2013年5月11日托福口语考题解析

2013 年 5 月 11 日托福口语考题解析 Task 1 Talk about an interesting school activity that you participated in recently Give details and examples in your response 参考答案 An interesting school activity I recently participated in was volunteer teaching We went to a small under developed village that s far from the city Students from my school split into groups to teach the kids different classes I was assigned to teach them English I taught them some basic greeting skills which they thought was fun During class breaks all of us gathered outside to play sports of our choice Some kicked around a soccer ball some played the badminton and some played pingpong Everyone had a blast Before we left we made some donations to the school People donated money books and school supplies I would love to go back and visit the kids soon Task 2 Some people prefer to buy innovative high tech products like cellphones and computers when they first came out others would buy them after the price has been decreased Which do you prefer Explain why 参考答案 I prefer to buy my high tech products long after they re first introduced for the following reasons First products like cellphone and computers are usually very expensive when they are first introduced to the market When iPhone first came out the prices were really high But it was only about three months later Apple cut the price by around 200 Not buying these product too soon can save us lots of money Second the first batch of product can be flowed It s wise to wait for reviews to come out so we can find out if they work as advertised If there are problems company will iron out these glitches and make it better Task 3 学校要给四年级学生在图书馆的书架旁边提供柜子 locker 因为提供方便 女的不同 意 别的年级学生也要柜子 而且柜子在书架旁边学生方便偷 学校不好管理 解题要点 Reading Announcement The university is going to provide seniors with a locker near the bookshelf in the library Reason 1 Because it will be convenient for seniors to have a locker Reason 2 Listening Woman disagrees with the plan Reason 1 Students in other years also need the locker Reason 2 It will be hard for the university to secure the library because it will become easier for students to stole things when lockers are nearby the bookshelf Task 4 广告里的 modeling 用来给顾客示范产品的亮点和怎么用 教授用例子他儿子想买 冰激凌机 他一开始觉得不好 看了电视上一个广告一女的一步步做出好的冰激凌之后他 就买了 发现很好使 解题要点 Term modeling in advertisement Definition The modeling in advertisement is used for demonstrating customers the highlights of a product and how to use it Lecture The professor gives an example of his son Once his son wanted to buy an ice cream machine but he didn t think it a good idea After watching a woman showing the steps to make an ice cream by using this machine he bought one and found it very useful Task 5 女的把今晚要展览的照片忘在家里了 方法一是自己开回家取 但是这样就不能上 reviewing class 了 第二是她妈明天帮她送来 这样她朋友们晚上就看不见她的作品了 解题要点 Problem The woman lost the photos that need to be exhibited this evening at home Solution 1 She can drive home to pick them up by herself Pro Con But doing so she cannot be available for the reviewing class Solution 2 She could ask her mom to fetch them for her tomorrow Pro Con But in this way her friends won t see her works this evening Task 6 鸟保护巢的两种方法 一种用自然的障碍 一种鸟把巢架在浓密的枝杈上来防止捕食 者接近 没听全信息 第二种是自己造障碍 一种鸟用粘土把开口搞的很小 这样自己可 以喂孩子 但是捕食者不容易发现 背景知识 Main Idea two ways of birds to protect their nests Example 1 natural obstacles The bird put its nest on the dense branches to prevent predators getting cl