专四口试真题

1、专四口试真题Taskl: 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 talking about in the middle of a sentence His wife had to constantly remind him about his meetings, his classes - even his meals!Once he forgot he ha

2、d eaten breakfast twice, at home and at school. His wife liked to remind her neighbors, “ If John didn t have his head tied on. He would forget that too!n Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment It wasn， t that he was not clever, as some c

3、ritical people tended to say, but just very, very absent-mindedOne hot summer day, Professor Smith decided to take his children to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town asecret However, by the time th

4、ey arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was goingThe professor1 s wife was surprised to see him again so so

5、onu Oh, my dear,I forgot the name the town.uWhat You forgot the name Maybe one day you will forget my name! Now I 11 write the name of that town on a piece of paper, and you put it in your pocket and please, please don t forget where you put it.Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her

6、 husband off again Ten minutes later she was asto nished to see him out side the house for the third time.uWhat is the mat ter nowuAs you told me, I didn， t forget where I put the name of that town, but I forgot where I left our children!”Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Describe a teacher

7、 of yours whom you find unusua1.Task3: Role-playingDirections: Many high school graduates in China are going overseas for their college education. A friend of yours is graduating this year and would like to ask for your advice on whether it is a good idea for a high school graduate to go abroad to s

8、tudy.Student A: You think this friend should go by all means, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: You think this friend should finish college in China before thinking about going abroad, and you should try to convince your partner. Remem

9、ber your partner will start the conversation.2002:Taskl: Retelling a storyWhenever Mr. Smith goes to Westgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of its name, it is really not very ugrand, n but it is cheap, clean, and comfortable Since he knows the manger well, he never has to go to the trouble

10、of reserving a room. The fact is that he always gets the same room. It is situated at the far end of the building and overlooks a beautiful bay. On his last visit, Mr. Smith was told that he could have his usual room, but the manager added apologetically that it might be a little noisy. So great was

11、 the demand for rooms, the manager said, that the hotel had decided to build a new wing Mr. Smith said he did not mind It amused him to think that the dear old Grand Hotel was making an effort to live up to its name. During the first day Mr. Smith hardly noticed the noise at all. The room was a lit

12、tie dusty, but tha t was natura1. The following afternoon, he borrowed a book from the hotel library and went upstairs to read. No sooner had he sat down than he heard someone hammering loudly at the wal1. At first he paid no attention, but after a while he began to feel very uncomfortable His cloth

13、es were slowly being covered with fine white powder Soon there was so much dust in the room that he began to cough The hammering was now louder than ever and bits of plaster were coming away from the walls It looked as though the whole building was going to fal1. Mr. Smith went immediately to compla

14、in to the manager They both returned to the room, but everything was very quiet As they stood there looking at each other, Mr. Smith felt rat her embarrassed for having dragged the manager all the way up the stairs for nothing All of a sudden, the hammering began again and a large brick landed on th

15、e floor Looking up, they saw a sharp metal tool had forced its 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 very angry.Task3: Role-playingDirections: The geology department of a major

16、university is planning to admit 30 male and 5 female students However, the results of the college entrance examination show that by average, of all the applicants，females have scored higher than most males. Should the department stick to its original planStudent A: You think the department should st

17、ill stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: You don t think the department should stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner Remember your partner will start the conversation.2003:Taskl

18、: Retelling a story Just as Jane was joyfully expecting her first child, her active, energetic mother began losing her battle with a brain disease For ten years, the fiercely independent and courageous mother had fought, but none of the surgeries or treatments had been successful. At only fifty-five

19、, she became tot ally disabled- unable to speak, walk, eat or dress on her own. As the mother grew closer and closer to death, the baby grew closer and closer to life Jane was afraid that her mother and her baby would never know each other Her fear seemed well-founded A few weeks before her due date

20、, her mother lapsed into a deep coma. The doc tors did not hold any hope It was useless to put in a feeding tube, they said, for Mother would never awaken. So Jane brought Mother to her own bed in her own house As often as she could, she sat beside her mother, talking about the baby moving inside he

21、r.On February 3, 1989, at about the same time Jane began to feel birth pains, Mother opened her eyes Jane called homeuMom, listen. My baby is coming! You re going to have a new grandchild Do you understand!”uYes, ” Mother answeredWhat a wonderful word! The first clear word she d spoken in months By

22、the time Jane brought her son home, her mother was sitting in her chair, dressed and ready to welcome the bab y. For two weeks, Mot her clucked, smiled and held the new-born baby. Then she quietly became unconscious and, after visits from all her children, was finally free of the pain.For Jane, memo

23、ries of her son s birth will always be bittersweet，but it was at this time that she learned an important truth about living While both joy and sorrow pass quickly, and often come together at the same time, love has the power to overcome both And love can last forever.2005：Taskl: Retelling a story A

24、little girl whose parents had died lived with her grandmother and slept in an upstairs bedroom One night there was a fire in the house and the grandmother died while trying to rescue the child The fire spread quickly, and the first floor of the house was soon engulfed in flamesNeighbors called the f

25、ire department, then stood helplessly by, unable to enter the house because flames blocked all the entrances. The little girl appeared at an upstairs window, crying for help, just as word spread among the crowd that the firefighters would be delayed a few minutes because they were all at another fir

26、eSuddenly, a man appeared with a ladder, put it up against 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, then disappeared into the night.An investigation revealed that the child had no living rel

27、atives, and weeks later a meeting was held in the town hall to det ermine who would take the child into their home and bring her up.A teacher said she would like to raise the childShe pointed out that she could ensure her a good education. A farmer offered her an upbringing on his farm He pointed ou

28、t that living on a farm was healthy and satisfying Others spoke, giving their reasons why it was to the child s advantage to live with themFinally, the towns richest resident rose and said,T can give this child all the advantages that you have mentioned here, plus money and everything that money can

29、 buy. ”Throughout all this, the child remained silent, her eyes on the floor “Does anyone else want to speakn asked the meeting chairman. A man came forward from the back of the hal 1. He walked slowly and appeared to be in pain.When he got to the front of the room, he stood directly in front of the

30、 little girl and held out his arms His hands and arms were terribly scarredThe child cried out uThis is the man who rescued me! ” With a leap, she threw her arms around the man1 s neck She buried her face in his shoulder and sobbed for a few moments. Then she looked up and smiled at him.Task2: Talki

31、ng on a given topicDirection: Please tell us one incident in which someone was trying to help others despite danger to his own safetyTask3: Role-playingStudent A: The manager of a world-famous hotel wants to recruit a new member as the hotelJ s bellboy, offering him a salary of 3000 yuan per month.

32、Many university graduates are competing for the position. As a sophomore in the university, you think that they are applying for a job unworthy for their talents Try to persuade your partner that you are right Remember you will initiate the conversation.Student B: The manager of a world-famous hotel

33、 wants to recruit a new member as the hotel s bellboy, offering him a salary of 3000 yuan per month Many university graduates are competing for the position. As a sophomore in the university, you think that it is courageous for them to make such a decision and they have made the correct choice Try t

34、o persuade your partner that you are right Remember your partner will initiate the conversation.2004:Taskl: Retelling a story When she was 22 years old Pat Jones decided that she wanted to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could while she was young When she finished colle

35、ge at home in Britain, Pat chose to visit Latin America first, so she managed to get a job as an English teacher in a secondary school in BoliviaPat spoke a little Spanish, so she was able to communicate with her students even though they did not know much English. A sentence she had once read somew

36、here stuck in her mind: if you dream in a foreign language, it means that you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and she hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English. One day, Tim, one of the worst students in her class, came up to he

37、r and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework He said that he had gone to bed early and had slept badly. Pat was quite angry with him, for she did not think that his explanation had anything to do with his homework But Tim told her that he dreamed all night and his dream was inEnglish

38、. uIn English! n Pat thought She was greatly surprised, since Tim was such a bad student She was also secretly jealous Her dreams were still not inSpanish, but she decided to encourage her student and asked him to tell her about his dream.uAll the people in my dream spoke English, ” Tim said “And al

39、l the signs were in English All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English. ”But that * s wonderful, ” said Pat. What did all the people say to you” she askedT m sorry. Miss Jones, Thats why I slept so badly all through the night I didn t understand a word they said It was

40、a nightmare!n Tim answered.Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Describe one of the most unpleasant dreams you ve ever hadTask3: Role-playingStudent A: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden You try to dis

41、cuss this problem with student B You think that parents should pay tuition for their children since college students do not yet have any regular incomeStudent B: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden You try to

42、 discuss this problem with student A. Your opinion is that it is unfair to put this big burden on parents since college students are already adults Students themselves should find ways to pay their own tuition.2006：Taskl: Retelling a story A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some i

43、tems in front of him When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty glass jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top, rocks about two inches in diameter He then asked the students if the jar was full.They agreed that it was.The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and pou

44、red them into the jar He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open spaces between the rocks The students laughed He asked his students again if the jar was fulL They agreed: yes, it wasThe professor then picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jarOf course,the sand f

45、illed up all the remainingspace.Now. ”said the professor, “I want you torecognize thatthis is your life. ”The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner, your health, your children - anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed The pebbles

46、are the other t hings in life tha t mat ter, but on a smaller scale The pebbles represent things like your 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 your life If you sp

47、end all your energy and time on the small stuff, or material things, you will never haveroom for the things that are truly most important Pay attention to the things that are critical in your life. Play with your children Take your partner out dancing Talk with your parents There wi 11 always be tim

48、e to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposa 1. Take care of the rocks first 一 the t hings that really mat ter. Set your priorities The rest is just pebbles and sand They will take care of themselves”Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections: Describe a lesson you have l

49、earned which has enriched your life experienceTask3: Role-playingStudent A: You and your friend are discussing whatyou are going to do together during this coming summer vacation. Your friend prefers to work in a big company to earn some money You prefer to do some voluntary work for society You try

50、 to persuade each other by giving various reasons Remember you will initiate the conversation.Student B: You and your friend are discussing what you are going to do together during this coming summer vacation- Your friend prefers to do some voluntary work for society. You prefer to work in a big com

51、pany to earn some money. You try to persuade each other by giving various reasons Remember your partner will initiate the conversation.2007:Taskl: Retelling a storyAnne was a science teacher in a primary schoolShe loved her job and believed very strongly inpractical work as a means of teaching scien

52、ce effectively. Once she decided to show her pupils parents how well their children were learning Todemonstrate the effectiveness of her methods she invited all the parents to come to the school to see the results of one of the children* s experiments. She scheduled this eve nt for a Saturday evenin

53、g, so all of the parents would be sure to come The children were studying how plants grow. To see this process for themselves the students had planted four pots of beans They had put poor soil in one pot to see what effect this would have on the growth of the beans The other three pots of beans had

54、good soil, but one pot had been placed in a dark room for several days and another pot was not watered for the same length of time In this way the children were learning the effects of soil, water and sunlight on the growth of plants At the end of the lesson on Friday afternoon, Anne put labels on t

55、he four pots One label said, “The beans in this pot were planted in poor scdl ” Another one said, “This pot has been kept in the dark for four days ” The third label read, uThese beans have had no water for four days ” And the last one went like this: uThese beans have had good soil, plenty of light

56、 and regular water v Then she went home She returned to school on Saturday evening, half an hour before the parents were due to come She was surprised to find a note beside the pots It said: We read your notes to the school cleaning staff and decided to help them with your plants, so we watered all

57、the plants, changed the earth in one with poor soil, and left the light on above the one that had been left in the dark for four days We hope that the plants will now grow better. ” Signed “The Boy Scouts.Task2: Talking on a given topicDirections : Talk about an experience you have had in which you

58、tried to help someone but actually caused troubleTask3: Role-playingStudent A: Nowadays lots of college students takeall kinds of tests to get different kinds of certificates You think it necessary because these certificates are useful in helping the students find good jobs But your partner doesn t agree with you. Try to convince him/her Remember you should start the conversation.Student B: Nowadays lots of college students take all kind of tests to get