广东高考口语听说训练口语无忧听力答案

《口语无忧》广东高考模拟听说训练答案01AEver `wonder how dogs can walk barefoot ['bε?fut] in the snow↗? Now a Japa`nese scientist may have the answer—an︶inside central heating system. The secret lies in how dogs `circulate ['s?:kjuleit] their blood /to prevent cold `surfaces from chilling the rest︶of their bodies↘.The system uses warm blood to heat the cold blood /before `returning it to the dog’s heart/ and `central circu`lation. Dogs exchange `heat at the `end︶of their legs. Arterial blood flows [fl?uz] to the `end︶of their `legs /and then heats︶up venous blood. In other words↘, they have a `heat exchange system in their `feet↘.B三问How old is your son?What major does your son want to take in the future?How do you get along with your son?五答24.To find a good job.Playing the guitar.Being a music producer.Like friends.CI was lonely when I went to a junior high school, but a gift a boy gave me occasionally changed my character. It was his smile. One day the boy, who was a stranger to me then, came into our classroom. When he passed me, he smiled at me. This smile brought me happiness and warmth. From then on I began to get close to others and made friends with them. The boy with the smile is one of my best friends now.02AAlthough they are a natural phenomenon [f?'n?m?n?n]↗, dust storms have been occurring `more often recently ['ri:sntli]↘. It︶is a fact that unreasonable herding of animals /and exploitation of grasslands/are res`ponsible for the ma`jority of dust storms. This means that dust storms are largely a result of human actions; in other words↘, they are con`trollable.We seem to think, however↘, that economic [,i:k?'n?mik] development and preservation of the environment can`not go hand in hand↘. For most countries, economic development comes first, at the expense of the environment. It︶is high time/ everyone came to grasp the consequences of overusing the earth’s resources, including the misuse of land in the pursuit [p?'su:t] of economic wealth ↘.BWhat time will it start?Who else will be invited?Do you want me to take you there?She had to finish her homework.On the school play ground.About two and a half hours.A red song in chorus.Her father.CMy brother Henry worked in a bank. He had a good salary and a bright future. However, he made a decision to resign from the bank. I was confused about hisdecision, trying to persuade him to give up the idea. He didn’t listen to me, and explained to me that it’s counting money that he wanted to leave. Although it’s a pleasant job working in the bank, all his work was to count money, which was depressing. He would count his own money rather than count others’!03APerhaps the tiger, the `largest cat on the planet ['pl?nit], is the `most distinct/ of︶all animals in danger of extinction [iks'ti?k??n]↘. A tiger can be up to 4 metres long/ and︶over a metre high, weighing up to 225 kilos↘. They have `beautiful fur with black or brown stripes [straips]. They mainly hunt animals like deer↗, wild hares and pigs↘, sometimes they `also hunt birds or even frogs. They can eat as much as 40 kilos of meat in one meal. Fifty years ago/ there were between 25,000 and 30,000 tigers living in Asia, but the number has `fallen ['f?:l?n] to between 5,000 and 7,000 since the 1980s↘.BWho have more problem, boys or girls?Should parents and their children take part in some activities together?What else do you advise parents to do?He works at the “New York Times”.Treat them equally.Because they will understand each other better.No.CAn old man who went into a cafeteria in America for the first time was puzzled why no waiters served him as it was in other restaurants. A woman customer told him later that he should fetch the food he wanted himself in a cafeteria. He later found life in America is like a cafeteria. Those who are waiting for someone to bring success to them can never achieve success. As a matter of fact, life is a cafeteria not only in America, but also in any other place.04AEarth is the `only planet/where water can exist in liquid['likwid]form on the `surface, but only `one percent of the water is drinkable ['dri?k?bl]↘. Most︶of it is frozen↗or salty↘. It’s about 24,920 miles around the earth at the equator, which means it would take 33,000,000 people holding hands to reach all the way around. The land on Earth is made︶of several plates/and at`one time all︶of these plates were joined together, making it possible to walk from one side︶of the earth to the other↘. But the plates are individual [,ind?'vid?u?l] pieces and they are always moving. So the land keeps `drifting apart [?'pɑ:t] slowly↘.BIs it difficult to learn the tango?When do you have the dancing lessons?Can you teach me to dance?Yesterday.The tango.Look for a partner who is good at it.She rests.At Mary’s house.CMr. White doesn’t want others to know that he is near-sighted, so he never wearsglasses. One winter morning when he was walking on a village road, a strong wind blew off his hat. He had to run after it, wondering why it moved so fast and ran into a house as if it had legs. He was running into the house when a big woman stopped him and shouted angrily, “What are you running after my hen for?”05AYoung people now /much `prefer online chats and text messages. These have been on the rise for `years / but are now threatening ['θretni?] the use of e-mail, much as they have already replaced phone calls↘. Major ['meid??] Internet companies/are responding with message services/that are focused on immediate gratification. The `problem with e-mail, young people say, is that it involves [in'v?lvz] a `boringly long process of signing into an account, typing out a subject line and then sending a message/ that might not be received↗or answered for hours. However, it︶is also believed/that the looser↗, briefer ['bri:f?]↗and less grammatical the writing, the less deep the thoughts and emotions behind︶it.BIs your apartment far from here?What do you think of our university?Which city do you come from?It is opposite the tennis court and behind the library.About three weeks ago.About five or six blocks. / About a 10 minutes’walk.The academic atmosphere.In the southeast.CWhen a wise man knew a young man who was picking up starfishes on the beach throwing them into the sea to save their lives, he said the young man couldn’t possibly make a difference because there were too many starfishes along the long beach. But he young man threw another starfish into the sea, saying that what he has do made a difference to that one. The story is telling us we must find out our goal and take action, in which way we’ll make a difference to our life.06AA`laska is the`largest state of the USA, with︶an area of over 1,500,000 square kilometers, but it︶is `separated from the other mainland ['meinl?nd] states by Canada↘. It was admitted as the 49th state in 1959. Its population now is about 700,000. The original inhabitants are thought to have migrated over the Bering Land Bridge/ as well as from the Arctic/ as early as 10,000 years ago↘. The first European settlement ['setlm?nt] was established in 1784 by Russian fur traders ↘. This state was purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000. However, to Russia’s frustration[fr?s'trei??n]↘, `gold was discovered here soon after.BHow many sets of stamps do you have?When did you start collecting stamps?Why do you like collecting stamps?Collecting stamps.His father.eighteen.On Aug. 18th, 2005.The scenery-subject stamps.CLucy Brown tried to transfer her cows to a higher place before her farm was completely covered by a flood. But she hit her head on a fallen tree trunk and fainted on the way. Fortunately, one of her favorite cow named Jackie accompanied her and helped her to a higher place after she came round, which was then an”island”trapped by floods. A helicopter found her and took her away later.When the floods subsided two days later, Lucy immediately returned to the “island”, only find nothing. She was very sad because her cow had saved her.07AFor everyone, in order to make an Olympic champion, the `best choice may be taking millions of young people around the world/to be inspired to choose Olympic sport.? I’m delighted[di'laitid] we have with︶us today/representatives of the next generation [,d?en?'rei??n]↘. We’re serious ['si?ri?s] about inspiring young people.And thanks to London’s multi-cultural mix of 200 nations, they also represent the youth of the world. Their families have come from every continent. They practice `every religion [ri'lid??n]↗and `every faith. What unites them in London will be their love of sport/and their heartfelt dream of bringing the Olympic Games to our city↘.BHow have you been recently?Are you available this Saturday?What is your favourite way to relax?Worried about her tests.This afternoon.Three weeks.At People’s Theater.5.COne day when my sister and I were talking with some friends in a park, I saw a girl with some money in her hand sitting on a chair, where my sister’s jacket was lying. My sister checked her jacket, but didn’t find her money. We believed the girl had stolen the money, so we forced her to give us the money in her hand. But when we got back home, Mother told my sister that her money was on the table in the sitting room. The girl didn’t steal my sister’s money, but we had robbed hers!08AOliver managed to draw his first breath, and then an`nounced his arrival [?'raiv?l] /to the rest of the workhouse↘. His mother raised her `pale face and whispered ['wisp?d], “Let me see the `child, and die.”The doctor turned away from the fire, where he had been warming his hands. “You must not talk︶about `dying yet,”he said to her kindly. He gave her the child↘. Lovingly, she `kissed the baby on his forehead ['f?:hed] with her cold lips, then stared wildly around the room, fell back and died↘. “Poor dear!”said the nurse, hurriedly ['h?ridli] putting a green glass bottle back in the pocket of her long skirt.BWhat did Bob find during the traveling?Is “a nice feeling”related to love at first sight?When can relationships change?The Limits of Art.Be polite.First impression.Few.COne day Mark helped a boy named Bill, who had fallen and dropped all the things he was carrying. Later they spent a pleasant afternoon in Bill’s home. They became good friends. Before they graduated from junior school, Bill told Mark that he had planned to kill himself the day they first met, but Mark’s help and the pleasant time they shared that afternoon made him give up the idea. Mark not only had helped him pick up the books, but also had saved his life.09AElephants can live in `very different conditions, from the `coldest mountains /to the `hottest deserts↘. Most warm-blooded animals /have to main`tain their bodies within a `very narrow ['n?r?u] heat range, but elephants can survive far greater changes in their body temperature ['tempr?t??]. Elephants tend to live︶in hot places /and have︶a number of ways to keep cool↘. One way is to have an organ ['?:g?n] /that is fit for its body. Heat is lost through the skin. Watering and mud alone can cool the elephant. But this way of cooling is not powerful enough on its own. Another strategy ['str?tid?i] has to be employed↘.BCan you tell me something about Hainan?Why do you know so much about tourist attractions?How are you going to Guilin?Last July.The Oriental Hawaii.To be a tourist guide.Her sister.CA mother tried to change her daughter. She gave her a bag of nails, telling her to hammer a nail into the back of the fence every time she lost her temper. The girl followed her mother’s advice and did so. She didn’t lose her temper any longer eventually. Then, as her mother suggested, she pulled out the nails of the fence every day she held her temper. When the last nail was pulled out, the mother told her that though the nails were removed, the holes were left there and similarly, a scar was left to others when the girl lost her temper.10AExpressing opinions is one example of cultural difference between east and `west. Westerners express their opinions [?'pinj?ns] `freely. They feel it is natural for people to have different ideas↗, and `don’t mind hearing views /that differ from their own↘. You may express frankly /what you think or feel.Of course, you`shouldn’t be rude in your manner↗or speech. Sentences such︶as “You’re wrong”/ “You’re mistaken”/ “You don’t know”aren’t exactly [ig'z?ktli] `bad, but it’s preferable['pref?r?bl] to soften the tone. You might say “I `don’t think you’re right”, “I’m afraid you’re mistaken [mi'steik?n]”or “You `don’t `seem to understand”. These words will let people feel better↘.BWhat is your most important traditional festival?On what day of the year does the Dragon Boat Festival fall?How do you celebrate the Mid-autumn Festival?Two.The fourth Thursday in November.Since 2007.Qu Yuan.Moon cakes.CHenry Ford decided to produce a new style of motor. When his engineers finished a design under his direction, all of them held the view that the engine was unlikely to be produced. But Ford insisted they carry out the task. One year passed and these engineers made no progress. They still believed that this project was out of the question. Ford ordered them to continue. Finally, one day, they suddenly found the answer. It’s Ford’s determination that made a difference!11AIf you`don’t understand↗, `don’t hesitate['heziteit] to ask↘. Some Chinese seem to feel/that it︶is im`polite to ask questions/even when they don’t understand. However, it’s much better to say /that you `don’t understand than to pretend you understand /↗and answer very indistinctly.When you don’t understand, you may ask by saying any of the following ['f?l?ui?]: I beg your pardon['pɑ:dn]↗? I am not clear on what you said↘. I am afraid I don’t understand you↘. Would︶you mind saying it︶again↗? You’ll improve your understanding [,?nd?'st?ndi?] /and the speaker will be happy to make his point a`gain.BDo you do a lot of shopping online?Are there counterfeit goods sold online?How do you pay for your purchase?A mobile phone.Identity theft.At .Return them.Four.CBarbie dolls are popular with girls in the world. Their creator is Ruth Handler. Her daughter did not like the dolls of her own age group, but liked the ones that looked a little older. However, there were almost no such dolls in the market. Ruth then designed a kind of doll with beautiful clothes, and named it after her daughter. She produced the dolls in her husband’s factory, and soon they were well received by little girls.12AA lot︶of people come to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest↗and the conventions [k?n'ven??ns]↘, but the truth is, what makes New Orleans so `great is right here three hundred and sixty five days of the year—the `music↗and people↘. I mean, unlike other cities, folks`here, they take their time with you. They `love to chat and tell stories, and despite [di'spait] the fact /that New Orleans is one︶of the poorest cities in the country, she is `generous and genuine; And besides the `beads, I hope I can take some︶of her `spirit ['spirit] back home with me↘.BIs wine very expensive there?How many of you went to have a buffet?When you eat out, do you usually eat from the buffet?Every Friday.Australian red wine.Lobster.Two.A dessert.CA big wave took three fishes to a shallow water one morning. It’s difficult for them to return to the sea because a small boat was blocking their way to the sea. The two elder fishes knew it was dangerous for them to stay there, so they decided to leave as fast as possible and managed to go back to the sea. The youngest chose to stay there because he thought the water there was enough for him to live in. When the sun dried up the water in the shallow corner soon afterwards, the fish lost his life.13AWhen learning English, a good `memory will help you, but a good imagination [i,m?d?i'nei??n] /may help you even `more. For example, in English we don’t have many words for colours, but we have many `ways to describe [di'skraib]︶a colour. We say red like a cherry ['t?eri]↗, or red like blood↗, or red like someone’s lips ↘.What comes to mind when you think︶of red↗? I think︶of different things/ like delicious red apples, expensive red sports cars, or red roses↘. I `also think︶of different images, a company ['k?mp?ni] that is not doing well, it’s in the red; orspecial “red-carpet”treatment /you might give︶a VIP.BWhat exercise are you going to do today?Can you give me some advice on quiting smoking?Why do you think it is of great benefit to go to the health club?Every day.Stop smoking.Jogging on the treadmill.Lady fingers.Amy.CA woman found a man was following her when she was driving home after work. She felt frightened and drove quickly to the police station. The man drove into the police station and stopped there too. She was not afraid then because a policeman was standing nearby. But the man told her he was to give her purse back, which she had dropped it on the street. The story tells me if we care for and help each other, we will create a better world.14AEveryone has his `own way of relaxing [ri'l?ksi?]↘. Perhaps the most `popular way is to participate [pɑ:'tisipeit] in `sports. There are team sports, such as baseball ↗, basketball↗and football. There are also indi`vidual sports, such︶as golf↗and swimming. In addition, hiking ['haiki?]↗, skiing↗, and mountain climbing/ have︶a great attraction for people who like to be outdoors↘.`Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to participate in them↘. Many people prefer[pri'f?:] to be in the audience instead, either by attending the games in person↗, or watching them on television↘. When there is an︶important baseball game or boxing match /it︶is almost impossible to get tickets, `everybody wants to attend.BIs it often sunny in London?Which is your favourite season?What is winter like?When it’s raining very heavily.No.Beijing.50 years ago.Children.CMartin, who had always wanted to get into firefighting, succeeded in participating in a junior firefighter program and became a weekend volunteer firefighter. He learned the skills a firefighter needs to stay safe. He usually has to get up three or four times on a Saturday night, but he doesn’t complain about it because he feels great about helping others as a firefighter. Although his experience as a firefighter will be over next autumn as he will go to college and follow his dream job—a flight doctor on a helicopter, he will never forget the days as a firefighter.15AIf you’re `not `sure /whether you want to say yes or no↗, then say you’ll give︶an︶answer later, and refuse [ri'fju:z] to discuss︶it further↘. This gives you time to de`cide↗and to prepare yourself to say `no if necessary. Use body language/ to give your words more authority [?'θ?r?ti]: stand up straight, straighten ['streitn] your shoulders and look︶at the person↘.If you’re talking on the phone, stand up—it makes you `more confident ['k?nfid?nt]. If a request is reasonable /but you don’t want to do, offer an al`ternative, for example, “I don’t have time on Saturday↗, but I could do it one night next week↘.”BWhy have you come to Prague?Are you all alone by yourself?What is the topic of the meeting?The roads are quite narrow.Five minutes.Attend/Hold a meeting.Five people.Environmental problem.CAn old man wearing a long, white beard could fall asleep easily. He was very proud of both his beard and this ability. One day his grandson asked him where he placed his beard when sleeping, which he had never thought of. When he lay in bed that night, he was so confused about the question that he couldn’t go to his dreams. He put his beard under the blanket one minute, and placed the beard above it later. And then under once again. He didn’t sleep well the whole night. He was very angry and cut his beard early the next morning.16ATeenagers who`don’t get︶up early in the morning are`brighter and more suc`cessful.A study of students’sleep by researchers in the USA/ found thatteenagers who get︶up early are often tired ['tai?d] and can’t concentrate ['k?nsentreit] in class.Now many American schools have changed the start of their morning classes /from 7:30↗to 8:30 or even 9:00, hoping to get the `best possible teaching quality ['kw?l?ti]↘.“Young children love to get︶up early /but teenagers have︶a `different biological clock,”says︶a professor of Brown University↘. Her research showed that teenagers `naturally ['n?t??r?li] go to sleep/ and wake︶up `later than normal—for good biological reasons.BWhat else can help foreign language learners to learn vocabulary?Writing is very hard and boring, isn’t it?When did you leave Harvard University?At Harvard University.Watching movies in that language.10,000.By practicing more.Teaching more people Chinese.CJohn had to go to court because a person accused him of having building his house on his land. John could prove the land was his, but he knew the judge was greedy, so decided to take a gift for the judge. When the judge found there are two things in John’pocket, which were likely more valuable than the money in the accuser’s wallet, he gave a judgment in John’s favour. When he asked John for the gift later, John took out two large stones from his pocket.17AHigh school students in `Asia /often do better than American students on international math↗and science tests↘. Experts say part︶of this is because schools in countries like China /do better at preparing [pri'p??ri?] students to take tests. Yet some︶of these countries want to `learn /what makes American students good︶at crea`tivity and critical thinking↘.Foreign educators often visit Thomas Jefferson High School /for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, near Washington. This past summer, seventy-five school headmasters visited from China↘. Evan Glazer, the headmaster of Thomas Jefferson, says the school combines [k?m'bains]`science ↗and `math with `literature ['lit?r?t??]↗and other `liberal arts↘.BBesides Chimpanzees, what’s your favourite animal?Who gave you the most support?What advice would you offer aspiring conservationists?In 1960.50 to 60 years.Rusty.Wise and supportive.More than 120.CI wanted to get a new bike as my 12th birthday gift, but I got an old and worn one from my parents. I felt disappointed, and my disappointment hurt my parents’feelings. They became disappointed, too. Years later, I began to understand what my parents gave me was much more than just an old bike. There contained love.18AThere are many differences in table `manners in different cultures↘. It is really worth learning about how to behave [bi'heiv] /while eating in other countries. Knowledge of table manners /will show your international qualifications.`Don’t make noises with your mouth↘. `Close your mouth when eating↘. People make mouth noises/ because they eat without closing their mouths. When you drink your soup, `don’t sip it but swallow ['sw?l?u] it all in one mouth full. `Don’t `talk when your mouth is full↘. If someone talks to you, wait until your mouth is empty before answering. If you have a `good habit, you will be `bound to benefit ['benifit; 'ben?fit] from︶it.BWhat’s wrong with the power station?What does nuclear power have to do with air pollution?Where is Radioactive pollution happening?Global warming.Near the city.Its water vapor or, steam.Radioactive pollution.The fighting from the Middle East.CA rich man found a poor man sleeping on the bench in a park every night dreamed to live in the big hotel where he lived. The reach man helped him realize the dream by paying for the best room in the hotel for a month. But just after several days, the poor man returned to the bench. When the reach man asked him why, he said that he dreamed he was lying in the hotel when on the bench, while he dreamed he was back to the cold bench when in the hotel, so he couldn’t get any sleep at all.19AMany people `value their time more than `anything `else in the world. Once time is gone, it can `never be replaced. Time is precious ['pre??s]. Nobody can afford [?'f?:d] to waste time. Once time has gone by, it will `never re`turn. You can never turn the clock back.Time passes `very quickly. People say time flies↘. We should therefore ['e??f?:] make the`best `use of our time. If you can manage ['m?nid?] your time well↗, you will have︶a suc`cessful life. Try using `all︶of your `spare time/to practice English `crazily. Even a few minutes practice while waiting for the bus/↗can make `valuable learning time.BCan you recommend some other ways of collecting materials?What can readers use The Library Computer System for?If I have some questions, where can I find you?The film industry in the 1930s and 1940s.More than 30 books.It’s cheap and convenient.At the back of the hall.Tidy up the library.CLinda often passed what she heard at the water fountain to others, which hurt some people sometimes, so Patty decided to teach her a lesson. One day he told a student at the water fountain that Linda got below an A in her history exam and that her parents might keep her at home for a week. Some time later the whole class knew the gossip. When Linda asked a friend, what the friend told her was that she heard Linda had failed in all her subjects and her parents were taking her out of school.20AAn`tarctica, the continent at the bottom of the world, is covered by an enormous [i'n?:m?s] ice sheet↘. Over 95% of the continent is covered by `layers of ice, which are sometimes almost three miles thick. An estimated 70% of the planet’s fresh water/is `locked︶up in those frozen ['fr?uzn] blocks↘. Despite `all the water, however↗, Antarctica is technically ['teknik?li] a desert. `Less than `two inches of rain fall a year, it’s about the same as in Africa’s Sahara Desert. And︶in Antarctica’s `Dry Valleys—the continent’s largest ice-free region ['ri:d??n]—measurable rain fall is believed to have been absent for `two million years↘.BHow many members are there in the Happy Girls?Which song of the group do you like best?Can you sing some of their songs?The Cool Boys.They are going to the concert of the Happy Girls together.She loves Nancy best.Yes.She got one CD of their group with the girls’signatures.CMy mother has little education, but she knows it’s very important to read. So she was strict with me. But when I went to high school, I spent little time and energy on study, and went from being an A-student to a C-student. One day when I complained that I had no many clothes, my mother gave me all the money, telling me that I could buy what I wanted if I had bought our family’s necessities. I was pleased. But later I found this money could only buy the necessaries. I knew how hard for my mother to support the family. I studied hard again and finally became a doctor.。