2013年5月18日托福口语考题解析

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1、 2013年5月18日托福口语考题解析Task 1Talk about an interesting activity you recently participated in. Did everyone involved enjoy the activity? Give details and examples in your response.参考答案An interesting school activity I recently participated in was volunteer teaching. We went to a small, under-developed vil

2、lage thats far from the city. Students from my school split into groups to teach the kids different classes. I was assigned to teach them English. I taught them some basic greeting skills that they thought was fun. During class breaks, all of us gathered outside to play sports of our choice. Some ki

3、cked around a soccer ball, some played the badminton and some played pingpong. Everyone had a blast. Everyone had a blast. I would love to visit the school again soon because everyone had a good time.Task 2Do you agree or disagree with the statement that parents are the best teacher for children? Gi

4、ve specific reasons and details in your response.参考答案I agree with the statement that parents are the best teacher for children for the following reasons. First, parents are all we have to learn from when we were young. When a baby is born, first thing he understands is his parent. We slowly learn to

5、 talk, walk, run, count and read with the help of parents. We need support, comfort and encouragement. And all of it is provided by our parents. Second, everyday parents slowly and unknowingly teach their kid how to survive in this world. And when the child grows up, he accomplished all the survival

6、 task and try to apply in his life. Sometimes he fails and sometimes he passes. Day by day he builds up the confidence in him.Task 3学生letter，建议建一个study lounge，在人文学院的楼里for学习人类学哲学的学生。男生同意，理由一：课件半小时看学生可以更有效地利用，因为到图书馆要花10分钟，太浪费时间；理由二：学生可以在课下仍在一起讨论，可以继续之前的话题讨论不会打断学生的思路。解题要点ReadingAnnouncement: The univer

7、sity is going to create a study lounge at the Humanities Building.Reason 1: Doing so, the philosophy and literature students could have a place to relax between classes.Reason 2: The study lounge can provide a place for group assignment and project.ListeningThe man agrees with this plan.Reason 1: Mo

8、st of their classes take place in this building. It takes 10 minutes to get to the library and 10 minutes to get back, but they only have a 30-minute-interval between classes. With this study lounge, they could do some meaningful things.Reason 2: Student would have somewhere to discuss right after t

9、he class about the content that covered in the class. Like last time, during the Shakespeare course, he wanted to discuss Hamlet with his classmate. But they had nowhere to go, so they actually stood in the cold while talking, which was really inconvenient.Task 4backward framing，在被一些广告影响后，人们可能会改变自己所

10、做的决定。教授例子，研究小组让受试者喝咖啡，咖啡处理过不好喝，受试者喝的时候回访TV program，讲的是一些人喝超好喝的咖啡，大家都很幸福。之后要求受试者写下体会，对咖啡的评价都是positive和delicious的。解题要点Term：Backward FramingDefinition：Consumers opinion about a product is altered after-the-fact by advertisement. (The advertisement could exert positive effect on consumers.)Lecture：Volun

11、teers were asked to taste a gourmet coffee. But the researchers had added some salt and vinegar into it so they were certain that the coffee wouldnt taste good. After that, they showed these volunteers some advertisement of this coffee, in which people were enjoying the coffee and having a good time

12、. At last, when asked how they would describe the coffee, people said it was “delicious” and they “liked it”.Task 5男生要完成painting创作，他需要一个特别好的颜料但不够，校园内没有。选择一：网上买但需要5天，他没有时间了。选择二：坐公交去city买，但是不方便且会影响exam。解题要点Problem:The man has a painting due next week, but the painting is so big, that he has run out of

13、 the specific kind of paint he uses.Solution 1: Order it online.Pro：He remembers the manufacturers name.Con：The shipment would take 5 days to get delivered, but he doesnt have enough time.Solution 2:Take the bus to the store where he originally bought the paint.Pro：It takes only 1 day to get the pai

14、nt he needs.Con：He has to change buses two times, but he has a lot of stuff, like preparing for the exam, on his hands right now.Task 6动物seasonal机制。1：保证存活，兔子warm season换短毛，相对的换长毛，保证其不冷不热地生存下去。2：防止捕食者，S动物冬天换白毛，捕食者不容易发现他，因此他可以生存。背景知识Main Idea: Two ways that animal molting helps them to survive.Way 1:

15、Animals could change into the coat that is suitable to the weather.Eg. Mountain hares (Europe) have thin and short coat in summer when the weather is warm, and they change the lighter coat into their winter coat, with the hairs twice as long and much thicker to prevent from the coldness.Way 2: Anima

16、ls can change the color of their coat to protect themselves from predators.Eg: North America weasels have brown coat for the summer season. But when winter comes, when there is usually snow on the ground, they molt and change into white color, which helps them to blend in with the environment to help themselves from being identified.