英语作文口语考试题目

P13

1.The writer claims in the first paragraph that, “many people find that

enduring such a harrowing ordeal ultimately changes them for the

better.” In which sense does she mean by saying “to change for the

better”, physically or mentally?

作者在第一段声称：“许多人发现，忍受这样一种痛苦的折磨最终会使他们变得更好”，从什么意义上说，“从身体上或精神上，为了更好的改变”？

2.In the second paragraph, the writer believes in “a built-in capacity to

flourish under the most difficult circumstances.” Do you agree with

her? Provide examples to elaborate your opinion.

在第二段中，作者相信“在最困难的环境下有一种内在的能

力，”你同意吗？提供例子阐述你的观点。

3.Do you agree with the statement “What doesn’t kill you actually

makes you stronger”? Why or why not?

你同意这样的说法：“什么不会杀死你反而让你更坚强”？为什么或为什么不？

1. Have you had the experience of going through a very difficult situation and coming out as a better person? Or do you know someone who has experienced this?

你有过经历一个非常困难的情况，变成一个更好的人的经历？或者

你知道有人经历过这个？

2. Unlike those who are so unfortunate to have been struck by diseases or who have been forced to go through extreme difficulties in life, some people choose to voluntarily take adventures or challenges, like extreme sports, to push themselves to limits. Why do these people do so and what can they obtain from these experiences?

不同于那些不幸被疾病所困扰，或者被迫在生活中度过极端困难的人，有些人选择自愿冒险或挑战，比如极限运动，将自己推向极限。为什么这些人这么做，他们能从这些经历中获得什么？

P23

1. Do you agree with the writer that to develop a good mind a student must learn how to cultivate and develop a taste for learning? In your mind, what is a taste for learning?

你同意作者认为要培养好的头脑，学生必须学会如何培养和培养学习的兴趣吗？在你看来，什么是学习的兴趣？

2. What are those learning experiences that have high transfer value to varied life situations? Can you give some examples?

那些对不同的生活情境有较高转移价值的学习经历是什么？你能举几个例子吗？

3.How important is one’s attitude to changes in his life?

一个人对待生活变化的态度有多重要？

1. What should be the role of schooling in one’s education?

学校教育在教育中应该扮演什么样的角色？

2.Do you agree with Edgar Dale’s view? Which do you think is more important, higher education or job training?

你同意Edgar Dale的观点吗？你认为哪一个更重要，高等教育还是职业培训？

3. Some people say a good heart is most important for a person to live a meaningful life. Others say a good mind is more important. What is your opinion?

有人说善良的心对于一个人过有意义的生活是最重要的。其他人说好的头脑更重要。你的意见呢？

P40

1. Commercialization has not had a dramatic effect on the formats and goals of most sports.

商业化对大多数体育运动的形式和目标没有显著的影响。

2. As the need to please na?ve audiences becomes greater, so does the emphasis on heroic orientations.

随着请那?VE观众的需要变得更大，所以没有强调英雄的方向。1.Are there any other things affected by commercialization in the same

way as sports? Give specific examples to support your opinions. 1。

有没有其他东西像运动一样被商业化影响？给出具体的例子来支持你的观点。

2. Many people feel that athletes are paid too much. How do you feel about this issue?

许多人认为运动员付出太多。你觉得这个问题怎么样？

P50

1. Why was there so much controversy about how the Irish fans would behave when the English anthem was played?

为什么有这么多的争议，如何爱尔兰球迷会表现的英文国歌时发挥？

2.The author believes that (sporting disciplines) “are clean-cut and definitive battles for victory” and “what separates sport from art is the competition at its core.” Do you agree? What do you think is the spirit of sport?

笔者认为，（体育学科）是“干净的和决定性的胜利战斗”和“什

么运动与艺术分离的核心是竞争”你同意吗？你认为运动的精神是

什么？

1. Sports are often said to reflect the national character of a country. How do you think US football, baseball and basketball respectively reflect US values?

体育常被用来反映一个国家的民族性格。你认为美式足球、棒球和

篮球分别反映了美国的价值观？

2. Since the creation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, interested cities have rivaled each other for selection as the host

city of the Olympic Games. Why do you think they bid for the Olympics? What can the Olympics bring to the host city?

自建立国际奥委会（IOC）1894、感兴趣的城市互相竞争，选择作为

奥运会的主办城市。你认为他们为什么申办奥运会？奥运会能给主

办城市带来什么？

P73

1.According to the author, some countries are better at certain things

but not good at others. Will this cause misunderstanding to a foreigner?

If you were in Paris, what would you do if all the people rushed to

catch the bus? What countries would you like to visit most? Why?

What countries would you like to visit least? Why?

根据作者的观点，有些国家擅长某些事情，但不擅长别人。这会对

外国人造成误解吗？如果你在巴黎，如果所有的人都赶公共汽车，

你会怎么办？你最想去哪个国家？为什么？你最不想去哪个国家？

为什么？

2. The author s ays in Paragraph 9, “I still enjoy that sense of never knowing quite what’s going on.” Do you accept his idea? Will you like

the feeling of not knowing what’s happening? Explain your answers

作者在第9段说：“我仍然喜欢那种永远不知道发生了什么的感觉。”你接受他的想法吗？你喜欢不知道发生了什么事的感觉吗？

解释你的答案

3. According to the author, what is the glory of foreign travel? Do you agree with him? Give reasons to support your idea.

作者认为什么是外国旅行的荣耀？你同意他的意见吗？给出支持你

想法的理由。

4.The author says “When I grew cold, I sat in cafés and bars and

eavesdropped on conversations that I could not understand or brought out my Thomas Cook European Timetable and studied it with a kind of humble reverence, planning the rest of my trip.” Do you think this is a good way to have a holiday? How do you spend your holiday

when the weather is bad?

作者说，“当我越来越冷，我坐在咖啡馆和酒吧é偷听谈话，我听

不懂或给我带来了托马斯·库克欧洲的时间表和研究它，以一种谦

卑的敬畏，规划我的旅行休息。“你认为这是一个度假的好方法吗？天气不好的时候你怎么度假？

P84

1.The author mentions “21 consecutive meals with the exact same

people!” Do you like this kind of experience? Explain your reasons.

作者提到“连续21顿饭和完全相同的人！“你喜欢这种经历吗？解

释你的理由。

2.The author says in Para3 “Setting, food, culture, ambience—for us, all of those things trumped national borders and quibbles over air space.” Why does the author say so? Do you agree or not? Support your answers with examples.

作者说在河源”设置，食品，文化，环境对我们来说，所有这些东

西超越国界，喜欢挑剔的空气空间。”作者为什么这么说？你同意

与否？用例子支持你的答案。

3.What’s the problem with travelling with a large family according to the text? Have you met the same problem? If you were the author, what would you write?

根据文本，和一个大家庭一起旅行有什么问题？你遇到同样的问题了吗？如果你是作者，你会写什么？

1. “To see for oneself is worth all the books of travel.” Do you agree with the saying? Why or why not?

“百闻不如一见。”你同意这句话吗？为什么或为什么不？

2. If you had $100,000, where would you go on holiday? How about if you had $10,000? What about $1,000?

如果你有100000美元，你会去哪里度假？如果你有10000美元呢？1000美元怎么样？

P105

1.“We are not only what we read,” says Maryanne Wolf. “We are how

we read.”

“我们不仅在于阅读，”Maryanne Wolf说。“而且在于怎样阅读。”

2.When we read online, she says, we tend to become “mere decoders of information.”

当我们在网上阅读时，她说，我们倾向于成为“纯粹的信息解码器”。

1.The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay

focused on long pieces of writing.

他们越是使用网络，他们就越要努力集中精力写长文章。

2.People using the sites exhibited “a form of skimming activity,”

hopping from one source to another and rarely returning to any source they’d already visited.

使用网站的人们表现出“略读活动的一种形式”，从一个源跳到另一个源，很少返回他们已经访问过的任何源。

3. “I can’t read War and Peace anymore,” he admitted. “I’ve lost the ability to do that. Even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs

is too much to absorb. I skim it.”

“我再也看不到战争和和平了，”他承认。“我已经失去了做那件

事的能力。即使是超过三或四段的博客文章太多吸收。我撇去它。”People can gain easy access to virtually all the information on the Internet, including e-books, which acts as a catalyst for the debate as to whether to abandon or strengthen the copyright of books. In your opinion, how should the issue of copyright be dealt with?

人们可以很容易地接触到互联网上所有的信息，包括电子书，作为

辩论的催化剂，是否放弃或加强版权的书籍。在你看来，版权问题

应该如何处理？

P137

1.Do you agree with the author in saying that there’s no probability of

the right man meeting the right woman? Give your reasons.

你同意作者的说法，即真爱是不可能的吗？给出你的理由。

2. Can you analyze the inner feelings of the wife that led her to take such an action at the end?

你能分析一下妻子最终导致她采取这样的行动的内心感受吗？

3. Do you think there could be a better way out? If so, give examples.

你认为有更好的出路吗？如果是的话，举例子。

p147

1. The author says in the fifth paragraph, “After a while, less grasping feelings prevailed.” What change of feelings did the man have?

作者在第五段说：“过了一会儿，少抓的感情占了上风”，男人有

什么样的感情变化？

2. What do you think the story is trying to tell us? Do you agree with it? Give your reasons.

你认为这个故事想告诉我们什么？你同意吗？给出你的理由。

3. What do you think are the contributing factors to “my” misconception that “I” had all these diseases?

你认为是什么导致了我的“我”患有这些疾病的误解？

Do you know anybody who had a somewhat similar experience as “I” did in the story?

你知道有人在故事中有过类似的“我”的经历吗？

p169

1.In Paragraph 2, President Kennedy said, “For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.” Do you agree with the statement? Why or why not?

在第2段中，甘乃迪总统说：“人在凡人手中拥有废除一切形式的

人类贫困和人类生活的各种力量”，你同意这种说法吗？为什么或

为什么不？

2. Comment on the rhetorical strategies of the speech. How does President Kennedy engage his audience, convey his message, and ensure that his words will long be remembered?

论演讲的修辞策略。甘乃迪总统如何吸引他的听众，传达他的信息，并确保他的话将永远被记住？

1.President Kennedy said in his inaugural address, “In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course.” In whose hands do you think the final success or failure a nation’s course rests, the leaders of a country or its people? Why?

甘乃迪总统在他的就职演说中说：“在你们的手中，我的同胞们，

比我的同胞们，将在我们的最后的成功或失败的休息。”在谁的手中，你认为一个国家的进程的最后成功或失败，一个国家或人民的

领导人？为什么？

2. Also in his inaugural address, President Kennedy said, “...ask not

what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” Have you asked yourself what you can do for China?

在他的就职演说中，甘乃迪总统说，“…不要问你的国家能为你做

什么，问你能为你的国家做什么。”你问自己你能做什么中国？

3. In Paragraph 24, President Kennedy said, “I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation.” Would you want to change places with any other people or live in another generation? Explain your answer.

在第24段中，甘乃迪总统说：“我不相信我们中的任何一个人会和

其他人或其他任何一代交换位置。”解释你的答案。

p179

1. Longing that overtakes me like a fast car on the freeway and makes

me willing to withstand a feeling of personal temporariness.

渴望超越我就像高速公路上快速车，让我愿意承受一个人的暂时性

的感觉。

2.Other people’s permanences are certainly in our faces all the time;

their lengthy lengths-of-stay at one address, their many-layered senses of place, their store of lorish, insider blab. Their commitment.

其他人的永久肯定着我们所有的时间；他们长时间呆在一个地址的

长度，多层次的感官的地方，他们的lorish，内幕泄露。他们的承诺。

1. The author mentioned that he had sacrificed a lot financially from being constantly on the move. Do you think there is any way he might benefit financially from moving around? How? If not, could he benefit from moving in other ways

作者提到他在不断地搬家上牺牲了很多钱。你认为他有什么办法可

以从四处搬家中获益吗？如何？如果不是，他能从其他方面受益吗？

2. Compared to the considered three worse things that can happen to people in the United States, namely death of a spouse, loss of a house by fire and moving, what would be considered as the three worst things by Chinese people?

与美国人认为可能发生的三件更糟糕的事情相比，即一个配偶的死亡，一栋房子的被火和搬家，什么是中国人最糟糕的三件事？

p200

1.According to the author, architecture “is not merely a science of the rule and compass, it does not consist only in the observation of just rule, or of fair proportion; it is, or ought to be, a science of feeling more than of rule, a ministry to the mind, more than to the eye”. Do you agree with his idea? In your opinion, what is architecture?

据作者所知，建筑不仅仅是一门科学的规则和指南针，它不只是在观察公正的

规则，或公正的比例；它是，或者应该是，一个科学的感觉比规则，一个部门

的头脑，超过眼睛“。你同意他的观点吗？在你看来，什么是建筑？

2. The author mentions in Paragraph 2: “It is this peculiarity of the art which constitutes its nationality.” What is “this peculiarity of the art”? How do you understand the whole statement?

作者在第2段中提到：“正是艺术的特殊性构成了它的民族性”，“艺术的独

特性”是什么？你怎么理解整个陈述？

1. According to the author, buildings in England are in a state of a “clashing of different tastes”. Have you noticed similar problem in China? Give examples to illustrate your point.

根据作者的说法，英国的建筑处于“不同品味的冲突”状态。你有没有注意到，在中国类似的问题？举例说明你的观点。

2. Nowadays in the world, there is a tendency to design sustainable buildings. This design practice emphasizes efficiency of heating and cooling systems, alternative energy sources such as solar power and reused or recycled building materials, etc. What do you think of this? You may consider the issue from economic, environmental and other aspects. 当今世界，有一种趋势，设计可持续建筑。这种设计实践强调加热和冷却系统的效率，替代能源，如太阳能和重复使用或再生建材等，你怎么看？你可以从经济、环境等方面考虑这个问题。

p209

1. The author mentions in Paragraph 1: “Beauty that is merely the artificial shadow of these symptoms of health is intrinsically of poorer quality than the genuine article.” How do you understand this statement? Do you agree with it? Explain your reasons.

作者在第1段中提到：“仅仅是这些健康症状的人为阴影的美本质上比真正的文章质量差。”你同意吗？解释你的理由。

2. The author says in Paragraph 2: “For real beauty is as much an affair of the inner as of the outer self.” Do you accept his idea? Support your answers with examples.

作者在第2段说：“真正的美和外在的自我一样，是内在的事情”，你接受他的想法吗？用例子支持你的答案。

3. The author finally says: “All men and women will be beautiful only when the social arrangements give to every one of them an opportunity to live completely and harmoniously, when there is no environmental incentive and no hereditary tendency towards monomaniacal vice.” How do you understand the sentence? Do you think people will all become beautiful eventually?

作者最后说：“所有的男人和女人都是美丽的只有当社会给予他们一个机会生活完整和谐的每一个人，当没有环境激励和无遗传倾向偏执恶习。”你怎么理解这句话？你认为人们最终都会变得美丽吗？

“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.” Do you agree with the saying? Why or why not?

“美只不过是肤浅的，但丑陋却清晰可见。”你同意这句话吗？为什么或为什么不？

P229

1. In the text, the author declares: “Only the mountain has lived long enough to listen objectively to the howl of a wolf.” What does the mountain think of the howl of a wolf? Why does the author think only the mountain can listen objectively to the howl?

在正文中，作者宣称：“只有山能活得足够长才能客观地听到狼的

嗥叫，”山对狼的嚎叫有什么看法？为什么作者认为只有山才能客

观地倾听嚎叫？

2.The author says in the last paragraph, “too much safety seems to yield only danger in the long run”—can you find an equivalent Chinese saying? Do you agree with this opinion? If you agree, supply examples to illustrate your point. If you don’t, explain the reasons

作者在最后一段说，“太多的安全似乎从长远来看只会带来危险”--你能找到一个相当于中国的说法吗？你同意这个观点吗？如果你同意，请举例说明你的观点。

“生于忧患，死于安乐”.

An equivalent, Chinese, saying, "born in misery, died in peace."

1. Why should we preserve biodiversity? What benefits can it bring about to human beings?

我们为什么要保护生物多样性？它能给人类带来什么好处？

2. Do you think it possible to strike a balance between ecological sustainability and the developmental needs of people?

你认为在生态可持续性和人的发展需要之间取得平衡是可能的吗？

P239

1.“Later, I found that what I had feared and hated, I now fear and love.” Have you had this kind of experience? What leads to such dramatic change?

后来，我发现我所恐惧和憎恨的东西，我现在恐惧和爱。是什么导

致了如此巨大的变化？

2.According to the author, “I am torn between past and present, a common disease of later life” —do you think many older people tend to have this kind of problem? Why was the author torn between past and present?

根据作者，“我撕裂过去和现在之间，一种常见的疾病以后的生

活”-你认为许多老年人往往有这种问题？为什么作者在过去和现在之间被撕裂？

What is the relationship between human and nature?

How do they interact with each other?

人与自然的关系是什么？

他们如何相互作用?

P258

What example does the author use to illustrate that mass media manipulate the attention focus of the public?

作者用什么例子来说明大众传媒操纵公众的注意力？

What is crucial for a mass media program to survive in a stimulating competitive environment?

在一个竞争激烈的竞争环境中，大众传媒项目的生存至关重要？

How does the author account for the huge amount of violence, sexuality and commercialism in mass media?

如何对暴力的大量作者账户，大众传媒中的性别和商业化？

Corporate mass media and populist mass media both pose dangers and opportunities to the society and its culture.

企业大众传媒和平民大众传媒对社会及其文化构成了危险与机遇。

p267

1.According to the author, why are mass media in general disaster-prone? 作者认为，大众传媒为什么容易发生灾难？

2.What does the author think is the responsibility of news people?

作者认为新闻人的责任是什么？

3.What does the author mean by saying “the journalist is the public’s philosopher”?

作者所说的“记者是公众的哲学家”是什么意思？

Generally speaking, people’s attitudes towards the same thing vary greatly with the roles they take on. Accordingly, media people, general audience and government officials are likely to have different views on the key issues regarding mass media. Suppose that you take on different roles (media people, general audience and government officials), what position would you hold when confronted with the following questions?

一般说来，人们对待同一事物的态度与他们所扮演的角色有很大的不同。因此，媒体人士，一般观众和政府官员可能对大众传媒的关键问题有不同的看法。假

设你承担了不同的角色（媒体人，普通观众和政府官员），你在面对下列问题

时会持有什么立场？

What are the obligations of mass media?

大众传媒的义务是什么？

What are the best ways to meet these obligations?

履行这些义务的最好方法是什么？

Why are contemporary news people so “disaster- prone”?

为什么当代新闻人物如此“容易发生灾难”？

p290

1In the passage, the author suggests that language and superstition should be combined for amplified effect. Do you think so? Personally, would numerals have any effect on your purchasing decisions? Why or why not? What did you think of them?

在文章中，作者认为语言和迷信应该结合起来以达到放大效应。你这么认为吗？就个人而言，数字对你的购买决策有影响吗？为什么或为什么不？你觉得他们怎么样？

In the passage, the author mentions that “For an EU campaign, it might be okay to tout the merits of your products, but not okay to use comparative methods common to a US campaign.” What do you think about the role of advertising in business?

在文章中，作者提到：“对于欧盟的竞选活动，吹嘘你的产品的优点也许是好的，但是用美国的竞选活动比较的方法是不好的。”

In the passage, the author points out that there are subtleties and nuances to every culture, and there are just plain taboos. Please give some examples about Chinese taboos.

在文章中，作者指出，每种文化都有微妙和细微之处，也有一些简单的禁忌。请给我一些关于中国禁忌的例子。

According to the author, it is definitely best to have someone with native knowledge of the target culture advise you. Suppose you have been asked to talk about “Doing Business in China” to a group of foreign business people. What tips on doing business in China would you include in your speech?

根据作者的观点，最好有一个具有本土文化知识的人给你建议。假设你被要求谈论“在中国做生意的一组外国商人。在中国做生意有什么技巧,你会包括在你的演讲？

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In the passage, Buffett is described as a person who feels “discomfort with technology”, and “His methods of investing and strategizing were extremely out of fashion and against the grain in the dot-com explosion of the late 1990s”. We can infer from this that Buffet does not have much belief in modern technology and the Internet. Does Buffett’s ideas strike a chord with you? Would you follow his example to achieve success in the future?

在文章中，巴菲特被描述为一个人“技术”的不适，和他的投资和战略方法非常过时，对粮食在.com爆炸的上世纪90年代”。由此

我们可以推断，巴菲特对现代技术和互联网不太有信心。巴菲特的想法与你有共鸣吗？你会追随他的榜样在未来取得成功吗？What, as you may have concluded from the passage, has contributed to Buffett’s success?

你从文章中得出的结论，是什么促成了巴菲特的成功？

It appears that Warren Buffett can always make a sensible choice when there is one. What do you think weighs most in making such choices?

看来，华伦巴菲特总是可以作出明智的选择时，有一个。你认为做这样的选择最重要的是什么？

Warren Buffett won awe-inspiring success by “eschewing the trendy and faddish in stock investment”, but in many cases we find it much easier to achieve what we have aimed at by following the fashion in the same field, rather than taking a road less traveled. What would you choose to do: go with or against the fashion? Use examples to support your points.华伦

巴菲特以“避开股票投资的新潮和时尚”赢得了令人惊叹的成就，但在许多情况下，我们发现它更容易实现我们旨在通过在同一领域的时尚，而不是以一个少有人走的路。你会选择做什么：去支持还是反对时尚？用例子来支持你的观点。