英语口语测试评分参考标准 (II 级)

1、英语口语测试评分参考标准 （II 级）一、段落背诵 ( 5分 )1背诵完整、流利3分2语音、语调正确、自然 2分二、回答问题 ( 5分 )1回答切题1分2表达完整、流利，语义连贯2分3用词正确、贴切，词汇较丰富，语句结构较复杂2分每人口试时间：5分钟 Oral Test ( Band II )Examiners MaterialPart I ( 2 minutes)Examiner:Good morning (afternoon ), .Could you please come here and draw your lot? Oh, its Unit . Now please recite

2、.Part II ( 3 minutes ) Examiner:Ok, now Id like you to answer some questions based on Unit . You will have three minutes to talk about the questions. Dont worry if I interrupt you at the end of the time limit.( 5 minutes later )Thats the end of the test. Thank you.Part I RecitationPart II Questions

3、for Oral Test (Band II)Unit 11. What does the text begin with? What exactly is it?(The text begins with an anecdote/incident. The story goes like this:)2. What was the authors assigned task in China? ( To investigate the ways of early childhood education (especially in arts), and to throw light on C

4、hinese attitudes to creativity.)3. What would the author and his wife do when their 18-month-old son, Benjamin, failed to put the key into the slot? And how would Chinese staff members of the hotel respond to it?(They usually did nothing and allowed the boy to keep trying by himself. Any Chinese sta

5、ff member nearby would come over to watch Benjamin and, noting his lack of initial success, attempt to assist.) 4. What were Howard Gardners explanations to their attitude to the key-slot incident? (The critical point was that, in the process, they were trying to teach children that one can solve a

6、problem effectively by oneself. Such self-reliance is a principal value of child rearing in middle-class America.)5. Why did the authors colleagues in China think it good to teach by holding his hand in performing simple tasks? (Because they think children can learn the simple skills faster, which s

7、aves time for them to proceed to more complex activity.)6. Why do American people care more about the self-reliance in any task than about its success? ( Because they think life is a series of situations one has to think ans explore by himself.)7. What did the author mean by saying this incident was

8、 key in more than one sense? (This incident reflected the important differences in the educational and artistic practies in America and China.)8. What is Chinese tradition in education? (In the best Chinese tradition, they were ba zhe shou jiaoteaching by holding his hand. Learning should take place

9、 by continual careful shaping and molding.)9. How do American and Chinese people differ in their attitudes to creativity? (In terms of attitudes to creativity there seems to be a reversal of priority: Westerners making their boldest departure first and then gradually mastering the tradition; and you

10、ng Chinese being almost inseparable from the tradition, but, over time, possibly evolving to a point equally original.)10.Which does the author think is superior, the Chinese or the American way of teaching? (He thinks neither is superior to the other, and either has its own advantages.)11.What is t

11、he authors suggestion about a better approach to fostering skills and creativity? (People should gather, from the Chinese and American extremes, a superior way to approach education, striking a better balance between the poles of creativity and basic skills.)Topics for Mini Talk 1. What do you think has caused the differences between the Chinese and American educational concepts?2. Gi