2012年广东高考英语听说考试真题（A～D完整，E只有答案）

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Computer-based English Listening and Speaking Test of

Guangdong Version

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Part A Reading Aloud

Natural medicines, made from flowers, seeds, roots and leaves. The Chinese were the first to discover the power of plants, making 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 the most of nature. Explorers and botanists made them available to the rest of the world. Western and traditional medicine unite, returning to more natural cures. Copy their chemicals or use them direct. When they fail, we go back to nature for the next magic cure.

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Part B Role Play 情景介绍 角色：你是Tom。 任务：（1）与Jane谈论她在学校宿舍的人际关系。 （2）根据谈话内容回答同学的问题。 Transcript: (110 words) M: Good morning, Jane. How are you getting along? W: Morning, Tom. The good news is that I passed my swimming test. M: Congratulations! I saw you swim in the pool every day. W: I really don’t have talent for swimming. Practice is my only way to pass the test. M: What’s the bad news then? W: The bad news is that I am living in the dormitory. M: Why did you move to the dormitory? W: I want to save some time and transportation. It takes me forty minutes from home to school every morning and fifty minutes from school to home every afternoon because of the traffic jam. Now please ask the speaker three questions. You have twenty seconds to prepare the question. When you hear a beep, begin to ask the question. 1. 你和你的室友相处得如何？

Question: How do you get along with your roommates? Answer：Not very well. My roommates never clean the dormitory. They leave dirty clothes and

socks everywhere. Sometimes I find someone’s dirty socks and jeans on my bed. I really can’t bear it any longer.

2. 为什么你不直接与他们谈一谈？

Question: Why don’t you have a talk directly with them? Answer：My teacher also advises me to do so, but I just don’t know how to say it to them. I feel

it’s too direct to tell them they shouldn’t behave that way. We Chinese people are

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always saying that “one should save face for others.” What’s more, sometimes they help me with my study. I’m very grateful to them.

3.你的老师的建议是什么？

Question: What are your teacher’s suggestions? /What is your teacher’s advice? Answer：Well, he tells me to make a suggestion of taking turns to clean the dormitory. He says I

should be the first one in turn, then maybe they will accept this idea. But if this does not work out, he says I can have a heart-to-heart, friend-to-friend talk with them.

Now please get ready to answer five questions. You are allowed ten seconds to prepare the answer. When you hear a beep, begin to answer the question. 1. Question: What is Jane’s good news? Answer: She passed her swimming test. 2. Question: How much time does Jane spend on her way home in the afternoon? Answer: Fifty minutes.

3. Question: What does Jane find on her bed sometimes? Answer: Dirty socks and jeans. 4. Question: Why is Jane grateful to her roommates? Answer: Sometimes they help her with her study. 5. Question: Who does the teacher advise to clean the dormitory first? Answer: Jane.

Part C Retelling 梗概：Tom乘坐的公交车与货车发生了碰撞，警察帮助Tom及时到达考场。 关键词：exam（考试），bus（公交车），lorry（货车），crash into（撞上），police officer（警官） Transcript: (199 words) Go to the Exam Tom was a middle school student. One day Tom took a bus to the school for an exam. The exam was very important for him. His parents expected him to get good marks and hoped that he would get a place at a top university in the country. Suddenly a huge lorry stopped in front of the bus and even though the bus driver had made every effort to stop, the bus crashed into the lorry. There was a terrible noise. Luckily no one was hurt. Tom got off the bus and wondered what he could do to get to the exam in time. A police officer asked him if he was OK. Tom told the police officer that he was going to take a very important exam and that he was worried he might be late. The police officer picked up his phone and asked a police car to come at once. When it arrived, he asked Tom to get into the car. Then the police officer drove as fast as he could to the school. They arrived ten minutes before the exam started. So Tom was able to take the exam on time. Key: One day, a student named Tom was taking a bus to his middle school. He was going to write an exam that day, which was very important. His parents hoped he’d do well on the exam and then be accepted into a top university. But suddenly a large lorry stopped in the road and the bus crashed into it. Nobody was hurt, but Tom wondered what to do when he got off the bus. He told a police officer at the scene that he was supposed to write a very important exam and that he was worried he’d be late. The police officer understood, and '.

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called a police car to come to the scene. When it arrived, Tom got in and the police officer drove as fast as possible. He managed to get Tom to the school ten minutes before the exam started. So Tom was able to write the exam, after all.

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Part A Reading Aloud

The 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 its journey back to the sea, carving its way through 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, essential to all and forever sacred.

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Part B Role Play 情景介绍 角色：你是Mary。 任务：（1）与父亲谈论开车问题； （2）根据谈话内容回答同学的提问。 Transcript: (84 words) W: Guess what, Dad? I got it. M: What did you get, Mary? W: I got my driving license. OK, bye. M: Wait, wait. Where are you going? W: Mum said I could take the car to school this morning. And… M: Hold on, there. I’ve prepared a few rules about the use of the car in this house. W: Like what? M: Let me get my notes here. OK, here we are. Rule No.1 – no driving with friends for the first six months. Now please ask the speaker three questions. You have twenty seconds to prepare the question. When you hear a beep, begin to ask the question. 1. 我为什么不能与朋友们一起开车？

Question：Why can’t I drive with my friends? Answer: Teenagers are not mature enough to drive carefully, especially when they are driving

together. I mean, they speed, they ride for pleasure, they drive around town while after midnight. What is more, who really needs a car when a bike can work? I mean, life was different when I was your age. In fact, I used to go to school by bike.

2. 我真的需要这些规则吗？

Question: Do I really need these rules? / Are these rules necessary for me? Answer: Absolutely. Oh, where were we? Oh, yes, rule No. 2 – you must always wear your seat

belt and obey the rules of the road. OK, rule No.3 – you can’t drive long distances at

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night because you might get sleepy and drive off the road. And rule No.4 – you should never use a mobile phone while driving – that could cause an accident.

3. 这些规则有什么用处？

Question: What are these rules for? / What’s the use of these rules?

Answer: Oh, that’s rule No.5 – remember that I love you and I’m just a loving father who

wants his daughter to always be safe and the best dad in the world.

Now please get ready to answer five questions. You are allowed ten seconds to prepare the answer. When you hear a beep, begin to answer the question. 1. Question: What news did you tell your father? Answer: I got my driving license.

2. Question: Where did your mother say you could drive to? Answer: School.

3. Question: How did your father go to school when he was young? Answer: By bike. 4. Question: What’s the danger of driving long distances?

Answer: Getting sleepy and driving off the road. / You might get sleepy and drive off the road.

5. Question: Why has your father made so many rules? Answer: He loves me and wants me always to be safe.

Part C Retelling 梗概：Tom生病住院时对烹饪产生了兴趣，出院后自学烹饪并以此帮助他人。 关键词：cooking（烹饪），disease（疾病），hospital（医院），website（网站），recipe （食谱） Transcript: (198 words) A Child Chef Tom began to learn cooking when he was six years old. At that time, he suffered from a rare disease and was sent to a hospital. During the first three days there, Tom watched a lot of TV cartoons and felt bored with them. Then he visited the Internet for fun. He found a website teaching people how to cook. Tom was interested in the pictures of the website and fell in love with cooking. He told others that cooking helped him keep his mind off everything. Having recovered, Tom went back home and tried his best to learn to cook by himself. He spent most of his spare time learning to cook. He would not give up trying a recipe until he got it right. Now after five years of practice, Tom is famous as a cook in his hometown and uses his cooking skills to raise money for other children suffering from the same rare disease. He has raised more than 100000 dollars. He even has his own cook book which includes more than 60 recipes for simple food. “Besides watching TV cartoons, children can also learn to cook by themselves.” said Tom. Key:

When Tom was six years old, he suffered from a rare disease and was put in a hospital. Bored of watching TV there, he went on the Internet. He soon found a website that taught people how to cook. He found it extremely interesting, and found it kept his mind off everything. He fell in love with cooking. After he recovered, Tom tried his best to learn to cook at home. Most of his spare time was spent learning to cook. He’d try a recipe over and '.

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over until he got it right. Now, five years later, Tom is a famous cook and has his own cook book. He uses his skills to raise money for children suffering from the same disease he had. He’s raised over 100000 dollars so far. He says, “Children can do much more than watch TV – they can also learn to cook by themselves.”

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Part A Reading Aloud

Much 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 us. 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 a vital link in the chain of life. Like wolves they weed out the sick and the injured.

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Part B Role Play 情景介绍 角色：你是Mary。 任务：（1）找Dr. Brown 借一本小说，谈论小说内容； （2）根据谈话内容回答同学的提问。 生词：rebel 叛军 Transcript: (154 words) W: Doctor Brown, do you have the book Sunset? M: Yes, why do you ask, Mary? W: Could I borrow it? I’ve been wanting to read it for a long time. Last Saturday, I went to the biggest bookstore in town, only to find that it had been sold out. M: Yes, I can lend it to you after Jane returns it to me. She borrowed my book last Friday. W: Thanks a lot. I can’t wait to read it. I’ve read three of this writer’s books and thought they were all well done. Where did you get the book? I thought it had been sold out everywhere. M: I bought it online. And I booked it before it was published. W: It’s a good idea to order it in advance, especially for popular books. M: Well, I guess it is. But I’d like to warn you it’s not as good as they say. Now please ask the speaker three questions. You have twenty seconds to prepare the question. When you hear a beep, begin to ask the question. 1. 这本书有什么问题?

Question: What’s the problem of the book? Answer: Well, for one thing, the plot is hard to believe. For another, the characters are not like

real people.

2. 为什么你认为情节难以相信？

Question: Why do you think the plot is hard to believe/ unbelievable? Answer: Here’s an example. The hero Jack joins the army and is sent to the battle against the

rebels. He meets with his childhood friend who is then the leader of the rebels. Because

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