专四2001-2005年口试真题
2001年口试真题
Task1: Retell a story
I once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous. John Smith was so forgetful that he sometimes forget what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly remind him about his meetings, his classes – even his meals! Once he forgot he had eaten breakfast twice, at home and at school. His wife liked to remind her neighbors, “If John didn’t have his head tied on. He would forget that too!” Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment. It wasn’t that he was not clever, as some critical people tended to say, but just very, very absent-minded.
One hot summer day, Professor Smith decided to take his children to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town a secret. However, by the time they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit. Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.
The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again so soon.
“Oh, my dear, I forgot the name the town.”
“What? You forgot the name? Maybe one day you will forget my name! Now I’ll write the name of that town on a piece of paper, and you put it in your pocket and please, please don’t forget where you put it.”
Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husband off again. Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house for the third time.
“What is the matter now?”
“As you told me, I didn’t forget where I put the name of that town, but I forgot where I left our children!”
Task2: Talk based on a given topic
Directions: Describe a teacher of yours whom you find unusual.
Task3: Role-play
Directions: Many high school graduates in China are going overseas for their college education. A friend of yours is graduating this year and would like to ask for your advice on whether it is a good idea for a high school graduate to go abroad to study.
Student A: You think this friend should go by all means, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation.
Student B: You think this friend should finish college in China before thinking about going abroad, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember your partner will start the conversation.
2002年口试真题
Task I: Retell a story
Whenever Mr. Smith goes to West Gate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of its name, it is really not very grand, but it is cheap, clean and comfortable. Since he knows the manager well, he never has to go to the trouble of reserving a room. The fact is that he always gets the same room. It is situated at the far end of the building and overlooks a beautiful bay. On his last visit, Mr. Smith was told that he could have his usual room, but the manager added apologetically that it might be a little noisy. “So great was the demand for rooms”, the manager said, “that the hotel has decided to build a new wing.” Mr. Smith said he did not mind. It amused him to think that the dear old Grand Hotel was making an effort to live up to its name (behave in accordance with). During the first day, Mr. Smith hardly noticed the noise at all. The room was a little dusty, but that was natural. The following afternoon, he borrowed a book from the hotel library and went upstairs to read. No sooner had he sat down that he heard someone hammering loudly at the wall. At first, he paid no attention. But after a while, he began to feel very uncomfortable. His clothes were slowly covered with fine white powder. Soon there was so much dust in the room that he began to cough. The hammering was now louder than ever and bits of plaster were coming away from the walls. It looked as though the whole building was going to fall. Mr. Smith went immediately to complain to the manager. They both returned to the room, but everything was rather quiet. As they stood there looking at each other, Mr. Smith felt rather embarrassed for having dragged the manager all the way up the stairs for nothing. All of a sudden, the hammering began again and a large brick landed on the floor. Looking up, they saw a sharp metal tool had forced its way through the wall, making a very large hole right above the bed.
Task II. Talk based on the given requirement
Describe an embarrassing situation in which you got very angry.
Task III. Role-play
The geology department of a major university is planning to admit 30 male and 5 female students. However, the results of the college entrance examination show that by average, of all the applicants, females have scored higher than most males. Should the department stick to its original plan?
Student A: You think the department should still stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation.
Student B: You DON’T think the department should stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember your partner will start the conversation.
Task I: Retell a story
Just as Jane was joyfully expecting her first child, her active, energetic mother began losing her battle with the brain disease. For ten years, the fiercely independent and courageous mother had fought, but none of the surgeries or treatments had been successful. At only 55, she became totally disabled, unable to speak, walk, eat or dress on her own. As the mother grew closer and closer to death, the baby grew closer and closer to life. Jane was afraid that her mother and her baby would never know each other. Her fear seemed well founded. A few weeks before her due date, her mother lapsed into a deep coma. The doctors did not hold out any hope. It was useless to put in a feeding tube, they said, for Mother would never awaken. So Jane brought Mother to her own bed in her own house. As often as she could, she sat besides her mother, talking about the baby moving inside her. On February 3rd, 1989, at about the same time Jane began to feel birth pains, Mother opened her eyes. Jane called home, “Mum, listen, my baby is coming! You’re going to have a new grandchild. Do you understand?”“Yes”, Mother answered. What a wonderful word---the first clear word she has spoken in months! By the time Jane brought her son home, her mother was sitting in her chair, dressed and ready to welcome the baby. For two weeks, Mother clucked, smiled and helped the new-born baby. And she quietly became unconscious and after visits from all her children, was finally free of the pain. For Jane, memories of her son’s birth will always be bitter-sweet, but it was at this time that she learned an important truth about living: while both joy and sorrow pass quickly and often come together at the same time, love has the power to overcome both and love can last forever.
Task II. Talk based on the given requirement
Tell a story that illustrates the need for love.
Task III. Role-play
Student A: You will be traveling later this week and you are wondering about the advantages and safety of flying. Recent news reports of air crashes have made you nervous and you
cannot decide if it is safe to travel by airplane. You turn to your friend for advice
about whether you should go by air or by train. He/She tried to persuade you to take a
flight by listing some advantages. Eventually, you refuse to accept his/her opinion
and make your own decision.
Student B: One of your friends is taking a trip later this week and he/she is undecided about whether to travel by air or by train. Not knowing what to do, your friend comes to
you for advice. You try to persuade your friend to take a flight in spite of reports of
air crashes. Eventually, you fail to convince him/her and your friend buys a train
ticket instead.
Task I: Retell a story
When she was 22 years old, Pat Jones decided that she wanted to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could while she was still young. When she finished college at home in Britain, Pat chose to visit Latin America first, so she managed to get a job as an English teacher in a secondary school in Berlivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, so she was able to communicate with her students even though they did not know much English. A sentence she had once read somewhere stuck in her mind, “If you dream in a foreign language, it means that you have already really mastered it.”Pat repeated this sentence to her students and she hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English. One day, Tim, one of the worst students in her class, came up to her and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He said that he had gone to bed early and had slept badly. Pat was quite angry with him, for she did not think that his explanation had anything to do with his homework. But Tim told her that he dreamt all night and his dream was in English. “In English!”Pat thought. She was greatly surprised since Tim was such a bad student. She was also secretly jealous---her dreams were still not in Spanish. But she decided to encourage her student and asked him to tell her about his dream. “Ah, all the people in my dream spoke English,” Tim said, “and all the signs were in English. All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English!”“But that’s wonderful!”said Pat. “What did all the people say to you?” she asked. “I’m sorry, Miss Jones. That’s why I slept so badly all through the night. I didn’t understand a word they said. It was a nightmare!” Tim answered.
Task II. Talk based on the given requirement
Describe one of the most unpleasant dreams you’ve ever had.
Task III. Role-play
Student A: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive. To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden. You try to discuss this problem with student B. You think that parents should pay tuition for their children since college students do not yet have any regular income. Remember, you will initiate the conversation.
Student B: Nowadays higher education is getting increasingly expensive. To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden. You discuss this problem with A. You think it is unfair to put this burden on parents since college students are already adults. Students themselves should find ways to pay their tuitions. Your partner will initiate the conversation.
Task I: Retell a story
A little girl whose parents had died lived with her grandmother and slept in an upstairs bedroom. One night there was a fire in the house and the grandmother died while trying to rescue the child. The fire spread quickly and the first floor of the house was soon engulfed in flames. Neighbors called the fire department then stood hopelessly by, unable to enter the house because flames blocked all the entrances. The little girl appeared at an upstairs window, crying for help. Just as words spread among the crowd that the firefighters would be delayed a few minutes because they were all at another fire, suddenly a man appeared with a ladder, put it up against the side of the house and disappeared inside. When he reappeared, he had the little girl in his arms. He delivered the child to the waiting arms below then disappeared into the night. An investigation revealed that the child had no living relatives and weeks later a meeting was held in the town hall to determine who would take the child into their home and bring her up. A teacher said she would like to raise the child. She pointed out that she could ensure her a good education. A farmer offered her an upbringing on his farm. He pointed out that living on the farm was healthy and satisfying. Others spoke, giving their reasons why it was to the child’s advantage to live with them. Finally, the town’s richest resident rose and said, “I can give this child all the advantages that you have mentioned here plus money and everything tha t money can buy.” Throughout all this, the child remained silent, her eyes on the floor. “Does anyone else want to speak?” asked the meeting chairman. A man came forward from the back of the hall. He walked slowly and appeared to be in pain. When he got to the front of the room, he stood directly in front of the little girl and held out his arms. His hands and arms were terribly scarred. The child cried out, “This is the man who rescued me!” With a leap, she threw her arms around the man’s neck. She buried her face in his shoulder and sobbed for a few moments. Then she looked up and smiled at him.
Task II. Talk based on the given requirement
Please tell us one incident in which someone was trying to help others despite the danger to his own safety.
Task III. Role-play
Student A: The manager of a world-famous hotel wants to recruit a new member as the hotel’s bellboy, offering him a salary of 3,000 yuan per month. Many university graduates are competing for the position. As a sophomore in the university, you think that they are applying for a job unworthy for their talents. Try to persuade your partner that you are right. Remember you will initiate the conversation.
Student B: The manager of a world-famous hotel wants to recruit a new member as the hotel’s bellboy, offering him a salary of 3,000 yuan per month. Many university graduates are competing for the position. As a sophomore in the university, you think that it is courageous for them to make such a decision and they have made the correct choice. Try to persuade your partner that you are right. Remember your partner will initiate the conversation.
历年英语四六级口语考试话题 May 2004 II Questions about Sense of Responsibility 1. What kind of people would you like to work with? 2. What do you think about people who don’t keep their promises? 3. How wo you feel about students who are often late for class? 4. What kind of people would you like to employ if you were the boss? Discussion Whether the younger generation today has a strong sense of responsibility? More Questions 1. Do adult children have the responsibility to care for their elderly parents? Why or why not? 2. Do you think it’s important for students to have a strong responsibility? Reasons? 3. Could you suggest some ways to enhance one’s sense of responsibility? 4. What could you do with an irresponsible employee? 5. During the discussion, why did you say that ...? III Questions about Social Behavior 1. Do you get along with your roommates? 2. Do you think people are less honest today than they used to be? 3. Do you think it’s always wrong to tell a lie?
2016年英语四级口语常用话题汇总 一、运动 对话： A: Brain, playing tennis seems interesting. B: Would you like to learn? A: Yes.how do you play? B: Tennis can be played in singles and doubles. The outside line is for doubles and the inside line is for singles. A: How do you decide who starts? B: Well, you can toss a coin to decide. Whoever wins chooses either to start or which side of the court o play on. A: How do you score? B: To begin with, the score is “LOVE all”. A: LOVE means 0? B: You have got it. You then score 15, 30 and 40. If you get to 40 and win again, you win the game. A: The opponent starts serving then? B: Right. See. You know how to play now. A: Let’s try it sometime. B: Sure! 补充句型： 1. I usually go to the gym after work.. 我经常下班以后去健身房。
专四口语考试历年真题 来源：爱思英语日期：2010-05-03 阅读34826 次作者: 评论1条划词已启用进入论坛投稿2002 TEM4 Oral English Test Paper Task I: Listen to the recorded passage twice and then retell it. Whenever Mr. Smith goes to Westgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of its name, it is really not very "grand," but it is cheap, clean, and comfortable. Since he knows the manager well, he never has to go to the trouble of reserving a room. The fact is that he always gets the same room. It is situated at the far end of the building and overlooks a beautiful bay. On his last visit, Mr. Smith was told that he could have his usual room, but the manager added apologetically that it might be a little noisy. So great was the demand for rooms, the manager said, that the hotel had decided to build a new wing. Mr. Smith said he did not mind. It amused him to think that the dear old Grand Hotel was making an effort to live up to its name. During the first day Mr. Smith hardly noticed the noise at all. The room was a little dusty, but that was natural. The following afternoon, he borrowed a book from the hotel library and went upstairs to read. No sooner had he sat down than he heard someone hammering loudly at the wall. At first he paid no attention, but after a while he began to feel very uncomfortable. His clothes were slowly being covered with fine white powder. Soon there was so much dust in the room that he began to cough. The hammering was now louder than ever and bits of plaster were coming away from the walls. It looked as though the whole building was going to fall. Mr. Smith went immediately to complain to the manager. They both returned to the room, but everything was very quiet. As they stood there looking at each other, Mr. Smith felt rather embarrassed for having dragged the manager all the way up the stairs for nothing. All of a sudden,
大学英语四级口语考试(CET-SET4)内容及流程
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1、考试对象： 大学英语四、六级考试口语考试(CET Spoken English Test ，简称 CET-SET)用于考察 大学生运用英语进行口头交际的能力。CET-SET 报考对象为获得全国大学英语四、六级证书且成绩达到一定分数线的在校大学生。 教育部规定，四级笔试550分、六级520分以上的考生可以报名参加口试。 2、考试时间及地点： 四、六级口语考试为一年两次，分别在5月和11月。考试地点在考生报名的考点，具体考场在考生报名后随机编组确定。 3、报名流程： 全国大学英语四、六级考试委员会根据教育部主管部门的文件规定，在有关城市设立 若干个考点。考生到所在考试中心指定的考点报名并参加考试，报名时须随身携带身份证、二寸报名照一张及报名费用。 注意事项 考生须携带本人的准考证和身份证准时到规定的候考室报到，逾时 15 分钟不得进考场。 考生如发现准考证上的姓名有误，请在正式开考前将修改后的准考证交给主考，由主 考按身份证上的姓名核对并签名确认。 如中途无故退场，将作自动放弃考试处理，成绩一律记为不合格。 自备饮料；不得携带手机、拷机等通讯工具进入候考室。 考生须在候考室等候参加考试，在候考期间未经同意不得随意离开候考室。 考试期间，必须遵守考场纪律，服从管理人员安排。 考试结束时，必须将准考证交给主考，同时记下自己的准考证号。 考试结束后，必须立即离开考区。 4、考试形式及试题构成： CET-SET 考试采用面对面的形式，每场考试由 2 名主考和 3 (或 4 )名考生组成 CET-SET 考试分三部分： 第一部分是考生和 CET 授权的主考进行交谈，采用问答的形式。时间约 5 分钟。包括考生自我介绍、回答问题等。 第二部分包括 1.5 分钟的考生个人发言和 4.5 分钟的小组讨论。时间共约 10 分钟。 第三部分由主考再次提问以进一步确定考生的口头交际能力，由主考老师进一步提问。时间约 5 分钟。 5、考试成绩及合格证书： 口语考试成绩合格者由教育部高等教育司发给证书，证书分为 A、B 、C 三个等级，C 等以上者将获得由教育部高教司颁发的注有CET Spoken English Test成绩等级的 CET 证书，成绩低于 C 等的不发给证书。 大学英语四、六级考试口语考试能力等级标准如下： 等级等级描述 A 等能用英语就熟悉的题材进行口头交际，基本上没有困难 B 等能用英语就熟悉的题材进行口头交际，虽有些困难，但不影响交际
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(屏幕显示以下文字) Many people would list San Francisco as one of the most delightful cities in the world. Sitting on the Pacific coast, it gives you a feeling of the sea. The sea breezes wake you up and make you eat well and sleep well. The city was planned with straight roads, and these roads cross each other at right angles, making squares as they do in many American cities. Very often you can find yourself on top of a hill in the city, looking down one of these straight roads as it rises and falls on its journey through the town. A good way to travel these roads is by cable car. These are buses that run on rails in the ground up and down the steep hills. (考生准备时间45秒) Now please begin to read on hearing the beep. (考生A和B同时回答，时间1分钟) Examiner: In this task, you are to answer two questions. For each question, you will have 20 seconds to respond. Please start speaking on hearing the beep. (问题文字不显示在屏幕上)
2004 TEM4 Oral English Test Paper Task I: Retell a story When she was 22 years old Pat Jones decided that she wanted to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could while she was young. When she finished college at home in Britain Pat chose to visit Latin America first, so she managed to get a job as an English teacher in a secondary school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, so she was able to communicate with her students even though they did not know much English. A sentence she had once read somewhere stuck in her mind: if you dream in a foreign language, it means that you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and she hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English. One day Tim, one of the worst students in her class, came up to her and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He said that he had gone to bed early and had slept badly. Pat was quite angry with him, for she did not think that his explanation had anything to do with his homework. But Tim told her that he dreamed all night and his dream was in English. “In English!”Pat thought. She was greatly surprised, since Tim was such a bad student. She was also secretly jealous. Her dreams were still not in Spanish, but she decided to encourage her student and asked hi m to tell her about his dream. “All the pe ople in my dream spoke English,” Tim said. “And all the signs were in English. All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in Eng lish.” “But that’s wonderful,” said Pat. “What did all the people say to you?” she asked. “I’m sorry, Miss Jones. That’s why I slept so badl y all through the night. I didn’t understand a word they said. It was a nightmare!” Tim answered. (324 words) Task II: Talk based on a given topic Describe one of the most unpleasant dreams you’ve ever had. Task III: Role-play Student A: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive. To quite a number of families it has become a big financial burden. You try to discuss this problem with student B. You think that parents should pay tuition for their children since college students do not yet have any regular income. Student B: Nowadays higher education is getting more and more expensive. To quite a number of families, it has become a big financial burden. You try to discuss this problem with student A. Your opinion is that it is unfair to put this big burden on parents since college students are already adults. Students themselves should find ways to pay their own tuitions.
2019英语六级口语考试真题练习(1) The Language of Music A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is utterly dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as arduous a training to become a performer as a medical student needs to become a doctor. Most training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords would be inadequate without controlled muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow to and fro with the right arm—two entirely different movements. Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists are spared this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, waiting for them, and it is the piano tuner’s responsibility to tune the instrument for them. But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that hit the string have to be coaxed not to sound like percussion, and each overlapping tone has to sound clear. This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts student conductors： they have to learn to know every note of the music and how it should sound, and they
专四口语考试题型 第一题是放一遍录音，你复述这个故事，可以做笔记把故事大意说出来关键的地方要准确时间地点和故事最后的结局中间的具体描写你可以灵活一点但是不要有明显的停顿 第二题是即兴说话，和演讲一样演讲题目是抽取的讲的要流畅，符合主题 第三题是讨论给出一个题目你和同样参加考试的考生里随机组合一个成为小组你们开始交谈这一话题类似于辩论你要条理清晰观点明确最后你们要有一方妥协观点上达成一致 2002 TEM4 Oral English Test Paper Task I: Listen to the recorded passage twice and then retell it. Whenever Mr. Smith goes to Westgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of its name, it is really not very "grand," but it is cheap, clean, and comfortable. Since he knows the manager well, he never has to go to the trouble of reserving a room. The fact is that he always gets the same room. It is situated at the far end of the building and overlooks a beautiful bay. On his last visit, Mr. Smith was told that he could have his usual room, but the manager added apologetically that it might be a little noisy. So great was the demand for rooms, the manager said, that the hotel had decided to build a new wing. Mr. Smith said he did not mind. It amused him to think that the dear old Grand Hotel was making an effort to live up to its name. During the first day Mr. Smith hardly noticed the noise at all. The room was a little dusty, but that was natural. The following afternoon, he borrowed a book from the hotel library and went upstairs to read. No sooner had he sat down than he heard someone hammering loudly at the wall. At first he paid no attention, but after a while he began to feel very uncomfortable. His clothes were slowly being covered with fine white powder. Soon there was so much dust in the room that he began to cough. The hammering was now louder than ever and bits of plaster were coming away from the walls. It looked as though the whole building was going to fall. Mr. Smith went immediately to complain to the manager. They both returned to the room, but everything was very quiet. As they stood there looking at each other, Mr. Smith felt rather embarrassed for having dragged the manager all the way up the stairs for nothing. All of a sudden, the hammering began again and a large brick landed on the floor. Looking up, they saw a sharp metal tool had forced its way through the wall, making a very large hole right above the bed! (355 words) Task II: Talk based on a given topic. Describe an embarrassing situation in which you got very angry. Task III: Carry out a conversation with your partner based on a given situation. The geology department of a major university is planning to admit 30 male and 5 female students. However, the results of the college entrance examination show that by average, of all the applicants, females have scored higher than most males. Should the department stick to its original plan? Student A: You think the department should still stick to the original plan, and
CET频道更新:2009-6-3 编辑:lo7ely ·大学英语四级听力必考60个习语汇总 ·四级暑期天天练：完形填空题库 ·名师推荐：英语四级写作高分模板汇总 Part 1 (5 minutes) Examiner: Good morning (Good afternoon), everybody. Could you please tell me your name and the number of your admission ticket? Your name, please. And your number? … Your name? … And your number? ... Thank you. Now would you please briefly introduce yourselves to each other? Remember, you should not mention the name of your university. (1.5 minutes) OK, now that we know each other we can do some group work. First of all, I’d like to ask each of you to say something about life in the city. [ C1, C2, C3 ] 1) How do you like living in Beijing ( Shanghai , Nanjing …)? 2) What do you think is the most serious challenge of living in a city like Beijing ( Shanghai , Nanjin g …)? 3) How do you like shopping in a supermarket? 4) Where would you like to live, downtown or in the suburbs, and why? 5) What measures do you think we should take to reduce air pollution in Beijing ( Shanghai , Nanjing …)? 6) Can you say something about the entertainment available in your city? 7) Where would you like to find a job after graduation, in a big city like Beijing or Shanghai or in a small town and why? 8) What’s your impression of the people in Beijing ( Shanghai , Nanjing …)? Part 2 (10 minutes) Examiner: Now let’s move on to something more specific. The topic for our discussion today is “City Traffic”. You’ll have a picture (some pictures) showing two different types of transport. I’d like each of you to give a brief desc ription of each type and then compare the two types. You’ll have one minute to prepare and each of you will have one and a half minutes to talk about the picture(s). Don’t worry if I interrupt you at the end of the time limit. Now here are your pictures. [1 minute later] Now, [ C1 ], would you please start first? [ C2 ] and [ C3 ], please put your pictures aside and listen to what [ C1 ] has to say. [1.5 minutes later] OK. [ C2 ], now it’s your turn. [1.5 minutes later] OK, [ C3 ], and now it’s you r turn.
Task I: Listen to the recorded passage twice and then retell it. Whenever Mr. Smith goes to Westgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of its name, it is really not very "grand," but it is cheap, clean, and comfortable. Since he knows the manager well, he never has to go to the trouble of reserving a room. The fact is that he always gets the same room. It is situated at the far end of the building and overlooks a beautiful bay. On his last visit, Mr. Smith was told that he could have his usual room, but the manager added apologetically that it might be a little noisy. So great was the demand for rooms, the manager said, that the hotel had decided to build a new wing. Mr. Smith said he did not mind. It amused him to think that the dear old Grand Hotel was making an effort to live up to its name. During the first day Mr. Smith hardly noticed the noise at all. The room was a little dusty, but that was natural. The following afternoon, he borrowed a book from the hotel library and went upstairs to read. No sooner had he sat down than he heard someone hammering loudly at the wall. At first he paid no attention, but after a while he began to feel very uncomfortable. His clothes were slowly being covered with fine white powder. Soon there was so much dust in the room that he began to cough. The hammering was now louder than ever and bits of plaster were coming away from the walls. It looked as though the whole building was going to fall. Mr. Smith went immediately to complain to the manager. They both returned to the room, but everything was very quiet. As they stood there looking at each other, Mr. Smith felt rather embarrassed for having dragged the manager all the way up the stairs for nothing. All of a sudden, the hammering began again and a large brick landed on the floor. Looking up, they saw a sharp metal tool had forced its way through the wall, making a very large hole right above the bed! (355 words) Task II: Talk based on a given topic. Describe an embarrassing situation in which you got very angry. Task III: Carry out a conversation with your partner based on a given situation. The geology department of a major university is planning to admit 30 male and 5 female students. However, the results of the college entrance examination show that by average, of all the applicants, females have scored higher than most males. Should the department stick to its original plan? Student A: You think the department should still stick to the original plan, and you should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation.