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作答時(shí)間。 聽第 6 段材料,回答第 7 題。 8. Where are the two speakers? A. In a shop. B. At a birthday party. C. Near a swimming pool. 9. What will the woman do next? A. Go home. B. Leave for another place. C. Ask for more advice. 請(qǐng)聽第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 題。 13. How many classes has the woman attended? A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. 14. What did the woman think of her classes? A. Reasonable. B. Big. C. Small. 15. What is the relationship between the two speakers? A. Classmates. B. Student and teacher. C. Schoolmates. 16. How does the man go to class? A. In a hurry. B. At ease. C. Often late. 請(qǐng)聽第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 題。 A Favorite Books for Kids ◆ Me and Marvin Gardens by A. S. King Image Source: Scholastic This middlegrade novel is perfect for introducing kids to recycling, but with a fun science fiction story. Obe lives on his family’s farmhouse that was built a hundred years agoand now it’s being taken over by developers. While adventuring on the land, he discovers a creature, Marvin Gardens, which only eats plastic. Kids will love this charming story. Available from Amazon, $ ◆ Wrinkle in Time: A Guide to the Universe by Kari Sutherland Image Source: Disney Publishing World Wide Kids may get excited to see A Wrinkle in Time. While the original novel may be too hard of a read for them right now, they can dive into the fantastical world the film takes place in with this awesome guide to the characters and locations. Available from Amazon on March 6, $ ◆ Rivers of Sunlight by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm Image Source: Scholastic Get kids going green with a little help from this educational picture book! Filled with excellent artwork and helpful explanations, these pages are filled with important lessons about the Earth. Kids will learn about how the sun keeps the ocean currents(流)moving and how the sun can power all living things—it’s pretty amazing. Available from Amazon, $ ◆ How to Code a Sandcastle by Josh Funk Image Source: Penguin Random House Pearl’s sandcastle keeps getting ruined by puppies (who could be mad at that?). So she teams up with her Robot friend Pascal to solve the problem with code(編碼) . Combining the fun of building a sandcastle with the discovery of coding, a future engineer will love paging through this story. Available from Amazon on May15, $ 21. What can kids benefit from Me and Marvin Gardens? A. Learning the skill of building farmhouses. B. Developing awareness of environmental protection. C. Enjoying natural beauty of the countryside. D. Forming the interest in exploring the secret of nature. 22. What do you know about How to Code a Sandcastle? A. It describes a means of problem solving. B. It shows the work of a future engineer. C. It is the cheapest of the four books. D. It is a bit hard to read. 23. Which of the following deals with the movement of water on the earth? A. A Wrinkle in Time. B. River of Sunlight. C. Me and Marvin Gardens. D. How to Code a Sandcastle. B Rescue officials in Poland are working quickly to clear one of the country’s highways. The roadway is covered with a sticky brown material. It is blocking cars from both directions. What is causing the mess? Milk chocolate. The problems began early Wednesday, after a huge truck carrying many tons of liquid chocolate overturned. Chocolate spilled out. It spread across six driveways of Poland’s A2 highway. The liquid chocolate solidified(凝固) as it cooled, causing even more difficulties. The accident happened near the western Polish town of Slupca. Bogdan Kowalski is with the fire fighters of Slupca. He told the Associated Press that “the cooling chocolate is worse than snow”. Videos published on social media showed rescuers and cleaners were trying to move the sticky brown mess with a bulldozer(推土機(jī)) . The private Polish broadcaster TVN24 reported that the driver of the truck was taken to a hospital with a broken arm. The accident happened in the morning when there was little traffic. Nobody else was harmed. The sticky situation became a hot topic on social media. Some people offered to help the cleanup workers by eating the chocolate themselves. Marlene Kukawa is a media officer for Slupea police