Computer-based English Listening and Speaking Test ofGuangdong VersionAPart 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 socks everywhere. Sometimes I find someone’s dirty so cks 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 to 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 I should 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: What 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.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 the 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 policecar 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.BPart 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.(103words)question. When you hear a beep, begin to ask the question.1. 我为什么不能与朋友们一起开车？Question：Why can’t I drive with my friends?Answer:Teenagers are not mature enough to drive carefully, especially when they are driving together. I mean, they speed, they ride for pleasure, they drive around town while aftermidnight. What is more, who really needs a car when a bike can work? I mean, life wasdifferent when I was your age. In fact, I used to go to school by bike.2. 我真的需要这些规则吗？Question: Do I really need these rules? / Are these rules necessary for me?Answer: Absolutely. Oh, where were we? Oh, yes, rule No. 2 –you must always wear your seat belt and obey the rules of the road. OK, rule No.3 –you can’t drive long distances atnight because you might get sleepy and drive off the road. And rule No.4 –youshould never use a mobile phone while driving – that could cause an accident.3. 这些规则有什么用处？Question: What are these rules for? / What’s the use of these rules?Answer: Oh, that’s rule No.5 –remember that I love you and I’m just a loving father who wants his daughter to always be safe and the best dad in the world.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: What news did you tell your father?Answer:I got my driving license.2. Question: Where did your mother say you could drive to?Answer:School.3. Question: How did your father go to school when he was young?Answer:By bike.4. Question: What’s the danger of driving long distances?Answer: Getting sleepy and driving off the road. / You might get sleepy and drive off the road.5. Question: Why has your father made so many rules?Answer: He loves me and wants me always to be safe.Key:When Tom was six years old, he suffered from a rare disease and was put in a hospital. Bored of watching TV there, he went on the Internet. He soon found a website that taught people how to cook. He found it extremely interesting, and found it kept his mind off everything. He fell in love with cooking. After he recovered, Tom tried his best to learn to cook at home. Most of his spare time was spent learning to cook. He’d try a recipe over andover until he got it right. Now, five years later, Tom is a famous cook and has his own cook book. He uses his skills to raise money for children suffering from the same disease he had. He’s raised over 100000 dollars so far. He says, “Children can do much more than watch TV –they can also learn to cook by themselves.”CPart 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.(93words)question. When you hear a beep, begin to ask the question.1. 这本书有什么问题?Question: What’s the problem of the book?Answer: Well, for one thing, the plot is hard to believe. For another, the characters are not like real people.2. 为什么你认为情节难以相信？Question: Why do you think the plot is hard to believe/ unbelievable?Answer: Here’s an example. The hero Jack joins the army and is sent to the battle against the rebels. He meets with his childhood friend who is then the leader of the rebels. Becauseof their old friendship the rebels easily give in.3. 报纸怎么评论这本书？Question: How do the newspapers comment on/upon this book?/ What are the newspapers’ comments on this book?Answer: Most of the newspapers say that this book is not as good as his other three books. And the writer may not win the award of Novel of the Year, which he won last year.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: Where did you go last Saturday?Answer: The biggest bookstore in town.2. Question: How did Doctor Brown get the book?Answer: He bought it online.3. Question: What does Doctor Brown say about the characters of the book?Answer: They are not like real people.4. Question: Who does the hero Jack meet with in the battle?Answer: His childhood friend.5. Question: What award did the writer win last year?Answer: The award of Novel of the Y ear.Tom woke up early because he wanted to try out for the school basketball team. He was looking forward to it, but was too nervous to eat breakfast. His mother told him to eat something anyway, because it would give him the energy he needed. Tom felt a bit sick, but ate some in the end. Before he went, his mother kissed him and wished him good luck.After Tom got to the basketball court, the coach asked the boys to run, catch, and throw balls. Tom lost the ball a few times, but he still thought he did quite well. Afterwards, Tomwas tired and began to walk away. But then a coach called his name. He asked Tom if he would like to join the school basketball team. Even though he was tired, Tom was extremely happy and excited. “That would be really great!” he shouted.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.(108words)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: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 sentMr. 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 usedas 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.(97words)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!。
