四级口试模拟题

Model Test One

Task I: Retell a story

Diamonds or Glass

Miss Lin of Singapore went to Hong Kong for a holiday. Soon after she got to Hong Kong, she went shopping along Nathan Road. Suddenly a man came up to her and said, “Hello, there, I haven' t seen you for a long time.” The stranger continued talking to her for a while and then took out a small box from his pocket. “Would you like to buy some diamonds? ” he asked, opening the box to show some shining stones. “ I?m willing to sell them to you cheap ——only $III00 for this diamond. How about it ?”Miss Lin didn?t want to buy the diamond because she had heard many stories of people being tricked. Also, at that moment a woman stopped and warned her, Don' t buy from him. He's not an honest man. He's trying to trick you! "

The man raised his voice at once, "I' m honest. These diamonds are real." In the end they took one of the diamonds to a jeweler —one who sells diamonds and the like. The jeweler examined the stone and told Miss Lin that it was real. He said it cost around $900.

Satisfied that the diamonds were real, Miss Lin decided to buy from the man. She chose two of the largest stones from his box and paid him $400. Then she went back to the jeweler and asked, " How much will it cost to fix these on a ring? "

The jeweler examined the stones and said, "Why do you want to do that ? These are just glass."

"But you told me just now they were diamonds."

"The first stone was a diamond, these are not."

Miss Lin ran out of the shop hoping to catch the stranger and get her money back. However, the man was nowhere to be found.

Task II: Describe a similar experience of your own in which you paid a much higher price for something cheap or useless. If you haven?t got any experience yourself, you may tell us what you have heard about others.

Task III: Role-play.

Student A: You and your friend are talking about the phenomenon that nowadays many college students like to go to cyber cafes, especially at the weekends. You think this is not right and something should be done about it. Try your best to give as many reasons as possible. Remember you should initiate the conversation.

Student B: You and your friend are talking about the phenomenon that nowadays many college students like to go to cyber cafes, especially at the weekends. You think there is nothing wrong about it. In fact you think this might do good to their study or future work. Try your best to give as many reasons as possible. Remember your

partner should initiate the conversation.

Model Test Two

Task I: Retell a story

Mrs. Wilson's Fish Dish

Mrs. Wilson, the middle--aged wife of a rich businessman, invited some of her friends to lunch. She was trying a new way of cooking a fish dish, and she was very pleased with herself when the dish was ready. As the fish was very hot, she put it near the open window to cool for a few minutes. However, five minutes later, when she came back for it, she was surprised to find the neighbour's cat, Chester, at the fish. Fortunately, she was in time to stop the cat before it was too late. That afternoon was a big success and everyone enjoyed the dish. They talked and laughed till four o'clock.

At the end of the afternoon, when she was alone again, Mrs. Wilson felt tired but happy. She was sitting in a chair near the window when, through the window, she was surprised to see the neighbour's cat dead in her garden! Why, the fish dish must have been bad! What would happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help. The doctor told her to telephone each visitor to meet him at the hospital as soon as possible. Finally, the danger was over. Once again Mrs. Wilson was alone in her chair in the living room, still tired but no longer happy. Just then the telephone rang. It was her neighbour. "Oh, Millie," her neighbour cried, "Chester is dead. She was killed by someone in a car and put in your garden..."

Task II:Tell us a story of your own that you thought you have done something wrong to your friend, so you felt uneasy about it. But in the end it turned out to be untrue.

Task III: Role-play.

Student A: Young people today tend to hold big wedding banquets and spend lots of money on their new homes (decoration, furniture, electric household appliances, etc). You don?t think this is a good idea. Try your best to list as many disadvantages as possible to support your view. Remember you should initiate the conversation.

Student B: Young people today tend to hold big wedding banquets and spend lots of money on their new homes (decoration, furniture, electric household appliances, etc). You think it is worth it since it is once in a lifetime. Try your best to list as many advantages as possible to support your view. Remember your partner should

initiate the conversation.

Model Test Three

Task I: Retell a story

No Reason to Be Afraid

Two travelers were riding on horseback through the south of Italy. Towards evening, they found they had lost their way. They began to look for a house where they might rest for the night and perhaps find a guide to show them the right way in the morning.

After riding for some time, they saw a farmhouse. When they entered the house, they found a peasant and his wife having supper. They were asked to sit down and eat too. As they were very hungry, they did so with pleasure.

While the peasant was eating his supper he kept his eyes on his plate without saying a word. This made the travelers a little afraid. They thought he was unhappy because they had arrived.

After supper the peasant's wife led them up to a storeroom, and showed them a bed where they might sleep. Being tired, they soon took off their clothes and went to bed, but the younger traveler was too frightened to go to sleep. He heard the peasant and his wife were talking in the room below. At first he could not hear any words, but then he clearly heard the husband say, "Must we kill them both?" and the wife reply, "Yes, of course we must." A moment later, he again heard the peasant coming up into their room, so he quickly hid behind the door. The door slowly opened, and the peasant came in with a small light in one hand and a long knife in the other. He went to the meat hanging on the wall, cut off a piece, and returned as quietly as he had come.

The next morning when they came down to breakfast, they found on the table a piece of meat and two chickens. Then they understood the meaning of the terrible words, "Must we kill them both?"'

Task II: Imagine you or your friends are exploring some mysterious and dangerous

ancient forests. Then something terrible happen. Try to tell the frightening experience.

Task III: Role-play.

Student A: Student B is your friend. You are talking about examinations. You think open examination is better, but your friend thinks differently. Try to mention the good points about it. Remember you should initiate the conversation.

Student B: Student A is your friend. You are talking about examinations. You think close examination is better, but your friend thinks differently. Try to mention the good points about it. Remember your partner should initiate the conversation.

Model Test Four

Task I: Retell a story

My Experience at Rose Inn

I still don?t believe in ghosts even after my experience at Rose Inn. At least I have never seen one. But ghost stories have made me feel uncomfortable since then.

I arrived at the inn late at night and asked the innkeeper for a room.

"There's nothing left," he said, "unless you' d like to sleep in Number 7."

"Why not ?" I said. "What's wrong with it ?" l was so tired that I would have slept anywhere.

"Nothing," he said slowly. "But something happened there a few months ago."

Every old inn has its strange stories, so I thought that the sooner he told me about it, the better. l was willing to listen to anything for a bed to sleep in.

" A man came here late at night, like you," the innkeeper said. "I thought there was something strange about him because he kept looking back while he was signing his name. He asked me which room he could have and I offered him Number 7. 'There's a man who has said he' ll kill me,' he said suddenly. He looked so frightened that I thought I had better take him to his room. I locked the door and left him by himself. The next day we found him dead, with a knife beside him. He had cut his throat, or someone else had done it. Do you mind sleeping there now you know the story?"

"We1l," I said. "No one is following me. But I wish you had told me the story

in the morning. As for tonight, I' l1 just sleep on the floor in this room if you've got a couple of blankets here."

Task II: Try to tell a ghost story you know or you have heard from others

Task III: Role-play.

Student A: Student B is a heavy smoker. You think it is a bad habit and he / she should get rid of it as soon as possible. But student B doesn?t agree with you. You should try your best to persuade him / her to take your advice. Remember you should initiate the conversation.

Student B: You are a heavy smoker. Student A thinks it is a bad habit and you should get rid of it as soon as possible. But you don?t agree with him / her. You should try your best to justify yourself. Remember your partner should initiate the conversation.

Model Test Five

Task I: retell a story

Do You Have the Time?

A man had been driving all night and by morning was still far from his destination. He decided to stop at the next city he came to, and park somewhere quiet so he could get an hour or two of sleep. As luck would have it, the quiet place he chose happened to be on one of the city?s major jogging routes. No sooner had he settled back to snooze when there came a knocking on his window. He looked out and saw a jogger running in place.

”Yes?”

”Excuse me, sir,” the jogger said, “do you have the time?” The man looked at the car clock and answered, “8:15.” The jogger said thanks and left. The man settled back again, and was just dozing off when there was another knock on the window and another jogger.

”Excuse me, sir, do you have the time?”

”8:25!”

The jogger said thanks and left. Now the man could see other joggers passing by and he knew it was only a matter of time before another one disturbed him. To avoid the problem, he got out a pen and paper and put a sign in his window saying, “I do not

know the time!” Once again he settled back to sleep. He was just dozing off when there was another knock on the window.

”Sir, sir? It?s 8:45!”

Task II: Tell us an experience that you once had in asking some strangers for the time on your way to a certain place.

Task III: Role-play

Student A: you and your partner discuss what you should do during the seven-day holiday on Mayday. Your mother wrote to ask you to go home, as your grandmother has been ill. But for your own you want to stay at school because you will have a very important exam just after the holidays. You wanted to exchange the idea with your partner and wanted to know what his/her opinion is. Remember you should initiate the conversation.

Student B: your best friend is asking for your opinion of the holiday plan on Mayday. He/She couldn?t make the decision whether he/she should go home to see his/her sick grandmother or stay at school for preparing the exam. You are trying to give your suggestions. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.

Model Test Six

Task I: retell the story

Three wishes

Three women were out golfing one day and one of them hit her ball into the woods. She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap.

The frog said to her, “If you release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes.”

The woman freed the frog and the frog said, “Thank you, but I forgot to mention that there was a condition to your wishes- that whatever you wish for, your husband will get 10 times more or better.”

The woman said, “That would be fine.” For her first wish she wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world. The frog warned her, “You do real ize that this wish will also make your husband the most handsome man in the world, an Adonis, that women will flock to him.”

The woman replied, “That will be okay, because I will be the most beautiful woman

and he will only have eyes for me.”

So, immediately - she?s the most beautiful woman in the world.

For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world.

The frog said, “That will make your husband the richest man in the world, and he will be 10 times richer than you.”

The woman said, “That will be okay, because what is mine is his, and what is his is mine...” So, soon, she?s the richest woman in the world.

The frog then inquired about her third wish, and she answered, “I?d like a mild heart attack.”

Task II: Tell us a story you read from the book and explain why this story impresses you so much.

Task III: Role-play

Student A: you are facing the time to make the decision whether to work immediately after graduating from the university, as you had got the invitation from a big company, or continue another 3-year postgraduate study until getting the master degree. You go to your friend to seek his/her advice. No matter you take his/her advice or not, you just need someone to talk about this matter. Remember you will start the conversation.

Student B: One of your friends comes to you and wants to talk with you about his/her plan after graduating from the university. He/she has got the chance to work in a very big company, but he/she still wants to continue his/her postgraduate study until getting the master degree according to his/her plan. You are trying to analysis the situation with him/her. Remember it is your partner who starts the conversation.

Model Test Seven

Task I: Retell the story

FINALE EXAMS

At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking Organic Chemistry. They were doing so well on all the quizzes, midterms and labs, etc., that each had an “A” so far for the semester. These four friends were so confident that the weekend before finals, they decided to go up to the University of Virginia and party with some friends there. They had a great time, but after all the hearty partying, they slept all day Sunday and didn?t make it back to Duke until early Monday morning.

Rather than taking the final then, they decided to find their professor after the final and explain to him why they missed it. They explained that they had gone to UV A for the weekend with the plan to come back in time to study, but, unfortunately, they had a flat tire on the way back, didn?t have a spare,and couldn?t get help for a long time. As a result, they missed the final.

The professor thought it over and then agreed they could make up the final the following day. The guys were very glad and relieved. They studied that night and went in the next day at the time the professor had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and handed each of them a test booklet, and told them to begin. They looked at the first problem, worth five points. It was something simple about free radical formation. “Cool,”they thought at the same time, each one in his separate room, “this is going to be easy.” Each finished the problem and then turned the page. On the second page was written: (For 95 points): Which tire?

Task II: Describe one of your experiences that you failed in an exam, explain what made you fail and how did you make it up.

Task III: role-play

Student A: Almost everyone has one or two hobbies. Tell your partner the hobby or hobbies you have and the reasons why you want to do it. Meanwhile try to think of any side-effects it might have discuss them with your partner.Remember you will start the conversation.

Student B: Almost everyone has one or two hobbies. Tell your partner the hobby or hobbies you have and the reasons why you want to do it. Meanwhile try to think of any side-effects it might have discuss them with your partner. Remember your partner will start the conversation.

Model Test Eight

Task 1. Retell a story. Now listen to the following passage , it will be read to you twice at a normal speed. As soon as the second reading is finished, you should start retelling the story. The time limit is 3 minutes.

Johnny was four years old, and his favourite game was cowboys and Indians. He had a cowboy suit and a belt with two guns ,and spent most of his time pretending to

be fighting Indians.

One day his mother took him in a train for the first time. Of course, he wore his cowboy suit and carried his two guns. He had seen a film of an attack by Red Indians on a train in the Wild West, so his mother was not surprised when he began playing at cowboys and Indians in the train. But when he wanted to open the window wide so that he could shoot out of it, she thought this too dangerous, and allowed him to have it open only at the top, so that he could shoot out of it if he stood up, but could not fall out.

He was playing happily, hiding behind the curtain , suddenly stepping back again, when he suddenly gave a cry, fell back on to the seat, and lay there with his chin resting on his chest and his arms hanging loosely beside him. Of course, his mother was frightened. She thought that something from outside the train must have hit him as he stood at the window. She shook the child gently , but he made no movement, and his eyes rolled in his head.

His mother was now very worried indeed. She picked Johnny up in her arms to go and find help; but just then he lifted one of his arms with great effort, pointed to his chest and said in a weak whisper,” Pull the arrow out, will you?”

Task 2 Talk based on the given requirement. Please talk about your favourite game in the childhood. You will have 3 minutes for preparation. Now start your preparation.

Task 3Role-play

Role A

Nowadays more and more students choose to rent a house by themselves instead of living in the dormitory offered by the university. You like this idea very much and are planning to do the same. You are now telling your partner the plan and try to make him or her see your point.

Role B

Nowadays more and more students choose to rent a house by themselves instead of living in the dormitory offered by the university. Your partner likes this idea very much and is now planning to do the same. You are strongly against it and try to persuade him or her to abandon this idea.

Model Test Nine

Task 1Retell a story. Now listen to the following passage, it will be read to you twice at a normal speed. As soon as the second reading is finished , you should start retelling the story. The time limit is 3 minutes.

At the time when Bill and Rose married, neither of them had much money, so they were unable to buy a house or flat. For the first few years of their married life, they therefore lived in rented flats. Then Bill?s father died and left him some money, so they bought a house/ When they moved into it for the f irst time, one of Bill?s best friends sent him a bottle of wine as a present to celebrate his entry into the first house he had owned.

Bill and Rose had a lot of work to do getting their things unpacked, arranging the furniture, getting curtains and all the rest, so they forgot about the bottle of wine. In fact, they put it away in a cupboard without even unpacking it.

Bill and Rose already had two children when they moved into their new house, and a few months later, the third was born. When Rose came home from the hospital with the baby, Bill invited some friends round to celebrate its arrival, and they had a wonderful party, with plenty to eat and to drink.

After the party had been going on for some time, however, Bill found that the wine was finished . Luckily, he remembered the bottle which his friend had given him when they had moved into the new house and which was still lying unpacked in a cupboard somewhere in the house. He found it with some difficulty and brought it into the living-room where his guests were sitting. When he had unwrapped the bottle, he saw a card tied to it, so he took it and read it aloud to the others. It said,? Bill, take care of this one –it is the first one that is really yours!?

Task 2 Talk based on the given requirement. Please talk about a celebration you have ever attended. You will have 3 minutes for preparation. Now start your preparation. Task 3

Role A

Many of your classmates are now busy preparing for different kinds of the overseas examinations or the exams for the postgraduate study. You are wondering whether

you should focus on your major or jump into the mainstream. You try to discuss this problem with your partner.

Role B

Many of your classmates are now busy preparing for different kinds of the overseas examinations or the exams for the postgraduate study. You think that there are many reasons for you to focus on your major study now. You will consider this at a proper time in the future.

Model Test Ten

Task 1.

The class teacher thought that hobbies were very important for every child. She encouraged all her pupils to have one, and sometimes arranged for their parents to come and see the work they had done as a result.

One Friday morning the teacher told the class that those of them who had a hobby could have a holiday that afternoon to get the things they had made as parts of their hobbies ready for their parents to see the following afternoon.

So on Friday afternoon , while those of the pupils who had nothing to show did their usual lessons, the lucky ones who had made something were allowed to go home, on condition that they returned before five o?clock to bring what they were going to show, and to arrange it.

When the afternoon lessons began, the teacher was surprised to see that Tommy was not there. He was the laziest boy in the class, and the teacher found it difficult to believe that he had a hobby. However, at a quarter to five, Tommy arrived with a beautiful collection of butterflies in glass cases. After his teacher had admired them and helped him to arrange them on a table in the classroom, she was surprised to see Tommy pick them up again and begin to leave.

“What are you doing, Tommy?” she asked. “Those things must remain here until tomorrow afternoon. That …s when the parents are coming to see them.”

“I know they are coming then,” answered Tommy, “and I will bring them back tomorrow; but my big brother doesn?t want them to be out of our house at night in case they are stolen.”

“But what has it got to do with your big brother?” asked the teacher. “ Aren?t the butterflies yours?”

“No,” answered Tommy. “They belong to him.”

“But Tommy, you are supposed to show your own bobby here, not somebody else?s!” said the teacher.

“I know that,” answered Tommy.” My hobby is watching my brother collecting

bu tterflies.”

Task 2Talk based on the given requirement. Please talk about your hobby . You?ll have 3 minutes for preparation. Now start your preparation.

Task 3

Role A

There are many net bars around the campus. Like many other students you visit these bars frequently. You are deeply absorbed by the world created by the net. It takes most of your spare time and money ,but you still don?t want to give it up. Discuss this problem with your partner.

Role B

There are many net bars around the campus. Many students visit these places frequently. Your partner is one of them. He or she spends most of his or her time and money on it. You find it is dangerous for him or her to do so . Try to persuade him or her to make good use of the time, money and especially the net.