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1、全国英语专业四级口语考试仍然采用录音口试,将于笔试一周后举行。根据大纲要求,口试内容将分解为三项:(1)复述故事(听两遍故事后复述 3 分种);(2)即席讲话(根据所给的题目准备 3 分钟后,作即席讲话 3 分钟);(3)对话(根据规定的角色各自准备 3 分钟后,对话 4 分钟)。2001:Task1:Retelling a storyI once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous.John Smith was so forgetful that he sometimes forget what he was talkingabo
2、ut in the middle of a sentence.His wife had to constantly remind himabout his meetings,his classes even his meals!Once he forgot he hadeaten breakfast twice,at home and at school.His wife liked to remind herneighbors,“If John didnt have his head tied on.He would forget thattoo!”Since Smith was a pro
3、fessor at a well-known university,hisforgetfulness was often an embarrassment.It wasnt that he was notclever,as some critical people tended to say,but just very,veryabsent-minded.One hot summer day,Professor Smith decided to take hischildren to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away.To ma
4、ke thetrip more interesting for his young children,he kept the name of the towna secret.However,by the time they arrived at the station,Smith forgotthe name of the town he was planning to visit.Luckily,a friend of hishappened to be in the station.He offered to take care of the childrenwhile Smith hu
5、rried back home to find out where he was going.The professors wife was surprised to see him again so soon.“Oh,my dear,I forgot the name the town.”“What?You forgot the name?Maybe one dayyou will forget myname!Now Ill write the name of that town on a piece of paper,and youput it in your pocket and ple
6、ase,please dont forget where you put it.”Satisfied that she had solved the problem,she sent her husbandoff again.Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside thehouse for the third time.“What is the matter now?”“As you told me,I didnt forget where I put the name of that town,but I forgot
7、where I left our children!”Task2:Talking on a given topicDirections:Describe a teacher of yours whom you find unusual.Task3:Role-playingDirections:Many high school graduates in China are going overseas fortheir college education.A friend of yours is graduating this year andwould like to ask for your
8、 advice on whether it is a good idea for a highschool graduate to go abroad to study.Student A:You think this friend should go by all means,and you shouldtrytoconvinceyourpartner.Rememberyoushouldstarttheconversation.Student B:You think this friend should finish college in China beforethinking about
9、 going abroad,and you should try to convince your partner.Remember your partner will start the conversation.2002:Task1:Retelling a storyWhenever Mr.Smith goes to Westgate,he stays at the GrandHotel.In spite of its name,it is really not very“grand,”but it is cheap,clean,and comfortable.Since he knows
10、 the manger well,he never hasto go to the trouble of reserving a room.The fact is that he always getsthe same room.It is situated at the far end of the building and overlooks abeautiful bay.On his last visit,Mr.Smith was told that he could have his usualroom,but the manager added apologetically that
11、 it might be a little noisy.So great was the demand for rooms,the manager said,that the hotel haddecided to build a new wing.Mr.Smith said he did not mind.It amusedhim to think that the dear old Grand Hotel was making an effort to live upto its name.During the first day Mr.Smith hardly noticed the n
12、oise at all.The room was a little dusty,but that was natural.The followingafternoon,he borrowed a book from the hotel library and went upstairs toread.No sooner had he sat down than he heard someone hammeringloudly at the wall.At first he paid no attention,but after a while hebegan to feel very unco
13、mfortable.His clothes were slowly being coveredwith fine white powder.Soon there was so much dust in the room thathe began to cough.The hammering was now louder than ever and bits ofplaster were coming away from the walls.It looked as though the wholebuilding was going to fall.Mr.Smith went immediat
14、ely to complain tothe manager.They both returned to the room,but everything was veryquiet.As they stood there looking at each other,Mr.Smith felt ratherembarrassed for having dragged the manager all the way up the stairs fornothing.All of a sudden,the hammering began again and a large bricklanded on
15、 the floor.Looking up,they saw a sharp metal tool had forcedits way through the wall,making a very large hole right above the bed!Task2:Talking on a given topicDirection:Describe an embarrassing situation in which you got veryangry.Task3:Role-playingDirections:The geology department of a major unive
16、rsity is planning toadmit 30 male and 5 female students.However,the results of the collegeentrance examination show that by average,of all the applicants,femaleshave scored higher than most males.Should the department stick to itsoriginal plan?Student A:You think the department should still stick to
17、 the original plan,and you should try to convince your partner.Remember you should startthe conversation.Student B:You dont think the department should stick to the originalplan,and you should try to convince your partner.Remember yourpartner will start the conversation.2003:Task1:Retelling a storyJ
18、ust as Jane was joyfully expecting her first child,her active,energetic mother began losing her battle with a brain disease.For tenyears,the fiercely independent and courageous mother had fought,butnone of the surgeries or treatments had been successful.At only fifty-five,she became totally disabled
19、-unable to speak,walk,eat or dress on herown.As the mother grew closer and closer to death,the baby grewcloser and closer to life.Jane was afraid that her mother and her babywould never know each other.Her fear seemed well-founded.A fewweeks before her due date,her mother lapsed into a deep coma.The
20、doctors did not hold any hope.It was useless to put in a feeding tube,theysaid,for Mother would never awaken.So Jane brought Mother to her ownbed in her own house.As often as she could,she sat beside her mother,talking about the baby moving inside her.On February 3,1989,at about the same time Jane b
21、egan to feelbirth pains,Mother opened her eyes.Jane called home.“Mom,listen.My baby is coming!Youre going to have a newgrandchild.Do you understand!”“Yes,”Mother answered.What a wonderful word!The first clear word shed spoken inmonths.By the time Jane brought her son home,her mother was sittingin he
22、r chair,dressed and ready to welcome the baby.For two weeks,Mother clucked,smiled and held the new-born baby.Then she quietlybecame unconscious and,after visits from all her children,was finallyfree of the pain.For Jane,memories of her sons birth will always be bittersweet,but it was at this time th
23、at she learned an important truth about living.While both joy and sorrow pass quickly,and often come together at thesame time,love has the power to overcome both.And love can lastforever.2005:Task1:Retelling a storyA little girl whose parents had died lived with her grandmotherand slept in an upstai
24、rs bedroom.One night there was a fire in the house and the grandmother diedwhile trying to rescue the child.The fire spread quickly,and the first floorof the house was soon engulfed in flames.Neighbors called the fire department,then stood helplessly by,unable to enter the house because flames block
25、ed all the entrances.Thelittle girl appeared at an upstairs window,crying for help,just as wordspread among the crowd that the firefighters would be delayed a fewminutes because they were all at another fire.Suddenly,a man appeared with a ladder,put it up against the sideof the house and disappeared
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