4月18日托福考前预测

武汉新航道李萌

独立写作 Independent Writing

 

1. Which is the most important for you to choose a living space? Living in an area not expansive, living close to relatives, living in an area with many shops and restaurants.

 

2. Many high school students are doing a lot of school work already. Some people believe that students should help their parents with household chores, since it’s the best way to give them a sense of responsibility.

 

3. Do you agree or disagree: People living in small villages are more satisfied with their life than those who live in cities.

 

4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Society benefits more from works of great artists than from political leaders.

 

5. Some people think that athletes and entertainers should become politicians, while other people think that athletes and entertainers should not be involved in politics. Which do you prefer and why?

 

6. Do you agree or disagree that parents should make suggestion to the teacher if parents find the teaching method is not right?

 

7. Do you agree or disagree with the followingstatement? Printed books have greater effects on society than television has.

 

8. People should state their honest opinionseven though they know others will disagree with their views.

 

9. Do you agree or disagree with the followingstatement: Workers would be much happier if they are doing different types oftasks during their workday than doing the same task.

 

10. In order toattract good students, many university spent a lot of money in society activities, do youagree or disagree.

 

 

综合写作 Integrated Writing

 

1.Reading：The article introduced a kind of plant which called GM (Gene Modification) crop. It has three major benefits:

1. It is good for the environment because it has the resist-gene. Using GM crop can reduce the use of pesticide.

2. It can help poor farmers around the world. GM crop can also have good yield in dry season which will profit the farmer.

3. GM plant can add missing nutrients for people in specific area. For example people eating a lot rice lack of Vitamin A, so GM rice which had added Vitamin A in it can help people gain what they missed.

 

Listening：The lecture totally disagreed in those three aspects:

1. If the resist-gene is got by the wild crop, it will grow out of control which brings more damage to the environment.

2. Those GM crop cannot help farmers economically because they need to buy those GM seeds every year instead of using the seeds they got from the last season. It is more costly.

3. The Vitamin A added in the rice is not enough. The more efficient way to deal with this problem is encouraging those people eating more vegetable like sweet potato.

 

2.阅读：如何防止鸟不撞上建筑物

1:单一光线玻璃。

2.彩色的玻璃。

3.导航指引方向

 

听力：反对：

1，鸟以为是镜子，同样会撞上

2:找缝隙撞到没有颜色的玻璃上

2:导航在短距离没有效果

 

3.阅读如何防止鸟不撞上建筑物

1.单一光线玻璃。

2.彩色的玻璃。

3.导航指引方向

 

听力反对所有观点：

1.鸟以为是镜子，同样会撞上

2.找缝隙撞到没有颜色的玻璃上

3.导航在短距离没效果。

 

4.

关于用IVR(Interactive VoiceResponse，交互式语音应答系统，whichusing recorded machine)调查survey与用传统的电话调查的比较，阅读和听力中意见相悖。

组：

Reading人们面对只是机器调查，更加诚实。

Lecture教授反对，notaccurate, 举例说，如果被问你的收入多少，becauseeven it is a recording machine人们知道调查的只是机器,but people who are surveyed still know that they will be evaluated by realpeople, and be analyzed by their answers他们知道他们的调查还是要被Realperson分析的, so they will be stilluncomfortable.'

 

第二组：

阅读：IVR can reach larger groupof people。

Lecture教授反对，notreliable, even the survey company can save money to employ fewer interviewers,but people will finish their survey whenever they want, 人家不想回答随时都能end。While with real people,they will be encouraged to finish the whole survey which will be more reliable.

 

第三组：

阅读：可以避免voicefactor。

Lecture教授反对，notobjective. the simple recorded voice and the same regional accents is useful tolet people more object, because different people will have different ideasabout the same voice and accents.

 

5.托福机经阅读说，一个TLP的现象，就是观察月光以判断EVENTS什么的。但是呢，这个现象不靠谱啊。
1. 这个光有可能是因为器械的随机错误造成的呀。可能是望远镜啊啥的。
2. 可能是METEORS STRIKING 啥的（这词记不清）造成的。
3. 可能是 ROCKS 造成的
 

那LECTURE就说：
你个托福机经阅读才不靠谱咧。
1。要是真是器械随机误差造成，那么REPORTS应该也显示光反射的随机性哇，就是EVERYWHERE咯！可是咧，据我所知噢，明明就只出现在俩特别的地方嘛。一点也不随机。
2. 你那个 METEORS STRIKING虽然发生，但是这个只发生 1 秒好伐？但是 TLP在月亮上头有20分钟哎...
3. 虽然你个石头有可能反光，但是吧，那个月球本身的光照要亮好多吧多...那个ROCK的是很WEAK的。

 

6.综合写作是GM plant。阅读段子里说它好，因为

1）可以导入抗虫基因，少用杀虫剂，有利于保护环境

2）可以耐干旱，在非洲种的话可以提高农民收入

3）可以让大米里含更多维生素A，防止维A缺乏。

 

听力部分认为GM的好处被夸大了，因为

1）这种基因如果扩散到野草里，那野草也该疯长了，一样破坏生态平衡

2）农民往往用去年的种子播种，用GM种子的话就得年年买新种子，多花的钱也许比多赚的还多

3）含维生素A的蔬菜有的是，含量还比这种GM大米高，为什么不建议人们吃蔬菜就得了。

 

7.阅读：ZF对一些公司提供incentive的政策(比如减少税收)，来引资。举了三个好处。
1.在那些unemployment比较严重的地区，可以提供就业职位。
2.可以促进该地区的general development.
3.那些公司可以提供一些高薪水的职位。
 

听力：完全驳斥。
1.不可能。因为那些职位都被skilled worker coming from other areas占据了。而当过几年那些factory倒闭的时候，unemployment的情况会更严重。
2.不可能。打了一个学校的比喻。一个学校吸引了很多学生来读书，但是不可能扩展很rapidly,因为缺钱，而缺钱正是因为ZF减少了那些企业的税收。
3.不可能。举了一个例子。一些公司签订了协议要给1万刀的月薪给他的worker，但是事实上只有very few superior得到高薪，大部分人还是只拿average localsalary,所以对normal employee一点帮助都没有。
政府招商引资。阅读说好，可以降低失业率，提升总体水平，通过和企业协定还可以保证较高的工资。听力反驳说失业率不能解决，因为工作提供给外来的技术人员；外来人员带来小孩受教育，但是招商引资少收税，没钱建学校导致拥挤；最后说平均工资是提高了，但是只是管理层的高了。

 

8. Reading: 有个作品一直认为是古董的，后来发现是米开朗基罗forge的

1. 他以前伪造过可能再伪造；

2. 他有个画和这个作品很像；

3. 他为了多赚钱造假。

 

Listening: 反对：

1. 伪造是很早发生的事情，后来大家都认为他又能力，没必要再伪造了；

2. 相像可能是巧合还是有不少地方不一样的；

3. 造假太冒险了，没必要。

 

9.Reading: Asian carp, in the Greek Lakes, that has too much will damage the local environment. There are three measures to prevent ：

1. Build a wall;

2. Use electrical devices;

3. Two-step measure. First, use poison kill all the fish, second, reintroduce the local species.

 

Listening: disagree

1. Factories near the lake, they use cargos and ships there. It will cost a lot. Ships upload on one side of the wall, and another ship reload at the other side.

2. Small fish still could swim through the device, they grow up and reproduce in lakes.

3. Drastic. No prediction, cannot ensure not pollute the lakes in the future.

 

10. Reading：natural gas开采的应该减少，原因:

1. 不是干净能源，会排放温室气体；

2. 产生污水；

3. 噪音和光影响社区。

 

Listening:进行一一反驳

1. 确实不是干净能源，但是风能太阳能不能满足现在需要，而且天然气产生的温室气体是煤的一半;

2. 污水不被吸到地面也会渗透地底同样污染水源;

3. 开采管道都会off社区，还有公司会给钱，这些钱可以改善社区环境。

 

 

独立口语Independent Speaking – S12

 

 

1. S1 As we are facing serious environmental problems, what suggestions would you give on how to save our planet?

 

S2 Are you willing to carefully choose the gift which your friends like or choose whatever gift you like? Explain with specific reasons and details.

 

2. S1 Among the following three types of professions, which do you think makes the most important contribution to society? Primary school teacher, nurse, artist.

 

3. S2 Some people prefer to live in a place most of their life. Other people prefer to move to different places. Which do you prefer and why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your response.

 

4. S1 Which of the following activities would you do with friends rather than alone? A. taking a walk B. watching a movie C. traveling.

 

S2 When going on vacations, some people prefer to go camping in tents, others prefer to stay in hotels. Which do you think is better?

 

5. S1 Describe your favourite area in your city. Please offer your explanation and details.

 

S2 When you have questions, do you prefer to ask advisor for help or search it through internet or library? Why?

 

6. S2 Do you like jobs with opportunities to interact with people, or do you prefer to work without contact with real people? Please explain your preference with specific reasons.

 

7. S1 What do you think is ONE of the most important characteristics that a teacher should have? Use reasons and specific examples to explain why this characteristic is important.

 

S2 Some people prefer to make friends with people who have similar interests to theirs. Others prefer to make friends with people who have different interest to theirs. Which kind of friend do you prefer for yourself? Why?

 

8. S2 Some people think that innate talent is important to a sportsman. Others think that working hard is more important. What is your opinion and why? Include details and examples in your explanation.

 

9. S1 What are some important effects of the worldwide availability of the Internet on modern people’s life? Use specific details and examples to support your response?

 

S2 Some students prefer to go to universities or colleges in their own cities or towns. Others prefer to go to universities or colleges in new cities or towns. Which do you prefer and why? Include details and examples inyour explanation.

 

10. S1 Nowadays, air pollution is a common problem in many places. What can people do to reduce air pollution? Include reasons and details to support your response.

 

11. S2 Which do you think is the more important quality for someone to be successful, taking risks or making safe decisions? Please give your reasons.

 

12. S2 Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Teachers should make their lessons fun.

 

13. S2 Here are two jobs with equal amount of time and pay. One you need to work with other employees in a group and the other requires you to work individually. Which do you prefer?

 

14. S1 Describe a skill you have already learned and want to improve. Describe what you plan to do to improve it.

 

S2 Advertisements have too much influence on consumers' choices. What's your opinion on it? Please give reasons to support your response.

 

15. S1 Among the following three activities, which do you think has the most benefits for students? 1. A field trip 2. A home tutoring session 3. A presentation given by a local leader

 

S2 Some people consider going to the gym a priority in their life, while others go to the gym only when they have time. Which do you think is better and why?

 

综合口语Integrated Speaking – S3456

 

 

1. S3 Reading: 学校policy 让所有大一新生明年统一搬到 baster dormitory，其他年级的搬到其他宿舍，原因是这样更有利于大一学生在一起，经历同样问题可以一起商量解决，更好度过大一。

 

Listening: 男是支持的态度：1.结合他自己经历，当年他大一小屁孩一个碰到问题没人问很郁闷，现在他想小娃子聚到一起商量肯定好得多。2某女问他那你不得搬家到其他宿舍吗，他说不要紧我搬到个更新的宿舍地儿更大可以放下我的更多东西

 

S4 Reading: 关于kinaesthetic learning用body language，让学生physically involved in.

 

Listening: 老师当年教小学教学生读表，开始自己拿个纸糊的大表教娃娃，孩子们不理他，老师觉得没面子，换了个欢乐的方式，让学生上台，一个扮演表面，一个扮演表针，然后问时间让学生说，这么给力的方式让学生很振奋。问题是结合例子讲k teaching的好处。

 

S5 Problem: 男的注册一门关于生物的课程晚了，结果学校图书馆没借到书，书店也没得买了，卖没了。

Solutions: 1.去书店买。说是可以为他order新书但是要一个星期以后，来不及；2. Buy old books from the students of last year. The man thought the condition of the used book is not good. He doesn’t like. 书上有被做过的标记，他不喜欢。

 

S6 Lecture: 商务经济类，关于 collect information for business marketing 的 2 个方法，是quantity way，例子是，一个 car manufacture, use 这个方法通过大量调查，发现没有孩子的客户购买量大,而有孩子的客户购买量小。第二个方法是 opinion based 就是问卷调查之类的。之后该公司为了查明为什么有孩子的客户购买量小，就用该方法 survey 问卷调查，发现是 car 的 back seat 有问题，孩子觉得不舒服。

 

2. S4 Reading : experience goods指没有用过就不知道好坏的货物，一般商家会提供免费样品给客户试试。

 

Listening: 教授的例子是他买教学DVD的朋友,那朋友自己知道DVD很好,但是没人买,于是她给那地区所有学校送了一张,结果老师发现学生很喜欢,于是纷纷订购,后来全国都有人购买。

 

S5 Problem: 一个女生写的paper需要一本书。

Solutions: 学校没有:1. state U有一本但是寄过来要好几天;2. 开车去取,但是单程2小时,要翘课。

 

S6 Lecture: spruce tree in north Canada and Russia. Avoid injure 1.triangle shape when heavy snow fall down, slide off to the ground instead of break the branch. 2.Dark green colour needle leaves深绿色光合作用效率,能量最多。

 

3. S3 Reading: 有人建议学校建的新computer lab，因为旧的computer lab太挤，排队得等好久，另外学校的literature building里面有位置正好可以用来建新lab.

 

Listening: woman的观点是同意这个方案，因为她自己就经常排很久的队才能进去写作业，另外literature的学生经常要用电脑写论文，学生在他们上课的教学楼里写论文比较方便。

 

S4 Reading: Oversimplified error. People tend to oversimplify the cause of an event.

 

Listening: The professor ran into his friend at a party. They talked about how people today live much longer lives comparing to 100 years ago. His friend said that people live longer because of the advancements in modern medical practice. But the professor pointed out there are other reasons being ignored here. Such as better safety regulations, and people are paying more attention to healthy diets.

 

S5 Problem: 一个男生本来答应和一个女生一起去上chemistry的复习课，结果临时变卦说他要去书店买一本历史课要用的书。

Solutions: 女生建议他先去买书，然后找她借笔记，不过她的字很乱，看不懂的话再找其他人借。第二种选择是陪她一起上chemistry课，然后明天再去买。男生说明天书可能就买完了，因为这个月初他去问的时候老板就说这本书很抢手，经常供不应求。

 

S6 Lecture: 描述当代人口从大城市流向小城市的趋势，该趋势有两点好处：，把先进理念从大城市带到小城市。举的例子是他的一个在纽约住过的朋友，觉得纽约的bus service很好，于是回老家后建议人们完善当地的bus service。第二，提高小城市的经济和发展。举的例子还是那个朋友，回老家的时候发现当地的房子又好便宜，于是告诉他在纽约的熟人，然后可以吸引纽约的熟人来买老家的房子。

 

4. S3 Reading: 学校要来一个节电比赛，看谁用电少，赢者奖励皮萨派对。

 

Listening: 女的说这很好啊，应该节电的。还说应该贴小纸条“随手关灯”在开关旁边。男的说：不是每个人都感兴趣。女的说：就算他们对节电比赛没有兴趣，也对皮萨派对有兴趣，这样为了赢，他们就会节电了。

 

S4 Reading: 机会主义者：植物界有这样一种人，当一块地方的植物被不知道什么原因消灭的时候，这种机会主义植物就会赶紧占领这片地方。但是当人家本来的植物长回来的时候，这个机会主义植物又竞争不过人家，只好慢慢消失，

 

Listening: 教授的例子是：牛吃草。

 

S6 Lecture: 经济学 Scarcity 例子是：服装店卖夹克衫。你和顾客说这件衣服不剩多少了，再不买就没有了，他们就会疯买。或者你和顾客说只在这个周末打五折哦，他们也会疯买。

 

5. S3 Reading: Reading: Announcement: The University is going to cancel its lecture series. Reason 1: Low students' attendance rates. Reason 2: Too expensive to pay for the professors' housing.

 

Listening: The man disagrees. Reason 1: He personally has a good time there, the real problem is the advertising, the university only puts the information on its website and not too many students get to see it: what the university should do is to hang out posters which can be seen everywhere on campus. Reason 2: The University can use the empty dorms to accommodate the professors instead of arranging them in hotels.

 

S4 Reading: Definition: Appeasement behaviors are the ones animals perform to avoid fight and ask for peace to make sure no harm can be occurred.

 

Listening: Example: Wolf packs are gregarious, they share food and hunt together, but if a strong wolf takes food from others, the one that gets angry will want to fight. But instead of fighting, it will lower its head and flat its fur, this is an appeasement behavior and the stronger wolf will let it go.

 

S5 Problem: The man has got a prize for his outstanding term paper and he's going to have a dinner with the university president, but he doesn't know what to wear.

Solutions: Solution 1: Wear suit. Problem不记得了。Conclusion: He doesn't have one and he doesn't have time to buy one either. Solution 2: Wear casual clothes. Problem不记得了。Con: He's not sure if it's okay.

 

S6 Lecture: Two survey methods. Example 1: Unstructured method, these are usually open-ended questions that don't really look for specificinformation, questions like what you want the government do to improve our city. Example 2: Structured method, these are usually close-ended questions that look for specific information, questions like choose from the three to improve our city: building more bicycle trails, building more parks and planting more trees.

 

6. S4 Reading: 心理学词汇 impact of bias. 意思就是我们会错误地anticipate我们的emotional condition，比如说我们总会觉得我们悲伤或者开心的情绪会一直持续下去。这都是由于我们判断失误引起的。但是另外如果发生其他不同的事件会让人recovery.

 

Listening: 教授拿他女儿举了个例子。她女儿升学，特别想去一所学校，可惜没去成，就非常绝望沮丧觉得life is ruined。而且她觉得她会一直不高兴下去。但是她还是接受了另外那所学校，因为很多colorful activities，她慢慢走出了阴影，情绪也好多了。结论：我们的emotional condition 会被 other outside events给改变。

 

S6 Lecture: 需要氧气的动物怎么在水下作业的时候满足供氧需求。种方法是不要做剧烈运动，减少体能消耗，降低body function，降低心率减少需氧量等，例子是短吻鳄鱼，它们在水下不主动去抓鱼，只是stay still，然后slower heart beat等等然后再伺机抓鱼；第二种方法是减少在水下待的时间，例子是一种鸟，它们会在水上飞瞄准猎物后一举拿下，而且它们身上的皮肤好像有一个功能阻止离地太远（减少冲击力还是怎么地呀），就是不会在水下待很久。

 

7. S4 Reading: emotional reasoning 人类对一件事抱有负面感觉会影响他对事情的真实性的判断要去寻找负面感觉的evidence 看看存不存在。

 

Listening: 教授举了个例子他刚加入psychology lab工作时同事之间互相邀约聚会却没邀请他,他以为自己不受欢迎实际上想一想只不过是大家不熟主动沟通后就没问题了教授举的例子怎么illustrate emotional reasoning.

 

8. S3阅读：学校要求大学生都要选一门艺术课（music, theater 等），但学生写信觉得不应该强制，因为有些学生在校外自己已经学了艺术课了，例如写信的学生他自己就在校外学了 violin；而且学生可以提交sample of their work 来证明自己学过。

 

听力：学生不同意信里的学生的意见，觉得学生有必要强制学习一门艺术课。理由（1）就算你在校外已经学过一门艺术课，也可以学别的 art course，比如学 music 的可以学 photograph，这样可以 explore different areas；理由（2）professors 都很忙的，没时间看那么所有学生submit 的 sample.

 

S5男生的键盘被雨水泡了，下周乐队演出，没得用。方法一，买旧的，音质不好，方法二，用旅游的钱买新的，但是和朋友说好去旅游，不想失信。The man’s electrical keyboard was destroyed in a storm but he needed it for a concert performance next week. He could either buy a used keyboard which doesn’t cost much, or he could buy a new one using the money has been saving for his summer trip

 

9. S5男生弄坏了gym的locker他可以陪给gym但很贵要60刀。a.他可以用家里没有过的代替还给学校，但是他开车回家要4个小时，而且那天有场比赛他想看。b.用本来要买winter jacket 的钱赔

 

S6动物为了防止自己陷进雪里，有两种发发1.身体特殊的构造，举例时一种小型的哺乳动物，他脚很大，脚趾很**（没听懂）在雪上是覆盖的表面积很大。2.一种moss(没听懂)，会组团在雪上，flat,其他的成员就不会陷进去

 

10. S3阅读内容

A student proposes to the school to let boarding students park their cars on campus. He suggests the school can build a new parking garage on the empty space near the gym. He thinks having a car on campus is useful to get to jobs and other activities in town.

 

听力內容

The girl does not agree with the proposal. Since the school already plan to build a new music building upon that empty space, the school has no space for boarding students to park their cars. In addition, students can use public transportation, such as bus, to go wherever they want.

 

S4阅读内容

The teacher-expectancy effect refers to the tendency of students to perform to the level of their teachers' expectations.

 

听力內容

The professor used to teach a sixth grader Robber, who is quiet and sloppy dressed

The professor left Robber in the slower-paced math group, and Robber never volunteered in class, did not do his homework and just passed the test; however, when the professor moved him to the advanced group, Robber was more energized by the fast pace, started to do his homework and ended as one of the best students in class.

 

S5 The boy was waiting for Greg at the student center to return the sociology book he borrowed for tomorrow's test. But Greg was in the library and forgot it. Since the boy got a doctor'w appointment and need to get off campus soon, he had to figure a way to return the book as Greg might need it for the test.

1. The boy can come back campus after a couple hours and return the book, but before that Greg might already need it for review.

2. The girl he was talking to can help him return the book to Greg in the library, but this may let her walk all across campus back and forth.