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1、冰萌2 贡献于2013-05-20TPO 口语答案TPO11. Talk about a book you have read that was important to you for some reason. Explain why the book was important to you. Give specific details and examples to explain your answerRecently, I read a book named Keep the aspidistra flying written by George Orwell. The book i

2、nfluences me a lot because the story has something that touches my heart. The story talks about a man who wants to be a poet and who abandons many well-paying jobs to pursue his dream of being a poet. I have a similar experience of quitting a very good job in order to be a writer. Also, the man in t

3、he story is lack of money because he works as a bookstore assistant and thus has a very low salary. He lives in a shabby apartment and sometimes have no money to buy food. Again, Ive got similar experience. I once lived in a cramped apartment alone and had no money. The book is important to me becau

4、se it touches me and gives me encouragement to persist.2. Some people believe that television has had a positive influence on society. Others believe it has had a negative influence on society. Which do you agree with and why? Use details and examples to explain your opinion.I think television has a

5、 positive influence on society. Its a good source of news. The members in the society can get news easily from News Channels and thus keep themselves informed of whats happening around. Like, my grandfather watches News on TV everyday just to keep up with the latest events.Beside television can be a

6、 kind of entertainment. People can watch different shows on TV such as funny talk shows and soap operas. I have many friends who like watching Late show with David Letterman and some other friends like watching TV series such as Lost and Friends. They all consider TV as a good way of relaxing themse

7、lves and of killing time. So, with the news and same TV programs, people in a society share a lot of things that they can talk about in any event. Therefore, society actually benefits from TV.3. Explain why the woman disagrees with the reasons expressed in the letter.The writer of the letter opposes

8、 the universitys plan to acquire a new sculpture because the universitys financial condition is poor and the sculpture is so large that itll take up all the green space in front of the campus center. The woman in the conversation thinks the two reasons are totally unconvincing. The woman says its an

9、 anonymous donor who pays the bill of the sculpture not the university so there is no need to worry about the universitys financial condition. As for the point about the space, the woman thinks Paul, the writer of the letter, always plays soccer with his friends on the lawn where the sculpture will

10、be. She thinks Paul just doesnt want to move to another place. For him, its convenience versus sculpture.4. Explain groupthink and its effects using example of the computer company.Groupthink is a process in which individual members of a group conform their ideas to the group consensus even if the r

11、esult may not be well. The professor in the lecture uses his personal experience in a computer company to illustrate this process. Once he and his co-worker suggested to give their computer a design make-over to look cooler in order to attract new customers. At first, the majority supported their su

12、ggestion. But there were a few senior managers who didnt support. Then some supporters changed their mind, so did the professors co-worker. The co-worker changed his mind because he didnt want to make a bad impression on senior managers. He thought disagreeing with them might harm his future promoti

13、on. Then after a long discussion and with more and more people sided with senior managers, the professor himself thought he was the only one whos delaying the decision. Then, he voted against himself. So they all agreed not to have this design make-over. At last, the company lost profit because its

14、competitors came up with good-looking computers and win more customers.5. The speakers discuss two possible solutions to the womans problem. Briefly summarize the problem. Then state which should solution you recommend and explain why.The woman was supposed to drive a bunch of elementary students to

15、 the zoo tomorrow but she didnt rent a van in time and the kids will be disappointed if the trip gets cancelled. The man suggests her to borrow a car from one of her friends. But she has to borrow two cars to hold all the kids and its hard to find another driver. Then the man suggests her to take th

16、e public transportation. He is pretty sure that there is a bus line past the zoo. But the woman thinks its hard to control the kids on the bus. Well personally, I would recommend the woman to take the bus line. Even if the kids are handful, they are still controllable. But there is no guarantee that

17、 she can borrow two cars and find another driver at the same time.6. Using the research described by the professor, explain what scientists have learned about the mathematical abilities of babies.In the lecture the professor describes how scientists learn about babys mathematical abilities. Research

18、ers did an experiment to test babys ability to add that baby knows one plus one equals two. They first put a doll in front of a baby and lowered the screen to hide the doll. So the baby knows its there. Then they clearly put another doll behind the screen so there should be two dolls. But researcher

19、s secretly took one away and when they lift the screen up, the baby was surprised because it expected to see two dolls but there was only one. We know when a baby is surprised, it stares at the thing that makes it feel surprised. The researchers recorded the babys eye-movement with a camera and foun

20、d that the baby stared. So the baby has the ability to add. It knows one doll plus one doll equals two dolls.新托福 TPO 口语参考答案TPO21. Choose a place you go to often that is important to you and explain why it is important. Please include specific details in your explanation.I often go to the basketball

21、court near my apartment. Its very important to me because I play basketball there everyday and basketball is my favorite sport. Ever since I was a little boy, I have been playing in that court with my friends. When in junior high, I practiced shooting and dribbling in that court nearly everyday till

22、 late at night. Besides, the court is the reminder of an awful lot of my valuable memories. I still can remember that how I started out shooting badly and then after several weeks practice, I could shoot well and dribbled well. I can also remember many friends with whom I played basketball and form

23、teams. Without that court, I couldnt possibly make so many friends. So its very important to me.2. Some college students choose to take courses in a variety of subject areas in order to get a broad education. Others choose to focus on a single subject area in order to have a deeper understanding of

24、that area. Which approach to course selection do you think is better for students and why?Well, I think taking a wide variety of courses is better for students. Because, first of all, I think undergraduate study is meant for broadness. Students had better broaden their horizon and prevent themselves

25、 from being narrow-minded. Second of all, I think before students find their “true love”, I mean, the subject they really want to go deep into, they should probably extend their study field and taste different subjects in various areas so as to identify the “true love”. Take myself as an example, my

26、 major is software engineering in the college, but I took various courses outside my major field. Then I found out that I was more interested in literature than in computer and software. So literature is my “true love”.I think it depends on the students themselves. If a student doesnt know his or he

27、r interest. Its better for them to take a variety of courses so as to taste various kinds of subjects to find their interest. Take myself as an example, my major is software engineering in the college, but I took various courses outside my major field. Then I found out that I was more interested in

28、literature than in computer and software. So literature is my interest. If a student already know what he likes and what he needs to learn. Then taking many different classes will be a little bit waste of time. Its better for this student to concentrate on his or her interest. For instance, I dont t

29、hink Bill Gates need to take courses other than computer science when in Harvard, coz he knew what he liked and what he wanted. He already knew his interest.3. The man expresses his opinion of the universitys plan to eliminate the bus service. State his opinion and explain the reasons he gives for h

30、olding that opinion.The university has decided to stop its free bus service because not very many students ride the bus and plans to use the money saved to expand the overcrowded parking lots. But the man in the conversation doesnt like the plan. As for the point about few students riding the bus, t

31、he man says its because the bus routes are out of date. The bus only goes through the places that are too expensive for students to live. If the buses change route and the man thinks there will be plenty of students taking those buses. The man also disagrees with the universitys plan to expand the p

32、arking lots. He thinks the plan will encourage more students to drive, which will add noise and create more traffic. Then theyll need more parking space. He thinks the university should make it easier for students to take the public buses not the other way around.4. Explain how the examples of tying shoes and learning to type demonstrate the principle of audience effects.The principle of audience effects is that individuals performance is affected by the knowledge that others are watching them. The professor uses examples of tying shoes and learning to type to dem