2014年7月6日托福口语小范围预测及答案解析

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What type of music do you enjoy most? Explain why you enjoy this type of music. Include reasons and details in you explanation.

答案：I enjoy classic rock and roll from the 1960s and 1970s. My favorite bands are The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, but there are dozens of others that I love as well. Not only are the songs from that era extremely catchy and fun, but they kind of transport you to a different time when you listen to them.

You feel the rebelliousness in the guitar solos and the yells of the lead singers. You feel the sheer energy of the era, which was spurred on by social events both good and bad. It was just a wild time back then! And listening to the rock music makes everything seem so immediate. No picture of the 1960s and 1970s is complete without the music. I never get tired of it.

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Your university is planning to replace paper books and magazines in its library with electronic books. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this plan?

答案：One of the advantages is that it can save a lot of space. Thousands of books could be stored in a single compact electronic device the size of a palm. Another advantage is that it can save a lot of trees from being cut down to make paper for books. However, there are some disadvantages too.

For example, those electronic devices are run by batteries. so it might a bit inconveniet to recharge it all the time. Another disadvantage is that some of the electronic devices are quite expensive so not everyone could afford to buy one.

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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It's easier to teach children in primary schools than students in universities. Include reasons and details in your explanation.

答案：I don’t agree with this opinion. I think it is more difficult to teach children in primary schools mainly because the discipline is harder to maintain. There may be many distractions for children that will keep them from learning, and they have a much shorter attention span. On the other hand, students in universities are better at self-motivation and discipline. They are also more aware of the importance of utilizing their time productively. There is a sense of urgency because it is all about their future. There are, of course, many distractions for university students as well, but as adults they are expected to know how to handle them.

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Should the government spend money on projects which can encourage its citizens to lead a healthier lifestyle?

答案：I agree because the costs of caring for unhealthy individuals are ultimately passed on to citizens. With each claim, the costs of health insurance, doctor’s visits, medicines, surgeries, and long-term care increases. So, if more individuals have an incentive to do preventive health care, less will be spent on avoidable medical care costs. An additional benefit is that preventative healthcare and healthier lifestyles might save lives. For instance, early detection of certain cancers can significantly reduce the risks of losing life or limb. Government funding to encourage healthier lifestyles is worthwhile.

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【学校通知】学校因为文学课太popular了，所以学校决定开晚课和增加一个班级人的数量。【学生意见】男的学生不同意，他说班上人一多，discussion的机会就少了，学生就学不到很多东西，还有就是晚课时间，学生都没有空，他们有很多activity和job都在晚上，所以晚课不现实。

答案：The university announced that it’s going to make new class arrangements to meet the growing demand for the contemporary literature course which has become increasingly popular among students recently. Accorcing to this annoucement, an additional evening session of the course will be provided and class size will be enlarged. In the conversation, the boy disagrees with this new arrangement and explains his reasons for holding such opinion. He says that the more students in a class, the less chance for each student to engage in class discussions, which are extremely important for the study of literature. Therefore the quality of the learning experience will be greatly reduced. Moreover, he argues that there is no point in adding an evening session because most students are not free in the evening. They have different kinds of social activities to do at night and many have an evening job so they will not be able to attend the evening class.

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【公开信】学校在考试复习期间举办什么娱乐活动，期间取消校内公交车，有人感到不满给校长写信，原因一是噪音影响在宿舍复习的人，原因二是取消校内公交车对要乘车的人很不方便。【学生意见】对话中女生认为这两个理由都没有说服力。首先要看书的人可以去图书馆看，不一定非要在宿舍，图书馆 很安静。其次学校很小，去哪里都可以步行，不行横穿学校只要30分钟，况且公交车只取消几个小时而已，no big deal 然后题目是女生的观点理由是什么。

答案：The student letter complains about the school’s upcoming entertainment event. It argues that that students who are studying for their final exams will be disturbed by the noise, and that the suspension of bus service during this event will also cause inconvenience to the students. In the conversation, however, the girl does not share the same view. She says that for those who want a quiet environment to study, they can do so at the school library. Furthermore, the school campus is not that big. You can walk across the campus in less than 30 minutes. Plus the bus service is only suspended for 30 minutes. It’s not a big deal.

关键词：机经预测 托福口语 7月6日 机经

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【名词解释】exposure behavior，是说鼓励儿童反复做他们害怕的事，然后建立自信，最终克服恐惧。【教授举例】听力中叫兽用它自己儿子Tommy的例子，说他们家搬到LA,Tommy原来不敢和新小朋友玩，只敢趴窗上看，后来教授借买冰淇凌之机鼓励他向小朋友们问好，回来又问一次（两次间儿子表现已有所不同），回来后儿子甚至主动要求出去和他们一起骑车，最终，Tommy和其他小朋友过上了幸福的日子。

答案：“Behavior exposure” isa technique of tenused to help children over come fearand rebuildconfidence by exposing children to the people or objects that they are afraid of. The professor further illustrates this term by using his own son Tommy asan example.Tommy was afraid of playing with otherkids when his family had just moved to a new town in LA.To help Tommy over come this fear,the professor asked himtobuyanicecreambut wanted him to say hi to the kids on his way to the ice cream store. Tommy did so, and he also said hello tohe kids on his way back.After this experience,Tommy was not afraid of kids in the new neighborhood anymore, and he even asked to play with them.

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【名词解释】Aggressive recruiting即商家在推广期间给与顾客一些实惠，积累顾客，推广期过后开始收费增加收入。

【讲座例子】lecture举了一个gym的例子在说明这种策略的有效性。具体是，gym在推广期让消费者免费获得健身指导，一个月以后取消免费政策，结果大部分人都继续使用该服务，于是增加了gym的customerbasis，是有效的。

答案：Aggressive recruitingisa technique used by businesses to attract new customers.The lecture gives the example of a gym which wanted to recruit new members.In the first month,the gym offered free personal training service to its potential customers,like how to use the equipment at the gym or what is the best way to exercise.However,after one month,the gym can celled the free promotion and started charging customers if they still needed the service.It turned outthat most customers were willing to pay to continue their training at the gym.This proved to be an effective strategy to expand the gym’s customer basis.

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【学生困难】一女子上陶艺课，结果作业在deadline两天前被她摔成3瓣了。【解决方案】她觉得（1）粘起来，但怕老师发现，因为她不想得普通的分数（也可能是ask for an extension, pardonmoi）（2）重做。但是她怕来不及，而且别的课要期末考试。

答案：The girl is takinga pottery course, and was doing apotterymakingassignment. But sheaccidentlybroke the potteryinto3pieces.She couldeither glue thepotterybacktogether,or start all over againbymaking a newone. I would recommend the girl to start all over again, because she has already done itonce so it won’t be too difficult to make a new one in a short time. On the other hand, if she glues it back,no matter how carefulshe is, there will alwaysbe cracks that can be noticed by the professor, and asaresultshe maygeta verylowscore.

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【学生困难】女生要在校报发表一篇paper，但文章写得too long to publish。【解决方案】男编辑给她两个方案：方案1：cut off the paper, andmake it shorter就能立即发表了。但女生觉得每个部分都很重要，不愿意cut，要弄短就只能Summarize了。方案2：到暑期版summerissue上再发表。女生不太愿意，因为暑假大家都放假了，教授和朋友们都不太可能看到。

答案：The girl wants to publish a paper on the school newspaper,but the editor feels that the paper is too long, so he suggests that the girl either cut it short or publish it later in the summer issue.I would recommend the girl to take the first option.If she can summarize the paper into a shorter version,she can have it published soon for everyone to see,while if she waits until summer,most students and professors would be away from school so they won’t be able to see the girl’s paper.Further more,I don’t think the girl needs to worry too much about her paper being cut short.She can care fully make the revisi on herself so thatthe most valuable or interesting part of the paper is unchanged.

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【讲课要点】不能自身移动的海底sea bottom动物dwellers（居民）获得食物的方法，有两种：第一种：active method。举例：海葵sea anemone伪装成植物，寄生在其他动物身上，释放毒液，使游到附近的动物paralyzed，然后抓住它们。第二种：passive method。举例：牡蛎Oyster不动，坐等海水流把微生物tiny material送到嘴边。

答案：The lecture explains how immobile marine creatures living on the bottom of the sea capture their food. The first method is active method. For example, the sea anemone looks like a plant which clings itself to other moving sea animals. However, it has tentacles which can release poison to paralyze the prey nearby and then grasp it. The second method is passive method. For example, the oyster does not move on itself, but its shells are slightly open so it can draw in sea water and extract the tiny nutritional food particles that are suspended in the water.

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【讲座要点】：讲猴子在树上，但是在那里，水只能在地底下得到。那么猴子是怎么得到水然后支撑生活的。第一个是absorb moisture from food，讲了一个什么hobe的猴子，它们吃的嫩叶子里面包含了水分，所以它们不用吃水也没有问题。第二个是喝雨水，一个called spider猴子的，它们用cup like plant来Link在树上，当有水的时候就用那个cup like plant来接水喝。

答案：The lecture talks about how monkeys obtain and drink water. Two different methods are discussed. The first method is for monkeys to eat food that contains enough moisture. For example, the [monkey name] likes to eat the tender leaves of [plant name] that contain large quantities of moisture, so even if they do not drink water directly, these leaves would provide much of the monkeys’ water requirements. Another method is to drink the water collected and stored in various partsof the plants such as their stems, roots and leaves. For example, the spider monkey would make use of a special plant whose leaves are shaped like a cup. By attaching these cup-like leaves to the tree, spider monkeys would be able to drink the rainwater stored in them when they need more supplies of water.

关键词：机经预测 托福口语 7月6日 机经

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