广东省高考英语听说模拟考试试题04(2).doc

广东省高考英语听说模拟考试试题04
Part A: Read aloud

The first skyscrapers were built in the United States. As early as the 1880s, two new technical developments made these taller buildings possible. One development was the mechanical elevator. It meant that people would not have to climb many steps to reach the upper floors of tall buildings. Elevators could carry them quickly to the top floors.
The development of steel also helped make taller buildings possible. Walls of stones, concrete and other materials had supported earlier buildings. But such walls were too heavy for a truly tall building. Pieces of steel, however, could help form a strong skeleton for a tall building. The steel frame was strong enough to support the building. Walls could be made of glass or other thin materials. Today, most skyscrapers have steel frames with glass or metal walls connected to them.

Part B: Role Play

情节介绍：
角色：你是Sally。
（1）向John询问 “magnificent town residence”的情况；
（2）根据谈话内容回答问题。

1. Now please listen to the speakers.
John: Hi, darling.
Sally: Hello, John. Well, did you see the “magnificent town residence”?
John: Yes.
Sally: So what’s it like?
John: Well, first of all it’s four miles out of the town centre.
Sally: Oh, no!

2. Now please ask the speaker three questions.
1） 中文呈现： 房子里有多少个房间？
学生提问：How many rooms are there in the house?
How many rooms does the house consist of?
录音回答：Three bedrooms: one quite big, one smallish, and one that would be OK for the cat. The luxury bathroom doesn’t have a shower, and the downstairs cloakroom is at the end of the garden — at the end of the jungle, I should say. The sitting and dinning room are both pretty small.

2） 中文呈现：能在厨房里面吃早餐吗？
学生提问：Is the kitchen big enough to have breakfast in?
Can we/the family have breakfast in the kitchen?

录音回答：Oh, yes. Easily. If you sit on the fridge and put your feet out of the window, there’s plenty of room.

3） 中文呈现： 车库有多大？
学生提问：How big is the garage?
What’s the size of the garage?
录音回答：Fine for a bicycle. A bicycle, mind. Not two bicycles. And there’s oil-fired central heating, which doesn’t work. And the walls and roof are in a very bad state. Apart from that, it’s fine.

2. Now please answer the speaker five questions.
1) 录音问：How many miles is the house out of the town center?
学生答：Four miles.
It is four miles out of the town center.
The house is four miles out of the town center.
2） 录音问：What are the three bedrooms like?
学生答： One is quite big, but the other two are small.
One is quite big, one is small, and another one would be OK for a cat.
One is quite big, one is small, and another one is even smaller.
3）录音问： Is there a shower in the bathroom?
学生答： No, there isn’t.
No, there isn’t a shower in the bathroom.
No, the bathroom doesn’t have a shower.
4) 录音问：How many bicycles can you put into the garage?
学生答：One.
One bicycle.
A bicycle.
You can put one bicycle into the garage.
You can only put a bicycle into the garage.
5）录音问：What’ wrong with the oil-fired central heating?
学生答：It doesn’t work.
The oil-fired central heating doesn’t work.
It is broken.
The oil-fired central heating was broken.
It can’t work.
The oil-fired central heating can’t work.

Part C: Retelling
梗概：Betty第一天上班，由于交通拥挤，她迟到了。她到达办公室时，她的老板（Mr. Crump）正生气地训斥他的员工。原来，当天他碰巧比以往早到办公室，却发现没有一个员工在干活。

关键词：
第一天上班 start work at an office
拥挤 dense
迟到了几分钟 a few minutes late
到达 arrive at
生气地训斥…… speak to … in an angry voice
碰巧 happen to

It was Monday morning. Betty left home early that day because she was going to start work at an office. She was only sixteen and this was her first job. Unfortunately, the traffic was so dense that she was a few minutes late when she arrived at the office.
When she entered the office, she saw Mr. Crump, her boss, speaking to the people in an angry voice. She was very afraid and didn’t dare to say anything.
Later that day, she found out what had happened. As a rule, Mr. Crump came to the office at about 9:30, because he lived a long way out in the country and came up by train every day. That morning, however, he happened to catch an earlier train, and when he arrived at the office, he was greatly annoyed to see that no one was working. All the clerks were standing around, smoking, laughing and telling jokes.

叙述要点：
1. Betty left home early and was going to start work at an office.
2. She was only sixteen years old and this was her first job.
3. She was a few minutes late because of the dense traffic.
4. Her boss was speaking to the people angrily.
5. She was very afraid and didn’t dare to say anything.
6. She found out what had happened later that day.
7. Her boss usually came to the office at about 9:30.
8. But he arrived at the office earlier than usual that morning.
9. He was annoyed to see that no one was working.
10. All the clerks were standing around, smoking, laughing and telling jokes.

参考范文：
Betty left home early and was going to start work at an office on Monday morning. She was only sixteen years old and this was her first job. But unfortunately, she was a few minutes late because of the dense traffic. When she arrived at the office, she saw her boss was speaking to the clerks angrily. She was very afraid and didn’t dare to say anything. Later that day, she found out what had happened. Her boss usually came to the office at about 9:30 a.m because he lived far from the office. However, he arrived at the office earlier than usual that morning. He saw all the clerks were standing around, smoking, laughing and telling jokes. He was greatly annoyed to see that no one was working.