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张家口一中2020-2021学年高二年级第一学期10月月考（普通+实验）英语学科出题人：英语备课组审题人：英语备课组考试时间：2020/10本试卷分第I卷（客观题）和第II卷（主观题）两部分，全卷满分150分；考试时间为120分钟。注意事项：1．答卷前，考生务必用0.5mm黑色签

字笔在答题卡相应位置填写班级、姓名、考场、考号；并用2B铅笔将考试科目、准考证号涂写在答题卡上。2．II卷内容须用0.5mm黑色签字笔写在答题卡相应空格或区域内。3．考试结束，将答题卡交回。第Ⅰ卷(客观题,95分)第

一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)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秒钟的时间来回来有关小题和

阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1.Whatisthegirlgoingtodo?A.Gotobed.B.WatchTV.C.Turnoffheralarm.2.Whodoesthebikebelongtonow?A.David.B

.Bernie.C.David’sbrother.3.Whathappenedtotheman?A.Hefellfromhisbike.B.Hislegisbroken.C.Hehurthisarm.4.

Wherewillthemangofirst?A.Home.B.Hisoffice.C.Thebakery.5.Howdoesthemanfeelaboutthenews?A.Annoyed.B.Excited.C.Indifferent.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。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.Wheredoestheboywipehisnose?A.Onatissue.B.Onhissleeve.C.Onhisfather’ssleeve.7.What’stherelationshipbetweenthes

peakers?A.Friends.B.Motherandson.C.Teacherandstudent.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.Whatdidthedriverdoaftertheaccident?A.Hedialed911.B.Hedroveaway.C.Hetook

theboyhome.9.Accordingtothedriver,whatwasnearby?A.Ahospital.B.Apolicestation.C.Afiredepartment.听第8段材料，回答第10至1

2题。10.Whendoestheconversationprobablytakeplace?A.OnMonday.B.OnThursday.C.OnSaturday.11.Whowilljoininthecardgame?A.Bill.B.Mary.C.Theman’

scousin.12.Whatwillthespeakersgetfromthesupermarket?A.Somefruit.B.Somesnacks.C.Apackofcards.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.Whatdoesthemanwantthegirltodo?A

.Writeshortstories.B.Practiceherwriting.C.Getreadyforasportsevent.14.Whatgradeisthegirlin?A.Theninthgrade.B.Theseventhgra

de.C.Thefifthgrade.15.Howmanypageswillthemangivethegirl?A.50.B.100.C.200.16.Whendoesthegirlhavetogetupinth

emorning?A.Attheusualtime.B.15minutesearlierthanusual.C.10minutesearlierthanusual.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.Howmanyisl

andsinEuropearelargerthanIreland?A.Two.B.Three.C.Nineteen.18.WhendidTrinityCollegeDublinopen?A.In1759.B.In15

92.C.In1250.19.WhatisthemainlanguageinIreland?A.English.B.Irish.C.French.20.WhathashelpedIrelandbecomemoremodern?A.Itsexport

s.B.Itsliterature.C.Itseducatedworkers.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。AItwasthe50thanniversary(周年)ofthemoonlandinglastyear.Astronomyloversarenottheonlyoneswhoareexcitedaboutit;publishersarealsoofferingan

umberofbookstomarktheevent.ShootfortheMoonJamesDonovan,Little,BrownandCo.$30ThisretellingofthespaceracebeginswiththeSovietUnion’sSputniksatellit

ein1957tothehistoricApollo11programtwelveyearslater.Thebookoffersdetailsaboutthecharactersofthespacemen,engineersandotherswhomadetheU.S.spacepro

gramasuccess.OneGiantLeapCharlesFishman,Simon&Schuster,$29.99Gettingtothemoonrequiredamillionhoursofwork,thisboo

ksays.Accordingly,thestorycentersontheengineers,projectmanagersandotherswhoworkedlongandhardtogettheApolloprogramoffthegroun

d.PicturingApollo11J.L.PickeringandJohnBisney,UnivofFlorida,$45Packedwithhundredsofphotos(somearepublishedforthefirsttime),thisbookreadslikeaph

otobookoftheApollo11program.Thephotosaremomentsfromspacemantraining,aswellastheexcitementofliftoff,thehistoriclandingandthereturnhomeo

fthethreemen.Apollo’sLegacyRogerD,LauniusSmithsonianBooks,$27.95AspacehistorianexaminestheApolloprogrami

ndifferentways:asapoliticalmachineintheColdWarandanimportantculturalmoment.Thebookexploresdifferentviews

ontheU.S.moonshotprojectfromscientists,politicians,themediaandthepublicduringthespaceraceandbeyond.21.WhatisShootfortheMoonmainlyabout?A.

Historyofthespacerace.B.Theshootoftwosatellites.C.Cooperationofdifferentcountries.D.Humans’understandingofthemoon.22.Whos

ebookshowstheApollo11programthroughpictures?A.JamesDonovan’sB.CharlesFishman’sC.J.L.PickeringandJohnBisney’sD.RogerD.

Launius’s23.WhichbooktalksaboutdifferentviewsontheApolloprogram?A.ShootfortheMoonB.OneGiantLeapC.PicturingApollo11D.Apollo’

sLegacyBSomeyearsagoIwasofferedawritingassignmentthatwouldrequirethreemonthsoftravelthroughEurope.Ihadbeenabroadacoupleoftimes,butIcouldh

ardlyclaimtoknowmywayaroundthecontinent.Moreover,myknowledgeofforeignlanguageswaslimitedtoalittlecol

legeFrench.Ihesitated.HowwouldI,unabletospeakthelanguage,totallyunfamiliarwithlocalgeographyortransportationsystem,c

onductinterviewsanddoresearch?Itseemedimpossible,andwithconsiderableregret,Isatdowntowritealetterrejectingthejob.Suddenlyathoughtranthro

ughmymind:youcan'tlearnifyoudon'ttry.SoIacceptedtheassignment.Thereweresomebadmoments.ButbythetimeIhadfinishedthetripIwasanexperiencedtraveler

.Andeversince,Ihaveneverhesitatedtoheadforeventhemostremoteplaces,withoutguidesorevenadvancedbookings,confidentthatsomehowIwillmanage.Thepointistha

tthenew,alongwiththedifferent,isalmostscarybydefinition.Buteachtimeyoutrysomething,youlearn,andasthelearningpilesup,theworldopenstoyou.I'velearn

edtoskiat40,andflownuptheRhineRiverinaballoon.AndIknowI'llgoondoingsuchthings.It'snotbecauseI'mbraverormoredaringthanothers.I'mnot.ButI'llaccept

anxietyasanothernameforchallengeandIbelieveIcanaccomplishwonders.24.Theauthoracceptedtheassignmentbecause_________.A.hehadnevertravelledabroadbefore

B.hehardlyknewanyforeignlanguagesC.hewasfamiliarwithanyothercountryinEuropeD.hewouldlearnsomethingnewanddiffe

rentbytrying25.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE？A.Theauthorhadbeenabroadonlytwice.B.Theauthorthoughtthetripwashardbutworthwhile.C.Theauthor

admittedthatanythingdifferentwasterrible.D.Theauthormustbegoodatdoingresearchandmakinginterviews.26.Wecaninferfromthetex

tthattheauthoris_______.A.awkwardB.generousC.stubbornD.brave27.What'sthebesttitleofthetext？A.AnInterestingTripAbroadB.MyFirstWritingAssignmentC.R

eadytoTryandChallengeD.HowtoBeDaringandBrave.CChina’sMostMysteriousInternetCelebrity(网红)Herlifelookslikeonestraightoutofafairytale.LiZiqiimpresses

millionswithhervideos,whereshemakesseeminglyeverythingfromscratchwithherowntwohands,fromdying(染色)adr

esswithfreshgrapejuicetofashioningtraditionallipstick.Shehassome50millionfansinChinaandanother8millionoverseas,butsheremainsamysteryt

omanyofthem.Inhervideos,shedoesn’tspeak,andsherarelygivesinterviews.TofindLi,wehadtotraveltoruralSichuanProvinceinsouthwesternChina,wheresheg

rewup.Ligrewupwithhergrandparentshere.Shesaysshecametolivewiththemafterherstepmothermistreatedher.Buttheywerepoor,sowhenshe

turned14,Liwenttoworkinthecity.In2012,shedecidedtoreturntothecountrysidetotakecareofhergrandmother.Fouryearslater,she

startedfilmingherlifethere.Thedishesshepreparesrangefromasinglecondiment(调味品)todetailedmulti-coursemeals.Butwhatevershemakes,shel

eavesnostoneunturned,goingasfarasraisingbabyducksjusttomakeasauce(调味汁)outofsaltedduckeggs.ButLiisnotunquestionable.

Someviewershavebeendoubtfulaboutherclaimthatshestartedasaone-womanband.Twoyearsago,Lipostedabehind-the-scenesvideotode

nythoseclaims.Weweren’tabletomakesuretheseclaimsbecausewewerenotallowedtoobserveLifilming.Buttoday,threeyear

saftershefirstpickedupthecamera,LiisoneofChina’smostsuccessfulonlinevideomakers.28.WhyisLiZiqiremainmy

sterytomostfans?A.Shelivesfarfromthecity,B.Sheseldomshowsinpublic.C.Sheistooshytospeaktoothers.D.Sheisunwillingtocommunicatew

ithothers.29.WhatcanwelearnfromthepassageaboutLiZiqi’searlylife?A.Shewasbroughtupbyherparents.B.Shedidn’t

leaveherhometownforthecityuntil2012.C.Shewenttolivewithhergrandparentswhenshewas14.D.Shereturnedtoherhometownbecauseofhergr

andmother.30.WhatdoestheunderlinedpartinPara4“sheleavesnostoneunturned”mean?A.Shemisunderstandsthethingsshedoes.B.Shetri

esherbesttomakeallherfanssatisfied.C.Shewantstofindouteverythingunderthestone.D.Shedoeseverythingshecantoac

hieveagoal.31.WhatisthecontroversyaboutLiZiqi?A.Shemakesthevideoinanewway.B.Shedoesnotknowhowtostartaband.C.Someviewersdoubtwhethershestartedasaon

e-womanband.D.Someviewersdoubtherpurposeofmakingthevideos.DAsInternetusersbecomemoredependentontheInternettostoreinforma

tion,dopeoplerememberless?Ifyouknowyourcomputerwillsaveinformation,whystoreitinyourownpersonalmemory,yourbrain?E

xpertsarewonderingiftheInternetischangingwhatwerememberandhow.Inarecentstudy,ProfessorBetsySparrowconductedsomeexperiments.Sheandherresearchteamwante

dtoknowtheInternetischangingmemory.Inthefirstexperiment,theygavepeople40unimportantfactstotypeintoacomputer.Thefirst

groupofpeopleunderstoodthatthecomputerwouldsavetheinformation.Thesecondgroupunderstoodthatthecomputerwouldnotsaveit.Later,thes

econdgrouprememberedtheinformationbetter.Peopleinthefirstgroupknewtheycouldfindtheinformationagain,sotheydidnottrytoreme

mberit.Inanotherexperiment,theresearchersgavepeoplefactstoremember,andtoldthemwheretofindtheinformationontheInternet.Thei

nformationwasinaspecificcomputerfolder(文件夹).Surprisingly,peoplelaterrememberthefolderlocationbetterthanthefacts.WhenpeopleusetheInter

net,theydonotremembertheinformation.Rather,theyrememberhowtofindit.Thisiscalled“transactivememory(交互记忆)”AccordingtoSparrow,weare

notbecomingpeoplewithpoormemoriesasaresultoftheInternet.Instead,computerusersaredevelopingstrongertran

sactivememories;thatis,peoplearelearninghowtoorganizehugequantitiesofinformationsothattheyareabletoaccessitatalaterdate.Thisdo

esn’tmeanwearebecomingeithermoreorlessintelligent,butthereisnodoubtthatthewayweusememoryischanging.32.Thepassagebeginswithtw

oquestionsto________.A.introducethemaintopicB.showtheauthor’sattitudeC.describehowtousetheInternetD.explainhowtostoreinformation33.Whatcanwele

arnaboutthefirstexperiment?A.Sparrow’steamtypedtheinformationintoacomputer.B.Thetwogroupsrememberedtheinformatione

quallywell.C.Thefirstgroupdidnottrytoremembertheformation.D.Thesecondgroupdidnotunderstandtheinformation.34.Intransactivememor

y,people________.A.keeptheinformationinmindB.changethequantityofinformationC.organizeinformationlike

acomputerD.rememberhowtofindtheinformation35.WhatistheeffectoftheInternetaccordingtoSparrow'sresearch?A.Weareusin

gmemorydifferently.B.Wearebecomingmoreintelligent.C.Wehavepoorermemoriesthanbefore.D.Weneedabetterway

toaccessinformation.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。Longholidaysgiveyoua

chancetorelaxandstepawayfromyourbusystudiesforsomefuntimewithyourlovedones.36.Hereareafewwaystomakemoneyduringtheholiday.Gotsparetextbooks?

SellthemoffAsweallknow,textbooksareexpensive.Whynotsellthebooksyounolongerneedforabitofextracashovertheholidays?37.Pickupatemporaryretail

(零售)jobIfyoulikeholidayretail,youcanmakequiteabitofmoneybypickingupafewhoursatanearbybig-boxstore.38.Beapriva

teteacheronlineTherearealwaysgoingtobepeoplewhoneedsomehelpwiththeireducation.Areyougoodatmath?Usethoseskillstohelppeoplegett

hroughtheirownschooling.39Formanyofyoutheholidaysareatimeofrelaxation.Theycanbedifferentforyou.Theycanalsobeanop

portunitytomakeatonofmoneyontheside.40Ifyouuseyourimagination,I’mcertainyoucancomeupwithevenmore.Ofcourse,youcandoallofthematonceo

rinanycombinationyouseefit.A.DosomethinghelpfulforothersB.Afterall,shopscanofferalotofgoodsC.Startconsideringadifferen

tholidaylifeD.GiveyourselfachancetomakesomemoneyE.AlmosteveryoneisgoingtolookforextraemployeesF.Besides,youcanalsomakemone

ybysellingyouroldbelongingsG.WhatI’vepresentedisonlyafewwaystomakemoneyduringtheholiday第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一

节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下列短文，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。WhenIwas13myonlypurposewastobecomethestaronourfoo

tballteam.Thatmeant41MillerKing,whowasthebest42atourschool.FootballseasonstartedinSeptemberandallsummerlongIworkedout.Icarriedmyfootballe

verywherefor43.JustbeforeSeptember,Millerwasstruckbyacarandlosthisrightarm.Iwenttoseehimafterhecamebackfrom44.Helookedverypale,buthedidn'tc

ry.Thatseason,I45allofMiller'srecordswhilehe46thehomegamesfromthebench.Wewent10-1andIwasnamedmostvaluableplayer,47Ioftenha

dcrazydreamsinwhichIwastoblameforMiller's48．Oneafternoon，IwascrossingthefieldtogohomeandsawMillerstuckgoingove

rafence-whichwasn't49toclimbifyouhadbotharms.I'msureIwasthelastpersonintheworldhewantedtoacceptassistancefrom．Buteve

nthatchallengeheaccepted．I50himmoveslowlyoverthefence.Whenwewerefinally51ontheotherside,hesaidtome,"Youknow,Ididn'ttellyouthisdurin

gtheseason，butyoudidfine.Thankyouforfillinginfor52."Hiswordsfreedmefrommybad53.Ithoughttomyself,howevenwithoutanarmh

ewasmoreofaleader.Damagedbutnotdefeated,hewas54aheadofme.Iwasrighttohaveadmiredhim.Fromthatdayon,Igrew55and

alittlemorereal.41.A.cheeringforB.beatingoutC.relyingonD.stayingwith42.A.coachB.studentC.teacherD.player43.A.p

racticeB.showC.comfortD.pleasure44.A.schoolB.vacationC.hospitalD.training45.A.heldB.brokeC.setD.tried46.A.reportedB.judgedC.organizedD.watched47.A.

andB.thenC.butD.thus48.A.decisionB.mistakeC.accidentD.sacrifice49.A.steadyB.hardC.funD.fit50.A.letB.helpedC.hadD

.noticed51.A.droppedB.readyC.trappedD.safe52.A.usB.yourselfC.meD.them53.A.memoriesB.ideasC.attitudesD.dreams54.A.stillB

.alsoC.yetD.just55.A.healthierB.biggerC.clevererD.cooler第II卷（主观题55分）第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入

1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Onourwaytothehouse,itwasraining56hardthatwecouldn’thelpwonderinghowlongitwouldtake57(get)there.ItwasinthemiddleofP

earlCity.Wewerefirstgreetedwiththebarkingbyapack58dogs,seventobeexact.Theywerewelltrainedbytheirmasters59hadgreatexperiencewithcaringforthes

eanimals.Ourhostssharedmanyoftheirexperiencesand60(recommend)wonderfulplacestoeat,shop,andvisit.Forbreakfast,wewereabletoeatpapay

a(木瓜)andotherfruitsfromtheirtreesinthebackyard.Whentheywerefreefromwork,theyinvitedustolocaleventsandletusknowofaninteresting61(compete)tow

atch,togetherwiththestorybehindit.Theyalsosharedwithusmany62(tradition)storiesaboutHawaiithatwere63(huge)popularwithtouri

sts.Onthelastdayofourweek-longstay,we64(invite)toattendaprivateconcertonabeautifulfarmontheNorthShoreunderthestars,65(listen)tomusiciansandmeetingi

nterestinglocals.第四部分：写作（共三节，满分40分）第一节单词拼写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)根据下列句子所给汉语意思，写出空缺处单词的正确形式。66.Ourmanager（安排）formetogototheairporttome

etMr.Wangyesterday.67.Hesmiledsuddenly,_________(暴露)asetofwhiteteeth.68.For_________(方便),thetwogroupshavebe

entreatedasoneinthisreport.69.He_________(捐助)alotofmoneytothecharity(慈善机构).70.JohnSnowworkedharduntilhedrewa(结论)in1854.7

1.Thebravesoldiersofourarmy(打败)theenemyinthebattle.72.Shewas(吸引)bythenewadvertisement.73.IhopethatwhatIsaidwil

l(阐明)thesituation.74.Toour(高兴、快乐),ourwomenvolleyballteamwonagain.75.Thepolice(怀疑)himofstealingthemoney.第二节补全句子（共5小题；每小题2分，满分

10分）根据内容提示完成句子。76.（除----之外）English,westudyRussianandSpanish.77.Teachersshould(对----严格要求)theirstudents.78.Ourproject(由------组成)threepartswhichareto

becompletedseparately.79.Mr.Blackisill,soMr.Whitewill(代替)him.80.(遗憾的是)thatwecan’tgototheSouthtospendoursummervacation.第三节：书面表达（满分20

分）假如你是李华，住在张家口，你的加拿大笔友Bob来信介绍了他自己的家乡，并希望了解你的家乡张家口的情况，请你用英语写一封回信，回信必须包括下列内容：自然情况：位于河北省西北部，空气清新，风景优美，宜居。发展成

就：经济发展迅速，新建了许多工厂，学校,医院，住房。与北京一起承办2022年冬奥会。对张家口的看法：表达对家乡的热爱注意：词数，100左右。信的开头结尾已为你写好，不计入词数。参考词汇：经济economy2022年冬奥会t

he2022WinterOlympicGames河北省HebeiprovinceDearBob,It’sverykindofyoutowritemeandletmeknowaboutyourcity.________________

_______________Yours,Lihua张家口一中2020-2021学年高二年级第一学期10月月考（普通+实验）英语学科答案第一部分：听力1—5AACCA6—10BBBCC11—15ABBAB16—20BABAC第二部分：阅读理解第一节：A:21---23ACDB:24-

--27DBDCC:28----31BDDCD:32---35ACDA第二节：36---40DFECG第三部分：英语知识运用第一节：完形填空41----45BDACB46---50DCCBB51---55DCDAB第二节：语法填空56.so57.toget

58.of59.who/that60.recommended61.competition62.traditional63.hugely64.wereinvited65.listening第四部分：写作第一节：单词拼写66.arranged67.exposing68.conve

nience69.contributed70.conclusion71.defeated72.attracted73.clarify74.delight75.suspected第二节：补全句子76.A

partfrom77.bestrictwith78.consistsof79.taketheplaceof80.Itisapity第三节：书面表达DearBob,It’sverykindofyoutowritemeandletmeknowaboutyourcity.Now

I’dliketotellyousomethingaboutmyhometownZhangjiakou.ThecityislocatedinthenorthwestpartofHebeiprovince.Withitsfreshairandbeautifuls

cenery,it’saperfectplacetolivein.Overthepasttwentyyears,theeconomyhasbeendevelopingrapidly.Moreandmorefa

ctories,schools,hospitalsandhouseshavebeenbuilt,whichbringsgreatconvenienceforpeoplelivinghere.Moreimportantly,itwillco-hostthe20

22WinterOlympicGameswithBeijing.Wearesuretopresentasplendideventtopeopleallovertheworld.Althoughitisnotafirst-classc

itylikeBeijing,ShanghaiinChina,weloveitverymuchandweareworkinghardtomakeitaricherandbetterplace.WelcometoZhangjiakou.Yours,Lihua听力原文：Text1W:I’mgo

ingtobed,Dad.(1)M:MakesureyouturnofftheTVbeforeyougotobed.Anddon’tforgettosetyouralarm.Text2W:Nicebike,Bernie!Didyourmotherbuyitforyou?M:No.It

’smyfriendDavid’sbike.(2)Ithinkitusedtobelongtohisbrother,buthegottoobigforit.Text3W:What’sthematter?Areyouhur

t?M:Islippedonthestairsandfelldown.Ithinkmyarmisbroken.(3)Text4M:I’mheadinghome.Doyouneedanything?W:Yes.Onyourwayhome,couldyoustopbythebakeryandpick

upsomebread?M:Noproblem.(4)Text5M:Ijustreadinthenewspaperthatparkingfeesaregoingup!W:Thatmakesmeangry!M:Ifeelthesameway!(5)Text6W:Don’twipeyou

rnoseonyoursleeve.(6)Yoursleevesarenottissues.Gofindatissueinthebathroom.M:ButMommy,allmyfriendsusetheirsleeves.(7)

W:Thatdoesn’tmakeitright.M:Isawdaddywipehisnoseonhissleeveyesterday.I’llbetdaddydiditallthetimewhenhewasmyage.W:Yo

urdaddywasagoodlittleboy.M:Howdoyouknow?Wereyouhismommy,too?Text7M:Thepolicefinallyfoundthedriver.W:Whatdriver?

M:Thedriverwhoranovertwocollegestudentsat3:00a.m.W:Oh,yeah.Thegirldiedinstantly,andtheboyisstillintheho

spital.M:Thedriversaidhetriedtohelptheboy.W:Sowhat?Hestilldroveoff.(8)M:Thedriversaidafiredepartmentwasnearby.(9)

W:Sowhat?Didhedial911?M:Hesaidhewasthinkingaboutit,buthedidn’tgetaroundtoit.W:Hedidn’tgetaroundtoturninghimselfintothepolic

e,either.Text8W:It’stheweekendagain!(10)Beingathomeissoboring.Whatcanwedotokilltime?M:Uh…whataboutplayingcards?W:Grea

tidea!Takeoutthecardsandlet’splay!M:Idon’thavecards,butTomdoes.I’llcallhimandhavehimbringapackover.W:Inthatcase,I’llcallMarytojoinusforthecardgame.M

:She’ssick.LetmecallTom.Maybehe’llinviteanotherplayerover.W:OK…So,isTomcomingwithsomeone?M:Yes.He’sgoingtobringhiscousinBil

l,who’squitegoodatplayingcards.(11)W:That’sgreat!Bytheway,Ijustnoticedthatwe’reshortofsnacks.(12)M:Oh!We’dbettergoandbuysomechipsf

romthesupermarket!(12)Howcanweplaycardswithoutsomethingtoeat?!Text9M:Thisisterrible.W:What’swrongwithit?Don’tyoulikemystory?M:I’dlikeitbetter

ifIcouldreadit!Yourhandwritingisverybad.Fromnowon,you’regoingtopracticeyourwritingeveryday.(13)W:Butwedidthatinthefifthgrade!

Ijuststartedtheninthgrade.(14)I’mnotababyanymore.M:Idon’tcare.Youneedtolearnhowtowriteyourlettersbetter.Ifyoudon’t,you

’llgetbadgrades.I’mgoingtogiveyou100pageswithlinesonthem.(15)Everymorningbeforeschool,you’regoingtopracticeyourletters.Youhavetofilltwopagesaday.W:H

omeworkbeforeschoolevenstarts?That’snotfair!M:Itwon’ttakelong.Getup15minutesearlier.(16)W:Butit’lltake50daystodoallofit!M:It’sforyourown

good,Kristy.ButI’lltellyouwhat—whenyoucanwriteyourlettersperfectlyforfivedaysinarow,youcanstoppracticingthem.Understand?W

:OK,Dad.I’lldomybest.(16)Text10IrelandisEurope’sthirdlargestisland,(17)andonlynineteenislandsthroughouttheworldarebiggerinsize.Northern

Ireland,asmallareainthenortheast,ispartoftheUnitedKingdom.Dublin,thecapitalandIreland’slargestcity,isknownforitsarchitecture,wit

hmanybuildingsdatingbackhundredsofyears.ThefamousGuinnessbeerfactoryhasbeenmakingbeerinDublinsince1759,andTrinityCollegeDublinopene

ditsdoorstostudentsin1592.(18)ThemostcommonlanguageinIrelandisEnglish,(19)buttraditionalIrishisalsospokenasanofficiallanguage.

IrishactuallyhastheoldestliteratureofanyWesternEuropeanlanguage!WhileIrelandhasaproudhistory,itissuc

cessfullychangingitselfintoamoderncountry.Ireland’sworkersaresomeofthemosteducatedandskilledintheworld

.(20)Thetraditionalexportsoffoodandclothingmaterialshavegivenwaytothefinance,insurance,andtechnologyindustries.