2012年北京市高考口试.ppt

1 What kind of job did the writer have? 2 what was wrong with the writer’s mother? 3 why did the president of the company call the writer into his office? 4 how did the writer feel about the president’s words? 5 what qualities of the president deeply touched the writer? **When was the most stressed time in your life? Did you learn anything from that experience? 口试包括以下三项内容： 朗读下面短文中五星号间的段落。 阅读全文，用英语回答主考教师关于短文内容的提问。回答问题时不能看原文。 就文章后带星号的话题进行口头作文，要求不得少于十句话。 * There was a story of a farmer who owned an old mule. One day the mule fell into the farmer’s well. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together, told them what had happened, and asked them to help shovel dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his suffering.* At first the mule was very frightened! But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back, a thought struck him. He found that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back, he could shave it off and step up! This he did, blow after blow, “Shake it off and step up --- shake it off and step up --- shake it off and step up!” he repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows, or how upsetting the situation seemed, the old mule fought panic and just kept right on shaking it off and stepping up! It wasn’t long before the old mule, extremely worn out, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well! What seemed like would bury him actually helped him --- all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity. what happened to the mule in the beginning of the story? what did the farmer decide to do? How did the mule feel at first? What did the mule do to save himself? 5 What happened in the end? And what lessons can we learn from the story? **Have you ever had any difficulties in your life? How did you deal with them? 口试包括以下三项内容： 朗读下面短文中五星号间的段落。 阅读全文，用英语回答主考教师关于短文内