口语考试说明及试题

2016级的同学们：

为引导学生重视口语，提高英语应用能力，外国语学院本学期举行2016级大学英语口语考试，口语考试成绩将占期末考核总评成绩的15%。

口试题型为段落朗读及话题对话，要求考生按顺序朗读所抽到的材料展，限时3分钟。考官将按照评分标准根据学生朗读及对话的语音、语调、语速、意群停顿、流利程度等综合打分。

按每个考场学生名单序号，考生在考务人员的安排下提前5-10分钟抽取朗读材料，要求考生在考场后一排座位处安静准备。考试前，考生需要向监考老师出示学生证。考完所抽题签必须交回抽签处，禁止考生对题签做任何标记或折叠。考完后请迅速、安静地离开考场，切勿讨论或喧哗。

考试范围：book 1 unit 1 – unit 8

时间：2016年12月24日（17周周六）

各班具体时间、地点和名单安排另行通知。

请老师们各班安排的副考务于考试开始之前10分钟到达考场，主动跟考官老师联系。为了保证考试顺利进行，请通知上下午第二场考试的学生提前40分钟到达备考。

以下为20个口语考试题签，请同学们认真准备。祝大家考试成功！

外国语学院大学外语教学部

2016年11月

Part I Paragraph Reading (50 points)

Directions: Read the following paragraph loudly and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.

The businessman scoffed, ―I am a Harvard MBA and I could help you. You should spend more time fishing, and with the proceeds buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats; eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman, you would sell directly to the processor and eventually open your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City where you would run your expanding enterprise. ‖

Part II Making a Dialogue (50 points)

Directions:Make a dialogue on the following topic with your partner.

Some college students prefer to attend classes regularly because they believe that only in the class atmosphere can they focus on the reading. Others, however, believe that the best reading can only be done outside the classroom. Which reading method do you think is better? Why?

Part I Paragraph Reading (50 points)

Directions:Read the following paragraphs loudly and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.

On the last night before they were to return home, we had arranged a family get-together. When the doorbell rang, Cheryl scampered to answer. My sister-in-law Carol stood in the doorway with a large bowl in her hands.

―What’s that?‖ Cheryl immediately wanted to know.

―It’s banana pudding.‖ Carol offered proudly.

Cheryl took a closer look, then shook her head from side to side and said, ―Karen doesn’t make it that way.‖

I dissolved in laughter that no one else understood. Suddenly, my tension and anxiety disappeared, and I knew that when those kids got back home, their mother would be hearing a lot about how ―Karen doesn’t do it that way.‖

Part II Making a Dialogue (50 points)

Directions:Make a dialogue on the following topic with your partner.

Failure is the mother of success. Everyone has experienced failure. In your opinion, how to turn failure into success?