2017学年第一学期浙江省名校协作体试题
高三年级英语学科
考生须知：
1. 本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟；
2. 答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场、座位号及准考证号。
3. 所有答案必须写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效；
4. 考试结束后，只需上交答题卷。
选择题部分
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 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where is the man trying to go?
A. A park. B. A café. C. A post office.
2. What will the man probably do?
A. Buy a guidebook.
B. Cancel the trip to Vancouver.
C. Borrow a guidebook from the library.
3. How much will the woman pay altogether?
A. Twelve dollars. B. Sixteen dollars. C. Twenty-four dollars.
4. Why is the woman going to Trader Joe’s now?
A. To enjoy a special sale.
B. To avoid all the people.
C. To see the familiar folks.
5. How might the woman feel in the end?
A. Relieved. B. Tired. C. Anxious.
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。听完每段对话或独白前，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 has the woman made her decision?
A. She can’t find parking.
B. Transportation is too expensive.
C. Getting to work is too difficult.
7. What is the woman most satisfied about her new place?
A. The size. B. The rent. C. The pet policy.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At a bank. B. At the Apple Store. C. At a post office.
9. What does the man claim?
A. He was charged less by mistake.
B. He was charged too much for a purchase.
C. He didn’t make one of the purchases on his bill.
10. How much should the man pay?
A. $3800. B. $490. C. $380.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What will the woman choose to eat?
A. Eggs. B. Soy cheese. C. Dairy.
12. What does the man think of the woman’s new diet?
A. It’s going to be tough.
B. Her food will all taste bad.
C. She won’t be able to eat anything.
13. What does the woman tell the man in the end?
A. He is being rude.
B. He should be a vegan as well.
C. She’ll make him some vegan food.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. How does the woman get the paper on weekday?
A. It gets delivered to her. B. She reads it in a café. C. She buys it on the street.
15. How much will the woman pay according to the man?
A. Around ten dollars a month.
B. Around twenty dollars a month.
C. Around forty dollars a month.
16. How does the woman feel about the man’s suggestion?
A. Pleased. B. Uncertain. C. Annoyed.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Why didn’t the speaker want a smartphone at first?
A. Because of its unnecessary feature.
B. Because of its appearance.
C. Because of the cost.
18. What does the speaker like to do with her smartphone?
A. Chat with her friends. B. Check a map. C. Download apps.
19. What does the speaker like most about her smartphone?
A. The improved sound. B. Different apps. C. The entertainment online.
20. What can we learn at the end of the talk?
A. The speaker paid $100 for her new phone.
B. The speaker dropped her old phone a lot.
C. The speaker’s old phone broke often.
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
In the years of my growing up, Dad was hard on me. He made sure I made my bed and did my homework. As a school girl and young adult, I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed
unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.
He would call in advance to make sure there was no alcohol at the party. I got so angry with him for laying down the law. I would scream, “I hate you!” Dad would yell back, “Good! I don’t care!” Deep down I knew he did.
One time at a party, I drank too much alcohol and got so sick. I said, “Call my dad.” Next thing, Dad was carrying me to the car. I woke up the next morning, thinking I would definitely be criticized. As expected, I got a roasting, but I now understand why I need discipline.
Dad was 29 when he got his big roles in films. I had an early start at the age of nine with a role in a 1990s TV series, but it wasn’t until I finished film studies that I pursued my career as an actress. Like those early days for Dad, I faced lots of rejections. Working in such a competitive industry, I’ve sometimes thought, “I can’t do this any more.”
Once, after a trip to Hollywood, I returned to Australia so depressed and spent months in my bedroom painting, listening to Eckhart Tolle’s music and trying to find myself again. Dad sat me down and said,“Alice, I know it’s hard, but it’s all about persistence(坚持不懈).”
Now I get to work with Dad a lot, which I love. We are both enthusiastic about acting, which comes from us being so interested in people. If it weren’t for Dad, I wouldn’t be where I am today. He’s my biggest fan, and when you have that in your life you can go a long way.
21. Which of the following is similar in meaning to the underlined part?
A. I was blamed. B. I was pulled out of bed.
C. I got out of trouble. D. I was comforted.
22. What can we learn from the passage?
A. As an actor, her father’s career is always smooth.
B. It is her father who has helped shape the author who she is.
C. She would feel tired when going out with her father on weekends.
D. She was bitter about her father as a school girl as he was too proud of himself.
23. Which of the following best describes the writer’s father?
A. Severe and impatient. B. Talkative and hard-working.
C. Proud but gentle. D. Strict but caring.
B
Since the earliest civilizations, people have controlled rivers to meet society’s demands. Today, rivers are controlled for many reasons, primarily to maintain reliable water supplies for daily, agricultural and industrial needs, for power generation, for navigation (航行), and to prevent flooding.
River control is achieved by channelization, a term that covers a range of river engineering works, including widening, deepening, straightening and stabilization of banks, and by the construction of dams.
An important period of channelization took place in Europe during the l9th century, when many large rivers were straightened and their beds deepened. One of the most dramatically changes was the Tisza River, a branch of the Danube that flows through Hungary. The controlling of the Tisza, designed to reduce flooding and make land for agriculture, included cutting off more than 100 meanders, shortening the river’s length by nearly 400 kilometers.
One of the most common ways in which people control rivers is by damming them. The past 50 years or so has seen an increase in dam construction worldwide, and at the beginning of the 21st century, there were about 800,000 dams globally, some towering more than 200 meters in height.
In spite of their successes, many dams also cause significant environmental changes that prove harmful. Some particularly deep reservoirs (水库) can bring about earthquakes due to the stress on their bottom rocks caused by huge volumes of water. Downstream of a reservoir, the river is certainly influenced in many ways: water volume, speed and quality are all affected, leading to changes in the landscape and among plants and animals.
24. What are the two main ways of controlling rivers ?
A. By straightening rivers and deepening the beds.
B. By reducing flooding and building deep reservoirs.
C. By channelizing rivers and the constructing dams.
D. By making land for agriculture and protecting the environment.
25. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. The benefits of building dams.
B. Negative effects of dams on environmental changes.
C. The influence on rivers.
D. Earthquakes brought about by deep reservoirs.
26. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. River Control B. River Channelization
C. Environmental Effects D. Dam Construction
C
When I was a young girl living in Ireland, I was always pleased when it rained, because that meant I could go treasure hunting. As all of Ireland knows, treasure is hidden at the end of the rainbow. If you can discover the end of the rainbow, gold will be brought to you. So whenever it rained, I would look up in the sky and follow the curve of the rainbow to see where it ended. I never did unearth any treasure.
As I got older, and started working, rainy days came to be just another hateful thing and my childhood dreams of finding treasure faded. But for a fortunate few, the dream even comes true! Such is the case of Mel Fisher. His dream of finding treasure also began in childhood, while reading the great literature classics “Treasure Island” and “Moby Dick”. However, unlike me, he chased his dream and eventually managed to become one of the most famous professional treasure hunters of all time, and for good reason. In 1985, he fished up the priceless goods of the sunken Spanish ship Atocha, which brought him an unbelievable $400 million dollars!
After the ship sank in 1622 off the coast of Florida, Fisher, who ran a commercial rescue operation, was trying to locate the underwater treasure for over 16 years when he finally hit the jackpot! But finding and keeping the treasure wasn’t all plain sailing. After battling with terrible conditions at sea, Fisher then had to battle in the courts. In fact, the State of Florida took Fisher to court over ownership of the find. After more than 200 hearings, Fisher agreed to donate 20% of his yearly findings for public display, and so now there is a museum in Florida which displays hundreds of the objects which were saved from the Atocha.
Archaeologists(考古学家) object to the fact that with commercial rescue operations like Fisher’s, the objects are sold and dispersed and UNESCO are worried about protecting our underwater treasure from what it describes as “robbery”.
The counter-argument is that in professional, well-run operations such as Fisher’s, each piece is accurately and minutely recorded and that it is this information which is more important than the actual object, and that such operations help increase our wealth of archaeological knowledge.
Indeed, as in Fisher’s case, they make history more accessible to people through museum donations and information on websites.
27. In Para. 3, the underlined phrase “hit the jackpot” means according to the text.
A. discovered the jackpot B. ran a rescue operation
C. broke one of the objects D. found the treasure
28. It can be concluded from paragraph 4 and 5 that .
A. UNESCO’s view is different from archaeologists’
B. people hold different views on the issue
C. all rescue operations should be forbidden
D. attention should be paid to the find’s educational value
29. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Fisher achieved his dream effortlessly.
B. Fisher was accused of ownership of the treasure.
C. Fisher was willing to donate his findings to the museum.
D. Fisher found the underwater treasure shortly after the ship sank.
30. The author’s purpose of writing the text is most likely to .
A. persuade B. entertain C. inform D. describe
第二节（共5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。
Boxing is a popular sport that many people seem to be fascinated by. Newspapers, magazines and sports programmes on TV frequently cover boxing matches. 31
It seems to me that some people, especially men, find it appealing because it is an aggressive sport. When they watch a boxing match, they can identify with the winning boxer, and this gives them the feeling of being a winner themselves. It is a fact that many people have feelings of aggression from time to time, but they cannot show their aggression in their everyday lives. 32
However, there is a negative side to boxing. 33 Although boxers wear gloves during the fights, and amateur boxers even have to wear helmets, there have frequently been accidents in both professional and amateur boxing, sometimes with dramatic consequences. Boxers have suffered from head injuries, and occasionally, fighters have even been killed as a result of being
knocked out in the ring(拳击台). 34 Sometimes even if a boxer has never been knocked out, he might have suffered severe brain damage without knowing it.
35 I think it would be better if less time was given to aggressive sports on TV, and we welcomed more men and women from non-aggressive sports as our heroes and heroines in our society. I believe that the world is aggressive enough already! Of course, people like competitive sports, and so do I, but I think that hitting other people in an aggressive way is not something that should be regarded as a sport.
A. It can be a very dangerous sport.
B. Watching a boxing match gives them an outlet for this aggression.
C. In my personal opinion, boxing can be so thrilling that many people dare not have a try.
D. I am personally not at all in favor of aggressive sports like boxing.
E. Furthermore, studies have shown that there are often long-term effects of boxing.
F. Professional boxers earn a lot of money, and successful boxers are treated as big heroes.
G. It is likely to threaten personal safety of people.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节： 完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。
My mum has a unique way of embarrassing her children. Whenever she gets 36 about something, she jumps up and down, waving her arms in the air and screaming in excitement. We find this 37 embarrassing and call it the “silly dance”. 38 she does it, my siblings and I will inch slowly away, smile awkwardly, and 39 to people, “No, she’s not my mum.”
Even though my mum 40 me to no end when I was a child, and even though she 41 does the silly dance, I now 42 it. The silly dance shows that she’s 43 and who she is. 44 she didn’t do her dance and just obeyed our 45 of “not in public, Mom,” she would be compromising who she is.
I 46 a lot of my love for the theatre to my mum. When I sing just like my mum does, my friends are always doing that same 47 smile and whispering under their breath, “Carolyn, 48 .”
So in many ways I’m becoming my mum. And I’m not going to 49 singing publicly
just because people feel embarrassed by it—that’s not who I am. 50 I will mortify(蒙羞) my own children with my so-called “silly dance.” So what? That’s who I am.
I think everyone should dance to the 51 of her own drum, even if the guy next to you gives you a 52 look. I believe in the things that set us 53 . I believe in 54 myself, no matter how many awkward smiles I get. I believe in never 55 who I am.
36. A. excited B. depressed C. scared D. shocked
37. A. consequently B. equally C. differently D. completely
38. A. Anyhow B. Anytime C. Anywhere D. Anyway
39. A. apologize B. comfort C. complain D. explain
40. A. attended B. embarrassed C. encouraged D. led
41. A. even B. never C. seldom D. still
42. A. accept B. ignore C. learn D. make
43. A. strange B. happy C. innocent D. stubborn
44. A. Although B. As C. Whether D. If
45. A. orders B. dreams C. laws D. wishes
46. A. devote B. give C. owe D. show
47. A. awkward B. broad C. bright D. joyful
48. A. excellent B. exciting C. public D. private
49. A. give up B. adapt to C. stick to D. take up
50. A. Unfortunately B. Unexpectedly C. Undoubtedly D. Unbelievably
51. A. beat B. noise C. voice D. tune
52. A. blank B. quick C. strange D. worried
53. A. aside B. apart C. off D. up
54. A. learning B. trusting C. being D. living
55. A. questioning B. compromising C. refusing D. suspecting
非选择题部分
第三部分 语言运用 （共两节，满分45分）
第二节： 语法填空（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。
A good story gives us encouragement to turn the next page and read 56 (much). We
desire 57 (find) out what happens next and what the main characters do and what they say to each other. We may feel excited, sad, afraid, angry 58 really happy. This is 59 the experience of reading or listening to a story is much more likely to make us ‘feel’ that we are part of the story, too. 60 in our ‘real’ lives, we might love or hate different characters in the story. Perhaps we recognize 61 (we) or others in some of them. Perhaps we have similar problems.
Because of this natural empathy with the characters, our brains process the reading of stories differently from the way we read factual 62 (inform). Our brains don’t always recognize the difference between an imagined situation and a real 63 so the characters become ‘alive’ to us. What they say and do is therefore more 64 (mean). This is why the words and structures that connect a story’s events, descriptions and conversations 65 (process) in this deeper way.
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）
假定你是李华，正在教你的英国朋友Leslie学习中国文化。请你写封邮件告知下次上课的计划，内容包括：
（1）时间和地点；
（2）内容：学习剪纸（paper-cutting）；
（3）课前准备：简要了解剪纸的历史。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
第二节 概要写作（满分25分）
阅读下面短文，根据内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
While contact between adolescents (between the ages of fifteen and nineteen) and their peers (同龄人) is a universal characteristic of all cultures, the nature and the degree of such contact vary a great deal. In American contemporary society, adolescents spend much more time with their peers than with younger children or adults.
This pattern of age segregation (隔离) in American society did not become usual until the beginning of the industrialized society. Changes in the workplace separated children from adults, with adults working and children attending school. The dramatic increase of mothers in the
workplace has further contributed to the reduction in the amount of time adolescents spend with adults.
School reform efforts during the nineteenth century, which resulted in age-segregated schools and grades, have reduced the amount of time adolescents spend with younger children.
Finally, the changes in population are considered a factor that may have contributed to the emergence of adolescent peer culture. From 1955 to 1975, the adolescent population increased dramatically, from 11 percent to 20.9 percent. This increase in the number of adolescents might be a contributing factor to the increase in adolescent peer culture in terms of growth in size as well as in terms of its impact on society's other cultures (adults, younger children).
Research supports the view that adolescents spend a great deal of time with their peers. Reed Larson and his colleagues examined adolescents’ daily activities and found that they spend more time talking to their friends than engaging in any other activity. In a typical week, high school students will spend twice as much time with their peers as with adults. This gradual withdrawal from adults begins in early adolescence. In sixth grade, adults (excluding parents) account for only 25 percent of adolescent social networks. Another important characteristic of adolescent peer culture is its increasingly autonomous (自治的) function. While childhood peer groups are conducted under the close supervision of parents, adolescent peer groups typically make an effort to escape adult supervision and usually succeed in doing so.
命题：长兴中学 温岭中学（审校） 审核：诸暨中学
2017学年第一学期浙江省名校协作体参考答案
高三年级英语学科
首命题：长兴中学 次命题兼审校：温岭中学 审核：诸暨中学
第一部分：听力（共20个小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1-5 ACBBA 6-10 CCABC 11-15 BACCB 16-20 ACBAB
第二部分：阅读理解
第一节（共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）
21---23 ABD 24---26 CBA 27---30 DBBC
第二节（共5个小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
31---35 FBAED
第三部分：语言运用
第一节：完型填空（共20个小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
36---40: ADBDB 41—45: DABDD 46--50: CACAC 51---55: ACBCB
第二节：语法填空（共10个小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
56. more 57. to find 58. or 59. because 60. Like
61. ourselves 62. information 63. one/ situation 64. meaningful 65. are processed
第四部分：写作
第一节：应用文 （满分15分）
该题具体要求：
（一）内容要点
1. 告知下次上课的时间和地点；
2. 上课内容：学习剪纸（paper-cutting）；
3. 课前准备：简要了解剪纸的历史。
（二）应用词汇和语法结构的情况
1. 根据需要使用相应的时态；
2. 使用与主题相关的词汇；
3. 能够使用恰当的语法结构。
（三）上下文的连贯性
按照内容要点展开写作，使用恰当的连接词或表达法使文章内容连贯。
（四）词数少于60和多于100的，从总分中减去2分。
One possible version:
Dear Leslie,
I’m writing to tell you about my next teaching plan. Here is some relevant information.
The lesson will be in the same place, Room 201, but not on Saturday as usual, since I’ll have to participate in a sporting activity that day. So let’s make it three o’clock on Sunday afternoon.
I’d like to introduce to you paper-cutting, a traditional art form popular among Chinese people. You’d better learn about its brief history in advance, which will surely help you better understand Chinese culture.
If you have any other question, please contact me.
Yours
Li Hua
第二节：概要写作（满分25分）
本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分（词数少于40和多于80的，从总分中减去2分）
第五档（21-25）
1. 理解准确，涵盖全部要点。
2. 能正确使用相应的语法结构和词汇。
3. 有效使用了语言间的连接成分，使所完成的概要结构紧凑。
4. 完全使用了自己的语言。
第四档（16-20）
1. 理解准确，涵盖绝大部分要点。
2. 所使用语法结构和词汇可能有些错误，但完全不影响意义表达。
3. 比较有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使所完成的概要结构紧凑。
4. 有个别整句抄自原文。
第三档（11-15）
1. 理解较为准确，涵盖大部分要点。
2. 所使用语法结构和词汇方面虽有些错误，但不影响意义表达。
3. 应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使上下文内容连贯。
4. 出现两句以上整句抄自原文现象。
第二档（6-10）
1. 理解有误差，仅涵盖半数要点；
2. 有些语法结构和词汇方面的错误，影响了意义的表达。
3. 较少使用语句间的连接成分，全文内容缺少连贯性。
4. 出现两句以上整句抄自原文现象。
第一档（1-5）
1. 没有理解原文，造成概要内容与原文主题不符。
2. 有较多语法结构和词汇方面的错误，严重影响了意义的表达。
3. 缺乏语句间的连接成分，全文内容不连贯。
4. 多个句子抄自原文。
0分 白卷、内容太少无法评判或所写内容与所提供内容无关。
参考答案：
Adolescent peer culture is a universal phenomenon and for American adolescents more time is spent with peers than with younger children or adults. (要点1) Firstly, changes in workplace reduce the amount of time adolescents spend with their parents. (要点2) School reforms also result in less time spent with younger children. (要点3) Additionally, the increase in adolescent population is another contributing factor. (要点4) A research shows adolescents’ gradual separation from adults starts in their early teens when they manage to escape adult supervision. (要点5) (77 words)
Tape scripts for Listening Test
第一节
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。
现在，你有5秒钟的时间阅读第一小题的有关内容。
停顿00’05’’
Text 1
M: Can you tell me how to get to Hyde Park?(1)
W: Sure. Follow this street until you see a large, white building. That’s the post office. The park is to the left of the post office, right next to Good Times Café.
Text 2
W: We should buy a good guidebook and study it before the trip to Vancouver.
M: We could, but they are overpriced. What about the library?(2)
Text 3
W: I’d like two tickets for the movie Martian, please. It’s a daytime showing, so I get a discount, right?
M: Yes. Normally, each ticket is twelve dollars, but before 2:00 p.m., the cost is eight dollars.(3)
Text 4
M: Hey, it’s eight o’clock in the morning. Where are you going so early?
W: I want to go the Trader Joe’s before the crowds get there.(4) Their everyday low prices always attract a ton of folks on the weekend.
Text 5
W: I am so stressed out! I haven't studied for this huge test we have tomorrow. Now I'm going to have to stay up and study all night.
M: Didn’t you hear, Mr. Jenkins canceled it. He said we have enough homework due as it is.(5)
Text 6
W: Did I tell you? I’ve decided to move from the suburbs into the city. The drive to work during the rush hour is really killing me.(6)
M: I know what you mean. But living in town can be pretty expensive.
W: That’s true, but I found a nice place only about a mile away. The rent is reasonable, and it’s the perfect size. Parking isn’t a problem. The best part is that they allow pets.(7)
M: Oh, right! I almost forgot about your cat. Well, it sounds perfect. Let me know if you need any help moving.
Text 7
W: Welcome to Citibank.(8) How may I help you, sir?
M: Well, I came in today to pay my credit card bill that came in the mail, but I just noticed that
there seems to be a mistake on one of the charges.
W: I can definitely help you with that, sir. First, may I see your ID and your card, please?
M: Yes, here is my driver’s license and my Visa card.
W: Great. So I’m showing a total balance of $4900. Is that correct?
M: No, it’s not. There was a charge of $3800 on October 20, but it really should have been $380.(9)(10) They must have added a zero by mistake, and I just didn’t notice when I signed the receipt.
W: This is not the first time I’ve heard of this happening. I will call the Apple Store on Third Street and see what they have to say. Do you remember what you purchased that day?
M: Yes, and iPad. I even have the receipt here.
Text 8
W: I’ve decided to become a vegan.
M: You mean you aren’t going to eat meat anymore?
W: Well, yes, but a vegan doesn’t eat anything animal related.(11) A vegetarian doesn’t eat meat, but they will still eat dairy, eggs, and honey. A vegan won’t eat anything that comes from an animal.
M: That seems really difficult.(12)
W: I think it will be, but I’m up to the challenge.
M: What will you eat instead?
W: There are many things I can still eat. Anything with fruits and vegetables is good. Nuts, most breads, and beans are also great. I can also drink soymilk in place of regular milk.
M: What about cheese? It would be really hard for to give up cheese, I think.
W: I can’t eat cheese because it comes from milk, but believe it or not, there are many things that can replace cheese, such as soy cheese or nut cheese.
M: I don’t mean to be rude, but I really don’t think it’s a good idea.
W: I’ll make a vegan dinner and invite you over.(13) You’re going to be really surprised at how tasty vegan food can be!
Text 9
M: Good morning madam. I see you are reading the New York Times.
W: Yes, I always buy a copy from a newsstand outside my favorite cafe during the week,(14) and I get the weekend newspaper delivered to my house.
M: That must get expensive after a while.
W: It does. I pay about ten dollars a week altogether.
M: Well, what if I told you that you could read your favorite newspaper every day for less than five dollars a week?(15)
W: That would be great. But I’m not interested in signing up for a vacation package or anything like that.
M: Oh, no… nothing like that. I guess you have a computer, right?
W: Uh, yeah, I have an iPad,
M: Perfect. You can now read The New York Times on a special app for your smartphone and tablet. You can read all the articles you like, find stories from the past forty years, and save things to read for later.
W: That sounds amazing.(16) But why is it so much cheaper than the regular paper?
M: Think about all the machines and employees it takes to print the paper every day. The digital one is much cheaper, and we pass that savings on to you.
W: Sign me up!
Text 10
I didn’t get a smartphone for a long time because I thought they were too expensive.(17) And my old phone was fine for making phone calls and sending text messages. But I saw everyone else with their cool-looking phones and felt a little jealous. When I bought my first smart phone, I was really surprised at how reasonable the cost was. There was a lot to pay right away, but the monthly bill turned out to be similar to that of my old phone. I never did a lot on the Internet before, but with my smartphone, I’m entertained every day. I also love being able to check my email and use the map when I am driving.(18) I haven't really gotten into other apps, though. And I seldom use it to chat with my friends. The main thing I like better is the sound quality.(19) With my old phone, it was really hard to hear people on the other end of the line, but my smartphone is much clearer. However, not everything is better. You know how some people say they can’t live without their smartphones? I sort of feel like that now. I get nervous when I can’t find my phone or connect to the Internet, and I always feel like I need to check my messages.
And get this: I dropped my phone on the ground the other day, and the whole thing broke! I had to spend a hundred dollars to get it fixed. Whenever I dropped my old phone, it was fine!(20)
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