2019年1月新托福口语考题预测

Question 1

Your friend is concerned about a presentation that he or she has to give to the class. What advice would you give to help him or her to prepare for the

presentation?

Question 2

Some people prefer to do shopping in large department stores. Others prefer to do shopping in small specialty stores. Which do you prefer and

why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your response.

Question 3

Reading part

Listening part

【学校公告】

【学生态度】

The school plans to reduce the use of energy in the school buildings.

1. replace the windows in the old teaching buildings;

2. shut down the teaching buildings after class;

The man agrees.

1. 学校的 building 很 old，窗子不严实，会有风漏进来，导致学校的供暖系统流失了很多heat；

2. 晚上关闭 building 会节约很多 energy；9

点以后就很少有学生在那里自习了，就算关了教学楼，少部分人也可以找到 somewhere

else 去自习，比如到library 或 student

center。

Question: Explain the man’s opinion and why he holds that opinion.

Question 4

Reading part

Listening part

【名词解释】

【教授举例】

Optimal foraging theory:

较佳觅食理论，它的意思是如

说一种 crow（乌鸦）以 shellfish 为食，它的

方法是：把 shellfish 从水中抓出后，飞到空

何能够 use minimum energy expend & get maximum nutrition in food

中，再把这个 shellfish 扔到 rock 上，让它的

hard shell 碎掉。因为要optimal foraging， 所以首先 crow 会选大个的 shellfish，然后会

飞到一个 specific height（5 米高），不能太

低，因为这样可能会摔不烂，导致需要重复

很多次浪费 energy，而飞太高也同样会浪费

energy。

Question: 用听力的例子来解释对这个概念的理解。

Question 5

【学生困难】

男生明天就要放假了，原计划要参加家庭聚会 family union，但他的生物报告laboratory report 没写好，拿了个低 grade，教授要他 rewrite。

【解决方案】

1. 抓紧时间在一周内完成，但是会错过家庭聚会；

2. 带回家写，next semester 再交，但这样无法利用图书馆的资源。

Question: 男生遇到什么困难，在两种解决方案中，你认为哪种好？

Question 1

Which of the following would you prefer to do during your weekend？

A. Doing exercise

B. Visiting friends

C. Cooking

Question 2

Some people prefer to live in old buildings, while others prefer to live in new

and modern buildings. Which do you prefer? Explain why.

Question 3

Reading part

Listening part

【学生倡议】

The writer of the letter hopes the school can hold classes outside for 2 reasons:

1. Good scenery makes students focus and not get bored.

2. School has installed some benches and seats outside

the classroom.

【学生态度】

The man disagrees with the proposal.

1. There would be too many distractions. Friends may pass by and say hello to them.

2. There would not be enough seats and some students would have to stand. It would not be convenient for students to take notes.

Question: Explain the man’s opinion and why he holds that opinion.

Question 4

Reading part

Listening part

【名词解释】

Population cycle in ecology system

【教授举例】

Wolves are the predators and the mice are the prey.

Step 1: When there are a lot of mice, wolves have enough food, the number of mice decreases and the number of wolves increases.

Step 2: When the number of mice decreases, the wolves lack food and then the number of wolves decreases. Then the number of mice increases.

Step 3: Equivalent to step 1.

Question: 用听力的例子来解释对这个概念的理解。

Question: 女生遇到什么困难，有两种解决方案中，你认为哪种好？

Question 6

【讲课要点】

The professor talks about two types of plants transplantation.

The first way is to stick to the fur of animals. 例如一种植物身上有钩子，可以依附在动物身上。

And the second type is to float on the water. 例如 coconut 可以漂在水上 to

be miles away from the original place.

Question 1

Talk about a good period of your life. Why do you like this period?

Question 2

Talk about one great aspect of the educational system of your country.

Question 3

Reading part

Listening part

【学校通知】：

是说学校决定把每个班级的人数从 8 人增加到 15 人。原因是有更多的学生

apply 这些课程，但是学校的 faculty 有限。

【学生态度】：男生不同意

1. 增加人数减少了 communication with faculty ， 降低了小课堂的参与程度

2. 既然有更多的学生，就可以获得更多的钱，就可以请更多的 faculty 解决了人力不足的问题。简言之就是 more

students, more money, more faculty。

Question: Explain the man’s opinion and why he holds that opinion.

Question 4

Reading part

Listening part

【名词解释】：

冬眠的涵义：帮助渡过恶劣环境，降低自身生理能耗。

【教授举例】：

肺鱼的例子：在河水干涸之后鱼就躲在河床上之前就打好的洞里，这样一方面可以隔热、*湿，另一方面可以降低呼吸、心跳频率。

Question: 用听力的例子来解释对这个概念的理解。

Question 5

【学生困难】：The woman is working as a teaching assistant for a professor and she’s supposed to grade like 40 exam sheets which is due the next day. But she forgot that she’s got other work to do tonight.

【解决方案】：There are two possible solutions.

The first solution is to talk to her professor to reschedule the job.

Question 6

【讲课要点】：

Soil 中也有生存的 mammal .

1. They must be able to move, for the soil is not like the water, it's thick and condense.

2. They must be able to protect themselves from things like the particles in soil.

接着教授举了 2 个 examples.

1. mow： has strong feet, like the shovel, that can dig deeply

2. 某种生物: has tiny eyes, also have hair that cover their eye from particle infection