托福口语TPO 07

Task1

If friends from another country were going to spend time in your country, what city or place

would you suggest they visit? Using details and examples, explain why.

Task2

State whether you agree or disagree with the following statement. Then explain your reasons, using specific details in your explanation. Learning through online courses is more effective than learning in the traditional classroom setting.

Task3

Sculpture Courses to Be Discontinued

University administrators announce yesterday that the sculpture program, a division of the art department, will be eliminated. “The main reason is a lack of student interest,” reported one administrator. “Although the number of art students has increased, fewer and fewer art majors are taking sculpture classes.” Furthermore, the department’s only sculpture professor is retiring this year. “Given the art department’s limited budget,” the administrator explained, “it just doesn’t make sense to hire a new full-time professor to teach sculpture for only a handful of students.”来源：北京新航道托福培训

The woman expresses her opinion about the university’s plan. State her opinion about and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

Task4

Behavior Modification

Individuals often modify their behaviors based on what they have learned about the possible consequences of their actions. When an individual learns through experience that a certain behavior results in pleasant consequences，that behavior is likely to be repeated. An unpleasant consequence, on the other hand, discourages further repetition of the behavior. While behavior modification can be observed in experiments, it also occurs frequently in everyday settings, when individuals change their behavior based on what they have learned about the consequences of that behavior.

Using the example from the lecture, explain what behavior modification is and how it works.

Task5

The speakers discuss two possible solutions to the woman’s problem. Briefly summarize the problem. Then state which solution you would recommend and explain why.

Task6

Using points and examples from the lecture, explain the two major factors of product quality and how their role in consumer decision making has changed.