2009年江苏省高中英语口语等级测试纲要(4)

recommend that people set strict limits on their time for Internet use. You have to control it. The Internet shouldn‘t control you. 生词：1.addiction上瘾 2. addict上瘾者 3.alcoholism酒;酒精中毒 4.cyberspace网络空间 Questions:

(1) What is Internet addiction?

(2) How much time do Internet addicts spend online every week? (3) What did the missing student do?

(4) Who do some researchers worry particularly about? Why? (5) How can people cure Internet addiction?

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Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating animals and plans from the sea. To prove he was right he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean without any food or water with him.

Every day Dr Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.

He travelled from one side of Atlantic Ocean to the other in 65days. He lost 20kilos but he showed that people can live on sea water and the animals and plants in the sea. Question;

(1) What do most people believe about sea water? (2) What did Dr Bombard think about it?

(3) What did he do to prove that he was right? (4) How did he live on the sea?

(5) What was the result of his experiment?

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I am an American student and I want to tell you about some of the things America is famous for. I think these are all important parts of American popular culture.

Firstly, America makes lots of amazing films. Films are very popular in America. When a new film is released at the cinema, lots of people go and watch it. Many America actors are world famous. Lots of them have huge houses in a place called Hollywood.

Fast food is very popular in America. In a fast food restaurant, you can buy chicken and beef burgers, chips and soft drinks as well as other things. It is great because once you have ordered your food you only have to wait a couple of minutes for your meal to be ready. I think fast food is delicious, but try not to eat it too often because it is unhealthy.

My favourite sport is basketball. All my friends like watching it, and many students in America support a team in the NBA. Because I live Chicago, I support the Chicago Bulls. My favourite player is Michael Jordan. He is very famous and earns a lot of money, but he does not play any more because he is retired. Questions:

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(1) What does the student think of the thing he wants to talk about? (2) What is said about many America actors?

(3) Why does the student say fast food is so popular?

(4) What suggestion does the student give us about fast food? (5) What do we learn about many students in America?

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Tom was on a bus when it happened. He was travelling along when suddenly there was a loud crash. The bus driver had fallen asleep while he was driving, and had driven into a huge building. Everything went black. All Tom could remember was being in great pain.

He woke up three days later, with a bad headache. It was then that he realized that he had only one arm. During the accident a sharp piece of metal had cut off his arm. That is why he so much pain.

At first he found it difficult to adjust to life without one of his arms. He had to learn to do many things with just one arm instead of two. However, after some time he got used to it and began to be motivated to do many things again.

Nowadays，he is back at work and has started running every day. He enjoys running because it keeps him fit and healthy. Also he is very fast, and it doesn‘t matter that he has only one arm. It has been hard to adjust to life after the accident, but now he is as happy as he has ever been. Questions:

(1) Why did the bus crash?

(2) When did Tom wake up and what did he realize?

(3) What directly lead to the loss of his arm during the accident? (4) How was his life like shortly after the accident happened? (5) Why does he enjoy running nowadays?

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A pyramid is a very large structure with four sides. Each side is shaped like a triangle, and the four sides meet to form a single point on top.

Pyramids were built in many parts of the world, but the most famous were located in Egypt. More than four thousand years ago, an Egyptian king named Zoser had the first pyramid built. It was a burial tomb for himself when he died.

The later kings had other pyramids built. Every king wanted his tomb to be the best. But Khufu outdid them all. He had the largest pyramid built. It is the Great Pyramid. The Great Pyramid is over 450 feet high today, and it was once higher. Each of the sides of the pyramid is 755 feet long. It takes about twenty minutes to walk all the way around the pyramid. To build the Great Pyramid, 100,000 men worked for twenty years.

生词：1. triangle n.三角形 2. Zoser (人名) 宙瑟 3. Khufu （人名）胡夫 Questions:

(1) What does a pyramid look like? (2) Were pyramids built only in Egypt? (3) Who had the first pyramid built? (4) How large is the Great Pyramid?

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(5) How many people and how long did it take to build the Great Pyramid?

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What is the most fun you can have in 21 hours and 23 minutes? On 15th October 2003, Yang Liwei answered this question. His journey into space took him 600,000 kilometers into orbit, around the earth 14 times, in just over 21 hours. It made him China‘s first astronaut and the 241st person in space. He had worked towards this achievement for many years.

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