托福机经:2012年10月28日托福口语真题

2022-06-05 23:19:43
考试日期: 2012.10.28
是否重复 完全重复2012.02.03北美考题
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Question 1 The university is planning to allow students to watch TV in dormitories. What is your opinion and why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of watching TV in dormitories? Include reasons and examples to support your response.
Question 2 Some people believe that teachers should communicate with students in class. Others believe that teachers should communicate with students by sending emails. Which do you prefer and why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Question 3 Reading part Listening part
【学生倡议】:
学生写信建议学校增加校车班次和走更合理的路线。
好处1:更efficient;
好处2:会有更少的学生自己开车。
【学生态度】:女生赞成。
理由1:目前校车班次太少,如果错过上一班,下一班的等待时间太长,要二十多分钟,她以前坐校车经常迟到,所以只有开车来学校;
理由2:但现在汽油很贵,要花很多钱,这个计划可以使她省很多钱(她有说,如果有选择的话她一定不会自己开车)。
  Question: Explain the woman’s opinion and why she holds that opinion.
Question 4 Reading part Listening part
【课文要点】:
Eavesdropping:
一些动物在发现敌人后会发出警告,alarm warning voice, 这样它的同类就能听到并及时逃跑,有趣的是有时会有another species也能听懂这种动物的警报,也能逃跑。
【教授举例】:
有一种猴子,发现敌人eagles时,会发出特别的声音来警告同伙,让其他猴子run away, 不同的声音代表不同的predators。同时,有一种鸟hornbills经常听到猴子的这种声音,久而久之就能听懂是eagles来了,于是听到警告声也fly away了。
  Question: 用听力的例子来解释monkey和hornbills在这个概念下的关系。
Question 5 【学生困难】:男生答应下午5点要开车送他朋友去上班,但他有个会议也是在5点,时间冲突了。
【解决方案】:两个方案:
方案1:打电话给他朋友,取消送他朋友。
方案2:送朋友去上班后再去开会,但可能会迟到,boss会生气。
【问题】:转述男生的困难和方案,你的建议及理由。
Question 6 【讲课要点】:Late 19th读报纸的人比过去多的两个原因:
原因1:advance in technology, eg. better printing devises and faster printing process, so the amount of newspapers was increasing;
原因2:publishers based their fund more heavily on the advertisements, so it cost people less money to buy newspapers.
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