湖北省宜昌市第一中学2017-2018学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题含答案

宜昌市第一中学2018年春季学期高一年级期末考试
英语试题
考试时间：120分钟满分：150分
命题人：田艺审题人：胡文菊
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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 秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Where does the woman want to go?
A. To Oford.
B. To Liverpool.
C. To London.
2. How many people will go to the tennis game?
A. 2.
B. 3.
C. 4.
3. What does the woman as the boy to do after school?
A. Put away his school bag.
B. Move the itchen table.
C. Hang up his coat.
4. What do we now about Linda Rivera?
A. She went traveling.
B. She started a company.
C. She was fired.
5. What does the man mean?
A. He prefers cold weather.
B. He has had a difficult wee.
C. The temperature was good last wee.
第二节(共15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分22.5 分)
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How will the man choose the music finally?
A. By letting a person decide on it.
B. By asing people for their advice.
C. By allowing everyone to bring a piece.
7. What is the woman going to do?
A. Help prepare for the party.
B. Tell the man a phone number.
C. As Sonia for some information.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What will the woman do first?
A. Wash a car.
B. Go shopping.
C. Do her homewor.
9. When does the conversation tae place?
A. On Friday.
B. On Saturday.
C. On Sunday.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is the relationship between the speaers?
A. Colleagues.
B. Schoolmates.
C. Brother and sister.
11. What does the woman thin of the show?
A. Inspiring.
B. Unusual.
C. Cool.
12. Which part did the woman lie best about the show?
A. Designer wear.
B. Clothes recycling.
C. Live models.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What are the speaers mainly taling about?
A. French music.
B. French clothes.
C. French teens.
14. What does Veronique lie to do in her spare time?
A. Collect albums.
B. Visit music stores.
C. Enjoy French songs.
15. What does Veronique usually have for lunch?
A. Hamburgers.
B. Sandwiches.
C. Chips.
16. Why does Veronique lie the silver jacet?
A. It’s up-to-date.
B. It’s classic and lovely.
C. It’s unique
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is being held in the new sports stadium?
A. A match.
B. A concert.
C. A meeting.
18. What is the disadvantage of the City Theatre?
A. It has limited space.
B. It’s too old to loo good.
C. Its air-conditioning doesn’t wor.
19. Which place is normally out of the route of the Cititours bus?
A. Victoria Par.
B. The City Theatre.
C. The Maret Place.
20. What does the speaer recommend visitors do in the end?
A. See animals in the city centre.
B. Go to the High Street.
C. Visit some shops.
第二部分：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）
阅读下面短文，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
Earth Day Photo Contest
Is a picture worth a thousand words? We thin so! Snap（拍摄）a digital photograph that answers this question Why is Earth Day important to our planet? Get details below.
●HOW TO ENTER This contest begins on January 18, 2016 and ends on March 21, 2016. To enter online, visit timeforids/photocontest and follow instructions to give the following information
(a) an original and previously unpublished photograph that answers the Earth Day question “Why is Earth Day important to our planet?” and that was photographed by the entrant（参赛者）between
March 1, 2015, and March 21, 2016; photographs must be 300 dpi and 5 7 inches, and saved as a JPEG file; file sies may not be more than 10 MB;
(b) a caption（说明文字）describing the picture, what is happening, where the photo was taen, the date the photo was taen and why entrant chose to enter this image;
(c) Entrant’s name; e ntrant’s e-mail address; and parent’s, or teacher’s e-mail address. Limit one entry per person.
●JUDGING All entries will be judged by our magaine staff based on the following standards creativity & originality (50%); photo composition (25%); and appropriateness to contest theme (25%). Winners will be told by e-mail, and must respond within five days.
●ELIGIBILITY（资格）Open to residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are elementary school students aged 8–13 years.
●PRIES Judges will select 10 Semifinalists, from which one Grand-Prie Winner and nine Finalists will be chosen. The Grand-Prie Winner will receive a digital camera; approimate retail value $300.00. The photograph entry of the Grand-Prie Winner will be published in the April 15 Earth Day issue of TF. Other winners will receive an MP4 player and a copy of our magaine. The photograph entries of all Semifinalists will be published in the gallery of timeforids.
21. The entrant must give the following information ECEPT________.
A. an original photograph
B. a published photograph
C. a photo caption
D. the entrant’s e-mail address
22. Which of the following is considered to be the most important evaluation standard?
A. Creativity& originality.
B. Photo composition.
C. Photography technique.
D. Appropriateness to contest theme.
23. What prie will the Grand-Prie Winner receive?
A. An MP4 player.
B. A copy of magaine.
C. A digital camera.
D. A cheque of $300.00.
B
“Clothes Swapping” has become an incr easingly popular activity for women in the United States. The women can give away unwanted clothing at a clothes swap event and get something different in return.
Recently about 300 women went to a clothes swap at a high school in Springfield, Virginia. It was the largest crowd ever for the area’s popular clothing-swapping group.
Daphne Steinberg was having a good day. “For anyone who nows Ann Taylor LOFT, Ann Taylor is a really nice women’s designer and I will totally wear this to wor. So I love that, I lo ve that I can equip myself for wor, have a good time in doing it, not totally mae myself very poor.”
Sandy Van Dusen lies the idea that clothes are finding new homes instead of being thrown away. “Because it helps to eep the Earth green. There’s no point in my opinion in continuing to buy new clothes when we can reuse what’s already here. Give it a new home--- let somebody else love what you used to love and no longer love.”
im Pratt organied the clothing-swapping event in Springfield. She also organied a money-raising activity for the high school’s debate team. It is one of several ways that her group gives to charitable causes. Another is by donating all of the “un-swapped” clothing to shelters for victims of domestic violence.
“I started doing this four years ago, and we’ve been doing it for four years, getting bigger and bigger each time we have a swap.”
She used the social media website meetup to help publicie the events. The website has helped her group grow from 30 members to 1,300. Mrs.Pratt says most of the members respect the clothing swap rules. But she says competition for desirable fashion can be strong.
“We have to tell people sometimes not to hover over the new people coming in with their clothing. As they put it out, some people tend to grab（抓住）the stuff right out of their hands and it becomes lie a free-for-all. We try to avoid that as much as possible.”
24.At a clothes swap women can ______.
A. mae some money by giving away unwanted clothing
B. buy whatever clothing they lie
C. have a social gathering and mae friends
D. echange unwanted clothing for something different
25. We can learn from what Daphne Steinberg said that ______.
A. she got some nice clothes at the clothes swap
B. the clothes swap was the largest ever in the area
C. it was the first time she had been to a clothes swap
D. she saved much more money than she had epected
26. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?
A. How im Pratt started the clothing-swapping event.
B. What im Pratt did with the un-swapped clothes.
C. How im Pratt raised money to help charitable causes.
D. What im Pratt did to help people in need.
27. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ______ .
A. clothes swaps often go out of control in the end
B. clothes-swapping is becoming increasingly popular with women
C. Improper behavior at clothes swaps needs to be controlled
D. more clothing swapping events need to be organied
C
Recently, online high schools in America have caused a debate about whether or not tapayers’ money should be used to support online education. Online schools receive the same amount of funding as all other public schools, even though they don’t have to pay for rent or school equipment. States should use their educational funds to improve education at real schools, not to support online programs.
Some students only use online classes to supplement（补充）their school wor. They benefit from the social eperience of a traditional high school, while still taing online courses.
However, about 90 thousand students in America receive their education only from online schools. 50 thousand of these students tae courses at Florida Virtual School, the largest online school in the country. While this method of schooling helps students who live in remote regions, most school systems are upset that they are losing more students each year to these online programs.
Although online learning allows children to wor at their own pace, these online schools have only one teacher per several hundred students. Often, teachers can’t give struggling students the help they need as they are unable to tal face-to-face with them, to find eactly what they’re having difficulty with.
Additionally, even though online schooling accommodates（顾及）students who live in more remote states, students in online programs may suffer in social situations because they will not learn
valuable communication sills from their schooling. Similar to students who are home schooled, those who tae only online classes won’t learn social etiquette（礼节）, and will be treated differently by their peers.
Online schooling might be useful for places where there are not enough students for a real school, such as agricultural regions, but states should only spend tapayers’ money on online schools in etreme cases.
28. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Whether students should study at online schools.
B. Whether online schools should be allowed to eist.
C. Whether tapayers should pay for online schools.
D. Whether traditional schools should be replaced.
29. According to the passage, online schooling _____.
A. is helpful to students living in remote regions
B. allows students to wor together
C. maes it possible for students to get immediate help
D. develops students’ critical thining
30. According to Paragraph 5, the author worries that students at online schools _____.
A. might lose interest in learning
B. would play online games
C. could not receive teachers’ help
D. could not become fully developed
31. What is the author’s attitude?
A. Tapayers should not pay for online schools at all.
B. Tapayers should pay more for online schools than real schools.
C. Tapayers’ money should be spent on online schools conditionally.
D. Tapayers should support online schools in different ways.
D
Let's do some sleep math. You lost two hours of sleep every night last wee because of a big project due on Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, you slept in, getting four etra hours. On Monday
morning, you were feeling so bright-eyed, and you only had one cup of coffee, instead of your usual two. But don't be cheated by your energy You're still carrying around a heavy load of sleepiness, or what eperts call "sleep debt" -- in this case something lie si hours, almost a full night's sleep.
Sleep debt is the difference between the amount of sleep you should be getting and the amount you actually get. It's a deficit (赤字) that grows every time we sim some etra minutes off our nightly sleep. "People accumulate（积累）sleep debt gradually without being noticed," says psychiatrist William C. Dement, founder of the Stanford University Sleep Research Centre. Studies show that such short-term lac of sleep leads to a foggy brain, worsened vision, and trouble remembering. Long-term effects include obesity and heart disease. A survey by the National Sleep Foundation reports that we're losing one hour of sleep each night -- more than two full wees of sleep each year.
The good news is that, lie all debts, with some wor, sleep debt can be repaid. Adding an etra hour or two of sleep a night is the way to catch up on sleep debt. For the long-term lac of sleep, tae it easy for a few months to get bac into a natural sleep pattern. Go to bed when you are tired, and allow your body to wae you in the morning (no alarm cloc allowed). You may find yourself catatonic (有
紧张感的) in the beginning of the recovery cycle Epect to have ten hours' shut-eye per night. As the days pass, however, the amount of sleeping time will gradually decrease.
So earn bac that lost sleep -- and follow the orders of your inner sleep needs, and you'll feel better. "When you put away sleep debt, you become superman," says Stanford's Dement, taling about the improved mental and physical abilities that come with being well rested.
32. The eample of sleep math is used to show .
A. in what case you build up a sleep debt
B. why you need si hours' sleep every night
C. why you are full of energy even when lacing sleep
D. in what case you should drin coffee to eep energetic
33. The author begins Paragraph 2 with .
A. an eample
B. a definition（定义）
C. an argument
D. a discussion
34. By saying the underlined sentence in the last paragraph, Dement means .
A. you can get enough sleep with the superman’s help
B. you can achieve your goals with a sleep debt
C. you will be in a good state with enough sleep
D. you will be clever if you accumulate sleep debt
35. What might be the most suitable title for the tet?
A. How Can You eep Energetic?
B. Can You Have a Good Sleep?
C. What Is Sleep Debt?
D. Can You Catch up on Sleep Debt?
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。

How to help a wheelchair user into a chair
If you’re looing after someone who uses a wheelchair, nowing the correct way to help him into and out of his chair can be quite important. 36 So it’s necessary to un derstand how to lend a hand safely before you attempt to do so.
1.Prepare a chair
It’s important to mae sure that the chair is ready for the person to sit in before you begin to move him. Never try to adjust（调整）the chair when you’re already bearing a person’s weight. Instead, mae sure that the wheelchair is in the right position before you start. 37
2.Lift safely
Before you can help a wheelchair user into a chair, you need to now several things as well as the correct way to lift the chair user. Mae sure you now how heavy your friend or family member is, and that you’re strong enough to lift him to sit safely in the chair.38 Your clothing and footwear is also important. Mae sure there is nothing you’re wearing that could catch.
3.39
Lower your friend and family member into the wheelchair slowly and steadily, maing sure they are fully seated in the chair. If they are able to stand and lower themselves into the chair, stand behind it and hold on to the handles to mae sure it doesn’t move.40 Before moving the wheelchair, as them to place their hands in their lap or more importantly, away from the wheels so that they can feel comfortable.
Above all, chec that the person you are helping is calm and relaed, and happy to receive help.
A. Mae them comfortable.
B. Remember to leave wheelchair behind.
C. Not nowing the right ways can lead to injury to the wheelchair user.
D. Mae sure you can have a free tal with the wheelchair user.
E. You should be in an area with no obstacles（障碍物）in the way.
F. Most importantly, mae sure the wheelchair is not liely to move.
G. Once they are seated, swing the footrests bac into place, minding their legs.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As the teacher pronounced my name, I new what lay ahead. She called me to the whiteboard to __41__ a long division（除法）problem. Math was my __42__ subject. When doing a long division problem, I always repeatedly put the numbers in the __43__ places, __44__ forgot to add in the eros.
As I 45 the whiteboard, I looed at the blonde-haired girl net to me, trying to __46__ what she was writing. 47 I tried my best, she went faster than I could understand.
Impossible to understand. Why me? Why couldn’t I wrap my mind around this strange concept that all the other ids understood? Why, even when I 48 my hardest to deal with the division problems?
Why? Why?
I 49 salty tears and wrote some numbers randomly（随便地）on the board. The teacher read over our answers silently.
“Now, class, Susie did this problem absolutely correctly.”
“As for Tara,” the teacher said, 50 her eyes, “Gosh, I don't 51 now what she did.”
The class burst into 52 , and I felt my face 53 red as I tried to sin as low as possible into my seat, in hopes of 54 them from seeing me at all.
But this 55 from middle school is one I remember, surprisingly, in a 56 way. This eperience made me feel unimportant. 57 it made me stronger, and gave me 58 . When I get a 59 grade in school, or am put down by somebody, I thin of that moment and
every single one of those whys that I ased myself, which gives me the willingness to 60 all of those whys and continue until perfection, or as close as I can get.
41. A. perform B. find C. dash D. eamine
42. A. favorite B. respectful C. worst D. entertaining
43. A. wrong B. proper C. direct D. important
44. A. nor B. therefore C. or D. besides
45. A. moved B. approached C. used D. returned
46. A. guess B. imagine C. thin D. copy
47. A. If B. Unless C. Though D. Because
48. A. suggested B. ased C. admitted D. tried
49. A. gave bac B. went bac C. held bac D. cut bac
50. A. rolling B. simming C. representing D. inspiring
51. A. even B. never C. hardly D. suddenly
52. A. anger B. laughter C. cheering D. enjoyment
53. A. grew B. made C. changed D. turned
54. A. letting B. remembering C. preventing D. asing
55. A. tip B. problem C. promise D. memory
56. A. positive B. uncertain C. false D. disturbing
57. A. Or B. And C. So D. Yet
58. A. determination B. eplanation C. occupation D. production
59. A. big B. bad C. high D. good
60. A. get B. answer C. loo D. find
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

A group of classmates got together to visit their old teacher. These classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. They taled 61 (happy). The teacher ased them the difficulty they had 62 (achieve) their dreams. Then their tal soon turned to complaining about the stress in wor and life. The teacher went to 63 itchen and came bac with a large pot of coffee and many cups----china ones, plastic ones and glass ones. Some are plain looing, some are epensive and
some are lovely. The teacher told them to help 64 (they)to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “Can you notice that a ll of you too nice-looing epensive cups, leaving 65 the plain and cheap ones? You want only the best for yourselves, 66 is the source of your problems.”
“What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, 67 you went for the best cups and then began looing at each other’s cups.”
“Now thin about this life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society 68 (be) the cups. They are just 69 (tool) to hold, and do not change the life. Sometimes, by caring only about the cups, we fail 70 (enjoy) the coffee. So don’t let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead.”
第四部分写作（共两节；满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每次错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( )，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。

My neighbour Li Hai is going to graduate college soon and he hasn’t found the job yet. He was once advising to learn computer sills, so he thought it was difficult. When he saw others learning English, he shoo his head, said it was too hard to remember new words. He enjoyed watching TV, playing cards, smoing and so on. He felt it was hard for him to give up all these habit. Not long ago, he went to loo for a job. When he new talents were great needed, he sighed and regretted the time when that he had wasted. He told me how he wished he has wored hard in college and ased me not to copy her eample.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华, 夏天到了，你们学校教室空调温度设定太低，你就此问题给你们学校校长
写一封信，你写信告诉他：
1.教室空调温度设定太低，由此可能带的问题
2.建议空调温度设定到26度，节能环保
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当添加细节，使行文连贯；
3.已给出的部分不算词数。

Dear Headmaster,
________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ____________
Yours
Li Hua
宜昌市第一中学2018年春季学期高一年级期末考试
英语试题
答案
1-5 ABABC 6-10 ABABB 11-15 ABCCB 16-20 CCAAC
21-23 BAC 24-27 DADC 28-31 CADC 32-35 ABCD
36-40 CFEAG
41-60 AC A CB DCDCA ABDCD ADABB
61. happily 62. achieving 63. the 64. themselves 65. behind
66. which 67. but 68. are 69. tools 70. to enjoy
1.第一句graduate后加from。

graduate from…“从毕业”，为固定搭配。

2.第一句the改为a。

泛指“一份工作”，用不定冠词a。

3.第二句advising改为advised。

he与advise之间为被动关系，故用被动语态。

4.第二句so改为but。

有人建议他学计算机，“但是”他认为太难了，前后是转折关系，用but
连接。

so 表因果关系。

5.第三句said改为saying。

谓语动词是shoo，say应用非谓语动词形式;he与say之间是主动
关系，故用现在分词，作伴随状语。

6.第五句habit改为habits。

habit“习惯”是可数名词，其前有all these修饰，故用复数形式。

7.第七句great改为greatly。

作状语，修饰动词were needed，用副词。

8.第七句去掉when。

time后是定语从句，从句缺少作宾语的引导词，故用that。

when多余。

9.第八句has改为had。

wish后的从句要用虚拟语气，此处表示与过去事实相反的情况，故
用过去完成时。

第八句her改为his。

此处表示“不要以他为例子”，物主代词的人称与Li Hai—致，故用his。

I am Li Hua, a student of Grade One. Over the last few wees I have become increasing concerned about the air conditioners in our school which are set at a very low temperature. I am writing to offer some suggestions on the use of air conditioners.
We students turn on the air conditioners with the hope to have a comfortable environment to study in. However, it is a pity that some students set such a low temperature, leading to a waste of electricity. In addition, too low temperature may cause students’ health problems and thus affect our
study.
Concerning the problems mentioned above, I suggest the air conditioners should be set at 26 degrees, which is beneficial for both students and our surroundings. I would really appreciate it if my suggestion could be considered.
(Tet 1)
M Let me see your ticet. Umm … This ticet is for Oford.
W Yes, that’s right.
M But this train doesn’t go to Oford. It goes to Liverpool.
W Oh no! Then I’ll have to get off and change at London.
(Tet 2)
W Hi, Lue. Pad and I are going to watch the tennis game this evening. Do you want to come?
M Great! I now Thomas really enjoys watching tennis. Can he join us?
W Well, I’m afraid I don’t have an etra ticet for him.
(Tet 3)
M Mum, have you seen my school bag?
W It’s hanging up here, with the coats. I moved it because it w as on the itchen table. Tom, remember to leave it in the living room when you come home from school. Then it won’t be in my way. (Tet 4)
M I haven’t seen Linda Rivera for a long time. Has she been away on a holiday?
W Oh, you haven’t heard. She set up her own travel agency.
(Tet 5)
W I can’t believe how hot it is here today.
M If you thin this is bad, you should have been here last wee.
(Tet 6)
W Have you chosen the music for the party yet?
M I was going to just let people bring their own.
W Oh, I don’t thi n you should do that. One person needs to be in charge otherwise people will start disagreeing. Sonia’s really good at music. You could as her.
M O, have you got her number?
W Yeah, it’s on my mobile. I’ll tet it to you.
(Tet 7)
M Tracey, I want some new shoes for the party tonight. Shall we go and buy some later?
W O, but I promised to help my granddad wash his car today.
M Why don’t you do that immediately? We’ll go as soon as you’re finished.
W O. And I suppose I can do my homewor when we get bac. I’m s urely doing that before we go to the party —I don’t want to do it tomorrow!
M Yeah, I don’t lie doing it till the last day of the weeend, either. So I finished all my homewor after school yesterday.
(Tet 8)
M That was a cool ehibition.
W I new you’d lie it! I believe it’ll help us with our school cloth project. I’ve got lots of ideas now.
M I was really interested in the designer wear section. It’s totally special.
W Yes, it’d be great to wear something so special. But what impressed me most was the part t hat showed you how to recycle clothes.
M Yeah, but I can’t see myself wearing any of my dad’s old things just now! I didn’t epect the show to be so interesting.
W I enjoyed seeing the live models, though I’m not sure whether it lived up to my epectations. (Tet 9)
M Veronique, when you are not studying, what do you lie to do?
W I lie listening to music by French singers. Go into any French music store, and you’ll find the top
10 albums by US, German and English artists. It’s good to have variety, but I love French music. M Do French teens lie fast food, you now, hamburgers, chips, and things lie those?
W Well, we don’t really lie that. We usually have quic breafast, sandwiches at lunch and a family dinner at around 8 to 830 in the evening. The younger teenagers lie to eat hamburgers at McDonald’s.
M Paris is well nown for popular clothes, so I’m sure it offers French teens the most up-to-date clothes to choose from.
W Eactly. I lie to wear clothes by Agnes B, a popular French designer. I thin Agnes B clothes are ind of classic, but they can also be very lovely. One of my favorites is a silver jacet because it came
from one of the shows and most importantly there is no other lie it.
(Tet 10)
W Welcome everybody to this Cititours bus. I hope you’re having a good time here in the West of England. Our tours usually last about one hour.
The bus is now turning into Queens Road. From this road we can see a very modern building.
This is the town’s new sports stadium. All the big matches happen there but at the moment, an international company is using it for a conference.
Now loo to your left. We’re now passing the City Theatre. This building is one hundred years old.
It’s very pretty, as you see, but it doesn’t have enough seats for big shows. We’ve got a new entertainment centre in Victoria Par. We don’t pass it on the bus, but you may be interested to now it’s got a cinema and a concert hall. Most people prefer it because it’s got air-conditioning.
Now, on your right, is the High Street. This Cititours bus normally goes along the High Street into the Maret Place. But at the moment some musicians are practicing for an outdoor concert there. We’re driving round a different route because the roads into the Maret Place are closed.
The maret was an important local trade centre until about 1970. Farmers bought and sold their cows and sheep there. However, we don’t see animals in the city centre these days. The maret area’s got some good shops. Why don’t you have a wal round there later on?。