山东省莒南一中高三英语上学期模块考试

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.共150分，考试时间120分钟。

第I卷（共105分）

注意事项：

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（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。 1．When are the speakers expected to leave? A．At 5:15. B．At 5:30. C．At 5:45. 2．What is the man going to do after the meeting? A．Continue to work. B．Go straight home. C．Take swimming lesson.

3．What did the man do for three weeks？ A．He took a vacation. B．He studied in a different class. C．He stayed home watching television.

4．Where does this conversation most probably take palce? A．In a market. B．In a kitchen. C．In a garden. 5．What do we know about the match? A．It can’t be much fun. B．It must be exciting. C．It may be put off. 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。 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6．What did the house manager say about the wolf? A．It killed a lot of small animals. B．It liked the food left by people.

C．It lost its way back to the wood.

7．What is the relationship between the two speakers? A．Husband and wife. B．Manager and worker. C．Guard and visitor. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第9题。 8．Why was the man unhappy last night? A．He was tired. B．He lost some money. C．He lost his meal tickets. 9．Why did the man feel even worse with himself? A．He didn’t sleep well. B．He lost some money. C．He lost his meal tickets. 听下面一段对话，回答第10至12题。 10．What do we know about the man? A．He knows little about the English corner. B．He shows no interest in spoken English. C．He never talks with others in English.

11．What do people usually talk about at the English corner? A．Only English study. B．Anything interesting. C．Only current affairs. 12．What will people do if they can’t be understood at the English corner? A．Say it in another way. B．Go on to another topic. C．Repeat it again and again. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至16题。

13．What are the two speakers mainly talking about? A．Health. B．Money. C．Weather. 14．What do we know about the man? A．He is going out of town. B．He’s just moved to a new city. C．He has no warm clothes.

15．What does the woman advise the man to do? A．Call the hotline. B．Wear more clothes. C．Ask her every morning. 16．What does the woman want to know? A．How long the man will stay. B．How much money the man has. C．How effective the hotline is. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。 17．Which channel are we listening to? A．Radio 1. B．Radio 2. C．Radio 3. 18．What is on Radio 2 at 7:30? A．Old People Talking. B．Tommy Brian Show. C．My Favourite Musician. 19．Where did Uames Farmer travel? A．In Scotland. B．In the Middle East. C．In North America. 20．What kind of channel is Radio 1? A．Life. B．Music. C．Science. 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。 21．Margaret asked me to repeat telephone number second time so that she

could write it down.

A．the; the B．the; a C．a; the 22．--- Did you have a good time in Thailand last week?

D．a; a

--- , it’s too hot. A．Not really B．Yeah. Why not C．Oh, great D．You are right 23．I showed an old friend of mine around our school, surprise, the changes had been so great. A．whose B．who C．to whose D．to whom 24．Don’t be tempted to cheat – you’ll never it. A．get across B．get away with C．get along with D．get down to

25．One way to know what techniques to use is to study the techniques that good readers use and then them in your own reading. A．adapt B．adjust C．adopt

26．--- that makes her different from the other students?

D．advocate

--- Honestly, hard work and, I suppose, a lot of imagination. A．What do you think B．How do you think it is C．What do you think it is D．Do you think how is it

27．I believe he must have mourned this unexpected end to his expedition, but he waste time on regrets. A．don’t B．didn’t C．won’t D．shouldn’t

28．After I failed the college entrance examinations, I from people, becoming unusually reserved, tired and anxious. A．outweighed B．withdrew C．pursued D．expelled 29．We hold these truths to be self – evident, all men are created equal. A．which B．what C．that D．why 30．The government managed to have two chemical factories built, though by the citizens. A．being opposed to B．opposed to C．was opposed to D．having been opposed to

31． works of the highest quality, any survey of the 19 th century English literature must include them. A．Having produced B．These women have produced C．These women’s producing D．These women having produced

32．This treaty recognized Maori ownership of their land and the coastal waters around New Zealan. , the Maori agreed that the country would belong to Britain and be governed by the queen of England. A．In turn B．Worse still C．In return D．Besides 33．--- Did Jack come back early last night?

--- Yes. It was not yet eight o’clock he arrived home. A．that B．which C．before 34．--- Remember the first time we met, John?

D．when

--- Of course I do. You in the library. A．had read B．were reading C．are reading D．have been reading 35．He his old car for a new model as soon as he had won the money. A．exchanged B．replaced C．transferred D．expanded 第二节 完型填空（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

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 36 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and 37 , but rather when he was weak and ill. My father was 38 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 39 all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day．Even talking is 40 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started talking about 41 , and I told them about one of my 42 . I said that we must very often give things up 43 we grow our youth, our beauty, our friends but it always 44 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 45 up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up 46 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say． 47 , he answered his own question: “I 48 the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also 49 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I 50 remember his words and become 51 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 52 to give up my small irritations. In this 53 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I 54 what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more 55 when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one gift. 36．A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．However D．Eventually 37．A．happy B．healthy C．wealthy D．lonely 38．A．already B．just C．still D．once 39．A．took B．sent C．threw D．put

40．A．impossible B．difficult C．hopeless D．demanding 41．A．people B．jobs C．life D．religion 42．A．decisions B．experiences C．ambitions D．beliefs 43．A．as B．before C．since D．after 44．A．suggests B．promises C．seems D．means 45．A．spoke B．turned C．summed D．opened 46．A．anything B．something C．nothing D．everything 47．A．Surprisingly B．Naturally C．Happily D．Immediately 48．A．had B．lost C．gained D．missed 49．A．touched B．annoyed C．astonished D．disappointed 50．A．could B．should C．would D．might 51．A．relaxed B．calm C．quiet D．excited 52．A．so B．then C．also D．whereas 53．A．area B．method C．form D．way 54．A．doubt B．wonder C．suspect D．guess 55．A．firmly B．carefully C．strictly D．gratefully 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。 A

Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even clever. Either way, it could be the perfect crime (犯罪),because the criminals are birds –

horning pigeons!

The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car ; if you want the car back, pay up .Then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside . Carrying the money in a tiny bag , the pigeon flew off .

There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however , may in face be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoids not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad（启事）in the newspaper asking for help .

The theory is supported by the fact that , so far, none

of the stolen cars have been returned . Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars –seems too little for a car worth many times more .

Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal . “We have more important things to do, ” he said .

56．After the car owner received a phone call, he________. A．went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried B．gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park C．sent some money to the thief by mail D．told the press about it

57．The “lazier and more inventive” criminal refers to _______. A．the car thief who stays at home B．one of those who put the ads in the paper C．one of the policemen in Changwa D．the owner of the pigeons 58．The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show ____ . A．how easily people get fooled by criminals B．what Chen thinks might be correct C．the thief is extremely clever D．the money paid is too little

59．The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ______. A．criminals B．pigeons C．the stolen cars D．demands for money

60．We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because _____. A．he reads the ads in the newspaper B．he lives in the same neighborhood

C．he has seen the car owners in the park D．he has trained the pigeons to follow them

B

Proper arrangement of classroom space is important to encouraging interaction. Most of us have noticed how important physical setting is to efficiency and comfort in our work. College classroom space should be designed to encourage the activity of critical thinking.

We have entered the 21 st century, but step into almost any college classroom and you step back in time at least a hundred years. Desks are normally in straight rows, so students can clearly see the teacher but not all their classmates. This assumption behind such an arrangement is obvious：Everything of importance comes from the teacher.

With a little imagination and effort, unless desks are fixed to the floor, the teacher can correct this situation and create space that encourages interchange among students. In small or standard- size classes，chairs，desks，and tables can be arranged in a variety of ways. The primary goal should be for everyone to be able to see everyone else. Large classes，particularly those held in lecture halls，unfortunately，allow much less flexibility.

Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or problem-solving exercises. Small classes with movable desks and tables present no problem. Even in large lecture halls，it is possible for students to turn around and form groups of four to six. Breaking a class into small groups provides more opportunities for students to interact with each other，think out loud，and see how other students’ thinking processes operate--all essential elements in developing new modes of critical thinking.

In courses that regularly use a small group format(形式，布局)，students might be asked to stay in the same small groups throughout the course. A colleague of mine allows students to move around during the first two weeks，until they find a group they are comfortable with. John then asks them to stay in the same seat，with the same group, from that time on. This not only creates a comfortable setting for interaction but helps him learn students’ names and faces. 61．The primary purpose of desk rearrangement is . A．for the teacher to divide students into small groups. B．to make it possible for students to interact with each other. C．for the teacher to find out how students think. D．to give students more opportunities to practice speaking.

62．The expression “step back in time at least a hundred years” in Paragraph 2 is intended to convey the idea that . A．there is not much change in educational idea over the past hundred years B．critical thinking was encouraged even a century ago C．college classrooms often remind people of their college life D．a hundred years ago, desk arrangement in a classroom was quite different

63．The greatest advantage in allowing each student to find his own group might be that A．learning is made comfortable in this way B．the teacher can easily remember students’ names and faces C．the teacher saves the trouble in doing that D．brighter students can help slower ones. ．It is implied in the passage that . A．students are allowed to changed groups throughout the course in John’s class

B．classroom interaction between students is essential to the teachers C．a comfortable environment leads to higher working efficiency D．new kinds of desks and chairs should be made

65．The author mentioned John in the last paragraph in order to A．create a comfortable setting for interaction B．introduce and approach of learning student’s names and faces easily C．give an example that students stay in the same seat throughout the course. D．describe a good seat – arrangement mode in courses with small group format.

C

As China develops, the Internet’s presence is inescapable (必然发生的). But some get addicted to the Internet. 13 – year old Xiao Yi paid the high price for his. He rode an elevator to the top of a 24 – storey building and then jumped to his death. His suicide note explained he wanted to enter another life to meet the characters from the online games he played constantly, sometimes days in a row. “He had a kind of fixation.” Xiao Yi’s father says, “He threw himself into an imaginary world.”

Internet addiction got attention in China when stories such as Xiao Yi’s popped up in China state – run press. Internet addicts died from exhaustion after spending days online or murdered others in search of virtual (虚幻的) possessions. Public anger over these incidents spurred the opening of China’s first Internet addiction treatment center.

The clinic’s treatment might seem cruel. But it’s a popular choice for worried parents.

“Ever since our door’s opened, every bed has been full.” Says the center’s director. 20 at a time come for medical treatment and counseling. They are also kept busy with activities, designed to take their attention away from the attraction of computers.

“I’m confident this will work or I wouldn’t have come here,” explains this college student. Critics aren’t so sure. Some argue the government is exaggerating concerns about Internet addiction as an excuse to ban Internet cafes and game sites. But for China’s estimated 2 million Internet addicts, the temptation of the wired world is a real problem. 66．The best title of the passage may be . A．China opens addiction treatment centers B．China battles Web addiction C．China bans Internet cafes and game sites. D．China designs to take teenagers away from the temptation of computers 67．According to the first paragraph, Xiao Yi killed himself because . A．he was unable to continue with his studies B．he thought he could play computer games in another world C．he thought he could meet the persons in another world D．he was in a puzzle about his homework

68．The underlined word “spurred” in the second paragraph means . A．forced B．improved C．prevented D．inspired

69．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．All the people agree that the treatment center should be built. B．It is estimated that there are two million Internet addicts in China. C．Many worried parents chose to sent their children to Internet addiction treatment center. D．Some Internet addicts died from exhaustion after spending days online. 70．We can infer from the passage that . A．China has settled the problem of Internet addiction B．Only juniors get addicted to the internet C．Only parents are worried about the problem mostly D．No practical methods have been found to completely solve the Internet addiction D

Dog owners, who have noticed that their four – legged friend seems equally delighted to see them after five minutes away as five hours, may wonder if animals can tell how much time passes. Newly published research from The University of Western Ontario may bring us closer to answering that very question. William Roberts and his colleagues found that rats are able to keep track of how much time has passed since they discovered a piece of cheese, be it a little or a lot ,but they don’t actually form memories of when the discovery occurred .That is ,the rats can’t place the memories in time.

The research team designed an experiment in which rats visited the ‘arms’ of a maze（迷宫） at different times of day. Some arms contained common desirable food, and one arm contained a highly desirable piece of cheese .Rats were later returned to the maze with the cheese removed on certain trials and replaced with something else. All told ,three groups of rates were tested in the research using three varying cues （提示，暗示）: when , how long ago or when plus how long ago. Only the cue of how long ago food was encountered（偶遇）was used successfully by the rats. These results , the researchers say ,suggest that episodic（片段的）memory in rats is quite different from human episodic memory ,which involves exact memory of the point in past time when as event occurred. “The rats remember whether they did something ,such as stored food a few hours or five days ago,” explained Roberts. “The more time that has passed ,the weaker the memory may be. Rats may learn to follow different courses of action using weak and strong memory traces as cues ,thus responding differently depending on how long ago an event occurred .However , they do not remember that the event occurred at a specific point in past time.” “This research,” said Roberts , “supports the theory I introduced that animals are stuck in time, with no sense of time extending into the past or future.”

71．The research team found . A．rat’s memory has no difference from human’s B．rats can remember all the events in the past C．animals are stuck in time with little idea of past or future D．rats have sense of time extending into the past or future 72．Put into a maze ,rats can remember . A．when they encounter the cheese

B．how long ago they encounter the cheese C．where the cheese is D．which “arms” they have been to 73．The test shows that . A．the more time has passed ,the stronger the rats’ memory may be B．rats can keep track of the time when the discovery occurred C．the cue of how long ago the discovery occurred works well on rat’s memory D．dog owners still can’t know if animals can tell how much time passes 74．Which column may this passage appear in a magazine? A．Science. B．Health. C．Sports. D．Business. 75．From the passage ,we can know that . A．episodic memory in rats is based on when not how long ago B．humans can place the memories in time C．human episodic memory is similar to rats’ D．only rats have no sense of time extending into past and future

第Ⅱ卷（共35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）

Do you want to work with people or animals or machines or tools? Do you want to work indoors or outdoors, directly serve people in need or serve people behind the scenes? These are the typical questions that a volunteer service agency would ask.

Every year, thousands and thousands of people in the

west offer volunteer services. Volunteering greatly strengthens the community partly because it helps the old, the young, the weak, the sick, the disabled and the injured to overcome difficulties.

. They may give people advice, offer friendship to the young, drive the elderly to church, counsel(劝告) kids against drugs, work as an assistant in a school or nursing home, raise funds, plant trees, help out in local libraries and do many other things.

Volunteering can be a few hours a week or a few hours a month, time during the day, evenings or weekends, either part time or full time. Anybody who is willing to serve people in need can become a volunteer.

The art of volunteering is a process of both giving and receiving. Volunteering allows volunteers to meet new people and make new friends and mix with people from all walks of life. Volunteering is an excellent way to experiment, practice and try out new techniques and skills. It is much more effective to practice a skill than to read about it or study it in a classroom. Volunteering is a great way to develop good teamwork skills, discover your individual talents and explore career choices. Being a volunteer takes individuals(个人) on a wonderful journey and helps them learn many important things beyond their school learning. 76．What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)

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

Volunteer service can provide chances for volunteers to make acquaintance of all kinds of

people.

78．Please fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words, phrases or sentence to

complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)

79．What kind of volunteer jobs would you like to take ? Why? (Please answer within 30 words.) 80．Translate the underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph into Chinese.

第二节 写作（满分30分）

最近你们班进行了一次关于报纸和网络各自优缺点的讨论。发挥自己的想像，写一篇以Newspapers And Websites为题写一篇英语短文（120词左右），介绍你们的讨论结果。注意开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Recently our class held a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of newspapers and websites.

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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 BCACA 6—10 BACBA 11—15 BACBA 16—20 CBCBB 第二部分：英语知识运用

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 21—25 BACBC 26—30 CBBCB 31—35 DCDBA 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

36—40 CBDAB 41—45 CDACA 46—50 DACAC 51—55 BBDBB 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

56—60 ADBDA 61—65 BAACD 66—70 BCDAD 71—75 CBCAB

第II卷

第一节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分） 76．Volunteer Service in the West

77．Volunteering allows volunteers to meet new people and mix with people from all walks of life. 78．Volunteers usually help in many different ways

79．I like to help out in local libraries, because I like books very much. I’ll arrange them in a good

order so that readers can easily find what they want 80．从事志愿者工作可以引导人走向一条理想的人生之路，学会从课堂中学不到的重要东西。 第二节：写作（One possible version） One possible version

Recently our class held a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of newspapers and websites.

Some students think newspapers are still the most popular means of getting information, and newspapers are easy to carry, so people can enjoy them at any time and place. Besides, the information people get through the Internet is usually unbelievable because everybody can issue news on the Internet.

However some students who support the Internet think the Internet contains various information and compared with newspapers, it is more attractive to people. And the information from the net is the latest. Nowadays people are used to getting information through the Internet.

In my option, both of the ideas are reasonable. And we can’t say which media is better. They are both the means of getting information and knowing about the world for us and are the most popular media in our life. 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，应注意的主要内容为：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。根据表达内容的层次适当分段及语言的得体性。

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。 0分

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未能传达给读者任何信息：内容太少，无法评判；所写的内容均与所要求内容无关或所写内容无法辨认。 听力部分录音原文 Text 1

Tom has got everything packed up in his car. And he says if we leave at 5:30 we should… Just a minute. Half past five? But he knows very well I don’t get home from work until 5:15. How can I get ready in a quarter of an hour? Text 2

Tom, are you going straight home after work today?

No, I have a meeting until 4 o’clock, and after that I’m going to spend an hour and a half at the company’s fitness club. You know, I’m taking swimming lessons. Text 3

I’m so happy to see you back in class again. Three weeks is a long time.

I really had a great time seeing all the sights. There’s nothing like taking it easy once a year. Text 4

Look, these tomatoes are huge! You must have watered them a lot.

Yes, I did. They ought to be ripe enough to pick by next Friday when we have our picnic. Text 5

I’m really looking forward to the match.

Yes, so am I. If only it would stop raining tonight. Well, it can’t be helped.

No, I suppose not. The field is so wet. I’m afraid it won’t be very exciting. Text 6

We shouldn’t get up too late tomorrow morning. I’m going to walk in that wood behind our house.

I know you enjoy walking, but our house manager has told our son to watch out for the wild wolf.

Why did he say about the wild wolf?

Someone prepared food for small animals and that attracted the wolf. Are you sure it wasn’t justa joke?

I don’t think it was a joke, but I really don’t understand what he meant. Text 7

What’s the matter with you?

I feel sleepy because I watched television until after midnight. After midnight! That was really late. Why? Were you tired?

Tired? No, I was unhappy because I left my meal tickets in the dining room. There’s more than fifty dollars worth of meal tickets lost.

So, did watching TV make you feel better?

Well, I felt a bit better while I was watching. But after I turned the TV off, I felt even worse for wasting so much time.

I’ve had that feeling before. Text 8

What do people usually talk about at the English corner?

Whatever interests them, such as English study, music, national and international affairs.

But I’m not sure if I can keep up with their speaking speed. What should I do if someone asks me a question but I can’t understand?

That happens to everyone at the English corner. You can ask that person to say it again. I get shy when I still can’t understand.

In that case, he or she will try to explain the question to you. You are expected to do the same when you ask someone a question and he can’t understand. Text 9

You’ve been sick quite a bit since you got here, haven’t you?

Well, for the past few weeks, the weather in this city has been changing a lot. Not matter what I put on, I’m never dressed properly for the day. I believe that’s the reason I’m often sick.

Many newcomers have the same trouble. It takes a while to get used to the weather. I know. It’s just a period of time, and it’s hard to get through.

I heard that there’s a weather hotline you can call in the morning. It will tell you the temperature for the day.

Yes, I think I’ve heard of that hotline.

I’d like to find out if it really helps. Maybe you can give them a call tomorrow morning and see if it helps your situation. Text 10

And now here are some of the things you can listen to this evening here on Radio 2. Our Wednesday play is at 9:00 and it is called “Old People Talking”. It’s about a small group of retired workers sitting in a social club remembering the past. Before that at 7:30 we have “My Favourite Musician” in which Uenny Lindley talks about the records that had an effect on her musical career. At 10:30 there is a talk by James Farmer of his travels in the Middle East by bicycle. On Radio 3 the big event of the evening is the broadcast of La Traviata from the Albert Hall at 8:00. The talk at 10:15 is Peter Morris remembering his adventures while fishing in Scotland. Radio 1 has the usual continuous pop music; from 6:00 to 8:00 it’s the “Tommy Brian Show” with talks with ceveral pop stars from North America; from 10:00 till midnight it’s the American country music show. So if you’re in for the evening or listening on the car radio there should be something for you to listen to.