河北省唐山一中10-11学年高二下学期期中考试(英语)

唐山一中2010—2011学年度第二学期期中考试
高二年级英语试卷
说明：
1．考试时间120分钟，满分150分。

2．将卷Ⅰ答案用2B铅笔涂在答题卡上,卷Ⅱ用蓝黑钢笔或圆珠笔答在试卷上.。

3．Ⅱ卷卷头和答题卡均填涂本次考试的考号，不要误填学号，答题卡占后５位。

卷Ⅰ(选择题共105 分)
第一部分：听力测试（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 are the two people discussing?
A. The man’s failed class.
B. The man’s success.
C. The man’s poor test scores.
2. What does the man mean?
A. The music makes his driving crazy.
B. He is troubled by the noise.
C. He thinks there’s enough music.
3. How old is Robert now?
A. Sixty-five.
B. Forty-five.
C. Seventy.
4. What does Tommy think of Emily?
A. She used to he a nice girl.
B. She talks too much.
C. She’s unfriendly.
5. What did the woman think of the man？
A. He was a well-known scholar.
B. He has heard some good news.
C. He got some money for further study.
第二节 (共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
请听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，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至7题。

6. What has the woman decided to do after she leaves school?
A. To take up singing.
B. To be an actress.
C. She hasn’t decided yet.
7. What do the woman’s parents think of her idea?
A. They are pleased with it.
B. They can’t agree more.
C. They say no to it.
听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。

8. What is the woman’s purpose to call Customer Service?
A. To return the walkman.
B. To change the walkman.
C. To ask how to use the walkman．
9. When did the woman call up the store where she bought the walkman?
A. Last Monday.
B. Last Tuesday.
C. Last Sunday.
10. How much does the woman pay for the walkman?
A. $13.
B. $55.
C. $42.
听第8段材料, 回答第11至14题。

11. What is the man probably doing now?
A. Playing computer games.
B. Doing some exercise.
C. Taking the No. 3 bus.
12. What does the woman want the man to do tomorrow night?
A. To go to take the No. 3 bus.
B. To go to the computer center.
C. To go to the Workers Club for volleyball.
13. According to the conversation，who have little time to do exercise?
A. The woman.
B. Both.
C. The man.
14. When is the club closed?
A. Not until 12 am.
B. In the afternoon.
C. Not until 12 pm.
听第9段材料, 回答第15至16题。

15. What do you think the man probably is? Why?
A. A policeman, because he works hard.
B. A postman, because he often works late.
C. A taxi driver, because he often works through the evening rush hours.
16. Does the man accept the woman’s suggestion?
A. Yes, he does.
B. No, he doesn’t.
C. He hasn’t made a decision.
听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。

17. Who is the speaker now?
A. A passenger on a bus.
B. An air hostess.
C. A hostess on the bus.
18. Why is the speaker surprised at the services?
A. The services include some sandwiches.
B. The services include rest rooms as well as food.
C. The services include some good music.
19. What was the speaker once doing?
A. She was working on a bus.
B. She was working on a plane.
C. She was working as a cook.
20. What can we learn from the speech?
A. Ground travel can offer as many services as air travel.
B. Air travel offers more and better services than ground travel.
C. Ground travel can sometimes offer more services than air travel.
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. There are so many models ______, but I’m at a loss which to buy.
A. to be chosen
B. to choose from
C. to choose
D. for choosing
22. The scholar ______ to work the other day, so he st ayed in bed until 10 o’clock.
A. didn’t need to go
B. needn’t have gone
C. mustn’t go
D. shouldn’t have gone
23. Although the causes of cancer ______, we do not yet have any practical way to prevent it.
A. are being uncovered
B. have been uncovering
C. are uncovering
D. have uncovered
24. A great number of people like ______ programme “Discovery”, ______ programme which can help
them learn much about the world.
A. a, the
B. a, a
C. the, a
D. the, the
25. They lit a fire to ______ wild animals.
A. keep away
B. keep off
C. keep up
D. keep back
26. If it had been fine yesterday, we could have watched that air show. But it ______ all day.
A. has rained
B. rains
C. rained
D. had rained
27. The big fire in Shanghai, which was believed to _____ due to the burning of construction materials,
caused 58 deaths and destroyed all the belongings of the people there．
A. have occurred
B. occur
C. have been occurring
D. be occurring
28. The young man suggested the problem worth paying attention _____ at the meeting.
A. to be discussed
B. to been discussed
C. being discussed
D. be discussed
29. With a videophone, we can hold the seminar at home in _____ rather than in the smoky meeting room.
A. return
B. peace
C. comfort
D. charge
30. It _____ me that I could use the money I saved to help a student in a remote area.
A. happened
B. occurred
C. bound
D. struck
31. The twenty-storeyed building, when ______, will shut out the sun ______ up the room in my house.
A. completed; lighted
B. completing; lighting
C. completing; lighted
D. completed; lighting
32. But at last the determination and patience of the cloning scientists ______ with one after another failure
in their attempts.
A. paid off
B. took in
C. gave out
D. cast down
33. His nephew survived when the car _____ he was a passenger in turned off the road at the crossings.
A. where
B. as
C. that
D. because
34. She is the only one of the girls who ______ passed the exam.
A. have
B. has
C. were
D. was
35. Don’t you know that the famous university is as a matter of fact ______used to be a church?
A. where
B. what
C. which
D. one
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，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been 36 me to play chess with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly 37 . It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could 38 my moves because she 39 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I 40 she had strict sleeping habits, 41 I thought she ought to be able to 42 some of this strictness. I said to her, “ 43 , you can stay up late for once. We’re having 44 . ” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked 45 . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it 46 , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we 47 for another ten minutes, until 48 my daughter burst into tears, and 49 that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made 50 . I had started the evening wanting to have a 51 time with my daughter but had 52 my desire to win to become more 53 than my relationship with my daughter. When I
was a child, my desire to win 54 me well. As a parent, I 55 that it got in my way. So I had to change.
36. A. guiding B. training C. asking D. advising
37. A. allowed B. expected C. replied D. accepted
38. A. change B. hurry C. repeat D. pass
39. A. agreed B. hated C. begged D. needed
40. A. knew B. learned C. guessed D. heard
41. A. so B. but C. for D. or
42. A. put up B. take up C. pick up D. give up
43. A. Come on B. Go ahead C. By the way D. As usual
44. A. patience B. luck C. fun D. success
45. A. excited B. anxious C. proud D. angry
46. A. fairly B. again C. well D. regularly
47. A. discussed B. continued C. counted D. argued
48. A. nervously B. immediately C. strangely D. suddenly
49. A. promised B. wondered C. admitted D. discovered
50. A. a mistake B. a decision C. an attempt D. an effort
51. A. free B. happy C. full D. different
52. A. managed B. recognised C. allowed D. reduced
53. A. important B. attractive C. practical D. interesting
54. A. offered B. served C. controlled D. taught
55. A. explained B. apologized C. imagined D. realized
第三部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（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
One evening I went out and left my 17-year-old son in charge of his 8-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister. On this occasion, the work was made less troublesome by the presence of his girlfriend. I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children. Later, I discovered that complete confidence was the last thing I should have left home with.
I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out. I called home with this happy news. But instead of hearing his cheerful, grateful voice on the other end of the line, all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing.
It was, I should point out, after 10 p.m., when the two younger children should have been in bed, and when the two older children should have been answering the phone. “I’ll give him a lesson,” I said. I decided they must be outside. Why they might be outside at 10:30 on a winter night I had no idea, but it was the only explanation I could come up with.
Finally, in desperation, I called his girlfriend’s house. After what seemed like countless rings, his girlfriend answered. “Yes,” she said brightly “He’s right here.”
He came on the phone. I was not my usual calm, rational (理智的) self. After all, one of the rules of survival for modern parents is that you can’t trust modern teenagers. “Where are the children? ” I said. He said they were with him. They had done nothing wrong. My son had taken the younger children over to his girlfriend’s house just for ice cream and cake. This was too good to be believed. Well, it turns out that I sh ouldn’t have believed it. It was only part of the truth.
The following Saturday evening we were at my parents’ home, celebrating my birthday. My oldest son
gave me the children’s gifts. Mounted (裱好的) and framed were a series of lovely color photographs of my children, dressed in their best clothes, and wearing their most wonderful expressions. They are pictures to treasure a lifetime, all taken by the father of my son’s girlfriend.
56. The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because ____.
A. she knew that her eldest son was a good baby-sitter
B. she thought it no hard work to take care of the younger ones
C. she believed he could do well with his girlfriend’s help
D. she could not find a baby-sitter on that winter night
57. What can you learn from the underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph?
A. The author didn’t believe what her son had told her.
B. The author had complete confidence in her son.
C. The author believed her son was telling the truth.
D. The author was moved by what her children had done.
58. What might the children do that evening?
A. They had a birthday party.
B. They framed some photographs.
C. They had their pictures taken.
D. They made some beautiful clothes.
59. What does the author intend to tell us by the story?
A. Modern teenagers are not worth trusting.
B. It is no easy job to look after young children.
C. It’s no good to have a girlfriend at an early age.
D. Her children have a caring heart.
Drew Gilpin Faust made history in 2007 when she became the first female president of Harvard University, Massachusetts, US. Faust is an excellent historian known especially for her work on the of the American South. She was a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania for 25 years. In 2001, she became dean (院长) of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard.
Born in 1947, Faust grew up in a traditional family. She has often spoken of her “continued confrontations (对抗)” with her mother “about the requirements of what sh e usually called femininity (女性特质)”. Her mother used to tell her, “It’s a man’s world, sweetie. And the sooner you learn that, the off you’ll be.”
However, the daughter was a rebellious one. For example, Faust would fight with her mother over whether it was suitable for her to drive a car at night, even if one of her three brothers was a passenger. was raised to be a rich man’s wife,” said a friend, Elizabeth Warren. “Instead she becomes the president of the most powerful university in the wo rld.”
As a girl, Faust rebelled against not only the strict rules of femininity, but also the racial injustice that existed in her native Virginia. At age 9, after a conversation with her family’s black handyman (杂务工) and driver, she sent a letter to President Dwight D. Eisenhower decrying (谴责) racial injustice. When studying in Bryn Mawr, a women’s college in Pennsylvania, she was a student activist who would go on march in the civil rights protests (抗议) in the 1960s.
What would her mother, who never went to college and died in 1966, have to say about her appointment? “I’ve often thought about that,” she said. “I’ve had dialogues with my dead mother over the 40 years since she died.”
63. According to the passage, Faust was born in ______.
A. Florida
B. Pennsylvania
C. Massachusetts
D. Virginia
64. According to the passage, Faust’s mother expected Faust to be ______.
A. Harvard’s president
B. a great woman
C. a traditional housewife
D. a professor of history
65. Wh at does the underlined word “rebellious” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Unwilling to obey rules.
B. Difficult to get along with.
C. Always doing what one is told to do.
D. Confident and able to do things by oneself.
66. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. A lesson from Harvard’s new president
B. A woman fighter for American civil rights
C. A “rebellious daughter” to lead Harvard
D. A portrait of Harvard’s future president
D
Labor force is defined (定义) as being the total number of people who are available to work and earn income. This definition includes everyone who is employed or seeking paid employment, so it includes employers and the self-employed. Labor is one of the country's resources which can be combined with other resources to produce the goods and services wanted by the community.
Although the size of the workforce depends a great deal on the size of the total population, there are several other influences which also affect it. The age distribution (分布) of the total population has a very marked effect on the available workforce. If the population has a high proportion of very young people or of those too old to work, then the available workforce would be lower than if there were a balanced spread age distribution. If the population naturally grows rapidly, the number of births greatly exceeds (超出) the number of deaths then as a total population increases, proportion of the workforce declines.
Sometimes a population is described as aging which means that the birth rate is either falling or growing very slowly, and as people retire from the workforce there are not enough numbers of young people entering it to replace those who are leaving it. In that situation the population is top-heavy with older people. So the percentage of the population in the workforce declines when there is either a rapid increase in births or a falling birth rate.
The age distribution of the population has several important effects on the economy. If the population is aging and there is an increase in the number of people retiring without a corresponding increase in the number entering the workforce, this raises the problem of the ability of the economy to provide a reasonable level of social services to the retired group. If the aged are to be cared for in special homes, finance must be available for that purpose. If the size of the workforce is small relative to the total population, then the government tax revenue (税收) is relatively low and either the government has less money available to it or the workforce members have to be taxed more heavily.
67. In the passage “labor force” is defined as _______.
A. people who are available to work and earn income
B. self-employed people only
C. people who are looking for an employment
D. employers who create job opportunities
68. The conclusion which can be drawn from the second paragraph is that _______.
A. a natural growth of population leads to a balanced workforce
B. a large population does not necessarily mean a higher proportion of workforce
C. the larger the population, the higher the proportion of the workforce
D. the workforce will be lower, if the population has a balanced age distribution
69. When a population is said to be aging, _______.
A. there are more people retiring than those entering the workforce
B. the birth rate must be growing
C. there should be an oversupply of workforce
D. There are more people entering the workforce than those retiring
70. According to the passage, which of the following factors is NOT mentioned as an influence on the
workforce?
A. The size of the population.
B. The age distribution of the population.
C. The national economy.
D. The number of births and deaths.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

（注意：如果所用的答题卡没有提供E、F、G选项，请按以下方法填涂：选E请涂A、B，选F请涂A、C，选G请涂A、D。

）
There is an English saying: “71._________.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. 72. _________.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. 73. _________. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. 74.
_________.
75. _________. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
A. Laughter can prolong one’s life.
B. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which
they help to impro ve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh.
C. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the
brain which diminish both stress and pain.
D. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in
the face, the stomach and even the feet.
E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice.
F. Laughter is the best medicine.
G. They have f ound that laughter really can improve people’s health.
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共45分）
（注意：此卷答案一律在答题纸上作答）
第四部分：写作 (共三节，满分45分)
第一节：单词拼写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在句子右边的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。

(每空只写一词)
76. Germany ______ (宣布) war on France on 1 August 1914.
77. It was such a ______ (优待) to have spent a day with Tom’s family.
78. The slightest touch may send it floating in the ______ (相反的) direction.
79. With nobody ______ (陪伴) the old woman most of the time, she felt lonely and unhappy.
80. With the help of the police, he is bound to find the two ______ (目击者) to the accident.
81. Each employee of the company enjoys an ______ (每年一次的) paid-leave of one fortnight.
82. By all means a kid is ______ (禁止) to swim in such deep lake water.
83. During the course of the lesson, the naughty boy ______ (溜) out of the lecture hall without being
noticed by the teacher.
84. She was forced to ______ (退休) early from teaching because of poor health.
85. The teacher ______ (推荐) him a dictionary, which seemed rather difficult to obtain.
第二节：短文改错(共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分)
下面短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。

请你对其进行修改。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Our family are all music lovers. But either my parents nor I was able to go to concert for some time. Yesterday, however, they could go to an open air pop concert. We arrive at the place long before it started off. More than half of the audience were teenager and about two-thirds of them were girls. Father said humorous that Mother and he were a minority group.
The concert was a really greater success and we had a very good time. The newspaper reported what the number of people present were five hundred and that a lot of money was contributed.
第三节：书面表达 (25分)
接连发生的酒后驾驶、飙车肇事致死案，引发了社会高度关注。

8月15日起，全国行动，重拳整治“酒驾”，各地出台措施，狠扎酒驾痛穴。

请你根据以下内容，以Treasure Our Lives为题在你
写作时注意格式，词数120---150左右。

开头已给出，不计入总词数。

With the number of cars increasing in cities, traffic accidents occur frequently, calling serious attention across the globe and becoming a major concern in our society today.
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高二第三次月考题英语答案：
听力：1—20．1—5. CBABC 6—10. CCBBC 11—15. ACBCC 16—20. CABBC
单选：21-25．BAACB 26-30 CAACD 31-35 DCCBB
完型：36---45 CDBDA BDACB 46---55 CBDCA BCABD
阅读：56—59 CACD 60—62 BCD 63—66 DCAC 67—70 ABAC 71—75. FGDCB
单词拼写：76. declared 7. privilege 78. opposite 79. accompanying 80. witnesses
81. annual 82. forbidden 83. slipped 84. retire 85. recommended
改错：
86. either--neither 87.to 后加a 88. they—we 89. arrive--arrived 90.去掉off
91. teenager—teenagers 92.humorous—humorously 93. greater—great 94.what—that
95. were -- was
书面表达：
Possible version:
Treasure Our Lives
With the number of cars increasing in cities, traffic accidents occur frequently, calling serious attention across the globe and becoming a major concern in our society today.
Frightening news never stops shocking people. May 7th witnessed a terrible accident due to drag-racing in the city center of Hangzhou，causing immediate death of a Zhejiang University graduate, who was then crossing the road. On June 30th, drunk driving in Nanjing resulted in five deaths and four injuries.
Painful lessons quite set the alarm bells ringing. Harmonious society calls for people who treasure their lives as well as their family and the society itself. Drivers should always put their responsibilities on top of everything and say “no” strongly to drunk driving. For the sake of safety, pedestrians are never too careful while crossing streets.
It is time that governments took steps to prevent drunk driving. Severe punishment should be carried out without mercy whether it is drag-racing or drunk driving. As students, we should always slow down while approaching crossroads and never run red lights. Only when everybody obeys traffic rules can we enjoy a happier life.
录音原稿：
Text 1
W：You were unhappy when you saw your test scores．
M：I was won-led．I was in danger of failing the class．
Text 2
W：I wish they would turn down the music．
M：It’s enough to drive me crazy．
Text 3
W: Robert is going to get married again next month. He must be over seventy now.
M: When I met him on his second wedding party 20 years ago, he was 45.
Text 4
W: Tommy, what’s Emily like?
M: Oh, she’s very nice and very friendly. I’ve always got on well with her. Um, the only thing is drat she talks quite a lot. Text 5
W: Congratulations! I get that you got a scholarship. Which university will you go to?
M: You must be thinking of somebody else. I’ m still waiting.
Text 6
M: Jane, I hear that you are leaving school now. What do you want to do? Have you made up your mind yet?
W: No, not yet. But I think I’ m going to take up singing.
M: Any special reasons?
W: Yes. It’s because I a m good at singing songs. All my classmates say so. Besides, singing is quite interesting and I will meet a lot of people.
M: And you will have to please them too. By the way, what do your parents think of it?
W: They don’t quite agree to my idea. That’s the only trouble.
M: Have they got any other plans for you, then?
W: Yes, um... they try to send me to an art college because they want me to be an actress.
M: Then what will you do!
W: Er. . . I haven’t decided yet. But I usually get my own way in the end.
Text 7
M: Good morning, Customer Service.
W: Good morning. May I speak to the manager please?
M: Speaking. May I help you?
W: I’ve bought one of your walkmans recently, but it’s stopped working.
M: I see. Could you be more specific! Can you give me the mark and model?
W: Yes, it’s a Philips, model number CN004.
M: And when did You buy it?
W: Last Sunday.
M: Arid where did you buy it?
W: From your main department store in Bendford Road.
M: OK. And how much did you pay for it?
W: Originally it was $55, but I bought it in a sale for $42.
M: So you saved $13. Can you tell me what the problem is?
W: Yes, it has stopped working, but the department manager said t hat I couldn’t change it.
M: I see. And what was the manager’s name?
W: His name was Allen Smith.
M: And when did you call Mr. Smith?
W: Well, it stopped working last Monday, and I called the store the day after.
M: OK. I’ 11 call Mr. Smith myself and tell him to change your walkman. So just call the store anytime after today. W: Thank you very much indeed. Bye!
M: Bye!
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W: Are you busy tomorrow night? I’ m going over to the Workers Club for volleyball, would you like to come along? M: Isn’t that far away?
W: Not really. If you take the No. 3 bus, you can get there in fifteen minutes. And if volleyball doesn’t interest you, they’ve got a huge indoor swimming pool, a weights room, and indoor tracks. It’s a great place to meet people.
M: Now that you mention it, it would be nice to get away from the computer center for a change, and I really should get some more exercise. Working up a sweat in a ball game or the weights room would be nice. I’ve got so fat.
W: Look at me and then you know you’re not the on ly one. In high school I had a lot more time to do sports. Now whatever little spare time you have must be used in doing exercise. At least the club is open until 12 pm.
M: I guess it’s worth a visit. Did you say you’re going tomorrow night?
W: Yeah.
M: OK, I’ll come, too. How about meeting me in front of the cinema at eight, and we’ll catch the bus there
W: Sure, see you then.
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W: It’ s seven o’ clock already, dear.
M: Yes, I know. I decided to work through the evening rush hour.
W: And so your dinne r’s cold. Why do you work so hard?
M: I just start, and then I can’ t stop.
W: You can stop at any time. You don’t need to keep on working at all.
M: And then what would I do?
W: We could move to Florida.
M：Oh, Florida. Is it any better than New York？
W：It’s war m and sunny all the year round．No more snow，no more ice.
M：And what about the children and the grandchildren？
W：They could come and visit us every winter．
M：And what would we do every spring，summer and fall？
W：A lot of our friend、have moved to Florida．We know a lot of people there．
M：Well，I’1l think about it.
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Hello, I was once a hostess．Now I am on my first bus trip and I’m quite surprised at the services offered during the trip．Included are meals on the way，rest rooms and public-address announcements．
Just now，I introduced myself to the hostess on the bus，and we told each other about experiences on air and ground travel．
At lunchtime，she gave out menus offering a choice of sandwiches．As she began filling orders，she found that there weren’t enough egg-salad sandwiches．She quickly went to whisper to the driver. The bus soon stopped．The hostess ran to another bus that was all the time following ours，and soon she returned with a box of egg-salad sandwiches．As she passed my seat，she asked，“Could you do that on a plane？”。