海口雅思取消9月培训 什么是托福考试?拜托大哥大姐们给讲讲.

托福
TOEFL（Test of English as a Foreign Language---作为外语的英语考试）是由美国教育考试服务处（Educational Testing Service）举办的为申请去美国或加拿大等国家上大学或入研究生院学习的非英语国家学生提供的一种英语水平考试。美国教育考试服务处由1965年开始承办此项考试的管理工作。

译自英语TOEFL，是美国的一种外国学生英语水平考试，中国人称为考“托福”。“托福”两字是中国人的一个日常口头语，含有吉利话的意味，考托福，靠托福，不管是托谁的福，学子们希望的就是顺利通过考试。

仅1988～1989年度，全世界就有56万多人参加了T0FFL考试，全球170多个国家和地区共设立了1700多个T0FFL考试中心。至今为止，美国和加拿大共有2300多所院校规定，凡是外国学生申请到该校入学学习的，必须提供T0FFL，GRE，GMAT或TSE的某一项或两项标准化考试证明，只有达到学校所要求成绩的报考者，才能取得入学和申请奖学金的资格。除了美国、加拿大等大部分国家的高等院校外，欧洲（如英国）、大洋洲（如澳大利亚、新西兰）以及东南亚一些国家和地区也都已承认T0EFL考试成绩。近几年来，国内的联合国驻华机构和外企及合资企业在聘录用职员时，或国际基金组织在测试职员的英语水平时，也都采用T0FFL考试成绩。

现在，只要去英语国家读书，就必须参加托福考试，作为英语生活能力的证明。

2005年9月，美国教育考试服务中心�ETS　将在全球推出一种全新的综合英语测试方法，即能够反映在一流大专院校教学和校园生活中对语言实际需求的新托福考试。

新托福由四部分组成，分别是阅读(Reading)、听力(Listening)、口试(Speaking)、写作(Writing)。

一、阅读(Reading)有三篇文章

与现行托福不同的是，考生不需要在答题之前通读全文，而是在做题的过程中分段阅读文章。每篇文章对应有11道试题，均为选择题。除了最后一道试题之外，其他试题都是针对文章的某一部分提问，试题的出现顺序与文章的段落顺序一致。最后一题针对整篇文章提问，要求考生从多条选择项中挑选若干项对全文进行总结或归纳。新一代托福阅读文章的篇幅比现行托福阅读文章的篇幅略长，难度也有所增加。这部分持续时间为1小时，在此时限中考生可以复查、修改已递交的答案。

二、听力(Listening)取消了短对话

由两篇较长的校园情景对话和四篇课堂演讲组成，课堂演讲每篇长约5分钟。由于是机考，考生在听录音资料之前无法得知试题。在播放录音资料时，电脑屏幕上会显示相应的背景图片。考生可以在听音过程中记笔记。考生不能复查、修改已递交的答案。这个部分持续大约50分钟。

三、口试(Speaking)把TSE(Test of Spoken English)融合在新托福中。

然而与现行的TSE相比又有较大改动。这个部分共有6题，持续约20分钟。

第一、二题要求考生就某一话题阐述自己的观点。

第三、四题要求考生首先在45秒内阅读一段短文，随后短文隐去，播放一段与短文有关的对话或课堂演讲。最后，要求考生根据先前阅读的短文和播放的对话或课堂演讲回答相关问题，考生有30秒钟的准备时间，然后进行60秒钟的回答。例如，短文中描述了对学校体育馆进行扩建的两种方案，对话中一位同学阐述了自己的立场，即赞成哪种方案，反对哪种方案，并列举了若干理由。要求考生叙述对话中同学的立场并解释他／她列举了哪些理由支持这一观点。

第五、六题要求考生听一段校园情景对话或课堂演讲，然后回答相关问题。考生有20秒钟的准备时间，之后进行60秒钟的回答。例如，先播放一段市场学课堂演讲，演讲中教授列举了两种市场调查的方法，然后要求考生使用课堂演讲中的观点和例子描述教授列举出的两种市场调查的方法。

考生可以在听音过程中记笔记以帮助答题。在准备和答题时，屏幕上会显示倒计时的时钟。

四、写作(Writing)要求考生在1小时内完成两篇作文。

其中一篇类似于现行托福的写作，要求考生在30分钟内就某一话题阐述自己的观点，字数要求为300字以上。

另一篇则要求考生首先阅读一篇文章，五分钟以后，文章隐去，播放一段与文章有关的课堂演讲。课堂演讲列举了一些论据反驳文章中的论点、论据。随后要求考生在20分钟内写一篇作文，总结课堂演讲的论点、论据，并陈述这些论点、论据是如何反驳文章的论点、论据的，字数要求为150字到225字之间。在写作时，文章会重新显示在屏幕上。这篇作文不要求考生阐述自己的观点。

考试内容和形式

新托福考试将采用真实场景�如模拟大学校园中的动态和交互式环境　，试题综合考查听、说、读、写4项英语语言能力，考生可充分展示使用英语进行交流的能力。

新托福考试将通过互联网进行，考试采取机考形式。新托福考试的考试时间和各部分试题数目都是固定的。但该考试不采用计算机出题的方式，即题目难度与上一题回答是否准确无关。

2009年6月在中国大陆出现的四次考试口语考题答案全部可以在《十天口语》中找到，无一例外。

在下面的Pat7月口语预测中，标了☆标志的是近期出现频率特别高的题，括号里的数字是参考答案在十天口语中一书的位置。

思路和加分词汇您可以参考别人的，但是一定要加进自己的句子，内容简单些也没关系，口语即使7分也主要不是听难度，而是充实和自然。

PART 1 除了固定问题（固定问题请看十天口语），在7月可能还出现的题目：
Do you prefer to study alone or to study with other students?(p54)/ Do you prefer team work or working alone? (Team work is efficient and can really be more effective. But when I work alone it seems like I am more focused on the work. So I guess it really depends on what kind of work it is and what kind of people I work with :D)
☆ Do you prefer to type things or to write things on paper? (Well, most of the time I just type things, that’s for sure. Coz it’s much faster and I can save what I type and edit it later on. And most importantly, I can just cut and paste everything…)
Do you live in a house or an apartment/flat? Which room do you like best?（p67) Is there anything hanging on the wall? （p67)
☆ What’s your favorite time of a day? ( Well, I feel great in the morning coz after a good night’s sleep I feel refreshed and invigorated and definitely do things better.)
☆Do you like fruit / vegetables? ( Sure, I just can’t get enough of them. They taste great and they’re wholesome and nutritious. But stuff like oranges and peaches tend to be reeeeeeeeeally pricey now.)
☆What kinds of tools or instruments you use at school? (things like PCs, test tubes, projectors and digital recorders…)
☆ Do you often go out with your friends? (p69，71＆77)
☆Do you think holidays are important to our lives? ( You bet! Holidays are when we can get away from our daily grind and have some “time out”, you know, when we can check out fun spots, hang out with friends and play sports without having to worry about getting our work done. Holidays are just so cool…)
☆ Do you prefer to have meals at home or eat out? (p73 restaurants)
☆ Who does the cooking in your family?
☆ Do you think all family members should learn how to cook? (I guess so. Otherwise when parents are away the kids can only rely on junk food like burgers or French fries. Cooking abilities give them more self-sufficiency…)
☆Do you often have visitors to your home? （Yup. Coz you know I’m a sociable person and really enjoy hanging out with people. Friends of mine tend to stop by my place on weekends and we just chat, kick back and relax… or sometimes we cook a light meal together and it’s so fun…）
☆ Are there any sports facilities on your campus? (There are tons of them. Like stadiums, gyms, soccer fields, tennis courts and swimming pools.)
What kinds of facilities are there in your community? (We’ve got a wide variety of facilities, like parking lots ,you know, places where you park your car, gyms, clinics, gardens, kids’ playgrounds, convenience stores…)
What do you do on the Internet?(p60)
☆ What’re your favorite kinds of music?/Do you think children should learn how to play musical instruments? Why do we play music on festivals (p63-p64 & p75)
Which country do you plan to go to? (p175-p176)
☆ Do you like shopping? Do you prefer big stores or *all ones?(p70,p104&p226)
What’re your favorite kinds of food? (p72-p73)
Do you like traveling?(p72)
☆ Are there many bikes in your hometown?(p69)
Do you like biking?(ditto“同上”)
☆Do you have a driver’s license? ( Yup, I got one quite a whole ago coz these days a driver’s license is really essential for getting a job. / Nope, coz the traffic in my city is so heavy and messy. I’m afraid of driving.)
☆ Do you think biking is safe? ( Basically, it is because most Chinese are pretty skilled bikers, you know. But… these days there’re more cars in cities so yes sometimes biking can be risky, especially at night...)
☆ Do you often go to museums? (见Day 2的topics里面buildings那个部分)
☆What’re your favorite sports? / What do you do to improve your fitness? ( p68-p69)
What kinds of gifts do you give your friends?(p75)
☆How do you get news? （p60下方-p61）
Who do you send emails to? (ditto）
☆ What're your favorite kinds of fruit and vegetables? ( maybe...stuff like oranges and tomatoes, coz they're juicy and nutritious and ...they look good, ... mouthwatering!)
Do you prefer emails or letters? (ditto)
Do you like visiting art galleries? (p222)
Do you like parties / partying? (p76)
☆ Do you like advertisements? ( Day 7: favorite ad)
Do you think gardens and parks are important to a city? / Do Chinese have your own gardens? / Do you prefer to have flowers or vegetables in gardens? (p74)
Where and how did you celebrate your last birthday? (p75-p76)
☆ How should children improve their handwriting? (p60 They can imitate nice examples of handwriting before developing their own style. And of course they should practice more and try not to type everything...)

PART 2 7月可能出现的题目
自然
Describe a place that has been polluted./ an environmental problem (p145)
Describe your favorite season.(p6)
Describe your favorite animal.(p148-p150)
Describe a tourist spot.(natural or man-made scenic spots) ( p141-p147)

城市与建筑
Describe a library.(p114)
Describe a historical place in your hometown.(p107-p109)
Describe a long journey.(p111-p114)
(第三部分可能问到：What are the differences between traveling alone and traveling with others?）
Describe a good way to improve your health.(p177)
（第三部分可能问到：
What should schools do to help children improve their health? P.E. class, gyms, less homework, more leisure time…
Do you think ads play important roles in improving public health? Not really coz there’s soooooooo much fast-food advertising in the media these days…)
☆Describe a place that has a lot of water. ( Day 4 swimming pool / Day 6 lake )
☆Describe a picnic or a meal in a park. (综合Day 6 park 和 中场休息3 a special meal)
☆Describe a trip that was not as good as you planned. (p145 的 a place that has been polluted.说这个很合适)
Describe a store you like.(p226)
☆ Describe a concert hall. ( p227)
Describe a flat / house / home.(p220 & p106)
Describe your favorite place in your city.(p102-p104)
Describe a museum or an art gallery.(p222)

组织与个人
☆Describe an old man. (Day 5的“双语感悟”老人与小孩)
Describe an organization.(p90 & p121-p125)
☆Describe a workplace. ( 最简单的是说在某个organization 的part-time job或者您在上面一类话题已经准备好的某个store)
Describe a friend.(p90 & p133-p137) （第三部分可能问到：Who are more important to you, family members or friends?）
☆Describe a job you wish to do in. (p133)
Describe a family member who you spend the most time with.(p90 & p133)
（第三部分可能问到：Who plays more important roles in raising children, the father or the mother? How many generations live together in a typical family in China?）
Describe a good teacher.(p90&p133)
Describe a famous person.( p90 & p125-p133)
☆Describe a person you admire (ditto)
Describe a person you helped before.(p90&p135)

休闲娱乐
☆ Describe your favorite leisure activity. ( p177 )
☆ Describe something you do to improve your health.(ditto)
☆Describe an ad that helped you buy something.(p170)
Describe your favorite song/piece of music.(p169)
（第三部分可能问到：Why do stores play background music?）
☆ Describe your favorite movie. (p167-p169)
Describe a song you heard when you were a child.(有个很逗的网站是专门讲这个 /?t=es&p=1744&c=11 ）
Describe a piece of interesting news.(p162)
（第三部分可能问到：Are writing skills important to journalists? How do the journalists influence the public views?）
Describe an interesting TV program.(p165)
（第三部分可能问到：Do you think TV programs play educational roles?）
☆Describe a habit. (watching that TV program)
Describe a game you played when you were a child ( but not a sport).(p164)
☆ Describe an activity in your childhood.(ditto)
(第三部分可能问到：What are the differences between the games now and the games in the past?）
Describe a creative activity you did when you were a child.(p164下方）
☆Describe an interesting story.（p172)
Describe a book.(p129 & p175)
Describe a performance.(p205)
☆Describe a party you prepared for others. (Day 9 wedding后面的附加话题）
Describe a photo.(p191)

事件
Describe a change.(p211)
☆Describe a piece of good news you heard on the phone.(p207 / p203)
Describe something you did when you studied a foreign language.(p203第2个题）
（第三部分可能问到：What are the advantages of learning a foreign language? p217
What are the difficulties you met in learning a foreign language? ditto)
Describe a success. (p177话题10，p205上方第一题）
Describe an interesting speech.(p203)
（这题最大的误区就是以为单词speech非要是Obama那一级的人做的演讲。如果Obama的演讲大家都背那就是等着拿低分。为什么不说个轻松的speech呢？比如一次课堂演讲。第三部分可能问到：Why is public speaking difficult for children? Why are people nervous when they give a public speech?)
Describe an important letter you wrote to another person. (这个可以共享上文或者下文的任何一个事件的描述)
Describe a skill you wish to learn.(p177-p178)
Describe an important stage in life. (p218)
☆ Describe some advice your received before.(有很多可能性，不过最容易准备的应该是决定出国的过程中你的父母和朋友给你的建议，参考“中场休息3”十大弱智话题的第3题)
☆ Describe a conversation. (同上）
Describe a letter you received.(p203-p209)
Describe a sports event.(p202)
☆Describe a great achievement your country has made. (同上）
☆Describe a course you hope to take if you have time.(p175)
Describe a lecture.(p175&205)

物品
☆ Describe a piece of furniture. (第三次中场休息中的“十大弱智话题”第八个)
☆ Describe a toy.(p193-p194)
☆Describe your favorite clothes for special occasions.(p195)
（第三部分可能问到：Why do employees wear uniforms in some companies? )
Describe something that you want to buy in the future.(p185-p190)
Describe something that helps you learn English.(这个有很多人会说MP3,但是如果你说iPhone可以帮你学英语就肯定没有人跟你一样,Day 8)
Describe a gift you gave another person.(p188-p190)
Describe a painting. ( Day 7 倒数第二页的“双语感悟”)/
Describe a sculpture. (p223)

弱智卡片
Describe a traffic jam.(p217第1题）
（第三部分可能问到：
What do you think of children driving? Well, it would be reaaaaaaaally risky for average kids to drive alone. Maybe it's fun if their parents are with them.But anyway, the risk is soooooo real...What are the causes of traffic jams?
Will traffic jams be even more important in the future?)
Describe a good law.(p219)
Describe a person who’s good at cooking.(p228)
（第三部分可能问到：Do you think it’s important for kids to learn cooking skills? Yup. They will be more independent if they do. And it would definitely be more economical than going to restaurants if they could cook meals for themselves... Do you like home-cooked food? )
Describe an educational visit.(p223)
Describe an important decision that you made.(p218)
(第三部分可能问到：Why do people have goals?）

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