浙江省杭州外国语学校期中考试英语试卷
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I．听力
15% （共15题，每小题1分）
Part OneListen to five short dialogues and answer questions 1-5. Each dialogue will be read only once.
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1. What does the lady mean?
A. She thinks the man’s kidding.
B. She believes what the man said.
C. She has a problem with her leg.
2. What does the man feel about Hill?
A. He feels sorry for Hill.
B. He doesn’t really care.
C. He thinks Hill deserves it.
3. What does the woman ask Karl to do?
A. To put on his friend’s shoes.
B. To try to understand his friend.
C. To ask his friends again.
4. What does the man mean?
A. We’re not sure about the evidence.
B. We know nothing about the case.
C. We’re not 100% sure about the case.
5. Which of the following is true about Dialogue 5?
A. The man didn’t think the boys had vandalized the wall.
B. The boys vandalized the wall and got away with it.
C. The man wished the boys had never committed that crime.
Part Two: Listen to a long dialogue and answer questions 6-10. You have 10 seconds to read the new words and phrases. The dialogue will be read twice.
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6. What reason does the girl give for needing a cell phone?
A. She can use it to check her email.
B. She can call family in case of emergency.
C. She can make cheaper long-distance calls with it.
7. What is one major feature of the calling plan?
A. 1000 anytime minutes
B. unlimited weekday minutes
C. 1000 free weekday minutes nationwide
8. What is the term of service for this plan?
A. 3 months
B. 6 months
C. 9 months
9. What will happen if customers cancel the service?
A. They’ll pay a fee of $200.
B. No cancellation fee will be charged.
C. They get refund.
10. Why does the girl suggest that her father buy a new car too?
A. Their current car is in bad shape, and it doesn't look good.
B. The cell phone's power supply won't work in an older car.
C. Their car isn't big enough to ride in with all her friends.
Part Three: Listen to the monologue and fill in the missing words with what you hear. The monologue will be read twice. 5%
A new study says volunteering is good for us. A research paper in the
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BMC Public Health says helping others improves our mental health and lengthens our life. Researchers reviewed the
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of volunteerism on our health. They said volunteers were less
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felt good about themselves, and had a smaller chance of dying early. Australians volunteer most, with an estimated 36 per cent of the population lending a hand.
Dr Suzanne Richards said her review showed that volunteering improves mental health. More research will find out if volunteering really does this. She said she wasn't sure what biological,
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and social factors make people want to volunteer. A different study gave three reasons why volunteering helps us. First, it means we get physical activity; second, the social connections help to
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our stress; and third, it makes us happier.
II. 单项填空
10% （共20小题， 每小题0.5分）
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
16. ell phone is __________ useful invention of the last 50 years, however, some scientists __________ the disappearance of bees.
A. a; blame it for
B. an; blame it for
C. a; are blamed it for
D. an; are blamed it for
17. The city says these trees have to be taken down to make way for a __________playground. Why do you __________ that?
A. children’; against
B. children’; oppose
C. children’s; against
D. children’s; oppose
18. __________ the old stores and houses will be destroyed to __________ for the highway.
A. Many; make rooms
B. Many of; make rooms
C. Many; make room
D. Many of; make room
19. __________ young criminals to do community service, like picking up litter and helping senior people, __________ the best punishment.
A. Getting; are
B. Getting; is
C. Get; are
D. Get; is
20. Despite __________, they aren’t happy.
A. rich
B. being rich
C. they are rich
D. be rich
21. Lock Ness is a famous lake because it is __________ the home of a huge and mysterious beast __________ as the Lock Ness Monster.
A. basically; known
B. supposedly; known
C. basically; which known
D. supposedly; which known
22. Experts believe that the pyramid must have been built by ____________skilled workers.
A. tens of thousand
B. ten thousands
C. tens of thousands of
D. ten thousands of
23. That book ________________ into at least 20 foreign languages.
A. has said to be translated
B. has been said to have translated
C. is said that it had been translated
D. is said to have been translated
24. ---- The light in the office is still on.
---- Oh，I forgot_____________.
A. turning it off
B. turn it off
C. to turn it off
D. having turned it off
25. We wish we ______________ what you did when we were at high school.
A. did
B. could have done
C. have done
D. should do
26. I couldn’t stand __________ all those busy streets! Sometimes I felt like __________ at the drivers of all those cars!
A. crossing; to shout
B. to cross; to shout
C. crossing; shouting
D. to cross; shouting
27. ---- Tom is never late for school. Why is he absent today?
---- Something ___ to him.
A. must happen
B. must have happened
C. couldn’t have happened
D. should have happened
28. She looks sad. Could you please tell me __________ that prevents her from being as happy as before?
A. what it is
B. it is what
C. why it is
D. it is why
29. __________ in 1722 by Captain Jacob Roggenveen, the Moai have stood on Easter Island for centuries __________ the island’s people from intruders.
A. Found; guarding
B. Found; guard
C. Finding; guarding
D. Finding; guard
30. Cryptozoologists say that some animals which scientists claim __________ might still __________.
A. are extinct; be exist;
B. to extinct; be exist
C. are extinct; exist
D. to extinct; exist
31. Don’t __________ the effort to cover up the mistake you made, because it really __________ no difference to the punishment.
A. make; does
B. do; makes
C. make; makes
D. do; does
32. He finds ________ unnecessary to worry about something that may never happen.
A. it
B. this
C. that
D. what
33. ______ is troubling me is ______ I don’t understand ______ he is so cold to me today.
A. What; that; what
B. What; that; why
C. That; what; that
D. Why; that; which
34. It seems that a new problem __________ in my life ___________.
A. comes up; everyday
B. comes across; everyday
C. comes up; every day
D. comes across; every day
35. ---- Have you finished the homework for the holiday?
---- _______________. I am sure I will finish it in an hour.
A. What on earth
B. Just kidding
C. How come
D. More or less
III. 完型填空
15% （共15小题， 每小题1分）
阅读下面材料，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
‘Long time no see’ is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s E-mail, I
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. I thought it was a classic example of Chinglish.
Obviously, it is a word-to-word
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translation of the Chinese greetings with a ruined English structure and grammar! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American greeting. I had too many
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to believe her. Her words were not convincing enough. So I did a
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on google.com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages
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‘Long time no see’. This sentence has been
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used in E-mails, letters, newspapers, movies, books or any other possible place. Though it is
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informal, it is part of the language Americans use daily. Ironically(讽刺地说), if you type this sentence in Microsoft Word, the
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will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.
Nobody knows the
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of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully
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a world wide famous Chinese detective named ‘Charlie Chan’ on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom
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using what Confucius said. ‘Long time no see’ was his trademark.
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Charlie Chan, ‘Long time no see’ became a popular phrase in the real world thanks to the popularity of the movies.
Some people
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America to a huge melting pot（大熔炉）. All kinds of culture are
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in the pot together, and then change the color and taste of each other. American Chinese though a minority ethnic group in the United States, has also contributed some changes to the stew（大杂烩）! Language is usually the first thing to be
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in the mixed pot.
36. A. jumped B. scared C. laughed D. cried
37. A. indirect B. literal C. classic D. good
38. A. ideas B. doubts C. proud D. confidence
39. A. search B. research C. survey D. job
40. A. printing B. publishing C. expressing D. containing
41. A. hardly B. widely C. deeply D. seldom
42. A. plenty of B. lots of C. sort of D. part of
43. A. software B. hardware C. operator D. speaker
44. A. origin B. use C. meaning D. expression
45. A. did B. uncovered C. published D. created
46. A. in B. with C. of D. by
47. A. Long before B. Before long C. Shortly after D. The moment
48. A. join B. compare C. tie D. add
49. A. mixed B. connected C. done D. damaged
50. A. used B. considered C. mentioned D. influenced
IV. 阅读理解
30%
(共20小题，每小题1.5分)
Part OneRead the following passages and choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
A
When I came to Cincinnati as an au pair (家庭打工留学生), a lot of things there were different from what I knew. My host family lived in a huge house I could only describe as a "castle"．In Germany I had lived in a small apartment together with my mom. Soon I found out that the "castle" was actually rather small in our neighborhood.
Everybody there was very friendly and polite. They greeted you when they were walking by at least 3 feet away from you. They must not have seen a German au pair before, for most people I met asked me all kinds of questions about Germany. I enjoyed answering their various strange questions. I made a lot of friends and I started to hang out with them.
Of course, there were a number of new things, and it took me the whole year to find them all out. I never got homesick. Perhaps it was because I did not have too many negative experiences and felt loved and welcomed there.
However, I had undergone some painful experience back in Germany. I was frustrated by the way people would run me over and not even say "Sorry."
Taking up my studies at the TU-Dresden, I felt lonely. Everybody here seemed to be withdrawn(离群的) and I missed everything I had in Cincinnati. Germany was so "cold". I found it so much harder to make new friends. After six months I got a roommate and only two good friends. I also flew back to Cincinnati several times for long periods. I felt that without those visits I was not able to make it.
Now I am over this German culture shock. It almost took me an entire year. I am still going back and forward between Dresden and Cincinnati four times a year.
51. When the author lived in Cincinnati, ________.
A. she lived in a real castle
B. some people were not very kind to her
C. many people were curious about her motherland
D. she lived in the biggest house in the neighborhood
52. In the opinion of the author, life in Cincinnati was________.
A. wonderful
B. hard
C. painful
D. strange
53. The underlined word "undergone" in Paragraph 4 probably means________
A. welcomed
B. accepted
C. expected
D. suffered
54. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the author?
A. She lived with her mother in a big house in Germany.
B. She never went back to Cincinnati after she came back to Germany.
C. She seldom hung out with her American friends as she was too busy.
D. She did miss her friends in Cincinnati when she was at the TU-Dresden.
55. What is the best title for this passage?
A. University life in Germany
B. My culture shock experience
C. Advantages of living in USA
D. How to be an au pair in USA
B
When you hear the word quicksand, what image comes to mind? You probably picture someone up to the waist in wet land, screaming for help. In fact, quicksand can be very dangerous. People and animals have sunk into quicksand before and never escaped. However, the more you know about quicksand, the safer you will be.
First, quicksand is really ordinary sand. It isn’t some sort of strange hungry beast. Quicksand forms when water seeps up (渗出) from the underneath a layer of fine sand. The water pushes the grains of sand apart and makes the sand loose. This loose sand will not hold up a heavy weight.
Quicksand usually forms along the banks of rivers, at the seashore, or under slow-moving rivers and streams. It only forms when water flows upward through the sand, not over it. If you are in a place that tends to have quicksand, it’s a good idea to carry a large stick. As you walk, poke (戳) the ground in front of you to be sure it’s firm.
Let’s suppose that you happen to step into some quicksand. The best way to deal with it is to stay calm. You may sink, but you won’t sink quickly. You will have time to try several ways to get out. First, drop anything you might be carrying that adds weight, such as a backpack. Then try walking out -making slow and steady movements with your legs. If this doesn’t work, the best thing to do is lie back and float, it’s even easier to float on quicksand than on regular water.
Of course, you will want to call for help. If help is nearby, it’s best simply to wait. If help is not nearby, then continue to lie on your back but make slow, rolling movements toward the edge of the quicksand. When you feel solid ground underneath, you can stand up.
Some animals seem to know how to avoid sinking down into quicksand. Mules, for instance, fold their legs underneath them and float on their bellies. Cows, on the other hand, tend to panic and wave their legs around. This doesn’t help them escape. So, if you are ever trapped in quicksand, think like a mule, not like a cow.
56. What detail supports the idea that quicksand can be dangerous?
A. Quicksand forms when water seeps up from underneath.
B. You will have time to try several ways to get out.
C. Animals have fallen into quicksand and never escaped.
D. Quicksand is really just an ordinary sand.
57. If you get caught, what should you do first?
Wave your arms and legs quickly.
Drop anything heavy that you are carrying.
Fold your legs underneath you.
Poke a stick into the ground in front of you.
58. How is the mule’s reaction to quicksand different from a cow’s reaction?
Mules fold their legs and float on their bellies.
Mules wave their legs around.
Mules sink immediately.
Mules panic and splash their legs around.
59. What’s the passage about?
Quicksand is not really made up of sand.
Quicksand can be dangerous, but there are ways to escape.
You should poke the ground in front of you with a stick.
Animals are able to float on quicksand, but humans always sink.
60. The author’s main purpose in this passage is to _______________.
give information about quicksand
tell an entertaining story
persuade people to avoid quicksand
explain how quicksand forms
C
The Parthenon（帕德教神殿）in Athens is a building with a long and complex history．Built nearly 2,500 years ago as a temple celebrating the Greek goddess Athena, it was for thousands of years the church of the Virgin Mary of the Athenians, then a mosque清真寺, and finally a ruin. The building was changed and the sculptures much damaged over the centuries. By 1800 only about half of the original sculptural decoration remained.
Between 1801 and 1805, Lord Elgin, the British ambassador (大使) to the Ottoman Empire (奥斯曼帝国), which controlled Athens, acting with the full knowledge and permission of the Ottoman authorities, removed about half of the remaining sculptures from the fallen ruins and from the building itself．Lord Elgin loved Greek history and transported the sculptures back to Britain．The arrival of the sculptures in London had a huge effect on the European public, greatly increasing interest in ancient Greek culture and influencing contemporary artistic trends．These sculptures were acquired from Lord Elgin by the British Museum in 1816 and since then they have all been on display to the public, free of charge．
Since the early 1980s, however, the Greek government has argued for the permanent removal to Athens of all the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum．They have also challenged the British Museum Board of Trustees' legal title to the sculptures．
The British Museum, however, insists that it exists to tell the story of cultural achievement throughout the world, from the dawn of human history over two million years ago until the present day．The museum considers itself an important resource for the world: the breadth and depth of its collection allows the world public to re-examine cultural identities and explore the complex network of interconnected world cultures．
It also says that, within the context of this unparalleled collection, the Parthenon sculptures are an important representation of ancient Athenian civilization. Each year millions of visitors admire the artistry of the sculptures and gain insights on how ancient Greece influenced - and was influenced by -the other civilizations that it encountered．
61. For most of its history people went to the Parthenon to ______．
A. admire the goddess Athena
B. pray to their god
C. search for sculptures
D. learn about its complex history
62. The underlined "it"in Paragraph 4) refers to "_________"．
A. the British Museum
B. the Greek government
C. the Parthenon
D. the British Museum Board of Trustees
63. What can we learn about Lord Elgin from the passage?
A. He is greatly admired in Greece．
B. He worked for the Ottoman Empire．
C. He saved the Parthenon sculptures from being destroyed．
D. He had a deep interest in Greek culture．
64. What can we infer(推断) from the passage?
A. The sculptures introduced ancient Greek culture to the west．
B. Ancient Greek culture has greatly influenced world culture．
C. The British Museum has made much money from the Parthenon sculptures．
D. The British Museum is the place most capable of preserving these sculptures．
65. The author's main intention in writing this passage is to tell _____．
A. the history of the Parthenon and its sculptures
B. what people can see in the British Museum
C. why the British Museum refuses to return the sculptures
D. the influence of Greece on British culture
Part Two
Read the following passage and answer the questions according to the information given in the passage.
Dear Doctor,
My husband and I got married in 1990 and for the first ten years of our marriage, I was very happy to stay home and raise our three children. Then four years ago, our youngest child went to school and I thought I might go back to work.
My husband was very supportive and helped me to make my decision. He said he thought I could be a great success in business. After several weeks of job hunting, I found my present job, which is working for a small public relations firm. At first, my husband was very proud of me and would tell his friends, “My clever little wife can run that company she’s working for.”
But as his joking remark approaches reality, my husband stopped talking to me about my job. I have received several promotions (升职) and pay increases, and I am now making more money than he is. I can buy my own clothes and new car. Because of our combined incomes, my husband and I can do many things that we had always dreamed of doing, but we don’t do these things because he is very unhappy.
We fight about little things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends. For the first time in our marriage, I think there is a possibility that our marriage may come to an end. I love my husband very much, and I don’t want him to feel bad, but I also love my job. I think I can be a good wife and a working woman, but I don’t know how. Can’t you give me some advice? Will I have to choose one or the other or can I keep both my husband and my new career?
Please help.
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66. According to the context of the passage, when was the letter most probably written?
___________________________________.
67. What do you think shows her husband was supportive?
___________________________________.
68. What does the term “job hunting” mean?
___________________________________.
69. Why can they do many things that they had always dreamed of now?
___________________________________.
70. What is the dilemma（两难）of the working woman?
___________________________________.
V. 根据首字母填写单词5%
(共10小题，每小题0.5分)
71. Students should be e________________ in different ways, not only the tests, but also by how they perform in class.
72. Although Tom's only an a______________，he's a first - class player who has beat all the professional players in the team.
73. Anyone who w___________ the attack should call the police and report what they saw.
74. Even though Mr. Rodger d________ the rumors about the Hill House, his smile and the jewelry in the box made us believe that house was actually a haunted house.
75. We don’t know for sure if it is true that playing the piano makes your fingers skinnier and longer, but people with s_________ fingers are said to be better at it.
76. I a_______________ spilled my drink all over him at the party. He got mad at me, although I didn’t mean to.
77. At the beginning of each semester, teachers usually give n_______________ classes to let students have a general picture about the subjects they are learning this semester.
78. Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C serves as a b______________ place for people of national and historical importance.
79. Experienced spies are very good at d_____________. It’s pretty difficult to identify them.
80. The film To Kill a Mocking Bird was a_________________ from a novel of the same title written by Harper Lee. However, many people prefer the original work to the movie.
VI. 选择词组并以其恰当的形式填入空格 10% (共10小题，每小题1分)
come up with
put sb. on probation
sleep on
make sense
concentrate on
in spite of
pay off
get engaged
do some good
dedicate one’s life to
sort out
81. This sentence just doesn't _____________, no matter how you read it. Don’t waste your time!
82. To give the young man a chance to mend his way, the judge did not jail him, but ________ ______________ for a year.
83. Martin Luther King’s Day is to memorize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who _______________ fighting against inequalities for minorities and died in the course of that effort.
84. Tom Smith can’t decide whether to take the new job or not immediately, so he wants to ____________ it and give his reply tomorrow.
85. I can't _______________________my studies with all that noise going on. It has annoyed me a lot.
86. _______________ all his troubles, he retained (保留) his sense of humour and kept an optimistic attitude towards life.
87. They thought they had four weeks to__________ their problems. Actually, there was only one week left.
88. Nowadays, many young people don’t _______________ before they get married.
89. The newly-built gym in the school is sure to ____________________ to the students who love sports.
90. British scientists claimed to have finally _________________ the definitive answer to the question “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” The answer is the chicken.
VII. 书面表达 15% 缺点
方便 a. 很难辨别是否是假货
商品价格往往较低 b. 在购买前无法试用和检查，缺乏购物乐趣
可以看到别的客户的评价，有助于做出选择 c. 网络支付不安全
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杭州外国语学校2017学年第一学期英语期中考试听力部分+答案
Part One
Listen to five short dialogues and answer questions 1-5. Each dialogue will be read only once.
5%
Dialogue One
Man: An alien was making a phone call in my back yard late last night!
Woman: You’re pulling my leg, aren’t you?
Question 1. What does the lady mean?
A. She thinks the man’s kidding.
B. She believes what the man said.
C. She has a problem with her leg.
Dialogue 2
Woman: Hill broke his leg when he was joyriding in the neighborhood.
Man: It serves him right!
Question 2. What does the man feel about Hill?
A. He feels sorry for Hill.
B. He doesn’t really care.
C. He thinks Hill deserves it.
Dialogue 3
Man: How come my best friend refused to lend me his car!
Woman: Put yourself in his shoes, Karl!
Question 3 : What does the woman ask Karl to do?
A. To put on his friend’s shoes.
B. To try to understand his friend.
C. To ask his friends again.
Dialogue 4
Woman: Can we be absolutely sure that we know everything about the case?
Man: Well, evidence so far seems to suggest not.
Question 4 What does the man mean?
A. We’re not sure about the evidence.
B. We know nothing about the case.
C. We’re not 100% sure about the case.
Dialogue 5
Man: The boys in my class were caught vandalizing the wall in the hallway last week!
Woman: That’s too bad!
Man: I know! Then, as if that wasn’t bad enough…. One of them hurt himself while trying to get away. If only they hadn’t done all that!
Question 5 Which of the following is true about the dialogue?
A. The man didn’t think the boys had vandalized the wall.
B. The boys vandalized the wall and got away with it.
C. The man wished the boys had never committed that crime.
Part Two Listen to a long dialogue and answer questions 6-10. You have 10 seconds to read the new words and phrases before listening. The dialogue will be read twice.
Daughter: Dad. You love me, don't you?
Father: Of course, I do. Why do you ask . . . Ah, what's on your mind?
Daughter: Well, I saw this great offer for a free cell phone here in the newspaper, and . . .
Father: Free? Nothing's ever free.
Daughter: Well, the phone is free . . . after a $50 mail-in rebate。
Father: Ah, so that's the catch. And why do you need a cell phone anyway?
Daughter: Dad. All my friends have one, and I can use it to call you in case the car breaks down.
Father: Ah, I don't know. There are always so many fees.
Daughter: But the monthly charge for this service is only $29.99, with 1,000 free
weekday minutes nationwide, and unlimited weekend minutes. Plus, unlimited,
anytime minutes for anyone using the same service.
Father: I don't know.
Daughter: And you can roll over the extra minutes to the next month instead of just losing them. What do you think of that?
Father: Yeah, but what is the term of the service agreement?
Daughter: It's only for six months.
Father: But what if you cancel early?
Daughter: Um . . . Ah, there's a cancellation fee of $200, but with . . .
Father: Two hundred bucks!
Daughter: Yeah, but you won't have to worry about me while I'm driving the new car.
Father: New car? What new car?
Daughter: The new car you'll need to buy so I can use the cell phone. I mean, what's is gonna look like if I'm using a cell phone in our old lemon
Father: Teenagers. What'll they think of next?
6. What reason does the girl give for needing a cell phone?
A. She can use it to check her email.
B. She can call family in case of an emergency.
C. She can make cheaper long-distance calls with it.
7. What is one major feature of the calling plan?
A. 1000 anytime minutes
B. unlimited weekday minutes
C. 1000 free weekday minutes nationwide
8. What is the term of service for this plan?
A. 3 months
B. 6 months
C. 9 months
9. What will happen if customers cancel the service?
A. They’ll pay a fee of $200.
B. No cancellation fee will be charged.
C. They get refund.
10. Why does the girl suggest that her father buy a new car too?
A. Their current car is in bad shape, and it doesn't look good.
B. The cell phone's power supply won't work in an older car.
C. Their car isn't big enough to ride in with all her friends.
Part Three
Listen to the monologue and fill in the missing words with what you hear. The monologue will be read twice. 5%
A new study says volunteering is good for us. A research paper in the journal BMC Public Health says helping others improves our mental health and lengthens our life. Researchers reviewed the effects of volunteerism on our health. They said volunteers were less depressed, felt good about themselves, and had a smaller chance of dying early. Australians volunteer most, with an estimated 36 per cent of the population lending a hand.
Dr Suzanne Richards said her review showed that volunteering improves mental health. More research will fi