Section 1
Giving personal information
1. Where are you from? Would you please say something about your hometown? 2. How do you find the life here in…? 3. What is your job?
4. What do you like about your job?
5. Is there anything you’ve always wanted to do?
6. If you are planning to change your job, what kind of job would you like to take? 7. Could you say something about your research? 8. What do you usually do in your spare time? 9. What kind of sports do you like?
10. What kind of difficulties do you think you will encounter when you go abroad? 11. What would you like to be doing in five years’ time? 12. Could you say something about your family?
13. Which country are you planning to go? What do you know about the country?
Section 2
Asking for information
1. You are now studying at a British university. You have read a notice about a part-time job.
Make a call to get more information. Ask questions about: Job requirements Duties/Responsibilities Hours per day/week Starting time Workplace length of the job Pay
2. You are now studying at a British university. You want to apply for a rail card which allows
you to buy cheaper railway tickets. Make a call to the station to get information. Ask questions about: Types of the card Benefits Duration of the card Documents/ Proof needed Costs Restrictions Application deadline
3. You have just arrived at a British university as a visiting scholar. You want to get some
information about the school’s health center. Make a call to the center and ask questions about:
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Opening hours (workdays/ weekends/ holidays) Location Setting Services provided Charges Appointments Ways of payment
4. You are invited to attend an international conference because a paper of yours on
environmental protection is awarded a prize. Write an e-mail to the organizer of the conference and ask the following questions: Time for the meeting Venue for the meeting Need for speech Topics on the conference Documents/ certificates needed Speakers Costs accommodation and food
5. As a visiting scholar, you are now conducting a research on modern western architecture in
your university, and need to use the school library. Now make a phone call to the librarian and ask the following questions: Books related books that can be borrowed returning time library card photocopying opening hour
6. You are now studying at the University of Manchester. You want to join in a two-day tour to
Scotland at a weekend. You learn that there is a travel agency, which offers different travel plans. Make a phone call to the agency and ask the following questions: Transportation travel schedule accommodation and food special local products travel documents to prepare costs for each person interesting places museums
7. You learn that a new movie is on general release and you’d like to watch it in the cinema.
Make a phone call to the cinema and ask the following questions: Days for screening screening schedule each day ticket types (e.g. full ticket, student ticket, or senior ticket) and cost for each original or dubbed film stars in it location of the cinema
8. You are going to travel from Manchester to York, and you want to make a reservation at a
guesthouse for your accommodation there. Now write an e-mail to a guesthouse and ask the following questions: Cost of accommodations location of the guesthouse food provision room facilities opening hours transportation to the guesthouse
9. You are going to be studying at a British college. You meet a student who studies in the same
city as you hope to go to. Find out about the cheapest way to live there. Accommodation food entertainment transportation books discounts for students shopping
10. You have just arrived at your college in Britain and you hear about a party to welcome new
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students. You would like to go, so you go to the Overseas Students Office to get some more details. Your interviewer works there.
Organizer cost activities place time partner transportation
11. You were absent from your writing class yesterday in which the students were given an
assignment. Your interviewer is one of your classmates. Ask him/her about the assignment. Topic/content presentation submission date length title page place of submission
12. You are a new student at a British college. You go to the Welfare Office to find out about
health care provision in the UK. Your interviewer is a welfare officer there. Health care facilities public/private health care registration (doctor) medical insurance emergencies prescription/ medicine
13. You have just arrived at your college in London and want to find out about the capital’s
entertainment. Your interviewer is a British student. Ask him/her about it. Cinema pubs sports theatre restaurants TV
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14. Renting a Car in America
You have recently come to America to attend the University at Flagstaff, Arizona. You would like to rent a car to drive to the Grand Canyon to see the beautiful sights there before school starts. You call one of the companies that rent cars in Flagstaff to ask about the following information: Driver’s license Deposit requirement Daily rental cost Types of cars available Insurance Ways of payment
15. A Visa Extension
You are a student at California State University in USA, and you believe that you need to apply for an extension of your visa. You call the immigration office to ask about the following information: Application procedures Necessary documentation Cost of renewal Length of time needed to get renewal Office hour Transportation
16. Traveling in the UK
You’re planning to travel for 2 weeks in Britain. Your friend used to study in Britain and has
a lot of experience traveling there. Now make a phone call to your friend and ask him or her about the following information: Transportation Travel documents to prepare Weather Food Tourist attractions Souvenirs/ gifts
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17. Going to a Party
You are now in America. A friend of yours has asked you to join him to go to a birthday party. Before you make a decision, you would like to ask about the following information: Date of the party Transportation Starting time Dress to wear Location Gifts to bring
18. Information about a Shopping Center
You have been in America for only a few days. It is necessary for you to get some necessities.
You ask your landlord about a shopping center nearby for the following information: Opening and closing time Ways of payment Location Discounts
Transportation Delivery 19. Driving License
One day when you are chatting with your American landlord, you come to the topic of
transportation which arouses your interest in getting a driving license in America. So you ask your landlord about the following information: Age limit for application Tests involved Health requirement Cost Training
courses License validity 21. Going to a Football Match
You have been in Britain for a few weeks. You would like to watch a football match with
your British friends. So you ask them about the following information: Ways to get a ticket Football Stars Ticket prices Starting time Teams
involved Transportation 22. Renting an Apartment
You have just arrived in Arizona State University. You have read the ads about several large
apartment buildings which are very close to the campus. You make a call to ask about the following information: Monthly rent Necessary documents Required deposits Gas and electricity bills
Car park Sports facilities
Section 3
Explaining personal opinions
In this section, you are required to explain your point of view on the following topics:
1. Students in China used to enjoy free higher education, but now they have to pay tuition as well as rent for accommodation. Should students in China enjoy free higher education? What is your opinion? 2. The internet is now playing a very important role in our daily life and work. While it is making our life and work enjoyable and efficient, it also brings us problems. What is the
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negative side of the internet? Should children not be allowed to visit the internet? What is your opinion on this?
3. In school education, the teacher or the student himself may be responsible for the success of a student. Which of the two is more important? Or are they equally important? Give us your views. 4. It is said that one aims at a wealthy life (having a good income and being able to afford good things in life), and important life (a life of achievement that brings one respect), or a family life (a life completely centered on one’s family). What is your choice? What do you consider important in life? 5. What can be done to reduce the traffic jams in big Chinese cities?
6. It was reported that the May Day golden week this year saw a reduction in the number of tourists. What do you think were the reasons? 7. Many parents complain that their children are having too much school work. Do you think that is true? How can parents help their children? 8. What can the government do about factories that seriously pollute the environment? 9. With the practice of May Day holiday, National Day holiday, and the Spring Festival, more and more people choose to travel to famous tourist attractions instead of staying at home. Enjoying the beautiful natural scenery is a great treat, but many tourist attractions raise the entrance fees considerably. Do you agree to it? Why or why not? 10. In recent years, China’s economic development has gained speed and great achievements have been made in this respect. But, while making profit, people often neglect environmental protection, even destroy the ecological balance. Do you think China should develop its economy at the cost of environmental destruction? State your point of view. 11. Each year around March 15, consumers focus their attention on fake products that do great harm to our daily life. More seriously, academic plagiarism has become rampant both in China and overseas, and eroding people’s trust in intellectual circles. In your view, what are the reasons for academic plagiarism? And how can scholarly dishonesty and cheating be prevented? 12. With the improvement of the living standard, private cars have become an important aspect of people’s life in many parts of the county, especially in large cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou. What changes do private cars bring about to our life? And what problems do they cause? In your opinion, how to solve those problems? 13. Parents are now attaching greater importance to their children’s education. Many choose to
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find a private tutor, or even several private tutors for their child. Do you agree to it? What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing so?
14. Please comment on the latest changes in housing conditions in Chinese cities. 15. Please comment on the benefits of sending scholars/university teachers abroad.
16. What are the alternatives of junior high school leavers in terms of education and training? 17. What can the government do to help the laid-of workers in finding ways of supporting themselves and their families? 18. Nowadays, while some parents are wishing to have more children, more and more young couples are choosing to go without a child. What is your view about such a phenomenon? 19. It is commonplace these days for people to change their jobs. Which do you prefer, to have a stable job or change jobs frequently? Explain your reasons. 20. It is suggested that students rate (evaluate) their teachers and teachers subsequently get paid according to students’ rating. Do you agree with this idea? Why or why not? 21. Some people think the Internet-based learning will one day replace school education. What is your opinion about this claim? 22. Young couples today are so busy with their work that their children are often brought up by the grandparents. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages? 23. House prices are rising sharply throughout China, creating greater financial difficulties for ordinary citizens. How do you think this situation can be improved? 24. University graduates are now finding it more and more difficult to get a proper job. What suggestions do you have to help solve this problem? 25. Some people claim that examination is not the best way to test students’ ability, but it is fair. What is your point of view? 26. The costs of medical care are increasing all the time. Governments are finding it difficult to balance the health care budget. How do you think this situation can be improved? 27. School children are feeling increasingly greater pressure from their studies, especially in that they often spend a long time doing their homework. Therefore, many of them do not have enough time to play sports, pursue hobbies, and enjoy themselves. What is your opinion about this issue?
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28. We are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. They are used in business, hospitals, crime detection and even aviation. What is your opinion on the growing dependence? 29. As China grows more open to the outside world, it has become increasingly important for
people of all ages to learn English. What difficulties have you encountered in your experience of learning English?
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口语第一部分主要是介绍自己的家乡、家庭、工作、爱好，研究计划等。第二部分，提问参加国际会议、俱乐部或是party的时间、地点、出席人员等相关信息。
第三部分初步包括六个方面的内容：一孩政策；缩小贫富差距；网络学习与学校教育；网络游戏对孩子的影响；快乐是否建立在经济基础之上；老人住孤儿院或是和孩子在一起。
第三部分有关于计算机的出现削弱了老师的重要作用和单独生二胎政策的看法
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中大下午考口语，第三部分的主题有以下几个：
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1.中国计划生育二胎的看法？
2.计算机游戏对小孩发展的好处或坏处。 3.中国养老制的看法；
4.幸福是否可用金钱代替？ 5.计算机能否代替人？ 6.中国城乡差距如何？ 7大城市对人们的发展。
仅供参考，谨慎对待。 是否与子女住一起
I think it is better that senior citizen live with their children than stay in nursing home. The reasons are as follows:1、The senior will not feel lonely when they live with their children. Because they have more chances to communicate with the youngsters and have less worry about them ;2、In addition, the senior can help the youngsters take care of their grandson or granddaughter and do some other housework. Thus, it will not only reduce the burden of economy but also benefit to the senior's healthy. In conclusion,........ Pension
nowadays , peolple are discussing the pension system of china. Generally, there are mainly two different pension systems in china now. First, the government officials enjoy a high pension after retirement, and other people's pensions are much less.
It is unfair for this phenomenon. To eliminate the gap between the two systems, the Chinese government should improve the ordinary people's pension level and slow down the pace of official pension's raising speed to get the balance gradually. 还可以加上更多的，i think, it seems , it looks like, so , then.顺便把语速转折一下。
或者，还可以变。 nowadays, the topic of pension system has become the major concern by the media and public.
people are questioning the social unfair in the two pension systems.还可以再加，in regarding with this topic, generally, there are two different pension systems, let us discuss them as following.
let us look at the government officials pension system first.
as we know, govenerment officials do not contribute to the pension system when
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they work, but they could have a large amount of pension after retirement. While ordinary workers pay a lot of money to the pension system when they work, and get much less than the government officials.
I think ,in an harmonious society, the pension system should be reformed or adjusted to meet the justice.
one-child policy
Nowadays, it is believed that the Chinese government should ease the one-child policy and allow couples to have a second child if they want to. I agree with this point of view and the reasons are as follows.
Firstly, one-child policy does harm to the growing up of the one-child. There is only one child in a family and the child doesn’t have any siblings n. 兄弟姊妹；民族成员
who can play with them, and they are always lonely. As a result, the one-child spends a lot of time playing computer games or watching TV and their eyes are getting more and more nearsighted. Worse still, they would have a bad personality because they are spoiled.
What’s more, the population decreased greatly after one-child policy was implemented in the late 1970’s, which resulted in a shortage of labor force. It is very difficult for the factories to get the employees.
Lastly, too small a population in the labor force can’t create an amount of wealth. They can’t afford earning enough pensioners for the old-age population.
To sum up, I am of the opinion that the government should slacken the grip on population increase and allow couples to have a second child if they want to.
计算机能否替代人
This is an old question but it is still a good question today. Computers have powerful memrory. They are also excellent at computing. These advantage functions let computers replace people in many fields. Computers calculate better, make less mistakes and can keep doing something without having a rest. Computers can even be much smarter than mankinds. The power of computers have once brought substantial fear among people at the beginning. But people found out soon that computers can do nothing without softwares, which are programmed and mastered by programmers. The power of the computers is actually from the power of human beings. That is to say, computers are not able to replace human beings in every fields.
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Computer replaced human brain
Nowadays the computer plays an increasingly important role in our work and life. It seems that we can do anything with a computer: writing articles, drawing pictures, listening to music, playing games, and so on. Therefore, it is often assumed that the computer is a great deal superior to the human brain. But in fact, the human brain can beat the computer in many ways, especially in the complexity of structure, the flexibility of memory, and the creativity of thinking. First of all, the human brain is far more complex than the computer. Small as it is, the human brain “contains about ten billion neurons and a hundred billion smaller cells,” which are interconnected in a vastly complicated network that even the most advanced computers cannot rival, for the computer is make up of only a certain number of chips and components. Although scientists have tried to make computers that can function exactly like the human brain, no one has ever succeeded, for the complex human brain is beyond any human ability to duplicate.
Secondly, the human brain also surpasses the computer in the flexibility of memory. Although the computer is much better in accuracy and liability than the human brain, for it can remember any date without making mistakes so long as the program works well, it can only work along a linear preset path, and will be at a loss when something unexpected happens. Besides, no matter how well it remembers, it can only memorize things input by human beings. And once the data are deleted, it can remember nothing at all. In contrast, the memory of the human brain is multi-dimensional, and can deal with information flexibly. It is like an ever-flowing fountain, full of changes and possibilities, and will never go dry, while the computer is just like a warehouse, the capacity of which is limited.
Thirdly, the computer cannot rival the human brain in creativity. Human beings can write great symphonies, or conceive scientific theories. It is said that computers can do translations, but up to now, none of the translation software is able to translate a simple sentence as faithfully and smoothly as human beings do, not to say a complicated article. Although the computer can do some “creative” to some degree, such as playing chess, it can do so only when it is thus programmed. Computers can never surpass the human brain in creativity.
The speed of the computer is tremendously faster than that of the human brain, but it is created by the human brain, and only such a brilliant organism as the human brain can achieve such a brilliant speed. The computer can never surpass the human brain in many ways. It is only a tool made by human beings to serve themselves. The control of the computer is in the hands of human beings.
计算机游戏对小孩发展的好处和坏处
Since we are entering the so called information age, I argue that it is impossible to prevent our kid from the computers. Actually, I think computer games are still games. Kids do always love games. Therefore it is not wise to keep them from computer games. Some scientific research show that computer games improve the players' intelligence. But on the other side, when kids play the computer games, they play with machines, not the other human beings! It might hinder their development of social relationship. Moreover ,it does harm to their physical and mental
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health once kids indulge in the computer games. So, the kids should be allowed to play computer games. At the time, It is important for the parents to restrict the game time their children play on the computer.
电脑游戏的坏处
Whether you like it or not, computer games have become a part of our life, especially of the children’s life. Most parents including me believe that playing computer games has far more disadvantages than advantages.
First, computer games do harm to children’s health. If the children spend too much time in playing computer game, their eyes may become nearsighted. And they don’t want to play outside or do exercise, then they will have health problem.
Second, computer games will have a negative effect on the studies of the children. It is easy for them to be addicted to computer games. If it is the case, the children may not want to study anymore. They can’t concentrate on the lectures given by teachers even back to school.
Lastly, some bad computer games such as killing people will result in the tendency of violence. Children may have terrible personality and may hurt other children around them. To sum up, I am of the opinion that computer games are disadvantageous.
How to narrow the gulf between the rich and poor in China?
In china, there are big gaps between urban and rural areas, with the ratio of In china, there are big gaps between urban and rural areas, with the ratio of the incomes of urban and rural residents standing at 3:1. How to shorten the income gap between urban and rural areas.
Firstly, the rural areas should be industrialized. With the basic accomplishment of industrialization in 20 years, the proportion of rural laborers will drop from the present 50 percent to 30 percent.
Secondly, government should support the development of underdeveloped areas, promote the urbanization process, and promote coordinated development of different regions.
Thirdly, government should put more money on education and allocate education resources reasonably and strengthen the education in rural areas.
advantage和disadvantage都可以展开，再加一个不着边际的：
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Whether the city is big or not is now less important for young people who are looking for chances for better life. Why? The world has been changed by Internet! 然后说on-line business取代实体经济
REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Since 1979, China has maintained a population control program known as the \"one-child policy,\" in most cases limiting families living in urban areas to only one child.
The country just completed a once-in-a-decade leadership transition earlier this year, though, and the new management is eager to show its reform-minded stripes amid a slowdown in the Chinese economy.
As a result, the \"one-child policy\" may be set to become a \"two-child policy\" fairly soon. \"According to the 21st Business Herald which cited sources close to the National Population and Family Planning Commission, China may significantly relax its one-child policy at end-2013 or early-2014 by allowing families to have two children if at least one parent is from a one-child family,\" writes BofA Merrill Lynch economist Ting Lu in a note to clients. \"A plan for allowing all families to have two children after 2015 is also being reviewed. We believe the news to be reliable and is in line with our view.\"
Deutsche Bank economist Jun Ma says a transition to a \"two-child policy\" would be something of a long-term stimulus package.
\"As tens of millions of sibling-less people in China are now entering their child-bearing age, we expect this policy shift would induce the fourth baby boom of the country,\" writes Jun in a note. \"This projected baby boom, although in smaller scale than the previous three, would reverse the declining trend of newborn babies since 1990s and would eventually help mitigate the negative impact of aging population on economic growth and financial sustainability of the pension system.\"
BofA's Ting calculates around 10 million new babies as a result of the proposed policy shift: If the 21st Business Herald news is confirmed, the demographic reform path (which we called “piecemeal path” in our earlier report) is more conservative than our baseline “middle
path”, which is defined as allowing all families to have two children without any restrictions. So is this a big disappointment? Not really. This is because the one child policy now is only strictly enforced in urban areas and some developed rural areas where most couples of child-bearing age have at least one singleton (note China’s one-child policy started in the late 1970s). According to the 2005 population survey, singletons account for 29.3% of Chinese aged 30 or under (the generation affected by the one-child policy). The ratio should be significantly higher in urban areas. Assuming 60% of people of child bearing age in urban areas are singletons, on top of the 36% families which are already allowed to have two children, we estimate 48% of urban families of child bearing age could benefit from the coming reform. Using census data, there are 79mn women of child bearing age (23 to 42) this year. 48% of 79mn is 38mn.
Assuming 25% of them choose to have a second child, about 9.5mn babies would be born as a result of this reform to one-child policy.
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\"We believe that the reform-minded president Xi and premier Li will use the opportunity of abolishing the one-child policy to build up their authority, show their determination in making changes and convince the Chinese people that they do have a roadmap for reforms,\" says Ting.
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