1、2019-2019广东省高考英语听说考试真题模仿朗读汇总2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题A The South Pacific Ocean is on the surface of it still a healthy ocean. We depend on it. Over 60% of the worlds fish catch comes from the Pacific. But like all oceans, it has little or no protection, so it may not stay healthy much longer. For the South
2、 Pacific, this is a critical time. Its changing in ways that. If left unchecked, could develop into a global crisis. Some of its residents have been through crisis before. And protecting the fish will ensure a healthy ocean for all the marine life of the Pacific. It will require international commit
3、ment and cooperation.2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题BTortoises, as heavy as four grown men. In their huge bodies they can store enough fat to go for a year without eating or drinking anything. To survive here, it seems you need to be a monster. Or is it just that you need to be different? Their rich at, their gi
4、ant size made tortoises perfect for the ships larder. In 200 years, over 200,000 were taken. On some islands tortoises were completely wiped out. But out of the tragedy came some good. As more people came to Galapagos, a clearer picture of the islands began to appear. Each got its own name.2019年广东省高
5、考英语听说考试真题C The Road tells us stories of cities, stories of wars, all passed on through travelers tales. The hardest part of the Silk Road journey was crossing the vast expanse of desert, called “The Sea of Death”. The Mogao Cave is an intersection between the edge of the Silk Road and starting point
6、 of the “Desert of Death”. The numerous stories of the Silk Road tale were hidden in the desert. The desert sand wind has two different sides, and the desert does not leave any traces. However, uncovering the Silk Roads stories is similar to counting the grains of sand in the desert.2019年广东省高考英语听说考试
7、真题D The desert leaves not a trace of what has been. Stories of people who passed through the Silk Road have become legendary. Two thousand years ago, how did people know that on the far side of an endless desert lay a world different from theirs? To travel the Silk Road containing two thousand years
8、 of history is a journey of many faces with hardships and danger around every corner. Endless desert spreads before us. After passing through this desert, what kind of land will we discover? A special record reports and eighth century Silk Road journey. The Silk Road is a path for those seeking Budd
9、hism.2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题E Navigating and surviving in this vast, remote wilderness, had proved almost impossible for this experienced sailors. And at times, even the ultimate ocean travelers need help. Natural harbours may be safe heavens for sailors, but for the migratory whales, they can be death t
10、raps. One whale is still alive. Left like this, he will die within days. But hes held fast. The only opinion left is to use nets. At last hes free. But hes not out of trouble yet. First, he must negotiate the rocky heads of the bay. His sensitive skin, never designed to touch rock, is badly lacerate
11、d. He is through and back into the safety of the endless blue.2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题A Natural 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
12、 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
13、 they fail, we go back to nature for the next magic cure. (98)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题BThe 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
14、, 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 f
15、orever sacred. (103 words)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题CMuch of my work here is to show people the diversity of the wildlife and to explain its biology. Its important to get to know sharks. With gray sharks there is tension. Theyll eat almost anything. You know, humans are much more dangerous to sharks than th
16、ey 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. Theyre a vital link in the chain of life. Like wolves they weed out the sick and the injured. (93 words)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题DWhy are we here? Where do we co
17、me from? These are the most enduring of questions and its 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, its filled with over
18、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)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题EThe history of gold is the hist
19、ory 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
20、 that we now know as San Francisco was born. Today most of the worlds gold is found, not in rivers, but deep within the earth. Gold, now even more precious to man than ever. (97 words)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题A In the heart of London sits one of Britains most recognisable buildings. Yet its story is one of
21、 the least understood. But what is now the site of a splendid palace was once open countryside. As royal residences go, Buckingham Palace is something of a newcomer. The state rooms are less than 200 years old. Yet its history is much older and more dramatic than you might think. Its rooms are fille
22、d with objects that are clues to the character of kings and queens past. And the art and architecture combine to make a statement about Britains place in the world.2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题B In 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to the American President. The letter wa
23、s about an application of Einsteins famous equation, E equals MC squared and his fear that the Nazis could use it to build an atomic bomb. E equals MC squared is the symbol of Einsteins genius. Its an equation that sums up one of the most powerful truths about the universe. It combines two ideas, wh
24、ich until Einstein came along, no one had ever dreamed could be connected in such a powerful way. The idea of mass, and the idea of energy. 2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题C Isaac Newton has always been a hero of mine, and probably every physicist youll ever meet. He wasnt an easy character. He arrived in Cambrid
25、ge in 1661 after a difficult childhood. His father had died before he was born and his mother had abandoned him at the age of three. But the young Newton showed his genius at an early age. He wondered what light might be made of and wanted to know how vision worked, and he was prepared to try anythi
26、ng to find out. One night in his darkened laboratory, he decided to experiment on his own eye. 100 2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题DThe most ambitious map in history is taking shape before our eyes. And scientists are heading for the edge. It may be the strangest map youll ever see. And its bigger than you can be
27、lieve. Its a map of the entire universe. Theyre even building pictures of the invisible. This is a map of everything we know. And its getting bigger every day. The universe is so big, we may never find the edge. Mapping the universe is a job for pioneers. Nick wants to put our entire galaxy on the m
28、ap. Hes on a single-handed mission, to photograph the Milky Way. (68”) 102words2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题EIllustratedbookssetouttoprovideafullerreadingexperience.Whatapictureaddstoastory,andwhatthewordsleaveout,iskey.Buthowexactlydoesthatrelationshipwork?Althoughtherewereillustratedbooksforadults,byfarthema
29、joritywereforchildren.OnestandsoutaboveallothersAliceinWonderland.Wordsandpicturescreatedahandshakeonthepagefargreaterthanthesumoftheparts.Andwhiletheaudienceisnowmostlyyoungchildren,thecombinationofartistandwriterisaliveandwell.Thebestillustratedbooksformaninseparable,timelessbondthatendurelongafte
30、rourchildhoods.(67”)106words2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题FEversinceIcanremember,Ivebeendrawntowildplaces.Iguessitsreallyhowmyinterestinbearsstarted.Tome,bears,morethananyothercreature,represent wilderness.Andmorethanthatwildnessitself.BrownbearsonceroamedacrossEuropeandNorthAmericabuttodaytheyrefoundinjustafew
31、smallpocketsofreallywildland.Alaskaisoneofthebearslaststrongholds.Inmostplaces,bearskeepahealthydistancefromeachotherbutthesebearshavesomehowlearnedtolivewithoneanother.Leftalone,ithasbecomeacityofbears.(67”)99words2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题AOne of the most extraordinary civilizations the world has known di
32、sappeared. Millions of people died, some were savagely murdered. Why it happened is a mystery. This is the story of one mans search for the truth. The Maya lived in what is today Southern Mexico and central America. They were deeply spiritual, worshipping dozens of gods of the sun and the moon, the
33、earth and wind, fire and rain. From the jungles and plains rose cities and towns, great centers of worship, of art and learning. The Mayas achievements were staggering. They developed their own writing, and mastered astronomy and mathematics. 2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题BWhat is nothing? Its an extremely, ext
34、remely difficult question to answer. Because if you think about it, wherever you look around you, there always seems to be something there. Things appear almost impossible to escape from. Even just trying to imagine true nothingness seems like an impossible task. But this is more than just a philoso
35、phical question. I have here a box. What, then, exists inside the space in the box? Is it really nothing? You might wonder why this matters. Its about reality at the very furthest reaches of human perception, a place where the deepest mysteries of the universe may be held.2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题C Chimpan
36、zees. As we move through the looking glass into their world, we are transformed. Their social life reflects ours, too. The tender affection they show for one another, their gestures and expressions all seem strangely familiar. And now we discover that chimps developed not only tools, but entire cult
37、ures which they pass on to their young. Even medicine seems within their grasp. Come with us on a voyage of discovery, a journey into our collective past. The invention and use of tools was supposed to set us apart from the other animals. Chimps make and use many tools.2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题E 150 years
38、ago, Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species”. And in that one great book, he asked the right question, and gave the right answer. Darwins explanation for life on earth was so seductive and so simple that it seems obvious today. And yet, Darwins explanation of how evolution works was ridd
39、led with holes. Its logical foundations were shaky. His evidence was weak. There was so much he did not, could not, know. Darwin trusted that future generations of scientists would complete his work, and prove the essential truth of his vision, and for 150 years that is what we have been doing.2019年
40、广东省高考英语听说考试真题A Today, Mars is a frozen world. The average temperature here is lower than at the Earths South Pole. But long ago, when water may have flowed here, it must have been warmer. We dont know why Mars turned so cold, but perhaps it could be made to change once again. Could future generation
41、s somehow transform Mars, into an Earth-like world where people could live? What would life be like on Mars? Perhaps we could build farms and cities. Or perhaps we will leave Mars as we found it. Those decisions will be made by our descendants.962019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题B In the 1960s, a group of researche
42、rs came here to study dolphins. Inspired by new discoveries about the animal mind, the researchers believed they could, for the first time, communicate with another species, by teaching dolphins to speak. And so, Margarets extraordinary experiment began. Over the coming months, she would live with P
43、eter in the Dolphin House almost full-time. Margaret would immerse him completely in her world to try to teach him English, like a mother teaching a child to speak. After months of living with Peter, the experiment was over. It was time for Margaret to say goodbye.992019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题C 60 years ago,
44、 India threw off the chains of the British Empire, and became a free nation. As the brief heyday of the West draws to a close, one of the greatest players in history is rising again. India has seen the ebb and flow of huge events since the beginning of history. In the tale of life on Earth, the huma
45、n story is brief. A few hundred generations cover humanitys attempts to create order, beauty and happiness on the face of the earth. Only India has preserved the unbroken thread of the human story that binds us all.992019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题D Two out of three of us now feed wild birds in our gardens, spen
46、ding over 150 million pounds a year in the process. Yet a century ago, most of us did not even have gardens. We took little interest in the welfare of our feathered neighbors, and were more likely to eat a blackbird than feed it. And the very concept of garden birds was meaningless. The term hadnt e
47、ven been invented. Garden birds are creatures of our making. And by watching and feeding them, weve come to know them intimately. And weve drawn them deeper into our lives than any other group of birds. 1052019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题E M: The winds that bring the rain move in a north-south cycle up and down t
48、he continent. The wet seasons bring downpours, but not to everywhere at once. These isolated rains mean that some animals have to run for thousands of miles in search of freshly grown grass. Grass, unlike other plants, grows from its roots instead of the tip. It means it can be almost constantly cro
49、pped a never-ending supply of food. And as grass makes up over 50% of an elephants diet, its in their own interests to clear the trees and maintain space for grass to grow. 992019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题F Out of all of Britains cities, theres one that stands alone, London. But how London came to look the way
50、it does can also be seen from above. Because 60 years ago, the Royal Air Force photographed the whole of London from end to end, and left us a unique record of a city torn apart by war. Now exactly the same process is being repeated. And by directly comparing London then with London now, we can tell
51、 the story of the greatest transformation in the citys history. Its a transformation that continues faster now than at any time since the war. 1022019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题A The modern city is a new kind of nature, man-made nature. It reflects back an image of ourselves through the things we have designed.
52、But for the designer, the world is not enough. Plans for a new, improved version are always on the drawing board. At the Home Exhibition in London, people come and go, dreaming about new labor-saving devices, new possibilities, new designs for living. Not everything here is a design classic, but eve
53、rything here has been designed to meet a need, fulfill a desire, or simply to raise a cheer at the breakfast table. (61”)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题BAlmostelevenkilometersdeep,thePacificisthedeepestbodyofwaterontheplanet.Butsometimes,theseabedshootstothesurface.Thecreationofanewisland.ThisisKavachi,oneofthem
54、ostactiveunderseavolcanoesintheworld.Powerfulwaveskeepsweepingitseffortsaway.Today,only1%ofthisvastoceanisland,andmuchofitowesitsexistencetothepowersofvolcanoeslikeKavachi.Thenever-endingriseandfalloflandinthePacificwillcontinuetoproducestrangeandwonderfulworlds.Thenaturalforcethatcreatedlandhereint
55、hefirstplace,theoceanvolcano.(66”)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题CIbetyoucantguesswhatthisis.Itlooksstrange.Itcouldbeapieceofartor,perhaps,adeadtreethatsfallenover,butthisusedtobeunderground.Itmightbehardtoimagine,butthisusedtobearabbitshome,awarren.Andthesearetunnelsandroomswhichwecallchambers.Wepouredconcretei
56、ntoanoldwarren.Thenwewaiteduntiltheconcretewenthardandthenwedugaroundthesoilsowecouldseetheshapeofthewarren.Sowhatyourelookingatnowisawarren fromtheoutside.Anditsamazing.(57”)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题DBesidemanyatropicalriver,therehangsthebiggestofallseedpods,theseabean. Thesehugecontainershouseoneofthemos
57、tsuccessfulofallvegetabletravelers.Onebyone,theseabeansstartontheirvoyages.ThisoneissettingoffdownasmallriverinAfrica.Afterafewmiles,even,perhaps,afewhundredmiles,theseedarrivesat themouthofitsriver.Itcanvoyagethroughgroupsofislandsandoutintotheopen seatoridethegreatoceancurrentsforasmuchasayearands
58、tillremainalive.(57”)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题EEversinceIwasachild,foodismeanttheworldtome.Iopenedmyfirstrestaurantattheageoftwenty.NowImbetterknownforwritingcookbooks.Forme,nothingbeatscookingathome.Itsmyrealinspiration,andIwanttosharemyloveofitwithyou.Imgoingtoshowyoufiverecipesagoodcookwouldbeproudof.Me
59、alsyoucouldmakeinyourownkitchen.Lovelyhome-madedishesthatwouldimpressyourfamilyandfriends.Followmyleadandyoullbeabletocooksomeexceptionallygoodfood.(54”)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题A By 1850, almost all of New Englands forest had been chopped down, and much of this was turned to farmland, surrounded by stone
60、walls. But then everything changed, as richer farmland and gold were discovered in the west. And many of the settlers chased their fortunes elsewhere. Towns like Livermore disappeared as quickly as they had been formed. Slowly, the trees of New England grew around the ruins and reclaimed the land. T
61、his new forest was very different. By chopping down the old-growth trees, people had given fast-growing maples and oaks a chance to claim the land. They grew back in greater numbers than ever before. (66”)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题BAging is happening to us all of the time. Our own family is often our best g
62、uide to what it will mean. When we imagine our older age, a lot of us look at our parents. We know weve inherited their genes and suspect that whats happening to them now may well be what happens to us in the future. And thats something were likely to have mixed feelings about. Because we inherit ou
63、r parents genes, we might also be vulnerable to some of the same illnesses. Our skin cells simply cant replace themselves as well as they did. Even if you have spectacular genes, eventually well start to look older. (68”)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题CAt the time Hawking was working on black holes, hed achieved
64、 amazing insights into the workings of these objects. Black holes are the most terrifying places in the universe. Created when a giant star dies, at their dark hearts is a point of infinite gravity. So powerful, nothing can escape it, not even light. Black holes, instead of lasting forever, as every
65、one thought, eventually disappear, leaving no trace of anything, including information. Every black hole has a boundary. Its the point of no return. If anything passes the boundary, it takes its information with it. (61”)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题D When do we first become aware of ourselves? To address that
66、 very question, watch a well-established experiment known as the mirror test. First up is 16-month-old Owen. If Owen knows who he is, he should notice the mark and know it is on his cheek. Next its the turn of Bethan. Her mum puts the mark on her face as instructed. Time and time again this test dem
67、onstrates that its between the ages of 18 and 24 months that we become self-aware. It is this that distinguishes us from other animals and gives us a unique relationship with the world. (65”)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题E As the weather warms, water courses through every tree and it picks up sugar stored in th
68、e wood. This liquid energy is the life force of the entire forest. The spring sunshine warms the land and the sugar surges faster, fuelling the growth of nutrient-rich buds. These tiny packages contain everything needed to build a leaf. But from this point on, the buds race to open before they can b
69、e attacked. Gradually the first flush of green spreads across the forest. But it will be a few weeks before the leaves are fully expanded and they will need a constant supply of sugary sap from under the bark. (65”)2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题AThis is one of the greatest masterpieces of Chinese landscape pain
70、ting. When westerners first discovered Chinese paintings like this one, they could not see their value. To understand painting, you need to understand calligraphy. The character is not a picture of an object in the real world, but a symbol for an idea. As Chinese characters are symbols for ideas, so
71、 elements in a Chinese landscape, rocks, water, trees and mountains, became symbols of concepts. For the Chinese, pictures painted with a brush are symbols that carry both the surface meaning and additional hidden meanings. Chinese paintings are not just pretty pictures. They mean something.（105）201
72、9年广东省高考英语听说考试真题BEven though polar bears can cope with the cold, they just hate falling through the ice. They pick their way very carefully indeed. He spreads his legs to distribute his weight and progresses carefully. But its not enough. For a hunting bear, it doesnt get much worse than this. The di
73、sappearing ice is also troubling the family. The ice is now so thin. It only supports the weight of the lighter cubs, leaving the mother struggling. On the way, she taught her cub the survival skills for what could be an ice-free future. More than anything, the cub learnt that curiosity is the key t
74、o survival.（110）2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题CFor thousands of years, human beings have been fascinated by whales. It is uncertain when, how or why the ancestors of the whale gradually moved into a purely aquatic environment. Freed from the gravity of the land, the whales evolved to become the true ocean being
75、s of the planet. For most of our shared history, our relationship with the whales has been a distant one. If a memory remains behind the eyes of these gentle creatures, it is rarely if ever shown. Rather our first furtive attempts to enter the whales domain seem greeted with curiosity and a longing
76、for communication and understanding.（105）2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题DThe wind has had some of its most dramatic effects on human history when it interacts with the energy of the oceans. Its an interaction that can have major long term consequences. But it can also bring short term disaster. The sea acts as a
77、 main store of the suns heat. Theres more energy in the top 3 meters of the ocean than the whole of the atmosphere. By pumping this energy into the air, the ocean is constantly influencing the wind. A principle that is demonstrated each year: the hotter the ocean, the faster the air above rises.（105
78、）2019年广东省高考英语听说考试真题E The consumer revolution created both a huge opportunity and a problem for manufacturers. The potential to increase trade was there. But at the beginning of the 18th century, the difficulty of getting raw materials to their workshops, and the finished products to the market was o
79、bvious. From 1706, the length of roads increased from 3 hundred miles to 15 thousand miles just 70 years later. And they didnt only connect big cities, they also created a trading network between small towns, increasing the movement of goods and ideas around the country. As the roads improved in Britain, so journey times decreased.（105）
