very impressive.
M: I know, he was very famous at that time. Text 10
I was 23 years old on a plane, returning home to Dallas, Texas. Like tens of thousands of others, I was just trying to get home without incident.
I sat, in uniform, in a window seat and avoided eye contact with my fellow passengers. No one was sitting in the seat next to me, which made me lonely. A young girl, not more than 10 years old, suddenly appeared. She smiled and handed me a magazine. I accepted her offering, her quiet ―welcome home‖. Her small gesture of pity was the first I had experienced in a long time.
I believe in the connection between strangers when they reach out to one another. That young girl undoubtedly has no memory of what happened years ago. I like to think of her as having grown up, continuing to touch others and teaching her children to do the same. I know she might have been told to give me the ―gift‖ by her mother. It doesn't matter why she gave me the magazine. The important thing is she did.
Since then, I have followed her example and tried, in different ways for different people, to do the same for them. Like me on that long ago plane ride, they will never know why a stranger took the time to extend a hand. But I know that my attempts since then are all because of that little girl. Her offer of a magazine to a tired, scared and lonely soldier has echoed throughout my life. I have to believe that my small gestures have the same effect on others. And to that little girl, now a woman, I would like to take this opportunity to say again, thank you. 听力补充材料4（15年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试热点集训卷二） 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。
1. Why does the boy have to stay home every night?
A. Because he got home very late one night. B. Because he wants to relax himself. C. Because he has lots of homework to do. 2. Whom is the birthday present in the box from? A. It's from Tom. B. It's from Tom's mother. C. It's from Tom's grandparents. 3. Why will the man go to Hong Kong? A. On business. B. For pleasure. C. To go home. 4. Where are the man and the woman now? A. In the subway. B. In the downtown area. C. On the main highway. 5. How long can the man keep the books? A. For fourteen days. B. For ten days. C. For two days. 第二节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. When will the banquet be held? A. At 7:00 a.m. B. After 7:30 tonight. C. At 7:00 p.m. 7. What do we know about Mrs Smith?
A. She has many things to do tonight. B. She is the man's wife.
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C. She's glad to attend the banquet. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. Who is the man in the conversation? A. He is Finn. B. He is Wang Fei. 9. What are the man and the woman mainly talking about? A. The meanings of ―green‖. B. A new motorbike. C. How their work is like.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Language learning. B. The woman's study plan. 11. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Learn about Thai culture.
B. Take Thai classes at the university. C. Borrow a phrase book from the library.
12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Neighbors. B. Classmates. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. According to the conversation, who is Chinese? A. The man. B. The woman. 14. Why was the company very empty in the past couple of days? A. Because there is a party holiday ahead. B. Because most of the workers were retired. C. Because everyone went home for Chinese New Year.
15. What is the most important thing Chinese do during New Years? A. To eat. B. To set off firecrackers. 16. When does this conversation take place? A. Before Chinese New Year. B. After Chinese New Year. C. Just before Christmas.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. When given a choice of a topic, what will Mary Ann Allison first do? A. Do something that interests her. B. Find as much information as possible. C. Ask help from her teacher or professor.
18. How long does Mary Ann Allison spend on information?
A. Ten or fifteen minutes. B. Less than ten minutes. 19. What do we know about Mary Ann Allison? A. She depends on her friend a lot. B. She is an organized person. C. She likes sitting at a café.
20. What's the conversation mainly about?
A. Three ways to handle life problems. B. How the woman does her homework.
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C. He is Wang Fei's brother.
C. The woman's summer vacation.
C. Colleagues.
C. Both the man and the woman.
C. To give presents.
C. More than fifteen minutes.
C. How Mary handles a choice of a topic.
参考答案： 1-5 ACABA 6-10 CCBAC 11-15 BABCA 16-20 AAABC
录音原文：
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M: Mom and Dad have been making me stay home every night ever since the night I got in at one o'clock in the morning.
W: Well, maybe if you can stay home for a few weeks, they'll relax their rules a little. Text 2
W: Happy birthday to you, Tom! Here is my gift for you. The birthday present in the box is from your grandparents.
M: Right, today is my birthday! I almost forget. Ah, what a nice toy car! Thank you, Mum, and I'll say thanks to my grandparents. Text 3
M: I'll go to Hong Kong to have a business trip. Will you go with me? W: I'd like to, but what can I do?
M: I'll negotiate with a foreigner. You can help me when I'm in trouble. W: I see. Two heads are better than one. Text 4
W: Where on earth are we?
M: Judging by all the traffic, I'd say we're near the heart of the downtown area. W: Where did I do wrong? Did I take a wrong turn?
M: I'm not sure, but I think that you turned left when you should have turned right. Now the problem is how to get back onto the main highway. Text 5
M: How many books am I allowed to take out?
W: You can take two books out at a time. But you can't take out newspapers or magazines, they have to be read here.
M: How long am I allowed to keep the books?
W: For two weeks. After that you must renew the books if you wish to keep them longer. Otherwise we charge ten dollars a day fine for each book. Text 6
M: Are you free tonight, Mrs Smith?
W: I'm not sure, but let me check my calendar. Ah, no, I have nothing on tonight.
M: Great! Mr. Green has asked me to come over to invite you to the banquet that will be held in your honor at the Hongxing Hotel at 7:00 this evening.
W: How nice of him! I'll be delighted to go. Thanks for your invitation! Text 7
W: Finn has decided to take us out for a ride on his new motorbike today and he's not sure whether you would like to go.
M: I am, of course very glad to hear that. I think it will be good to get out of the studio. Look at all the beautiful, green fields around us.
W: Yes, beautiful green fields. That's the word for the day, isn't it: green? M: Green, yes! Everyone knows the colour green!
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W: The colour green? No, not that meaning, Wang Fei!
M: Oh, maybe another green? Oh, maybe, green with envy? I know that phrase, which means to envy somebody, doesn't it?
W: I'm sorry, Wang Fei. What I mean is I'm very green at riding motorbikes; that's what I wanted to say. Green means inexperienced or new to something. M: Oh, I see. Text 8
M: Hi, Rebecca. I hear you're taking a vacation to Thailand this summer. Can you speak...uh...what language do they speak there?
W: Well, the official language is Thai. I got a phrase book from the library, so I know a few words in Thai. M: Well, I think they offer Thai classes at the university. Maybe you could attend one. W: Great. I could learn about Thailand culture, too.
M: By the way, would you like me to take care of your pet when you're away?
W: No, thank you. Lucy will do it. But will you please do my garden while you're doing yours? M: Of course. It's easy. I just need to climb over the fence. Text 9
W: Happy New Year!
M: Uh...I'm a bit confused; New Year's Day was over weeks ago. W: You must be kidding! It is Chinese New Year, silly!
M: Oh right, it slipped my mind. Why do you celebrate two New Years?
W: Chinese New Year is according to the lunar calendar. Chinese have been celebrating New Years in this fashion for thousands of years.
M: I noticed that our company was very empty in the past couple of days.
W: That is because everyone goes home for Chinese New Year; it is a family holiday, not so much a party holiday. Would you like to come to my house for New Year's Dinner tomorrow evening? M: Of course. Will you set off firecrackers?
W: Naturally, but the most important thing that we do during New Years is to eat! So make sure to bring your appetite! Text 10
M: Mary Ann Allison, suppose the teacher or professor gives you a choice of a topic, a subject, within a given field, what will you do?
W: Well, I have a couple of thoughts. The first, if you have any choice at all of a topic, is to do something that you're really interested in, because the more you're interested in it naturally, the better you'll write and the easier it'll be.
M: After you have found a subject you think you would like to write about, what comes next?
W: Once you've decided on something, another consideration would be how much information you can find. So, if I'm considering a topic, I do spend 10 or 15 minutes looking at information. My purpose is to see if there's enough for me to be able to easily research and write what I want to write. And if there's not, then I might choose something else to write on. And then the next thing that I would do is what I call a back-of-the-envelope outline. M: Back of the envelope, and what is that?
W： So that's when I sit down, maybe not at my desk, not at my computer, maybe even at a café, or with a cup of coffee. And I just kind of think about it, and I think about the topic and what I would say to a friend. And I just write down short notes about whatever comes to mind. What would I say to a friend about this? Or, what do I want to know about this? And when I have—oh, I don't know—anywhere between five and 10 points, I stop.
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听力补充材料5（15年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试热点集训卷三） 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。
1. What are they talking about? A. Fruit. B. Food. C. Drink. 2. What's the weather like at the weekend? A. Fine. B. Rainy. C. Terrible. 3. What's the relationship between the two speakers? A. Teacher and student. B. Mother and son. C. Renter and customer. 4. How much does the woman have to pay if she wants to stay there for three nights? A. ＄50. B. ＄100. C. ＄150. 5. Where does the conversation might take place? A. At the woman's home. B. At the man's home. C. At the estate agent. 第二节
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秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答6、7题。
6. What are the two speakers talking about? A. Weather. B. Beijing. C. Trees. 7. Where are they now? A. At school. B. At home. C. At hotel. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What's the relationship between the two speakers? A. Friends. B. Doctor and patient. C. Salesman and boss. 9. Where will they go?
A. Home. B. Hospital. C. School. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What is the woman doing now? A. She is learning playing pipa.
B. She is working as a music teacher. C. She is learning a new English song.
11. Why does the woman practise everyday English? A. Because she wants to sing some English songs.
B. Because she has some difficulty in explaining Chinese things to her foreign friends. C. Because she wants to teach the man a new English song. 12. What do we know about the man? A. He knows well about the pipa. B. He knows nothing about the pipa. C. He likes to play the pipa.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. Why didn't the woman enjoy herself? A. She couldn't enter the park.
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