高考英语听力全国卷.docx

1、高考英语听力全国卷1 Education in ChinaEducation in China today has been developing rapidly. / In many provinces, it is compulsory and free. / Most children start school at the age of six. / They attend 5 years of elementary school and 6 years of high school. / After graduation from high school, a student can

2、 start his higher education / in a two-year college, a four-year college, a university, or a specialized professional school. / Most colleges admit students on the basis of their entrance examination records. / The cost of a college education is not very high. / And the greater part of it is met by

3、their families, though students can get support from their college. / Many students receive scholarships from the school, / the government, or private foundations and organizations. / Though great progress has been made in China in the field of education, / there is still a comparatively large part

4、of the population / in the country who cannot read and write. Words & Expressions1 compulsory: sth must be done by a law or a rule. -op: optional 2 attend: to go to a place regularly 3 elementary: in or connected with the first stages of a course of study4 scholarship: an amount of money given to sb

5、 by an organization to help pay for their education5 comparatively: as compared to sth.2 Dreams Dreams are a product of the sleepers mind. / They include events and feelings that he has experienced. / Most dreams are related to events of the day before the dreams and the strong wishes of the dreamer

6、. / Many minor incidents of the hours before sleep appear in dreams. / Few events more than two days old turn up. / Deep wishes or fears, especially those held since childhood, often appear in dreams, and many dreams fulfill such wishes. / Events in the sleepers surroundings, a loud noise, for examp

7、le, may become part of a dream, but they do not cause dreams. / Some dreams involve deep feelings that a person may not realize he has. / Psychiatrists often use material from a patients dreams to help the person understand himself better. / Dreaming may help maintain good learning ability, memory,

8、and emotional adjustment. Words & Expressions1 minor: smaller, less important 2: incident: event, esp. one of less importance than others3: appear: come into view, become visible4 fulfill: perform or complete a task, duty, etc.5 emotional: of or relating to emotion 6 psychiatrist: the expert in the

9、field of psychology.3 Emotions According to psychologists, an emotion is aroused when a man or animal views something as either bad or good. When a person feels like running away from something he thinks will hurt him, we call this emotion fear. If the person wants to remove the danger by attacking

10、it, we call the emotion anger. The emotions of joy and love are aroused when we think something can help us. An emotion does not have to be created by something in the outside world. It can be created by a persons thoughts. Everyone has emotions, but many psychologists believe that infants are obre

11、without emotions. They believe children learn emotions just as they learn to read and write. A growing child not only learns his emotions but learns how to act in certain situations because of an emotions.Words & Expressions1 psychologist: student of or expert in psychology 2 emotion: excitement or

12、disturbance of the mind or the feelings3 remove: take sth /sb away from one place to another4 attack: make a violent attempt to hurt, overcome or defeat sb/sth5 arouse: cause to appear, awaken4 Re-employment of Laid-off WorkersThe issue of re-employment has emerged（出现） with large numbers of surplus

13、labourers having been laid off. There is no doubt that it would lead to endless trouble if the surplus were not reorganized properly. In order to maintain（获得） social stability and to secure peoples normal living standards(生活水平), it is essential（必要的） to work out solutions to the problem. Solving the

14、problem is a two-way operation as far as the government and workers are concerned. On the one hand, the government at all levels should try every possible means to create a wide range of employment options open to laid-off workers; on the other hand, these workers ought not to sit idle and wait for

15、opportunities to come. So long as they dont lose heart and constantly strive to better themselves, their futures will be bright.Words & Expressions1 re-employment: act of employing again2 surplus: amount left over after one has used all that one needs, amount by which money received is greater than

16、money spent/ 过剩的，多余的3 stability: quality or state of being stable/4 concern: be about sth; have as a subject5 constantly: continuously, frequentlyessentiallaid-offidle5 Describing People Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us recognize people? Even a skil

17、led writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different form another. Yet a very young child-even an animal, such as a pigeon- can learn to recognize faces. We all take this ability for granted. We also tell people apart by how they behave.When we talk about someones per

18、sonality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different form others. Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someones personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describ

19、e wha a “nice face ” looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a “nice person”, you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly and warm.Words & Expressions1 fingerprint: mark made by the tip of a finger on a surface

20、and used for identifying people, esp. criminals. 指纹2 recognize: know sb/sth again3 personality: characteristics and qualities of a person seen as a whole4 describe: say what sb/sth is like, depict sth in words5 considerate: careful not to hurt or inconvenience others, thoughtful6 Physical activityMo

21、st young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It might be walking, cycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It might be a game of some kind like football, hockey, golf or tennis, or it might be mountaineering. Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains a

22、re often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is probably caused by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure. If we compare mountaineer

23、ing and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team sport”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers. However, when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may

24、 depend, there is obviously teamwork.Words& Expressions1 mountaineering: climbing mountains 2 passion: strong feeling, of hatred, love or anger.3 astonishment: great surprise.4 leisure: time free from work or other duties; spare time5 compare: examine people or things to see how the are alike and ho

25、w they are different.7 The clever an NasreddinAn old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man: he quickly spent all the money, and soon he had nothing left. Of course, when this happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see

26、Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they have troubles. “My money is finished andmy friends have gone, ” said the young man. “What will happen to me now?” “Dont worry, young man, ” answered Nasreddin, “Everything will soon be all right again and you will soon feel

27、much happier.” The young man was very glad. “Am I going to get rich again then?” he asked Nasreddin. “No, I didnt mean that, ” said the old man. “I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.”Words& Expressions 1 foolish: lacking good sense or judgment; silly2 happen:

28、occur (by chance or otherwise); take place3 trouble: inconvenience; bother4 finish: come or bring to an end5 mean: convey sth; signify sth8 A man and his car A man was traveling abroad in a small red car. One day he left his car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly damaged. Some

29、boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them, but they took him to a circus which was near there. The owner of the elephant said, “I am very sorry! My elephant has a big, round, red chair. He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!” Then he gave the man

30、a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage. When the man got back to his own country, the customs officers would not believe his story. They said, “you sold your new car while you were abroad and bought this old one!” It was only when the man showed them th

31、e letter from the man at the circus that they believed him.Words & Expressions1 damage: cause damage to 2 circus: traveling company of entertainers, including acrobats, riders, clowns and performing animals3 show: cause sb/sth to be seen. Display sb/sth4 abroad: in or to a foreign country or countri

32、es; away from ones own country5 believe: feel sure of the truth of; accept the statement of sb as true.9 the sun a long time ago people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some countries people even said that the sun was a god. They thought the god drove across the sky each day on a golden house. Now we know the earth goes round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all the way round the sun. Today men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun. they tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a