2015 6 27 托福iBT考试口语真题

1、2015.6.27.托福iBT考试口语真题Question 1You will now be asked a question about a familiar topic. After you hear the question, you will have 15 seconds to prepare your response and 45 seconds to speak.Describe a memorable experience at a restaurant or caf.Preparation time: 15 secondsResponse time: 45 secondsR

2、esponse:My most memorable moment at a restaurant happened at my fifteenth birthday party. All of my close friends and my parents went out to eat pizza. I was wearing a beautiful new dress that my grandmother bought for me. The dress was white with white lace and very elegant. We ordered several pizz

3、as, but when the waiter brought them to our table, he dropped one of them on my lap. I had red pizza sauce all over my new dress. My friends and family were so shocked, and I almost started to cry. The manager came right out and said he was so sorry, and that all of our pizzas were free.Question 2Yo

4、u will now be asked to give your opinion about a familiar topic. After you hear the question, you will have 15 seconds to prepare your response and 45 seconds to speak.Do you agree or disagree with the statement that the most important lessons cant be learned in a classroom.Preparation time: 15 seco

5、ndsResponse time: 45 secondsResponse:I agree with the statement that the most important lessons in life cannot always be learned in the classroom. For example, I used to play on a basketball team on the weekends. My team was full of very talented individuals and I was very good as well. When we comp

6、eted with other teams, however, we always lost. One day, our coach told us that we needed to work as a team to accomplish a goal and work together to defeat our opponents. Only then did we realize that our individual ability was not as strong as our combined talent. When we worked together, we were

7、able to easily defeat all the other basketball teams. I learned the value of teamwork on a basketball court, not a classroom.Question 3You will now read a short passage and then listen to a conversation on the same topic. You will then be asked a question about them. After you hear the question, you

8、 will have 30 seconds to prepare your response and 60 seconds to speak.Reading Time: 45 secondsNotice of Change to Dorm Housing PolicyStarting Fall semester, freshmen and upperclassmen will no longer be housed in mixed dormitories. Instead, freshmen and upperclassmen will live in separate dormitorie

9、s. This change in policy is expected to be a benefit to the incoming freshmen so that they will have more chances for interaction and networking with other new students. Furthermore, this policy change is also expected to increase the appeal of dormitory residency amongst prospective new students wh

10、o are visiting the university.In the listening the woman expresses her opinion about dormitory housing policy change. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.Preparation Time: 30 secondsResponse Time: 60 secondsNow listen to a conversation between two students:Sc

11、ript:A: Did you read about the upcoming dormitory housing policy change in the newspaper today?B: No, I didnt. What changes are they making?A: Well, starting next semester freshmen and upperclassmen will not be housed together in mixed dormitories.B: Why are they changing this policy? Do you think i

12、t is a good idea?A: I really dont see the need to make a change to the policy and I think it is a bad idea. First, they say that this change will help freshmen have more chances to interact and meet other freshmen. However, I think that freshmen already have ample opportunities to meet each other. F

13、or example, freshmen have a lot of other freshmen in their classes and lectures. It should be no problem for them to make new friends.B: I see what you mean. What else did the notice say?A: It also said that having separate freshmen and upperclassmen dormitories will make the school more attractive

14、to prospective students. However, I believe that it is actually very beneficial for freshmen and upperclassmen to be living together. For example, freshmen can ask senior students questions and the older students can share their experiences and offer advice to the younger students. This will make th

15、e dorms more attractive to prospective students.B: Thats true too. I think that there is a lot of help upperclassmen can offer younger students.Response:The two students are discussing a change to the dormitory housing policy. Starting next semester, the school will separate freshmen and upperclassm

16、en into different dormitories for two reasons. First, freshmen will have more opportunities to meet other freshmen. Second, living at the school dormitories will be more appealing to prospective students visiting the school. The woman in the listening disagrees with the change. She says that freshme

17、n already have many opportunities to meet other freshmen. Most of the first year classes are filled with freshmen students. Second, if students live in mixed dormitories, upperclassman can help freshmen by sharing their experiences and giving advice.Question 4You will now read a short passage and th

18、en listen to a lecture on the same academic topic. You will then be asked a question about them. After you hear the question, you will have 30 seconds to prepare your response and 60 seconds to speak.Reading Time: 45 SecondsSocial Skills TrainingSocial skills are communication, problem solving, deci

19、sion-making, self-management, and peer relations abilities that allow one to initiate and maintain positive social relationships with others. Deficits or excesses in social behavior interfere with learning, teaching, and the classrooms orchestration and climate. Children learn social skills from a v

20、ariety of sources including parents, siblings, teachers, and peers. Displaying poor social skills is likely to get one rejected by peers and society in general, while social competence is linked to peer acceptance, teacher acceptance, inclusion success, and post school success.How does the example g

21、iven by the professor help illustrate the meaning of social skills? Use specific details in your answer.Preparation Time: 30 secondsResponse Time: 60 secondsNow listen to a lecture on the same subject:Script:Social skills are abilities that most of us learn as children. We learn to communicate, solv

22、e problems, make decisions and manage relationships between friends and family. Lack of social skills typically leads to rejection from peer groups, while appropriate usage of social skills has been linked to peer acceptance, societal inclusion, and career success. Children learn these social skills

23、 from a variety of sources including parents, siblings, teachers and peers. At a young age, often times a child will not have had ample time or an appropriate role model from which to learn these necessary social abilities. Teachers and educators have a unique and challenging role to assist children

24、 in learning and acquiring needed social skills. Lets look at an example so you can better understand what Im talking about. Mary is a young student and is working on completing an art project. She has run out of red paint so she decides to take her classmates red paint without asking. Mary reaches

25、across the table and grabs her classmates paint bottle. Marys classmate became very upset and started to cry. The teacher observed this interaction between Mary and her classmate so the teacher instructed Mary that it is polite behavior to first ask for permission before taking something that does n

26、ot belong to her. In this instance, Mary learned the appropriate social skills needed for her to function in a well-behaved and polite manner with her classmates. In future situations where Mary wanted to take or borrow something that did not belong to her, her teacher observed her first asking perm

27、ission.Response:Social skills are a group of abilities that people learn when they are young which help them function appropriately in society. Lack of social skills leads to peer rejection, while display of proper social skills leads to peer acceptance. The professor gives an example to illustrate

28、this concept. Mary, a little girl, has run out of red paint for her art project so she takes her classmates without first asking permission. The teacher tells her that it is polite to first ask for permission when taking something that does not belong to her. In this way the teacher has shown her th

29、e value of proper social skills.Question 5You will now listen to a conversation. You will then be asked a question about it. After you hear the question, you will have 20 seconds to prepare your response and 60 seconds to speak.The speaking discusses two possible solutions to the womans problem. Des

30、cribe the problem and the two solutions. Then state which of the two solutions you prefer and why.Preparation Time: 20 secondsResponse Time: 60 secondsNow listen to a conversation between two students:Script:A: Hey Caroline. What seems to be the matter?B: Can you believe it? I just locked my car key

31、s in my car.A: Oh no! What are you going to do?B: I have no idea. Without my car, I have no good way to get to campus and go to class. On top of that, my chemistry textbook is locked inside.A: Do you have a spare key?B: I dont have a spare, but my parents do. However, they live far away and it will

32、take a few days for them to mail the key over here. I guess I could borrow my classmates textbook in the meantime, but I still wont be able to get to class easily.A: Well thats not good. What about calling a locksmith to open the car for you?B: I thought about that too. The problem with calling a lo

33、cksmith is that they are so expensive and I dont really have any extra money right now.A: I see. What are you going to do?B: I really dont know.Response:The two students are discussing a problem the woman has. She has locked her car keys inside of her car. Now she has no way to get to school. She ha

34、s two solutions to the problem. She can have her parents mail an extra set of keys to her, or she can call a locksmith to open the car door. I would recommend the women spend the extra money to call a locksmith to help her open the car door. This is the fastest solution to her problem. If she waits

35、several days for the extra key to arrive from her parents, then she will miss a lot of classes and this will have a negative impact on her grades.Question 6You will now listen to part of a lecture. You will then be asked a question about it. After you hear the question, you will have 20 seconds to p

36、repare your response and 60 seconds to speak.Using points and examples from the lecture, describe how scientists use the fossils to study past climates.Preparation Time: 20 secondsResponse Time: 60 secondsNow listen to a lecture on the same subject:Script:Fossils provide us with our only direct reco

37、rd of prehistoric life. Studying them can help us to reconstruct the anatomy, behavior and evolution of long-extinct organisms. Perhaps less obviously, fossils are also among the most important sources of information for scientists attempting to learn about past climates and environments. By analyzi

38、ng chemical makeup and mineral proportions found in fossilized organisms, scientists can determine whether past climates were warmer or cooler than present day climates. An example of this can be seen in studying shellfish fossils. It turns out the studying the shells of shellfish have shed some int

39、eresting light on what ancient climates were like. When an organism becomes fossilized, very important environmental data can be read in the mineral proportions and chemical makeup of the fossil. The shells of shellfish are particularly useful in painting an accurate picture of past climates. Specific climatic conditions, such as temperatur