2024届广西南宁市第二中学高三下学期收网考英语试题

南宁二中 2024 届高三收网考 英语 考试时间150分钟 满分 150分 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。 例: How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a supermarket. B. In the post office. C. In the street. 2 What did Carl do? A. He designed a medal. B. He fixed a TV set. C He took a test. 3. What does the man do? A. He's a tailor. B. He's a waiter. C. He's a shop assistant. 4. When will the flight arrive? A. At 18: 20. B. At 18: 35. C. At 18: 50. 5. How can the man improve his article? A. By deleting unnecessary words. B By adding a couple of points. C. By correcting grammar mistakes. 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. What does Bill often do on Friday night? A. Visit his parents. B. Go to the movies. C. Walk along Broadway. 7. Who watches musical plays most often? A. Bill. B. Sarah. C. Bill's parents. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. Why does David want to speak to Mike? A. To invite him to a party. B. To discuss a schedule. C. To call off a meeting. 9. What do we know about the speakers? A. They are colleagues. B. They are close friends. C. They've never met before. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What kind of camera does the man want? A. A TV camera. B. A video camera. C. A movie camera. 11. Which function is the man most interested in? A. Underwater filming. B. A large memory. C. Auto-focus. 12. How much would the man pay for the second camera? A. 950 euros. B. 650 euros. C. 470 euros. 听第9段材料，回答第13 至16题。 13. Who is Clifford? A. A little girl. B. The man's pet. C. A fictional character. 14. Who suggested that Norman paint for children's books? A. His wife. B. Elizabeth. C. A publisher. 15. What is Norman's story based on? A. A book. B. A painting. C. A young woman. 16. What is it that shocked Norman? A. His unexpected success. B. His efforts made in vain. C. His editor's disagreement. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Who would like to make small talk according to the speaker? A. Relatives. B. Strangers. C. Visitors. 18. Why do people have small talk? A. To express opinions. B. To avoid arguments. C. To show friendliness. 19. Which of the following is a frequent topic in small talk? A. Politics. B. Movies. C. Salaries. 20. What does the speaker recommend at the end of his lecture? A. Asking open-ended questions. B. Feeling free to change topics. C. Making small talk interesting. 第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分 50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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Amish Country is one of Ohio’s most beautiful places. In addition to good food and shopping, you can also learn about Amish history and experience their culture through Amish home tours and buggy rides. a buggy ride Amish Heartland Tours If you would like to learn about Amish life and culture while enjoying a tour of the beauty of Amish country, Amish Heartland Tours can make it happen, offering buggy rides, custom bus tours, and special “Backroad” experiences with meals in the homes of the Amish people. You will learn about the day-to-day life of the Amish from experienced tour guides and the local people themselves. Tours last between 1 to 3 hours depending on your choice of destination and activities. Yoder’s Amish Home If you or your school group would like to learn more about the life of the Amish, a trip to Yoder’s Amish Home might be perfect for you. With guided tours of the house, property, and so on, you’ll learn about the history and lifestyle of the Amish up close. Pet the animals in the old barn, learn a little German and meet their Amish teacher in their one-room schoolhouse, take a ride in a real Amish buggy, and enjoy a sweet treat from their bakery! Tours are led by local guides and last about 40 minutes. Troyer’s Amish Tours Experience the Amish Country with a personalized, and custom touch. Troyer’s Amish Tours offers several tours including 2 and 3-hour experiences, dinner in Amish homes, as well as special events. All of the tours are tailor-made with advance notice. For the most memorable experience, use their online contact forms to plan your visit in advance. Amish Heritage Tours Amish Heritage Tours offers seasonally themed tours including many of the best things to do in Amish Country, with one to multi-day experiences including pick-up from your hotel, dinner, shopping, area theatre, and museums. Plan your visit online in advance. Their website offers sample itineraries for each tour to make your stay rewarding and unforgettable. 1. Which tour is intended for school children? A. Amish Heartland Tours. B. Yoder’s Amish Home. C. Troyer’s Amish Tours. D. Amish Heritage Tours. 2. What is special about Troyer’s Amish tour? A. It presents seasonally themed tours. B. It features real Amish buggy rides. C. It provides a museum experience. D. It meets individualized needs. 3. What is the purpose of this passage? A. To promote tours. B. To introduce travel services. C. To highlight a lifestyle. D. To celebrate the local culture. B After Walter Elias Disney finished his volunteer service at the Red Cross, his brother, Roy, got him a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, where he met his lifelong friend Ub Iwerks. Disney and Ub Iwerks soon set up their own company, but hardly made enough money to get by. The business went into failure in just one month. Then due to a variety of reasons, Disney’s second business failed again. He had nowhere to live, a little money for food. These didn’t discourage Disney. At 22, he went to Hollywood. There he started Disney Brothers Studio with his brother Roy and came up with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit which was well received. However, the copyright to his own characters was stolen. Disney knew he extremely needed a new idea. Then the idea of a mouse called Mortimer came to his mind. The name eventually changed to Mickey Mouse thanks to the insistence of his wife. However, the first two Mickey Mouse Series-Plane Crazy and Gallopin Gaucho-didn’t attract lots of audiences. But Disney never gave up. He added synchronized (同步的) sound and created a third short film Steamboat Willie, which became an instant hit. In 1934, Disney started to work on another new idea: a cartoon that ran the length of a long film. Everyone said it was a bad idea. The banker told him he would be risking everything he had on this one film but Disney believed in his vision. The film took 3 long years to make and cost around $25 million. His effort paid off. Once Snow White and the Seven Dwarves was released, it was viewed as a masterpiece. The film became the most successful one of that year. He earned $134 million. 4. What does the first paragraph mainly tell us about Disney? A. His experience at the Red Cross. B. The early life with his brother. C. His failure of starting businesses. D. The friendship with his partner. 5. What can we learn about Disney’s creations? A. Mickey Mouse didn’t succeed at the start. B. The idea of mouse Mortimer wasn’t a new one. C. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit won a famous award. D. Steamboat Willie was actually a silent short film. 6. Why is the film’s cost mentioned in paragraph 4? A. To prove people at that time lived a rich life. B. To explain the film industry was very profitable. C. To tell film makers should follow Disney’s steps. D. To show Disney put much effort into the film. 7. What does Walter Elias Disney’s success show? A. A friend in need is a friend indeed. B. Opportunities come to those who are prepared. C. Time flies like an arrow and time lost never returns. D. Great works are performed not by strength, but determination. C Playing tennis might add years to your life, according to a new study of Danish men and women. The study found that adults who frequently participate in tennis or other racket (球拍) and team sports lived longer than people who were spending a lot of time sitting down. They also lived longer than people who took part in activities such as jogging, swimming and cycling. The results raise interesting questions about the role that social interactions might play in enlarging the benefits of exercise. No one doubts that being physically active improves our health and can extend our longevity (寿命). But whether some activities might be better than others remains in argument. One widely publicized 2017 study of more than 80,000 British men and women found that those who played racket sports like tennis tended to outlive those who jogged. The researchers widened their inquiry and looked at a variety of sports and their associations with life. To start, they turned to the same data resource they had used for the jogging study, the Copenhagen City Heart Study. The study’s participants had all completed health exams and lengthy questionnaires about their lifestyles and whether and how often they took part in some sports common in Denmark, including cycling, swimming, running, tennis, soccer and, perhaps unexpectedly, badminton. According to the data, cycling added an average of 3.7 years to riders’ lives, compared to sedentary Danes. Running added 3.2 years while tennis 9.7 years. These associations remained unchanged even when the researchers controlled for people’s education, socioeconomic status and age. “Why and how some sports might add more years to people’s lives than others is impossible to know from this kind of observational study,” says Dr. James O’Keefe, a study co-author. “But we know that social support probably has unique effects on helping people get more benefits from the exercise.” For now, people who run or ride alone might consider finding a group or partner to work out together. “Raising your heart rate is important for health,” he says. “But it looks like connecting with other people is, too.” 8. According to the passage, which activity may help people live longer? A. Cycling. B. Running marathon. C. Swimming. D. Playing badminton. 9. What does the underlined word “sedentary” in the fourth paragraph mean? A. Inactive. B. Outgoing. C. Depressed. D. Easygoing. 10. Which may Dr. James O’Keefe recommend according to the last paragraph? A. Exercising alone. B. Working out together. C. Working out regularly. D. Raising one’s heart rate. 11. It is suggested in the passage that ________. A. women who prefer team sports live longer than men B. people’s education and socioeconomic status affect their longevity C. the reason why some sports might add more years to people’s lives is still unknown D. 80,000 Danish men and women participated in the survey D Imagine you need milk, so you go to the grocery store to pick some up, only to find there are dozens of options. These days, you have to make a decision on not only the percentage of fat you want, but also what source you want your milk to be coming from: cows, soybeans... You have no idea what milk to pick. There are so many choices that you are confused. This phenomenon is known as the paradox (悖论) of choice and it is becoming a concern in the modern world, where more and more options are becoming easily available to us. While we might believe that being presented with multiple options actually makes it easier to choose one that we are happy with, and thus increases consumer satisfaction, having too many options actually requires more effort to make a decision and can leave us feeling unsatisfied with our choice. The idea was popularized by American psychologist Barry Schwartz when he published his book, The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less. Schwartz, who has long studied the ways in which economics and psychology intersect (交叉), became interested in seeing the way that choices were affecting the happiness of citizens in Western societies. He identified that the range of choices that we have available to us these days is far greater than that people had in the past; however, consumer satisfaction has not increased as much as traditional economics theories might expect. Schwartz identified that the paradox of choice carries the most consequence for people that are maximizers. Maximizers, unlike satisficers, are concerned with making the best choice instead of simply making a choice that they are happy with. When there are many options available to maximizers, it becomes harder for them to determine which is the best, which can cause them to feel a great deal of regret after they have made a choice. Instead of believing that freedom of choice is unlimited, Schwartz advocates that the role of psychology and behavioral economics should be to find the kind of limitations on freedom that can lead to the greatest level of happiness within society. 12. What’s the author’s purpose in mentioning buying milk in paragraph 1? A. To lead in the topic. B. To draw a conclusion. C. To show that we have more choices when shopping. D. To indicate that people pay greater attention to health when shopping. 13. What does the paradox of choice suggest? A. More options mean less satisfaction. B. Consumer satisfaction has greatly increased. C. People are happy with more choices. D. Modern people are happier than their ancestors. 14. What can be learned about satisficers? A. They aim for the very best. B. They tend to follow their feelings. C. They often regret their decisions. D. They have trouble making a decision. 15. What does Schwartz suggest people do? A. Hold on to their beliefs. B. Accept their own behavior. C. Give up freedom. D. Limit their own choices. 第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分, 满分 12.5分) 阅读下面短文，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。 At the start of your career, it can feel like a Catch-22 situation: You can’t get hired without experience, but you can’t get experience without being hired. ____16____ Luck certainly plays a part and personal connections can be hugely valuable, but what else can you do? Target realistic roles. If you don't have relevant experience in your chosen field you’ll have to apply for roles right at the bottom of the ladder and work your way up— ____17____ They can both be character building and a great way to develop a knowledge of the role. That will give you a head start as you work your way up through the organization. Emphasize the skills you do have. Don't get hung up on the experience you don’t have. ____18____ Soft skills such as communication, and team working are highly valued by all sorts of employers. If you lack experience in your chosen field, then it’s important to acknowledge that, but use it as an opportunity to demonstrate your passion for the role and your motivation to learn. ____19____ Some industries are so competitive that, even to get an entry-level position, you might have to consider working for free. Volunteering and internships (实习) are excellent opportunities to gain first-hand knowledge of a job and build useful contacts that could lead to a paid position. Stay busy and resilient (有韧性的) . Trying to find a job with little or no experience isn't easy, and yet it’s something everyone has gone through. ____20____ However, by volunteering, participating in community activities, being social and getting out in the world, opportunities will present themselves and you will find the right role for you. A. Look for work experience. B. Seek jobs with no experience needed. C. How does an employer decide on whom to interview? D. So, what is the key to getting jobs with no experience? E. It’s all too easy to take the rejection personally and quit. F. There’s certainly no shame in targeting entry-level and junior roles. G. Instead, focus your application on the skills that make you a great fit for the role. 第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分30分) 第一节 (共15 小题;每小题1分,满分 15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 One day, I had a serious quarrel with my father. I felt he was always trying to ____21____ me and I wanted to break free. After we exploded in ____22____, I stormed out of the house and went back to school. All that day, my mind was racing with ____23____ thoughts. After all, he hadn’t even finished high school, but here I was a college student! How dare he try to ____24____ me on my life and plans? Suddenly, I realized that I didn’t do the assignment that was ____25____: a thought card. Dr. Simon always ____26____ us to think deeply by raising all kinds of questions about social issues, political issues, personal issues etc. ____27____ for something to write, I could only think of the ____28____ I’d just had with my dad. “I am the son of an idiot!” I wrote and then ____29____. The next day, Dr. Simon gave back our cards. He put mine on the desk face down. I picked it up, almost unable to turn it _____30_____. On the card, he wrote, “What does ‘the son of an idiot’ _____31_____ with the rest of his life?” I felt like someone had _____32_____ me in the face. Again and again, my parents didn’t please me and I _____33_____ them for this or that, but how long could I get away with blaming them for my life? Slowly, my attitude _____34_____ and my relationship with my father improved. Instead of controlling, now I saw him as concerned and caring. And it all started with a (an) _____35_____ raised by Dr. Simon. 21. A. prevent B. trouble C. criticize D. control 22. A. details B. shouts C. tears D. laughs 23. A. happy B. regretful C. angry D. strange 24. A. lecture B. overcome C. tell D. compete 25. A. near B. easy C. close D. due 26. A. forced B. encouraged C. confused D. forbade 27. A. Hopeful B. Desperate C. Excited D. Curious 28. A. quarrel B. love C. talk D. feeling 29. A. put away B. calmed down C. signed up D. handed in 30. A. down B. up C. over D. around 31. A. do B. agree C. give D. leave 32. A. listened B. struck C. looked D. learned 33. A. blamed B. praised C. blessed D. pardoned 34. A. faded B. struggled C. shifted D. disappeared 35. A. report B. answer C. reply D. question 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。 Yunnan is the hometown of tea. It provides the ideal climate and the ecological environment for large-leaf tea trees, which are located in the ____36____ (region) along the Lancang River. Thousands of years ago, they formed those ancient tea plantations,____37____ are the best gift that nature has granted us. ____38____ (preserve) the ancient tea trees, Yunnan Province has passed a protection regulation recently,____39____ (clarify) that wild and cultivated tea plants aged over 100 years should be better protected in the province. The new regulation, which came into force starting from March l,2023,____40____ (prohibit) six kinds of behaviors that harm ancient tea plants ____41____ their growing environment. Unauthorized cutting and transplantation of ancient tea trees, carving tree branches, digging the roots, and damaging the ancient tea trees are all banned. Other ____42____ (legal) practices include using harmful chemical herbicides, releasing waste gas and water, as well as dumping and throwing waste ____43____ (casual) within the protection range of the trees, according to the regulation. Yunnan has diverse resources of tea trees. The regulation also advocates proper research and ____44____ (apply) of Yunnan’s resources of ancient tea trees, raising varieties____45____ new tea trees of good quality, as well as the establishment of relevant industrial chains. 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) 46. 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你写信建议你的美国朋友George 参加中国日报 （China Daily）专门为外国人举办的2018“最美中国”（Amazing China）手机摄影大赛。信的内容包括: 1. 作品内容要求； 2. 提交时间和方式； 3. 表示愿意提供帮助。 注意： 1. 词数不少于50； 2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear George, ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第二节 (满分25分) 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his backyard in the snow. Bobby didn't wear boots, or rather, he didn't own any. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in them and they did a poor job of keeping out the cold. Bobby had been in his backyard for about an hour already. Try as he might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother's Christmas gift. He shook his head as he thought, “This is useless. Even if I do come up with an idea, I don't have any money for a gift.” Wiping tears from his eyes, Bobby started walking down to the street where the shops were. It wasn't easy being six without a father, particularly when he needed a man to talk to. Bobby walked from shop to shop, looking into each decorated window. Everything seemed so beautiful but so out of reach. It was starting to get dark and Bobby reluctantly turned to walk home when suddenly his eyes caught the glimmer (微光) of the setting sun's rays reflecting on something on the roadside. He reached down and discovered a shiny dime (一角硬币). Never before had Bobby felt as wealthy as he did at that moment. As he held his newly-found treasure, warmth spread throughout his entire body and he walked into the first store. His excitement quickly turned cold when salesperson after salesperson told him that he could not buy anything with only a dime. He saw a flower shop and went inside to wait in line. When the shop owner asked if he could help him, Bobby presented the dime and asked if he could buy one flower for his mother's Christmas gift. The shop owner looked at Bobby and his one dime offering. Then he put his hand on Bobby's shoulder, saying, “You just wait here and I'll see what I can do for you.” As Bobby waited, he looked at the beautiful flowers and even though he was a boy, he could see why mothers and girls loved flowers. Paragraph 1: A few minutes later, the shop owner came out. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: With the bunch of roses in his hands, Bobby walked out of the door and then broke into a run. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 南宁二中 2024 届高三收网考 英语 考试时间150分钟 满分 150分 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。 例: How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a supermarket. B. In the post office. C. In the street. 2 What did Carl do? A. He designed a medal. B. He fixed a TV set. C He took a test. 3. What does the man do? A. He's a tailor. B. He's a waiter. C. He's a shop assistant. 4. When will the flight arrive? A. At 18: 20. B. At 18: 35. C. At 18: 50. 5. How can the man improve his article? A. By deleting unnecessary words. B. By adding a couple of points. C. By correcting grammar mistakes. 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. What does Bill often do on Friday night? A. Visit his parents. B. Go to the movies. C. Walk along Broadway. 7. Who watches musical plays most often? A. Bill. B. Sarah. C. Bill's parents. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. Why does David want to speak to Mike? A. To invite him to a party. B. To discuss a schedule. C. To call off a meeting. 9. What do we know about the speakers? A They are colleagues. B. They are close friends. C. They've never met before. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What kind of camera does the man want? A. A TV camera. B. A video camera. C. A movie camera. 11. Which function is the man most interested in? A. Underwater filming. B. A large memory. C. Auto-focus. 12. How much would the man pay for the second camera? A. 950 euros. B. 650 euros. C. 470 euros. 听第9段材料，回答第13 至16题。 13. Who is Clifford? A. A little girl. B. The man's pet. C. A fictional character. 14. Who suggested that Norman paint for children's books? A. His wife. B. Elizabeth. C. A publisher. 15. What is Norman's story based on? A. A book. B. A painting. C. A young woman. 16. What is it that shocked Norman? A. His unexpected success. B. His efforts made in vain. C. His editor's disagreement. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Who would like to make small talk according to the speaker? A. Relatives. B. Strangers. C. Visitors. 18. Why do people have small talk? A. To express opinions. B. To avoid arguments. C. To show friendliness. 19. Which of the following is a frequent topic in small talk? A. Politics. B. Movies. C. Salaries. 20. What does the speaker recommend at the end of his lecture? A. Asking open-ended questions. B. Feeling free to change topics. C. Making small talk interesting. 第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分 50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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A 【1~3题答案】 【答案】1 B 2. D 3. A B 【4~7题答案】 【答案】4. C 5. A 6. D 7. D C 【8~11题答案】 【答案】8. D 9. A 10. B 11. C D 【12~15题答案】 【答案】12. A 13. A 14. B 15. D 第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分, 满分 12.5分) 阅读下面短文，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。 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. D 17. F 18. G 19. A 20. E 第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分30分) 第一节 (共15 小题;每小题1分,满分 15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 【21~35题答案】 【答案】21. D 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. C 31. A 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. D 第二节(共 10小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分 15分) 【36~45题答案】 【答案】36. regions 37 which 38. To preserve 39. clarifying 40. prohibits 41. and 42. illegal 43. casually 44. application 45. of 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) 【46题答案】 【答案】Dear George, How is everything going? I have some exciting news for you! China Daily will hold a mobile photo contest named “Amazing China”, only open to foreigners. I know you love photography, so why not give it a try? The contest welcomes submissions about natural scenery, famous places or historical sites, local customs of China and so forth. And every photo should be accompanied with an explanation: time, place, name of the work, and stories behind. Photos edited with Photoshop or any other software will not be accepted. Each participant can turn in three photos at most to Liuying@chinadaily.com. Deadline for entries is Oct.15, 2018. For more information, you can refer to China Daily’s official website. Well, I have to go now, for I have tons of homework to do. If you are interested, I’m more than happy to be your photography companion. Yours, Li Hua 第二节 (满分25分) 【47题答案】 【答案】Paragraph 1: A few minutes later, the shop owner came out. He asked Bobby to come to the counter. There, before Bobby's eyes, lay twelve red roses, with leaves of green and tiny white flowers all tied together with a big silver tape. Bobby's heart sank as the owner placed them gently into a long white box. “That will be ten cents, young man.” the shop keeper said, reaching out his hand for the dime. Slowly, Bobby moved his hand to give the man his dime. Could this be true? He wondered. Paragraph 2: With the bunch of roses in his hands, Bobby walked out of the door and then broke into a run. Within minutes, he was at home, still breathless. “Look, Mother, what have I bought for you?” Bobby called out in the backyard. Mother came out from inside the house. She could hardly believe her eyes upon seeing the beautiful flowers in front of her. “Merry Christmas!” Bobby said and began to tell her everything he had experienced in the flower shop. Tearfully, Mother hugged her son in her arms. Standing in the bitter cold air, they somehow didn't feel cold at all. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$