2015年5月30日托福口语真题
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日托福真题：阅读
1、戏剧艺术与电影等录下来的表演不同，演员会因观众的反馈而感到兴奋，从而达成表演中演员与观众的交流。因此许多电影演员会隔一段时间就回去表演戏剧。看戏剧的观众会因为一个时间段来看同一台戏，喜欢同一个演员而形成一个圈子，而看电视和电影更多还是自己观赏，不会形成这种交流，也就不会产生如大家一起鼓掌等强烈的反馈。而且，观众鼓掌不仅为演员也为自己，因为他们理解并欣赏了演出。戏剧演出不会像固定在录制电影中的表演那样毫无差错，演员的表演每晚都有微妙的差别。虽然只有行家才能看出来，但参与戏剧制作的工作人员对此一清二楚，并知道正是如此，戏剧才如此与众不同。演员会根据前几晚的表演自我提升，并时刻因犯错的可能警醒着，其他剧场人员也是如此，而正是如此，戏剧表演如此令人兴奋。
2、许多因素影响海洋生态环境，太阳辐射对水体的影响也很重要。99%的辐射在浅层的50-100m被吸收，长波辐射先被吸收，短波辐射会到更深处，这也是大海看起来蔚蓝的原因。大部分有机物只能在浅层存活，因为此处有光可以进行光合作用，例如在海岸存活的K生物。尽管能够有生物存在，它们也往往是单细胞的。由于浅层水温高而底层低，会存在一个水温变化的临界点。在水体深处，黑暗而缺乏氧气，但一些金属元素营养会下沉。季节性的一种风会有助于水体内垂直方向的交换，表层氧气下去而底层营养上来，从而养更多生物。但热带地区的湖泊缺乏这种交换，就要靠流入的径流带来表层营养。
3、预测地震的方式中，一种是long-term,会分析以往地震数据，预测特定地区未来地震发生的时间间隔。另一种short-term,会根据地面上各种变化来预测地震。比如石块也许会膨胀，因为地下微波的影响。地下水的变化也会有影响(这段具体的忘了)。这种猜测建立了五种模式，但实际的地震预测要比这复杂许多，然后举了个具体案例。
2015年5月30日托福真题：写作
综合写作：
Topic议题
一种giant bird因为太大而引发的问题：是还会飞还是演化过程中不会飞了
ReadingListening
Thesis总论点不会飞会飞
Sub-point 1
分论点1鸟的翅膀太大，起飞困难，因为会打到旁边的东西
鸟可以借助running start，先跑一会，在山上跑着跑着再起飞就不会撞到，而且山上也发现力此类鸟到化石
Sub-point2
分论点2鸟的肌力不足，即使飞上天长时间挥动翅膀也很困难鸟不需要长时间挥动翅膀，鸟可以盘旋比如鹰这样到大鸟就可以盘旋来保持飞行。
Sub-point3
分论点3鸟太大没有可以吃他们的捕食者，捕食物没有意义所以没有被给予这种能力这个鸟是吃腐烂小动物，飞行有利于捕食物，可以吃远方的动物死尸要去更大的空间捕食，飞行可以让他去更远更容易发现食物。