华人教育英语模拟试卷(一)

华人教育英语模拟试卷（一）

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

第I卷（三部分，共115分）

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．Where is Jimmy now?

A．At a hotel．

B．A t home．

C．At the lab．

2．What is the man?

A．A waiter．

B．A taxi driver

C．A conductor．

3．How does the woman feel?

A．Discouraged．

B．S atisfied．

C．Happy．

4．How many bank robbers were there altogether?

A．1．

B．2．

C．4．

5．What would the man probably do?

A．To save 300．

B．To have the machine repair the car．

C．To buy a new 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至8题。

6．How long is it since Mary and John last talked to each other?

A．More than one year．

B．L ess than one year．

C．Three months．

7．Where does the man work?

A．In a food factory

B．A t a university．

C．At the National Bank．

8．Which of the following is true?

A．The woman speaks German better than Spanish．

B．Tom．John’s son，is in Grade Three．

C．The man has two children．

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9．Why does the woman make the telephone call?

A．She wants to know more about the club．

B．She hopes to find a job in Washington．

C．She plans to go to evening classes．

10．What do the members do on Thursday evening?

A．They have sports．

B．They have language classes．

C．They have dinner together．

11．Why does the man ask the woman for her name and address?

A．He wants to Send her a form

B．He intends to visit her．

C．He would like to know more about her．

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12．Who is the woman?

A．Jimmy’s neighbour．

B．A policewoman．

C．A workwoman in the bank．

13．What time was it when the accident broke out?

A．At 2：45．

B．A t 2：54．

C．At 4：25．

14．Who or what was to blame for the accident?

A．The truck driver．

B．The driver of the blue Ford．

C．The traffic lights．

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15．where do the two speakers work?

A．In a plant in Chicago

B．In a large company．

C．In an office in Atlanta．

16．Who has risen to a higher position?

A．Jim．

B．M arta．

C．Both Jim and Marta

17．Why does the woman want to go on with her work in the office?

A．she is fond if writing notices．

B．She is still new in her position．

C．She hopes to keep in close touch with her superiors（上司）．

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18．Why did Mrs Clarke return home after a short walk in the park?

A．she felt a bit thirsty．

B．she meant to go to the club but now she changed her mind

C．she planned to find out the thief．

19．When did Mrs Clarke go to the front door?

A．when the door bell rang a second time．

B．As soon as the doorbell rang．

C．When the piece of wire appeared through the letter-box．

20．What do we learn from this story?

A．The police helped Mrs Clarke quite a lot．

B．The club often taught people how to protect themselves．

C．Mrs Clarke lived alone

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。

21．way to understand thousands of new words is to gain good knowledge of basic word formation．

A．The; the, B．One; a C．A; the D．The; 不填22．—There must be a dozen pens in this house but I can never find one when need one．—Keep looking．is sure to turn up．

A．One B．It C．That D．This

23．—We are leaving on June 15．

—So why not come to spend days with us? I’m serious．

A．all these last few．B．these all last few

C．these last all few D．all last these few

24．In my opinion, what he told us just now about the affair simply doesn’t make any A．meaning B．idea C．sense D．point

25．She is always ready to help people in trouble because she thinks it a ．

A．decision B．chance C．pride D．pleasure

26．He is unfit for the job, which patience and creativeness．

A．calls in B．calls off C．calls for D．calls up 27．Mr．Alcott told me that four- fifths of the houses ．

A．have been sold out B．had been sold out

C．were sold out D．was sold out

28．I know Jack spends at least as much time reading as he ．

A．does writing B．is writing C．writes D．does to write

29．There was a terrible noise the sudden bursts of light．

A．followed B．following C．to be followed D．being followed 30．You this morning if you really wanted to see it yourself．

A．ought to come B．could come

C．ought to have come D．must have come

31．There are hundreds of islands the coast Fujian, the biggest of is not far from the main land．

A．on, which B．off, them C．off, which D．on, them

32．is mentioned above, the number of the students in senior high school is increasing．A．As B．It C．That D．What

33．, this kind of disease can do great harm to people there．

A．Occurring where B．It occurs where it is

C．Where does it occur D．Where it occurs

34．It was computer games that took the boy a lot of time that he ought to have spent on his lessons．

A．to have played B．playing C．played D．having played 35．—How do you find your missing pen?

—．

A．Quite by accident B．I found it in my drawer

C．It writes well D．It was well kept by my father

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak; and when you start using them again, they will slowly become strong again．36 knows this, and nobody would think of 37 the fact．

Yet there are many people who 38 to know than the memory works in the same way．When someone says that 39 has a good memory, he 40 means that he keeps his memory 41 practice by exercising it very 42 , either consciously or unconsciously．When someone else says that his memory is 43 , he means that he does not give it enough 44 to become strong．The position is exactly the same as that of 45 people, one of 46 exercises his arms and legs by playing balls, while the other 47 in a chair or a car all day．If a friend of yours says that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own 48 ．But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, 49 of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just 50 , and few of us realize that it is just as it was his arms or legs that were weak．Not all of us can become very strong in body or very clever in mind, 51 all of us can improve our strength and our memory by the same means 52 ．

Have you ever 53 that people who cannot read or write usually have 54 memories than those who can? Why is this? Of course, because they cannot write down something in a little notebook or something else．They have to remember names, places, songs and stories; so their memory is always being exercised．

In a word, if you want to have a good memory, 55 practise remembering．

36．A．Somebody B．Everybody C．Nobody D．Each one

37．A．proving B．describing C．questioning D．indicating

38．A．want B．need C．have D．seem

39．A．he B．she C．it D．one

40．A．always B．really C．nearly D．almost

41．A．with B．in C．to D．by

42．A．soon B．fast C．quickly D．often

43．A．bad B．useless C．poor D．helpless

44．A．chance B．time C．space D．places

45．A．three B．four C．two D．five

46．A．them B．whom C．that D．which

47．A．lies B．stands C．hides D．sits

48．A．business B．fault C．story D．interest

49．A．few B．some C．several D．many

50．A．unhappy B．unfortunate C．unthinkable D．miserable 51．A．because B．since C．for D．but

52．A．study B．work C．play D．rest

53．A．found B．thought C．noticed D．realized

54．A．better B．poorer C．worse D．stranger

55．A．remember B．try C．do D．need

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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

The dream of flying into outer space，cherished by the Chinese people for centuries，will soon come true.

China launched its fourth unmanned spacecraft(无人飞船) “Shenzhou IV”on December 30，at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu Province，It was the 27th consecutive(连续的)and successful launch of China-made rockets since October 1996．This launch has made it more realistic for China to send a person into space on its own following Russia and the US.

Qi Faren，leading designer of the spacecraft system，said all the functions(功能) designed for manned flights have with stood(经受住) the test of three previous，successful launches and return landings of the “Shenzhou”spaceships.

China launched the “Shenzhou I”，“Shenzhou Ⅱ”and“Shenzlou Ⅲ”spacecrafts in 1999，2001 and 2002 respectively (分别).

“Shenzhou Ⅳ”was to make it a more comfortable place in which astronauts can live and work．All parts of the application system(应用系统)for manned flight are aboard the “Shenzhou Ⅳ”craft in all test flights.

China’ s manned flight programme began in 1992．A number of unmanned test flights will be launched before Chinese astronauts are sent into space.

Leading scientists in charge of China’s manned space programme said the successful launch of the“Shenzhou Ⅳ”laid a solid foundation for the country’s future task of sending Chinese astronauts to outer space.

The spacecraft returned to Earth on January 5，after completing seven experiments in space.

Officials at the centre said that “Shenzhou V”，a manned spacecraft，is expected to be launched later this year.

56．How many countries can send a person into space on its own by now?

A．2．B．3．C．4．D．Not mentioned. 57．China’s manned flight programme began in .

A．1992 B．October 1996 C．1999 D．Not mentioned

58．As a matter of fact，___________.

A．“Shenzhou V”has been launched

B．“Shenzhou IV”was a manned spacecraft

C．“Shenzhou Ⅲ”and“Shenzhou IV”were not launched in the same year

D．The dream of flying into outer space comes true

59．Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

A．The successful launching of “Shenzbou Ⅳ”.

B．The landing of“Shenzhou IV”.

C．China’s manned flight programme.

D. The third country sending a person to outer space.

B

There are many types of reports．A report is simply an account of something that has happened．The commonest are news reports．We get them in newspapers，over radio and on television．Sometimes cinemas also show us newsreels.

The main purpose of a newspaper is to provide news．If you examine a newspaper closely，you will find that there are all types of news: accidents，floods，fires，wars，fashions(服装)，sports，books，etc．The news covers everything that happens to people and their surroundings．Sometimes there are news items which are very amusing.

A news report is usually very short，except when it is about something very important，but it contains(包含)a lot of information．It is also written in short paragraphs．The first paragraph is in fact a summary(总结)of the news item．It gives all the necessary information，what，when，where，how and why．The other paragraphs give full details of the subject．There may also be interviews with people．The words actually spoken by them are within inverted commas(引号).

Often there are photographs to go with the news to make it more interesting.

60．The easiest way to get today’s news is .

A．to go to the cinema B．to watch a color TV

C．to read today’s newspapers D．to listen to the music over radio 61．Newspapers sell well mainly because .

A．they cost very little

B．they are easy to get

C．they have got pictures to go with the news

D．they provide all sorts of news in them

62．If you want to get enough information about yesterday’s traffic accident within a very short time，you’ d better__________.

A．read the first paragraph of the news report in today’s newspaper

B．start from the second paragraph of the news report in today’s newspaper

C．look through the whole news report in today’s newspaper

D．talk with people who have seen the accident

63．This passage mainly talks about __________.

A．different types of reports B．news reports

C．happenings to people and their surroundings D．the length of a news reports

C

When in 1789，George Washington became the first president of the United States，there was no permanent(永久的)capital in which to house the government．During the Revolutionary War seven different cities had served as the national capital．In addition，members of congress(国会)could not agree as to where this permanent capital should be located．Some officials wanted it in the north，others wanted it in the south．Each of the states hoped that the capital might lie within its own state lines．At last it was decided that the capital should occupy a section(区域)by itself，separate from any of the states．The place chosen was situated on the Potomas River．The land belonged originally(原先地) to the state of Maryland，but Maryland agreed to the national government．The section was named the District of Columbia after Christopher Columbus．The city itself was named Washington，after George Washington．Work was begun on the new capital in 1791．In the year 1799 Congress occupied the new capital building at the same time the White House was opened as the home of all future presidents.

64．Before the year 1800，the capital of America had been located in_________.

A．Maryland B．Washington

C．New York D．several cities

65．Why was it decided that the capital should be separated from any of the states?

Because_________.

A．the District of Columbia was on the borders(边境)of several states

B．the District of Columbia was in the center of America

C．Maryland insisted that the capital lie in its own state

D．each of the states wanted the capital might lie within its own state

66．Presidents of the United States live in ________.

A．the capital building B．Maryland

C．New York D．the White House

67．Which of the following statements is true?

A．Capital is the place for presidents to live in.

B．Capital should be the largest city in the country.

C．It took nine years to build the capital of Washington.

D. Since 1791 ，Washington has been the capital of the United States.

D

How Good Are US Drivers?

The CBS—TV“National Drivers’Test”，showed that many US drivers have a lot to learn．Here’s why.

CBS picked 1，799 sample drivers to take the test in TV studios in New York，Philadelphia，Chicago，and Los Angeles. More than two out of five of the drivers failed the test．And the

average score was the lowest passing mark—51 points out of a possible 80.

Chicago drivers did best with an average of 53 points．Los Angeles drivers came next with 52 points．New York and Philadelphia drivers got 50 points—a failing score．Drivers with 50 points or less were rated“poorly informed”by the judges.

Here are some of the test results:

1．Are men drivers better informed than women ones?

Yes．Men averaged 52 points．Women got an average of 49.

2．Are older drivers better informed than younger drivers?

No．Drivers under 26 averaged 52 points．Drivers from 27 to 45 averaged 51，Drives over 45 failed with a 48 point average.

3．Does education make a difference?

Yes．College graduates averaged 52 points．High school graduates averaged 50．Those without high school diplomas(毕业证)got 48．And people who had taken driver education courses scored an average of 53 points—three more than those who hadn’t.

4．Does driving experience make a difference?

Yes．Drivers with three or more years of experience averaged 51 points．Drivers with less experience averaged 49.

Here are some surprising facts brought out by the test:

1．More than one out of three drivers did not know that a blinking red light means a full stop.

2．Three out of ten drivers did not know that an octagonal(eight-sided)sign means stop.

3．More than two out of three drivers did not know what to do when being“tailgated(追尾)”.

The answer: slow down，drive to the right，and let the driver behind pass.

The results of the test were turned over to the National Safety Council(委员会)．They will help future safety planning.

68．The author’s purpose is to ___________.

A．prove that men are better drivers than women

B．give you safe driving directions

C．tell you the results of a national drivers’ test

D．require you to get an education

69．From the information in this article，which of the following is true?

A．Older drivers are better informed than younger drivers.

B．Experience makes a difference among drivers.

C．Most drivers failed the test.

D．Most people don’ t know what a blinking red light means.

70．The test covered the following areas about drivers except ____________.

A．education B．years of driving experience

C．sex D．health

71．Which of the following as a group was rated“poorly informed”by the judges?

A．Men．B．High school graduated drivers.

C．Drivers from 27~45 years of age． D．Drivers with 3 or more years of experience. 72．Which of the following statements is not true?

A．Education makes no difference in the passing rate of the drivers.

B．Men are better informed than women.

C．Chicago drivers are the best informed drivers in America.

D．The test results will be used as a guide for future safety planning.

E

In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent，notions of male superiority are hard to maintain.

The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions makes for equality，and this in turn leads to further sharing．In such a home，the growing boy and girl learn to accept that equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fully for participation in a world characterized by cooperation rather than by the “battle of the sexes”.

If the process goes too far and man’s role is regarded as less important and that has happened in some cases—we are as badly off as before，only in reverse.

It is time to reassess(重新确定) the role of the man in the American family．We are getting a little tired of“Momism”—but we don’ t want to exchange it for a“neopopism”．What we need，rather，is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals．There are signs that psychiatrists，psychologists，social workers，and specialists on the family are becoming more aware of the part men play and that they have decided that women should not receive all the credits—not all the blame．We have almost given up saying that a woman’s place is in the home．We are beginning，however，to analyze man’s place in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it．Nor is that place irrelevant(不相关的) to the healthy development of the child.

The family is a cooperative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules，because each family needs to work out its own way for solving its own problems.

Excessive authoritarianism(权力主义) has unhappy consequences，whether it wears skirts or trousers，and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent (有关系的)not only to a healthy democracy(民主)but also to a healthy family.

73．Sharing the tasks and decisions in the home leads to .

A．masculine(男子气的)women B．inequality

C．effeminate men D．further sharing

74．The danger in the sharing of the household tasks by the mother and father is that .

A．the role of the father may become an inferior(次要的)one

B．the role of the mother may become an inferior one

C．the children will grow up believing that life is a battle of the sexes

D．the father will be less capable in his profession

75．The author states that bringing up children _________.

A．is primarily the mother’s job

B．belongs among the duties of the father

C．belongs to the one who is free more often

D．involves partnership of equals

第Ⅱ卷(共35分)

第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节短文改错(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

I often read English aloud and trying to learn something 76．important in heart．It helps me remember what l have learned 77．

And form good habit of thinking in English．I listen 78．

a lotand communicate with the others in English．79．

h this way，I improved both my listening ability and my 80．speaking English．I keep a diary in English every 91．

day and my written English is becoming better and 92．better．I also try my best master the necessary grammar 93．knowledge．By this means，I can express me 94．correctly．That’s why l have been learning English 85．

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

以Tian’an men Square为题写一篇短文。

1．我和张新上周六上北京去参观了天安门广场。

2．广场面积44万平方米。

3．广场布局如图。

4．谈感受。

参考词汇：

天安门城楼：Tian’an men Gate Tower

毛主席纪念堂: the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall

人民英雄纪念碑：the Monument to the People’s Heroes

答案：

1—20 CBACC BCBAC ABAAB CCCAC 21. B

knowledge是不可数名词，但常构成a knowledge of…用法。

22. A turn up vi. 意思是“找到，发现”。

23. A all为前位限定词，these为中位限定词，last, few为后位限定词。

24. C make sense“有意义”。

25. D pleasure作“乐事”、“令人高兴的事”。

26. C call for“需要”。

27. B told为过去时，从句为过去完成时。sell out“出售”。

28. A as…as比较状语，从句中用does代替spends。

29. B following与noise在逻辑上为主谓关系，following短语作noise的后置定语。

30. C 表示“过去应该怎样”用ought to 的完成式。

31. C 离海岸多远，常用介词off，分句为非限定性从句。

32. A as引导非限定性从句。

33. D 作地点状语，it指this kind of disease。

34. B 该句子是强调句，playing computer games作took的主择。

35. C “write”此为主动式表“笔好写”。

36～40 BCDAB 41～45 BDCAC 46～50 BDBDB 51～55 DBCBC

56．A 在第二段中提及“神舟四号”的成功发射使中国有可能成为继俄罗斯和美国之后第三个实现用宇宙飞船把人送上太空的国家，所以该题的答案为A。

57．A本题是细节题，可以从第6段第1句直接得出正确答案。

58．B 本文中提到神舟系列的宇宙飞行器都是载人飞行器，所以B项是正确的，则A项中提及的神舟五号并没有被发射，三号和四号在同一年发射，D项在文中的正确提

法只是梦想将要实现。

59．A 本文主要围绕“神舟四号”的成功发射展开描写，故正确答案为A。

60．C 报纸是新闻报道最常见的媒介，所以，读报是得到消息的便利而又经济的途径。61．D A．B两答案似乎是报纸畅销的某种原因，如不抓住主要原因就可能被误导，从而选A．B。C离题太远，明显属于错误选项。D回答了畅销的主要原因：提供了大

量的、多样的新闻，满足了读者的要求。

62．A 文章的第三段告诉我们，新闻报道的第1段实际上是一篇summary，它向我们提供了必要的信息。因此读完第一段即可掌握交通事故的足够信息。

63．B 新闻报道是全文谈论的中，它比较全面地概括全文内容，点明主题。

64．D 根据seven different；cities had served as the national capital故选D。

65．D 由于意见不统一，只能用这种折衷的办法。

66．D D项指“白宫”，A项太笼统。

67．C 从1791始建，到1799年竣工，大约是八、九年的时间。

68．C 此题考查对作者写作意图的推断。从“National Drivers，Test”及下文的分数、考试结果等可推知。

69．B 此题考查对全文的事实理解。从文中的第4点及回答可知。

70．D 根据文章细节，用排除法可知。

71．B 此题考查归纳能力。由第3段最后一句话及第3点可知。

72．A 此题考查对全文事实的理解。从考试结果的第3点可知，也可运用排除法得知。73．D 此题考查细节理解。从第2段第1句可知。

74．A 此题考查深层次含义的理解。从第3段可推知。

75．D 此题考查常识及综合理解能力。从常识及第4段第3句可知，抚养、教育孩子是夫妻双方共同的责任，不应由某一方来承担。

76．去掉and或trying→try 77．in→by

78．Form后加a/the 79．the去掉

80．I后加have 81．speaking→spoken

82．√83．best后加to

84．me→myself 85．why→how

书面表达

One possible version：

Tian’ an men Square

Zhang Xin and I arrived in Beijing last Saturday. On the same day we visited Tian’anmen Square.

It is one of the largest square in the world, covering an area of 444,000 square meters. On the north of it is the red Tian’anmen Gate Tower. On the south is the grand Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. At the center stands the Monument to the People’s Heroes. On the side of the square is the Great Hall of the People and on the other the Museum of Chinese History.

Millions of people dream of visiting the square. Everything there reminds us of the history of our struggle and inspires us to work still harder.

附：听力录音稿

Text 1

W：Hello. This is Barbara from the Rainbow Hotel. Is Jimmy at home?

M：No. He’s at the lab, but he will be back home at four o’clock.

Text 2

M：This is River Street. What number do you want to go?

W：Let me get off there in front of that tree? That’s fine．

Text 3

M：Linda, how are you getting along with the translation work？

W：I have written and rewritten so much that I don’t know if I’ll ever get it finished.

Text 4

M：Did you know the news about the bank robbers？

W：Yes, but I don’t know whether they have been caught or not.

M：All except one. He escaped while the police were searching the hotel where the other three were hidden.

Text 5

W: The mechanic said it would cost 300 dollars to have the car repaired.

M: We might as well spend 300 dollars more to buy a new one then.

Text 6

M: Why, Mary Smith! I haven’t seen you for ages. How have you been?

W: John, John Brown! It has been a long time, hasn’t it? It must be at least a year.

M: No, we talked at the Johnsons’ Christmas party last December. Don’t you remember?

W: That’s right. Well, how are you? Still working for the food company?

M: No, I changed jobs three months ago. I’m with the National Bank now. How about you?

W: I’m still teaching at the university, but I moved from the German Department to the Spanish Department. Well, how is your family? Are the children all in school now?

M: No, Billy is still at home. Tom is in the third grade and Jane’s in the second.

W: Our two children haven’t started school yet, either. But they will go in the fall.

Text 7

M: Hello. International Friends Club. Can I help you?

W: Oh, hello. I read about your club in the paper today and I thought I’d phone to find out a bit more.

M: Yes, certainly. Well we’re a sort of social club for people from different countries. It’s quite a new club —we have about 50 members at the moment, but we’re growing all the time.

W: That sounds interesting. I’m British actually, and I came to Washington about three months ago.

I’m looking for ways to meet people. Er, what kinds of events do you organize?

M: Well, we have social get-togethers, and sports events, and we also have language evenings. W: Could you tell me something about the language evening?

M: Yes. Every day except Thursday we have a language evening. People can come and practise their language —you know, over a drink or something. We have different languages on different evenings. Monday —Spanish; Tuesday —Italian; Wednesday —German; and Friday —French. On Thursday we usually have a mean in restaurant for anyone who wants to come.

W: Well, that sounds great. I really need to practise my French.

M: OK. Well, if you can just give me your name and address, I’ll send you the form and some more information. If you join you can have the first month free.

Text 8

W: Now, Jimmy, did you get a good view of the accident?

M: Oh, yes. I was standing outside the bank building and I saw it all quite clearly.

W: Do you know what time it was?

M: Yes. I checked my watch. It was 2:45 exactly.

W: Good. Now, how fast was the truck moving?

M: Well, quite slowly —about 10 miles an hour. It was coming up York road. I suppose the truck driver know the lights were going to change. But they were still red when he went over them. W: I see. What about the car? Was it also driving slowly?

M: It was coming along Union Street about 30 miles per hour. It was a blue Ford. The driver stopped his car when he saw the truck crossing the street.

W: Did you see what colour his traffic light was?

M: Yes, it changed to yellow just before he crossed it.

Text 9

M: What’s going on around here? Why is everyone changing offices?

W: Haven’t you heard? Where have you been anyway?

M: I just got back from visiting the plan in Chicago.

W: Well, there are a lot of changes being made here this week.

M: Yes, I see. But what are they?

W: For one thing. Martha and Jim are leaving.

M: Where are they going? Did they get a higher position?

W: Marta’s going to the office in Atlanta. She is going to be in charge of the whole southern market.

M: That sounds like a good position to me. What about Jim?

W: He is going to manage the plant in California.

M: And you? What about you? Are you going to rise to a higher position?

W: Not yet, but I’m hoping I will.

M: Don’t you want to get a raise? I’d like the job in California.

W: No, I want to stay here at the company office. This is the place to get noticed by top management.

Text 10

It was another Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Clarke went out at her usual time, but didn’t go to the club. Instead she took a short walk in a park nearby and came home, coming in through the back door. She settled down to wait and see what would happen.

It was 4 o’clock when the front doorbell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making tea at that time. The bell rang again, and the next moment she heard her letter-box being pushed open. Picking up the pot of boiling water, she moved quietly towards the door. A piece of wire appeared through the letter-box and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the button on the doorlock. Mrs. Clarke raised the pot and pored the water over the hand. A sharp cry was heard outside as the wire fell to the floor and the hand was pulled back, which was followed by the sound of running feet.

It wasn’t long before the police caught the thief. And Mrs. Clarke was greatly praised at the

club for her successful self-protection.