[托福题库]2018年5月朗阁新托福口语考题题库

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Question 1

A friend needs to take a part-time job in a Spanish restaurant at night which makes her tired and cannot concentrate in the class. Give your advice to your friend. Use details and examples to explain your answer.

Question 2

Some people prefer to communicate by talking face to face or on the phone, while others prefer to communicate by sending emails or text messages. Which way do you prefer and why? Please give specific details to support your opinion.

Question 3

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【学校通知】：

The school plans to shut the gym down.

Reason 1: to update locker rooms and shower facilities;

Reason 2: The students can use an off-campus gym freely;

【学生态度】：The woman disagrees.

Reason 1: It’s unnecessary to shut the whole gym down. They can just shut the area they are working on. And students can change their clothes and take shower in their dorms which are close to the gym.

Reason 2: The off-campus gym is far away from campus. And students are exhausted after working out. So they may not be willing to walk.

Question: Explain the woman’s opinion and why she holds that opinion.

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【名词解释】：

Ecological trap:

因为人类的缘故导致本来对动物有利的环境变得不利。

【教授举例】：

有一种fly根据light reflection在particular water中lay eggs，但是后来它们在paved way产卵，这种转变是因为人类的paved way能产生same reflection，让fly误以为这是水，就不能孵化了，也就不能reproduce了。

Question: 用听力的例子来解释对这个概念的理解。

Question 5

【学生困难】：The girl has a time conflict between her tutoring program and her history class in this semester.

【解决方案】：There are two possible solutions.

First, change her history class to the next semester

Pro: It can continue her tutoring program.

Con: The history class will change from ancient to modern, and she is not interested in it.

Second, ask her classmate from math class to help her

Pro: She can take history classes this semester.

Con: she cannot keep tutoring kids math any more.

Question 6

【讲课要点】：教授讲植物对外界碰触physical touch反应的2个好处：

Advantage 1：defensive action （防御性）

Example1：mimosa（含羞草）被触碰后，叶子会下降，闭合，这样的话看起来奄奄一息，动物看到了可能会觉得不新鲜，就不会去吃了。

Advantage 2：help growth

Example2：grapevine leaves（葡萄藤叶）一旦触碰到了其他的高的树，就借助其作为媒介向上生长。

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Question 1

The school provides some volunteer activities in the library for students. Which of the following activities would you prefer to participate in?

A) Finding books by using computers

B) Reading books to children

C) Preparing shelves in the library

Question 2

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

People should be fined if they watch their mobile phones when they are walking on the way or across the road?

Use specific examples and details to support your opinion.

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【学校通知】：

教授发邮件给学生，要求他们每个人想两个discussion topics发给他

1. 可以让他们更认真地阅读材料；

2. 能更好地找到term paper的话题

【学生态度】：The man agrees.

1. 大家在讨论前都不怎么准备，在课堂上浪费很多时间；

2. 通过阅读可以知道自己喜欢哪方面的话题，更好地提前准备paper。

Question: Explain the male’s opinion and why he holds that opinion.

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【名词解释】：

Plant domestication：野外生存的植物不适合人类食用，人类会选择合适的植物种植。例如一种有毒的植物亚分类，比较稀少。还说到了人们对动物的domesticate。

【教授举例】：

Example 1: 有种seeds有毒，之后毒性消失了，人类和动物不喜欢吃它，它就没有被破坏；后来发现，当它没有某种化学成分后味道变得sweet而且能安全食用，人类便开始种植。

Question: 用听力的例子来解释对这个概念的理解。

Question 5

【学生困难】：The girl wants to study in Germany, but the flight ticket is too expensive to afford.

【解决方案】：There are two possible solutions:

First, put off the timetable

Pro: can get the cheaper ticket

Con: miss the first orientation week in the school

Second, arrive in Berlin first and then take the train

Pro: save money

Con: As she has never been to Germany before, it would be difficult for her to find the way from the airport to the train station.

Question 6

【讲课要点】：The professor talks about two types of memory:

One is called declarative memory, which means a person knows the true fact of a certain thing;

The other one is procedural memory, which means that a person knows how to do a certain thing.

The professor uses the examples of bicycle and sports coach to illustrate these two kinds of memories.