湖南省长沙市一中2010届高三上学期第一次月考（英语）

第一部分：听力（共三节，满分30分）

做听力部分时，请先在试卷上作答。听力部分结束前。你将有两分钟的时间将第1至第17小题的答案转涂到答题卡上，将第18至第20小题的答案转写到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题，每题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，并标在试题卷的相应位置。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. How often does the man play basketball?

A. Every week. B. Twice a week. C. Every month.

2. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. At home. B. In a park. C. On the telephone.

3. What does the man mean?

A. He doesn’t have any time.

B. It doesn’t bother him to wait.

C. He hasn’t seen anyone at all.

4. What is the woman’s daughter?

A. A student. B. A teacher. C. A doctor.

5. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. Vincent will be back just in a moment.

B. The man and the woman will return before Vincent comes.

C. Writing a message for Vincent will take too much time.

第二节（共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18分）

听下面4段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试题卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，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。每段对话读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What did the woman tell the man?

A. She had rent a new house.

B. She had sold a new house.

C. She had bought a new house.

7. What does the woman’s husband do?

A. He is an inventor.

B. He is a shoemaker.

C. He sells shoes.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

8. Who is the woman most probably speaking to?

A. A passenger. B. A railway-man. C. A conductor.

9. What do we know about the train?

A. It takes half an hour to Allegheny College.

B. It is for long journey travelers.

C. It is a slow train.

10. What is the woman going to do then?

A. To change to another train.

B. To give up the journey.

C. To buy a ticket for this train.

听下面一段对话，回答第11至第14四个小题。

11. What about the temperatures on the moon?

A. They are always very low.

B. They can be very different.

C. They are usually very high.

12. Why is the moon a silent world?

A. Because there are only animals there.

B. Because there is no air there.

C. Because there are no green trees there.

13. What does the earth look like seen from the moon?

A. It looks brighter than other stars.

B. It looks like a ball, colored red and blue.

C. It looks unfriendly.

14. Which of the followings is true about the moon?

A. It is a friendly place.

B. There are only a few of plants on the moon.

C. You can hear nothing on the moon.

听下面一段对话，回答第15至第17三个小题。

15. Where does the man want to go?

A. To a concert. B. To a movie. C. To a lecture.

16. What is the problem with taking the shuttle bus?

A. The bus doesn’t go directly to the Music Building.

B. The bus will not come for a while.

C. The bus goes slowly to the Music Building.

17. What does the man finally decide to do?

A. Walk. B. Wait for the bus. C. Think for another plan.

第三节（共3小题；第小题1.5分，满分4.5分）

听下面一段材料，将第18至20三个小题的信息补充完整，每小题不超过3个单词。听材料前，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15秒钟的作答时间。本段材料读两遍。

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1) Mr. Morrison is her aunt, and Kate is her cousin.

2) Her mother lives near Plymouth, and her father works for 18 .

3) She works in a television studio. 1) He was 19 in Canada for two years.

2) He was living near the Morrisons, who were very kind to him.

3) Everybody calls him Mike, for 20 names are more friendly than surnames.

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. She was admitted to so excellent ________ university that her parents were proud of her.

A. / B. a C. an D. the

22. – My key is gone. Have you seen it anywhere?

– Oh, it is in the room _______ we had a talk last night

A. that B. which C. where D. what

23. Hardly ________ home when he was asked to go back to work.

A. had he arrived B. he had arrived C. did he arrive D. he arrived

24. Her father told her to be careful when _____ the street.

A. he is crossing B. she is crossing C. crossed D. crossing

25. There ________ no water for 2 days, the travellers were all thirsty.

A. having been B. had been C. is D. was

26. The man didn’t know _________ the thief broke into the house and stole all his valuable things

A. it was when that B. when it was that C. that it was when D. was it when that

27. Nowadays more young people have suffered from diabetes __________ it is generally realized.

A. than B. that C. which D. what

28. Only when he returned ___________ that the war had ended and the army had come back.

A. we tell B. we told C. did we tell D. were we told

29. When report came into London Zoo ______ a wild lion had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they did not take it seriously.

A. which B. where C. that D and

30. __________ is responsible for the Chenzhou train collision will be punished.

A. Whatever B. No matter what C. Whoever D. No matter who

31. After that earthquake last year, we had to start _________ scratch rebuilding our houses.

A. of B. from C. in D. up

32. The best job is __________ that uses your skill in doing something together with your interest in the subject.

A. it B. the one C. that D. one

33. They stood on the top of the high building, ________ they could see the whole city.

A. in that B. in which C. form it D. from where

34. _______ laws of motion are simple, motion, as we see it in the world about us, certainly is not.

A. When B. While C. As D. Even

35. __________ , she won’t talk to you after what you said to her.

A. Surprising B. Surprised C. Not surprisingly D. Not surprising

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，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but 36 could he get what he wanted. There were enough princesses, but it was 37 to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it 38 be. So he came home again and was sad, 39 he would have liked very much to have a real princess.

One evening a terrible storm 40 ; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was 41 at the city gate, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess 42 out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! what 43 the rain and the wind had 44 her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. 45 she said that she was a real princess.

“Well, we'll soon find that out.” 46 the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and 47 a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses（床垫）and put 48 on the pea, and then twenty eiderdownbeds（鸭绒被）on top of the 49 .

On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked 50 she had slept.

"Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have 51 closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, 52 I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"

Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had 53 the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.

Nobody but a real princess could be as 54 as that.

So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess. And the pea was put in the museum, 55 it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.

36. A. nowhere B. everywhere C. anywhere D. somewhere

37. A. easy B. simple C. abstract D. difficult

38. A. could B. should C. would D. might

39. A. which B. when C. for D. then

40. A. came on B. came around C. came across D. came out

41. A. listened B. heard C. told D. seen

42. A. looking B. sitting C. standing D. wandering

43. A. a scene B. a girl C. a princess D. a sight

44. A. caused B. led C. got D. made

45. A. And B. So C. And yet D. Not yet

46. A. said B. thought C. shouted D. whispered

47. A. laid B. lain C. lay D. lied

48. A. them B. it C. her D. that

49. A. beds B. bedstead C. beddings D. mattresses

50. A. if B. whether C. how D. when

51. A. nearly B. scarcely C. almost D. merely

52. A. in order that B. in case C. only if D. so that

53. A. felt B. touched C. smelt D. tasted

54. A. careful B. sensitive C. active D. thoughtful

55. A. which B. though C. where D. that

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 选择题（共17小题：每小题2分，满分34分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in downtown Sao Paulo on Thursday, which was the city's second high-profile art theft in less than a year. The bandits also took two oil paintings by well-known Brazilian artists Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Lasar Segall, said Carla Regina, a spokeswoman for the Pinacoteca do Estado museum.

The Picasso prints stolen were "The Painter and the Model" from 1963 and "Minotaur, Drinker and Women" from 1933, according to a statement from the Sao Paulo Secretary of State for Culture, which oversees the museum. The prints and paintings have a combined value of $612,000, the statement and a museum official said.

About noon, three armed men paid the $2.45 entrance fee and immediately went to the second-floor gallery where the works were being exhibited, bypassing more valuable pieces, authorities said. "This indicates to us that they probably received an order" to take those specific works, Youssef Abou Chain, head of Sao Paulo's organized crime unit, told reporters at a news conference. The assailants overpowered three unarmed museum guards and grabbed the works, officials said. The robbery took about 10 minutes and the museum was nearly empty at the time. The assailants took the pieces — frames and all — out of the museum in two bags. The institution has no metal detectors.

In December, Picasso's "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" by Candido Portinari, an influential Brazilian artist, were stolen from the Sao Paulo Museum of Art by three men who used a crowbar（铁撬棍）and car jack to force open one of the museum's steel doors. The framed paintings were found Jan. 8, covered in plastic and leaning against a wall in a house on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, South America's largest city. One of the suspects in that robbery — a former TV chef — turned himself over to police in January, who already had two suspects in custody（监禁）.

56. What did the armed men steal on Thursday?

A. Two prints by Pablo Picasso

B. Two oil painting by Brazilian artists

C. Two prints by Pablo Picasso and two oil paintings by two Brazilian artists.

D. Two prints by two Brazilian artists and two oil paintings by Picasso Pablo.

57. Why didn't the thieves take other more valuable works?

A. Because they didn't know that the other pieces were worth more.

B. Probably because they had received an order for the prints that they took.

C. Because they didn't have enough time.

D. Because they were in such a hurry that they couldn’t get them all.

58. How many people were in the museum during the robbery?

A. A lot. The museum was crowded.

B. Not too many. It was almost empty.

C. There were a lot of people outside the museum.

D. Only three of them.

59. According to the passage, which of the followings is TRUE?

A. In December, "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" painted by Candido Portinari were stolen.

B. There are steel doors and no detectors in Sao Paulo Museum of Art.

C. Three robbers defeated three armed museum guards and took away the works on Thursday.

D. Three suspects in the first high-profile art theft in less than a year were arrested.

B

Comprehensive lifestyle changes including a better diet and more exercise can lead not only to a better physique, but also to swift and dramatic changes at the genetic level, U.S. researchers said on Monday. In a small study, the researchers tracked 30 men with low-risk prostate cancer（前列腺癌）who decided against conventional medical treatment such as surgery and radiation or hormone therapy.

The men underwent three months of major lifestyle changes, including eating a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and soy products, moderate exercise such as walking for half an hour a day, and an hour of daily stress management methods such as meditation（冥想）. As expected, they lost weight, lowered their blood pressure and saw other health improvements. But the researchers found more profound changes when they compared prostate biopsies taken before and after the lifestyle changes. After the three months, the men had changes in activity in about 500 genes -- including 48 that were turned on and 453 genes that were turned off. The activity of disease-preventing genes increased while a number of disease-promoting genes, including those involved in prostate cancer and breast cancer, shut down, according to the study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The research was led by Dr. Dean Ornish, head of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, and a well-known author advocating lifestyle changes to improve health. "It's an exciting finding because so often people say, 'Oh, it's all in my genes, what can I do?' Well, it turns out you may be able to do a lot," Ornish, who is also connected with the University of California, San Francisco, said in a telephone interview. "'In just three months, I can change hundreds of my genes simply by changing what I eat and how I live'. That's pretty exciting," Ornish said. "The implications of our study are not limited to men with prostate cancer."

60. The article basically states that a healthy lifestyle__________.

A. can even change your genes for the better.

B. has no effect on your genes.

C. is good for the environment.

D. helps men recover from prostate cancer.

61. Apart from eating healthy food and exercising, the men in the study__________.

A. were put under a lot of stress.

B. were walking for hours a day..

C. were taught stress management methods.

D. were thinking for a whole day.

62. In total, how many disease-preventing genes turned on as a result of the healthy lifestyle?

A. 30 B. 453 C.500 D. 48

63. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the article?

A. The men with low-risk prostate in the study lost weight and lowered their blood pressure.

B. A famous author and Dr. Dean Ornish led this research.

C. Dr. Dean Ornish expressed his optimism about this research in a telephone interview.

D. Conventional medical treatment has no effect on the men with prostate cancer.

C

The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought due to climate change, Australian and US climate researchers reported on Wednesday. Higher ocean temperatures expand the volume of water, contributing to a rise in sea levels that is submerging small island nations and threatening to great damage in low-lying, densely-populated delta regions around the globe.

The study, published in the British journal Nature, adds to a growing scientific chorus of warnings about the pace and consequences of rising oceans. It also serves as a corrective to a massive report issued last year by the Nobel-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change（IPCC）, according to the authors.

Rising sea levels are driven by two things: the thermal（热）expansion of sea water, and additional water from melting sources of ice. Both processes are caused by global warming. The ice sheet that sits at the top of Greenland, for example, contains enough water to raise world ocean levels by seven metres（23 feet）, which would bury sea-level cities from Dhaka to Shanghai.

Trying to figure out how much each of these factors contributes to rising sea levels is critically important to understanding climate change, and forecasting future temperature rises, scientists say. But up to now, there has been a confusing gap between the projections of computer-based climate models, and the observations of scientists gathering data from the oceans.

The new study, led by Catia Domingues of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, is the first to reconcile（与…一致）the models with observed data. Using new techniques to assess ocean temperatures to a depth of 700 metres（2,300 feet）from 1961 to 2003, it shows that thermal warming contributed to a 0.53 millimetre-per-year rise in sea levels rather than the 0.32 mm rise reported by the IPCC.

64. What happens when the ocean's temperature rises?

A. It causes sea levels to rise.

B. It causes sea levels to remain constant.

C. It causes sea levels to decrease.

D. It causes sea level to change.

65. Which of the followings would be buried by the rising sea?

A. Small island nations.

B. All coastal cities around the world.

C. People who enjoy holiday on the beach.

D. Low-lying regions.

66. The new study in this passage _____________.

A. shows that thermal warming contributed to a 0.32 millimeter-per-year rise in sea levels.

B. did not reveal anything that scientists hadn't already known.

C. used new techniques to assess ocean temperatures.

D. shows that models contradict the observed data.

67. What was the main finding of the study?

A. Nothing enough is being done about global warming.

B. That ocean waters have warmed faster than scientists had previously thought.

C. That the warming of the world's oceans is not a threat.

D. A massive report issued last year by IPCC was wrong.

D

Japan's 24-hour convenience stores, already struggling with lagging sales and growth, may soon face yet another threat - moves to limit business hours and close the stores late at night. The district of Saitama, which borders Tokyo, may follow in the footsteps of the western city of Kyoto and urge convenience stores to close during late night hours in an effort to limit carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）emissions, Japanese media reported.

Kyoto, a former capital, wants to persuade convenience and other 24-hour stores to close late at night so as to improve evening views of the city and cut down on energy use. The Nikkei business daily said closures could last from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. The move is strongly opposed by the industry, which fears a bad impact on an already troubled sector also grappling with the specter of a higher tobacco tax, which could hit overall sales.

"Even if we only operate the stores for 16 hours, we can't stop the refrigerators," said Toshiro Yamaguchi, the president of Seven-Eleven Japan Co, which is owned by Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd, at a news conference in Saitama on Tuesday. He said such cuts in operating hours would reduce each store's profit by 20 percent. "If this happens, our current business model will lose its foundation."

Analysts said that while it is difficult to estimate the potential impact of the move without a concrete plan, their overall impression was that it was likely to be negative. "This could cut profits and lead to less efficient operations and the increased loss of opportunities," said Masafumi Shoda, an analyst at Nomura Securities. "But it depends on the store -- urban stores do better than others. There are some in the countryside that are inefficient."

Some have suggested that if governments were sincere about reducing carbon emissions there were much more efficient methods, such as cutting back on the huge number of automatic vending machines（自动售货机）

68. Which of the followings was the first to try to limit convenience store hours?

A. Saitama B. Tokyo C. Kyoto D. Nomura Security

69. What's the main goal of the proposal?

A. To give employees more free time.

B. To limit carbon dioxide emissions.

C. To sell more tobacco products.

D. To reduce each store’s profit.

3. How's the convenience store sector doing in Japan?

A. It is not mentioned.

B. It's doing great. Business is booming.

C. Not very well.

D. It’s about to close.

4. According to the passage, which convenience stores are generally more successful?

A. The ones in big cities.

B. The ones in the countryside.

C. The ones in Tokyo.

D. The ones in Saitama.

5. According to the convenience store industry, what impact would closing for the night have on a typical store?

A. It could cause a 10% increase in sales.

B. Its effect would be maximal. It would close soon.

C. Its effect would be minimal. People would simply shop earlier.

D. It could cause a 20% decrease in profits.

简答题（共3小题：每小题2分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文，根据第73至第75小题的具体要求，简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。

Anne Whitney, a sophomore at Colorado State University, first had a problem taking tests when she began college. "I was always well prepared for my tests. Sometimes I studied for weeks before a test. Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I could not answer the questions correctly. I would blank out because of nervousness and fear. I couldn't think of the answer. My low grades on the tests did not show what I knew to the teacher." Another student in microbiology has similar experiences. He said, "My first chemistry test was very difficult. Then, on the second test, I sat down to take it, and I was so nervous that I was shaking. My hands were moving up and down so quickly that it was hard to hold my pencil. I knew the answers. Yet I couldn't even write them down!"

These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student can't write or think clearly because of the extreme tension and nervousness. Although poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. Recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students.

Special university counseling courses try to help students. In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students take tests to measure their anxiety. If the tests show their anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help them deal with their tension. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. Students are trained to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work at ease. Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test.

An expert at the University of California explains. "With almost all students, relaxation and less stress are felt after taking out program. Most of them experience better control during their tests. Almost all have some improvement. With some, the improvement is very great."

73. What led to Ann Whitney’s poor grades in the test when she began college?（回答词数不超过3个）

74. How do counselors help students who have problems taking test?（回答词数不超过8个）

75. What effect do the counseling courses have on these students?（回答词数不超过5个）

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 填空（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据所需内容在文后第76至第85小题的空格添上适当的单词或短语，并将答案转写到答题卡上。 注意：每空不超过3个单词。

No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world, but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million. The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.

In the United Kingdom, about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people: as we get older, many of us will become less mobile, hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.

Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities. Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases. The longer time goes on, the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have a period of disability in the form of a mental illness. All are affected by people's attitude towards them.

Disabled people face many physical barriers. Next time you go shopping or work or visit friends, imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps, or on to buses and trains. How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic? But there are other barriers: prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through, so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability, not their disability that counts.

Title: 76

77 of the disabled around the world Over 450 million

Some countries with the disabled India: 78 the total population of Canada.

The UK: 79 people with disability.

80 Some are 81 .

Many others become disabled as they get older.

There are many 82 .

Accidents 83 .

84 to the disabled 85 in daily life.

Prejudice and ignorance.

第二节 写作（满分25分）

英语是同学们非常熟悉的学科。请你写一篇文章，内容如下：

1．阐述学英语的必要性。

2．你能采取哪些措施提高英语成绩。

注意：

1. 词数不少于120个；

2. 可适当发挥想象，增加细节，以使行文连贯；

参考答案

1-5: AABBB 6-10: CCBCC 11-15: BBACC 16-17: BA

18. the government

19. working and studying

20. first

21-25: BCADA 26-30: BADCC 31-35: BDDBC

36-40: ADBCA 41-45: BCDDC 46-50: BAADC 51-55: BDABC

56-72: CBBD / ACDD / AACB / CBCAD

73. Test anxiety.

74. By teaching them how to manage test anxiety.

75. Almost all have improvement.

76. The disabled 77. Total number 78. More than double 79. One in ten 80. Reasons for disabilities 81. born with disabilities 82. progressive disabling diseases

83. make people disabled 84. Barriers 85. Inconveniences

Suggested:

Learning English is really a must! Let's take a look around us: the latest information around the world is written in or translated into English. English is one of the most important required subjects for the university and high school entrance exams.

Frankly, my English is not good. But I have to improve my English to pass the college entrance examination. As for me, I would force myself to memorize at least a few new words every day because a large vocabulary is essential in learning English well. Second, I would review some grammar rules every week, which helps me make fewer mistakes in writing English. Third, I’d like to read short articles and then write an English composition every other day.

I hope in this way I can realize my dream.

听力材料

Text 1

W: Are you interested in sports, Ted?

M: Yeah, I like sports a lot. Especially basketball. I play with a group of guys every Saturday at the park.

W: Oh, yeah? I think basketball’s the most boring game in the world! Have you ever played soccer? It’s much more exciting than basketball. Although I’m not good at it, I go and watch a game at least twice a month.

Text 2

M: Who on earth is ringing the doorbell? Oh, it must be Virginia. Would you answer the door, please, Mama?

W: Ok. Hello, Virginia. Come in.

Text 3

W: Would you mind waiting a few more minutes?

M: Not at all!

Text 4

W: Hello! May I speak to Miss Tomlinson? She is my daughter.

M: I’m sorry. She’s in the classroom giving a lesson. Shall I have her call you?

Text 5

W: Just a moment. I want to leave a message for Vincent.

M: You needn’t do that. We’ll be back in less than an hour.

Text 6

W: I’m going to move to a new house.

M: Moving to a new house? That sounds too good to be true. How can you get a new house?

W: My husband made a fortune selling shoes and we used the money for a big house at the seaside.

M: Congratulations! That’s good news!

Text 7

W: Excuse me, can you tell me if I can go directly to Allegheny College from here?

M: Allegheny College, oh, yes, the train goes in about 3 minutes. But it will be a stopping train.

W: Stopping? You mean it is a slow one?

M: Yes, it stops at every station. I took it a week ago.

W: Right, and how long is that journey?

M: That will take about, err, one and a half hours.

W: Oh, dear.

M: Well, that’s the only train to TOS, I guess.

W: I have to do that, then. Thank you.

Text 8

Science has told us so much about the moon that it is quite easy to form an idea of what it would be like to go there.

It is certainly not a friendly place. As there is no air or water, there can be no life of any kind. For mile after mile there are only plains of dust with mountains around them. Above the sun, stars shine in a black sky. If you step out of the mountain shadows it will mean moving from the terrible cold into great heat. The moon is also a very silent world, for sound waves can only travel through air. But from the moon, you can see a friendly sight. Our earth is shining more brightly than the stars. It looks like a huge ball, colored blue and green and brown.

Text 9

M: Can you tell me how to get to the Music Building from here? I have a lecture to attend there.

W: Oh, are you new here?

M: Yes, I just got here last night.

W: Well, to go to the Music Building, you have two choices. If you want to go now, you can walk straight down this street until you’re past a post office, and then turn right. The Music Building will be straight ahead.

M: How long will it take to get there?

W: About twenty minutes.

M: What is my other choice?

W: If you don’t mind waiting around for a while, you can take the shuttle bus. The bus only takes about five minutes to get there.

M: But I have to wait for the bus?

W: That’s right.

M: Well, I guess I might as well walk.

Text 10

W: I’m Kate’s cousin. My name’s Penny Conway.

M: Of course. Mrs. Morrison is your aunt. She told me about you. Your mother lives near Plymouth, doesn’t she?

W:Yes. That’s right.

M: Your father works for the government, and you work in a television studio.

W: You know about me, don’t you? But you’re not Canadian, are you?

M: No, I was studying and working in Canada for two years. I enjoyed myself there. And I was living very near the Morrisons. They were very kind to me. But I must tell you my name. I’m Michael Anderson.

W: How do you do? Please take your coat off and sit down, Mr. Anderson.

M: Don’t call me Mr. Anderson. Everybody calls me Mike. First names are more friendly than surnames, aren’t they?

W: Yes, they are. Would you like some coffee, Mike?

M: Thank you.

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