托福机经小范围.docx

1、托福机经小范围2014年11月15日托福机经小范围-13套第一小范围第一套:Task TwoDo you agree or disagree the following: we are more informed of the world events than our parents when they were young. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.Sample Answer:Im strongly for the statement. I hold two points to support my

2、stand. Objectively speaking were in the era of globalization. Along with the rapid development of technology, more and more high-tech inventions have come into being such as communications satellites, audio-visual equipments and internet. Today young people can get an easy access to any information

3、by simply searching on the websites. Subjectively speaking young generations today care more about the world events than their parents for their own sake. For example, the world wide economic recession resulted from subprime mortgage crisis. So being in debt and squandering future money is not a ver

4、y wise choice. As previously mentioned, our parents could not be as informed as we are at all.第二套:Task Onedescribe a gift that you want to give someone.Sample Answer:Seriously, I want to give a rose as a regular daily gift to my beloved girl and tell her I love her. Ive read a book Men are from Mars

5、, women are from Venus. From this book, Ive learnt that when women are complaining, theyre not complaining actually, theyre expecting for empathy and being listened attentively. When women repeatedly ask you Do you love me? That is not because they are diffident but making sure they are still worth

6、your caring and love. That is what Venusians usually do. Women dont care about how successful that men can be, how much money that men can make. What women want is a regular daily rose and a gentle word I love you.Task Three阅读:学校制定了一项节约电耗的计划(reduceenergyconsumption),准备在图书馆安装节能灯(efficient light bulb)

7、,并且把夏天时空调的温度调高.(turn the heating up)听力:女同学不同意,因为学校另外一个活动中心安装了这种节能灯,发现光线很暗(the light was dim),学生通常不喜欢使用,而且经常把所有的灯都打开,不一定能够节约电耗.另外,空调如果调高,那夏天同学就只有呆在宿舍,但宿舍又很吵,这样以来,学生就没有一个perfect的学习的地方了.Sample Answer:The university plans to install efficient light bulb in and raise the temperature level of the air cond

8、itioner in the library during summer in order to reduce energy consumption.The woman disagrees. First, the student center on campus installed efficient light bulbs already. The light is very dim, so students usually turn on all the lights there, so it wont save energy. Second, itll be very hot to st

9、udy in the library during summer. Students can only stay in the dorms, but it is very noisy. In this case, there wont be any perfect place for students to study in.Task FourGeneral的观点，humanbehavior是consistsofaserialofsimplebehavior。有一种方法叫behavior chaining，教授给个例子，他给她女儿教的洗手动作分解：(divide motions up into

10、 a series of steps) 1.开水龙头，2.把手伸出来，3.打肥皂，4.把手收回，5.关水龙头。然后他女儿就会洗手了。(turn on the tap, put hands out, soap hands, pull hands back and turn off the tap)Sample Answer:The professor gives us an example to illustrate the concept of behavior chaining. For example, one day the professor taught his daughter t

11、o wash hands. He divided motions up into a series of stepsturned on the tap, put hands out, soaped hands, pulled hands back and turned off the tap.Task Five男学生下周有一个Jobinterview,但是他把他的Suit忘在家里了.女同学给他两个建议,一是可以找他的roommate借,问题是roommate的衣服稍微有一点大，looks sluggish.另一个建议是去买一套,但是这就意味这这个男人要把自己本来用来买自行车的钱花掉,而且这个自

12、行车是他一直想要的.问题:请叙述这个男人的问题,并且说明女人给他的建议,你认为那个好?Sample AnswerThe man has a problem. Hes going to a job interview, but he left his suit back in home. There are two solutions available. He could either borrow a suit from his roommate or buy a new suit.I personally recommend him to buy a new suit. Even he w

13、ants to use this money to buy a bicycle. Look, we have to look upon matters with a long-term perspective. If he gets the job, he could use his wage to buy the bicycle. By contrast, if he borrows his roommates suit which is a litter bigger. He would look sluggish and lose the job opportunity close at

14、 hand.第三套:Task OneDescribe your experience of learning something new. And describe what problem did you meet and how did you solve the problem?Sample Answer:I remember when I was a sophomore, I decided to take up English. It was because in 2005, in China, 3,000,000 graduates were unemployed once the

15、y graduated. As a finance major, I wasnt very optimistic about my career prospects. So I tried to arm myself with more practical skills before entering the competitive society. But learning a second language is not an easy work. It calls for ones life-long endeavor. Pathetically, my endeavor gained

16、me nothing but humiliation and exclusion. But I did it eventually. In order to improve my English, Id been baby-sitting a 1-year-old American girl for more than half a year. Her parents were working for Wall Street English. I talked with the nice couple almost every single day during that period and

17、 imitated.Task Four阅读: vertical migration: animals travel from the surface to the bottom in the ocean.听力: squids:夜里在水表面，为了feed on tiny creatures. 白天光照强，水面上透光，可以引来predator attack. 晚上天黑了，在水面squids invisible, 就来水面吃东西。Sample Answer:The professor gives us an example of squid to illustrate the concept of

18、vertical migration. Squids rise to the surface of the ocean to feed on tiny creatures during the night. Under cover of the night squids can successfully avoid the detection from its predators. But in the daytime, staying near the surface of the ocean would be very dangerous for squids due to the str

19、ong sunlight and the translucent water. Itll leave squids unprotected and pone to be attacked by its predators.Task Sixtwo things ancient human learned to keep the fire burning. 第一，technical knowledge. 发现木头烧完后fire die out.偶然明白木头是燃料，要keep burning, 就要add wood. 这是Technical understanding。第二，social skill

20、s 如果大家同时睡觉，火就灭了，因此明白了合作的重要性，要轮流看火。Sample Answer:The professor is describing two ways by which ancient human kept fire burning.The first way is technical knowledge. Ancient human occasionally found that wood was the fuel to keep fire burning. They had to keep adding wood, or the fire would die out. T

21、he second way is social skills. Ancient human noticed that if they all went to sleep at the same time and no one kept an eye on the fire, the fire would went out. So they realized the importance of cooperation. So they took their turn being on night duty.第四套:Task OneWhich technology has made the gre

22、atest impact on peoples life in your country? Airplane，computer or television. Use specific reasons and examples to support your response.Sample Answer:I strongly confirm that computers made the greatest impact on peoples life in my country. The era of globalization to a great extend attributes to t

23、he rapid development of electronic technique like computer network. Theyve significantly changed our lives. First, in terms of education, computer network makes long-distance education possible. Young generations living in remote regions can get an easy access to better educational resources on the

24、internet, like open-courses from Harvard University or Columbia University. Second, as far as business is concerned, Computer website puts less restriction on time and location. It makes business more flexible. Wechat business has gradually become one of the dominant business models. And on-line sho

25、pping has slipped into peoples lives.Task TwoSome people believe that it is better for children to grow up in big cities. Others believe that it is better for children to grow up in small towns or rural areas. What is your opinion and why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your response.S

26、ample Answer:I strongly confirm that it is better for children to grow up in a big city, a metropolis like Beijing. Here there are better educational resources, more job opportunities and good medical care. It can be proven by the truth that Beijing has over 40% ab extra population. And of course, c

27、hildren might risk suffering air pollution, traffic jam or food safety issues, but you cant have it both ways, right? By contrast, living in rural areas, children-girls in particular, will risk more, because in countryside, people look up to men and down on women. Whats worse, in Chinese countryside

28、, many people believe in a fatuous and sensational superstitious belief that if you want to have a baby boy, you have to prick your baby girl with a needle.Task Three【学校通知】：the university is considering moving the student theater center from campus to the nearby downtown。好处1、downtown theater has a l

29、arger space，and it can contain more audiences。好处2、the new theater will have better technical facilities，so that students can get better light and sound while they are appreciating performances。【学生态度】：男生反对此计划。理由1. audiences in the downtown theater are mainly students。It is quite inconvenient for them

30、 to drive for 20 mins to get there to see performances，so few of them would like to go to the new theater。理由2、the facilities in school theater are quite basic and easy to operate。However, students are not professional and well-trained, and the facilities in downtown theater will be too complex for s

31、tudents to operate。So, students might end up with worse lights and sounds than what they have now。So, better facilities are not necessary。Sample Answer:The university plans to move the student theater from campus to the nearby downtown.The man in the listening disagrees. First, the audience are main

32、ly students. It is quite inconvenient for them to drive 20 minutes to the downtown area to see performances. So students would not like to go to the new theater. Second, the facilities and equipments in the school theater are quite basic and easy to operate. However, students are not professional and well-trained, the facilities in the downtown theater would be too complex for them to operate. So the students might end up with worse lights and sounds than what they h