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M: In the long run, success like this will be worth more W: In that case, I’ll go and tell little Jane about it.

to you than winning a large amount of money. So do you want to change the trip to some time
Text 6（82 词）午餐 next week?

M: Where is your sandwich box, Sally? I’ll wash it M: Uh-uh, I think the first half of next month would be
up. better.
W: I didn’t have sandwiches for lunch today. I went with W: All right. I guess I’ll just have to cancel our flight
James and Polly to the new café at school instead. reservation. We can book the flight after we confirm
M: Oh yes? Are they offering lots of healthy food? Or our travel date.

is it all hamburgers, bread, fried chicken, and sweet Text 9（196 词）巨型鲸鱼牙齿
juice drinks? W: Wow! According to this newspaper article, a
W: Actually, I had a hamburger, although it did come foot-long tooth was found on a beach in Australia.

with fried chicken. James ate the fried chicken and I The tooth is about twice the size of a whale’s
had his salad. So that was healthy, Dad! tooth today, and longer than many dinosaur teeth.
Text 7（122 词）做报告 Scientists think it’s from a huge whale that

W: Hey, Johnson. I know that you are busy preparing existed five million years ago.
for the presentation these days, and I’m sure that you M: That’s incredible. Where is it now?
will do it well today. I just want to wish you good W: The man who discovered it brought it to a museum.

luck. Before, the remains of these huge whales had only
M: Thanks. I have worked very hard, and I really been uncovered in Peru, Chile, and the USA, and
know my material well. So, don’t worry. I have they dated back to around twelve to thirteen million
faith in myself. years ago. This tooth is the first one of its kind to be
W: I feel very happy to hear that from you. Actually, found outside of the Americas, and the animal lived

I was a bit worried that you might not be ready. much more recently. I’d love to go see it.
Another thing is the traffic is quite heavy at this time. M: Who was the guy that found it?
Why not set out at once? I don’t want to take any W: Just some guy who had gone to the beach. He knew

chances of being late. the tooth was something important.
M: Don’t worry. It usually only takes about fifteen M: Wow. Imagine finding something like that — I’m
minutes to get to the conference hall from here. not sure I’d even know what it was.

Text 8（141 词）推迟旅行时间 W: Scientists calculated that the whale it belonged to
M: Hey, Serena. It is me, David. I’m sorry to tell you was about 60 feet long and weighed 88,000 pounds.
at such a late hour that I can’t come on the trip to M: I can’t believe there were animals that big in our
Michigan tomorrow. Would it be possible to change oceans once!

the time?
【点拨】 第 14 题为推理判断题。根据“According
W: It is a bit late to change it now, honey. Everything
to this newspaper article, a foot-long tooth was found
is ready. Our daughter even packed her bags 3 days
on a beach in Australia. The tooth is about twice the
ago.
size of a whale’s tooth today …”可知被发现的鲸鱼
M: I know, but I have an emergency at work and I’m
牙齿有一英尺长，这大概是现在的鲸鱼牙齿的两
afraid I’ll have to deal with it at once.

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