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2009年8月22日托福iBT考试口语真题 Question 1 List one of the advantages for living abroad and explain the advantage with details. Include reasons and details to support your response. Question 2 Which way do you prefer to spend your spare time, reading, thinking alone or participating in group activities? Why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Question 3 Changes on Campus Newspaper The international section of the campus newspaper will be deleted in the upcoming issue, and the total number of pages keep the same. The new decision has been made because some students complain that there is a lack of campus news reports and relevant illustrations. The upgraded version of the newspaper will add some columns about school issues such as campus activities, scholar interviews and campus photo displays. More illustrations and interviews will be added to help students better understand the news. Question: The woman expresses her opinion towards the universitys decision to make changes on school newspaper. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion. Question 4 Reference Group A reference group is a concept referring to a group to which an individual or another group is compared. It is the group to which the individual relates or aspires to relate himself or herself psychologically. It becomes the individuals frame of reference and the source for organizing his or her experiences, perceptions, cognition, and ideas of self. Reference groups provide the benchmarks and contrast needed for comparison and evaluation of group or personal characteristics. Robert K. Merton hypothesized that individuals compare themselves with reference groups of people who occupy the social role to which the individual aspires. Question: The professor uses one example to illustrate the definition of reference group. Explain how this example is related to the reading passage. Question 5 Question: Briefly summarize the problem and two possible solutions. Then