2013年8月24日托福口语真题解析

2013 年 8 月 24 日托福口语真题解析Task 1Which of the following jobs do you think is the most challenging, doctor, policeman or government official? Give specific reasons and details in your answer.I think being a policeman is the most challenging for the following reasons. First, being a policeman means you will be dealing with difficult people all the time. A police officer is in close contact with criminals on daily basis. That could be pretty stressful even dangerous. Second, being a policeman also means you cant have a regular schedule. My uncle used to be a policeman. He was ready to report to duty all the time. It didnt matter if it was the weekend or right in the night, when he got beeped, he had to be on his way to the station right away.Task 2Some people enjoy indoor activities that are not every intensive, others prefer to do outdoor activities that are more challenging. Which do you prefer? Explain why.I prefer to do indoor sports for the following reasons. First of all, working out in the gym means I can exercise regardless of the weather. For example, it doesnt matter how hard it snows or rains, I can still have fun playing badminton with my friends. During summer days that are crazy hot, we can exercise without getting sun burnt indoors. Second, indoor activities are less intensive. That mean we dont get injured that easily comparing to doing outdoor sports like skiing or snowboarding. Indoor sports like yoga are more soothing, or relaxing.Task 3Reading: The university is going to show student artists artworks in dormitoryReason 1: make use of the spaceReason 2: its a good opportunity for students to sell some artworksListeningWoman agreesReason 1: art students paint a lot every semester but theres only 1 or 2 exhibitions in the art department building so they only get to show some artworksReason 2: students can buy artworks to decorate the dorms, posters can be really boringTask 4Definition: availability error, a person experienced an event that made a strong impression, the person tend to think it will happen againExample: The professor and his wife went on a vacation to an island, everything was beautiful when they just got there and they expected to have much fun, but the second day there was a storm and it kept raining, so in the end they went back feeling disappointed. Later the professor wanted to go there again on a vacation but his wife didnt want to because she kept thinking it was going to rain again even though the professor already checked that it hardly rained on the islandTask 5Problem: The woman left her art history notes on the train and she has to take the exam the next FSolution 1: borrow the notes from her friend in the classPro:/Con: She has never borrowed others notes before, she doesnt know how much it can help, and it might have a negative impact on the examSolution 2: take the class tonightPro: the same contentCon: shes promised to go to he