高二英语期中教学质量检测

　　M：1 always make time for my best workers，Clorial，please have a seat!What can I do for you

　　today?    ’

　　W：Well．as you know,l ‘ve been working here for about 1 5 years now,1 really like this

　　conpaay．My job is interesting and working conditions arc generally pretty good·

　　M：I．m glad you feel that way．Whatever we call do that makes our workers happy is important

　　to us·    。

　　W：Well,now that you mention it，there is one thing that can make my life a little easier．

　　M：Yes?    ’

　　W：1 haven't had a raise for more than four years and with prices going up，it is really getting

　　tough to make two ends meet．    ‘

　　M：Four years fyou say?

　　W：Yes．and in that time，1 have had at least three performances with you that l。ve always been

　　excellent．You said I'm doing a great job here and I think my good work should be

　　rewarded．

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　　W：Do you like Barry?

　　M：No．not very much．He’s too proud and dishonest．

　　W：I agree．1 like his brother Paul．They are not alike．

　　M：Yes．They are completely different．Paul is very sociable and much more honest than his

　　brother

　　W：What Eind ofperson do you consider yourselfto be?

　　M：1 think I’m polite，careful，relaxed and sh y．

　　W：Oh．I don’t think you’re shy!You are ahvays chatting with new people when we go to a

　　party．

　　M：Well，yes，but those people always start talking to me．1 never talk to them first．Perhaps  m

　　not as shy as 1 think．Anyway,you’re certainly not shy!

　　W：You're right．1 love going out and making new friends．

　　M：So．you’II be at my birthday party on Friday?

　　W：Of course!    ．

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　　M：1 had a big argument with David yesterday．1 hope he’s not still mad at me．

　　W：What did you argue about,Robert?

　　M：lie borrowed some money from me and I needed it back．He said he didn’t have the money

　　yet．

　　W：Well，he should pay out back．It's only fair．

　　M：Yes；but I got angry with him too quickly He probably thought that l mistrusted him I

　　shouldn‘t have got angry．

　　W：Did you lend him a lot of money?

　　M：No!much．1 had to pay an unexpected bill，so 1 needed the money back，

　　W：Well，talk to him about it next time you see him He probably feeIs as bad about it as you do

　　Close friends sometimes have disagreements．It's nothing unusual Neither of you said

　　anything really nasty,did you?

　　M：No，we didn!t．I guess you’re right．We should patch things up

　　W：Ofcourse you should．You wouldn’t want a silly argument to ruin a long friendship would you?

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　　For thousands of years．people have built towers．The filst towel's were built to honor gods．

　　They were built of bricks．Pyramids wcrc built to show respect to the rulers of Egypt．These

　　towers were made of stones．In the Middle Ages．towers were built to show powe r．Builders

　　used wood frames covered by stone or brick．

　　People in France wanted to build the tallest towel’They would show it at the WerId Fair

　　This tower would not be built of brick or stone br wood．It would be made of steel．Groups of

　　men worked for two years to build the towel'．By I 889，it was completed The Eiffel’Fewer mse

　　high above Paris．It stood 984 feet tall．The French were happy with their new tower, It was the

　　tallest tower in the world．

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