江苏省高中英语口语等级测试纲要.docVIP

2016年江苏省高中英语口语等级测试纲要 第一部分 朗读短文并回答问题 用正确的语音语调朗读下面的短文并回答问题。 1 “Depend on yourself.” is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you. Still others can help you. But all these people only help you to help yourself. There have been many great men in history. But many of them were very poor in childhood, and had no uncles, aunts, or friends to help them. Schools were few and of poor quality. They could not depend on them for an education. They saw how it was, and set about working with all their strength to learn something. They worked their own way up to fame. One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils, “I cannot make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves.” Some young men have no ambition to do anything, and they are to be pitied. They can never succeed unless they see their foolishness, and change their courses. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live, unless they accept the advice of parents and teachers, and depend upon their own honest and serious efforts. 2 In many parts of the world，university students work during the summer vacation. They need money, and they can get some working experience. Traditionally, they get jobs as servers, cashiers, and lifeguards at swimming pools. These days, however, more and more students are working at dotcoms. Dotcoms are Internet-based companies which offer goods and services online. The pay is usually much better than that at the traditional summer jobs. There are other advantages besides the pay. In addition to providing good experience, the work is also enjoyable. On top of this, their co-workers treat them with respect. Dotcoms are new and need new ways of thinking. Imagination and enterprise are more important than formal qualifications. So some students are even leaving school to start their own dotcoms. 3 Dear Mr Zhu I am writing to your magazine’s “Teenagers Now” column to ask for some help with my 16-year-old son. At the mo