大学英语四级口语考试（CET-SET4）试题构成以及样题
试题构成:
大学英语四级口语考试样题
CET Spoken English Test – Band Four Sample Paper
Topic A - 1
Topic Area: Daily Life
Topic: Travel Examiner:
Hello, welcome to the CET Spoken English Test – Band Four. We wish you both good luck today. Now let’s begin with self-introductions.
Candidate A, would you please start? （考生A先回答，时间20秒）
Thank you. Candidate B, now it’s your turn. (然后考生B回答，时间20秒)
Thank you. OK, now that we know each other, let’s go on.
Examiner:
Task 1 Read Aloud
In this task, you are to read aloud a short passage. You will have 45 seconds to go over the passage and 1 minute to read it aloud. Now here is the passage.
(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:
Task 2 Question and Answer
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)
Question 1:
What would many people think of San Francisco according to the passage?
(考生A和B同时回答，时间20秒)
Question 2:
Which city in China do you like most? And why?
(考生A和B同时回答，时间20秒)
Examiner:
Task 3 Individual Presentation
In this task, you are to talk about the picture displayed on the screen. You will have 45 seconds to prepare and 1 minute to talk about it. Now here is the picture.
(考生准备时间45秒)
Now please start speaking on hearing the beep.
(考生A和B同时回答，时间1分钟)
Examiner:
Task 4 Pair Work
In this task, you are to talk with your partner about a plan of travel. Suppose you have three days to go sightseeing together. Talk with each other and make a plan for your trip. Your plan may include:
1、place(s) to visit
2、schedule
3、means of transportation
You will have 1 minute to prepare and three minutes to talk. Remember, this is a pair activity and you need to interact with each other. Your performance will be judged according to your contribution to the pair work. Now please start to prepare.
(屏幕上显示以下文字)
Your plan may include:
1、place(s) to visit
2、schedule
3、means of transportation
(考生准备时间1分钟)
Now please start your talk on hearing the beep.
(考生A和B讨论，时间3分钟)
Thank you. That is the end of the test.
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附；成绩发布及成绩报告单
本次CET-SET成绩将印制在CET成绩报告单上，其成绩报告单并下发至笔试报考的考点。
重要！！！一定要看！！！
考试系统培训：
大学英语四级模拟题四 Part One Reading Comprehension (2’×10 = 20’) Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Air pollution can spread from city to city. It even spreads from one country to another. Some northern European countries have had “black snow”from pollutants that have traveled through the air from other countries and have fallen with the snow. So air pollution is really a global problem. Air pollution can kill babies, older people, and those who have respiratory（呼吸的）diseases. As found in cities, air pollution increases the risks of certain lung diseases. Air pollution can cause both airplane and car accidents because it cuts down visibility （能见度）. There are other possible health dangers from air pollution that we don’t know much about. For example, scientists are trying to find out whether chemicals that reach us from the air may cause changes in our cells. These changes might cause babies to be born with serious birth defects. Scientists are trying to learn how all the many chemicals are apt（易于的）to take into our bodies from air, water, food, and even medicines act together to affect our health and the way our bodies work. That is another reason why it is so important to begin to control pollution now instead of waiting until we learn all the answers. Air pollution costs us a lot of money. It corrodes（腐蚀）our buildings. It damages farm crops and forests. It has a destructive effect on our works of art. The cost of all this damage to our government is great. It would be much more worthwhile, both for us and for the government, to spend our tax dollars on air pollution control. 1. Air pollution may lead to airplane accidents because . A. it may cause pilots to be ill B. engines may fail from the air-borne dirt C. visibility is reduced D. it brings a lot of black snow 2. Scientists are trying to find a link between pollution and . A. intelligence levels B. birth problems C. man’s behavior D. the nervous system 3. Scientists have not yet determined . A. all of the effects of pollution on the human body B. how pollution can be controlled successfully C. when the atmosphere first became polluted D. how some snow becomes black 4. The author suggests that before air pollution becomes more serious, . A. factories will be forced to stop operating B. buildings should be protected C. the earth will begin to grow colder D. more money should be spent to solve the problem 5. We can conclude that . A. civilization may be ruined if pollution is not controlled B. pollution is more serious in Europe than it is in America C. most people do not know that pollution is a serious problem D. we should learn all the answers before we begin to control pollution Passage Two Stiletto heels could be banned from the workplace because of health and safety reasons, according to British Trade Union bosses. The Trade Union Congress, predominantly male, has proposed a motion arguing that high heels are disrespectful to women while they also contribute to long term injuries. They propose instead that women wear “sensible shoes”with an inch heel limit in an attempt to avoid future foot and back pain as well as injuries. The motion is due to be debated at next month’s conference. The motion states: “Congress believes high heels may look glamorous on the Hollywood catwalks but are completely in appropriate for the day-to-day working environment. Feet bear the burden of daily life, and for many workers prolonged standing, badly fitted footwear, and in particular high heels can be a hazard. Around two million days a year are lost through sickness as a result of lower limb disorders. Wearing high heels can cause long-term foot problems and also serious foot, knee and back pain and damaged joints. Many employers in the retail sector force women workers to wear high heels as part of their dress code. More must be done to raise awareness of this problem so that women workers and their feet are protected.” Nadline Dorries, the Tory Member of Parliament, however criticized the motion and said the extra height heels give women can help them when in the workplace. “I’m 5ft 3in and need every inch of my Christian Louboutin heels to look my male colleagues in the eye,”she said. “If high heels were banned in Westminster, no one would be able to find me. The Trade Union leaders need to get real, stop using obvious sexist tactics by discussing women’s
大学英语四级口语考试(CET-SET4)内容及流程
2016年5月CET-SET4试题汇总场次1 I. Self-introduction （30seconds） II. Read Aloud(45s to prepare; 60s to read) III. Question & Answer(2 questions; 20s per Q) IV. Individual Presentation(45s to prepare; 60s to talk ) Views on robots doing housework. V. Pair Work(60s to prepare; 90s to talk) Your presentation may include: --for what purpose --what is the price range --whether to buy it at a store or online
I. Self-introduction II. Read Aloud III. Question & Answer ⑴What’s the Lord of the Files about? ⑵There are few people read novels these days, what do you think about this phenomenon? IV. Individual Presentation My school library. V. Pair Work Your presentation may include: --characters --setting --plot
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。
洛基英语，中国在线英语教育领导品牌 Model Test 1 Part One Listening Comprehension Section A Directions： In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said - Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A）, B）, C）and D）, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a line through the centre. Example： You will hear： You will read： A） At the office. B） In the waiting room. C） At the airport. D） In a restaurant. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A） At the office is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. 1. A） She is not interested in the article. B） She has given the man much trouble. C） She would like to have a copy of the article. D） She doesn't want to take the trouble to read the article. 2. A） He saw the big tower he visited on TV~ B） He has visited the TV tower twice. C） He has visited the TV tower once. D） He will visit the TV tower in June. 3. A） The woman has trouble getting along with the professor. B） The woman regrets having taken up much of the professor's time. C） The woman knows the professor has been busy. D） The woman knows the professor has run into trouble. 4. A） He doesn't enjoy business trips as much as he used to. B） He doesn't think he is capable of doing the job. C） He thinks the pay is too low to support his family, D） He wants to spend more time with his family. 5. A） The man thought the essay was easy. B） They both had a hard time writing the essay. C） The woman thought the essay was easy. D） Neither of them has finished the assignment yet. 6. A） In the park. B） Between two buildings C） In his apartment. D） Under a huge tree. 7. A） It's awfully dull. B） It's really exciting.
2016年英语四级口语考试试题 2016年起，全国大学英语四六级口语考试(CET-SET)将分设四级和六级两个级别，即“全国大学英语四级口语考试(CET-SET4)”和“全国大学英语六级口语考试(CET-SET6)”。原CET-SET将设定为CET-SET6。以下小编为大家整理的是2016年新版英语四级口语考试试题： Topic Area: Daily Life Topic: Travel Examiner: Hello, welcome to the CET Spoken English Test – Band Four. We wish you both good luck today. Now let’s begin with self-introductions. Candidate A, would you please start? (考生A 先回答，时间20秒) Thank you. Candidate B, now it’s your turn. (然后考生B回答，时间20秒) Thank you. OK, now that we know each other, let’s go on. Examiner: In this task, you are to read aloud a short passage. You will have 45 seconds to go over the passage and 1 minute to read it aloud. Now here is the passage.
(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)
大学英语四级口语应试技巧汇编 由于近年来，参加口语考试的门槛进一步降低，每年都有更多的考生获得参加口语考试的机会。那么如何准备口语考试呢? 技巧1：考前热身，了解你的搭档 考试之前，考官会对所有考生进行随机分组，通常三个人一组，会给一定时间让你们交流，这就是所谓热身。 千万不要小瞧你的搭档，大家要抓紧时间交流，这样等到正式考试时，大家才能有好的配合。 比如，我在考口语的时候，有一个搭档是个内向的女生。我在听她的发音时比较累，有时只能猜测。最后一个部分是一个商业宣传的案例，结果我们做的策划是两个截然不同的方向，她大概也没有经历过类似的考试，根本不与我配合，于是到最后也没有达成一致意见。 技巧2：精心准备自我介绍 考前有一个自我介绍，你要准备得有特色，生动一点，因为这关系到第一印象的问题，你在第一时间内所展现出来的个性特征很可能在主考老师的心里持续到最后一分钟。 你不要把自我介绍弄得太冗长，不要为了使用某些夸张的语句，而使本该简短的文字变得复杂。 技巧3：悉心倾听同伴发言 口语测试中的专心应该是从始至终的，最好能做到悉心倾听每一个搭档的发言。
因为考官很有可能突然点名让你发表意见，如果你没有专心听懂其他人的观点，那么你就可能不知道自己该说点什么。我考试的时候遇到的另一位搭档是研究生，但他的口语基本上在初中水平，但是幸亏我当时一直认真地听着他的发言，不然当考官突然让我接下话题时，我就可能不知道自己该说些什么了。 技巧4：学会解释开放性问题 要学会对问题进行开放性解释，不要只给出简单的答案。这个也许是个很个人的问题，是个习惯问题。但考试是有时间限定的，老师也许会示意你做进一步阐述，所以见到问题的时候就应该有比较完善的，综合各方面因素的理解。 但不要给出让人过于吃惊的回答，尤其不要拿出新生代人物对一切都毫不在乎的态度，最好是表现得成熟一点，有条理，有逻辑，有道理。因为大家都是接受过高等教育的人，不要在一些简单问题上显得幼稚和无知。 技巧5：六招教你快速提高四六级口语 相对于雅思考试中的其他单项，口语是不少考生的弱势项目。除备考要细致，考试时的一些细节也要引起考生注意，提醒大家尤其要注意以下八个细节问题。 Keep eye contact.保持眼神交流 中国考生在答题时往往眼睑自然下垂，是一种内敛的表现。可在欧美人看来，这种回避的眼光可能是一种缺少安全感、不自信的表现。在雅思口语考试中，考官提问时会一直与考生保持眼
大学英语四级口语考试（CET-SET4）试题构成以及样题 试题构成: 大学英语四级口语考试样题 CET Spoken English Test – Band Four Sample Paper Topic A - 1 Topic Area: Daily Life Topic: Travel Examiner: Hello, welcome to the CET Spoken English Test – Band Four. We wish you both good luck today. Now let’s begin with self-introductions. Candidate A, would you please start? （考生A先回答，时间20秒） Thank you. Candidate B, now it’s your turn. (然后考生B回答，时间20秒) Thank you. OK, now that we know each other, let’s go on. Examiner: Task 1 Read Aloud In this task, you are to read aloud a short passage. You will have 45 seconds to go over the passage and 1 minute to read it aloud. Now here is the passage. (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.
大学英语四级模拟题十 Part I Listening Comprehension (35’) Section A Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations and 1 long conversation. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上对应题号作答。 1. A) At 9:15. B) Before 9:15. C) At 9:30. D) Before 9:50. 2. A) He does not understand it. B) He does not like it. C) He is used to it. D) He does not have to take it. 3. A) They were in a doctor’s office. B) They worked in the same office. C) They were in a workshop. D) They were talking in the weight lifting room at the gym. 4. A) Carry the suitcase with the woman. B) Carry the suitcase upstairs. C) Carry the suitcase up to the plane. D) Carry the suitcase down to the ship. 5. A) At eight o’clock. B) At nine o’clock. C) At ten o’clock. D) An hour later. 6. A) He broke his leg. B) He caught a cold. C) He had a car accident. D) He didn’t like to go to dance with the girl. 7. A) He doesn’t know what he wants to do. B) He likes to work this summer. C) He wonders whether the woman has a job. D) He can’t decide where to go on vacation. 8. A) At a hairdresser’s. B) At a tailor’s C) At a photographer’s. D) At a butcher’s. 9. A) The content of the note book. B) What the woman wrote in the note. C) Why people are not allowed to talk in the library. D) Whether people can smoke in the library. 10. A) Because it’s bad for her health. B) Because it had bad influences on children. C) Because it makes him smell. D) Because it makes him cough. Questions 11 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 11. A) He is not satisfied with his present job. B) He worries too much about his grandmother. C) People dislike his food. D) He is going to be fired. 12. A) He learned it in a training center of cooking. B) He learned it from his grandmother. C) He learned it from his mother. D) He learned it from his wife. 13. A) He dislikes other businessmen. B) He wants to have more chance to go on business. C) He doesn’t want to trouble others. D) He wants to be self-employed. 14. A) Whether he would have enough funds. B) Whether his food is to the customers’ taste. C) Whether his family members would support him. D) Whether he can pay less tax to the government. 15. A) Daniel gets encouragement from his friend Misha. B) The two speakers haven’t seen each other for a long time. C) Daniel wants to be in the food business. D) Daniel’s grandmother is an experienced businesswoman. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上对应题号作答。 Questions 16 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. A) His age and appearance. B) His personality. C) His scholarship. D) His relationship with students. 17. A) No. Because he knows what he says in class will affect his students all their lives. B) Yes. But he never fails to apologize if he does. C) No. Because he is always well prepared before stepping onto the platform.
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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
大学英语四级模拟题三 Part One Reading Comprehension (2’×10 = 20’) Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Y ou should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts so that people can live and grow food. Even so, more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Why? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth. Some people on the earth do not get very much rain. Yet, they still do not become deserts. This is because there are some small green plants growing there. Plants help keep water in the earth. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily. A man decides to make a farm in a very dry place. He digs in the earth and takes away the grass and plants that are already growing on the dry land. He makes a farm. He puts plants in rows. The sun is very hot. It makes the land even drier. When the rain comes, it runs between the row of plants. It washes the good dirt away. When the wind comes, it blows between the rows of plants. It blows the good dirt away. Soon the land is not good enough for a farm any more. The man lets his animals eat all the plants on it. Now the land does not have any plants on it. The sun and wind dry the land and all of the good dirt away. Now the land is a desert. 1. A desert is probably _____________. A. grassy B. wet C. treeless D. muddy 2. Land is becoming desert because of lack of _____________. A. rain B. people C. wind D. plants 3. Which of the following is NOT the reason why small green plants are very important to dry places? A. They keep the earth from becoming even drier. B. They do not let wind blow the earth away. C. They add color to the dry places. D. They hold water. 4. It can be inferred from the passage that _____________. A. it is bad to plant in rows in a dry place B. it is better to raise animals on dry land than to make a farm C. it is bad to make a farm in a dry place, but it is good to raise animals there D. all lands that don’t get very much rain are deserts 5. What’s the writer’s purpose in giving an example of the man? A. To criticize him. B. To tell an interesting story. C. To prove man makes deserts. D. To prove the hot sun makes a desert. Passage Two For years, international swimming has been controlled by a small number of powerful nations. The U.S., Russia, Germany and Australia have produced some of the sport’s finest players and have won most of the top competitions and medals. But the results of this month’s world championships, which are being held in the Australian city of Perth, will not be so easy to predict. Since the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, many new names and nationalities have emerged to take on the world leaders. The 1996 Olympics should have been an opportunity for the U.S. to display its great swimming power, but instead it faced some embarrassing defeats. The surprises started on the first day of the competitions, when Fred of Belgium (比利时) set a world record in the competition for 100-metres breast-stroke (蛙泳). Never before had Belgium produced an Olympic champion swimmer. Two other countries also won swimming gold medals for the first time on the opening day. Ireland’s Michell Smith delighted her country with her first of her three gold medals. New Zealand also celebrated with Danyon Loader’s gold in the men’s 200-metre free style. Loader went on to win the 400 meters later in the competition. By late on the second day, the U.S. team’s officials and coaches were starting to be surprised. Penny Heyns of South Africa had broken the women’s 100-metre breast-stroke record in the morning competitions before claiming gold in the final. 6. It is hard to predict the results of this month’s championships because _____________. A. players from different countries have sprung up as new champions B. many names of the players haven’t been heard C. a few countries have won international swimming competitions D. the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta was a success 7. What the U.S. had to face at the 1996 Olympics was _____________. A. new swimming power B. a big success C. several unpleasant failures D. a great deal of embarrassment 8. The player of Belgium broke a world record in 100-metre breast-stroke which _____________. A. it had won before B. it has not gained before C. it had won many times D. the U.S. had never won before 9. How many gold medals have the other countries won on the opening day? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six. 10. It can be inferred from the passage that _____________. A. the U.S. is still the only powerful country in swimming B. the U.S. has been a great swimming power C. Ireland once controlled international swimming