口语试题

Spring Festival1.When is the spring festival?It begins on the first day of the first lunar month in lunar calendar.2.What do people often do to celebrate spring festival?People often set off firecracker/ have big dinners/visit friends and relatives/go to the temple fair.U1 Roll over , Beethoven!1.What kind of music do you like? Why?I like classic/popular/folk/ music, because it can make melaugh/cry/happy/strong.2.What kind of music instruments do you know?Trumpet(喇叭), piano, violin, drum, mouth organ, guitar3.Why do people like music? /What does music do to people?Because it has beautiful melody/ affects our physical, mental and emotional states of being/contributes to health/ develops our imagination/ promotes patriotism/we can understand other culture/ express ourselves, our thoughts and feelings through music.4.What do you feel when you sing in public?I feel a little shy/ I am full of confidence/ indulge in self-delusion.5.Do you prefer pop songs or “the golden oldies”? Why?I prefer pop songs because… ( as 1,3)6.Do your parents enjoy listening to the same music as you do? What could youdo to narrow the generation gap in music appreciation?Yes/ No. I could communicate with them/ try to appreciate their tastes.7.What music instrument do you like best?e.g. Guitar is my favorite.8.Can you play any musical instruments and how well do you play them?e.g. I play the violin every weekend. / I like beating drums, but I’m amateurish.9.What are the advantages of pop music and classic music?Pop: easy or simple music/ easy words/ about popular topics/ free body movements/ for ordinary peopleClassic: graceful and pure/ timeless/ serious/ carrying deep meaning10.Do you think what makes a song popular?It stirs up people’s emotion/ reflect social situation/ courage people to say/ it has good music and lyrics/sung by the right singer/ effective promotion.U3 Every Jack has his Jill1.Do you believe in love at first sight?Yes : physical attractions , humorous words , a brave act and so on.No : just some superficial impressions / different interests , hobbies ,personalities and values.2.Talk about some ways to find a boyfriend or girlfriend.Study together/ sports/ movies/ student union activities/ class activities/online / matchmaking.3.What kind of person do you want to marry? What are your standards inchoosing a life companion?e.g. I would marry someone who loves me and cares for me most/ who isgenerous/ intelligent/ ambitious/ broad-minded/ considerate/ good-looking/kind-hearted/ humorous…e.g. I wouldn’t like to marry someone who is too money-conscious/ stingy/selfish/ hot-tempered/ narrow-minded/ rude/ impolite/ possessive.4.Can a marriage succeed if the couple does not love each other?e.g. No. Becauseno love means the end of marriage.5.For two people to be happy, should they have the same interest?Yes, the same interest guarantee two people’s common communication.6.Do you believe the fate or destiny draws people together?Personality i believe in fate/destiny (to some degree) but it all depends on your decisions . you determine both your fate and your destiny for yourselves, based upon your goals and the amount of work you're willing to put into attaining them. You create your future by your thoughts and your actions. Everything that happens to you in life starts out first as a thought. Concentrate on what you want to happen in your life and it will be manifest.7.Would you like to date a person who is shy or bold about showing feelings?Why?e.g. I prefer the latter, because it can make us have something to talk.8.Nowadays more girls are inviting boys to go out. Do you think this is a goodtrend? Explain.Yes, it can promote mutual intimacy/ make us learn more about each other.9.Do you trust information on dating sites?No, the information is not trustworthy.10.What are the advantages of online dating?Saving time, many chances and choices, suitable matches found on some dating sites.11.What are the disadvantages of online dating?Online fraud, exaggeration of one’s strength, some just seeking fun.U4 beware of ads1.Do you often buy products that are heavily advertised? Why?Yes, more reliable.2.What do you think about advertising techniques in the passage? Which featuresare especially important?Start with benefits to consumers, use pronouns properly, use accurate number and percentages, try to avoid adjectives and adverbs, in finishing,tell consumers what you want them to do3.What other techniques can you think of to make an appealing advertisement? Simple language,clear, directly related to the product,about its good points,vivid languages,appealing to emotions(love,respect,sense of security,desire forsuccess,self-fulfillment,love of beauty)4.Should advertisers be permitted to mispresent harmful products, forexample,to make cigarettes desirable?It is illegal.U5 does your best friends have four legs?1.What kind of animal do you especially like to see in a zoo?Rare animals such as birds from south America or tropical fish,beasts of prey such as wolves and tigers,grass-eating animals.2.Should animals be kept in the zoo?Yes, animals in a zoo can not only entertain visitors,but also increase their knowledge of ecology and biology. Also, animals in a zoo are usually well-fed.No,it is cruel to keep animals in a zoo. They lost their freedom and may feel psychologically upset. Worse still,some zoo-keepers force animals to perform tricks to earn money.3.Do you or your family keep pets? What animals would you like to keep as pets? Yes, my family keep a dog/cat as pets.Of all the functions dogs perform for human beings, which seems most important to you, why?As a company. Dogs are considered very good and loyal companions to their owners. There are lots of stories about how they bravely saved their owners in dangerous and difficult situations and what healing power pets can have.4.Discuss the problems caused by dogs in a city and possible solutions. Problems: dog owners don’t clean up after their pets , making the street dirty./ some aggressive large dogs could bite people.Solutions: set up signs to remind dog owners./ control the sales of aggressive large dogs.5.What benefits can pets bring people? What problems can pet ownership cause? Benefits: company, loyalty, protecting you, improving your personal qualitiesProblems: unclean and untidy, spreading diseases, making noise, causing damage, inconvenience to neighbors6.Dogs are popular pets in the west, but in the Chinese language many expressionsinvolving the dogs such as “狗东西”and “狼心狗肺”are negative in meaning. What are the reasons for people to like or dislike dogs?Like: loyal to humans, friendly and playful, intelligent, able to do various jobs Dislike: barking at and even biting people, in the past some servants in rich families treating the poor badly--like dogs faithful only to their masters.U6 what’s in fashion?1.Fashion goes round in circles.Meaning: Old fashion may become popular again after a period of time.2.Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.Meaning: Fashion imposes styles on us and controls us, and therefore we lose freedom in choosing our own unique styles.3.Fashion is made to become unfashionable.Meaning: All fashions will become out of date sooner or later.4.Are you for or against following fashion trends?Against: not suitable for ordinary people, expensive, goes out of fashion quickly(waste money), too revealing or sexy.For: original with creative ideas breaking with traditions/ love of beauty5.Have you ever bought something because it was fashionable? If so, what is it? (自由发挥)6.Does the fashion industry exist only to persuade people to spend money onthings they do not really need?True in a certain degree. Most fashion items are expensive( the higher the fashion the higher the price) and we have to spend a lot of money on them.Largely untrue. As a matter of fact, the fashion industry calls for creativity,imagination and a sense of beauty. It often exercises great influence over other areas such as movies and music. Fashion make life and the word more beautiful.7.Would you like to be a fashion model if you were offered the opportunity? No, because i can’t tolerant the diet of the fashion models.8.When you go shopping, which do you consider first? Brand names,quality orprice?Brand names, because brand names guarantee the good quality.9.What do you think of the saying “clothes make the man”?True. Clothes can create an image for the person who wears them. Clothes can convey messages about a person such as social status, profession, hobby, and taste. Appropriate clothes can make person look better and feel more confident. That’s why you are what you wear.Not true. People who judges another person try what he or she wears is snobbish, we want people to accept us because who we are, not because what we wear.10.Do you think the older generation has a different concept of fashion from theyounger generation? Why/why not?I think generally it is true. Younger people tend to accept new things more easily while older people tend to stick to things that were fashionable.No, i think that depends on individuals. There are many conservative young people and some old people are actually quite fashionable.。