1、国家公共英语（四级）口试模拟试卷 16及答案与解析 一、考生个人情况介绍 1 E First of all, wed like to know something about you,so Im going to ask some questions about yourselves. E How do you like the weather in Beijing? E People say the climate is becoming warmer. Do you agree? (Why do you think so?) E What do you think we can do to
2、 prevent the climate from becoming worse? E Is the climate an important consideration when you look for a place to live and work? E Do changes in weather affect human emotions? 二、考生相互问答 2 E Now, Id like you to discuss about the two ways of learning English group discussion and English class. You sho
3、uld take care to share the opportunity of speaking. 三、继续性问答 3 E Im going to give each of you a picture and Id like you to first briefly describe and then give your comment on what you see in the picture. Candidate A,this is your picture. You have three minutes to talk about it. E Thank you. Now,Cand
4、idate B,could you please ask your partner a question?E OK. Candidate B,here is your picture. You also have three minutes to talk about your picture. E Thank you. Now, candidate A, could you please ask your partner a question? 国家公共英语（四级）口试模拟试卷 16答案与解析 一、考生个人情况介绍 1 【正确答案】 Climate Part 1 (2 minutes) E
5、First of all, wed like to know something about you,so Im going to ask some questions about yourselves. E How do you like the weather in Beijing? A Im studying at a university in Beijing, and I have been here for three years. Actually I like the weather in Beijing except for its sandstorms. Its alway
6、s sunny in Beijing, and I like sunny days very much because it makes me happy. My hometown is in the South of China, and is always rainy which is really annoying. I just feel sleepy and its not convenient to go out in such weather. So, comparing with that of my hometown, I like Beijings sunny days,
7、and dry weather. I dont have chilblains in the winter. Certainly its annoying when the sandstorms arrive, which bring much inconvenience and trouble to my daily life and study. Generally speaking, I like the weather in Beijing in spite of its sandstorms. E People say the climate is becoming warmer.
8、Do you agree? (Why do you think so?) A Yes, I agree with this point of view. In fact, Beijing is now warmer and warmer with each passing year. I experienced this change during my campus life. Beijings summer is hotter and hotter, and I hate it. We cant sleep at night because of the heat. The factori
9、es and motor vehicles in big cities are giving off a great deal of gases. As a result, the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reaches a new high. For this reason, the average temperature of the world is increasing. E What do you think we can do to prevent the climate from becoming worse? A
10、Today, some scientists believe human beings are changing the climate. How can that be? Over the past few centuries, people have been burning more amounts of fuels such as wood, coal, oil, natural gas and gasoline. The gases formed by the burning, such as carbon dioxide, are building up in the atmosp
11、here. They act like a greenhouse. So, reducing the use of fossil fuels would considerably reduce the amount of carbon dioxide produced, as well as reducing the levels of the pollutants which cause acid rain. This can be achieved by either using less energy altogether, or using alternative energy sou
12、rces. You can help save energy in lots of ways: turn off lights when you leave a room; if you have a car, dont use it for short journeys. Every country is responsible for the supervision of greenhouse gases. E Is the climate an important consideration when you look for a place to live and work? B Ye
13、s, climate is one of the most important considerations when I look for a place to live and work. Before deciding on a university I contemplated this question for a long time. Finally, I decided to work and live in Beijing. Its always sunny and I love sunny days. Because of the dry weather, it is coo
14、l in summer and warm in winter than other cities such as Shanghai and Shenzhen. In winter, the temperature indoor is agreeable because there are caliducts in every room. E Do changes in weather affect human emotions? B As far as I am concerned, the weather affects human emotions. For example, Im ver
15、y happy on sunny days. If the weather is very good, I like to go out or go shopping with my friends. If its cloudy or rainy, I would be in no mood for everything. Id stay at home and sleep. Science has proven that weather can affect human emotions. The air pressure of cloudy or rainy day is higher t
16、han that of sunny days. People can feel the change of air pressure, and higher air pressure will make people uncomfortable, which can be seen in their emotions. 二、考生相互问答 2 【正确答案】 E Now, Id like you to discuss about the two ways of learning English group discussion and English class. You should take
17、care to share the opportunity of speaking. A I think the best way is group discussion. In my English class, my English teacher often let us discuss on some special topic. During the discussion, I make a presentation on my opinion and debate with others to clarify it. The atmosphere of class is very
18、active, and we all readily learn English in this way. Our listening and speaking are both improved greatly. B But Im afraid your English is not idiomatic. Maybe there are some problems in your pronunciation, and if so, you might be misunderstood by foreigners. From this angle, I think language lab i
19、s the best way. A In this way, your listening ability can be improved greatly, but not your speaking English. B Yes, I couldnt agree more. Listening and speaking are both important to English learning. A So, I think group discussion is the best way. B Oh, Im sorry to interrupt you. In my opinion, En
20、glish corner is the best way. When you talk with a native English speaker, you can greatly improve your listening and speaking English. A But usually the English corner is held once a week. English learning needs to be practiced frequently. B From my point of view, these ways are all very important.
21、 As for an English learner, he should learn grammar and words, practice listening and speaking. The final goal of English learning is to use English fluently. So you should keep these ways in balance, and you cant learn English well only by using one or two of these ways. B Why did you say that you
22、dont like big class? A There are several reasons. First of all, its tiresome and boring to take notes all the time in English class. And culture is neglected in the class. We even dont know how to communicate with others in English after ten years of study. Its really a failure of the university Eng
23、lish teaching. So, this kind of teaching should be reformed. A Could you say something about the way your English class is conducted? How do you like it? B In my English class, my English teacher often organizes discussion among the classmates. Before we have a discussion, the teacher will divide us
24、 into several groups and give us the topic to be discussed in the next class. Then the students will begin to prepare for the topic in the following days. Every student is very active in discussion. Students will clarify their point by presentation and arguing with other students. Our listening and
25、speaking ability can both be improved greatly in this way. So, I think its a good way to learn English especially for university students. B How did you learn to speak English? A Two years ago, I learned to speak English chiefly by group discussion in my English class and English corner. My English
26、teacher would give us a topic before discussion. I was very active and liked to argue with others to clarify my viewpoint. Every Saturday, I would go to the English corner and talk with some native English speakers. In the English corner, I got to know my good friend Mike, who is an American. We are
27、 close friends now and I practice my English by talking with him in English. A In some universities, multimedia is used in teaching English. What do you think of this form of teaching? B I think its a very good thing, and all the university students will be happy to experience this change in English
28、 teaching system. Before the exercise of multimedia, we can only listen to the teacher or have a discussion with our classmates in English class. If we want to listen to the native English or talk with native English speakers, we have to listen to the tape recorder or go to English corner. However,
29、by multimedia, we can watch English educational program or English movies in class, and the teacher can teach students according to the program or movie. This kind of facility can stimulate students interest by offering them vivid images and sound. Its of great help to English learning; so nowadays
30、more and more university classrooms are equipped with advanced multimedia. 三、继续性问答 3 【正确答案】 E Im going to give each of you a picture and Id like you to first briefly describe and then give your comment on what you see in the picture. Candidate A,this is your picture. You have three minutes to talk a
31、bout it. A Although the net is so appealing and it provides us with so many chances in cyber space, face-to-face talk still has its own charm. Whatever you do, the most reliable way is to talk to him directly, several words can make a question clear. But if you phone him, probably it will cost you m
32、uch time to explain it. In addition, face-to-face chat will make you feel great and happy. Of course this kind of communication has its faulty. If he is far away from you or if you are at work in your work time, you cant chat face-to-face. E Thank you. Now,Candidate B,could you please ask your partn
33、er a question? B More and more security problems come in modern communication, whats about your opinion? A With the development of modern communication, on one hand cheat and violence become more and more serious on network, on the other hand there is the problem of identity authentication in e-comm
34、erce. The existing of network virus and hacker is a threat to the security. It is surveyed the whole world spends at least 20 billion dollars every year on network security. In spite of that, the crime through network is more and more serious. In my opinion on one hand it must take a whole series of
35、 measure to protect the network from all nodes, on the other hand everyone must learn some technology against virus and hacker. E OK. Candidate B,here is your picture. You also have three minutes to talk about your picture. B Although online chatting has some disadvantages, it must admit that it has
36、 also all kinds of advantages, and just these advantages make it flourishing. First, it can increase students interest in computer studying; only when one is interested in the field can he make progress on it. Second, it provide people with a good place to talk. We can find all kinds of chatting roo
37、m on net; its open and free. Third, you can make more friends in all kinds of fields who come from all kinds of field and have different hobbies and speciality. You can learn many knowledge from them and make friends with them. Fourth, online chatting can cure peoples psychological problems, in mode
38、rn society people need a place to release, net is the best place. E Thank you. Now, candidate A, could you please ask your partner a question? A Can you assume how people communicate with others in the future? B This is an interesting topic. Several years ago we had only phone or telegram but now we
39、 can call your friend. On web and we can see him at the same time. In the future communication technology will integrate with traffic tools and we can shake hands with anyone all over the world as we wish, we even communicate with plants and animals, say nothing of the creature of remote celestial body. In the future we possibly have a chip in our brain, when we think, the counterpart can do it correspondingly.
