1、国家公共英语（四级）口试模拟试卷 8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 Which way of communication do you commonly use to contact your friends? E Can you list some means of communication? E As a special group, how do college sc
2、hool students contact their family members and friends? E Do you think modern communication make people closer? E Could you tell us what influence computer brings to communication? E Which factors students now usually consider when choosing communication ways? E Do you think telephone communication
3、will increasingly replace letters in the future? And why? 二、考生相互问答 2 E Now, Id like you to talk about something between yourselves. You should 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 you
4、r comment on what you see in the picture. Candidate A,this is your picture. You have three minutes to talk about it. E Candidate 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,c
5、ould you please ask your partner a question? 国家公共英语（四级）口试模拟试卷 8答案与解析 一、考生个人情况介绍 1 【正确答案】 Communication Part 1 (2 minutes) E First of all, wed like to know something about you,so Im going to ask some questions about yourselves. E Which way of communication do you commonly use to contact your friends?
6、 A Generally speaking, I have different ways of communication depending on different things and time. At the beginning of my college I kept up correspondence with my friends, especially with those who didnt live in the same cities or provinces. For friends that stayed in the same city, I usually pho
7、ned them. Sometimes I wrote to them. You know, the cost of long distance calls was so high that I couldnt afford it. Three years ago, I had more ways to choose. Now I prefer to communicate with them on the computer because we all have our own computers. Of course Id like to use the most efficient wa
8、y to communicate with them no matter how far away they live if there is something important or urgent to tell them. E Can you list some means of communication? A Ok, I think the most common means of communication is the telephone. But we have other traditional ways of communication, for example, wri
9、te letters, send telegrams and talk face to face. It is surveyed that nowadays most households in the city owe at least one telephone, through which people can easily talk to each other. Letters was used most often by those who live in the countryside where phones are not available yet. But nowadays
10、 phones are very popular in the countryside that even people over there write less letters to each other. Recently many people have found a new way: sending short letters by mobile-phone. With the popularity of computers, more and more people now start to send e-mails to each other, but not everyone
11、 can afford to buy a computer. College students and employees in the city often use this way. E As a special group, how do college school students contact their family members and friends? A I dont know how to communicate with my family members because I have nothing to say and phone them only one a
12、 year to say please remit me some money (laugh). As far as my classmates are concerned, most students send e-mails to communicate. This can be proven by their opening e-mail boxes several times ever-y day. But on some occasions, such as one week before New Years Day, there will be many letters flyin
13、g to our class just like snowflake from all over the nation. You can see lots of students standing in a long queue for stamps. Sometimes you can also see many students use public telephones but most of them talk on the phone to their friends who just live in the same city or in the same school. E Do
14、 you think modern communication make people closer? B Firstly, modern traffic tools let people walk farther than whenever. The whole earth is increasingly becoming a village, correspondingly, modern communication make people closer. Wherever you are, if you can login web, you will be one of the memb
15、er in information express way. Several hundred years ago people communicated by horse. In the 20th century, people communicate with phone, tele-gram, which draw the space between people nearer, and at 21st century, computer integrates with communication technology, and greatly effect our life, which
16、 make us closer. E Could you tell us what influence computer brings to communication? B Several decades ago, people communicated with phones. At that time phones transfered information by ways of stimulation signal. Its hard to deal with and transfer large amounts of stimulation signals, especially
17、audio and video which constitute enormous signals. After the chip was invented, the velocity of dealing with information has greatly increased, stimulation signals are turned to digital signals and transfered by the web, which make people see the picture when listening to the voice. So it can be sai
18、d computer, combined with communication brings a revolution to communication technology. We have come to feel its influence and this influence will continue. E Which factors students now usually consider when choosing communication ways? B Generally speaking, cost is the first factor, after all we a
19、re now students and have no income. Secondly the quality of call must also be take account of. There are many IP phones now, but among them some have poor quality, so I wont choose it although its cheaper than common phones. Of course concrete problem concrete analysis, if encountering something urg
20、ent, you must choose a way available immediately. E Do you think telephone communication will increasingly replace letters in the future? And why? B In my opinion, although telephone communication is quite popular in China, it wont take the place of letters. First of all, telephones are still not av
21、ailable in many rural or mountainous areas. The only way for them to communicate with the outside world is by means of writing and receiving letters. Second, they want to avoid long distance calls. And most important of all, people, particularly lovers, can express delicate feelings in letters. Of c
22、ourse, there are even more advantages to writing a letter, for example, people can keep their letters as long as they like and reread them when they get old, which can remind them of past times. And last but most important, is formal contract which must be written on paper, not by telephone. So, tha
23、ts why I dont think the telephone will replace the letter. 二、考生相互问答 2 【正确答案】 E Now, Id like you to talk about something between yourselves. You should take care to share the opportunity of speaking. A I think college students should be encouraged to have a hobby. Hobbies rank among lifes great pleas
24、ures. They provide a change from routine and are usually relaxing, enjoyable, and interesting. They help one maintain a mental and emotional balance. B Yes, I think so. We can learn a great deal from hobbies, such as geography and history knowledge from the hobby of stamp collecting. A But students
25、chief task is to study. University offers us many courses, and we should have as many courses as we can. From these courses, we also can learn much knowledge, and the knowledge tends to be more systematic. B Sorry to interrupt you. I just think there is still so much knowledge you cant learn from co
26、urses, no matter how systematic it is. For example, if you go out to have a travel, youll experience different customs and cultures, which are different from that of courses. A But as far as I know, most college students indulge in Internet. They play games or chat with strangers all the day, so the
27、ir study is affected seriously by their hobbies. B Yes, its a problem. But I think just for this reason the university and college should encourage our students to have several hobbies, lead them to have a right attitude on hobbies. A I couldnt agree more. I think the university and college should t
28、each their students to keep balance between study and hobbies. B I still hold my original opinion. Hobbies have another disadvantage, that is, most of them are costly, so I dont think such hobbies suitable for college students. A Maybe you are right. But I think hobby is a personal business. If you
29、have a hobby, your life will be more colorful. If you have no money, there are still some hobbies that cost nothing. Its up to you. A Why did you say that hobbies rank among lifes great pleasures? B A hobby can provide us with interest, enjoyment, friendship, knowledge and relaxation. It can help us
30、 learn more about ourselves or about the world. It may introduce us to friends who share our enthusiasm and from whom we can also learn. It helps both manual and mental workers relax after periods of hard work. It also offers interesting and enjoyable activities for retirees. Moreover, it is helpful
31、 to a persons mental and physical health. B Whats the most popular hobby of your classmates? A Whats the most popular hobby of my classmates? I think it is surfing the Internet. Almost every one of my classmates have their own computers. And its very convenient to use Internet, because its free and
32、the speed is very fast. They almost spend all of their spare time in surfing the Internet, searching for data and information to write their paper, receiving and sending emails, downloading movies and music, roaming in the BBS, etc There is so much joy in the Internet, and I like it very much. A Do
33、you think having a hobby will affect your studies? Please give your reasons. B I dont think so. I can control myself very well, so I can keep balance between study and hobby. And I always look on study as the most import thing in my life. If the burden of study is very heavy, Ill spend almost all my
34、 spare time to study. So, having a hobby will not affect my studies, on the contrary, it will be helpful to my study. A hobby can relax me. So, when Im too tired to study, Id like to do the things Im interested in. After that, I will have more energy to study efficiently. B Some students spend a lot
35、 of time surfing the net. Do you think its a problem? A I think it depends on which kind of things they are doing on the Internet. If they are searching for data and information to write their paper, receiving and sending emails, downloading movies and educational programs to practice English, roami
36、ng in the BBS to get useful information, I think its helpful to the students growth, and we should encourage them. But if they spend a lot of time playing games and chatting with strangers on line, and keep their mind idle, I think its really a problem. Certainly, their friends will give them advice
37、s. 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 about it. A My picture is a scene in a library. In the library, there are
38、 many books on the shelves with many students sitting beside the tables reading. On the wall, we can see a notice board on which there is the word “Keep Quiet“. But there are two boys who are chatting loudly, and other students seem annoyed with the two boys. As everybody knows, we should keep quiet
39、 in the library. Otherwise, we would disturb other students. This is a rule established by every university. We all should keep quiet in the library even if there is not such a rule. The two noisy students are uncivil and in bad taste. I dont like such students, and I would not do such a thing. If t
40、here is someone making noises in the library, Id try to stop him. E Candidate B,could you please ask your partner a question? B As adults, should university students be responsible for their own behavior? Why? A Yes. University students are all adults, so they should be responsible for their own beh
41、avior. As adults, they are no longer children and so should not be short of judgment and self-discipline. If their activities are unmerited, maybe many people would be affected negatively. Therefore, adults should take both themselves and other people into consideration before they do something. The
42、y are responsible for their own behavior and so are our university students. E OK. Candidate B,here is your picture. You also have three minutes to talk about your picture. B In the dormitory, two girls are cooking something with an electric cooker on a table. A fan is blowing beside these two girls
43、. Behind them, there are two beds made of wood. This is very dangerous. If the electric cooker was not working properly it could catch on fire. All the materials made of wood or cloth such as the table, bunk bed and curtains would also catch fire. There are many students living in the dormitory buil
44、ding, and it would be difficult for them to flee from the building once it caught fire. Therefore, although cooking is an enjoyable thing for most girls, they should not cook in the dormitory for the sake of safety. E Thank you.Now,candidate A,could you please ask your partner a question? A Do you think that it is nice to live off Campus? B Yes,of course. If I can rent an apartment outside of Campus,Ill enjoy my studies and my life. I can cook anytime I want. I can watch TV,and I dont have to worry about being noisy,and being late.
