专四口语考试历年真题

1、专四口语考试历年真题来源：爱思英语 日期：2010-05-03 阅读34826 次 作者：评论1条 划词已启用 进入论坛 投稿2002 TEM4 Oral En glish Test PaperTask I: Liste n to the recorded passage twice and the n retell it.WheneverMr. Smith goes to Westgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of its name, it is really not very "grand," but it is

2、 cheap, clean, and comfortable. Since he knows the man ager well, he n ever has to go to the trouble of reserving a room. The fact is that he always gets the sameroom. 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

3、 his usual room, but the manager added apologetically that it might be a little noisy. 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 l

4、ive up to 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

5、 at the 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 tha n ever and bits of plaster were coming

6、away from 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 everyth ing wasvery quiet. As they stood therelooking at each other, Mr. Smith felt rather embarrassed for having dragged the manag

7、er all the way up the stairs for nothing. All of a sudden, 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

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

9、 show that by average, of all the applica nts, females have scored higher than most males. Should the department stick to its original plan ?Student A: You think the department should still stick to the originalpla n, and you should try to convince your part ner. Remember you should start the conv e

10、rsatio n.Student B: You DON'T think the department should stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remembeyour partner will start the conv ersatio n.全国高校英语专业四级口试考题Task 1 Retell a storyYou will liste n to the story twice, and after that you should retell the story

11、immediately within three mi nu tes。(录音原文)A philosophy professor stood 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 proceededto fill it withrocks right to the top, rocks about 2 inches in diameter.He thenasked the students

12、if it was full . They agreed that it was. The professor then picked a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly, the pebbles of course rolled into the ope n spaces betwee n the rocks.The stude nts laughed. Heasked the students again if the jar was full. Theyagreed: Yes, i

13、t was. ' Theprofessorthen picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course thesand filled up all the remaining space.Now,' said the professor, 'I want youto recognize that this is your life. The rocks are the important things, your family, your partner,your health, your chil

14、dren,anything that is so important to you thatif it were lost, you will be destroyed. The pebbles are the other things in life that matter but on a smaller scale.The pebbles represe nt things likeyour job,your house, your car.The sand is everyth ing else, the small staff.If you put the sand and pebb

15、les intothe jar first, there is no room for the rocks.The same goes for your life. It youspent all your energy and time on the small staff or material things; you will never have room for the things that are truly most important.Pay attentionto the thingsthat are critical in your life,play with your

16、 childre n, take your partner outdancing, talk with your 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 is just pebbles and sand. They will take c

17、are of themselves.'(331 words)Task 2 Talk based on the give n topic.You will have three minutes to prepare and three minutes to talk on the given topic.Topic: Describe a less on you leanned that has en riched your life experie nee.Task 3 Carry out a con versati on with your partner based on the

18、give n situati on.You will be given a sheet which contains a specific situation and a specified role you are expected to play. Read the sheet carefully. You will have 3 minu tes fro preparatio n.(3 min utes)Now begi n your con versati on. The time limit is4 mi nu tesStude nt A: You think that uni ve

19、rsity stude nts should have PE (PhysicalTraining)class, which helps them in many ways, such as develop good character etc.Student B: You argue that PE (Physical Training)class should Not be compulsory touni versity stude nts.2003 TEM4 Oral En glish Test PaperTask I: Listen to the recorded passage tw

20、ice and then retell it.Just as Jane was joyfullyexpecting her first child, her active,en ergetic mother bega n los ing her battle with a brain disease.For ten years, the fiercely in depe ndent and courageous motherhad fought, but none of the surgeries or treatme nts had bee nsuccessful. At only fift

21、y-five, she became totallydisabled-un able to speak, walk, eat or dress on her own.As the mother grew closer and closer to death, the baby grewcloser and closer to life. Jane was afraid that her mother andher baby would n ever know each other. Her fear seemedwell-founded.A few weeks before her due d

22、ate, her mother lapsedinto a deep coma. The doctors 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, talk ing about the baby mov ing in s

23、ide her.On February 3, 1989, at about the sametime Jane began to feel birth pains, Mother ope ned her eyes. Jane called home."Mom, liste n. My baby is coming! Yo u're going to have a new gran dchild. Do you un dersta nd""Y es," Mother an swered.What a won derful word! The fir

24、st clear word she'd spoke n inmon ths.By the time Jane brought her son home, her mother was sitting in her chair, dressed and ready to welcome the baby. For two weeks, Mother clucked, smiled and held the n ew-bor n baby. Then she quietly became uncon scious and, after visits from all her childre

25、 n, was fin ally free of the pain.For Jane, memories of her son's birth will always be bittersweet, but it was at this time that she lear ned an importa nt truth about liv ing. While both joy and sorrow pass quickly, and often come together at the same time, love has the power to overcome both.

26、And love can last forever. (317 words)Task II: Talk based on a give n topic.Tell a story that illustrates the n eed for love.Task III: Carry out a con versati on with your partner based ona give n situati on.Stude nt A: You will be traveli ng later this week and you arewondering about the advantages

27、 and safety of flying. Recent news reports of air crashes have made you n ervous and you cannot decide if it is safe to travel by airplane. Youturn to your friend for advice about whether you should go by air or by train. He/She tried to persuade you to take a flight by listing someadva ntages. Eve

28、ntually, you refuse to accept his/her opinionand make your own decisi on.Stude nt B: One of your frie nds is tak ing a trip later this weekand he/she is undecided 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 t

29、o take a flight in spite of reports of air crashes. Eventually,you fail to convince him/her and yourfriend buys a train ticket in stead.2004 TEM4 Oral English Test PaperTask I: Retell a storyWhenshe was 22 years old Pat Jones decided that she wan ted to travel around the world and see as manyforeign

30、 places as she could while she was young.When she finished college at home in Britain Pat chose to visit LatinAmerica first, so she man aged to get a job as an En glish teacher in asec on dary school in Bolivia.Pat spoke a little Spani sh, so she was ableto com muni cate with her stude nts eve n tho

31、ugh they did not know muchEn glish.A sentence she had once read somewhere stuck in her mind: if you dream in a foreig n Ian guage, it means that you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and she hoped that somedayshe would dream in Spa nish and they would dream in En gl

32、ish.One day Tim, one of the worst students in her class, came up to her and expla ined 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 thi nk that his expla nati on had any thi ng to do with his ho

33、mework. But Tim told her that he dreamed all ni ght and his dream was in En glish."In English!"Pat thought. She was greatly surprised, since Tim was sucha bad stude nt. She was also secretly jealous. Her dreams were still not in Spanish, but she decided to encourage her student 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 in English. All the newspapers and magazines and all t