托福IBT考试2014年真题7及答案解析.doc

1、托福 IBT考试 2014年真题 7及答案解析(总分：120.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSPEAKING/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BSpeaking Questi(总题数：1，分数：20.00)1.Describe the steps through which you once learned a new subject, and explain how you learned it. Please include details and examples in your response. （分数：20.00）_三、BSpeaking Questi(总题数：1，分数：2

2、0.00)2.Some people prefer to read or watch news every day. Other people prefer to read or watch news occasionally. Which do you prefer? Include reasons and details in your explanation. （分数：20.00）_四、BSpeaking Questi(总题数：1，分数：20.00)3.Proposal from a StudentStudents enrolled at the Newton Technical Ins

3、titute can borrow as many books as they need. But I am pleased to propose that the volume of books students check out each time should not be more than ten. By limiting the number of books in circulation students can focus better on the materials and acquire more information and details they need wh

4、ile doing research. Furthermore, the regulation will reduce the possibility of the Volumes lost after being checked out and kept in students hands for a long period of time before the due date, I look forward to seeing our school bring the proposal into effect.Now hear a conversation about the some

5、topic.The woman expresses her opinion of the students proposal to limit the number of books checked out each time from the library, State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion. （分数：20.00）_五、BSpeaking Questi(总题数：1，分数：20.00)4.Vertical MigrationVertical migration is a p

6、attern of movement that some aquatic species vertically travel through water areas such as lakes or oceans every day. Organisms usually move up to the water surface at night and return to the bottom of the ocean or lakes during the day. There may be several factors causing these species to move up a

7、nd down through a water body, including light, temperature of the water, gravity, oxygen levels, and predator-prey interaction.Now hear a talk on the same subject.The professor gives an example of squids in the lecture. Explain how the example demonstrates the concept of vertical migration. （分数：20.0

8、0）_六、BSpeaking Questi(总题数：1，分数：20.00)5.The speaking discusses two possible solutions to the womans problem. Describe the problem and the two solutions. Then state which of the two solutions you prefer and explain why. （分数：20.00）_七、BSpeaking Questi(总题数：1，分数：20.00)6.Using points and examples from the

9、talk, explain the two different methods ancient human used to keep fire from burning out. （分数：20.00）_托福 IBT考试 2014年真题 7答案解析(总分：120.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSPEAKING/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BSpeaking Questi(总题数：1，分数：20.00)1.Describe the steps through which you once learned a new subject, and explain how you learne

10、d it. Please include details and examples in your response. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：(topic In my view, I want to share 3 simple steps to make it shorter to learn a new language such as English. step 1 The first step is to get some good advices from people who have studied English before. As everyone knows,

11、if others have had the problem as you meet in your English study and solved it, thus trying to learn it all by yourself is meaningless for you. Get familiar with this person and have conversations with him, then you will get a lot from his experience. step 2 Secondly, as reading books and taking not

12、es will help quickly acquire the basic knowledge and reduce the time to learn English, I would like to buy books about the topic as many as I can. step 3 Finally, since practice makes perfect, I should pay real action and do a lot of practice as much as possible. Nothing will succeed without action.

13、)解析：三、BSpeaking Questi(总题数：1，分数：20.00)2.Some people prefer to read or watch news every day. Other people prefer to read or watch news occasionally. Which do you prefer? Include reasons and details in your explanation. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：(topic In my opinion, I dont read or watch the news very often bec

14、ause of the two reasons as follows. reason 1 Firstly, I dont like to read news every single day because I really dont have interest in trivial news. On the contrary, I only watch the news on big events and it doesnt consequentially happen everyday. Besides, it can still make me know the latest event

15、s both internally and internationally by focusing on news once in a while. reason 2 Secondly, Ive been used to reading or watching news occasionally. Since Im still a high school student, I always spend most of my time on studies. So, I dont read news every day, but I skim through it every few days

16、to see if there is something I could catch. conclusion Because of these reasons, I prefer to keep my knowledge on recent events occasionally.)解析：四、BSpeaking Questi(总题数：1，分数：20.00)3.Proposal from a StudentStudents enrolled at the Newton Technical Institute can borrow as many books as they need. But I

17、 am pleased to propose that the volume of books students check out each time should not be more than ten. By limiting the number of books in circulation students can focus better on the materials and acquire more information and details they need while doing research. Furthermore, the regulation wil

18、l reduce the possibility of the Volumes lost after being checked out and kept in students hands for a long period of time before the due date, I look forward to seeing our school bring the proposal into effect.Now hear a conversation about the some topic.The woman expresses her opinion of the studen

19、ts proposal to limit the number of books checked out each time from the library, State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：(reading In a students letter, it suggests that the library ought to control the number of books students borrow every time l

20、ess than ten. opinion But the woman dont support the proposal because of the following reasons. reason 1 First of all, she thinks that students always require enough information in the library so as to know better on the topic and do analysis in their research. If they decide to write good research

21、thesis, they will certainly need all documents theyve borrowed from the library. reason 2 Besides, she states briefly that it is not necessary to worry about losing books, for she has never met cases that books were lost before.)解析：听力原文 W: Youve got to be kidding me! M: Whats wrong? Youre not a fan

22、of the proposal written by the student? W: I cant be too happy about this message. I think its the worst idea ever. M: Well, whats your opinion? W: Man, writing research papers usually requires a lot of references, and for us, to borrow tons of books from the library is very necessary, if we aim to

23、truly understand the assigned topic and scenarios behind. Only then are we able to write a well-rounded analytical paper. So we need at least 20 volumes at once or even more if we are given assignments to write papers for several different classes. And I assure you that we need to read everything we

24、 check out from the library. M: Hmm, I agree with you about that. But what do you say about the books being lost? W: Thats another thing I have to complain about. I can tell you the books from the library have never been lost before. So the guys concern is totally unnecessary.五、BSpeaking Questi(总题数：

25、1，分数：20.00)4.Vertical MigrationVertical migration is a pattern of movement that some aquatic species vertically travel through water areas such as lakes or oceans every day. Organisms usually move up to the water surface at night and return to the bottom of the ocean or lakes during the day. There m

26、ay be several factors causing these species to move up and down through a water body, including light, temperature of the water, gravity, oxygen levels, and predator-prey interaction.Now hear a talk on the same subject.The professor gives an example of squids in the lecture. Explain how the example

27、demonstrates the concept of vertical migration. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：(topic (reading) In the lecture, it refers to a key point that some aquatic organisms vertically migrate through bodies of water in order to find food or escape from predators. The professor illustrates this idea by showing the example

28、of squids. example Based on the lecture, squids live on small creatures in the oceans. When there is strong sunshine, they can easily find the. food on water surface; however, they also attract predators under the sunshine and it will set themselves in danger. Therefore, squids travel to the bottom

29、of the water and escape from their natural enemies in daytime, while migrating to the surface for food in the night. Under the circumstances, they dont need to be afraid of the attack from predators. In a word, squids keep moving between surface and bottom of the oceans everyday.)解析：听力原文 W: So, vert

30、ical migration. What is it exactly? Well, lets look at some organisms like squids. Squids feed on small fishes or tiny creatures. Its easy for them to find food on water surface in the daytime, because the sunlight is strong enough to help them. However, the same reason making their food easy to spo

31、t might also expose squids to their predators. Because of tills, squids usually swim to the bottom of the oceans or lakes during the day, waiting for the evening to come. Once the sun is set, squids can spend all night hunting for food with little or no distractions from predators under the curtain

32、of night, because the eye sight of their enemies is relatively poor at night. When the night is over, squids return to the depths of water.六、BSpeaking Questi(总题数：1，分数：20.00)5.The speaking discusses two possible solutions to the womans problem. Describe the problem and the two solutions. Then state w

33、hich of the two solutions you prefer and explain why. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：(problem The woman says that she has a problem: she has to write a short story if she wants to join Professor Millars writing class, however, she is worrying about her writing skills. solutions The man gives her two solutions. One

34、 is that she can sit down and write a short story immediately. The other is that she can submit a poem she wrote before. best solution In my opinion, I would like to try the second solution if I were in her situation. reasons Firstly, as she will have a biology test four days from now, she will not

35、have enough time to prepare for the exam if she spends hours writing a story. Besides, she is not very confident with her story. Its easy to submit a poem and itll shorten the time. As the poem must be good because it was submitted and published on the school newspaper, its worthy of trying.)解析：听力原文

36、 M: Susan, I heard youve been having some problems registering for Professor Millars writing class. W: Yes, the number of students enrolling for the class is far beyond the available class spots. M: I know Professor Millars writing class has always been hot and often difficult to get into. I hope th

37、ere is room for you. W: No way. The only way I can get in is to write a short sample story required for every student who wants to enroll in Millars writing class. Then he will select the good ones out of those candidates. I am not that confident Ill be picked. But I would really love to take the cl

38、ass with Professor Millar. M: Thats tough! Maybe you should sit down and write the story right away. W: I wish I could. But the story will take me hours to get done, and I am not sure if I even have an idea to write. Plus, Ive been very busy studying for my biology test coming in four days. M: Yeah,

39、 the time is so tight. Then, I suppose you could try to submit a poem youve published before in the school newspaper. It will save you a lot of time and trouble. W: That might be worth a shot. But I worry that Professor Millar will reject the poem right after he receives it. M: I suppose thats just

40、a risk youll have to take.七、BSpeaking Questi(总题数：1，分数：20.00)6.Using points and examples from the talk, explain the two different methods ancient human used to keep fire from burning out. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：(topic Based on the lecture, there are two methods to keep the fire burning in ancient days. exam

41、ple 1 The first method ancient human used is from the technical knowledge which people in this stage of the history first found the fire would extinguished little by little without additional wood. They began to use wood as a kind of fuel to keep the fire burning. That is to say, if they kept adding

42、 wood, the fire wouldnt die out. example 2 However, fire would easily die out if nobody is watching over. After they realized the the importance of cooperation, they applied this social skill to keep the fire longer. They added wood in turn during the nights and stopped the fire from dying out.)解析：听

43、力原文 M: As we all know, humankind has been using fire for millions of years. Fire changed the way ancient humans lived. But when ancient human first got in touch with the secret of fire, their knowledge of how to control and manipulate it was primitive. Now lets take a close look at how they kept the

44、 fire burning. At a particular stage in human history, ancient human started learning to keep fire with technical knowledge. After lightning stroke a tree, a forest fire began. When ancient humans rushed to put out the flames, they realized that fire can be spreading along with forest trees; otherwi

45、se it would gradually burn out without additional wood. Therefore, instead of letting flames flash for few hours before it died out, the ancient human started to apply wood as a kind of fuel to keep the fire on as many hours as necessary. Unfortunately, fire could still burnt out over night if no on

46、e watched over it. Therefore, social skill was another approach applied by ancient people to prevent the fire from going out. When everybody slept at night, there was usually a guard looking over the fire and keeping adding wood, and then they took turns through the night. By learning the importance of team work, th