2015年5月30日託福口語真題
Task1. If one of your friends wants to transfer major from business to music, what advice would you give him?
Sample
I would give my friend the following suggestions. First of all, I would have a nice conversation with my friend. I would put forward a couple questions that I concern to see if he really had thought it through, like what is the biggest trouble of learning business, how much do you love music, do you have any plans for future career, things like that. If he has made up his mind to do so, I would back him up. Second, I would share my understanding of college education. What you learned in class might not be directly relevant to your job, but the abilities of critical thinking and problem solving could be applied to your future work and life. Once you decide to pursue a major you truly like, please carry on no matter how hard it is, you will pay you back someday.
Task 2: Some people prefer to work alone, other prefer to work with others. Which do you prefer? Explain your answer in details.
Sample
As a student, I prefer to study alone for the following reasons. First, individual study is much more effective than group study. For example, I can skip content that I’m already familiar with, or spend as much time as needed on things I don’t quite understand. On the other hand, I don't like doing group studies much, because we need time to gather up. It takes time for transportation too. There is a huge chance that the discussion will soon get off track. People joke around a lot after they get to know each other and become friends.
Task 3:
The school plans to hold graduation ceremony on the grasslands of campus because guests are able to appreciate beautiful view of the school and Jenkins Hall cannot accommodate increasing number of people. The man doesn’t think it’s a good idea. Firstly, he thinks people will focus on the ceremony instead of looking around when it begins. Second, there aren’t too many graduates this year, there will be enough seats available. What’s more, the ceremony will be broadcast live in the student center, let alone some people would love to attend the ceremony in the hall.
Task 4:
Appeasement behavior means when social animals are facing conflict, the inferior ones yield to the superior ones to seek peace instead of a fight. The professor gave an example of wolves. Wolves live in groups, they hunt and share food together. If a little wolf takes away more food, the brother wolf will threaten the little one. Then the little thing will lie on the ground with all the furs flat., which helps get rid of a war.
Task 5:
The woman’s problem is she had applied for a dorm on campus, which is less expensive, but she found it’s near a construction site. She has loads of projects to do, and she needs a quiet space. There are two solutions for her. First is to reapply a dorm but she has to pay more. Second is to live here and study in the library, but she wants to finish her assignment at home.
Task 6:
The professor talks about two ways to make a company’s product unique. The first way is to emphasize the product’s quality in the ad. Say a computer company, when they sell their computer speaker, they stress it enjoys better sound quality and it can distinguish different sound track in music. The second way is to highlight its features. For example, a pasta sauce company acclaims their sauce are spicier in order to compete in the saturated market. Customers who love spicy food would be appealed to buy their brand.
2015年5月30日託福真題：閱讀
1、戲劇藝術與電影等錄下來的表演不同，演員會因觀眾的反饋而感到興奮，從而達成表演中演員與觀眾的交流。因此許多電影演員會隔一段時間就回去表演戲劇。看戲劇的觀眾會因為一個時間段來看同一臺戲，喜歡同一個演員而形成一個圈子，而看電視和電影更多還是自己觀賞，不會形成這種交流，也就不會產生如大家一起鼓掌等強烈的反饋。而且，觀眾鼓掌不僅為演員也為自己，因為他們理解並欣賞了演出。戲劇演出不會像固定在錄製電影中的表演那樣毫無差錯，演員的表演每晚都有微妙的差別。雖然只有行家才能看出來，但參與戲劇製作的工作人員對此一清二楚，並知道正是如此，戲劇才如此與眾不同。演員會根據前幾晚的表演自我提升，並時刻因犯錯的可能警醒著，其他劇場人員也是如此，而正是如此，戲劇表演如此令人興奮。
2、許多因素影響海洋生態環境，太陽輻射對水體的影響也很重要。99%的輻射在淺層的50-100m被吸收，長波輻射先被吸收，短波輻射會到更深處，這也是大海看起來蔚藍的原因。大部分有機物只能在淺層存活，因為此處有光可以進行光合作用，例如在海岸存活的K生物。儘管能夠有生物存在，它們也往往是單細胞的。由於淺層水溫高而底層低，會存在一個水溫變化的臨界點。在水體深處，黑暗而缺乏氧氣，但一些金屬元素營養會下沉。季節性的一種風會有助於水體內垂直方向的交換，表層氧氣下去而底層營養上來，從而養更多生物。但熱帶地區的湖泊缺乏這種交換，就要靠流入的徑流帶來表層營養。
3、預測地震的方式中，一種是long-term,會分析以往地震資料，預測特定地區未來地震發生的時間間隔。另一種short-term,會根據地面上各種變化來預測地震。比如石塊也許會膨脹，因為地下微波的影響。地下水的變化也會有影響(這段具體的忘了)。這種猜測建立了五種模式，但實際的地震預測要比這複雜許多，然後舉了個具體案例。
2015年5月30日託福真題：寫作
綜合寫作：
Topic議題
一種giant bird因為太大而引發的問題：是還會飛還是演化過程中不會飛了
ReadingListening
Thesis總論點不會飛會飛
Sub-point 1
分論點1鳥的翅膀太大，起飛困難，因為會打到旁邊的東西
鳥可以藉助running start，先跑一會，在山上跑著跑著再起飛就不會撞到，而且山上也發現力此類鳥到化石
Sub-point2
分論點2鳥的肌力不足，即使飛上天長時間揮動翅膀也很困難鳥不需要長時間揮動翅膀，鳥可以盤旋比如鷹這樣到大鳥就可以盤旋來保持飛行。
Sub-point3
分論點3鳥太大沒有可以吃他們的捕食者，捕食物沒有意義所以沒有被給予這種能力這個鳥是吃腐爛小動物，飛行有利於捕食物，可以吃遠方的動物死屍要去更大的空間捕食，飛行可以讓他去更遠更容易發現食物。