2025年高考综合改革适应性演练（八省联考）

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M: Thanks for the wonderful meal, Mom. I think I'd better go back to my office. I've got a report to write.

W: OK. Bye, Luke. Drive with care.

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W: Jill and Patty are very close. They seem to  get on very well with each other.

M: Yes, they entered our company the same year and are now working on the same marketing project.

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W: Bob, I'm going to Melbourne with Lisa tomorrow.

M: Great! Are you going by train? I can drive you to the station.

W: No, thanks. We decide to fly.

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W: You asked Stellar to come around 6:30, didn't you?

M: No. I asked her to come over at 7:00, to give you more time to prepare the food.

W: OK. It's ten to seven. She'll be here any minute.

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M: Hey Susan, it's so good to see you again. Did you come back to visit your family?

W: Yes and no. In fact, I've quit my job. I'm planning to stay and start my own restaurant business here.

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M: Here's a package.

W: I wonder what this is.

M: Who is it from? Uncle Jason? Aunt Mary?

W: Let me see. It's from Granny Betty.

M: Oh, she's always so generous. Remember the table lamp she sent us last year? And the dinner plates.

W: Look, Steve! This is just what we've been wanting, a beautiful vase!

M: Fantastic!

W: It'll be perfect on the coffee table in the living room.

M: Yes, perfect!

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M: Kate, what are you writing?

W: A letter to my sister.

M: Why not send an email to her? It's faster.

W: Well, I love email for the convenience, but I tend to write letters for pleasure, especially for holiday greetings.

M: You're right. I prefer hand-written birthday cards, too.

W: And I love getting letters, too. Hearing a letter drop through the mailbox is much more exciting than getting an email, even though it's usually a bill or advertisement in my case.

M: Oh, that reminds me. I haven't checked my mailbox for ages!

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W: Dear listeners, I have with me today Robert Gent of the International Dark-Sky Association. Robert, welcome to our program.

M: Thank you. I'm glad to be here.

W: Would you please tell our listeners why you became an astronomer?

M: When I was a little boy, I loved the night sky. I remember I looked up at the stars in the sky and asked, “How many are there? How far away are they? Can we visit them?”I became an astronomer because I was amazed by their beauty. But now in most big cities, kids can't see the stars like I did.

W: So have you already come up with a solution to this problem?

M: Yeah, actually there is a method that is inexpensive and has immediate benefits. If we shine lights down at the ground instead of up into the sky, and use lower brightness levels, we can preserve the beauty of the night sky.

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M: Elena, who had a great influence on your career?

W: I would say it's my father. He began to run soccer schools when I was a teenager. So I played soccer with my brother and his friends. But a life in the game was not my plan, so after graduation I took a job writing technical instructions. It was my first job.

M: What was that like?

W: It paid well but was not very interesting, so when offered a coaching role, I seized it.

M: Did you have to overcome any challenges to get where you are today?

W: Well, where to start? I enjoyed a successful college life. Then I progressed through the college system to become an assistant coach to the national team. I've encountered a lot of challenges through the  ups and downs of being a coach. It's particularly hard to face the doubts after losing games.

M: What achievement are you most proud of?

W: I'm most proud of helping my team to win all the last seven matches in Italy and Brazil.

M: What are you planning to do next?

W: I'll take on another challenge, possibly coaching in England.

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W: Good morning, everyone. I'm Monica from Canada, and I'll teach you English writing this term. Before we start, I'd like to take a few minutes to let you know something about me. When I was small, I enjoyed spending my summers reading storybooks instead of playing baseball or taking dance lessons. After I went to school, I took reading time seriously. Once I tied one end of a string around a book and the other end around my waist, climbed a tree, and sat in the branches reading until dinner time. In college, I thought I might  major in journalism or history, but when I took my first literature class, I was deeply attracted to it. The calling to be an English major was in my heart, and I couldn't imagine spending my study hours without Shakespeare, Chaucer, or Lewis by my side. I learned the art of making connections between literature and life, and developed a love for writing. After graduation, I taught English in a primary school in Canada for five years. Then I went to Australia and worked as a book editor. Three years ago, I came to China. I've been teaching English in middle schools. I love my job and I'm thankful for the gift of words, for the life, connection, beauty, and learning that come from language.