中考英语口语朗读部分专项练习(4)

　　套题16

　　What do you doat the weekend? Some people like to stay at home and rest. Others would like togo out for a walk. My friend Jack works very hard from Monday to Friday. Atweekends he always does the same things. On Saturdays he washes his car, and onSundays he takes his family to a village far from his house. His uncle and auntlive there, so Jack goes to see them every week. His uncle has a big farm butonly one worker to help him. Jack often asks his family to help them. Thechildren give food to the animals, Jack and his wife work in the fields. Afterthe long hard day of work, they are very tired and hungry. So Jack’s unclegives them a nice meal.

　　套题17　　Most people whowork 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 menbring their dogs to the office every day. My boss’s dog, Robinson, is big andbrown. 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 seesomething 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.

　　套题18

　　I am going totalk 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 withthree wheels.

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

　　套题19

　　My grandfatheroften 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 grandfatherand his friends played in the forest, they could hear birds sing. When theyswam in the river, they could see many fish. However, today, the air and waterare becoming dirtier. People are killing animals, and cutting down and burningtrees. Some animals and plants are now disappearing. Earth is in trouble. Iwant you to join us by helping protect our environment. We need to protectEarth because it is our home. We do not need to do big things ---- we can startout small. Do not throw any rubbish onto the ground. Do not waste water.

　　套题20

　　People work withdifferent 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 forthinking, their mouths for speaking, their eyes for reading and their ears forlistening.

　　A perfume makermust have a good sense of smell. A good sense of smell is also useful forworking with any kind of food. A cook working in a restaurant uses his or hernose all day. He or she must have a good sense of taste as well. Firemen needto have a good sense of smell. The best firemen can smell smoke very quicklyand because of this, a fireman with a good sense of smell will always be saferthan one without.