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[color=]吉林市普通高中2014 — 2015学年度高三毕业年级摸底考试
英 语
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。第I卷1至10页，第二卷10至12页。共150分。考试时间120分钟。
注意事项：请按照题号顺序在答题纸上各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。
[color=]第I卷
第一部分：听力部分（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，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 will the concert begin?
A. At 5:45. B. At 6:00. C. At 6:40.
2. How does the woman like her coffee?
A. With sugar and milk. B. With milk only. C. With sugar only.
3. What will the weather be like tomorrow?
A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.
4. For which subject is Emily fully prepared?
A. Maths. B. English. C. Physics.
5. What did the woman buy for her mother?
A. A coat. B. A necklace. C. Earrings.
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，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至7题。
6. Where will the woman go for her holiday?
A. Dalian. B. Lijiang. C. Dali.
7. How will the woman go travelling?
A. By air. B. By train. C. By car.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. Why does the woman need her book back?
A. She doesn’t trust Lily.
B. She needs it to look for some information.
C. She is angry with Lily.
9. What will the woman probably do?
A. Apologize to Lily.
B. Ask for the book back.
C. Give the book to Lily.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why does the man refuse to go shopping?
A. He is busy with his work.
B. He has nothing to buy.
C. It’s too hot outside.
11. What does the woman want to buy?
A. A T-shirt and a pair of sunglasses.
B. A T-shirt and a dress.
C. A dress and a pair of sunglasses.
12. What will the man do next week?
A. Go to a birthday party. B. Go on a business trip. C. Go to summer camp.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A. A wonderful restaurant.
B. The birthday cake.
C. Their mother’s birthday party.
14. When will the birthday cake be ready?
A. In two weeks. B. In one week. C. Tomorrow.
15. What gift will the man give his mother?
A. Some flowers. B. A hand-made card. C. A photo album.
16. What can we learn about the restaurant?
A. The speakers’ wedding ceremony was held there.
B. It will take charge of everything but the birthday cake.
C. It is expensive but worth the money.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How long did the construction of the Hong Kong Space Museum take?
A. About three years. B. About four years. C. About five years.
18. What made the museum one of the most famous landmarks in Hong Kong?
A. Its location.
B. Its service for the public.
C. Its unique egg-shaped roof.
19. Which of the following is beneath the east wing of the museum?
A. The Hall of Astronomy.
B. Workshops and offices.
C. The Lecture Hall.
20. What’s the function of the exhibits?
A. To help visitors to learn by experiences.
B. To organize plenty of extension activities.
C. To show some astronomy films to the visitors.
[color=]第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Odland remembers like it was yesterday working in an expensive French restaurant in Denver. The ice cream he was serving fell onto the white dress of a rich and important woman.
Thirty years have passed, but Odland can not get the memory out of his mind, nor the woman’s kind reaction. She was shocked, regained calmness and, in a kind voice, told the young Odland. “It is OK. It wasn’t your fault.” When she left the restaurant, she also left the future Fortune 500 CEO with a life lesson: You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she treats the waiter.
Odland isn’t the only CEO to have made this discovery. Instead, it seems to be one of those few laws of the land that every CEO learns on the way up. It’s hard to get a dozen CEOs to agree about anything, but most agree with the Waiter Rule. They say how others treat the CEO says nothing. But how others treat the waiter is like a window into the soul.
Watch out for anyone who pulls out the power card to say something like, “I could buy this place and fire you]” or “I know the owner and I could have you fired.” Those who say such things have shown more about their character than about their wealth and power.
The CEO who came up with it, or at least first wrote it down, is Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson. He wrote a best-selling book called Swanson’s Unwritten Rules of Management. “A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person,” Swanson says. “I will never offer a job to the person who is sweet to the boss but turns rude to someone cleaning the tables.”
21. What happened after Odland dropped the ice cream onto the woman’s dress?
A. He was fired.
B. He was blamed.
C. The woman comforted him.
D. The woman left the restaurant at once.
22. Odland learned one of his life lessons from ________.
A. his experience as a waiter B. the advice given by the CEOs
C. an article in Fortune D. an interesting best-selling book
23. According to the text, most CEOs have the same opinion about ________.
A. Fortune 500 companies
B. the Management Rules
C. Swanson’s book
D. the Waiter Rule
24. From the text we can learn that ________.
A. one should be nicer to important people
B. CEOs often show their power before others
C. one should respect others no matter who they are
D. CEOs often have meals in expensive restaurants
B
Summer cools down in August when the city features a lot of jazz to send excitement to any music fan. Beginning August 28, the city hosts a week of jazz performances in a variety of places.
This year’s annual Jazz Festival in Grant Park will offer a “tribute to New Orleans” with performers from the city, honoring the birthplace of Jazz. Jazz fans who want to be part of the week-long celebration can start with a free concert at Millennium Park’s famous Pritzker Pavilion on Monday, August 28 at 6:30 pm.
※ Other events will include:
Tuesday, August 29 — the Jazz Institute of Chicago presents the Fourth Annual Gala Concert.
Wednesday, August 30 — Heat up Wednesday night with a ride to the best jazz hot spots and learn a bit of history of the genre (风格) with the Jazz Institute‘s Jazz Club Tour, which starts at 6 pm until midnight. For one low price, visit more than a dozen Jazz Clubs. The tour covers nearly every inch of Chicago.
※The Chicago Jazz Festival Officially opens with a ticketed performance at the Symphony Center on Thursday, August 31. Then, the festival moves to Grant Park on Friday, September 1, for three days of free music on three stages. The event opens daily at 11 am.
※ Performance hours are:
Jazz on Jackson Stage 12 pm — 4:30 pm.
Jazz & Heritage Family Stage 12:30 pm — 4:30 pm.
Petrillo Music Shell 5 pm — 9:30 pm.
※ In addition to the music, the Chicago Jazz Festival features an art fair lying in the rose garden just south of Jackson. The fair offers all kinds of handmade crafts and artwork.
25. What is special for the Chicago Jazz Festival this year?
A. Jazz on Jackson Stage.
B. Jazz & Heritage Family Stage.
C. Tribute to New Orleans.
D. Jazz Club Tour.
26. According to the text, most probably Pritzker Pavilion is __________.
A. a place to hold the concert
B. a well-known jazz band
C. a famous jazz performer
D. a jazz fan
27. Which of the following events need to pay to attend?
A. The concert at Millennium Park.
B. The Fourth Annual Gala Concert.
C. The Jazz Institute‘s Jazz Club Tour.
D. The art fair in the rose garden.
28. The purpose of writing the ad is to ___________.
A. introduce the Chicago Jazz Festival
B. welcome people to the week of jazz performances
C. earn more money from tourists
D. honor the birthplace of Jazz
C
Have you ever played the video dance game? Now such games are used to help lose weight!
Like many other teenage boys, Jones loved sports. But at 5 feet, 175 pounds, he found his weight a trouble. His doctor wanted him to lose 50 pounds so that he may catch up with the football game by the end of summer.
Jones chose the popular dance revolution video game at home to increase his activity. He had lost about 10 pounds by changing his diet. Now, after two weeks playing the game, he has lost another 10!
The health study is being done by an insurance company, which hopes that game will lead to better health and lower costs. “Obesity claims (肥胖索赔) last year cost us $77 million. We have to cut those costs”, said a member of the insurance group. The company provides a game console (游戏主机), a dance mat and software for the six-month, $ 60,000 study.
The study is more than commercial thing of an insurance company. It is widely supported by physical education and health professionals.
In West Virginia, 43% of the nearly 6,000 children examined for heart disease risk were considered over-weighted; more than 25% were too fat. “We are in a crisis of childhood obesity not only in West Virginia but in America,” said a researcher.
Researchers are looking at the potential for improving effects by using the game. A teacher in West Virginia has been using the video game in her classes since last fall. She reported that the game does improve heart health as well as eye-hand coordination, and her students take the video game as a great alternative to jumping rope or ball games.
The US Education Department is putting the game in 20 schools to control childhood obesity. Well, are you going to try such a game to dance away your extra weight?
29. The underlined part is trying to tell us __________.
A. the study is more important than the money of the insurance company
B. the study is only an insurance company’s business
C. the study involved many insurance companies
D. it’s not only the insurance company that is concerned about the study
30. It can be inferred that __________.
A. in West Virginia 25% of the children were too fat
B. the government and society think highly of the game
C. the teacher is a success in using the video game
D. the US Education Department is promoting the game all over the country
31. The most suitable title for the passage is ___________.
A. Dance Away Your Weight
B. Play the Video Dance Game
C. Solve the Problem of Obesity
D. A Magic Video Dance Game
D
Paparazzi, or “paps”, are photographers who take pictures of famous people when they are not at the center of public attention. Paps are different from professional photographers or journalists because they never take ordinary photos.
The goal for paparazzi is to get pictures that no one else will get and then sell the pictures to the buyer who offers the most money — normally a small newspaper, magazine or website.
There is no law against paparazzi taking pictures in public places. However, there are laws that protect certain individuals. For example, child protection laws stop improper pictures of anyone under 16 from being published.
There is also no law that stops paparazzi from following celebrities (名人) and taking their pictures either. However, if paps are secretly following them and taking pictures of their faces, they could get into trouble.
Most paparazzi hang out on streets and hot spots for celebrities, waiting for the opportunity to take a picture of a star. Many stay on the streets until the early hours of the morning when celebrities are leaving nightclubs and looking a little worse for wear. However, some have other ways to make sure they get pictures. Many paps are in contact with “informers” who know the locations of celebrities at any given time. They then pass the information on to paparazzi. An informer could be anyone — from a restaurant waiter to a salesman.
Most of the time, paparazzi get a bad reputation for following celebrities. But sometimes stars or their managers will contact paps themselves and tell them exactly where and when they will go.
What a love-hate relationship between paparazzi and celebrities!
32. Which of the following things paparazzi might do would be against the law?
A. Taking pictures of famous people in public places.
B. Getting unsuitable pictures of a 10-year-old actress published.
C. Following a famous woman singer secretly and taking her pictures.
D. Hanging out at the places where celebrities often appear.
33. In order to earn big money a pap has to ________.
A. get the only first-hand pictures
B. sell the pictures to a big newspaper
C. make friends with famous people
D. know the locations of celebrities
34. The fifth paragraph mainly tells us ________.
A. how paparazzi get the pictures
B. how dangerous paparazzi’s job is
C. how much paparazzi pay for the pictures
D. how paparazzi contact informers
35. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Paparazzi always take pictures when famous people are tired.
B. Stars hate paparazzi and don’t want to be followed.
C. Paparazzi and famous people rely on each other sometimes.
D. Informers might get paparazzi into trouble.
第二节（共5小题; 每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? 36
At least one group of people are certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (企业家) in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile(敌意的) to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy(嫉妒). 37 Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green – eyed monster” and the UK is its home.
Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money. 38 Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others – but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.
39 . But there is also opposite evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the world’s fourth largest economy. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either.
Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem. They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires. 40 . It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them.
A. This test seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain.
B. The one who owns the most money in the end is the winner.
C. As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood.”
D. And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?
E. Some were given a little, others a great deal.
F. But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them.
G. It is not true that British people are born jealous of others’ success.
[color=]第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I live in a big city with a lot of homeless people. Luckily there’re 41 ways of helping them and you needn’t have a lot of 42 . One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine. 43 doing this one day, I got to 44 a young homeless man. He was often 45 the magazine at the train station.
He was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I discovered that his 46 was close to mine. It 47 that we were born in the same month.
I met him last year 48 after his birthday, and after congratulating him, without 49 , I asked if he had had a good day. He 50 and said that he hadn’t really celebrated. I felt so 51 .
I just couldn’t bear the thought of this nice, young man being 52 on his 25th birthday with no friends, no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn (纱线) basket. Luckily for me, I had enough yarn 53 . I set to work and knitted (编织) a 54 for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty 55 I didn’t knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be 56 when he got it.
I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had 57 to meet him so I had 58 the scarf and a piece of my own birthday cake around with me. He was very 59 with these gifts and so was I. The tears in his eyes were the best 60 he could have given me!
41. A. correct B. basic C. small D. cheap
42. A. work B. energy C. money D. experience
43. A. In B. On C. With D. By
44. A. meet B. realize C. know D. like
45. A. selling B. delivering C. releasing D. collecting
46. A. birthday B. house C. height D. age
47. A. said B. discovered C. thought D. meant
48. A. suddenly B. shortly C. eventually D. instantly
49. A. preparing B. permitting C. greeting D. thinking
50. A. looked up B. turned up C. looked down D. calm down
51. A. foolish B. helpless C. nervous D. confused
52. A. unforgettable B. unbelievable C. alone D. hungry
53. A. used B. prepared C. left D. produced
54. A. scarf B. sweater C. cap D. glove
55. A. though B. since C. unless D. and
56. A. different B. new C. beautiful D. clean
57. A. liked B. hoped C. promised D. agreed
58. A. made B. brought C. received D. carried
59. A. happy B. surprised C. satisfied D. frightened
60. A. reward B. opportunity C. surprise D. present
[color=]第II卷
注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
[color=]第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The music industry is never short of teen pop stars with wonderful looks, 61_________ it doesn’t often find one like US singer Taylor Swift. “Beneath Taylor Swift’s not-a-girl, not-yet-a-woman sweetness hides a very 62_________(skill) songwriting technique (技巧),” writes Leah Greenblatt with Entertainment Weekly.
Songwriting, the country singer explains, is “how I deal with problems. I am used to 63____________(write) about things that really influences me most.” So in her songs, there is always 64____________ true and honest. They seem like stories from 65________ diary and that certainly helps Swift attract her audience.
She 66___________(sell) more than 13 million copies worldwide of her first two albums, 2006’s self-titled debut (首张专辑) and 2008’s Fearless. She’s the youngest artist ever to 67_____________(name) Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards. Not surprisingly, there were great expectations for her third album, Speak Now, 68___________ came out late last month, where she again returned 69_________ her own life for material. “The 14 songs are all about the last two years... when life was a little bit bigger and 70____________(crazy),” says Swift. “So I’ve written about the lessons and confusion and heartbreak and all the different things that go along with being 18, 19 and 20.”
[color=]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）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。
短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。
修改：在错词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
It is three years now since I graduate from Jixing High School. Last Sunday, the class that I was on held a get-together, which took us a long time prepare. It was indeed not easy to get in touch with everybody and set a properly time for all of us. We all enjoyed a precious day greatly, remember the time we spent together. It reminded us of the interesting stories and the people they were familiar with. It was a pity which some of us were not present as they had gone to abroad for further studies, but they called back or sent greeting card from different places.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
学校校报面向在校高三学生组织英语征文活动，请以“我的高三生活”为主题写一篇英语短文，具体内容如下：
1. 生活安排
2. 学习计划
3. 理想的大学及专业
注意：
1. 字数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好。
My last year in the senior high school has already started.
[color=]吉林市普通高中2014 — 2015学年度高三毕业年级摸底考试
英语参考答案
听力部分：（每小题1.5分）
1—5 BBCBA 6—10 BABAC 11—15 BBCAC 16—20 CACBA
阅读理解：（每小题2分）
21. C. 细节理解题。由第二段第三行可知。
22. A. 细节理解题。由第一段、第二段内容可知。
23. D. 细节理解题。由第三段第三行可知。
24. C. 推理判断题。由全文内容可知。
25. C. 细节理解题。由第二段第一句可知。
26. A. 细节理解题。由第二段最后一句可知，时间前面是地点。
27. C. 细节理解题。根据“For one low price, visit more than a dozen Jazz Clubs.”此句内容可知。
28. B. 写作意图题。广告的目的就是吸引更多的人。
29. D. 句意理解题。由下一句的补充说明可知。
30. B. 推理判断题。选项A、C、D与原文内容不符。
31. A. 主旨大意题。由全文最后一句可知。
32. B. 细节理解题。由第三段内容可知。
33. A. 细节理解题。由第二段第一句可知。
34. A. 主旨大意题。由第五段第四行可知。
35. C. 推理判断题。由全文最后两句可知。
36 — 40 DCEAF
完形填空：（每小题1.5分）
41. C. 做一些小事来帮助他们。
42. C. 买杂志不需要花很多钱。
43. D. 通过买杂志这件事，用介词by表示“通过某种方法”。
44. C. 通过买杂志逐渐认识了一个无家可归的年轻人。
45. A. 他们卖杂志，与上文的buy相对应。
46. A. 他的生日与我的生日接近，下文有提示。
47. D. 对生日接近进行进一步的解释说明。
48. B. 从本段的对话可知，他刚过完生日不久。
49. D. 作者未加思索，脱口问了有关生日情况的问题。
50. C. 他低下头，显露出对没有庆祝生日这件事情的无奈。
51. A. 作者因为他的回答，又了解他的状况，所以感到自己问了一个愚蠢的问题。
52. C. 这个年轻人是一个人度过了自己25岁的生日，下文有补充说明。
53. C. 还剩下足够织围巾的纱线。
54. A. 由下文可知，作者要织一条围巾。
55. B. since 表原因。
56. D. 洗了会干净，与上文的dirty相对应。
57. B. 作者希望会遇见他。
58. D. carry 表示携带。
59. A. 他收到礼物很高兴，作者也很开心。
60. D. 他眼中闪烁着喜悦的光芒，给予了作者最好的礼物，与上句的gifts相呼应。
知识运用第二节 （每小题1.5分）
61. but 62. skillful 63. writing 64. something 65. a / her
66. has sold 67. be named 68. which 69. to 70. crazier
短文改错：（每处1分）
It is three years now since I graduate from Jixing High School. Last Sunday, the class
graduated
that I was on held a get-together, which took us a long time ∧ prepare. It was indeed not
in to
easy to get in touch with everybody and set a properly time for all of us. We all enjoyed a
proper the
precious day greatly, remember the time we spent together. It reminded us of the
remembering
interesting stories and the people they were familiar with. It was a pity which some of us
we that
were not present as they had gone to abroad for further studies, but they called back or
sent greeting card from different places.
cards
书面表达：（满分25分）
One possible version
My last year in the senior high school has already started. I need to balance both my life and study in order to make it colorful and meaningful.
I strongly believe that doing sports every day may build up my body. Besides, communicating with teachers, parents and friends can be of great help to reduce my pressure. As for my study, I’ve made a practical plan to follow strictly. I should also overcome my shyness to consult the teachers if there’s something making me confused. What’s more, to improve physics is the most urgent because I have to make a solid foundation for my dream university — Cambridge, where I would like to major in physics.
I really hope that my dream will come true through my persistence and diligence.
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W: Hurry up! The concert is about to start.
M: Oh, come on! It’s just a quarter past five and there is still forty-five minutes left.
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W: I’d like a cup of coffee with milk only. What about you?
M: Also a cup of coffee, but with sugar and milk.
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W: It has been raining for almost two weeks. I think everyone is tired of this rainy season.
M: The weather broadcast said that it would turn sunny the day after tomorrow.
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M: Emily, have you prepared well for the coming mid-term examination?
W: Oh, I think so, except for maths and physics. You know it’s impossible for me to do them as well as my English.
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M: Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. So what have you bought for mom?
W: I had planned to buy a necklace or a pair of earrings, but they’re too expensive. So I bought her a coat instead.
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M: Hi, Jane, where are you going this holiday?
W: I planned to go traveling with my family to Dalian, but recently we changed our mind to go to Lijiang.
M: Great! You know I’ve been dreaming to go to Dali and Lijiang. Will you go by train or by car?
W: Neither, actually. We chose to go by plane. We went to a travel agency last month, and they would get everything ready. And we will set off next Monday.
M: Sounds wonderful. I’m sure you’ll have a good time and really enjoy yourselves.
W: Yes. I hope so.
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M: Why are you so unhappy?
W: I quarreled with Lily this morning.
M: What did you argue about?
W: She borrowed a book from me last week, and promised to return in two days. But she couldn’t find it when I ask for it back today.
M: Well, she shall return it to you on time.
W: Yes, but she got angry too quickly. Maybe she thought I did not trust her.
M: Do you need the book very urgently?
W: I have to finish my paper this weekend. So I need it to look for some information.
M: Well, talk to her about it tomorrow. She probably feels as bad about it as you do.
W: I guess you are right. I should apologize to her.
M: Of course, you should. Don’t let a silly argument ruin a long friendship.
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W: Have you finished your work? I want to go shopping. There are lots of things that we need to buy.
M: Well, my work is finished. It’s so hot outside. Why not shop online?
W: Good idea! Let’s make a list first. I need a T-shirt and a dress. You know I will go to Kate’s birthday party next week, and none of my dresses are suitable. Do you need anything? You said you would be on a business trip next week.
M: Oh, I think I need a pair of sunglasses.
W: OK, a pair of sunglasses. Oh, what will our son need during the summer camp? Do you have any idea?
M: You’d better ask him. Here he comes.
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M: How is the plan for our mother’s birthday party going?
W: Very well. We started organizing everything early to ensure the party run smoothly. The only thing that isn’t ready yet is the birthday cake.
M: When will that be ready?
W: I will be ready just on the day of her birthday to make sure it’s fresh.
M: Her birthday is in two weeks, so that should be OK. So everything has been well prepared.
W: Yes. What gift will you buy for her? I’ve bought her a coat and your brother Tom will buy her some flowers. Our daughter has made a card.
M: Oh, I’ve collected all the pictures of the family and I plan to make a photo album.
W: Wow, that will be a big surprise for mother!
M: Yes, so which restaurant will the party be held at?
W: The Palace Restaurant. They’ll take care of everything including the birthday cake. I’m sure they will do a good job.
M: Oh, yes. It’s an excellent restaurant. A friend of mine had a wedding ceremony there, and she said it was perfect, though very expensive.
W: Yes, but we think it will be worth it. The people there are all experienced.
M: I think you’ve made the right decision.
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Welcome to the Hong Kong Space Museum! Its construction began in 1977 and it was finished in October 1980. It aims to help the public to learn more about astronomy and space science. The unique egg-shaped roof made it one of the most famous landmarks in Hong Kong.
The museum consists of two wings — east and west. The former has an egg-shaped bend structure, beneath it are the Hall of Space Science, workshops and offices and so on. The west wing houses consist of the Hall of Astronomy, the Lecture Hall, the gift shop and offices. The museum is also the first museum in the world to possess a fully automatic control system. The museum has two thematic exhibition halls — the Hall of Space Science on the ground floor and the Hall of Astronomy on the first floor. The exhibits mainly interactive enable visitors to learn through a series of entertaining and educational experiences.
Last but not least, the museum organizes plenty of extension activities each year, including astronomy happy hours, astronomy competitions, lectures and astronomy film shows. You can find more information on the museum’s website. |
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发表于 2014-10-21 21:03:04
