tpo1 34口語題目范文

Task2

Doyouagreeordisagreewiththefollowingstatement?

Privatecarshouldnotbeallowedinthecitycentersoflargecities.Usedetailsandexamplestoexinyouropinion.

Task3

Readanarticleinthecampusnewspaper.Youwillhave45secondstoreadthearticle.Beginreadingnow.

ProgramtoProvideTutoring

Theuniversityhasannouncedthatstartingwiththefallsemester,tutoringwillbeavailabletoallnewstudentsfortheirentirefirstyear.Theacademicdean,JamesMaxwell,commented,“Theuniversityisawareoftheacademicproblemsthatmanyfirst-yearstudentsfacewhenmakingthetransitionfromhighschooltocollege.”Thenewtutoringprogram,hesaid,isdesignedtoassistfirst-yearstudentswhowantorneedadditionalsupportwiththeiracademiccoursework.Theprogramwillalsobeorganizedsothatindividualstudentscanarrangetoworkwithtutorsmajoringintheirownchosenfieldofstudy.

Nowlistentotwostudentsdiscussingthearticle.(man)Hey,didyoureadaboutthisn?

(woman)Yeah,andIthinkit’sreallyagreatidea.

(man)Why’sthat?

(woman)Well,alotofnewstudentsreallyneedthis,Imean,it’snotjustaboutgettingextra

helpwiththecoursematerial,they’llprobablyalsogetinformationaboutthingsliketakingnotesorthebestwaytostudyforexams.

(man)Yeah,IbarelyevenknewhowtodothosethingswhenIfirstcamehere.

(woman)NeitherdidI.Sothesearethingsmoststudentswinduphavingtolearnontheirownatfirst.That’swhysomanyofthemhaveahardtime.

(man)Andit’sprobablygoodthattheycanworkwithsomebodywhohasthesameinterests.

(woman)Right.Thatwillbearealadvantage:togetinformationabouttheclassesyou’regonnaneedtotakefromsomebodywho’salreadytakenthoseclasses.Andtheycould mendprofessorsandlyouwhothebestadvisersinthedepartmentare,thingslikethat.

(man)Iseewhatyoumean,sonewstudentscouldgetaccesstoinformationabouttheprogramfromanotherstudent’spointofview.

(woman)Exactly!

Thewomanexpressesheropinionabouttheuniversity’sn.Brieflysummarizethen.

Thenstateheropinionaboutthenandexinthereasonsshegivesforholdingthatopinion.

Task4

ReadapassageaboutthefamiliarityprinciplefromaPsychologytextbook.Youwillhave50secondstoreadthepassage.Beginreadingnow.

TheFamiliarityPrinciple

Peopletendtodevelopapreferenceforthistheyhavepreviouslyencountered,thingstheyarefamiliarwith.Socialpsychologistsrefertothistendencyasthefamiliarityprinciple.

Givenachoicebetweentwosimilaritems,onetheyhaveexperiencedbeforeandanotherthatisnew,mostpeoplewillchoosethefamiliaritem.Thisprincipleoperatesevenwhenpeoplearenotconsciousoftheirpreviouperiencewithanitem.Oncepeoplehavebeenexposedtoanitem–eveniftheydonotrecallhavingbeenexposedtoit–theywilltendtopreferthatitemoverotheritemstowhichtheyhavenotbeenpreviouslyexposed.

NowlistentopartofalectureonthistopicinaPsychologyclass.

(maleprofessor)Someresearchersdidanexperimentrelatedtothis.Whattheydidwastheyassembledagroupofsubjects,agroupofstudents,andtheyshowedthesestudentsaseriesofgeometricalshapes.Thesewereverydistinctiveshapes,alittleunusual,notthekindofshapesstudentsoftensee.Buttheyonlyshowedthestudentstheshapesforaveryshortperiodoftime,aboutasecond.Theyalsoloweredthelightintheroomtomakeitevenmoredifficultforthestudentstoseetheshapes.Sotheshapeswerethereforasplitsecondindimlightandthentheyweregone.

Inthenextstepoftheexperiment,theresearchersagainshowedthestudentssomeshapes,butthistimetheygavethestudentsalongertimetolookatthem.Andthistimetheyshowedtheimagesinpairs,twoatatime.Ineachpair,oneshapewasashapethestudentshadalreadyseenforjustasplitsecondindimlight.Andtheotherwassomeothershapethathadn’tbeenshowntothembefore.Afterpresentingeachpair,theresearchersaskedthestudentstosaywhichofthetwoshapestheylikedbetter.

Mostofthetime,thestudentspreferredtheshapethey’dalreadyseenearlierintheexperiment.Now,ifyouaskedthemifthey’dalreadyseenthatshape,theyprobablywouldn’tknowforsure.Butthatdidn’tmatter.Theystilltendedtoprefertheshapesthey’dalreadyseen.

Exinhowtheexperimentdescribedbytheprofessorillustratesthefamiliarityprinciple.

Task5

Listentoaconversationbetweentwostudents.

(woman)Hey,Mike,how’sitgoing?(man)OK

(woman)Something’sthematter?

(man)Well,sortof,I’mtakingthisFrenchclass(woman)OK?

(man)AndoneoftheclassrequirementsisaweekendtriptoCanadatoMontrealwhichisintheFrench-speakingpartofCanada.It’sonlylikefivehoursfromhere.Sothenextweekendthewholeclass’sgoingonabus.

We’resupposedtopracticeFrench,youknow,talktopeopleandwe’regoingtoay.

(woman)Soundslikefun.(man)Yeah,I’dlovetogo.(woman)But?

(man)Well,we’llbecrossinganinternationalboardersoinordertogoyouneedapassport.TheprofessortoldusawhileagotobesuretogetapassportbutIcompleyforgottoapplyforone.

(woman)Whatareyougonnado?

(man)Well,ItalkedtomyprofessorandshesaidIcouldfulfilltherequirementadifferentwayifIwant.Insteadofgoingonthetrip,IcouldstayhereandwriteashortpaperaboutMontreal.

(woman)InFrench?

(man)Yeah,I’dhavetodoalittleresearchandwriteaboutthreepages.TalkaboutMontreal,itshistoryorwhatever,inFrench.Itwouldn’tbetoohard.

(woman)Butthenyou’dmissoutonagreattriptoMontreal.(man)Iknow.

(woman)Well,youknowthere’sanotheroption.YoucanprobablystillgetapassportintimeifyougodirectlytoUSPassportOfficeandpayextra.

Thenyoucouldgo.

(man)Yeah,actually,Ilookedintothat.Icanstillgetapassportintime,buttogetitatthelastminuteipensive,like,150dollars.AndIdon’tknowifIwanttospendthatmuch.

(woman)Thatisalotofmoney.

Brieflysummarizetheproblemthespeakersarediscussing.Thenstatewhichofthetwosolutionsfromtheconversationyouwould mend.Exinthereasonsforyour mendation.

Task6

ListentopartofalectureinaBiologyclass.

(femaleprofessor)So,OK,we’vebeentalkingabout,andlikeallamphibians,froghasthinskin,whieanstheylosemoisturethroughtheirskineasily.Now,typically,wethinkofaslivinginwetenvironments.Butforwholiveindryces,withdesert-likeconditions,thiscanbeaproblem.havebeenabletosurviveinsuchareasbyhavingdifferentphysicalfeatures,specialdry-climatefeaturesthat

helpthemmaintainanadequaevelofmoistureintheircellsandavoiddryingout.

Somedothisbypreventingwaterlossthroughtheirskin.Bycreatingasortofcoverinertheirskin,theygreatlyreducetheirskin’ posuretothedryair.Thecoveringactslikeabarrierthatlocksinmoisture.Forexample,somesecreteasubstancethroughtheirskin,afattysubstancethattheyruboffovertheirskinusingtheirhandsandfeet,whichcreatesawaxylayerallaroundtheirbodiesthat’salmostcompley

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