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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 manydifferent kinds of tea. Mostly, we have green tea, black tea, oolong tea andwhite tea. There are also many different kinds of flower tea.
Most people know the story about Dragon Well green tea. This tea comes fromthe 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 thefarmers were very worried. Them a man found a dragon in a well. He asked thedragon to get out of the well. As soon as the dragon came out, it began to rainandthe crops were saved. People now call the tea from the area, “Dragon Welltea.”
练习二：
Yesterday, from around 11 a.m.until 7 p.m. all the electricity was off inGarden City. The lights went out.The buses and the underground stopped. It wasSaturday. Many people were athome, in the street, or in shopping malls. Manyother people were travelling by bus or by underground. When it happened, peopledid not care about it at first.However, soon people became worried. People athome and in shopping malls came out onto the streets. The streets became moreand more crowded. People on busesgot off, and people in the underground began tophone 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 onlylight in the city came from 
the cars.
练习三：
The first Olympic Games happened thousands of years ago in Greece.Peoplestarted the Olympic Games to show respect to the gods. They would prayto theirgods in the morning and then have the games in the afternoon. Thefirst OlympicGames only lasted for one day! In modern times, the Olympic Gameslast for twoweeks.
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 OlympicGames 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,soshe made herself look like a soldier and entered the stadium.Unfortunately,Helen was found inside the stadium. Rodus won the competition, buthis mother was punished.
练习四：
I have a friend.His mane is Henry Day, but everyone calls him Happy. Happytravels widely. When he comes to a new place, he opens a pet shop and beginsselling African GhostFish.
According to Happy, these are the world’s only invisible fish, and theyneedno food. Once a year, the female Ghost Fish lays eggs. Then, while everything isquiet, she becomes visible. But, in no time, she’s the mostbeautiful creaturealive.
After Happy tells his customers this story,his fish tanks sell veryquickly. When Happy sells out of fish tanks, heusually leaves for another town.He has rarely received a complaint since hebegan the business. In fact, manypeople 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 leavingschool, he sold newspapers and delivered letters. At the same time, he studiedart at night. Finally, he got ajob drawing cartoons for films. Sometimes a mousesat on Walt’s desk when he was at work. He drew the mouse and put it in acartoon. This became Disney’smost famous cartoon character ---- Mickey Mouse.Mickey soon became a star and Disney became rich and famous.
