江苏省高考英语试卷

注意事项：本试卷共12页， 包含第I 卷（听力、英语知识运用和阅读理解）、第II 卷（任务型阅读和书面表达）两部分。 本次考试I、II 卷满分为120分，考试时间为120分钟。

第I卷 (三部分，共85分)

第一部分听力(共两节，满分20分)

第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时向来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Waitress and guest. B. Salesgirl and customer. C. hostess and guest. 2. What can you learn from the conversation? A. There are few libraries in Britain. B. Libraries are popular in Britain

C. There are not many libraries in Britain. 3. Why is the speaker going to the States?

A. His company is holding an exhibition there B. He is going sight-seeing there.

C. His company is going to show computers at an exhibition there. 4. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a shop B. In a police station C. At a party 5. What are the two speakers doing?

A. Walking down a hill B. Climbing stairs C. Discussing a trip 第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 请听下面5段对话或独自。每段对话或独白

后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独自读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. At what time does the store open on Wednesday?

A. 8:00 a.m. B. 8:30 a.m. C. 9:00 a.m. 7. How much are the glasses on Saturday if they cost $100 on Friday? A. $90 B. $80 C.$70 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Where does the woman work?

A. In a bank B. In a restaurant C. In a hotel 9. What does the man think of his work? A. He thinks it’s really hard. B. He doesn’t think it’s hard at all

C. Sometimes it’s hard, but sometimes not. 10. How did the man spend last Saturday?

A. He prepared for working in a bank. B. He had a good rest at home.

C. He was very busy receiving guests.

听第8段材料，回答第11至14题。

11. How does the woman feel at the beginning of the conversation?

A. Angry B. Surprised C. Sad 12. What does the woman want?

A. A 24-inch bag B. A 29-inch bag C. A 32-inch bag 13. When will the woman leave for Mexico?

A. On Thursday B. On Friday C. On Saturday 14. Where does the man work?

A. At a mail order company B. At an international travel service C. At the airport information desk 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What happened when the man was mountain climbing?

A. He got trapped in a cave. He got lost in bad weather C. He lost his equipment and food. 16. What caused the loss of the man’s legs?

A. Low temperature B. A bad fall in the mountain C. An unsuccessful operation. 17. What did he decide to do after losing his legs?

A. Design new climbing shoes. B. Set up a club for the disabled C. Use technology to fight his disability. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. How will late arrivals be treated?

A. They will be allowed to enter the class and the teacher will repeat information for them. B. They will not be given any special consideration.

C. They will be dropped from the class if they late three times. 19. What happens if a student misses three classes? A. They can make up the class.

B. They will be dropped from the class.

C. They may be allowed to remain if they have a good excuse. 20. What should be done if long hair is worn? A. It must be fastened tightly B. It will be cut

C. The students will be asked to leave the class.

第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 单项填空(共15题；每小题1分，满分15分)

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. Without _____thorough understanding of China’s specific conditions, you can’t have ______ say over the

only-child policy.

A. a; the B. the; a C. a; a; D. the; the 22. ---You must be very excited about going to London for further study. ---_______, but I’m afraid I won’t do well because my English is poor.

A. Never mind B. Well, I ought to be C. I don’t know yet D. Certainly 23. ______ ugly, these chocolate cookies don’t sell well even though they taste good.

A. Looked B. Looking C. Being looked D. To look 24. ---Have you get used to the Chinese food, Robert?

---Yes. But I don’t like _______ when a Chinese host keeps serving me the food I don’t like.

A. this B. that C. those D. it

25. _______ I admit that there are problems, I don’t agree that they can’t be solved. A. Since B. Unless C. While D. If

26. When he was a student, he would get up early and work late into night, believing “______________” A. Never too late to learn. B. Never count your chickens until they are hatched. C. The early bird catches the worm. D. Everyone has his feet of clay

27. I hadn’t intended to get much from the business I ran the first year, while it ______ so well. A. went out B. carried out C. made out D. turned out

28. Listening to the lecture given by Professor Stephen Hawking is an exciting moment, _______ I am looking forward to.

A. what B. that C it D. one

29. I _______ in a foreign company for five years. Still, I don’t regret giving up the well-paid job. A. worked B. have worked C. was working D. had worked 30. ---Do you still remember when we went to Nanjing?

---I can’t remember now but ______ sometime last summer?

A. might it be B. could it be C. could it have been D. should it have been 31. Our school looks more beautiful with many red lanterns ________ high over the square. A. to be raised B. raised C. being raised D. being risen 32. The fierce collision between love and law left the judge ________________.

A. tickled pink B. standing at risk C. living in terror D. standing at a crossroads

33. Many people believe that poverty is only a problem in rural areas. __, it is also a problem in some urban areas. A. As a result B. Furthermore C. In the end D. As a matter of fact 34. It is politely requested by the hotel manager that radio ________ after 11 o’clock at night. A. were not played B. not to play C. not play D. did not play 35. ----Oh, must you? Stay a bit longer. It’s been such fun having you! --- ______. I’ve get an early start tomorrow morning.

A. No problem B. All right C. Thanks anyway D. Never mind 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A seven-year-old boy, with his family, was inspecting a new car, one with a metal strip looking like wood. “Dad,” the boy whispered, “don’t __36____this wood rot.” He was jolted when his father started laughing. Then, when the father ___37___ his private remark with the salesman, and he laughed, the boy felt ____38____. Some 30 years later, now a father himself, the man often thinks of this _____39____ whenever his own children say something that is unintentionally funny.

Most parents are ___40 __ by such reactions because they don’t understand how deeply a child ___41__ shame. “All too often we don’t see or hear what is really ____42 __our children,” says Kaoru Yamamoto, a psychologist at the University of Colorado at Denver.

Yamamoto’s surveys ____43 that children are afraid of losing _____44: being thought of as unattractive, stupid or _____45 . It is more troubling to wet their pants in class, get a bad report card or ____46 a grade than it is to be confronted by a rival(竞争) baby brother or sister situations, a parent might _____47 to be most disturbing. For a child, a blow to self-esteem (自尊心)， the sense of being worthy, is a ____48 thing to endure(忍受)。

Triggering (触发) this fear, among other things, is the experience of being lost in a _____49 place, of seeing their parents fight, ______50 when there is violence. Between two-thirds and three quarters of the children surveyed have experienced the _____51 of parental fighting, and it _____52 them afraid that their mother and father are going to get divorced just the noise of the quarrel can be frightening.

“In listening to children, it is _____53 not to be touched by their profound sense of vulnerability(脆弱),” says Yamamoto. “They are afraid of being left ____54 fearful of what lies ahead and uncertain of what they can do. They are fundamentally dependent upon _____55 in the face of upsetting and unpredictable events.” 36. A. buy B. believe C. accept D. mind

37. A. started B. spared C. shared D. exchanged 38. A. pleased B. afraid C. surprised D. ashamed 39. A. occasion B. story C. fun D. event

40. A. delighted B. puzzled C. entertained D. challenged 41. A. faces B. deals C. fears D. hates 42. A. interesting B. hurting C. affecting D. troubling 43. A. show B. inform C. appear D. prove 44. A. interest B. courage C. face D. freedom 45. A. unclean B. dishonest C. unhealthy D. selfish 46. A. repeat B. fail C. leave D. change 47. A. wish B. suppose C. expect D. imagine 48. A. simple B. rough C. terrible D. hopeless 49. A. strange B. familiar C. faraway D. distant 50. A. mostly B. naturally C. basically D. especially 51. A. result B. pain C. trouble D. noise 52. A. leaves B. causes C. finds D. keeps

53. A. funny B. true C. difficult D. interesting 54. A. unhappy B. alone C. unsure D. waiting 55. A. teachers B. neighbors C. friends D. adults 第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上

将该项涂黑。 A

People born in the autumn live longer than those born in the spring. They are less likely to fall chronic（长期的）ill when they are older, according to an Austrian scientist. Using census (人口普查) data for more than one million people in Austria, Denmark and Australia, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in the northern German town of Rostock found the month of birth was related to life expectancy（估计寿命）over the age of 50．Seasonal differences in what mothers ate during pregnancy, and infections occurring at different times of the year could both have an impact on the health of a new-born baby and could influence its life expectancy in older age. “A mother giving birth in spring spends the last phase of her pregnancy in winter, when she will eat less vitamins than in summer,” said Gabriele Doblhammer, one of a team of scientists who carried out the research. “When she stops breastfeeding and starts giving her baby normal food, it’s in the hot weeks of summer when babies are prone（容易的）to infections of the digestive system.” In Austria, adults born in autumn lives about seven months longer than those born in spring, and in Denmark adults with birthdays in autumn outlived those born in spring by about four months. In the southern hemisphere, the picture was similar. Adults born in the Australian autumn lived about four months longer than those born in the Australian spring. The study focused on people born at the beginning of the 20th century, using death certificates and census data. 56．Which of the following is true? A．Austria and Denmark are both in the northern hemisphere. B．People born in autumn live longer than those born in summer. C．Both Austria adults and Australian adults with birthdays in autumn live about four months longer than those born in spring.

D．The study is carried out mainly among people born at the end of the 20th cerntury.

57．Which is not the factor that causes the life expectancy differences between people born in different seasons?

A．What mother eat during pregnancy

B．Infections occurring at different times of the year.

C．The number of vitamins mothers eat during pregnancy. D．Weather impact, such as temperature 58．What might be the best title for the passage?

A．Mothers and new-born baby B．Life expectancy

C．Seasonal difference and life expectancy D．An important research B

The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with the portable computer in business class. In the last 15 years, pilots have reported well over 100 incidents that could have been caused by electromagnetic interference. The source of this interference remains unconfirmed, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic devices such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones.

RTCA, an organization which advises the aviation industry, has recommended that all airlines ban such devices from being used during “critical” stages of light, particularly take-off and landing. Some experts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights. Currently, rules on using these devices are left up to individual airlines. And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment during take-off and landing, most are reluctant to enforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights.

The difficulty is predicting how electromagnetic fields might affect an aircraft’s computers. Experts know that portable devices emit radiation which affects those wavelengths which aircraft use for navigation and communication. But, because they have not been able to reproduce these effects in a laboratory, they have no way of knowing whether the interference might be dangerous or not.

The fact that aircraft may be vulnerable (易受损的) to interference raises the risk that terrorists may use radio system in order to damage navigation equipment. As worrying, though, is the passenger who can’t hear the instructions to turn off his radio because the music’s too loud. 59. The passage is mainly about ________.

A. a new regulation for all airlines B. the defects of electronic devices

C. a possible cause of aircraft crashes D. effective safety measures for air flight

60. Few airlines want to impose a total ban on their passengers using electronic devices because _______. A. they don’t believe there is such a danger as radio interference

B. the harmful effect of electromagnetic interference is yet to be proved

C. most passengers refuse to take a plane which bans the use of electronic devices D. they have other effective safety measures to fall back on

61. Why is it difficult to predict the possible effects of electromagnetic fields on an airplane’s computers? A. Because it is extremely dangerous to conduct such research on an airplane. B. Because it remains a mystery what wavelengths are liable to be interfered with. C. Because scientists have not been able to produce the same effects in labs. D. Because experts lack adequate equipment to do such research. 62. It can be inferred from the passage that the author ______.

A. is in favor of prohibiting passengers’ use of electronic devices completely B. has overestimated the danger of electromagnetic interference C. hasn’t formed his own opinion on this problem.

D .regards it as unreasonable to exercise a total ban during flight

C

In the early days of the Internet, many people worried that as people in the rich world embraced new computing and communications technologies, people in the poor world would be left stranded(束手无策) on the wrong side of a “digital divide.” Yet the debate over the digital divide is founded on a myth that plugging poor countries into the Internet will help them to become rich rapidly.

This is highly unlikely, because the digital divide is not a problem in itself, but a symptom of deeper, more important divides: of income, development and literacy(有文化). Few people in poor countries than in rich one own computers and have access to the Internet simply because they are too poor, are illiterate (文盲的)，or have other more immediate concerns, such as food, health care and security. So even if it were possible to wave a magic wand and cause a computer to appear in every household on earth, it would not achieve very much: a computer is not useful if you have no food or electricity and cannot read. Yet such wand-waving ---through the construction of specific local infrastructure projects such as rural tele-centers --- is just the sort of thing for which the UN’s new fund is intended.

This sort of thing is the wrong way to go about addressing the inequality in access to digital technologies; it is treating the symptoms, rather than the underlying causes. The benefits of building rural computing centers, for example, are unclear. Rather than trying to close the divide for the sake of it, the more sensible goal is to determine how best to use technology to promote bottom-up development. And the answer to that question turns out to be remarkably clear: by promoting the spread not of PC’s and the Internet, but of mobile phones. 63. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Plugging poor countries into the Internet will help then to become rich rapidly. B. Poor countries should be given more basic devices other than advanced ones. C. Rich countries should help poor ones becoming rich

D. People in poor countries cannot afford devices such as computer.

64. What did the author mean by referring to “digital divide” (Line 3, paragraph 1)? A. Digital technology will make the gap between rich world and poor world wider. B. Digital technology will divide people into rich and poor world C. People can be divided digitally.

D. To divide people in digital world is wrong.

65. Considering the following sentences, which one would the author most agree? A. Digital divide technology is useless.

B. Digital divide will help poor countries becoming rich.

C. Poor people need more immediate concerns, such as food, health care and security. D. Mobile phones should be promoted firstly. 66. The following passage will probably be _______. A. how to promote using of mobile phones

B. how to use technology to promote bottom-up development C. the benefits of building rural computing centers

D. how to meet the need of food, health and security in poor countries D

Within fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recycling of waste. The word rubbish could lose its meaning because everything which goes into the dustbin would be made into something useful. Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy if nothing else.

The new concept of recycling waste is taking shape at the British technological laboratory at Warren Spring, not far from the north of London. Today, the laboratory spends four times as much money in studying recycling as it did five years ago.

The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city. The plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber as well. Methods have been discovered, for example, for removing the ink from newsprint so that the paper can be used again, and for obtaining valuable oils and gases from old motor car types. All these ideas are already being made use of, but what is new is the idea of combining them on such a large scale in a single plant designed to recycle most types of waste.

Another new project is being set up to discover the best wa ys of sorting and separating the rubbish. When this project is complete, the rubbish will be processed like this: first, it will pass through sharp metal spikes which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids; after that crushers and rollers will break up everything that can be broken finally, and the rubbish will pass under magnets, which will remove the bits of iron and steel. Finally the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage.

The first full-scale giant recycling plants are, perhaps, fifteen years away. But in some big industrial areas, where rubbish has been dumped for so long that there are no holes left to fill up with rubbish, these new automatic recycling plants may be built sooner. Instead, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.

67. The purpose of the latest recycling project is ______.the end of the 20th century A. to prevent people from putting rubbish into holes B. to find a way of destroying all kinds of waste C. to take useful raw materials from the waste

D. to find out how much raw materials should be provided if people want to recycle the waste. 68. The new type of recycling plant will ________.

A. recycle only paper and rubber B. not recycle metals, paper or rubber C. recycle paper, rubber and metals D. not recycle steel, lead or copper 69. The first recycling plants ______.

A. have already been built in large industrial areas. B. will probably be built in the next fifteen years C. will not be built for at least fifteen years D. will be too expensive to build near big cities

70. The phrase “well on with” in the first paragraph probably means _______.

A. finished with B. nearing completion C, making improvements on D. getting ready to start

第II 卷（共35分）

第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题； 每小题1分， 满分10分）

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格中填入最适当的单词。 每空格1个单词， A smart card is a card that is carried with either a microprocessor and a memory chip or only a memory chip that is not programmable. The microprocessor card can add. delete, and deal with the information on the card, while a memory-chip card can only do one thing.

Smart cards, unlike magnetic stripe cards, can do many different things and hold a lot of information. In this way, they do not need to get information from a faraway place when they are used.

Today, there are several kinds of smart cards, all of which are very popular in the market:

IC (Integrated Circuit) Microprocessor Cards Microprocessor Cards (chip cards) offer a larger memory and better security than the traditional magnetic stripe cards do. Chip cards can also hold data. These cards are used for many things. Thus, chips have been the main platform for cards that hold a secure digital identity. Some examples of these cards are:

Cards that hold money.

hat provide safe access to a network.

Cards that allow setting stop boxes on televisions to remain safe from privacy.

Optical Memory Cards Optical memory cards look like cards with a piece of CD on the top. Optical memory cards can store up to 4MB of data. But once written, the data can not be changed or removed. Thus, this type of card is good for keeping records, such as medical files, driving records or travel histories. Today, these have no processors in them (although this is coming in the near future). While the cards are almost as cheap as chip cards, the card readers are expensive.

Title: (1)_______________cards Types (3)________________ Disadvantages IC Chip Cards A larger memory & Better (4)___________ Hold data Store much data Good for (5)_________ Drivers and (6)_______ to keep records (7)_______ not much Not mentioned Similarities Popularity Large (10) ____ Low cost of cards Optical (2)___________ cards (8)________ data No processors Expensive card (9)___________

Ⅴ 书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是李鹃，在某报上看到以上一则招聘广告，你很想应聘这份工作，请根据以上广告及以下信息写一封英文邮件：

姓名 特长 经历 理由 李鹃 性别 女 年龄 18 擅长英语；善于共处 做了两年家教；现为爱心俱乐部成员 1.开阔眼界,了解社会； 2. 树立信心，培养交际能力，3… 4…. 注意：1．词数在150左右。2．邮件开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。3．至少再补充两条理由。

4. 提示词：Loving Heart Club爱心俱乐部

l have ust read the ad on the school bulletin and the moment I saw it I took an interest in becoming one of the five volunteer English teachers．Now I’m writing here to apply for this opportunity．

I’d appreciate it so rnuch if you could possibly consider my application．I’m looking forward to your early reply．

Yours sincerely，

Li Hua

答案

1---5 CBCAB 6---10 ABACC 11---15 ACCAB 16---20 ACBBA 21---25 CBBDC 26---30 CDDAC 31---35 BDDCC 36----40 ACDDB 41---45 CDACB 46---50 ACCAD 51---55 BBCBD 56---60 ADDCB 61---65 CCBAC 66----70 BCCBD 1．Smart 2. Memory 3. Advantages 4.security 5. doctors 6. travelers 7. cost 8. Unchangeable 9. readers 10.memory

Dear Student Union，

I have iust read the ad on the school bulletin and the moment I saw it I took an interest in becoming one of the five volunteer English teachers．Now I'm writing here to apply for this opportunity．

I am Li Hua, a girl aged 17．I have a good command of English and can get along well with others．For two years I have been tutoring students in English．Presently 1 work as a member of Loving Heart Club in our school．

In my opinion，being a volunteer teacher at the SOS village is obviously more than just teaching．Furthermore，it is helpful to broaden our horizon and have a better understanding of the society．That’s why I’d like very much to take this opportunity and make the most of my special talents and interests．In addition，voluntary work can help me build confidence and develop good

communication skills．By helping those kids，I feel I can make a big difference to their future and make a small contribution to society．

I’d appreciate it so much if you could possibly consider my application. I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours sincerely， Li Hu

听力原文：

Text 1

M: Cheers! W: Cheers!

M: The beer tastes so good.

W: I’m goad you like it. Would you like something to eat? M: Mm! yes, please. Text 2

M: Are there many libraries in Britain?

W: Well, I couldn’t tell you exactly how many there are. But there is a public library in every major city or town. Text 3

W: What is the purpose of your visit to the States? M: I’m going to business. W: Could you be more exact?

M: My company is taking part in a computer exhibition in the States. Text 4

M: Is there anything I can do for you, madam? W: I’m looking for a diamond necklace.

M: What about this one? This is the latest fashion. W: Ur, can you show me that one? Text 5

W: Oh, dear! I wish we had taken the lift.

M: If I had known it was so far up, I wouldn’t have suggested walking. Text 6

M: What are going to do this weekend?

W: I’m going to this area’s finest store in eyeglasses. M: Where is it?

W: It’s next to “Holiday Hotel” on the fifth avenue. M: Does it open all the time?

W: It opens from 8:00 a.m. from Monday to Friday and it opens until six on Saturday, but it is closed on Sunday.

M: You don’t have to work on Friday. Why not go there on the day?

W: Well, you don’t know on Saturday there’s additional 20 percent off on all brands of eyeglasses. What’s more, eye exams are free on that day. Text 7

W: So you work in a hotel now. M: Yes, that ‘s right. W: What’s it like?

M: It’s nice. I like it. You meet a lot of interesting people, but a lot of dull ones, too. W: I beg your pardon?

M: I said, a lot of dull ones, too.

W: Oh, yes. I can imagine. A hotel---I should think that’s hard work, isn’t? M: Yes and no. It depends. W: What do you mean?

M: Well, it’s hard at weekends. I mean, last Saturday, with all the rooms full and two receptionists away ill---ill, my feet didn’t touch the ground. What about you? W: I started to work in a bank last Monday. Text 8

M: Customer service, Antony Grant speaking. How may I help you?

W: I can’t believe this is happening. I called and ordered a 32-inch bag last Friday. But today I found that you sent a 24-inch one. I was planning to use that bag during our vacation in Mexico, but it doesn’t seem possible any more because we’ll take off on Saturday. It’s only two days away. What am I supposed to do? M; I’m really sorry, madam. I’ll check right away. Would you please tell me you order number? W: It’s CE2938.

M: Err, just a minute. I do apologize. There did seen to be a mistake. I’ll have the correct size bag sent to you by overnight mail right away. It will arrive in time for Saturday trip. Again I apologize for any inconvenience caused by our mistake. I promise it wouldn’t happen again. W: Okay. Well, thank you.

M: Thank you, madam, for choosing Linch Mail. I hope you have a wonderful vacation. Text 9

W: Hi, Phil, can you tell me how it happened?

M: Sure. I was mountain climbing in New Hampshire in 1982. Suddenly the weather became really bad. There was a lot of snow and we couldn’t see anything. We got lost. Well, we spent four days on the mountain. The temperature was 20 degrees below zero. We didn’t have any equipment or food.

W: So what happened? I guess someone found you, right?

M: Yes, but we were very sick. I couldn’t move my legs because of the cold. I spent two months in the hospital. The doctors removed my legs.

W: So you lost your legs, but you want to try your best to stay active.

M: That’s right. In fact, I decided to make new legs for myself. I realize that no one has to be physically disabled. We can use modern technology to help us.

W: And you built these great new legs. Can you go mountain climbing again?

M: Yes, I can. In fact, these are better than climb shoes. The spring design means they are much more powerful. Text 10

Good morning. I am Professor Amstrong, and I am your laboratory instructor. This class is intended as a necessary part of the course, which Dr Smith will be in charge of. This class will meet twice a week. This laboratory begins at nine. I expect you to be on time. I don’t intend to wait for the latecomers or repeat what has already been covered if you miss the explanation. And do not arrive late and interrupt you neighbor. If you miss three lab classes, you’re dropped from the labs--- no excuses. You can’t complete the course without completing the lab.

Besides, safety is key here. It’s important to keep things neat and clean, dress properly, and be careful. You may not eat, drink or smoke in the laboratory and you should always clean the counter and wash your hands both before and after the class. Long hair must be tied back. Large clothing must be worn. Any laboratory accident must be reported immediately.

I hope you’ll enjoy the laboratory. It’s a wonderful place, and all the requirements I’ve just mentioned are to be followed. We will begin today by learning about the microscope.