托福机经:2012年1月14日托福口语真题

2022-05-28 15:20:28
考试日期 2012.01.14
是否重复 完全重复2010.02.21大陆考题
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Question 1 Describe a person whom you would like to spend time with. Explain why you would like to spend time with this person.
Question 2 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Students should always study in quiet places.
Question 3 Reading part Listening part
【学校通知】:
学校要求每个senior literature major student在毕业前写一篇research thesis。好处1:improve their research skills;
好处2:学校将给每个学生指定一个advisor, encourage them to communicate with the advisors。
【学生态度】:男生赞成此计划。
理由1:平时的论文thesis都比较短,学不到东西,图书馆里的资料都没有用到,现在有机会写一篇较长的research thesis很好。
理由2:每个学生在写thesis的时候可以和advisor讨论,找出论文的不足,最终写出一篇高质量的thesis, 这样比之前导师只给学生论文写几句comment好很多。
  Question:Explain the man’s opinion towards the school announcement and why he holds that opinion.
Question 4 Reading part Listening part
【名词解释】:
Bi-directional communication between parents and baby: 
babies和父母能相互影响。
【教授举例】:
教授举了一个例子,两个parents和一个六个月大的baby named Max。Max 爱笑smile, 喜欢被抱to be hold, 喜欢talk / communicate with his parents。Max的这些行为导致他的parents也爱对他笑,爱抱他。而baby喜欢feedback from the parents, 这种feedback又进一步刺激Max喜欢和父母交流。
  Question:用听力的例子来解释对这个概念的理解。
Question 5 【学生困难】:男生想在coffee house办个poetry reading, 但是coffee house只能提供一个小时,一共有二十个人报名,一个小时肯定读不完。
【解决方案】:女生提了两个建议:
1. 让前10个报名的同学读,剩下的下次再读,但是没能读诗的同学可能会disappointed;
2. 把活动地点从coffee house改到lecture hall, 时间可以很长,但是环境没意思,咖啡厅有吃的喝的,比较有意思。
【问题】:Briefly summarize the problem and two possible solutions. Then state which solution you recommend and explain why.
Question 6 【讲课要点】:
动物靠在空中放出pheromone来交流communicate。这种化学物质有两个用途:
1. 判断location: an insect can use this chemical to guide another insect from food to home。举例:蜜蜂在外找食,在巢里的其他蜜蜂就会发出这种激素,帮助找食的蜜蜂找到自己的巢。
2. this chemical is the signal to show that female animals are ready to mate交配。举例:a female moth can relapse this chemical, so a male moth can know this female moth is ready to mate and can find where it is。
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