南京市2008—2009学年度第一学期期末调研测试卷
高三英语2009.01
本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，共六大题，满分120分。考试用时120分钟。
第一卷（三部分，共85分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. ￡19.15.
B. ￡9.15.
C. ￡9.18.
答案是B。
1. What color does the man prefer?
A. Light blue.
B. Yellow.
C. Pink.
2. What is the woman going to do?
A. To prepare a meal.
B. To watch a movie.
C. To see a doctor.
3.What does the woman want the man to do?
A. To buy her a dress.
B. To give her his address.
C. To deliver her dress.
4.Who is the woman speaking to?
A. A policeman.
B. A friend.
C. A shop assistant.
5.How did the man feel about the lecture?
A. Interesting.
B. More difficult than expected.
C. Not as difficult as expected.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1 分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6和第7小题。
6. Why was the woman a little confused?
A. Because she didn’t know the places.
B. Because she was asked about two places.
C. Because she didn’t know the man.
7. Where does the man really want to go?
A. The crossroads.
B. The post office.
C. The high school.
听第7段材料，回答第8至第10小题。
8. Who is answering the phone?
A. Judy’s brother.
B. Sus an’s cousin.
C. Judy’s cousin.
9. What has happened to Susan’s bat?
A. It’s stolen.
B. It’s lost.
C. It’s broken.
10. What does Susan ask Judy to do tomorrow?
A. To bring the book and the extra bat.
B. To call Susan and her cousin back.
C. To play table tennis with her brother.
听第8段材料，回答第11至第13小题。
11. What does the man need to know to find a specific magazine?
A. Who the editor is.
B. How old the magazine is.
C. What the magazine is about.
12. Where will the man probably go to find the magazine?
A. The first floor.
B. The second floor.
C. The third floor.
13. Which word can best describe the woman?
A. Helpful.
B. Impolite.
C. Curious.
听第9段材料，回答第14至第16小题。
14. Why is the man’s school having a no-uniform day?
A. To meet the students’demand.
B. To raise money for charity.
C. To satisfy the teachers’ need.
15. What is the man going to wear?
A. A dress.
B. A dress and the jeans.
C. His new designed jeans.
16. What is the man?
A. A teacher.
B. A student.
C. A parent.
听第10段材料，回答第17至第20小题。
17.What does Obama’s victory mean?
A. He will become the 41st President of the United States.
B. He’s become USA’s first black President-elect.
C. He will be the first African-American in the US history.
18. Which is NOT mentioned as a serious challenge for Obama?
A. Civil wars.
B. Weather change.
C. Financial crisis.
19. When will Obama exercise his duty as President?
A. On January 20, 2009.
B. On January 12, 2009.
C. On February 20, 2009.
20. Which of the following best describes how Obama felt in his victory speech?
A. Dependent and joyless.
B. Hopeful and confident.
C. Proud and over optimistic.
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）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Jacques Rogge, ______ president of the IOC, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of
______ Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 8, 2008.
A. 不填; the
B. the; the
C. the; 不填
D. 不填; 不填
22. —Why didn’t you go to Mike’s birthday party yesterday?
—Well, I ______, but I forgot it.
A. should
B. would
C. should have
D. must have
23. —I wonder why he has been acting so strange these days.
—Recent pressure at work may ______ his behavior.
A. account for
B. make for
C. change for
D. stand for
24. —Dad, can I surf the Internet?
—Again? I wish that you ______ going on line ______ your health.
A. know; will do harm to
B. knew; are doing harm to
C. know; have done harm to
D. knew; were doing harm to
25. Kate paid him in advance, which ______ was a mistake.
A. no more
B. no doubt
C. no wonder
D. no luck
26. —Go and have great fun! I will cope with _____ you leave to me properly.
—Thanks a lot.
A. why
B. when
C. what
D. which
27. The temperature will fall sharply the day after tomorrow, when a snowstorm ______ to strike
our area.
A. expects
B. has expected
C. is expected
D. will be expected
28. —Is this the painting ______ you offered $1000 for on the Internet?
—Yeah, I will give you 15% discount if you like it.
A. when
B. which
C. as
D. what
29. We need to think outside of box ______ we are to come up with something really new.
A. so that
B. as long as
C. once
D. if
30. His essay, ______ many times, was brief and to the point and therefore won the first prize in
the writing competition.
A. polishing up
B. having polished up
C. to be polished up
D. having been polished up
31. Children are ______ to meet with setbacks (挫折) as they grow up, so their parents don’t
have to worry about it.
A. possible
B. due
C. necessary
D. bound
32. Exciting as its special effects are ______, there is too much violence in the film.
A. to watch
B. to be watched
C. watching
D. being watched
33. In order to stop poverty, the World Bank has ______ its focus to providing technical assistance
and long-term loans to developing countries.
A. fixed
B. exchanged
C. transferred
D. switched
34. The financial crisis and the suffering ______ has caused have a great influence on the whole
world.
A. they
B. which
C. it
D. what
35. —I don’t think I will win a lottery (彩票) of 5,000,000 dollars in all my life.
—Well, ______. Everything can happen.
A. you can never tell
B. you’re kidding
C. what you say
D. you made it
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As an intern (实习医生), I grew to understand that nursing home (疗养所) patients were a valuable part of my education—not just from a 36 angle, but for what they could 37 me personally.
Mr Smith was my first 38 to the nursing home. His condition, regrettably, can probably exist in countless hospitals across our nation. An acute illness had brought him to our nursing home years ago, and his family 39 him shortly before he left hospital. Helpless and unable
to care for himself, he had no 40 except for nursing home care, 41 he lay until I met him when I was an intern.
Mr Smith was almost noncommunicative. After transferring to the nursing home, he 42 into a tense and 43 state, waiting for his life to end. All efforts to bring him back to the mainstream life were 44 . Nurses faithfully tended to his physical needs, while he 45 as a shell of flesh and bone, completely 46 in life. For three years, I saw him every week, Not once did I hear him speak a word. Not once could I 47 his innermost thoughts.
On my last nursing home visit, an idea struck me. I brought my 48 into Mr Smith’s room as part of a(n) 49 in “pet treatment.” Something 50 occurred. All of a sudden, he sat up and started talking, telling me of the days when he was a boy and had a dog 51 to my own. He told me stories of adventures he and his dog had had. For the first time, I saw the soul 52 from what had been a living corpse (尸体).
That experience taught me not to underestimate the ability of the simple things in life to 53 hearts when carefully-made medicine has failed, and never to forget that within even the weakest of human bodies lies a life that is precious indeed—54 that needs to be 55 and honored, even if it can’t speak for itself.
36. A. mental B. medical C. personal D. moral
37. A. guide B. assist C. teach D. move
38. A. introduction B. visitor C. relation D. friend
39. A. greeted B. received C. boycotted D. abandoned
40. A. alternative B. relative C. means D. desire
41. A. which B. what C. unless D. where
42. A. formed B. slipped C. entered D. brought
43. A. lonely B. desperate C. calm D. exciting
44. A. without meaning B. without doubt C. in vain D. in effect
45. A. looked B. left C. remained D. showed
46. A. gone B. abundant C. short D. lacking
47. A. figure out B. pick out C. seek out D. get out
48. A. dog B. equipment C. medicine D. teacher
49. A. cure B. drug C. test D. experiment
50. A. puzzling B. amazing C. bothering D. disappointing
51. A. strange B. related C. similar D. familiar
52. A. renew B. awake C. appear D. step
53. A. touch B. feel C. hit D. strike
54. A. something B. one C. anything D. the one
55. A. treated B. ignored C. respected D. cared
第三部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
A lawyer friend of mine has devoted herself to the service of humanity. Her special area is called “public interest law”.
Many other lawyers represent only clients who can pay high fees. It doesn’t mean that public interest lawyers are less trained or not as experienced or knowledgeable as other lawyers. All
lawyers have had expensive and highly specialized training, and they work long, difficult hours for the money they earn. But what happens to people who need legal help and cannot afford to pay these lawyers’ fees?
Public interest lawyers fill this need. Patricia, like other public interest lawyers, earns a salary much below what some lawyers can earn. She doesn’t care about that. She is from an ordinary family and she understands how difficult it would be for some people who are not able to pay for a lawyer and yet are badly in need of the help from a lawyer. Because she is willing to take less money, her clients have the help they need, even if they can pay nothing at all. These lawyers help make it fair for people either rich or poor to be equal before law. It is these lawyers that interpret the meaning of the word “justice” better.
Some clients need legal help because stores have cheated them with faulty things. Others are in unsafe apartments, or are threatened (威胁) that they must leave their house they live in. Their cases are all called “civil” cases. Still others are accused of criminal acts, and seek those public interest lawyers who handle “criminal” cases. These are just a few of the many situations in which the men and women who are public interest lawyers serve to extend justice throughout our society.
56. What is a person who needs and uses legal help called?
A. A lawyer.
B. A case worker.
C. A criminal.
D. A client.
57. Which of the following do public interest lawyers serve?
A. Only stores and landlords.
B. People who have money problem.
C. Criminals only.
D. Wealthy people.
58. What would happen if only the rich were helped by the lawyers?
A. The justice system would be in need of no change.
B. The justice system would be modern.
C. The justice system would be unfair.
D. The justice system would be perfect.
59. Which of the following is NOT a matter for a civil case?
A. A burglar is arrested.
B. A landlord refuses to fix a dangerous staircase.
C. Someone is faced with being driving out of his living place.
D. A store sells a faulty DVD.
B
Online games, social-networking Web sites, and chat rooms are empowering and motivating for teens and help with their development. When adults look at teens today, they think what they are doing is different and seem to be wasting a lot of time. And those activities seem quite foreign. But when we look closely at what kids are doing, it’s not much more different than what their parents did. They are hanging out with their friends, finding romantic partners, and trying to identify themselves.
Tod ay’s teens are being raised with technologies that allow them to have self-directed learning on their own terms, on their own time, and without the restrictions of a classroom
setting. This gives the teens a feeling of freedom. This is very different from how kids learn in school when they are handed a set body of knowledge required to master by their teachers.
Teens were motivated to engage online because they were either driven by interest or friendship. And there are some specific findings according to a research:
One major finding is that there is a generation gap in how parents and teens view the teen's online activities. Adults think the activities draw their attention from school work and are left in the dark about what their teens are doing online. Teens, on the other hand, understand the value of the Internet and are motivated to participate.
Another finding shows that teens are not taking full advantage of the Internet. They are using the social networks to chat and post photos and make friends, which are important to their development, but they are not making use of other existing opportunities to learn about astronomy, foreign languages, and other subjects only a few clicks away.
Teens are also improving their social skills online by learning the basic social and technical skills needed to interact in today's digital world.
Pressure from those of the same age also takes on a new role online. Teens are reporting that they are more motivated by those of their age online with public spaces that allow the teens to interact and provide feedback to one another.
While teens are using the Internet for both social and intellectual development, they are also facing significant challenges on how to manage their relationships online.
60. The writer is probably ________.
A. a parent
B. a teenager
C. a teacher
D. a researcher
61. Which of the following best describes how the writer thinks about teens and online activities?
A. Supportive.
B. Objective.
C. Understandable.
D. Concerned.
62. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Internet is a source of learning for teens.
B. Outside classroom learning is equally valuable.
C. Teens need to learn more effectively online.
D. Parents should also learn to use Internet.
63. How many specific findings are listed in this passage?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Five.
C
Knowledge
Understanding
KNOWLEDGE IS VITAL
BUT UNDERSTANDING CAN HELP YOU PERFORM MUCH BETTER Everybody loves a waffle (华肤饼) with its distinctive taste and unique waffle pattern. But it was only when one sporting waffle lover understood how that unique pattern could be transferred to the soles of running shoes to help runners run faster, that the entire running shoe business really took off.
That’s understanding. That’s The Wall Street Journal Asia.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
A S I A
P R I N T O N L I N E
Global Business News For Asia
64. What is advertised?
A. Sporting shoes.
B. Waffle maker.
C. The Wall Street Journal Asia.
D. Global business.
65. What is implied in this advertisement?
A. A story about a waffle maker
B. Waffle pattern helped a sports shoes business become successful
C. The Wall Street Journal Asia helped a sporting waffle lover
D. The Wall Street Journal Asia is a parent company.
66. What is true about The Wall Street Journal Asia?
A. It is an advertisement company.
B. It runs a waffle business.
C. It runs a sport shoes business.
D. It is a business newspaper.
D
“Do you feel any better, Henry?” Rinaldi seated himself in the chair next to the bed. “You know what’s happening? They are planning to give you a medal.”
“No way! What did I do?”
“But you have been seriously injured. You at least will get a bronze one. And if you did something special, they will give you a silver one. Did you do anything special?”
“No, nothing!”
“Weren’t you carrying anybody while you were wounded?”
“Of course not.”
“Well, I heard you insisted on letting other patients get treated before you.”
“I didn’t insist very strongly.”
“Tha t’s alright. I don’t think it’s a problem. I’m pretty sure that you can get a silver one! We are all full of pride when we think about you.”
“So, how did the battle go?”
“Didn’t you read the newsletter? We took that little town and got almost a thousand enemies to give up!”
“How are you doing?”
“I’m doing very well! I’m becoming a better doctor every day. But enough about me…do you still hurt? How are the wounds? How’s your head doing? The doctor’s chart says that your head is all right. You were really unlucky to have that major work on you! He’s not a good doctor. He is more like a meat cutter. It must drive you mad to stay in this bed all day long! Please get out of here as soon as possible. I miss you. The room is so empty now that there’s nobody sharing it with me.”
“What about Miss Barkely?”
“Of course, I will go and get her. But you rest for a while. And here, I brought you some alcohol to take away some of the pain. By the way, I think the priest wants to come see you. You know, sometimes I wonder if you two aren’t lovers,” he said laughing.
“Shut up, you stupid Italian!”
“I have to go now. Get well soon! I have no one to joke with.”
67. What’s the relationship between Henry and Rinaldi?
A. Official and solider
B. Roommates
C. Lovers
D. Doctor and patient.
68. In this passage the underlined word “work” refer s to ______?
A. the cut
B. being a solider
C. the wound
D. the me d al
69. Which of the following is more reasonable?
A. There might be more than three countries at the war then.
B. Henry was very badly wounded in the head.
C. The priest and Miss Barkely are lovers.
D. Rinaldi didn’t know Henry very well.
70. Which of the following is NOT true to the passage?
A. Henry was regarded as a hero.
B. A silver medal was awarded to Henry.
C. Rinaldi and Henry are good friends.
D. Rinaldi is a pleasant guy.
第二卷（两部分，共35分）
第四部分任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：每空格1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
Good communication is vital in modern society. We know that much of the communication is unspoken. Consciously or unconsciously, we show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes. Your good qualities can make good communication. The personal qualities include: physical appearance, energy, rate of speech, pitch and tone of voice, gestures, expressiveness of
eyes, and the ability to hold the interest of others.
What should we do so that our communication will be effective? Here are my suggestions.
Firstly, you should be yourself.The trick is to be consistently you, at your best. The most effective people never change character from one situation to another. They’re the same whether they’re having a conversation with their close friends, addressing their garden club or being interviewed for a job. They communicate with their whole being.
Secondly, whether you’re talking to one person or one hundred, always remember to look at them. Don’t break eye contact while talking. As you enter a room, move your eyes comfortably, then look directly at those in the room and smile. This shows clearly that you are at ease. Smiling is important. The best type of smile and eye contact is gentle and comfortable, not forced.
You should also absorb other people before showing yourself. You can’t learn anything when you talk. When you attend a meeting, a party or an interview, don’t immediately start throwing your opinions. Stop for a second. Absorb what’s going on. What’s the mood of the others—are they down, up, happy, expectant? Are they eager to learn from you, or do they show resistance? If you can sense what’s happening with others, you will be better able to reach them. So, listen before you talk.
The fourth suggestion is that you focus your energy. How do you get your energy up? Before the meeting, collect your thoughts about the goal of the meeting—yours and the other’s. Once you go through the doorway, no longer think about yourself. Focus on the person you are meeting to find out what he is interested in. Properly collected energy comes across when we sincerely believe something. When you speak with energy, you are involved with your audience and your message. You create an air of certainty. The audience may disagree with you, but they can’t question your belief.
Lastly, I would like to remind you that you should lighten up. Take a good hard look at your self. Do you say “I”too often? Are you only concentrated on your own problems? Do you complain frequently? If you answered yes to even one of these questions, you need to be more relaxed.
第五部分书面表达（满分25分）
随着高考的临近，部分住校生要求搬出学生宿舍，在学校附近租房子。针对这种现象，各方反应不一。请你根据下列表格提供的内容，写一篇文章，阐述学生和家长的观点，并表达自己的看法。
现象
观点
高三部分住校生搬离宿舍，在学校附近租房
多数学生1．宿舍吵闹，影响学习和休息2．熄灯制度限定了学习时间
许多家长1．做法有效，投资值得2．方便照料饮食起居
你的看法1．2．3．
注意：
1、对所给要点，逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。
2、词数150左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。
3、演讲稿中不得提及考生所在学校及本人姓名。
4、参考词汇：熄灯制度blackout rule
With the college entrance examination approaching day by day, more and more senior three students are moving out from their dorms and living in a rented apartment nearby their schools. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
第一、二、三部分
1. C
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. C 10. A
11. B 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. C 16. A 17. B 18. A 19. A 20. B
21. A 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. C 28. B 29. D 30. D
31. D 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. A
36. B 37. C 38. A 39. D 40. A 41. D 42. B 43. B 44. C 45. C
46. D 47. A 48. A 49. D 50. B 51. C 52. B 53. A 54. B 55. C
56. D 57. B 58. C 59. A 60. D 61. A 62. D 63. C 64. C 65. B
66. D 67. B 68. C 69. A 70. B
第四部分
71. effectively/well 72. different 73. smile 74. Force 75. talking
76. energy 77. calm 78. relaxed 79. much 80. depends
书面表达评分标准
一、评分原则
1．本题总分为25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130，从总分中减去2分。
4．评分时，应注意的内容为：内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上下文的连贯性及语言的得体性。
5．拼写和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，以致影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。
二、内容要点
三、1、学生观点：1）宿舍吵闹，影响学习和休息
2）熄灯制度限定了学习时间
2、家长观点：1）做法有效，投资值得
2）方便照料饮食起居
3、你的三点看法
四、各档次的给分范围和要求
第五档（21—25分）
完全完成了试题规定的任务。
●准确、清楚地表达了所要求的内容，要点无遗漏，发挥适当
●应用了较多的语法结构和词汇
●语法结构和词汇有少许错误，但为尽可能使用较复杂表达方式所致；具备较强的语
言应用能力
●有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑
完全达到了预期的写作目的。
第四档（16—20分）
完成了试题规定的任务。
●比较准确、清楚地表达了所要求的内容，有一定的发挥
●应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求
●语法结构和词汇方面应用基本准确，少许错误主要是因为尝试较复杂语言结构或词
汇所致
●应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑
达到了预期的写作目的。
第三档（11—15分）
基本完成了试题规定的任务。
●能说出所要求的基本内容，但逻辑关系较混乱，要点有遗漏，没有写自己的设计的
活动
●应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求
●有一些语法结构和词汇方面的错误，但不影响理解
●应用简单的语句间连接成分，使全文内容连贯
整体而言，基本达到了预期的写作目的。
第二档（6—10分）
未恰当完成试题规定的任务。
●未能清楚地描述所要求的内容，写了一些无关内容
●语法结构简单，词汇项目有限
●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。
第一档（1—5分）
未能完成试题规定的任务。
●未写出所要求的内容，写了一些无关内容，原因可能是未理解试题要求
●语法结构简单，词汇项目有限
●语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响了对写作内容的理解
●缺乏语句间的连接成分，内容不连贯
信息未能传达给读者。
0分
未能传达给读者任何信息：内容太少，无法评判；写的内容均与所要求内容无关或内容无法看清。
五、说明：
1．内容要点可用不同方式表达。
2．对紧扣主题的适当发挥不予扣分。
One possible version:
With the college entrance examination approaching day by day, more and more senior three students are moving out from their dorms and living in a rented apartment nearby their schools. Toward this issue, there are different points of view from students, parents and schools.
Most students think although school dorms bring them fun and friendship, the blackout rule to guarantee students sleeping hours doesn’t leave them enough time to finish homework. Worse still, the noise in the dorm not only influences their studies but also ruins their rest.
To many parents, their investment is worthwhile if it works better for their children’s studies to rent an apartment nearby school. Besides, they can take care of their children’s daily meals and laundry, so their children can eat better and have a comfortable life.
In my opinion, …
听力录音稿
(Text 1)
W: Do you think we should paint our bedroom yellow or light blue?
M: Why not pink?
(Text 2)
W: To m, I can’t go to the cinema with you to night.
M: What’s wrong, Mar y?
W: I have to make dinner for my family. My mother is sick.
(Text 3)
W: Could you have my dress delivered?
M: Of course, madam. May I have your address, please?
W: 7345 King Street.
(Text 4)
M: Can I help you, madam?
W: Yes, I want to report a theft that happened to my house during our absence. My husband and
I were on a holiday last week.
M: I see. What is missing?
(Text 5)
W: How do you like Professor Wang’s lecture?
M: The topic was quite interesting, but the lecture was much more difficult than I had expected. (Text 6)
M: Excuse me, could you tell me where the post office is?
W: Go straight on, turn right at the first crossroads. The post office is about fifty meters away. M: I see. And is Brooklyn High School near the post office?
W: Yes. It's about 150 meters. Where do you really want to go?
M: Oh, I’m supposed to meet someone at the school gate. I am told that the school is next to the post office, and that is why I want to know how to get to the post office first.
(Text 7)
M: Hello!
W: Hello, Susan’s speaking. May I speak to Judy please?
M: I’m afraid she is not here at the moment. I am her brother, shall I take a massage?
W: Yes, you see, Judy and I plan to play table tennis tomorrow, but my cousin has broken my bat.
I think Judy has an extra one, so please ask her to bring it for me.
M: So, Susan called, her table tennis bat broke, hope Judy bring an extra one.
W: Yes, thank you, er…. One more thing, I lent her a book a couple of weeks ago. I think she has probably forgotten it all together. Could you possibly ask her to bring along that book as well? M: OK, bring along Susa n’s book. ... Anything else I can do for you?
W: No. Thank you very much! Bye.
M: Bye!
(Text 8)
W: Can I help you?
M: I need to find this specific magazine, and I am not sure where to look.
W: How old is the magazine? Is it a recent magazine less than a year old or is it an old magazine? M: You need to know how old the magazine is to find it?
W: Yes, the more recent magazines are in the magazine reading room on the second floor, but after a year, magazines are tight together and kept on the third floor.
M: Well, the magazine I want to find is more than a year old, so that means I need to go to the second floor. Oh, excuse me, what I am saying, the third floor.
W: That’s right, the third floor.
M: Thanks for your help.
(Text 9)
M: I can’t wait for next week.
W: Why not?
M: We’ll have our annual no-uniform day.
W: What? You don’t have to wear your uniform to school?
M: No, we can wear anything we like.
W: Why do you have a no-uniform day?
M: It’s to raise money for charity. We have to pay one pound to wear any casual clothes we like. W: What? Any clothes? I think you should shock your students and wear a dress!
M: I am not wearing a dress. I ’m really eager to show off my new designed jeans.
W: Well, you could wear a dress over the top! That’s a real fashion statement!
M: I’m not wearing a dress. My friends would beat me and they’d never let me forget it.
W: Come on, it’s for a worthwhile cause. What charity is the money donated to?
M: It’s being donated to “Children in Need”.
W: Well, there you go. Your students are in need of a good laugh.
M: I am not teaching my students wearing a dress.
(Text 10)
Forty-five years ago Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not on the colour of their skin but on the content of their character. Today what America has done is turn that dream into a reality.
After a hard-fought campaign, Democratic Senator Barack Obama has won the US presidential election, and will become the 44th President of the United States—the first
African-American in the country’s history to do so.
President-elect Obama will not take office until 20 January, 2009. However, when he does become president, he will face many serious challenges, including two foreign wars, climate change and what he has described as “the worst financial crisis in a century”.
But the mood of the country is optimistic, and Obama himself appears to enjoy the flavor of the challenge. In his victory speech, he said, “The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be difficult. We may not get there in one year or even in one term, but America—I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there,” said the next President of the United States.