大学英语(一)口语考试A卷

2015应、公旅班大学英语（一）口语考试说明与试题2016-01时间：第18周听说课上随堂考试成绩：口语成绩占期末视听说课程总评成绩的20%要求：A.融入真实情景B.语音语调自然流畅C.表情自然，无背诵痕迹D.情景对话部分不能少于3分钟形式：1.请各班课代表将所在教学班的分组（两人一组）提前一周(即17周)排序抽签事先做好。

考试周所有学生到校，当天没有考试任务的同学须在听力教室进行听力学习，不得缺勤，缺勤的同学按照自行放弃考试处理，口语成绩计为零分，责任自负。

2.考试时每两人一组完成段落朗读和情景对话，段落朗读和情境对话均可提前准备，但具体考题须口语考试时现场随机抽签决定。

备考地点：主楼1919考试地点：主楼1919情景对话部分情景对话1：Planning a Vacation NearbyDirections: Work in pairs. Suppose you have a week off, and you’re planning to take a trip out of the city. Make a plan and talk about it in terms of:What sort of places would you like to go to?What things will you take with you?What will you do there?情景对话2：Job InterviewDirections: In your pair, one acts as the interviewer, the other as the interviewee The following items should be covered in your interview:The necessary personal information;The qualifications that the interviewee has;Other Factors to consider when choosing a job.情景对话3：SuggestionsStudent A who wants to lose weight and keep in a good shape goes to consult with his/her doctor. Student B, the doctor, will offer some tips.段落朗读部分Paragraph OneJefferson's courage and idealism were based on knowledge. He probably knew more than any other man of his age. He was an expert in agriculture, archeology, and medicine. He practiced crop rotation and soil conservation a century before these became standard practice, and he invented a plow superior to any other in existence. He influenced architecture throughout America, and he was constantly producing devices for making the tasks of ordinary life easier to perform. Of all Jefferson's many talents, one is central. He was above all a good and tireless writer. His complete works, now being published for the first time, will fill more than fifty volumes. His talent as an author was soon discovered, and when the time came to write the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia in 1776, the task of writing it was his. Millions have thrilled to his words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…"Paragraph TwoWhile I was waiting to enter university, I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience in teaching my chances of getting the job were slim. However, three days later a letter arrived, asking me to go to Croydon for an interview. It proved an awkward journey: a train to Croydon station; a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at least a quarter to feel nervous.Paragraph ThreeAs boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I kne w who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in itsfunctioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could. In the 23 years of our friendship, I never saw him show jealousy, vanity, bitterness, anger, resentment, or personal ambition. He seemed immune to these emotions. He was beyond any pretension. Although he corresponded with many of the world's most important people, his stationery carried only a watermark - W - for Woolworth's.Paragraph FourSchool children used to know the story of how Abraham Lincoln walked five miles to return a penny he'd overcharged a customer. It's the kind of story we think of as myth. But in the case of Lincoln, the story is true … unlike the story of George Washington and the cherry tree. Washington's first biographer invented the tale of little George saying to his father, "Icannot tell a lie. I did it with my ax." What is important in both stories, however, is that honesty was seen as an important part of the American character.Paragraph FivePraise is like sunlight to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. Why - when one word can bring such pleasure? A friend of mine who travels widely always tries to learn a little of the language of any place she visits. She's not much of a linguist, but she does know how to say one word - "beautiful " - in several languages. She can use it to a mother holding her baby, or to lonely salesman fishing out pictures of his family. The ability has earned her friends all over the world.Paragraph SixD o not treat all new words in exactly the same way. Have you ever complained about your memory because you find it simply impossible to memorize all the new words you are learning? But, in fact, it is not your memory that is at fault. If you cram your head with too many new words at a time, some of them are bound to be crowded out. What you need to do is to deal with new words in different ways according to how frequently they occur in everyday use. While active words demand constant practice and useful words must be committed to memory, words that do not often occur ineveryday situations require just a nodding acquaintance. You will find concentrating on active and useful words the most effective route to enlarge your vocabulary.Paragraph SevenThe old lady was eight today. She had put on her best dress. Perhaps--perhaps Myraight come. After all, eighty was a special birthday, another decade lined or endured just as you chose to look at it. Even if Myra did not come, she would send a present. The old lady was sure of that.Two spots of colour brightened her cheeks. She was excited--like a child. She would enjoy her day.Paragraph EightLet us take a serious, reasonable look at what the results be if such aproposal were accepted. Families might use the time for a real family hour.Without the distraction of TV, they might sit around together after dinnerand actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of ourproblems -- everything, in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorcerate to some forms of mental illness -- are caused at least in part by failureto communicate. We do not tell each other what is disturbing us. The resultis emotional difficulty of one kind or another. By using the quiet family hourto discuss our problems, we might get to know each other better, and tolike each other better.Paragraph NineAfter graduation I returned home to my small town in Indiana. I didn't havea job yet. Mr. Hobbs, a friend of my father's, owned a small shirt factory intown. Within the past five years it had grown from twenty to eightyworkers. Mr. Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big andinefficient, so he asked me to come in on a short-term basis as a consultant.Paragraph TenThere was great excitement on the planet of Venus this week. For the first time Venusian scientists managed to land as atellite on the plant Earth, and is has been sending back signals as well as photographs ever since. The satellite was into an area know as Manhattan(named after thegreat Venusian astronomer Prof. Manhattan, who first discovered it with histelescope 20,000 light years ago).Because of excellent weather conditions and extremely strong signals,Venusian scientists were able to get valuable information as to the feasibilityof a manned flying saucer landing on Earth. A press conference was held atthe Venus Institute of Technology.。