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【原创】新托福口语真题答案-2008年（7月9日更新）1月 （1. 13， 1.19）1.13 与2006. 10. 21重复 T1. What do you think are the qualities of a good leader？Sample answer:In my opinion,a good leader should be trustworthy, persistent and forward-looking. The world is looking for honest and upright leaders, too.In order to leavethis world a different place, a leader also has to persevere. Leaders dont grow in a comfort zone（温室）. Leaders are not people with exceptional（例外的，特别的）talent; they are people who have learned from their mistakes and get up and try again, being a non-quitter（永不放弃的人）.Being in leadership roles, a person should be able to see the big picture and take risks, doing things right and at the right time. Thus he can correctly assess a situation and knows how to take the next step.In summary,honesty, endurance, and having a big vision are the good qualities of / for effective leadership. T2. Do you agree or disagree that people should always tell the truth?Sample answer: I dont think its a good idea for people to always speak the truth. Truth can enhance but sometimes can destroy a relationship, depending upon the intent.There are times when telling truth is unloving. For example, you might not be wild about what your friend is wearing, but if your friend is giving an important presentation and asks you how s/he looks, it would not be in anyones highest good（有最大好处）to give your opinion.There are also times when many of us have much difficulty speaking our truth especially to important others such as parents, siblings, close friends, and beloved ones. We are afraid the other person will be angry or hurt by our truth, even when we state it without judgment or blame.Therefore,telling the truth is not always helpful. The important thing in telling the truth is to be honest with yourself about your own intent in telling your truth.T3.Reading:【学校通知】：关于关闭艺术展览馆的statement，对话：同学们并不同意，关闭展览馆的原因是empty，而empty是有原因的，比如只有艺术科系的才可以展览，其他科系在艺术方面很棒的学生都不可以，而且宣传力度也不够，校报上面都没有的。展览作品看的人也不多，只有一半不到Listening:【学生议论】：男生不同意。原因有二：1）大学艺术系学生需要多点机会展示作品2）学校communication做得不好，经常展览结束后才介绍作品。Sample answer:In the reading material, the university is considering closure of art gallery. In the listening material, we clearly learn that the man doesnt like the idea. One reason he gives is that students from art department need to be given more opportunities to display their works of art. Another reason is that the university doesnt have good communication. They often give an introduction of the works after the exhibition.Therefore, he disagrees with that opinion.T4.Reading:【课文要点】心理学有一概念：人们对其他人有期待就会按照这种期待对待别人，其他人可以感受到并使其成真。Listening:【教授举例】一个实验，一组随机挑选的学生被告知是老师精挑细选的优生。老师努力教学并且经常鼓励他们，于是学生的成绩在短期内得到提高。 Sample answer: In this set of materials, the reading passage explains a phenomenon- self-fulfilling prophecy in psychology. It states that people firmly believe in an expectation, act on that belief and eventually make it true. In the listening passage, the professor gives a talk to illustrate how self-fulfilling prophecies could make a change to peoples lives.He gives an example that a group of normal kids randomly selected from many different schools were sent to receive academic education in a training camp. The educators were told that these kids were all top students from all over the country and thus educated them as geniuses with praise and encouragement. Surprisingly, these kids had a higher IQ than normal kids five years later.By these means, the professor proves that self-fulfilling prophecy could make a change to peoples lives.T5.【学生困难】：男生参加校team of emergency response，需要大量训练来达到标准，因没有时间做literature reading而烦恼。【解决方案】：女生给他两个建议：1）辞队后下一年再加入。2）和队指挥谈一谈要求两学期来完成训练量以保证有足够时间来应付literature reading。Sample answer:The discussion is between two students. The male student is telling his female friend about his busy schedule. He is torn between his training program in the team of emergency response and literature reading. He has to get 10 hours of training every day to meet the pysical standard required in the team and thus have little time to read literature. His friend suggests he quit and rejoin the next year to have more time for the requirement. She also suggests he talk to the coach to give an extension. I think the second idea serves his purpose because it would be better for both his choices. And if I were him, I would also take the second solution. I would try to persuade the coach. I would explain to him about my situation so that he could understand.T6.【讲课要点】：讲述了供求和物价之间的关系。1.供大于求，物价下跌；2.供小于求，物价上涨。不过也有一些例外，例如某时代的英国面包，那个时候物价都很高，所以相对面包比较便宜，所以面包价即使上涨，因为他们无法购买meat，只能够购买更多的面包来替代肉类。Sample answer:The lecture is about the relationship between demands for certain products and their prices in the market. Generally the proportion relationship between them is inverse, that is, when the price goes up, the demand immediately drops down. The higher the price is, the less willingly the consumers pay for. Instead, some former consumers may shift to other alternative products. However, there are also exceptions to this rule. That is, when the price of certain products increases, the demands for them could also rise for a while. However, consumers could still buy the product for storage because it is relatively affordable compared to other kinds of products. Also they wouldnt take the risk of paying the soaring price later on.1. 19T1. What new skill would you like to learn? Explain why this skill would be good for you to have.蓝三角：P293例题Sample answer 1: (a given answer in the book) I would like to learn how to play the guitar. Now I cant play a musical instrument（背景介绍）,so this would be a new skill for me. It would be a good skill to have because I could（情态动词could用的好，表示未来的可能性。）take my guitar to parties and play music for my friends. Also, I could join a band and play songs with other musicians. Maybe I could make money that way, but the main reason is I enjoy music and want to understand it better. Sample 2-my own version A new skill that I would like to learn is to cook. China enjoys a worldwide reputation as “kingdom of cuisine”. Chinese dishes are popular all over the world. And I , as a would-be overseas Chinese student, is expected to know how to cook food that shows the perfect combination of “color, aroma and taste” -the three essential factors in judging Chinese cooking（背景介绍）.It would be a good skill to have because I couldask my classmates and friends over to my house andcook for them. Also, I could do a television cooking show to publicize our food culture. Maybe I could make money that way, but the main reason is I enjoycookingand want toshare with people the pleasure derived from it.T2.Some people plan every detail of their vacation in advance. Others prefer to leave most details flexible or open to chance. Which do you think is better and why? I think advance planning is critical to a successful vacation, regardless ofwhether the trip is long or short.To have a comfortable vacation, its necessary to check the climate for the time to plan to visit. And it is always a good idea to make advance hotel reservations when vacationing.Planning the vacation in advance will also give us more time to prepare for it and to ensure that we have all of the needed. This could mean we will not have to miss out on activities because of not having the correct equipment. Especially when we decide to go camping for vacation, reservations in advance allow us to determine ahead of time whether or not the campground has a lake, hiking trails, electricity, etc. Besides, we get the idea of what to take.Last but not least,advance vacation planning is likely to make our experience a more memorable one.T3.Reading:【学校通知】：说学校要求学生一学期做10小时的志愿者。Listening:【学生议论】：女生不同意。原因有二：1）硬性规定会让学生反感。2）做义工的地方太远并不方便，学生大多没有私车，难以到远处服务,Sample answer:In the reading material, the university is considering about the students 10-hour volunteer work one semester.In the listening material, we clearly learn that the woman doesnt like the idea. One reason she gives is that students wont be happy about the compulsory requirement. Another reason is that the place where volunteers are needed to work is too far. She also thinks its a lot of trouble cause most of students dont own a car and its hard to get there. Therefore, she disagrees with that opinion.T4.Reading:【课文要点】如果一个生态环境中有多个种群的话，那么消失一个种群不会破坏整个生态系统.Listening:【教授举例】一种珊瑚礁(coral reef)的故事。某地被污染，一种鱼死了，这种鱼是吃水藻的，而这种水藻对珊瑚不好。但是珊瑚没死，为什么，因为这地方生物多样性，其他生物取代了那种鱼来吃水藻。Sample answer:In this set of materials, the reading passage tells us that the disappearance of one species group wont destroy the whole ecosystem if there are different kinds of species groups in an ecological environment.In the listening passage, the professor gives a talk on coral reef. He explains by giving an example that a kind of fish was dead in a polluted area cause they ate algae which is bad for coral reef. He goes on to further explain that the coral reef didnt die because of the biodiversity. By these means, he proves that its because of the biodiversity that other species instead of that kind of fish eat algae.T5.【学生困难】：男生要去招聘会，但和他在饭店打工冲突。【解决方案】：女生给他两个建议：1）和其他同事换班，男生说不太好，我老板已经很好人了，尽量安排我不在学习时间打工，我不想麻烦他了。2）在招聘会开始时去，虽然不是所有公司都会到，但你至少可以看到几家公司，还可以约他们结束以后谈吗。男生说可是万一好公司还没来呢。%Sample answer:The discussion is between two students. The male student is telling his friend about the schedule conflict. He is torn between a recruitment conference and his part-time job.His friend suggests he change the shift with his collogue.She also suggests he come to the conference at the very first beginning, telling him even though not all companies wont be there at the time, he would meet at least several companies and then make appointments later in the day. I think the second idea serves his purpose because it would be very helpful for his future career. After all, a part-time job may not guarantee him a long-standing career.T6.【讲课要点】：说婴儿和父母的关系如何建立，1.原先科学家认为婴儿是谁给奶吃谁是娘。2.后来发现是接触是关键。用幼猴做试验，将母猴分成cloth和bare两组，然后都给幼侯喂，发现幼侯更愿意跟cloth母猴呆一起。Sample answer:The lecture tells us how the relationship between parents and infants is established. Originally, scientists thought the one who breast-feeds infants is the mother. But later they found out that human contact is the most important thing. They did an experiment using baby monkeys. They divide mother monkeys into two groups- clothed and bare. The two groups both feed the baby monkeys. And finally the scientists discovered that baby monkeys would like to stay with the clothed mother monkeys more.2 月 (2.2, 2.16, 2.24)2. 2 T1.Describe a city you have always wanted to go and explain why.Sample answer: A city Ive never been to but Id really love to visit is Zurich(苏黎世), the largest city in Switzerland.Ive seen pictures and travel programs on TV about it and it looks absolutely amazing.The main reason is the mountains they are extremely high and covered in snow for much of the year, so they look really beautiful in the sunshine. And there are quite a number of lakes that are full of crystal clear water.But its not just the scenery that attracts me, its also the solitude. I think Id really enjoy going there because its such a quiet place. And Id love to sit in a caf all day and just people-watch, seeing how they behave and interact together. So that would be an ideal place for me to go. T2. Do you agree or disagree that childhood is the best time in ones life?Sample answer: Generally speaking, childhood years are the happy and precious time of ones life, but it is hardly appropriate to say those years are the happiest or the most precious.It is a fact that childhood, as the earliest part of one s life,has less pressure, fewer worries and concerns than adulthood. The time, however, may not necessarily be happy, for there are various factors that are involved in happiness. It depends on the individual and the family s/he was born into. If a person had grown up in a healthy family, s/he would have had a happy time in his/her childhood.In addition,the other parts of life are also as precious and happy as childhood years cause a person may have the happiest moment in every stage of the life.Therefore,I disagree that childhood is the happiest (or most precious) time in life.T3.Reading:【学校通知】：一个学生写信给学校希望学校可以强制学生去社区做义工，一来可以加强学校和社区的互动，二来学生也许会被鼓舞从而毕业之后继续当义工。Listening:【学生议论】：男生不同意。原因有二：1）学生是被强制的，所以学生会失去热情，反而并不利于社区与学校的关系。2）学生没时间学习。Sample answer:The reading material tells us about a students letter to the administration department of the university, in which he hopes that students should be forced to do volunteer work in the community to enhance the social interaction between university and community, and also to encourage them to continue volunteering after graduation as well.In the listening material, we clearly learn that the man doesnt think its a good idea. One reason he gives is that students will lose enthusiasm for volunteering if forced, which in turn is not beneficial for the relationship between university and community. Another reason is that volunteer work wont leave much time for students to study. Therefore, he disagrees with that opinion.T4.Reading:【课文要点】讲systems thinking，是一种problem solving的方法，就是说考虑问题要从长远着手，看到big picture，要看到所有和问题有关的方面。Listening:【教授举例】就是说一个公司为了解决缺勤问题,找了一个顾问，顾问研究发现缺勤不光是和lack of motivation有关，还有其他方面因素，比如员工的身体健康，他提议公司改善伙食并且在大楼里建健身房。这样，结果缺勤问题解决了。Sample answer:In this set of materials, the reading passage explains systems thinking- a method of solving problems. It states that we should think in the long run, should be able to see the big picture, think about all the problems and different aspects related .In the listening passage, the professor takes a company for example. The company solves its problem of absenteeism by finding a consultant. The consultant found out that absenteeism not only results fromlack of motivation. There are some other factors involved like health conditions. He suggests the company improve their food service and build a gym in the main building. Thus the problem was solved.T5.【学生困难】：一女学生跟教授对话，教授说他们组织的诗朗诵会要泡汤了，因为准备举办的地点art centre还没修好，直到下星期才开放，但是已经邀请了很多诗人。【解决方案】：教授给她两个建议：1)延期，但有很多诗人可能来不了。2)把地点改在图书馆的礼堂，地方小，但更温馨。Sample answer:The discussion is between a female student and a professor. The professor tells the student thatthe reading session they organized will be canceled because the performing arts center is currently under renovation and will be available until next week. The professor suggests putting it off. He also suggests changing a place, like the auditorium in the library. I think the second option would be better cause if it was postponed, many poets invited wouldnt be available at other times.T6.【讲课要点】：讲动物的生物钟biological clock。 It is affacted by1.interal facters2.external facters举例：flying squirrels原来是早上睡，晚上活动。研究人员把他们关在黑暗房间一个月，发现期间他们还是按原来习惯活动和睡觉，但生物钟每天提前半小时。把他们放出来之后，他们又渐渐恢复了正常的生物钟。Sample answer:The lecture tells us about biological clock. It is affected by both internal and external factors. And then the professor takes flying squirrel for example. Normally they sleep early in the morning and move out at night. The researchers kept them in a darkened room for a month and found out that they still habitually get to sleep and move out, but their biological clock was ahead 30 minutes. When they were sent out, their biological clock gradually turned back.2. 16T1Describe a memorable celebration or social event.2005. 12. 16/2005.12. 17 / 2006. 2. 11真题Sample answer: A type of social event celebrated in my culture is the flag-raising ceremony on National Day.Oceans of(表示“许多”)people from all across the country come to Beijing the day before. They are very excited to see the ceremony with their own eyes instead of on TV. Some even have been planting this dream in their mind for years. They arrive around 6:00 early in the morning, waiting for the special moment. I guess they are all overwhelmed(震撼的) and thrilled(激动)by the wonderful scene at the time. On the other hand, the view of the honor guard parade is fantastic,the guards are wearing the green military uniform and marching to Tianmen Square with a high spirit. Each birthday celebration of the great country always begin with such a solemn(庄严的) flag-raising ceremony, which strengthens the unity and motivation of its people.T2。Which do you prefer to communicate with your family and friends by letter and e-mail or by telephone?新托福iBT口语黄金80题中的第57题Sample answer: （音频下载请点击附件telephone.mp3）People have different preferences, but for me, Id like to communicate with my family and friends by telephone.Talking on the phone is direct and fast. I now live far from my family, and my friends are often busy, so I use the phone to communicate with them. Also, I can make sure whether they are fine by listening to their voice.Writing a letter is not practical because my parents are too old to read clearly and my handwriting is not neat enough as well.Another disadvantage of writing a letter is that its too slow. Email is fast, but it might not be checked in time.So I use the telephone more often.T3.Reading:【学校通知】：学校要close the athletes activities such as informal soccer game on the lawn。说什么1、影响学校形象，好像学校学生不知道学习似的。2、这些学生扔的垃圾也对学校不好。两个学生当然不会同意announcement的观点。Listening:【学生议论】：女生不同意。原因有二：1)学习和锻炼都很重要啊，而且又不是说有exercise就显示出学校不重视学习2)那些乱扔的垃圾主要是那些在lawn上lunch的人们，与player们无关。Sample answer:In the reading material, Southern university is considering restrictions on sport activities. In the listening material, we clearly learn that the woman doesnt think the announcement makes any sense. One reason she gives is that students should have sport activities even though Southern University is a very formal academic institution. Actually sport is regarded as important as academics. Another reason is that she thinks many visitors are attracted/come to Southern University not only because of its academic reputation but also because of its famous sport spirits. As for littering, she thinks once the school starts to put more trash bins around, things will be much better.Therefore, she disagrees with that opinion.T4.Reading:【课文要点】word framing的作用。影响人make decision。Listening:【教授举例】比如说weather report说今天Cloudy，有50%可能性下雨那么人们就要带伞了，可是如果说sunny，50%可能性下雨，人们就不会带伞了。之后又来了一个例子advertisement，人们买cold medicine，一种药说90成功率另一种说10失败率，人们肯定会更加愿意买第一种，这就是所谓的framing作用。Sample answer:In this set of materials, the reading passage gives a definition of words framing. It states that peoples behavior is influenced not only by the contents of the words but also by the way in which how the words are phrased.In the listening passage, the professor explains that by giving two examples. One is that if the weather forecast says theres 50% possibility of rain, many people may take an umbrella with them. But if the forecasts delivered as there is 50% possibility of sunshine, very few people will start to prepare for a rainy day.Another example is that many advertisements are carefully worded to render the best outcome. If some new medicine claims that it works for 90% of patients, customers will find it much more attractive. If it claims theres 10% of inefficiency, people wont take it. Thats how word framing produces significant effects on peoples making a decision.T5.【学生困难】：男的车坏了，无法去图书馆进行考前复习。【解决方案】：女生给他两个建议：1)周三考，教授将专门为那些野外郊游的同学提供完全一样的考试。2)跟教授谈。通常只要学生提供充分的理由，教授就可以破例。Sample answer:The discussion is between two students. The male students car broke down and he couldnt drive to the library for the preparation for the biology test. And he has to send it to the garage to have it fixed. He also tells he didnt do much home