1、托福（口语）模拟试卷 2及答案与解析 Speaking Question Directions: In this question, you will listen to a conversation. You will then be asked to talk about the information in the conversation and to give your opinion about the ideas presented. After you hear the question, you will have 20 seconds to prepare your res
2、ponse and 60 seconds to speak. 1 If you were asked to choose one movie that has influenced your thinking, which one would you choose? Why? What was especially impressive about the movie? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice. Preparation Time: 15 seconds Recording Time: 45 seconds
3、2 Some people think that teachers should be evaluated by the performance of their students on standardized tests at the end of the term. Other people maintain that teachers should be judged by their own performance in the classroom, and not by the scores that their students achieve on tests. Which a
4、pproach do you think is better and why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. Preparation Time: 15 seconds Recording Time: 45 seconds 3 Reading Time: 45 seconds Policy for Tuition In order to qualify for instate tuition, a student must have lived within this state for a period o
5、f not less than one year. Furthermore, the instate address must be the permanent residence of the student. College campus addresses may not be used as permanent residences. The students drivers license and any vehicles must be registered in the state, and the previous years state tax form must have
6、been submitted to this state. Voter registration and a high school diploma may also be used as evidence of instate status. Spouses and children of military personnel qualify for instate tuition without residence requirements. The student expresses his opinion of the policy for instate tuition. Repor
7、t his opinion and explain the reasons that he gives for having that opinion. Preparation Time: 30 seconds Recording Time: 60 seconds 4 Reading Time: 45 seconds Communication with Primates Early experiments to teach primates to communicate with their voices failed because of the differences in their
8、vocal organs, not their intellectual capacity. Dramatic progress was observed when researchers began to communicate by using American Sign Language. Some chimpanzees were able to learn several hundred signs that they put together to express a number of relationships similar to the initial language a
9、cqusition of children. In addition, success was achieved by using plastic symbols on a magnetic board, each of which represented a word. For example, a small blue triangle represented an apple. Chimpanzees were able to respond correctly to basic sequences and even to form some higher-level concepts
10、by using the representative system. Explain the importance of the Kanzi experiment in the context of research on primate communication. Preparation Time: 30 seconds Recording Time: 60 seconds 5 Describe the womans problem and the two suggestions that her friend makes about how to handle it. What do
11、you think the woman should do, and why? Preparation Time: 20 seconds Recording Time: 60 seconds 6 Using the main points and examples from the lecture, describe the habitable zone, and then explain how the definition has been expanded by modern scientists. Preparation Time: 20 seconds Recording Time:
12、 60 seconds 托福（口语）模拟试卷 2答案与解析 Speaking Question Directions: In this question, you will listen to a conversation. You will then be asked to talk about the information in the conversation and to give your opinion about the ideas presented. After you hear the question, you will have 20 seconds to prepa
13、re your response and 60 seconds to speak. 1 【听力原文】 Narrator 2: Number 1. Listen for a question about a familiar topic. After you hear the question, you have 15 seconds to prepare and 45 seconds to record your answer. Narrator 1: If you were asked to choose one movie that has influenced your thinking
14、, which one would you choose? Why? What was especially impressive about the movie? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice. Narrator 2: Please prepare your answer after the beep. Beep Preparation Time: 15 seconds Narrator 2: Please begin speaking after the beep. Beep Recording Time:
15、45 seconds Beep Narrator 2: Number 2. Listen for a question that asks your opinion about a familiar topic. After you hear the question, you have 15 seconds to prepare and 45 seconds to record your answer. Narrator 1: Some people think that teachers should be evaluated by the performance of their stu
16、dents on standardized tests at the end of the term. Other people maintain that teachers should be judged by their own performance in the classroom, and not by the scores that their students achieve on tests. Which approach do you think is better and why? Use specific reasons and examples to support
17、your opinion. Narrator 2: Please prepare your answer after the beep. Beep Preparation Time: 15 seconds Narrator 2: Please begin speaking after the beep. Beep Recording Time: 45 seconds Beep Narrator 2: Number 3. Read a short passage and listen to a talk on the same topic. Then listen for a question
18、about them. After you hear the question, you have 30 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to record your answer. Narrator 1: A meeting is planned to explain the residence requirements for instate tuition. Read the policy in the college catalogue printed on page 73. You have 45 seconds to complete it. P
19、lease begin reading now. Reading Time: 45 seconds Narrator 1: Now listen to a student who is speaking at the meeting. He is expressing his opinion about the policy. Student: Well, I agree with most of the policy, but what I dont understand is why I have to use my parents address as my permanent addr
20、ess. This is my third year in a dorm on campus, and Ive gone to school every summer, so Ive lived in this state for three consecutive years. I dont pay state taxes because I dont earn enough as a full-time student to, uh, to pay taxes, but I dont receive support from my parents either. I have a smal
21、l grant and a student loan that Im responsible for, and . . . and I plan to live and work in this state after I graduate, so, urn, I think students like me should be eligible for a waiver. Narrator 1: The student expresses his opinion of the policy for instate tuition. Report his opinion and explain
22、 the reasons that he gives for having that opinion. Narrator 2: Please prepare your answer after the beep. Beep Preparation Time: 30 seconds Narrator 2: Please begin speaking after the beep. Beep Recording Time: 60 seconds Beep Narrator 2: Number 4. Read a short passage and listen to a lecture on th
23、e same topic. Then listen for a question about them. After you hear the question, you have 30 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to record your answer. Narrator 1: Now read the passage about communication with primates printed on page 74. You have 45 seconds to complete it. Please begin reading now.
24、Reading Time: 45 seconds Narrator 1: Now listen to part of a lecture in a zoology class. The professor is talking about a primate experiment. Professor: Let me tell you about an experiment that didnt turn out quite like the researcher had expected. Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh had been trying to train a
25、chimpanzee to use a keyboard adapted with symbols. But no luck. What is interesting about the experiment is that the chimpanzees adopted son Kanzi, also a bonobo Chimpanzee, well, Kanzi had been observing the lessons and had acquired a rather impressive vocabulary. After that, Kanzi was not given st
26、ructured training, but he was taught language while walking through the forest or in other informal settings with his trainers. By six years of age, Kanzi had acquired a vocabulary of more than 200 words and was able to form sentences by combining words with gestures or with other words. So, the que
27、stion is this: should we proceed by trying to teach language to primates in a classroom environment, or should we simply live with them and interact informally like we do with beginning learners of language in our own species? I tend to side with those who Narrator 1: Explain the importance of the K
28、anzi experiment in the context of research on primate communication. Narrator 2: Please prepare your answer after the beep. Beep Preparation Time: 30 seconds Narrator 2: Please begin speaking after the beep. Beep Recording Time: 60 seconds Beep Narrator 2: Number 5. Listen to a short conversation. T
29、hen listen for a question about it. After you hear the question, you have 20 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to record your answer. Narrator 1: Now listen to a conversation between a student and her friend. Friend: Did you decide to take Johnsons class? Student: Yeah. Im going to work it out someh
30、ow. Yesterday I walked from the chemistry lab to Hamilton Hall thats where Johnsons class is. Friend: And? Student: And it took me twenty minutes. Friend: Uh-oh. You only have fifteen minutes between classes, so that means youll be five minutes late. Listen, why dont you buy a bike? Im sure you coul
31、d cut at least five minutes off your time if you took the bike trail. Student: I thought about that. But then Id have to get a license, and Id have to find somewhere to store it at night. I thought it might be a hassle. Friend: Oh, its not so bad. I have a bike. The license is only ten dollars, and
32、I just park my bike on the deck outside my apartment when the weathers good. And the weather should be okay for most of spring semester. Student: Thats true. Friend: Well, your other option is to talk with Dr. Johnson. Maybe hell give you permission to be five minutes late to his class because of th
33、e distance from your lab. Actually, Ive had several classes with him, and he seems very approachable. Anyway, its an alternative to the bike, if you dont want to do that. Narrator 1: Describe the womans problem, and the two suggestions that her friend makes about how to handle it. What do you think
34、the woman should do, and why? Narrator 2: Please prepare your answer after the beep. Beep Preparation Time: 20 seconds Narrator 2: Please begin speaking after the beep. Beep Recording Time: 60 seconds Beep Narrator 2: Number 6. Listen to part of a lecture. Then listen for a question about it. After
35、you hear the question, you have 20 seconds to prepare, and 60 seconds to record your answer. Narrator 1: Now listen to part of a lecture in an astronomy class. The professor is discussing the habitable zone. Professor: Of course, stars are too hot to support life, but the light from a star warms orb
36、iting planets or moons, supplying the energy needed for life to develop. Besides energy, a liquid, lets say, a chemical solvent of some kind, is also necessary. On Earth, the solvent in which life developed was water, but others such as ammonia, hydrogen fluoride, or methane might also be appropriat
37、e. So, in order for the solvent to remain in liquid form, the planet or moon must lie within a certain range of distances from the star. Why is this so? Well, think about it. If the planet is too close to the star, the solvent will change into a gas, boiling and evaporating. If it is too far from th
38、e star, the solvent will freeze, transforming into a solid. For our sun and life as we know it, the habitable zone appears to lie between the orbits of Venus and Mars. Within this range, water remains liquid. And until recently, this area was indeed the accepted scientific definition of the habitabl
39、e zone for our solar system. But now scientists have postulated that the habitable zone may be larger than originally supposed. They speculate that the strong gravitational pull caused by larger planets may produce enough energy to heat the cores of orbiting moons. So that means that these moons may
40、 support life. There may be habitable zones far beyond Venus! Narrator 1: Using the main points and examples from the lecture, describe the habitable zone, and then explain how the definition has been expanded by modern scientists. Narrator 2: Please prepare your answer after the beep. Beep Preparat
41、ion Time: 20 seconds Narrator 2: Please begin speaking after the beep. Beep Recording Time: 60 seconds Beep 1 【正确答案】 The movie that has influenced my thinking the most is Fantasia because its my first memory of classical music and ballet. One reason the movie was so impressive is, urn, I was at a ve
42、ry impressionable age when I saw it five years old. Besides that, it was made using the latest technology. In the 1950s, it was amazing to see detailed animation and . and hear high quality sound. But what really influenced me was the music and the dance scenes. I especially remember Mickey Mouse da
43、ncing with the brooms and Im sure I took ballet lessons because of it. The coordination of the storm scene with the music from The Hall of the Mountain King still impresses me when I see it today and, thanks to Walt Disney, classical music is still my favorite music. 【知识模块】 口语 2 【正确答案】 I think its g
44、ood to evaluate teachers by their students performace on standardized tests because when teachers and students are judged by the same criteria, theyll work efficiently toward the same goals. Now some teachers argue that tests arent important but still, students need good scores for admission to univ
45、ersities so the tests are important to them. If teachers were evaluated on the same basis, then they would pay more attention to the criteria on tests to design their lessons so both students and teachers would benefit. Another reason to use this evaluation is to compare teachers from different scho
46、ols on a standardized scale. And this system would be more fair, too, because the possibility of a teacher getting a high evaluation because of friendship with the supervisor is also eliminated. 【知识模块】 口语 3 【正确答案】 The student said that he mostly agreed with the policy for instate tuition but he disa
47、greed with a couple of requirements. For one thing, you cant use a campus address as a permanent address, but hes a dorm student, and he explained that hes lived in the dorm for three years because hes gone to school every summer without returning to his parents home to live so the dorm really is hi
48、s permanent address right now. He doesnt think he should have to use his parents out-of-state address. Besides that, he hasnt been subsidized by his parents. In the policy, the most recent taxes must be filed in the state of residence but, uh, he didnt make enough money to pay taxes. He didnt mentio
49、n in which state he had his voters registration or car registration and drivers licenses, but he said that he plans to continue living and working in the state after graduation, and he thought that he should be eligible for a waiver of the out-of-state fees. 【知识模块】 口语 4 【正确答案】 The experiment with Kanzi is important because it supports the theory that language should be acquired in natural settings instead of in a formal classroom. Previous research to teach primates to communicate included direct instructi
