专四口语考试历真题

1、语 考 试 历 年来源：爱思英语日期：2010-05-03 阅读匕U34826 次 作者：评论条划词已启用进入论坛投稿 - - -2002 TEM4 Oral English Test PaperTask I: Liste n to the recorded passage twice and the n retell it.Whenever Mr. Smith goes to Westgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of its name, it is really not very gra nd, but it is cheap, c

2、lea n, and comfortable. Since he knows the manager well, he never has to go to the trouble 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 usua

3、l room, but the manager added apologetically that it might be a little no isy. So great was the dema nd for rooms, the man ager 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 t

4、o its n ame.During the first day Mr. Smith hardly noticed the noise at all. The room was a little dusty, but that was n atural. The followi ng after noon, he borrowed a book from the hotel library and went upstairs to read. No sooner had he sat dow n tha n he heard some one hammeri ng loudly at the

5、wall. At first he paid no attention, but after a while he began to feel very un comfortable. His clothes were slowly being covered with fine white powder. Soon there was so much dust in the room that he bega n to cough. The hammeri ng was now louder than ever and bits of plaster were coming away fro

6、m the walls. It looked as though the whole building was going to fall. Mr. Smith went immediately to complain 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 rather embarrassed for having dragged the manager all

7、 the way up the stairs for no thi ng. All of a sudde n, the hammeri ng bega n aga in and a large brick Ian ded on the floor. Look ing up, they saw a sharp metal tool had forced its way through the wall, making a very large hole right above the bed! (355 words)Task II: Talk based on a give n topic.De

8、scribe an embarrassing situation in which you got very angry.Task III: Carry out a conversation with your partner based on a given situation.The geology department of a major university is planning to admit 30 male and 5 female stude nts. However, the results of the college entrance exam in ati on s

9、how that by average, of all the applica nts, females have scored higher tha n most males. Should the departme nt stick to its original plan?Student A: You think the department should still stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your part ner. Remember you should start the con ver

10、sati on.Student B: You DONT think the department should stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your part ner. Remember your part ner will start the conv ersati on.全国高校英语专业四级口试考题Task 1 Retell a storyYou will listen to the story twice, and after that you should retell the story imm

11、ediately within three minutes 。(录音原文)A philosophy professorstood before his class and had some items in front of him. Whe n class bega n,wordlessly he picked up a large empty glass jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top, rocksabout 2 in ches in diameter.He the n asked the stude nts

12、if it was full . They agreed that it was.TheHe s hook the jar lightly, theThe stude nts laughed. He asked the Therprpekedrup a box of sand Now, said the professor,professor the n picked a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. pebbles of course rolled into the ope n spaces betwee n the rocks.s

13、tude nts aga in if the jar was full. They agreed: Yes, it was.and poured it into the jar. Of course the sand filled up all the remaining space.want you to recog nize that this is your life. The rocks are the importa nt thi ngs,your family, your part ner,your health, your children, anything that is s

14、o important to you thatif it were lost, you will be destroyed.The pebbles represe nt thingsThe pebbles are the other things in life that matter but on a smaller scale.like your job, your house, your car.The sand is everythi ng else, the small staff.If you put the sand and pebbles into the jar first,

15、 there is noroom for the rocks. The same goes for your life. It you spent all your energy and time on the small staff or material thi ngs; you will n ever have room for the things that are truly most importa nt.Pay atte nti on tothe things that arecritical in your life, play with your children, take

16、 your partner out dancing, talk withyour parents. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. Take care of the rocks fist, the things that are really matter. Set your priorities. The rest isjust p ebbles and sand. They will take care of themsel

17、ves.(331 words)Task 2 Talk based on the give n topic.on the give n topic.You will have three minutes to prepare and three minutes to talk Topic: Describe a less on you lear ned that has en riched your life experie nee.Task 3 Carry out a eon versati on with your part ner based on the give n situati o

18、n.You will be give n a sheet which contains a specific situati on and a specified role you are expected to play.Read the sheet carefully. You will have 3 mi nutes fro preparati on.(3 mi nutes)Now beg in your con versati on. The time limit is4 mi nutesStude nt A: You think that uni versity stude nts

19、should have PE (Physical Trainin g)class, which helpsthem in many ways, such as develop goodcharacter etc.Student B: You argue that PE (Physical Training)class should Not be compulsory to universitystude nts.2003 TEM4 Oral En glish Test PaperTask I: Liste n to the recorded passage twice and the n re

20、tell it.Just as Jane was joyfully expect ing her first child, her active,en ergetic mother bega n los ing her battle with a brain disease. For tenyears, the fiercelyindependent and courageous mother had fought, but noneof the surgeries or treatme nts had bee n successful. At only fifty-five, she bec

21、ame totally disabled-un able to speak, walk, eat or dress on herown.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 n ever know each other. Her fear seemed well-founded.A few weeks before her duedate, her moth

22、er lapsed into a deep coma. The doctors did not hold any hope. It was useless to put in a feeding tube, they said, for Mother would n ever awake n. 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 in side her.On F

23、ebruary 3, 1989, at about the same time Jane bega n to feel birthpains, Mother ope ned her eyes. Jane called home.Mom, listen. My baby is coming! Youre going to have a newgrandchild.Do you un dersta nd?Y es, Mother an swered.What a won derful word! The first clear word shed spoke n in mon ths.By the

24、 time Jane brought her son home, her mother was sitting in herchair, dressed and ready to welcome the baby. For two weeks, Motherclucked, smiled and held the n ew-bor n baby. The n she quietly becameuncon scious and, after visits from all her childre n, wasfin ally freeofthe pa in.For Jane, memories

25、 of her sons birth will always be bittersweet, butit was at this time that she learned an important truth about living. While both joy and sorrow pass quickly, and often cometogether at the sametime, love has the power to overcome both. And love can last forever. (317 words)Task II: Talk based on a

26、give n topic.Tell a story that illustrates the n eed for love.Task III: Carry out a con versati on with your part ner based on a give nsituati on.Stude nt A: You will be traveli ng later this week and you are won deri ng about the adva ntages and safety of flying. Rece nt news reports of air crashes

27、 have madeyou nervous and you cannot decide if it is safe to travel by airpla ne. You turn to your frie nd for advice about whether you should go by air or by train. He/She tried to persuade you to take a flight by listi ng some adva ntages. Eve ntually, you refuse to accept his/her opinion and make

28、 your own decisi on.Student B: One of your friends is taking a trip later this week and he/she is un decided about whether to travel by air or by train. Not knowing what to do, your friend comes to you for advice. You try to persuade your friend to take a flight in spite of reports of air crashes. E

29、ventually, you fail to convince him/her and your frie nd buys a train ticket in stead.2004 TEM4 Oral English Test PaperTask I: Retell a storyWhe n she was 22 years old Pat Jones decided that she wan ted to travel around the world and see as many foreig n places as she could while she was young. Whe

30、n she finished college at home in Britain Pat chose to visit Latin America first, so she man aged to get a job as an En glish teacher in a sec on dary school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spani sh, so she was able to com muni cate with her stude nts eve n though they did not know much En glish.A se

31、ntence she had once read somewhere stuck in her mind: if you dream in a foreig nIan guage, it means that you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence toher stude nts and she hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in En glish.One day Tim, one of the worst stude

32、nts in her class, came up to her and expla inedin 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 thi nk that his expla nati on had any thi ng to do with his homework. But Tim told her that he dreamed

33、 all ni ght and his dream was in En glish.In English! Pat thought. She was greatly surprised, since Tim was such a bad student. She was also secretly jealous. Her dreams were still not in Spanish, but she decided to en courage her stude nt and asked him to tell her about his dream.All the people in my dream spoke En glish, Tim said. And all the sig ns were inEngli