广东省高考英语听说模拟考试试题78(D)

广东省高考英语听说模拟考试试题78

Part A Reading Aloud

How natural is the natural world? The story of how a particular view of the wild came to shape Africa. The only problem is, the more we look, the more we find this view to be at odds with the bigger picture. Because of a quirk of nature, grasses and trees have a different way of turning sunlight into food. When they die, they leave slightly different forms of carbon in the earth. And the main force behind these cycles is the climate. As geological time gave way to historical time, the human influence over the environment moved into a new phase.

Part B Role Play

情景介绍：

角色：你是学生。

任务：（1）与同学Tom谈论导盲犬的问题；

（2）根据谈话内容回答另一同学的提问。

生词： tag 标签

W: Hi Tom. Did you know that a cat was found in our dormitory building? M: Was it? Where did it come from?

W: I have no idea. She doesn’t have a name tag on her.

M: Do you think that I can keep her?

W: I’m afraid not. We are not allowed to keep pets in college. Maybe we should send her to the animal protection organization where she can be taken good care of. M: You are right, but I do miss my dogs back home.

W: Oh, so you keep pets at home?

M: Not really. In fact, my family raises dogs for helping the blind, and we have really good experience with dogs.

W: M: Actually, about forty years ago, my grandfather started the whole thing to help his blind neighbor. Gradually the whole family joined him and began to train dogs for the blind.

W:

M: Well, it’s a long process. We get the dogs when they’re very young and then we teach them some basic things like “sit”, “come” and so on. When they’re about two years old, they go on a different training course. They are taught more professional skills for helping the blind.

W: M: Hmm...Over the last five years, we’ve trained fifteen dogs. They were sent to different families, yet we seldom see them. But one of them happens to live nearby,