福建省福州市八县(市)一中2011-2012学年度高一上学期期中联考试题(英语)

福建省福州市八县（市）一中2011-2012学年度高一第一学期期中
联考试题（英语）
完卷时间：120分钟满分：150分
第Ⅰ卷选择题(满分105分)
第一部分听力理解（共两节，满分30分）
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。

1。

How does the man choose to post the letter。

A。

By express post。

B. By normal post. C. By air post.
2. Where does the woman advise the man to change money？
A。

At the airport。

B. At a bank。

C. At a supermarket.
3. What does the man want to buy？
A. A mobile phone. B。

A camera. C. An MP4 player.
4. What does the man invite the woman to do?
A。

Attend a party。

B。

See a film. C. Have dinner.
5. Who was injured？
A. George’s father。

B. George's wife.
C. George's wife’s father.
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，每段对话后面有几个小题,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。

每段对话读两遍.
6. How long does Ann spend at school every day？
A. More than 7 hours。

B. Less than 7 hours.
C. Less than 6 hours.
7。

When does the conversation take place？
A。

At 8:45 a.m. B。

At 3:00 p.m。

C。

At 3：15 p。

m.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。

8。

What is the woman doing now？
A。

Apologizing to the man。

B. Expressing thanks to the man.
C。

Expressing anger to the man。

9。

Where are the man's new magazines。

A。

On the book shelf。

B. In the drawer. C。

On the table.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。

10. What is the relation between the two speakers?
A。

Classmates。

B. Friends. C. Neighbors.
11。

How long has the woman lived here?
A. About six years. B。

About two years。

C。

About one year.
12. What is the man？
A. A teacher。

B。

An engineer. C。

A doctor。

听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。

13。

Where will the new play be put on？
A。

At the Saint Peter Theatre。

B. At the Superstar Theatre.
C。

At the Shakespeare Theatre.
14。

How did the man’s roommate think of the new play?
A. Quite good.
B. Quite bad。

C. Not so good.
15. What is the name of the new play？
A. Twelfth Night. B。

The Three Policemen. C. The Bicycle Thief。

！6. What does the woman ask the man to give her?
A。

The ticket of the new play。

B。

An interesting book.
C.The printed story of the new play。

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What did the Browns think of their trip to Venesuela?
A. Good
B. Tiring。

C. Bad。

18。

What’s the weather like when the Browns stayed at Venesuela?
A。

Very hot。

B. Very cool。

C。

Very warm.
19. What is not worth buying in Venesuela?
A。

Gold。

B。

Jewelry。

C. Clothes。

20。

What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The speakers will not probably go on a trip to Venesuela.
B。

The speakers are planning a trip to Venesuela.
C. The speakers find the information from the Browns very disappointing.
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）21.—Will you go to the new movie, Harry Potter？
—. It is believed that it is well worth seeing ,but I'm busy。

A. I won't
B. I agree C。

I'm afraid not。

D。

I guess so.
22。

It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer I went for advice。

A. with whom B。

to whom C。

to who D。

with which
23. “it was to take a great trip with Wang Kun along the
Mekong River！" says Wang Wei。

A。

How great fun B。

What a great fun C.What great fun D。

How great a fun
24. —Jim is very smart and can good ideas。

—I can’t agree with you more.
A。

come up B。

come up to C。

come out to D。

come up with
25. Our teacher requested that time full use of meaningful things last week。

A. was made ；to learn B。

be made；to learn
C. be made ；learning D。

made；learning
26. At midnight, a robber ordered a woman to give him all her money。

Luckily, the police came in time.
A。

frightened; frightening B。

frightening；frightened
C. frightening; frightening
D. frightened; frightened
27. —My flight in 40 minutes so I have to hurry now。

—Well。

May you have a good time in your journey。

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A。

has flied B. flied C。

flies D. is about to fly
28. Only when Mr Green lost his health，realize how important it was.
A。

does he B. did he C. has he D。

he did
29. Students pay more attention to study and ignore physical exercise，but in
fact good health and study are important.
A. equally
B. nearly C。

partly D。

properly
30. Sadly，we were told that Steve Jobs，the Apple co—founder，cancer on
5 October, 2011。

A. had died of
B. died of C。

had been died of D。

has died of
31. The fashionable dresses of high are popular with young ladies。

A。

identity B。

advantage C. guidance D. quality
32。

If the students their study，they will realize their dreams in the end，
I believe。

A. are based on
B. are buried to
C. are devoted to D。

are determined to
33。

Hurry up! You should write down the phone number you forget it.
A。

since B. after C. before D。

until
34. Is the first factory you visited last week very large？
A。

the one B. that C. which D. where
35. -I’m nearly crazy。

I can't find my key to the car.
—Stay calm. Is it in your office you put it?
A。

which B. what C。

how D。

that
第二节完形填空（共20小题：每小题1。

5分,满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C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。

Reading letters is the happiest moment for singer Cong Fei，who now has to stay in bed. These letters，in which they call him “Dad", are from the children he has 36 .
The 36-year—old singer has spent nearly all his 37 in paying the tuition fees of 178 children 38 the past 11 years。

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He was diagnosed （诊断）with cancer in May, 2006. One of the
39 things he requested after being diagnosed was that friends and family
40 to fund the 100 students he has started to put through 41 .
“ 42 they can't keep on studying, what they can expect is a（n）43 future。

You must find 44 to let them continue their education,” Cong said.
Cong's first 45 began at a charity（慈善）performance for children in Southwest China's Chongqing in 1994。

When donating all 2，400 yuan he had on him，Cong was 46 to learn that the money could help 20 children complete two years’education and realized how 47 the donation was to the children.
From then on，he 48 took part in more than 20 charity performances in poverty-stricken （非常贫穷的) areas in Guizhou, Hunan and Sichuan provinces.
“When the children saw Cong Fei，they were so 49 that they hugged him, calling him 50 。

At that 51 , I could fully understand the 52 of my husband's devotion,” said his wife Xing Dan。

Extensive media reports on Cong’s story have placed him 53 in the focus in the past two months。

Li Hongzhong, Party secretary of Shenzhen, visited him in June and 54 him to fight the disease so that he could, as his name suggests, “55 again.”
36。

A。

visited B。

known C。

supported
D。

taught
37。

A。

time B。

money C。

energy D。

life 38.A。

after B。

beyond C。

by D. over 39。

A。

first B. next C。

second D. many
学必求其心得，业必贵于专精 40。

A. offer B 。

hope C 。

continue D. refuse 41.A 。

school B 。

work
C. dream D 。

childhood 42.A 。

While B. Unless C 。

As D 。

If 43.A 。

bright B. hopeless C. admirable
D. impossible 44。

A 。

books B 。

families C 。

ways D. singers 45.A. donation B 。

school C. idea D 。

success 46。

A 。

moved B. encouraged C 。

asked D. shocked 47.A 。

possible B 。

important C 。

interesting D. surprising 48.A 。

properly B. happily C 。

actively D. creatively 49.A 。

happy B 。

polite C 。

nervous D 。

shy 50.A. friend B 。

brother C 。

uncle D 。

father 51。

A 。

period B. moment C. stage D 。

course 52.A 。

aim B. form C. value D 。

function 53.A. firmly B. strangely C 。

correctly D. luckily 54。

A 。

asked B 。

advised C 。

allowed D. encouraged 55.A 。

sing B 。

walk C 。

help D 。

fly 第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A
Online shopping started not so long ago. Tim Berners —Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990. The first online bank opened in 1994。

In 1995, Amazon started operating and is not one of the largest online shopping malls 。

Then in 1996， eBay started its online shopping site 。

By sitting at home you can now buy anything from knives to cars. The worry you may have about traveling and parking can be avoided （避免) while you shop online 。

With online shopping ， you need not worry about the weather 。

Online shops have no holidays, closing times or any other problems 。

You can shop 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Some online shops also keep customers'opinions about each product, so you can easily find out what other customers think about the product before buying it. When you go for real —world shopping ， you can actually touch and feel it, but in online shopping you can only see the pictures. Also if you are shopping online, you have to be careful with your credit cards 。

The first step in online shopping is to search for what you want to buy 。

Once you find the required product, put it in a “shopping cart ” and continue shopping. After you have got enough in your “shopping cart", check out the product. You can add or take out the products in your shopping cart. The next step is to login （登录) using a username and a
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password. Enter the address where you want the product to be sent. Some sites even ask for your email, phone numbers，ect。

Then wait for the confirmation（确认）of your order。

You can also cancel(取消) the order if needed。

Online shopping is a different experience and you can make shopping online easy when you get used to it。

56. When shopping online，you can .
A。

park your car where you want to B. buy anything wherever you go
C. touch anything you want to buy D。

know what others think of the product
57. The second paragraph mainly tells us 。

A。

people can do online shopping at their own homes
B。

the things people can buy in online shops
C. the advantages people can have through online shopping
D. people can know different opinions of customers
58。

From the text，we can know that 。

A。

once customers put the products in their “shopping carts”，they can't
change them
B. customers should be careful with their credit cards when shopping online
C. customers must give their emails as well as their phone numbers
D. people can know different opinions of all customers
59. If you want to buy a cup online，what is the right order of the following
things you can do?
a。

Put the cup into your “shopping cart”.
b. Wait for the confirmation of the order。

c。

Search for a right cup.
d。

Enter the address.
A。

b-c—d-a B。

c—a-d—b C。

a-b—c-d D。

c-d-a—b
B
Early on Saturday morning, one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded hit central Chile。

The powerful quake killed more than 800 people，destroyed or badly damaged 1。

5 million homes and affected almost 2 million people。

The 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck around 3：34 a。

m。

，jolting(震摇) people awake all over the country. The earthquake came from underwater, off the coast of Chile。

Fernando Abarzua was in one of the many buildings that collapsed （倒塌）there。

“I was on the eighth floor and all of a sudden I was down here," he said, adding that he was surprised to have escaped with no major injuries.
The earthquake triggered(引发) a tsunami that swept across the Pacific Ocean, setting off warnings in 53 countries. In the end，the tsunami's waves caused major damage and several deaths in Chile but nowhere else。

Dozens of aftershocks，or smaller earthquakes，rattled(使颤动) the area in the days following Saturday’s massive quake.
Chile has a history of earthquakes. The largest recorded earthquake in
学必求其心得，业必贵于专精
the world—a 9.5-magnitude quake—struck the country in May 1960。

Since 1973，there have been 13 quakes there with a magnitude of at least 7.0。

As a result，Chile's newer buildings were built to withstand(经受住）the shocks。

That is one reason that Chile's quake—though 500 times stronger—has caused much less damage than the earthquake that struck Haiti in January.
On Sunday，Bachelet ordered troops in Chile to help hand out food，water and blankets and to clear rubble(瓦砾堆)from the roads。

Temporary hospitals were planned for the hardest-hit areas。

She later requested help from the international community。

On Monday，the United Nations prepared earthquake relief efforts as well as 30 tons of food and other help.
Even before Bachelet’s request, President Obama announced that the U。

S。

was prepared to help. “The United States stands ready to assist in the rescue and recovery efforts,” he said。

60. The passage mainly tells us .
A. how the world helped Chile after its earthquake
B。

a massive(巨大的）earthquake rocked Chile and the response to it
C. hundreds of people died after the Chile’s earthquake
D. the poorest country—Chile was destroyed completely
61。

According to the passage, we know Fernando Abarzua is .
A。

brave B。

devoted C. lucky D。

kind
62. Which of the following could be the main and direct reason that caused less
damage in Chile than that in Haiti？
A. Help came in time。

B. Chile's people had got the news before the earthquake。

C。

Chile is richer than Haiti。

D。

Most of the buildings in Chile can bear the shocks.
63。

The passage most probably appears .
A。

in a newspaper B. in a magazine
C。

in a history book D. in an advertisement
C
Going on a road trip? The St. Louis Arch, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge are great tourist sites. But if you prefer offbeat destinations(目的地），check out the following roadside attractions.
World's Largest Ball of Paint
Alexandria，Ind.
In 1977，Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere。

Starting with a baseball as center, he painted layer after layer of paint day after day, year after year。

The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 20，000 coats of paint,” which is recognized by Guinness World Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history。

The Museum of Dirt
Boston, Mass.
The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson. Labeled(贴有标签的) glass bottles contain such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all，the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It’s free。

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Mount Horeb Mustard Museum
Mount Horeb, Wis。

It’s heaven for hotdog lovers！This museum claims to have the world's largest collection of prepared mustard （芥末）。

Its more than 4，100 bottles of spices come from 60 nations, including Turkey and China。

Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it’s made to how it's advertised and sold. The museum’s creator，Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream！
Paper House
Rockport，Mass。

Swedish immigrant (移民) Ellis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922，when he started to build a two—room house almost entirely out of newspaper. At the time，people didn’t give much –if any-—thought to recycling paper。

The house is framed with wood，but the walls are made of 215 layers(层）of newspaper.
64。

The underlined word “offbeat” in the first paragraph has the same meaning
as 。

A。

great B。

foreign C。

unusual D。

historical
65。

If you want to add your own work to what you visit，you may choose 。

A. World's Largest Ball of Paint
B. The Museum of Dirt
C. Mount Horeb Mustard Museum
D. Paper House
66. Which of the following is true of Barry Levenson according to the text？
A. No spices but mustard can be found in his museum.
B. He travels around the world to collect mustard.
C。

Mustard is advertised and sold in his museum.
D。

In a way，he shows much preference for mustard.
D
If you were a pilot flying a plane，and suddenly the engine failed, would you eject(跳出），or stay in? For a pilot，the choice is very difficult。

If he ejects，he is safe, but the plane crashes。

If he stays in the plane, he risks his life。

Recently，Chinese Air Force pilot Li Feng，
38, faced this choice during a training exercise。

It was March 7 and he was flying a Jian-10
（Fighter-10）at 4，500 meters。

A warning
appeared on the plane’s computer screen。

He
realized the plane might fail at any moment.
Li Feng did a quick check of the engine and
asked the base if he could return。

When the fighter was 7 km away from the airport，however，the engine stopped working。

The plane began to fall at a speed of 25 meters a second at an altitude of 1，160 meters .
Under Air Force rules, fighter pilots may eject if their aircraft loses engine power below 2,000 meters and can’t be restarted。

Before Li lost contact with the control tower, the commander in the air base asked him to eject. But Li Feng insisted on having another try。

“I knew where the deadline (to give up the aircraft) was and was prepared for the ejection，but I decided not to give up unless the fighter
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was totally out of control，” Li recalled（回忆）during a recent television interview。

After 104 seconds，Li was able to bring the fighter to a safe landing。

The plane only suffered slight damage。

“You are a hero！Congratulations！” Li's teacher, Xu Yongling wrote in a text message to him after the landing. He said Li was a cool—headed pilot and very professional（专业的）.
Li’s brave and calm act not only saved the 200 million yuan aircraft but also gave him invaluable first-hand experience of dealing with an engine emergency(紧急情况）.
For his outstanding performance，the Air Force recently awarded him a gold medal.
67。

When the engine stopped working, Li Feng 。

A. was flying a Jian-10 at 4,500 meters
B。

saw a warning appear on the plane’s computer screen
C. decided not to give up the plane
D。

was asked to stay in，but he ejected
68。

When the fighter plane loses engine power below 2，000 meters 。

A。

pilots must restart it as soon as possible
B. pilots should repair it as soon as possible
C。

pilots may eject for safety
D。

pilots should bring it to a safe landing
69. According to the passage，what kind of person is Li Feng?
A。

He is cool-headed. B. He is confident.
C. He is fearless and cool under pressure。

D. All of the above.
70。

What is the best title for the passage？
A。

Flying the Fighter Correctly B。

When to Give up the Aircraft
C. How to Deal with an Engine Emergency
D. Bring the Fighter to a Safe Landing
第Ⅱ卷（满分45分)
第四部分词汇（共两节，满分15分）
第一节根据首字母写出单词（共10小题,每小题0.5分，满分5分）
71. (青少年)should keep away from smoking。

72. If offered red or white ，I’d choose the l 。

73. He came （径直地) up to me，smiling。

74。

Walk along the street 。

It's about two b away .
75. All these goods will be （运输)abroad by ship.
76。

You can depend on him because he is always r 。

77。

I tried to persuade him not to play games，but he was too s to
listen.
78。

After e was cut off，the lights went off.
79. To our joy, we finished the project ahead of s .
80. What （心烦）me most is that I can’t catch up with the others.第二节根据所学课文内容填空（共5小题，每空0.5分,满分10分）81. 安说：“我不愿像大多数人那样在日记中记流水帐。

"Ann said,“I don’t want to
of facts in a diary as most people do。

”82。

当时的英语更多的是以德语为基础,而我们今天所说的英语不是。

It was more
German than the English we speak 。

83。

高中起,我姐姐王薇和我就一直梦想作一次了不起的自行车旅行. middle
school my sister Wang Wei and I have taking a great trip.
84. 解放军组成小分队,将受困的人挖出来，将死者掩埋。

The army organized teams to
those were and to bury the dead。

85. 过去30年来所出现的大量的法律剥夺我们的权利，阻挡我们的
进步,一直到今天，我们还处在什么都没有阶段。

The last thirty years have the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress , until today we have a we have almost no rights at all。

第五部分写作（共两节，满分30分)
第一节短文填词（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。

所填单词要求意义准确,拼写正确。

Nowadays a every family has a TV set and almost everyone likes 86.
watching TV。

TV becomes one necessity in our life. we all know，87。

TV has many advantages。

For instance，it informs us of the （最新的）88。

news that has h in the world. In addition，it can broaden our eyes，89。

enlarge our (知识）and help us to see more about the world.
90.
At the same time it also has some disadvantages. People （浪费）91.
too much time in TV so their normal life and work are affected. 92。

What's worse, to those children who spend too much time in watching TV, it can do much to their eyesight and health.
93.
As far as I am c , we should take the advantage of TV and control 94.
our time of watching TV. B , we should choose helpful and instructive 95.
TV programs.
第二节书面表达（满分20分）
假如你是李华，你的好友王伟来信说他在高中英语学习过程中遇到一些困难，英语考试成绩不理想，感到很苦恼。

希望你就如何学好英语给他提些建议，要求内容包括以下几点。

词数在120左右.（首尾句已给出不计入总词数.)
一．利用课余时间多听多读以增加词汇量；
二．熟练掌握每单元的重要句型；
三．一旦遇到疑难问题多与老师同学交流.
四．不向困难屈服。

.
参考词汇：句型sentence patterns
温馨提示：⑴文章要分段；⑵文章内容要包括这些词组：增加词汇量; 熟练掌握; 与老师同学交流；不屈服；⑶可适当增加内容使行文流畅。

Dear Wangwei,
I'm sorry to learn that you are feeling sad because you have some difficulty in learning English。

Best wishes.
Yours，LiHua
2011—2012学年度第一学期八县（市）一中半期考联考
高中一年英语科答案
听力部分30分
完形填空30分
36-40 CBDAC 41—45 ADBCA 46—50 DBCAD 51-55 BCADD
阅读理解30分56-60 DCBBB 61—65 CDACA 66-70 DCCDD
第II卷（共45分）
根据首字母写出单词（共10小题，每小0.5题分，满分5分）
71.Teenagers 72. latter 73. straight 74. blocks 75。

transported
76.reliable 77.stubborn 78 electricity 79 schedule 80.upsets
根据汉语提示补全句子(共5小题,每空0.5分，满分10分）
81. set, down，a, series
82. based, on at，present
83.Ever，since, dreamed , about
84。

dig ，out，who，trapped
85. seen，reached, stage，where
短文填词（共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分）
86-90 ：Almost As latest happened knowledge waste watching
harm
concerned Besides
书面表达（满分20分）
_______范文：
Dear Wangwei,
I’m sorry to learn that you are feeling sad because you have some difficulty in learning English. Even worse，you do badly in the English exams. I'd like to give you some advice on how to learn English well. Firstly, you should make full use of your spare time to do more listening and reading about English to increase vocabulary 。

It’s widely believed that practice makes perfect. Secondly，if you want to improve your writing，you should have a good command of important sentence patterns of each unit. Thirdly，once you come across problems，you can turn to your teachers and classmates for help. Lastly，never give in to any difficulties. Only in this way can you learn English well。

I hope you will find these suggestions helpful。

听力原文
Text 1
M:I'd like to post this letter to Korea.
W：Would you like the express service？
M：No，thank you。

I’d like to send it just by normal post。

Text 2
M: I don't have any US dollars. Can I change some at the airport?
W: You could，but the fees are too high。

M：Where shall I do that then？
W: I’ll take you to the bank tomorrow.
Text 3
M: I’d like to buy a new mobile phone, please.
W：OK, would you like a phone with a camera and an MP4 player？M: And I'd like to be able to make video calls，too。

Text 4
M：There is a new film to be shown。

I wonder if you’d be free tonight. W: Yes。

I’ll be free then. Call me after work。

Text 5
M: I was hoping that we could see George here today.
W: He was planning to come, but his wife’s father fell down on the stairs and they had to take him to a doctor.
Text 6
W：Good afternoon, Tony。

M：Hi, Ann。

Did you just get out of school？
W: Yeah！
M：Why so early?
W: Early? It's 3:15 now. School starts at 8:45 in the morning and ends at 3：00 in the afternoon.
M: You people are lucky!
W: Nothing special. It’s the usual time.
Text 7
W：I come to apologize to you, Bill。

M：What for?
W：You lent me some magazines the other day, but I can’t find them now.
M: It doesn't matter。

They are only some old magazines。

W：But I'm really sorry。

I’d have to pay you。

M：No，you don't have to. You know we are good friends.
W：But I’m really sorry for being so careless.
M：Let’s talk about something else, Lisa。

How do you like to take some new magazine？I’ve got some new ones in my drawer. You can choose whatever you like。

W：I guess I’d better not。

I don’t want to let it happen again。

Text 8
M: Hello。

W：Oh，hi！
M: Please allow me to introduce myself。

I am David and this is my wife, Linda.
W：Pleased to meet you。

I am Jane。

Did you just move in next door? M: Yes，we did. Have you lived here long？
W：I’ve lived here for about 6 years. Have you lived in America long? M: Not really. When we left Singapore and came to America we lived with
a cousin in Dallas for 2 years. Where do you work，Jane？
W：I teach maths at a community college。

What do you do？
M：I am an engineer at a truck factory。

Text 9
M: Are you free this Friday evening?
W: I think so. Why？
M：I was wondering if you would like to watch a new play at the Shakespeare Theatre. My roommate went for it and came back excitedly.
W：What’s the name of the play?
M: Twelfth Night.
W：Oh，no. I’ve seen it three times。

M：I was joking just now。

The name is actually The Bicycle Thief. W: Well, it sounds interesting. But what is it about?
M: Well，it is about the police and the thief，with a surprising ending. I have the printed story here. You can read it if you like.
W：OK. Pass it to me and I’ll tell you if I’m coming after reading the story, how’s that?
M：Sure.
Text 10
M：Did you get to talk to the Browns about their trip to Venesuela？W: Oh，yes。

They said they had a great time。

M: What did they say the weather was like？
W：They said it was very cool. They suggested we take some warm coats.
学必求其心得，业必贵于专精
M: Did you ask how the hotels were？
W：It seemed they were excellent, and not expensive。

M：Yeah, that's what I’ve heard。

Did they say if they had had any language problems?
W：Sometimes。

They told me that hardly anyone spoke English except for the people in the hotels, but they found people in the hotels very helpful and friendly。

M：Well，that’ s good. And did they buy much while they were there？W：Not much. They said not to buy clothes. They were much more expensive than in the states. But they told me we could get jewelry and gold for very little。