英 语 试 题

本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分.满分150分，考试时间120分钟.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷（共105分）

注重事项：

1. 答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。

2. 每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。不能答在试卷上。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

该部分分为第一、第二两节。注重：回答听力部分时，你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在客观题答题卡上。

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秒钟的时间往返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. What was the total cost for both tickets?

A. $ 100. B. $ 150. C. $ 200.

2. Where does this man usually go on weekend nights?

A. To a bar. B. To the movies. C. To a restaurant.

3. Why did the woman get a “C” for her report?

A. Because she forgot the deadline for the report.

B. Because the man forgot to hand in her report.

C. Because she didn’t hand in her report on time.

4. Who is the man going to see?

A. Professor Rogers. B. Miss Smith. C. The Professor.

5. What conclusion can be drawn from the man’s talk?

A. Pierre is always busy painting.

B. His art has improved.

C. He does not think Pierre a good artist.

第二节 （共15小题；每题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，每小题将给出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. What is the capital of New Zealand?

A. Auckland. B. Sydney. C. Wellington.

7. How many days will the man stay in New Zealand?

A. Five days. B. Ten days. C. Fifteen days.

8. What can we conclude from this dialogue?

A. The man is going to stay in big hotels.

B. The man is going to stay in smaller hotels.

C. The man is going to live with his friend in New Zealand.

听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。

9. What did the woman go to the office for?

A. To make fun of the man. B. To see her friend. C. To ask for a job.

A. A nearer country. B. A new and different country. C. A larger country.

11. Why did the woman dislike working in the Middle East?

A. She’d lived there for years.

B. It was far from home.

C. She hated living there.

听下面一段对话，回答第12至第14三个小题。

12. Who are the speakers?

A. Students. B. Teachers. C. Clerks.

13. What are they mainly talking about?

A. Noise in the office. B. A new meeting room. C. The story of a workmate.

14. What does Tom suggest they do?

A. Talk to Jack openly. B. Move to another office. C. Ask for a meeting room.

听下面一段对话，回答第15至第17三个小题。

15. How long will the activities last in the Main Hall?

A. The whole morning. B. One hour. C. The whole day.

16. Who is going to give a talk on courses and their requirements?

A. The head of the school. B. The Student Advisor. C. The Director of Studies.

17. How does the woman feel about the English test?

A. She’s anxious about it. B. She’s excited about it. C. She’s curious about it.

听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。

18. How many people were in the bus?

A. Forty-two. B. Over ten. C. More than thirty.

19. What were the students doing when the accident happened?

A. Sleeping. B. Preparing for a concert. C. Enjoying music.

20. What can we conclude from the news?

A. School had to be closed on Friday.

B. Some of the injured are still under treatment.

C. The accident was caused by careless driving.

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，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

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. —Have you paid the rent of the house?

—The rent of the house? .

A. That isn’t due yet. B. Are you sure?

C. The house needs repair. D. Please remember the amount.

22. Don’t mind too much about mistakes. They are natural part of learning.

A. 不填； 不填 B. the; a C. 不填; a D. the; the

23. Can you me a job when I get there? You know, I have to work in order to pay for my schooling.

A. apply B. arrange C. provide D. guarantee

24. All the others seemed to know each other and I began to feel .

A. given away B. fallen behind C. turned down D. left out

25. There is an obvious between the cultures of the West and East.

A. contract B. contrast C. content D. contact

26. The leader, the rule unfair for women, suggested it .

A. finding; banned B. to find; banned C. found; to be banned D. finding; be banned

27. —Why! Where’s my mobile phone? Maybe I left it on the plane.

—My goodness! You things behind.

A. haven’t left B. didn’t leave C. had never left D. never leave

28. The work has the status of a classic among the composer’s admirers.

A. required B. acquired C. inquired D. inspired

29. We agreed to accept they thought was the best tourist guide.

A. whatever B. whomever C. whichever D. whoever

30. Some women a good salary in a job instead of staying home, but they decided not to work for the sake of the family.

A. could have made B. should have made C. would make D. must make

31. “Do you think I should attend the lecture?” she asked me.

A. that B. whether C. if D. when

32. The man denied any thing at the supermarket when he was questioned by the police.

A. to have stolen B. having been stealing C. having stolen D. to steal

33. Calculations, which are astronomically exact, have been made with the use of computers.

A. possible B. it possible C. possibly D. to be possible

34. According to the periodic table, still some elements undiscovered.

A. there seem to be B. it seems to be C. it seems that D. here seem

35. The farmer used wood to build a house to store grain.

A. with which B. in which C. which D. where

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，把握其大意，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，并在答题卡上涂黑。

As a physician who travels quite a lot, I spend a lot of time on planes listening for that dreaded “Is there a doctor on board?” announcement. I’ve been 36 only once-for a woman who had merely fainted. But the 37 made me quite curious about how 38 this kind of thing happens. I wondered what I would do if 39 with a real mid-air medical emergency-without access 40 a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment. So 41 the New England Journal of Medicine last week 42 a study about in-flight medical events, I 43 it with interest.

The study estimated that there are a(n) 44 of 30 in-flight medical emergencies on U.S. flights every day. Most of them are not 45 ; fainting and dizziness are the most frequent complaints. 46 13% of them-roughly four a day-are serious enough to 47 a pilot to change course. The most common of the serious emergencies 48 heart trouble, strokes, and difficult breathing.

Let’s face it: plane rides are 49 . For starters, cabin pressures at high altitudes are set at roughly 50 they would be if you lived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty 51 , but passengers with heart disease 52 experience chest pains as a result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood. 53 common in-flight problem is deep venous thrombosis（血栓）-the so-called economy class syndrome（综合症）. 54 happens, don’t panic. Things are getting better on the in-flight emergency front. Thanks to more recent legislation（立法）, flights with at 55 one attendant are starting to install emergency medical equipments to treat heart attacks.

36. A. called B. informed C. addressed D. surveyed

37. A. accident B. incident C. condition D. disaster

38. A. soon B. many C. long D. often

40. A. for B. by C. to D. through

41. A. before B. when C. since D. while

42. A. collected B. discovered C. conducted D. published

43. A. consulted B. read C. consumed D. considered

44. A. amount B. sum C. average D. number

45. A. significant B. common C. heavy D. serious

46. A. For B. But C. And D. So

47. A. require B. engage C. inspire D. command

48. A. include B. imply C. confine D. contain

49. A. enjoyable B. favorable C. peaceful D. stressful

50. A. who B. which C. what D. that

51. A. mentally B. easily C. neatly D. naturally

52. A. ought to B. used to C. may D. need

53. A. Any B. Other C. One D. Another

54. A. Whatever B. Whenever C. Whichever D. Wherever

55. A. most B. least C. worst D. best

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题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

Authorities did not release（公布）the gunman’s name, but Peters said he had no record of police contact or an arrest record while attending Northern Illionois.

DeKalb county coroner（验尸官）Dennis J. Miller on Friday released the identities of the four victims who died in the county: Daniel Parmenter, 20, of Westchester; Catalina Garcia, 20, of Cicero; RyanneMace, 19, of Carpenters-ville; and Julianna Gehant, 32, of Meridan.

“Two other victims died after being transferred to hospitals in other counties,” Miller said. Witnesses said the gunman, dressed in black and wearing a stocking cap, emerged from behind a screen on the stage of 200-seat Cole Hall and opened fire just as the class was about to end around 3 pm.

Officials said 162 students were registered for the class but it was unkown how many were there on Thursday.

Allyse Jerome, 19, a sophomore（大二学生）from Shunmburg, said the gunman burst through a stage door and pulled out a gun.

“Honestly, at first everyone thought it was a joke,” Jerome said. Everyone hit the floor, she said. Then she got up and ran, but tripped. She said she felt like “an open target.”

“He could’ve decided to get me,” Jerome said on Friday. “I thought for sure he was gonna get me.”

Lauren Carr said she was sitting in the third row when she saw the shooter walk through a door on the right-hand side of the stage, pointing a gun straight ahead.

“I personally Army-crawled halfway up the aisle（通道）,” said Carr, a 20-year-old sophomore. “I said I could get up and run or I could die here.”

She said a student in front of her was bleeding, “but he just kept running.”

More than a hundred students cried and hugged as they gathered outside the Phi Kappa Alpha house early Friday morning to remember Dan Parmenter, who was one of those killed.

56. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Everyone thought it was a joke when the gunman appeared in front of them.

B. Peters had no record of police contact or an arrest record while attending Northern Illionois.

C. 162 students were attending a lecture when the gunman emerged from behind the screen.

D. The gunman opened fire as soon as the class came to an end.

57. How many people were shot to death according to the passage?

A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 162

58. The following are not witnesses except .

A. Peters B. Dennis J. Miller C. Dan Parmenter D. Lauren Carr

59. What was the first thing that Jerome did when she saw the gunman?

A. She got up and ran out of the room.

B. She hit the floor.

C. She burst through a stage door and pulled out a gun.

D. She tripped and became an “open target”.

60. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Witnesses Tell of Horrible Experience B. A Cruel Shooter

C. 162 Killed in an Accident D. An Unkown Gunman

B

Sport is not only physically challenging, but it can also be mentally challenging. Criticism from coachers, parents, and other teammates, as well as pressure to win can create too much anxiety or stress for young athletes. Stress can be physical, emotional, or psychological and research has indicated that it can lead to burnout. Burnout has been described as dropping or quitting of an activity that was at one time enjoyable.

The early years of development are critical years for learning about oneself. The sport setting is one where valuable experiences can take place. Young athletes can, for example, learn how to cooperate with others, make friends, and gain other social skill that will be used throughout their lives. Coaches and parents should be aware, at all times, that their feedback to youngsters can greatly affect their children. Youngsters may take their parents’ and coaches’ criticisms to heart and find a fault in themselves.

Coaches and parents should also be cautious that youth sport participation does not become work for children. The outcome of the game should not be more important than the process of learning the sport and other life lessons. In today’s youth sport setting, young athletes may be worrying more about who will win instead of enjoying themselves and the sport. Following a game many parents and coaches focus on the outcome and find fault with youngsters’ performances. positive support should be provided regardless of the outcome. Research indicates that positive reinforcement motivates(激发)and has a greater effect on learning than criticism. Again, criticism can create high levels of stress, which can lead to burnout.

61. An effective way to prevent the burnout of young athletes is _________.

A. to make sports less competitive B. to increase their sense of success

C. to reduce their mental stress D. to make sports more challenging

62. According to the passage, sport is positive for young people in that _________.

A. it can help them learn more about society

B. it enables them to find faults in themselves

C. it can provide them with valuable experiences

D. it teaches them how to set realistic goals for themselves

63. Many coaches and parents are in the habit of criticizing young athletes .

A. believing that criticism is beneficial for their early development

B. without realizing criticism may destroy their self confidence

C. in order to make them remember life’s lessons

D. so as to put more pressure on them

64. According to the passage parents and coaches should _________.

A. pay more attention to letting children enjoy sports

B. help children to win every game

C. train children to cope with stress

D. enable children to understand the positive aspect of sports

65. The author’s purpose in writing the passage is __________.

A. to teach young athletes how to avoid burnout

B. to persuade young children not to worry about criticism

C. to stress the importance of positive support to children

D. to discuss the skill of combining criticism with encouragement

C

A study published Monday found that people who sleep less tend to be fat, and experts said it’s time to find out if more sleep will fight fatness.

“We’ve put so much emphasis on diet and exercise that we've failed to recognize the value of good sleep,” said Fred Turek, a physician at Northwestern University.

Monday’s study from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk covered 1,000 people and found that total sleep time decreased as body mass index - a measure of weight based on height - increased.

Men slept an average of 27 minutes less than women and overweight and fat patients slept less than patients with normal weights, it said. In general the fatter subjects slept about 1.8 hours a week less than those with normal weights.

“Americans experience insufficient sleep and fat bodies. Clinicians are aware of the burden of fatness on patients,” the study said.

“Our findings suggest that major extensions of sleep time may not be necessary, as an extra 20 minutes of sleep per night seems to be associated with a lower body mass index,” it added.

“We caution that this study does not establish a cause-and-effect relationship between restricted sleep and fatness (but) investigations indicating success in weight loss via extensions of sleep would help greatly to set up such a relationship.”

The study was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine along with an editorial by Turek and Northwestern colleague Joseph Bass commenting on it and related research.

In an interview, Turek said some studies have shown sleep causes declines in an appetite suppressing protein hormone, and increases in another hormone that causes a longing for food. In addition neuropathies（神经疗法）in the brain governing sleep and fatness appear to overlap（重叠）, he said.

Patness has been rising dramatically in developed countries and reached epidemic（流行病） levels in the United States, it added, leading to a variety of health problems.

66. What’s the passage mainly about?

A. People who sleep less tend to get fat.

B. Fat people need lots of sleep to lose weight.

C. Sleeping has nothing to do with fatness.

D. Fatness has been rising dramatically in developed countries.

67. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Lack of sleep causes declines in a desire limiting protein hormone.

B. Americans experience sufficient sleep and fat bodies.

C. The findings suggest that major extensions of sleep time may be necessary.

D. Fatness has been rising dramatically in America.

68. Which of the following is NOT close to the underlined word suppress?

A. limit B. restrict C. accept D. control

69. According to the passage, which of the following people is the lowest possible one to get fatness?

A. Americans B. Chinese C. Japanese D. English

70. We can conclude the attitude of the author is according to the passage.

A. worried B. uninterested C. critical D. optimistic

D

Dog walkers provide a 20 to 60-minute daily walk for a client’s（客户）dog, making sure the dog answers the call of nature and gets proper exercise. They often walk more than one dog at a time. Some walkers work for dog-walking services, especially when starting out. Others have their own businesses, and build by word of mouth and advertising. Dog walkers often work part-time, and some provide other services like pet sitting or transporting.

In N.Y.C., dog walkers usually earn about $25 an hour. If you work for a dog-walking business, you may earn less-if you are on your own dealing with several dogs at the same time, it may be more.

What do you have to do to be a dog walker?

First, have a real love of dogs, and have a good knowledge of how to get on with dogs. Try calling dog-walking services to find out about openings. If you’re on your own, you’ll need to network and market yourself. You might advertise your services in pet offices, grooming businesses, or neighborhood papers. You will need business cards and a mobile phone, and have good references and a clean background. You’ll also have to deal with taxes and insurance. You should be physically fit, friendly, neatly dressed and extremely dependable. Many dog walkers are bonded（被担保的）and insured, and this is a definite selling point to clients.

Of course, you will be cleaning up dog waste! You will also be outside in all kinds of weather. You may have to deal with dogs that don’t like each other ,and difficult owners. It’s also an up and down kind of business-clients can come and go.

For pet lovers, spending the workday with dogs instead of navigating office politics is its own reward! You are your own boss-you can dress casually, your doggy clients will love you unconditionally, and you’ll get some great exercise!

71. By writing the passage the writer tries to .

A. introduce you to a job B. enrich your knowledge about pets

C. advertise for a business D. tell you more about life in New York

72. The passage offers no information about how to as a dog walker.

A. find a client B. train a dog

C. get prepared D. make more money

73. One who wants to may find the passage helpful.

A. take up a weekend job B. keep a good pet dog

C. make money in his daily spare time D. be a part-time office worker

74. The last paragraph but one (beginning with “Of course”) is meant to tell you .

A. what dog-walking is like B. why dog-walking is worth trying

C. the unknown part of dog-walking D. the bad side of dog-walking

75. What does the underlined word casually in the last paragraph possibly mean?

A. as you like B. like a boss

C. in a dog-friendly way D. in nice clothes

第Ⅱ卷（共45分）

注重事项：

1. 用黑色或蓝黑色钢笔、圆珠笔直接答在试卷上。

2. 答卷前将密封线内的项目填写清楚。

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。（请注重问题题后的字数要求）

The railroad industry could not have grown as large as it did without steel. The first rails were made of iron. But iron rails were not strong enough to support heavy train running at high speeds. Railroad experts wanted to replace them with steel rails because steel was ten or fifteen times stronger and lasted twenty times longer. Before the 1870’s, however, steel was too expensive . It was made by a slow and expensive process of heating, stirring, and reheating iron ore.

Then the inventor Henry Bessemer discovered that directing a blast of air at melted iron in a furnace would burn out the impurities that made the iron break easily. As the air shot though the furnace, the boiling metal would erupt（迸出火焰） in showers of sparks. When the fire cooled, the metal had been changed, or converted, to steel. The Bessemer converter（转炉）made possible the mass production of steel. Now three to five tons of iron could be changed into steel in a matter of minutes.

Just when the demand for more and more steel developed, prospectors discovered huge new deposits（矿床） of iron ore in the Messabi Range, a 120-mile-long region in Minnesota near Lake Superior. The Messabi deposits were so near the surface that they could be mined with steam shovels.

Barges and steamers carried the iron ore through Lake Superior to storages on the southern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. With surprising speed Indiana and Ohio became major steel-manufacturing centers. Steel was the basic building material of the industrial age. Production skyrocketed from seventy-seven thousand tons in 1870 to over eleven million tons in 1900.

第二节 书面表达（满分30分）

76. What’s the title for the passage?（Please answer within 10 words.）

77. Which of the sentences in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

If there had been no steel there couldn’t have been so great a development in railway industry.

78. Fill in the blank in the passage with proper words. （Please answer within 5 words.）

79. Tell the reason why rails should be made of steel instead of iron. (Please answer within 20 words.)

80. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.

第二节 写作（满分30分）

2008春节前，中国十几个省份遭受了50年不遇的冰雪灾难。假如你是李华，你的国外朋友Steve发来电子邮件向你了解受灾情况。请你把受灾影响情况（水、电、煤、交通和运输等方面）向Steve进行介绍，并告诉他在政府的领导和各方的大力支援下，现在情况已有很大好转。

注重：

1. 字数 120—150

2. 信的开头已给出

Dear Steve

Your letter has reached me.

参考答案

第Ⅰ卷

1—20 BACAC CBBCB ABACB CACAB

第一节 语法和词汇（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

21—35 ACDDB DDBDA ACAAB

第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

36—55 AADAC BDBCD BAADC BCDAB

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

56—75 ABDBA CCBAC ADCBA ABCDA

第Ⅱ卷

第一节：阅读表达（共5题，每小题3分，满分15分）

76. Changing Iron into Steel

（评分要求：依据与文章整体内容的相关程度酌情给分）

77. The railroad industry could not have grown as large as it did without steel.

（评分要求：要求准确找出以上句子）

78. to be widely used

（评分要求：要求给出的答案能保持上下文的连贯性，而且与参考答案意思相近）

79. because steel was ten or fifteen times stronger and lasted twenty times longer.

（评分要求：内容合情合理且语言正确即得分）

80. 钢产量从1870年的77，000吨飞涨到1900年的11，000，000多吨。

第二节：写作（30分）One possible version:

Dear Steve,

Your letter has reached me. The severe snowstorm has struck as many as 14 provinces in central and south China. There has never been so long and so heavy a snowstorm in the past 50 years. In those provinces, nearly all the water and electricity supplies are damaged or even destroyed. Moreover, the electricity plants are not prepared for such a snowstorm and they didn’t store enough coal before hand. Worse still, all the high ways are covered with deep snow or ice so almost all the transportation has come to a halt. Even some of the airports are closed. People’s life is greatly affected.

In spite of all this ,the government called on the whole nation to support the places hit by the bad weather. Many PLA men, policemen and technical workers are struggling where they are badly needed. Thanks to the leadership of our Party, the whole situation is now returning to normal.

Li Hua

评分原则：

1. 本题总分为30分，按5个档次给分。

2. 评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。

3. 词数少于120和多于150的，从总分中减去2分。

4. 评分时，应注重的主要内容为：内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性及上下文的连贯性。

5. 拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面。评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。

6. 如书写较差，以至影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。

各档次的给分范围和要求

第一档：（25—30分）

很好地完成了试题规定的任务。

—对题中所提供的信息进行了恰当的描述，清楚地表达了自己的观点并进行了充分合理的论证。

—语法结构和词汇选用恰当、丰富。

—语法结构或词汇方面有些许错误，但为尽力使用较复杂结构或较高级词汇所致；具备较强的语言运用能力。

—有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑。

第二档：（19—24分）

较好地完成了试题规定的任务。

—对题中所提供的信息进行了描述，表达了自己的观点并进行了论证。

—应用的语法结构和词汇能基本满足任务的要求。

—语法结构或词汇方面应用基本准确，些许错误主要是因尝试较复杂语法结构或词汇所致。

—应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑。

第三档：（13—18分）

基本完成了试题规定的任务。

—能描述题目中的信息，表达了自己的观点并尝试进行论证。

—应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。

—有一些语法结构或词汇方面的错误，但不影响理解。

—应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文内容连贯。

第四档；（7—12分）

未恰当完成试题规定的任务。

—能涉及到题目所提供的信息，体现了对问题的看法及其原因。

—语法结构单调，词汇知识有限。

—有一些语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响了对写作内容的理解。

—较少使用语句间的连接成分，内容缺少连贯性。信息未能清楚地传达给读者。

第五档：（1—6分）

未完成试题规定的任务

—很少涉及题目中所提供的信息，个人观点表达不清，而且没有阐述原因。

—语法结构单调，词汇项目有限。

—较多语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响对写作内容的理解。

—缺乏语句间的连接成分，内容不连贯。

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听力部分录音稿

1.

W：How much would it cost for my daughter and me to go to Washington?

M：It’s only 100 dollars full fare for you and half fare for your daughter if she is under 12.

2.

W：Movies and restaurants are fun places to go on Friday and Saturday nights.

M：That’s pretty expensive. I usually like to go to a bar with my friends to have a drink or listen to some good music, and sometimes we dance.

3.

W：Mike, I’m really shocked. I never thought I’d receive a “C” for my report. What about yours?

M：I got a “B”. If you’d turned in the report a week ago as scheduled, you would have received a grade higher.

4.

M：I hope I’m not late, Miss Smith. I have an appointment for 11 o’clock. Professor Rogers asked me to come.

W：Sorry. Professor Rogers had to go out this morning, and he asked me to see you.

5.

W：Well, it seems that Frank Pierre has become quite a famous painter.

M：Has he? You know I’m a professional artist myself and I question how much gift Pierre really has.

6.

M：I’m thinking of going to New Zealand next year. Could you tell me when is a good time to go?

W：I wouldn’t go in the winter. It can be very cold and wet then. But if you go from around November to March, you should have nice weather.

M：I see. And what places would you suggest I visit?

W：I think you’d like Auckland. That’s the biggest city. And the capital Wellington’s nice too. Then you’d try to see as much of the countryside as possible.

M：Is there plenty to see there?

W：Yes. It’s a small country, but there are mountains, beaches, lakes and everything. You can even go skiing on the South Island if you want to.

M：Really? And are hotels expensive?

W：The big ones are, but you can stay in smaller ones. They’re quite cheap. You can find them for around $30 a day, I guess.

M：That’s not too bad. And do you think ten days would be long enough to spend there?

W：Oh, yes, you can see plenty in ten days.

7.

M：Mrs Smith, we’re very pleased that you want to work for our company. I wonder if you’d be interested in working in India.

W：India? But I’ve lived there. I was there for two years.

M：How about Brazil?

W：Brazil? No, I’ve worked there.

M：Well, would you consider the Middle East?

W：Certainly not. I’ve worked there, too. I spent three years there.

M：Well, there’s China. Perhaps.

W：No, not China. I’ve been in China.

M：It’s a big country.

W：Yes, and I’ve lived there for a long time. Can’t you find any other country?

M：Well, there’s this island in the Pacific.

W：Island? Which island? I’ve lived there.

M：But, Mrs Smith, there are thousands of islands, as we all know.

W：Well, I’ve seen them all. Really, can’t you let me go to a different country from those you’ve mentioned?

8.

W：Tom, do you have a minute?

M：Oh, hi, Cathy. Sure, What’s up?

W：Well, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about the situation in the office.

M：I’m not in there very often. It’s so noisy that I can’t work.

W：That’s exactly what I’m getting at. We’re supposed to be able to do our preparation in that office, but have you noticed? Jack constantly had students coming in to get help with his course.

M：We can’t really ask him to stop having students come in for help.

W：No, of course not. but I’m not able to do my work and neither are you. I imagine it’s the same for the others in the office.

M：Hmmm, could we ask for a kind of meeting room? When we have to talk to students, we could go to the meeting room.

W：Good idea.

9.

M：Hello everybody. Today’s activities start at 10 o’clock. All the new students will gather in the Main Hall to meet the head of the school and the rest of the staff. The head will give us a welcoming speech and then the Director of Studies will talk about the courses and their requirements.

W：What do we do after that?

M：Let me finish, the Student Advisor will tell you about the various services and activities we offer to students . Any questions?

W：So, all of this is in the Main Hall?

M：That’s right. And then you’ll go next door to Classroom 5 at 11 o’clock.

W：What happens there?

M：You’ll have a test.

W：Test? I don’t like the sound of that. What sort of test?

M：Oh, it’s nothing to worry about. It’s just an English test to help us find your level of English so that we can put you in the right class. It won’t last long.

10.

Now, back to the news. A tour bus carrying high school children from Boston ran off a highway exit on Friday morning, killing four children and injuring more than 30 people.

42 music students, aged 10 to 13, from Oak Hill High School in Boston, five teachers and two bus drivers were on the overnight trip to Canada. They were to take part in a band concert.

Andrew, a 12-year-old boy who was on the bus, said that all the children were asleep at the time of the accident. The cause of the crash has yet to be determined. Police said the bus went down a hill and landed on its side. Two girls and two boys were killed and several other people were thrown from the bus. Thirty-six people were treated at hospitals but most are now out of danger.

The school remained open on Friday. School officials were sent to the homes of the four who died. The children are very upset. Many are walking around corridors crying and hugging each other.