云南省昆明市高二英语9月月考试题-人教版高二全册英语试题

云南省昆明市2016-2017学年高二英语9月月考试题本试卷分第一卷〔选择题〕和第二卷〔非选择题〕两局部。

共150分，共12页。

考试完毕后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

须知事项：
1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、某某号填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。

2.选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用0.5毫米黑色字迹签字笔书写，字体工整、笔记清楚。

3.请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。

4.作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。

5.保持卡面清洁，不要折叠、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。

第1卷
第一局部听力〔共两节，总分为30分〕
做题时，现将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容完毕后，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：每一小题1.5分，总分为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三个选项中选出最优选项，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题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

第一局部：听力(共两节，总分为30分)
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。

录音完毕后，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
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三个选项中选出最优选项，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 time is it now?
A. 9:10.
B. 9:50.
C. 10:00.
2. What does the woman think of the weather?
A. It’s nice.
B. It’s warm.
C. It’s cold.
3. What will the man do?
A. Attend a meeting.
B. Give a lecture.
C. Leave his office.
4. What is the woman’s opinion about the course?
A. Too hard.
B. Worth taking.
C. Very easy.
5. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. Speak louder.
B. Apologize to her.
C. Turn off the radio.
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三个选项中选出最优选项，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，每一小题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. How long did Michael stay in China?
A. Five days.
B. One week.
C. Two weeks.
7. Where did Michael go last year?
A. Russia.
B. Norway.
C. India.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What food does Sally like?
A. Chicken.
B. Fish.
C. Eggs.
9. What are the speakers going to do?
A. Cook dinner.
B. Go shopping.
C. Order dishes.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where are the speakers?
A. In a hospital.
B. In the office.
C. At home.
11. When is the report due?
A. Thursday.
B. Friday.
C. Next Monday.
12. What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report?
A. Improve it.
B. Hand it in later.
C. Leave it with him.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Salesperson and customer.
B. Homeowner and cleaner.
C. Husband and wife.
14. What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer?
A. One with two bedrooms.
B. One without furniture.
C. One near a market.
15. How much rent should one pay for the one-bedroom apartment?
A. $350.
B. $400.
C. $415.
16. Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see?
A. On Lake Street.
B. On Market Street.
C. On South Street.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What percentage of the world’s tea exports go to Britain?
A. Almost 15%.
B. About 30%.
C. Over 40%.
18. Why do tea tasters taste tea with milk?
A. Most British people drink tea that way.
B. Tea tastes much better with milk.
C. Tea with milk is healthy.
19. Who suggests a price for each tea?
A. Tea tasters.
B. Tea exporters.
C. Tea companies.
20. What is the speaker talking about?
A. The life of tea tasters.
B. Afternoon tea in Britain.
C. The London Tea Trade Centre.
第二局部阅读理解〔共两节，总分为40分〕第一节〔共15小题；每一小题2分，总分为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〕中选出最优选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
While income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. Of all the reasons that explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon is commonly known as “Empty Nest Syndrome〞(空巢综合症).
In order to seek better chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, leaving their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them. The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match what they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from
providing response in time for their aged parents living by themselves.
The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents has been described as “distant parent phenomenon〞, which is common both in developed countries and in developing countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome〞. 21. According to the passage, the loneliness of aged parents is mainly caused by _______.
A. their earlier experience of feeling lonely
B. the unfavorable living conditions in their native countries
C. the common worry about their income
D. the geographical distance between parents and children
22. If young people go abroad, _________.
A. they do not hold to the value of duty at all
B. they can give some help to their parents back home
C. they cannot do what they should for their parents
D. they believe what they actually do is right 23. From the last paragraph, we can infer that ________.
A. the situations in the developed and developing countries are different
B. “Empty Nest Syndrome〞 has arrived unexpectedly in our society
C. children will become independent as soon as they go abroad
D. the aged parents are not fully prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome〞
B
When people were building houses, they used to consider not only the climate of the areas but also the building materials and the fashions for their houses. However, since electricity became more and more expensive, people began to pay much more attention to the energy they could get for their houses and the new ways they could find to protect their houses from both cold and heat.
Now, houses of an old yet new type have been widely built. In some parts of the
world, people share their houses with their livestock (家畜).During cold weather, they gather their cows, goats, or other animals and keep them on the first floor of their houses. The reasons are that the animals can be protected from the cold and that they can help to heat the houses as well. The body heat given off by the animals rises to the second floor of the houses, where people live. By sharing their houses with their livestock, people gain a source of heat.
People who live in or near cities do not usually keep livestock. However, home builders use the fact that heat rises. This natural law can be used in building houses in these areas. Instead of keeping livestock on the first floor, builders fill it with large rocks. As th ey are open to the sun’s rays during cold weather, these rocks take in heat. They also give off the heat, and, of course, the warm air rises into the living areas of the houses. So these houses are energy-saving.
House-building becomes a great challenge to building designers and energy engineers. They try to meet this challenge by learning from old traditions and by using modern technology. And someday in the future, people will be able to live in more energy-saving houses.
24. What did people begin to consider as electricity was no longer cheap?
A.The climate of their areas.
B.The energy for their houses.
C.The fashions for their houses.
D.The building materials for their houses.
25. People in some areas gain a source of heat by ________.
A.keeping their livestock downstairs
B.protecting their livestock from the cold
C.sharing their houses only with their cows
D.living on the second floor with their livestock
26. The underlined words “natural law〞 in the third paragraph refer to the fact that ________.
A.heat raises the temperature in the houses
B.heat goes in the upward direction
C.heat goes up if temperature is raised
D.heat increases the temperature of rocks
27. From the passage, we can conclude that ________.
A.people will no longer consider building materials in the future
B.almost all people will move into the houses heated by large rocks
C.energy-saving buildings will become more popular in the future
D.energy engineers will devote themselves only to modern technology
C
Planning a visit to the UK? Here we help with ways to cut your costs.
AVOID BIG EVENTS Big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation and make it harder to find a room. A standard double room at the Thistle Brighton on the final Friday of the Brighton Comedy Festival (19 Oct.) cost £169.15 at Booking . A week later, the same room cost £118.15.
If you can be flexible and want to know dates to avoid—or you’re looking for a big event to pass your time—check out sites such as Whatsonwhen , which allow you to search for events in the UK by city, date and category.
STAYAWAY FROM THE STATION If traveling to your destination by train, you may want to find a good base close to the station, but you could end up paying more for the sake of convenience at the start of your holiday.
Don’t be too choosy about the part of town you stay in. Booking two months in advance, the cheapest room at Travelodge’s Central Euston hotel in London for Saturday 22 September was £95.95. A room just a tube journey away at its Covent Garden hotel was £75.75. And at Farringdon, a double room cost just £62.95.LOOK AFTER YOURSELF Really central hotels in cities such as London, Edinburgh and Cardiff can cost a fortune, especially at weekends and during big events. As an alternative
consider checking into a self-catering flat with its own kitchen. Often these flats are hidden away on the top floors of city center buildings. A great example is the historic O’Neill Flat on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, available for £420 for five days in late September, with rooms for four adults.
GET ON A BIKE London’s ‘Boris bikes’ have attracted the most attention, but other cities also have similar programmers that let you rent a bicycle and explore at your own pace, saving you on public transport or car parking costs.
Among the smaller cities with their own programmers are Newcastle (casual members pay around £1.50 for two hours) and Cardiff (free for up to 30 minutes, or£5 per day). 28. The Brighton Comedy Festival is mentioned mainly to show big events may ________.
A. help travelers pass time
B. attract lots of travelers to the UK
C. allow travelers to make flexible plans
D. cause travelers to pay more for accommodation
29. The passage shows that the O’Neill Flat ________.
A. lies on the ground floor
B. is located in central London
C. provides cooking facilities for tourists
D. costs over £100 on average per day in late September
30. Cardiff’s program allows a free bike for a maximum period of ________.
A. half an hour
B. one hour
C. one hour and a half
D. two hours 31. The main purpose of the passage is _______.
A. to tell visitors how to book in advance
B. to supply visitors with hotel information
C. to show visitors the importance of self-help
D. to offer visitors some money-saving tips
D
Art is considered by many people to be no more than a decorative means of giving pleasure. This is not always the case, however, at times, art may be seen to have a purely functional side as well. Such could be said of the sandpaintings of the Navaho Indians of the American Southwest; these have a medicinal as well as an artistic purpose.
According to Navaho traditions, one who suffers from either a mental or a physical illness has in some way disturbed or get in touch with the supernatural--perhaps a certain animal, a ghost, or the dead. To break away from this, the ill person or one of his relatives will employ a medical man called a “singer〞 to perform a curing ceremony which will attract a powerful supernatural being. Dur ing the ceremony, which may last from 2 to 9 days, the “singer〞 will produce a sandpainting on the floor. On the last day of the ceremony, the patient will sit on this sandpainting and the “singer〞 will rub the sick or injured parts of the patient’s body w ith sand from a specific figure in the sandpainting. In this way the patient absorbs the power of that particular supernatural being and becomes strong. After the ceremony, the sandpainting is destroyed so its power won’t harm anyone.
The art of sandpaint ing is handed down from old “singers〞. The materials used are easily found where the Navaho settle: brown, red, yellow, and white sandstone, which is ground(研磨) much as corn is made into flour. The “singer〞 holds a small amount of this sand in his hand and lets it flow between his fingers onto a clean, flat surface on the floor, with a steady hand and great patience. He is thus able to create designs of stylized people, snakes and other creatures that have power
in the Navaho belief system. The traditional Navaho doesn’t allow copying sandpaintings, since he believes the supernatural powers that taught him the craft have forbidden this; however, such reproductions can in fact be purchased today in tourist shops in Arizona and New Mexico. These are done by either Navaho Indians or by other people who wish to preserve this craft.
32. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Navaho Indian
B. The Ancient “Singer〞
C. Functions of Art
D. The Navaho Sandpaintings
33. How did the “singer〞 treat the patient according to the passage?
A. By passing his supernatural power on to the patient.
B. By applying a magic substance to the patient’s body.
C. By rubbing the patient’s sick parts with sand from a sandpainting figure.
D. By destroying the sandpainting figure.
34. The traditional Navaho does not allow copying of sandpaintings because _______.
A. anything copied has no effect
B. the craft only belongs to the supernatural
C. it’s against Navaho belief system
D. the copying may do harm to other Navahos
35. That the reproductions of sandpaintings are now commercially available shows ________.
A. people have realized the artistic value of sandpaintings
B. patients have benefited from the powerful effect of sandpaintings
C. more people have come to believe in supernatural power
D. modern technology has helped the production of sandpaintings
第二节〔共5小题；每一小题2分，总分为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优选项。

选项中有两项为多于选项。

Have you ever been in a situation where you have done something just to make someone else happy?
You think that you are making yourself happy.__36__ I have done that many times because I wanted to impress people or I thought that if I made someone else happy it would certainly make me happy.I understand that all of us want our close friends and family to be proud of us, so we work hard in school or in our careers to meet their expectations.__37__ But if you are trying to realize other people's dreams without keeping yourself satisfied, you will never be happy.
So you have to be clear and honest with yourself about what you want in your life.If you are honest with yourself, you will be more optimistic.__38__ You feel like you won't need to achieve something for someone else.
__39__ They fear to be rejected by others.The y think and say “If I choose this job or career path, that person will think I am out of my mind〞，or “I really want to start this business but those people will think that I won't make any money〞．__40__ Don't think this way.If you follow other people's wishes but cannot be true to yourself, you will have a hard time feeling great about yourself.
A．The truth is that you are really trying to make someone else happy.
B．So why don't I follow what they say?
C．And you will develop a drive from your heart.
D．So we should try our best to realize our dreams.
E．But we sometimes have to meet expectations from others.
F．Why do so many people want to live their dreams for someone else?
G．There is nothing wrong with that.
第三局部英语知识运用〔共两节，总分为45分〕
第一节完形填空〔共20小题：每一小题1.5分，总分为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优选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Falling off a box car and landing on my head，I lost my sight when I was four years old .Now I am thirty two.I can __41__ remember the brightness of sunshine.It would be wonderful to see again，__42_ a tragedy can do strange things to people.
It __43__ to me that I might not have come to love life as I do now if I hadn't been blind.My parents and my teacher saw something __44_me，and they made me want to __45__against blindness.
The hardest__46__ I had to learn was to believe in myself.If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have __47__ down and become a chair rocker for the rest of my life.When I say __48__ in myself I am not talking about __49__ the kind of self­confidence that __50__ me down an unfamiliar staircase alone.But I mean something bigger than that:an assurance that I am a real positive person__51__imperfections.
It took me years to obtain this __52__.It had to start with the __53__ .Once a man gave me an indoor __54__.“I can't use this.〞I said.“Take it with you，〞he __55__ me, “and roll it around.〞 The __56__stuck in my head.“Roll it around！〞By rolling the ball I could hear where it went.This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought__57__.At the school for the blind I__58__ a new kind of baseball called ground ball.
All my life I have set a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time.I had to learn my __59__.I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made__60__.
41．A.randomly B．abruptly
C．roughly D．completely
42．A.so B．but
C．thus D．and
43．A.occurred B．referred
C．brought D．turned
44．A.of B．for
C．to D．in
45．A.get B．fight C．find D．drop 46．A.method B．experience C．lesson D．manner 47．A.broken B．put C．settled D．lay
48．A.courage B．ambition C．belief D．power 49．A.only B．simply C．fairly D．slightly 50．A.stop B．helps C．finds D．given 51．A.despite B．except C．unless D．unlike 52．A.description B．existence C．intelligence D．recognition 53．A.accident B．incident C．trouble D．event 54．A.chair B．baseball C．game D．design 55．A.urged B．blamed C．greeted D．teased 56．A.goals B．words C．baseballs D．ideas 57．A.valuable B．reasonable C．impossible D．unbearable. 58．A.discovered B．equipped C．formed D．invented 59．A.limitations B．advantages
C．puzzles D．personalities
60．A.sense B．progress
C．mistakes D．friends
第2卷
注意:将答案写在答题卡上。

写在本试卷上无效。

第三局部英语知识运用 (共两节，总分为45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。

Hi, I've got something 61.________(excite) to tell you.I was in an elevator yesterday and saw Robin Drexel, the famous movie star！I just stood there，62.________(freeze)．I couldn't say a word.But 63.________ of a sudden, she turned to me，64.________(say), “Hello〞 .Then she asked me 65.________ the restaurant was on the fifth floor.I told her I was going to the restaurant 66.________(my), and I offered to show her where it was.She said, “Oh, fine.〞Then she said, “Why don't we have lunch together？〞Imagine！I never thought I would have lunch with a movie star！But I 67.________(do)！We had lunch together and talked for about half 68.________ hour.She even paid for my lunch！Can you imagine？But that isn't all.After lunch, she 69.________(ask) me if she could give me a ride to somewhere.I told her I was going home.70.________ she took me home in her big, black limousine(豪华轿车)．It was an exciting day.
第四局部写作(共两节，总分为35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题:每一小题1分，总分为10分)
假定英语课上教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.每处错误仅涉与一个单词的增加、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:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:1.每处错误与其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者〔从第11处起〕不计分。

Beijing has lots of famous tourist attractions.Every year many tourist come here to enjoy its beautiful scenery and rich culture.But several years ago, visitors behave badly.Some talked loudly in public and threw litter everywhere.Some picked flowers, cutting down trees and hurt animals.And even better, some painted on the walls and smoked in the woods.
Luckily, things has changed.Rubbish is always put into dustbins.People are friendly at animals.Everybody smokes in the woods.All these changes make us happily.As student, I think we should know it's our duty to protect the environment.Let's to change our behaviors when we travel.
第二节书面表达〔总分为25分〕
新学期开学，你校英语报为高二学生开辟专栏，讨论高中生学习问题。

请你结合自身实际，按以下提示，用英语为该专栏写一篇稿件。

●过去一年中，你在学习上肯定遇到过不少困难；
●列举困难中的一次，并阐述你是如何抑制的；
●从此次困难中，你认识到了什么；
●对高中生解决学习上的困难的建议(不少于两条)。

注意：
1．词数100左右，开头已为你写好(不计入总词数)；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文流畅；
3不得透露学校名称和个人真实姓名。

When we get into high school, we are bound to meet with difficulties in our study._________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________ ________
答案
第一局部：
1-5: ACABC
6-10: BABCB
11-15: ABCAB
16-20: CBAAC
第二局部：
21. D 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. A 31. D 32. D 33. C 34. C 35. A 36. A 37. G 38. C 39. F 40. B 41. C 42. B 43. A 44. D 45. B 46. C 47. A 48. C 49. B 50. B 51. A 52. D 53. B 54. B 55.A 56. B 57. C 58. D 59. A 60. B 第三局部：
61.exciting62．frozen63．all64．saying65．if/whether66．myself 67．did 68．An 69．asked 70．So
第四局部： 第一节：
Beijing has lots of famous tourist attractions.Every year many tourist
tourists come
here to enjoy its beautiful scenery and rich culture.But several years ago ，visitors behave
behaved
badly.Some talked loudly in public and threw litter everywhere.Some picked
flowers ，cutting cut down trees and hurt animals.And even better
worse ， some painted on the
walls and smoked in the woods.
Luckily, things
has
have
changed.Rubbish is always put into dustbins.People are friendly
at
to/toward s
animals.
Everybody
Nobody
smokes in the woods.All these changes
make us happily
happy .As studen t students ， I think we should know it's our duty to protect
the environment.Let's change our behaviors when we travel.
第二节： 一、评分原如此
1．此题总分为25分，按5个档次给分。

2．评分时，先根据文章内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。

3．词数少于80和多于120的，从总分中减去2分。

4．评分时应注意的主要内容为：内容要应用词汇和语法结构的丰富性和准确性与上下文的连贯性。

5．拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面。

评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。

英、美拼写与词汇用法均可承受。

6．如书写较差以至影响交际，将其分数降低一个档次。

二、内容要点1．举办者；2．展览主题与时间；3．邀请对方提供作品；4．投稿邮箱。

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[参考范文]
When_we_get_into_high_school，we_are_bound_to_meet_with difficulties_in_our_study.A difficulty I encountered was that I had strong Chinese accent while communicating with others in English，making everyone laugh at me.
Faced with the difficulty，I bought lots of CDs of native speakers' public speaking，and tried to imitate their intonation every day.Besides，I often turned to the teacher for help，who always helped correct my pronunciation.As a result，I made great progress.
We must meet some difficulties in our study，but each man is the architect of his own fate and success always grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties，due to which we become tougher.
To cope with our difficulties in study，we are supposed to find out the reasons first.What's more，consulting our teachers can contribute a lot to solving the problem.Only in this way can we perform well and gain success.
听力原文：
Text 1
W: What time is your train leaving?
M: It leaves at ten. I’ve got fifty minutes left.
W: You’d better hurry, or you won’t be able to catch it.
Text 2
M: Nice weather we’re having, don’t you thin k?
W: No. It is too cold.
M: I think it is just right.
W: I’d prefer it a few degrees warmer.
Text 3
M: Now, let’s stop talking and get going. I need to be in my office in fifteen minutes, or I’ll be late for a meeting.
W: Okay, bye.
Text 4
M: This course is really difficult.
W: I don’t think it’s all that bad. And we’ll benefit a lot from it.
M: So, you’re taking it too?
W: That’s true.
Text 5
W: Could you turn that off? I can’t hear myself think.
M: What?
W: The radio.
M: Oh! Sorry.
Text 6
W: Hi Michael! I heard you just came back from a holiday.
M: Yes. I stayed for a week in China, and five days in India.
W: You do travel a lot, don’t you? Last year, you went to Norway, right?
M: Well, I’ve been to quite some countries, but not yet to Norway. Last su mmer, I toured Russia for two weeks.
Text 7
M: Sally, do you like seafood?
W: Yes, of course.
M: Is there anything you especially like?
W: Well, I really don’t know. I can never remember the names.
M: Okay. Is there any food you don’t eat?
W: Well, I don’t eat chicken. And I don’t like eggs, either. But I like all kinds of fish and vegetables.
M: Then let’s look at the menu and see what they’ve got for us.
Text 8
M: You look pale, Stephanie. What’s wrong?
W: I don’t feel good. I have a bad headache. In fact, I haven’t got much sleep this past week, and I feel really tired.
M: Why don’t you go to see a doctor?
W: Yeah, I think I should. But I have a report due tomorrow. Ms. Jenkins needs it for the board meeting next Monday.
M: Well, it’s Wednesday today. Why don’t you talk to Ms. Jenkins, and ask if you can hand it in on Friday morning?
W: Maybe I should try. I guess I just need a good sleep. Thanks, George.
M: If you need any help with the report, just let me know.
Text 9
W: Anything interesting in the paper today, dear?
M: Well, yeah. There are a few here that might interest us. Here’s one for just four hundred dollars. It only has one bedroom, but it sounds nice, near Lake Street. W: Yeah. Let me see what the cheapest two-bedroom apartment is. Oh, here’s one on Market Street. It’s a real bargain. Only three hundred and fifty dollars. But it doesn’t have any furniture.
M: Well, it costs a lot to buy all the furniture.
W: Oh, here’s another one for just over four hundred dollars. This sounds very interestin g! It’s on South Street. That’s a nice area.
M: Yes, it’s quiet. Did you say two bedrooms?
W: Yes, at four hundred and fifteen dollars.
M: Why don’t we go and have a look?
W: Okay, I’ll give them a call.
Text 10
Look at this picture. It’s the London Tea T rade Centre. As you can see, it is on the north bank of the river Thames. It is the center of an important industry in the everyday lives of the British people. Tea is the British national drink. Every man, woman, and child over ten years of age has on average over four cups a day. Or some one thousand, five hundred cups annually. About thirty percent of the world’s exports of tea makes its way to London. And Britain is by far the largest importer of tea in the world. Now, in the second picture, you can see how tea is tasted in the Tea Trade Centre before it is sold. Here, different types of tea are tasted by skilled tea tasters, before they’re sold at each week’s tea sale. It’s amazing to see them at work. Over a hundred kinds of tea are laid out in a line on long tables. The tasters generally taste teas with milk, since that is how the majority of British people drink their tea. The tasters move down the line with surprising speed, tasting from a spoon and deciding what is a fair price for each tea. After t hat, they…。