:高三英语同步测试—（11）
本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。
第一卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5 分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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 does the
woman mean?
A. She is
trying to buy a car.
B. She has
no need to buy a new car.
C. She can’t
afford to buy a new car.
2. How does the
woman feel?
A. Angry. B. Disappointed. C. Sorry.
3. What does the
woman mean?
A. It’s too
crowded to dance anyway.
B. No one
knows the steps to the dance.
C. It’s not
important how he dances.
4. Where was the
girl?
A. In the
cinema. B. In the classroom.
C. In the library.
5. What is the man
going to do?
A. Go and
see the doctor. B. Take some medicine. C. Have a rest.
第二节（共１５小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面５段对话或独白。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。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段对话，回答第６~7题。
6. What is the
relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and
secretary. B. Hostess and guest. C. Clerk and customer.
7. How much is the
postage for the parcel by airmail?
A.9.7 yuan. B.9.95 yuan.
C.10.15 yuan.
听第7段对话，回答第8~11题。
8. What was the
problem?
A. The girl
missed her mother.
B. The girl
lost her key.
C. The girl
couldn’t find her donkey.
9. Why did the two
speakers want to get into the house?
A. Because
they came to see the girl’s mother.
B. Because
they wanted to take a rest indoors.
C. Because
they must have their schoolbags.
10. How did they manage
to get in at last?
A. They
found the key.
B. They
climbed in through the window.
C. The girl’s
mother opened the door for them.
11. What do you
think the two speakers would do next?
A. Do their
homework. B.
Go to school. C. Watch TV.
听第8段对话，回答第12~13题。
12. What probably
happened the other day?
A. The two
speakers lost contact with each other.
B. They ran
into their enemy.
C. They had
a bad quarrel.
13. What do we know
from their conversation?
A. They
become reconciled(和解).
B. They are
going to phone each other very soon.
C. They will
never speak to each other.
听第9段对话，回答第14~16题。
14. Which of the
following is true about the summer course?
A. Students
only need to study part-time.
B. Each
course lasts for four weeks.
C. Students need
to study 23 hours a week.
15. When will the
second course begin?
A. On 3
July. B. On 20 July.
C. On
24 July.
16. If the man takes one course and lives in the dormitory(宿舍), how much will he have to pay in
total?
A.350 yuan. B.450
yuan. C.500
yuan.
听第10段独白，回答第17~20题。
17. When did Alice
make up her mind to be a nurse?
A. After she
left school last year.
B. When she
was just a little child.
C. When she
began to study in a big hospital.
18. What didn’t
Alice do to prepare herself to be a nurse?
A. She went
to classes every day.
B. She did
odd jobs at the doctors’ offices.
C. She
studied late at night.
19. What was Alice
told to do one day?
A. To serve
meals.
B. To wash
the patients.
C. To clean
the patients’ false teeth.
20. How long did it
take each patient to find his teeth?
A. Half an
hour.
B. One hour.
C.
One hour and a half.
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节: 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
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. —Did you wash your new suit in hot
water?
—Of course not. I am not_____
foolish.
A. very
B.
that
C.
very much D. too
22. Mother
insisted that the child’s hands ______ before dinner.
A. should
wash B. be washed C. had been washed D.
would be washed
23. Travellers
who speak English with a foreign________ will be examined more carefully while
they enter the country.
A.
sound
B.
voice
C. accent D. noise
24. —When shall we start off?
—We will have to wait a couple of
days before the weather________.
A.
turns up B.
clears up C. cleans up D.
takes up
25.
_______by what you say, he ought to succeed.
A. To
judge B.
Judged
C. Judging
D. Being judged
26. It has
been raining for several days, but better weather is_______.
A. in the
way B. by the way C. on its way D. for its
way
27. The
little boy had run away _______I could ask him something about his father.
A. when B.
since
C. until
D. before
28. I Proper first aid can save a seriously injured person,
especially when he is bleeding heavily or ___.
A. has
poisoned B.
has been poisoned C.
was poisoned D. is poisoning
29. There
was a terrible accident at the corner and policemen were_______ to keep order.
A. called
for B. called in C. called on D. called at
30. Some
trees were blown down by the wind,_______ the road to the centre of the city.
A. to
block B.
blocked C. blocking D. having blocked
31. When she came several days later, she found that all things
still _____where she had _____ them.
A. lay;
laid B.
laid; laid
C. lay;
lain
D. lying; lain
32. —Will
you go skiing with me this winter vacation?
—It ______.
A.
all depend B. all
depends C. is all depended D.
is all depending
33. He was
about to tell me the secret ____ someone patted him on the shoulder.
A. as B.
until
C.
when
D. while
34. —What
made your daddy throw up last night?
—I think the large quantities of wine________.
A. made B.
made it C. did
D. did it
35. They lost their way in
the forest, and _______ made matters worse was that night began to fall.
A.
that B. it
C.
what
D.
which
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，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。
“Are you too stupid to do anything right?” These words—said by a
woman to a little boy who was obviously her son—were spoken 36 he had walked away from her. The boy
returned, his eyes downcast.
Not a 37 moment,
perhaps. 38 small moments
sometimes last a very long time. And a few words—though they mean 39 at
the time to the people who say them—can have great 40 .
I recently heard a story from a man named Malcolm Dalkoff. For the
last 24 years he has been a professional 41
. Here is what he told me:
As a boy in Rock Island, Dalkoff was terribly 42 . He had few
43 and no self-confidence (信心). One day, his English teacher,
Ruth Brauch, gave the class an assignment (作业) . The students had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Now
they were to write their own chapter that would 44 the last chapter of the novel.
Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it 45 . Today he can not recall (回忆起) anything 46 about the chapter he wrote,
or what 47 Mrs. Branch gave
him. What he does remember is the four words Mrs. Brauch wrote in the margin (空白处) of the paper: “This is 48 writing.”
Four words. They 49 his life.
“ 50 I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or 51 I
was going to be,” he said. “After reading her note, I went home and wrote a
short story, something I had always been 52 of doing but never believed
I could do.”
Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories
and always brought them to school for Mrs. Brauch to evaluate (评价). She was 53 , tough and
honest. “She was just what I 54 ,” Dalkoff said.
His confidence 55 .
Dalkoff believes that none of this would have happened had that woman not
written those four words in the margin of his paper.
36. A.
since
B. as
C. because
D.
when
37. A.
wonderful
B. difficult C. funny
D. big
38. A.
Yet
B. Although C.
For
D. Therefore
39. A.
much
B. little
C. more
D. most
40. A.
meaning
B. power C. force D. sense
41. A.
writer B. player
C. poet
D. singer
42. A.
sorry
B. proud
C. sick D. shy
43. A.
books B. ideas C. friends
D. chances
44. A.
follow
B. match
C. decide D. improve
45. A.
on B. in
C. out
D. down
46. A.
more
B. again
C. special
D. different
47. A.
marks
B. remarks
C.
prizes
D. grades
48. A.
poor
B. serious
C. good D. silly
49. A.
changed B. damaged C. affected
D.
improved
50. A.
Unless
B. Until C. When
D. While
51. A. what
B. how
C.
where
D. which
52. A. tired
B.
fond
C. proud
D. dreaming
53. A. strict
B. kind
C. encouraging D. praising
54. A. feared
B. needed
C. expected D. loved
55. A. grew
B. lifted C. appeared D. returned
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题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
In
1960 Khrushchev headed a group to visit Indonesia and was warmly treated by his
hosts. Once in Jakarta the hosts treated the guests to a special fruit, the
durian. President Sukarno picked one, took a bite and handed it to Khrushchev.
Just then, Khrushchev noticed that all the Indonesians present were staring at
him, whispering. Obviously something funny was going to happen. Puzzled, he
took over the fruit and immediately a very terrible smell attacked his nose,
which nearly made him sick. Being a good guest, he braced himself up and took a
small bite with great care. To his surprise, he found the fruit to be
uncommonly delicious. He was so impressed by this strange fruit that he decided
to let his colleagues (同事) in
Moscow have a taste of it too. So he sent by air one share for each member of
the Presidium. The plane was to pass New Dehli and Kabul and Khrushchev didn’t
forget his friends in India and Afghanistan. He gave orders that Prime Minister
Nehru and the king of Afghanistan should each have a package.
When Khrushchev returned to
Moscow, his colleagues all thanked him for his kind gifts, but at the same time
they pointed out that either because the plane must have been delayed on the
way or because of some other reasons, all the fruit had gone bad. They had to
throw them away because they gave out an awful smell. Later Khrushchev received
similar messages of thanks from his friends in India and Afghanistan, only the
messages were more skillfully worded.
56.
What did Khrushchev notice when Sukarno presented a durian to him?
A. The fruit had a terrible smell.
B. He became the centre of the
people’s attention.
C. He was made fun of by the
Indonesians.
D. There was something wrong with
his nose.
57.
Which of the following can describe the special fruit?
A. Ugly-looking but extremely
tasty.
B. Unpleasant to nose but
delicious to mouth.
C. Uncommonly delicious and sweet.
D. Not only delicious but also
good-looking.
58.
Why did Khrushchev decide to send durians to his colleagues?
A. He wanted to make fun of them.
B. To show his kindness and
consideration.
C. To see whether his colleagues
would like the taste of them.
D. He was impressed by the fruit,
so he wanted his colleagues to taste it too.
59.
What can we infer from the passage?
A. The fruit durian is uncommonly
delicious but easy to go bad.
B. All delicious fruits can be
accepted at once by various people.
C. His colleagues and friends didn’t
know the taste of the fruit.
D. One man’s meat is another man’s
poison.
B
If
US software(软件)
companies don’t pay more attention to quality, they could kiss their business
good-bye. Both India and Brazil are developing a world-class software industry.
Their weapon is quality and one of their jobs is to attract the top US quality
specialists whose voices are not listened to in their country.
Already, of the world’s 12
software houses that have earned the highest position in the world, seven are
in India. That’s largely because they have used new methods American software
specialists refused to use. For
example, for years, quality specialists, W. Edwards Deming and J.M. Juran had
tried to persuade US software companies to change their attitudes to quality.
But their quality call mainly fell on deaf ears in the US--but not in Japan. By
the 1970s and 1980s, Japan was taking its market share with better, cheaper
products. They used Deming’s and Juran’s ideas to bring down the cost of good
quality to as little as 5% of total production costs. In US factories, the cost
of quality then was 10 times as high: 50%. In software, it still is.
Watts S. Humphrey
spent 27 years at IBM heading up software production and then quality
assurance(保证). But
his advice was seldom paid attention to. He retired from IBM in 1986. In 1987,
he worked out a system for assessing(评估)
and improving software quality. It has proved its value time and again. For
example, in 1990 the cost of quality at Raytheon Electronics Systems was almost
60 % of total software production costs. It fell to 15% in 1996 and has since
further dropped to below 10 %.
Like Deming and Juran,
Humphrey seems to be winning more praises overseas than at home. The Indian
government and several companies have just founded the Watts Humphrey Software
Quality Institute at the Software Technology Park in Chennai, India. Let’s hope
that US lead in software will not be eaten up by its quality problems.
60.
Which country has the most first-class software companies in the world?
A. Germany. B. The USA. C. Brazil. D. India.
61.
Which of the following statements about Humphrey is true?
A. He is now still an IBM
employer.
B. He has worked for IBM for 37
years.
C. The US pays much attention to
his quality advice.
D. India honors him highly.
62. By
what means did Japan take its large market share by the 1970s and the 1980s?
A. Its products were cheaper in, price
and better in quality.
B. Its advertising was most
successful.
C. The US hardware industry was
falling behind.
D. Japan hired a lot of Indian
software specialists.
63.
What is the writer worrying about?
A. Many US software specialists
are working for Japan.
B. The quality problem has become
a worldwide problem.
C. The US will lose its lead in
software in the world.
D. India and Japan are joining hands to
compete with the US.
C
Munich
(慕尼黑),
September 1972. It is past midnight. The Olympic basketball final between the
United States and the Soviet Union is about to finish. There are six minutes
left. The American team has never lost a match in the Olympics, but now America
is losing by six points.
The
American make one last effort. The lead is now only one point. The clock shows
thirty seconds left, The Russians carefully defend their lead. Then the
American Doug Collins gets the ball and seems certain to score. He is fouled.
America has two free shots. The clock shows three seconds left. It is the most
exciting match the crowd has ever seen.
Collins
scores both shots and America takes the lead. The game is over, and America has
the gold. Then something unexpected happens. The timer says there are still
three seconds left to play. The game starts again, and Russia scores in the
last second. Nobody can believe it. The Russian players jump for joy.
The
1972 basketball final was one of the most exciting moments in the long history
of the Olympic sports.
64. When
there were six minutes left for the match .
A.
the Russians’ score was six points
B.
the Americans’ score was six points
C.
the Americans’ score was higher than that of the Russians’
D.
the Russians’ score was higher than that of the Americans’
65. When
there was half a minute left the Russians
.
A.
lost one point B.
scored another point
C.
was one point ahead D. was
one point behind
66. What
took place at the very end that decided the final score?
A.
An extra 3---second playing time was added to settle a tie (平局).
B.
One side scored a shot in the last 3 seconds to gain 1---point lead.
C.
Two free shots given to the Americans gained for them the final 1---point lead.
D. A
tie was reached when the Russians scored a shot in the last three seconds.
67.The writer thought that the match was one of the most exciting
moments in the long history of the Olympic sports mainly because .
A.
both teams were strong and the scores were very high.
B.
Doug Collins scored two surprising points within three seconds
C.
the winner and loser kept changing places unexpectedly within the last seconds
D. the team that had never lost a match in former Olympics was
finally beaten
D
Two
high school students Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris made a series of home videos
leading up to their killings of fellow students at Columbine High School in
Colorado.
Time Magazine viewed the video
tapes, and reports that Klebold and Harris expressed hatred for nearly all
their schoolmates. Kelbold said on one tape, “I hope we kill 250 of you.” At
lunchtime on April 20, Kelbold and Harris opened fire, and went on to kill 12
other students and one teacher before taking their own lives.
Time says the tapes--made over a
five-week period before the violent(暴力的)
act--make it clear that Klebold and Harris felt alienated and wanted
revenge(报复) against those who disliked playing
together with them or laughed at them--mainly the Columbine sports students.
The magazine says the only
regret that the shooters show on the tapes is when Harris admits that his and
Klebold’s parents would be “put through hell(地狱)once
we do this.” But he said, “there’s nothing you guys (the parents)could have
done to prevent this.” Klebold said, “I’m sorry I have so much anger in my
heart.” Harris talked of having to move often with his family, starting over
each time al the bottom of the social ladder, where people made fun of “my
face, my hair, my shirts”. Time reports Klebold and Harris saw the attacks as a
way to get “the respect we should”, Klebold said directors “will be fighting
over this story”. FBI agent Mark Holstlaw told Time: “They wanted to be famous.
And they are. They’re infamous.”
68.
This passage mainly tells us about
A. the lives of two high
school students
B. an example of school
violence in the USA
C. the techniques of making
a home video
D. the Time magazine’s
reports
69.
Klebold and Harris made the attack as __
A.
an achievement
B. a skillfully-carried-out
plan
C.
a way of revenge
D. a
beginning of all their work
70.
What does the underlined word “alienated”( paragraph 3 )mean?
A.
discouraged B. ashamed C. tired
D. separated
71.
The two boys regretted their deeds only
A. after they killed too many
people
B. after they killed a wrong
person
C. when they thought of their
parents
D. when they saw the results
E
For more than two days in September 1974, the people of Honduras
shut their windows, locked their doors and stayed in their homes. Fifi was
outside, and they were frightened.
8,000
people had been dead when Fifi left. Fifi wasn’t a pet dog as the name
suggests. It was a hurricane, one of the most destructive natural phenomena（现象）in the world.
Why do we
give human names to wind and rain and cloud? We didn’t always. Two hundred
years ago, many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint’s day（圣徒逝世忌日）on which the storm occurred.
Later, storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore.
Experts then tried naming storms after the latitude（纬度）and longitude where they
occurred. Finally, in 1953, hurricanes started getting people’s names—specifically, female names. Male
names were added in 1979.
There are
six sets of names for what the experts call “Atlantic tropical cyclones （热带气旋）”. Each list is used every six
years and consists of 21 names, starting with every letter but Q,U, X,Y and Z.
Male names and female names are used in turn. A storm won’t get a name until
its winds reach 39mph or about 62. 4kph, at which point it becomes a tropical
storm. At 74mph or 118.4kph it’s declared a hurricane.
The names
on the list are used only for storms that form off the Atlantic coast of the
US. There are separate lists for the Pacific. So what happens if a hurricane
should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific? It’s happened before. The storm
just gets a new name and sometimes a new sex. Max Mayfield is the director of
the National Hurricane Centre, in Miami, Florida. He’s in charge of picking new
names for storms off the Atlantic coast. He and the experts in two dozen other
countries in the Caribbean, North America vote on what names will replace
retired names. In 2007, for example, Andrea, and Melissa will take the place of
Allison, and Michelle. “If we have a hurricane that causes a large loss of life
or damage, a country will request that name be retired, he said. Sometimes,
people write in to suggest names for hurricanes. Mayfield said they got a
letter from a man in Florida, who wanted them to name a hurricane after his
first wife. He said it had to be a hurricane that caused terrible damage .The
world would know what he had experienced living with the woman for 18 years.
72. Which of
the following is most likely to be the name of a hurricane or a storm before
1979?
A. Arthur B.
Peter C.
Shirley D.
Honduras
73. We may
learn from the text that .
A. all
storms don’t get their names
B. in 2007,
the experts will make new name lists
C. only
Mayfield decides which name to choose
D. experts
use names mostly suggested by people
74. How long
can the six sets of names be used?
A. 126
years. B.
6 years C.
21 years D.
36 years
75. The man in Florida suggested naming a hurricane after his first
wife because he wanted to .
A. express
his deep love for her
B. show his
sadness after losing her
C. make her
known by the people in Florida
D. tell
people how unhappily he was living with her
第二卷(共35分)
第四部分：写(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：短文改错(共10小题,每小题1分，满分10分)
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Dear
Xiaohua,
It
is four days since Mother accepted the operation. 76.
She is
feeling much more better. The doctors told me 77.
the
operation was successful, but because her old age
78.
she
had to stay in hospital for other two weeks. The
79.
doctors
also say it was quite necessary for her to
80.
do so.
We expect to get a full report in two and three
81.
days.
Please tell the good news to the rest of family
82.
as
soon as possible. You needn’t to come here. I’m
83.
able
to look after Mother by myself. You’d
better
84.
send
flowers to Mother. She will feel happily.
85.
Yours,
Xiaohui
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
下面是北京人民广播电台英文广播的天气预报材料，请据此写一段天气预报。
1．华北和华南：冷湿天气，部分地区有风暴，淮河将有大风，后天转晴。
2．东北地区：日间多云，白天气温将在零度以上，但晚上又会降到零度以下。
3．西北地区：夜间有雪，有些地方将有大雪，最低气温将达零下10度。
注意：
1．要包括以上所有要点，但不能逐条翻译，要符合天气预报的特点。
2．词数约100。
3．开头已写好，不计在总词数内。
This is radio Beijing, and here is the weather report for the next
24 hours…
参考答案及听力材料
1—5 CCCBC 6—10 CABCA 11—15 BCACC 16—20 BBBCA
21—25 BBCBC 26—30 CDBBC 31—35
ABCCC
36—40 CDABB 41—45 ADCAB 46—50
CDCAB 51—55 ADCBA
56—60 BBDCD
61—65
DACDC 66—70
BCBCD 71—75 CCADD
76. accepted→received 77. 去掉more 78. because后加of 79. other→another
80. say→said
81. and→or 82. family前加the 83. 去掉to
84. √
85. happily→happy
One possible
version:
This is Radio
Beijing, and here is the weather report for the next 24 hours.
Most of North and South China
will have a cold wet day. There will be storm in some places, and to the north
of the Huai River there will be strong wind. The day after tomorrow will be
sunny.
In the Northeast it will be
fine but cloudy. They temperature will stay above zero in the daytime, but at
night it will fall below zero again. In the Northwest, there will be snow
during the night, and in some places the snow will be very heavy. The lowest
temperature will be 10 degrees centigrade below zero.
听力材料录音稿
M: Do you have a
plan to buy a new car?
W: Hardly. A new
car is beyond my means.
M: Isn’t that the
umbrella I lent you last week?
W: I’m afraid I’m
very bad at returning things.
M: I’d love to
dance, but I don’t know the steps.
W: It doesn’t
matter. No one will be looking at us in this crowd.
M: Did you go to
see the film?
W: No. I was in
the classroom doing my homework.
M: I went to the
library.
W: You did.
W: What’s wrong?
M: I’ve got a pain
in my back.
W: Why don’t you
go and see the doctor?
M: I’ll just stay
at home and have a rest.
M: Send this
parcel by airmail, please.
W: What are the
contents?
M: It’s a sample
that has no commercial value.
W: Is it printed
matter?
M: No, it’s a cut
sample of leather and some fabrics. How long will it take to reach Shanghai?
W: About a month. Anything
else?
M: Yes, two
twenty-fen stamps, please.
W: That makes a
total of ￥10.15.
W: Oh, dear! I can’t
find my door key.
M: If your mother
is at home, she’ll let us in, won’t she?
W: She’s out. The
door wouldn’t be locked if mother was at home.
M: What can we do?
We must have our schoolbags right now or we’ll be late.
W: I’ve got an
idea. If you let me climb on your shoulders, I’ll get in through the window.
M: OK. Here you
go.
W: My goodness, the
window is too narrow. If it were a little wider, I could do it.
M: Well, what
shall we do? If you let me climb on your shoulder, I’ll get in through the
window.
W: Look! What’s
that on the lawn?
M: The door key! You
must have dropped it when you came out.
W: We’re really
lucky, otherwise we have to wait till mother came back.
M: Were you really
angry with me?
W: Yes, I was. After
what took place I thought I would never speak to you again.
M: I felt the same
way. I thought I was wasting my breath to argue with you.
W: What made you
change your mind?
M: Well, I came to
realize that we were both wrong.
W: So did I. I was
about to phone you last night.
M: Me, too. I even
made up my mind to ask you to have dinner with me.
W: Okay, let’s
have dinner together.
W: Good morning. Can
I help you?
W: Fine. We have
short full-time courses during the summer. Each course lasts for three weeks. It’s
about twenty-three hours a week and usually four and a half days each week.
M: You must have a
lot of students in the class, haven’t you?
W: We have a lot
of students in the school but in the class only between twelve and fourteen
students.
M: Could you
please give me the dates of the first and second course?
W: Yes, certainly.
The first course begins on 3 July and lasts until 20 July, and the second
course is from 24 July until 10 August.
M: How much do we
have to pay for each course?
W: Well, each
course costs 300 yuan.
M: Do we have to
find some place to live in?
W: No, we can do
that for you. You can live in the dormitory which is 50 yuan a week.
M: 50 yuan.
Thank you very much.
W: You are
welcome.
My friend Alice decided to be
a nurse when she was four years old. She always wanted to play as “doctors and
nurses” with her playmates. When she left school last year, she still wanted to
be a real nurse. Last September she started her studies in a big hospital. She
had to work very hard. She went to classes every day and studied late at night.
At last she was really helping sick people, but this was not easy at first.
One of Alice’s first jobs was
to care the old people. She was told to clean all the patients’ false teeth. She
collected all the teeth and took them to the bathroom. Instead of cleaning each
set of teeth one by one, she put them all into one big bowl.
“It’ll be quicker this way.” she
said to herself. “Then I can give back everyone’s teeth in a few minutes.”
Give back everyone’s teeth! Alice
stood in the middle of the ward with her bowl of teeth. She had no idea which
teeth belonged to which old man! You can imagine the confusion of the next
half-hour when each patient had to find his own teeth.
