河南省部分学校2020-2021学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题（word版，含解析）

W: Can you fix a time for the next meeting, Alex? How about June 12? Thats after the trade exhibition. M: I thought something was happening on that day, Recap Oh, yes. You're right. The people from Head Office are coming M: What time does their plane arrive? Can we have the meeting in the morning? W: No, it's all arranged. Im meeting them at half past ten, so I wont be available at all that day M: Well, lets have the meeting earlier in June, then The trade exhibition finishes on the third doesn t it? W: Yes, but we need John's sales report for the meeting. Hows it going? M: Im afraid John hasn't started yet. The figures wont be in place till next week W: Will it be ready early in June? Well, not really. He told me that he will finish them by June 10 W: So, we re looking at the week starting the 17th. How about two o'clock on that day? M: I think thats okay. Lets meet here again then. Text 9 W: Today writer Jack Spears is going to tell us about his writing day. Jack, some people think that writers write when they feel like it and that it is more like a hobby than a job. Would you agree? M: Of course not. Although it's only recently that writing has become my only job, I ve never seen it as a hobby. Even when I was a child, I took my stories very seriously. When I was a teacher, I used to start writing at about 9 o'clock in the evening, and go on until about two in the mornin W: And what about now? M: I get up at seven in the morning six days a week and go for a 30-minute run. On Sundays I go swimming. Sitting at a computer is so unhealthy. I think all writers should at least go for a walk during working days W: Where do you M: I usually work in my office, but in fact I could work in the bedroom, in the sitting room, anywhere in the house if wanted to, even on the kitchen table Hello, everyone. My name's Karl Roberts and I'll be your teacher of this course, Language and Culture To begin with, please take a look at the teaching programme in front of you. As you shoul