福建省福安一中2020┄2021届高三高考模拟 英语试卷

2021届福安一中高中毕业班英语科模拟考试
英语试题
（考试时间：120分钟满分：150分）
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

第Ⅰ卷1至9页，第Ⅱ卷第10页。

满分150分。

考试时间120分钟。

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注意事项：
1.答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上，请按照题号在各题的答题区域（黑色线框）内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。

在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。

3.选择题答案使用2B铅笔填涂，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号；非选择题答案使用0.5毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔或碳素笔书写，字迹工整、笔迹清楚。

4.保持答题卡卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。

考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷（选择题共115分）
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l0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 man want to do？
A. Take photos.
B. Buy a camera.
C. Help the woman.
2. What are the speakers talking about？
A. A noisy night.
B. Their life in town.
C. A place of living.
3. Where is the man now？
A. On his way.
B. In a restaurant.
C. At home
4. What will Celia do？
A. Find a player.
B. Watch a game.
C. Play basketball.
5. What day is it when the conversation takes place？
A. Saturday.
B. Sunday.
C. Monday.
英语试题第l页（共11页）
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独自。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独自读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What is Sara going to do？
A. Buy John a gift.
B. Give John a surprise.
C. Invite John to France.
7. What does the man think of Sara’s plan？
A. Funny.
B. Exciting.
C. Strange.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Why does Diana say sorry to peter？
A. She has to give up her travel pan.
B. She wants to visit another city.
C. She needs to put off her test.
9. What does Diana want Peter to do？
A. Help her with her study.
B. Take a book to her friend.
C.Teach a geography lesson.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why does the man call the woman？
A. To tell her about her new job.
B. To ask about her job program.
C. To plan a meeting with her.
11. Who needs a new flat？
A. Alex.
B. Andrea.
C. Miranda.
12. Where is the woman now？
A. In Baltimore.
B. In New York.
C. In Avon.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant？
A. Where the restaurant is.
B. Whether the prices are low.
C. How well the food is prepared.
14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine？
A. After he came back to Sweden.
B. Before he went to the United States.
C. As soon as he got his first job in 1982.
15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant？
A. Talk to people in the street.
B. Speak to taxi drivers.
C. Ask hotel clerks.
16. What do we know about Jan？
A. He cooks for a restaurant.
B. He travels a lot of his work.
C. He prefers American food.
英语试题第2页（共11页）
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon？
A. it’s new buil ding.
B. it’s a small town.
C. it’s public place.
18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon？
A. Saturday nights.
B. Sunday afternoons.
C. Fridays and Saturdays.
19. Which street is known for its food shops and markets？
A. Via del Mar Street.
B. Fernando Street.
C. Hernandes Street.
20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best？
A. It has an old stone surface.
B. it is named after a writer.
C. It is a famous university.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分）
从A, B, C, D四个选项中。

选出可以填入空自处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
21. —Where to,
Miss？
—_____at the King’s Department Store.
A. Call me up
B. Drop me off
C. See me off
D. Pick me up
22. To refresh himself, he finished a cup of coffee and ordered _____.
A. others
B. the others
C. another
D. the other
23. My aunt _____ my sister to marry Henry, but she married Frank at last.
A. advised
B. persuaded
C. suggested
D. warned
24. —Your grandfather is always full of _____. What’s the secret？
—Playing Taichi（太极拳） every morning.
A. taste
B. energy
C. relief
D. credit
25. —What are you doing, John？
— I _____the English words all the morning, but I still can’t remember them.
A. have been reciting
B. recited
C. was reciting
D. have recited
26. I remember my daughter used to ask questions that girls _____ would ask.
A. twice her age
B. twice so old as she
C. as twice old as her
D. twice as old as her age
27. _____ to drive after drinking, some drivers are still trying their luck, which is dangerous.
A. Not reminded
B. Reminded not
C. Reminding not
D. Not having reminded
28. Ashley still remembers the excitement when she _____ for a trip to Canada.
A. chooses
B. has been chosen
C. chose
D. was chosen
英语试题第3页（共11页）
29. —Alice won’t join in our discussion tonight.
—Oh, she _____. We have already put it off.
A. mustn’t
B. needn’t
C. shouldn’t
D. can’t
30. Experts suggest that people should _____ some hobbies, which may help reduce pressure
and depression.
A. take up
B. put up
C. bring up
D. set up
31. It is more than half a century ____ my grandparents got married.
A. when
B. that
C. since
D. while
32. —I hear Prof. Huang will give us a lecture this weekend.
—Well, I would rather he _____ tomorrow.
A. came
B. will come
C. had come
D. would come
33. I went to Gulangyu Islet（鼓浪屿） on May 1st, ______, not surprisingly, was crowded with
tourists from all over the country.
A. where
B. which C that D. when
34. —Are you going to leave now？
—Unless you would prefer me _____.
A. staying
B. stayed
C. to stay
D. stay
35. As is known to us, knowledge is _____ can change our life.
A. that
B. which
C. what
D. how
第二节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, }, c和D）中，选出可以填人空自处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find 37 work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us 38 every couple of years.
Before I moved, I kne w that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the 39 when I was 40 to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer, I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks.
When I 41 in the US and started 8th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a（n） 42 language I couldn’t understand. I 43 that life had had subtitles（字幕）, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt
like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always 44 my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read 45 .
46 after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things. 47 just made my life worse. If I was going to 48 in this new concrete jungle, I had to 49 . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own 50 school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers 51 my improvement and moved me into a more 52 English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without 53 frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again 54 I didn’t hear foreign talk. I 55 understand people.
36. A. see B. join C. find D. help
37. A. highly-thought B. fast-moving C. good-looking D. better-paid
英语试题第4页（共11页）
38. A. other B. once C. each D. only
39. A. situation B. condition C. case D. state
40. A. arranging B. trying C. managing D. packing
41. A. reached B. entered C. got D. arrived
42. A. strange B. unusual C. foreign D. standard[来]
43. A. hoped B. wished C. expected D. demanded
44. A. sensing B. examining C. checking D. watching
45. A. texts B. newspapers C. English D. poems
46. A. Although B. Even if C. But D. Since
47. A. It B. They C. I D. These
48. A. live B. study C. survive D. continue
49. A. adapt B. adopt C. afford D. admire
50. A. for B. in C. after D. at[
51. A. made B. noticed C. concerned D. remembered
52. A. modern B. advanced C. difficult D. convenient
53. A. any B. some C. ever D. even
54. A. if B. though C. ever D. because
55. A. should B. would C. could D. might
第三部分阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
When I left my bag on a train, I lost my most precious possession, a small framed photograph of my great grandparents, Emily and Gordon Baker. The frame was made of silver, with an elegant flower design in one corner. The photograph was taken in March 1939 on their wedding day. Emily looked very happy, and Gordon looked rather alarmed. A few months later, he was killed in action in North Africa. I received the photograph when my aunt Mabel died.
I'm a student at Edinburgh University and I live in an old Edwardian house. At the end of last term, I packed a large bag and a small bag and set off for London, where I was planning to catch the Eurostar train to Paris. Minutes after getting off the train at Kings Cross Station, I realized that I'd left the small bag in the overhead luggage rack. I ran back to the train, but it had already left the platform.
This all happened several months ago, and I had become resigned to the loss of my most precious possession. Then last week, something extraordinary happened. I logged onto the site
Bay and looked for a silver photo frame and I found it ! The photo of my great grandparents was on Bay !
I called the person who was advertising it. He was a little suspicious at first, and told me that he had bought it from a stall at an antique market. After we talked for a while, he asked if there was any way I could prove it was mine. All I could think of was that the photo was taken in March 1939. He opened the frame and made sure that this date was written by hand on the back of the photograph.
“It ' s definitely yours. " he said. "Come and get it ! "
英语试题第5页（共11页）
56. The author's most precious possession was __________ .
A. A wedding photo in a silver frame taken in North Africa
B. A pretty family portrait in a silver frame taken in 1939
C. A special photo of his great grandparents in a silver frame
D. A common photograph of his grandparents taken by Mabel
57. Which of the statement about the author is not wrong？
A. He left the photo on a train and never got it back.
B. He put the photo in a small bag and left it on a train.
C. He left the photo on the Eurostar and ran back to get it.
D. He left the photo at his old Edwardian house in Edinburgh
58. The man advertising the frame proved it was the author's _______ .
A. by calling the seller up immediately
B. according to the price of the silver frame
C. by the author's explanation about the photo
D. by the date written on the back of the photo
59. It can be inferred that the author felt______when he found the silver photo on Bay.
A. nervous
B. excited
C. disappointed
D. worried
B
President Barack Obama has complained about the loss of privacy that comes with being leader of the United States, regretting the loss of simple pleasures such as a long walk or a trip to the car wash or supermarket. "I just miss - I miss being unknown," he said. I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks. I can't take a walk. " His dream, he said, was to "go through Central Park and watch folks passing by . . . spend the day watching people - I miss that".
Faced with angry criticism for playing more golf than most previous occupants of the White House, he explained that the sport was simply the best way of getting away from it all. "It's the only excuse I have to get outside for four hours in a row," he told Hearst magazines.
Though he said he enjoyed his life in the White House, he felt disappointed with some of the ways of Washington, which he has failed in his commitment to change, such as the "kabuki dance"（日本歌妓舞） among political parties before serious policy discussions begin. His comments may be seen as vindication（证实） by critics who have accused him of appearing too detached（超然的） , and being slow to engage in vital issues such as Libya and the near shutdown of the US government last week.
Since arriving at the White House in January 2009, Mr Obama has already scored 60 rounds of golf in office, more than George W Bush did in his eight years.
In terms of ability, Golf Digest magazine has ranked Mr Obama eighth out of the 18 presidents who played the game since it became established in the early 20th century.
60. What can be inferred from the first paragraph about Barack Obama after he became the U.S.
president？
A. He liked living a busy life.
英语试题第6页（共11页）
B. He used to spend most of his time with his family.
C. He is unhappy with being too frequently watched by the public.
D. He used to wash his car himself.
61. Barack Obama's explanation to playing golf is _____.
A. to release his pressure
B. to keep fit
C. to balance his work
D. to enjoy life
62. Which one of the following statements is from the critics？
A. The president lost a lot privacy, but he loves the life in the White House.
B. There are always unnecessary procedures among political parties.
C. The president seems to be indifferent towards some really important issues.
D. The president is really a great golf player.
63. According to the text, which of the following statements is true about Barack Obama？
A. He regrets to become the U. S. president.
B. He couldn't play too much golf because of people being angry with him.
C. He has lost privacy ever since he became president.
D. He is poor at playing golf compared with the other presidents who played golf.
C
Increasingly, Americans are becoming their own doctors, by going online to diagnose their symptoms, order home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies（药店）.Some avoid doctors because of the high cost of medical care, especially if they lack health insurance. Or they may stay because they find it embarrassing to discuss their weight, alcohol consumption or couch potato habits. Patients may a1so fear what they might learn about their health, or they distrust physicians because of negative experiences in the past. But playing doctors can also be a deadly game.
Every day, more than six million Americans turn to the Internet for medical answers ---most of them aren't nearly skeptical enough of what they find. A 2002 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 72 percent of those surveyed believe all or most of what they read on healt h websites. They shouldn't. Look up “headache”, and the chances of finding reliable and complete information, free from a motivation for commercial gain, are only one in ten, reports an April 2005 Brown Medical School study. Of the l69 websites the researchers rated, only l6 scored as “high quality”. Recent studies found faulty facts about all sorts of other disorders, causing one research team to warn that a large amount of incomplete, inaccurate and even dangerous information exists on the Internet.
The problem is that most people don't know the safe way to surf the Web. “They use a search engine 1ike Google, get l8 trillion choices and start clicking. But that's risky, because
almost anybody can put up a site that looks authoritative（权威的）, so it's hard to know Whether what you're reading is reasonable or not,” says Dr. Sarah Bass from the National Cancer Institute.
64. According to the text, an increasing number of Americans .
A. are suffering from mental disorders
B. turn to Internet pharmacies for help
C. like to play deadly games with doctors
D. are skeptical about surfing medical websites
英语试题第7页（共11页）
65. Some Americans stay away from doctors because they .
A. find medical devices easy to operate
B. prefer to be diagnosed online by doctors
C. are afraid to face the truth of their health
D. are afraid to misuse their health insurance
66. According to the study of Brown Medical School .
A. more than 6 million Americans distrust doctors
B. only 1/l0 of medical websites aim to make a profit
C. about l/10 of the websites surveyed are of high quality
D. 72% of health websites offer incomplete and faulty facts
67. Which of the following is the author's main argument？
A. It's cheap to se1f-treat your own illness.
B. It's embarrassing to discuss your bad habits.
C. It's reasonable to put up a medical website.
D. It's dangerous to be your own doctor.
D
Guilin City Daily Bus Tour
68. How much is the cost for a family of a couple and an 8-year-old child to book this tour？
A. USD 132.
B. USD 165.
C. RMB 800.
D. RMB 600.
69. How many scenic spots will you visit during the tour？
A.One
B.Two
C. Three.
D. Four.
70.. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？
A. Air-conditioned tour coach is offered.
B. You could book the tour by email to info@.
C. Visiting the Seven Star Park is not included in the itinerary.
D. The .tour guide will accept RMB only.
71. This passage is most likely to be______.
A. A report.
B. a journal.
C. an introduction
D. an advertisement.
E
NASA’s Kepler space telescope has discovered three planets that may be able to support life, while one of them is the most earth-like world spotted to date, scientists say.
Two exoplanets（系外行星）have been discovered in their stars’ habitable zones─the right range of distance where liquid water can exist on a planet’s surface.
Kepler-62f is a rocky world 1.4 times bigger than Earth and circles a star smaller and darker than the sun. Its neighbor, Kepler-62e, is just 1.6 times larger than Earth. Both are the smallest exoplanets ever found in their stars’ habitable zones.
Both Kepler-62e and f, “look very good as possibilities for looking for life,” said Bill Borucki, the Kepler science researcher, of NASA’s Ames Research.
The third earth-like planet confirmed by the scientists is Kepler-69c, standing at 1.7 times bigger than Earth and orbits （绕……运行） a star similar to our own sun. Borucki said it
英语试题第9页（共11页）
represents a big step towards finding the first ever “alien （外星的）earth”.
“We’re moving very rapidly towards finding the Earth-like around a star like the sun,” Borucki told . Kepler-69c lies 2,700 light-years away in the Cyngus constellation（天鹅座星系）.
The three probably habitable worlds are part of a larger find. Scientists have discovered a total of seven new exoplanets, five in the Kepler-62 system and two in Kepler-69.
The five newfound planets range from 0.54 to 1.95 times the size of earth, but only Kepler-62e and f are likely habitable.
72. Liquid water can exist on an earth-like planet’s surface because of the right distance from
_____.
A. the sun
B. the earth
C. its star
D. other planets
73. About the size of the following planets, which is the right order？
A. Kepler-69c ＞ Kepler-62e ＞ Kepler-62f ＞ Earth
B. Kepler-62f ＞ Earth ＞Kepler-69c ＞ Kepler-62e
C. Earth ＞ Kepler-69c ＞ Kepler-62e ＞ Kepler-62f
D. Kepler-69c ＞ Kepler-62e ＞ Earth ＞ Kepler-62f.
74. Which of the following statements is TRUE？
A. The earth-like planets orbit the sun.
B. All the newfound planets are bigger than the earth.
C. There must be life on the earth-like planets.
D. The scientists have made progress in finding the earth-like planets.
75. In which column（专栏） of a newspaper can you find this passage？
A. Sports.
B. Science.
C. Education.
D. Entertainment.
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共35分）
注意事项:
用0.5毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡上作答。

在试卷上作答，答案无效。

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示:1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

How do you understand happiness？ Views on it （76） v from person to person. As far as I'm concerned, happiness doesn't mean a large amount of money or being in the highest social status but（77）（意味）to obtain something that enriches my mind.
However, many people have seldom experienced happiness. There are several （78） f for it. Some people aren't good at finding the sun face. They've just （79）（抱怨）about their own misfortune or enlarged others' joy, （80）（看不见）the happiness belonging to them. Some people lack faith. They only keep telling themselves to make money as （81），not knowing their life's aims （82） what on earth they really want, （83） can hardly let them have the feeling of happiness. Some people always like to compare with others in every aspect, such as positions, housing conditions and treasure. Some do not know devotion, not understanding helping others will bring them more pleasure. Still some others do not know to
英语试题第10页（共11页）
meet. Such people （84） u have possessed much but still want to seek more.
In my opinion, （85）s happiness equals pleasure what pleasure for long is
happy .Therefore, just keep ourselves cheerful for every minute.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
阅读下面漫画，先对漫画的内容进行描述，然后对这一现象发表自己的看法。

注意：
1. 词数120左右，开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

2. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。

As can be seen from the picture, an old man__________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________
2021届福安一中高中毕业班英语科模拟考试
英语参考答案及评分标准
第一、二、三部分：
1-5. ACACB 6-10. BBABA 11-15. BACAA 16-20. BCBCC
21-25 BBABA 26-30 BBDBA 31-35 CABCC
36-40 BDBAB 41-45 DCBDB 46-50 CACAC 51-55 BBADC
56-59 CBDB 60-63 CACC 64-67 BCCD 68-71 BDAD
72-75 CADB
第四部分：
第一节：
76. vary77.means 78. factors 79. complained
80.ignoring
81. much 82. or 83. which 84. usually
85. short
【评分原则】
按标准答案给分，如果出现与标准答案不同，但符合题目要求的答案也可以接受，具体由阅卷点裁定。

第二节：
【评分原则】
1. 本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分；
2. 评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言的表达，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100或多于150的，从书面表达的总分中减去2分；
4. 评分时应注意的主要内容为：内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性及上下文的连贯性；
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
及词汇用法均可接受；
6. 如书写较差以致影响交际的将分数降低一个档次。

【内容要点】
1. 描述图画中的内容；
2. 阐述现象的原因；
3. 自己的观点
【各档次的给分范围和要求】
【One possible version】
As can be seen from the picture, an old man is sitting on a sofa alone on his birthday with some birthday presents and a cake from his children on his both sides, feeling sad and lonely.
What the picture reflects left me deep in thought. Nowadays, many adults work in cities for better living conditions, leaving their old parents alone at home. Occupied with their work, they seldom spare any time to visit or accompany their old parents. Actually, they don’t realize t hat
what the old need most is not material stuff but their company for old people easily get lonely without anyone to talk to.
As sons or daughters, under no circumstances should we ignore our old parents’ spiritual needs, however busy we are. Instead, we should spend as much time accompanying them as we can and care for them in every possible way. Only in this way can we create a more harmonious society.
2021届福安一中高中毕业班英语科模拟考试
英语试题听力录音稿
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三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有l0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。

Text 1
Man：I’ve got my camera with me. Am I allowed to take photos for you？
Woman：I think so. It doesn’t say you can’t.
Text 2
A：I really like living here in this flat, because it’s so near to central town.
B：That’s true. But it gets really noisy at night.
Text 3
A：Hi, Maggie. I’m coming, but it’s snowing and the traffic is moving slowly.
B：Ok, David. Take your time. We’ll wait for you, so we can have dinner together.
Text 4
A：Celia, you see those girls over there？ They need another player for a basketball game.
Would you like to join them？
B：Seems like it’s a game for fun. Sure, I’ll be there in minute.
Text 5
A：I won’t have anything to wear to work on Monday unless I pick up my clothes at dry cleaners’.
B：Then you’d better hurry. It closes at noon on Sundays.
A：Oh! I should have gone there on Saturday.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

Text 6
A：Alright, Sara, we know that you are planning something big for John’s birthday. Could you tell us just what you have in your mind？
B：I want to make his birthday a very special event. John has a sister living in France. And I’ll send her a plane ticket, so that she can be here for his birthday.
A：Boy! What an excellent plan! That’s something special. I can’t guess some secret plans and we are waiting for the right time to tell him.
B：Well, I didn’t want to say anything until I was sure she could come.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

Text 7
A：Hey, Peter, I’m sorry!
B：Hi, Diana, what’s wrong？
A：We were going to Hong Kong this weekend, but I’m afraid I can’t go.
B：How come？
A：I have a really big geography test and I have to study for it.
B：We can go next week instead.
A：No, I don’t want to ruin your weekend. You go ahead and please take the book I bought to my friend Sally. Tell her I have to study all weekend, because I can’t afford to fail the test. B：Ok, then I’ll go with them. But it’s a pity you can’t come.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

Text 8
A：Hello, this is Andrea.
B：Hello, Andrea, this is Alex. I have some very big news for you. Miranda was very satisfied with you and said she was very much looking forward to working with you. Isn’t that wonderful？ Congratulations dear! How does it feel to be Miranda’s new assistant？ How I imagine that you’ll just be delighted with this news. So let’s see, you can start on Monday, right？
A：Umm, well, I don’t think I can start on Monday. I am visiting my father in Baltimore. And because I don’t live in New York, I’ll n eed a couple of days to find a flat and buy some furniture and move my things from Avon.
B：Oh, well then, in that case I suppose Wednesday will be good. Ok, see you then!
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

Text 9
Woman：Hello, Mr. Jan Erick Freedman. You’re a frequent trave ler. And we also know that you eat out twice a day. How can you get so far and eating out.
Man：When I my first job back in 1982 and started travelling. I had no other choice but eat out
I found that I felt different due to what I was eating, so I tried to find places that served
food that made me feel good. The secret was the quality of the food and how well the food was prepared. I made an effort to find out good restaurants as well as nice dishes. Woman：How did you manage to make a list of 218 favorite restaurants？
Man：I’ve lived in cities and when I moved back to Sweden from the United States, people asked me where to go and eat and went to the cities I know. I got a lot of ideas. Then I wrote about restaurants for a Swedish club magazine and some suggested I gather
information about restaurants together since I had all the facts about the restaurants I’ve been to. I started to do that.
Woman：How do you find restaurants？
Man：The best way is to ask the people there. I may talk to the people at the street market or take a walk and look for place for myself. I never asked hotel clerks or taxi drivers. I don’t go either restaurants or places with menus too difficult to understand.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

Text 10
Man： At the beginning of the tour, we all started the most important place at my town which is the Plaza Leon. The Plaza Leon is more than 100 years old. It’s a gathering place for young people on Friday and Saturday nights, and for parents and children on Sunday afternoon. Four streets lead to the Plaza which have white sidewalks and tree lined. Hemandes Street which was named after writers born in the city contains all of the food stalls fish markets and vegetable stands. Femando Street which was named after a famous educator is where all of the government offices, shops and houses. Via del Mar Street which is the only street which has old stone surfaces. Finally we came to the Hewish’s Street on which there are two universities, one of which is the most famous university in my country. That’s why it’s my fa vorite street of all.。