1专四口语试题
历届专四口试题目,oralexam,3个部分齐全,有录音
2001Task1: Retelling a storyI once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous. John Smith was so forgetful that he sometimes forget what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly remind him about his meetings, his classes – even his meals!Once he forgot he had eaten breakfast twice, at home and at school. His wife liked to remind her neighbors, “If John didn’t have his head tied on. He would forget that too!”Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment. It wasn’t that he was not clever, as some critical people tended to say, but just very, very absent-minded.One hot summer day, Professor Smith decided to take his children to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town a secret.However, by the time they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit. Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find outwhere he was going.The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again so soon.“Oh, my dear, I forgot the name the town.”“What? You forgot the name? Maybe one day you will forget my name! Now I’ll write the name of that town on a piece of paper, and you put it in your pocket and please, please don’t forget where you put it.”Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husband off again. Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house for the third time. “What is the matter now?”“As you told me, I didn’t forget where I put the name of that town, but I forgot where I left our children!”Task2: Talking on a given topic Directions: Describe a teacher of yours whom you find unusual.Task3: Role-playingDirections: Many high school graduates in China are going overseas for their college education. A friend of yours isgraduating this year and would like to ask for your advice on whether it is a good idea for a high school graduate to go abroad to study.Student A: You think this friend should go by all means, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: You think this friend should finish college in China before thinking about going abroad, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2002:Task1: Retelling a storyWhenever Mr. Smith goes to Westgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of its name, it is really not very “grand,” but it is cheap, clean, and comfortable.Since he knows the manger well, he never has to go to the trouble of reserving a room.The fact is that he always gets the same room. It is situated at the far end of the building and overlooks a beautiful bay.On his last visit, Mr. Smith was told that he could have his usual room, but the manager added apologeticallythat it might be a little noisy. So great was the demand for rooms, the manager said, that the hotel had decided to build a new wing. Mr. Smith said he did not mind. It amused him to think that the dear old Grand Hotel was making an effort to live up to its name.During the first day Mr. Smith hardly noticed the noise at all. The room was a little dusty, but that was natural. The following afternoon, he borrowed a book from the hotel library and went upstairs to read. No sooner had he sat down than he heard someone hammering loudly at the wall. At first he paid no attention, but after a while he began to feel very uncomfortable. His clothes were slowly being covered with fine white powder.Soon there was so much dust in the room that he began to cough. The hammering was now louder than ever and bits of plaster were coming away from the walls. It looked as though the whole building was going to fall.Mr. Smith went immediately to complain to the manager. They both returned to the room, but everything was very quiet. As they stood there looking at each other, Mr. Smith felt rather embarrassed for having dragged the manager all the way up the stairs for nothing. All of a sudden, the hammering began again and a largebrick landed on the floor. Looking up, they saw a sharp metal tool had forced its way through the wall, making a very large hole right above the bed!Task2: Talking on a given topic Direction: Describe an embarrassing situation in which you got very angry.Task3: Role-playingDirections: The geology department of a major university is planning to admit 30 male and 5 female students. However, the results of the college entrance examination show that by average, of all the applicants, females have scored higher than most males. Should the department stick to its original plan?Student A: You think the department should still stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation. Student B: You don’t think the department should stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2003:Task1: Retelling a storyJust as Jane was joyfully expecting her first child, her active, energetic mother began losing her battle with a brain disease.For ten years, the fiercely independent and courageous mother had fought, but none of the surgeries or treatments had been successful. At only fifty-five, she became totally disabled- unable to speak, walk, eat or dress on her own.As the mother grew closer and closer to death, the baby grew closer and closer to life. Jane was afraid that her mother and her baby would never know each other. Her fear seemed well-founded. A few weeks before her due date, her mother lapsed into a deep coma. The doctors did not hold any hope. It was useless to put in a feeding tube, they said, for Mother would never awaken. So Jane brought Mother to her own bed in her own house. As often as she could, she sat beside her mother, talking about the baby moving inside her.On February 3, 1989, at about the same time Jane began to feel birth pains, Mother opened her eyes. Jane called home.“Mom, listen. My baby is coming! You’re going tohave a new grandchild. Do you understand!”“Yes,” Mother answered.What a wonderful word! The first clear word she’d spoken in months.By the time Jane brought her son home, her mother was sitting in her chair, dressed and ready to welcome the baby. For two weeks, Mother clucked, smiled and held the new-born baby. Then she quietly became unconscious and, after visits from all her children, was finally free of the pain.For Jane, memories of her son’s birth will always be bittersweet, but it was at this time that she learned an important truth about living. While both joy and sorrow pass quickly, and often come together at the same time, love has the power to overcome both. And love can last forever.2005Task1: Retelling a storyA little girl whose parents had died lived with her grandmother and slept in an upstairs bedroom.One night there was a fire in the house and thegrandmother died while trying to rescue the child. The fire spread quickly, and the first floor of the house was soon engulfed in flames.Neighbors called the fire department, then stood helplessly by, unable to enter the house because flames blocked all the entrances. The little girl appeared at an upstairs window, crying for help, just as word spread among the crowd that the firefighters would be delayed a few minutes because they were all at another fire.Suddenly, a man appeared with a ladder, put it up against the side of the house and disappeared inside. When he reappeared, he had the little girl in his arms. He delivered the child to the waiting arms below, then disappeared into the night.An investigation revealed that the child had no living relatives, and weeks later a meeting was held in the town hall to determine who would take the child into their home and bring her up.A teacher said she would like to raise the child. She pointed out that she could ensure her a good education. A farmer offered her an upbringing on his farm. He pointed out that living on a farm was healthy and satisfying. Othersspoke, giving their reasons why it was to the child’s advantage to live with them.Finally, the town’s richest resident rose and said, “I can give this child all the advantages that you have mentioned here, plus money and everything that money can buy.”Throughout all this, the child remained silent, her eyes on the floor.“Does anyone else want to speak?” asked the meeting chairman. A man came forward from the back of the hall. He walked slowly and appeared to be in pain. When he got to the front of the room, he stood directly in front of the little girl and held out his arms. His hands and arms were terribly scarred.The child cried out. “This is the man who rescued me!”With a leap, she threw her arms around the man’s neck. She buried her face in his shoulder and sobbed for a few moments. Then she looked up and smiled at him. Task2: Talking on a given topic Direction: Please tell us one incident in which someone was trying to help others despite danger to his own safety. Task3: Role-playingStudent A: The manager of a world-famous hotel wants to recruit a new member as the hotel’s bellboy, offering him a salary of 3000 yuan per month. Many university graduates are competing for the position. As a sophomore in the university, you think that they are applying for a job unworthy for their talents. Try to persuade your partner that you are right. Remember you will initiate the conversation.Student B: The manager of a world-famous hotel wants to recruit a new member as the hotel’s bellboy, offering him a salary of 3000 yuan per month. Many university graduates are competing for the position. As a sophomore in the university, you think that it is courageous for them to make such a decision and they have made the correct choice. Try to persuade your partner that you are right. Remember your partner will initiate the conversation.2004:Task1: Retelling a storyWhen she was 22 years old Pat Jones decided that she wanted to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could while she was young. When shefinished college at home in Britain, Pat chose to visit Latin America first, so she managed to get a job as an English teacher in a secondary school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, so she was able to communicate with her students even though they did not know much English.A sentence she had once read somewhere stuck in her mind: if you dream in a foreign language, it means that you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and she hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English.One day, Tim, one of the worst students in her class, came up to her and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He said that he had gone to bed early and had slept badly. Pat was quite angry with him, for she did not think that his explanation had anything to do with his homework. But Tim told her that he dreamed all night and his dream was in English.“In English!”Pat thought. She was greatly surprised, since Tim was such a bad student. She was also secretly jealous. Her dreams were still not in Spanish, but she decided to encourage her student and asked him to tell her about his dream.“All the people in my dream spoke English,” Tim said. “And all the signs were in English. All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English.”“But that’s wonderful,”said Pat. “What did all the people say to you?” she asked.“I’m sorry. Miss Jones, That’s why I slept so badly all through the night. I didn’t understand a word they said. It was a nightmare!” Tim answered.Task2: Talking on a given topic Directions: Describe one of the most unpleasant dreams you’ve ever had.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive. To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden. You try to discuss this problem with student B. You think that parents should pay tuition for their children since college students do not yet have any regular income.Student B: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive. To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden. You try to discuss this problem withstudent A. Your opinion is that it is unfair to put this big burden on parents since college students are already adults. Students themselves should find ways to pay their own tuition.2006Task1: Retelling a storyA philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty glass jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top, rocks about two inches in diameter.He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course,rolled into the open spaces between the rocks. The students laughed.He asked his students again if the jar was full. They agreed: yes, it was.The professor then picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.Of course, the sand filled up all the remaining space.“Now.”said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this is your life.”The rocks are the important things –your family, your partner, your health, your children–anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed. The pebbles are the other things in life that matter, but on a smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff.If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar first, there is no room for the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff, or material things, you will never have room for the things that are truly most important. Pay attention to the things that are critical in your life. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. Talk with your parents. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. “Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just pebbles and sand. They will take care of themselves.”Task2: Talking on a given topic Directions: Describe a lesson you have learned which has enriched your life experience.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: You and your friend are discussing what you are going to do together during this coming summer vacation. Your friend prefers to work in a big company to earn some money. You prefer to do some voluntary work for society. You try to persuade each other by giving various reasons. Remember you will initiate the conversation. Student B: You and your friend are discussing what you are going to do together during this coming summer vacation. Your friend prefers to do some voluntary work for society. You prefer to work in a big company to earn some money. You try to persuade each other by giving various reasons. Remember your partner will initiate the conversation. 2007:Task1: Retelling a storyAnne was a science teacher in a primary school. She loved her job and believed very strongly in practical work asa means of teaching science effectively.Once she decidedto show her pupils’parents how well their children were learning. To demonstrate the effectiveness of her methods she invited all the parents to come to the school to see the results of one of the children’s experiments. She scheduled this event for a Saturday evening, so all of the parents would be sure to come.The children were studying how plants grow. To see this process for themselves the students had planted four pots of beans. They had put poor soil in one pot to see what effect this would have on the growth of the beans. The other three pots of beans had good soil, but one pot had been placed in a dark room for several days and another pot was not watered for the same length of time. In this way the children were learning the effects of soil, water and sunlight on the growth of plants.At the end of the lesson on Friday afternoon, Anne put labels on the four pots. One label said, “The beans in this pot were planted in poor soil.” Another one said, “This pot has been kept in the dark for four days.”The third label read, “These beans have had no water for four days.” And the last one went like this: “These beans have had good soil,plenty of light and regular water.” Then she went home.She returned to school on Saturday evening,half an hour before the parents were due to come. She was surprised to find a note beside the pots. It said: “We read your notes to the school cleaning staff and decided to help them with your plants, so we watered all the plants, changed the earth in one with poor soil, and left the light on above the one that had been left in the dark for four days. We hope that the plants will now grow better.” Signed “The Boy Scouts”.Task2: Talking on a given topic Directions: Talk about an experience you have had in which you tried to help someone but actually caused trouble. Task3: Role-playingStudent A: Nowadays lots of college students take all kinds of tests to get different kinds of certificates. You think it necessary because these certificates are useful in helping the students find good jobs. But your partner doesn’t agree with you. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Nowadays lots of college students take all kind oftests to get different kinds of certificates. You don’t think it necessary because most of these certificates are actually of no use. But your partner doesn’t agree with you. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner should start the conversation.2008Task1: Retelling a storyIt was shortly after one o’clock in the morning and Mr. Fairfax was really tired. He had been driving for over five hours, heading for a small town far away from home. The weather was clear but it was dark and Mr. Fairfax could not find a motel to spend the night. Completely exhausted, he decided to stop by the roadside for a few hours’ sleep at the wheel of his car. He fell asleep almost the moment he closed his eyes. But soon he was awakened by a man tapping on the car window. “I say, you don’t happen to know the time, do you?” the stranger asked.Mr. Fairfax wound down the window and thrust his head out. “It’s around one o’clock,”he answered. Then he wound up his window and soon fell back into a deep slumber.Half an hour later, another guy came up and knocked on his window who also inquired about the time. Once again, Mr. Fairfax gathered his thoughts and told him that it was just after one-thirty.When the same thing happened yet again, Mr. Fairfax became increasingly irritated. Sleep-deprived, he began to raise his voice at the passer-by: “It’s two o’clock, God damn it! And why can’t you get yourself a watch like the rest of us?”This time when he was winding up the window, Mr. Fairfax figured out how to make sure no one else disturbed him.He found some paper and a pencil and wrote a note that he placed on the windscreen of his car. It said: “I don’t know what time it is!”Amused by his good idea, he happily drifted off back to sleep again.Not long afterwards, the note was spotted by a policeman on his night patrol. Intent on fulfilling his duty to assist motorists, he tapped on Mr. Fairfax’s car window. “Well, sir,”the policeman said. “Now it is five past three!”Task2: Talking on a given topicDescribe a situation in which you tried every means to avoid trouble, but in vain.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You think these people deserve a chance since they have contributed a lot to the country. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You don’t think these people should be given this chance since it is unfair to the other people who work so hard to pass the exam. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.。
英语专业四级口语考试
1. Role A: You think that electronic dictionaries are good for English study, trying to convince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that electronic dictionaries are not good for English study, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.2. Role A: You think that living with parents is good for young couples, trying to convince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that living with parents after marriage is not good, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.3. Role A: You think that students should read books selectively, trying to convince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that students should read books extensively, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.4. Role A: You think that it is good to go on study after graduation, trying to convince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that it is good to find a job after graduation, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.5. Role A: You think that living in the dormitory is good, trying to convince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that living off campus is good, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.6. Role A: You think that certificate is more important than practical ability, trying to convince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that practical ability is more important than certificate, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.7. Role A: You think that examination classroom without teachers’presence should be adopted, trying to convince Role B of your opinion. Role B: You think that examination classroom must be supervised by teachers, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.8. Role A: You think that teachers should not take part-time jobs, trying to convince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that teachers should have the right to take part-time jobs, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.9. Role A: You think that economic development is more important than environmental protection for China, trying to convince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that environmental protection is more important thaneconomic development for China, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.10. Role A: You think that college students should be encouraged to set themselves up in business, trying to convince Role B of your opinion. Role B: You think that college students should focus on their study, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.11. A company has a job vacancy. Two candidates are applying for the position. One is aged thirty and has just graduated from a famous university. The other is 55 years old and has worked in the business field for 30 years. Whom should the company employ?Student A: You think the company should employ the younger candidate, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: You think the company should employ the older candidate, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember your partner will start the conversation.12. Role A: You think that English majors must study another foreign language besides English, trying to convince Role B of your opinion. Role B: You think that it is unnecessary for English majors to study another foreign language, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.13. Role A: You think that it is necessary to protect the rights of animals, trying to convince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that it is a waste of money and time to protect the rights of animals, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.14. The style and location of a restaurant are two factors which have direct influence on the number of customers and consequently the profit. Therefore, as owners, before opening a new restaurant, it is necessary to consider which factor is more important for a successful business. Student A:You think it is better to open a traditional Chinese restaurant in a suburban area. You should try to convince your partner, who is your business partner.Student B: You think it is wise to open a modern western restaurant in the downtown area. You should try to convince your partner, who is your business partner.15. It is reported that four factors influence one’s health, namely, environment, habit, medical care, genetics.Role A: You think that habit is the most important factor, trying to convince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that environment is the important factor, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.16. It is reported that four factors influence one’s health, namely, environment, habit, medical care, genetics.Role A: You think that medical care is the most important factor, trying to convince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that gene is the important factor, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.17. As many people are planning to buy a car, many others are thinking of the inconveniences and even disadvantages of being dependent on cars. Two colleagues are arguing over this topic.Student A: You are one of the colleagues. You think it is essential to own a car. You should try to convince your partner who thinks it is disadvantageous to own a car.Student B: You are one of the colleagues. You think it is unnecessary or even disadvantageous to own a car. Try to convince your partner who thinks it is necessary to have a car of his own.18. Two Chinese middle school teachers of English are discussing the advantages and disadvantages of teaching grammar to students. One is emphasizing its merits and the other disagrees.Student A: You are one of the teachers. You think that grammar lectureshelp students understand the structure of language clearly and quickly. Therefore, it is one of most important things to do in English classrooms. Try to persuade your partner to accept your point.Student B: You are one of the teachers. You think that grammar lectures are a waste of time, since most Chinese did not learn Chinese grammar and the goal of language learning is to communicate. Therefore, most of time in classroom should be devoted to communication activities. Try to persuade your partner to accept your point.19. Science is considered by many people as a double-edged sword. Some think science has brought more benefits than harm to the world, while others refute this argument.Student A: You think that science has brought and will bring the world more benefits than harm. You should try to convince your partner, who holds the opposite point of view.Student B: You think that science has brought and will bring more negative impact to the relationship between humans and nature. You should try to convince your partner, who disagrees with your point of view.21. Role A: You think that English majors must study another foreign language besides English, trying to convince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that it is unnecessary for English majors to study another foreign language, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.22. Student A: You are a freshman who has just enrolled in your university. You are wondering about what the university life would be though you have heard a lot of it. To be honest, you are a little bit lost and afraid of the coming university life. Now you meet a sophomore of your department and ask him/her for advice on how to make good use of time, how to study well and how to make friends in the university. Eventually you become confident about your future again. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: You are a sophomore at the university. A freshman of your department comes to you to ask for advice on how to become successful in the university. You share your experience of the university life with him/her. You try to tell him/her how to make good use of time, how to study well and how to make friends in the university. Eventually you make him/her confident about his/her future again. Remember it is your partner who starts the conversation.23. Role A: You think that advertisements are good for people, trying toconvince Role B of your opinion.Role B: You think that advertisements have a lot of negative effects on people, trying to defy Role A’s opinion.Talk based on a given topic1.Imagine a day which a chain of unhappy things happened to you2.Imagine a day in which your important things were stolen by a thief who played a series of tricks.3.Tell yr university friend one unforgettable event in which one of yr best friends in yr middle school gave u great help when u were in difficulty.4.Tell us a story with the following opening sentencs.It was a cold, cold night, I was sitting before my window, cryiny.suddenly…5.describe one of the most unpleasant dreams u’ve ever had.6. please tell us one incident in which someone was trying to help others despite danger to his own safety7.describe an embassing situation in which u got very angry.8. describe one teacher of urs whom u find unusual.3．The most unforgettable experience in my life4. My Foreign Teacher5. My Roommate6. My favorite sports7. My favorite book8. Money is not everything.9. Which is more important for China, economic development or environmental protection?10. My Favorite City11. My favorite song12. The way to success13. How to succeed in interview?14. My ideal job15. My Hometown16. My first day at college17. How will I spend this summer holiday?18. Science has mad our lives easier19. the importance of competition20. the importance of cooperation21. the advantages of internet22. Which will you turn to for information, newspaper, TV or internet?23. my view on electronic dictionaries24. my view on family planning (one child policy)25. fast food26. reading selectively or extensively27. my view on examination cheating28. college students’ job-hunting29. traveling30. part-time jobs31. country life and city life32. mutual understanding is important33. the heavy bags of school children34. study abroad35. Should fireworks be banned?36. relationship between teachers and students37. “Little Emperor” in China (小皇帝)38. Advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets39. my view on physical punishment at school40. How to solve the traffic problems?41. should college students’ marriage be permitted?42. body language in English class43. my favorite English sayings44. How to be efficient in study?1. Online Love2. Campus life。
专四英语口语测验roleplay题目
专四英语口语测验roleplay题目1 / 9————————————————————————————————作者：————————————————————————————————日期：2 / 9Task Three: Role-play1.A: Recently, the number of students who apply for double majors has beenincreasing. You are also considering about such an application. You go to student B and ask for his/her opinion. Student B tries to encourage you to take this challenge by analyzing the advantages of doing so. However, you still have some reservations and do not want to make a final decision in a rush. Remember you should initiate the conversation.1.B: Student A is considering about an application for double majors, which you thinkis a good idea. You try to encourage student A to take this challenge by analyzing the advantages of doing so. However, student A has some reservations and does not want to make a final decision in a rush. Remember, it is your partner who should initiate the conversation.2.A: Recently a student has been enrolled in the graduate school of ZhongshanUniversity because of his contribution to the fight against SARS. You and your classmate Student B express your opinions on whether the university is justified in doing so. Remember you should initiate the conversation.2. B: Recently a student has been enrolled in the graduate school of ZhongshanUniversity because of his contribution to the fight against SARS. You and your classmate Student A express your opinions on whether the university is justified in doing so. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.3.A: You are a freshman but you don’t feel happy at all. Instead you are depressedbecause you think the college you enter is an ordinary one. You curse your fate and cannot see any light of hope in your life. One day you decide to hav e a talk with your teacher, so you enter his/her office. Remember you must initiate the conversation.3. B: You are a university teacher. Student A is a freshman but he/she doesn’t feelhappy at all. Instead he/she is depressed because he/she thinks the college he enters is an ordinary one. He/she curses his fate and cannot see any light of hope in his/her life. One day, he/she enters your office with the intention of having a talk with you.Remember he/she initiates the conversation.4.A: You and your friend are discussing the aim of university education. However,you hold different opinions. You think university education is primarily to train good members of society while your friend insists that it is primarily to create and cultivate scientists, artists, politicians, philosophers, poets, novelists, etc.Remember you should initiate the conversation.4. B: You and your friend are discussing the aim of university education. However, youhold different opinions. You think university education is primarily to create and cultivate scientists, artists, politicians, philosophers, poets, novelists, etc. while your friend insists that it is primarily to train good members of society. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.5.A: You and student B will be on holiday next week and intend to travel to Xinjiang.As you have just read an article in the newspaper about a plane accident, you think it is too dangerous to travel by plane and decide to go somewhere else by train.However, Student B thinks differently and insists on traveling by air. Remember you should start the conversation.5. B: You and student A will be on holiday next week and intend to travel to Xinjiang.As student A has just read an article in the newspaper about a plane acci dent, he/she thinks it is too dangerous to travel by plane and decide to go somewhere else by train. However, you think differently and insist on traveling by air. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.6.A: You are a freshman in the university. You learn that many students do part-timejobs to get some money and some social experience. You have just decided to find a job as a tutor. Now you go to see a sophomore and ask for advice as to how to find a part-time job, the average payment of a job as a tutor, what difficulties one usually comes across, and how to do the job successfully. Your friend tries to give you various information, which you find very helpful. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.6. B: You are a sophomore in the university. A freshman of your department comes toask for advice as to how to find a part-time job, the average payment of a job as a tutor, what difficulties one usually comes across, and how to do the job successfully.You try to give him/her various information, which he finds very helpful. Remember that it is your partner who initiates the conversation.7.A: You are a literature fan. Your friend comes to you to seek advice on what to readduring his five-day holiday. You recommend several books to him/her. He/She finally decides to take one.7. B: You are going to have a five-day holiday. You have been longing to read a good book during the holiday. Now you go to a friend, who is a literature fan, to ask him to recommend a book to you. He offers several choices and you finally decide to take one.8.A: You have just read in the newspaper about the news that a laid-off worker won amillion yuan from the welfare lotteries. Now you talk to your friend about it. You exchange your opinions on how to spend the sum of money if you won a million yuan. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.8. B: Your friend has just read in the newspaper about the news that a laid-off workerwon a million yuan from the welfare lotteries. Now he talks to you about it. You exchange your opinions on how to spend the sum of money if you won a million yuan. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.9.A: You and your friend have different plans for National Day. Your friend intends togo home, while you’d like to stay on the campus. Try to explain to each other why your plan is better. Remember you should initiate the conversation.9. B: You and your friend have different plans for National Day. Your friend intends togo home, while you’d like to stay on the campus. Try to explain to each other why your plan is better. Remember you should initiate the conversation.10.A: You were given a sweater for your birthday. It is too big. You have never wornthe sweater and want to go to the shop for an exchange. The person who gave it to you has told you the name of the store where it was bought. You have just gone up to the sales assistant in the store but you haven’t got the receipt. Remember you should start the conversation.10.B: You are a shop assistant. A customer comes in order to exchange a sweater buthe/she hasn’t got the receipt. Moreover, you find a stain when you examine the sweater. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.11.A: You and your friend are talking about your feelings about your first-year study inthe university. Both of you find that some courses are awarding while others are quite boring and fruitless, though you may hold different opinions about each of the courses. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.11. B: You and your friend are talking about your feelings about your first-year study inthe university. Both of you find that some courses are awarding while others are quite boring and fruitless, though you may hold different opinions about each of the courses. Remember that it is your partner who initiates the conversation.12.A: Some neighbors have recently moved into the flat above you. They have hadseveral late-night parties with loud music. You want to develop good relations with your new neighbors, but you also need your sleep. Therefore, you go upstairs and politely ask them to be quiet. Remember that you should initiate the conversation. 12. B: You have just moved into a top-floor flat. Your neighbor complained about yournoisy parties. You think you have tried to be considerate and keep the noise down.Part of your job involves entertaining people at home sometimes. You also want to develop good relations with your neighbors downstairs. Therefore, you apologize and offer to be quieter next time. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.13.A: You are a sophomore, and you passed the oral test of TEM Four with high marks.B, a freshman, comes to you for help on how to get ready for the test. Give him/her advice.13. B: You are a freshman. You heard that A passed the oral test of TEM Four with highmarks. You go to him for help. Ask specific questions regarding the preparations for the test.14.A: You are from America. You enjoy talking with people and writing Emai lmessages to your friends in other countries. You plan to study Chinese soon. You would like to have some advice from B, a Chinese student on how to study Chinese.14. B: You are a Chinese student. You are a very fluent speaker of Mandarin, and agood writer too. You have studied English for two years and you want to improve your oral English. You would like to have some advice from A.15.A: One of your friends John is a networm. He spends all his time in a localcybercafe. He doesn’t eat properly and he suffers from insomnia. What is worse, he has lost all his interest in other things. Work with B for practical suggestions to solve his problem.15. B: One of your friends John is a networm. He spends all his time in a localcybercafe. He doesn’t eat prop erly and he suffers from insomnia. What is worse, he has lost all his interest in other things. Work with A for practical suggestions to solve his problem.16.A: You like to surf the net because you can travel around the world, do e-shopping,e-cash and send email to friends. The Internet is an integral part of society now and everyone worships it. You think that modern people cannot live a life without the Internet. Your friend B thinks surfing the Internet brings many side effects. Argue with him/her.16. B: You don’t like to surf the Internet. According to you, Web surfers become moreand more isolated, and they spend less time with their families, creating a tense family relationship. Besides, sleep and work can be interrupted if one overspends time on line. Argue with A.17.A: You find recently your father and mother quarrel a lot. You are so worried abouttheir relationship. You have tried to persuade them not to quarrel, but all your efforts were in vain. Go to your best friend B, tell him/her your tro uble, and get help from him/her.17. B: Your friend A comes to you for advice as his/her parents recently quarrel a lotrecently. You give him/her specific and practical suggestions.18.A: You are a member of a drama club and the club will put on a play to celebrateNational Day. You think the members should play one of Shakespeare’s masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. However, B, another member, suggests that you should put on a modern play. Try to reach agreement with B.18. B: You are a member of a drama club and the club will put on a play to celebrateNationalDay. You suggest that the club should put on a modern play about campus life. Talk with A who wants to put on a masterpiece and reach agreement with him/her.19.A: Your foreign teacher Mr. Smith is going back to America at the end of this term.You want to give him a going-away present to remember you by, but you don’t know what to choose, a silk scarf, a set of teapot or a pair of jade chopsticks. Go to your friend B for advice. You take his/her suggestion.19. B: Your friend A comes to you for help because he/she doesn’t know what to buyfor his/her foreign teacher as a gift, a silk scarf, a set of tea pot or a pair of jade chopsticks. Give him/her suggestions.20.A: Final exams are approaching. You are fed up with preparations for the tests. Youcomplain to your classmate B and suggest that the present examination system be changed because they may not be a proper way to measure a person’s knowledge and skill.20. B: You are busy preparing for the coming exams. Your classmate A is very unhappyand he tells you that the present exam system should be changed. However, you think exams are good ways to measure how well students have grasped the knowledge they have learned so the present exam system should be kept.21.A: You are a junior in a university. At lunchtime, you meet a foreign student in thedining hall. He/She does not know what dishes to choose, so you recommend some delicious dishes to him/her. Later, you eat together and you ask him/h er a lot about Western foods.21. B: You are a foreign student studying in a university in China. At lunchtime, youmeet A who kindly recommends some dishes to you. Later, you join him/her and ask him/her something about Chinese foods.22.A: Summer vacation is drawing near. You plan to go traveling with your classmate B.You want to go to Beijing, the capital of China boasting a long history and many historic sites, yet B has different idea. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of traveling to the two places with him/her and reach an agreement.22. B: Summer vacation is drawing near. You plan to go traveling with your classmateA. You want to go to Mount Huang Shan, but A has different idea. Compare theadvantages and disadvantages of traveling to the two places with him/her and reach an agreement.23.A: You are a senior. Next year, you will graduate from university. You plan tofurther your study abroad, but your parents are strongly against it, hoping you can find a stable job in China. Go to your friend B for advice on how to persuade yourparents to support you. However, you find his/her suggestions are not helpful.23. B: Your friend A comes to you for help because he/she is in a dilemma. He/shewants to study abroad, but his/her parents would not agree. Give him/her advice.However, you find his/her suggestions are not practical.24.A: You are undertaking a project of making a book called Album of China. You wantto present China to the world by taking photos of the places and people. Discuss with your partner B the places that can represent China.24. B: You are undertaking a project of making a book called Album of China with your partner Discuss with your partner A the places that can represent China.25.A: You want to have a surprise party for your friend Lily who is leaving for America.You don’t want other people to know it beforehand. Discuss with B how to prepare for the party. Be specific about the time, place, number of people to be invited, and etc.25. B: Your friend A wants to hold a surprise party for your friend Lily who is leavingfor America. A comes to talk with you about the details of the party. Give him help.Be specific about the time, place, number of people to be invited, and etc.26.A: You were sick and went to see doctor today in the university clinic. While youwere lining up, you heard some people talking about medical reform, which means students have to pay the expenses by themselves in the future. You don’t like this change, so now you tell your roommate B this piece of news. However, he/she supports the reform. Discuss with him/her.26. B: Your roommate A tells you that the university clinic will carry out medicalreform soon, which means students can no longer enjoy free medical care. He doesn’t like this change, bu t you strongly support the reform. Discuss with A and come up with several suggestions to solve this problem. Try to convince A the importance of carrying out the reform.27.A: As a football fan, you are very disappointed with Chinese players’ performancein the World Cup 2002. You think that the Chinese team will not qualify to play in the World Cup 2006. You discuss the problems facing the Chinese team with your good friend B.27. B: You are a football fan. Even though the Chinese team did not play well i n theWorld Cup 2002, you are confident the team will play better in the near future.Discuss with A the problems the team is facing now.28.A: You will graduate in June and you were just offered a chance to have interview ina joint venture. You have no experience of being interviewed, so you go to yourfriend B who is working in a foreign company. Ask him/her how to prepare for theinterview.28. B: You are now working in a foreign company. A will be interviewed in a few daysby the boss of a joint venture. He/she comes to you for help. Tell him/her what to wear and how to behave so that the interviewer will be impressed. Be specific about dos and don’ts.29.A: After working in a state-run factory for over two years, you now want to startyour own company because you no longer want to be a small fish in a big pond. You try to persuade your colleague B to resign from his/her post and establish a new company with you. Tell him/her the advantages of being one’s own boss. However, after the talk, B still wants to work in the same factory and you respect his/her decision.29. B: You have been working in a state-run factory for over two years. You arecontented with the job because it is stable and you don’t need to worry about many things. Your colleague is bored with this life and wants to start his/her own company. He/she tries hard to persuade you to work with him/her as a partner.Decline A’s offer and hope him a better future.30.A: Your new foreign teacher has just arrived in Guangzhou. Now he has justfinished giving you a lesson on composition and you are having a break. You go up to him/her to have a chat. You try to be friendly to him/her and ask him/her about his/her impression of Guangzhou, your school and if he/she has met with some difficulties in his life because of the different culture and the language. You also offer to help when he/she is in need. Remember you should start the conversation.30. B: You are a foreign teacher who has just arrived in Guangzhou. Now you havefinished giving the students a lesson on composition and you are having a break. A student comes up to you to have a chat. He/she tries to be friendly to you and asks you about your impression of Guangzhou, the school and if you have met with some difficulties in your life because of the different culture and the language. He also offers to help when you are in need. Remember it is your partner who starts the conversation.。
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Task I: Listen to the recorded passage twice and then retell it.Whenever Mr. Smith goes to Westgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of its name, it is really not very "grand," but it is cheap, clean, and comfortable. Since he knows the manager well, he never has to go to the trouble of reserving a room. The fact is that he always gets the same room. It is situated at the far end of the building and overlooks a beautiful bay.On his last visit, Mr. Smith was told that he could have his usual room, but the manager added apologetically that it might be a little noisy. So great was the demand for rooms, the manager said, that the hotel had decided to build a new wing. Mr. Smith said he did not mind. It amused him to think that the dear old Grand Hotel was making an effort to live up to its name.During the first day Mr. Smith hardly noticed the noise at all. The room was a little dusty, but that was natural. The following afternoon, he borrowed a book from the hotel library and went upstairs to read. No sooner had he sat down than he heard someone hammering loudly at the wall. At first he paid no attention, but after a while he began to feel very uncomfortable. His clothes were slowly being covered with fine white powder. Soon there was so much dust in the room that he began to cough. The hammering was now louder than ever and bits of plaster were coming away from the walls. It looked as though the whole building was going to fall. Mr. Smith went immediately to complain to the manager. They both returned to the room, but everything was very quiet. As they stood there looking at each other, Mr. Smith felt rather embarrassed for having dragged the manager all the way up the stairs for nothing. All of a sudden, the hammering began again and a large brick landed on the floor. Looking up, they saw a sharp metal tool had forced its way through the wall, making a very large hole right above the bed! (355 words)Task II: Talk based on a given topic.Describe an embarrassing situation in which you got very angry.Task III: Carry out a conversation with your partner based on a given situation.The geology department of a major university is planning to admit 30 male and 5 female students. However, the results of the college entrance examination show that by average, of all the applicants, females have scored higher than most males. Should the department stick to its original plan?Student A: You think the department should still stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: You DON'T think the department should stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember your partner will start the conversation.全国高校英语专业四级口试考题Task 1 Retell a storyYou will listen to the story twice, and after that you should retell the story immediately within three minutes。
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1 What do you miss most in your home?2 Which one do you prefer, on-line education or traditional education?3 What do you think are the characteristics of a good teacher?4 Every one has some goals, describe one of your goals。
5 Do you agree or disagree: people should always tell the truth?6 Who do you admire most? why?7 Long-term contact and first impression, which do you think can help you best to know a person? why?8 Which one do you prefer? live alone or with roomates?9 Describe the most important object to you?10 Novel, maganize or poem, which one do you prefer?di it take you long to get adapted to campus life? (please explain) Part II. Discussion and cardsDiscussion: in what way summer vacations benefit students?Cards: Suppose you are going to spend your summer vacation …. Say something about your plans.Card 1 : travelingCard 2: taking a summer jobCard 3: taking summer coursesCard 4: working as a volunteerPart III. Last questions:1. Is it advisable for students to travel to remote areas during the summer vacation? (why or why not?)2. What are the possible risks involved in traveling?3. Have you ever thought of doing something for your family during the summer vacation? (please elaborate)4. Do you think most students make good use of their summer vacation?(why do you think so?)5. What precautions should college students take while traveling during the summer vacation?6. During the discussion, why did you say that ….?该文章转载自无忧考网：/show.asp?id=999982&Page=21. What's your name?2. Does your name have any special meaning?3. Where were you come from?4. What kind of landscape surrounds your hometown?5. What is the main crop in your hometown?6. What is the difference between Beijing and your hometown?7. What are the main places of interest in your hometown?8. What is the climate like in your hometown?9. What is the character of the people like in the region where you live?10. What are the differences in accent between the people of your hometown and Beijing?11. What is people's favorite food in your region?12. How do you make dumplings?13. What do you do during the Spring Festival?14. Why is the Spring Festival so important to Chinese people?15. Can you describe one of the main festivals celebrated in your country?16. Tell me something about the Lantern Festival.17. Tell me something about the Qing Ming Festival.18. Tell me something about the customs of your country.19. How long have you lived in Beijing?20. What is the weather like in Beijing?21. How do you compare the climate in Beijing with that in your hometown?22. What place in Beijing do you like best? Why ?23. Which is the worst place you've been to China?24. Which is the best place you've been to China?25. What places in Beijing should a foreigner visit? Why?26. What are the major social problems in Beijing? How can they be solved?27. What is the biggest problem China faces?28. What places in Beijing should a foreigner visit? Why?29. Could you tell me something about your family?30. Have you any children?31. What is your child's name? Does his name have a meaning?32. What does your wife/husband do?33. When did you get married?34. Describe your wedding.35. How have weddings changed in recent years?36. Are there any special customs about wedding in your region?37. Describe a traditional wedding ceremony.38. Where did you go for your honeymoon?39. Did you have to ask for permission from your parents before you got married?40. Is it acceptable for couples to live together without marrying?41. Where do you think a newly couple should live? Living with their parents or on their own?42. What responsibilities should a couple take?43. How do Chinese usually celebrate birthdays?44. Are there any traditions concerning the birth of a baby?45. What kind of parent do you intend to be?46. What do you think of One-Child Policy in China?47. Why do people in China traditionally want to have a son?48. What difficulties do Chinese farmers have concerning their old age?49. What do you think needs to be done in order to relieve the farmer's worries?50. What hope or fears do you have for your children?51. What sort of culture do you hope your child will grow up in?52. Are you going to bring up your child differently from the way you were brought up? How?53. Do you enjoy shopping?54. Who does most of the shopping in your family?55. What are you good at cooking? What is your favorite dish?56. Who does most of cooking in your family?57. Is there sex discrimination in China?58. How do you sum up women's conditions in China?59. What are the causes of sex discrimination?60. Should government pay certain salaries to those housewives? Why or why not?61. Would you want your wife to continue with her career or to stay at home taking care of the household after you get married?62. Have you ever wished to be one of the opposite sex? Why (why not)?63. What would you do if your next-door neighbour were noisy nearly all the time?64. Do you have a lot of friend?65. What does friendship mean to you? What kind of people do you make friend with?66. What is your major?67. How do you like your major?68. When and where did you graduate? What qualifications have you obtained?69. Do you still remember your school days?70. What impressed you most when you were at university?71. Which is the best university in your country?72. Could you sum up your own study habits in a few points?73. What do you think of the practice of setting up key schools in primary and secondary school education in China?74. Do you think the subjects you are studying today are relevant to present-daysociety? Why ?75. What do you think education should be? Should it be a process of learning what is useful for your future life or should it be simply learning for enjoyment? Why?76. What do you do for a living?77. What do you do in the office every day?78. Since your job seems too professional to me, could you explain it in detail?79. What are your job prospects?80. If you had the opportunity to change your job, what would you do with it?81. Do you have any ambitious?82. Will any possible future changes affect your job in any way?83. What are your spare time interests?84. How do you spend your weekends?85. What is your favorite sport? What are the rules?86. What is the most popular sport in your country?87. What are the sporting facilities like in your university/Beijing?88. What do you know about Qigong? Do you believe in Qigong?89. What do you do in your spare time?90. Do you often read newspapers? If not, why ones do you read?91. What do you think of computer?92. Do you think computer has changed our life so much?93. Do you often go to the cinema/theatre?94. What kind of films do you like best?95. Do you often watch TV? What is your favorite program?96. Do you think watching TV too much is a waste of time?97. What kind of music do you enjoy?98. Who is your favorite film star? Will you describe him/her to me?99. Do you enjoy travelling?100. Where have you been travelling to? Which place interested you most?101. Do you smoking?102. Do you think smoking is a problem that needs special attention and has to be solved? If so, why?103. What do you know about XXX?104. What problem do you think you will have in XXX?105. How will you overcome the difficulties?106. Do you think you will be able to cope with English-demands of your intended study program in XXX?107. What difficulties do you think you'll encounter in your studies in XXX ? 108. Can you imagine what life in Britain/Canada/Australia/London, etc. would be like?109. How will you fare in Britain/Canada/Australia, etc. without your family? 110. What do you intend to study?111. Which university are you going to study at?112. Why did you choose this university?113. Where are you going to study in XXX?114. What are you plans in XXX?115. What is your research proposal all about?116. What do you hope for most from your study abroad?117. Will your study abroad help your job prospects after come back to China? 118. Should you study more theory or do more practice? Give your reasons, please. 119. What kind of differences in the cultures are you expecting between China and the XX?120. How will your study in Britain benefit your work in China when you come back to China?121. What do you intend to do after you finish studying?122. What will be your main problem when you are study in a foreign country? 123. What problem can you foresee in the future when you come back to China? 124. Will there be any adjustment problems in your life when you come back to China? If so, what are they?125. Will you have to make any changes in your work/life when you come back to China? 126. Do you think there will be a gap between your knowledge gained in China and the level of knowledge you are going to encounter on arrival? If so, what will it be? 127. What do you think of the future of China keeps an open policy?128. What do you regard as the most significant events in your country's recent history?129. Are there any special places you want to see in Canada? What are they? 130. What do you especially want to do in Canada?131. How do you like your life in ******* University?132. What do you think of the training in the university?133. In what way do you think university training is helpful or falls short? 134. What aspect of English do you find the most difficult?135. Do you find American English easier to understand than Britain English? 136. What sports are played in your country?137. Could you describe the traditional architecture of your country?138. What role dose religion play in everyday life in your country?139. What would you regard as the most significant events in your country's recent history?140. How aware do you think people are nowadays about environmental issues? 141. Could you tell me why you chose to study at the university of ****?142. What role dose tourism play in your country's economy?143. How serious is unemployment in your country?144. In your opinion, what are the most serious problems associated with modern life? 145. What do you think have been the most important changes in your field over the past 5 years?146. What are you going to major in ?147. Are you going to do your own cooking when you are at university?148. Some local students feel that overseas students get preferential treatment. What is your opinion?149. Do you think you will be able to cope with the English-language demands of yourintended program?150. What do you think are the main causes of road accidents?151. Do you think the government is doing enough to prevent road accidents? 152. As there are more and more private cars, what do you think the government should do in order to encourage citizens to use public transport?153. How do you see yourself in ten years' time?154. Have you ever thought to have your own business?155. What business do you hope to have?156. Do you know about any policies about opening a business abroad?157. What are your plans for your future?158. Why do you think there are more and more people leaving to immigrate to other countries?159. Is it good for China that so many people are going to other countries? 160. Will your life change a lot after you immigrate to XXX?161. What will you do if you are ill abroad?162. Do you know what to do in case of emergency?163. What will do if you cannot find a job in XXX?164. Why do you want to immigrate to XXX?165. What will you do after the IELTS test?166. What will do if you fail the IELTS test?168. How long have you been learning English?169. What troubles you most at the moment?170. Does your family support your decision on going XXX? What help do they offer?1、描述一个你熟悉的小孩，他的姓名，年龄，爱好等基本的东西。
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Task III: Role-playingStudent A: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You think these people deserve a chance since they have contributed a lot to the country. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You don’t think these people should be given this chance since it is unfair to the other people who work so hard to pass the exam. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2009Student A: Today in China, more and more people like to make friends online. You think that the Internet is a good place to meet new friends. But your partner thinks that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Try to convince your partner that the Internet is a good place to meet friends. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Today in China, more and more people like to make friends online. Your partner thinks that the Internet is a good place to meet new friends. But you think that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Try to convince your partner that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2010Student A: Nowadays many college students look for romance on campus. You think campus love can have a positive effect on personal development, but your partner doesn’t agree. Discuss this issue with your partner and try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Nowadays many college students look for romance on campus. You think campus love can have a negative effect on personal development, but your partner doesn’t agree. Discuss this issue with your partner and try to convince him/her. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner should start the conversation.2011Student A: Yale law professor Amy Chua’s child-raising memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has recently captured global attention. In the book, Chua stresses the me rits of “Chinese parenting,” which means high expectations, strict discipline (such as no TV or computer games), and punishment instead of encouragement. You think that such strict parenting is good for the growth of children, but your partner doesn’t agre e. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Yale law professor Amy Chua’s child-raising memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has recently captured global attention. In the book, Chua stresses the merits of “Chinese parenting,” which means high expectations, strict discipline (such as no TV or computer games), and punishment instead of encouragement. You think that such strict parenting is bad for the growth of children, but your partner doesn’t agree. Try to convinc e him/her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.Student A: Today in China, more and more public museums at national and provincial levels have stopped charging admission fees. Yet people have different opinions on this. Some think that people have the right to enjoy free access to such cultural facilities as museums, while others insist that free admission cause lots of problems. You and your partner are discussing this issue. You think that museums should be free to the public while your partner thinks that an entrance fee is necessary. Try to convince him of her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Today in China, more and more public museums at national and provincial levels have stopped charging admission fees. Yet people have different opinions on this. Some think that people have the right to enjoy free access to such cultural facilities as museums, while others insist that free admission cause lots of problems. You and your partner are discussing this issue. You think that an entrance fee is necessary while your partner thinks that museums should be free to the public. Try to convince him or her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2013Student A: Several Chinese universities in recent years enroll students into broad areas (e.g., liberal arts, sciences, management, etc.) rather than specific majors (e.g., English, math, finance, etc.).Students have a chance to take courses offered by various departments before they choose their majors at the beginning of their second year. You and your partner are discussing this issue. You think this arrangement is good for students while your partner doesn't think so. Try to convince him or her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Several Chinese universities in recent years enroll students into broad areas (e.g., liberal arts, sciences, management, etc.) rather than specific majors (e.g., English, math, finance, etc.).Students have a chance to take courses offered by various departments before they choose their majors at the beginning of their second year. You and your partner are discussing this issue. Your partner think that this arrangement is good for students while you r don't think so. Try to convince him or her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2014Student A:Is English being over-emphasized in our educational system? Some people believe that learning English is problem since it has affected the learning of the Chinese language and culture in school. Others, however, hold that we must learn English in order to build China into a modern country.You think there is indeed too much emphasis on English and it is unnecessary for all students to learn English while your partner argues that all students must attach great importance to English. Try to convince your partner. Remember, you will start the conversation.Student B:Is English being over-emphasized in our educational system? Some people believe that learning English is problem since it has affected the learning of the Chinese language and culture in school. Others, however, hold that we must learn English in order to build China into a modern country.You believe all students must attach importance to English while your partner argues that there is too much emphasis on English and it is unnecessary for all student to learn English. Try to convince your partner. Remember, your partner will start the conversation.Task III: Role-playingStudent A: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You think these people deserve a chance since they have contributed a lot to the country. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.2009Student A: Today in China, more and more people like to make friends online. You think that the Internet is a good place to meet new friends. But your partner thinks that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Try to convince your partner that the Internet is a good place to meet friends. Remember you should start the conversation.2010Student A: Nowadays many college students look for romance on campus. You think campus love can have a positive effe ct on personal development, but your partner doesn’t agree. Discuss this issue with your partner and try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.2011Student A: Yale law professor Amy Chua’s child-raising memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has recently captured global attention. In the book, Chua stresses the merits of “Chinese parenting,” which means high expectations, strict discipline (such as no TV or computer games), and punishment instead of encouragement. You think that such strict parenting is good for the growth of children, but your partner doesn’t agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.2012Student A: Today in China, more and more public museums at national and provincial levels have stopped charging admission fees. Yet people have different opinions on this. Some think that people have the right to enjoy free access to such cultural facilities as museums, while others insist that free admission cause lots of problems. You and your partner are discussing this issue. You think that museums should be free to the public while your partner thinks that an entrance fee is necessary. Try to convince him of her. Remember you should start the conversation.2013Student A: Several Chinese universities in recent years enroll students into broad areas (e.g., liberal arts, sciences, management, etc.) rather than specific majors (e.g., English, math, finance, etc.).Students have a chance to take courses offered by various departments before they choose their majors at the beginning of their second year. You and your partner are discussing this issue. You think this arrangement is good for students while your partner doesn't think so. Try to convince him or her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You don’t think these people should be given this chance since it is unfair to the other people who work so hard to pass the exam. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2009Student B: Today in China, more and more people like to make friends online. Your partner thinks that the Internet is a good place to meet new friends. But you think that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Try to convince your partner that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2010Student B: Nowadays many college students look for romance on campus. You think campus love can have a negative effect on personal development, but your partner doesn’t agree. Discuss this issue with your partner and try to convince him/her. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner should start the conversation.2011Student B: Yale law professor Amy Chua’s child-raising memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has recently captured global attention. In the book, Chua stresses the merits of “Chinese parenting,” which means high expectations, strict discipline (such as no TV or computer games), and punishment instead of encouragement. You think that such strict parenting is bad for the growth of children, but your partner doesn’t a gree. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2012Student B: Today in China, more and more public museums at national and provincial levels have stopped charging admission fees. Yet people have different opinions on this. Some think that people have the right to enjoy free access to such cultural facilities as museums, while others insist that free admission cause lots of problems. You and your partner are discussing this issue. You think that an entrance fee is necessary while your partner thinks that museums should be free to the public. Try to convince him or her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2013Student B: Several Chinese universities in recent years enroll students into broad areas (e.g., liberal arts, sciences, management, etc.) rather than specific majors (e.g., English, math, finance, etc.).Students have a chance to take courses offered by various departments before they choose their majors at the beginning of their second year. You and your partner are discussing this issue. Your partner think that this arrangement is good for students while you r don't think so. Try to convince him or her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.。
2023年专四口语练习题目
TEM 4 Oral Test(Topics for Reference)Task II1.an unforgettable experience2.an embarrassing experience3.an unusual teacher4.my best friend5.my favorite book/ novel / sport6.Imagine a day in which a chain of unhappy things happened to you.7.Tell us your successful or unsuccessful experiences in your part-time job. If youhaven’t go any experience yourself, you may tell us what you have heard about others’.8.Imagine your neighbor has become an upstart. Please describe how he/ she hasbecome rich so quickly.9.Imagine a situation in which you are late for a party and you are trying to explainto your friends why you are late.10.Imagine a day in which your important things were stolen by a thief who played aseries of tricks.11.Describe a person whom you dislike.12.Describe your first day in the university.13.Tell us about your favorite film.14.Tell us one of your wonderful experiences in the vacation.15.Tell us a story with an unexpected ending.16.Share with us your opinion on environmental protection.17.My view on honesty18.How to prepare for finals?19.How to concentrate more in the classroom?20.Share with us your view on proper library behavior.21.Share with us your view on peer group pressure.ment on one school rule which you think should be revoked.23.Tell us about a nickname you have and how you got it.24.Tell us about the hardest thing you have ever done.25.Convince us to vote for you as monitor of the class.26.Convince us that examinations do more harm than good to students.27.Euthanasia—murder or mercy?28.If you were an animal, what would you be? Explain the reason.29.Convince the principal to give students their birthdays off of school.30.Tell us about the best dream you’ve ever had.Task IIIConversation 1 Role AYour friend B is an English major and he/she plans to go abroad for further study before he/she gets a BA in China. You’re trying to persuade him/her not to go until he/she finishes the study in this university. Remember you should initiate the conversation.Conversation 1 Role BYou are an English major, and are going to study abroad to get an LL.B. before you finish your study here in this university. You’re discussing with your friend A about your plan and trying to convince him/her of the advantages of terminating yourEnglish study in China now and taking up legal study abroad.Conversation 2 Role AYou are a sophomore. You’re now trying to familiarize B, a freshman, with the whole university, and you also complain about the life and study in your school. Remember you should initiate the conversation.Conversation 2 Role BYou ar e a freshman. You’re now talking with A, a sophomore, who is willing to share his/her university experiences with you. You should try to get some information about the university life and study from him/her.Conversation 3 Role AYou are a senior student who will soon graduate. You are talking about your future plan with your classmate B. You are very pessimistic and lack confidence. You try to seek B’s advice and also ask about his/her plan. Remember you should initiate the conversation.Conversation 3 Role BYou will soon graduate from university and you’re talking about future plan with your classmate A. You think your future will be promising if you work hard.Conversation 4 Role AYou’re discussing with B who is your classmate about a female teacher who has left terrible first impression on you. You wish this teacher could soon be replaced. You explain your reasons to B. Remember you should initiate the conversation. Conversation 4 Role BYou’re talking with A, your classmate, about a teacher who has just made her first acquaintance with your class. You like her very much. You try to convince B that thisteacher will teach your class well.Conversation 5 Role AC is an English major, but he often just narrowly passes his finals. He is good at computer, for he is interested in it and devotes more time to it. You think it is wrong for C to do this way. You’re talking with B about this and airing your view. Conversation 5 Role BC is an English major, but he often just narrowly passes his finals. He is good at computer, for he is interested in it and devotes more time to it. You think it is OK for him to learn more this way. You’re discussing with A and trying to convince A of your view. Remember you should initiate the conversation.Conversation 6 Role AYou failed in 4 final exams and realized that you would not have the chance to get a BA. You think it is hopeless to continue your study in university and regret for your laziness in the past. You have a conversation with your teacher, B, about this. Remember you should initiate the conversation.Conversation 6 Role BYou are A’s teacher and now having a talk with A. A has failed in 4 finals and faces the reality that he/she cannot get a BA no longer how well he/she performs in the future. You try to cheer him/her up, encourage him/her not to lose heart and offer some help.Conversation 7 Role AYou’re B’s good friend. B, who is a university student, is going to set up a small business and become his own boss when he is still a student. You try to list some of the disadvantages of this plan and persuade B to quit his plan and to concentrate onhis/ her study.Conversation 7 Role BYou’re a university student and are now having a talk with A about your plan to set up a business of your own when you are still studying in university. You think the advantages of this plan far outweigh its disadvantages. You explain it to your good friend A in the hope of winning his / her support. Remember you should initiate the conversationConversation 8 Role AYou and B a re roommates. You’re discussing with B about another roommate whom you dislike. You tell B the reason for this and seek B’s opinion about this roommate. Remember you should initiate the conversation.Conversation 8 Role BYou and A are roommates. You’re ta lking with A about another roommate whom you like and respect. You give A some details to show how this roommate wins your respect and fondness and expect A to agree with you.Conversation 9 Role AYou like sports very much. You talk with your classmate B about sports and try to influence him/ her and persuade him/ her to do sports with you every day after class. Conversation 9 Role BYou don’t like sports much and think it is a waste of time to be involved in sports activities. You explain it to your classmate A and stick to your passive and negative attitudes towards sports. Remember you should initiate the conversation.Conversation 10 Role AYou’re talking with B, your tutor who is a fourth year student, about your comingTEM4. You analyse your own strengths and weaknesses. On the whole, you’re optimistic. You ask for B’s help regarding some of your weaknesses. Remember you should initiate the conversation.Conversation 10 Role BYou’re a fourth-year student and are A’s tutor. A is now discussing his/ her coming TEM4 with you. You try to understand his/ her weaknesses and give him/her some guidance. You also share your own experience of the test with A.Conversation 11 Role AYou’re a third-year student in university. You received a call from your parents and knew that their business had closed down and could not keep their promise to send you to study for a Master degree in the U.K. You are so down with all these and worried about the change of the plan, so you are now talking with B, your friend who has some working experience, about how to deal with the situation. Remember you should initiate the conversation.Conversation 11 Role BYou’re at present working in a company. Your friend A who is a third-year student in university received a call from his/ her parents and now is low-spirited and worried, for he / she cannot go to the U.K. for further study as planned. You are talking with A, asking the reasons and consoling him/her. You try to give A some suggestions and offer some help.Conversation 12 Role AYou’re monitor of the class. You want to organize a class activity for the weekend and wish it can be a success. You’re discussing with B, your assistant, about several possible plans and finally you two work out an acceptable plan. Remember you should initiate the conversation.Conversation 12Role BYou are an assistant to A, the monitor of your class. A wants to organize a successful class activity for the weekend. You two are discussing the advantages and disadvantages of several possible plans and you offer your advice. Finally you two reach a consensus.Conversation 13 Role AYou are working in a company and are poor in English. Now you want to pick it up for some reason. You’re talking with B who is your neighbour and is currently studyi ng English in GDUFS. You ask for B’s help and guidance in the study of grammar, vocabulary and oral English. Remember you should initiate the conversation.Conversation 13 Role BYou’re a student in GDUFS and are having a talk with A who is your neighbour and who wants to improve his/ her poor English. From your learning experience, you tell him/ her some useful strategies and give him /her some possible guidance in the respect of grammar, vocabulary and listening.Conversation 14 Role AYou’re Chairman of the Students’ Union of the University. You want to recruit 2 students to help deal with some daily chores. You’re interviewing B, a candidate. You tell him/ her some basics about the Students’ Union and ask him/ her some questions, hoping to find out whether he/ she can be qualified for the position. Remember you should initiate the conversation.Conversation 14 Role BYou want to join the Students’ Union and you’re now a candidate for the position as an assistant to the Chairman. A, the Chairman, is now interviewing you. You try toanswer A’s questions and convince A that you are the right person for the position. You should also take the initiative to let him/her know your strengths.。
英语专业四级口语考试第三部分试题
13. The 7-day May holiday, which had been called “golden week”, was canceled this year. Student A: The May golden week should be canceled. Remember you should start the conversation. Student B: The May golden week should not be canceled. Remember your partner will start the conversation.
10.Frugality is a traditional virtue.
Student A: Frugality is out of date nowadays. Remember you should start the conversation. Student B: Frugality should still be advocated nowadays. Remember your partner should initiate the conversation.
3.More and more middle school students have cell phones nowadays. Student A: Cell phones are necessary for middle school students. Remember you should start the conversation. Student B: Cell phones are not necessary for middle school students. Remember your partner will start the conversation and finally you are convince by him/her.
2023年英语专四口语考试真题
2023年英语专四口语考试真题在2023年英语专四口语考试中，以下哪些部分被包含在口试内容中？（多选）A. 复述故事B. 即席发言C. 写作练习D. 对话E. 听力理解关于英语专四口语考试的准备，以下哪些建议是正确的？（多选）A. 提前熟悉考试流程和题型B. 只关注口语表达，忽略其他英语技能C. 多进行模拟练习，提高口语流利度D. 背诵大量范文，以便在考试中直接使用E. 扩大词汇量，提高口语表达的准确性在英语专四口语考试的复述故事部分，以下哪些技巧是有效的？（多选）A. 听完故事后立即开始复述B. 尝试用自己的话重新组织故事内容C. 只复述故事的主要情节，忽略细节D. 复述时加入自己的理解和观点E. 复述时保持语速适中，确保发音清晰在英语专四口语考试的即席发言部分，以下哪些做法是不推荐的？（多选）A. 提前准备好发言稿，并背诵下来B. 根据题目快速构思发言内容C. 在发言中使用复杂的句式和词汇D. 保持发言内容的连贯性和逻辑性E. 在发言过程中频繁修改和补充内容以下哪些因素会影响英语专四口语考试的评分？（多选）A. 发音和语调B. 词汇和语法的准确性C. 口语流利度D. 发言内容的深度和广度E. 考生的外貌和着装单项选择题英语专四口语考试的哪一部分要求考生在听完两遍故事后进行复述？A. 复述故事B. 即席发言C. 写作练习D. 对话在英语专四口语考试中，以下哪项技能是考查的重点？A. 听力理解B. 阅读理解C. 口语表达D. 写作技巧在英语专四口语考试的对话部分，考生通常需要准备多长时间后进行对话？A. 1分钟B. 2分钟C. 3分钟D. 4分钟以下哪个选项不是英语专四口语考试的评分标准之一？A. 发音和语调B. 词汇和语法的准确性C. 口语流利度D. 书写整洁度在英语专四口语考试中，以下哪种做法是不被允许的？A. 使用简单的句式和词汇进行表达B. 在发言中适当加入个人观点和见解C. 在对话中频繁打断对方发言D. 保持发言内容的连贯性和逻辑性。
Chnmhe历年英语专业四级考试口试试题 专四口语考试
生活需要游戏，但不能游戏人生；生活需要歌舞，但不需醉生梦死；生活需要艺术，但不能投机取巧；生活需要勇气，但不能鲁莽蛮干；生活需要重复，但不能重蹈覆辙。
-----无名全国英语专业四级口语考试仍然采用录音口试，将于笔试一周后举行。
根据大纲要求，口试内容将分解为三项：（1）复述故事（听两遍故事后复述3分种）；（2）即席讲话（根据所给的题目准备3分钟后，作即席讲话3分钟）；（3）对话（根据规定的角色各自准备3分钟后，对话4分钟）。
2001：Task1: Retelling a story①I once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous. John Smith was so forgetful that he sometimes forget what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly remind him about his meetings, his classes –even his meals! ②Once he forgot he had eaten breakfast twice, at home and at school. His wife liked to remind her neighbors, “If John didn’t have his head tied on. He would forget that too!” ③Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment. It wasn’t that he was not clever, as some critical people tended to say, but just very, very absent-minded.④One hot summer day, Professor Smith decided to take his children to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town a secret. ⑤However, by the time they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit. Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.⑥The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again so soon.“Oh, my dear, I forgot the name the town.”“What? Y ou forgot the name? Maybe one day you will forget my name! Now I’ll write the name of that town on a piece of paper, and you put it in your pocket and please, please don’t forget where you put it.”⑦Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husband off again. Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house for the third time.“What is the matter now?”“As you told me, I didn’t forget where I put the name of that town, but I forgot where I left our children!”Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Describe a teacher of yours whom you find unusual.Task3: Role-playingDirections: Many high school graduates in China are going overseas for their college education. A friend of yours is graduating this year and would like to ask for your advice on whether it is a good idea for a high school graduate to go abroad to study. Student A:Y ou think this friend should go by all means, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Y ou think this friend should finish college in China before thinking about going abroad, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2002:Task1: Retelling a story①Whenever Mr. Smith goes to Westgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of its name, it is really not very “grand,” but it is cheap, clean, and comfortable. ②Since he knows the manger well, he never has to go to the trouble of reserving a room.The fact is that he always gets the same room. It is situated at the far end of the building and overlooks a beautiful bay.③On his last visit, Mr. Smith was told that he could have his usual room, but the manager added apologetically that it might be a little noisy. So great was the demand for rooms, the manager said, that the hotel had decided to build a new wing. Mr. Smith said he did not mind. It amused him to think that the dear old Grand Hotel was making an effort to live up to its name.④During the first day Mr. Smith hardly noticed the noise at all. The room was a little dusty, but that was natural. ⑤The following afternoon, he borrowed a book from the hotel library and went upstairs to read. No sooner had he sat down than he heard someone hammering loudly at the wall. ⑥At first he paid no attention, but after a while he began to feel very uncomfortable. His clothes were slowly being covered with fine white powder. ⑦Soon there was so much dust in the room that he began to cough. The hammering was now louder than ever and bits of plaster were coming away from the walls. It looked as though the whole building was going to fall. ⑧Mr. Smith went immediately to complain to the manager. They both returned to the room, but everything was very quiet. As they stood there looking at each other, Mr. Smith felt rather embarrassed for having dragged the manager all the way up the stairs for nothing. ⑨All of a sudden, the hammering began again and a large brick landed on the floor. Looking up, they saw a sharp metal tool had forced its way through the wall, making a very large hole right above the bed!Task2: Talking on a given topicDirection: Describe an embarrassing situation in which you got very angry.Task3: Role-playingDirections: The geology department of a major university is planning to admit 30 male and 5 female students. However, the results of the college entrance examination show that by average, of all the applicants, females have scored higher than mostmales. Should the department stick to its original plan?Student A: Y ou think the department should still stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation. Student B: Y ou don’t think the department should stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2003:Task1: Retelling a story①Just as Jane was joyfully expecting her first child, her active, energetic mother began losing her battle with a brain disease. For ten years, the fiercely independent and courageous mother had fought, but none of the surgeries or treatments had been successful. At only fifty-five, she became totally disabled- unable to speak, walk, eat or dress on her own.②As the mother grew closer and closer to death, the baby grew closer and closer to life. Jane was afraid that her mother and her baby would never know each other. Her fear seemed well-founded. A few weeks before her due date, her mother lapsed into a deep coma. The doctors did not hold any hope. It was useless to put in a feeding tube, they said, for Mother would never awaken. So Jane brought Mother to her own bed in her own house. As often as she could, she sat beside her mother, talking about the baby moving inside her.④On February 3, 1989, at about the same time Jane began to feel birth pains, Mother opened her eyes. Jane called home.“Mom, listen. My baby is coming! Y ou’re going to have a new grandchild. Do you understand!”“Y es,” Mother answered.What a wonderful word! The first clear word she’d spoken in months.⑤By the time Jane brought her son home, her mother was sitting in her chair, dressed and ready to welcome the baby. For two weeks, Mother clucked, smiled and held the new-born baby. Then she quietly became unconscious and, after visits from all her children, was finally free of the pain.⑥For Jane, memories of her son’s birth will always be bittersweet, but it was at this time that she learned an important truth about living. While both joy and sorrow pass quickly, and often come together at the same time, love has the power to overcome both. And love can last forever.2005：Task1: Retelling a story①A little girl whose parents had died lived with her grandmother and slept in an upstairs bedroom.②One night there was a fire in the house and the grandmother died while trying to rescue the child. The fire spread quickly, and the first floor of the house was soon engulfed in flames.③Neighbors called the fire department, then stood helplessly by, unable to enter the house because flames blocked all the entrances. The little girl appeared at an upstairs window, crying for help, just as word spread among the crowd that the firefighters would be delayed a few minutes because they were all at another fire.④Suddenly, a man appeared with a ladder, put it up against the side of the house and disappeared inside. When he reappeared, he had the little girl in his arms. He delivered the child to the waiting arms below, then disappeared into the night.⑤An investigation revealed that the child had no living relatives, and weeks later a meeting was held in the town hall to determine who would take the child into their home and bring her up.⑥A teacher said she would like to raise the child. She pointed out that she could ensure her a good education. A farmer offered her an upbringing on his farm. He pointed out that living on a farm was healthy and satisfying. Others spoke, giving their reasons why it was to the child’s advantage to live with them.Finally,the town’s richest resident rose and said, “I can give this child all the advantages that you have mentioned here, plus money and everything that money can buy.”Throughout all this, the child remained silent, her eyes on the floor.⑦“Does anyone else want to speak?” asked the meeting chairman. A man came forward from the back of the hall. He walked slowly and appeared to be in pain. When he got to the front of the room, he stood directly in front of the little girl and held out his arms. His hands and arms were terribly scarred.The child cried out. “This is the man who rescued me!” With a leap, she threw her arms around the man’s neck. She buried her face in his shoulder and sobbed for a few moments. Then she looked up and smiled at him.Task2: Talking on a given topicDirection: Please tell us one incident in which someone was trying to help others despite danger to his own safety.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: The manager of a world-famous hotel wants to recruit a new member as th e hotel’s bellboy, offering him a salary of 3000 yuan per month. Many university graduates are competing for the position. As a sophomore in the university, you think that they are applying for a job unworthy for their talents. Try to persuade your partner that you are right. Remember you will initiate the conversation.Student B: The manager of a world-famous hotel wants to recruit a new member as the hotel’s bellboy, offering him a salary of 3000 yuan per month. Many university graduates are competing for the position. As a sophomore in the university, you think that it is courageous for them to make such a decision and they have made the correct choice. Try to persuade your partner that you are right. Remember your partner will initiate the conversation.2004:Task1: Retelling a story①When she was 22 years old Pat Jones decided that she wanted to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could while she was young. When she finished college at home in Britain, Pat chose to visit Latin America first, so she managed to get a job as an English teacher in a secondary school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, so she was able to communicate with her students even though they did not know much English.②A sentence she had once read somewhere stuck in her mind: if you dream in a foreign language, it means that you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and she hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English.③One day, Tim, one of the worst students in her class, came up to her and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He said that he had gone to bed early and had slept badly. Pat was quite angry with him, for she did not think that his explanation had anything to do with his homework. But Tim told her that he dreamed all night and his dream was in English.④“In English!” Pat thought. She was greatly surprised, since Tim was such a bad student. She was also secretly jealous. Her dreams were still not in Spanish, but she decided to encourage her student and asked him to tell her about his dream.“All the people in my dream spoke English,” Tim said. “And all the signs were in English. All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English.”“But that’s wonderful,” said Pat. “What did all the people say to you?” she asked.“I’m sorry. Miss Jones, That’s why I slept so badly all through the night. I didn’t understand a word they said. It was a nightmare!” Tim answered.Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Describe one of the most unpleasant dreams you’ve ever had.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive. To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden. Y ou try to discuss this problem with student B. Y ou think that parents should pay tuition for their children since college students do not yet have any regular income.Student B: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive. To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden. Y ou try to discuss this problem with student A. Y our opinion is that it is unfair to put this big burden on parents since college students are already adults. Students themselves should find ways to pay their own tuition.2006：Task1: Retelling a story①A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty glass jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top, rocks about two inches in diameter.②He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course,rolled into the open spaces between the rocks. The students laughed.③He asked his students again if the jar was full. They agreed: yes, it was.The professor then picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.Of course, the sand filled up all the remaining space.④“Now.” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this is your life.”The rocks are the important things –your family, your partner, your health, your children– anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed. The pebbles are the other things in life that matter, but on a smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff.⑤If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar first, there is no room for the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff, or material things, you will never have room for the things that are truly most important. Pay attention to the things that are critical in your life. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. Talk with your parents. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. “Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just pebbles and sand. They will take care of themselves.”Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Describe a lesson you have learned which has enriched your life experience.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: Y ou and your friend are discussing what you are going to do together during this coming summer vacation. Y our friend prefers to work in a big company to earn some money. Y ou prefer to do some voluntary work for society. Y ou try to persuade each other by giving various reasons. Remember you will initiate the conversation.Student B: Y ou and your friend are discussing what you are going to do together during this coming summer vacation. Y our friend prefers to do some voluntary work for society. Y ou prefer to work in a big company to earn some money. Y ou try to persuade each other by giving various reasons. Remember your partner will initiate the conversation.2007:Task1: Retelling a story①Anne was a science teacher in a primary school. She loved her job and believed very strongly in practical work as a means of teaching science effectively.②Once she decided to show her pupils’ parents how well their children were learning. To demonstrate the effectiveness of her methods she invited all the parents to come tothe school to see the results of one of the children’s experiments. She scheduled this event for a Saturday evening, so all of the parents would be sure to come.③The children were studying how plants grow. To see this process for themselves the students had planted four pots of beans. They had put poor soil in one pot to see what effect this would have on the growth of the beans. The other three pots of beans had good soil, but one pot had been placed in a dark room for several days and another pot was not watered for the same length of time. In this way the children were learning the effects of soil, water and sunlight on the growth of plants.④At the end of the lesson on Friday afternoon, Anne put labels on the four pots. One label said, “The beans in this pot were planted in poor soil.” Another one said, “This pot has been kept in the dark for four days.” The third label read, “These beans have had no water for four days.” And the last one went like this: “These beans have had good soil, plenty of light and regular water.” Then she went home.⑤She returned to school on Saturday evening,half an hour before the parents were due to come. She was surprised to find a note beside the pots. It said: “We read your notes to the school cleaning staff and decided to help them with your plants, so we watered all the plants, changed the earth in one with poor soil, and left the light on above the one that had been left in the dark for four days. We hope that the plants will now grow better.” Signed “The Boy Scouts”.Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Talk about an experience you have had in which you tried to help someone but actually caused trouble.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: Nowadays lots of college students take all kinds of tests to get different kinds of certificates. Y ou think it necessary because these certificates are useful in helping the students find good jobs. But your partner doesn’t agree with you. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Nowadays lots of college students take all kind of tests to get different kinds of certificates. Y ou don’t think it necessary because most of these certificates are actually of no use. But your partner doesn’t ag ree with you. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner should start the conversation.2008：Task1: Retelling a storyIt was shortly after one o’clock in the morning and Mr. Fairfax was really tired. He had been driving for over five hours, heading for a small town far away from home. The weather was clear but it was dark and Mr. Fairfax could not find a motel to spend the night. Completely exhausted, he decided to stop by the roadside for a few hours’ sleep at the wheel of his car. He fell asleep almost the moment he closed his eyes. But soon he was awakened by a man tapping on the car window. “I say, you don’t happen to know the time, do you?” the stranger asked.Mr. Fairfax wound down the window and thrust his head out. “It’s around oneo’clock,” he answered. Then he wound up his window and soon fell back into a deep slumber.Half an hour later, another guy came up and knocked on his window who also inquired about the time. Once again, Mr. Fairfax gathered his thoughts and told him that it was just after one-thirty.When the same thing happened yet again, Mr. Fairfax became increasingly irritated. Sleep-deprived, he began to raise his voice at the passer-by: “It’s two o’clock, God damn it! And why can’t you get yourself a watch like the rest of us?”This time when he was winding up the window, Mr. Fairfax figured out how to make sure no one else disturbed him.He found some paper and a pencil and wrote a note that he placed on the windscreen of his car. It said: “I don’t know what time it is!” Amused by his good idea, he happily drifted off back to sleep again.Not long afterwards, the note was spotted by a policeman on his night patrol. Intent on fulfilling his duty to assist motorists, he tapped on Mr. Fairfax’s car window.“Well, sir,” the policeman said. “Now it is five past three!”Task2: Talking on a given topicDescribe a situation in which you tried every means to avoid trouble, but in vain.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. Y ou and your partner are discussing the issue. Y ou think these people deserve a chance since they have contributed a lot to the country. Y our partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. Y ou and your partner are discussing the issue. Y ou don’t think these people should be given this chance since it is unfair to the other people who work so hard to pass the exam. Y our partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.。
专业英语口试题目及答案
专业英语口试题目及答案一、自我介绍（Self-introduction）题目：请用英语简单介绍一下你自己。
答案：Good morning, my name is [Your Name], and I amcurrently a student majoring in [Your Major] at [Your University]. I have a strong interest in [Your Field of Interest] and have been actively involved in [Your Activities or Projects].二、专业话题讨论（Discussion on Professional Topics）题目：请谈谈你对[Your Major]领域中一个重要概念的理解。
答案：In my major of [Your Major], one of the key concepts I find particularly interesting is [Concept Name]. This concept is crucial because it [explain its importance and relevancein the field]. For instance, [give an example or application of the concept].三、案例分析（Case Study Analysis）题目：请分析以下案例，并给出你的观点。
案例：[Provide a brief case study related to your major]答案：Upon analyzing the case, it is evident that [state your observation]. The situation highlights the importance of [mention the key learning points]. In my opinion, [state your viewpoint], which can be supported by [provide evidence or reasoning].四、问题解决（Problem Solving）题目：如果在工作中遇到[Situation]，你会如何处理？答案：In the event of encountering [Situation], I would first [describe your initial step]. Then, I would [describe subsequent steps] to address the issue effectively. My approach is based on [explain the rationale behind your approach].五、未来展望（Future Prospects）题目：你认为[Your Major]领域的未来发展趋势是什么？答案：Looking ahead, I believe the field of [Your Major] will continue to evolve with a focus on [mention future trends]. This is due to factors such as [explain the driving forces behind these trends], which will shape the industry in the coming years.六、跨文化交际（Cross-cultural Communication）题目：描述一次你与不同文化背景的人交流的经历。
2001-2009年英语专业四级考试口试试题_专四口语考试
2001-2009年英语专业四级考试口试试题_专四口语考试全国英语专业四级口语考试仍然采用录音口试，将于笔试一至二周后举行。
根据大纲要求，口试内容将分解为三项：（1）复述故事（听两遍故事后复述3分种）；（2）即席讲话（根据所给的题目准备3分钟后，作即席讲话3分钟）；（3）对话（根据规定的角色各自准备3分钟后，对话4分钟）。
2001年Task1: Retelling a story①I once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous. John Smith was so forgetful that he sometimes forget what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly remind him about his meetings, his classes –e ven his meals! ②Once he forgot he had eaten breakfast twice, at home and at school. His wife liked to remind her neighbors, “If John didn’t have his head tied on. He would forget that too!”③Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his forge tfulness was often an embarrassment. It wasn’t that he was not clever, as some critical people tended to say, but just very, very absent-minded.④One hot summer day, Professor Smith decided to take his children to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town a secret. ⑤However, by the time they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit. Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.⑥The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again sosoon.“Oh, my dear, I forgot the name the town.”“What? You forgot the name? Mayb e one day you will forget my name! Now I’ll write the name of that town on a piece of paper, and yo u put it in your pocket and please, please don’t forget where you put it.”⑦Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husband off again. Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house for the third time.“What is the matter now?”“As you told me, I didn’t forget where I put the name of that town, but I forgot where I left our children!”Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Describe a teacher of yours whom you find unusual.Task3: Role-playingDirections: Many high school graduates in China are going overseas for their college education. A friend of yours is graduating this year and would like to ask for your advice on whether it is a good idea for a high school graduate to go abroad to study. Student A: You think this friend should go by all means, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: You think this friend should finish college in China before thinking about going abroad, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember your partnerwill start the conversation.——————————————————————————————————2002:Task1: Retelling a story①Whenever Mr. Smith goes to W estgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of its name, it is really not very “grand,” bu t it is cheap, clean, and comfortable.②Since he knows the manger well, he never has to go to the trouble of reserving a room. The fact is that he always gets the same room. It is situated at the far end of the building and overlooks a beautiful bay.③On his last visit, Mr. Smith was told that he could have his usual room, but the manager added apologetically that it might be a little noisy. So great was the demand for rooms, the manager said, that the hotel had decided to build a new wing. Mr. Smith said he did not mind. It amused him to think that the dear old Grand Hotel was making an effort to live up to its name.④During the first day Mr. Smith hardly noticed t he noise at all. The room wasa little dusty, but that was natural. ⑤The following afternoon, he borrowed a book from the hotel library and went upstairs to read. No sooner had he sat down than he heard someone hammering loudly at the wall. ⑥At first he pa id no attention, but after a while he began to feel very uncomfortable. His clothes were slowly being covered with fine white powder. ⑦Soon there was so much dust in the room that he began to cough. The hammering was now louder than ever and bits of plaster were coming away from the walls. It looked as though the whole building was going to fall. ⑧Mr. Smith went immediately to complain to the manager. They both returned to the room, but everything was very quiet. As they stood there looking at each other, Mr. Smith felt rather embarrassed for having dragged the manager all the way up the stairs for nothing. ⑨All of a sudden, the hammering began again and a large brick landed on the floor.Looking up, they saw a sharp metal tool had forced its way through the wall, making a very large hole right above the bed!Task2: Talking on a given topicDirection: Describe an embarrassing situation in which you got very angry.Task3: Role-playingDirections: The geology地质学department of a major university is planning to admit 30 male and 5 female students. However, the results of the college entrance examination show that by average, of all the applicants, females have scored higher than most males. Should the department stick to its original plan?Student A: You think the department should still stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation. Student B: You don’t think the department should stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember your partner will start the conversation.——————————————————————————————————2003:Task1: Retelling a story①Just as Jane was joyfully expecting her first child, her active, energetic mother began losing her battle with a brain disease. For ten years, the fiercely independent and courageous mother had fought, but none of the surgeries or treatments had been successful. At only fifty-five, she became totally disabled- unable to speak, walk, eat or dress on her own.②As the mother grew closer a nd closer to death, the baby grew closer and closer to life. Jane was afraid that her mother and her baby would never know each other. Her fear seemed well-founded. A few weeks before her due date, her mother lapsedinto a deep coma. The doctors did not hold any hope. It was useless to put in a feeding tube, they said, for Mother would never awaken. So Jane brought Mother to her own bed in her own house. As often as she could, she sat beside her mother, talking about the baby moving inside her.④On February 3, 1989, at about the same time Jane began to feel birth pains, Mother opened her eyes. Jane called home.“Mom, listen. My baby is coming! You’re going to have a new grandchild. Do you understand!”“Yes,” Mother answered.What a wonderful word! The first clear word she’d spoken in months.⑤By the time Jane brought her son home, her mother was sitting in her chair, dressed and ready to welcome the baby. For two weeks, Mother clucked, smiled and held the new-born baby. Then she quietly became unconscious and, after visits from all her children, was finally free of the pain.⑥For Jane, memories of her son’s birth will always be bittersweet, but it was at this time that she learned an important truth about living. While both joy and sorrow pass quickly, and often come together at the same time, love has the power to overcome both. And love can last forever.Task II: Talking on a given topicDirections: Tell a story that illustrates the need for loveTask III: Role-playingStudent A: You will be traveling later this week and you are wondering about the advantages and safety of flying. Recent news reports of air crashes have made you nervous and you cannot decide if it is safe to travel by airplane. You turn to your friend for advice about whether you should go by air or by train.He/she tried to persuade you to take a flight by listing some advantages. Eventually you refuse to accept his/her opinion and make your own decision.Student B: One of your friends is taking a trip later this week and he/she is undecided about whether to travel by air or by train. Not knowing what to do, your friend comes to you for advice. You try to persuade your friend to take a flight in spite of reports of air crashes. Eventually, you fail to convince him/her and your friend buys a trainticket instead. ——————————————————————————————————2004:Task1: Retelling a story①When she was 22 years old Pat Jones decided that she wanted to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could while she was young. When she finished college at home in Britain, Pat chose to visit Latin America first, so she managed to get a job as an English teacher in a secondary school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, so she was able to communicate with her students even though they did not know much English.②A sentence she had once read somewhere stuck in her mind: if you dream ina foreign language, it means that you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and she hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English.③One day, Tim, one of the worst students in her class, came up to her and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He said that he had gone to bed early and had slept badly. Pat was quite angry with him, for she did not think that hisexplanation had anything to do with his homework. But Tim told her that he dreamed all night and his dream was in English.④“In English!” Pat thought. She was greatly surprised, since Tim was such a bad student. She was also secretly jealous. Her dreams were still not in Spanish, but she decided to encourage her student and asked him to tell her about his dream.“All the people in my dream spoke English,” Tim said. “And all the signs were in Engl ish. All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English.”“But that’s wonderful,” said Pat. “What did all the people say to you?” she asked.“I’m sorry. Miss Jones, That’s why I slept so badly all through the night. I didn’t understan d a word they said. It was a nightmare!” Tim answered.Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Describe one of the most unpleasant dreams you’ve ever had.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive. To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden. You try to discuss this problem with student B. You think that parents should pay tuition for their children since college students do not yet have any regular income.Student B: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive. To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden. You try to discuss this problem with student A. Your opinion is that it is unfair to put this big burden on parents since college students are already adults. Students themselves should find ways to pay their own tuition.——————————————————————————————————2005：Task1: Retelling a story①A little girl whose parents had died lived with her grandmother and slept in an upstairs bedroom.②One nigh t there was a fire in the house and the grandmother died while trying to rescue the child. The fire spread quickly, and the first floor of the house was soon engulfed in flames.③Neighbors called the fire department, then stood helplessly by, unable to enter the house because flames blocked all the entrances. The little girl appeared at an upstairs window, crying for help, just as word spread among the crowd that the firefighters would be delayed a few minutes because they were all at another fire.④Suddenl y, a man appeared with a ladder, put it up against the side of the house and disappeared inside. When he reappeared, he had the little girl in his arms. He delivered the child to the waiting arms below, then disappeared into the night.⑤An investigation re vealed that the child had no living relatives, and weeks later a meeting was held in the town hall to determine who would take the child into their home and bring her up.⑥A teacher said she would like to raise the child. She pointed out that she could ensure her a good education. A farmer offered her an upbringing on his farm. He pointed out that living on a farm was healthy and satisfying. Others spoke, giving their reasons why it was to the child’s advantage to live with them.Finally, the town’s richest resident rose and said, “I can give this child all the advantages that you have mentioned here, plus money and everything that money can buy.”Throughout all this, the child remained silent, her eyes on the floor.⑦“Does anyone else want to speak?” asked the meeting chairman. A man came forward from the back of the hall. He walked slowly and appeared to be in pain. When he got to the front of the room, he stood directly in front of the little girl and held out his arms. His hands and arms were terribly scarred.The child cried out. “This is the man who rescued me!” With a leap, she threw her arms around the man’s neck. She buried her face in his shoulder and sobbed for a few moments. Then she looked up and smiled at him.Task2: Talking on a given topicDirection: Please tell us one incident in which someone was trying to help others despite danger to his own safety.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: The manager of a world-famous hotel wants to recruit a new member as the hotel’s bellboy, offering him a salary of 3000 yuan per month. Many un iversity graduates are competing for the position. As a sophomore in the university, you think that they are applying for a job unworthy for their talents. Try to persuade your partner that you are right. Remember you will initiate the conversation.Student B: The manager of a world-famous hotel wants to recruit a new member as the hotel’s bellboy, offering him a salary of 3000 yuan per month. Many university graduates are competing for the position. As a sophomore in the university, you think that it is courageous for them to make such a decision and they have made the correct choice. Try to persuade your partner that you are right. Remember your partner will initiate the conversation. ——————————————————————————————————2006：Task1: Retelling a story①A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty glass jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top, rocks about two inches in diameter.②He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open spaces between the rocks. The students laughed.③He asked his students again if the jar was full. They agreed: yes, it was.The professor then picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.Of course, the sand filled up all the remaining space.④“Now.” said the professor, “I wan t you to recognize that this is your life.”The rocks are the important things –your family, your partner, your health, your children – anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed. The pebbles are the other things in life that matter, but on a smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff.⑤If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar first, there is no room for the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff, or material things, you will never have room for the things that are truly most important. Pay attention to the things that are critical in your life.Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. Talk with your parents. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. “Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just p ebbles and sand. They will take care of themselves.”Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Describe a lesson you have learned which has enriched your life experience.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: You and your friend are discussing what you are going to do together during this coming summer vacation. Your friend prefers to work in a big company to earn some money. You prefer to do some voluntary work for society. You try to persuade each other by giving various reasons. Remember you will initiate theconversation.Student B: You and your friend are discussing what you are going to do together during this coming summer vacation. Your friend prefers to do some voluntary work for society. You prefer to work in a big company to earn some money. You try to persuade each other by giving various reasons. Remember your partner will initiate the conversation. ——————————————————————————————————2007: Task1: Retelling a story①Anne was a science teacher in a primary school. She loved her job and believed very strongly in practical work as a means of teaching science effectively.②Once she decided to show her pupils’ parents how well their children were learning. To demonstrate the effectiveness of her methods she invited all the parents to come to the school tosee the results of one o f the children’s experiments. She scheduled this event for a Saturday evening, so all of the parents would be sure to come.③The children were studying how plants grow. To see this process for themselves the students had planted four pots of beans. They had put poor soil in one pot to see what effect this would have on the growth of the beans. The other three pots of beans had good soil, but one pot had been placed in a dark room for several days and another pot was not watered for the same length of time. In this way the children were learning the effects of soil, water and sunlight on the growth of plants.④At the end of the lesson on Friday afternoon, Anne put labels on the four pots. One label said, “The beans in this pot were plant ed in poor soil.” Anot her one said, “This pot has been kept in the dark for four days.” The third label read, “These beans have had no water for four days.” And the last one went like this: “These beans have had good soil, plenty of light and regular wate r.” Then she went home.⑤She returned to school on Saturday evening, half an hour before the parents were due to come. She was surprised to find a note beside the pots. It said: “We read your notes to the school cleaning staff and decided to help them with your plants, so we watered all the plants, changed the earth in one with poor soil, and left the light on above the one that had been left in the dark for four days. We hope that the plants will now grow better.” Signed “The Boy Scouts”.Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Talk about an experience you have had in which you tried to help someone but actually caused trouble.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: Nowadays lots of college students take all kinds of tests to get different kinds of certificates. You think it necessary because these certificates are useful in helping the students find good jobs. But your partner doesn’t agree with you. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Nowadays lots of college students take all kind of tests to get different kinds of certificates. You don’t think it necessary because most of these certificates are actually of no use. But your partner doesn’t agree with you. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner should start the conversation. ——————————————————————————————————2008：Task1: Retelling a storyIt was shortly after one o’clock in the morning and Mr. Fairfax was really tired. He had been driving for over five hours, heading for a small town far away from home. The weather was clear but it was dark and Mr. Fairfax could not find a motel to spend the night. Completely exhausted, he decided to stop by the roadside for a few hours’ sleep at the wheel of his car. He fell asleep almost the moment he closed his eyes. But soon he was awakened by a man tapping on the car window. “I say, you don’t happen to know the time, do you?” the stranger asked.Mr. Fairfax wound down the window and thrust his head out. “It’s around one o’clock,” he answered. Then he wound up his window and soon fell back into a deep slumber.Half an hour later, another guy came up and knocked on his window who also inquired about the time. Once again, Mr. Fairfax gathered his thoughts and told him that it was just after one-thirty.When the same thing happened yet again, Mr. Fairfaxbecame increasingly irritated. Sleep-deprived, he began to raise his voice at the passer-by: “It’s two o’clock, God damn it! And why can’t you get yourself a watch like the rest of us?”This time when he was winding up the window, Mr. Fairfax figured out how to make sure no one else disturbed him. He found some paper and a pencil and wrote a note that he placed on the windscreen of his car. It said: “I don’t know what time it is!” Amused by his good idea, he happily drifted off bac k to sleep again.Not long afterwards, the note was spotted by a policeman on his night patrol. Intent on fulfilling his duty to assist motorists, he tapped on Mr. Fairfax’s car window.“Well, sir,” the policeman said. “Now it is five past three!”Task2: Talking on a given topicDescribe a situation in which you tried every means to avoid trouble, but in vain. Task3: Role-playingStudent A: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You think these people deserve a chance since they have contributed a lot to the country. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You don’t think these people should be given this chance since it is unfair to the other people who work so hard to pass the exam. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2009年I. Task 1: Reading a StoryMr. Smith owned a small supermarket. All the people nearby like to go shopping there. Several months ago, a few big chain stores were opened in town. They sold everything from toothpaste to televisions, and the prices were pretty low. Many small shops were closed down, except Mr. Smith’s small supermarket. The owner of a chain store was very curious. One day, he dropped into Mr. Smith’s supermarket, and saw a middle aged woman buying fruit. When the woman walked out of the supermarket, he stopped the woman politely and asked her, “Madam, why don’t you go shopp ing in the large chain stores? They have many more kinds of fruit at low prices.”With a smile, the woman said, “You want to hear? It’s because of a pair of sports shoes.”Then the woman told her story. Three years ago after her divorce, she had to work very hard to raise the family. One of her two children, Tommy, was in elementary school. One day, when she was buying food in the supermarket, Tommy rushed in and pleaded with her for a pair of sports shoes. Pointing to the shoes, Tommy cried, “Mummy, I had a basketball match today. They all laughed at me when I played with my bare feet.” She really wanted to buy her son a nice pair of sports shoes, but the money in her pocket was barely enough for a meal. “I am sorry, T ommy,” she said sadly, “I promise when we have money…”seeing no hope in his mother’s eyes, Tommy ran away. Standing there without knowing what to do, she started to weep. Suddenly, she felt someone pat her on the shoulder. She turned around and saw Mr. Smith, the owner of the supermarket, holding the pair of Adidas that her son dreamed of. “Take them.” He said with an understanding smile. “But I don’t have money,”she shook her head. “Your son can’t wait,” he said, “But I can wait. Take it, and pay me later.” After hearing the story, the owner of the big chain store was deeply touched. Now he knew why people still liked to go shopping in Mr. Smith’s supermarket. Not only could you find all kinds of commodities there, but also understanding, love and trust.Task II: Talking based on a given topicTr ust is very important in everyone’s life. Talk about an experience when you appreciated trust from your family or friends.Task III: Role-playingStudent A: Today in China, more and more people like to make friends online. You think that the Internet is a good place to meet new friends. But your partner thinks that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Try to convince your partner that the Internet is a good place to meet friends. Remember you should start the conversation. Student B: Today in China, more and more people like to make friends online. Your partner thinks that the Internet is a good place to meet new friends. But you think thatcyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Try to convince your partner that cyber-friendship is not good. Remember your partner should start the conversation.。
专四英语口语考试role-play题目
Task Three: Role-play1.A: Recently, the number of students who apply for double majors has beenincreasing. You are also considering about such an application. You go to student B and ask for his/her opinion. Student B tries to encourage you to take this challenge by analyzing the advantages of doing so.However, you still have some reservations and do not want to make a final decision in a rush. Remember you should initiate the conversation.1.B: Student A is considering about an application for double majors, whichyou think is a good idea. You try to encourage student A to take this challenge by analyzing the advantages of doing so. However, student A has some reservations and does not want to make a final decision in a rush. Remember, it is your partner who should initiate the conversation.2.A: Recently a student has been enrolled in the graduate school ofZhongshan University because of his contribution to the fight against SARS. You and your classmate Student B express your opinions on whether the university is justified in doing so. Remember you should initiate the conversation.2. B: Recently a student has been enrolled in the graduate school ofZhongshan University because of his contribution to the fight against SARS. You and your classmate Student A express your opinions on whether the university is justified in doing so. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.3.A: You are a freshman but you don’t feel happy at all. Instead you aredepressed because you think the college you enter is an ordinary one.You curse your fate and cannot see any light of hope in your life. One day you decide to have a talk with your teacher, so you enter his/her office. Remember you must initiate the conversation.3. B: You are a university teacher. Student A is a freshman but he/shedoesn’t feel happy at all. Instead he/she is depressed because he/she thinks the college he enters is an ordinary one. He/she curses his fate and cannot see any light of hope in his/her life. One day, he/she enters your office with the intention of having a talk with you. Remember he/she initiates the conversation.4.A: You and your friend are discussing the aim of university education.However, you hold different opinions. You think university education is primarily to train good members of society while your friend insists thatit is primarily to create and cultivate scientists, artists, politicians, philosophers, poets, novelists, etc. Remember you should initiate the conversation.4. B: You and your friend are discussing the aim of university education.However, you hold different opinions. You think university education is primarily to create and cultivate scientists, artists, politicians, philosophers, poets, novelists, etc. while your friend insists that it is primarily to train good members of society. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.5.A: You and student B will be on holiday next week and intend to travelto Xinjiang. As you have just read an article in the newspaper about a plane accident, you think it is too dangerous to travel by plane and decide to go somewhere else by train. However, Student B thinks differently and insists on traveling by air. Remember you should start the conversation.5. B: You and student A will be on holiday next week and intend to travelto Xinjiang. As student A has just read an article in the newspaper abouta plane accident, he/she thinks it is too dangerous to travel by planeand decide to go somewhere else by train. However, you think differently and insist on traveling by air. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.6.A: You are a freshman in the university. You learn that many studentsdo part-time jobs to get some money and some social experience. You have just decided to find a job as a tutor. Now you go to see a sophomore and ask for advice as to how to find a part-time job, the average payment of a job as a tutor, what difficulties one usually comes across, and how to do the job successfully. Your friend tries to give you various information, which you find very helpful. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.6. B: You are a sophomore in the university. A freshman of your departmentcomes to ask for advice as to how to find a part-time job, the average payment of a job as a tutor, what difficulties one usually comes across, and how to do the job successfully. You try to give him/her various information, which he finds very helpful. Remember that it is your partner who initiates the conversation.7.A: You are a literature fan. Your friend comes to you to seek advice onwhat to read during his five-day holiday. You recommend several books to him/her. He/She finally decides to take one.7. B: You are going to have a five-day holiday. You have been longing to read a good book during the holiday. Now you go to a friend, who is a literature fan, to ask him to recommend a book to you. He offers several choices and you finally decide to take one.8.A: You have just read in the newspaper about the news that a laid-offworker won a million yuan from the welfare lotteries. Now you talk to your friend about it. You exchange your opinions on how to spend the sum of money if you won a million yuan. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.8. B: Your friend has just read in the newspaper about the news that alaid-off worker won a million yuan from the welfare lotteries. Now he talks to you about it. You exchange your opinions on how to spend the sum of money if you won a million yuan. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.9.A: You and your friend have different plans for National Day. Your friendintends to go home, while you’d like to stay on the campus. Try to explain to each other why your plan is better. Remember you should initiate the conversation.9. B: You and your friend have different plans for National Day. Your friendintends to go home, while you’d like to stay on the campus. Try to explain to each other why your plan is better. Remember you should initiate the conversation.10.A: You were given a sweater for your birthday. It is too big. You havenever worn the sweater and want to go to the shop for an exchange. The person who gave it to you has told you the name of the store where it was bought. You have just gone up to the sales assistant in the store but you haven’t got the receipt. Remember you should start the conversation.10.B: You are a shop assistant. A customer comes in order to exchange asweater but he/she hasn’t got the receipt. Moreover, you find a stain when you examine the sweater. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.11.A: You and your friend are talking about your feelings about yourfirst-year study in the university. Both of you find that some courses are awarding while others are quite boring and fruitless, though you mayhold different opinions about each of the courses. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.11. B: You and your friend are talking about your feelings about yourfirst-year study in the university. Both of you find that some courses are awarding while others are quite boring and fruitless, though you may hold different opinions about each of the courses. Remember that it is your partner who initiates the conversation.12.A: Some neighbors have recently moved into the flat above you. They havehad several late-night parties with loud music. You want to develop good relations with your new neighbors, but you also need your sleep. Therefore, you go upstairs and politely ask them to be quiet. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.12. B: You have just moved into a top-floor flat. Your neighbor complainedabout your noisy parties. You think you have tried to be considerate and keep the noise down. Part of your job involves entertaining people at home sometimes. You also want to develop good relations with your neighbors downstairs. Therefore, you apologize and offer to be quieter next time. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.13.A: You are a sophomore, and you passed the oral test of TEM Four withhigh marks. B, a freshman, comes to you for help on how to get ready for the test. Give him/her advice.13. B: You are a freshman. You heard that A passed the oral test of TEM Fourwith high marks. You go to him for help. Ask specific questions regarding the preparations for the test.14.A: You are from America. You enjoy talking with people and writing Emailmessages to your friends in other countries. You plan to study Chinese soon. You would like to have some advice from B, a Chinese student on how to study Chinese.14. B: You are a Chinese student. You are a very fluent speaker of Mandarin,and a good writer too. You have studied English for two years and you want to improve your oral English. You would like to have some advice from A.15.A: One of your friends John is a networm. He spends all his time in alocal cybercafe. He doesn’t eat properly and he suffers from insomnia.What is worse, he has lost all his interest in other things. Work withB for practical suggestions to solve his problem.15. B: One of your friends John is a networm. He spends all his time in alocal cybercafe. He doesn’t eat properly and he suffers from insomnia.What is worse, he has lost all his interest in other things. Work withA for practical suggestions to solve his problem.16.A: You like to surf the net because you can travel around the world, doe-shopping, e-cash and send email to friends. The Internet is an integral part of society now and everyone worships it. You think that modern people cannot live a life without the Internet. Your friend B thinks surfing the Internet brings many side effects. Argue with him/her.16. B: You don’t like to surf the Internet. According to you, Web surfersbecome more and more isolated, and they spend less time with their families, creating a tense family relationship. Besides, sleep and work can be interrupted if one overspends time on line. Argue with A.17.A: You find recently your father and mother quarrel a lot. You are soworried about their relationship. You have tried to persuade them not to quarrel, but all your efforts were in vain. Go to your best friend B, tell him/her your trouble, and get help from him/her.17. B: Your friend A comes to you for advice as his/her parents recentlyquarrel a lot recently. You give him/her specific and practical suggestions.18.A: You are a member of a drama club and the club will put on a play tocelebrate National Day. You think the members should play one of Shakespeare’s masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. However, B, another member, suggests that you should put on a modern play. Try to reach agreement with B.18. B: You are a member of a drama club and the club will put on a play tocelebrate NationalDay. You suggest that the club should put on a modern play about campus life. Talk with A who wants to put on a masterpiece and reach agreement with him/her.19.A: Your foreign teacher Mr. Smith is going back to America at the endof this term. You want to give him a going-away present to remember youby, but you don’t know what t o choose, a silk scarf, a set of teapot or a pair of jade chopsticks. Go to your friend B for advice. You take his/her suggestion.19. B: Your friend A comes to you for help because he/she doesn’t know whatto buy for his/her foreign teacher as a gift, a silk scarf, a set of tea pot or a pair of jade chopsticks. Give him/her suggestions.20.A: Final exams are approaching. You are fed up with preparations for thetests. You complain to your classmate B and suggest that the present examination system be changed because they may not be a proper way to measure a person’s knowledge and skill.20. B: You are busy preparing for the coming exams. Your classmate A is veryunhappy and he tells you that the present exam system should be changed.However, you think exams are good ways to measure how well students have grasped the knowledge they have learned so the present exam system should be kept.21.A: You are a junior in a university. At lunchtime, you meet a foreignstudent in the dining hall. He/She does not know what dishes to choose, so you recommend some delicious dishes to him/her. Later, you eat together and you ask him/her a lot about Western foods.21. B: You are a foreign student studying in a university in China. Atlunchtime, you meet A who kindly recommends some dishes to you. Later, you join him/her and ask him/her something about Chinese foods.22.A: Summer vacation is drawing near. You plan to go traveling with yourclassmate B. You want to go to Beijing, the capital of China boastinga long history and many historic sites, yet B has different idea. Comparethe advantages and disadvantages of traveling to the two places with him/her and reach an agreement.22. B: Summer vacation is drawing near. You plan to go traveling with yourclassmate A. You want to go to Mount Huang Shan, but A has different idea.Compare the advantages and disadvantages of traveling to the two places with him/her and reach an agreement.23.A: You are a senior. Next year, you will graduate from university. Youplan to further your study abroad, but your parents are strongly againstit, hoping you can find a stable job in China. Go to your friend B for advice on how to persuade your parents to support you. However, you find his/her suggestions are not helpful.23. B: Your friend A comes to you for help because he/she is in a dilemma.He/she wants to study abroad, but his/her parents would not agree. Give him/her advice. However, you find his/her suggestions are not practical.24.A: You are undertaking a project of making a book called Album of China.You want to present China to the world by taking photos of the places and people. Discuss with your partner B the places that can represent China.24. B: You are undertaking a project of making a book called Album of China with your partner Discuss with your partner A the places that can represent China.25.A: You want to have a surprise party for your friend Lily who is leavingfor America. You don’t want other people to know it beforehand. Discuss with B how to prepare for the party. Be specific about the time, place, number of people to be invited, and etc.25. B: Your friend A wants to hold a surprise party for your friend Lilywho is leaving for America. A comes to talk with you about the details of the party. Give him help. Be specific about the time, place, number of people to be invited, and etc.26.A: You were sick and went to see doctor today in the university clinic.While you were lining up, you heard some people talking about medical reform, which means students have to pay the expenses by themselves in the future. You don’t like this change, so now you tell your roommateB this piece of news. However, he/she supports the reform. Discuss withhim/her.26. B: Your roommate A tells you that the university clinic will carry outmedical reform soon, which means students can no longer enjoy free medical care. He doesn’t like this change, but you strongly support the reform. Discuss with A and come up with several suggestions to solve this problem. Try to convince A the importance of carrying out the reform.27.A: As a football fan, you are very disappointed with Chinese players’performance in the World Cup 2002. You think that the Chinese team will not qualify to play in the World Cup 2006. You discuss the problems facingthe Chinese team with your good friend B.27. B: You are a football fan. Even though the Chinese team did not playwell in the World Cup 2002, you are confident the team will play better in the near future. Discuss with A the problems the team is facing now.28.A: You will graduate in June and you were just offered a chance to haveinterview in a joint venture. You have no experience of being interviewed, so you go to your friend B who is working in a foreign company. Ask him/her how to prepare for the interview.28. B: You are now working in a foreign company. A will be interviewed ina few days by the boss of a joint venture. He/she comes to you for help.Tell him/her what to wear and how to behave so that the interviewer will be impressed. Be specific about dos and don’ts.29.A: After working in a state-run factory for over two years, you now wantto start your own company because you no longer want to be a small fish in a big pond. You try to persuade your colleague B to resign from his/her post and establish a new company with you. Tell him/her the advantages of being one’s own boss. However, after the talk, B still wants to work in the same factory and you respect his/her decision.29. B: You have been working in a state-run factory for over two years. Youare contented with the job because it is stable and you don’t need to worry about many things. Your colleague is bored with this life and wants to start his/her own company. He/she tries hard to persuade you to work with him/her as a partner. Decline A’s offer and hope him a better future.30.A: Your new foreign teacher has just arrived in Guangzhou. Now he hasjust finished giving you a lesson on composition and you are having a break. You go up to him/her to have a chat. You try to be friendly to him/her and ask him/her about his/her impression of Guangzhou, your school and if he/she has met with some difficulties in his life because of the different culture and the language. You also offer to help when he/she is in need. Remember you should start the conversation.30. B: You are a foreign teacher who has just arrived in Guangzhou. Now youhave finished giving the students a lesson on composition and you are having a break. A student comes up to you to have a chat. He/she tries to be friendly to you and asks you about your impression of Guangzhou,the school and if you have met with some difficulties in your life because of the different culture and the language. He also offers to help when you are in need. Remember it is your partner who starts the conversation.。
英语专业四级考试口试真题
全国英语专业四级口语考试仍然采用录音口试，全国英语专业四级口语考试仍然采用录音口试，将于笔试一至二周后举行。
根据大纲要求，将于笔试一至二周后举行。
根据大纲要求，将于笔试一至二周后举行。
根据大纲要求，口口试内容将分解为三项：（1）复述故事（听两遍故事后复述3分种）；（2）即席讲话（根据所给的题目准备3分钟后，作即席讲话3分钟）；（3）对话（根据规定的角色各自准备3分钟后，对话4分钟）。
2001年Task1: Retelling a story①I once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous. John Smith was so forgetful that he he sometimes sometimes sometimes forget forget forget what what what he he he was was was talking talking talking about about about in in in the the the middle middle middle of of of a a a sentence. sentence. sentence. His His His wife wife wife had had had to to constantly remind him about his meetings, his his classes classes classes ––even his meals! ②Once he forgot h e had he had eaten breakfast twice, at home and at school . His wife liked to remind her neighbors, “If John didn’t have his head tied on. He would forget that too!” ③Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment. It wasn’t that he was not clever, as some critical people tended to say, but just very, very absent-minded. ④One hot summer day, Professor Smith decided to take his children to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town a secret. ⑤However, by the time they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit. Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going. ⑥The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again so soon. “Oh, my dear, I forgot the name the town.” “What? You forgot the name? Maybe one day you will forget my name! Now I’ll write the name of that town on a piece of paper, and yo u put it in your pocket and please, please don’t forget where you put it.”⑦Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husband off again. Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house for the third time. “What is the matter now?”“As you told me, I didn’t forget where I put the name of that town, but I forgot where I left our children!”Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Describe a teacher of yours whom you find unusual. Task3: Role-playingDirections: Many high school graduates in China are going overseas for their college education. A friend of yours is graduating this year and would like to ask for your advice on whether it is a good idea for a high school graduate to go abroad to study. Student A: You think this friend should go by all means, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation. Student B: You think this friend should finish college in China before thinking about going abroad, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember your partner will start the conversation. ——————————————————————————————————Task1: Retelling a story①Whenever Mr. Smith goes to Westgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of its name, it is really not very “grand,” b ut it is cheap, clean, and comfortable. ②Since he knows the manger well, he never has to go to the trouble of reserving a room. The fact is that he always gets the same room. It is situated at the far end of the building and overlooks a beautiful bay. ③On his last visit, visit, Mr. Smith Mr. Smith was was told that told that he could have his usual room, but t he manager the manager added apologetically that it might be a little noisy. So great was the demand for rooms, the manager said, that the hotel had decided to build a new wing. Mr. Smith said he did not mind. It amused him to think that the dear old Grand Hotel was making an effort to live up to its name. ④During the first day Mr. Smith hardly noticed the noise at all. The room was a little dusty, but that was natural. ⑤The following afternoon, he borrowed a book from the hotel library and went upstairs to read. No sooner had he sat down than he heard someone hammering loudly at the wall. ⑥At first he paid no attention, but after a while he began to feel very uncomfortable. His clothes were slowly being covered with fine white powder. ⑦Soon there was so much dust in the room that he began to cough. The hammering was now louder than ever and bits of plaster were coming away from from the the the walls. walls. walls. It It It looked looked looked as as as though though though the the the whole whole whole building building building was was was going going going to to to fall. fall. ⑧Mr. Mr. Smith Smith Smith went went immediately to complain to the manager. They both returned to the room, but everything was very quiet. quiet. As As As they they they stood stood stood there there there looking looking looking at at at each each each other, other, other, Mr. Mr. Mr. Smith Smith Smith felt felt felt rather rather rather embarrassed embarrassed embarrassed for for for having having dragged the manager all the way up the stairs for nothing. ⑨All of a sudden, the hammering began again and a large brick landed on the floor. Looking up, they saw a sharp metal tool had forced its way through the wall, making a very large hole right above the bed! Task2: Talking on a given topicDirection: Describe an embarrassing situation in which you got very angry. Task3: Role-playingDirections: The geology department of a major university is planning to admit 30 male and 5 female students. However, the results of the college entrance examination show that by average, of all the applicants, females have scored higher than most males. Should the department stick to its original plan? Student Student A: A: A: Y ou Y ou think think think the the the department department department should should should still still still stick stick stick to to to the the the original original original plan, plan, plan, and and and you you you should should should try try try to to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation. Student B: You don’t think the department should stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember your partner will start the conversation. ——————————————————————————————————Task1: Retelling a story①Just as Jane was joyfully expecting her first child, her active, energetic mother began losing her battle with a brain disease. For ten years, the fiercely independent and courageous mother had fought, but none of the surgeries or treatments had been successful. At only fifty-five, she became totally disabled- unable to speak, walk, eat or dress on her own. ②As the mother grew closer and closer to death, the baby grew closer and closer to life. Jane was afraid that her mother and her baby would never know each other. Her fear seemed well-founded. A few weeks before her due date, her mother lapsed into a deep coma. The doctors did not hold any hope. hope. It It It was useless was useless to to put put put in in in a feeding tube, they said, a feeding tube, they said, for Mother would n ever awaken. So Jane never awaken. So Jane brought Mother to her own bed in her own house. As often as she could, she sat beside her mother, talking about the baby moving inside her. ④On February 3, 1989, at about the same time Jane began to feel birth pains, Mother opened her eyes. Jane called home. “Mom, listen. My baby baby is is coming! coming! You’re You’re going going to to have have a a new new grandchild. grandchild. Do you understand!”“Yes,” Mother answered. What a wonderful word! The first clear word she’d spoken in months.⑤By the time Jane brought her son home, her mother was sitting in her chair, dressed and ready ready to to to welcome welcome welcome the the the baby. baby. baby. For For For two two two weeks, weeks, weeks, Mother Mother Mother clucked, clucked, clucked, smiled smiled smiled and and and held held held the the the new-born new-born new-born baby. baby. Then she quietly became unconscious and, after visits from all her children, was finally free of the pain. ⑥For Jane, memories of her son’s birth will always be bittersweet, but it was at this time that she learned an important truth about living. While both joy and sorrow pass quickly, and often come together at the same time, love has the power to overcome both. And love can last forever. Task II: Talking on a given topicDirections: Tell a story that illustrates the need for love Task III: Role-playingStudent A: You will be traveling later this week and you are wondering about the advantages and safety of flying. Recent news reports of air crashes have made you nervous and you cannot decide if it is safe to travel by airplane. You turn to your friend for advice about whether you should go by air or by train. He/she tried to persuade you to take a flight by listing some advantages. Eventually you refuse to accept his/her opinion and make your own decision. Student B: One of your friends is taking a trip later this week and he/she is undecided about whether to travel by air or by train. Not knowing what to do, your friend comes to you for advice. You try to persuade your friend to take a flight in spite of reports of air crashes. Eventually, you fail to convince him/her and your friend buys a train ticket instead. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————Task1: Retelling a story①When she was 22 years old Pat Jones decided that she wanted to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could while she was young. When she finished college at home in Britain, Pat chose to visit Latin America first, so she managed to get a job as an English teacher in a secondary secondary school school school in in in Bolivia. Bolivia. Bolivia. Pat Pat Pat spoke spoke spoke a a a little little little Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, so so so she she she was was was able able able to to to communicate communicate communicate with with with her her students even though they did not know much English. ②A A sentence sentence sentence she she she had had had once once once read read read somewhere somewhere somewhere stuck stuck stuck in in in her her her mind: mind: mind: if if if you you you dream dream dream in in in a a a foreign foreign language, it means that you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and she hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English. ③One One day, day, day, Tim, Tim, Tim, one one one of of of the the the worst worst worst students students students in in in her her her class, class, class, came came came up up up to to to her her her and and and explained explained explained in in Spanish Spanish that he had not that he had not done his homework. homework. He said He said that he had g one to bed early and had slept gone to bed early and had slept badly. Pat was quite angry with him, for she did not think that his explanation had anything to do with his homework. But Tim told her that he dreamed all night and his dream was in English. ④“In English!” Pat thought. She was greatly surprised, since Tim was such a bad student. She was was also also also secretly secretly secretly jealous. jealous. jealous. Her Her Her dreams dreams dreams were were were still still still not not not in in in Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, but but but she she she decided decided decided to to to encourage encourage encourage her her student and asked him to tell her about his dream. “All the people in my dream spoke English,” Tim said. “And all the signs were in English. All the newspapers and magazine s and all the TV programs were in English.”“But that’s wonderful,” said Pat. “What did all the people say to you?” she asked.“I’m sorry. Miss Jones, That’s why I slept so badly all through the night. I didn’t understand a word they said. It was a nightmare!” Tim answered.Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Describe one of the most unpleasant dreams you’ve ever had.Task3: Role-playingStudent A: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive. To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden. You try to discuss this problem with student B. You think think that that that parents parents parents should should should pay pay pay tuition tuition tuition for for for their their their children children children since since since college college college students students students do do do not not not yet yet yet have have have any any regular income. Student B: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive. To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden. You try to discuss this problem with student A. Your opinion is that it is unfair to put this big burden on parents since college students are already adults. Students themselves should find ways to pay their own tuition. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————Task1: Retelling a story①A A little little little girl girl girl whose whose whose parents parents parents had had had died died died lived lived lived with with with her her her grandmother grandmother grandmother and and and slept slept slept in in in an an an upstairs upstairs bedroom. ②One night there was a fire in the house and the grandmother died while trying to rescue the child. The fire spread quickly, and the first floor of the house was soon engulfed in flames. ③Neighbors Neighbors called called called the the the fire fire fire department, department, department, then then then stood stood stood helplessly helplessly helplessly by, by, by, unable unable unable to to to enter enter enter the the the house house because flames blocked all the entrances. The little girl appeared at an upstairs window, crying for help, help, just just just as as as word word word spread spread spread among among among the the the crowd crowd crowd that that that the the the firefighters firefighters firefighters would would would be be be delayed delayed delayed a a a few few few minutes minutes because they were all at another fire. ④Suddenly, Suddenly, a a a man man man appeared appeared appeared with with with a a a ladder, ladder, ladder, put put put it it it up up up against against against the the the side side side of of of the the the house house house and and disappeared inside. When he reappeared, he had the little girl in his arms. He delivered the child to the waiting arms below, then disappeared into the night. ⑤An investigation revealed that the child had no living relatives, and weeks later a meeting was held in the town hall to determine who would take the child into their home and bring her up. ⑥A teacher said she would like to raise the child. She pointed out that she could ensure her a good education. A farmer offered her an upbringing on his farm. He pointed out that living on a farm was healthy and satisfying. Others spoke, giving their reasons why it was to the child’s advantage to live with them. Finally, the town’s richest resident rose and said, “I can give this child all the advantages that you have mentioned here, plus money and everything that money can buy.”Throughout all this, the child remained silent, her eyes on the floor. ⑦“Does anyone else want to speak?” asked the meeting chairman. A man came forward from the back of the hall. He walked slowly and appeared to be in pain. When he got to the front of the room, room, he he he stood stood stood directly directly directly in in in front front front of of of the the the little little little girl girl girl and and and held held held out out out his his his arms. arms. arms. His His His hands hands hands and and and arms arms arms were were terribly scarred. The The chil chil child d d cried cried cried out. out. out. “This “This “This is is is the the the man man man who who who rescued rescued rescued me!” me!” me!” With With With a a a leap, leap, leap, she she she threw threw threw her her her arms arms around the man’s neck. She buried her face in his shoulder and sobbed for a few moments. Then she looked up and smiled at him. Task2: Talking on a given topicDirection: Please tell us one incident in which someone was trying to help others despite danger to his own safety. Task3: Role-playingStudent Student A: A: A: The The The manager manager manager of of of a a a world-world-world-famous famous famous hotel hotel hotel wants wants wants to to to recruit recruit recruit a a a new new new member member member as as as the the the hotel’s hotel’s bellboy, offering him a salary of 3000 yuan per month. Many university graduates are competing for the position. As a sophomore in the university, you think that they are applying for a job unworthy for for their their their talents. talents. talents. Try Try Try to to to persuade persuade persuade your your your partner partner partner that that that you you you are are are right. right. right. Remember Remember Remember you you you will will will initiate initiate initiate the the conversation. Student Student B: B: B: The The The manager manager manager of of of a a a world-world-world-famous famous famous hotel hotel hotel wants wants wants to to to recruit recruit recruit a a a new new new member member member as as as the the the hotel’s hotel’s bellboy, offering him a salary of 3000 yuan per month. Many university graduates are competing for the position. As a sophomore in the university, you think that it is courageous for them to make such a decision and they have made the correct choice. Try to persuade your partner that you are right. Remember your partner will initiate the conversation. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————2006：Task1: Retelling a story①A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty glass jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top, rocks about two inches in diameter. ②He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open spaces between the rocks. The students laughed. ③He asked his students again if the jar was full. They agreed: yes, it was. The professor then picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up all the remaining space. ④“Now.” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this is your life.”The rocks are the important things – your family, y our partner, your health, your children your partner, your health, your children – anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed. The pebbles are the other things in life that matter, but on a smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff. ⑤If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar first, there is no room for the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff, or material things, you will never have room for the things that are truly most important. Pay attention to the things that are critical in your life. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. Talk with your parents. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. “Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just pebbles a nd sand. They will take care of themselves.”Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Describe a lesson you have learned which has enriched your life experience. Task3: Role-playingStudent A: You and your friend are discussing what you are going to do together during this coming summer vacation. Your friend prefers to work in a big company to earn some money. You prefer to do do some some some voluntary voluntary voluntary work work work for for for society. society. society. Y ou Y ou try try try to to to persuade persuade persuade each each each other other other by by by giving giving giving various various various reasons. reasons. Remember you will initiate the conversation. Student B: You and your friend are discussing what you are going to do together during this coming summer vacation. Your friend prefers to do some voluntary work for society. You prefer to work in a big big company company company to to to earn earn earn some some some money. money. money. Y ou Y ou try try try to to to persuade persuade persuade each each each other other other by by by giving giving giving various various various reasons. reasons. Remember your partner will initiate the conversation. ——————————————————————————————————Task1: Retelling a story①Anne Anne was was was a a a science science science teacher teacher teacher in in in a a a primary primary primary school. school. school. She She She loved loved loved her her her job job job and and and believed believed believed very very strongly in practical work as a means of teaching science effectively. ②Once she decided to show her her pupils’ pupils’ pupils’ parents parents parents how how how well well well their their their children children children were were were learning. learning. learning. To To To demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate the the the effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness of of of her her methods she invited all the parents to come to the school to se e the results of one of the children’s experiments. She scheduled this event for a Saturday evening, so all of the parents would be sure to come. ③The children were studying how plants grow. To see this process for themselves the students had planted four pots of beans. They had put poor soil in one pot to see what effect this would have on the growth of the beans. The other three pots of beans had good soil, but one pot had been placed in a dark room for several days and another pot was not watered for the same length of time. In this way the children were learning the effects of soil, water and sunlight on the growth of plants. ④At the end of the lesson on Friday afternoon, Anne put labels on the four pots. One label said, “The beans in this pot were planted in poor soil.” Another one said, “This pot has been kept in the dark for four days.” The third label read, “These beans have had no water for four days.” And the last one went like this: “These beans have had good soil, plenty of light and regular water.” Then she went home. ⑤She She returned returned returned to to to school school school on on on Saturday Saturday Saturday evening, evening, evening, half half half an an an hour hour hour before before before the the the parents parents parents were were were due due due to to come. She was surprised to find a note beside the pots. It said: “We read your notes to the school cleaning staff and decided to help them with your plants, so we watered all the plants, changed the earth in one with poor soil, and left the light on above the one that had been left in the dark for four days. We hope that the plants will now grow better.” Signed “The Boy Scouts”.Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Talk about an experience you have had in which you tried to help someone but actually caused trouble. Task3: Role-playingStudent Student A: A: A: Nowadays Nowadays Nowadays lots lots lots of of of college college college students students students take take take all all all kinds kinds kinds of of of tests tests tests to to to get get get different different different kinds kinds kinds of of certificates. You think it necessary because these certificates are useful in helping the students find good jobs. But your partner doesn’t agree with you. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation. Student Student B: B: B: Nowadays Nowadays Nowadays lots lots lots of of of college college college students students students take take take all all all kind kind kind of of of tests tests tests to to to get get get different different different kinds kinds kinds of of certificates. You don’t think it necessary because most of these certificates are actually of no use. But your partner doesn’t agree with you. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner should start the conversation. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————Task1: Retelling a storyIt was shortly after one o’clock in the morning and Mr. Fairfax was really tired. He had been driving for over five hours, heading for a small town far away from home. The weather was clear but it it was was was dark dark dark and and and Mr. Mr. Mr. Fairfax Fairfax Fairfax could could could not not not find find find a a a motel motel motel to to to spend spend spend the the the night. night. night. Completely Completely Completely exhausted, exhausted, exhausted, he he decided to stop by the roadside for a few hours’ sleep at the wheel of his car. He fell asleep almost the moment he closed his eyes. But soon he was awakened by a man tapping on the car window. “I say, you don’t happen to know the time, do you?” the stranger asked.Mr. Fairfax wound down the window and thrust his head out. “It’s around one o’clock,” he answered. Then he wound up his window and soon fell back into a deep slumber. Half an hour later, another guy came up and knocked on his window who also inquired about the time. Once again, Mr. Fairfax gathered his thoughts and told him that it was just after one-thirty. When the same thing happened yet again, Mr. Fairfax became increasingly irritated. Sleep-deprived, he began to raise his voice at the passer-by: “It’s two o’clock, God damn it! And why can’t you get yourself a watch like the rest of us?”This time when he was winding up the window, Mr. Fairfax figured out how to make sure no one else disturbed him. He found some paper and a pencil and wrote a note that he placed on the windscreen of his car. It said: “I don’t know what time it is!” Amused by his good idea, he happily drifted off back to sleep again. Not Not long long long afterwards, afterwards, afterwards, the the the note note note was was was spotted spotted spotted by by by a a a policeman policeman policeman on on on his his his night night night patrol. patrol. patrol. Intent Intent Intent on on fulfilling his duty to assist motorists, he tapped on Mr. Fairfax’s car window.“Well, sir,” the policeman said. “Now it is five past three!”Task2: Talking on a given topicDescribe a situation in which you tried every means to avoid trouble, but in vain. Task3: Role-playingStudent Student A: A: A: Today Today Today in in in China, China, China, lots lots lots of of of famous famous famous people, people, people, such such such as as as athletes, athletes, athletes, are are are admitted admitted admitted to to to famous famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You think these people deserve a chance since they have contributed a lot to the country. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation. Student Student B: B: B: Today Today in in China, China, China, lots lots lots of of of famous famous famous people, people, people, such such such as as as athletes, athletes, athletes, are are are admitted admitted admitted to to to famous famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You don’t think these people should be given this chance since it is unfair to the other people who work so hard to pass the exam. Your partner does n ot not not agree. Try agree. Try to to convince him/her. Remember convince him/her. Remember your partner will start the conversation. 。
专四英语口语考试role-play题目
专四英语口语考试role-play题目Task Three: Role-play1.A: Recently, the number of students who apply for double majors has beenincreasing. You are also considering about such an application. You go to student B and ask for his/her opinion. Student B tries to encoura ge you to take this challenge by analyzing the advantages of doing so. However, you still have some reservations and do not want to make a final decision in a rush.Remember you should initiate the conversation.1.B: Student A is considering about an application for double majors, which youthink is a good idea. You try to encourage student A to take this challenge by analyzing the advantages of doing so. However, student A has some reservations and does not want to make a final decision in a rush. Remember, it is your partner who should initiate the conversation.2.A: Recently a student has been enrolled in the graduate school of ZhongshanUniversity because of his contribution to the fight against SARS. You and your classmate Student B express your opinions on whether the university is justified in doing so. Remember you should initiate the conversation.2. B: Recently a student has been enrolled in the graduate school of ZhongshanUniversity because of his contribution to the fight against SARS. You and your classmate Student A express your opinions on whether the university is justified in doing so. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.3.A: You are a freshman but you don’t feel happy at all. Instead you aredepressed because you think the college you enter is an ordinary one. You curse your fate and cannot see any light of hope in your life. One day you decide to have a talk with your teacher, so you enter his/her office. Remember you must initiate the conversation.3. B: You are a university teacher. Student A is a freshman but he/she doesn’t feelhappy at all. Instead he/she is depressed because he/she thinks the college he enters is an ordinary one. He/she curses his fate and cannot see any light of hope in his/her life. One day, he/she enters your office with the intention of having a talk with you. Remember he/she initiates the conversation.4.A: You and your friend are discussing the aim of university education. However,you hold different opinions. You think university education is primarily to train good members of society while your friend insists that it is primarily to create and cultivate scientists, artists, politicians, philosophers, poets, novelists, etc.Remember you should initiate the conversation.4. B: You and your friend are discussing the aim of university education. However,you hold different opinions. You think university education is primarily to create and cultivate scientists, artists, politicians, philosophers, poets, novelists, etc. while your friend insists that it is primarily to train good members of society. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.5.6.A: You and your friend have different plans for National Day. Your friendintends to go home, while you’d like to stay on the camp us. Try to explain to each other why your plan is better. Remember you should initiate the conversation.9. B: You and your friend have different plans for National Day. Your friendintends to go home, while you’d like to stay on the campus. Try to expla in to each other why your plan is better. Remember you should initiate the conversation.7.A: You were given a sweater for your birthday. It is too big. You have neverworn the sweater and want to go to the shop for an exchange. The person who gave it to you has told you the name of the store where it was bought. You have just gon e up to the sales assistant in the store but you haven’t got the receipt.Remember you should start the conversation.10.B: You are a shop assistant. A customer comes in order to exchange a sweaterbut he/she hasn’t got the receipt. Moreover, you find a sta in when you examine the sweater. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.11.A: You and your friend are talking about your feelings about your first-yearstudy in the university. Both of you find that some courses are awarding while others are quite boring and fruitless, though you may hold different opinions about each of the courses. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.11. B: You and your friend are talking about your feelings about your first-yearstudy in the university. Both of you find that some courses are awarding while others are quite boring and fruitless, though you may hold different opinions about each of the courses. Remember that it is your partner who initiates the conversation.12.A: Some neighbors have recently moved into the flat above you. They have hadseveral late-night parties with loud music. You want to develop good relations with your new neighbors, but you also need your sleep. Therefore, you go upstairs and politely ask them to be quiet. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.12. B: You have just moved into a top-floor flat. Your neighbor complained aboutyour noisy parties. You think you have tried to be considerate and keep the noise down. Part of your job involves entertaining people at home sometimes.You also want to develop good relations with your neighbors downstairs.Therefore, you apologize and offer to be quieter next time. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.13.A: You are a sophomore, and you passed the oral test of TEM Four with highmarks. B, a freshman, comes to you for help on how to get ready for the test.Give him/her advice.13. B: You are a freshman. You heard that A passed the oral test of TEM Four withhigh marks. You go to him for help. Ask specific questions regarding the preparations for the test.14.A: You are from America. You enjoy talking with people and writing Emailmessages to your friends in other countries. You plan to study Chinese soon.You would like to have some advice from B, a Chinese student on how to study Chinese.14. B: You are a Chinese student. You are a very fluent speaker of Mandarin, and agood writer too. You have studied English for two years and you want to improve your oral English. You would like to have some advice from A.15.A: One of your friends John is a networm. He spends all his time in a localcybercafe. He doesn’t eat properly and he suffers from insomnia. What is worse, he has lost all his interest in other things. Work with B for practical suggesti ons to solve his problem.15. B: One of your friends John is a networm. He spends all his time in a localcybercafe. He doesn’t eat properly and he suffers from insomnia. What is worse, he has lost all his interest in other things. Work with A for practi cal suggestions to solve his problem.16.A: You like to surf the net because you can travel around the world, doe-shopping, e-cash and send email to friends. The Internet is an integral part of society now and everyone worships it. You think that modern people cannot livea life without the Internet. Your friend B thinks surfing the Internet bringsmany side effects. Argue with him/her.16. B: You don’t like to surf the Internet. According to you, Web surfers becomemore and more isolated, and they spend less time with their families, creating a tense family relationship. Besides, sleep and work can be interrupted if one overspends time on line. Argue with A.17.A: You find recently your father and mother quarrel a lot. You are so worriedabout their relationship. You have tried to persuade them not to quarrel, but all your efforts were in vain. Go to your best friend B, tell him/her your trouble, and get help from him/her.17. B: Your friend A comes to you for advice as his/her parents recently quarrel alot recently. You give him/her specific and practical suggestions.18.A: You are a member of a drama club and the club will put on a play tocelebrate National Day. You think the members should play one ofShakespeare’s masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. Ho wever, B, another member, suggests that you should put on a modern play. Try to reach agreement with B.18. B: You are a member of a drama club and the club will put on a play t ocelebrate NationalDay. You suggest that the club should put on a modern play about campus life.Talk with A who wants to put on a masterpiece and reach agreement with him/her.19.A: Your foreign teacher Mr. Smith is going back to America at the end of t histerm. You want to give him a going-away present to remember you by, but you don’t know what to choose, a silk scarf, a set of teapot or a pair of jade chopsticks. Go to your friend B for advice. You take his/her suggestion.19. B: Your friend A comes to you for help because he/she doesn’t know what tobuy for his/her foreign teacher as a gift, a silk scarf, a set of tea pot or a pair of jade chopsticks. Give him/her suggestions.20.A: Final exams are approaching. You are fed up with preparations for th e tests.You complain to your classmate B and suggest that the present exami nation system be changed because they may not be a proper way to measure a person’s knowledge and skill.20. B: You are busy preparing for the coming exams. Your classmate A is veryunhappy and he tells you that the present exam system should be changed.However, you think exams are good ways to measure how well students have grasped the knowledge they have learned so the present exam system should be kept.21.A: You are a junior in a university. At lunchtime, you meet a foreign student inthe dining hall. He/She does not know what dishes to choose, so you recommend some delicious dishes to him/her. Later, you eat together and you ask him/her a lot about Western foods.21. B: You are a foreign student studying in a university in China. At lunchtime,you meet A who kindly recommends some dishes to you. Later, you join him/her and ask him/her something about Chinese foods.22.A: Summer vacation is drawing near. You plan to go traveling with yourclassmate B. You want to go to Beijing, the capital of China boasting a long history and many historic sites, yet B has different idea. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of traveling to the two places with him/her and reach an agreement.22. B: Summer vacation is drawing near. You plan to go traveling with yourclassmate A. You want to go to Mount Huang Shan, but A has different idea.Compare the advantages and disadvantages of traveling to the two places with him/her and reach an agreement.23.A: You are a senior. Next year, you will graduate from university. You plan tofurther your study abroad, but your parents are strongly against it, hoping you can find a stable job in China. Go to your friend B for advice on how to persuade your parents to support you. However, you find his/her suggestions are not helpful.23. B: Your friend A comes to you for help because he/she is in a dilemma. He/shewants to study abroad, but his/her parents would not agree. Give him/her advice. However, you find his/her suggestions are not practical.24.A: You are undertaking a project of making a book called Album of China. Youwant to present China to the world by taking photos of the places and people.Discuss with your partner B the places that can represent China.24. B: You are undertaking a project of making a book called Album of China with your partner Discuss with your partner A the places that can represent China.25.A: You want to have a surprise party for your friend Lily who is leaving forAmeric a. You don’t want other people to know it beforehand. Discuss with B how to prepare for the party. Be specific about the time, place, number of people to be invited, and etc.25. B: Your friend A wants to hold a surprise party for your friend Lily who isleaving for America. A comes to talk with you about the details of the part y.Give him help. Be specific about the time, place, number of people to be invited, and etc.26.A: You were sick and went to see doctor today in the university clinic. Whileyou were lining up, you heard some people talking about medical reform, which mea ns students have to pay the expenses by themselves in the future. You don’t like this change, so now you tell your roommate B this piece of news. However, he/she supports the reform. Discuss with him/her.26. B: Your roommate A tells you that the university clinic will carry out medicalreform soon, which means students can no longer enjoy free medical care. He doesn’t like this change, but you strongly support the reform. Discuss with A and come up with several suggestions to solve this problem. Try to convince A the importance of carrying out the reform.27.A: As a football fan, you are very disappointed with Chinese players’performance in the World Cup 2002. You think that the Chinese team will not qualify to play in the World Cup 2006. You discuss the problems facing theChinese team with your good friend B.27. B: You are a football fan. Even though the Chinese team did not play well inthe World Cup 2002, you are confident the team will play better in the near future. Discuss with A the problems the team is facing now.28.A: You will graduate in June and you were just offered a chance to haveinterview in a joint venture. You have no experience of being interviewed, so you go to your friend B who is working in a foreign company. Ask him/her how to prepare for the interview.28. B: You are now working in a foreign company. A will be interviewed in a fewdays by the boss of a joint venture. He/she comes to you for help. Tell hi m/her what to wear and how to behave so that the interviewer will be impress ed. Be specific about dos and don’ts.29.A: After working in a state-run factory for over two years, you now want tostart your own company because you no longer want to be a small fish in a big pond. You try to persuade your colleague B to resign from his/her post and establish a new company with you. Tell him/her the advantages of being one’s own boss. However, after the talk, B still wants to work in the same factory and you respect his/her decision.29. B: You have been working in a state-run factory for over two years. You arecontented with the job because it is stable and you don’t need to worry about many things. Your colleague is bored with this life and wants to start his/her own company. He/she tries hard to persuade you to work with him/her as a partner. Decline A’s offer and hope him a better future.30.A: Your new foreign teacher has just arrived in Guangzhou. Now he has justfinished giving you a lesson on composition and you are having a break. You go up to him/her to have a chat. You try to be friendly to him/her and ask him/her about his/her impression of Guangzhou, your school and if he/she has met with some difficulties in his life because of the different culture and the language.You also offer to help when he/she is in need. Remember you should start the conversation.30. B: You are a foreign teacher who has just arrived in Guangzhou. Now you havefinished giving the students a lesson on composition and you are having a break. A student comes up to you to have a chat. He/she tries to be friendly to you and asks you about your impression of Guangzhou, the school and if you have met with some difficulties in your life because of the different culture and the language. He also offers to help when you are in need. Remember it is your partner who starts the conversation.。
2023年专四口语考试真题及答案
2023年专四口语考试真题及答案专四口语考试可是让好多小伙伴又爱又恨呢。
那咱们就来聊聊2023年专四口语考试的真题和答案吧。
一、真题部分。
1. 复述故事。
这个部分呀，给了一个超级有趣的小故事。
大概就是有个小男孩，他特别喜欢小动物。
有一天呢，他在森林里发现了一只受伤的小松鼠。
小男孩可善良啦，他就把小松鼠带回家，小心翼翼地照顾它。
每天给它喂吃的，还陪着小松鼠玩。
小松鼠的伤慢慢地好了起来，最后小男孩又把小松鼠放回了森林。
这个故事听起来就很温馨呢，不过要把它完整又生动地复述出来，也不是那么容易的事儿。
好多同学可能在复述的时候，会忘记一些小细节，像小男孩发现小松鼠的时候，周围的环境描写之类的。
2. 即席讲话。
这个题目就比较灵活啦。
好像是关于现代科技对人际关系的影响。
这可有的说了。
现在的科技啊，像手机、社交媒体啥的，确实让我们的人际关系变得很复杂呢。
一方面呢，它让我们可以随时随地和远方的朋友聊天，拉近了距离。
比如说，我有个朋友在国外，以前联系可不方便了，现在我们随时能视频通话，就感觉她好像就在身边一样。
但是另一方面呢，大家有没有觉得，有时候我们坐在一起吃饭，但是每个人都在玩手机，都不怎么聊天了。
这就很奇怪，感觉科技虽然让我们联系方便了，但也让我们在现实中的关系变得有点疏远了。
所以在讲这个题目的时候，真的是可以从好多不同的角度去发挥。
3. 对话。
这个环节是要和小伙伴一起完成的。
题目好像是关于大学生兼职的利弊。
我觉得这个话题超级接地气啊。
就像我们身边很多同学都会去兼职，有的是为了赚点零花钱，有的是想积累社会经验。
兼职的好处呢，那可不少。
能赚钱就不说了，还能锻炼自己的能力，学会怎么和不同的人打交道。
但是也有不好的地方呀，比如说可能会影响学习，有些兼职工作特别累，忙完了就没精力看书了。
在对话的时候，就需要和小伙伴互相交流观点，有时候还得反驳一下对方的观点，可有趣了。
二、答案部分。
1. 复述故事答案。
如果要把这个故事复述得很好的话，首先开头可以说“今天我要给大家讲一个超级暖心的故事哦。
专四口语对话考试真题及答案
专四口语对话考试真题及答案一、真题1。
题目：A和B是同学，他们在讨论即将到来的校园文化节。
A对文化节充满期待，想参加很多活动；B则比较淡定，认为有些活动可能会很无聊。
请展开对话。
答案：A: Hi, B. Are you looking forward to the upcoming campus cultural festival?B: Well, not really. I think some of the activities might be boring.A: Oh, come on. I'm so excited about it. There are so many activities we can take part in.B: Like what?A: For example, the singing competition. I love singing and it's a great chance to show my talent.B: But there are always so many people singing the same old songs. It's not that interesting.A: Well, what about the art exhibition? There will be a lot of amazing artworks created by our schoolmates.B: Hmm, that might be okay. But I'm still not as enthusiastic as you.A: And there will also be some traditional cultural experience activities, like paper - cutting and calligraphy. It's so meaningful to learn about our own culture.B: Yeah, I admit that part is good. But I'm just afraid there will be too much chaos and not enough real quality in some of the events.A: Maybe you're right. But we can still choose the ones we like. I think it's a great opportunity to have fun and relax.B: Okay, I'll think about it again. Maybe I'll find some interesting activities to join.解析：- 这个对话围绕对校园文化节的不同态度展开。
专四英语口语考试role-play题目1
Task Three: Role-play1.A: Recently, the number of students who apply for double majors hasbeen increasing. You are also considering about such an application.You go to student B and ask for his/her opinion. Student B tries to encourage you to take this challenge by analyzing the advantages of doing so. However, you still have some reservations and do not want to make a final decision in a rush. Remember you should initiate the conversation.1.B: Student A is considering about an application for double majors,which you think is a good idea. You try to encourage student A to take this challenge by analyzing the advantages of doing so. However, student A has some reservations and does not want to make a final decision in a rush. Remember, it is your partner who should initiate the conversation.2.A: Recently a student has been enrolled in the graduate school ofZhongshan University because of his contribution to the fight against SARS. You and your classmate Student B express your opinions on whether the university is justified in doing so. Remember you should initiate the conversation.2. B: Recently a student has been enrolled in the graduate school ofZhongshan University because of his contribution to the fight against SARS. You and your classmate Student A express your opinions on whether the university is justified in doing so. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.3.A: You are a freshman but you don’t feel happy at all. Instead youare depressed because you think the college you enter is an ordinary one. You curse your fate and cannot see any light of hope in your life. One day you decide to have a talk with your teacher, so you enter his/her office. Remember you must initiate the conversation. 3. B: You are a university teacher. Student A is a freshman but he/shedoesn’t feel happy at all. Instead he/she is depressed because he/she thinks the college he enters is an ordinary one. He/she curses his fate and cannot see any light of hope in his/her life. One day, he/she enters your office with the intention of having a talk with you. Remember he/she initiates the conversation.4.A: You and your friend are discussing the aim of university education.However, you hold different opinions. You think university education is primarily to train good members of society while your friend insists that it is primarily to create and cultivate scientists, artists, politicians, philosophers, poets, novelists, etc. Remember you should initiate the conversation.4. B: You and your friend are discussing the aim of university education.However, you hold different opinions. You think university education is primarily to create and cultivate scientists, artists,politicians, philosophers, poets, novelists, etc. while your friend insists that it is primarily to train good members of society.Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.5.A: You and student B will be on holiday next week and intend to travelto Xinjiang. As you have just read an article in the newspaper abouta plane accident, you think it is too dangerous to travel by planeand decide to go somewhere else by train. However, Student B thinks differently and insists on traveling by air. Remember you should start the conversation.5. B: You and student A will be on holiday next week and intend to travelto Xinjiang. As student A has just read an article in the newspaper about a plane accident, he/she thinks it is too dangerous to travel by plane and decide to go somewhere else by train. However, you think differently and insist on traveling by air. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.6.A: You are a freshman in the university. You learn that many studentsdo part-time jobs to get some money and some social experience. You have just decided to find a job as a tutor. Now you go to see a sophomore and ask for advice as to how to find a part-time job, the average payment of a job as a tutor, what difficulties one usually comes across, and how to do the job successfully. Your friend tries to give you various information, which you find very helpful.Remember that you should initiate the conversation.6. B: You are a sophomore in the university. A freshman of yourdepartment comes to ask for advice as to how to find a part-time job, the average payment of a job as a tutor, what difficulties one usually comes across, and how to do the job successfully. You try to give him/her various information, which he finds very helpful. Remember that it is your partner who initiates the conversation.7.A: You are a literature fan. Your friend comes to you to seek adviceon what to read during his five-day holiday. You recommend several books to him/her. He/She finally decides to take one.7. B: You are going to have a five-day holiday. You have been longing to read a good book during the holiday. Now you go to a friend, who is a literature fan, to ask him to recommend a book to you. He offers several choices and you finally decide to take one.8.A: You have just read in the newspaper about the news that a laid-offworker won a million yuan from the welfare lotteries. Now you talk to your friend about it. You exchange your opinions on how to spend the sum of money if you won a million yuan. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.8. B: Your friend has just read in the newspaper about the news thata laid-off worker won a million yuan from the welfare lotteries. Nowhe talks to you about it. You exchange your opinions on how to spendthe sum of money if you won a million yuan. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.9.A: You and your friend have different plans for National Day. Yourfriend intends to go home, while you’d like to stay on the campus.Try to explain to each other why your plan is better. Remember you should initiate the conversation.9. B: You and your friend have different plans for National Day. Yourfriend intends to go home, while you’d like to stay on the campus.Try to explain to each other why your plan is better. Remember you should initiate the conversation.10.A: You were given a sweater for your birthday. It is too big. Youhave never worn the sweater and want to go to the shop for an exchange.The person who gave it to you has told you the name of the store where it was bought. You have just gone up to the sales assistant in the store but you haven’t got the receipt. Remember you should start the conversation.10.B: You are a shop assistant. A customer comes in order to exchangea sweater but he/she hasn’t got the receipt. Moreover, you finda stain when you examine the sweater. Remember it is your partnerwho initiates the conversation.11.A: You and your friend are talking about your feelings about yourfirst-year study in the university. Both of you find that some courses are awarding while others are quite boring and fruitless, though you may hold different opinions about each of the courses.Remember that you should initiate the conversation.11. B: You and your friend are talking about your feelings about yourfirst-year study in the university. Both of you find that some courses are awarding while others are quite boring and fruitless, though you may hold different opinions about each of the courses.Remember that it is your partner who initiates the conversation. 12.A: Some neighbors have recently moved into the flat above you. Theyhave had several late-night parties with loud music. You want to develop good relations with your new neighbors, but you also need your sleep. Therefore, you go upstairs and politely ask them to be quiet. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.12. B: You have just moved into a top-floor flat. Your neighborcomplained about your noisy parties. You think you have tried to be considerate and keep the noise down. Part of your job involves entertaining people at home sometimes. You also want to develop good relations with your neighbors downstairs. Therefore, you apologize and offer to be quieter next time. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.13.A: You are a sophomore, and you passed the oral test of TEM Fourwith high marks. B, a freshman, comes to you for help on how to getready for the test. Give him/her advice.13. B: You are a freshman. You heard that A passed the oral test ofTEM Four with high marks. You go to him for help. Ask specific questions regarding the preparations for the test.14.A: You are from America. You enjoy talking with people and writingEmail messages to your friends in other countries. You plan to study Chinese soon. You would like to have some advice from B, a Chinese student on how to study Chinese.14. B: You are a Chinese student. You are a very fluent speaker ofMandarin, and a good writer too. You have studied English for two years and you want to improve your oral English. You would like to have some advice from A.15.A: One of your friends John is a networm. He spends all his timein a local cybercafe. He doesn’t eat properly and he suffers from insomnia. What is worse, he has lost all his interest in other things.Work with B for practical suggestions to solve his problem.15. B: One of your friends John is a networm. He spends all his timein a local cybercafe. He doesn’t eat properly and he suffers from insomnia. What is worse, he has lost all his interest in other things.Work with A for practical suggestions to solve his problem.16.A: You like to surf the net because you can travel around the world,do e-shopping, e-cash and send email to friends. The Internet is an integral part of society now and everyone worships it. You think that modern people cannot live a life without the Internet. Your friend B thinks surfing the Internet brings many side effects. Argue with him/her.16. B: You don’t like to surf the Internet. According to you, Websurfers become more and more isolated, and they spend less time with their families, creating a tense family relationship. Besides, sleep and work can be interrupted if one overspends time on line.Argue with A.17.A: You find recently your father and mother quarrel a lot. You areso worried about their relationship. You have tried to persuade them not to quarrel, but all your efforts were in vain. Go to your best friend B, tell him/her your trouble, and get help from him/her. 17. B: Your friend A comes to you for advice as his/her parents recentlyquarrel a lot recently. You give him/her specific and practical suggestions.18.A: You are a member of a drama club and the club will put on a playto celebrate National Day. You think the members should play one of Shakespeare’s masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. However, B, another member, suggests that you should put on a modern play. Try to reach agreement with B.18. B: You are a member of a drama club and the club will put on a playto celebrate NationalDay. You suggest that the club should put on a modern play about campus life. Talk with A who wants to put on a masterpiece and reach agreement with him/her.19.A: Your foreign teacher Mr. Smith is going back to America at theend of this term. You want to give him a going-away present to remember you by, but you don’t know what to choose, a silk scarf,a set of teapot or a pair of jade chopsticks. Go to your friend Bfor advice. You take his/her suggestion.19. B: Your friend A comes to you for help because he/she doesn’t knowwhat to buy for his/her foreign teacher as a gift, a silk scarf,a set of tea pot or a pair of jade chopsticks. Give him/hersuggestions.20.A: Final exams are approaching. You are fed up with preparationsfor the tests. You complain to your classmate B and suggest that the present examination system be changed because they may not bea proper way to measure a person’s knowledge and skill.20. B: You are busy preparing for the coming exams. Your classmate Ais very unhappy and he tells you that the present exam system should be changed. However, you think exams are good ways to measure how well students have grasped the knowledge they have learned so the present exam system should be kept.21.A: You are a junior in a university. At lunchtime, you meet a foreignstudent in the dining hall. He/She does not know what dishes to choose, so you recommend some delicious dishes to him/her. Later, you eat together and you ask him/her a lot about Western foods.21. B: You are a foreign student studying in a university in China.At lunchtime, you meet A who kindly recommends some dishes to you.Later, you join him/her and ask him/her something about Chinese foods.22.A: Summer vacation is drawing near. You plan to go traveling withyour classmate B. You want to go to Beijing, the capital of China boasting a long history and many historic sites, yet B has different idea. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of traveling to the two places with him/her and reach an agreement.22. B: Summer vacation is drawing near. You plan to go traveling withyour classmate A. You want to go to Mount Huang Shan, but A has different idea. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of traveling to the two places with him/her and reach an agreement.23.A: You are a senior. Next year, you will graduate from university.You plan to further your study abroad, but your parents are strongly against it, hoping you can find a stable job in China. Go to your friend B for advice on how to persuade your parents to support you.However, you find his/her suggestions are not helpful.23. B: Your friend A comes to you for help because he/she is in a dilemma.He/she wants to study abroad, but his/her parents would not agree.Give him/her advice. However, you find his/her suggestions are not practical.24.A: You are undertaking a project of making a book called Album ofChina. You want to present China to the world by taking photos of the places and people. Discuss with your partner B the places that can represent China.24. B: You are undertaking a project of making a book called Album of China with your partner Discuss with your partner A the places that can represent China.25.A: You want to have a surprise party for your friend Lily who isleaving for America. You don’t want other people to know it beforehand. Discuss with B how to prepare for the party. Be specific about the time, place, number of people to be invited, and etc. 25. B: Your friend A wants to hold a surprise party for your friendLily who is leaving for America. A comes to talk with you about the details of the party. Give him help. Be specific about the time, place, number of people to be invited, and etc.26.A: You were sick and went to see doctor today in the university clinic.While you were lining up, you heard some people talking about medical reform, which means students have to pay the expenses by themselves in the future. You don’t like this change, so now yo u tell your roommate B this piece of news. However, he/she supports the reform.Discuss with him/her.26. B: Your roommate A tells you that the university clinic will carryout medical reform soon, which means students can no longer enjoy free medical car e. He doesn’t like this change, but you strongly support the reform. Discuss with A and come up with several suggestions to solve this problem. Try to convince A the importance of carrying out the reform.27.A: As a football fan, you are very disappointed with Chineseplayers’ performance in the World Cup 2002. You think that the Chinese team will not qualify to play in the World Cup 2006. You discuss the problems facing the Chinese team with your good friend B.27. B: You are a football fan. Even though the Chinese team did notplay well in the World Cup 2002, you are confident the team will play better in the near future. Discuss with A the problems the team is facing now.28.A: You will graduate in June and you were just offered a chance tohave interview in a joint venture. You have no experience of being interviewed, so you go to your friend B who is working in a foreign company. Ask him/her how to prepare for the interview.28. B: You are now working in a foreign company. A will be interviewedin a few days by the boss of a joint venture. He/she comes to you for help. Tell him/her what to wear and how to behave so that the interviewer will be impressed. Be specific about dos and don’ts.29.A: After working in a state-run factory for over two years, you nowwant to start your own company because you no longer want to be a small fish in a big pond. You try to persuade your colleague B to resign from his/her post and establish a new company with you. Tell him/her the advantages of being one’s own boss. However, aft er the talk, B still wants to work in the same factory and you respect his/her decision.29. B: You have been working in a state-run factory for over two years.You are contented with the job because it is stable and you don’t need to worry about many things. Your colleague is bored with this life and wants to start his/her own company. He/she tries hard to persuade you to work with him/her as a partner. Decline A’s offer and hope him a better future.30.A: Your new foreign teacher has just arrived in Guangzhou. Now hehas just finished giving you a lesson on composition and you are having a break. You go up to him/her to have a chat. You try to be friendly to him/her and ask him/her about his/her impression of Guangzhou, your school and if he/she has met with some difficulties in his life because of the different culture and the language. You also offer to help when he/she is in need. Remember you should start the conversation.30. B: You are a foreign teacher who has just arrived in Guangzhou.Now you have finished giving the students a lesson on composition and you are having a break. A student comes up to you to have a chat.He/she tries to be friendly to you and asks you about your impression of Guangzhou, the school and if you have met with some difficulties in your life because of the different culture and the language. He also offers to help when you are in need. Remember it is your partner who starts the conversation.。
专四英语口语考试role-play题目
Task Three: Role-play1.A: Recently, the number of students who apply for double majors has beenincreasing. You are also considering about such an application. You go to student B and ask for his/her opinion. Student B tries to encourage you to take this challenge by analyzing the advantages of doing so.However, you still have some reservations and do not want to make a final decision in a rush. Remember you should initiate the conversation.1.B: Student A is considering about an application for double majors, whichyou think is a good idea. You try to encourage student A to take this challenge by analyzing the advantages of doing so. However, student A has some reservations and does not want to make a final decision in a rush. Remember, it is your partner who should initiate the conversation.2.A: Recently a student has been enrolled in the graduate school ofZhongshan University because of his contribution to the fight against SARS. You and your classmate Student B express your opinions on whether the university is justified in doing so. Remember you should initiate the conversation.2. B: Recently a student has been enrolled in the graduate school ofZhongshan University because of his contribution to the fight against SARS. You and your classmate Student A express your opinions on whether the university is justified in doing so. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.3.A: You are a freshman but you don’t feel happy at all. Instead you aredepressed because you think the college you enter is an ordinary one.You curse your fate and cannot see any light of hope in your life. One day you decide to have a talk with your teacher, so you enter his/her office. Remember you must initiate the conversation.3. B: You are a university teacher. Student A is a freshman but he/shedoesn’t feel happy at all. Instead he/she is depressed because he/she thinks the college he enters is an ordinary one. He/she curses his fate and cannot see any light of hope in his/her life. One day, he/she enters your office with the intention of having a talk with you. Remember he/she initiates the conversation.4.A: You and your friend are discussing the aim of university education.However, you hold different opinions. You think university education is primarily to train good members of society while your friend insists thatit is primarily to create and cultivate scientists, artists, politicians, philosophers, poets, novelists, etc. Remember you should initiate the conversation.4. B: You and your friend are discussing the aim of university education.However, you hold different opinions. You think university education is primarily to create and cultivate scientists, artists, politicians, philosophers, poets, novelists, etc. while your friend insists that it is primarily to train good members of society. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.5.A: You and student B will be on holiday next week and intend to travelto Xinjiang. As you have just read an article in the newspaper about a plane accident, you think it is too dangerous to travel by plane and decide to go somewhere else by train. However, Student B thinks differently and insists on traveling by air. Remember you should start the conversation.5. B: You and student A will be on holiday next week and intend to travelto Xinjiang. As student A has just read an article in the newspaper abouta plane accident, he/she thinks it is too dangerous to travel by planeand decide to go somewhere else by train. However, you think differently and insist on traveling by air. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.6.A: You are a freshman in the university. You learn that many studentsdo part-time jobs to get some money and some social experience. You have just decided to find a job as a tutor. Now you go to see a sophomore and ask for advice as to how to find a part-time job, the average payment of a job as a tutor, what difficulties one usually comes across, and how to do the job successfully. Your friend tries to give you various information, which you find very helpful. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.6. B: You are a sophomore in the university. A freshman of your departmentcomes to ask for advice as to how to find a part-time job, the average payment of a job as a tutor, what difficulties one usually comes across, and how to do the job successfully. You try to give him/her various information, which he finds very helpful. Remember that it is your partner who initiates the conversation.7.A: You are a literature fan. Your friend comes to you to seek advice onwhat to read during his five-day holiday. You recommend several books to him/her. He/She finally decides to take one.7. B: You are going to have a five-day holiday. You have been longing to read a good book during the holiday. Now you go to a friend, who is a literature fan, to ask him to recommend a book to you. He offers several choices and you finally decide to take one.8.A: You have just read in the newspaper about the news that a laid-offworker won a million yuan from the welfare lotteries. Now you talk to your friend about it. You exchange your opinions on how to spend the sum of money if you won a million yuan. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.8. B: Your friend has just read in the newspaper about the news that alaid-off worker won a million yuan from the welfare lotteries. Now he talks to you about it. You exchange your opinions on how to spend the sum of money if you won a million yuan. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.9.A: You and your friend have different plans for National Day. Your friendintends to go home, while you’d like to stay on the campus. Try to explain to each other why your plan is better. Remember you should initiate the conversation.9. B: You and your friend have different plans for National Day. Your friendintends to go home, while you’d like to stay on the campus. Try to explain to each other why your plan is better. Remember you should initiate the conversation.10.A: You were given a sweater for your birthday. It is too big. You havenever worn the sweater and want to go to the shop for an exchange. The person who gave it to you has told you the name of the store where it was bought. You have just gone up to the sales assistant in the store but you haven’t got the receipt. Remember you should start the conversation.10.B: You are a shop assistant. A customer comes in order to exchange asweater but he/she hasn’t got the receipt. Moreover, you find a stain when you examine the sweater. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.11.A: You and your friend are talking about your feelings about yourfirst-year study in the university. Both of you find that some courses are awarding while others are quite boring and fruitless, though you mayhold different opinions about each of the courses. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.11. B: You and your friend are talking about your feelings about yourfirst-year study in the university. Both of you find that some courses are awarding while others are quite boring and fruitless, though you may hold different opinions about each of the courses. Remember that it is your partner who initiates the conversation.12.A: Some neighbors have recently moved into the flat above you. They havehad several late-night parties with loud music. You want to develop good relations with your new neighbors, but you also need your sleep. Therefore, you go upstairs and politely ask them to be quiet. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.12. B: You have just moved into a top-floor flat. Your neighbor complainedabout your noisy parties. You think you have tried to be considerate and keep the noise down. Part of your job involves entertaining people at home sometimes. You also want to develop good relations with your neighbors downstairs. Therefore, you apologize and offer to be quieter next time. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.13.A: You are a sophomore, and you passed the oral test of TEM Four withhigh marks. B, a freshman, comes to you for help on how to get ready for the test. Give him/her advice.13. B: You are a freshman. You heard that A passed the oral test of TEM Fourwith high marks. You go to him for help. Ask specific questions regarding the preparations for the test.14.A: You are from America. You enjoy talking with people and writing Emailmessages to your friends in other countries. You plan to study Chinese soon. You would like to have some advice from B, a Chinese student on how to study Chinese.14. B: You are a Chinese student. You are a very fluent speaker of Mandarin,and a good writer too. You have studied English for two years and you want to improve your oral English. You would like to have some advice from A.15.A: One of your friends John is a networm. He spends all his time in alocal cybercafe. He doesn’t eat properly and he suffers from insomnia.What is worse, he has lost all his interest in other things. Work withB for practical suggestions to solve his problem.15. B: One of your friends John is a networm. He spends all his time in alocal cybercafe. He doesn’t eat properly and he suffers from insomnia.What is worse, he has lost all his interest in other things. Work withA for practical suggestions to solve his problem.16.A: You like to surf the net because you can travel around the world, doe-shopping, e-cash and send email to friends. The Internet is an integral part of society now and everyone worships it. You think that modern people cannot live a life without the Internet. Your friend B thinks surfing the Internet brings many side effects. Argue with him/her.16. B: You don’t like to surf the Internet. According to you, Web surfersbecome more and more isolated, and they spend less time with their families, creating a tense family relationship. Besides, sleep and work can be interrupted if one overspends time on line. Argue with A.17.A: You find recently your father and mother quarrel a lot. You are soworried about their relationship. You have tried to persuade them not to quarrel, but all your efforts were in vain. Go to your best friend B, tell him/her your trouble, and get help from him/her.17. B: Your friend A comes to you for advice as his/her parents recentlyquarrel a lot recently. You give him/her specific and practical suggestions.18.A: You are a member of a drama club and the club will put on a play tocelebrate National Day. You think the members should play one of Shakespeare’s masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. However, B, another member, suggests that you should put on a modern play. Try to reach agreement with B.18. B: You are a member of a drama club and the club will put on a play tocelebrate NationalDay. You suggest that the club should put on a modern play about campus life. Talk with A who wants to put on a masterpiece and reach agreement with him/her.19.A: Your foreign teacher Mr. Smith is going back to America at the endof this term. You want to give him a going-away present to remember youby, but you don’t know what t o choose, a silk scarf, a set of teapot or a pair of jade chopsticks. Go to your friend B for advice. You take his/her suggestion.19. B: Your friend A comes to you for help because he/she doesn’t know whatto buy for his/her foreign teacher as a gift, a silk scarf, a set of tea pot or a pair of jade chopsticks. Give him/her suggestions.20.A: Final exams are approaching. You are fed up with preparations for thetests. You complain to your classmate B and suggest that the present examination system be changed because they may not be a proper way to measure a person’s knowledge and skill.20. B: You are busy preparing for the coming exams. Your classmate A is veryunhappy and he tells you that the present exam system should be changed.However, you think exams are good ways to measure how well students have grasped the knowledge they have learned so the present exam system should be kept.21.A: You are a junior in a university. At lunchtime, you meet a foreignstudent in the dining hall. He/She does not know what dishes to choose, so you recommend some delicious dishes to him/her. Later, you eat together and you ask him/her a lot about Western foods.21. B: You are a foreign student studying in a university in China. Atlunchtime, you meet A who kindly recommends some dishes to you. Later, you join him/her and ask him/her something about Chinese foods.22.A: Summer vacation is drawing near. You plan to go traveling with yourclassmate B. You want to go to Beijing, the capital of China boastinga long history and many historic sites, yet B has different idea. Comparethe advantages and disadvantages of traveling to the two places with him/her and reach an agreement.22. B: Summer vacation is drawing near. You plan to go traveling with yourclassmate A. You want to go to Mount Huang Shan, but A has different idea.Compare the advantages and disadvantages of traveling to the two places with him/her and reach an agreement.23.A: You are a senior. Next year, you will graduate from university. Youplan to further your study abroad, but your parents are strongly againstit, hoping you can find a stable job in China. Go to your friend B for advice on how to persuade your parents to support you. However, you find his/her suggestions are not helpful.23. B: Your friend A comes to you for help because he/she is in a dilemma.He/she wants to study abroad, but his/her parents would not agree. Give him/her advice. However, you find his/her suggestions are not practical.24.A: You are undertaking a project of making a book called Album of China.You want to present China to the world by taking photos of the places and people. Discuss with your partner B the places that can represent China.24. B: You are undertaking a project of making a book called Album of China with your partner Discuss with your partner A the places that can represent China.25.A: You want to have a surprise party for your friend Lily who is leavingfor America. You don’t want other people to know it beforehand. Discuss with B how to prepare for the party. Be specific about the time, place, number of people to be invited, and etc.25. B: Your friend A wants to hold a surprise party for your friend Lilywho is leaving for America. A comes to talk with you about the details of the party. Give him help. Be specific about the time, place, number of people to be invited, and etc.26.A: You were sick and went to see doctor today in the university clinic.While you were lining up, you heard some people talking about medical reform, which means students have to pay the expenses by themselves in the future. You don’t like this change, so now you tell your roommateB this piece of news. However, he/she supports the reform. Discuss withhim/her.26. B: Your roommate A tells you that the university clinic will carry outmedical reform soon, which means students can no longer enjoy free medical care. He doesn’t like this change, but you strongly support the reform. Discuss with A and come up with several suggestions to solve this problem. Try to convince A the importance of carrying out the reform.27.A: As a football fan, you are very disappointed with Chinese players’performance in the World Cup 2002. You think that the Chinese team will not qualify to play in the World Cup 2006. You discuss the problems facingthe Chinese team with your good friend B.27. B: You are a football fan. Even though the Chinese team did not playwell in the World Cup 2002, you are confident the team will play better in the near future. Discuss with A the problems the team is facing now.28.A: You will graduate in June and you were just offered a chance to haveinterview in a joint venture. You have no experience of being interviewed, so you go to your friend B who is working in a foreign company. Ask him/her how to prepare for the interview.28. B: You are now working in a foreign company. A will be interviewed ina few days by the boss of a joint venture. He/she comes to you for help.Tell him/her what to wear and how to behave so that the interviewer will be impressed. Be specific about dos and don’ts.29.A: After working in a state-run factory for over two years, you now wantto start your own company because you no longer want to be a small fish in a big pond. You try to persuade your colleague B to resign from his/her post and establish a new company with you. Tell him/her the advantages of being one’s own boss. However, after the talk, B still wants to work in the same factory and you respect his/her decision.29. B: You have been working in a state-run factory for over two years. Youare contented with the job because it is stable and you don’t need to worry about many things. Your colleague is bored with this life and wants to start his/her own company. He/she tries hard to persuade you to work with him/her as a partner. Decline A’s offer and hope him a better future.30.A: Your new foreign teacher has just arrived in Guangzhou. Now he hasjust finished giving you a lesson on composition and you are having a break. You go up to him/her to have a chat. You try to be friendly to him/her and ask him/her about his/her impression of Guangzhou, your school and if he/she has met with some difficulties in his life because of the different culture and the language. You also offer to help when he/she is in need. Remember you should start the conversation.30. B: You are a foreign teacher who has just arrived in Guangzhou. Now youhave finished giving the students a lesson on composition and you are having a break. A student comes up to you to have a chat. He/she tries to be friendly to you and asks you about your impression of Guangzhou,the school and if you have met with some difficulties in your life because of the different culture and the language. He also offers to help when you are in need. Remember it is your partner who starts the conversation.。
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Task III: Role-playingStudent A: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You think these people deserve a chance since they have contributed a lot to the country. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You don’t think these people should be given this chance since it is unfair to the other people who work so hard to pass the exam. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2009Student A: Today in China, more and more people like to make friends online. You think that the Internet is a good place to meet new friends. But your partner thinks that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Try to convince your partner that the Internet is a good place to meet friends. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Today in China, more and more people like to make friends online. Your partner thinks that the Internet is a good place to meet new friends. But you think that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Try to convince your partner that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2010Student A: Nowadays many college students look for romance on campus. You think campus love can have a positive effect on personal development, but your partner doesn’t agree. Discuss this issue with your partner and try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Nowadays many college students look for romance on campus. You think campus love can have a negative effect on personal development, but your partner doesn’t agree. Discuss this issue with your partner and try to convince him/her. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner should start the conversation.2011Student A: Yale law professor Amy Chua’s child-raising memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has recently captured global attention. In the book, Chua stresses the me rits of “Chinese parenting,” which means high expectations, strict discipline (such as no TV or computer games), and punishment instead of encouragement. You think that such strict parenting is good for the growth of children, but your partner doesn’t agre e. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Yale law professor Amy Chua’s child-raising memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has recently captured global attention. In the book, Chua stresses the merits of “Chinese parenting,” which means high expectations, strict discipline (such as no TV or computer games), and punishment instead of encouragement. You think that such strict parenting is bad for the growth of children, but your partner doesn’t agree. Try to convinc e him/her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.Student A: Today in China, more and more public museums at national and provincial levels have stopped charging admission fees. Yet people have different opinions on this. Some think that people have the right to enjoy free access to such cultural facilities as museums, while others insist that free admission cause lots of problems. You and your partner are discussing this issue. You think that museums should be free to the public while your partner thinks that an entrance fee is necessary. Try to convince him of her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Today in China, more and more public museums at national and provincial levels have stopped charging admission fees. Yet people have different opinions on this. Some think that people have the right to enjoy free access to such cultural facilities as museums, while others insist that free admission cause lots of problems. You and your partner are discussing this issue. You think that an entrance fee is necessary while your partner thinks that museums should be free to the public. Try to convince him or her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2013Student A: Several Chinese universities in recent years enroll students into broad areas (e.g., liberal arts, sciences, management, etc.) rather than specific majors (e.g., English, math, finance, etc.).Students have a chance to take courses offered by various departments before they choose their majors at the beginning of their second year. You and your partner are discussing this issue. You think this arrangement is good for students while your partner doesn't think so. Try to convince him or her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Several Chinese universities in recent years enroll students into broad areas (e.g., liberal arts, sciences, management, etc.) rather than specific majors (e.g., English, math, finance, etc.).Students have a chance to take courses offered by various departments before they choose their majors at the beginning of their second year. You and your partner are discussing this issue. Your partner think that this arrangement is good for students while you r don't think so. Try to convince him or her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2014Student A:Is English being over-emphasized in our educational system? Some people believe that learning English is problem since it has affected the learning of the Chinese language and culture in school. Others, however, hold that we must learn English in order to build China into a modern country.You think there is indeed too much emphasis on English and it is unnecessary for all students to learn English while your partner argues that all students must attach great importance to English. Try to convince your partner. Remember, you will start the conversation.Student B:Is English being over-emphasized in our educational system? Some people believe that learning English is problem since it has affected the learning of the Chinese language and culture in school. Others, however, hold that we must learn English in order to build China into a modern country.You believe all students must attach importance to English while your partner argues that there is too much emphasis on English and it is unnecessary for all student to learn English. Try to convince your partner. Remember, your partner will start the conversation.Task III: Role-playingStudent A: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You think these people deserve a chance since they have contributed a lot to the country. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.2009Student A: Today in China, more and more people like to make friends online. You think that the Internet is a good place to meet new friends. But your partner thinks that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Try to convince your partner that the Internet is a good place to meet friends. Remember you should start the conversation.2010Student A: Nowadays many college students look for romance on campus. You think campus love can have a positive effe ct on personal development, but your partner doesn’t agree. Discuss this issue with your partner and try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.2011Student A: Yale law professor Amy Chua’s child-raising memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has recently captured global attention. In the book, Chua stresses the merits of “Chinese parenting,” which means high expectations, strict discipline (such as no TV or computer games), and punishment instead of encouragement. You think that such strict parenting is good for the growth of children, but your partner doesn’t agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember you should start the conversation.2012Student A: Today in China, more and more public museums at national and provincial levels have stopped charging admission fees. Yet people have different opinions on this. Some think that people have the right to enjoy free access to such cultural facilities as museums, while others insist that free admission cause lots of problems. You and your partner are discussing this issue. You think that museums should be free to the public while your partner thinks that an entrance fee is necessary. Try to convince him of her. Remember you should start the conversation.2013Student A: Several Chinese universities in recent years enroll students into broad areas (e.g., liberal arts, sciences, management, etc.) rather than specific majors (e.g., English, math, finance, etc.).Students have a chance to take courses offered by various departments before they choose their majors at the beginning of their second year. You and your partner are discussing this issue. You think this arrangement is good for students while your partner doesn't think so. Try to convince him or her. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Today in China, lots of famous people, such as athletes, are admitted to famous universities without taking the college entrance exam. You and your partner are discussing the issue. You don’t think these people should be given this chance since it is unfair to the other people who work so hard to pass the exam. Your partner does not agree. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2009Student B: Today in China, more and more people like to make friends online. Your partner thinks that the Internet is a good place to meet new friends. But you think that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Try to convince your partner that cyber-friendship is fake and dangerous. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2010Student B: Nowadays many college students look for romance on campus. You think campus love can have a negative effect on personal development, but your partner doesn’t agree. Discuss this issue with your partner and try to convince him/her. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner should start the conversation.2011Student B: Yale law professor Amy Chua’s child-raising memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has recently captured global attention. In the book, Chua stresses the merits of “Chinese parenting,” which means high expectations, strict discipline (such as no TV or computer games), and punishment instead of encouragement. You think that such strict parenting is bad for the growth of children, but your partner doesn’t a gree. Try to convince him/her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2012Student B: Today in China, more and more public museums at national and provincial levels have stopped charging admission fees. Yet people have different opinions on this. Some think that people have the right to enjoy free access to such cultural facilities as museums, while others insist that free admission cause lots of problems. You and your partner are discussing this issue. You think that an entrance fee is necessary while your partner thinks that museums should be free to the public. Try to convince him or her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.2013Student B: Several Chinese universities in recent years enroll students into broad areas (e.g., liberal arts, sciences, management, etc.) rather than specific majors (e.g., English, math, finance, etc.).Students have a chance to take courses offered by various departments before they choose their majors at the beginning of their second year. You and your partner are discussing this issue. Your partner think that this arrangement is good for students while you r don't think so. Try to convince him or her. Remember your partner will start the conversation.。