09口语试题

Part 1 Passage Reciting （学生任选两段）

Instruction: In this part, you are required to recite two paragraphs from our ‘Reading, Writing & Translation’ Textbook.

Note: Students’ performance will be judged in terms of accuracy, fluency, pronunciation and intonation.

Part 2 Long-turn Talk （老师随机抽题）

Instruction: Now in the next part of the interview, you will be asked to give a lecture based on the following topics. Pay attention that you need to keep talking for at least two minutes. Before you start talking, you’ve got one minute to think about what you are going to say.

Note: Students’ performance will be judged in terms of fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammar range and accuracy, pronunciation. Exact same answers from different students will be taken as cheating.

1. How is your campus life? How do you balance your life and study? 2. Can you describe your character? Taking your character into consideration, what do you think is a kind of job suitable for you in the future?

3. Gossip and rumors are almost everywhere. What do you think are the reasons for people to spread gossip and rumors? And how do you deal with them?

4. Our life is filled with advertisements all the time. What’s your opinion about the advertising industry?

5. Did you have a class reunion after you graduated from high school? If you did have one, how was this going? If not, tell us your plans for a

class reunion in the future?

6. What are your plans about the following semester’s study? Do you think it is possible for you to accomplish your plans?

7. Christmas is coming, and why do you think Christmas is so popular in China?

8. What do you think is the best way to control anger? How do you usually control anger?

9. If you are asked to make a choice between taking a job and furthering your study, which one will you choose? Where would you go? Why?

10. Are you satisfied with your campus life? If you are asked to write some of your suggestions to the president about improving students’ campus life, what would you say?

11. Up till now, what is the most unforgettable experience happened to you on campus? Why?

12. Do you think “body language” is necessary for communication? Why? Can you tell about the appropriate and inappropriate body language in communication?

13. There are many sports that are popular around the world. What do you think is the most popular sport across the world? Why? 14. Choose a celebrity you like best and tell about his biography. 15. Imagine you are the teacher of English. You are blamed for the poor

performance of your students on the tests. What do you think are the potential problems?

16. Imagine you work in the International Student Department of your university. Now you are to talk to an international student about your department. What would you say to him or her?

17. Different countries have different cultures. Tell about the interesting and surprising customs you know about different cultures.

18. We all work or will work in our jobs with many different kinds of people. In your opinion, what are some important characteristics of a co-worker? Use reasons and specific examples to explain why these characteristics are important.

19. What is a very important skill a person should learn to be successful in the world today? Choose one skill and use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.

20. Some people say that the Internet provides people with a lot of valuable information. Others think access to so much information creates problems. Which view do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.