最新合肥中考英语口语练习题共十套

2013年合肥中考口语考试暂不计入总分，但作为平行志愿多重排序的一个组成部分，供普通高中录取时参考。考试一年考两次，取考生其中较高一次的成绩计入中考总分。据了解，2013年主要考察阅读和短对话。

练习一：

Tea is one ofthe most important and popular drinks in China. There are many different kinds of tea. Mostly, we have green tea, black tea, oolong tea and white tea. There are also many different kinds of flower tea.

Most people know 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 the farmers were very worried. Them a man found a dragon in a well. He asked the dragon to 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.”

练习二：

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 by bus 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 came out 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 worried and impatient. The sun set, and the only light in the city came from the cars.

练习三：

The first Olympic Games happened thousands of years ago in Greece.People started the Olympic Games to show respect to the gods. They would prayto their gods in the morning and then have the games in the afternoon. Thefirst Olympic Games only lasted for one day! In modern times, the Olympic Gameslast for two weeks.

Thousands of years ago, married women could not watch the games.Otherwise, they would be punished! Here is a story about a woman at the ancient Olympic Games in Greece. Her name was Helen. Helen’s son Rodus took part in the competition of running in the Olympic Games. Helen wanted to watch Rodus run,so she made herself look like a soldier and entered the stadium. Unfortunately,Helen was found inside the stadium. Rodus won the competition, but his mother was punished.

练习四：

I have a friend.His mane is Henry Day, but everyone calls him Happy. Happy travels widely. When he comes to a new place, he opens a pet shop and begins selling African GhostFish.

According to Happy, these are the world’s only invisible fish, and theyneed no food. Once a year, the female Ghost Fish lays eggs. Then, while everything is quiet, she becomes visible. But, in no time, she’s the mostbeautiful creature alive.

After Happy tells his customers this story,his fish tanks sell very quickly. When Happy sells out of fish tanks, heusually leaves for another town. He has rarely received a complaint since hebegan the business. In fact, many people take pleasure in looking at theirinvisible fish with their friends.

练习五：

Disneyland is a famous park in the USA. Its founder was Walt Disney (1901—1996). He is famous for his cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and SnowWhite. Disney was born in the USA. After leaving school, he sold newspapers and delivered letters. At the same time, he studied art at night. Finally, he got ajob drawing cartoons for films. Sometimes a mouse sat on Walt’s desk when he was at work. He drew the mouse and put it in a cartoon. This became Disney’smost famous cartoon character ---- Mickey Mouse. Mickey soon became a star and Disney became rich and famous.

Disneyland opened in many places, such as inJapan and Hong Kong. Not only young people but also the old go to Disneyland for fun.

练习六：

For thousands of years, people used different ways to measure things.Some people measured things using the size of their king's foot or hand. When the king died, they used the new king's foot, and so on. This wasn't a good way to measure things.

People all over the world used the sun and the moon to measure time. However, they all had different numbers of days in aweek and different numbers of hours in a day. In 1584, one of the scientists started to think about a set of measures which used the number ten, but no onewas interested in his ideas. About two hundred years later, many scientists decided to use metres to measure length and they worked out how long a metre should be.

练习七：

Most people who work in the office have a boss. So do I. But my boss is a little unusual.What’s unusual about him? It’s a big dog. Many people have dogs, but few men bring their dogs to the office every day. My boss’s dog, Robinson, is big and brown. My boss brings him to work every day. He takes the dog to meetings andhe takes the dog to lunch. When there is telephone call for my boss, I alwaysknow whether he is in the office or not. I only look under his desk. If I see something brown and hairy under it, I know my boss is somewhere in the office.If there is no dog, I know my boss is out.

练习八：

I am going to talk about Bangkok, Thailand. There are many interesting places to visit, butfirst I want to tell you about the traffic problem.

The streets are very crowded in Bangkok, so itcan take a long time to get from place to place. It used to take me more thantwo hours to get to school by bus! I often slept on my way there! If you wantto get somewhere on time in Bangkok, you must leave early. Lots of people taketuk-tuks to get through the traffic quickly. Tuk-tuks are like little cars with three wheels.

Bangkok is next to a big river. It is interesting to visit the Floating Market on the river. At the market, people sell lots of fresh fruit and vegetables from their boats.

练习九：

My grandfather often tells me many interesting stories about his childhood. At that time, thesky was blue, the air was fresh and the water was clean. When my grandfather and his friends played in the forest, they could hear birds sing. When they swam in the river, they could see many fish. However, today, the air and water are becoming dirtier. People are killing animals, and cutting down and burning trees. Some animals and plants are now disappearing. Earth is in trouble. I want you to join us by helping protect our environment. We need to protect Earth because it is our home. We do not need to do big things ---- we can start out small. Do not throw any rubbish onto the ground. Do not waste water.

练习十：

People work with different parts of their bodies. A construction worker mostly uses his hands.An athlete mostly uses his or her arms and legs. Teachers use their brains for thinking, their mouths for speaking, their eyes for reading and their ears for listening.

A perfume maker must have a good sense of smell. A good sense of smell is also useful for working with any kind of food. A cook working in a restaurant uses his or her nose all day. He or she must have a good sense of taste as well. Firemen need to have a good sense of smell. The best firemen can smell smoke very quickly and because of this, a fireman with a good sense of smell will always be safer than one without.