【中考英语口语】口语朗读部分专项练习(6)
套题22
Daisy wasbrushing her teeth and the tap was on. Water was pouring into the sink. “Turnthat tap off,” a voice said loudly. Daisy froze. She looked around, but saw noone. “You’re wasting water,” the voice sounded angry. Daisy obeyed. “Who … whoare you?” Daisy asked. “I am water. It’s not easy for me to get here.Twenty-four days ago, I was in a cloud in Yunnan. Then the cloud dropped meinto a stream and I flowed quickly down the mountain into the Pear River.Theriver carried me to a reservoir. I relaxed there for a few days. Then peoplecleaned me up in a water treatment works. Then I travelled in the pipes underthe streets. I waited there until you called me.”
套题23
In China,people use chopsticks to eat with. They have eaten this way for thousands ofyears, but I found chopsticks very difficult to use. Chinese cooks usually cutthe food into small pieces, and put each dish on a different plate. At dinner,everyone sits at a round table. The hostess puts the dishes of food in themiddle of the table, and everyone helps themselves with chopsticks or spoons.
In the UK,people usually use a knife and fork. For a family dinner, the mother or fatherwill put the food in the middle of the table. Everyone passes the food around.As they pass the food, they take some and put it on their plates. They use tierknife to cut the food, and their fork to eat it.
套题24
Tea is one ofthe most important and popular drinks in China. There are many different kindsof tea. Mostly, we have green tea, black tea, oolong tea and white tea. Thereare also many different kinds of flower tea.
Most peopleknow the story about Dragon Well green tea. This tea comes from the Chinesevillage of Dragon Well, not far from Hangzhou. Nearly 2000 years ago, thevillage had many months with no rain. All of the crops were dying, and thefarmers were very worried. Them a man found a dragon in a well. He asked the dragonto get out of the well. As soon as the dragon came out, it began to rain andthe crops were saved. People now call the tea from the area, “Dragon Well tea.”
套题25
Yesterday,from around 11 a.m.until 7 p.m. all the electricity was off in Garden City. The lights went out.The buses and the underground stopped. It was Saturday. Many people were athome, in the street, or in shopping malls. Many other people were travelling bybus or by underground. When it happened, people did not care about it at first.However, soon people became worried. People at home and in shopping malls cameout onto the streets. The streets became more and more crowded. People on busesgot off, and people in the underground began to phone their family and friends.The electricity still did not come back on. People became more and more worriedand impatient. The sun set, and the only light in the city came from the cars.
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