2018广东高考英语听说A试题及其参考答案

Part A Reading Aloud

This is one of the greatest masterpieces of Chinese landscape painting. 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 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.

Part B Role Play

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 health benefits 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 and more people including young students are having sleep problems.

三问部分

1、学生是如何受到睡眠影响的？

（回答：For children between the ages of 10 and 16, if they haven’t got enough sleep, they are more likely to have problems with attention and learning. College students who don’t get enough sleep have worse grades than those who do. So don’t sacrifice sleep even if you are trying to meet a deadline. Get a good sleep and you might get a better score. ）

2、睡眠好还有其他什么好处吗？

（回答：Well,good sleep also helps you have a healthy weight. If you are thinking about going on a diet, you might need a plan and earlier bedtime. People tend to feel more hungry and eat more when they get less sleep. Researchers find that dieters who sleep well lose more fat than those who don’t. ）

3、那意味着我们应该多睡觉吗？

（回答：Well,it depends. Too much or too little sleep is associated with a shorter lifespan but sleep surely affects the quality of life. If you sleep better, you will certainly live better. It’s pretty clear. ）

五答：

1. When did Dr. Brown start his research on sleep and health? 

2. What is the name of Dr. Brown’s book? 

3. What is Dr. Brown’s suggestion for students who are trying to meet a deadline? 

4. Why do people need to plan an earlier bedtime if they go on a diet? 

5. What is associated with a shorter life? 

Part C Retelling

故事复述 本题24分

The Rice is Back

Tom and Mary were brother and sister. They lived in the same village. Tom had many children to feed and Mary also had a big family to raise. They worked very hard every day on their farms. They were poor but both lived a happy life. One year, there was little rain, and the rice did not grow well. They got the smallest harvest ever. At night, Tom could not sleep worrying that Mary might not have enough food to survive the long winter. He got up and went to his farm house where he filled the bag with rice. Then, he went to Mary’s house and secretly added the rice to her pile. Every night when everyone was asleep, Tom did the same thing. After two weeks, Tom noticed something strange. His pile did not seem to be any smaller. He decided to find out what had happened. One midnight, he hid himself in the farm house and waited. After a while, a shadow appeared. Tom was surprised to find it was Mary. She was coming in carrying a bag of rice. She had been doing the same thing, taking her rice and adding it to Tom’s pile.