详解版：2020年2月浙江省新高考研究卷英语(1)

名校联盟★《新高考研究卷》2020 年02 月

《浙江省新高考研究卷》英语（一）

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30 分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What does the woman mean?

A.Peter likes to follow the fashion.

B.Peter has a bad taste in dressing.

C.Peter missed a few lessons.

2.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Mother and son.

B. Doctor and patient.

C. Teacher and student.

3.What does the man want to know?

A.Susan’s plan for tonight.

B.The address of the Duce’s.

C.A reservation phone number.

4.How does the woman feel now?

A. Nervous.

B. Excited.

C. Relaxed.

5.How does the woman deal with difficult lectures?

A. By recording them.

B. By talking with lecturers.

C. By attending them again. 第二节：（共15 小题；每小题1.5，满分22.5 分）

听下面5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选

出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5 秒钟，听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第 6 段材料，回答第6～7 题。

6.Why does the woman call the man?

A. To make an appointment.

B. To offer some information.

C. To ask for advice.

7.Which route will the man probably take?

A. Route 5.

B. Route 12.

C. Route 17.

听第7 段材料，回答第8～9 题。

8.What’s the price of each copy for the man?

A. 10 cents.

B. 15 cents.

C. 20 cents.

9.What does the woman advise the man to do?

https://www.360docs.net/doc/6b12531993.html,e the coin-operated machine.

B.Make the copies himself.

C.Get the copies later.

听第8 段材料，回答第10～12 题

10.What was Henry doing when the accident happened?

A. Playing with toys.

B. Calling his friend.

C. Playing the guitar.

11.When did Henry notice Mike’s situation?

A. Mike was crying.

B. Mike was turning purple.

C. Mike was fighting for breath.

12.What did Henry do to save Mike?

A. Perform first aid on him.

B. Go to find his father.

C. Take him to hospital.

听第9 段材料，回答第13～16 题。

13.Where is Story Time held?

A. In the Children’s Room.

B. In the Meeting Room.

C. In the Reference Room.

14.When does Family Movies take place now?

A. On Thursdays.

B. On Saturdays.

C. On Sundays.

15.What will the man probably do on Friday night?

A. Give a speech.

B. Listen to a lecture.

C. Read stories to children.

16.What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Movie nights.

B. Library events.

C. Weekend activities.

听第10 段材料，回答第17～20 题。

17.Where does the factory tour take place?

A. In England.

B. In America.

C. In Denmark.

18.How many machines are there in the factory?

A. About 200.

B. About 1,000.

C. About 10,000.

19.What process comes first about dealing with the plastic?

A. It is melted.

B. It is shaped.

C. It is cooled.

20.What might be Roger’s job at the factory?

A. Designing the toys.

B. Fixing the machines.

C. Cleaning the factory.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35 分）

第一节：（共10 个小题；每小题2.5 分，满分25 分）

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

A

The other day I was shopping at a local store and came upon a lady from India squatting (蹲下)on the floor looking for a certain product on the bottom shelf. She sprang up when she saw me as if to get out of my way. Apologetically she explained that she was a cashier at a nearby store and was on her lunch break, trying to get a few needed items before her time was up.

I reassured her, “I am in no hurry. Go ahead and do what you need to do.” While she searched for a particular brand, she said that sometimes customers were rude to her at the store and she really appreciated

my kindness. I told her that I had noticed cashiers being treated rudely by some people.

I also explained to her that I was a retired nurse and understood some of what she was saying first hand. Sometimes patients, families, or doctors could be very rude or mean. But I tried to understand why they were feeling that way and let it go. “The world wo uld be a better place if we all acted kindly toward each other. Those who are rude may have bad karma coming after them eventually.” I added.

She nodded and was surprised, “So you know about karma?” My reply was simple. “A little bit. Karma is the same thing as doing something bad and it comes back to bite you on the butt.” She paused, looked puzzled, then broke out in a big smile and covered her mouth with her hand, laughing as she walked away.

It felt so good that in a brief exchange I showed her there were kind people in the world, which might have helped her regain her faith in humanity.

21.How did the lady react when she saw the author in the store?

A. She apologized for her rude manners.

B. She invited her to have lunch together.

C. She stood up trying to make way for her.

D. She kept searching for the needed product.

22.Which of the following best describes the author?

A. Kind and understanding.

B. Courageous and warm-hearted.

C. Responsible and humorous.

D. Sympathetic and open-minded.

23.What is the main message the author wants to convey?

A.Working as a cashier is no easy job.

B.Those who are rude deserve bad karma.

C.Doing acts of kindness will make people feel good.

D.We should treat others the way we want to be treated.

B

At around six months old, Steven chewed off part of his tongue. As he got older, he would bang his head against walls. His parents made him wear a helmet and put his arms and legs in long socks. His younger brother, Chris, had many of the symptoms. A day rarely passed when one of them didn’t bleed. The boys were eventually diagnosed with congenital(先天的)insensitivity to pain.

In the meantime, outside Vancouver, British Columbia, a small company was inching toward a

break-through in understanding the brothers’ condition. The company, which is now called Xenon Pharmaceuticals, studied rare single-gene disorders in an effort to create drugs to treat more common diseases with similar symptoms.

In 2001, it heard about a family in Newfoundland in which four members could not feel pain. Suspecting their illness was genetic, Xenon started hunting for more subjects. Following news reports and word of mouth, the researchers tracked down and studied 12 families with insensitivity to pain. Xenon found one common characteristic: mutations(突变)in a single gene, SCN9A, and the channel it encodes, Navl. 7.

“This single channel, when it is non-functioning in human beings, makes them unable to understand or feel any form of pain,” Robin Sherrington, PHD, then senior dire ctor of bio-logical sciences at Xenon, says. If Xenon could develop a drug —“to inhibit(抑制)the Navl. 7 channel to partly copy that absence of pain,” he explains—it could help to relieve pain without any of the side effects of painkillers.

“I was overwhelmed when we saw both sides of the genetic coin,” Dr. Waxman remembers. “SCN9A really is a master gene for pain.”

24.Why are Steven and Chris mentioned in Paragraph 1?

A.To introduce a genetic disease.

B.To show sympathy for their sufferings.

C.To make a comparison between the brothers.

D.To inform parents how to deal with kids’ injuries.

25.If a drug prohibits the Navl. 7 channel from functioning, .

A. genetic diseases will be cured

B. people will be numb to any pain

C. it will arouse negative emotional feelings

D. people will suffer from strong side effects

26.What can we learn from the text?

A.The structure of a gene is like a coin.

B.Painkillers seldom work on genetic diseases.

C.Gene mutations may provide medical inspirations.

D.Great breakthroughs have been made in the treatment of pain.

C

Why can people speaking the same language have such different accents? The short answer: new accents begin to develop when isolated(隔绝的)groups of speakers start making nearly unnoticeable changes to the way they pronounce words.

“Accent development is the first step in language change. Fifteen hundred years ago, languages like English, Dutch and Swedish were actually all dialects of the same language, but of course then they changed over time.” Jonathan Harrington, a linguist(语言学家)in University of Munich, is interested in how accents first get started. But because of global communication, most communities are no longer linguistically isolated, and recording equipment didn’t exist back when more of them were.

So how to capture the early stages of accent formation today? Harrington and his team turned to members of the British Antarctic Survey, who speak with a variety of English accents. “When you are in Antarctica during the winter period, there is no way in and no way out. So they were isolated together and they had to communicate and cooperate with each other.” Harrington’s team recorded the winterers reciting a list of words before they left for Antarctica. Then, while there, the winterers recorded themselves saying the same words four more times. The linguists then analyzed the recordings.

Even during their short time in Antarctica, the way the winterers produced certain vowels (元音)began to converge. For example, at the beginning of the study, some people produced the /u/ in “food” at the front of the mouth while others used the back of the mouth. But they began to sound more similar over time.

Harrington says the research isn’t just relevant for understanding Earth’s colonial past. He thinks there’s every reason to expect long isolation will cause astronauts on Mars missions to end up with an out-of-this world accent.

27.What makes it hard to know how accents first started?

A.The lack of recordings in the past.

B.The isolation of most communities.

C.The fast development of new accents.

D.The big number of dialects of the same language.

28.What does the underlined word “converge” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Become simpler.

B. Become similar.

C. Get worse.

D. Get improved.

29.What may happen to astronauts returning from the Mars after a long stay there?

A.They feel much lonelier than ever before.

B.They can’t understand their mother tongue.

C.They speak with accents quite different from the locals’.

D.They don’t have any difficulty adjusting to the life on Earth.

30.Where is text probably from?

A. A guidebook.

B. A news report.

C. A magazine.

D. A history book.

第二节：（共5 个小题；每小题2 分，满分10 分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Say Goodbye to Post-holiday Syndrome

You’ve spent countless days waking up late, enjoying watching your favorite TV shows and lying on the beach. 31 It’s time to go back to work. Here are some tips to make the shift from vacation to work smoother.

Tidy up your work-space first.

Chances are you’ll be greeted by piles of unopened mail, files, and other office items sitting on your desk.

32 The longer you wait, the more likely these items will be sitting around your desk later in the week.

33

You may feel the urge to work on three different things at the same time in order to catch up on work. However, this is not the most efficient approach. Instead, you should make a point to focus your mind and to only work on one item or task at a time.

Remove unnecessary distractions.

It’s incredibly important to get serious about cutting out obvious distractions. This way, you can catch up on things efficiently without being bothered every five minutes. 34

Make plans to enjoy yourself the first week back.

35 Scheduling a lunch date or two with friends can make the week back seem a bit less painful. Treat yourself to your favorite drink at the local caféduring your cof fee break.

It may take several days for you to finally get readjusted and that’s perfectly fine. Stay calm, focused and relaxed. You’ll be back to your old routine at work before you know it.

A.Do one thing at a time.

B.Make a list of tasks based on their importance.

C.Then you suddenly come to an uncomfortable realization.

D.So it’s a good idea to attend to these items as soon as you can.

E.You’re back at work, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy yourself.

F.Rather than ignoring these items, take a few minutes to process them.

G.Switch off your cell phone, and close out of any social media accounts.

第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分45 分）

第一节：完形填空（共20 个小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分30 分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C 和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。

Kyle Cassidy and three other members of a running group were stretching on the grounds of a university of Pennsylvania, waiting for the runners falling behind. They meet three days a week for a

roughly 30-minute 36 . But on this day, it would not be their 37 run.

A man 38 past them. Cassidy discovered why he was so fleet of foot when another man ran by,

39 , “Help! He took my phone and laptop!” At that moment, t he group ran, 40 the suspect down the streets until he 41 into a construction site(建筑工地). The runners 42 . Cassidy ran around to the far side of the site to 43 the thief while the others 44 the neighborhood hoping he had

45 the things in a backyard.

No 46 . So they decided to ask people living there whether they’d seen the guy. They were in for

a 47 when they knocked on the 48 of one row house. 49 to them, the man had already come out of the construction site—and was hiding behind a bush by that very house. As the owner opened the door, the 50 rushed out from behind the bush and right into the arms of campus police, who’d joined the chase shortly behind the runners.

The members of this running group are not 51 runners. But they do understand the 52 of a little exercise. “Running is typically a 53 sport where you turn fat cells into heat,” Cassidy said. “But 54 it can be useful, and here was one of those 55 .”

36. A. jog B. walk C. rest D. discussion

37. A. tiring B. exciting C. unusual D. normal

38. A. slid B. marched C. drove D. shot

39. A. teasing B. yelling C. explaining D. complaining

40. A. dragging B. sending C. tracking D. hurrying

41. A. ducked B. stepped C. squeezed D. rolled

42. A. set off B. split up C. broke down D. ran away

43. A. pick up B. observe C. cut off D. question

44. A. wandered B. cleaned C. protected D. controlled

45. A. sorted B. damaged C. dropped D. exposed

46. A. luck B. pride C. response D. doubt

47. A. mystery B. surprise C. regret D. puzzle

48. A. wall B. window C. roof D. door

49. A. Unknown B. Familiar C. Disturbing D. Fundamental

50. A. policeman B. owner C. suspect D. woman

51. A. famous B. professional C. potential D. regular

52. A. trick B. price C. consequence D. benefit

53. A. dangerous B. rewarding C. useless D. meaningful

54. A. occasionally B. eventually C. normally D. naturally

55. A. challenges B. decisions C. customs D. opportunities

第Ⅱ卷

第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分45 分）

第二节：（共10 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分15 分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

There’s a gigantic study that’s been done in 38 cultures. 56 turns out that in every culture, both

males and females desire their potential mates to be bright. But we don’t have our IQs 57 (print) on our forehead. How do we know that someone’s 58 (intelligence)? In Western cultures, at least, it’s often by the perso n’s sense of humor. Because creating and appreciating jokes both require us to make 59 (connect) between many separate pieces of information, 60 (have) a sense of humor shows that we possess a wide knowledge and 61 we know how to think about things in novel and creative ways.

Take a cartoon 62 example: a mouse is standing outside his house, having just pulled a gun on a cat, who pretends to give in by raising one paw ( 爪). “Six rounds. Nine lives. You do the math,” the cat says. In order to appreciate this joke, you need to know that mice are 63 (usual) the victims of cats, many guns have six bullets( 子弹), and cats 64 (say) to have nine lives because of their ability to always land on their feet. You also need to be able to do some math 65 (understand) that the cat has the advantage in this scene after all.

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40 分）

第一节：应用文写作（满分15 分）

假如你是李华，正在美国留学。你计划出去旅游两周，想请当地好友Catherine 帮忙照看你租的房子。请你用英文给她写封邮件，内容包括：

1.写信目的；

2.具体嘱托；

3.期待答复。

注意：

1.词数80 左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

第二节：读后续写（满分25 分）

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

In 1968, I was a student at the Levon & Sophia Hagopian Armenian High School in Beirut. When the time came to register for tenth grade, I went to the principal’s office and told the staff my parents could not pay the tuition( 学费). Although I was the top student in my class, I was sent home. This was a heartbreaking experience, as I loved being in school and desperately wanted to continue my education.

I went home and spent the day helping my father at his tire-repair shop. He could barely earn enough to pay the tuition of my two brothers.

A very old man saw me in the shop and wondered why I was not in school. I told him I was sent home because of lack of funding. He offered to help by calling the principal of another school to ask him to register me tuition-free. Even though the school was far away from my home, I could not pass up the opportunity to continue my education.

I took a city bus to downtown Beirut and went to the principal’s office. Embarrassed to tell him that I was supposed to get free tuition, I told the principal that arrangements had been made for me to study at a discounted tuition. I was shocked when the principal screamed at me that there was no such thing as a discounted tuition. I immediately turned around and rushed back to my father’s tire shop. It was at that moment that my hope was totally ruined.

However, things took an unexpected turn three days later. One of my classmates from Sophia came over. Our principal had sent her to tell me that I should come back to school. When I arrived, I told the registrar (教务主任) that I could not pay the tuition. She informed me that my tuition was fully paid and that I should join my classmates. I asked who had paid it so I could thank that wonderful individual. But I was told that the benefactor wanted to remain anonymous (匿名) and keep it a secret.

注意：

1.所续写短文的词数应为150 左右；

2.应使用5 个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1：

I went to my classroom, feeling extremely puzzled.

Paragraph 2:

The registrar was finally persuaded to inform me that it was my teacher, Ms. Balian.

名校联盟★《新高考研究卷》2020 年02 月

《浙江省新高考研究卷》英语参考答案

（一）

第一部分：听力部分（30 分）

1-5 BACAA 6-10 BAACC 11-15 CAABB 16-20 BCBAA

第二部分：阅读理解（35 分）

21-23 CAD 24-26 ABC 27-30 ABCC 31-35 CFAGE

第三部分：语言运用（45

分）完形填空

36-40 ADDBC 41-45 ABCAC 46-50 ABDAC 51-55 BDCAD

语法填空

56. It 57. printed 58. intelligent 59. connections 60. having

61. that 62. for 63. usually 64. are said 65. to understand

第四部分：写作部分（40

分）应用文写作

Dear Catherine,

I wonder if you could do me a favor to attend to my home while I am away for my holiday from Dec.

25 to Jan. 7th.

Would you please take the trouble to feed and walk my German Shepherd on a daily basis? Besides, it can’t be better if you’re willing to water the plants at regular intervals. If time permits, please pick up my letters and subscribed newspaper. By the way, the keys are in the mailbox.

I would be greatly grateful to you if you could lend me a helping hand. Looking forward to your early reply.

读后续写Paragraph 1：Yours, Li Hua

I went to my classroom, feeling extremely puzzled. I kept wondering who had been so kind to give me this golden opportunity to continue my education. I went back to the principal’s office after classes and begged the registrar to disclose the name of the benefactor. Hard as I tried to talk her into giving me a clue, she insisted that she had to keep the secret. Then I had no alternative but to make a promise that I wouldn’t go and thank the person and risk the registrar’s getting fired for breaking confidentiality.

Paragraph 2：

The registrar was finally persuaded to inform me that it was my teacher, Ms. Balian. She went on explaining that when the school year started and Ms. Balian noticed my desk was empty, she inquired why I was not in school. After learning the truth, she then told the principal to deduct my tuition from her salary. The whole year I sat in Ms. Balian’s class, but was unable to express my appreciation for her kind gesture. Yet I would never forget the kindness and generosity, without which I probably would have spent the rest

of my life rep airing tires at my father’s tire-repair shop.

答案解析

【阅读理解】

A 篇

21.C。根据文章第一段第二行She sprang up when she saw me as if to get out of my way

可知，女士看到作者过来，连忙站了起来似乎要让路。spring up 在此意为迅速站起来。

22.A。根据文章第二段第一行 I reassured her, “I am in no hurry. Go ahead and do what you need to do”，

作者告诉女士自己并不赶时间让她安心慢慢挑选所需之物，以及第三段中作者跟女士讲述自己的经历说明很理解女士的处境。综上可见，作者非常友好，能体谅别人。

23.D。根据全文，尤其是第三段 The world would be a better place if we all acted kindly toward each other

以及最后一段...in a brief exchange I showed her there were kind people in the world, which might have helped her regained her faith in humanity 可知，作者想要传达的主要信息是，人与人之间应该相互友好对待。

B 篇

24.A。文章第一段用Steven 和Chris 两兄弟的例子来引出先天无痛症这一基因疾病。

25.B。根据文章第四段第一句This single channel, when it is non-functioning in human beings, makes

them unable to understand or feel any form of pain 和第三行 If Xenon could develop a drug—“to inhibit (抑制) the Navl. 7 channel to partially copy that absence of pain,” he explains—it could help to relieve pain without any of the side effects of painkillers 可知，如果发明一种药物阻碍Navl. 7 通道运转，人的疼痛感就会消失。

26.C。根据文章第三段及第四段 we saw both sides of the genetic coin 可知，通过对基因疾病的研究，

研究人员假设如果能研制出一种药物阻断 Navl 7

通道即可缓解疼痛且无副作用。由此可见基因突变也能带来医学方面的启示。

C 篇

27.A。根据文章第二段第四行But because of global communication, most communities are no longer

linguistically isolated, and recording equipment didn’t exist back when more of them were 可知，由于全球化通讯交流发达，现在的大部分群体都不是语言学意义上孤立的，而在过去孤立的时候，没有录音设备，即没有录音材料可研究。

28.B。文章第四段第二行For example, at the beginning of the study, some people produced the /u/ in

“food” at the front of the mouth while others used the back of the mouth. But they began to sound more similar over time，这些内容是用来具体说明 the way the winterers produced certain vowels began to converge，故 converge 意为变得相似。

29.C。根据文章最后一段there’s every reason to expect long isolation will cause astronauts on Mars

missions to end up with an out-of-this world accent 可知，如果宇航员长期隔离，有可能会导致语音发生巨大改变。

30.C。本文最可能来自杂志。

【完形填空】

36.A。根据上文a running group 以及下文 it would not be their ... run 可知，他们每周三次相约跑步。

jog 意为慢跑。

37.D。根据 But on this day, it would not be...以及下文中抓小偷的故事可知，那天不是寻常的一次跑步。

38.D。一位男子快速从他们身边跑过。shoot 意为冲，奔，飞驰。

39.B。Cassidy 看到另一个人跑着喊“求助！他偷了我的手机和电脑”才意识到他为什么跑那么快。

40.C。跑步小团队一路追踪嫌疑犯。track 意为追踪。

41.A。直到嫌疑犯躲进一个建筑工地。duck 在此处做动词，意为躲避。

42.B。由下文 Cassidy ran around to...while the others...可见，跑步团队分头行动。split up

意为朝不同方向去。

43.C。Cassidy 去工地较远的一边切断嫌疑犯的去路。cut off 意为切断...的去路（来路）。

44.A。其他人在邻里街坊徘徊走动，以期小偷把东西扔在了某个院子里。

45.C。同上。

46.A。no luck 在此意为，小偷并没有如他们所愿把东西扔在院子里。

47.B。下文提示As the owner opened the

door...当他们敲着一个排屋的门时，他们马上就要体验到一个惊喜。be in for 意为马上就要体验到。

48.D。同上。

49.A。他们不知道的是，小偷已经从工地上跑出来并正躲在那个屋子旁的灌木丛里。

50.C。嫌疑犯从灌木丛后跑出来，碰巧冲到警察的怀抱里。

51.B。这个跑步团队里的人虽然不是专业的跑步选手，但他们很清楚锻炼带来的好处。

52.D。同上。

53.C。由下文But it can be useful 可知，此处与useful

语意相反。跑步通常情况下是一种没什么用的运动，只是把脂肪细胞转变成热量。

55. D。但它有时候也是有用的，而那天的情况就是一个证明跑步有用的机会。

听力原文

Text 1

M: What do you think of Peter?

W: He needs a few lessons in fashion. That shirt he wears all the time looks like a tablecloth.

Text 2

M: I feel bad today. I have a sore throat and my nose is running. I don’t want to go to school.

W: Sounds like you have a cold. OK. Have a good rest and I’ll call your teacher to ask for leave.

Text 3

M: Susan, I want to book a table at The Duce for tonight. Do you know its number?

W: Yes. You can call 602-866-3823 to book a table.

M: Got it. Thank you.

Text 4

M: You don’t seem to be able to sit still today. What’s going on?

W: My boyfriend is taking me to meet his parents tonight. And he’s on the way coming here now.

M: Just relax. I’m sure they’ll love you!

Text 5

M: Hey, Katherine. Do you know any special ways to listen to lectures better?

W: Well, I like to take notes. But if the topic is difficult, I often record the whole thing. That way, I can listen to the lecture all over again and take really good notes.

Text 6

M: Hello?

W: Hi, Ken. It’s Erica. I got your message, and I thought I’d give you a call and tell you some information about the Cates National Park.

M: Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. So what’s the fastest way to get there?

W: Well, Route 12 is really pretty. It goes through the forest. But, really, the best way— the fastest way— is to take Route 5.

M: So would you like to go with us on the 17th?

W: Sorry, I’d really like to, but I have plans for that day.

M: OK. I will call you next week.

W: Great.

Text 7

M: Excuse me. I need to make some photocopies. I want to know how much you charge per copy.

W: If you use our coin-operated machines, it’s fifteen cents each. If you’re making more than thirty copies, it’s ten cents each, and we can do them for you. How many copies do you need to make, sir?

M: Well, I need about a hundred copies of this report.

W: OK, I can get started on those now. Why don’t you come back in twenty minutes? I should be finished then.

Text 8

W: Henry, I heard you saved your little brother’s life last night. Could you tell me what exactly happened? M: Yes, Mrs. Brown. I was in my bedroom playing the guitar with my friend Jason and my three-year-old brother Mike, when my brother put a piece of a toy in his mouth.

W: When did you notice it?

M: I didn’t notice until I found he was fighting for breath.

W: What did you do?

M: I immediately asked Jason to find my father, who was somewhere near the house. But then I saw Mike was turning purple.

W: You must have been very worried.

M: Certainly. But I knew what I should do. Luckily, I’d learned how to perform first-aid skills. Finally, I helped Mike cough up that little thing.

W: You’re really great! Without you, your brother might have been in great danger.

M: Yes. When my father finally came, Mike was crying but he was totally fine.

W: Good. Can you share your story a bit later in class today?

M: Certainly, Mrs. Brown.

Text 9

M: Can you tell me some interesting activities in the library?

W: Yes. We offer a lot of activities and the most popular one is Story Time for children. It takes place in the

C hildren’s Room on Thursday mornings at eleven.

M: Isn’t there a family movie night?

W: Yes. But it’s not at night anymore. We used to have Family Movies on Fridays when the library is open until nine, but now we have a different activity at that time, so we had to switch Family Movies to the weekend — Saturday afternoon.

M: How much do you charge for the movies?

W: They’re all free. The movie starts at 2:30 in the Reference Room.

M: And what takes place on Friday evenings?

W: We’ve just started a weekly Lecture Series. We have a different speaker every week, and the lectures cover all different kinds of topics.

M: That sounds like something I’d be interested in. When does it start?

W: The lecture starts at 6:30 in the Meeting Room. But you’d better come early, or there will be no seats left for you.

M: I got it. Thanks.

Text 10

M: Welcome to the Lego Toy Factory. We started making the toy here in 1949. Here is a display of Windsor Castle, in England. This is the Empire State Building in the United States, made up of 10,000 pieces. You can see similar displays in stores around the world. You are standing in the original factory where Lego was born, right here in Denmark. The first thing you will notice is that they are made entirely by machines. There are about 1,000 in total. The bricks start out as tiny pieces of plastic in these different colored tubes. Then the plastic is melted at 200 degrees. Next, we cool them and shape them into different sizes. This process takes about 10 seconds. We make about 200 million pieces every hour and 15 billion per year. This is Roger, the creative mind behind all our Lego sets and creations. He is one of only ten people that work at the factory every day. This includes those who repair the machines and our cleaning staff.