2013年广东省普通高考英语科听说考试样题1

1Part A Reading AloudTortoises, 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 tortoises perfect for the ship’s 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）2Part A Reading AloudThe Road tells us stories of cities, stories of wars, all passed on through travelers’ tales. The hardest part of the Silk Road journey w as 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 “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 Road’s stories is similar to counting the grains of sand in the desert.3Part A Reading AloudNavigating and surviving in this vast, remote wilderness had proved almost impossible for these experienced sailors. And at times, even the ultimate ocean travelers need help. Natural harbors may be safe havens for sailors, but for the migratory whales they can be death traps. One whale is still alive. Le ft like this, he will die within days. But he’s held fast. The only option left is to use nets. At last he’s free. But he’s not out of trouble yet. First, he must negotiate the rocky heads of the bay. His sensitive skin, never designed to touch rock, is badly lacerated.He is through and back into the safety of the endless blue.(113 words)4Part A Reading AloudWe live on an active planet. The rock itself is alive. The history of this planet is written in its rocks. Over hundreds of millions of years, mountain ranges have risen up, entire continents have drifted apart. Is this how other worlds would be? Earth’s partner, the moon, could hardly be more different. Nothing has happened on this dusty world for billions of years. Its surface shows only the scars of countless impacts by asteroids. The story of the other planets must also be locked on their surfaces. But they are so far away that they are just dots of light in the sky. (104 words)5Part A Reading AloudUnder the effect of global warming, the ice cap has lost 40% of its thickness in 40 years. Its surface area in the summer shrinks year by year. It could disappear before 2030. Some predictions suggest 2015. Soon these waters will be free of ice several summer months a year. The sunbeams that the ice sheet previously reflected back now penetrate the dark water, heating it up. Thewarming process gathers pace. This ice contains the records of our planet. The concentration of carbon dioxide hasn’t been so high for several hundred thousand years. Humanit y has never lived in an atmosphere like this.(103 words)6Part A Reading AloudNatural 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.(98 words)7Part A Reading AloudThe 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.(103 words)8Part A Reading AloudMuch 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. (93 words)9PART A Reading AloudNatural medicines, made fro··m 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.。