初中生中考英语口语朗读练习题

题一

Not so many years ago, you hardly ever sawcomputers. Now they seem to be everywhere. There are also many hidden “computers” in your home, but youmight be unaware of them. For example, there may be one inside your TV set,telephone or washing machine. You are more dependent on computers than youknow.

Computers are probably the best calculators in the world. They arefaster at calculating than people, and they rarely give wrong answers. They canalso type, print and draw things like diagrams and graphs. They can teach youmany things and also play games with you. More importantly, they can operaterailways and fly planes and spaceships. For these reasons, we sometimes callthem “electronic brains”。

题二

Thesoldier rushed down the stairs. “Captain, they’ve gone”， he cried. “All of them…” Before the soldier could finish, the captain of the guards quickly ran upthe nds later, the captain stood on the high wall of the city ofTroy, and looked down at the empty plain. “The Greeks have tried for ten yearsto capture our city. Now they’ve gone and we’ve won!” he said. “But they’veleft their huge wooden horse outside the main gates,” the soldier said.“Well,it was too big for them to take with them. Pull it into the city now. It’s onwheels,” the captain ordered.“But why is it on wheels?” the soldier asked.“Maybe the Greeks want us to…”The captain interrupted him, “You’re a have to obey orders. Move that horse, now!” The Trojans dragged it into thecity with ropes.

题三

The first Olympic Games happened thousands of years ago in le 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 rwise, they would be punished! Here is a story about a woman at the ancientOlympic Games in Greece. Her name was Helen. Helen’s son Rodus took part in thecompetition 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 motherwas punished.