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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 Britains 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 royal residences 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 ar
3、e filled with objects that are clues to the character of kings and queens past. And the art and architecture combine to make a statement about Britains place in the world. (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 tr
4、y to read 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 Einsteins famous equation, E equals MC squared and his fear that th
5、e Nazis could use it to build an atomic bomb. E equals MC squared is the symbol of Einsteins genius. Its 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
6、way. The idea 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 youll ever meet. He wasnt an easy character. He arrived in Cambridge in 1661 after a difficult childhood. His father had died before he was born and
7、 his mother had 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 vision worked, and he was prepared to try anything to find out. One night in his darkened laboratory, he decided to experiment on
8、his own eye. (100 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 for the edge. It may be the strangest map youll ever see. And its bigger than you can believe. Its a map of the entire universe. Theyre even building pictures of t
9、he invisible. This is a map of everything we know. And its getting bigger every day. The universe is so big, we may never find the edge. Mapping the universe is a job for pioneers. Nick wants to put our entire galaxy on the map. Hes on a single-handed mission, to photograph the Milky Way. (102 words
10、)2013年广东省高考英语听说考试真题EIllustrated books set out to provide a fuller reading experience. What a picture adds to a story, and what the words leave out, is key. But how exactly does that relationship work? Although there were illustrated books for adults, by far the majority were for children. One stands
11、 out above all others Alice 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 b
12、ond that endure long after our childhoods. (106 words)2013年广东省高考英语听说考试真题FEver since I can remember, Ive been drawn to wild places. I guess its really how my interest in bears started. To me, bears, more than any other creature, represent wilderness. And more than thatwildness itself. Brown bears onc
13、e roamed across Europe and North America but today theyre 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 ha
14、s become a city of bears. (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.Natural medicines, made from flowers, seeds, roots and leaves. The Chinese were the first to discover th
15、e 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. West
16、ern 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. (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
17、to read after the speaker.现在开始录音。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 its journey back to
18、 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 a
19、ll and forever sacred. (103 words) 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. Its important to get to know sharks. With gray sharks there is tension. Theyll eat almost anything. You know, humans are much more dangerous to shark
20、s 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. Theyre a vital 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E201
21、1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.The South Pacific is on the face of it still a healthy ocean. We depend on it. Over 60% of the worlds fish catch comes from the Pacific. But like all oceans, it ha
22、s little or no protection, so it may not stay healthy much longer. For the South Pacific, this is a critical time. Its changing in ways that, if left unchecked, could develop into a global crisis. Some of its residents have been through crisis before. And protecting the fish will ensure a healthy oc
23、ean for all the 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 vid
24、eo.2011年广东省高考英语听说考试真题BTortoises, as heavy as four grown men. In their huge bodies they can store enough fat to go for a year without eating or drinking anything. To survive here, it seems you need to be a monster. Or is it just that you need to be different? Their rich at, their giant size made tort
25、oises perfect for the ships larder. In 200 years, over 200,000 were taken. On some islands tortoises were completely wiped out. But out of the tragedy came some good. As more people came to Galapagos, a clearer picture of the islands began to appear. Each got its own name. (103 words)2011年广东省高考英语听说考
26、试真题CThe Road tells us stories of cities, stories of wars, all passed on through travelers tales. The hardest part of the Silk Road journey was crossing the vast expanse of desert, called “The Sea of Death”. The Mogao Cave is an intersection between the edge of the Silk Road and starting point of the
27、 “Desert of Death”. The numerous stories of the Silk Road tale were hidden in the desert. The desert sand wind has two different sides, and the desert does not leave any traces. However, uncovering the Silk Roads stories is similar to counting the grains of sand in the desert. (103 words) 2011年广东省高考英语听说考试真题D2011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真题F
