1、托福机经真题 2014 年 1 月 12 日及答案解析(总分：95.00，做题时间：120 分钟)口语1.Talk about a study habit of yours thats different from others. Explain your answer in details.（分数：5.00）_2.Some people prefer to shop in big shopping malls, other prefer smaller shops. Which do you prefer? Explain why in details.（分数：5.00）_3.Announc
2、ement: The university suggests students to donate money to build an art museum Listening The student disagrees（分数：5.00）_4.Definition: Optimal forage means some animals try to waste as little energy as possible to obtain food（分数：5.00）_5.Problem: The man wants to go home, but meanwhile hes got a paper
3、 to rewrite Solution 1: He can stay on campus for a week to rewrite his paper Pro: / Con: He will miss his family reunion Solution 2: He can go home and rewrite his paper at home Pro: / Con: He wont be able to go to the library （分数：5.00）_6.The lecture talks about negative influences of advertisement
4、 to the environment.（分数：5.00）_写作7.综合写作 （分数：10.00）_8.独立写作范文 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Since the world has changed so much in the past fifty years, advice our grandparents can give us is not useful.（分数：10.00）_阅读9. （分数：5.00）_10. （分数：5.00）_11. （分数：5.00）_听力12.CONVERSATION ONE
5、 Office Hours 1.女生去找天文学课的老师，恰好老师准备找女生谈谈她的论文。老师认为写的很好，想推荐女生去他朋友那里做研究 2.女生同意，并告知找老师是询问老师昨天上课有提到但没细讲的 extra solar planet. 3.女生接着询问有没有发现类似地球的？老师告知有发现methane,然后女生问那这就意味着有生命的存在？ 第一题主旨题：女生来找老师的原因？（分数：5.00）_13.COMVERSATION TWO Service Encounter 1.男生去吃饭时，把 ID 丢了，去找学生服务台帮忙 2.工作人员告知可以用驾照 3.男生询问是否可以重新办理新的 4.工作人
6、员告知可以去学生服务中心办理，但学服要周一才上班，并告知取消旧的 ID 是 2 窗口，4 号窗口是办理新的。 5.男生表示这样效率太低 （分数：5.00）_14.LECTURE ONE ART History 1.在法国早期，由于画的出版是学院类机构垄断，他们不喜欢印象画，因此印象画在当时不流行。 2.创作印象画的人们就自己聚集在一起，还有部分非主流画派也参加进来。 3.其中一位画家举办自己的私人画展 4.莫奈也办了自己的画展（分数：5.00）_15.LECTURE TWO Paleontology 1.老师说由于恐龙太久远了，因此不能用蛋白质复原法进行研究，但是一个偶然的机会，我们的科学家发
7、现时可以的。 2.接着叙述具体用了一种大型仪器，可以确定骨头上的蛋白质。并用这个仪器对鸡和鸟进行了实验 （分数：5.00）_16.LECTURE THREE Archaeology 1.荷马史诗伊利亚特里的故事是经过人们代代口口相传下来的 2.因此人们好奇是否真的存在特洛伊战争和特洛伊城 3.老师说伊利亚特的事是假的，比如不会有人飞在天上去救受伤的士兵 4.但也有人认为荷马史诗是真实的，然后举例说明某个人去找了特洛伊城 5.但是被烧毁后，这又激励了另一个叫 Author Wwan （分数：5.00）_17.LECTURE SIX Geo-Engineering 1.教授说现在全球变暖，温室效应
8、加重，为了减缓这个现象，科学家打算用提高云的反射率的方式来减少到地球的太阳辐射 2.因此想出用海水喷到云上的方式，因为云里有盐可以提高云的亮度，让云变大去更好的反射 3.学生说是否解决了这些制作上的难关就可以实现了。但教授说不一定。（分数：5.00）_托福机经真题 2014 年 1 月 12 日答案解析(总分：95.00，做题时间：120 分钟)口语1.Talk about a study habit of yours thats different from others. Explain your answer in details.（分数：5.00）_正确答案：(I like study
9、ing late at night forthe following reasons. First, its quiet during late at night. I concentrate better when the noise has died down in the house, its true whether Im in my dorm or at home. Especially after 11, everyones finished their errands in the house, my mom and dad would be reading or getting
10、 ready for bed. Second, some epeople prefer to get up early in the morning, not me. I usually sleep in if I dont have anything special planned. Therefore theres no reason to go to bed early.The best part is, I dont get much messages or emails or phones after 11.I canfully concentrate on my work with
11、 zero distraction. )解析：2.Some people prefer to shop in big shopping malls, other prefer smaller shops. Which do you prefer? Explain why in details.（分数：5.00）_正确答案：(I prefer to shop in big shopping malls for the following reasons. First, I can get everything I need at one place, whether its clothing,
12、games or electronics. I save a lot of time traveling between different stores this way. Second, there are more sales events in bigger stores. Therere always discounts going on in major shopping malls. Also, they are better stocked. Some of the hot items can only be found in such stores when somethin
13、gs first introduced to the market.Lastly, therere more entertainments located in or near shopping malls. Be it atheater or restaurant. Its better knowing I have something to do after shopping.)解析：3.Announcement: The university suggests students to donate money to build an art museum Listening The st
14、udent disagrees（分数：5.00）_正确答案：(Reason 1: Theres an art museum downtown for students to visit already, its unnecessary to build another one Reason 2: Students already donated money to build a student center and a library, they shouldnt have to donate money again to build an art museum )解析：4.Definitio
15、n: Optimal forage means some animals try to waste as little energy as possible to obtain food（分数：5.00）_正确答案：(A kind of birds that prey on shellfish, they swoop down from sky to catch the shellfish in the water,then fly to a certain height and drop the shellfish on rocks for them to crack open, the b
16、irds choose to drop the biggest shellfish every time to obtain the highest energy, also they fly up to 5 meters high to drop the shellfish. Its neither too high for the birds to waste energy, nor too low for the shellfish not to crack open.)解析：5.Problem: The man wants to go home, but meanwhile hes g
17、ot a paper to rewrite Solution 1: He can stay on campus for a week to rewrite his paper Pro: / Con: He will miss his family reunion Solution 2: He can go home and rewrite his paper at home Pro: / Con: He wont be able to go to the library （分数：5.00）_正确答案：()解析：6.The lecture talks about negative influen
18、ces of advertisement to the environment.（分数：5.00）_正确答案：(Example 1: The first is to waste nature resources and second is to destroy the beauty of the nature world. The professor cites an example about her experiences to demonstrate this. One day, she received a booklet advertisement from the kitchen
19、ware company. But it was useless for her because she didnt need such things for her apartment at all.And the people living around didnt need this either. So its a waste of naturere sources, especially trees. Example 2: Also,the outside ads totally destroyed the nature beauty. No matter how beautiful
20、 the scenery is, its ugly to put up a big advertisement board.)解析：写作7.综合写作 （分数：10.00）_正确答案：()解析：8.独立写作范文 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Since the world has changed so much in the past fifty years, advice our grandparents can give us is not useful.（分数：10.00）_正确答案：(SAMPLE ONE T
21、here is a common expression that goes, “with age comes wisdom.” Wisdom is the ability to use your past experience to make good decisions about your future. Regardless of how much the world has changed in the past fifty years, I still believe the advice my grandparents can give me is good. My grandpa
22、rents have had a lot of experiences and survived a lot of hardships. When my great grandmother died young, my grandmother had to grow up fast and help raise her brothers and sisters. This was during the Great Depression, when people had to save every penny just to be able to get by. My grandmother h
23、as talked with me about how she got through these hard times, and by listening to her stories I have learned many valuable lessons. I have learned to value the things that I have and to work hard for things that I want. When it comes to taking care of my family, I always ask my grandmother for advic
24、e. My grandparents are also a good resource for advice, because they have been around longer and, therefore know more of the world. In my studies, I may have had the opportunities to travel all over the world. While both of my grandfathers have not traveled as much as me, that does not mean they hav
25、e not experienced the world. During World War II, both of my grandfathers were stationed abroad. They not only lived in Europe for a long period, but they also were able to interact with troops of foreign armies. They did not have the educational opportunities that I have had, but that does not mean
26、 that I know more about the world than they do. Admittedly, there are some areas in which I cannot go to my grandparents for advice, namely technology. Cell phones and computers were not around until my grandparents retired, so they have never had to use this kind of technology for work or study. Wh
27、ile my grandparents have tried to keep up with the times, they are certainly not experts. Whenever I visit my grandmother, for example, she always asks me to fix her computer. I would say the only thing I cannot go to my grandparents for advice is anything concerning technology. Even though there ar
28、e certain areas in which my grandparents are not that well informed, this does not mean that they do not have good or useful advice. Grandparents wisdom from the experiences they have had can give us insight and help us make decisions. SAMPLE TWO Time witnesses the great progress which we have made
29、in our life. There is no doubt that the modern world has changed a lot over the past several decades. As a result, some people argue that the advices from our grandparents have no use for their grandchildren. Is it true? The answer is negative. I maintain that our grandparents advices are still cons
30、tructive in most case. First of all, no matter how the society has changed, grandparents advices especially in the aspect of life and morel are still very helpful. We all might have experience the same cases in our early age. Our grandparents often present us some useful suggestions such as how to g
31、et along with other people by sharing their own experience, and we should be honest in any situations. Their advices definitely have severed as good preparation for their grandchild to become excellent adults. Therefore, we should appreciate our grandparents helpful advices rather than thinking of t
32、heir advice is useless. Whats more, our grandparents accumulate more experience so that they usually have better perspectives in some things. For example, once I encounter the choice of a job with high salary but I am not interested in and a job with a lower salary but I really know lots about it. A
33、nd meanwhile, my family also suffer big economic burden since my parents lose their jobs. I did not how to choose, in this case, my grandfather suggest me that I should choose job based on my own interest according to his experience, because long-term success depend on performance out of vital inter
34、est, interest in certain area could encourage me to take an optimistic viewpoint and continue action to accomplish my goal. Even when facing problems, I might tackle them and move forward. And now, I have achieved some success in my field and it is turn out that my grandfathers advice is very helpfu
35、l. Last but not least, it is commonly acknowledge that our grandparents are out of date. But it is not true. Many old people try hard to catch up with the modern life. They get information from internet and television to enrich their life experienced, they keep themselves update. So I believe that t
36、heir advices are still very useful. All in all, I maintain that our grandparents advices are still useful whatever the society has changed.)解析：阅读9. （分数：5.00）_正确答案：( )解析：10. （分数：5.00）_正确答案：( )解析：11. （分数：5.00）_正确答案：( )解析：听力12.CONVERSATION ONE Office Hours 1.女生去找天文学课的老师，恰好老师准备找女生谈谈她的论文。老师认为写的很好，想推荐女生去他
37、朋友那里做研究 2.女生同意，并告知找老师是询问老师昨天上课有提到但没细讲的 extra solar planet. 3.女生接着询问有没有发现类似地球的？老师告知有发现methane,然后女生问那这就意味着有生命的存在？ 第一题主旨题：女生来找老师的原因？（分数：5.00）_正确答案：()解析：解析：办公时间考的高频内容答疑解惑，然后开头提及论文，但是这并非真正的主旨。要重视整个对话的内容，了解大意，把握中心主旨13.COMVERSATION TWO Service Encounter 1.男生去吃饭时，把 ID 丢了，去找学生服务台帮忙 2.工作人员告知可以用驾照 3.男生询问是否可以重新
38、办理新的 4.工作人员告知可以去学生服务中心办理，但学服要周一才上班，并告知取消旧的 ID 是 2 窗口，4 号窗口是办理新的。 5.男生表示这样效率太低 （分数：5.00）_正确答案：()解析：解析：改对话结构清晰：提出问题 - 分析问题 - 解决问题； 14.LECTURE ONE ART History 1.在法国早期，由于画的出版是学院类机构垄断，他们不喜欢印象画，因此印象画在当时不流行。 2.创作印象画的人们就自己聚集在一起，还有部分非主流画派也参加进来。 3.其中一位画家举办自己的私人画展 4.莫奈也办了自己的画展（分数：5.00）_正确答案：()解析：解析：艺术话题中最高频的就是
39、艺术史，一般文章大致两类：一是真正讲历史题材的结构，该类文章涉及许多时间以及该时间发生的事件，对整个主旨的发展过程和评价。二是全文就某位艺术家讲具体的。本文就是第二种情况15.LECTURE TWO Paleontology 1.老师说由于恐龙太久远了，因此不能用蛋白质复原法进行研究，但是一个偶然的机会，我们的科学家发现时可以的。 2.接着叙述具体用了一种大型仪器，可以确定骨头上的蛋白质。并用这个仪器对鸡和鸟进行了实验 （分数：5.00）_正确答案：(解析：生命科学考的古生物学。生命科学考的最多是以动物为主。古生物学一定离不开化石，因此出现化石要留意，这就类似生命科学讲座出现动植物名称即等于考
40、点出现)解析：16.LECTURE THREE Archaeology 1.荷马史诗伊利亚特里的故事是经过人们代代口口相传下来的 2.因此人们好奇是否真的存在特洛伊战争和特洛伊城 3.老师说伊利亚特的事是假的，比如不会有人飞在天上去救受伤的士兵 4.但也有人认为荷马史诗是真实的，然后举例说明某个人去找了特洛伊城 5.但是被烧毁后，这又激励了另一个叫 Author Wwan （分数：5.00）_正确答案：(解析：本篇考点是古遗迹，是论证型结构。开头提出一个谜团，中间才有些解释的假说，并提出一些学科专家，比如 Author，这些都会是考点，需留意。)解析：17.LECTURE SIX Geo-Engineering 1.教授说现在全球变
