江西省抚州一中等八校高三英语联合考试试卷

江西省抚州一中等八校2011届高三联合考试英语试卷
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分；满分150分；考试时间120分钟。

第I 卷（共115分）
注意事项：
1．答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。

2．每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

不能答在试卷上
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
该部分分为第一、第二两节。

注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。

听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。

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10秒钟的时间，有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What are the woman’s leaving gate number and the flight number?
A. 45; CZ 346.
B. 35; CZ 364.
C. 25; CZ 436.
2. What does the woman really want?
A. Some books.
B. Something to eat.
C. A hairbrush.
3. When can the headmaster see the man?
A. At 9:30.
B. At 11:45.
C. At 12:40
4. How much is a pound of tomatoes now?
A. Eighty cents.
B. Thirty cents.
C. One hundred and ten cents.
5. What contributes to the woman’s high score?
A. Much reading.
B. Much review.
C. Never missing a lecture.
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、7题。

6. Why does the man want to be promoted in payment?
A. Because his salary isn’t enough to support him.
B. Because his salary isn’t enough to support his family.
C. Both A and B.
7. What is the result?
A. The man will not be promoted.
B. The man will be fired.
C. Not clear.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What is the man applying for?
A. A parking permit.
B. A lecture permit.
C. A transport permit.
9. Which part of the man’s body was broken?
A. His right leg.
B. His left foot.
C. His hip (臀部).
听第8段材料，回答第10?2题。

10.Where can you possibly hear the talk?
A. In a laundry (洗衣店).
B. In a shop
C. In the street.
11. What machines are there?
A. Washing machines.
B. Dryers.
C. Both A and B.
12. Where can the man buy soap?
A. In a shop nearby
B. From vending machines (自动售货机)
C. In the laundry
听第9段材料，回答第13 至16题。

13. Why was the boy a bit nervous?
A. He was a newcomer to the school.
B. He was afraid of getting up early.
C. He didn’t prepare for the exam.
14. What time does the first class begin?
A. At 10 to 8:00.
B. At 8:20.
C. At 8:00.
15. What must the students do before morning reading?
A. Do morning exercises.
B. Turn in homework.
C. Copy words and expressions.
16. What can they do if they feel hungry?
A. Have something to eat in class.
B. Buy something to eat during the break.
C. Ask the teacher for some food.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How long will the course last?
A. One day.
B. Two days.
C. Three days.
18. When will the course be offered?
A. Sunday, Oct. 6.
B. Sunday, Nov.16
C. Saturday, Sept.16.
19. What will be discussed in the course?
A. Basic concepts of the system.
B. Approaches (方法) to the study of complex systems.
C. Social and engineered systems.
20. How much will be charged for the students outside of MIT?
A. $ 350.
B. $ 150.
C. $ 50
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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. The most important thing about cotton in history is ___part that it played in ____Industrial Revolution.
A. /,/
B. the,/
C. the , the
D. a ,the
22. If Rose ____ her diamond in a safer place, it ____ stolen.
A. had put; might not have been
B. had put; could be
C. had put; might be
D. had not put; could not have been
23. The work has _______ the status of a classic among the composer’s admirers.
A. required
B. acquired
C. inquired
D. inspired
24. The Green Corporation donated the property to the state of California, with one condition ____ the Green family would be allowed to use it when they wished.
A. what
B. which
C. when
D. that
25. Inception, which cost ＄150-million-plus US to make, earned a healthy ＄76
million US at the box office world wide during its opening weekend, ____ that epic and sci-fi aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive in the movie industry.
A. to prove
B. prove
C. proving
D. proved
26. My computer has a virus. I asked my friend to take a look at it. She can ____ any computer problems.
A. get out
B. pick out
C. take out
D. sort out
27. Worried about the time_____, Mary had made a list of the sites she wanted to see in Beijing .
A. adequate
B. available
C. efficient
D. accessible
28.“You’ll have to wait for two hours, ____ is, at about 11:30, ____ the medical report will come out, ”the doctor said to me.
A. that; when
B. which; that
C. that; which
D. it; whose
29. Both parents and teenagers should try their best to communicate more with each other and _____ the gap between them.
A. open
B. adjust
C. narrow
D. reduce
30. China won't be a fast-growing but fragile country. It has to develop it's military strength in order to make any power think twice ______trying to offend China's key interests.
A. before
B. when
C. while
D. until
31. If you are a regular drinker of coffee, drinking a little of it just eases the symptoms of caffeine ________.
A. addiction
B. addition
C. affection
D. withdrawal
32. One primary goal of UNESCO is to ____ modern knowledge society in which all people can participate in information and knowledge.
A. make up
B. polish up
C. build up
D. give up
33. ____ she is not so cheerful ____ she used to be?
A. How it is that; as
B. How is it that; as
C. Is it why; that
D. Why is it that; what
34. ---Have you ever been involved in an automobile accident?
---Only once. My car slid on a rainy night and went off the road. Fortunately I ______my seatbelt.
A. was wearing
B. wore
C. have worn
D. had worn
35. --- How’s everything going?
--- ____.
A. Everything is finished
B. Not so bad, you know
C. Everything has been done
D. Not doing wrong, you know
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、D)中,选出最佳选项。

It's no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. That's especially 36 ¬of children who remain in homes where they’re badly treated 37 the law blindly favors biological parents. It's also true of children who 38 for years in foster (寄养) homes because of parents who can't or won't care for them but 39 to give up custody (监护) rights.
Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays 40 neither description, but her recent
court victory could 41 help children who do. Kimberly has been the 42 of an angry custody battle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge 43 that the teenager can remain with the only father she's ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal 44" on her.
Shortly after 45 in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another baby were mistakenly switched and sent home with the 46 parents. Kimberly's biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests 47 that the child wasn't the Twiggs' own daughter, but Kim only was, thus leading to a custody 48 with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families 49 that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting 50 rights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being 51.
The decision to 52 Kimberly with Mr. Mays caused heated discussion. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have the right to sue (起诉) 53 her own behalf. Thus he made it clear that she was 54 just a personal possession of her parents. Biological parentage does not mean an absolute ownership that cancels(取消) all the 55 of children.
36.A. terrible B. sad C. true D. natural
37.A. but B. if C. when D. because
38.A. settle B. live C. suffer D. gather
39.A. have B. refuse C. stick D. fail
40.A. likes B. gives C. fits D. knows
41.A. actually B. eventually C. successfully D. abruptly
42.A. victim B. object C. sacrifice D. teenager
43.A. ruled B. believed C. ordered D. indicated
44.A. expectation B. action C. effect D. claim
45.A. birth B. judgment C. operation D. school
46.A. biological B. own C. kind D. wrong
47.A. examined B. explained C. decided D. showed
48.A. battle B. right C. agreement D. decision
49.A. thought B. quarreled C. agreed D. prepared
50.A. equal B. same C. visiting D. speaking
51.A. harmed B. forbidden C. wounded D. hidden
52.A. make B. leave C. give D. keep
53.A. by B. through C. on D. in
54.A. more than B. no more than C. not more than D. less than
55.A. freedom B. happiness C. rights D. ideas
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、D）中选出最佳选项。

A
How do you know if your home is an easy aim for thefts(偷窃)? Around the holidays, many families don’t consider taking proper measures to prevent their homes from suffering holiday thefts. With just a few simple steps, you can better make sure of the safety of your home during all of the holiday celebrations. Here are a few tips for making it difficult to tell you are away from home.
● Either have a trusted neighbor pick up your mail and newspapers, or tell your mailperson to hold your mail until you return. Nothing says “Hey, we are not home!” like when your postbox is filled with all kinds of mails and you have many different newspapers in your driveway.
● Set several different lights in your house on random timers (随机定时器)。

Don’t leave your outdoor lights on all the time. Instead, put your outside lights on timers to be on during the nights. If an outdoor light remains on for days at
a time, it means that nobody is home to turn it off.
● If you have pets that you are not taking with you on vacation, leave them with a friend, rather than having someone come into your house every day to take care of them. When thefts see a neighbor or friend entering your house every day, they will know you are not home.
● Close all your curtains when you leave town. This is effective to deter possible thefts, as no one can see what is in your house. If they don’t know what there is to take, then the risk is even greater for them to break in.
● This article just has suggested a few tips to help you keep your house safe while you are on holiday. Nothing can truly protect your home unless you have it monitored by a professional home security system.
56. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. to tell us how to prevent the thefts around the holidays
B. to let the outdoor lights on all the time
C. to tell us many families suffering from the thefts while they are on holiday
D. to tell you to have your neighbor go to your house to take care of your pet.
57. If you are on holiday in other places, the lights in your house should________.
A. be lit in an irregular way
B. be kept on all the night
C. be replaced by random timers D be turned on only once one day
58. To make your home is well protected, what does the writer advise you to do?
A. Have all the curtains closed
B. Stop your mail service at once
C. Turn to your close neighbors or friends
D. Equip your home with security system
59. Most of the tips mentioned in the text seem to ______.
A. be very popular with families
B. have no effect on preventing thefts
C. give a false impression on thefts.
D. be a little hard to be brought into effect.
60. The underlined word “ deter ”probably means “¬¬¬¬___________ ”.
A. discover
B. discourage
C. surprise
D. attract
B
In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and found the answers interesting.
One morning I got into three different taxis and announced, “Well, it’s my first day back in New York in seven years. I’ve been in prison.” Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. “Yeah, I shot a man in Reno.” I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, but nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian driver, “Reno? That is in Nevada?”
Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I’d just been fired. “This is America,” a Haitian driver said. “One door is closed. Another is open.” He argued against my plan to burn down my boss’s house. A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope; he refused to take me to the middle of George Washington Bridge—a $20 trip. “Why you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don’t worry. Take a new job.”
One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word “BANK” on it, I tried calling a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received.
“Let’s go across the park.” I said. “I just robbed the bank there. I got $25,000.”
“$25,000?” He asked.
“Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?”
“No, man. I work 8 hours and I don’t make almost $70. If I can do that, I do it too.”
As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.
“Hey, there’s another bank,” I said, “Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?”
“No, I can’t wait. Pay me now.” His reluctance may have something to do with money—taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low—but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can’t expect unconditional support.
61. From the Ghanaian driver’s response, we can infer that ____.
A. he was indifferent to the killing
B. he was afraid of the author
C. he looked down upon the author
D. he thought the author was crazy
62. Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge?
A. Because he was able to help the author to find a new job.
B. Because he wanted to go home and relax.
C. Because it was far away from his home.
D. Because he thought that the author would commit suicide.
63. What is the author’s interpretation of the driver’s reluctance “to wait outside the Chemical bank”?
A. The driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low.
B. The driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally.
C. The driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible.
D. The driver did not want to help a suspect to escape from a bank robbery.
64. Which of the following statements is true about New York taxi drivers?
A. They are ready to help you do whatever you want to.
B. they often refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves.
C. They are sympathetic with those who are out of work.
D. They work only for money.
65. The passage mainly discusses ____.
A. how to please taxi drivers.
B. how to deal with taxi drivers
C. the attitudes of taxi drivers towards riders in personal trouble
D. the attitudes of taxi drivers towards troublesome taxi riders
C
Researchers in Britain are driving the environmental movement to a new level.
A team from the University of Warwick has built what it calls the world’s first completely environmentally friendly Formula Three racing car.
The car is made mainly of renewable materials, like plants and vegetables. The structure around the car is made from natural plant fibers and potatoes. The steering wheel(方向盘) is made from root vegetables like carrots. The engine uses bio-fuel made from vegetable oil and waste chocolate.
The new racing car is extremely fast. The car has a top speed of two hundred fifteen kilometers
an hour. And it can go from zero to ninety-five kilometers an hour in just two and a half seconds.
The racing car meets all of the Formula Three racing requirements except for its biodiesel(生物柴油)
engine.
Automobile racing is one of the most widely watched sports in the world. But it is also considered
one of the least friendly sports to the environment. Racing cars burn a lot of fuel, and create a lot of
air pollution. In recent years, the racing industry has taken steps to protect the environment. More
racing companies are now producing cars that use less energy. These cars produce less pollution than
cars that depend on traditional fuel, like gasoline.
Last month, the new racing car was set to run in its first competitive race at the Formula
Three Championship Final at Brands Hatch. It would have been the first biodiesel-powered car to race
at Formula Three. Current Formula Three rules let only gasoline-powered car to compete. Officials
needed permission from all of the Formula Three racers for the biodiesel-powered car to compete. They
were unable to contact one of the drivers, so the new racing car didn’t appear in the event. In test runs, the
new racing car was the fifth fastest among the Formula Three race cars. Supporters are hoping to have the
fuel problem solved in time to compete in the next season.
66. What’s the second paragraph mainly about?
A. What materials the new racing car is made of.
B. Why researchers built the new racing car.
C. The characteristics of the new racing car.
D. The process of the new racing car being designed.
67. According to the passage, the _________ of the new racing car doesn’t meet the Formula Three racing
requirements.
A. speed
B. appearance
C. weight
D. engine
68. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A. the new racing car is the first environmentally friendly car
B. automobile racing could be forbidden in the near future
C. many people like to watch automobile racing
D. the new racing car will be allowed to compete in the next season of Formula Three racing
69. In recent years, racing companies are producing cars that __________.
A. burn more fuel
B. go more quickly
C. produce less pollution
D. cost less money
70. Why didn’t the new racing car compete at the Formula Three Championship Final last month?
A. Because the new racing car still needs testing.
B. Because officials needed each racer’s permission but failed to contact one.
C. Because there’re some technical problems to be solved.
D. Because few drivers think it is fast enough.
D
A Full-Time School Called Life
You are enrolled in a full-time school called “life ”. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.
Why are you here? What is your purpose? Humans have sought to discover the meaning of life for a very long time. What we and our ancestors overlooked, however, is there is no one answer. The meaning of life is different for every individual.
Each person has his or her own purpose and distinct path, unique and separate from anyone else’s. As you travel your life path, you will be presented with numerous lessons that you will need to learn in order to fulfill that purpose. The lessons you are presented with are specific to you; learning these lessons is a key to discovering and fulfilling the meaning and connection of your own life.
As you travel through your lifetime, you may encounter challenging lessons that others don’t have to face, while others spend years struggling with challenges that you don’t need to deal with. You may never know why you are blessed with a wonderful marriage, while your friends suffer through bitter arguments and painful divorces, just as you cannot be sure why you struggle financially while your peers enjoy abundance. The only thing you can count on for certain is that you specifically need to learn; whether we choose to learn them or not is entirely up to you.
The challenge here, therefore , is to align（与…保持一致）yourself with your own unique path by learning individual lessons. This is one of the most difficult challenges you will be faced with in your lifetime, as sometimes your path will be completely different from others. But, remember, don’t compare your path to the people
around you and focus on the difference between their lessons and yours. You need to remember that you will only be faced with lessons that you are capable of learning and are specific to your own growth.
Our sense of fairness is the expectation of equity—the assumption that all things are equal and that justice will always prevail. Life is not, in fact, fair, and you may indeed have a more difficult lift path than others around you, deserved or not. Everyone’s circumstances are unique, and everyone needs to handle his or her own circumstances differently. If you want to move toward calm, you will be required to move out the comparing phrase of “it’s not fair ”. Focusing on the unfairness of circumstances keeps you comparing yourself with others rather than appreciating your own special uniqueness. You miss out on learning your individual lessons by distracting yourself with feeling of bitterness and anger.
71. According to the passage, how can the meaning of your life be realized?
A. Having the same opinions as others.
B. Taking the distinct path from others.
C. Learning the lessons presented to you.
D. Doing the different things from others.
72. From the passage we can conclude ______.
A. everyone has his own track to follow
B. the same thing usually happen to the peers
C. a painful divorce must lie in financial problems
D. a wealthy man must have a wonderful marriage
73. In your lifetimes, the lessons you are faced with ______.
A. are beyond your power
B. keep you from growth
C. limit your development
D. help you with your success
74. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. All things are equal and justice will always prevail.
B. You should learn to appreciate your specific uniqueness.
C. One has to fix his mind on unfairness of circumstances.
D. The teachers have designed the lessons as part of your curriculum in the life school..
75. Life is called a full-time school, because ______.
A. it is full of all lessons to learn
B. you have plenty of time to learn lessons
C. you meet with specific lessons every day
D. there are so many subjects for you to choose
第Ⅱ卷（共35分）
阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，请根据短文后的要求进行答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

[1] Medical research is leading American education officials to consider having high school classes start later in the morning. The research says that teenagers are more awake later at night than adults are. When staying up late at night, the teenagers have problems learning early in the morning.
[2]Researchers in the state of Rhode Island measured the amount of the hormone(荷
尔蒙) melatonin(降黑素) in people's mouths at different times of the day. Melatonin causes people to feel sleepy.
[3]They found that melatonin levels rise later at night in teenagers than they do in children and adults. It remains at higher levels in teenagers later in the morning. They said this shows that teenagers have difficulty learning early in the morning. Yet most school systems in the United States begin high school classes at about seven o'clock.
[4]A few school districts have made some changes. In 1996, school officials in Edina, Minnesota, changed the start of classes from seven thirty to eight thirty. Two years later, the nearby city of Minneapolis did the same. Teachers there reported that students were no longer sleepy in class and were happier. Staying in school later in the day did not seem to be a problem for students who had jobs after school either.
[5]Health experts say that teenagers need between eight and nine hours of sleep a night. Students _________ are likely to be late for school, fail to do their homework, fall asleep in class and have trouble taking part in class discussions.
[6]Some people, however, don't support a later start time because they say that it would limit the time for practicing sports after school. However, the Minnesota schools found that this did not hurt school sports competitions.
[7]More American school districts are discussing the possibility of changing high school start times. Researchers and teenagers say that they cannot make the change quickly enough.
76. What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 8 words.)
77. Please fill in the blank in the fifth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 8 words.)
78. Complete the following statement with proper words.(Please answer within 5 words)If they go to bed very late at night, teenagers ___________ early in the morning.
79. Do you think the change is necessary? Why? (Please answer within 15 words.)
80. What does the word “this”(line 3, paragraph 6) probably refer to?（no more than 4words）
注意：1.对所给要点，逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

2.词数120左右。

开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。

Good afternoon, everyone!
Under the fiercer circumstances, we are developing our special manners and values, which has raised people’s concern.……
Thank you for your listening!
人们的忧虑 1.注重自我，轻视合作 2.缺乏毅力，容易气馁 3.盲目追求，渴望成名我们的长处敢于挑战，……（请考生联系自己拟定内容。

）
江西省八校2011届高三联考英语试题听力原文、参考答案及详解
听力原文：
Text1
M: What gate is the flight leaving from?
W:35.
M: And what’s the flight number?
W:CZ 364
Text 2
M: Tomorrow I’ll bring you some books. Is there anything special you’d like to eat?
W: I don’t feel like reading or eating, but buy me a hairbrush on your way home here please.
Text 3
M: Do you think the headmaster could see me tomorrow before 9:30?
W: He won’t be in until 11:45.
M: Is 12:40 any good?
W: Yes, I’ll write down that time.
Text 4
W: I thought that your tomatoes were eighty cents a pound.
M: They used to be, but the price has gone up thirty cents.
Text 5
M: I’m really surprised you got an “A” on the test. You didn’t seem to have done a lot of reading.
W: Now you know why I never missed a lecture.
Text 6
M: Do you think we could talk about my current salary?
W: Sure. What’s wrong?
M: Well, right now, my salary isn’t enough to support me and my family.
W: I see. Well, what do you suppose we do about it?
M: I would like a 5% raise, if possible.
W: All right, I’ll think this over and get back to you, OK?
M: Certainly Thanks for your time.
Text 7
W: Can I help you?
M: Yes, I need to apply for a parking permit.
W: Are you a professor?
M: What? Are you kidding? I’m only 22years old!
M: Yes, I’m kidding. But don’t you know only professors and students with disabilities can apply for parking permits?
M: Yes, I know. I have a disability. My hip was broken last year. And I can’t walk well.
W: Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know.
M: It’s alright. You didn’t see me walk to the desk.
W: Here is the application form. I also need to see your student ID and your permission letter from the university.
M: Here you are.
W: Thank you and sorry.
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M: Excuse me. W: Yeah?
M: I’ve never used this place before. Can you give me some idea what I need to do?
W: You just put quarters in the machines. It’s easy.
M: Yes, but…well…
W; What?
M: How do I use the machines?
W: What do you mean? These are the washing machines. Those big things over there are the dryers.
M: I see. Do the machines have soap in them?
W: No, of course not. You have to put soap in. Did you bring your soap?
M: No. I don’t have soap.
W: Well, you can buy some from that vending machine over there.
M: Thanks.
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W: Hello, Ben. You are getting ready for tomorrow’s lessons, aren’t you?
M: Yes. I’m a bit nervous. I have no idea what’ll happen in class and how I’ll get along with my classmates.
W: I understand how you’re feeling. Just take it easy. You’ll make a lot of new friends very soon.
M: Thank you. I’ll try my best to get used to my new school life as soon as possible. By the way, what time does the first class begin?
W: At 8 o’clock. But before that we have 10 minutes to hand in homework and then 20 minutes for morning reading.
M：So we must get to school before 7:30, right?
W：Right.
M: How long does each class last?
W: 45 minutes, I think, with a 10 or 15 minutes’ break.
M: Well, I hear that lunchtime is nearly 12 o’clock and I’ll be starving by then.。