:高三英语同步测试—（7）
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
is the woman unhappy about?
A. Her neighbour keeping a cat.
B. Her neighbour’s walking on her
grass.
C. Her neighbour not keeping her
word.
2．What
can we learn about the man?
A. He didn’t like the bike.
B. He would like to have one.
C. He used to have a bike like the
boy’s.
3．Why
didn’t the man wear his jacket?
A. Because he lost it.
B. Because he didn’t feel cold.
C. Because he didn’t like to wear
an old jacket.
4．When
will the woman leave?
A. She will leave later than the
man
B. She will leave earlier than the
man.
C. She will leave together with the
man.
5．What
is the woman?
A. A driver B.
A policewoman C. A doctor
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段材料，回答第6～8题。
6．What
is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Workmates. B.
Husband and wife.
C. Doctor and patient.
7.
Why does the man decide to give up eating meat?
A. He realizes meat is bad for his
health.
B. He loves to eat vegetables.
C. He wants to lose weight.
8.
Why did the man stop jogging to work?
A. Because he was always late for
work.
B. Because he hurt himself in the
leg.
C. Because he felt too tired to
keep doing so.
听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。
9.
When did the woman come back from the trip?
A. In the morning. B. After the picnic at
noon. C. Late in the afternoon.
10.
How could the woman get to the park in such a short time?
A. She took a short cut where there
was little traffic.
B. She knew her way very well and
drove very quickly.
C. She was lucky to drive through
the valley.
11.
What did the woman enjoy best during the trip?
A. Swimming in the sea.
B. Spending the whole morning under
the tall trees.
C. Having her picnic in the park.
听第8段材料，回答第12～14题。
12.
What does the call slip include?
A. The information of the borrower.
B. The information of the book.
C. The information of both the
borrower and the book.
13.
Why is it not advisable to ask the librarian for help?
A. They don’t know anything about
the books.
B. They usually have a lot of work
and little time.
C. They are not always patient.
14.
What is the advantage for the borrowers to find the books themselves?
A. They might find other useful
materials.
B. It might save them a lot of
time.
C. They might gain much experience
in doing the work.
听第9段材料，回答第15～17题。
15.
Where will the man park his car?
A. Inside the apartment building.
B. In the parking area at the back.
C. In the parking space in the
front.
16.
Which of the following in not true?
A. Guests can also find parking
space here.
B. People can’t keep pets in the
building.
C. Garbage is collected every five
hours.
17.
How do they usually deal with the garbage?
A. They should put it in a paper
bag and leave it outside their rooms.
B. They should put it in a special
plastic bag and leave it outside their rooms.
C. They should put it in either a
plastic or paper bag and leave it on the ground floor.
听第10段材料，回答第18～20题。
18.
What did the woman want to do?
A. to find herself a pair of
alligator shoes.
B. to catch a living alligator(鳄鱼).
C. to go on vacation in Louisiana.
19.
How did the woman try to manage it?
A. By finding fault with the shopkeepers.
B. By bargaining with the
shopkeepers.
C. By catching herself an
alligator.
20.
The woman didn’t get what she wanted because ______.
A. She didn’t catch any alligator
wearing shoes.
B. She wouldn’t like to pay a lot
of money for them.
C. The shopkeepers wanted the lady
to find a pair by herself.
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. —In my
opinion, a breakdown of these figures would give us a lot of ________.
—I think so. Especially about the future
of that country.
A.
information B. practice C. advice D. attention
22. ________
all London taxis were black, but now you sometimes see other colours.
A.
At one time B. At a time C. From time to time D.
At the same time
23. After
talking about subject, the members _____ another subject.
A.
turned up B. turned down C. turned on D. turned to
24. If the
work ______by the end of the month is delayed, the construction company will be
fined.� A. being completed B. have
been completed
C. to be
completed D. will be completed
25. There is this feeling of ease about the city during the month of
January, _______ I guess parallels August in France or Italy.
A. what B.
when C.
or
D. which
26. The boy walk
alone in the dark. For this, he was often .
A. dares
not; making fun
B. didn’t dare; made
fun
C. dares not
to; making fun of D.
didn’t dare to; made fun of
27. —So far how many offices ____by the
new computer?
—More than two thousand offices.
A.
were joined B. have joined C. have been joined D.
had been joined
28. In order
to improve English, ________.
A.Jenny’s father bought her a lot of
tapes. B. Jenny bought a lot of
tapes for herself
C.
a lot of tapes were bought by Jenny D. a lot of tapes were bought by Jenny’s father
29. —Excuse
me, may I ask you some questions?
—Sorry, I’m too busy and haven’t
even a minute to _______.
A.
spend
B.
spare
C. share D. save
30. Last
year the well-known actress did all ______ help the poor children in that
mountain village.
A.
she could do B. she could
to C. what she could to D.
that she could
31. —David has made great progress
recently.
—____, and _____.
A. So he has; so you have
B.
So he has; so have you
C. So has
he; so have you
D.
So has he; so you have
32.
In recent years travel companies have succeeded in selling us the idea that the
further we go, ____.
A.
our holiday will be better B. our holiday will be the better
C.
the better our holiday will be D. the better will our holiday
be
33. —Was Andrew there when you
arrived?
—Yes, but he ____home soon
afterwards.
A.
had gone B.
has gone C. is going D. went
34. You can make yourself easy _____ in English very well if you
keep on speaking the language.
A. understand B. understanding C. to understand D. understood
35. —John,
won’t you come and watch TV?
—____.
I prefer reading to ____television.
A. No;
watch B. No; watching C. Yes, watch D. Yes;
watching
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。
Many doctors who reviewed the reports of Napoleon’s illness found
that the symptoms did not show a man who suffered from stomach cancer. It was 36 that Napoleon had 37 from some other cause. In 1961, a
Swedish doctor examined some of Napoleon’s 38 and found a 39
level of arsenic (砒霜), a chemical poison. Was Napoleon murdered? It is doubtful. Arsenic
was used in many types of 40
during Napoleon’s time, so he might have taken some as a cure for
his stomachache.
He was sent to the island of St. Helena 41
the coast of Africa in 1815 after he lost the 42
of Waterloo. Although he had servants to 43 to him, he had to live in one
small building. Then, in 1982, Dr. David Jones from England began to 44 the mystery and 45 that Napoleon might have 46 arsenic which was in the 47 of his house. In the 1700s and
1800s, arsenic was used 48 a kind of green paint used in 49 and wallpaper. If the paint was used on a
wet wall, the arsenic would 50 the house. A person in the building might
take in that air. After 51 the
house where .Napoleon died. Dr. Jones found much arsenic in the green paint on
the 52 . The result was
proved again by 53 German
doctor in April, 2002. 54 from
some materials taken from the site it appears the leading guard settled
Napoleon 55 the bedroom was
thick with poisonous gas.
36. A. unknown B. strange
C. important D. obvious
37. A. failed
B. escaped C. died D.
imprisoned
38. A. hair
B. blood
C. skin
D. organs
39. A. low
B. high
C. thin
D. thick
40. A. building materials B.
medicine
C. paper
D. buildings
41. A. of B. on C. to
D. off
42. A. war
B. battle
C. fight
D. struggle
43. A. see
B. notice
C. care
D. observe
44. A. come
across B. get through C. look into D. make up for
45. A. ordered
B. demanded C. requested D. suggested
46. A. touched
B. taken
C. breathed
in D. bathed in
47. A. air
B. bedroom C. bathroom D. medicine shelf
48. A. to make
B. to making C. to making into D.
for
49. A. clothes
B. clothing C. cloth
D. table-cloths
50. A. give out
B. go into C. take off D. get in
51.A.livinl
B. studying C. watch
D. breaking down
52. A. ground
B. roof
C. ceiling
D. walls
53. A. other
B. the Other C. another D. certain
54. A. So
B. And
C. Then
D. However
55. A. where
B. that
C. who
D. in which
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
The following is the story of a SARS patient named Wang and his
fight with the disease.
I woke up around 6:30 this
morning, on my ninth day in hospital since I caught SARS.
Glancing over at my
roommate, Xiao Huang, a 27-year-old employee of a Beijing software company, I
saw he was also awake.
After a light breakfast, a
nurse came in and took my temperature. It was 36.6 centigrade. We’re at
Changxindian Hospital in southwestern Beijing, a newly named SARS patient
hospital.
It seems I am now recovering
as my fever has gone done in recent days. When I first got the disease, I spent
four days with a temperature above 39.5 centigrade---at one point it reached
40.1 centigrade.
At 8:30 am, a nurse took a
blood sample and X-ray of my chest. Then my daily treatment began with the help
of the experts from Guangdong and WHO.
Before the first bottle
finished, my wife rang me. I talked with her on my mobile phone. It has become
a major connection with the outside world. Several friends also called me in
the morning.
I am feeling great these
days---no fever, no headache and no pain in the chest, which are all symptoms (症状) of SARS. My slight cough is gone
since I began taking a new round of medicines yesterday. The doctor told me
that I may be set free from hospital in two weeks and a half.
56. Where is
the hospital the writer stays at?
A.
In the south of Beijing.
B.
To the east of Beijing
C.
In the southwest of Changxindian. D.
In the southwest of Beijing.
57. How long
does the writer have to stay altogether in the hospital before he is sent home?
A.
Seventeen days.
B.
Nine days.
C.
More than thirty days. D.
More than twenty-five days.
58.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A.
When he first got the disease, his temperature once reached 41.5 centigrade.
B.
His medical treatment came after he had breakfast.
C.
His live din a room of the hospital alone.
D.
He talked with his wife by fax.
59.
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the symptoms of SARS?
A.
Having a high fever.
B.
Having a headache.
C.
Feeling pain in the chest.
D.
Feeling cold all day.
B
The
art of pleasing is a very necessary one to possess; but a very difficult one to
get. It can hardly be reduced to rules; and your own good sense and observation
will teach you more of it than I can. Do as you would be done by, is the surest
method that I know of pleasing. Observe carefully what pleases you in others, and
probably the same things in you will please others. If you are pleased with the
friendliness and attention of others to your humors, your tastes, or your
weaknesses, depend upon it. The same friendliness and attention, on your part, to
theirs will equally please them. Take the tone of the company, that you are in,
and do not pretend to give it；be
serious, gay, as you find the present humor of the company. Do not tell stories
in company; there is nothing more boring and unpleasant; if by any chance you
know a very short story, and suitable to the present subject of conversation, tell
it in as few words as possible; and even then, how that you do not love to tell
stories; but that the shortness of it attracted you. Of all things, dismiss the
egotism(自大) from your conversation, and never think
of entertaining people with your own personal concerns, or private affairs; though
they are interesting to you, they are impolite and uninteresting to everybody
else; besides that, one cannot keep one’s own private affairs too secret. Whatever
you think your own excellencies may be, do not show them in company; nor take
the trouble, as many people do, to give that to the conversation. If they are
real, they will surely be discovered some day, without your pointing them out
yourself, and with much more advantage. Never continue an argument with heat
and shout, though you think or know yourself to be in the right; but give your
opinion modestly(谦虚地) and
cooly, which is the only way to persuade; and, if that does not do, try to
change the conversation, by saying with good humor, “We shall hardly persuade
one another, nor is it necessary that we should, so let us talk of something
else.”
60.According
to this passage, what does the author suggest to us to please people?
A. Try to make others pleased
with your friendliness.
B. Remember what you are
pleased with may be the same thing you could do to please others.
C. Forget who you are and do
everything other people like.
D. Speak in a pleasing tone
in company while you feel unhappy.
61. What
is the author’s opinion of private affairs?
A. One shouldn’t keep his own
private affairs secret.
B. One’s private affairs can
surely entertain others.
C. One can talk with other
people about his interesting private affairs.
D. One should keep his
private affairs as secret as possible.
62. What
is the author’s suggestion about what to do with argument?
A. If one knows that he is in
the right, he may continue the argument with heat.
B. Do not change the
conversation unless you persuade the others.
C. If you are not quite
confident in yourself, give your opinion modestly.
D. Talk something else when
you can’t persuade the others.
63. What
is the best title of this passage?
A. The Art of Pleasing.
B. What One Should
Talk about in Company
C. Getting
Rid of Egotism.
D. The Art of
Speech.
C
(8:00 a.m. December 17—8:00 a.m. December 18)
Influenced (影响) by a cold front northern Xinjiang, the eastern Qinghai-Tibet
Plateau, and the northern and eastern parts of Heilongjiang are expected to
experience light snow today. Drizzle (小雨) is forecast for most areas of Sichuan and western coastal areas of
South China. Northerly winds of force 4-6 are expected to affect western and
southwestern Inner Mongolia, and most parts of Northeast China while northerly
winds of force 5-7 will sweep across the Bohai Sea, the northern parts of the
Yellow Sea, East China Sea, the Taiwan Straits, and the central and northern
parts of the South China Sea.
Weather
forecast for major Chinese cities
City
Max(℃)℃C)
Min(℃)
Weather
Beijing
10
－2
clear
Changchun
0
－6
clear
Changsha
19
5
clear
Chengdu
9
4
drizzle
Chongqing
10
5
overcast
Dalian
12
3
clear
Fuzhou
18
－12
cloudy
Guangzhou
23
15
cloudy
Guilin
19
4
clear
Haikou
19
14
overcast
Hangzhou
18
5
clear
Harbin
－3
－8
clear
Hong Kong
21
16
cloudy
Jinan
14
3
-„: ;;.;;:;,.:-,-,;.,
clear
^A-^ ^.-,.-.1
64.
According to the weather report, we know it doesn’t rain in many areas except
___.
A. Xinjiang B. Qinghai-Tibet C.
Heilongjiang D. Chengdu
65. From
December 17 to December 18, if you go to ___, you may be caught in the snow.
A. Northern Xinjiang and
Tibet
B. Sichuan and South China
C. Inner Mongolia and
Heilongjiang
D. Qinghai and Sichuan
66. On
December 17, the East China Sea will be swept by _____.
A. a cold front
B. light snow
C. northerly winds of
force 4-6 D. northerly winds of force 5-7
67. The
temperature in Harbin Min(℃) is ___ lower than that in Guangzhou
Min(℃).
A.23 B.
31
C. 26
D. 7
D
Sabeer Bhatia is having a good decade (period of ten years) .Less
than 10 years after leaving India to study in the United States, he has become
most valuable in Silicon(硅) Valley for his e-mail service Hotmail. On his recent return to New
Delhi for India Internet World’98, the soft-spoken Bhatia had the ear of the
nation’s information-technology industry. And he had a clear message: India
must improve the use of venture capital(风险投资)if it hopes to push its IT industry up the value-added ladder.
Bhatia
knows of what he speaks. After studying at the California Institute of Technology
and Stanford University, He hit upon the idea of a free e- mail service on the
internet. He didn’t have any money to develop a product but he knew where to
look. He shopped his idea around Silicon Valley venture--- capital firms, which
turned out to be a success. Hotmail was entirely funded by venture
capital. “Based on the idea, we got $300,000 in return for a 15% stake(股票) in the company,” Bhatia recalls.
Last December, Microsoft bought Hotmail and Bhatia pocketed $75 million.
68. Sabeer
Bhatia won a great success ____.
A. when he returned to India for India Internet World’98.
B.
while studying at the
California Institute of Technology
C. in helping India with its IT industry
D.
in his e -mail service Hotmail
69. Bhatia’s message for India to develop its IT industry is to make
more use of ____.
A. foreign
technology
B.
venture capital
C. free e-mail
service Hotmail D.
the Silicon Valley
70. Bhatia’s suggestion is based on ____ .
A.
the fact that he knows what he speaks
B.
his idea of free e - mail service Hotmail
C. his rich experience in looking
for capital to develop his product
D.
how he got a 15% stake in the company for $ 300.000
71. The
underlined word “funded” most probably means “____”.
A. supplied with money
B.
managed without help
C. bought
D.
founded
E
Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure
and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks,
do not suddenly appear full-blown. Quite the opposite, just as the cook has to
undergo a particular training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer
must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing,
whatever its purpose is---school work, matters of business, or purely social
communication. You may be sure that the Bore painstaking the effort, the more
effective the writing, and the more rewarding.
There are still some faraway places in the world where you might
find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for you, for money.
There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind
of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than
a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be
done, we have to do it ourselves.
We have to
write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called
on to put words to papers. It would be difficult to count the number of such
words, messages, letters, and reports put into mails or delivered by hand, but
the daily figures must be extremely large. What is more, everyone who writes
expects, or at least hopes whatever he writes will be read, from first word to
last, not just thrown into some “letters-to-be-read” files or into a wastepaper
basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing
the skills of interesting, effective writing.
72. In this
passage, good writing is compared to fine food because ___ .
A. both are
enjoyable
B.
both are hard to learn
C. both are
necessary to life
D.
both take a long time to prepare
73. According
to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. Writing skills are less
important than experience.
B. A good writer should have his
own way of writing.
C. A good writer should learn to
write all kinds of articles.
D. The more efforts one makes, the
more money one can earn.
74.
The author thinks that the most important reason for us to practice writing
skills is___.
A. to earn
our living
B.
to attract others to read
C. to do
daily reports easily D.
to become good secretaries
75. The
purpose of the author in writing this passage is to ______.
A. comment and blame
B.
introduce and describe
C. explain
and persuade
D.
interest and inform
第二卷（共35分）
第四部分：写作（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，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；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。
It is difficult for parents to teach your children to be responsible 76.________
(有责任的) for housework, but with one of
the followed suggestions, 77.________
you really can get
your children help you at home. If you give your 78.________
children the
impression which they can never do anything quite right, 79.________
then they will
regard themselves unfit or unable persons. Unless they 80.________
believe they can
succeed, they will never become totally independence. 81.________
Don’t always scold and give lots of praise instead. Talk about 82.________
what they’ve done
right, but about what they haven’t done. If your 83.________
children complete a
difficult task, reward (酬劳) him with a Sunday 84.________
trip or a ball game
of Dad. 85.________
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
李芳是个品学兼优的好学生。请你仔细观察下面五幅画写一篇短文，介绍李芳所做好事。
注意：1．可以适当想象并增加细节，使情节合理，内容连贯、自然；
2．词数：120词左右。
参考答案及听力材料
1—5 BCBCA 6—10 ABBAB 11—15 CBACC 16—20 ABABB
21—25
AADCD 26—30 DCBBB 31—35 BCDCB
36—40 DCABB
41—45 DBACD 46—50 CAACB
51—55 BDCBA
56—60
DDBDB 61—65
DDADA 66—70
DADBC 71—75
AABBC
76.your→their 77.followed→following 78.children后加to 79.which→that
80.themselves后加as 81.independence→independent 82.√
83.but后加not
84.him→them 85.of→with
One possible version:
Li Fang is an excellent
student. She lives near her school. One night, the wind was blowing the window so
heavily that the noise woke up Li Fang. She knew a heavy rain would soon
arrive. She thought of her classroom. She
got up and put on her clothes. It was then 2 o’clock. She decided to get to the
school before the storm came. She opened the door, and rushed out into the
dark. The strong wind made it difficult for her to go forward quickly. In spite
of this, she got to her classroom and opened the door.
Oh, dear! All the windows were open, and the strong wind filled the classroom
with great noises. Quickly she shut up all the windows and turned off the
lights. Just then it began to rain heavily. When she got home, it was already
half past three.
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Text 1
W: I’m very
disappointed in my next-door neighbour.
M: How come?
W: She gave me
her word she would keep her cat off my grass, but she hasn’t.
M: That’s too
bad.
Text 2
W: Wow, did
you see the bicycle that boy just rode on?
M: That wasn’t
a bad-looking bike. I wouldn’t mind having one like it.
Text 3
W: Hey, aren’t
you cold without a coat?
M: Well, yes,
actually! I can’t find my jacket. I think I must have left it somewhere in the
hotel.
W: Was it that
nice one with the fur collar?
M: Yes, ...
It’s an old one, but Im really fond of it. I’d hate to lose it.
Text 4
M: When do you
want to leave?
W: Oh, I don’t
know. Whenever you’d like to leave is fine with me.
M: You don’t
have any feeling about it?
W: It doesn’t
matter to me.
Text 5
M: I’ve got
two tickets for the film. Would you like to go with me?
W: I’m sorry.
I’m afraid not.
M: Why?
W: A patient
has just arrived. He was badly hurt in a traffic accident. He is due to be
operated on at once.
Text 6
M: Darling,
I’ve decided to become a vegetarian. From tomorrow on, I will stop eating meat.
W: Why?
M: Because
people nowadays eat too much meat and it’s healthier to eat less.
W: Is this
another one of your crazy ideas? It won’t last a week. Last month, in order to
lose weight, you decided to jog to work every morning. That only lasted a week
because you were late for work every day.
M: That’s not
the reason why I stopped! I stopped jogging because I pulled a muscle in my
leg.
W: Well, what
about the bicycle?
M: What
bicycle?
W: Exactly!
You can hardly remember you own a bike as it’s been locked away in the garage
ever since you bought it.
M: That’s not
completely true. As soon as the weather improves, I’m going to start using it
again.
Text 7
M: Well, how
did you enjoy your seaside trip?
W: It was fun.
M: Tell me
about it.
W: Well, we
drove through the valley on our way there in the morning. It was a wonderful
sight.
M: Did you
stop at the big waterfall for pictures?
W: Sure, we
wouldn’t miss it for anything. After that, we took a short cut to the park.
There was little traffic, so we got there in less than an hour and we spent the
whole morning under the tall trees. We had our picnic there, too.
M: You were
lucky then. What did you do after that?
W: We went for
a swim in the sea. That was the best of the day, and just look at my nice tan.
M: So you must
have had a busy and enjoyable day yesterday.
W: Yes, you’re
right. And I was so tired that I fell asleep on the way back. My muscles are
still aching from the swim yesterday.
Text 8
W：Excuse me. I’m really sorry to bother you but I do have a
question.
M: It’s no
trouble at all.
W: I found
some books in the card catalog I’d like to borrow. How do I get the books?
M: I’m sorry;
I should have explained that before. Take this “call slip” and fill it out with
the call number, title and author of the book and your name, address, phone and
ID number.
W: What do I
do once I’ve filled out the call slip?
M: Then you
can search for the book yourself, using the call number as your guide as the
books are arranged numerically by call numbers.
W: Can’t I ask
a librarian to find it for me?
M: Sure. But
they are often very busy. By browsing, you might also find other materials
which are of interest to you.
W: OK. Thanks
a lot.
Text 9
M: Excuse me.
I’m new in this apartment building. Could I ask you some of the rules here?
W: Yes, of
course.
M: First,
about the parking. Is it OK to leave my car behind the building?
W: Sure.
You’ll see some parking spaces there for the people living in this building.
M: And what
about when I have guests?
W: Well,
guests aren’t allowed to leave their cars in the back. They have to park their
cars in the guest parking area in the front.
M: I see. And
are there any rules about house pets? Am I allowed to have a dog, for instance?
W: Yes, both
cats and dogs are allowed.
M: What about
the waste material?
W: It has to
be taken to the ground floor where it is collected every five hours.
M: All right,
fine. And do I have to use those special plastic bags for the garbage?
W: No, that’s
not necessary. You can use the paper ones you get from the supermarket.
M: Thank you
very much.
Text 10
A young lady
was on vacation in Louisiana. She wanted a pair of alligator shoes, but was
very unwilling to pay the high prices the local shopkeepers were asking. After
becoming disappointed when she failed to get one pair at a bargain price, the
lady shouted, “Maybe I’ll just go out and catch my own alligator so I can get a
pair of shoes at a reasonable price!” The shopkeeper said, “Of course. Maybe
you’ll luck out and catch yourself a big one!” Determined, the lady turned and
headed for the river, set on catching herself an alligator.
Later in the day, the shopkeeper was driving home, when
he saw the young woman standing waist deep in the water, shotgun in hand. Just
then, he noticed a huge 9-foot alligator swimming quickly toward her. She took
aim, killed the creature, and with a great deal of effort pulled it on to the
bank. Lying nearby were several more of the dead creatures. The shopkeeper
watched in astonishment. Just then the lady turned the alligator on its back,
and shouted out in disappointment, “Damn it, this one isn’t wearing any shoes
either!”
