重点说明白了。
59.A Turn bad news into good将坏就得消息变成好消息。下文解释道“每个人在工作中总有不尽如人意的地方。如果要提到这些事，那么从积极的角度去看。”［A］项就是一个例子。一个女助教因为政府缩减资金而被解雇。这似乎不大光彩，但是这位女士谈起此事时却说：“校长说了，如果政府的资金够的话，她第一个重聘的就是我”，言语充满了自信。
60.D Never apologize不要道歉。每个人都有短处，要扬长避短，没有必要为自己的短处羞愧。求职就是要让雇主看到自己的闪光点，个人简历不是进行道歉的地方。［D］项说明了这一点：作者的一位朋友说他求职时遭到了歧视。
基础写作：
My name is Wang Tingting, an 18-year old girl in Guangzhou Xiwan road High School. I’m outgoing and helpful, besides, I’m good at communicating with others. During my spare time, I like listening to music, photographing and playing badminton. I’m eager to be a volunteer to devote myself to our country and the 2008 Olympics. If I have the opportunity, I’ll fulfill my duty devotedly.
任务型写作：
Despite its popularity and development, E-books, surprisingly has not replaced traditional books because they lack the convenience and experience that readers can enjoy when reading paper books although their capacity is astonishing.
①Though e-book has not completely replace traditional books, yet it is extremely popular among teenagers with me as an exception. I am still fond of paper book for rich reasons. On one hand, e-book, to a large degree, will distract me from my studies because I would often read downloaded novels or just surf on the Internet to read with my advanced mobile phone in class. On the other hand, when reading e-books, I seem to read just for the sake of skimming through the electronic screen and getting information, without communication with the writer, not to mention the joy to see a delicately designed book. ②In the long run, my interest in reading will disappear and do not want to read at all.
③Though I adore traditional reading, there are still possibilities that e-book will gradually replace traditional book. E-reading these days is extremely popular among children, a generation accustomed to fast-culture and fashion and new technology. And they will decide the future reading habit. What’s more, with scientific and technological breakthrough, e-book will be more convenient and comfortable for people to use. What distinguish it most is that e-book is environment-friendly. Paperless e-book will save our natural resource and protect our disappearing forests.④ So one day our reading will become e-reading.
听力材料：
Text 1:
M: Welcome back! I didn’t see you in the history class on Friday.
W: I wasn’t here on Friday. My geography class went on a field trip to look at some of the
different rocks. In fact, we slept there last night.
M: Really? That sounds excellent! Where did you go?
W: A desert. It gets hot during the day, but it cools off very quickly at night. It is very dry there after the sun goes down.
M: Well, did you enjoy the trip?
W: Of course I did. The desert is nicer than you might think. Since there are so few plants growing there, it’s very easy to see different rocks. And the natural colors of the rocks shine in the sun. You really should go there to have a look.
M: I really want to go there. You must call me if you have the chance to go there again.
W: No problem. I will be your guide next time.
Text 2:
W: John, how many years have you been studying at this college?
M: I started …er…well, one year ago.
W: Tell me again. What is it that you’re studying? Computers, isn’t it? Basic Programming?
M: Yes, I worked as a computer programmer after I graduated from high school.
W: So why are you doing Basic Programmer now?
M: No, no, Advanced Programming.
W: Right. Well, here we are at the Student Center.
M: Oh, it’s huge!
W: Yeah, well, it has to be. There are 500 students on campus and 50 staff.
M: Oh, look, there’s some information about clubs.
W: I’m already a member of the Table Tennis Club and the Cinema Club. Do you want to play table tennis?
M: I’m not much good, I’m afraid. What about the Film Club? How much is it to join?
W: For second year students it’s cheaper. Only 10 pounds, but for first year students, it’s 20 pounds, I think. Do you want to become a member?
M: Why no?
W: OK, let’s go to the Student Information Office. Over there.
Text 3:
M: Hi, Linda, did you watch the soccer match yesterday evening?
W: No, I was with some friends at a dinner party. Anything special about it?
M: You know, the English Soccer Team came here for a friendly match against South Africa.
W: Oh, I missed. Was there a large crowd there?
M: Sure, the stadium was heavily packed, and the former President Nelson Mandela was also present.
W: You mean the former President also watched it?
M: Yeah, and before the game started, the English soccer team captain Beckham presented the old man with an England soccer shirt with the president’s name printed on it.
W: Oh, really? It must have been a very exciting game.
M: It surely was. The visiting team got a goal in the first half but got equalized near the end of match.
W: It’s a graceful result for the soccer fans of our country, right?
M: I suppose so.
Text 4:
W: So what’s the matter with you?
M: Oh, nothing. I’m just a bit unhappy really.
W: What’s that? I thought you were pleased about the new job and going to London.
M: I am, I am. It’s just that I’ve been here for so long in this town and it’s hard to think of anywhere else as home. You know the worst thing will be not being able to take a walk with the dog whenever I feel like it.
W: Yes, I can understand that. But I’m sure once you are settled in you’ll be fine.
M: Sure but you know it’s not the same as being here. I’ve still got friends here. I know where the local shops and cinemas are and of course I’ve got you to look after me?
W: Well, Tim, is that all you’ll miss me for? Doing your washing and ironing…?
M: No, of course not, Mum. There’s your cooking as well!
W: Thanks a lot, Tim! Anyway when are you leaving?
M: Tomorrow evening. I’ve got Simon to give me a lift with all my baggage. It’s a pity he’s not working in London.
W: That’s good of your brother. And the job?
M: I start on Monday. I don’t know whether to wear a suit or not. What do you think?
W: Probably a good idea on your first day. Anyway. it’s only a summer job. You’ll be back in a couple of months.
Text 5:
W: I started to dream seriously about being a singer when I was five years old. I did my first show when I was five years old in my brother’s wedding. After my singing, everybody started to clap their hands. And I thought, “What a wonderful life!” I wanted that.
M: How did you meet Rene?
W: Actually he says he discovered me, but it’s not true. I discovered him. What happened is he was a manager; he was a singer himself many years ago in Montreal. My parents at the time had a little piano bar. And on weekends, while people were drinking, I was singing. My mom sent the tape to Rene. We waited and he called to say he was very interested in meeting me. I was 12.
M: And he was 26 years old, right?
W: Exactly. And I went with my mom to his office. And he said, “Could you sing in front of me?” And I started to sing and then I looked at him, he had tears in his eyes.
第二节：
April 6, 1896, was definitely a day to remember. King George I of Greece announced of the opening of the first International Olympic Games in Athens.
A total of 245 athletes from 14 nations competed in the ancient Panathenaic stadium.
In this first modern Games, the winter was awarded a silver medal. The second athlete was given a bronze medal while the third athlete received nothing.
The man who reintroduced the Olympic Games to the modern world was Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France. He was enthusiastic about the Games because he thought they were similar to the French education system, which combined moral and social education in school games.
Coubertin held an international meeting in Paris in 1894 and established the International Olympic Committee. Two years later his idea—bringing together the youth of the world in a friendly competition---became a reality at the first celebration of the modern Olympic Games.
From the start of the modern Olympics, male athletes of every race, religion, and nationality have been allowed to participate.
Figure skating was part of the Winter Games of 1908 and 1920, and ice hockey was played in 1920. They then became part of the Winter Olympics, which was first held in 1924 in France.
The Olympic Games were interrupted twice during the First and Second World Wars. The event was not held in 1916, 1940 and 1944.