山东烟台福山一中2005-2006学年度第一学期期末考试
高三英语试题
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,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你有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 has the man bought for his wife?
A. Tennis shoes. B. Music records. C. Nothing yet.
2. Who do you think the man is?
A. A seller. B. A writer. C. A publisher.
3. What is the weather like now?
A. Windy. B. Foggy. C. Sunny.
4. Why was the man late this morning?
A. He was too tired.
B. He got up late.
C. He didn”t have an alarm clock.
5. Where are the English teachers meeting?
A. In the teachers” office. B. In the reading-room. C. In
the meeting-room.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面五段对话或独白。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、7题。
6. What kind of room does the man want?
A. A single room.
B. A double room.
C. A single room without bathroom.
7. When will the man leave the hotel?
A. On June 11th. B. On June 14th. C. On June 15th.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. What”s the relationship between the man and the lady in
his car?
A. Husband and wife. B. Driver and passenger. C. Doctor and
patient.
9. What is the trouble with the woman in the car?
A. She is going to give birth.
B. She is suffering from some disease.
C. She was hurt in an accident.
10. Where is the man now?
A. At the hospital nearby.
B. In the Washington Tunnel.
C. On the Lincoln Expressway.
听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11. How long has the man been ill?
A. Since Friday. B. Since Saturday. C. Since Sunday.
12. How should the man take the medicine?
A. Twice a day after meals.
B. Three times a day after meals.
C. Three times a day before meals.
13. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Go to a dance. B. See the doctor again. C. Drink some
special tea.
听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。
14. Why does the man mention the restaurant?
A. Because he”ll work there.
B. Because he”ll eat there.
C. Because he”ll visit his uncle there.
15. Where will the woman be working during July?
A. In the lab. B. On a boat. C. On the shore.
16. What can we infer about the town in July?
A. Quiet. B. Hot. C. Crowded.
17. Why does the man ask the woman to call him tomorrow?
A. To tell her a phone number.
B. To know her phone number.
C. To know her decision.
听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。
18. What does the speaker talk about?
A. Happy shopping.
B. Shopping for a camera.
C. Shopping on the Internet.
19. What advice does the speaker give online shoppers?
A. Be careful with the prices.
B. Be careful with the advertisements.
C. Never trust the advertisements.
20. How does the speaker like online shopping?
A. Popular and practical.
B. Convenient and time-saving.
C. Happy and interesting.
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. I”d rather have a room of my own, however small it is,
than ________ a room with someone else.
A. to share B. to have shared C. share D. sharing
22. He is always so dreamy! It”s time for us to bring him
back to ________.
A. practice B. reality C. life D. society
23. My daughter got the job I dreamed about. Never in all
my life ________ so happy.
A. I had felt B. I felt C. did I feel D. had I felt
24. �Look, the rubbish hill is growing higher every
day.
�Don”t worry, something ________ about it.
A. will be done B. is done C. has been done D. is to do
25. He ________ a better university, but at the time, his
family was not well off.
A. might choose B. might have chosen
C. had to chose D. must have chosen
26. The education of ________ young is always _______ hot
and serious topic.
A. 不填;a B. a;the C. the;不填 D. the;a
27. ________ Tom was worried seemed obvious to everyone
present at the meeting.
A. Which B. What C. How D. That
28. �How come a simple meal like this costs so much?
�We have ________ in your bill the cost of the cup
you broke just now.
A. included B. paid C. contained D. offered
29. A good storyteller should be able to hold his listeners”
attention ________ he reaches the end of the story.
A. when B. after C. unless D. until
30. �Is that the village you often talk about?
�Yeah, just the one, you know, ________ I spent my
childhood.
A. which B. where C. that D. what
31. Women used to be thought of as the “weaker sex” and
________ men who held the important position in the society.
A. they were B. there were C. it was D. so were
32. Our son doesn”t know what to ________ at the
university; he can”t make up his mind about his future.
A. take up B. take in C. take after D. take over
33. We can get more and more information from the World
Wide Web, ________ as 3W.
A. to be known B. being known C. knowing D. known
34. Jack has been fortunate enough to find a job he is
interested in, and ________, he has a good salary from it.
A. sooner or later B. what”s more C. as a result D. more or
less
35. �What do you want to do next? We have half an
hour before the supper time.
�_________. Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
A. It just depends B. It”s up to you
C. All right D. Glad to hear that
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。
Both Albert Einstein and Charles Dickens had mental
illness. The artist Van Gogh cut off his ear after years of depression. It
seems that great artists and scientists often 36 mental problems. Now 37
have started to look at whether mental illness and genius(天才)are 38 .
Dr. Adele Juda studied 5,000 39 people in Germany.
She found there were more people with mental illness in this group than in the 40
population. 41 had the highest rate of mental illness (50 per cent),
42 by musicians (38 per cent), with lower numbers for painters and
architects (17-20 per cent). The 43 rate of mental illness in the
population is 6 per cent.
Other scientists did research which also 44 a strong
link between mental problems and creativity. But, it did nothing to 45 it.
Dr. Ruth Richards of Harvard University made a
breakthrough. 46 studying creative people, she took a group of
psychiatric(精神病的)patients and 47 them for creativity. The patients got
much 48 scores than a normal group.
Also, the study showed the patients” close relatives were 49
creative. This 50 that the key to the link between creativity and
mental illness is in our genes(基因).
But this is a problem. As mental illness is 51 , why
should its genes survive in at least 6 per cent of the population? Some
scientists believe that evolution(进化)has created a balance, where the madness
of a few people 52 the development of the whole human race.
Geniuses may be mad, bad or just difficult to 53 ,
but their discoveries have 54 the world we live in. It seems that a
little creative madness is 55 for us all.
36. A. prevent from B. suffer from C. prefer to D. tend to
37. A. doctors B. professors C. scientists D. patients
38. A. mixed B. separated C. divided D. linked
39. A. creative B. mad C. clever D. famous
40. A. large B. other C. special D. general
41. A. Peasants B. Poets C. Teachers D. Workers
42. A. followed B. compared C. found D. inspired
43. A. usual B. lowest C. average D. former
44. A. founded B. picked C. showed D. proved
45. A. break B. connect C. protect D. explain
46. A. Without B. Instead of C. Together with D. Soon after
47. A. searched B. asked C. required D. tested
48. A. lower B. fewer C. higher D. better
49. A. less B. not C. 不填 D. more
50. A. suggests B. tells C. says D. infers
51. A. helpful B. harmful C. useless D. dangerous
52. A. leads to B. stops C. starts D. slows down
53. A. get B. control C. understand D. learn
54. A. influenced B. puzzled C. decided D. improved
55. A. good B. harmful C. unavoidable D. favourite
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
HARBIN: The toxic slick(有毒浮游物)that has caused trouble to
the Songhua River since November 13 was expected to enter overnight the Heilong
River, the border river between China and Russia, according to sources from
Heilongjiang Province Environment Protection Bureau.
Experts from both countries have formally begun testing
water on both sides of the river. China and Russia signed an agreement to
co-operate in examing the water of the Heilong River (called Amur in Russia),
as the borderline lies in the middle of the river. Altogether six water checking
places are expected to be set along the river, according to the Bureau.
Yesterday, experts from both countries conducted three
water tests at a checking place near Nizhneleninskoye, a port city in Russia”s
Jewish Autonomous Region. Experts drilled ice holes on both sides of the river
and checked the results separately. No poisonous chemicals were found, but the
Bureau estimated(估计)the front of the polluted water had yet to arrive. Experts
from both countries have agreed to increase the checking times to eight times a
day from today.
The toxic slick was caused by a chemical plant blast(爆炸)on
November 13 in Jilin City, Jilin Province, in the upper reaches of the Songhua,
which led to the spillage(溢出)of some 100 tons of benzene(苯)and other chemicals
into the river. It has disturbed the normal life of millions of residents
living along the river.
The concentration of the toxic chemicals in the slick has
declined(降低)sharply since the spill, and is expected to be further diluted(稀释)when
it flows into the Heilong River, Zhou Shengxian, director of the State
Environment Protection Administration said earlier this week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin noted China”s efforts in
controlling the toxic slick and said the incident “should not harm bilateral
relations” after discussing it with Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the
first Russia-ASEAN summit on Monday.
56. The purpose of signing an agreement between China and
Russia is to ________.
A. guide three water tests at a checking place near
Nizhneleninskoye
B. drill ice holes on both sides of the river and check the
results separately
C. check whether the Heilong River is polluted or not
D. make sure the toxic chemicals in the slick has declined
57. Experts from both countries agreed to increase the
checking times ________.
A. so that they could prevent the polluted water arriving
B. in order to find out poisonous chemicals in Heilongjiang
River in time
C. after poisonous chemicals were found in the Heilong
River
D. because the front of the water had not arrived
58. Which of the following would be the best title for the
passage?
A. Experts began testing water of the border river.
B. Toxic slick has caused trouble to the Songhua River.
C. How to prevent water pollution in the Heilong River.
D. Take care of the border river.
59. What can we learn from the underlined words “should not
harm bilateral relations” in the last paragraph?
A. Putin doesn”t want to hurt feelings of Russia.
B. The incident would destroy the relations between China
and Russia.
C. The two countries won”t get in touch with each other
again.
D. The relations between two countries won”t be harmed by
the incident.
B
Stonehenge
Feel the ancient power and mystery of one of the great
wonders of the world, created over 5,000 years ago and preserved today as a
World Heritage Site (遗产).
Down House�Home of Charles Darwin
Discover the home of the man who revolutionized(改革)the way
we think about the origins of mankind.
Tintagel Castle
Visit one of the England”s most wonderful coastlines and
explore the rugged beauty of King Arthur”s birthplace.
Osborne House
Don”t miss Queen Victoria”s beloved seaside house and gain
insight into the private life of Britain”s longest reigning monarch(君主).
Brodsworth Hall
Step straight into the Victorian age, and you can
experience the “live-in” charm of the house called “Britain”s best historic
property”.
Hadrian”s Wall
Famous cast-to-coast monument, now a World Heritage Site,
built by the Roman emperor Hadrian and set in magnificent wild countryside.
60. If you are very much interested in the life of
Britain”s monarch, you will probably arrange a trip to ________.
A. Osborne House B. Tintagel Castle
C. Hadrian”s Wall D. Stonehenge
61. If your friend wants to spend his holiday by the
seaside, you suggest he go to ________.
A. Down House B. Stonehenge
C. Hadrian”s Wall D. Bordsworth Hall
62. Which of the following is true according to the
passage?
A. Hadrian set up magnificent wild countryside.
B. Down House is King Arthur”s birth-place.
C. Charles Darwin changed the way we think about the origin
of mankind.
D. Tintagel Castle is the best historic property.
63. Who built the Stonehenge?
A. An unknown Roman emperor.
B. Some ancient people many years ago.
C. Some people 500 years ago.
D. People in Victorian age.
C
While Chinese students are enjoying the arrival of a new
clothes collection in the shops for the autumn, teenagers in the European Union
(EU) may feel disappointed. Many of their new clothes from China were stopped
at customs, waiting for permission to enter.
“We still don”t have enough varieties of autumn clothes,
such as blouses and trousers,” said Poul Lauersen, a top official at the
Bestseller, the biggest textile(纺织品)company in Denmark. “This year there may
not be any clothing under the Christmas trees,” he warned.
But last Monday there was good news. A trade agreement was
reached between the EU trade commission and China. According to the agreement,
the two sides will make a great effort to get more clothes into Europe this year,
in order to solve clothes shortages for the autumn.
The trade dispute(争议)was started after there was confusion
over the textile quotas(配额)set by the EU trade commission. The quotas are meant
to protect European textile-making factories from the threat of cheap Chinese
goods.
Meanwhile, many European traders were worrying a lot about
their losses caused by the dispute. “Most of us have paid for these Chinese
clothes, but now it seems like money down the drain(下水道),”said a
businessman in Britain.
“Considering the interests of EU importers, we decided to
give a hand to reduce the losses,” said Bo Xilai, China”s Minister of Commerce.
Chinese textiles are much cheaper than those produced by
European factories because of the low labour cost. So both European traders and
consumers favour them.
However, many experts welcomed this agreement with
reservations(保留). Digby Jones, a British official, said that to allow more
goods to enter for just this year is not the real answer to the problem.
He suggested that the EU should allow freer entrance for
Chinese goods and urged EU producers to adapt to the competition.
64. Many new clothes from China were stopped at the customs
because ________.
A. there is a fixed quota for the import of Chinese clothes
set by the EU trade commission
B. Chinese clothes are of poor quality
C. European customers do not like Chinese clothes
D. the EU trade commission intends to sell more European
clothes to China
65. Chinese clothes are generally cheaper because
_________.
A. they are of poor quality B. they cost less to make
C. they cost less to transport D. they are not fashionable
for Europeans
66. What does the underlined phrase “money down the drain”
mean?
A. The money is stolen. B. It is hard to get the money
back.
C. The money is hard to make D. The money is washed away
67. It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that
allowing more Chinese goods into Europe _________.
A. will certainly benefit EU producers
B. will increase sales of European goods
C. will make the competition more fierce(激烈)
D. can never solve the clothes shortages in Europe
D
“Helping survivors of the earthquake and killer waves in
the Indian Ocean last week is a race against time,” says Kofi Annan, the United
Nations secretary-general.
The concern about offers of international aid is based on
history. Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large
measure on our interpersonal relationships. One strength of the human condition
is our aim to give and receive support from one another under stressful
surroundings. Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people
based on their interpersonal ties.
Those of us with strong support systems appear better able
to deal with major life changes and daily problems. People with strong social
ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies
over a range of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, show that the
presence of social support helps prevent illness, and the absence of such
support makes poor health more likely.
Social support cushions stress in a number of ways.
First, friends, relatives, and coworkers may let us know that they value us.
Our self-respect is strengthened when we are popular with others despite our
faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with
informational support. They help us to notice and understand our problems and
find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship
supportive. Engaging in leis-ure-time activities with others helps us to meet
our social needs while at the same time distracting(转移注意力)us from our worries
and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support: a
financial aid, material resources, and needed services�that reduces stress
by helping us deal with our problems.
68. According to the passage we know that people”s physical
and mental health ________.
A. depends on their relationships supporting them
B. has much to do with the amount of support they get from
others
C. depends on how to deal with daily worries and troubles
D. is related to their strength for dealing with major
changes in their lives
69. What does “cushion” refer to in the third paragraph?
A. does away with B. adds to
C. reduces the effect of D. forms
70. Offering money to a helpless person is an example of
________.
A. instrumental support
B. informational support
C. social ties
D. one”s self-respect of being strengthened
71. From the passage we make a conclusion that social
companionship can ________.
A. make our leisure-time activities more enjoyable
B. enable us to get rid of our faults and mistakes
C. draw our attention away from our worries and troubles
D. help strengthen our ties with relatives
E
As strong north winds tear down the autumn leaves and you
walk as fast as you can back to your warm home, you may feel this is the
coldest weather this winter has seen so far.
In Beijing, December 4 was the coldest day seen in December
in the past 50 years. In Northeast China, the first snows came to many cities.
Strong winds, dropping mercury(水银)and snowstorms are all
the results of a strong cold front. A cold front marks the boundary(分界线)where
cold air is replacing warm air. On a weather map, cold fronts are drawn as a
solid blue line with triangles. These triangles point in the direction of air
movement. Typically, warmer, more humid air is found in advance of a cold
front, while colder, drier air is behind it. So after a cold front hits, the
weather will be dry and clear.
Usually in China, cold fronts come from two directions. In
the past two weeks the cold front swept from the north to the southeast across
China. The front formed in the Arctic blew across Siberia in Russia and arrived
in China.
It lowered temperatures by an average 8�10 degrees
Centigrade in the northern half of China over the past week and will lower the
temperatures by an average of 6�8 degrees Centigrade in the southern
part this week, according to the Beijing-based Central Meteorological Station.
For many provinces in southern China, winter is finally arriving.
Cold fronts also arrive from Kazakhstan in the northwestern
Xinjiang Uirgur Autonomous Region in winter. A weak cold front from that
direction brought some snow to Xinjiang and other northwest provinces last
weekend.
But weather movements are not all cold. A warm front marks
the region where warm air replaces cold air. An average warm front arrives more
gently than a typical cold front. In China, warm fronts usually come in spring
from the east and southeast. They often bring rains and change the wind
direction from northwest to southeast.
72. The passage is mainly about _________.
A. the arrival of winter
B. the cause of sudden changes in weather
C. weather movement
D. what brings about winter
73. A typical cold front _________.
A. is like triangles moving in certain directions
B. only comes from the north
C. is stronger than an average warm front
D. brings snow and wind
74. The direct cause of a sharp drop in temperature is
__________.
A. a cold front B. cold air from the Arctic
C. cold air from Kazakhstan D. a strong north wind
75. We can infer from the passage that __________.
A. a front forms where cold air meets warm air, with either
of them stronger
B. warm fronts always follow cold fronts
C. December 4 is the coldest day in Beijing in the past 50
years
D. two cold fronts hit Beijing in the past two weeks
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:
此行多一个词: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。
此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
此行错一个词:在错用词下划一横线,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。
Australia and New Zealand are alike in many ways and 76.
____________
there are also some difference between them. The two 77.
____________
countries are all located in the South Pacific. Australia
78. ____________
consist of two islands, with a population of about 79.
____________
20 million. English is it”s official language. There are
80. ____________
a large number of sheep in Australia. As result, the wool
81. ____________
industry is very important. As Australia, New Zealand is
also 82. ____________
made up of two islands. Most people there speak in English.
83. ____________
The sheep industry is just as important. It had a
population 84. ____________
Of 4.5 million, which is smaller than it of Australia. 85.
____________
第二节:书面表达(满分25分)
作为中学生,请以How to Get on with Our Parents为题,从以下几个方面写一篇短文。
1. 相同的的问题:父母对我们什么都要管。
2. 父母总是什么都担心,他们的目的是为了让我们健康幸福地成长。
3. 解决问题的办法:我们理解父母,也让父母理解我们。
注意:
1. 词数:100左右。
2. 可适当增加内容细节,使全文连贯。
3. 开头已经给出。
How to Get on
with Our Parents
As middle school students,
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高三英语参考答案
1�5 CABBC 6�10 ACBAC 11�15 CBCAB 16�20
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21�25 CBCAB 26�30 DDADB 31�35 CADBB 36�40
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41�45 BACCD 46�50 BDCDA 51�55 BACDA 56�60
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61�65 CCBAB 66�70 BCBCA 71�75 CBCAA
76. √ 77. difference→differences
78. all→both 79. consist→consists
80. it”s→its 81. result前加a
82. As→Like 83. 去掉in
84. had→has 85. it→that
How to Get on
with Our Parents
As middle school students,
we often have the same problem. Our parents care for everything we do. They
always tell us what we should do. And they always stop us doing what we like to
do.
However, as parents, they have to worry about things for
us. From the time we were born, they worry about what we eat, how much sleep we
get and how we behave at school. All these things are part of their lives. In
fact they expect us to grow up healthily and live happily.
We wish to be friends with our parents. We should understand
them, and also make ourselves understood. Maybe that will help us to get on
well with our parents.
附听力原文
1. W: I suppose you”ve been buying Christmas gifts for your
family.
M: Yes. I bought tennis shoes for my son, but I haven”t
decided what to buy for my wife. Probable music records.
2. M: Can I help you?
W: Have you got David Copperfield By Dickens? I want a copy
for my nephew.
M: Sorry, we haven”t got that at the moment. But we could
order it for you. Do you know the name of the publisher?
3. M: Kathy, I”m wondering if it”s going to be fine this
afternoon.
W: So what?
M: The football match! It”s due at 2:00, but the fog!
W: Don”t you see the wind”s beginning to lift up? I”m sure
it”ll be fine then.
4. M: Sorry, Miss Green. I”m late. I overslept this
morning. I forgot to turn on my alarm clock last night.
W: Well, that”s OK. I hope you won”t be late again.
5. M: Excuse me. Can you tell me where the English teachers
are meeting?
W: They had planned to meet in the teachers” office, but
they changed to the meeting-room for more space.
6. M: I”d like to book a room for Wednesday next week.
W: Very good sir. A room for Wednesday, June 11th. What
kind of room would you like, sir?
M: Single with bathroom.
W: How long will you be staying?
M: I”ll be leaving on Sunday morning.
W: That”ll be four nights, sir. Thank you very much, and we
are looking forward to seeing you next Wednesday.
7. W: Hello, this is the Emergency 911 operator.
M: Help. Please help me!
W: Yes sir. Please calm down and explain exactly what is
happening.
M: Calm down? My car has broken down on the freeway. I have
a lady passenger, and she”s going to have a baby.
W: Explain exactly where you are.
M: I”m … I”m on the southward road of the Lincoln
Expressway, about 15 miles from the Washington Tunnel, and this lady isn”t
going to wait.
W: OK. What”s your name, sir and your passenger”s?
M: It”s Bob, and I have no idea about the woman. She”s in
no condition to tell me.
W: I”ve just sent an ambulance to your position. They
should be there in any second.
M: Hey, is there anything I can do while we are waiting?
W: Uh, yes, keep her calm and warm.
8. W: So, how are things going, Steve?
M: Well, I was feeling great on Saturday, but I started to
feel sick on Sunday afternoon. I thought I”d get better, but I feel worse than
before.
W: What seems to be the problem?
M: Well, the doctor said it was just a bad cold. He gave me
some medicine and told me to take it three times a day after eating, but it
doesn”t seem to help.
W: listen, forget about that medicine! Just drink some of
my mum”s tea and you”ll be up and dancing around in no time.
M: Dancing around in no time, right? Well, I guess. Nothing
else seems to be doing the job.
W: I”ll come by your place at 7:30. See you then.
9. W: Hi, Tom. What is your plan for the summer break?
M: I”m going to work on the coast at Brighton.
W: What are you planning to do there?
M: My uncle owns a restaurant there, so I”ll be working as
a waiter. I have to save enough money for the next school year. Maybe we can
get together and go to the beach this summer.
W: That sounds good. I”ll be working on a boat during July,
and I won”t return to the shore for the entire month. But in June and later in
August I”ll be working in the lab, and I could drive up and see you in
Brighton.
M: OK. My uncle tells me June is the best time to go there
before the town gets too crowded with tourists. Call me before you leave
tomorrow, and I”ll give you a phone number where I can be reached this summer.
W: All right. See you.
M: Bye-bye.
10. Hello, everyone. Today I”d like to talk about shopping
on the Internet. I love to buy articles of everyday use on it, because I can
get lots of information about them first. For example, if I want a camera, I
can check its quality on a camera website on the net. I can even download
pictures taken by the camera to test its quality! And shopping online can save
time. You don”t have to go to a shop or walk around a crowded shopping area, so
you needn”t waste much time. The Internet is really useful for shopping, but be
careful not to spend too much. On the other hand, you have to be careful not to
be fooled by the advertisements on the Internet, because something that is said
to be a bargain doesn”t always mean it”s cheap. Maybe it”s much cheaper in a
regular shop. And often something that is supposed to be new and improved has
only changed the package design!