牛津译林版高中英语必修五第一学期高二英语期中考试试卷

高中英语学习材料
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第一学期高二英语期中考试试卷
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两卷，满分120分，考试时间120分钟。

第I卷将正确的选项填涂在答题卡的相应位置上，第II卷做在答题纸上。

第I卷(共85分)
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
请听下面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个小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What do we know about the woman?
A. She will watch the match.
B. She feels very tired tonight.
C. She has no interest in the match.
2. What is Bob probably doing?
A. Sleeping.
B. Having a meeting
C. Doing an experiment.
3. Where probably are the speakers?
A. In a shop.
B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A language.
B. Homework.
C. An examination.
5. When will Mr. Addison return?
A. On Monday afternoon.
B. On Thursday night.
C. On Friday morning.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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. Where does the woman want to go on Saturday morning?
A. To the airport.
B. To Union Street.
C. To Grand Hotel.
7. How much will the taxi trip cost per person?
A. About $20.
B. About $60.
C. About $180.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Language learning.
B. The woman’s study plan.
C. The woman’s summer vacation.
9. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Learn about Thai culture.
B. Take Thai classes at the university.
C. Borrow a phrase book from the library.
10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Neighbors.
B. Classmates.
C. Colleagues.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.What will the man do during the coming conference?
A. Give a paper on his latest research.
B. Act as chairman of the conference.
C. Hand in some famous scientist’ papers.
12. How soon will the conference start in Brighton?
A. In three days.
B. In a week.
C. In a month.
13. What does the woman want the man to do for her?
A. Read her report.
B. Take down a report.
C. Write a report for her.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What did the man find on the beach?
A. An interesting piece of wood.
B. An unusual shell.
C. A smooth stone.
15. What does the woman think of what the man found?
A. It is very precious.
B. It has been damaged by the water.
C. It must have been in water for a long time.
16. According to the magazine article, what did scientists put into the ocean?
A. Recorders.
B. Monitors.
C. Bottles.
17. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Ocean pollution.
B. The movement of ocean water.
C. Collecting objects on the beach.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is the speaker acting as?
A. A carpet.
B. A cleaner.
C. A saleswoman.
19. What will Mater Cleaners offer to clean for free?
A. The sitting room.
B. The dining room.
C. Any connecting hall.
20. How much does it cost to clean 3 rooms if the customer calls now?
A. $24.
B. $27.
C. $30.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35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 city’s gardens are open to ______ public from sunrise to sunset daily and the citizens are
asked not to make too much noise in ______ public.
A. /; /
B. /; the
C. the; the
D. the; /
22. ____ to give up smoking, he threw away his _____ cigarettes.
A. Determined; left
B. Determined; remaining
C. Determining; left
D. Determining; remained
23. I am trying to work out the problem and I would appreciate ______ if you could turn the
music down.
A. that
B. this
C. it
D. you
24. —Mike is often absent from class.
—Tell him he ______ answer for it if he goes on behaving like that.
A. shall
B. will
C. would
D. can
25. The present political ______ in that country is unstable. As a result, the working ______ there
are terrible.
A. state; situations
B. condition; situations
C. situation; conditions
D. condition, states
26. —I’m going to graduate from university. I don’t want to leave my teachers and classmates.
—______.
A. All good things must come to an end
B. All is well that ends well
C. All things are difficult before they are easy
D. Tomorrow is another day
27. The food, _________ good, was sold out soon when it was taken to the supermarket.
A. tasted
B. being tasted
C. tasting
D. having tasted
28. —This morning your mobile phone was always busy. I couldn’t ______ to you until several
attempts.
—Oh, I’m sorry. I was discussing the price of our products with a client over the phone.
A. get over
B. get through
C. get across
D. get on
29. I’d like to find somewhere ______ the sun shines all the year round to live.
A. which
B. that
C. when
D. where
30. ______ for his mistake, the little boy could not but admit to his teacher that he was wrong.
A. Blaming
B. Blamed
C. To blame
D. To be blamed
31. Ladies and gentlemen, due to an unexpected accident, one of the singers who all of you
_____ to hear _____________ tonight.
A. have come; won’t be performing
B. come; won’t perform
C. had come; don’t perform
D. came; wouldn’t perform
32. ______ the economic crisis getting more and more serious, the government is searching for
ways to improve people’s life.
A. As
B. With
C. When
D. If
33. Life is better today, but nothing could ______ his bitter memory of the past.
A. set out
B. pick out
C. point out
D. wipe out
34. —How did you find your visit to the Summer Palace yesterday?
—_________. I got separated from my 80-year-old grandparents
A. It couldn’t be better
B. I have no idea
C. Good luck to me
D. It couldn’t be worse
35. New ideas sometimes have to wait for years before ______.
A. having fully accepted
B. fully accepted
C. being fully accepted
D. fully accepting
第二节完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从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。

The friendship between us never fades. Mary Allen was my best friend—like a sister I never36. ______. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding, and so on.
When I was 13, my family moved. Mary and I 37. ______ in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special 38. ______ —like my wedding and Mary’s. Soon we were 39. ______ with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote 40. ______. One day a card that I sent came back 41. ______ “Address Unknown.” I had no idea how to 42. ______ Mary.
Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to 43. ______ stories of my children and then grandchildren. I need to share my 44. ______ when my brother and then my mother died. There was a(n) 45. ______ place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could 46. ______.
One day I was reading a newspaper when I 47. ______ a picture of a young woman who looked a lot like Mary and whose 48. ______ name was Wagman—Mary’s married name. “There 49. ______ be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, 50. ______ I wrote to her anyway.
She 51. ______ as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Mary Allen Wagman is my 52. ______.” Minutes later I heard a voice that I 53. ______ at once, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and asked about each othe r’s 54. ______.
Now the empty place in my heart is filled, and there is one thing that Mary and I know 55. ______: We won’t lose each other again!
36. A. had B. love C. left D. met
37. A. got B. kept C. lost D. fell
38. A. places B. occasions C. festivals D. things
39. A. comfortable B. careful C. easy D. busy
40. A. more B. much C. less D. least
41. A. said B. fastened C. read D. stamped
42. A. know B. stop C. find D. help
43. A. share B. tell C. write D. remember
44. A. news B. sorrow C. stories D. failure
45. A. big B. small C. wild D. empty
46. A. stay B. hide C. fill D. live
47. A. took B. noticed C. drew D. picked
48. A. last B. first C. nick D. given
49. A. should B. need C. can’t D. must
50. A. and B. since C. but D. so
51. A. called B. laughed C. cried D. shouted
52. A. friend B. mother C. sister D. daughter
53. A. realized B. received C. contacted D. recognized
54. A. future B. progress C. lives D. weddings
55. A. for sure B. at all C. in all D. as well
第二部分：阅读理解：（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，然后从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。

A
Once there was a prisoner who was jailed in a dark prison which he thought was a great fortress(堡垒). The cell was dark and wet. There was a tiny window with bars on it. The rest of the cell was so dark that he could not see the other three walls. The only wall he could make out was the wall with the window in it. The only light the room received was from this window. Once in a while the prisoner would manage to climb up to the window and look out on the world outside. If he stretched and looked, he could see a little bit of the life-giving sun out there.
For the first five years in that prison the prisoner stayed in the tiny place of light thrown in through the window. He never tried to go past the edge of the little square of light. But then he became restless. The prisoner started to move a little bit at a time deeper into the darkness of his prison cell. He moved a few inches a day. After what seemed like a year he found the left-hand wall of the cell. It took him much less time to find the right-hand wall as he was becoming more confident.
Then he began to search for the wall opposite the window. As he went deeper and deeper into the darkness of the cell he thought of turning back. But his curiosity drove him forward. In the darkness of his cell he found the back wall had a door. And the door was open!
The door had always been open, and it led to a passage, which led him out of the dark prison into freedom and the life-giving sun. His imprisonment（监禁）had all been his mind.
56. Why did the prison NOT think of running away from the cell?
A. Because the cell was very dark and he could see nothing.
B. Because the cell was so well-guarded and he could see no way to escape.
C. Because he had thought there was no possibility to escape from the cell.
D. Because he was afraid of getting lost if he walked out the cell.
57. What did the prisoner do during the first five years?
A. He searched for ways to get out.
B. He stayed where the light shone.
C. He did nothing but blame himself
D. He thought about where the other three walls were.
58. The underlined word “restless” most probably means ______.
A. bored
B. ill
C. excited
D. sleepy
59. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The prisoner couldn’t see even a little of the sun in the dark cell.
B. The prisoner was certain that there was a door before finding it.
C. The prisoner found the left-hand wall of the cell in a short time.
D. The prisoner thought of giving up looking for the back wall.
B
American teens are setting an example for their parents through their volunteer work, according to a new survey by Harris Interactive. They found that more teens volunteer to support a charitable cause—56%—than have a part-time job—39%
Parents said 82% of the teens in their lives do something to support charitable causes, including volunteering, recruiting(招募) others to a cause, wearing a button or T-shirt or donating money. 46% of the adults surveyed said they volunteer and they also take credit for inspiring their children to volunteer.
Sara Johnson is a teacher who advises students at a private school. She says there’s been an enthusiasm among teens for joining in social causes since President Barack Obama was elected in November two years ago.
The Harris Interactive survey found a quarter of teens have become more involved in charitable causes or organizations as a result of the economic downturn(经济衰退). But the economy has also led to cuts in income, and has teens working more hours at a paying job.
Unlike many public high schools across the nation, Illiana Christian High School does not require its students to clock public service hours. Senior Melissa Marting said some kids are too busy with other things like sports and music, but most of her classmates do volunteer work.
Alynn Woodson, director of volunteer engagement at Habitat for Humanity International, said she has noticed a new enthusiasm among teen volunteers for the organization. It is expected that more than 12,000 young people will help build homes for low-income people around the nation this year.
60. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Helping find new people to work for charitable causes.
B. Donating clothes.
C. Donating money.
D. Helping building homes for low-income people.
61. Melissa Martin is most probably a ______.
A. teacher
B. parent
C. student
D. surveyor
62. Due to the economic downturn, American teens ______.
A. find it harder to do part-time jobs
B. spend less time doing volunteer work
C. get more money from their parents
D. work harder at their studies
63. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Teens in the economic downturn
B. Charitable causes in America
C. More teens volunteer than work part-time
D. More parents inspire their children to volunteer.
C
A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package: What food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house.”
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr Mouse, I can tell you this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me, I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mouse trap in the house.”“I am so sorry, Mr.0.
Mouse,” sympathized the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, “A mouse trap, am I in grave danger, huh?”
So the mouse returned to the house, head down and depressed to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was an evil snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. Now everyone knew to treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. His wife’s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all of them to eat.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
64. We may infer that the passage is most probably a ______.
A. fairy tale
B. fable
C. science fiction
D. news report
65. We could see from the passage that the mouse was ______.
A. kind and warm-hearted
B. well-informed
C. good at cheating others
D. foolish and rude
66. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The pig was comparatively less friendly than the others in the farmyard.
B. The mouse trap that the mouse discovered was not a practical one.
C. The farmer and his wife trapped an evil snake that night.
D. The farmer’s family was in fact poor and they had no friends.
67. What can we learn from the story?
A. Better safe than sorry.
B. Traps are usually well disguised.
C. To help others is just to save you.
D. To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all.
D
“Eat local.” It’s one way to reduce human effect on the planet. Eating local means to try to buy and consume foods that are grown in places close to home. However, most of the food sold at supermarkets is not locally grown or produced. Trucks and planes deliver these foods from hundreds or thousands of miles away. In the process, greenhouse gases are released, contributing to global warming. So the shorter the distance your groceries must travel, the less the harm is done to the environment.
But how do you get access to local food if you live in a large city, hundreds of miles away from farms? Environmental health scientist Dickson Despommier and his students came up the with idea of a “vertical（垂直的）farm.”
A vertical farm is a glass-walled structure that could be built as tall as a skyscraper. Despommier imagines a 30-story building with a greenhouse on every floor. The walls of the building would be clear, to allow crops to get as much sunlight as possible. Depending on a city’s water resources, Despommier thinks hydroponic（水培的）gardening is another promising process for the vertical farm. Hydroponics is the growth of plants without soil. A solution（溶液）containing nutrients is regularly added to the growth containers to feel the plants’ roots.
Despommier says the hydroponic greenhouses would use a system that would recycle a city’s waste water and fill it with nutrients to make the crops grow. If this process works, it would provide food to a city and save millions of tons of water.
The idea of a vertical farm has attracted the attention of government officials around the world. Scott Stringer, a government official from New York City, thinks the Big Apple is suitable for the vertical farming. “Obviously we don’t have vast amounts of available land,” Stringer said. “But the sky is the limit in Manhattan..”
Despommier admits that there is still a lot of work to be done to make vertical farms a reality. “But I think vertical farming is an idea that can work in a big way,” he says.
68. Why are people advised to eat local?
A. Because local food is more nutritious.
B. Because it means more convenience to people.
C. Because it can help people save a lot of money.
D. Because it is an environmentally friendly way of living
69. Which of the following is TRUE about the vertical farming?
A. Soil isn’t used to grow plant at all.
B. It is a 30-storey building with a greenhouse on every floor.
C. It has solved the problem of the lack of food in a big way.
D. Drops are mainly grown in the rainwater.
70. By saying “the sky is the limit in Manhattan”, Stringer means ______.
A. there is a limit for using empty land tin Manhattan
B. people can make full use of vertical space of Manhattan
C. the height of buildings in Manhattan is limited
D. Manhattan can spread as far as possible
第II卷（共35分）
第三部分：写作（共三节，满分35分）
第一节任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。

注意：每空格1个单词。

We all have goals that we are moving towards and making a great effort to achieve. This is a good thing. Or can it be bad? How many of us never reach our goals and yet we have tried so hard and really thought about nothing else? I believe the mistake most of us make is that we do not focus on our present situation.
Let me explain. Most of us see our present situation as a stepping stone that we use simply as a means of reaching our final destination. We do not take time to truly appreciate where we are today and all the great things we already have in our lives. We should focus our attention on the journey and not on the destination, or we will miss all the beautiful scenery along the way.
Le t’s use our job as an example. Now most of us want a promotion. We have plans to become the manager or general manager in our companies. Unfortunately, most of us will never reach this goal, but will watch others achieve our goal instead.
What we should be doing is focusing on the job we are currently in now. Forget where we want to get to and just focus on the present. You see, what we can control is our performance in our current job. We can decide to be the best we possibly can in our current job. Now this may
mean further education to have the skills we currently do not have. It may mean working harder to produce better results than our colleagues. It could simply be a change of attitude, such as stopping complaining and becoming a more devoted and supportive employee. By doing our current job to the best of our abilities, we in fact give ourselves the best chance of promotion, even though we have not been focusing on the promotion.
So the best thing for all of us to do to achieve our goals is to just focus on what we have and where we are now. Do the best and be the best we possibly can in our current situations, and we will give ourselves the very best chance of reaching our goals in the future. We have heard all the old sayings and they are all true:” Rome was not built in a day”, “Patience is a virtue”, “Every great journey begins with the first step”, and so on.
Have patience, have appreciation of what we already have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can. Do these things and we will all reach our goals, but more important, we will enjoy our life every day.
Title Focus on the present
Theme To 71. ______ our goals, we should focus on what we have and where we are now.
Common 72.
______ ●We do not focus on our present situation.
●Most of us see our present situation as a stepping stone to our final
destination.
●We do not spend the time truly 73. ______ where we are today and what
we already have in our lives.
Example—our
job ●74. ______ the thought of getting promoted. What we should do is 75.
______ our best to do our current job.
●To be the best in our current job, we should get further education, work
harder than 76. ______, stop complaining and 77. ______ ourselves to our job.
78. ______ If we are 79. ______, grateful for what we have, and take time to help
ourselves be the very best we can, we can not only 80. ______it in the future,
but also enjoy our life every day.
第二节单词拼写（共10小题，每小题0.5分，满分5分）
81. I called him by the wrong name yesterday, for which I a__________ to him.
82. She cooked some fresh food which is considered b__________ to her health.
83. The weather here is changeable with the temperature r____________ from below zero degree
to twenty degrees.
84. I was a___________ in the math class, so I missed most of what the teacher said.
85. He graduated from Nanjing University and a___________ he found a job in the city.
86. Peter, do you know what kind of animals has two __________（胃）?
87. Despite the ________ （有限的）time, my talk with Lily covered most of the topics I wanted to
discuss.
88. There were no signs that the fire had been set ____________（故意地）. Maybe it was caused
only by accident.
89. The fire that started from the gas station spread quickly, __________（危及）several nearby
houses.
90. I think we have a moral __________（责任）to help those in need.
第三节书面表达（满分20分）
为了促进广大市民和进程农民工之间的相互理解，某网站就“是否应该支持外地民工进入城市”的问题进行了调查。

假定你是李雷，请你参照下表内容给某报英文版写一篇英文调查报告，并简述你的观点。

农民工的观点 1.积极参与城市建设，促进了城市的发展
2.从事的多是又累又脏的工作
市民的观点 1.城市更加拥挤
2.乱扔垃圾，影响市容
3.安全问题
你的观点……
注意：1. 词数150左右
2. 开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。

Dear Editor,
Recently we’ve had an investigation into whether to support immigrant workers in their moving to cities. Here is a brief report about it.
Yours truly,
Li Lei
Keys:
一、听力CABCB AACBA ABAAC CBACB
二、单选DBCAC ACBDB ABDDC
三、完形ABBDC DCABD CBADC ABDCA
四、阅读CBAD BCAC BACC DAB
五、任务型阅读
71. achieve/ reach 72. mistakes 73. appreciating 74. Forget/ Ignore 75. do/ try
76. others/ colleagues 77. devote 78. Conclusion 79. patient 80. make
六、单词拼写
81. apologized 82. beneficial 83. ranging 84. absent-minded 85. afterward(s) 86. stomachs
87. limited 88. deliberately 89. endangering 90. responsibility
七、书面表达：
Dear Editor,
Recently we’ve had an investigation into whether to support immigrant workers in their moving to cities. Here is a brief report about it.
On the one hand, immigrant workers think that it is they who play a very important role in the development of cities. They are actively involved in various kinds of jobs. Especially, most of them do the jobs such as baby-sitting, building, which are usually tiring, dangerous and dirty.
On the other hand, with the coming of more and more immigrant workers, in some citizens’opinion, the city is become more and more crowded. Besides, there is heavier traffic on the road than before. To make things worse, some of them don’t pay much attention to the cleanliness and drop litter everywhere, making the streets very dirty. The worst of all is that a few of them even commit crimes if they cannot find any suitable jobs.
As far as I’m concerned, immigrant workers have made great contributions to the development of cities. Without them, we won’t have so many high-rise buildings. But if they can be well-educated, it will be better for all of us.
Yours truly
Li Lei
听力材料：
Text 1
M: The paper says there’s a football match on Star TV Station tonight.
W: Well, I prefer sleeping.
Text 2
W: I haven’t seen Bob all day.
M: Have you checked the lab? I wouldn’t be surprised if he slept there.
Text 3
M: Can you tell me what the room is like?
W: Certainly sir. It’s on the second floor, facing the garden. It’s a nice quiet room I can take you to have a look now.
Text 4
M: How was the examination, Nancy?
W: Not too bad. The questions are very easy. How about you, Mike?
M: The English papers weren’t easy enough for me. I hope I haven’t failed.
Text 5
W: Good morning.
M: Good morning. I’m here to see Mr. Addison.
W: Mr. Addison went to Washington on Monday afternoon for an exhibition, and won’t be back until Thursday night. If you like, you can come again on Friday morning.
Text 6
M: Good morning, City Taxi.
W: Good morning. I’d like to book a taxi to the airport for Saturday morning, please.
M: Where from?
W: I’m at Garden Hotel in Union Street. There will be three of us sharing. How much would it be? M: About sixty dollars.
W: Sixty dollars? Each or between us?
M: Tha t’s all together. What time do you want to leave?
W: Seven in the morning.
M: Right. We’ll pick you up at your hotel at seven then. Will you please tell me your name, telephone and room number?
Text 7
M: Hi, Ashley. I hear you’re taking a vacation to Thailand this summer. Do you speak…uh… what language do they speak there?
W: Well, the official language is Thai. I got a phrase book from the library, so I know a few words in Thai.
M: Well, I think they offer Thai classes at the university. Maybe you could join one.
W: Great. I could learn about Thailand culture, too.
M: By the way, would you like me to take care of your pet when you’re away?
W: No, thank you. Lucy will do it. But will you please do my garden while you’re doing yours? M: Of course. It’s easy. I just need to climb over the fence.
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W: Hello, Professor Black. You’ve been invited to attend a 3-day conference in Brighton and give a paper on your latest research.
M: That’s great. When does it start?
W: On the fifth of next month.
M: That doesn’t leave me much time to prepare a report.
W: You’ve still got a week. This is a chance not be missed. Many famous scientists from all over the world will be at the conference.
M: Are you going?
W: No, I’m afraid not. I’m going on a business trip to New York at the end of the month. This Friday, in fact. But I was asked to have a report to be read at the conference. I was wondering。