2012年广东省高考英语听说考试真题APart 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)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 soc ks everywhere. Sometimes I find someone’s dirty socks and jeans on my bed. Ireally 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 t o say it to them. I feel it’s too direct to tell them they shouldn’t behave that way. We Chinese people arealways saying that “one should save face for others.” What’s more, sometimes theyhelp 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 Ishould be the first one in turn, then maybe they will accept this idea. But if this doesnot 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. Y ou are allowed ten seconds to prepare the answer. When you hear a beep, begin to answer the question.1. Question: Wh at 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.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 t he 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 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.DPart A Reading AloudWhy are we here? Where do we come from? These are the most enduring of questions andit's an essential part of human nature to want to find the answers. But, in reality, our story extends far further back in time. Our story starts with the beginning of the universe. It began 13.7 billion years ago. And today, it’s filled with over 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. In this series, I want to tell that story. We are part of the universe, so its story is our story. This film is about the stuff that makes us and where it all came from.(108 words)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.我一次可以借几本书呢？Question: How many books can I borrow at one time?Answer: Twelve at one time if you are a student, and that includes CDs, DVDs and videos.2.我可以借多长时间呢？Question: How long can I keep the books?Answer: Well, you can have both fiction and reference books for four weeks, which isn't bad really.3.我如果还书晚了会怎么样？Question: What will happen if I return the books late?Answer: Like all libraries, there is a fine system in place. The minimum fine is 1.5 pounds but it can be much higher for some books, up to one pounds per week. We'll give you a guide with all the information when you join. You can always renew books by logging on to our website, if they are not required by anyone else.Now please get ready to answer five questions. Y ou are allowed ten seconds to prepare the answer. When you hear a beep, begin to answer the question.1. Question:Answer:2. Question:Answer:3. Question:Answer:4. Question:Answer:5. Question:Answer:Key:The Browns adopted a kangaroo ten years ago. They named her Lulu. Lulu liked following Mr. Brown around the farm. One day, a heavy broken branch happened to hit Mr. Brown and he was seriously injured. Lulu, who then was following him, began to bark continually. Mrs. Brown heard Lulu’s bark, and went to see what had happened. She sent Mr. Brown to hospital immediately. Mr. Brown was saved and he was very thankful to Lulu.EPart A Reading AloudThe history of gold is the history of the world. Since earliest times gold has been adored and treasured by man. A symbol of enduring value, gold has been used as a currency for centuries. In 1847 one man found gold in the bed of a Californian river. And so began the Californian Gold Rush. Men came in their thousands and the city that we now know as San Francisco was born. Today most of the world’s gold is found, not in rivers, but deep within the earth. Gold, now even more precious to man than ever.(97 words)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.你想在艺术学院学习什么专业？Question: What subject do you want to study at the arts campus?Answer:2.你在这一领域得过奖吗？Question: Have you won any races in this field?Answer:3.你是如何发展出对历史的兴趣的？Question: How do you develop an interest in history?Answer:Now please get ready to answer five questions. Y ou are allowed ten seconds to prepare the answer. When you hear a beep, begin to answer the question.1. Question:Answer:Next month.2. Question:Answer:Only one month.3. Question:Answer:Her teacher.4. Question:Answer:In the museum in New York.5. Question:Answer:History is like a mirror.Key:One day when the train Tom was taking slowed down at an under-developed place because of a sharp bend, he found an ordinary house alone standing beside it. He became interested in it, so he got off the train at the near station and managed to find the owner of the house. The owner of the house complained to Tom that he couldn’t bear the noise of the train and decided to sell it, but it’s difficult for him to find a buyer. Tom bought it at a low price, then he succeeded in persuading a big company to rent his house for advertising. The rent for three years was ten times the price of the house!。