1、托福真题 2009 年 7 月 25 日及答案解析(总分：30.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSPEAKING/B(总题数：6，分数：30.00)1.Describe a special event or an occasion that you have participated with your family or friends. Include reasons and details to support your response.（分数：5.00）_2.Do you like travel to somewhere you have never been or the pla
2、ce you have ever been? Why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.（分数：5.00）_3.New Policies on the Usage of Printing PaperThe college computer lab has decided to charge students for printing fee when students print ten or more than ten copies at one time. Considering the limited pa
3、per resources and printing ink, proper charges can raise the students awareness of saving paper. Also, the printer often broke down after frequent usage and a new printer is badly needed. The printing fee can also cover part of expenditure on the printer, the paper and the ink. The fee will be 5 cen
4、ts for every page and it is a reasonable price if not wasting any pages.Question: The woman expresses her opinion towards the universitys decision to charge printing fee. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.（分数：5.00）_4.Information Overload“Information overloa
5、d“ is a term popularized by Alvin Toffler. It refers to the difficulty a person can have in understanding an issue or making decisions. It can be caused by the presence of too much information.It is now common for people to get many e-mails, reports and incoming messages and they have to deal with t
6、hem effectively. The advent of modern computers has created and duplicated vast amounts of information, and thus the problem of Information Overload appear amongst the general population. The root of the problem is although computers processing ability and memory volume are increasing all the time,
7、we humans, who are meant to utilize the information, are not getting any faster in terms of our brain power. As a result, the human mind is actually the bottleneck in the process.Question: The professor uses two life examples to illustrate the definition of “information overload“. Explain how this e
8、xample is related to the reading passage.（分数：5.00）_5.Question: Briefly summarize the problem and two possible solutions. Then state which solution you recommend and explain why.（分数：5.00）_6.Question: Summarize the lecture and explain how alpine plants adapt to extreme climates.（分数：5.00）_托福真题 2009 年 7
9、 月 25 日答案解析(总分：30.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSPEAKING/B(总题数：6，分数：30.00)1.Describe a special event or an occasion that you have participated with your family or friends. Include reasons and details to support your response.（分数：5.00）_正确答案：()解析：Speaking of special occasions spent with my family members, there is
10、 one day of the year that is second to none in our country, it is the first day of the year in lunar calendar, which is called the Spring Festival by most Chinese people. Even if you are indifferent with festive events, you can not resist the charm of a family reunion dinner which marks the defining
11、 feature of the Spring Festival. And during the dinner, family members make toasts for each other in order to wish for joy, peace, health and fortune for the next year.2.Do you like travel to somewhere you have never been or the place you have ever been? Why? Use specific reasons and examples to sup
12、port your answer.（分数：5.00）_正确答案：()解析：I like to travel to somewhere I have never been to. Firstly, I am a curious girl wanting to explore new things around the city, and I like to have a better understanding about the citys history and local custom. Every year, I will spend my holiday visiting a new
13、country to broaden my horizon. Also, visiting a new place can encounter many new friends. We can share life stories and give each other some special home-made gifts.3.New Policies on the Usage of Printing PaperThe college computer lab has decided to charge students for printing fee when students pri
14、nt ten or more than ten copies at one time. Considering the limited paper resources and printing ink, proper charges can raise the students awareness of saving paper. Also, the printer often broke down after frequent usage and a new printer is badly needed. The printing fee can also cover part of ex
15、penditure on the printer, the paper and the ink. The fee will be 5 cents for every page and it is a reasonable price if not wasting any pages.Question: The woman expresses her opinion towards the universitys decision to charge printing fee. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for hol
16、ding that opinion.（分数：5.00）_正确答案：()解析：The college computer lab decides to charge students for printing fee if students print more than ten copies at once. The woman supports the idea. She thinks that students often waste and litter printing paper around because they dont have a clear idea about how
17、much paper they really need. Charging them some money may help them aware of the problem. Also, since the old one always breaks down, the copy fee can be spent on a new printer, even a fax machine and a copier. 听力原文 M: Have you heard about the new policy? We have to pay every page we print if we pri
18、nt over ten pages. W: I dont think its a bad idea. Have you seen some paper are just wasted and littered around? M: I think you are right. Why does this happen? W: Because when it is free, students tend to print as many as they want without considering whether they really need the information. Some
19、students choose to print out the whole article before they really read it. A lot of resources can be saved if they are aware of the value of the paper and the ink. M: Yeah, they do waste a lot of paper, and charging them some money may help them realize the problem. W: Also. the printer needs to be
20、checked regularly, and if necessary, it should be replaced by a printer that works after some serious breakdowns. The students should not be the ones to wait for several days of repair work. The copy fee can cover this part and the money can be spent on more new equipments, such as a fax machine and
21、 a copier. M: I totally agree with what you have said. Lets start to save resources from one piece of paper.4.Information Overload“Information overload“ is a term popularized by Alvin Toffler. It refers to the difficulty a person can have in understanding an issue or making decisions. It can be caus
22、ed by the presence of too much information.It is now common for people to get many e-mails, reports and incoming messages and they have to deal with them effectively. The advent of modern computers has created and duplicated vast amounts of information, and thus the problem of Information Overload a
23、ppear amongst the general population. The root of the problem is although computers processing ability and memory volume are increasing all the time, we humans, who are meant to utilize the information, are not getting any faster in terms of our brain power. As a result, the human mind is actually t
24、he bottleneck in the process.Question: The professor uses two life examples to illustrate the definition of “information overload“. Explain how this example is related to the reading passage.（分数：5.00）_正确答案：()解析：Information overload means that with too much information presented at once, the person m
25、ay have difficulty in understanding the information. The professor uses two examples to illustrate the term. The first happened in a workplace. When receiving hundreds of resumes every month, the human resource department chooses to read them randomly, and many qualified applicants, in this case, sl
26、ip through their fingers. Another case is one professor who has a habit of reading journal references every week, even if the journal sends him references every day, he still reads every week. He is too busy to read everyday. 听力原文 M: In order to help you understand the concept presented in the book,
27、 Im going to tell you two examples to illustrate the term “information overload“. It is an increasing problem both in peoples work place and in their daily life. Those that learn to deal with it effectively will have a major advantage in the upcoming era. If we cannot handle the information well, ou
28、r working efficiency will be greatly reduced. One example happened in a workplace. A company was hiring some secretaries. After releasing recruitment advertisements on the Internet, nearly 300 applicants piled in and the interviews had to be shortened to 5 minutes. The interviews were conducted both
29、 individually and collectively. Some applicants complained that the interview was already over before they got fully ready. To make the situation worse, hundreds of resumes were sent to human resource department monthly via the Internet and the staff had to randomly choose some of them to read. In t
30、his way, many excellent applicants just slipped through their fingers. Another example happened in one Chemistry Department. A famous Chemistry professor has a habit: he likes to read references on a weekly basis, and these references were sent to him by a journal. Later, the journal made some adjus
31、tment and sent the professor references everyday. However, the professor still read only once a week, because it was his habit. Besides, he was too busy to read everyday.5.Question: Briefly summarize the problem and two possible solutions. Then state which solution you recommend and explain why.（分数：
32、5.00）_正确答案：()解析：The woman decided to have a part-time job in summer vacation and rented a house near her workplace. However, in this way, she would waste a whole summers dormitory fee. The man offered her two solutions: she could rent her dorm to someone else or to pay both rents. I think the woman
33、could rent her dorm to others because she planned to buy a computer after summer vacation and she couldnt achieve this goal if paying double rents. Also, she can choose carefully who will live in her house, and I believe some girls are able to keep her dorm neat and tidy. 听力原文 M: Hi, Jane. Havent se
34、en you recently. Whereve you been? W: I am planning on how to spend the summer vacation. M: Do you have a plan? W: Yeah, Ive found a summer job in the town and rented a house near my workplace. M: Congratulations. But you look a bit concerned. Any inconvenience caused by your new job? W: Indeed. I a
35、m wondering how to deal with my dormitory. It will be a waste of money if I dont live in the dorm for nearly two months. M: Let me see. You can rent your dorm to someone else who might have to work near our campus, you know, to rob Peter to pay Paul. W: It sounds reasonable except one thing: I have
36、the habit of cleaning up the room every day and I cannot stand it if I see my things are not in their right places, let alone to see the room being dirty and untidy. M: Then, how about paying the rent for both two houses, keeping your old room and new one simultaneously? W: I wish I could afford bot
37、h. However, I am planning to buy a new computer with the salary I will earn in the summer. If I paid the rent, I would not have enough money to buy the computer, which is really useful for my study of next semester.6.Question: Summarize the lecture and explain how alpine plants adapt to extreme clim
38、ates.（分数：5.00）_正确答案：()解析：The lecture talks about two important adaptation abilities of alpine plants. The first one is low-growing feature. Most alpine plants have a height of no more than 10 centimeters and this little height can help them defend wind resistance and repetitive snow. Their deep root
39、 systems help them exploit more available food resources from the soil. Another feature is that they have a waxy coating, preventing moisture from evaporating and helping store water inside. Lastly, these perennials cost little energy and can use stored energy from previous years growth. 听力原文 W: Alp
40、ine plants are strongly adapted to the extreme climates found at high altitude. They often grow in barren soil or shattered rock, with great changes in temperature from searing heat to extreme cold. They are often lashed by gales of forceful winds. However, these plants can still tenaciously grow, t
41、hanks to two important adaptation abilities. The low-growing feature of alpine plants has obvious advantage in defending wind resistance and repetitive snow falls. Most alpine plants have a height of no more than 10 centimeters and most of their biomass is concentrated in the roots, so these feature
42、s can help prevent themselves from being destroyed by the wind. Water and available nutrients often lie far below the surface in mountain habitats. Plants with deep root systems are more capable to exploit available food resources. Another important feature is that a waxy coating can be found on som
43、e plants leaves and stems in deserts and the alps. The wax prevents moisture from evaporating and helps to store water inside. Thick, waxy succulent leaves are another adaptation to help prevent water loss. Its interesting that alpine plants have many characteristics same with those in the deserts.
44、The plants growing in these different habitats have to cope with similar harsh conditions and find ways to prevent water loss. Almost all alpine species are perennials. It takes a tremendous amount of energy for an annual plant to germinate, grow, produce a flower, and mature a seed all in one short season. It takes less energy for a perennial to grow and use stored energy from previous years growth. If the growing season is too short in a given year or the conditions are not right, an annual plant may die without ever having the chance to produce the seeds.
