广东省高考英语听说考试真题

1、Computer-based English Listening and Speaking Test of Guangdong Version2013 年广东省高考英语听说考试真题APART A Reading Aloud(模仿朗读 )In this part, you are required to watch a video clip and read after the speaker in the video.In the heart of London sits one of Brita in most recognisable buildings. Yet its story is

2、 one of the least understood. But what is now the site of a splendid palace was once open countryside. As royalresidences go, Buckingham Palace is something of a newcomer. The state rooms are less than 200 years old. Yet its history is much older and more dramatic than you might think. Its rooms are

3、 filled with objects that are clues to the character of kings and queens past. And the art and architecture combine to make astatement about Britain s placetheinworld.(101 words)现在你有一分钟的准备时间。Now you have ONE minute to practise reading.现在请对照原文，再听一遍录音。Now listen to the speaker once again. And try to r

4、ead after the speaker.现在开始录音。Now read as the speaker in the video.2013 年广东省高考英语听说考试真题BIn 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to the American President.The letter was about an application of Einstein s famous equation, E equals MC squared and his fear thatthe Nazi

5、s could use it to build an atomic bomb. E equals MC squared is the symbol of Einstein s gIt s an equation that sums up one of the most powerful truths about the universe. It combines two ideas,which until Einstein came along, no one had ever dreamed could be connected in such a powerful way.The idea

6、 of mass, and the idea of energy.(103 words)2013 年广东省高考英语听说考试真题CIsaac Newton has always been a hero of mine, and probably every physicist you llever meet. Hewasn t an easy character. He arrived inCambridge in 1661 after a difficult childhood. His father had died before he was born and his mother had

7、 abandoned him at the age of three. But the young Newton showed his genius at an early age. He wondered what light might be made of and wanted to know how visionworked, and he was prepared to try anything to find out. One night in his darkened laboratory, he decidedto experiment on his own eye.(100

8、words)2013 年广东省高考英语听说考试真题DThe most ambitious map in history is taking shape before our eyes. And scientists are heading forthe edge. It may be the strangest map you ll ever see. And it s bigger than you can believe. Itof the entire universe. Theyuildingreevenpicturesb of the invisible. This is a map

9、 of everything weknow. And it s getting bigger every day. The universe is so big, we may never find the edge. Mappingthe universe is a job forpioneers. Nickwants to put our entire galaxy on the map. He's on asingle-handed mission, to photograph the Milky Way.(102 words)2013 年广东省高考英语听说考试真题EIllust

10、rated books set out to provide a fuller reading experience. What a picture adds to a story, andwhat the words leave out, is key. But how exactly does that relationship work? Although there wereillustrated books for adults, by far the majority were for children. One stands out above all others Alice

11、in Wonderland. Words and pictures created a handshake on the page far greater than the sum of the parts. And while the audience is now mostly young children, the combination of artist and writer is alive and well. The best illustrated books form an inseparable, timeless bond that endure long after o

12、ur childhoods. (106 words)2013 年广东省高考英语听说考试真题FEver since I can remember, I ve been drawn to wild places. I guess it s really how my interest in b started. To me, bears, more than any other creature, represent wilderness. And more than that wildness itself. Brown bears once roamed across Europe and N

13、orth America but today they re found in just a few small pockets of really wild land. Alaska is one of the bears last strongholds. In most places, bears keep a healthy distance from each other but these bears have somehow learned to live with one another. Left alone, it has become a city of bears. (

14、99 words)2013 年广东省高考英语听说考试真题G2012 年广东省高考英语听说考试真题 A PART A Reading Aloud (模仿朗读 )In this part, you are required to watch a video clip and read after the speaker in the video.Natural medicines, made from flowers, seeds, roots and leaves. The Chinese were the first to discoverthe power of plants, making

15、 medicine for 4000 years. Focus on prevention rather than cure. Popular today in the east and the west. Healthy for mind, body and soul. Past and present, tribal people always made themost of nature. Explorers and botanists made them available to the rest of the world. Western and traditional medici

16、ne unite, returning to more natural cures. Copy their chemicals or use them direct. Whenthey fail, we go back to nature for the next magic cure.(98 words)现在你有一分钟的准备时间。Now you have ONE minute to practise reading.现在请对照原文，再听一遍录音。Now listen to the speaker once again. And try to read after the speaker.现在

17、开始录音。Now read as the speaker in the video.2012 年广东省高考英语听说考试真题BThe absence or presence of water governs life on land. It determines where and how animals live. But falling rain is not always welcome. The power of water is immense. Once on land, it begins itsjourney back to the sea, carving its way th

18、rough the earth. 65% of the human body is water. It is our absolute necessity. We cannot live without it. We need it for drinking, for bathing and to grow food. And we have gone to great lengths to get it to where we want it to be. Water, the giver of life, essentialto all and forever sacred.(103 wo

19、rds)2012 年广东省高考英语听说考试真题CMuch of my work here is to show people the diversity of the wildlife and to explain its biology. It's important to get to know sharks. With gray sharks there is tension. They'll eat almost anything. You know, humans are much more dangerous to sharks than they are to u

20、s. When you spend time with sharks, you begin to understand them and learn to respect them. But you have to command their respect too. They're avital link in the chain of life. Like wolves they weed out the sick and the injured. (93 words)2012 年广东省高考英语听说考试真题D2012 年广东省高考英语听说考试真题E2011 年广东省高考英语听说考试

21、真题 A PART A Reading Aloud (模仿朗读 )In this part, you are required to watch a video clip and read after the speaker in the video.The South Pacific is on the face of it still a healthy ocean. We depend on it. Over 60% of the worldfish catch comes from the Pacific. But like all oceans, it has little or n

22、o protection, so it may not stay healthy much longer. For the South Pacific, this is a critical time. It changings in ways that, if leftunchecked, could develop into a global crisis. Some of its residents have been through crisis before. And protecting the fish will ensure a healthy ocean for all th

23、e marine life of the Pacific. It will require international commitment and co-operation. (102 words)现在你有一分钟的准备时间。Now you have ONE minute to practise reading.现在请对照原文，再听一遍录音。Now listen to the speaker once again. And try to read after the speaker.现在开始录音。Now read as the speaker in the video.2011 年广东省高考英

24、语听说考试真题BTortoises, as heavy as four grown men. In their huge bodies they can store enough fat to go for a yearwithout eating or drinking anything. To survive here, it seems you need to be a monster. Or is it just thatyou need to be different? Their rich at, their giant size made tortoises perfect for the shipyears, over 200,000 were taken. On some islands tortoises were completely wip