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1、专四口试真题 Task1:Retelling a storyI once knew an old man whose bad memory made himfamous.John Smith was so forgetful that he sometimesforget what he was talking about in the middle of asentence.His wife had to constantly remind him abouthis meetings,his classes even his meals!Oncehe forgot he had eaten

2、breakfast twice,at home andat school.His wife liked to remind her neighbors,“IfJohn didnt have his head tied on.He would forgetthat too!”Since Smith was a professor at awell-known university,his forgetfulness was often anembarrassment.It wasnt that he was not clever,assome critical people tended to

3、say,but just very,veryabsent-minded.One hot summer day,Professor Smith decided to takehis children to a seaside town about a three-hour trainride away.To make the trip more interesting for hisyoung children,he kept the name of the town a secret.1However,by the time they arrived at the station,Smith

4、forgot the name of the town he was planning tovisit.Luckily,a friend of his happened to be in thestation.He offered to take care of the children whileSmith hurried back home to find out where he was going.The professors wife was surprised to see him againso soon.“Oh,my dear,I forgot the name the tow

5、n.”“What You forgot the name Maybe one day you willforget my name!Now I ll write the name of that townon a piece of paper,and you put it in your pocket andplease,please dont forget where you put it.”Satisfied that she had solved the problem,she senther husband off again.Ten minutes later she wasasto

6、nished to see him outside the house for the thirdtime.“What is the matter now”“As you told me,I didnt forget where I put the nameof that town,but I forgot where I left our children!”2Task2:Talking on a given topicDirections:Describe a teacher of yours whom you findunusual.Task3:Role-playingDirection

7、s:Many high school graduates in China aregoing overseas for their college education.A friendof yours is graduating this year and would like to askfor your 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 yo

8、u should try to convince your partner.Rememberyou should start the conversation.Student B:You think this friend should finish collegein China before thinking about going abroad,and youshould try to convince your partner.Remember yourpartner will start the conversation.2002:Task1:Retelli3ng a storyWh

9、enever Mr.Smith goes to Westgate,he stays at theGrand Hotel.In spite of its name,it is really notvery“grand,”but it is cheap,clean,and comfortable.Since he knows the manger well,he never has to goto the trouble of reserving a room.The fact is thathe always gets the same room.It is situated at thefar

10、 end of the building and overlooks a beautiful bay.On his last visit,Mr.Smith was told that he couldhave his usual room,but the manager addedapologetically that it might be a little noisy.Sogreat was the demand for rooms,the manager said,thatthe hotel had decided to build a new wing.Mr.Smithsaid he

11、did not mind.It amused him to think that thedear old Grand Hotel was making an effort to live upto its name.During the first day Mr.Smith hardly noticed thenoise at all.The room was a little dusty,but thatwas natural.The following afternoon,he borroweda book from the hotel library and went upstairs

12、to read.No sooner had he sat down than he heard someone4hammering loudly at the wall.At first he paid noattention,but after a while he began to feel veryuncomfortable.His clothes were slowly being coveredwith fine white powder.Soon there was so much dustin the room that he began to cough.The hammeri

13、ng wasnow louder than ever and bits of plaster were comingaway from the walls.It looked as though the wholebuilding was going to fall.Mr.Smith wentimmediately to complain to the manager.They bothreturned to the room,but everything was very quiet.As they stood there looking at each other,Mr.Smithfelt

14、 rather embarrassed for having dragged the managerall the way up the stairs for nothing.All of asudden,the hammering began again and a large bricklanded on the floor.Looking up,they saw a sharp metaltool had forced its way through the wall,making a verylarge hole right above the bed!Task2:Talking on

15、 a given topicDirection:Describe an embarrassing situation inwhich you got very angry.Task3:Role-playing5Directions:The geology department of a majoruniversity is planning to admit 30 male and 5 femalestudents.However,the results of the college entranceexamination show that by average,of all theappl

16、icants,females have scored higher than most males.Should the department stick to its original planStudent A:You think the department should still stickto the original plan,and you should try to convinceyour partner.Remember you should start theconversation.Student B:You dont think the department sho

17、uld stickto the original plan,and you should try to convinceyour partner.Remember your partner will start theconversation.2003:Task1:Retelling a storyJust as Jane was joyfully expecting her first child,her active,energetic mother began losing her battlewith a brain disease.For ten years,the fiercely

18、6independent and courageous mother had fought,but noneof the surgeries or treatments had been successful.At only fifty-five,she became totallydisabled-unable to speak,walk,eat or dress on herown.As the mother grew closer and closer to death,thebaby grew closer and closer to life.Jane was afraidthat

19、her mother and her baby would never know eachother.Her fear seemed well-founded.A few weeksbefore her due date,her mother lapsed into a deep coma.The doctors did not hold any hope.It was useless toput in a feeding tube,they said,for Mother wouldnever awaken.So Jane brought Mother to her own bedin he

20、r own house.As often as she could,she sat besideher mother,talking about the baby moving inside her.On February 3,1989,at about the same time Janebegan to feel birth pains,Mother opened her eyes.Janecalled home.“Mom,listen.My baby is coming!Youre going to havea new grandchild.Do you understand!”7“Ye

21、s,”Mother answered.What a wonderful word!The first clear word shedspoken in months.By the time Jane brought her son home,her motherwas sitting in her chair,dressed and ready to welcomethe baby.For two weeks,Mother clucked,smiled andheld the new-born baby.Then she quietly becameunconscious and,after

22、visits from all her children,was finally free of the pain.For Jane,memories of her son s birth will alwaysbe bittersweet,but it was at this time that shelearned an important truth about living.While bothjoy and sorrow pass quickly,and often come togetherat the same time,love has the power to overcom

23、e both.And love can last forever.2005：Task1:Retelling a storyA little girl whose parents had died lived with hergrandmother and slept in an upstairs bedroom.8One night there was a fire in the house and thegrandmother died while trying to rescue the child.Thefire spread quickly,and the first floor of

24、 the housewas soon engulfed in flames.Neighbors called the fire department,then stoodhelplessly by,unable to enter the house becauseflames blocked all the entrances.The little girlappeared at an upstairs window,crying for help,justas word spread among the crowd that the firefighterswould be delayed

25、a few minutes because they were allat another fire.Suddenly,a man appeared with a ladder,put it upagainst the side of the house and disappeared inside.When he reappeared,he had the little girl in his arms.He delivered the child to the waiting arms below,thendisappeared into the night.An investigatio

26、n revealed that the child had noliving relatives,and weeks later a meeting was heldin the town hall to determine who would take the childinto their home and bring her up.9A teacher said she would like to raise the child.She pointed out that she could ensure her a goodeducation.A farmer offered her a

27、n upbringing on hisfarm.He pointed out that living on a farm was healthyand satisfying.Others spoke,giving their reasons whyit was to the childs advantage to live with them.Finally,the towns richest resident rose and said,“I can give this child all the advantages that youhave mentioned here,plus mon

28、ey and everything thatmoney can buy.”Throughout all this,the child remained silent,hereyes on the floor.“Does anyone else want to speak”asked the meetingchairman.A man came forward from the back of the hall.He walked slowly and appeared to be in pain.When hegot to the front of the room,he stood dire

29、ctly in frontof the little girl and held out his arms.His handsand arms were terribly scarred.10The child cried out.“This is the man who rescued me!”With a leap,she threw her arms around the mans neck.She buried her face in his shoulder and sobbed for afew moments.Then she looked up and smiled at hi

30、m.Task2:Talking on a given topicDirection:Please tell us one incident in whichsomeone was trying to help others despite danger tohis own safety.Task3:Role-playingStudent A:The manager of a world-famous hotel wantsto recruit a new member as the hotels bellboy,offering him a salary of 3000 yuan per mo

31、nth.Manyuniversity graduates are competing for the position.As a sophomore in the university,you think that theyare applying for a job unworthy for their talents.Tryto persuade your partner that you are right.Rememberyou will initiate the conversation.Student B:The manager of a world-famous hotel wa

32、ntsto recruit a new member as the hotels bellboy,offering him a salary of 3000 yuan per month.Many11university graduates are competing for the position.As a sophomore in the university,you think that itis courageous for them to make such a decision and theyhave made the correct choice.Try to persuad

33、e yourpartner that you are right.Remember your partner willinitiate the conversation.2004:Task1:Retelling a storyWhen she was 22 years old Pat Jones decided that shewanted to travel around the world and see as manyforeign places as she could while she was young.Whenshe finished college at home in Br

34、itain,Pat chose tovisit Latin America first,so she managed to get a jobas an English teacher in a secondary school in Bolivia.Pat spoke a little Spanish,so she was able tocommunicate with her students even though they did notknow much English.A sentence she had once read somewhere stuck in hermind:i

35、f you dream in a foreign language,it means thatyou have really mastered it.Pat repeated this12sentence to her students and she hoped that somedayshe would dream in Spanish and they would dream inEnglish.One day,Tim,one of the worst students in her class,came up to her and explained in Spanish that h

36、e hadnot done his homework.He said that he had gone to bedearly and had slept badly.Pat was quite angry withhim,for she did not think that his explanation hadanything to do with his homework.But Tim told her thathe dreamed all night and his dream was inEnglish.“In English!”Pat thought.She was greatl

37、ysurprised,since Tim was such a bad student.She wasalso secretly jealous.Her dreams were still not inSpanish,but she decided to encourage her student andasked him to tell her about his dream.“All the people in my dream spoke English,”Tim said.“And all the signs were in English.All the newspapersand

38、magazines and all the TV programs were in English.”13“But thats wonderful,”said Pat.“What did allthe people say to you”she asked.“Im sorry.Miss Jones,Thats why I slept so badlyall through the night.I didnt understand a word theysaid.It was a nightmare!”Tim answered.Task2:Talking on a given topicDire

39、ctions:Describe one of the most unpleasant dreamsyouve ever had.Task3:Role-playingStudent A:Nowadays higher education is getting moreand more expensive.To quite a number of families ithas become a big financial burden.You try to discussthis problem with student B.You think that parentsshould pay tui

40、tion for their children since collegestudents do not yet have any regular income.Student B:Nowadays higher education is getting moreand more expensive.To quite a number of families ithas become a big financial burden.You try to discussthis problem with student A.Your opinion is that it14is unfair to

41、 put this big burden on parents sincecollege students are already adults.Studentsthemselves should find ways to pay their own tuition.2006：Task1:Retelling a storyA philosophy professor stood before his class andhad some items in front of him.When class began,wordlessly he picked up a large empty gla

42、ss jar andproceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top,rocksabout two inches in diameter.He then asked the students if the jar was full.Theyagreed that it was.The professor then picked up a box of pebbles andpoured them into the jar.He shook the jar lightly.The pebbles,of course,rolled into the

43、open spacesbetween the rocks.The students laughed.He asked his students again if the jar was full.Theyagreed:yes,it was.15The professor then picked up a box of sand and pouredit into the jar.Of course,the sand filled up all the remaining space.“Now.”said the professor,“I want you to recognizethat th

44、is is your life.”The rocks are the important things your family,your partner,your health,your children anythingthat is so important to you that if it were lost,youwould be nearly destroyed.The pebbles are the otherthings in life that matter,but on a smaller scale.The pebbles represent things like yo

45、ur job,your house,your car.The sand is everything else.The small stuff.If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar first,there is no room for the rocks.The same goes for yourlife.If you spend all your energy and time on the smallstuff,or material things,you will never haveroom for the things tha

46、t are truly most important.Payattention to the things that are critical in your life.Play with your children.Take your partner out dancing.Talk with your parents.There will always be time to16go to work,clean the house,give a dinner party andfix the disposal.“Take care of the rocks first the things

47、that really matter.Set your priorities.The rest is just pebbles and sand.They will take careof themselves.”Task2:Talking on a given topicDirections:Describe a lesson you have learned whichhas enriched your life experience.Task3:Role-playingStudent A:You and your friend are discussing what youare goi

48、ng to do together during this coming summervacation.Your friend prefers to work in a big companyto earn some money.You prefer to do some voluntarywork for society.You try to persuade each other bygiving various reasons.Remember you will initiate theconversation.17StudentStudent B:B:YouYou andand you

49、ryour friendfriend areare discussingdiscussing whatwhat youyouare going to do together during this coming summerare going to do together during this coming summervacation.vacation.YourYour friendfriend prefersprefers toto dodo somesome voluntaryvoluntary workworkforfor society.society.YouYou preferp

50、refer toto workwork inin a a bigbig companycompany toto earnearnsome money.You try to persuade each other by givingsome money.You try to persuade each other by givingvarious reasons.Remember your partner will initiatevarious reasons.Remember your partner will initiatethe conversation.the conversatio