大学英语口语测试oral test

Ⅰ. Read Passage.Read the following story, and then retell it.Two friends were walking through the desert. During their journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other. Without saying anything, the injured friend wrote in the sand: “Today my best friend slapped me in the face.” They kept on walking, until they found a place with water and trees. They decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped ventured too far into the water and became stuck in the deep mud and was drowning, but his friend saved him. After he recovered from the incident, he carved into a stone: “Today my friend saved my life.” The friend, who had both slapped and saved his best friend, asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now, you write on a stone. Why?” The friend replied: “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand, where the wind can wipe it away, but when someone does something good for us, we must carve it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”Interview with GodI dreamed I had an interview with God.“So you would like to interview me?” God asked“If you have the time” I said.God smiled“My time is eternity”“What questions do you have in mind for me?”“What surprises you most about humankind?...”God answered...“That they get bored with childhood. They rush to grow up and then long to be children again.”“That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health.”“That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither the present nor the future.”That they live as if they will never die, and die as if they had never lived.”God’s hand took mine and we were silent for a whileAnd then I asked...“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn?”God replied with a smile“To learn they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is let themselves be loved.”“To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.”“To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.”“To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in persons we love,and it takes many years to heal them.”“To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.”“To learn that there are persons who love them dearly, but simply do not know how to express or show theirfeelings.”“To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it differently.”“To learn that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others. But that they must forgive themselves.”“And to learn that I am here always.”Ⅱ. Free Talk.1.How’s your college life?2.What’s your favorite food?3.Tell me about your friend.4.Do you often go shopping?5.Would you please tell me something about your family?Ⅲ. Talk about the Pictures.Ⅳ. Passage.We all know that it’s not possible for man to control the weather. But we can tell what important changes there will be in the weather in the short term. This is called weather forecasting. Many people rely on the weatherman to provide that information, but one method of weather forecasting is simply to use your eyes and brains. For example, if you see a rainbow in rainy weather in the evening, this is a sign that the weather will soon be clear and fine. Sometimes distant objects such as hills and tall trees seem to be very clear and near; this is a sign of much water vapor in the air, and then rain will probably come. If a fog appears just about sunrise in the morning, then the day will be warm. If the sunset is mostly red in color, then the following day will be fine. If the stars twinkleclearly at night, then fine weather will come the next day.1.Weather forecasting makes it possible for man to __________________(tell what the weather will probably be like in the short term)2.Weather forecasting can be made with the help of ____________________ (observation)3.It will be a __________________ day if a rainbow appears in rainy weather. (sunny)4.If distant objects seem quite clear and near,______________ weather will then probably come. (rainy)5. A fog that occurs at sunrise is a sign of ________ weather during the day. (warm)Once an old gentleman went to see a doctor. The doctor examined him and said, “Medicine won’t help you. You must have a complete rest. Go to a quiet place for a month, go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot, and smoke just one cigar a day.”“Thank you very much,” said the old gentleman, “I shall do everything you say.”A month later, the gentleman came to the doctor again. “How do you do!” said the doctor, “I am very glad to see you. You look much younger.”“Oh, doctor,” said the gentleman, “I feel quirt well now. I had a good rest. I went to bed early. I drank a lot of milk.I walked a lot. Your advice certainly helped me. But you told me to smoke one cigar a day, and that one cigar almost killed me at first. It’s no joke to start smoking at my age”1.Where did the doctor suggest the gentleman to go? (to the countryside)2.What did the doctor suggest the gentleman to drink? (milk)3.According to the doctor, which of the following would do harm to the gentleman’s health? (smoking cigars)4.What had almost killed the gentleman? (the cigar)5.What can we infer from the story? (The gentleman didn’t smoke before seeing the doctor)Ⅴ. Create dialogs.Create a dialog with a partner for each of the following situations. Role-play the dialogs in front of the class.1. Two freshmen are talking about college life and their majors. A majors in business, and B in computer science. They are both unsatisfied with their major to some extent.A.say what you think about college life.B.Give your opinion of A’s view.A.Tell B your problem and the cause for that.B.Give your opinion of what A says, and tell him/her about your situation.ment on B’s words.2. Your and your partner are talking about habits. You usually have regular meals and have a balanced diet. Your partner does not have regular meals, eat a lot of meat, and seldom touches vegetables or fruit.A. suggest vegetables and fruit to your partner.B. say you love meat the best.A. give your warning of eating fat.B. say you know the important of a balanced diet but just cannot change your eating habit.A. stress the importance of a good diet again.B. show your impatience.Ⅵ.Topic presentation & follow-up questionsNow, here are some other topics. Please choose one topic from them.Topic 1 EducationWhat is the most interesting class you have ever taken?Explain the aspects of the class that made it interesting. Include details and examples in your explanation.Now, you have 4 minutes to talk about it, and then I’ll ask you a few questions related to the topic.1. Do you want to go abroad for further study? Why?2. Do you think that foreign degrees and diplomas can help you to find a better job?3. Some students prepare for tests by studying alone. Others prepare for tests by studying with other students or a tutor. Which study method do you think is better, and why?Topic 2 Health and Body CareSome people get up early in the morning and go to bed early at night. Others get up late in the morning and stay up until late at night. What do you think is better and why?Now, you have 4 minutes to talk about it, and then I’ll ask you a few questions related to the topic.1. Some people relax by staying at home. Others relax by going out. Which type of relaxation is better for you and why?2. Do you prefer Chinese herbal medicine or western medicine? Please give your reasons.3. To keep our mental health, do you think it important to have friends? Please explain.口语测试Part I. (50%)In this part, you will1)Read aloud the marked parts of the passage. (25%)2)Retell the passage in your own words. (25%)Mr. Brown liked fish very much, and when he had enough money, he bought some in the market for his dinner, and took it home. But when his wife saw the fish, she always said to herself, “Good！Now I will invite my friends to lunch and we will eat this fish. They like fish very much.”So when Mr. Brown came home in the evening after his work, the fish was never there, and his wife always said, “Oh, your cat ate it！She is a very bad animal！” And she gave Mr. Brown soup and rice for his dinner.But one evening when this happened again, Mr. Brown became very angry. He took the cat and his wife to the shop near his house and weighed the cat carefully. Then he turned to his wife and said, “My fish weighed three pounds. This cat weighs three pounds too. My fish is here, you say. Then where is my cat?”Part II. (50%) The rules of points:1) Pronunciation: 10points2) Fluency & correct: 15points3) Appearance: 5points4) Brief & vivid: 15points5) Action & others: 5pointsIn this part, there are two topics. For each topic you will be presented some things for you to make a comparison or stated your opinion in-group discussion.(1). (25%) Which Forms of Transport Do You Prefer?Another summer vacation has begun. You plan to spend ten days traveling to an interesting place. But you have not decided which form of transport you may take. Here are some means of long-distance transportation—Train, Ship, and Plane & Bus. Which forms of transport do you prefer? Tell & compare theiradvantages and disadvantages.Picture 1Picture 2Picture 3Picture 4(2). (25%) Try to describe the following pictures。