托福IBT考试2014年真题4

1、托福 IBT 考试 2014 年真题 4( 总分： 120.00 ，做题时间：90 分钟)一、 BSPEAKING/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、 BSpeaking Question 1/B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)1.What kind of clothing do you usually wear, and why? Please include specific details in your explanation.（分数： 20.00 ）_正确答案： (topic To tell the truth, I usually wear formal clothes and

2、don't really pay muchattention to casual or stylish clothes, because I think that the formal clothes can be very useful. reason 1 Firstly, formal clothes are suitable for work and for occasions such as meeting eldersand attending official meetings. So wearing formal clothes every day prepares me

3、 for every eventuality. reason 2 Secondly, formal clothes are easier to wear: a pair of pants, a shirt and shoes are all you need. Formal clothes are everlasting: they will never be out of fashion. conclusion These are the reasons I usually choose to wear formal clothes.)解析：三、 BSpeaking Question 2/B

4、(总题数： 1，分数： 20.00)2.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Young people today know more about the world events than their parents did before.（分数： 20.00 ）_正确答案： (topic Personally, young people now have a much broader world view than their parentsdid. reason 1 First, considering the oc

5、currence of communication technology, we can now learnaboutthe worldevents atone clickof a buttonon our computersormobilephones. The informationon lineprovidedis modern, easy to use and widely available tothepublic.This kind oftechnologywas simply unavailable thirty years ago. reason 2 Secondly, edu

6、cation nowadays is more focusedon internationalevents,rather than domesticissues. As globalizationspreads all overthe world,young man have broader visions on matters beyond their national boundaries than their parentswould have before. conclusion That's why I think the younger generations have a

7、 much broaderunderstanding of events than their parents did.)解析：四、 BSpeaking Question 3/B(总题数： 1，分数： 20.00)3.A Proposal of the Restriction on Campus GarbageThe students of the Western University have been neglecting to throw away their own trashes, causing a messy campus. Students are constantly rem

8、inded by the school to throw their trashesinto the appropriate bins, however, there are still wastes such as empty lunch trays, soda bottles and other garbage being left all over the school. Instead of allowing this problem to continue,a message written by a student in the school newspaper suggests

9、that the security officers should stop those littering on the campus and charge a 15 dollars penalty. The proposal is clear: ifstudents don't clean up their trashes, then they will suffer the consequences.Now hear a conversation about the same topic.The woman expresses her opinion of the proposa

10、l to restrict throwing garbage on campus. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.（分数： 20.00 ）_正确答案： (reading A student suggests a proposal that the school should charge students forlittering on campus. opinion The woman supports the view because she thinks it is

11、 a good ideato keep the campus clean.reason1 For one reason,she pointsoutthatthepenaltycan help studentstocleanup and throwrubbishintothegarbage can. For example,she saysthatthegarbage situationinher townbecame betterafterthe localpolicestartedchargingpenaltiesforlittering.reason2 The other reason s

12、he gives is that the school will not need to hire anymore guards to cleanup all the buildings and thus save a lot of money if the proposal is implemented.)解析： 听力原文 W: Wow.Iliketheproposalfromthatstudent.M: What? W: Look,a student asksthe school to charge those who litter on campus. I think it is a g

13、reat idea. M: Really? I thinkmost students won't be happy if they are charged for not throwing away their garbage. W: Well,Ibelievethepenaltywillbe helpfultoremindstudentstocleanup and tokeepour schoolclean.Icome froma small town where thejunk could be found litteredallover.But thesituationbecam

14、ebetter right after the local police took action and started punishing those who littered. Plus,students might feel embarrassed if stopped by securities. M: Yeah, I am sure it will get thestudentstoquittossingtheirmess somewhere else besidesthetrashbins.W: That'sright.Also,I believe once the pro

15、posal comes into effect, the school will be able to save money from hiringmore janitors to clean and maintain all buildings on campus.五、 BSpeaking Question 4/B(总题数： 1，分数： 20.00)4.Assimilation and AccommodationThe term "assimilation" means: a new idea is assimilated into knowledge similar t

16、o our existingknowledge.Whenan objectcomes intoone's sightforthefirsttime,theinformationis processedand assimilated into people's brains. Accommodation is another approach applied by humans toprocess information. It is when people come across new information, they accommodate in orderto proc

17、ess this new data, expanding their knowledge in the process. The difference between thetwo is simple:toassimilateistoabsorbnew informationintoexistingknowledge,toaccommodateis to receive new information by modifying or expanding our existing knowledge base.Now hear a talk on the some subjectThe prof

18、essortakes an example to illustratethe differencebetween assimilationand accommodation.Explain how the example relates to the reading passage.（分数： 20.00）_正确答案： (topic (reading) The topic of the lecture is the difference between assimilation andaccommodation.And the professorillustratesthe difference

19、by givingan example of her daughter.example In thelecture,the professorsays that her daughterwas abletoidentifydifferentkindsof birds through the windows of her home when she was little. The form of birds in her mind keptassimilating into her existing knowledge of birds that all small flying creatur

20、es with featherswere birds. However,the form ofbirdswasn'tchanged and expanded untilshe first saw ostrichesin the zoo. Then she knew that birds such as ostriches could be big with feathers, and not allbirds could fly.)解析： 听力原文 W: I have personal experiencewith regardsto the difference between as

21、similationand accommodation. When my daughter was very young, she was able to identify different birdsthrough the windows in our home. She watched the small birds so often, and then she was able tograduallyform theconcept of a bird in hermind as a smallflyingcreaturewith wings and feathers.As a resu

22、lt, my daughter was assimilating each small bird into her existing knowledge of birds.However,the firsttime I took her to thezoo,she screamed withdelightwhen she saw an ostrich.She didn'tknow what it was until I told her itwas a "bigbird". She was astonished fora littlewhile and then s

23、miled saying "big bird". Her existing knowledge of bird in this case had beenmodified from a small creature with wings and feathers that fly to the knowledge that not allbirds were small andable to fly.This is just aneasy example of assimilation and accommodationI often show to my students

24、.六、 BSpeaking Question 5/B(总题数： 1，分数： 20.00)5.The man discusses two possible solutions to the woman's problem. Describe the problem and the two solutions. Then state which of the two solutions you prefer and explain why.（分数： 20.00 ）_正确答案： (problem The woman is having problem in parking her car.

25、She parks her Mom's car oncampus without permission and might get ticket for illegal parking if she doesn't move the carimmediately,buther class isgoingtobeginin 5 minutes.solutionsThe man givesher two solutions.One is removing the car after finishing class; the other is spinning right into

26、the parking lotto remove the car right away. best solution I think what she should take is the first advice.reasons The reason is that she will be late for her class starting in 5 minutes if she moves thecar at once. Besides, she has to take a test in class and she'd better not take risk of arri

27、vinglate.Inaddition,thepolicemightnot findher Mom's car duringthe one hourof herclasssincethe parking area is fully packed. Furthermore, even under the worst situation the charge won'tbe more expensive than missing her class, so she shouldn't worry too much. After all, class isthe most i

28、mportant for her.)解析： 听力原文 W: Gosh! I am totally messed up! M: Calm down, Lucy. What happened to you? W:I drove my Mom's car to school this morning, but I didn't realize I can't park her car on ourcampus without parkingpermission.Ihave to run right away and move thecaroffcampus if Idon&#

29、39;twanttogeta ticket.M: But.wait.Itis about 5 minutesbefore our classstarts.If Iam correct,we have a test today. You don't really want to miss it. W: Damn! I almost forgot it. What shouldI do now? M: Take it easy. You can just leave the car where it is and spin right to the classwith me. There

30、is only an hour before the end of the day and the police shouldn't be aware ofyour car during class since the parking lot is all filled up now. Even if the police find out,the charge of penalty won't be too high. You shouldn't worry about the ticket. W: No way. Thepenalty for parking wit

31、hout permission has increased according to the new parking policy issuedcurrently.I don'twant to receivethe ticketwhich couldbe veryexpensive.M: Right.Of course.Then, I suppose you could run immediately to the parking lot and move your car to somewhere thatdoesn'trequireparkingpermission.Sin

32、ce the professorusuallygives a lecturebefore thetest,you won't really miss anything significant even after finding a spot for your car. W: Well.I guess so. But I cannot take the risk. What if I come late to the class?七、 BSpeaking Question 6/B(总题数： 1，分数： 20.00)6.Using the points and examples from

33、 the lecture, explain how people make flood irrigation beneficial to agriculture.（分数： 20.00 ）_正确答案： (topic In the lecture, the professor mentions that flooding is very helpful toagriculture.example Infact,floodwatersbringfreshmineralsand sedimentwhich are importantto!rich soilfields and grow good crops.Therefore,peoplein ancient Egyptstartedmaking floodtoirrigatefarm landas they had graduallylearnttocontrolfloodby buildingirrigationsystems.So the flood water was able to flow into the fields wherever the plants and crops need water andnutrition.)解析： 听力原文 M: People