2008年新托福口语考试全面辅导(十二)

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总复习General Review
1. What’s your favorite movie?. Include reasons and examples to support your response.

2. Some people prefer to live in the city, and some people prefer to live in the country. Which do you prefer, and why? Use reasons and examples to support your response.

3. Reading-listening-speaking
A message from the university president
As all of you know, the campus has been closed for a total of eight days this winter due to excessively heavy snow. Because so many hours of classes were cancelled, the administrative board has held extensive discussions to determine the best solution to the problem and has arrived at the decision that it is best to extend the school year by one week. The spring semester had previously been scheduled to end on May 29, but it will now end one week later, on June 5. Although the additional five days of classes that have been added will not entirely make up for the eight days of classes that were cancelled, the board feels that this is the best solution and hopes sincerely that this change will not cause any serious

Question：
The students discuss the announcement from the university president. State their opinions of the announcement and the effect the decision in the announcement will have on each of them.

4.Reading-listening-speaking
In sociological terms, every person has a position in a social system .one person may have a number of positions because he or she belongs to various social systems, such as home ,school, workplace, and community. The behavior attached to each position is called a social role .A person in a particular social role will follow the script for that role. for example ,the role of student requires one to study .each role in a social system is related to other roles in the system .relationships such as student and teacher ,supervisor and staff, and husband and wife are known as role parterres.

Question
Explain the concept of role conflict, and explain when and why a person experiences role conflict

Sample answer：
In this talk, the professor discusses Mount Rushmore, which is a giant sculpture of four U.S. presidents that is carved into the side of a mountain in South Dakota.
The project took a long time to complete. The sculptor, Borglum, began it when he was 60, and he expected to finish in five years, but the project actually took 15 years. The sculptor died before it was finished, and his son finished it.
The delays were caused by two types of problems. One type of problem was red tape, which is difficulty in dealing with government agencies. The other type of problem was Mother Nature, which is problems with nature. One example of a problem with nature was a crack that appeared in the carving of Thomas Jeffersons face. The sculptor had to destroy that part of the sculpture and start over again in a different place.

5.listening-speaking
Question:
Describe the women’s problem and the suggestions her advisor makes about how she could deal with it. what do you think the woman should do and why .
Sample answer：
In this listening material, the woman has a problem: she needs to take another course in social science but she’s got a full-time schedule. Her advisor give her three suggestions .one is to wait until Spring Quarter .and the other one is to take a evening course . and the last one is to wait until summer and fulfill the requirement then.
As far as I am concerned ,I think the last suggestion is better .first ,because taking a evening class can achieve a very flexible schedule because she can still do something else in the day-time .also ,taking a evening class can make her get to know some other students with the similar problem and maybe they can be friends .

6.listening-speaking
Question
Using the points and examples from the talk , describe the duties of different types of manager in large hotels.

Sample answer：
In this lecture, this professor mainly talks about the duties of three different kinds of manager in large hotels.
The first kinds of managers is general managers . general manager are in charge of other department managers. Also they need to have leadership skill and financial decision-making skills. At the same time , they need to be able to judge when to spend money on advertisement and issues like this Second type of managers in controller who are responsible of managing money . they are experts in financial matters .and their obligations will be to answer general managers’ questions concerning financial matters.
The last type of managers is sales manager whose obligations are to market the hotel’s services .and since they have direct contact with consumers, so they know what the hotels selling points are.