2017届山西省重点中学协作体高三第一次适应性考试英语试题及答案
英语听力材料
Text 1
W: My dad is an engineer. He can do everything. Do you know the Mountain Tai? My dad has built them
M: Oh, and do you know the Dead Sea?
W: Yes.
M: My dad killed it.
Text 2
W: Hi, John. You can try some different foods at the Jungle Cafe. Why don’t we come to the cafe now?
M: I must wait for Jack. He said he would meet me here.
W: OK. Hey! Here comes Jack now.
Text 3
M: How was it in London?
W: It was all right except that those English were really impolite. When I was in hotel, they knocked my wall like mad for a whole night.
M: Then what were you doing at that time?
W: I only played my drum for a night.
Text 4
W: Why are you going to the hospital?
M: My grandmother is there.
W: Oh, no. What happened?
M: Grandma had an operation. Mom and I can take care of her.
Text 5
M: My aunt likes to read, so she wants to find a good book.
W: What kind of book?
M: She wants an easy book. Her English isn’t very good.
Text 6
W: Can I help you with anything?
M: I want to buy something for my mom. Her birthday is coming soon.
W: What does your mom like?
M: She likes clothes.
W: What kind of clothes are you looking for?
M: I don’t know. My mom loves purple. Do you have any purple clothes?
W: Yes. Here are some purple shirts. Oh. Isn’ t this one pretty?
M: I guess so, but I don’t really like the design.
W: OK. Well, what do you think of this one?
M: It’s kind of ugly.
W: Ugly! OK. Maybe we should look at dresses for your mom.
Text 7
M: Hey, honey, let’s go to eat lunch now. I’m hungry.
W: Me too! I always feel hungry when I shop.
M: Well, let’s go then.
W: Wait. I need to pay for my new clothes. Do you take credit cards?
M: Of course.
W: Good. I don’t have enough cash with me.
M: Are you buying all these clothes?
W: Yes. This store is having a fantastic sale! Half of these clothes are free.
M: What do you mean?
W: You know, “Buy one, get one free.”Also, if I spend more than ＄1000, I get a 10 percent discount.
M: You’re spending more than ＄1000, what’s your total?
W: Let’s see. ＄1899.9. After a ten percent discount, my total comes to ＄1710. Great! I saved a lot of money today!
Text 8
M: Did you ever go to camp, Vicky?
W: Yes! I went to Girl Scout camp.
M: You were a Girl Scout?
W: Yes, I was!
M: Did you sell Girl Scout cookies?
W: Yes, I did. I also ate a lot of the cookies.
M: What did you do at a Girl Scout camp?
W: We did lots of things. We made fires, sang songs and went on nature hikes.
M: What was your favorite activity at the camp?
W: I love craft time. One year, we make kites.
M: Did you fly your kite?
W: Yes. My kite had many colors, and it actually flew.
M: I would like to fly a kite.
W: But you need to have a kite first.
M: Yes, but I can’t go to a Girl Scout camp.
W: That’s true.
M: If I could, I would like to go to a movie camp.
W: What camp have you gone to?
M: I went to a sports camp. It was a volleyball camp, but I can’t play volleyball very well now.
W: That’s too bad.
Text 9
M: Hi, Cathy. Are you busy?
W: Hi, Jack! No, I’m just reading the newspaper.
M: Really? What section are you looking at?
W: I’m looking at the lost and found ads.
M: Why are you looking at them?
W: Well, I lost one of my favorite books in a restaurant last week.
M: So you’re looking at the lost and found ads.
W: Yes! I want my book back.
M: Where did you leave it?
W: I left it on a table outside.
M: I see. So what happened?
W: I read my book while I ate lunch last weekend. Then I was late for work, so I got up and ran. I forgot to take my book with me.
M: Oh, no
W: I went to the table later, but I couldn’t find my book.
M: Did you check the lost and found at the information desk?
W: Yes. No one turned it in.
M: What book was it?
W: Anne of Green Gables. It’s one of my favorite books.
M: I am sorry, Cathy.
W: Me too. My dad gave it to me for my birthday when I was 12 years old.
M: Well, you’ve done with work now. Let’s look again.
Text 10
Training someone to do a job can be harder than doing the work yourself. It’s hard partially because people vary in their approaches to a task. But mostly it’s because people’s working paces and styles are very different.
When I begin to instruct someone, I first give the big picture of the project and where our group fits into it. Next, I set up daily, weekly and monthly agendas and goals. These help new people understand what we need to accomplish by the end of each training section. But people can be so impatient with all this step-by-step training. They get the task and immediately begin to think of the ways to make the process better. I tell them that before they do that, they probably should understand why things are done the way they are.
I’ve learned two important lessons through my experiences in training people. One is that everyone is different; I can’t force others to learn things my way. The second is to leave room for the trainees to grow. Who knows—they might come up with newer and better ideas. Isn’t that why companies like to hire new blood?