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2011年高考英语总复习指导与训练——模拟试题(1) - 英语明师辅导 - 博客 金战网-...

2011年高考英语总复习指导与训练——模拟试题(1)

湖北省武昌区

2011届高三11月调研测试

 

 

注意事项:

    1.本卷第一至第三部分为选择题,共110分;第四部分为非选择题,共40分,全卷共12页,考试结束,监考人员将试题卷和答题卷一并收回。

    2.答题前,考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卷指定位置。

    3.选择题的作答:选出答案后,用2B铅笔把机读卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑,如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。答在试题卷上无效。

    4.非选择题的作答:用0.5毫米黑色墨水的签字笔直接答在答题卷上的每题所对应的

答题区域内。答在指定区域外无效。

第一部分:听力(共两节,满分30分)

    做题时,先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答

案转涂到答题卡上。

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ABC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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?

  AEmployer and employee.

  BNext door neighbors.

  CTwo good friends

2How old is Carl now?

      A26. .                      B25.                       C23.

3What does the woman say about Mary?

    AShe hasn't gone camping for weeks.

    BShe likes long camping trips.

       CIt takes her a long time to plan her camping.    .

4When can the woman get the computer?

    AOn Friday.                   BOn Thursday.              CHalf an hour later.

 

 

5Where did the man put his camera?

       AOn the steps.                  BBy the tower.                 CIn his car.

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ABC三个选项中选出最佳选项。并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段材料前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;昕完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听第六段材料,回答6-7题。

6Where was the man speeding?

  AIn a store zone.                BOn the highway.            CIn a school zone. 

7Which description of the following is NOT true?

  AThe man failed to come to a complete stop.

  BThe man is wearing a seat belt.

  CThe man’s driver's license can't be used.

听第七段材料,回答8-9题。

8What does the man major in?

  ALiterature.                       BEducation.                    CPsychology.

9What does the man say about reading those stories now?

  AIt’s great fun.

  BIt's uninteresting,

  CIt helps form. an idea of children's thoughts.

听第八段材料,回答 10-12题。

10What are the two speakers talking about?

       AComputers in the future.

       BPeople's imagination.

       C Possible changes in the future.

11What will be the greatest change according to the man?

       AThe differences between humans and machines.

       BThe differences between computers and human brains.

       CThe differences between humans.

12What can we learn from the conversation?    .

       AThe woman imagines the computer can recognize one's feelings.

       BThe man imagines humans can come back to life after they die.

       CThe man imagines humans willlive as long as they wish to.

听第九段材料,回答13-16题。

13What has the man given up?

       AFishing.                        BSailing.                         CSinging.

 

 

14Why is the man now more interested in surfing ?

       A Because it is a water sport.

       B Because his friend is good at surfing.

       C Because it is more challenging than sailing.

15How many sports items are mentioned?

       A4                                  B5                                   C6

16.How long is it since the man began to learn surfing?

       A. One year:                     BTwo years.                   CThree years.

听第十段材料,回答 17-20题。

17When was the Great Barrier. Reef Marine Park established?

      AIn1975.                     BIn1985.                      CIn1995.

18How long does it stretch?

       A1.500km.                       BMore than l.800km.        CMore than 2.300km.

19Which statement of the following is TRUE?

       A It is possible to visit the park in winter.

       BIt is possible to visit the park all the year round.

       C About l.18 million people visit the park each year.

20How many species of dolphins and whales are there? '

      A17.                         B30.                        C6.

第二部分:词汇知识运用(共两节,满分40分)

第一节多项选择(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

ABCD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。

21Consumer Reports engineers have just completed testing the iPhone 4, and have        that        there is a problem with its reception.

     Aconfirmed        Bapproved         Cdeclined          Dadvocated

22I just got           to a position that was created for me, and many of my former peers have

     stopped talking to me.

       Aaccumulated      Bpromoted            Cdiscounted         Dcampaigned

23---May I have these nice cookies?

    ---You'd better notIf' you eat them before a meal, they may take away your

     Aattraction         Bappreciation        Cappetite             Dfavourite

24A Christmas       is paid in early December each year to people getting certain long-term

      social welfare payments in USA.

      Aallowance         Bsalary            Cbonus              Dbudget

25With farmers markets growing increasingly popular and successful, it's an especially     

    time for a conversation with the Executive.

     Aconscious          Bconvenient         Csecure              Dappropriate

26Do you have those moments where you go out somewhere but are so bored that you       

     need something to do?

       Afrequently          Billegally              Cdeeps, rarely      Dconstantly

27Analysts point out that, since the last serious crisis_     _ , Europe has done very little to     avoid shortages.

     Abroke off        Bbroke away         Cbroke down        Dbroke out

28The old road has now been               since the highway was open to public use.

      Arounded up         Bclosed up        Copened up           Dtied up

29China is beginning to pay close attention to rural villages, many of which feel      in the     country's rapid development.

       Aleft behind       Bgot across         Cheld back            Dlaid off

30         various pavilions representing different nationalities 2010 Shanghai World Expo, there are also pavilions focusing on the past, present, and future of the people and the cities they live m.

       ARegardless of      BApart from     CAccording to      DBut for

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,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(ABCD)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。

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town declaring that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valleyA large crowd gathered, and they all   31  his heart for it was perfect.

      32  , an old man appeared and said, "Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine."

The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was full of   33   It had places where pieces had been   34   and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right, and there were several jagged(锯齿状的)edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges() where whole pieces were missing.

The young man laughed. "Comparing your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a   36  of scars."   

"Yes," said the old man, "Yours looks perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar   37   a person to whom I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart that   38  into the empty place in my heart.

"But because the pieces aren't exact, I have some   39  edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we   40  .

"Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't   41   a piece of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gouges — giving love is   42  a chance.

Although these gouges are painful, they stay   43  , reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I've been waiting. So now do you see what true   45  is?"

  The young man walked up to the old man,   46  into his perfect heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man.

The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the   47  in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.

The young man   49   at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart   50  into his.

  They embraced and walked away side by side. How sad it must be to go through life with a whole untouched heart!

31Aobserved             Bagreed                 Cpraised                Dadmired

32AEventually          BFinally                CFortunately          DSuddenly

33Ascars                   Bpoints                 Cmarks                 Dspots

34Aremoved             Bbrought               Cleft                     Dshaped

35ABy the way          BAs a result           CIn fact                 DOn the contrary

36Apiece                  Bscale                   Cmess                   Dblock

37Aoffers                 Bsupplies               Crepresents            Dprovides

38Aplaces                 Bfits                     Cfills                    Dfalls

39Asmooth               Brough                  Cdifferent              Dbeautiful

40Ashared                 Bshowed               Cowned                 Dexperienced

41Apassed                 Breturned              Csent                    Dlent

42Agetting                Bhaving                Cgiving                 Dtaking

43Ashallow               Bdeep                   Cunclear                Dopen

44Amissing               Bneeding               Cremaining            Dwaiting

45Afriendship           Blove                    Cheart                   Dbeauty

46Acame                  Blooked                Cfit                       Dreached

47Awound                Bbottom                Ctop                     Dedge

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,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(ABCD)中,选出最佳选

项,并在答题书上将该项涂黑。

A

In order to tell what I believe, I must briefly sketch something of my personal history.

The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. My parents, although sympathetic, and sharing my love of music, disapproved of it as a profession. This was understandable in view of the family background. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years at Springhill College in Mobile and, though much beloved and respected in the community, earned barely enough to provide for his large family. My father often said it was only the hardheaded thriftiness of my grandmother that kept the wolf at bay. As a consequence of this example in the family, the very mention of music as a profession carried with it a picture of a precarious existence with uncertain financial rewards. My parents insisted upon college instead of a conservatory of music, and to college I went.

Before my graduation form. Columbia, the family met with severe financial reverses and I felt it my duty to leave college and take a job. Thus was I launched upon a business career – which I always think of as the wasted years.

Now I do not for a moment mean to disparage business. My whole point I is that it was not for me. I went into it for money, and aside from the satisfaction of being able to help the family, money is all I got out of it. It was not enough. I felt that life was passing me by. From being merely discontented I became acutely miserable. My one ambition was to save enough to quit and go to Europe to study music. I continued to make money, and finally, bit by bit, accumulated enough to enable me to go abroad. The family being once more solvent, and my help no longer necessary, I resigned from my position and, feeling like a man released from jail, sailed for Europe. I stayed four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working before and enjoyed every minute of it. I was a free man and I was doing what I loved to do.

If I had stayed in business, I might be a comparatively wealthy man today, but I do not believe I would have made a success of living. I would have given up all those intangibles, those inner satisfactions, that money can never buy, and that are too often sacrificed when a man’s primary goal is financial success. Money is a wonderful thing, but it is possible to pay too high a price on it.

51The author's parents discouraged him from studying music chiefly because       .

       Athey didn't understand why music was so important to him.

       Bthey didn't know whether he would be a successful musician.

       Cthey didn't believe any conservatory was as good as Columbia.

       Dthy didn't think as a music teacher he would make much money.

52For what did the author leave Columbia before he graduated?   

       AHe received a good iob offer

       BHe cruldn’t wait to studv music  

       CHefelthe should helphisfamily

       DHe was dissatisfied with Columbia 

53Which of the following statements about the author’s business career is true?

       AHe made a large amount of money

       BHe didn’t enjoy his career in business

       CHe worked very hard as a businessperson

       DHe didn’t think his profession was a noble one

54From the passage we know that the author believes

       Aone shouldn’t sacrifice his inner satisfactions for the sake of money

       Ba person’s primary goal in life shouldn’t be financial Success

       Cparents should not always tell their children what to do

       Dnot everyone can have a successful career in business

 

B

       A team of British engineers will announce a plan for the world’s first 1,000 mph car,a pencil-shaped vehicle designed to break the world land speed record

       The 12, 000, 000 car,known as Blo~thound SSC, is to be announced today by Paul Draysonthe science minister for the UK governmentIt would be able to reach 1, 050 mph, traveling faster than a speeding bulletThe Bloodhound team plans to have the car built within a year,with the record attempt expected in three years

       The project brings together fighter pilot Andy Greenwho set me current land speed record of 763 mph with Trust SSC in 1 997 and Richard Noble, who directed that attempt

       The car will be the first to combine ajiet engine for a Euro fighter Typhoon with a rocket booster(助推器).The task of driving the vchicle will fall on Andy Green, 46He will use an accelerator(加速器)to power the jet engine up to speeds of around 350 mph and then fire the solid rocket boosterAt that point, a V-1 2 racing Car engine will start pumping more than a ton of hydrogen peroxide(过氧化氢)into the booster,forcing the car to 1,000 mph in 20 seconds

       Team members are now visiting sites where the record attempt will be madeThe current record was set at Black Rock Desert in Nevada, USBut that is impossible now as ground conditions there have become worse since 1997In the next week or two, Green will visit a site in South AfricaOther possible places are the salt fiats of the US and AustraliaJohn Piper, the lead engineer on the project, said the team would get started next month

       The plan was put forward by Drayson, a racing car enthusiast, as a project to inspire a new generation of scientists and engineersWho are in desperately short supply in the UK.‘”We’don’t have enough young people taking science and mathsThese are difficult subjects and we have to give the young a clear reason for study them,” said Drayson

55Which of the folowing is ture of Bloodhound SSC?

       AItwillbeputonthemarketinthreeyears.

       BIt can accelerate from 350 mph to 1,050 mph in 12 seconds

       Cn is powered only by a solid rocket booster

       DIt will beat the current record by more than 250 mph  

56Where did Andy Green set the current WOrld land speed record?

       AInSouthAfrica

       BIn the United States

       CIn the United Kingdom

       DIIl Australia  

57Who will be the driver of Bloodhound SSC?

       APaul Drayson                                BRichard Noble  

       CAndy Green                                     DJohn Piper

 

 

58Paul Drayson hopes that Bloodhound SSC will          .

       Ainspire more young people to study science and technology

       Battract more attention from other scientists and engineers

       Cbreak the world land speed record as soon as possible

       Dbring more job opportunities to the young generation

C

       “I was rich, if not in money,in sunny hours and summer daysHenry David Thoreau

       When Thoreau wrote that line, he was thinking of the Walden Pond he knew as a boy

       Woodchoppers(伐木者)and the Iron Horse had not yet greatly damaged the beauty of its surroundingsA boy could go to the pond and lie on his back against the seat of a boat, lazily floating from shore to shore while birds dipped around himThoreau loved to think back to such sunny hours and summer days“when idleness was the most attractive and productive business’’   

       I too was a boy in love with a pond, rich in sunny hours and summer days. Sun and summer are still what they always were, but the boy and the pond changedThe boy, who is nOw a manno longer finds much time for idle driftingThe pond has been occupied by a great cityThe swamps(沼泽地)where eagles once hunted has disappeared and 1S now nUed with housesThe bay where water lilies(睡莲)quietly floated is now a harbor for motor boatsIn short, everything that the boy loved no longer exists---except in the man’s memory of it 

       Some Deople insist that Only today and tomorrow matterBut how much poorer we would be if we really lived by that rule!So much of what we do today is foolish and worthless and soon forgottenSo much of what we hope tO do tomorrow never happens.

       The past is the bank in which we store our most valuable possessionthe memorles that give meaning and depth to our lives

       Those who truly treasure the past will not regret the passing of the good old days, because days protected in memory are never lostDeath itself is powerless to still a remembered voice or erase a remembered smileAnd for one boy who is now a man, there is a pond which neither time nor tide can change, where he can still spend a quiet hour in the sun

59The underlined phraseIron Horse”(in Paragraph 3probably refers to        .

       Aa means of transport                         Ba type of animal

       Ca kind offactory                                  Da mud - rock flow

60In what way was the author similar to Thoreau?

       ABoth of them tried to stop woodchoppers from cutting the trees

       BBoth of them enjoyed playing at a pond in summer

       CBoth of them were good at rowing boats

       DBoth of them were from rich families

61The author tNnks that it iS wrong to        

       Aforgetthepast                                       Bdamage the forests

       Cruin natural beauty                               Dhavehopeforthefuture

62Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

       ANeither Today nor Tomorrow Matters

       BMemories of the Past tO Be Treasured

       CSunny Hours and Summer Days

       DIn Love withAPond

D

       Real Christmas trees On farms Would not exist if people stopped buying themJust one acre of growing Christmas trees produces the daily oxygen requirements for at least e’ghteen people

       Christmas tree farms protect water supplies, stabilize soil, and help protect wildlife The forests of Nonh America spread over roughly the saIlle area of land as they did a century ago and in the past ten years have in fact expanded by almost ten million acres. Furthermore, to guarantee a steady supply, one to three new seedlings are planted for every tree they harvest.

       With global warnling being such a major concern, developing woodlands is an essennal part of the fightWhile potted trees are a better alternative than artificial(人工的), they require a certain amount of care. But it would be a better choice than a plastic tree which will remain mder the ground for centuries once it’s discanded.

       On average, it takes a Chrismas tree five to sixteen years to become mature. Before the Christmas tree industry appeared, people used to cut trees from forests, sometimes unlawfully.

and usually with no concem for the possible harm to the forest. But today. Christmas trivet growers plant as many as fifty million trees ere year.

Several districts have recycling programs that turn Christmas trees into mulch (覆盖物)For a small fee, the Boy Scouts will deal with it. fake Christmas trees can’t be recycled, while read Christmas trees support life. We shouldn’t add more position to our earth.

If you know a needy family in need of a Christmas tree, but them a real one. Give a live Christmas tree to someone this Christmas and what you do will help protect the environment.

63The underlined word “discarded ” (in Paragraph 3) can be replaced by           .

      Aplanted                 Bmoved               Ctransported            Ddeserted

64According to the passage, real Christmas trees            .

      Acan’t be recycled                                 Bneed much care

      Cwill stay under the ground                    Dmake the global warming worse

65We may infer form. the passage that the Boy Scouts will            .

      Abut artificial Christmas trees

      Bsell real Christmas trees

      Cmake artificial Christmas trees

      Drecycle real Christmas trees

66The purpose of the passage is to call on people to         .

      Aplant real Christmas trees

      Bstop cutting down Christmas trees

      Cstop buy8ng fake Christmas trees

      Ddeal with plastic Christmas trees

E

    The govemment may control prices when there is a problem such as rapidly increasing rents or a rise in the cost of living. When the govemment controls prices, there is no longer a nomal relationship between the price of a product and the quantity consumers will buy. Covemment controls may help in an emergency. However, some economists believe that controls can have negative effects over a long period of time.

In cities with rent control, they city govemment sets the maximum rent that a landlord can charge for an apartment. Supporters of rent control argue that is protests people who are living in apartments. Their rent cannot increase; therefore, they are not in danger of losing their homes. However, the critics say that after long time, rent control may have negative effects. Landlords know that they cannot increase their profits. Therefore, they invest in other businesses where they can increase their profits. They do not invest in new buildings which would also be rent controlled. As a result, new apartments are not built. Many people who need apartments cannot find any. According to the critics, the end result of rent control is a shortage of apartments in the city.

Some theorists argue that the minimum wage law can cause problems in the same way. the federal govemment sets the minimum that an employer must pay workers. The minimum helps people who generally look for unskilled, low paying jobs. However, if the minimum is high, employers may hire fewer workers. They will replace workers with machinery. The price, which in the wage that employers what decreases. Thus, critics chime, an increase in the minimum wage may cause unemployment. Some poor people may find themselves without jobs instead of with jobs at the minimum wage.

Supporters of the minimum wage say that it helps people keep their dignity. Because of the law, workers cannot sell their services for less than the minimum. Furthermore, employers cannot force workers to accept jobs at unfair wages.

Economic theory predicts the results of economic decisions such as secessions about farm production, rent control, and the minimum wage. The predictions may be correct only if “other things are equal”. Economists do not agree on some of the predictions. They also do not agree on the value of different decisions. Some economists support a particular decision while others criticize it. Economists do agree, however, that there are no simple answers to economic questions.

67There is the possibility that setting maximum rent may           .

       Acause a shortage of apartments

       Bincrease the profits of landlords

       Cincrease the profits of landlords

       Dencourage landlords to invest in building apartment

 

 

68The problem of unemployment will arise          .

       Aif the minimum wage is set too high

       Bif the minimum wage is set too low

       Cif the workers are unskilled

       Dif the maximum wage is set

69The passage tells us          .

       Athe relationship between supply and demand

       Bthe possible results of govemment controls

       Cthe necessity of govemment control

       Dthe urgency of getting rid of govemment controls

70The attitude of the author to price control is         .

       Asubjective            Bobjective             Cindifferent           Dsupportive

第四部分:书面表达(共两节,满分40分)

第一节:完成句子(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)

1            (已经证明)that this way of treating the disease is the most effective so far.(prove)

2Even in those most difficult times we still believed that our goal         (会实现的).(achieve)

3“Bill, keep secret the things             (现在讨论的).won’t you?” asked the manager at the meeting.(discuss)

4When I opened the door, I found him sitting in the sofa, completely         (专心于)a novel(absorb)

5Our town has developed into a bit modern city and is          (两倍于)what it use to be.(size)

6The teacher was trying her best to clarify            (使学生们困惑的)(confuse)

7We have been told that under no circumstances           (我们可以使用电话)in the office for personal use.(use)

8The factory produces half a million airs of shoes every year, 80%       (产品销往国外).(sell)

9.—Why didn’t you tell him about the meeting?

He rushed out of the room                (我来不及开口).(word)

10We missed the early bus in the morning otherwise we          (能够到达这里)here before lunch time.(arrive)

第二节:短文写作(共1题,满分25分)

上海世博会结束后,建造精美的各个国家馆何去何从备受关注。有媒体报道称,卢林堡馆将落户武汉。请用英文写一篇120词左右的短文,就武汉将接纳卢森堡国家馆的搬迁谈谈你的赞成与否的观点。

词汇提示:世博会World Expo  国家馆national pavilion  卢森堡Luxembourg

 

参考答案

听力

1-20    ABBCA  CBCCC  ACBCB  AACBB

 

多项选择

21-30   ABCCD  CDBAB

 

完形填空

31—50  D D A A C   C C B B A   B D D D D   D A C B A

 

阅读理解

51-54 DCBA 55-58 DBCA 59-62 ABCB        63-66 DBDC 67-70 AABB

 

完成句子

1It has been proved/proven 

2would be achieved

3being discussed; that/which are being discussed

4absorbed in

5twice the size of

6what had confused the students/what confused the students

7can we use the telephone

8of which are sold abroad

9before I could say a word

10could have arrived/would have been able to arrive

第二节:短文写作(共1, 满分25分)

Possible version

It is reported that after the World Expo closes, the Luxembourg National Pavilion is likely to be moved to Wuhan. In fact, many other Chinese cities want to make themselves the home of those national pavilions. While some people are happy about this, others are worried that the move would be too expensive and would cause cities to try to keep up with the Joneses.

As for me, I warmly welcome the Luxembourg Pavilion to Wuhan. In my opinion, it would be a huge waste if it were simply to be torn down, but would not cost much to move it to Wuhan. Besides, more people would be able to visit the pavilion, a symbol of the friendship between the two countries.

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WI'm sorrysirI didn't finish the job as required

MOhnoShallydon't say sorryAnyway you've tried your best.

 

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MDo you think you can recognize Carl when you see him?

WNot sureI haven't seen him since he was 16Time fliesNow 9 years have passed

 

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MMary is fond of campingisn't she?

WYesshe usually goes for weeks at a time

 

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WCan we get the computers before Friday?

MIt dependsIf it is less than 10 kilometerswe can deliver them on Thursday

WBut my office is just at the corner of the street

MOKI am sure you call get it in half an hour then

 

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MOhnoI haven't got my camera

WBut you used it just now to take a photograph at the tower

MOhI rememberedI put it on the stairs while I put on my coat.

WOKlet's draw it back quicklyIt might still be there

 

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WOkayMay I see your driver's license please?

MWhat? Did I do anything wrong?

WLicensepleaseAnd your car registration

MOh, yeahIt's here somewhere...Yeah, here it is

WSirdid you realize you were speeding in a school zone?

MWhat? No, I didn'tbut that's probably because my odometer is broken, I mean, malfunctioning

WYesyou were going 50 miles per hour in a 20 mile per hour zoneAnd you failed to come to a complete stop at the intersection back there

MRolling stops don't count?

WAnd, one of your break lights is out[Huh?]you're not wearing a seat beltAnd your driver's license expired six months agoOkay, then. Here's your ticket. You can either appear in court to pay the fine or mail it inHave a nice day

 

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MHiIreneWhat do you think of our class in Children's Literature?

WIt looks pretty goodI was surprised to see you in thereAre you also majoring in Elementary Education?

MNo, I'm notBut as a psychology majorI call use this to fulfill the requirement in Developmental Psychology.

WHave you finished the first assignment yet?

MNot yet. I just bought the books todayHow about you?

WI started this afternoonIt's great fun reading those wonderful children's stories by Dr.Suess

MDrSuess? I don't remember seeing his name on the reading list.

WHis full name is Theodore Suess GyselThat's how he is listed

MI loved reading those stories as a childIt'll be interesting to read them nowI guess they'll give me a good idea of how children think

 

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WWhat changes do you think will take place in the next 50 years?

MI imagine that the greatest change will be the difference between humans and machines

WWhat do you mean?

MI mean it will be harder to tell the difference between the human and machine.

WCan you describe it more clearly?

MAs science develops, it will be possible for all parts of one's body to be replaced. A computer will work like the human brain. The computer can recognize one's feelings, act in a feeling way.

WYou mean man - made human beings will be produced? Come on! That's out of the question!

MDon't get excited, please. That's only my personal imagination!

WGo on, please. I won't take it seriously.

MWe will then be able to create a machine that is a copy of ourselves. We'll appear to be alive long after we are dead.

WWhat a ridiculous idea!

MIt's possible that a way will be found to put our spirit into a new body. Then, we can choose to live as long as we want.

WIn that case, the world would be a hopeless mess!

 

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WI hear you've given up sailing.

MNot completely. I still go every now and then, but I'm much more interested in surfing nowadays. It's more of a challenge, but I still go out in a boat occasionally.

WWhen did you begin to show interest in surfing?

MIt was last summer. My friend invited me to go with him. He is an expert in surfing. At first I just watched. But he kept encouraging me to have a try. So I did it. I felt it was fantastic. Always up and down with the waves, and it was just one race after another between the surf rider and the waves. I like the sport. Because it can always keep me in high spirits.

WDo you like any other sport? Like football?

MI have no interest in ball games or any other sports. But I like all water sports. Besides sailing, surfing, in the future, I may try water skiing, windsurfing or something else.

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   In the blue waters off the northeast coast of Australia lies the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The park was established in 1975 to manage tourist activity on the Great Barrier Reef, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Stretching for more than 2 300 km, it's the most extensive coral reef system in the world. It can even be seen from space!

   Approximately 1.8 million people visit the park each year -- and for good reason. Swimming, snorkeling and scuba diving in the park take visitors to a breathtaking underwater world, full of multicolored marine life. The warm waters in the park make it possible to visit year round. Watersports and boating are also popular activities in the park.

   The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of animal life. More than 1 500 species of fish have been found in and around the reef. The reef is also home to six species of sea turtles, 17 species of sea snakes, and 30 species of dolphins and whales. Visitors can join tour groups to go whale watching and even swim with whales!

 


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