最新英语口语考试试题（本科）教程文件

最新英语口语考试试题（本科）教程文件
英语口语考试试题（本科）
Unit 1 Life is a learning curve
Individual Ability:
1.What are you learning at the moment? Do you enjoy learning it?
Why?
2. What difficulties have you encountered while learning English?
3. In your opinion, what factors affect intelligence?
Group Task: Work in pairs and role-play the following situation. Use the skills for giving and responding to advice.
Situation：My Roommate is driving me crazy!
A Your roommate loves shopping. Every month she buys new clothes,
shoes, and designer bags using a credit card. Her room is full of
clothes she never wears. She spends more money than she has and
borrows money from you to pay her rent. And she hasn’t paid you
back for two months. Explain your problem to B. Then listen and
respond to B’s advice.
B Listen to A’s problem. Give A some advice.
Unit 2 Journey into the unknown
Individual Ability:
1.Do you like cultural things or natural beauty in travel?
2. Have you traveled much? Where have you been? What did
you like most?
3. If you can afford the money and time, which place(s) would you love to go? Why?
Group Task: Work in pairs and role-play the following situation. Use the skills for asking for and giving directions.
Situation：I can’t find my way!
A You want to go to the following places:
1.A nightclub called Risky Business;
2.A restaurant called The Waterfall;
3.The screen by the Pond cinema;
4.The museum of Fashion and Design.
Ask B for directions to these places.
B Listen to A’s problem. Read the map on Page 145 of your textbook and give directions to A.
Unit 3 Time out
Individual Ability:
1.What do you like doing in your free time? And where do you usually
go?
2.Have you ever thought of taking a part-time job? Why?
3.How will you spend an evening out in your city with no more than 30
yuan?
Group Task: Work in pairs and role-play the following situation. Use the skills of managing phone problems.
Situation：Changing a reservation.
A You are calling Brandon’s Resta urant. You want to change your reservation from 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday to 8:00 p.m. next Wednesday. There will now be 10 people, not five, so you need a bigger table.
B You work for Brandon’s Restaurant. Answer the customer’s telephone. Check the reservation, take the message, change the reservation and confirm if it is possible.
Unit 4 Life under the spotlight
Individual Ability:
1.What are the positive and negative things about being famous?
2.Which famous person would you most like to meet? Why?
3.Do famous people have special responsibilities to society?
Group Task: Work in pairs and role-play the following situation. Use the skills for making requests and offers.
Situation：Shopping for clothes
A You are a client. You want to go shopping for clothes. Ask the concierge (旅馆服务台职员) to recommend a shopping mall.
B You are a concierge. Listen and respond to A’s requests.
Unit 5 Urban pulse
Individual Ability:
1.What are the good things about living in your hometown?
2.Which city do you know well? Talk about all the positive or
negative things about the city.
3.What are the differences between city and countryside life?
Group Task: Work in pairs and role-play the following situation. Use the skills for making and responding to complaints.
Situation：What’s wron g with the school facilities?
A You are a student at the Noparlo School of English. You find that the heat doesn’t work and the equipment in the Self Access Center is faulty. Talk to the director of the school to complain about the problem.
B You are the director at Noparlo School of English. Listen to the s tudent’s problems and respond to his/her complaint.
Unit 6 Climbing the career ladder
Individual Ability:
1.What is your ideal job? Why?
2.Do you think it is easier to find a job for those who have higher
education background? Why?
3.If you were a boss, what would you do to motivate your staff?
Group Task: Work in pairs and role-play the following situation. Use the skills for expressing likes and dislikes.
Situation：Talking about hobbies
A You are talking to Student
B about your hobbies. Express you likes or dislikes toward different activities.
B You are having a conversation with Student A about hobbies. Express you likes or dislikes toward different activities.
Unit 7 Time of technology: A blessing or a curse?
Individual Ability:
1. What items of technology couldn’t you live without? Why?
2. How much has technology changed your life?
3. What new scientific developments do you expect to see in the next ten years?
Group Task: Work in pairs and role-play the following situation. Use the skills for expressing essentiality.
Situation：What electronic gadgets should we buy?
A You are a designer. You are shopping in an electronics store with B, to whom you’re newly married. Describe the essentiality of different gadgets (mobile phone, laptop, MP3 player, DVD player, digital camera, digital TV, iPad, etc.) and discuss with
B which items to buy.
B You are a secretary. You’re newly married to A. Discuss the necessity of buying these gadgets with A. Then decide on which items to buy.。