口语测评大赛样题

附录1：首届全国英语口语测评大赛（样题）

Section One Passage Reading

Passage One:

When we’re little, our mother is the center of our attention, and we are the center

of hers. So our mother's characteristics leave a very deep impression, and we are forever after attracted to people like her.

Passage Two:

Can’t remember where you put your glasses? Blanked on your new colleague’s name? Forgetting these types of things is a sign of how busy we are. When we’re not paying good attention, we have a problem retrieving the information later.

Passage Three:

Maths teacher Wendy went from the UK to South Africa to work at the Centre of Science and Technology. When she arrived, the walls of her classroom were plain and boring. Her solution was to paint colorful shapes, graphs, and equations on the walls, and engage the students by getting them to make three-dimensional paper shapes to hang from the ceiling.

Passage Four:

Eating fruit and vegetables is virtuous. But did you know it can also make you look good? People who increased their intake over just six weeks developed a healthy glow and appeared more attractive. Scientists found eating them subtly increased yellow and red pigments in the volunteers’ skin. They monitored the food intake of 35 people and took pictures of their faces, arms and hands using a sensitive camera at the start, and after three and six weeks.

Passage Five:

Science has shown that stress is not merely a metaphysical thing. We have discovered that stress causes your body to release hormones that raise blood pressure, speed up your heart and breathing, halt digestion, cause a surge in blood sugar, and more. When stress is ongoing, this constant physical reaction can significantly raise your risk of colds, diabetes, heart disease, back troubles, and almost every other major health concern. Indeed, stress is emerging as one of the principal contributors to poor health in modern countries.

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Section Two Free Speech

1. Describe your neighborhood

2. Talk about your hobby

3. Talk about your first day in college

4. Describe the person you admire most

5. Talk about your ideas about college library

6. Talk about your English class

7. Describe your relationship with your roommates

8. Talk about changes over the past ten years