山东省青岛市2013届高三第一次模拟考试2[2013青岛市一模]

高三自评试卷
英语
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，共12页，满分150分。

考试时间120分钟。

考试结束后，将答题卡和答题纸一并交回。

注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必用2B铅笔和0.5毫米黑色签字笔（中性笔）将姓名、准考证号、考试科目、试卷类型填涂在答题卡规定的位置上。

2．第Ⅰ卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

答案不能答在试题卷上。

3．第Ⅱ卷必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔（中性笔）作答，答案必须写在答题纸各题目指定区域内相应的位置，不能写在试题卷上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。

不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

第Ⅰ卷(共105分)
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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?
A.￡19.15.
B.￡9.15.
C.￡9.18. 答案是B。

1. How does the man feel about the restaurant?
A. It's very excellent.
B. It's not as good as expected.
C. It used to be better.
2. What happened to the man?
A. He had to do other people's jobs.
B. Nobody would like to help him.
C. He had to take Lisa to the hospital.
3. Where is the conversation taking place?
A. In a restaurant.
B. In a hotel.
C. In a store.
4. What does the woman suggest?
A. Seeing the show some other night.
B. Eating dinner after the show.
C. Walking to the theater.
5. Why couldn't the man see the end of the game?
A. Because there was a power failure in his area.
B. Because the game wasn't shown in his area.
C. Because he didn't want to watch the game.
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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8三个小题。

6. Where did the two speakers have their Thanksgiving Day last year?
A. At the man's sister's.
B. At the woman's.
C. At the woman's parents'.
7. Where is Dan now?
A. In college.
B. Abroad.
C. In the army.
8. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Go shopping.
B. Attend a party.
C. Give his sister a call.
听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。

9. What is Linda's job?
A. A singer.
B. A student.
C. A salesgirl.
10. Where did Linda buy the blouse?
A. At a small store.
B. At a big store.
C. In a supermarket.
11. How much did the hat cost?
A. 120 dollars.
B. 55 dollars.
C. 65 dollars.
听下面一段对话，回答第12至第14三个小题。

12. What kind of video does the man like?
A. Westerns.
B. Love stories.
C. Musicals.
13. How much does the man pay for the videos?
A. 2 dollars.
B. 8 dollars.
C. 10 dollars.
14. Which of the following is true according to the conversation?
A. The man borrowed enough videos for this month.
B. The man's father likes Westerns.
C. The woman likes documentaries.
听下面一段对话，回答第15至第17三个小题。

15. What does the man say about modern houses and flats?
A. They are smaller than those in the past.
B. They are too expensive for the elderly to afford.
C. They aren't equipped with facilities for the elderly.
16. Why can't most old people go into private nursing homes?
A. Because of traditional values.
B. Because of the limited facilities.
C. Because of the high expenses.
17. What is the conversation mainly about?
A. How to raise the birth rate.
B. Changes in household structure.
C. Problems of an aging society.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。

18. Which country has the most effective education system?
A. South Korea.
B. America.
C. Japan.
19. How many countries are behind Germany in the ranking?
A. 5.
B. 6.
C. 7.
20. Who is mainly responsible for educational disadvantage according to the report?
A. Parents.
B. Teachers.
C. Governments.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节语法和词汇知识（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。

例: It is generally considered unwise to give a child _______ he or she wants.
A. however
B. whatever
C. whichever
D. whenever
答案是B。

21. I was told that _______ 10:20 flight would take us to Shanghai in time to reach _______
Fudan University.
A. the; /
B. the;a
C. a; the
D. /; the
22. Most companies' marketing effort is focused on getting customers, with little attention
_______ to keeping them.
A. paying
B. to pay
C. paid
D. having paid
23. You must do away with all such shortcomings, _______ they will do great harm to you.
A. or
B. and
C. so
D. but
24. It's not easy for a doctor to _______ bird flu in humans from regular human seasonal flu.
A. separate
B. distinguish
C. identify
D. recognize
25. — Is there anything wrong, Bob? You look sad.
— Oh, nothing much. In fact, I _______ of my friends back home.
A. have just thought
B. would just think
C. was just thinking
D. will just be thinking
26. _______ several times, but he still doesn't know how to do it properly.
A. Being shown
B. Having shown
C. Having been shown
D. I've shown him
27. When you reach the other end of the bridge, I _______ right there to show you the way.
A. wait
B. have waited
C. will be waiting
D. was waiting
28. — Sorry, but we have only one ticket for the film Taijiong now.
— That's OK. I'll take _______.
A. that
B. it
C. this
D. one
29. Students _______ remain in their seats until all the papers have been collected.
A. shall
B. may
C. need
D. can
30. — What do you think of the music teacher ?
— _______ she is an attractive lady, she can be extremely difficult to work with．
A. If
B. While
C. Because
D. As
31. _______ is surprising is that there are so many Chinese restaurants in Toronto.
A. It
B. That
C. Such
D. What
32. What if we meet with a situation _______ none of us are able to deal with?
A. where
B. in which
C. what
D. that
33. — Honey, I'd like to go to South-Africa for the World Cup this weekend.
— _______ You must help me with the decoration of the house.
A. Go ahead.
B. That's great!
C. Forget it!
D. Why?
34. — Jack, this is the third time that you have been late this week!
— Sorry, sir, but I was _______ for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam.
A. held up
B. put up
C. taken up
D. given up
35. _______ how mirrors produce image, we need to know what light does.
A. Understanding
B. Having understood
C. To understand
D. Understood
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36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their 36 . They had 37 their own businesses for years, first a theatre, then a barbecue restaurant, then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they 38 a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this basic selection they 39 one new concept: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no 40 . Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was 41 four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity (统一，一致), for the brothers had 42 a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they 43 their cook's sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became unbelievably popular, particularly for 44 . People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so 45 that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be 46 . They were content with this modest 47 until they met Ray Kroc.
Kroc was a (an) 48 . He met the McDonald brothers in 1954, 49 he was selling milk shake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the unusual 50 of the brothers' fast food restaurants and bought the right to open other 51 of their restaurants. The 52 included the right to copy the menu, the equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches.
Today McDonald's is undoubtedly a household name. Its names for its sandwiches have come to 53 hamburger in the decades since the day Ray Kroc watched people 54 up to order fifteen-cent hamburgers. In 1976, McDonald's had over $1 billion in total 55 . Its first twenty-two years is one of the most unbelievable success stories in modern American business history.
36. A. home B. theater C. hotel D. location
37. A. run B. started C. made D. chosen
38. A. offered B. made C. designed D. planned
39. A. referred B. added C. decided D. preferred
40. A. cost B. food C. tips D. trouble
41. A. every B. another C. other D. each
42. A. developed B. accepted C. improved D. discovered
43. A. hoped for B. worked on C. insisted on D. asked for
44. A. work B. breakfast C. drivers D. lunch
45. A. expensive B. popular C. cheap D. convenient
46. A. opened B. sold C. reformed D. rebuilt
47. A. business B. restaurant C. success D. program
48. A. engineer B. traveler C. trader D. salesman
49. A. because B. when C. where D. then
50. A. attraction B. location C. menu D. food
51. A. restaurants B. machines C. copies D. hamburgers
52. A. change B. service C. progress D. agreement
53. A. mean B. sell C. order D. enjoy
54. A. look B. rush C. walk D. send
55. A. numbers B. areas C. sales D. sizes
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和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Frank looked at us and said, ''My Dad was a fisherman. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. No matter how much my Mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.'' His voice dropped a bit. ''When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had an old truck which was older than he was. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he drove toward the school, I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!''
He paused and then went on, ''I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, 'No, Dad. I’m too old for a goodbye kiss. I'm too old for any kind of kiss.''
''My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. I had never seen him cry. He turned and looked out the windshield (挡风玻璃). 'You're right,' he said. 'You are a big boy....a man. I won't kiss you anymore.''
Frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke. ''It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the fleet stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed. They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out. He must have gotten into a gale (狂风) and was trying to save the nets and the floats.''
56. Frank said that his father smelled like the ocean _______.
A. to prove that his father was as great as the ocean
B. to prove that his father was a fisherman
C. to tell us that his father's clothes were very dirty
D. to show that his father worked hard all the year on the sea
57. From the passage we learn that _______.
A. the writer is very rich now
B. the writer's father was not hard-working
C. the writer's father didn't love him at all
D. the writer loved his father dearly
58. How did his father feel when the writer said that he was too old for any kind of kiss?
A. Angry and surprised.
B. Surprised and sad.
C. Satisfied and excited.
D. Frightened and disappointed.
59. Why would Frank shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear?
A. Because he wanted to be kissed by his father.
B. Because he was very shy.
C. Because he felt very cold in the morning.
D. Because staying with his father made him feel embarrassed.
60. In what tone did Frank tell of his father?
A. Happy.
B. Regretful.
C. Hopeful.
D. Terrified.
B
American teenager Thomas Cheatham had planned to study Latin during his sophomore year at Hebron High School in Texas. But when he learned that the school district was going to offer a Mandarin class, he quickly changed his mind.
''I thought it (Mandarin) would be more beneficial than Latin,'' said Cheatham, who is now in his second year of studying the language.
He speaks Mandarin to order food at Chinese restaurants and can read Face book posts from his Chinese-speaking friends.
While it's a difficult language to master, the high school junior, who plans to study computer engineering, thinks it will be a valuable thing in his career.
''Chinese is a good language to know, especially with China becoming a growing power,'' he said.
Many experts agree that proficiency in a language spoken by a billion people worldwide will give American students an edge in the global economy.
''People are looking at China as our next economic competitor, and interest in Mandarin is growing,'' said Marty Abbott, executive director of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. ''We're seeing it in all parts of the country.''
The number of students studying Mandarin in public schools nationwide in grades 7 through 12 grew from 20,000 in 2004-2005 to 60,000 three years later, according to the council's most recent survey.
Abbott estimates that as many as 100,000 students are now studying Mandarin, in public and private schools, throughout the nation.
She said the US government has considered Mandarin to be an ''important needs'' language and provides professional development programs for teachers.
''Our government wants to increase our language ability for national security and economic competitiveness, ''Abbott said.
At the same time, the Chinese government is spreading knowledge of the Chinese language and culture through Confucius Institutes established in many states.
The Confucius Institute at the University of Texas in Dallas, founded in 2007, opens
Confucius Classrooms at 11 local public and private schools where more than 700 students are learning Mandarin.
61. Why does the writer mention Thomas in the passage?
A. To tell us how changeable he is.
B. To introduce the topic of the passage.
C. To introduce his college life.
D. To tell us Latin is less popular now.
62. Many experts in America agree that _______.
A. Mandarin is becoming more beneficial than Latin
B. Mandarin is very difficult to learn for most American students
C. Mandarin will be of some help to American students in the global economy
D. China is a competitor of America in culture
63. Why does Mandarin become so popular in America?
A. Because Mandarin is more interesting than Latin.
B. Because there are many good teachers in the Confucius Institutes.
C. Because Mandarin is very helpful in the global economy.
D. Because the Chinese government has tried his best.
64. From the passage we know that the Confucius Institutes _______.
A. have trained 100,000 students to learn Mandarin in America
B. provide professional development programs for teachers
C. have been established in many states in America
D. were founded in 2007
65. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. An increasing number of students in America are learning Mandarin.
B. Confucius Institutes have been established in many states in America.
C. Latin is less popular in America now.
D. China now is becoming a growing power.
C
Nuclear power's danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be summed up in one word: radiation.
Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected by human senses. It can't be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we can't detect them, sense them, without a radio receiver. Similarly, we can't sense radioactivity without a radiation detector. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things.
At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being immediately by killing masses of cells in vital organs. But even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no levels of radiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be serious. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they are killed immediately. Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble. They can grow into cancer.
Sometimes this does not show up for many years.
This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the victim being aware at the time that damage has occurred. A person can be irradiated（辐射）and feel fine, then die for cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents.
Radiation can hurt us. We must know the truth.
66. What is the most dangerous factor of nuclear power?
A. Radiation
B. Quantity
C. Amount
D. Place
67. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Nuclear radiation can do harm to human beings.
B. Nuclear radiation cannot do harm to human beings.
C. Nuclear radiation can be detected by human senses.
D. Nuclear radiation is just like common radio waves.
68. How can nuclear radiation kill an animal?
A. By damaging its heart.
B. By killing a few cells.
C. By killing many cells in important organs.
D. By hitting any place in its body.
69. Why does nuclear radiation have a certain mystery?
A. Because human beings learn its harmfulness.
B. Because it can do harm to a person while the victim isn't aware the damage has occurred.
C. Because nuclear radiation can kill a person very easily.
D. Because human beings have no effective machine in order to detect nuclear radiation.
70. If a human being is hit by nuclear radiation, he may _______.
A. die of cancer after many years
B. die immediately
C. have a child who may be born weak
D. all of the above
D
Nearly everyone agrees that money doesn't buy as much as it used to, no matter when you want to spend it. This is certainly true of the paper money that passes so quickly through one's hands.But what about coins that seem to do very little except stay in purses and pockets? Unlike notes, metal money becomes more valuable the longer it is held, especially if it is put away where it won't get scratched (破坏) or worn. Why is this? One reason is that coins, being more durable (持久的), fall more readily into a category for collectors. Naturally, the rarer gold pieces must become more valuable as the price of this metal goes up.
But, curiously, one of the rarest coins in the world is not made of gold, but of the relatively cheaper silver. In 1840, the United States mint (造币厂) struck 19570 silver dollars. That is what its records show. Today only six of this original number remain and these are unlikely ever to reach the auction (拍卖) market. So what happened to some 19564 large silver coins, not the easiest sort of things to lose? One of the more romantic theories is that they were part of the payment to Napoleon for the American land then known as Louisiana. But they never reached
France. Somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, the ship transporting them was sunk, either by a storm or by pirates (海盗). The probable answer to the mystery is that they were melted down — since the silver value was greater than the actual value of the coin. What really happened to the rest will probably always remain a mystery. What is known is that whoever can come up with one will find himself instantly rich.
71. We can learn from the passage that _______.
A. money buys as much as it did before
B. money does not buy as much as it did before
C. paper money buys more than metal money
D. metal money buys more than paper money
72. Which of the following is true of a coin?
A. The longer it is held, the less valuable it becomes.
B. The more it wears out, the more valuable it becomes.
C. The less it gets scratched, the less it values.
D. The longer it lasts, the more it values.
73. According to this passage, one of the rarest coins in the world is made of _______.
A. silver
B. gold
C. copper
D. paper
74. Coins become more valuable because _______.
A. they stay in purses and pockets
B. the price of metal goes up
C. they fall more readily into a category for collectors due to their duration
D. Both B and C
75. What really happened to some 19564 large silver coins?
A. They were melted down.
B. They were sunk in the Gulf of Mexico.
C. It is still a mystery.
D. They were stolen by pirates.
第Ⅱ卷(共45分)
第四部分: 书面表达(共两节，满分45分)
第一节阅读表达(共5小题;每小题3分,满分15分)
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后面的要求答题。

（请注意问题后的字数要求）
Introductory Chemistry was taught at Duke University for many years by professor Bonk. One year, two guys took the class and did pretty well on all the quizzes and mid-terms. These two friends were so confident in going into the final that the weekend before finals week, despite the Chemistry final being on Monday, they decided to go to the University of Virginia to party with some friends.
They had a great time there. However, with their hangovers（宿醉）and tiredness, they overslept all day Sunday and didn’t make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they found professor Bonk after the final and explained to him________________________. They told him they went up to the University of Virginia for the
weekend and had planned to come back in time to study, but they had a flat tire on the way back and didn’t have a spare. So they were late getting back.
Bonk thought this over and agreed that they could take the final the following day. The two guys, happy and relieved, studied that night and went in the next day at the time that Bonk had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and handed each of them a test booklet. He told them to begin.
They looked at the first problem which was something simple about solution（溶解）. It was worth 5 points. ''Cool,'' they thought, ''this is going to be an easy final''. They then turned the page. They were unprepared, however, for what they saw on it. The question contained only two words: （95 points）Which tire?
76. Why dare the two guys go to party with friends just before the Chemistry final-exam?
(no more than 10 words)
77. Why were the two guys late getting back to Duck University? (no more than 15 words)
78. Fill in the blank with proper words to complete the sentence. (no more than 6 words)
79. On what day did the two guys take the final at last? (no more than 2 words)
80. Will the two guys pass the final exam? Why? (no more than 15 words)
第二节写作(满分30分)
假如你是李华。

你的美国朋友David来信询问中国最近雾霾严重的现象。

请你写封回信，主要内容如下：
1. 感谢他的关注。

2.简单介绍中国北方雾霾情况。

3.谈谈你的看法。

注意： 1. 词数：120-150；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 参考词汇：雾霾heavy smog
高三英语自评试卷参考答案及录音原文
2013.2
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分：听力（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1-5 AABCA 6-10 AACAB 11-15 ABBBA 16-20 CCAAA
第二部分：英语知识运用
第一节语法和词汇（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21-25 ACABC 26-30 DCBAB 31-35 DDCAC
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1 分,满分20分）
36-40 DAABC 41-45 BACDB 46-50 ACDBA 51-55 CDABC
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
56-60 DDBDB 61-65 BCCCA 66-70 AACBD 71-75 BDADC
第Ⅱ卷
第一节：阅读表达（共5题，每小题3分，满分15分）
76. Because they thought they can pass the final easily./ Because they were confident in going into the final.
77. Because they overslept as the result of their hangovers and tiredness. / Because they drank too
much and were tired, as a result, they overslept.
78. how they missed the final/ why they missed the final.
79. On Tuesday
80. No. Because Bonk didn’t believe the two guys’ explanation./ No. Because Bonk knew they
were lying.
第二节：写作(30分) (略)
评分注意事项：
1．评分时，先根据文章内容和语言初步确定给分档次(18分以上为及格线，18分以下为不及格线)。

2．字数少于120，多于150，减去2分。

3．书写差影响阅读减去2分。

4．给分档次：
(２６－２９分)：只要要点全面紧扣主题，观点表达充分，能有效使用连接成分，具备较强的书面表达能力．
(22－25分)：要点全面紧扣主题，观点表达较充分，语言有少量错误，但基本不影响意思表达。

(18—21分)：要点全面，紧扣主题。

语言表达基本充分，语言错误影响部分意思的表达，但多数句子基本正确。

听力部分录音原文
Text 1
W: This is certainly a great restaurant.
M: Isn’t it ever?
W: I want to have my dinner party here.
Text 2
W: What’s up? You look upset. Can I help you?
M: Well, thanks, but I don’t think anybody can help me. Everything seems to happen at once.
Lisa was taken to the hospital and Matthew was on holiday. I’m really fed up with taking over their jobs.
Text 3
M: What? Ten minutes ago you told me there were no rooms. You just gave one to that man!
W: You don’t seem to understand, sir. That man had a reservation.
Text 4
M: The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks. I don’t know if we’ll make the 7:15 show.
W: It’s a beautiful night. Let’s try to get there on foot. And if we don’t make it, let’s just have dinner near the theater.
Text 5
W: Did you see the basketball game on TV last Saturday? The last 5 minutes were exciting. M: I know, I heard. But there was a blackout in my area and I missed the second half of the game.
Text 6
M: Do you realize it’s Nov ember already? Before you know it, Thanksgiving will be here. W: Gee, you’re right. Do you feel like inviting your sister and her family over?
M: Sure. After all, they had us over last year.
W: Good. That’s settled. Why don’t you give them a call and see i f they can come?
M: Sure. Say, Cindy, can you help me with the shopping? We need to get a turkey.
W: Right. Let’s get a nice and big one. Do you need ingredients for the stuffing?
M: Oh, yeah. Thanks for reminding me. This is going to be fun. With Dan coming home from college, it’ll be a real family reunion.
Text 7
M: Hi, I’m a TV reporter. We are just making a survey on fashion. Can I ask you a few questions?
W: Sure.
M: Thanks. Uh... First, what’s your name?
W: My name’s Linda.
M: Uh ha, and what do you do?
W: I’m a singer.
M: Wow, interesting. And where do you live?
W: I live in Melbourne, that’s in Australia.
M: Oh, that’s great. Where did you buy the clothes you’re wearing today? And how much did you spend, if you don’t mind my asking?
W: Let’s see, my clothes... OK. This blouse came from a big store near the supermarket, and it was fifty-five dollars. This hat came from a small store in Melbourne and cost a hundred and twenty dollars. Kind of expensive, but I think it’s great.
M: Yeah, thanks, Linda!
W: You’re welcome.
Text 8
W: So, what kind of videos do you prefer to watch? Have a look at this list.
M: Well, I love anything that makes me laugh. I just love to hear jokes and funny things.
W: Yeah? Many people of your age like Westerns.
M: I am not keen on Westerns, although my father likes them. I am a real softie(多愁善感的人), so anything with a bit of love story is good for me. It doesn’t matter how old. Not musicals though, they’re too much!
W: Anything else?
M: I’m also interested in documentaries of the great outdoors, you know the sort, animals, plants and faraway places.
W: Pick anything you like in this shelf then.
M: I would like to take these 5 videos. I think I’ve got enough for this week.
W: OK. The rent is 2 dollars for each video. Do you have a membership card?
M: Yes.
W: So you can get twenty percent off.
M: Thank you. Bye.
W: Bye.
Text 9
W: Surely having a granny about the place to give a hand with the housework can take a lot of pressure off a young wife, can’t it?
M: Yes, I think that is true. But remember old people themselves are often against the idea of going to live with a young family. You see, modern houses and flats are very small, much smaller than the sort of homes people used to live in.
W: And when granny gets very old, then, the situation becomes even worse, doesn’t it?
M: Yes. As long as old people are able to look after themselves, the system works quite well.
But as soon as they need any care and attention, the situation becomes very difficult indeed.
It’s likely that old people may go into a nursing home, but it’s not as simple as that.
Because of improvements in medical science, people live longer than ever before. The birth rate has fallen. This means that a smaller working population is providing for a larger number of old people, in need of care and attention. The number of old people’s homes provided by the State is strictly limited. There are private nursing homes, but the cost is out of reach of the average family.
W: And how do you see the situation developing in the future?
M: Well, obviously a lot of money is going to have to be spe nt. But it’s difficult persuading people to do this. There aren’t many votes for politicians in providing nursing homes for the elderly.
Text 10
This is the BBC in London. Here is the news at ten.
South Korea has the most effective education system of the world’s richest countries, with Japan in the second place and the United States and Germany near the bottom, a United Nations study said Tuesday. The ranking provides a comparison of the developed world.
The study is based not on how many students reach what level of education, but on testing what pupils actually know and what they are able to do, including their abilities in reading, math and science.
Germany, with its strong educational tradition, occupies the 19th place out of 24 nations, just behind the United States in 18th place.
An American government official said, “Our schools are simply not good enough and they don’t compare well with systems in other countries.”
“It is clear that educational disadvantage is born not at school but in the home,” said the report. “Learning begins at birth and is encouraged by a loving, stimulating environment.”。