2013年4月20日托福口语考题解析

2013 年 4 月 20 日托福口语考题解析 口语 Task 1 What suggestions would you give to a friend who is starting a new job Give examples and details in your response 参考答案 I d like to give my friend who s starting a new job the following suggestions First get familiar with people at the new place I believe that the best way of getting use to a new work environment or cooperate culture is talking to and learning from the people who work there as often as possible They can give new comers lots of tips on what to look out for and how they can advance in the company Second try to be productive There are so many things one can do to stay productive Including getting in the office on time meeting deadlines and consulting with boss and coworkers when difficulty presents Task 2 Do you agree or disagree with the statement that students should be allowed to carry their cellphones at all times Give details and examples in your response 参考答案 I strongly agree with the statement that students should be allowed to carry their cellphones all the time First of all people do everything nowadays on their cellphones Take myself for example All my class schedules are on my phone Sometimes I take audio notes in a class that might be going to fast for me which help enormously Also when it comes to communication cellphones are extremely important for us if not crucial Especially in the case of an emergency Students can call or send text messages to get help or stay in touch with their loved ones Task 3 是一个学生写信说学校应该给他们提供机会去别的地方实习而且学校应该掏这部分费 用 女生不同意 1 这个城市虽然小但是也有很多公司可以实习她的朋友就找到一家 2 花销太贵了 学校的经费还要做其他很多用处 会不够 解题要点 Reading Letter students of business department should be given the opportunity to intern overseas Reason 1 students get a chance to do different business practice from different cultures Reason 2 reduce top students financial pressure if the university sponsors them Listening Woman disagrees with the plan Reason 1 a student doesn t have to go abroad to get experience a friend of hers interns at a local company and attends business conferences with people from other countries and he can get a lot of experience Reason 2 business department is too small to afford such high expense and there are better students programs to invest in rather than this one because in this program only top students get to benefit from it Task 4 文章说学生们会缺少能力和信息去完成他们的任务 后面貌似是需要老师的指点 听力 里是说 教授带着两组小孩去图书馆让他们找到自己想要的书一个小姑娘想要找一本什么故 事书 教授说我不能帮她找 但是我问她这书是什么故事 小女孩说是 XX 故事 教授说 这种故事会有特殊的分类 后来小女孩找到了这本书 解题要点 Term Facilitation Definition facilitation refers to a strategy with which some people provide clues and hints to help others complete a task instead of helping them complete the task directly Lecture the professor takes two groups of kids to the library and teaches them how to find the books they want he mentions there are two sections in the library fiction and nonfiction a girl asks the professor for help because she can t find Alice In Wonderland instead of finding the book for her the professor gives her a hint asks her if the book is a real story or a make believe story and then the girl realizes she should try the fiction section and she finds the book in a short time Task 5 第五题是男学生收到学校的信告诉他他可能不能再 5 月份毕业了 愿意是一个必须修 的有机化学他没修 他听从他一个化学专业朋友的建议修了另外一个化学代替但是不能算 作必修 解决方案 1 是放弃另一个化学课然后去努力补上 3 个星期的课去学有机化学 这 是他最后一个学期了 但是男生喜欢他上的化学课不想放弃 方案 2 是找化学系去让他们 帮忙 XX 可以解决 但是不知道多久可以得到回复 解题要点 Problem the boy may not be able to graduate in May for he didn t select organic chemistry which was a compulsory course he got the wrong information from a friend that organic chemistry could be replaced by environmental chemistry and he chose the latter one Solution 1 switch from environmental to organic chemistry Pro Con it s been 3 weeks since the class started he has to catch up real quick if he switches courses Solution 2 formal request for a substitution of organic chemistry Pro the university may aprrove Con no one knows how long it will take it might be too late when there s a result Task 6 第六题生物的 vonom 貌似是这么写的 的两种用途 一种是用来捕食 举了一个蛇 的例子他们藏在某个地方 假装是石头然后又动物路过就抓住他们 另一个是用来防御捕食 者 聚了蜜蜂的例子说如果有鸟想吃蜜蜂蜜蜂就会用刺蛰他们 虽然被蛰一下但是非常非 常疼 而且他们需要抓蜜蜂的时候远离蜂群 背景知识 Main idea 2 ways of how animals use their venom Example 1 rattle snakes use venom to prey they bite the rats and their venom makes the rats lose