2018高考英语听力(全国Ⅱ卷、全国Ⅲ卷)Text1W:So,howisyourGermanclassgoing,John?M:Well,notbad.Thepronunciationisfinewithme.AnditsvocabularyissimilartoEnglish,butI’mfindingthegrammarawful.W:Well,ittakesawhiletogetitright.Text2W:IhopeyoucancometothepartyonSaturday.M:Ididn’tknowIwasinvited.W:Sureyouare.Everyoneinourofficeisinvited.Text3W:MayIhelpyou?M:Yes.WhenisthenexttraintoLondon?W:Oh,letmecheck.Itleavesintwentyminutes.M:Oneticket,please.Text4W:Charlie,doyouknowarestaurantcalledBravo?M:Bravo…Iknowthename,butI’mnotsurewhereitis.W:It’sonGeorgeStreet.Thefoodthereisexcellent.Text5W:Brian,Ijusthadaninterview.Theysaidtheywouldmakeadecisionsoon.M:Whatareyourchancesofgettingthejob?W:Quitegood.Ithinktheinterviewwentverywell.Text6M:Let’sgokiteflying,Judy.It’ssuchalovelyday.W:Okay,butletmefinishmychemistryhomeworkfirst.Wouldyoumindwaitingforhalfanhour,Max?Thereareafewsportsmagazinesonthetable.M:Isn’tthechemistryhomeworkduenextWednesday?W:Yeah,butIhaveafulldayofclassesonMondayandabirthdaypartytoattendonTuesday.M:Allright,then.Yougoahead,andI’llcatchuponsomesportsnewswhilewaiting.Text7W:We’vebeenonthecomputerallthetimelately.Whydon’twedosomethingdifferentSundayafternoon?M:Well,wecouldgotoaconcert.W:ButIdon’tthinkwecangettheticketsthislate.M:Thenwhataboutplayingacomputergame?There’sareallycoolnewonewecoulddownload.W:Hmm.Idon’tknow.IfeellikeIneedtodosomeexercise.Wecouldprobablyjustwalkbythelake.AndI’llaskMiketojoinus.M:Thatsoundslikefun.Let’sdoit!Text8W:Welcometoourprogram,DoctorPeterson.Let’sseewhatquestionswe’vegotforyoutoday.Hereisone:Cancatsseecolor?M:Sortof.Inthewild,Manycatshuntatnightbecausetheireyesaredesignedforlowlight.Yourcatcan’tseebrightcolorssuchasredandgreen,butitpicksupmoreshadesofblue,yellow,andgraythanhumansdo.W:Andwhydocatsgivedeadbirdstotheirowners?M:Whenyourcatdropsadeadbirdatyourfeet,sheisn’tbringingyouapresent.Mostcatsjustdragfoodhomebecauseit’sasafeplacetoeat.Acat’smomalsobringshomethingstoherchildrentohelpthempracticehunting.Soafemalecatwithoutchildrenmaybringthese“treats”toherownerinstead.Youmaynotlikethem,butatleastyoudon’thavetowriteherathank-younote.Text9W:HowislittleEddoingatthekindergarten,Jack?M:Oh,he’sdoingfairlywell.It’sbeenthreeweekssincehefirststartedgoing.SoMacyandIareprettyusedtoitnow.YoushouldhaveseenMacycrywhenEdwasabouttosetoffonthefirstday,though.W:Ithinkthat’sanormalreactionformothers.Youlivequiteclosetothekindergarten,don’tyou?Howdoeshegetthere?M:Macywalkstherewithhimeverymorningunlesstheweatherisbad.Whenitrains,they’lldrive.W:AndisEdenjoyingkindergarten?M:Yeah,helovestohaveotherkidstoplaywith.Hekeepstellingusthingstheydotogether.W:Whatdotheteachersatthekindergartensayabouthim?M:Theysaidheisbrightandthathe’sstartingtolearnhowtotelltime.W:Isn’tthatfantastic?M:Thatisfantastic.Itsoundslikeeverythinggoeswell.Text10W:MynameisEmily.Ihadbeenadancerforquitealongtime.IstartedstudyingballetwhenIwassixyearsold.BythetimeIwasnine,Iwasdancingfivedaysaweek.WhenIwaseighteen,IdecidedthatIreallypreferredcontemporarydanceandthatIwantedtodoitprofessionally.SoIappliedsuccessfullyforthetrainingprogramattheschoolofTorontoDanceTheatre,andmovedtoTorontotoattendtheprogram.ThatwastheperiodoftimeIenjoyedmostinToronto.Igraduatedonscholarshipanddancedprofessionallyfortenyears.Butafterallthoseyears,Ifoundthatdancewasgraduallybecomingsomethingthatfeltlikemoreofaburdenthanajoy.Ifoundmyselfincreasinglyunwillingtodragmyselftodanceperformances,soIquit.Idomissdanceoften,butitmakesmehappytothinkthatI’llneverhavetogotoanothertrainingsessionagain.