12月13日托福口语机经

考试日期：2014年12月13日

Task 1

Title:

Which is the most beneficial to a growing child? 1. Participating in team sports 2. Communicating with a community leader 3. Traveling.

参考答案

①participate in team sports: help kids learn about team work; help kids build up body and strength, health is everything; help kids develop related interests
   ②communicate with community leader: kids may get to know the concept about society at an early age; Kids may learn to be respectful, they need to experience the communication with adults aside from their teachers and parents
   ③travel: kids can practice communication, basic life skills on their way; kids see a lot and learn beyond books; kids learn to be independent fast
   

Task 2

Title:

Would you publicize your opinions through media like internet or newspaper, or would you rather share ideas only with parents or friends?

参考答案

Publicize:
   ①mobile terminals are popular these days, people are actually always publicizing. It’s become a common habit.
   ②the world is like a village right now, people need to know more and care more about events. Publicizing ideas can help create a better world.
   Not publicize:
   ①mobile terminals are popular now but most ideas expressed by people are either redundant or meaningless, we should help to reduce information trash
   ②because of the convenience of sharing ideas through media, many people communicate less with parents and friends. It’s important keeping touch with real people than just clicking on mouses or sliding fingers on screens.
   

Task 3

Reading

Listening

学生建议校方向大一新生提供其室友的phone number以及email address.

女生认为这是个好主意。第一，提前接触同学可以减缓就学压力。第二，女生曾经遇到过自己喝同居室友都带了冰箱的事。假设室友2人在入住前就认识，类似于这样浪费空间的问题就可以避免。

Task 4

Reading

Listening

主题是social responsibility，教授讲到很多business会忽视社会责任牟利，但有时候重视responsibility对盈利也是有帮助的。

他举了一个coffee shop的例子。这个店曾经用plastic cup，比较污染环境。之后换成了paper cup，反而比较收欢迎。之后店家又提出自带杯子的顾客可以享受discount，coffee shop的生意因而更好了。

Task 5

问题：

 男生需要交作业，但打印机出了问题，他的philosophy paper的最后几页比较脏乱。

解决措施：

第一个解决方案是他重新打印，但会错过一个economic活动。第二个方案是女生帮他跟教授说明一下情况，他迟一天上交paper。

Task 6

Title

讲了wildfire对动物生存的好处。

回答思路：

第一个例子是woodpecker这种鸟。Wildfire会腾出空地让鸟build nest。第二，wildfire会change vegetation, 新的植被taste tender并且easy to digest, 对于食草动物而言比较有益。