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湖北省2012届高三英语下册三月联考试卷（带答案）
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第一部分：（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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Salesgirl and custoer. B. Interviewer and interviewee.
C. Editor and reader.
2. What does the woan suggest the an do?
A. Read all kinds of aterials. B. Speak as uch as possible.
C. Listen to lots of aterials.
3. What does the girl think of the boy’s failure?
A. It is helpful for hi in a sense. B. It is out of her expectation.
C. It is a great pity.
4. What are the speakers ainly talking about?
A. The woan’s new classates. B. The woan’s new teachers.
C. The woan’s new lessons.
5. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At an airport. B. At a restaurant. C. At a hotel.
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8题.
6. What is the woan ost probably?
A. A anager. B. A waitress. C. A secretary.
7. When will r. Sith coe back?
A. After a week. B. This Sunday. C. Next onday.
8. What do we know about r. Sith?
A. He is flying to Hong Kong. B. He will eet a trade delegation.
C. He will have an appointent with the an.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. What does the an think of his old car?
A. Very cofortable. B. Worth the oney. C. In bad condition.
10. What did the an do with his old car?
A. He sold it at a loss. B. He had the wheels changed.
C. He had the engine repaired.
11. What does the an think of his new car?
A. Sall. B. Satisfactory. C. Expensive.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题.
12. Why does the an talk to the woan?
A. To ask her for advice. B. To give her soe advice.
C. To invite her to go on a trip.
13. What do we know about the an?
A. He does not have enough oney for the holiday.
B. He does not want to hurt Celia’s feelings.
C. He does not like iguel very uch.
14. What does the woan suggest the an do?
A. Spend a holiday with iguel. B. Tell iguel about his plan.
C. Go on a trip with Celia.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题.
15. What do we know about Jeff?
A. He works in a telephone copany. B. He’s an expert at coputer.
C. He is in a foreign country.
16. What is Skype?
A. It’s a substance for cleaning toilets.
B. It’s a achine for suing up phone bills.
C. It’s a coputer progra for aking phone calls.
17. Why does the woan think instant essage services frustrating?
A. They are expensive. B. Jeff is a slow typist.
C. They’re nothing different fro phones.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题.
18. What was the profit of Giant BP last year?
A. $40 billion. B. $40 illion. C. $14 billion.
19. Why were the workers in Athens protesting?
A. The governent eployed soe easures the workers approved.
B. Greek police stuck soe of the striking workers.
C. The governent used financial easures to eet the international deands.
20. The survey shows that _____________________.
A. President Obaa wins aong both registered voters and all Aericans
B. President Obaa is defeated in the election
C. President Obaa wouldn’t beat itt Roney
第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：多项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，满分共10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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Ki Jong-Il, forer top leader of the Deocratic People’s Republic of Korea and the forer Libyan leader oaar Gadhafi were both dead at the age of 69. Soe people jokingly think that’s a(n)______.
A. accident B. consequence C. sypto D. coincidence
22. Writers ix their feelings about their trips with descriptions of their experiences, offering readers a(n) ______ for the iagination.
A. account B. principle C. feast D. landscape
23. The US’ econoic situation is still ______, with its econoic growth on a weak footing, its jobless rate high and still growing.
A. pessiistic B. realistic C. enthusiastic D. critic
24. In the traditional Spring Festival travel peak this year, alost all the cities adopted _________ easures to sooth the heavy traffic.
A. conteporary B. teporary C. contradictory D. copulsory
25. The edia globalization deands edia staff have a nose for news and ability to criticize a news discourse. Announcers ought to grasp the news contents precisely, apply their own voices and techniques to ______ the positive news values accurately.
A. broadcast B. predict C. convey D. consult
26. It is thought by soe people that E-books ight ________ traditional books in soe tie because of various advantages of E-books over paper ones.
A. substitute B. contribute C. accuulate D. subscribe
27. The previous president has resigned and the new appointent of the new-coer ________fro the very beginning to next seester.
A. takes place B. takes effect C. takes power D. takes office
28. Our efforts will _____ if the research can be applied to the developent of the new technology.
A. pay up B. pay for C. pay off D. pay back
29. The heating syste will operate _____so that the noral teperature will keep up.
A. illegally B. autoatically C. norally D. effectively
30. ?I think he is taking an active part in social work.
?I agree with you_________.
A. in the way B. on the way C. by the way D. in a way
第二节：完形（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下列短，从短后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项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。
A certain good woan one day said soething that hurt her best friend of any years. She 31 iediately and would have done anything to have taken the words back. 32 she said hurt the friend so uch that this good woan was herself hurt 33 the pain she caused. 34 to cancel what she had done, she went to an older, wiser woan in the village, explained her situation, and asked for 35 .
Listening to her, the older woan 36 the younger woan’s distress and knew she ust help her. She also knew she could never 37 her pain, but she could teach. She knew the 38 would depend only on the character of the younger woan. She said, “Tonight, take your best feather pillows and put a single feather on the doorstep of each house in the town 39 the sun rises.”
The young woan hurried 40 to prepare for her chore, even though the feather pillows were very 41 to her. All night long, she labored alone in the cold. Finally the sky was getting 42 , she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she returned to 43 .
“Now,” said the wise woan, “Go back and 44 your pillows with the feather you have put on the steps. Then everything will be 45 it was before.”
“You know that’s 46 ! The wind blew away each feather as fast as I placed the on the 47 !” The younger woan was surprised.
“That’s true,” said the older woan. “Never forget. Each of your 48 is like a feather in the wind. Once spoken, no aount of effort, 49 how heartfelt or sincere, they can never return to your outh. Choose your words well and 50 the ost of all in the presence of those you love.”
31.A. saidB. felt C. regrettedD. explained
32.A. ThatB. WhichC. WhoD. What
33. A. for B. as C. to D. of
34. A. By eansB. In an effortC. In additionD. On account
35.A. questionB. suggestionC. adviceD. practice
36. A. sensedB. touchedC. seltD. breathed
37.A. raiseB. releaseC. relieveD. rehearse
38.A. outlineB. outcoe C. outputD. outbreak
39.A. untilB. unlessC. afterD. before
40.A. hoeB. southC. insideD. outdoors
41.A. heavyB. brilliantC. colorfulD. dear
42.A. lightB. darkC. rainyD. sunny
43.A. her hoeB. the older woanC. her bedrooD. the feather pillow
44.A. reciteB. rebuildC. refillD. recycle
45.A. with B. justC. likeD. as
46.A. ipossibleB. iportantC. iaginableD. ioral
47.A. houseB. doorstepsC. pillowD. bag
48.A. actionB. featherC. wordsD. behavior
49.A. friendlessB. regardlessC. hoelessD. hopeless
50.A. guaranteeB. secureC. aintainD. guard
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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项
A
What I’ve noticed about soe very successful business owners is that they are always learning and growing.
For your business to be better you need to be better and, you don’t get better by doing nothing!
You are the average of the five PEOPLE you hang around with ost. Surround yourself with people who you want to be like.
To do this you ay have to get right out of your cofort zone and join in a coaching progra, go along to seinars(专题讨论会) where you can eet other like-inded people or those playing at a higher level of business than you.
There’s no excuse not to get off your butt and learn your way to success. Regardless of where you are located，events are taking place all around the country regularly as well as online. Saying you have “no oney” or “no tie” is not a good enough excuse.
For any business owners they spend their whole lives using these excuses and going nowhere. Don’t focus on where you are now, but where you want to be. You’ll find the oney and the tie if you seriously want to change.
Your ongoing learning can take you fro struggling along to soaring high in all areas of your life.
It’s been nearly six onths since you ade those New Year decisions to ake changes in your business and your life.
Are you getting the results you wanted?
Is your business ore profitable?
Do you have ore free tie?
Is the quality of your life iproving?
Is your answer “yes”, then take a look at why that is. What have you been doing to get these results? And if you’re not oving ahead, seriously look at why that is. When’s the last tie you read a book, listened to a CD, got coached or attended a seinar to learn how to do things better? The people I knoho are getting great results in their business and personal lives are always learning and growing.
You are the Secret to Your Success, so do everything within your power to invest in yourself.
51. The underlined phrase “get off your butt” in Paragraph 5 probably eans _______.
A. leave for a place where you want to go
B. do soething as you like
C. shoot an object
D. stop being lazy and start doing soething useful
52. All the following ways can contribute to your business EXCEPT ___________.
A. not dreaing of living a cofortable life
B. avoiding finding unnecessary excuses
C. deciding to change your present life
D. getting in touch with successful people
53. What does the capitalized word “PEOPLE” iply in Paragraph Three?
A. It’s soeties difficult to change a person.
B. Average people are easy to get along with.
C. People are supposed to set higher goals.
D. You don’t get better by doing soething.
54. According to the passage, the ost iportant thing to success is __________.
A. attending iportant eetings often B. aking changes when necessary
C. keeping learning all the tie D. aking a plan ahead of tie
B
John, a faous usician, took his priceless antique violin and played it in the crowded subway station. The usic fro the violin was delicately streaing throughout the whole station. However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly appreciating the charing usic. A three-year-old kid was so fascinated by the usic that he forgot everything around. John only got 52 dollars for his work that day.
However, in noral days, when John is about to hold a concert, one ticket can be sold at ore than 100 dollars and it is extreely hard to buy a ticket even at such a high price. Therefore, later, any passers-by in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not recognizing the faous usician and issing such a valuable but cheap usic feast.
I have a very busy friend who had totally changed after knowing that his wife cae down with incurable illness. He cooked by hiself for the faily and took a walk with his wife every day. Nonetheless, his wife still did not anage to conquer the illness and passed away after three onths. After that, he often sighed iserably that due to his past busy life, he had issed a lot of beautiful tie with his wife. But now, it is ipossible to ake up for it.
It is no use crying over spilt ilk. We have issed a lot of precious things in our life without knowing to cherish the.
Actually, I also issed soething precious before. The reason why we would have issed those precious things is less than siple: we had thought that we could still own the toorro
Nevertheless, toorrow is actually by no eans reliable. There was a faous Buddhist onk saying that in any people’s lives, they have only done two things: waiting and regretting. The result is that they were always too late to cherish what they had before they lost it. We would often clai to do soething when we grow up, or when we have oney or when we becoe old, etc. However, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer realize our wish, because we have lost it by then.
55.The reason why people often regret ay be that____________________.
A. they are too busy to notice the beautiful things
B. they are too careless to cherish precious things
C. they are lazy to observe the surroundings
D. they think that it’s none of their business
56. The idea the author would like to get across to us sees that________________.
A. actions speak louder than words B. a bad beginning akes a bad ending
C. the lost will never coe back D. each day brings its own bread
57. What ethod does the author eploy to support his opinion？
A. By listing data. B. By coparing the details .
C. By explaining the procedures . D. By taking exaples.
58. How do we understand the underlined parts waiting and regretting ?
A. any people will not cherish what they have until they lost the.
B. any people cannot do well until they get older.
C. any people knohat they are doing.
D. any people regret for what they don’t possess.
C
I a afraid to lose. I fear this tie, and I love eories. I could not forget the sweat on the pitch with brothers, forget y close friends accopanying e crying, and forget the bright stars of every night, and those words that have touched e deeply.
Those people, those things, such as bursts of light rain in the lake left ring waterark four scattered to each other to elt each other's ipact; just like the quiet shining star, not very bright, but clearly ade. They do not know how uch to spend with e during the bright day and silent night.
In y eory, the third year is not gray, because I still reeber seeing sunrise and sunset with y friends, and it’s that nice.
Youth is the eye lotus spring, third year is spring season that this eye bubbled. I, however, strongly sell in the bubble years of the Proble tests. I do not exclude these, but too uch pressure does away uch fun. Unfortunately, after the college entrance exaination, even the pressure would becoe the eories, and be y third year living eory of the dead evidence. In the tie before we are so powerless, the only left on just the eye springs, and we have no regrets of the proise, I hope day after day, year after year, when I return to this page, people still have reebered the beauty.
I have read one another frightening words: Soe people say that once you start to like the eories of those, you will get old. I only adit ature, do not believe they have been growing old. y friends are growing up day by day, and were young and ature, how can I grow old ahead of tie?
"Heaven Rain in green and so on, and I a waiting for you, the oonlight was recovered, the faint opened the outcoe." Jay’s sad voice has been copletely different fro the business for the tie sentiental(伤感的); Bard will be the years the pace of a cael carved into the blue and white porcelain in that respect.
Our future? Friends ah, I will tie the other end, waiting for you.
59. Fro the passage we can sell that the writer ______________________.
A. showed his anxiety B. told us his experience
C. hoped that soe eories can be reebered D. did not like the third year
60. The writer of the passage is ost unlikely to be a ________________.
A. student in the third year B. teacher teaching in a senior iddle school
C. colleague in a certain college D. young an studying in a iddle school
61. The tune of the passage is ______________.
A. huorous B. cal C. pleasant D. light sad
62. The underlined sentence too uch pressure does away uch fun in Paragraph 3 eans______________.
A. too any exas take away the pleasure of studies
B. pressure brings in too uch fun
C. pressure has soething uch to do with fun
D. no pains, no gains
D
BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Education experts and lawakers have called on the governent to give ore financial support for the country's school bus developent in order to ake it safer.
China issued a set of technical standards for school buses for priary school students last year, and the drafting of another standard for buses for kindergartners is also under way.
However, the newspaper said these standards are only binding for the school bus anufacturers -- not for school bus service operators, and any schools buy or rent ordinary vehicles, or even far vehicles, to transport students.
Higher costs to run and aintain the specially-designed school buses ay be one of the reasons for the proble, the article said.
According to the report, the average price of a qualified school bus is 100,000 to 200,000 yuan (15,760 to 31,520 U.S. dollars) higher than other siilar coaches, and long idle ties while students are at school or on vacation also adds to the operation costs.
The student-transportation proble coes into view large in the country's rural areas, as over the past 10 years, priary schools in these areas were alost halved aid the country's efforts to iprove education quality and efficiency, forcing any students to travel uch farther for school.
oreover, schools in rural areas suffer ore financial difficulties in providing qualified school bus services, said a Pingchang, a National People's Congress deputy in Shandong province.
China published a draft regulation on school bus safety anageent on Sunday guaranteeing that central and local governents will provide financial support for school bus service developent.
However, Yang Dongping, a professor of education with the Beijing Institute of Technology, said the regulation is not specific enough to answer the question of "who should pay for the school bus services."
Although it is unrealistic for public spending to cover all the expenses, the governent should not avoid its responsibility, Yang said.
"When it coes to the atter of education and school bus safety, costs should not be put at the top of the list," said Ye Qing, another national lawaker in Hubei province.
Ye and Wang Xuing, a forer Education inistry spokesan, also suggested the slashing public spending on governent cars to fund the school bus services.
The State Adinistration of Work Safety, China's safety watchdog, on Tuesday called on local governents to take iediate action to ake school buses safer.
63.Fro the text we learn that ________________________.
A. China hasn’t issued any technical standard for school buses for priary school students
B. China has issued another new foral standard for buses for the kindergartners
C. now ordinary vehicles are still used to transport students in any schools
D. the standards are not only for the school bus akers but also for school bus service operators
64. The following stateents are the reasons for renting ordinary vehicles to transport students in rural areas EXCEPT _______________.
A. It costs ore to run and aintain the specially-designed school buses
B.The school buses often idle a long tie when students are at school or on vacation
C. Schools in rural areas lack financial support
D. The nuber of priary school students is increasing and there are not enough school buses
65. According to the passage, which of the following is Not true?
A. The governents should cover the whole expenses for school buses.
B. Ye Qing thinks copared with education and school bus safety, costs are less iportant.
C. We should cut down public spending on governent cars to subsidize(补贴) the school bus services.
D. Local governent should provide financial support for school bus services.
66. What is the best title of the passage?
A. The Probles about School Bus Safety
B. Experts Call for ore Governent Financial Support for School Bus Safety
C. How to Guarantee the Safety of School Buses
D. The Reasons for Renting Ordinary Vehicles to Transport Students in Rural Areas
E
So the little girl noalked on, her bare feet quite red and blue with the cold. She carried a sall bundle of atches in her hand, and a good any ore in her tattered dress. No one had bought any of the the live long day； no one had given her a single penny. Trebling with cold and hunger crept she on, the picture of sorrow: poor little child!
The snow-flakes fell on her long, fair hair, which curled in such pretty ringlets over her shoulders; but she thought not of her own beauty, or of the cold. Lights were gliering through every window, and the savor of roast goose reached her fro several houses；it was New Year's eve, and it was of this that she thought.
In a corner fored by two houses, one of which projected beyond the other. She sat down, drawing her little feet close under her, but in vain, she could not war the. She dared not go hoe, she had sold no atches, earned not a single penny, and perhaps her father would beat her，besides her hoe was alost as cold as the street，it was an attic；and although the larger of the any chinks in the roof were stopped up with straw and rags，the wind and snow often penetrated through. Her hands were nearly dead with cold；one little atch fro her bundle would war the. Perhaps, if she dared light it, she drew one out, and struck it against the wall, bravo! It was a bright, war flae, and she held her hands over it. It was quite an illuination for that poor little girl; no, I call it rather a agic taper, for it seeed to her as though she was sitting before a large iron-stove with brass ornaents, so beautifully blazed the fire within! The child stretched out her feet to war the also; alas, in an instant the flae had died away, the stove disappeared, the little girl sat cold and cofortless, with the burnt atch in her hand.
67. The author ephasized that the story happened on New Year’s Eve in order to _____.
A. highlight the cold weather B. contrast with the girl’s sadness.
C. present the tie D. describe the situation
68. Which below is NOT the reason why the little girl dared not go hoe?
A. She earned not a single penny. B. Her father would beat her.
C. Her hoe was alost as cold as the street.D. She sold out her atches.
69. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph told us _________________.
A. the girl was so cold that she fored an illusion that she sat beside a stove
B. a stove did give her soe warth on such a cold night
C. the thought she had could give her warth
D. the light the atch gave out did war the little girl
70. The little girl gave us an ipression of being ______________.
A. beautiful and kind B. poor but iaginable
C. poor and pitiful D. poor but lively
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分50分）
第一节：完成句子（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示并用所给的英语单词完成句子，将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
71． Every year one illion tourists visit Stonehenge, which is believed _______ before the Pyraids, about 4000 years ago. (construct)
每年大约有一百万游客参观巨石阵，据说它是在四千年以前被修建，早于埃及的金字塔。
72． I a afraid you had better not call e at 3 o’clock on the afternoon of toorro I ___________then. (have)
你最好不要在明天下午3点钟给我打电话。那时我在开会。
73. Greatly loved in Chinese adolescence ____________ Korean TV plays. (roantic)
浪漫的韩剧极受中国青少年欢迎。
74. The iPhone functions well. I’ll buy it, _____________________________. (cost)
这款iPhone 功能不错，无论多贵，我都要买。
75. __________________, any anials are facing the danger of dying out. (destroy)
大部分森林毁掉了，很多动物面临着灭绝的危险。
76. ________________________________to the conference surprised us, since he was an iportant figure in this field after all. (invite)
他没有被邀请参加会议很让我们吃惊，毕竟他是这一行业的重要人物。
77. But for your tiely encourageent, I ______ after going through so uch difficulty. (lose)
要不是你的及时鼓励，经历这么多的困难之后我早就灰心了。
78. He is going to spend the Spring Festival in his hoe village, ________ his parents and soe relatives.( live)
他打算到他的家乡过春节，他的父母和亲戚还生活在那里。
79. The king of Prussia ___________that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an aazing history. (iagine)
普鲁士的国王决不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的这件伟大礼物会经历这么一段惊奇的历史。
80. When the survivor cae to, he was eager to know _________saved hi fro the burning house. (be)
当生还者醒过后，他急切的想知道是谁把他从燃烧的房子里救出的。
第二节：短写作（共1题，满分30分）
有些高中生有时与同学发生这样或那样的矛盾或冲突，这些问题会给大家带烦恼甚至影响大家的学习。请你用英语写一篇120词左右的短，分析一下产生矛盾或冲突的原因，并谈谈应如何正确地与同学相处。
2012年湖北省八市高三三月联考
英语参考答案及评分标准
听 力：1—5 BCAAC 6—10 CBBCA 11—15 BABBC 16—20 CBACA
单项选择：21—25 DCABC 26—30 ABCBD
完形：31—35 CDABC 36—40 ACBDA 41—45 DABCD 46—50 ABCBD
阅读理解：51—54 DACC 55—58 BCDA 59—62 CBDA 63—66 CDAB
67—70 BDAC
完成句子：
71. to have been constructed
72. will be having a eeting
73. are roantic
74. however uch it costs/no atter how uch it costs
75. With ost forests destroyed/Because ost forests are (have been) destroyed
76. His not being invited/ That he was not invited
77. would have lost heart
78. where / in which live
79. can/could never/not have iagined
80. who it was that
短写作：
Classate conflicts aong senior iddle school students are often heard on capus over recent years. These conflicts ake the exciteent of capus life grow grey and have bad effects on both their living and learning.
Classate conflicts often rise fro daily tiny things such as space where to store books or notes. When personalities don’t ix, the specifics can tear classates apart and soeties even lead to serious conflicts. Besides, the fact that classates hold different attitudes towards certain issue is another factor causing these conflicts.
Classate conflicts are harful and need to be settled. Though any people think that school discipline can soften the conflicts, I believe learning to be tolerant with each other can play a ore constructive role because it teaches students flexibility and the art of coproise. eanwhile, counication contributes to the solution to this proble since any of these conflicts result fro isunderstanding.
材料
Text 1
W: Good orning, r. Robinson. Please feel free to talk about anything you like. I want this talk to feel like a conversation.
: OK, I’ll do y best to support your interview for your agazine.
Text 2
: You’re so good at languages. You see to understand anything you hear in Spanish. Any suggestions?
W: All you have to do is listen. That is ore helpful than reading and speaking.
Text 3
: I failed English last year and have to take it again this year.
W: aybe it’s for the best. You could take this opportunity to iprove your English ability.
Text 4
: Hi, Susan. Long tie no see. What are your new classates like?
W: To tell you the truth, I don’t like the.
: Sorry to hear that. What’s wrong?
W: They ake a lot of noise, even in class. I just can’t concentrate. Soe teachers often scold us for that.
Text 5
W: How can I help you, sir?
: I have a reservation. y nae is Frank.
W: Just a oent, r. Frank. Ah, yes, r. Frank. Suite nuber three. This way, please. Where is your luggage, sir?
: I don’t have any luggage.
Text 6
: ay I speak to the anager, please?
W: I’ sorry. r. Sith’s just gone to Hong Kong. He will be attending a conference this week and won’t be back until Sunday. Would you like to leave a essage?
: No, thanks. I think I will wait until next onday. Will he be available then?
W: Hold on a oent, please. I’ll check his tietable for you…Yes, here…A trade delegation fro Gerany will be arriving at 10:00 on onday orning and r. Sith is to eet the at the airport.
: So I’ll have to call hi up early in the orning.
W: Well ,you ay get hi if you’re lucky, but he’s a very busy an, you kno
: Thanks for telling e. If I don’t get hi the first tie, I’ll keep on ringing — If you don’t ind.
W: Certainly not. Bye.
Text 7
W: Why did you sell the car?
: It gave e too uch trouble. I was spending too uch oney on it. I was …er …spending ore oney than it was worth. Unfortunately, of course, when you actually sell the car, you’ve already spent the oney on it, so you lose both ways.
W: Well, what was the trouble with your old car?
: The engine needed a lot of repairs and the wheels were giving e trouble now and then. When I set off on a journey, it gave e a sort of feeling that I ight not get to the other end, so I decided to change it.
W: Is the new car good?
: Yes, it’s newer, ore cofortable, and it hasn’t given e uch trouble at all. When I set off, I’ quite sure that I’ll be able to get to the other end safely.
Text 8
: Sue, there you are. Have you got tie for a little chat?
W: Of course. What is it, ike? Is soething wrong?
: No, not really. Well, you reeber iguel who stayed with us last suer?
W: No. But I reeber you telling e about hi. He was fond of sightseeing, wasn’t he?
：That’s right. Well, I got a letter fro hi this orning and he invited e to spend a holiday with his faily this year. They get a big house on the river, and they’ve got a boat. You know how crazy I a about boats.
W: ike, that’s great. What a wonderful chance for you!
: Yes, but it’s not that siple.
W: What’s the proble?
: It’s Celia. You see, we’ve both been saving to go on a trip together this year.
W: Ah, I see. You don’t want to disappoint her, of course.
: That’s right. She’d be so upset. She’s really been doing all sorts of jobs in her free tie. She’s really been expecting a holiday. It sees so unfair.
W: Look, ike. First, you ust tell Celia about the invitation. She’ll understand your proble. But why don’t you tell iguel about the plan you have already ade with Celia? He ight even suggest a good way to settle the proble.
Text 9
: Hi, Bella. Have you heard fro Jeff since he went abroad?
W: Yes, I have. We’ve been keeping in touch regularly, and the long-distance phone bills are killing e.
: Have you tried using Skype?
W: Skype? That sounds like the substance I use to clean y toilet?
: No, no. Skype has nothing to do with toilets. It’s a coputer progra that you can use to ake free calls over the Internet.
W: Thanks, Tod, but I’ve tried instant essage services and they really frustrate e. Jeff is a really slow typist.
: There’s no typing involved. It works kind of like a telephone.
W: How uch do I have to pay to subscribe?
: As I said, PC to PC, it’s free.
W: That’s so good that it can’t be true.
Text 10
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A new poll indicates U.S. President Barack Obaa would beat Republican presidential front-runner itt Roney in an iagined election atchup. The ABC News-Washington Post survey shows President Obaa ahead 51 percent to 45 percent aong registered voters, and 52 percent to 43 percent aong all Aericans.