2015年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（全国I卷）
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W: What time is your train leaving?
M: It leaves at 10. I’ve got 50 minutes left.
W: You’d better hurry, or you won’t be able to catch it. Text 2
M: Nice weather we’re having! Don’t you think? W: No, it is too cold. M: I think it is just right.
W: I’d prefer a few degrees warmer. Text 3
M: Now, let’s stop talking and get going. I need to be in my office in 15 minutes. Or I’ll be late for a meeting. W: OK. Bye!
【注释】get going 出发 Text 4
M: This course is really difficult.
W: I don’t think it’s all that bad. And we’ll benefit a lot from it. M: So you’re taking it, too. W: That’s true. Text 5
W: Could you turn that off? I can’t hear myself think！ M: What? W: The radio. M: Oh, sorry.
【注释】can’t hear oneself think （受噪音影响) 无法专心思考 Text 6
W: Hi, Michael! I heard you just came back from a holiday? M: Yes. I stayed for a week in China and 5 days in India.
W: You do travel a lot, don’t you? Last year, you went to Norway, right?
M: Well, I’ve been to quite some countries, but not yet to Norway. Last summer, I toured Russia
for two weeks.
【注释】I toured Russia. 我参观了俄罗斯。 Text 7
M: Sally, do you like seafood? W: Yes, of course.
M: Is there anything you especially like?
W: Well, I really don’t know. I can never remember the name. M: OK. Is there any food you don’t eat?
W: Well, I don’t eat chicken, and I don’t like eggs, either. But I like all kinds of fish and vegetables.
M: Then, let’s look at the menu , and see what they’ve got for us. Text 8
M: You look pale, Stephanie! What’s wrong?
W: I don’t feel good. I have a bad headache. In fact, I haven’t got much sleep this past week, and I feel really tired.
M: Why don’t you go to see a doctor?
W: Yeah, I think I should. But I have a report due tomorrow. Ms. Jenkins means it for the board meeting next Monday.
M: Well, it’s Wednesday today. Why don’t you talk to Ms. Jenkins and ask if you can hand it in on Friday morning?
W: Maybe I should try. I guess I just need a good sleep. Thanks, George. M: If you need any help for the report, just let me know. 【注释】① You look pale. 你看起来脸色不好。
② due 到期
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W: Anything interesting in the paper today, dear?
M: Well, yeah. There are a few here that might interest us. Here is one for just four hundred dollars. It only has one bedroom, but it sounds nice, near Lake Street.
W: Yeah, let me see what the cheapest two-bedroom apartment is. Oh, here is one on Market Street. It’s a real bargain. Only 350 dollars. But it doesn’t have any furniture. M: Well, it costs a lot to buy all the furniture.
W: Oh, here is another one for just over four hundred dollars. This sounds very interesting. It’s on South Street. That’s a nice area!
M: Yes, it’s quiet. Did you say two bedrooms? W: Yes, at 415 dollars.
M: Why don’t we go and have a look? W: OK, I’ll give them a call.
【注释】It’s a real bargain.（非正式）真便宜。 Text 10
Look at this picture. It’s the London Tea Trade Centre. As you can see, it is on the North Bank of the River Thames. It is the center of an important industry in the everyday life of the British people. Tea is the British national drink. Every man, woman and child over ten years of age, has an average over four cups a day, or some one thousand five hundred cups annually. About 30 percent of the world’s export of tea makes its way to London. And Britain is by far the largest importer of tea in the world.
Now in the second picture, you can see how tea is tasted in the Tea Trade Centre before it is sold. Here, different types of tea are tasted by skilled tea tasters before they are sold at each week’s tea sale. It’s amazing to see them at work! Over a hundred kinds of tea are laid out in a line on a long table. The tasters generally taste tea with milk, since that is how the majority of British people drink their tea. The tasters move down the line with surprising speed, tasting from a spoon and deciding what is a fair price for each tea. After that, they... 【注释】① make one’s way to... 前往……
② lay out 摆设，摆出