福建省厦门外国语学校届高三校适应性考试英语试题

厦门外国语学校
2014届高三校适应性考试英语试卷
本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。

满分150分。

考试时间120分钟。

第一部分听力 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What happened to the woman last night?
A. She missed a program.
B. Her TV was broken.
C. She didn’t sleep well.
2. What might the woman be good at?
A. Looking after kids.
B. Taking care of elderly people.
C. Teaching people how to find a job.
3. Why does the man want to exchange his T-shirt?
A. He dislikes the color.
B. It is the wrong size.
C. It has a hole on it.
4. What do the speakers decide to do?
A. Go out for dinner.
B. Work overtime together.
C. Bring some food back for dinner.
5. What can we learn from this conversation?
A. Mr. Davidson is busy right now.
B. The man dialed the wrong number.
C. The woman doesn’t want to talk about art.
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。

6. Who are the speakers?
A. Customer and assistant.
B. Teacher and student.
C. Doctor and patient.
7. What is the man going to do?
A. Rob the woman.
B. Make the woman fall asleep.
C. Pull out the woman’s tooth.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What’s wrong with Emily?
A. She hurt herself.
B. She’s having a bad cough.
C. She’s running a fever.
9. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. Look after Emily at the hospital.
B. Watch over her son at her home.
C. Help Mary wash the dishes.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At an office.
B. At a café.
C. At the man’s home.
11. How does the man know the woman?
A. They went to the same university.
B. They used to work together.
C. The man is the woman’s boss now.
12. What does the woman think of architects?
A. Their work is interesting.
B. They always take business trips.
C. They don’t get paid enough.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where are the speakers probably?
A. In a clothing store.
B. On the street.
C. In a fashion studio.
14. Why does the man want to talk to the woman?
A. He thinks her clothes are different.
B. He likes her guitar.
C. He is attracted by her beauty.
15. Where doesn’t the woman shop for clothe s?
A. Unpopular stores.
B. Second-hand clothing stores.
C. Department stores.
16. What will the woman do next?
A. Look at some pictures.
B. Buy some coffee at Starbucks.
C. Change into some clothes.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is wrong with the gate?
A. The nails are coming out of the wood.
B. The pieces of wood are coming apart.
C. Not enough nails were used.
18. What does the man think of the Borg Fence staff?
A. They overcharged him.
B. They were careful about their work.
C. They didn’t pay much attention to his fence.
19. What do we know about the man?
A. He lives at 52 Ascott Circle.
B. He will find a lawyer to help him.
C. The Borg Fence had done work for him before.
20. What does the man threaten to do?
A. Make a formal complaint.
B. Call the police.
C. Go to Borg Fence’s office.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）
21. －Hey, you haven’t been acting like yourself. Everything is OK?
－______.
A. I’m fine, thanks
B. Sure, it is
C. That’s good
D. It’s OK
22．I don’t understand what the engineer means, but I’ve got ______ rough idea of _____ project plan.
A. the; a
B. 不填; the
C. the; 不填
D. a; the
23．The incomes of skilled workers went up. ______, unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.
A. Moreover
B. Therefore
C. Meanwhile
D. Otherwise
24．The system has been designed to give students quick and easy ______ to the digital resources of the library.
A. access
B. passage
C. way
D. approach
25．There is a great deal of evidence _______ that music activities engage different parts of the brain.
A. indicate
B. indicating
C. to indicate
D. to be indicating
26．It took ______ building supplies to construct these energy-saving houses. It took brains, too.
A. other than
B. more than
C. rather than
D. less than
27．The good thing about children is that they _______ very easily to new environments.
A. adapt
B. appeal
C. attach
D. apply
28．－Is there any possibility ______ you could pick me up at the airport?
－No problem.
A.when
B. that
C. whether
D. what
29．I have reached a point in my life ______ I am supposed to make decisions of my own.
A. which
B. where
C. how
D. why
30．John is very _______ －if he promises to do something he’ll do it.
A. independent
B. confident
C. reliable
D. flexible 31．Practicing Chinese kung fu can not only ________ one’s strength, but also develop one’s character.
A. bring up
B. take up
C. build up
D. pull up
32．________, the pay isn’t attractive enough, though the job itself is quite interesting.
A. Generally speaking
B. On the contrary
C. In particular
D. To be honest
33．In the good care of the nurses, the boy is ______ recovering from his heart operation.
A. quietly
B. actually
C. practically
D. gradually
34．－What do you think of the movie?
－It’s fantastic. The only pity is that I ______ the beginning of it.
A.missed
B. had missed
C. miss
D. would miss
35. －I haven’t got the reference book yet, but I’ll have a test on the subject ne xt month.
－Don’t worry. You______ have it by Friday.
A. could
B. shall
C. must
D. may
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、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was during those hard days in a small community. Food was in short supply. I used to stop by Mr. Miller’s stand for36 .
One particular day, while Mr. Miller was 37 some potatoes for me I noticed a small boy 38 admiring a basket of green peas．Soon I was also 39 to the fresh green peas.
The boy left. Mrs. Miller 40 to me and said, “There are two other such boys in our41 , all from poor families．Jim always offers to 42 our produce for their marbles（弹珠）. He somehow makes them believe he likes red marbles 43 . Sometimes he even sends them home with some peas for 44 .”I left the stand, 45 with this man．
Years later, I went back to visit some 46 in that community and while I was there I learned Mr. Miller had died．I agreed to 47 my friends to see Mrs. Miller. Upon our arrival, we offered whatever words of 48 . Ahead of us were three young men. They moved to the casket（棺椁）. Mrs. Miller’s eyes followed them 49 each young man placed his own 50 hand over the cold pale hand and then left．
Our turn came to meet Mrs. Miller. I told her who I was and mentioned the 51 of the marbles．She said, “Those three young men were the boys. They told me how they 52 Jim's kindness.”
“We've never had much53 ,”she said, “but right now, Jim would consider himself the 54 man.”Then she lifted her husband's lifeless fingers. 55 beneath the hand were three shining, red marbles!
36．A．flowers B．meat C．vegetables D．fruits 37．A．bagging B．digging C．selling D．cooking 38．A．happily B．hungrily C．curiously D．seriously 39．A．carried B．sent C．drawn D．led
40．A．pulled up ` B．picked up C．got up D．came up 41．A．community B．town C．home D．store
42．A．trade B．bring C．change D．get
43．A．in time B．in particular C．on purpose D．on average 44．A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing 45．A．impressed B．surprised C．disappointed D．satisfied 46．A．relatives B．friends C．businessmen D．workers 47．A．introduce B．send C．accompany D．assist 48．A．comfort B．thanks C．praise D．encouragement 49．A．since B．whether C．because D．as
50．A．cool B．warm C．red D．pale
51．A．price B．color C．story D．number 52．A．appreciated B．forgot C．needed D．helped 53．A．debt B．wealth C．hope D．health 54．A．tallest B．dearest C．richest D．toughest 55．A．Rolling B．Fading C．Hanging D．Resting
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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

A
I’m not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like them —to be honest. We’d have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange e-mails, and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Facebook and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.
Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer
hidden, they’re thrown in my face like TV commercials — unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities.
Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, you’d find him warm, and down-to-earth. Read his Facebook and you realize he’s an unbearable, food-obsessed boring man. He’d pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning man — and then write about it.
Take Andy. You won’t find a smarter CEO anywhere, but now he’s a CEO without a company to run. So he plays Mafia Wars on Facebook. He’s doing well —level 731. Thanks to Facebook, I know he’s playing about 18 hours a day. Andy, you’ve run four companies —and this is how you spend your downtime? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job?
Take Liz. She is positive that the H7N9 vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find, so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on Facebook and once on Twitter.
In real life, I don’t see these sides of people. Face to face, my friends show me their best. They’re nice, smart people. But face to Facebook, my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.
I’m left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine madman on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he’s at a party and the wine isn’t up to his standards?
56. What’s And y probably busy in doing now?
A. He’s running his company.
B. He’s playing golf all day.
C. He’s looking for another job.
D. He’s playing computer games.
57. According to the text, Facebook tends to ______.
A. present another side of people
B. offer some food for free
C. show endless advertisements
D. get you to more parties
58. The text is developed mainly by ______.
A. giving examples
B. following the time order
C. listing figures
D. raising questions
59. The author focuses on the question of ______.
A. what is Facebook
B. what happened to golf
C. who is his real friend
D. who can help him
B
Bertie knew there was something in the wind. His mother had been sad in recent days, not sick, just strangely sad. The lion had just lain down beside him, his head warm on Bertie’s feet, when Father cleared his throat and began, “You’ll soon be eight, Bertie. A boy needs a proper education. We’ve found the right place for you, a school near Salisb ury in England. ”
His heart filled with a terrible fear, all Bertie could think of was his white lion. “But the lion,” he cried, “What about the lion?”
“I’m afraid there’s something else I have to tell you, ” his father said. Looking across at Bertie’s mother, he took a deep breath. Then he told Bertie he had met a circus owner from France, who was over in Africa looking for lions to buy. He would come to their farm in a few days.
“No! You can’t send him to a circus!” said Bertie. “People will come to see him. He’ll be shut up behind bars. I promised him he never would be. And they will laugh at him. He’d rather die. Any animal would ! ” But as he looked across the table at them, he knew their minds were quite made up.
Bertie felt completely betrayed. He wai ted until he heard his father’s deep breathing next door. With his white lion at his heels, he crept downstairs in his pyjamas, took down his father’s rifle from the rack and stepped out into the night. He ran and ran till his legs could run no more. As the sun came up over the grassland, he climbed to the top of a hill and sat down, his arms round the lion’s neck. The time had come.
“Be wild now”,he whispered. “You’ve got to be wild. Don’t ever come home. All my life I’ll think of you. I promise I will. ” He buried his head in the lion’s neck. Then, Bertie clambered down the hill and
walked away.
When he looked back, the lion was still sitting there watching him; but then he stood up, yawned, stretched, and sprang down after him. Bertie shouted at him, but he kept coming. He threw sticks. He threw stones. Nothing worked.
There was only one thing left to do. With tears filling his eyes and his mouth, he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired over the lion’s head.
60. Bertie’s mother was sad probably becau se she _____.
A. had been seriously ill recently
B. had decided to send Bertie to school
C. knew selling the lion would upset Bertie
D. knew Bertie would hate to go to England
61. The underlined word “they” in Para. 4 probably refers to _____.
A. some audience
B. other animals
C. Bertie’s parents
D. circus owners
62. In the last paragraph, the boy lifted the rifle to _____.
A. kill the lion out of fear
B. threaten the lion back to the wild
C. protect himself from the lion
D. show his anger towards his father
63. The passage intends to show that _____.
A. animal-hunting is popular in Africa
B. parents are sometimes cruel to their children
C. animals usually lead a miserable life in circuses
D. people and animals can be faithful to each other
C
CONGRATULATIONS
We’ve organized the following information to help you prepare for your arrival at Boston College. Please feel free to contact our Admissions Office at any time over the coming months with any questions.
Your First Steps…
Please return the Acknowledgment Form sent with your acceptance letter to Dean Robert Howe, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, McGuinn Hall 221,140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
■For Ph.D. Acceptances and Master’s Acceptances with funding, we ask you to reply by April 25, 2014.
■For Master’s Acceptances without funding and Non-degree Acceptances, we ask you to reply by May 31, 2014.
■You should also contact your department to receive any department informatio n.
Over the Coming Months…
Get informed about services around campus. We have provided links for you to the following offices.
■Student Services
After you return your Acknowledgment Form, you should receive a letter containing your BC Username and Eagl e ID number. With this information you can reach email and Agora. In Agora, BC’s online community, you can update your student information, check your student account, and register for classes.
The Office of Student Services issues your BC Eagle One Card. This ID card acts as your campus library card and meal card.
Student Services’ website offers a complete listing of courses for the school year, as well as student forms and other important student information. The Office of Student Services also handles billing.
■Housing …
CLICK HERE for more information.
If we can be of any more help to you, just contact us. Congratulations again! We look forward to you joining our University!
64. The above page can most probably be read _________.
A. on the Boston College website
B. in the Boston College newspaper
C. on BC Eagle One Card
D. at Student Services
65. If you want to study for your master’s degree with funding, you will have to _______.
A. return your Acknowledgment Form by May 31, 2014
B. send back your Acknowledgment Form by April 25, 2014
C. email your Acknowledgment Form to Admissions Office by May 31, 2014
D. return your Acknowledgment Form to Student Services by April 25, 2014
66. If you want to decide what courses for the school year y ou’d better _________.
A. call up the Office of Student Services
B. get in touch with the Admissions Office
C. read your acceptance letter
D. visit Student Services’ website
D
We have met the enemy, and he is ours. We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-pox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest, suddenly turns up in children in the American Midwest, it’s hard not to wonder if the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings. “Most of the infections (感染) we think of as human infections started in other animals.” says Stephen Morse, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University.
It’s not just that we’re going to where the animals are; we’re also bringing them closer to us. P opular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country. A strange illness killed Isaksen’s pets, and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea. “I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge o f them,” says Isaksen.
“Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing,”says Peter Schantz. Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call. Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners. We know very little about these new diseases. A new bug may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful. Monkey-pox doesn’t look a major infectious disease. But it is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person.
67. We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may ___________.
A. come from Columbia
B. prevent us from being infected
C. enjoy being with children
D. suffer from monkey-pox
68. Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets?
A. They attack human beings.
B. We need to study native animals.
C. They can’t live out of the rain forest.
D. We do not know much about them yet.
69. What does the phrase “the wake-up call” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?
A. a new disease
B. a clear warning
C. a dangerous animal
D. a morning animal
70. The text suggests that in the future we_______.
A. may have to fight against more new diseases
B. may easily get infected by diseases from dogs
C. should not be allowed to have pets
D. should stop buying pets from Africa
E
Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. But in the nine days
since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled—to $1. 01 per pack—smokers have jammed telephone “quit lines” across the country seeking to kick the habit.
This is not a surprise to public health advocates. They’ve studied the effect of state tax increases for years, finding that smokers, especially teens, are price sensitive. Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercely fights every tax increase.
The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message. Tobacco taxes improve public health, they raise money and most particularly, they deter people from taking up the habit as teens, which is when nearly all smokers are addicted. Yet the rate of taxation varies widely.
In Manhattan, for instance, which has the highest tax in the nation, a pack of Marlboro Light Kings cost ＄10.06 at one drugstore Wednesday. Charleston, S, C., where the 7-cent-a-pack tax is the lowest in the nation. The price was $4. 78.
The influence is obvious.
In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys—13.8%, far below the national average. By comparison, 26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky, Other low-tax states have similarly depressing teen-smoking records.
Hal Rogers, Representative from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans “who choose to smoke.”
That’s true, but there is more reason in keeping future generations of low-income workers from getting hooked in the first place, As for today’s adults, if the new tax drives them to quit, they will have more to spend on their families, cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better.
71. The text is mainly about___________.
A. the price of cigarettes
B. tax rate of teen smoking
C. the effect of tobacco tax increase
D. the differences in tobacco tax rate
72. What does the author think is a surprise?
A. Teen smokers are price sensitive.
B. Some states still keep the tobacco tax low.
C. Tobacco taxes improve public health.
D. Tobacco industry fiercely fights the tax rise.
73. The u nderlined word "deter” in Paragraph 3 most probably means.
A. discourage
B. remove
C. benefit
D. free
74. Rogers’ attitude towards the low-income smokers might be that of .
A. tolerance
B. unconcern
C. doubt
D. sympathy
75. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The new tax will be beneficial in the long run.
B. Low-income Americans are more likely to fall ill.
C. Future generations will be hooked on smoking.
D. Adults will depend more on their families.
厦门外国语学校
2014届高三校适应性考试英语试卷
第二卷（非选择题满分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题小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：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，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上，所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

As a hiking-lover, I have climbed many famous mountains in China. I can still remember one of my happy and（76）（难忘）hiking experiences on the Wuyi Mountain. It was the early spring when I decided to go hiking （77）my friends. Before our trip, I thought it a （78）p of cake to get to the top of the Wuyi Mountain. At first, we all felt rather happy, chatting and laughing. However,after（79）(到达) the middle of the mountain, we started to be tired out. We were thirsty and our legs were painful. All of us were unwilling to （80）m on. We were about to give up（81）someone called out “come on, come on”.（82）E by his words, we all climbed to the top of the mountain.
From this trip, I deeply feel（83）w makes me happy is not only those beautiful （84）v of the mountains but also the experience that we have overcome our mental and physical（85）(挑战) to achieve our final goals and enjoy pleasures from them.
第二节书面表达 (满分25分)
假定你是某中学生英语报的小记者。

请阅读下面的漫画，按要求用英文写一篇短文。

内容要求：
1.描述漫画内容；
2.发表个人感想。

注意：
1. 短文开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2.考生可适当发挥，使文章内容充实、连贯；
3.词数120左右；
4.文中不能出现考生的具体信息。

参考词汇：漂流图书floating books
From the picture, we can see a floating bookshelf placed on the roadside. _____________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
厦门外国语学校2014届高三校适应性考试英语试卷答案
第一卷
听力1-5 AABAB 6-10 CCCBB 11-15 BCBAC 16-20 ABCCA
单选21-25 ADCAB 26-30 BABBC 31-35 CDDAB
完型36-40 CABCD 41-45 AABDA 46-50 BCADB 51-55 CABCD
阅读56-59：DAAC 60-63: CABD 64-66: ABD 67-70: DDBA 71-75: CBADA
第二卷
短文填词
76. unforgettable 77. with 78. piece 79. reaching 80. move
81. when 82. Encouraged 83. what 84. views 85.challenges
录音原文
Text 1
M: Did you see last night’s television program on space exploration?
W: Well, I had intended to watch it, but I slept through it.
Text 2
M: I am looking for someone who has taken care of elderly people before. Do you have any experience? W: I’m sorry. My experience is with small children. I’m afraid I will not be suitable for the job.
Text 3
M: Hello, I was hoping to exchange a gift I received. This T-shirt is too big for me. Do you have it in a smaller size?
W: Unfortunately, we do not have it in that color. We have it in a smaller size, but only in blue, not black. Text 4
W: Bernard, there’s not much left in the refrigerator.
M: Well, I might be able to pick up a few things after work, but I have to be back rather late today.
W: In that case, we can just make do with a meal out at McDonald’s.
M: OK. See you there at 7:30.
Text 5
M: Hello, may I speak to Art Davidson, please?
W: Sorry, nobody by that name works here.
Text 6
W: Aaaagh!
M: But I haven’t touched you yet. What are you shouting for?
W: You are going to touch me.
M: Well, of course I am. How can I give you an injection without touching you? As soon as you’ve had the injection, you won’t feel a thing.
W: How do I know what you will do while I am asleep? You might rob me.
M: Now, let’s not be silly. You won’t even go to sleep. This will just freeze the area around the tooth so that you cannot feel any pain while I am pulling out the tooth. That is all.
Text 7
W: Hi, Clint. I’m sorry to bother you at suppertime.
M: Oh, Judy, it’s totally fine. We just finished eating. Won’t you come in?
W: I can’t. Our little girl Emily has come down with a high fever.
M: I’m sorry. Is it serious?
W: I’m not sure yet. We’re taking her to the hospital in a little while.
M: Is there anything I can help with?
W: Yes. That’s why I’m here. Would you mind keeping an eye on my son while we’re at the hospital with Emily? We can’t take him along.
M: We’d be happy to. Mary can go over to your place and stay with him while I finish up the dishes for her.
W: We really appreciate you helping us out like this. Sorry for the trouble.
M: Not at all. Isn’t that what neighbors are for?
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M: Hey, it’s been a while.
W: Yes, I’ve been busy taking care of the kids, and then we went to Canada last month for two weeks. We just got back four days ago. Oh, I already ordered some tea. Did you want something?
M: I’ll ask the waitress for a coffee in a minute. Anyway, I’ve been busy at the office myself. We had a big deadline that we worked on for three weeks. We just gave the boss our proposal two days ago. It was quite stressful.
W: Architects always work so much, and for so little pay. It’s crazy. When we were working together at Rob’s office, I didn’t mind it because I found the job rewarding. But now that I’ve had kids, it doesn’t seem healthy to me.
M: Wel l, it’s true. I don’t get much exercise, and my diet isn’t great. Takeaway meals aren’t as good as food that I cook myself, and sometimes I don’t get off work until 10:00 in the evening.
W: You do look a bit run down. You should at least get outside during your lunch break to stretch your legs.
M: I’d like to, but I’m usually busy. But I do ride my bike to work…
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M: Hello, Miss. Would you mind if I asked you some questions? We’re doing a survey about fashion, and we thought you might like to participate.
W: Why? Do you like my clothes or something?
M: Well, not exactly. We’re interested in talking to people who look different from the average person. And your jacket and skirt are pretty interesting, definitely not what you normally see people on this street wearing.
W: Well, I’m kind of in a hurry, so…
M: We’re offering a ten-dollar Starbucks gift card, and it’ll only take five minutes of your time.
W: Oh…well, I guess I can spare a few minutes. I need some coffee anyway!
M: Great! So, why don’t you sta rt out by telling us your name, age, and a little something about yourself? W: My name is Tiffany. I’m 28 and I play guitar in a rock band.
M: Cool! Where do you usually get your clothes, Tiffany?
W: Second-hand stores. I always get stuff there. I would ne ver go to a department store like Macy’s or a popular place like H&M. The clothes there are too expensive, and they all look the same.
M: What makes your style different?
W: Well, I like bright colors that don’t necessarily go together. I like looking like a piece of modern art: I like to be seen, but that doesn’t always mean I try to look pretty.
M: I see. Now, I want you to look at some pictures of different kinds of clothing and tell me what you think…
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Dear Borg Fence,
I’ve been trying to get in touch with you for weeks about my gate.You fixed it on September 29, but no one has called me back.
I was not able to be at home while the workers finished fixing the gate that day. Well, I came back to find that the gate had not been fixed properly. The problem is very simple: the nails are not nailed in properly, so every piece of wood is slowly coming apart. I know that this job was very small, but even small jobs should be done properly. Even though your workers had to complete another bigger job nearby, they should still have paid attention to my fence. Between my house at 1701 Coventry Lane and my mother’s house at 52 Ascott Circle, my family has given your company thousands of dollars in the past several months, and we deserve to be treated with more respect than this.
I hope this can be resolved as soon as possible. Please call me and let me know when I can expect someone to come out here to make this right. Of course, I would prefer to handle this quietly, but if you do not respond to this letter, I will be forced to take my case to the Better Business Organization and make a。