历年英语专业四级考试口试试题_专四口语考试

一、

英语专业四级考试口试简介及评分方法。

根 据大纲要求，

口试内容将分解为

三项：

（

1

）

复述故事（听两遍故事后复述

3

分种）；< /p>

（

2

）

即席讲话（根据所给的题目准备

3

分钟后， 作即席讲话

3

分钟）；

（

3

）

对话（根据规定的角色各自准备

3

分钟后， 对话

4

分钟）。

评分项 目为五项：复述、即席讲话、语音语调及语法。其中，前三项评分针对

三项任务的完成情 况，

后两项是对考生在完成前三项任务中的语音语调及语法的

总 体评价。具体评分过程如下：

（

1

）评分 教师首先给三项任务依次打分，但每项任务的评分重点不同。复述

部分强调故事的完整性 与条理性；即席讲话强调内容切题、丰富、条理清楚，表

达流畅；交谈部分强调讨论充分 、遵循交际原则。

（

2

）评分 教师就考生在三项任务中的语音语调与语法进行总体的评价，打综

合分。分数采用百分制 ，每五分为一档。

（

3

）将五 项分数相加，得到总分。

根据大纲要求，口试内容将分解为三项：

（

1

）

复述故事（听两遍故事后复述

3

分种）

；

（

2

）

即席讲话（根据所给的题目准备

3

分钟后， 作即席讲话

3

分钟）

；

（

3

）

对话（根据规定的角色各自准备

3

分钟后， 对话

4

分钟）

。

2001

：

Task1: Retelling a story

①

I once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous. John Smith

was so forgetful that he sometimes forgot what he was talking about in the middle of a

sentence.

His

wife

had

to

constantly

remind

him

about

his

meetings,

his

classes

–

even his meals!

②

Once he forgot he had eaten breakfast twice, at home and at school.

His

wife

liked

to

remind

her

neighbors,

“If

John

didn’t

have

his

head

tied

on

.

He

would forget that too!”

③

Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his

forgetfulness

was often an

embarrassment

. It wasn’t that he was not clever, as some

critical people tended to say, but just very, very

absent-minded

.

④

One

hot

summer

day,

Professor

Smith

decided

to

take

his

children

to

a

seaside town

about

a three-hour train ride

away. To make the trip more interesting for

his

young

children,

he

kept

the

name

of

the

town

a

secret

.

⑤

However,

by

the

time

they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit.

Luckily, a friend of his

happened to

be in the station. He offered to take care of the

children while Smith

hurried back

home to find out where he was going.

⑥

The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again so soon.

“Oh, my dear, I forgot the name the town.”

“What? You forgot the name

? Maybe one day you will forget my name! Now

I’ll write the name of that town on a piece of paper, and you put it in your pocket and

please, please don’t forget where you put it.”

⑦

Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she

sent

her husband

off

again. Ten

minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house for the third time.

“What is the matter now?”

“As you told me, I didn’t forget where I put the name of that town, but I forgot

where I left our children!”

Task2: Talking on a given topic

Directions: Describe a teacher of yours whom you find unusual.

Task3: Role-playing

Directions: Many high school graduates in China are going overseas for their college

education.

A

friend

of

yours

is

graduating

this

year

and

would

like

to

ask

for

your

advice on whether it is a good idea for a high school graduate to go abroad to study.

Student

A:

You

think

this

friend

should

go

by

all

means,

and

you

should

try

to

convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation.

Student B:

You think this friend should finish college in China before thinking about

going abroad, and

you should try to

convince

your partner. Remember

your partner

will start the conversation.

2002:

Task1: Retelling a story

①

Whenever Mr. Smith goes to Westgate, he stays at the Grand Hotel.

In spite of

its name, it is really not very “grand,” but it is cheap, clean, and comfortable.

②

Since

he knows the manger well, he never has to

go to the trouble of reserving a room

.

The

fact is that he always gets the same room. It is

situated

at the far end of the building

and

overlooks

a beautiful bay.

③

On his last visit, Mr. Smith was told that he could have his usual room, but

the

manager

added

apologetically

that

it

might

be

a

little

noisy.

So

great

was

the

demand for rooms, the manager said, that the hotel had decided to build a new

wing

.

Mr. Smith said he did not mind. It

amused

him to think that the dear old Grand Hotel

was

making an effort

to

live up to

its name.

④

During the first day Mr. Smith hardly noticed the noise at all. The room was a

little dusty, but that was natural.

⑤

The following afternoon, he borrowed a book from

the hotel library and went upstairs to read.

No sooner had he sat down than he heard

someone

hammering

loudly

at

the

wall.

⑥

At

first

he

paid

no

attention,

but

after

a

while

he

began

to

feel

very

uncomfortable.

His

clothes

were

slowly

being

covered

with fine white

powder

.

⑦

Soon there was so much dust in the room that he began to

cough.

The

hammering

was

now

louder

than

ever

and

bits

of

plaster

were

coming

away from the walls. It looked as though the whole building was going to fall.

⑧

Mr.

Smith went

immediately

to complain to the manager. They both returned to the room,

but everything was very quiet. As they stood there looking at each other, Mr. Smith

felt rather embarrassed for having

dragged

the manager

all the way up

the stairs for

nothing.

⑨

All of a sudden

, the hammering began again and a large brick landed on

the floor. Looking up, they saw a sharp metal tool had

forced its way

through the wall,

making a

very large

hole

right above the bed!

Task2: Talking on a given topic

Direction: Describe an embarrassing situation in which you got very angry.

Task3: Role-playing

Directions:

The

geology

department

of

a

major

university

is

planning

to

admit

30

male and 5 female students. However, the results of the college entrance examination

show

that

by

average,

of

all

the

applicants,

females

have

scored

higher

than

most

males. Should the department stick to its original plan?

Student A:

You think the department should still stick to the original plan, and

you

should try to convince your partner. Remember you should start the conversation.

Student B:

You don’t think the department should stick to the original pla

n, and you

should

try

to

convince

your

partner.

Remember

your

partner

will

start

the

conversation.

2003:

Task1: Retelling a story

①

Just as Jane was joyfully expecting her first child, her active,

energetic

mother

began

losing her battle

with a brain disease. For ten

years, the

fiercely independent

and courageous

mother had fought, but none of the

surgeries

or treatments had been

successful. At only fifty-five, she became totally

disabled

- unable to speak, walk, eat

or dress on her own.

②

As

the

mother

grew

closer

and

closer

to

death,

the

baby

grew

closer

and

closer to life. Jane was afraid that her mother and her baby would never know each

other. Her fear seemed

well-founded

.

A few weeks before her

due date

, her mother

lapsed into a deep coma

. The doctors did not

hold any hope

. It was useless to

put in a

feeding tube

, they said, for Mother would never awaken. So Jane brought Mother to

her

own

bed

in

her

own

house.

As

often

as

she

could,

she

sat

beside

her

mother,

talking about the baby moving inside her.

④

On February 3, 1989, at about the same time Jane began to

feel birth pains

,

Mother opened her eyes. Jane called home.

“Mom, listen. My baby is coming! You’re going to have a new grandchild. Do

you understand!”

“Yes,” Mother answered.

What a wonderful word! The first clear word she’d spoken in months.

⑤

By the time Jane brought her son home, her mother was sitting in her chair,

dressed and ready to welcome the baby. For two weeks, Mother

clucked

, smiled and

held the new-born baby. Then she quietly became

unconscious

and, after visits from

all her children, was finally

free of

the pain.

⑥

For Jane, memories of her son’s birth will always be

bittersweet

, but it was

at

this

time

that

she

learned

an

important

truth

about

living.

While

both

joy

and

sorrow

pass quickly, and often come together at the same time, love has the power to

overcome

both. And love can last forever.

Student A

: You will be traveling later this week and you are wondering

about

the

advantages

and

safety

of

flying.

Recent

news

reports

of

air

crashes

have

made

you

nervous

and

you

cannot

decide

if

it

is

safe

to

travel by airplane. You turn to your friend for advice about whether you

should go by air or by train. He/she tried to persuade you to take a flight

by

listing

some

advantages.

Eventually

you

refuse

to

accept

his/her

opinion and make your own decision.

Student B

: one of your friends is taking a trip later this week and he/she is

undecided about whether to travel by air or by train. Not knowing what to

do, your friend comes to you for advice. You try to persuade your friend

to take a flight in spite of reports of air crashes.

Eventually,

you fail to

convince him/her and your friend buys a train ticket instead.

2005

：

Task1: Retelling a story

①

A little girl whose parents had died lived with her grandmother and slept in

an

upstairs bedroom

.

②

One night

there was a fire in the house and the grandmother died while trying

to rescue the child. The fire spread quickly, and

the first floor

of the house

was

soon

engulfed in flames

.

③

Neighbors called the

fire department

, then

stood

helplessly

by

, unable to enter

the

house

because

flames

blocked

all

the

entrances

.

The

little

girl

appeared

at

an

upstairs

window

,

crying

for

help,

just

as

word

spread

among

the

crowd

that

the

firefighters

would be delayed

a few minutes

because they were all

at another fire

.

④

Suddenly,

a

man

appeared

with

a

ladder,

put

it

up

against

the

side

of

the

house

and

disappeared

inside. When he

reappeared

, he

had

the little girl

in his arms

.

He

delivered

the child

to

the waiting arms below

, then

disappeared

into the night.

⑤

An

investigation

revealed

that

the

child

had

no

living

relatives

,

and

weeks

later a meeting was held

in the town hall

to determine who would take the child into

their home and bring her up.

⑥

A

teacher

said

she

would

like

to

raise

the

child.

She

pointed

out

that

she

could

ensure

her a good education.

A farmer

offered her an

upbringing

on his farm.

He pointed out that living on a farm was

healthy and satisfying

.

Others

spoke, giving

their reasons why it was to the child’s

advantage

to live with them.

Finally,

the town’s richest resident

rose and said, “I can give this child all the

advantages that you have mentioned here,

plus

money and everything that money can

buy.”

Throughout all this, the child remained silent, her eyes on the floor.

⑦

“Does anyone else want to speak?” asked

the meeting chairman

. A man came

forward

from

the

back

of

the

hall.

He

walked

slowly

and

appeared

to

be

in

pain

.

When he got to the front of the room, he stood directly in front of the little girl and

held out his arms

. His hands and arms were terribly

scarred

.

The child cried out. “This is the man who rescued me!” With a

leap

, she

threw