口语考试说明及试题.docx

1、 1 2016级的同学们： 为引导学生重视口语，提高英语应用能力，外国语学院本学期举行 2016 级大学英语口语考试，口语考试成绩将占期末考核总评成绩的 15%。 口试题型为 段落朗读 及话题对话 ，要求考生按顺序朗读所抽到的材料展 ，限时 3分钟。考官将按照评分标准根据学生朗读 及对话 的语音、语调、语速、意群停顿、流利程度等综合打分。 按每个考场学生名单序号，考生在 考务人员的安排下提 前 5-10 分钟抽取朗读材料，要求考生在考场后一排座位处安静准备。考试前，考生需要向监考老师出示学生证 。考完所抽题签必须交回抽签处，禁止考生对题签做任何标记或折叠。考完后请迅速、安静地离开考场，切勿讨论

2、或喧哗。 考试范围 ： book 1 unit 1 unit 8 时间 ： 2016年 12月 24日（ 17周周六） 各班具体时间、地点和名单安排另行通知。 请老师们各班安排的副考务于考试开始之前 10 分钟到达考场，主动跟考官老师联系。为了保证考试顺利进行，请通知 上下午第二场考试的学生提前 40分钟到达备考。 以下为 20个 口语考试题签，请同学们认真准备。祝大家考试成功！ 外国语学院大学外语 教学部 2016年 11月 2 Test 1 Part I Paragraph Reading (50 points) Directions: Read the following paragra

3、ph loudly and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. The businessman scoffed, I am a Harvard MBA and I could help you. You should spend more time fishing, and with the proceeds buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats; eventually yo u would h

4、ave a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman, you would sell directly to the processor and eventually open your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this sma ll coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City,

5、then LA and eventually New York City where you would run your expanding enterprise. Part II Making a Dialogue (50 points) Directions: Make a dialogue on the following topic with your partner. Some college students prefer to attend classes regularly because they believe that only in the class atmosph

6、ere can they focus on the reading. Others, however, believe that the best reading can only be done outside the classroom. Which reading method do you think is better? Why? 3 Test 2 Part I Paragraph Reading (50 points) Directions: Read the following paragraphs loudly and pay attention to your pronunc

7、iation and intonation. On the last night before they were to return home, we had arranged a family get-together. When the doorbell rang, Cheryl scampered to answer. My sister-in-law Carol stood in the doorway with a large bowl in her hands. Whats that? Cheryl immediately wanted to know. Its banana p

8、udding. Carol offered proudly. Cheryl took a closer look, then shook her head from side to side and said, Karen doesnt make it that way. I dissolved in laughter that no one else understood. Suddenly, my tension and anxiety disappeared, and I knew that when those kids got back home, their mother woul

9、d be hearing a lot about how Karen doesnt do it that way. Part II Making a Dialogue (50 points) Directions: Make a dialogue on the following topic with your partner. Failure is the mother of success. Everyone has experienced failure. In your opinion, how to turn failure into success? 4 Test 3 Part I

10、 Paragraph Reading (50 points) Directions: Read the following paragraphs loudly and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. I will not avoid the tasks of today and charge them to tomorrow for I know that tomorrow never comes. Let me act now even though my actions may not bring happiness

11、or success for it is better to act and fail than not to act. Happiness, in truth, may not be the fruit picked by my action yet without action all fruit will die on the vine. I will act now. From now on, I will repeat these words again and again and again, each hour, each day, every day, until the wo

12、rds become as much a habit as my breathing and the actions which follow become as natural as the blinking of my eyelids. Part II Making a Dialogue (50 points) Directions: Make a dialogue on the following topic with your partner. Having good friendship network is of great benefit to everyone. However

13、, it is very difficult to have a real friend. In your opinion, what qualities are important in a real friend? 5 Test 4 Part I Paragraph Reading (50 points) Directions: Read the following paragraphs loudly and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. Youve probably already wondered what co

14、llege will be like. Will it be like your high school experience? Will you be able to handle it? Will it be fun or frightening? Well, hopefully a glimpse at a day in the life of a college student will help sort some things out! The college schedule is very different than the traditional high school s

15、chedule. Generally, there is a lot more flexibility with your college classes. In high school, you were probably told that you had to take U. S. History, which was offered every day at 10:00 a.m. In college, youll probably need to take a history class, but you could have 10 choices. Part II Making a

16、 Dialogue (50 points) Directions: Make a dialogue on the following topic with your partner. All students want to have a good vacation after a hard and busy semester. What do you plan to do during the next summer vacation? Why? 6 Test 5 Part I Paragraph Reading (50 points) Directions: Read the follow

17、ing paragraphs loudly and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. Our first loves taught us the good, the bad and the ugly. After the lovey-dovey stage passed, the disagreements came. The once perfect love didnt seem so perfect any longer. Young and innocent, some people stuck through it

18、 and tried to make it last as long as possible, while others just took the heartache and learned from it. Two young people in love endure experiences and learn lessons. Having a first sweetheart is a warm feeling, but thinking about the downs of the relationship can bring much pain to ones soul. Den

19、nis, sophomore communication major, said, My girlfriend and I were passionate about everything loving and fighting with each other as well as hurting each other with jealousy and greed. Part II Making a Dialogue (50 points) Directions: Make a dialogue on the following topic with your partner. The In

20、ternet is one of the greatest inventions of our generation. The internet has changed the way we communicate with each other, shop and etc. Please explain how the internet makes our life better and more efficient. Test 6 Part I Paragraph Reading (50 points) Directions: Read the following paragraph lo

21、udly and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. The college schedule can seem crazy at times. Doing homework until midnight is not easy at all, but I love what I do and all that I learn. The best and worst part of college is the flexibility it offers. You are able to choose everything:

22、your classes, extracurricular activities, friends, etc. A great deal of responsibility and time management is needed, but with a bit of planning and coffee you can be very successful. Surviving college takes hard work! However, at the end of all this, you will have your degree, and no one can take t

23、hat away from you. How cool is that? Part II Making a Dialogue (50 points) Directions: Make a dialogue on the following topic with your partner. Some students prefer the internet-based teaching. Others prefer to study in traditional classrooms. Which method of studying do you prefer? Why? Test 7 Par

24、t I Paragraph Reading (50 points) Directions: Read the following paragraphs loudly and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. Finally, its important for students to remember that its okay to be single. In fact, its highly preferable to be single than to be in a bad relationship. At some

25、 schools and in some groups of friends, students feel pressured to be in relationships and sometimes even to be engaged. College is a time for learning, for making friends, for having fun, and for exploring future and present possibilities. None of that requires a romantic relationship. College dati

26、ng comes with some unique advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, it may never again be so easy to meet potential partners. On the other hand, the college environment is not necessarily the healthiest one for a relationship to develop. Part II Making a Dialogue (50 points) Directions: Make a

27、dialogue on the following topic with your partner. What is your favorite method to relax? Please explain why it is your favorite. 9 Test 8 Part I Paragraph Reading (50 points) Directions: Read the following paragraphs loudly and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. All the same, even

28、when Western parents think theyre being strict, they usually dont come close to being Chinese mothers. For example, my Western friends who consider themselves strict make their children practice their instruments thirty minutes every day. An hour at most. For a Chinese mother, the first hour is the

29、easy part. Its hours two and three that get tough. There are tons of studies showing great differences between Chinese and Westerners when it comes to parenting. In one study, almost 70% of the Western mothers said that parents need to foster the idea that learning is fun. By contrast, roughly 0% of

30、 the Chinese mothers felt the same way. Part II Making a Dialogue (50 points) Directions: Make a dialogue on the following topic with your partner. Everyone has a goal to fulfill. Whats your goal and explain why you want to fulfill this goal. 10 Test 9 Part I Paragraph Reading (50 points) Directions

31、: Read the following paragraphs loudly and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one. Wealth may help us to escape emptiness for a short while; it cannot cure it.

32、 The businessman accumulated money to support his retirement. It was wise to plan for the future. Yet, what sort of life was he living in the present? The businessman was so future oriented that he hadnt taken sufficient time to question what the future looked like. The businessman was living for wh

33、at the Mexican already enjoyed a simple life well lived. Part II Making a Dialogue (50 points) Directions: Make a dialogue on the following topic with your partner. Everyone has to leave home sometimes. What do you miss the most when you are away from home? Please include some specific examples and details in your explanation.