专四口语考试历年真题

1、精品文档Task I: Liste n to the recorded passage twice and the n retell it.Whenever Mr. Smith goes to Westgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of itsname, it is really not very grand, but it is cheap, clean, and comfortable. Since heknows the man ager well, he n ever has to go to the trouble of re

2、serving a room. Thefact is that he always gets the same room. It is situated at the far end of the buildi ngand overlooks a beautiful bay.On his last visit, Mr. Smith was told that he could have his usual room, but themanager added apologetically that it might be a little noisy. So great was the dem

3、a ndfor rooms, the man ager said, that the hotel had decided to build a new wi ng. Mr.Smith said he did not mi nd. It amused him to thi nk that the dear old Grand Hotel wasmaking an effort to live up to its name.During the first day Mr. Smith hardly noticed the noise at all. The room was a littledus

4、ty, but that was n atural. The follow ing after noon, he borrowed a book from thehotel library and went upstairs to read. No sooner had he sat dow n tha n he heardsome one hammeri ng loudly at the wall. At first he paid no attention, but after a whilehe began to feel very uncomfortable. His clothes

5、were slowly being covered with finewhite powder. Soon there was so much dust in the room that he bega n to cough. Thehammeri ng was now louder tha n ever and bits of plaster were coming away from thewalls. It looked as though the whole building was going to fall. Mr. Smith wentimmediately to complai

6、n to the man ager. They both retur ned to the room, but everything was very quiet. As they stood there looking at each other, Mr. Smith felt ratherembarrassed for hav ing dragged the man ager all the way up the stairs for no thi ng.All of a sudde n, the hammeri ng bega n aga in and a large brick Ian

7、 ded on the floor.Look ing up, they saw a sharp metal tool had forced its way through the wall, making avery large hole right above the bed! (355 words)Task II: Talk based on a give n topic.Describe an embarrassing situation in which you got very angry.精品文档Task III: Carry out a conversation with you

8、r partner based on a given situation.The geology department of a major university is planning to admit 30 male and 5female stude nts. However, the results of the college entrance exam in ati on showthat by average, of all the applica nts, females have scored higher tha n most males.Should the depart

9、ment stick to its original plan?Student A: You think the department should still stick to the original plan, and youshould try to convince your part ner. Remember you should start the conv ersatio n.Student B: You DONT think the department should stick to the original plan, and youshould try to conv

10、ince your part ner. Remember your part ner will start the conv ersation.全国高校英语专业四级口试考题Task 1 Retell a storyYou will liste n to the story twice, and after that you should retell the story immediately within three mi nutes。（录音原文）A philosophy professorstood before his class and had some items in front

11、of him. Whenclass began, wordlesslyhe picked up a large empty glass jar and proceeded to fill itwith rocks right to the top, rocks about 2 inches in diameter.He then asked thestudents if it was full . They agreed that it was.The professor then picked a box ofpebbles and poured them into the jar.He s

12、 hook the jar lightly, the pebbles of courserolled into the ope n spaces betwee n the rocks.The stude nts laughed. He asked thestudents again if the jar was full. They agreed: Yes, it was. tTfeB ppofessorpa box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course the sand filled up all the rema ining space

13、. Now,said the professor,I want you to recog nitfesthsayour life. The rocksare the importa nt thin gs,your family, your part ner, your health, your childre n, anythingthat is so importa nt to you that if it were lost, you will be destroyed. The pebbles are the other things inlife that matter but on

14、a smaller scale.The pebbles represe ntthings like your job, your house, your car.The sand is everyth ing else, the small staff.If you put the sand and pebbles into the jarfirst, there is no room for the rocks. The same goes for your life. It you spe nt all your en ergy and timeon the small staff or

15、material thin gs;you will n ever have room for thethings that are truly most importa nt.Pay atte nti on to the things that arecritical in yourlife, play with your childre n, take your part ner out dancing, talk with your pare nts.精品文档There will always be time to go to work, clea n the house, give a

16、dinner party and fix the disposal. Takecare of the rocks fist, the things that are really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just pebbles andsand. They will take care of themselves.(331 words)Task 2 Talk based on the give n topic.You will have three minutes to prepare and three minutes to talk

17、on the given topic.Topic: Describe a less on you leanned that has en riched your life experie nee.Task 3 Carry out a con versati on with your partner based on the give n situati on.You will be given a sheet which contains a specific situation and a specified role you are expected toplay. Read the sh

18、eet carefully. You will have 3 minu tes fro preparati on.(3 min utes)Now begi n your con versati on. The time limit is4 mi nu tesStude nt A: You think that uni versity stude nts should have PE (PhysicalTrainin g)class, which helps them in many ways, such as develop good character etc.Student B: You

19、argue that PE (Physical Training)class should Not be compulsory to uni versity students.2003 TEM4 Oral En glish Test PaperTask I: Listento the recorded passage twice and then retell it.Just as Jane was joyfully expecting her first child, her active,en ergetic mother bega n los ing her battle with a

20、brain disease.For ten years, the fiercely in depe ndent and courageous mother had fought,but none of the surgeries or treatme nts had bee n successful. At onlyfifty-five, she became totally disabled-un able to speak, walk, eat or dress onher own.As the mother grew closer and closer to death, the bab

21、y grewcloser and closer to life. Jane was afraid that her mother andher baby would n ever know each other. Her fear seemed精品文档well-founded. A few weeks before her due date, her mother lapsed into adeep coma. The doctors did not hold any hope. It was useless to put in afeeding tube, they said, for Mo

22、ther would never awaken. So Jane broughtMother to her own bed in her own house. As often as she could, she satbeside her mother, talk ing about the baby moving in side her.On February 3, 1989, at about the sametime Jane began to feel birthpains, Mother ope ned her eyes. Jane called home.Mom, liste n

23、. My baby is coming! Yo ure going to have a newgran dchild. Do you un dersta nd?Y es, Mother an swered.What a won derful word! The first clear word shed spoke n inmon ths.By the time Jane brought her son home, her mother was sittingin her chair, dressed and ready to welcome the baby. For two weeks,

24、Motherclucked, smiled and held the n ew-bor n baby. Then shequietly became uncon scious and, after visits from all herchildre n, was fin ally free of the pain.For Jane, memories of her sons birth will always bebittersweet, but it was at this time that she lear ned animporta nt truth about liv ing. W

25、hile both joy and sorrow passquickly, and often cometogether at the same time, love has thepower to overcome both. And love can last forever. (317 words)精品文档Task II: Talk based on a give n topic.Tell a story that illustrates the n eed for love.Task III: Carry out a con versati on with your partner b

26、ased ona give n situati on.Stude nt A: You will be traveli ng later this week and you arewondering about the advantages and safety of flying. Recent news reportsof air crashes have made you n ervous and you cannot decide if it is safe totravel by airplane. Youturn to your friend for advice about whe

27、ther youshould go by air or by train. He/She tried to persuade you to take a flight bylisting someadva ntages. Eve ntually, you refuse to accept his/her opinionand make your own decisi on.Stude nt B: One of your frie nds is tak ing a trip later this weekand he/she is undecided about whether to trave

28、l by air or by train.Not knowing what to do, your friendcomes to you for advice. Youtry to persuade your friendto take a flight in spite of reportsof air crashes. Eventually,you fail to convince him/her and yourfriend buys a train ticket in stead.2004 TEM4 Oral English Test PaperTask I: Retell a sto

29、ryWhenshe was 22 years old Pat Jones decided that she wan ted to travel around the精品文档world and see as manyforeign places as she could while she was young. When shefinished college at home in Britain Pat chose to visit LatinAmerica first, so she man aged to get a job as an En glish teacher in a sec

30、on daryschool in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spani sh, so she was able to com muni cate withher stude nts eve n though they did not know muchE nglish. A sentence she had onceread somewhere stuck in her mind: if you dream in a foreig n Ian guage, it means thatyou have really mastered it. Pat repeated

31、 this sentence to her students and she hopedthat somedayshe would dream in Spa nish and they would dream in En glish.One day Tim, one of the worst students in her class, came up to her and expla ined inSpanish that he had not done his homework. He said that he had gone to bed earlyand had slept badl

32、y. Pat was quite angry with him, for she did not thi nk that his explanati on had any thi ng to do with his homework. But Tim told her that he dreamed all night and his dream was in En glish.In English! Pat thought. She was greatly surprised, since Tim was such a bad student. She was also secretly jealous. Her dreams were still notin Spanish, but she decided to encourage her student and asked him to tell her abouthis dream.All the people in my dream spoke En glish, Tim said. And all the sig nswere in English.