2017年10月21日托福考试机经预测

2017年10月21日托福考试机经预测

　　托福口语机经

　　独立口语T1

　　Do you prefer high-paid jobs or those that suit your personality? Please explain your preference with specific reasons. "1)本题属于TOEFL口语常考的特征类话题。

　　2)参考回答思路：1.比如说选择个性相投的工作，因为工作的快乐非常重要;2.个性相投的话才能发挥自己的特长，有兴趣有热情，工作才能做得好，高薪也不会是问题，细节可以从这些方面说。"

　　What do you think is ONE of the most important characteristics that a good teacher should have? Include specific reasons and details in your explanation. "1)本题属于TOEFL口语常考的特征类话题。

　　2)参考回答思路：1.比如可以说谦虚且不断学习的特征;2.细节可以说老师的学习态度会影响学生，而且不断学习的老师才有保证自己不被知识更新所淘汰，总有有价值的内容交给学生。"

　　If your school allows you to choose any activity during break time, what activity would you choose? Give details and examples to support your response. "1)本文属于TOEFL口语常考的事件类话题。

　　2)参考回答思路：1.比如说选择户外运动，因为和课堂结合起来，动静结合，有益身心;2.户外运动可以选择足球，游戏等，结合具体的活动形式举一些例子和谈一下个人感受。"

　　How can you ensure that you can finish the assignment on time when the studying work is heavy? Please include details in your answer. "1)本题属于TOEFL口语常考的建议方法类话题。

　　2)参考回答思路：1.比如说合理分割计划和规划时间安排;2.用一个具体的时间紧任务重的例子来详述自己的方法有效。"

　　Choose one of your favorite methods to relax and explain why it is your favorite. Please include specific details in your explanation. "1)本题属于TOEFL口语常考的事件类话题。

　　2)参考回答思路：1.比如选择做一些自己兴趣爱好上的活动，比如唱歌和画画;2.细节可以从乐趣，收获，成长和个人感受等角度回答。"

　　独立口语T2

　　Do you prefer to take adventures or not at all? "1)本题属于TOEFL口语常考的生活方式类话题

　　2)建议答题思路：比如选择prefer to take adventures,理由一：more adventures,more excitement and passion for life;理由二：adventures possibly help you acquire something new."

　　Some people always try the food that they have never tasted before while others don't. Which do you prefer? "1)本题属于TOEFL口语常考的生活方式类话题

　　2)建议答题思路：比如选择prefer to try new food，理由一：more kinds of food,more joy;理由二：take in different nutritions."

　　Some people record the past by keeping a diary while others do nothing. Which way do you prefer? "1)本题属于TOEFL口语常考的生活方式类话题

　　2)建议答题思路：比如选择keeping a diary,理由一：record your time spending;理由二：offer helpful guides to the future."

　　Do you prefer to give your friend a present that he likes or something else, e.g. money? "1)本题属于TOEFL口语常考的生活方式类话题

　　2)建议答题思路：比如选择a present your friend likes;理由一：a present's value depends on whether your friend likes it or not ;理由二：it shows that you cherish the friendship or not."

　　托福听力机经

　　托福听力加试：

　　1 鸟类迁徙(conversation)

　　2 大王花(lecture)

　　3 拉格泰姆音乐(lecture)

　　4 女生丢 ID 卡(conversation)

　　5 神经胶质细胞(lecture)

　　6 英国浪漫主义诗歌(lecture)

　　7 工程队噪音(conversation)

　　8 16 世纪的艺术家(lecture)

　　9 动物社会的阶级性(lecture)

　　10 图书馆复印(conversation)

　　11 墨西哥雕塑(lecture)

　　12 人口和城市(lecture)

　　13 女生论文评语(conversation)

　　14 去除咖啡因(lecture)

　　15 营销中的 4M 理论(lecture)

　　16 师生讨论论文(conversation)

　　17 撒哈拉沙漠成因(lecture)

　　18 绿色产品(lecture)

　　C1 student & professor

　　C2 student & counselor

　　Lecture

　　L1 Biology

　　L2 Chemistry

　　L3 Film studies

　　L4 Environmental policy

　　Professor:

　　So, today we’re going to wind up our discussion of alternative energy sources and we’re going to talk about one that often gets overlooked. That source is nuclear fusion as opposed to nuclear fission, which is already discussed. In nuclear fission, the centers of atoms, the nuclei, are broken up. This is the reaction today that drives today’s nuclear-powered stadiums. Nuclear fusion, on the other hand, is pretty much the opposite. It occurs when two atoms collide and then nuclei combine, or fuse, to form a heavier nucleus. This is the reaction that powers the Sun, all stars. So, who can tell me what makes fusion more attractive than fission as an energy source. Julie?

　　Julie:Well, it releases more energy, for one thing.

　　Professor:Yeah, a lot more energy than fission.

　　Julie:　　Oh also, it can use hydrogen as a fuel source. And hydrogen is abundant and easily available in water. Fission uses uranium, which is way more difficult to find.

　　...

　　听力题目：

　　1. What is the lecture mainly about?

　　(A) Ways to generate heat for nuclear fusion

　　(B) Differences between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion

　　(C) A controversial theory regarding how to generate nuclear fusion

　　(D) The possibility of establishing sustained nuclear fusion

　　2. According to the students, what are three advantages of nuclear fusion over nuclear fission

　　Click on 3 answers.

　　(A) Nuclear fusion can use a fuel that is more easily obtained.

　　(B) Nuclear fusion can be achieved at lower temperatures.

　　(C) Nuclear fusion produces more energy.

　　(D) Nuclear fusion does not produce hazardous by-products.

　　(E) Nuclear fusion does not require as many natural resources.

　　3. Why does the professor mention isotopes of hydrogen?

　　(A) To correct a student's comment about how fusion takes place in stars

　　(B) To help answer a student's question about temperature requirements for fusion reactors

　　(C) To explain what happens to hydrogen atoms during fusion reactions

　　(D) To justify the need for superconducting magnets in nuclear fusion reactors

　　托福阅读机经

　　Title：Population Growth in nineteenth-Century Europe

　　阅读原文：

　　Because of industrialization, but also because of a vast increase in agricultural output without which industrialization would have been impossible, Western Europeans by the latter half of the nineteenth century enjoyed higher standards of living and longer, healthier lives than most of the world’s peoples. In Europe as a whole, the population rose from 188 million in 1800 to 400 million in 1900. By 1900, virtually every area of Europe had contributed to the tremendous surge of population, but each major region was at a different stage of demographic change.

　　Improvements in the food supply continued trends that had started in the late seventeenth century. New lands were put under cultivation, while the use of crops of American origin, particularly the potato, continued to expand. Setbacks did occur. Regional agricultural failures were the most common cause of economic recessions until 1850, and they could lead to localized famine as well. A major potato blight (disease) in 1846-1847 led to the deaths of at least one million persons in Ireland and the emigration of another million, and Ireland never recovered the population levels the potato had sustained to that point. Bad grain harvests at the same time led to increased hardship throughout much of Europe.

　　...

　　Title：Poikilotherms

　　阅读原文：

　　Physiologically, animals can be divided into three groups: homeotherms, which maintain a fairly constant internal temperature regardless of the external temperature; poikilotherms, which have a body temperature that varies according to the surrounding environmental temperature; and heterotherms, which sometimes maintain a fairly constant body temperature and sometimes do not.

　　Poikilotherms, such as amphibians and insects, have a high thermal or heat conductance between the body and the environment, and a low metabolic rate. For this reason body temperature and thus tissue temperature changes with environmental temperature. Being ectothermic and manitaining body temperature by using sources of heat energy such as solar radiation rather than metabolism has advantages. Prisoners of environmental temperatures, poikilotherms of temperate regions, such as snakes, become highly active only when temperature is adequately warm. Because their metabolic ...

　　Title：Comet

　　阅读原文：

　　Comets are among the most interesting and unpredictable bodies in the solar system. They are made of frozen gases (water vapor, ammonia, methane, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide) that hold together small pieces of rocky and metallic materials. Many comets travel in very elongated orbits that carry them far beyond Pluto. These long-period comets take hundreds of thousands of years to complete a single orbit around the Sun. However, a few short-period comets (those having an orbital period of less than 200 years), such as Halley’s Comet, make a regular encounters with the inner solar systemWhen a comet first becomes visible from Earth, it appears very small, but as it approaches the Sun, solar energy begins to vaporize the frozen gases, producing a glowing head called the coma. The size of the coma varies greatly from one comet to another. Extremely rare ones exceed the size of the Sun, but most approximate the size of Jupiter. Within the coma, a small glowing nucleus with a diameter of only a few kilometers can sometimes be detected. As comets approach the Sun, some develop a tail that extends for millions of kilometers. Despite the enormous size of their tails and comas, comets are relatively small members of the solar system.

　　...

　　Title：The Origins of Theater

　　托福写作机经

　　独立写作机经预测内容：

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People can achieve happiness if they make others happy. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. "1)本题属于TOEFL写作常考的隐藏绝对词题型/生活方式话题

　　2)建议写作思路：同意该说法。理由1：如果能让别人快乐，证明了自己存在的价值，会让自己开心;理由2：让别人开心，能够使关系更亲密，是一种良性的发展模式，让自己也能获利。"

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Young people have no influence on important decisions that determine the future of society as a whole. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. "1)本题属于TOEFL写作常考的隐藏绝对词题型/生活方式话题

　　2)建议写作思路：不同意这一说法。理由1：年轻人的思维更活跃，与社会发展紧密接轨，会有很多很好的想法;理由2：现在很多行业的领头人也是非常年轻的，他们用实际行动改变了世界。"

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following opinion? The most important goal of education is to help people educate themselves. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. "

　　1)本题属于TOEFL写作常考的绝对词题型/教育类话题

　　2)建议写作思路：同意该说法。理由1：谈及关于教育的本质是让人自我学习，有学习的自驱性动力，不是学习的内容;理由2：学习的内容毕竟有限，有些时候更多需要人自己去领悟学习，研究和开发新的学习领域，人类社会才有可能进步，所以自我学习是不可少的。"

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People live better when move out hometown. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. "1)本题属于TOEFL写作常考的对比题型/生活方式话题

　　2)建议写作思路：倾向于同意这一说法。文章可以采取让步转折的思路，先承认在家乡会生活更便利，但长期看还是搬出家乡更好。理由1：如果去大城市，能够得到更好的工作机会，开阔眼界，学到更多;理由2：脱离之前的人际生活方式，少了很多交际，会有更多时间学习新东西。"

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should take a secure job immediately when finding one instead of waiting for the job that they find more satisfying. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. "1)本题属于TOEFL写作常考的对比题型/生活方式话题

　　2)建议写作思路：不同意该说法。理由1：安全系数高和稳定性不是衡量工作好不好的唯一标准;理由2：找到满意的工作才能最大地发挥个人价值。"

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The young people today are facing more personal and work-related challenges than their parents did fifty years ago. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. "1)本题属于TOEFL写作常考的对比题型/生活方式类话题

　　2)建议写作思路：同意该说法。理由1：因为随着社会发展，人口增加，社会竞争更严重，现代年轻人的生存压力和同龄时候他们的父母比更大;理由2：现在的年轻人也有更多新的需求和自我要求。"

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Most people prefer others making decision for them than making a decision by themselves. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. "1)本题属于TOEFL写作常考的对比题型/生活方式类话题

　　2)建议写作思路：倾向于选择agree。理由1：大多数人在面临艰难决定的时候的确需要别人帮助做决定来克服和拜托自己的纠结;理由2：一些人潜意识里会认为一旦这个决定将来不正确，也不用完全自己承担责任。"

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People who do not work because they have enough money are rarely happy. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. "1)本题属于TOEFL写作常考的隐藏绝对词题型/生活方式类话题

　　2)建议写作思路：不同意该说法。理由1：因为有很多钱而不工作人未必就是无所事事，而是有资源有资本去做自己更感兴趣的事情，可能会更快乐;理由2：金钱消费本身就能带来快乐，而且正确的金钱消费带来的可能还不是肤浅的快乐，比如救助那些需要帮助的人，这种快乐和满足和劳动和工作带来的快乐是不一样的。"

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should state their honest opinions even though they know others will disagree with them. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. "1)本题属于TOEFL写作常考的绝对词题型/生活方式话题

　　2)建议写作思路：同意该说法。理由1：在工作中需要有不同意见扩展思路，所以要让别人知道自己的想法;理由2：在生活中，人们也应该表达真实想法，这样可以进行更好地沟通。"

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In the past people ate foods that was better for their health than people today. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. "1)本题属于TOEFL写作常考的对比题型/生活方式话题

　　2)建议写作思路：不同意该说法。理由1：现在的食物多样性更多，人们能够获取的营养成分更多;理由2：现代人对食物的研究更深刻更广泛，他们有更大的选择权去吃对身体健康更有益处的食物。"