江苏省盐城市五校2024-2025学年高二下学期5月期中英语试卷

这是一份江苏省盐城市五校2024-2025学年高二下学期5月期中英语试卷，共19页。试卷主要包含了5 分，满分 7，5分，满分37， 20 , r £31等内容，欢迎下载使用。
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。
Hw can the man imprve his article?
A. By deleting unnecessary wrds.
B. By adding a cuple f pints.
C. By crrecting grammar mistakes.
Hw much will the man pay?
$20.B. $80. C. $100.
3. What des the man d?
A. He is a tailr.B. He is a waiter. C. He is a shp assistant.
4. What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife.B. Manager and assistant. C. Driver and plicewman.
5. What are the speakers talking abut?
A.Ways f cking.
B. Healthy fd fr kids.
C. Kids helping in the kitchen.
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、7 题。
What did the wman eat last time in this restaurant?
Pizza.B. Spaghetti.C. Lasagna.
Why des the man rder the fish?
His clleague advised him t taste it.
The fish in the picture lks tasty.
He lves dishes made with fish.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
At a cllege. B. At Maria’s place. C. In a bkstre.
What is Maria’s majr?
French. B. Cmputer Science. C. Htel Management.
What des Dave d t cver his living csts?
He applies fr a schlarship.
He asks his parents fr mney.
He des a part-time jb.
听第8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
What subject d the speakers bth struggle with?
Physics.B. Bilgy. C. Chemistry.
Why can’t Alex jin the speakers’ study grup?
He has jined anther study grup.
He has t lk after his sick mther.
He is preparing fr a cmpetitin.
Which wrd best describes Owen?
Humrus.B. Bring.C. Patient.
听第9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
What’s the purpse f the activity?
T encurage peple t prtect animals.
T raise mney fr endangered animals.
T d research n animals fr cllege wrk.
Where did the man phtgraph the male bird?
In China. B. In India. C. In Vietnam.
What clr d the female birds’ bdies feature?
Brwn. B. Blue. C. White.
When will the speakers head back hme?
At 5:00 p.m.B. At 5:30 p.m. C. At 7:00 p.m.
听第10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
Hw many legs des the rbt guide dg have?
Three.B. Fur. C. Six.
Which f the fllwing challenges des China face?
The limited number f guide dgs.
The high cst f training guide dgs.
Difficulties in caring fr guide dgs.
What is Prfessr Ga’s pinin abut rbt guide dgs in the end?
The develpment f them is prmising.
The technlgy fr them is nt very advanced.
They can’t prvide gd service as traditinal nes d.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Dwn Huse, hme f Charles Darwin
Fun fact
Charles Darwin, his wife, Emma, and their children lived at Dwn Huse fr 40 years frm 1838. Several rms appear as if the family still live here: with crquet sets thrwn int an under-stairs cupbard, a half-played game f backgammn n a side table and Emma’s knitting (毛线) left n a chair in the drawing rm. Upstairs, an exhibitin shwcases Darwin’s vyage abard HMS Beagle, including a recnstructin f his cabin. Outside, visitrs can explre the sheltered gardens which Darwin used as an pen-air labratry, and the greenhuse in which he planted rare plants and devised btanical experiments.
N rm at Dwn Huse escaped Darwin’s experiments. In the drawing rm he nce placed a jar f earthwrms n the grand pian t see whether they culd hear.
Getting there
A 15-minute drive frm the A21/Farnbrugh. Free parking. The R8 bus frm Orpingtn stps nearby(except Sundays) r the 146 bus frm Brmley Nrth and Suth terminates (终点站) in Dwne village, half a mile frm the prperty. The nearest railway statins are Chelsfield r Orpingtn, abut fur miles away.
Value fr mney
It’s £12 (adult), £7. 20 (child), r £31. 30 (family with 2 adults). Under 5s g free.
Opening hurs
Open daily 10am-6pm frm 30 March t 30 September; daily 10am-5pm between 1 t 31 Octber. Opening times vary thrugh the winter (check website fr details).
Verdict (评价)
8/10. An unstuffy educatinal, gentle day-trip attractin with friendly, knwledgeable staff.
21. What can visitrs d in Dwn Huse?
A. Play the grand pian. B. Set sail in HMS Beagle.
C. Explre Darwin’s wrk and life. D. Try fd surced frm the garden.
22. Hw much wuld a cuple with their 4-year-ld twin sns pay fr admissin?
A. £38. 40. B. £26. 20. C. £31. 30. D. £24.
23. What d we knw abut Dwn Huse?
A. It charges parking fees. B. It is highly thught f.
C. It has fixed pening hurs. D. It is incnveniently lcated.
B
After their three children grew up and left hme, Margaret Thmpsn and her husband, Kenneth, stretched their legs tgether n walking hlidays in Switzerland. In Interlaken, year after year, they wuld head up the muntain and watch the paragliders (空中滑翔) launch themselves int the sky. Back in twn, in a large park, they watched them return t earth. “Sme day I’d lve t d that,” Thmpsn tld Kenneth.
But there was always s much t d in Interlaken. S she cntinued t watch the gliders take flight and land. Kenneth died in 2005. Eleven years later, and three decades after thse walking hlidays, Thmpsn finally tk t the skies herself, in a paraglider with an instructr. Thmpsn was 80.
Recently, Thmpsn heard frm an instructr that grwn men, when airbrne, smetimes cry and beg t be brught dwn. But what she remembers is “feeling free. Yu feel weightless. It’s quite windy. It blws yu arund. Yu sail alng and lk arund yu, and see all the ty huses dwn belw. Yu feel like yu are up in heaven smewhere there, watching everyne dwn belw.” Thirty years seems a lng time t hld n t a dream. “It was,” she says. Why did it take s lng? “I wanted t d it, but I felt smebdy shuld benefit frm it.” She did nt think f just enjying the experience? “I dn’t think s. There had t be a cause at the end f it all,” she says. With her first paraglide, she raised £1, 500 fr Mrfields eye hspital in Lndn, mst f it with the aid f scial clubs run by the Presbyterian church she regularly attends.
Is she scared f getting lder? “Fear? N. Peple say: ‘Isn’t getting ld awful?’ I say: ‘N. Yu are free t d mre things that yu want t d.”
Thmpsn felt n fear paragliding. “I mean, yu srt f say t yurself: ‘Well, if anything happens t me nw, I’m OK. Peple might wrry abut falling, it being the end f them. But that didn’t bther me at all. When it’s yur time, it’s yur time. N matter where yu are.”
24. Why didn’t Thmpsn take up paragliding after her children left hme?
A. She was engaged. B. She preferred walking.
C. She was afraid f heights. D. She had t tend her husband.
25. Hw did Thmpsn feel when airbrne?
A. She lst his directin. B. She was scared t death.
C. She regretted paragliding. D. She had a sense f freedm.
26. Why culd Thmpsn hld n t her dream fr three decades?
A. She wanted t make it meaningful.
B. She gt supprt frm scial clubs.
C. She hped t cntribute t the church.
D. She had a gd cause t experience fun.
27. What’s Thmpsn’s attitude twards falling?
A. Terrified. B. Helpless. C. Calm. D. Dubtful.
C
Earthquakes are amng the mst mysterius and terrifying natural disasters. While we can smetimes predict majr nes, thers strike withut warning, devastating cities and causing fires, landslides and tsunamis. With climate change leading t increased wildfires and hurricanes, culd it als make earthquakes mre cmmn?
The mst dangerus earthquakes are tectnic (地壳构造的) earthquakes, caused by the mvement f Earth’s tectnic plates. These plates shift abut 1.5 centimeters per year due t internal heat, building pressure until they suddenly mve, which releases energy and causes earthquakes.
Unlike ther disasters, it’s almst impssible t predict when earthquakes will happen, making planned evacuatins (疏散) next t impssible.
Unfrtunately, climate change culd make quakes happen clser tgether and with mre intensity, experts tld Live Science. With glbal warming, glaciers are melting at an increased rate. When melted glacier water flws ff land and int the sea, the land that used t sit underneath it rises, said Jhn Cassidy, an earthquake seismlgist at the Gelgical Survey f Canada and the University f Victria.
Mre cncerning than glacial-melt earthquakes are thse that culd be caused by an increase in sea level. As sea levels rise, pressure underwater n the seaflr als ges up, said Marc Bhnhff, a gephysicist at GFZ Helmhltz Centre Ptsdam and Free University Berlin in Germany. As water pressure spikes, the pressure n fault (断层) lines near the cast will als increase.
Even if we stpped using greenhuse gases nw, it wuld take up t 1,000 years fr sea level rise t stp, Bhnhff added. He predicts that ver that time, the gaps between big castal earthquakes will becme shrter.
Cassidy is uncertain if sea level rise will cause giant quakes t happen faster within ur lifetimes. He emphasized that climate change will make them mre dangerus. “It’s an imprtant tpic, and ne that I’m sure we’ll see a lt f infrmatin cming ut n in the cming mnths and years,” he said. “But n matter what we’ve discvered, it’s nt gd news.”
28. What des the article tell us abut tectnic earthquakes?
A. They are easier t predict than thers.
B. They happen mstly near castal areas.
C. They result frm the shifting f Earth’s plates.
D. They rarely lead t ther natural disasters.
29. What des the underlined wrd “it” in paragraph 4 refer t?
A. The land. B. The glacier. C. The quake. D. The sea.
30. What des Bhnhff imply?
A. Castal areas will be safer ver time.
B. Sea level rise will eventually stabilize.
C. Human actins have lng-term effects.
D. Earthquakes will becme mre predictable.
31. What is Cassidy’s attitude tward the future impact f climate change n earthquakes?
A. Hpeful. B. Cncerned. C. Uncaring. D. Skeptical.
D
NASA astrnauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmre finally returned n March 19, having endured a nine-mnth wait n the Internatinal Space Statin fr a rescue missin t be rganized. Seeing the difficulties the US gvernment had in rescuing the astrnauts, law experts are nw questining wh wuld be respnsible if privately-run space missins g wrng.
Accrding t the United Natins (UN), internatinal space law dates back t the 1960s. At that time, space explratin was led by gvernments and mstly invlved the US and the Sviet Unin. Private cmpanies ging int space were nt cnsidered pssible and s were nt clearly included in internatinal law, wrte Anna Brennan, a researcher at the University f Waikat in New Zealand, n The Cnversatin.
Hwever, the cmmercial space industry has grwn quickly in recent years. The Wrld Ecnmic Frum said that by 2035, the space ecnmy is expected t reach 1.8 trillin dllars (arund 13 trillin yuan), rising frm 630 billin dllars in 2023 and grwing faster than glbal GDP. By the end f February, the US cmpany Blue Origin had launched 52 civilians int space. SpaceX’s Crew Dragn spacecraft is als designed t allw civilians with little training t travel t space, said Eurnews.
These changes have revealed legal gaps. One significant issue lies in the wrding. As nted in an article published in Khalifa University Science and Tech Review, the UN Outer Space Treaty (OST) and the related Rescue Agreement f 1968 state that, in emergencies, all cuntries are respnsible fr rescuing “astrnauts”. In cntrast, internatinal maritime law uses the brader term “persns”, rather than specific wrds like “sailrs”.
This difference creates a gray area because it means civilians n private space missins are nt technically cvered by the universal rescue bligatin, said the article. Althugh the 1979 Mn Treaty cnsiders anyne n the mn an astrnaut, nne f the few cuntries with independent crewed launch capabilities (i.e. the US, Russia and China) have signed this treaty. This reduces the treaty’s relevance, the article further explained.
Even in the US, the meaning f “astrnaut” changes between agencies, reprted NBC News. NASA requires a persn t meet several standards, including finishing serius training, t earn the title. But the Federal Aviatin Administratin (FAA, 美国联邦航空管理局) accepts anyne wh flies abve 80 kilmeters n an FAA-licensed spacecraft.
Experts are calling fr a brader definitin f “astrnaut”, said New Scientist. Brennan als nted n The Cnversatin that space law must find a balance between keeping peple safe and allwing space businesses t grw.
32. Hw des the authr intrduce the tpic f the passage?
A. By interviewing tw astrnauts.
B. By quting well-knwn experts.
C. By discussing an internatinal space law.
D. By describing a recent return frm space.
33. Why were private space cmpanies nt clearly included in internatinal space law?
A. They shwed n interest in space travel.
B. They refused t fllw space regulatins.
C. The UN didn’t recgnize private space flights.
D. They were seen as being unable t g t space.
34. What d the underlined wrds “a gray area” in paragraph 5 refer t?
A. The unclear legal status f space turists.
B. The dangerus cnditins f space travel.
C. The training requirements fr space travel.
D. The financial risks f cmmercial spaceflight.
35. What des Anna Brennan suggest abut space law?
A. It shuld redefine the wrd “astrnaut”.
B. It shuld adpt maritime rescue law t fr space.
C. It shuld prtect peple and supprt space businesses.
D. It shuld restrict private spaceflights fr safety reasns.
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。
Wrkplace recgnitin is a pwerful way f making emplyees feel valued and enhancing their perfrmance. 36
Make peple feel valued
Emplyees want t knw that they are making a difference in what they d — big r small— and wrkplace recgnitin can make a cnsiderable difference. 37 One f them fcused n the impact f letters f appreciatin. The letters rughly read: Yur cntinued dedicatin and hard wrk make children and families in the regin better ff every day. Appreciatin can greatly imprve mrale (士气).
Imprve emplyees’ retentin (保留)
38 Nt nly des this bst their cnfidence, but it als helps imprve yur cmpany’s retentin rate and secure tp talent. It is predicted that replacing a salaried wrker csts 6-9 mnths f the psitin’s annual wages.
Bst mtivatin and prductivity
A study fund that emplyee engagement, prductivity, and perfrmance are 14% higher in rganizatins with a specific recgnitin prgramme in place. 39 It means that yur team is mre present in their day-t-day rles, they prduce ptimal wrk quality and feel persnally cnnected t the cmpany and the wrk they d fr its grwth. Ultimately, wrkplace recgnitin leads t happy, driven, and prductive wrkers.
Imprve emplyees’ well-being
It’s cmmn fr businesses f all sizes t experience stressful perids. 40 Especially when yur team is small and the wrklad high, peple can feel extensive burnut and stress, leading t time ff wrk. Gratitude increases ur psitive emtins, like happiness, making us mre resilient against future stress.
Hw des this benefit the rganizatins?
What exactly des this mean fr businesses?
Here are sme tips n securing wrkplace recgnitin.
When yur wrkers are happy, they’re less likely t leave.
The Harvard Business Review cnducted a series f studies n wrkplace mrale.
But small cmpanies and start-ups require mre wrk and attentin t develp.
Here are the benefits f wrkplace recgnitin fr bth emplyers and emplyees.
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Camping is a rite f passage (成人仪式) if yu grw up in Canada. It’s a child’s first 41 f what living in the wild really means. But grwing up as an immigrant frm India, I thught it was 42 .
Then I 43 26 and started trying new things. I had been 44 mental health issues fr quite sme time and I discvered being ut in nature helped me calm dwn. 45 , I decided t try camping.
Then I verheard a(n) 46 between my father and mther. “Why des she have t d this? Desn’t she knw she can just stay at hme?” my father asked. “This is what Canadian kids d, it’s kay, she’ll be fine!” my mm 47 . My parents had n 48 in me surviving ne night in the wild.
My friends and I 49 ur campsite in the wds. As the day went n, we ate, played by the water and met ur camping neighbrs. Time felt like it 50 ; life felt gentler and easier. As the day turned int night, the stars came ut and I was amazed by all the 51 lights abve me. Mrning came. I didn’t even realize I was 52 t leave until we started packing everything up.
I wasn’t just leaving, having accmplished smething I 53 thught I wuld d. I was leaving with a real sense f cmmunity, a real sense f 54 fr what the great utdrs had t ffer, and a cmpletely different 55 t an activity that I had thught strange fr s many years.
41. A. attempt B. prpsal C. tasteD. target
42. A. dd B. amazing C. rugh D.awkward
43. A. grew B. bserved C. recalledD. turned
44. A. invlving B. experiencing C. survivingD. abandning
45. A. Overall B. MreverC. Therefre D. Smehw
46. A. argument B. debate C. cnversatinD. quarrel
47. A. insistedB. explained C. prayedD. interrupted
48. A. faithB. mercyC. empathyD. preference
49. A. beat dwn B. drew nC. rse t D. set up
50. A. sht upB. brke utC. slwed dwnD. put ff
51. A. swingingB. buncingC. rllingD. twinkling
52. A. curiusB. upset C. enthusiasticD. desperate
53. A. cnstantlyB. ultimatelyC. merely D. barely
54. A. appreciatinB. fundatinC. reslutinD. recgnitin
55. A. cntrastB. pririty C. expsure D. attitude
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(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
In ancient Chinese mythlgy, the tale f Hu Yi shting the sun is 56. _______ well-knwn legend. Legend has it 57._______ there were nce ten suns in the sky, scrching the earth and causing great suffering. T save the peple wh were struggling under the 58.________(mercy) heat, the skilled archer Hu Yi was chsen t sht dwn nine f the suns with his bw and arrw, bringing relief t the wrld. 59.______ a reward fr his heric deeds, he was given the elixir, 60.________ was said t grant eternal life t whever drank it. Hwever, 61._______ (face) with a chice between eternal life and lve, he chse t remain n earth with his belved wife, Chang’e. Tragedy 62.______(strike) when Hu Yi’s apprentice attempted t steal the elixir. In a mment f 63._______(desperate), Chang’e cnsumed the ptin and ascended t the mn, becming the gddess assciated with the lunar sphere.
The stry f Hu Yi shting the sun 64._______(symbl) curage, sacrifice, and the enduring pwer f lve, and is celebrated during the Mid-Autumn Festival as a reminder f their eternal bnd, a legend that has been passed dwn thrugh generatins 65.__________ (inspire) curage and devtin.
写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 （满分15分）
假设你校将举办一场题为“扛起责任，做时代的脊梁”的英语演讲比赛，你报名参加了此次比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿，包含以下要点：
1. 承当责任的重要性； 2. 如何承担责任。
注意：
1. 词数 80 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Distinguished judges and dear fellw students,
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Thank yu very much fr yur attentin!
第二节 (满分25分)
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Early ne cld Nvember mrning, my mther dressed me in thick clthes. “Nw cme utside with me,” she said. Once utside, she handed me a brwn paper bag that held smething that smelled like wet dirt. “We need t plant bulbs befre the first hard freeze. I have already dug the hles,” she said. “S take each bulb frm the bag, drp it in the hle, and then gently push the dirt back int the hle cvering the bulb—like s.”
I pened the bag. “These bulbs are ugly and lk dead!”
“Yu’re right. They’re nt at all pretty. But they’re nt dead; they’re just sleeping until spring.”
“And all the bulbs lk alike,” I cntinued. “Hw d we knw what they’ll lk like next spring?”
“We wn’t knw fr sure until spring, but that’s the jy f gardening. We’ll just have t be patient.”
All winter lng I hped that the flwers wuld blm sme day.
One day in late April, I fund sme pink pushing up thrugh the grund. My mther was excited when I shwed her. “Perfect!” she said. “They’ll be ready at just the right time.”
A few days later, she tk me t the lcal stre where she gathered up clred paper, clred ribbns, and all the baskets n sale. “Okay, nw we’re ready t make May baskets.”
“May baskets? What are May baskets?”
“They are small baskets filled with fresh flwers and secretly left at smene’s frnt dr.” Her eyes shne with delight. “S when we get hme we’ll cut the flwers that are blming in the garden t make May baskets. Then tmrrw, May first, we’ll get up early and take them t ur neighbrs. Desn’t that sund like fun?”
“But I waited all winter fr the flwers t blm, and they’re s beautiful. And... and... I thught we wuld keep them frever,” I said, clse t tears.
“I knw yu’re disappinted, sweetie, but flwers—like kindness—are meant t be shared. Their beauty is nt urs t keep. Yu understand?” my mther replied in a tender vice.
注意：
续写词数应为 150 左右；
请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
“N! I dn’t understand. I want t keep the flwers.” I prtested.________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Shrtly after dawn the next mrning, we began ur jurney thrugh the neighbrhd._______
高二英语参考答案
听力ABAAB BCBBC ABCAB ABCAA
阅读 CDB ADAC CBCB DDAC
七选五GEDBF
完形 CADBC CBADC DBDAD
语篇填空
a 57. that 58. merciless 59. As 60. which
61. faced 62. struck 63. desperatin 64. symblizes 65. t inspire
应用文
Distinguished judges and dear fellw students,
Respnsibility is f utmst significance, which is nt a weight that burdens us, but rather a fundatin which will supprt ur future develpment and better the develpment f sciety.
Thse wh assume their respnsibilities can cntribute psitively. Fr instance, medical wrkers, wh shulder the respnsibility f saving lives, have prtected public health. As students, studying hard t equip urselves is a must. By acquiring knwledge, it’s mre likely fr us t make great cntributins t ur cuntry in the future. Mrever, caring abut thers and participating in vlunteer wrk als cunt. Only when we take n respnsibilities actively can we becme the backbne f ur era.
Thank yu very much fr yur attentin! (113)
读后续写
“N! I dn’t understand. I want t keep the flwers frever.” I prtested. Nticing my bvius reluctance, Mm knelt dwn and petted my face, “I knw yu d, sweetie. But in the end, yu’ll understand that every drp f kindness yu give away returns t yu in anther way. Just wait and see.” S later that afternn, we cut mst f the flwers frm the garden, tied them with clred ribbns, wrapped them in clred paper, and then placed them in the refrigeratr t keep them fresh vernight. Afterward, I headed t bed, but all night the uneasiness f lsing thse beautiful flwers gripped my heart, making it hard fr me t fall asleep.
Shrtly after dawn the next mrning, we began ur jurney thrugh the neighbrhd. At each huse, we hid behind ur neighbrs’ bushes. I ran t the frnt dr, left the basket and then rang the drbell, giggling as I ran fr cver. When I saw ur neighbrs’ faces cracked int delighted smiles because f thse annymus May baskets, a surge f pride and happiness flded in waves. My mther was right—every drp f kindness yu give away returns t yu in anther way.
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M: Ms. Miller, culd yu tell me hw I can imprve this article? I gt a B plus.
W: It’s quite gd, actually. The language use is gd and the main pints are cvered. There’s just t much repetitin. Yu culd have said everything within tw pages.
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M: Hw much is that in ttal?
W: $100. But if yu have a membership card, I can give yu a 20% discunt.
M: Great, this is my membership card.
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M: Gd mrning, madam. What can I d fr yu?
W: Well, the sleeves f this jacket are t lng. Can yu make them shrter?
M:Let me take a lk. Okay, I can d it fr 20 dllars.
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W: Slw dwn, Jasn. Yu’re driving t fast. It’s dangerus.
M: Srry, dear. But I’m ging t be late fr wrk. My manager will be mad at me.
W:Well, maybe I shuld wake yu up earlier tmrrw mrning.
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M: D yu ften ask yur kid t help in the kitchen?
W:Yeah, Sarah enjys puring, mixing and serving her creatins t family members.
M: Gd. Accrding t an article I’ve just read, that encurages healthy eating in kids.
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M: Let me see the menu.Well, the spaghetti in the picture lks gd.
W: It is! I had it the last time I was in this restaurant.
M: But I just had sme spaghetti yesterday. Hw is the pizza?
W: I haven’t tasted this dish here befre. And I’ll try the lasagna this time.
M: The pizza in the picture lks really tasty. I’ll rder ne.
W: OK. Well. I knw yu lve fish. I heard frm my clleague that the fish here is delicius. D yu want ne?
M: Yes! I enjy any dish made with fish!
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W: Oh, hi, Dave! What have brught yu here?
M: Hi, Maria. I was in the neighbrhd and thught I’d stp by t say hell.
W: It’s great t see yu! Cme n in and have a seat. Hw have yu been? Hw’s cllege treating yu?
M: It’s been ging well. I’m majring in Htel Management. Hw abut yu?
W: I initially wanted t majr in French, but I realized it might be difficult t find a jb with a degree in that majr. Therefre, I finally chse Cmputer Science. With the right skills, it shuld be easier t find a jb in the technlgy industry.
M: That sunds like a wise decisin. Actually, I’m wrking part-time in a bkstre near my cllege. I haven’t asked my parents fr mney since I started cllege.
W:Really? That’s impressive.
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M: Emma, with exams cming up, I think we shuld frm a study grup and review tgether.
W: That’s a great idea, Jack.
M: I’m gd at chemistry but struggle with bilgy and physics. Yu’re gd at bilgy but need help with physics and chemistry. Let’s start by dividing the subjects.
W: Okay. I can help yu with bilgy, and yu can help me with chemistry.
M: Yes. We shuld ask smene wh is gd at physics t jin us.
W: Agreed. Miles, Lucas and Alex are all gd at it. I am thinking f asking Alex. He gets tp marks in physics every time.
M: But his mther is ill. He has t take care f his mther after schl. Miles and Lucas have been busy preparing fr a physics cmpetitin these days. Ah, hw abut Owen? He is nt nly gd at physics but als a great explainer. He is never tired f explaining hw t slve prblems.
W: That’s true. I’ll ask Owen right nw.
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W: Thanks fr inviting me tday. I’ve never tried bird-watching befre. I thught it wuld be bring. But I actually really like it. It’s s calm and peaceful.
M: Well, we rganize this activity t call n peple t prtect the animals that live with us. Many birds are endangered nw.
W: What yu are ding is meaningful. Lk, here is a beautiful bird. What is it called?
M: It’s a white-tailed flycatcher (白尾蓝仙鹤).
W: Are they very unusual?
M: Nt really. But yu dn’t see many in this part f China. They’re quite cmmn in Vietnam, thugh.
W: Have yu ever seen ne befre?
M: I’ve seen a male. I tk a bus tur thrugh India befre I went t cllege, and I managed t phtgraph it.
W: Ww, cl!
M: But I’d lve t see a female. They’re much harder t see because their bdies are light brwn. The males are bright blue. Oh! It’s 5:00 p.m. nw, and I prmised I’d be hme befre 7:00 p.m.
W: I can give yu a lift, s yu dn’t need t wait fr a bus. Hw abut staying fr anther 30 minutes, and then head hme?
M: Gd plan. Thanks.
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W: Researchers in Shanghai are develping a rbt guide dg that culd help blind peple. The rbt is currently being tested in Shanghai and uses AI t recgnize vices, plan ways and identify traffic lights. It has six legs instead f fur because the extra legs make it mre stable, making its mvements smther. Prfessr Ga Feng, the head f the research team, is develping the rbt at Shanghai Jia Tng University. “When three legs are lifted, there are still three legs. It is the mst stable shape," he said. China has a big shrtage f traditinal guide dgs. Pet wnership and service animals are relatively new cncepts in the cuntry. Many wrkplaces and public areas d nt welcme a usual service dg like a Labradr. The supply f real guide dgs is limited by training needs. Ga said the prductin f rbt guide dgs culd be increased t an industrial level. There culd be a large market fr his rbt dgs. “There might be tens f millins f peple in the wrld wh need rbt guide dgs,” he added.