工商银行信用卡有几种:2011—2012学年高三第一学期阶段测试(10月)

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2011—2012学年第一学期阶段测试(10月)

 高三英语练习二        2011,10

第一部分  听力(共两节,满分20分)

第一节  听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的ABC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. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Professor and student.     B. Boss and employee.       C. Father and daughter.

2. What time does the man think they will leave?

A. 7:47.     B. 7:25.           C. 7:27.

3. What is the age of the man now?

A. 16.        B. 20.           C. 24.

4. Where are the two speakers possibly?

A. In a hotel.      B. In a restaurant.            C. In the street.

5. How does the man probably feel now?

A. Worried.      B. All right.           C. Indifferent.

第二节  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ABC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,你将有时间阅读处个小题,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67

6. Where does the woman want to go?

A. An office.     B. A fruit shop.     C. A police station.

7. What does the woman have to do now?

A. Wait for Mark at the crossroads.            B. Walk ahead and turn right.

C. Walk a little way back.

听第7段材料,回答810

8. How does the man feel about David’s way of sleeping?

A. It’s effective.   B. It’s strange.     C. It’s the best.

9. How many hours does David sleep a day?

A. Four.           B. Six.          C. Seven.

10. What does the woman think of sleeping?

A. People should develop a habit like David’s.  B. People need longer hours of sleep.

C. People have different sleeping habits.

听第8段材料,回答1113

11. Which statement is TRUE according to the talk?

A. They are salesperson and customer.   B. They are old school friends.

C. They are fellow workers.

12. What do we know about the woman?

A. She is fond of her work.   B. She is tired of traveling. C. She is interested in law.

13. What is the man possibly?

A. A company manager.       B. A salesperson.      C. A lawyer.

听第9段材料,回答第1416

14. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?

A. Strangers.      B. Teacher and student.      C. Husband and wife.

15. What will you do if others can’t follow you at English Corner?

A. Say it again and again.  B. Go on to another topic.  C. Explain it in another way.

16. What will possibly happen if strangers talk about politics?

A. They will probably not agree with each other.

B. They will be in danger.   C. They will have to stop their talk soon.

听第10段材料,回答第1720

17. Whose smoking may have more effect on young people?

A. Their parents’.             B. Their friends’ .      C. Famous actors’.

18. Who is Stanton Glantz?

A. A worried parent.      B. A professor.      C. An actor.

19. According to the survey, how many of the children who regularly watch films have tried cigarettes?

A. Two thirds.      B. Almost forty percent.    C. About thirty percent.

20. Who paid the actors if they smoked in the films, according to Glantz?

A. The director.      B. The film industry.      C. The tobacco company.

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题;每小题1分,满分15分)

ABCD四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. Having studied in America for three years, the young man didn’t change much, ________ a bit fatter.

  A. only to get       B. only getting       C. to have got        D. having been got

22. With all the money ________, the man had to make a living by begging.

  A. run out         B. to run out       C. used up       D. to use up

23. It was Mr Zhang that helped us out of the trouble. Without his help, we ______ it so easily.

  A. can’t manage                     B. mustn’t have managed   

C. couldn’t have managed             D. couldn’t manage

24. ________ is know to us all is that the old worker, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his seventies.

  A. As; whom       B. What; whose        C. It; whose        D. What; whom

25. The ground is wet all over, so I’m sure it must have rained last night, ________?

  A. wasn’t it        B. didn’t it           C. isn’t it           D. doesn’t it

26. I’m sorry to tell you that we will not tell you the results of the survey until we have looked through all the _______.

  A. directions      B. instructions       C. data        D. standards

27. Each country, of course, in _______ Copenhagen has its own particular priorities and concerns, which is why ________ agreement is so difficult to reach.

  A. the; an        B. /; an       C. a; the         D. /; the

28. ---What on earth are the police busy with?

   ---They have been looking into how the plane crash _______.

  A. came out     B. came up      C. came down      D. came about

29. A team of nurses ________ the doctor in performing the operation on the boy wounded in the earthquake.

  A. supported      B. encouraged        C. assisted      D. respected

30. The Chinese economy is still doing well _______ the current financial crisis.

  A. on behalf of                 B. in spite of

C. in terms of                  D. in consequence of

31. Each of us is likely to develop a personal _______ for certain types of entertainment.

  A. comparison        B. possession        C. preference        D. advantage

32. ______ the crisis of economy getting more and more serious, the government is searching for ways to improve people’s life.

  A. As        B. With          C. When         D. If

33. ---Oh, how depressed! I’m bound to lose to him in tomorrow’s competition.

   ---Cheer up! In fact, he is _________ than you.

  A. not more nervous   B. no more nervous  C. no less nervous   D. a little less nervous

34. Not until ___ on TV ___ that the Chinese was rescued by the European Union Task Force.

A. did I turn; did I know          B. did I turn; I knew

C. I turned; did I know           D. I turned; I had know

35. ---Tom was caught cheating in the exam.   ---Just his luck. ______

  A. He has to kill the fatted calf.              B. He has to face the music.

C. He must be the apple of his parents’ eve.    D. He must be a black sheep.

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,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(ABCD)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others had their own ways of showing care.

What I   36   most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we   37   ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to   38  his family as cold. When we got into the   39   to go home, his father suddenly appeared. 40   , he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he was a caring man through the glass.

I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often  41   me early in the morning. “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant  42  or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his  43  me and we often quarreled. But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his  44    morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I  45   him.

When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt   46  . For example, I always return phone calls   47   and regularly contact with my friends. I expect the same from them. I had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the   48   : She wasn’t a good friend! My anger   49    as the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I   50  and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was   51    at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be   52   . Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.

Far too often, I ignored their   53    expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my   54  . Over the years, however, I’ve learned to   55   other persons, love signs.

36. A. remember      B. enjoy            C. value                   D. admire

37. A. excitedly              B. nervously     C. silently            D. instantly

38. A. regard         B. treat           C. take               D. think

39. A. bus           B. train           C. car                D. plane

40. A. Punctually       B. Carefully       C. Proudly            D. Coldly

41. A. visited          B. interrupted    C. warned            D. telephoned

42. A. greeting         B. meeting        C. apology             D. explanation

43. A. interested      B. angered         C. encouraged          D. surprised

44. A. long            B. short         C. warm               D. polite

45. A. praised          B. remembered     C. blamed              D. thanked

46. A. content          B. guilty          C. curious              D. disappointed

47. A. in order          B. in turn         C. without delay      D. without difficulty

48. A. feeling          B. suggestion      C. judgment            D. belief

49. A. disappeared       B. grew           C. helped              D. declined

50. A. opened          B. refused         C. hosted              D. invited

51. A. depressed         B. upset           C. fascinated          D. shocked

52. A. uncaring         B. dishonest       C. unhappy           D. uncooperative

53. A. unique           B. common      C. pleasant            D. familiar

54. A. opinion          B. way          C. mind               D. life

55. A. send            B. read            C. give                D. express

第三部分  阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(ABCD)中,选出最佳选项。

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Born in a fishing village in Japan, Fujiyama, 25, recalls a childhood dominated by health concerns. Doctors told his parents that he had a hole in his heart and “they didn’t think I had a lot longer to live”. But during a later visit to the doctor, his family learned the hole had closed. “Somehow I was cured and I became a normal kid,” Fujiyama says. “And I had a second chance.”

During his second year at the University of Mary Washington, he volunteered in Honduras with a campus group and was struck by the extreme poverty he sawbarefoot children collecting cans and sleeping in the streets. Fujiyama realized he could help give other children their own second chance.

Today, his organization, Students Helping Honduras, brings education and community projects to children and families in need.

He started by telling his friends about his experience and collecting spare change at his two campus jobs. “When I had my very first meeting, only two people showed up,” he says. “I knew I had to keep fighting.” He persuaded his younger sister, Cosmo, to join the cause. “She’s dynamite,.” He says. “When she talks in front of a crowd, she can move mountains. Knowing that she was behind it, I knew I could do anything.” Since 2006, the siblings’ organization has grown to 25 campuses and raised more than $750,000 to fund projects, including the construction of two schools and the establishment of scholarships to help young women attend college.

Fujiyama says students are deeply committed to the organization. They raise money and then travel to Honduras to help building houses. While Fujiyama spends his summers in Honduras working alongside volunteers, he spends a large portion of the year on the road visiting colleges to raise funds. Cosmo Fujiyama, 23, lives in Honduras full time to coordinate(协调)the group’s building efforts on the ground.

Students Helping Honduras is working with community members of Siete de Abril to build a new village. Many of the families lost their belongings in Hurricane Mitch in 1998. A lot of them didn’t have access to clean water or health care, and they didn’t have a school. Fujiyama’s group helped build 44 homes in the village named “Sunshine Village”. The organization is also raising funds to build a water tower, an eco-friendly sanitation system and a library.

56. At the beginning of his organization, ________.

  A. Fujiyama was supported by many friends     B. things didn’t go on smoothly

C. Fujiyama had little idea of Honduras         D. many famous people joined in

57. We can infer that Fujiyama is a _______ man.

  A. diligent         B. mean           C. sympathetic        D. cheerful

58. The underlined word “siblings’ ” can be replaced by __________.

  A. brothers’        B. brother and sister’s        C. friends’        D. couple’s

59. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

  A. Help the people in need

B. Students lend a hand in America

C. Fujiyama helps build “Sunshine Village

D. Fujiyama gives poor people in Honduras a second chance

B

A new report says only about half of all students in the main school systems of America’s largest cities finish high school. The report notes higher rates of graduation over 70% in areas surrounding the cities. Researchers studied high school graduation rates from the 2003, 2004 school year. They also identified the nation’s fifty largest cities. The largest, New York City, had a population of more than eight million. The smallest city was Wichita, Kansas. It had about three hundred and sixty thousand people.

Researchers used a system of measurement called the cumulative promotion index to find graduation rates. School officials in many of the cities studied said the resulting numbers were too low. That is because different areas use different methods to find graduation rates. Critics say many methods do not give a true picture of the number of students who leave high school before finishing.

Other studies have put the national graduation rate at about 70%. But experts agree that too many students are not completing high school. They estimate the number at more than one million each year. The report was prepared for America’s Promise Alliance. The private group aims to help children receive services they need to succeed.

General Colin Powell was chairman of America’s Promise Alliance when it was formed in 1997. He attended the press conference Tuesday where the report was released. He said studies have shown that the US must do more to educate the leaders and work force of the future.

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings also spoke. She said the government will propose that states use the same methods when reporting graduation rates. Alliance officials also announced the start of a nationwide campaign to improve graduation rates. It is to include a series of meetings to be held in every state over the next two years. The meetings will bring together elected leaders, business owners, students, parents and education officials. They will develop plans to increase the number of Americans who finish high school.

60. The author wants to tell us ___________.

  A. too many Americans do not finish high school

B. different methods to find graduation rates

C. services American children need to receive

D. the increase of the number of Americans who finish their high school

61. From Paragraph 1 we can infer that __________.

  A. there are 8,360,000 people in the US’ fifty largest cities

B. Wichita in Kansas is the smallest city in the US

C. 50% of the people in the US don’t finish their high school education

D. high school graduation rates in or near the biggest cities are higher

62. The underlined word “picture” probably can be replaced by “_______”.

  A. situation        B. scene         C. image         D. mood

63. From the last paragraph, we can draw a conclusion that _______-.

  A. secretary of Education Margaret Spellings didn’t believe that number from the report

B. the government will stop using the cumulative promotion index to find graduation rates

C. secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced the start of a nationwide campaign to improve graduation rates

D. the low graduation rates should be paid attention to by the government and the society

C

Women are on their way to holding more than half of all American jobs. The latest government report shows that their share of nonfarm jobs nearly reached fifty percent in September.

Not only have more and more women entered the labor market over the years, but the depression has been harder on men. In October the unemployment rate for men was almost eleven percent compared to eight percent for women.

Industries that traditionally use lots of men have suffered deep cuts. For example, manufacturing and building lost more jobs last month. But health care and temporary employment services have had job growth. Both of those industries employ high percentages of women.

Thirty years ago, women earned sixty-two cents for every dollar that men earned. Now, for those who usually work full time, women earn about eighty percent of what men earn. And women hold fifty-one percent of good-paying management and professional jobs.

Yet a study released Thursday said men still hold about nine out of every ten top positions at the four hundred large companies in California. The results have remained largely unchanged in live years of studies from the University of California, Davis.

Also, a new research paper in the journal Sex Roles looks at the experiences of women who are the main earners in their family. Rebecca Meisenbach at the University of Missouri in Columbia interviewed fifteen women. She found they all valued their independence and many enjoyed having the power of control, though not all wanted it.

But they also felt pressure, worry and guilt. Partly that was because of cultural expectations that working women will still take care of the children. Also, men who are not the main earners may feel threatened.

The job market continues to suffer the effects of last year’s financial crash. Now, a judgment has been reached in the first case involving charges of criminal wrongdoing on Wall Street.

Last week, the government lost its case against two managers at Bear Stearns, the first investment bank to fail last year. A jury found Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin not guilty of lying to investors.

The hedge funds they supervised lost their value in two thousand seven. But jurors said there was no clear evidence that they meant to mislead investors.

The Justice Department continues to investigate other companies.

64. Why is the unemployment rate for men higher.

  A. Because there are more men workers in industries.

B. Because many industries mainly employing men now don’t need so many workers.

C. More and more women take the place of men.

D. Because health care and temporary employment services don’t employ men.

65. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.

  A. women haven’t got complete equality as men

B. only by becoming the main earners in their family can women gain a high position

C. all women now value independence and the power of control

D. taking care of children is now shared by men and women

66. Which of the following is TRUE?

  A. Men hate that women earn more money.

B. It is commonly believed that women should take care of children.

C. The job market has recovered from the effect of the financial crisis.

D. Now women working full time earn more than men.

67. Why does the government accuse two managers?

  A. They contributed to the financial crash.     B. They led a corrupt life.

C. They lied to investors.                   D. A jury found them misleading investors.

D

“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity,” said the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. I’ve never watched her show, but when a self-made billionaire gives life advice it’s probably worth listening to.

Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you. If you’re a Chinese, you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump(树桩) for a rabbit to run out and break its neck.

A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman, called The Luck Factor, argues we can all make ourselves luckier. It’s not about going to a temple to burn some incense() hopes that the gods will give you good fortune; it’s practical advice you can follow each day.

Wiseman conducted an experiment as part of his studies. First he divided volunteers into two groups; those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not. He gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds. Why? On the second page of the newspaper, a command, “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper,” was written in big letters. The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message.

It’s easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in a local paper. They might search so hard for one type of position that they miss an even better opportunity. People who are “lucky”, in fact, keep an open mind and don’t go through the same routine every day.

I first came to China in 2002 when it was considered a rather strange thing to do. Like many foreigners, my plan was to teach English for one year. Seven years later, and still here, I’ve had many great opportunities such as writing for newspapers and magazines. I did not dream these would have been possible. I’ve also never been sick, had an accident, got into a fight or had problems with the police. Coincidence? After reading about Professor Wiseman’s studies I think not.

As Wiseman advises, I usually trust my own judgment. Your friends and parents may give you advice based on rational thinking, but it’s important to consider how you feel about each choice you make. Your feeling acts as a warning for a potential problem.

Finally, try to turn bad luck into good. Even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study English.

68. Which of the following proverbs most agrees with the writer’s point?

  A. Make the best of a bad job.

B. Rome was not built in a day.

C. All is not gold that glitters.

D. A good heart conquers ill fortune.

69. What do you know about Oprah Winfrey?

  A. She became famous through her family background.

B. She was very lucky and seldom suffered setbacks in her life.

C. She is a British talk show host.

D. She became successful by her own effort.

70. The writer quoted the Chinese tale of a farmer in order to show __________.

  A. luck is in your own hand

B. bad luck can turn into good

C. you should not sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you

D. man can conquer nature

第四部分  任务型阅读(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最适当的单词。注意:每空1个单词。

Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients to speed recovery or to cover the coming of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed by greater needs; the need to protect patients from brutal news, to uphold a promise of secrecy or to advance the public interest.

What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should doctors reject that he is ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least hide the truth until after the family vacation?

Doctors face such choices often. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patients’ own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.

Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill patients do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them of risks destroys their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide.

But other studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians, a great majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about serious illness, and feel cheated when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful information, humanely conveyed, helps patients cope with illness; help them tolerate pain better with less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery.

There is an urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to know the professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to trust. Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.”

Title:  71  Or Not

Different  72

·Most doctors are in  73  of lying for the patients’ own sake.

·A great majority of patients  74  on being told the truth.

Reasons for  75  lying to patients

·Informing patients of the truth about their condition destroys their hope,  76  to recovering more slowly, or deteriorating faster, perhaps even  77  themselves.

Reasons  78  

lying to patients

·The truthful information helps patients to  79  their illness, help them tolerate pain better with less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery.

·Most patients feel  80  when they learn that they have been misled.

第五部分  书面表达(满分25分)

写一篇说明文。现在有些父母成为“孩奴”:养育孩子耗费了父母大部分收入;出现这种现象的原因在于经济压力和攀比心理;分析这种现象对于父母和国家的发展可能产生的影响。要求:1、词数:150左右;2、可根据内容要点适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;3、开头已经给出,不计入总词数。

Parents’ Being Slaves to the Children

Parents’ being slaves to their children or “child’s salve” is nowadays a hot topic in China.

高三英语练习二答题纸

第四部分  任务型阅读(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

71. __________  72. __________  73. ___________  74. __________  75. __________ 

76. __________  77. __________  78. ___________  79. __________  80. __________ 

第五部分  书面表达(满分25分)

Parents’ Being Slaves to the Children

Parents’ being slaves to their children or “child’s salve” is nowadays a hot topic in China.

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高三英语练习二答案

15  BBCAB   610 ACBAC  1115 BACBC   1620 ACBCC

2125  BCCDB  2630 CBDCB  3135 CBCCB

3640  ACACB  4145  DABBD  46-50 DCCBC  5155 DAABB    

5659 BCBD  6063 ADAD  6467 BABC  6870 ADC

任务型阅读:

71. Lie  72. attitudes/ opinions/ viewpoints  73. favour  74. insist   75. supporting 

76. leading  77. killing  78. against  79. handle/ approach  80. cheated

书面表达:

Parents’ Being Slaves to the Children

Parents’ being slaves to their children or “child’s salve” is nowadays a hot topic in China. It refers to young parents who have to spend a large part of their income on children. These parents feel great strain under the burden of raising a child and struggle hard to make as much money as possible.

The cost of raising a child in China is becoming greater and greater. But economic pressure is not the only reason that makes young parents “child’s slave.” Parents’ competing with each other in trying to provide the best possible living conditions for their children should also be blamed. Retailers know well that young couples only buy the most expensive things for their children, so infant and child commodities become increasingly expensive.

If it continues, this problem would affect the parents and the development of our country. These parents would suffer from huge economic pressure, which may pose a threat to their marriages or physical and mental health. On the other hand, to avoid being slaves, some couples are unwilling to have children. If the birth rate decreases to a dangerous level, there would be insufficient work force in the future.

 

听力录音内容及参考答案

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MYes, Miss Anderson. You’ll have to get to work on time, or your services will no longer be needed here.

Text 2

MAre you supposed to leave at 7:25?

WI’m not sure. All I remember is that the flight number is 747.

 

Text 3

WHow long have you been at this school?

MI’ve been here for about two years. I came here when I was twenty-two.

Text 4

WDear, I feel hungry now. How about you?

MSo do I. Let me call room service.

Text 5

WI’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth took just fine.

MI see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

Text 6

MHello.

WHello, Mark It’s Jane. I think I’m close to your office.

MSo where are you?

WI’m not sure. I got off the bus at the police station, walked straight down the road, and passed a fruit shop. Then I turned left, crossed the road, and that’s where I am.

MOh, well. You made a wrong turn. Now, get back to where you turned and make a right turn. Walk ahead for about two hundred meters. And our office building is right across the road.

Text 7

MHow can David always be so full of energy?

WHe has a strange but highly effective way of sleeping.

MWhat’s that?

WHe takes a short sleep for an hour every six hours and has a total of four hours of sleep each day.

MWhere did he get that strange idea from?

WHe read it in a book which said it was the best way for human beings and he believed it.

MHow many hours do you sleep a day?

WI need at least seven hours. I want to try to follow David’s example but it never worked out for me.

MIf I sleep during the day, I can never wake up.

WNot everyone is the same as David, I guess.

Text 8

MHello. It’s …it is Carol, isn’t it?

WOh, Mike...oh, my goodness! I haven’t seen you for ages!

MNice to see you again after all these years. What have you been doing?

WWell, I’ve tried many things since we left school. I’m now working for a large oil company, err, in charge of sales mainly, so I travel.

MOh, that’s great. You must really love it.

WOh, I do. Yeah, it’s lovely. It’s quite tiring though. But …mm…what about you, Mike? What do you do?

MI work in a law firm. I’m practicing business law, you know.

WWow, that’s interesting.

MYeah. I’m happy doing what I do.

WGood.

MAnyway it’s great to see you. We must get together some time.

WYes, we should. Look, give me your address and phone number. Err. I’ve got my book here. OK, and then I’ll give you a ring and we can fix something up.

Text 9

MWhat do people usually talk about in English Corner?

WWhatever interests them, such as weather, English study, movies, music, books, national and international affairs.

MWhat if someone asks me a question but I can’t understand?

WThat occurs to everyone at English Corner. You can ask that person to say it again.

MIt must be pretty embarrassing if I still couldn’t understand.

WIn that case, he or she will try to explain the question to you in another way. You are expected to do the same when you ask someone a question and he can’t understand. For example, if you ask, “What’s your hobby?” but the person you speak to doesn’t know the meaning of “hobby”, you can then explain, “I mean what do you like to do in your spare time.”

MSo he or she will know that the word “hobby” means the things one likes to do in one’s spare time.

WYou’ve got it. And what’s the next problem?

MWhy do English people so often say something about the weather when they begin a talk with strangers?

WWell, of course, the weather in England is always changing. It’s probably the weather is a subject that’s quite safe to talk about.

MIt’s a way of reaching agreement.

WYes. I begin by saying, “A cold morning, isn’t it?” The other person says, “It certainly is.” I say. “It’s been cold all week,” and the other person says, “Yes, we’re having a very cold spring.”

MSo far you’ve agreed about everything.

WYes. Then we’re beginning to feel friendly. But if we start with subjects on which disagreement is possible, politics, for example, we might not become friendly.

Text 10

It is very common to see actors and actresses smoking casually in films. And some people worry that this may encourage young people to try smoking. A study in the latest British Medical Journal magazine says that the more teenagers watch actors smoking in films, the more likely they are to take up the habit themselves. The survey was carried out among 5,000 US children between the ages of 9 and 15. The results showed that, among children who regularly watch films, about a third had tried cigarettes. “It is time for the film industry to take effective steps to stop actors smoking in films,” Stanton Glantz, a professor medicine at the University of California said. He added that film stars must understand that their actions have a real influence on children’s lives. Glantz also said that some of the children’s favourite actors are being paid to smoke. “Any film that receives money from the tobacco industry should be required to declare that information.” he said

 

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