2018年广东省高考英语听说考试真题 APart AThis is one of the greatest masterpieces of Chinese landscape painting. When westernersfirst discovered Chinese paintings like this one, they could not see their value. To understandpainting, you need to understand calligraphy. The character is not a picture of an object in thereal world, but a symbol for an idea. As Chinese characters are symbols for ideas, so elements in aChinese landscape, rocks, water, trees and mountains, became symbols of concepts. For theChinese, pictures painted with a brush are symbols that carry both the surface meaning andadditional hidden meanings. Chinese paintings are not just pretty pictures. They meansomething.Part B视频对话W: Good afternoon, Dr. Brown. We are very honored to have you with us today.M: Thanks for inviting me, Mary.W: We know that you have been studying sleep and health for many years.M: Yes, I started my research in 2010.W: I know that good sleep makes me feel better, but I am not so sure about the specific healthbenefits of good sleep.M: Well, recently I have published a book named Sleep and Health. According to my research,good sleep benefits our mind, weight, heart and more. Yet, few of us realize that. Now more andmore people, including young students, are having sleep problems.1. 学生是如何受到睡眠影响的How are students affected by sleep电脑回答For children between the ages of 10 and 16, if they haven’t got enough sleep, they aremore likely to have problems with attention and learning. College students who don’t get en sleep have worse grades than those who do. So don’t sacrifice sleep even if you are trying tomeet a deadline. Get a good sleep and you might get a good score.2. 睡眠好还有其他什么好处吗Is there any other benefit of good sleep电脑回答Well, good sleep also helps you have a healthy weight. If you are thinking about goingon a diet, you might need to plan an earlier bed time. People tend to feel more hungry and eatmore when they get less sleep. Researchers find that dieter who sleep well lose more fat thanthose don’t.3. 那意味着我们应该多睡觉吗Does that mean we should sleep more电脑回答Well, it depends. Too much or too little sleep is associated with a shorter lifespan. Butsleep surely affects the quality of life. If you sleep better, you will certainly live better. Itclear.1. When did Dr. Brown start his research on sleep and healthHe started it in 2010.2. What is the name of Dr. Brown’s bookSleep and Health.3. What is Dr. Brown’s suggestion for students who are trying to meet a deadlineDo not sacrifice sleep.4. Why do people need to plan an earlier bed time if they go on a dietPeople tend to feel more hungry and eat more when they get less sleep.5. What is associated with a shorter lifeToo much or too little sleep.PART C你将听到一段独白，独白播两遍。

听完独白后，用自己的话复述独白的内容。

梗概：Tom 担心妹妹缺粮过冬，偷偷送米给她，却发现妹妹也在做同样的事情。

关键词：worry(担心) add(添加) strange(奇怪的) hide(藏) same(同样的)The Rice Is BackTom and Mary were brother and sister. They lived in the same village. Tom had manychildren to feed and Mary also had a big family to raise. They worked very hard every day on theirfarms. They were poor but both lived a happy life. One year, there was little rain and the rice didnot grow well. They got the smallest harvest ever. At night, Tom could not sleep, worrying thatMary might not have enough food to survive the long winter. He got up and went to his farmhouse while he filled the bag with rice. Then he went to Mary’s house and secretly add the rice toher pile. Every night, when every one was asleep, Tom did the same thing. After two weeks, Tomnoticed something strange. His pile did not seem to be any smaller. He decided to find out whathad happened. One midnight, he hid himself in the farm house and waited. After a while, ashadow appeared. Tom was surprised to find it was Mary. She was coming in, carrying a bag ofrice. She had been doing the same thing, taking her rice and adding it to Tom ’s pile.2018年广东省高考英语听说考试真题BPart A Even though the polar bears can cope with the cold they just hate falling through the ice. Theypick their way very carefully indeed. He spreads his legs to distribute his weight and progressescarefully. But it ’s not enough. For a hunting bear, it doesn ’t get much worse than this. Thedisappearing ice is also troubling the family. The ice is now so thin. It only supports the weight ofthe lighter cubs, leaving the mother struggling. On the way, she taught her cub the survival skillsfor what could be an ice-free future. More than anything, the cub learnt that curiosity is the keyto survival.Part B三问部分：Question 1: What activities do you haveAnswer 1: Well, we have many activities such as learning to ask questions, reading books, writingreports, debating and so on. The most impressive part is asking questions. I stillremember the first time when I was there. I didn ’t even know what to ask. Tapescript:W: Hi, Tom. What ’s newM: Hi, Mary. I joined the school thinkers’ club.W: Thinkers’ club I ’ve never heard about that.M: Yeah, it ’s new. It got started this semester.W: So what do you guys do there Just sit together and think quietlyM: Huh …not really. It ’s more about learning to think. We talk a lot and have lots of funactivities.。