1、国家公共英语（五级）口试模拟试卷 3及答案与解析 一、考生个人情况介绍 1 Examiner:Good morning. Can I have your marksheets , please? Thank you. My name is . and this is my colleague. . . He/she is not going to talk to you , but he/she is just going to listen to us. So your name is. and. ? Thank you. First of all, wed like to know som
2、ething about yourselves , so Im going to ask you some questions about yourselves. (Begin with Candidate A , then move on to Candidate B.)Now. . . (say the name of the candidate and ask questions) Hometown Where are you from? How long have you lived there? How does your hometown compare with. . . (pl
3、ace where the candidate is currently living)? Family What about your family? Could you tell us something about your family? Work/study What do you do in. . . (the candidates hometown) , do you work or study? (If the candidate is already working) What does your work involve? Is your job something you
4、 had always wanted to do? How long do you think you will stay in this job? (If the candidate is still at school, college or university) What are your favorite subjects at school? What exactly are you studying? What type of work are you hoping to do in the future? What qualifications will you need to
5、 achieve that? 二、考生相互问答 2 Examiner:Now, . (say the names of Candidate A and Candidate B)here is a list of the advantages of modern technology. (Hand out the list to the candidates and let them read it through.)What do you think are the main advantages of modern technology? Id like each of you to cho
6、ose three from the list and tell each other why. If you hold different opinions you may argue and you may also add your own ideas that are not listed here. You just talk to each other and I wont join you. You have 5 minutes. All right. Would you begin! (The examiner may sit back and intervene only w
7、hen necessary.) Advantages of Modern Technology Comfort Convenience Worldwide information Enriching human life Increasing productivity 三、继续性问答 3 Examiner: Now,in this part of the test Im going to give each of you a list of three different topics. Id like you to select one of the topics and give a sh
8、ort presentation of about 2 minutes.When (say the name of Candidate A)has finished talking ,Id like you (say the name of Candidate B) to ask him/her one or two questions. You may make notes while you are preparing and take notes while the other person is talking. All right? Here are your topics.(Han
9、d over the Topic Card A 1.The internet has an unlimited capacity for knowledge and information. 2.It is multifunctional and meets the needs of our fast-paced modern life. 3.There is already a great demand for electricity, and the internet is adding to this and thereby increasing pollution, making ou
10、r planet even dirtier. Solar energy, hydroelectric power and nuclear power will probably become the main sources of power in the future. This will be better as they are cleaner. 4.The internet is forever developing and becoming more and more advanced. It has become an indispensible part of peoples l
11、ives. 5.The internet often is far more convenient and efficient than the written word or other such traditional sources of information. 6.The internet has a wide application and influences all aspects of human life. 7.The internet itself does not actually take up any physical space, and yet it can s
12、tore an infinite amount of information, which can be accessed through a small computer. 8.Obviously, the internet has a good many benefits. I am sure that in the future, as modern technology advances, the internet will eventually replace books and the written word. 9.By using the internet we can sav
13、e our natural resources such as forest. The internet is much more environmentally friendly since it doesnt require a lot of paper. 10.The internet is an economical way to convey information. 11.Reading on the internet is interactive and conducive to mutual exchanges of information since instant feed
14、back is possible. 三、继续性问答 3 【正确答案】 Examiner:All right. Now,lets move to the third part. In this part of the test Im going to give each of you a list of three different topics. Id like you to select one of the topics and give a short presentation for about a minute. When (say the name of Candidate A)
15、has finished talking , Id like you , (say the name of Candidate B), to ask him/her one or two questions. You may make notes while you are preparing and take notes while the other person is talking. Now youll have 2 minutes to prepare. All right. Now (say the name of Candidate A) , would you begin by
16、 telling us which topic you have chosen and then give your presentation ,please? Key: We might marvel at the progress made in every field of study but the methods of testing a persons knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever. It really is extraordinary that after all these years, educationa
17、lists have still failed to devise anything more efficient and reliable than examinations. For all the claims that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extr
18、eme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a persons true ability and aptitude. Examinations cause a lot of anxiety since so much depends up on them. They are the mark of success or failure in our society. Your whole future might be decided in one fateful day. It doesnt matter if you werent f
19、eeling very well. Little things like that dont count: the exam goes on. No one can do their best when they are terrified, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects them to do. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of vicious competition where
20、 success and failure are clearly defined and measured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of “dropouts“: young people who are written off as utter failures before they have even embarked on a career? A good education should, among other things, train you to think for yourself. The examination sy
21、stem does anything but that. What has to be learnt is rigidly laid down by a syllabus, so the student is encouraged to merely memorize. Examinations do not motivate a student to read widely, but instead to restrict his reading: they do not enable him to seek more and more knowledge, but encourage cr
22、amming. They lower the standards of teaching, since they deprive teachers of any freedom. Teachers themselves are often judged by examination results and instead of teaching their subjects, they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques. The most successful candidates are not always
23、the best educated: they are merely the best trained. The results on which so much depends are often nothing more than a subjective assessment by some anonymous examiner. Examiners are only human. They get tired and hungry; they make mistakes. Yet they have to mark stacks of hastily scrawled scripts in a limited amount of time. They work under the same of pressure as the candidates. And their word carries weight. There must surely be many simpler and more effective ways of assessing a persons true abilities.
