托福口语真题分析与范文

1、2017 年 01 月 07 日 托福口语考题回忆Task 1The university wants to provide student more entertainments and three choices provided below, which do you prefer and why.l A theater performance by the student actorsl A concert provided by professional musicianl A lecture from a professorSample Answer:Well, as a stud

2、ent, I will choose a theater performance by the student actors. For one thing, this kind of activity will improve their cooperation skills. To be more specific, a theater performance includes the whole process of organizing, participating, and promoting an event. Whether the student director or the

3、actor take the responsibility to achieve his/her duty, so this is a great opportunity for them to learn how to deal with other people. Moreover, a performance could greatly inspire them to be more creative. I mean, in order to make a good show, students may have lots of difficulties to cope with, so

4、 they have to be flexible to face any emergency. As a result, they may come up with lots of new ideas to make it. Because of these two reasons, I believe this is the best choice. (140 words)Task 2Friends may disagree with each other, and still maintain friendship. Do you agree with or disagree with

5、this idea, why?Sample Answer:Of course I agree with this idea. Firstly people are bound to be different. We have various family background as well as education background even though we are friends. So it is quite naturally that there come up different ideas toward one problem. For example I like wa

6、tching movie in the movie theatre while my best friend Amy hate sitting in the dark place. But I never require her to go with me; we are still very close friends. Also, the friend who holds a different attitude with me sometimes could inspire me to think from another way. Maybe a very sharp discussi

7、on can lead me to an inspiring idea. After all, the experiences and knowledge of one person is limited. For me, I like the friend who are differ from me. (132 words)Task 3阅读标题： Create a Student Magazine原因 1： Students spend a lot of time on their paper, and some of them have high quality. So we need

8、a magazine to publish those good quality papers.原因 2： Publish students paper can share information about their academic achievement and provide them confidence听力 态度： Approval原因 1： There are a lot of paper, we can select some of them to publish on a magazine. This will be an encouragement for the stu

9、dents.原因 2： Other students will be able to find useful material from these paper and they can learn how to organize their own paper.Sample Answer:The student in the letter suggests that school should create a Student Magazine because they need a magazine to publish those good quality papers written

10、by students and in this way students can share information about their academic achievement and provide them confidence. The man in the conversation totally agrees with this idea because for one thing, there are a lot of papers for them to select some of them to publish on a magazine, especially tho

11、se good quality ones. This will be a great encouragement for the students. For another thing, other students will be able to find useful materials from these papers so they can learn how to organize their own paper. Considering those benefits, the man thinks it is a good idea. (125 words)Task 4阅读标题：

12、 Life Stage of Animal Migration定义： In different life stages, some animal need to migrate to various places to live, because of the diet and safety. When they are young, they may safe and have enough food in the original place. However, if they grow older, the original place may have threads from the

13、 predators and the food may be insufficient.听力例子： Anglerfish lay eggs in deep sea. Then, the eggs will float to the surface of the sea, where the younger Anglerfish can enjoy enough food and sunlight. But when they grow older, they predator will be a great threat to them, so they will migrate to the

14、 deep sea.Sample Answer:Life Stage of Animal Migration means in different life stages, some animal need to migrate to various places to live because of the diet and safety. When they are young, they may safe and have enough food in the original place while they may migrate to other places when their

15、 lives are threatened by their predators. The professor takes anglerfish as an example. The anglerfish lay eggs in deep sea. Then the eggs will float to the surface of the sea where the younger anglerfish can enjoy enough food and sunlight. But when they grow older, their predator will be a great th

16、reat to them, which means the original place which means that the food may be insufficient for them to live on. As a result, they will migrate to the deep sea to survive. (135 words)问题： The girl moved to a new apartment, and the window glass was broken when her friend help her hanging a picture to t

17、he wall. They need to replace the glass, but it is expensive.解决方案 1 ：Her friend and she share the cost of window glass.优点 1： it is not much money if they share the cost. Only 50 dollar each.缺点 1： Her friend came to help her and does not break it purposely. She feels it s unfair for her friend.解决方案 2

18、 ：She will cover the whole cost.优点 2： it will be fair for her friend and she will feel better.缺点 2： 100 dollar is expensive for her.Sample Answer:t break the wThe woman s problem is that she just moved to a new apartment, but the window glass was broken when her friend help her hanging a picture on

19、the wall. They need to replace the glass, but it is quite expensive. There are two solutions, the first is that she and her friend could split the cost of window glass which is only 50 dollar for each person but she feel s it s unfair for her friend. The other solution is that she will cover the who

20、le cost but 100 dollar is expensive to her. I prefer she take the second solution for sure. For one thing, her friend didn purposely and it was a great favor that the friend helped her. Moreover, money is not a big problem comparing with her friend s kindness and maybe she could do -stoimeejopbartom

21、ake the money back which is not that difficult. (153 words)Task 6话题： Business Networks要点 1： We are in a business network. Different people engage in various occupations. They have different knowledge and skills.例子 1： A woman running a restaurant may have friends or customers engaged in various occup

22、ations. When she needs an accountant, she will find one from her business network. She will trust more on the accountant whom she knew than those she does not know.要点 2： In a business network, we not only trust the people from our own networks, we also trust the persons who are recommended by the pe

23、ople we knew.例子 2： The women will introduce one of her friends to another, who may need the professional help but does not know a person in his/her own network.Sample Answer:In the lecture, the professor mainly talks about two aspects of business networks. The first point is people may have differen

24、t knowledge and skills from business networks because they engage in various occupations. For example, a woman running a restaurant may have friends or customers engaged in various occupations. When she needs an accountant, she will find one from her business network. She will trust more on the acco

25、untant whom she knew than those she does not know. The second point is that in a business network, we not only trust the peoplefrom our own networks, we also trust the persons who are recommended by the people we knew. Also take the woman as an example, she will introduce one of her friends to anoth

26、er, who may need the professional help but does not know a person in his/her own network. (142 words)2017 年 01 月 14 日 托福口语考题回忆Task 1You will need to accomplish an assignment to do a presentation. Which will you choose?1. Act out a scene from a play(with a partner)2. Explain your review of a novel yo

27、u recently you read3. Read a selection of poemSample Answer:Among the three presentation choices, I would choose to act out a play with my partner. As a literature major, I have been deeply entranced by dramas, accordingly, Id rather consider acting as a form of amusement than regarding it as a job.

28、 To illustrate, I remember the first year in college, I made a rather unusual decision to deliver a performance on Shakespeares DramaHamlet at New Year s party instead of participating in student s choir in singing. As a result, thedecision paid off since I was granted an acting position at citys dr

29、ama club, as a reward for my authentic and impressive performance. Ever since then, acting has become part of my daily ritual for my passion and adoration for it never dies out. (125 words)Task 2Someone choose to work in a small company or organization with a few workers. Others prefer to work in a

30、large company or organization with thousands of employees. Which do you think is better?Sample Answer:I am in favor of working in a large corporation rather than a small firm because large corporations often are ruled and governed by stable regulations whereas small firm often undergoes management t

31、ransformations in which causing employees time to adjust and adapt to the new leaderships. Take my brother Jim as an illustration, he used to work as a high-tech personal in a petite firm which was specializing in virtual reality technology. Initially he was so passionate about the job that he barel

32、y took any weekends off for his own pleasure, he was so determined that hed be promoted with such exceptional skills and professionalism. But he was wrong, after a few years, he was spiritually and psychically worn out because the management seats were constantly going through changes and his promot

33、ions were never brought up on the agenda because the new supervisors always bring their own personals to take charge in company affairs. Consequently, Jim had no choice but to quit the old firm and join an elite corporation that has business dealings nationwide, his excellent work has soon to be spo

34、tted by the management and he was granted promotion in a short term. Therefore, Im inclined to listen to my brother Jim and work in a large company with stable leadership. (213 words)Task 3阅读标题： Weekend Art Workshop原因 1： This will provide students whose majors are not art a relaxed environment to le

35、arn art without concerning about grade.原因 2： This will give art-majored students more opportunities to practice.听力态度：不同意 原因一：学习目前已经有艺术类选修课程，是不评分的。所以感兴趣的学生可以去选择，不用担心学不好会影响分数，也可以达到这个目的。 原因二：这对于艺术专业的学生并不会有好处，Weekend Art Workshop 在周末会占用教室，会 cut the time available on weekends 。 比如女生要做一个雕塑，需要花很长时间，她 不可能周末

36、搬回宿舍去做。Sample Answer:School has implemented a new policy to carry out a weekend art workshop for students as it is believed that the program will provide non-art major students a relaxing environment to learn art without concerning about the grade. In addition, the new program will give art-majored

37、students more opportunities to practice. The woman in the dialogue holds a negative opinion on this matter, she points out that there already have established optional art course for students, and it is not going to be scored in chart, students who are intrigued in art could choose this course witho

38、ut having to worry about the grade, it serves similar purpose as the art workshop. In addition, the new program will not benefit art major students whatsoever as the art workshop will be carried out on weekends, so it will occupy classrooms that were initially available for art students who wish to

39、complete assignments on weekend. For example, the woman needs to finish a sculpture in the classroom, it is not possible that she carries the sculpture back in the dorm to complete on weekends. Therefore, the woman believes the proposal to be voided. (190 words)Task 4阅读标题： Predator Release定义： When h

40、uman control the number of predators, the population of preys will increase. This will lead to some consequences.听力例子： Sea urchins feed on coral reefs. Triggerfish feed on sea urchins. But recently, tourists came fishing, causing the decline of triggerfish. As a result, sea urchins grow to larger si

41、ze, destroying coral reefs, which are habitats for many ocean animals.Sample Answer:Predator Release refers to a term that when human control the number of predators, the population of preys will increase. This will lead to some consequences.In the lecture, professor further illustrated the term by

42、using an example. Sea urchins feed on coral reefs and Triggerfish feed on sea urchins as a purpose to keep the food-chain system balanced. But recently, tourists came fishing in the area, causing the decline of triggerfish. As a result, sea urchins grow to larger size, destroy coral reefs, which are

43、 habitats for many ocean animals. As such, many other animals may also find themselves in grave danger. (103 words)Task 5问题： The woman is concerned about her living situation. Because her sister will come to live with her. The thing is her apartment is too small for two of them to live.解决方案 1 ：She c

44、an put a bed in the living room and live with her sister in the old small apartment.优点 1：离学校近，不用搬家。缺点 1： have no privacy解决方案 2 ：She can find a new and bigger apartment herself.优点 2： They will have bigger rooms separately缺点 2：她最近工作和学习很忙，她妹妹又很着急搬过来。而是搬家也很麻烦。Sample Answer:The woman is concerned about h

45、er living situation because her sister will come to live with her, but her apartment is too small for two people. She can either put a bed in the living room or live with her sister in the old small apartment or to find a bigger apartment herself. I am in favor of the second solution as privacy is o

46、f essence for an adult, without such, they may find themselves constantly disturbing and offending each other, eventually lead to a relationship breakdown. In addition, if she is so worried about not having sufficient time for searching for an apartment, why not call an agency to deal with the issue

47、? In this way, she could not only have all the time by herself to fulfill her studies also to have a brand new apartment for the two of them. (143 words)Task 6话题： Business has two ways to extend a product s life cycle.要点 1：开发新客户或新市场例子 1： drink 在当地已经不受欢迎，销量一度低迷。但是把它引到新的市场后解决了这个 问题。要点 2：开发产品的新用途例子 2：

48、baking soda: 一开始作为 baking 的 ingredient,满满人们 bake less后 baking soda 就 不畅销了。 后来把它作为清洁产品销售，延长了产品的 life cycle.Sample Answer:Professor illustrated two strategies for corporations to exten d a product s life cycle. One is todevelop new customer base or to explore new market segments. Take an example of a

49、soft drink compa ny which was beate n up in the market shares for its existe nee do not stimulate customersin terests anymore, theyve decided to have the drink in troduced to a new market and clie nts to resolve the issue. The other strategy being utilized is to exploit an alternative purpose for th

50、e product. Take baking soda as an example, it was initially utilized as a baking ingredient, but the customer s enthusiasm towards the product has worn out because people started to bake less. Now the company promotes the product in another angle as cleaning product to extend its life cycle. (128 wo

51、rds)2017 年 2 月 18 日 托福口语考题回忆Task 11. Which of following aspects do you think contributes most to countrys success1. many business opportunities2. well rounded medical care system3. a developed educational systemTask 2Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? With the popularity of the t

52、echnology that focuses on entertainment, people read fewer books than before.Task 3阅读标题： top chemistry student should receive money原因 1： encourages students to work harder原因 2：make use of 100.000 dollar recently donated to the chemistry department听力态度： disagree原因 1：目前能够得到证书已经是很好的鼓励了。给了钱也无法比现在更努力原因 2

53、：可以买一些设备。现在学院的设备比较old and outdated ，买新设备可以让所有的学生获益。Task 4阅读 标题： student centered teaching定义：以学生为中心的教育方式，改变过去老师授课学生照着学的方式。增加学生的学习 动力。听力例子：教授的女儿 anna 12 岁的时候去学吉他，一开始老师演示，她学，但是总是分神并 day dreaming ，效果不好，后来老师换成让她回家录制自己喜欢的歌拿来学， anna 学的很 有兴趣，进步很大Task 5问题：与校长的晚宴不知道穿什么好解决方案 1 ：买一套西装优点 1：之后面试也可以穿缺点 1：需要花时间，而最近

54、有更多考试，不想花太多时间解决方案 2 ：穿一些其他的体面一些的衣服就好优点 2：省时间缺点 2：害怕不够正式Task 6话题：用费洛蒙沟通的两种方式要点 1：可以用费洛蒙沟通位置信息例子 1：寻找食物的蜜蜂可释放费洛蒙，住在蜂巢里的接受并传出自己位置要点 2：可以用来交配例子 2：例如雌性 moth 释放费洛蒙，雄性接受。2017 年 02 月 25 日托福口语考题回忆Task 1Your friend will move to a school and worried about making new friends there. What kind ofadvice will you g

55、ive him to help him make new friend in the new school? Why?Sample Answer:Suppose my friend Philip will move to a school and is worried about making new friends there, Iwould recommend that he should join a book club since he loves reading novels all the time. It will be quite easy to break the ice i

56、f Philip and members of the club share some interest in, say, the new Harry Potter book. They can have discussions over a cup of coffee about the highlights in the book and its relevance to the first seven novels. While Philip expresses how thrilled he is when he reads the book, other members of the

57、 club can relate to the situation. Naturally, Philip can make some new friends at the new school. (117 words)Task 2Many people prefer to read books in electronic format on a computer screen or other devices. Some other people prefer to read books on paper printed copies. Which way do you prefer? Why

58、?Sample Answer:Many people prefer to read books in electronic books on their laptops, tablets or cellphones.However, I prefer to read paper printed copies when it comes to best-selling novels. You can call me a nerd, but when the new Harry Potter book came out, I was really thrilled to have one more chance to enjoy the adventures in the world of magic. When the first seven books were introduced in my country, paper printed copies were what I saw. It would feel so wrong if I read the eighth book on my tablet or other electronic devices. I just love