京师测评教育研究中心 2024安徽省高三质量联合检测试卷各科试卷答案试题(英语)
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found an apartment where you will live?M:No.I visited a few places,but they're all too expensive.I'm a bit worried now.W:Do you remember my sister Susan?She told me the other day that some of her friends hadsome luck finding reasonably priced apartments on a website.Why don't you try it?I have thewebsite address.M:That's wonderful.Please let me know the address as soon as possible.Text 9W:Oh,no.I don't believe it.There's a parking ticket on my car.It says that I parked in a yellowloading zone during business hours.But I got here after 7:00.You know how angry theteacher was when I walked in at 7:15.And look at that sign over there.It says "No ParkingBetween 9 A.M.and 6 P.M.M:Yes,the teacher was really angry at your being late again.W:That's the second ticket I've gotten this month.If I get more than one ticket,my insurancecompany will raise my insurance.That is terrible.M:Don't worry.Parking tickets don't count.W:I'm glad to hear that.The ticket will be expensive though.M:If the police officer made a mistake you should challenge the ticket.You can explain to thejudge that the police officer made a mistake.The judge can throw out the ticket.W:You're right.Text 10Pedal Power is a small charity based mainly in the UK.At Pedal Power,they collectsecond-hand bikes in the UK and send them to some of the poorest regions in the world.Whenthey distribute bikes overseas,they don't give them away for free.In order to continue operating,they need to have a constant supply of bikes which they send out every six months.In August2000,they simply ran out of money.It was a terrible situation.Fortunately,in October 2001 theywon an Enterprise Award which helped them enormously.Dan Pearman is the founder of Pedab Power.He got the idea of exporting bicycles todeveloping countries while he was in Ecuador.Dan Pearman went there in 1993 and he joined avoluntary organization.Where Dan Pearman lived in Ecuador was a rural area.His neighbor hadthe only bicycle in the village,whereas everyone else walked everywhere.His neighbor's businesswas very successful.For years Dan Pearman couldn't understand why.Then he realized having abike meant his neighbor could reach anywhere he liked without much trouble.Other localcarpenters could only accept jobs nearby,so no matter how skilled they were,they could never doas many jobs as his neighbor.When he returned to the UK in 1998,he started planning PedalPower.【赢战高考·2024高考模拟冲刺卷·英语试题（五）参考答案第6页（共6页）】
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