福建省八县(市)高二英语上学期期中联考试题新人教版

2012---2013学年度第一学期八县（市）一中期中联考
高中二年英语科试卷
考试日期：11月 14 日完卷时间： 120 分钟满分： 150 分
第一卷选择题 (共三部分,满分105分)
请将第I卷的答案填涂在答题卡上
第一部分：听力理解（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 is the man doing now?
A. Fixing his car.
B. Working to make money.
C. Planning to get a mechanic.
2. Who is the man?
A. An artist.
B. A carpenter.
C. A house painter.
3. Where most probably are the speakers?
A. On a train.
B. In a car.
C. On a plane.
4. What does the woman mean?
A. She lost her notes.
B. The notes are not hers.
C. Someone has borrowed her notes.
5. What is the woman trying to do?
A. Go to sleep.
B. Watch TV.
C. Ask her iron back.
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，每小题将给出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6～8题。

6. How does the woman feel at the beginning of the conversation？
A. Relaxed.
B. Anxious.
C. Upset.
7. What can we learn about Lucy?
A. She’s a troublemaker.
B. She’s from a rich family.
C. She isn’t getting on with others.
8. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Try to find something in common with Lucy.
B. Go to talk with Lucy later.
C. Apologize to Lucy first.
听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。

9. Where are the speakers?
A. At a bank.
B. At a repair’s.
C. At a rent-a-car.
10. How much is the base price for a Hyundai Accent for a week?
A. $135.99.
B. $288.95.
C. $327.94.
11. What can we learn about the woman?
A. She’s a model.
B. She’s over 25.
C. She’ll travel alone.
听第8段材料，回答第12～13题。

12. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At a clinic.
B. At a restaurant.
C. At a pharmacy(药房).
13. What restaurant did the woman go to first last night?
A. Chinese.
B. Italian.
C. American.
听第9段材料，回答第14～16题。

14. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A. Tennis.
B. Football.
C. Basketball.
15. Which lines are for the single?
A. The outside ones.
B. The inside ones.
C. The middle ones.
16. Who will serve the ball after a game?
A. The referee.
B. The winner.
C. The loser.
听第10段材料，回答第17～20题。

17. What does the speaker mainly talking about?
A. Pollution.
B. Human voice.
C. Good old days.
18. What does the saying “you can’t hear yourself think” mean?
A. You have head trouble.
B. You are too stressed.
C. It’s very noisy.
19. How many ways of reducing harm are mentioned?
A. Four.
B. Three.
C. Two.
20. What is the main purpose of the speech?
A. To explain scientific knowledge.
B. To call on people to act.
C. To introduce a saying.
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和D、四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. ---I hear that people in the south of China suffered great drought and water shortage.
-----Yes, ____news came as ______shock to all of us.
A. the, the
B. a, /
C. the, a
D. /, a
22. The class __________ 80 students is hard to manage.
A. consisting of
B. consisted of
C. making up of
D. made up
23. For Tim this was the beginning of a new life, he thought he would never see .
A．what B．that C．it D．one
24. It was only after I came across that matter_______ how important it was to master
a foreign language.
A. did I realize
B. had I realized
C. that I realized
D. when I realized
25. Now that we’ve discussed our problem, are people happy with the decisions________?
A. taking
B. being taken
C. taken
D. to take
26. The boy, together with his brothers, _______ for the fight.
A. was to blame
B. were blaming
C. was to be blamed
D. were to blame
27. If we learn some knowledge of first aid, it can make a real ______ in time of accidents.
A. appointment
B. decision
C. deal
D. difference
28. _________the piano, someone suddenly knocked at the door.
A. Playing
B. When I was playing
C. Played
D. Having played
29. The meeting is to begin at 8 pm. _________ let’s make some preparations.
A. When
B. While
C. During
D. Meanwhile
30. ----- Is there anything wrong, Bob? You look sad.
----- Oh, nothing much. In fact, I ________ of my friends back home.
A. was just thinking
B. have just thought
C. will just be thinking
D. would just think
31. Hardly _____ at the meeting ______ the audience burst into applause.
A. appeared the famous writer, than
B. had the famous writer appeared, than
C. had the famous writer appeared, when
D. did the famous writer appear, when
32. _______ more money and time, they could have finished the project a lot better.
A. Giving
B. Given
C. Having given
D. To be given
33. The dying old man opened his mouth as if _________ something.
A. to say
B. saying
C. to have said
D. was saying
34. Mrs. Black _________ the story when her husband forgot the next detail.
A. took on
B. made up
C. took up
D. turned out
35. It is such a good place _____ everybody wants to visit _____ it is well-known
all over the world.
A. where, that
B. as, as
C. as, that
D. that, as
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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的
最佳选项。

I was unbelievably proud of my nine–year–old daughter, Emily. 36 to buy
a mountain bike, she’d been saving her pocket money all the year, as well as doing small jobs to earn extra money.
By Thanksgiving Day, she had collected only ＄49. I said, “You 37 have your pick from my bicycle 38 .” “Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so old.” She was right. All my girls’ bikes were 1980s models, not the kind kids today would 39 choose.
As Christmas 40 near, Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store, she 41 a Salvation Army volunteer standing next to a big pot .“Can we give somet hing, Daddy?” she asked. “Sorry, Em, I’m out of change.”
Throughout December, Emily continued to 42 hard. Then one day, she made
a 43 announcement. “You know all the money I’ve been saving?” she said hesitantly. “I’m going to give it to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of ＄58 to a volunteer who was really very
44 .
45 by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to contribute 46 of my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children. 47 I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it seemed as if a second bike took on a glow（发光）. Should I contribute two? No, one would be enough. But I couldn’t 48 the feeling that I should give a second bike. When I later 49
the bikes, the car dealer said, “You’re making two kids very 50 , sir. Here are your tickets. For each bicycle contributed, we’re 51 away one chance to win a girls’ mountain bike.”
Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the 52 ? I like to think it was God’s way of 53 a little girl for a sacrifice（牺牲） 54 her age ---while giving her dad a lesson in the 55 .
36．A．Promised B．Determined C．Amazed D．Organized 37．A．can B．should C．must D．need 38．A．club B．contribution C．shop D．collection 39．A．seldom B．slightly C．likely D．merely 40．A．pulled B．became C．went D．drew 41．A．observed B．sensed C．watched D．noticed 42．A．work B．try C．listen D．study 43．A．disappointing B．formal C．surprising D．public 44．A．agreeable B．thankful C．hopeful D．pitiful 45．A．Demanded B．Shocked C．Persuaded D．Affected 46．A．any B．some C．two D．one 47．A．Whether B．Because C．As D．Though 48．A．shake B．describe C．explain D．express 49．A．returned B．chose C．delivered D．shared 50．A．sweet B．happy C．healthy D．fair 51．A．putting B．storing C．giving D．signing 52．A．present B．winner C．harvest D．chance 53．A．rewarding B．praising C．sheltering D．greeting 54．A．under B．beyond C．before D．within 55．A．communication B．project C．struggle D．process
第三部分：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）中，选出最佳选项。

A
If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say, “ Hey, Butterfly Man,” his face would break into a smile. The title suits him. And he loves it.
Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly（蝴蝶）, once thought to have died out. Today the butterfly is coming back — thanks to him. But years ago if you’d told him this was what he’d be doing someday, he would have laughed, “ You’re crazy.” As a boy, he used to be “ a little tough guy on the streets”. At age thirteen, he was caught by police stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man.
“ I knew it had hurt my mom,” Bonner said after he got out of prison. “ So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again.”
One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat（栖息地） for an endangered butterfly called El Segundo blue.
“ I saw the sign ‘ Butterfly Habitat’ and asked, ‘ How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?’” Bonner recalls. “ Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass（放大镜）, ‘Look at the leaves.’ I could see all these caterpillars（蝴蝶的幼虫） on the plant. Dr Mattoni explained, ‘ Without the plant, there are no butterflies.’”
Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni, who told him there was a butterfly needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then he’s been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back. He grows astragalus, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.
The butterfly’s population, once almost zero, is now up to 900. For the ir work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni received lots of awards. But for Bonner, he earned something more： he turned his life around.
For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he’s bringing back the Palos Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too.
56. When he was young, Arthur Bonner _______.
A．often laughed at people on the streets
B．was fond of shooting and hurt his mom
C．broke the law and ended up in prison
D．often caught butterflies and took them home
57. Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he _______.
A．met Dr. Mattoni, a professor of biology
B．won many prizes from his professor
C．found the butterfly had died out
D．collected butterflies and put them into a lab
58．From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has _________.
A．made Bonner famous B. enriched Bonner’s knowledge
C．brought Bonner wealth D. changed Bonner’s life 59．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. A Promise to Mom
B. A Story of Butterflies．
C. A Man Saved by Butterflies
D. A Job Offered by Dr. Mattoni
B
Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties(地方特色菜) in Germany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like make drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network.
Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman’s charisma is key. “Food TV isn’t about food anymore,” says Flay. “It’s about your personality(个性) and finding a way to keep people’s eyeballs on your show.”
But Lieberman isn’t putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new how, Lieberman was back in his won small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company(航空公司) was looking for some one to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights, Lieberman got the job.
60. We can learn from the text that Lieberman’s family ________.
A. have relatives in Europe
B. love cooking at home
C. often hold parties
D. own a restaurant
61. What does the word “charisma” underlined in the text refer to?
A. A way to show one’s achievement.
B. A natural ability to attract others.
C. Lieberman’s after-class interest.
D. Lieberman’s fine cooking skill.
62. Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job?
A. He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals.
B. He was famous for his shows on Food TV.
C. He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches.
D. He could prepare meals in a small kitchen.
63. What can we learn about Lieberman from the text?
A. He is clever but lonely.
B. He often changes his menus.
C. He enjoys traveling around.
D. He is friendly and active.
C
It’s great fun to explore (探索) new places—it feels like an adventure, even when you know you’re not the first to have been there. But make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles.
● Do the map reading if you’re being driven somewhere. It’ll be easi er if you keep turning the map so it follows the direction you’re traveling in. Keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make
a turn, or you’ll have to move to the back seat.
● Get a group of friends together and go exploring. You’ll need a good map,
a compass (指南针), a raincoat, a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost, and a bit of spare cash for emergencies (应急现金). Tell someone where you’re going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back. The test is in not getting lost, not in seeing how fast you can go, so always stick together, waiting for slower friends to catch up.
● See if your school or a club organizes orienteering activities, in which you need a map and a compass to find your way. This can be done as a sport, with teams trying to find the way from A to B (and B to C, etc. ) in the fastest time, or simply as a spare-time activity. Either way, it’s not only good fun, but a great way to keep fit.
64. Why do you need to tell someone your exploration plan before setting out?
A. To get information when in danger.
B. To share the fun with him/her in exploration.
C. To be saved in case of an accident.
D. To tell him/her what’s going on with the group members.
65. Orienteering activities can ________.
A. make people work fast
B. make people get prepared for sports
C. help people organize other activities
D. help people stay healthy
66. The text mainly talks about______?
A. how to prevent getting lost in exploration
B. what to bring for exploration
C. the way to use a map in exploration
D. the fun of exploration
D
WASHINGTON — Money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else, according to researchers.
Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly boost happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School found on Thursday.
Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably happier when they spent money on others --- even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier.
“We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn,” said Elizabeth Dunn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia.
They asked their 600 volunteers first to rate their general happiness, report their annual income and detail their monthly spending including bills, gifts for themselves, gifts for others and donations to charity.
“Regardless of how much income each person made, those who spent money on others reported greater happiness, while those who spent more on themselves did not,” Dunn said in a statement.
Dunn’s team also surveyed 16 employees at a company in Boston before and after they received an annual profit-sharing bonus of between $3,000 and $8,000.
“Employees who devoted more of their bonus to pro-social spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself,” they wrote in their report, published in the journal Science.
“Finally, participants who were randomly (随机地) required to spend money on others experienced greater happiness than those required to spend money on themselves,” they said.
They gave their volunteers $5 or $20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it. Those who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it.
“These findings suggest that very minor adjustment in spending allocations (分配) --- as little as $5 --- may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day,” Dunn said.
This could also explain why people are no happier even though US society is richer.
“Indeed, although real incomes have increased dramatically in recent decades, happiness levels have remained largely flat within developed countries across time,” they wrote.
67. Dune’s experiment on 630 Americans was to ________.
A. help people make careful plans for their money
B. see how to spend money is important to happiness
C. encourage people to be generous to others
D. test whether $5 is enough to buy happiness
68. What can we conclude according to the experiment?
A. Spending money for the good of society will make you happier.
B. Happiness, as a matter of fact, has nothing to do with money.
C. The more money you give away, the happier person you will be.
D. Happiness largely depends on the size of your bonus money.
69. How many different ways are used by the researchers to test their theory?
A. Two.
B. Five.
C. Four.
D. Three.
70. The last sentence of the passage means _______.
A. fast economic growth has a bad effect on people’s life
B. people in richer countries actually have more problems
C. happiness does not necessary increase as money grows
D. great increase of income contributes to keeping happiness level stable
第II卷非选择题（共四部分满分45分)
第一部分：根据句子意思，用所给中文提示或首字母写出正确的单词。

（共10小题，每小题0.5分，共5分）
1. She is __________ (乐观的) about her chance of winning a gold medal.
2. The young man often __________ (榨出) money out of the pupil.
3. He is one of the best ___________ (内科医生) I have ever known.
4. The secretary who made very ____________ (详尽的) notes of the meeting just now
is a very good one.
5. This kind of material can be divided __________ (粗略地) into two main classes.
6. The land was seriously p________ by the chemical plant after it was put into production.
7. A cold, fever and headache are the usual s______________ of flu.
8. While visiting Xi’an, they p______________ many ancient soldier statues.
9. These gates are always open for the c____________ of visitors.
10. You’d better chew food well before s_____________ it, or you might suffer a lot.
第二部分: 根据所学课文，按照中文提示完成句子，每空填入一个单词。

（每空0.5分，共10分）
1. 开始的时候，新的环境让我难以忍受。

At first my new _____________ were _____________ ____________ _______________.
2. 一个足球运动员被控受贿，故意不进球，好让另一队赢。

A footballer was ___________ ___________ ___________ money for ____________ not scoring goals as so to let the other team win.
3. 在伦敦的另一个地区，他从两个和宽街有关联的死亡病例中又发现了有力证据。

In another part of London, he found __________ _____________ from two other deaths that were __________ ___________ the Broad Street outbreak.
4. 除非衣服粘贴在烧伤面上，否则都要把衣服脱掉。

如果有必要的话，可以使用剪刀。

Remove clothing using _______ _______ _________ ________ it is stuck to the burn.
5. 值得赞扬的是，这四个国家的确在一些方面共同合作，（例如在货币和国际关系方面，）但是有些制度仍然区别很大。

__________ their ___________ the four countries do work together in some areas(e.g. the _____________ and international relations), but they still have very different _____________.
第三部分: 短文填词(共10小题,每题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,并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横行上。

所填单词要求意义准
确，拼写正确。

Sport is necessary for everyone. It helps you keep fit. Fitness
is important if you want to be healthy t your life. The best
way to keep fit is to get plenty of exercise by doing sport.
According to _________ (科学家), doing sport can
benefit people a lot mentally as _________ as physically.
The ______ sport they do, the happier they will feel. Besides,
sport can help people develop will and determination. These
qualities help people a their goals because they will not
give up so easily when ________ (面对) with difficulties. What’s
more, sport builds team spirit , ________ is good for the
whole society. It helps people work _____ (密切)and smoothly
and think about _________, not just themselves.
In c , sport is good for your health and happiness,
and for society.
第四部分：书面表达（20分）
假设你是李明，请你就本校食堂的状况结合下表所提供的内容给校长写一封信。

开头已经写好：
Dear Principle,
I am a se nior student of our school. I’d like to say something about the canteen service in our school.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
参考答案
第一卷：（105分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）
1—5 ACBCA 6—10 CBCCA 11—15 BACAB 16—20 CACCB
第二部分：英语知识运用
第一节：语法和词汇知识（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
21---35 CADCC ADBDA CBACC
第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
36----40 BADCD 41----45 DACBD 46----50 DCACB 51----55 CBABD
第三部分：阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）
a) CADC b) BBAD c) CDA d) BADC
第二卷：（45分）
第一部分：单词拼写。

（满分5分）
1. optimistic
2. squeezes
3. physicians
4.thorough
5. roughly
6. polluted
7. symptoms
8. photographed
9. convenience 10. swallowing
第二部分：根据课文内容填空。

（满分10分）
1. surroundings , difficult to tolerate
2. accused of taking, deliberately
3. supporting evidence, linked to
4. scissors if necessary unless
5. To, credit, currency, institutions
第三部分：短文填空。

（满分10分）
1. throughout
2. scientists
3. well
4. more
5. achieve
6. faced
7. which
8. closely
9. others 10. conclusion 第四部分：书面表达。

（满分20分）
One possible version:
Dear Principle,
I am a senior student of our school. I’d like to say something about the canteen service in our school.
In general, we are content with the canteen. Whenever we enter it, we can find the hall is clean and tidy. The dishes look inviting and taste delicious as well. What’s more, the workers treat us as their friends, which make us feel very happy.
However, as far as I’m concerned, there are some ways that need improving. First of all, we feel the price of the meals is a little high. Secondly, there are so few kinds of food to choose from. As a result, we are tired of eating the same dish day after day. In addition, in order to get the meal, we have to wait in the queue for quite a long time. Dear Mr. Principle, you know how precious time is to us students.
Therefore, may I suggest that measures should be taken to solve these problems so that all of us can enjoy the meals at school? Thanks for your consideration.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
高二英语听力录音稿
(Text 1)
W: If you want to get the car fixed in time, you’d better get a mechanic to do the job rather than do it all by yourself.
M: You have a point. But you know, to get a mechanic, I’ll have to make more money first.
(Text 2)
M: If you can make up your mind about the color, I can start on the outside of your house by early next week.
W: Well, right now I think I want white for the door and yellow for the wall, but I’ll let you know tomorrow for sur e.
(Text 3)
W: We’re not going anywhere until you put on your seat belt!
M: All right! Take it easy! I’ m just about to do it up.
W: Sorry. I didn’t mean to jump on you. It’s just that I get nervous when people don’t wear seat belts.
(Text 4)
M: Is the re any way I could get you to lend me your notes from Thursday’s lecture?
I have no idea where mine are, but I think you were in the class, right?
W: Well, yeah, I did take notes. But actually they’re now with another friend. M: Oh, it’s a pity.
(Text 5)
W: I wish you wouldn’t have your TV so loud.
M: Sorry! Are you trying to sleep?
W: Yes, and while I think of it-please ask when you borrow the iron.
M: I really ought to have known better. Sorry!
(Text 6)
W: Do you have any suggestions for getting along with others? It seems that none of my classmates likes me.
M: Is that so serious? Don’t be so pessimistic; at least you have my friendship. W: Well, except you.
M: I heard that you and Lucy had a quarrel yesterday.
W: You mean that spoiled rich kid?
M: Actually she is kind-hearted, too. Could you tell me why you quarreled?
W: Just for a small thing. Well, I thought she was just a rich princess, but it seems that we have a lot in common.
M: I’m glad you’ve realized that at last. You don’t really hate each other, so why don’t you make up?
W: You mean I take the initiative? No, that’s the last thing I want to do.
M: Come on, you can do it.
W: Well, not now, maybe later.
M: OK. It doesn’t matter as long as you do it.
W: Thank you. You helped a lot.
(Text 7)
W: Hi. I’m looking to rent a car for a week.
M: Are you at least 25 with valid driver’s license and a valid credit card? W: Yes. And yes.
M: What model were you thinking about?
W: What’s your economy model?
M: The Hyundai Accent. It’s $135.99 pe r week plus taxes. All cars come with unlimited mileage.
W: Not bad. What’s your high-end car?
M: A Ford Mustang. It would suit you two ladies very well!
W: Hmm. How much with tax?
M: The base price for one week is $288.95, plus two dollars per day for the license fee, and local taxes. The total is $327.94.
(Text 8)
M: What seems to be the trouble, Ms Lee?
W: I have a terrible pain in my stomach.
M: I see. How long has this pain been occurring?
W: Since late last night.
M: I see. Let me have a look, shall I? What did you eat yesterday?
W: We went to an American seafood restaurant, and then we went to eat Chinese food. After that, we had a lot of Italian things such as …
M: Did you throw up, or did you have the runs?
W: Both.
M: Well, that could be an upset stomach from overeating. Allergic to any drugs? W: No.
M: All right. Take the medicine every six hours and stay in bed today.
W: Thank you doctor.
(Text 9)
M: Cathy, playing tennis seems very interesting.
W: Would you like to learn?
M: Yes. How do you play?
W: Tennis can be played in singles or doubles. The outside lines are for double, and the inside lines are for singles.
M: How do you decide who starts serving?
W: Well, you can use a coin toss to decide. Whoever wins chooses either to serve or the side of the court.
M: How do you count the score?
W: At the beginning, the score would be LOVE LOVE.
M: Love means “0”?
W: You got it. It then counts to 15, 30, and 40. If you get to 40 and win again, you win the game.
M: The opponent starts serving then?
W: Right. See. You know how to play now.
M: Let’s try it sometime.
W: Sure!
(Text 10)
W: The sense of hearing is one of our most important means of knowing what is going on around us. We are warned of danger by sound. Sounds serve to please us in music. It has a waste product, too, in the form of noise. Noise has been called unwanted sound. Noise is growing and it may get much worse before it gets any better. Automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, airplanes, boats, factories, bands—all these things make noise. They bother not only our ears but our minds and bodies as well.
There is a saying about it being so noisy that you can’t hear yourself think. Doctors who study noise believe that we must sometimes hear ourselves think. If we don’t, we may have headaches, other aches and pains, or even worse mental problems. Noise adds stress to our society that already faces enough.
There are two ways to cut down on the harm caused by noise. One is to cut down on the amount of noise. The o ther is to protect ourselves against the noise we can’t stop.
Ways of making less noise are now being tested. There are groups for the prevention of noise in this country. There is even a law controlling noise. We cannot return to the “good old days” o f peace and quiet. But we can reduce noise—if we shout loudly enough about it.。