2014年4月12日托福机经回忆及解析

【主旨】学生与宿舍管理员（对话）

【主旨】师生论文（对话）

【内容】学生想写一个自己很感兴趣的topic，询问教授的意见。

【主旨】swarm behavior of animals  动物群居（讲座）

【主旨】蓝颜料（讲座）

【主旨】美国历史（讲座）

Talk about how cellphone has changed people’s lives. Explain your answer in details.

【Sample】

When traveling, do you prefer to stay at one place for a long time or spend less time but visit more places? Explain your answer in details.

【Sample】

I prefer to spend more time at one place for the following reasons. First, it’s not enjoyable at all having to go from one place to the next constantly. Last year I joined a tourist group, we visited lots of places in a few days. It was exhausting and stressful. On the other hand, staying in place for days is nice and relaxing, I will have more time to explore my surroundings, get to know local people. Next time I travel, I will book two weeks in a hotel and rent myself a small car or scooter, so I can really get to know a city bit by bit.

Reading

【Proposal】The university prohibit students riding bicycles on campus next semester.

【Reasons】

 1.There are some minor accidents. The university will reduce the accidents caused by  riding bicycles

 2. Students can take free campus buses. So it will not affect students much.

Listening

The girl disagrees.

【Reasons】

1. The accidents took place at night because of low visibility.

【Problem】The girl attended the rehearsal of a school play, the rehearsal is time-consuming. She is too busy to take many classes and not doing well in study. She does not know what to do.

【Solutions】

1.  Drop out of play and focus on study.

Con: Her major is theater. Attending rehearsal helps her progress. If she quite, it may make trouble for her professor to find someone to replace her and the professor may be angry with her.

2.  Decrease the number of classes, take it next semester.

Con: She has taken the course for 3 weeks and put in so much work in that class. It is a required course. If she drops the class this semester, she has to take it next semester.

Film makers can choose two angles of camera to build characters images.

1: low angle, just like children look up to adults. It makes a character look really huge and powerful. For example, using low angles to make Queen Victoria look more prestigious.

2: high angle, put the character in a big environment, and make character look small and weak.

Talk about the ways internet has benefit people’s lives. Explain your answer in details.

【Sample】

The internet has benefited our lives in the following ways. First, it changed the way we shop. We buy everything online these days. It easier to compare prices. What we buy get delivered to our doorstep. That saves us time and gas money going to stores. Secondly, internet has made communication so much affordable than before. It used to the case that when we needed to contact someone out of the country, we had to mail a letter and the other person needed to wait for weeks to get it. Nowadays, we can just send an email with all kinds of attachment, and the other person can get it as soon as we click on “send”.

Do you agree or disagree with the statement that people live healthier lives than 100 years ago?

【Sample】

Reading

【Proposal】No more poster on wall of students center, only can put on the building board.

【Reasons】

1.       Posters make the building unattractive.

2.       Posters will be put on the wall of the dining hall.

Listening

The girl disagrees.

【Reasons】

1. Boring square and grey concrete wall.

2. Poster colorful and change make it charming, give it character.

3. Not many people eat at dining hall and have no chance see the announcements.

【Definition】Animals protect themselves from predators in two ways. Warning coloration and unpleasant liquid.

【Examples】

【Problem】The boy wants to have a new film class tomorrow night, but his cousin will visit his university to decide whether study there .He will have dinner with his counsin.

【Solutions】

Option 1: The girl helps introduce campus life and have dinner with his cousin.

Pro: The girl usually goes to the dining hall to have a dinner and her friends all very nice.

Con: The cousin is a shy boy.

Option 2: visit the university and have dinner and have the film class later.

Pro: The introduction of the class is not important.

People can remember better than other thing.

1: People have previous understanding. For example, if students go to a classic music concert and do not have previous understanding, when they are asked about it few years later, they cannot remember any pieces and the order. However, if they have learned classical music, they will easily recall some details of the concert.

综合写作

【主题】

Primary care doctors

美国的初级医护人员

Reading：

Primary care doctors show a tendency of decline.

1.       High tuition fees.

2.       Little chance for internship.

3.       They are under a huge amount of pressure.

Listening:

Disagree.

1.       Financial aid like scholarship helps them pay the loan.

2.       It may be true for some hospitals, but for other types, they actually provide more opportunities. There will be as many as 1000 vacancies if young doctors could move after three years.

独立写作

It is more important to have more facilities rather than hire more teachers?

综合写作

【主题】

Electronic medication record

Reading：

It is benefit to have electronic medication record.

1.       Save money

2.       Less error

3.       Provide research data

Listening:

Disagree.

1.       Doctors will keep paper records even if they have electronic records.

2.       Doctors like to use paper records, and ask others to input records into computer, which will more easily to make errors.

独立写作

The opinions of celebrities, such as certain entertainer or athletes, are more important for younger people than old people.