2013与年8月24日托福口语真题解析.doc

2013年8月24日托福口语真题解析 Task 1 Which of the following jobs do you think is the most challenging, doctor, policeman or government official? Give specific reasons and details in your answer. I think being a policeman is the most challenging for the following reasons. First, being a policeman means you will be dealing with difficult people all the time. A police officer is in close contact with criminals on daily basis. That could be pretty stressful even dangerous. Second, being a policeman also means you can’t have a regular schedule. My uncle used to be a policeman. He was ready to report to duty all the time. It didn’t matter if it was the weekend or right in the night, when he got beeped, he had to be on his way to the station right away. Task 2 Some people enjoy indoor activities that are not every intensive, others prefer to do outdoor activities that are more challenging. Which do you prefer? Explain why. I prefer to do indoor sports for the following reasons. First of all, working out in the gym means I can exercise regardless of the weather. For example, it doesn’t matter how hard it snows or rains, I can still have fun playing badminton with my friends. During summer days that are crazy hot, we can exercise without getting sun burnt indoors. Second, indoor activities are less intensive. That mean we don’t get injured that easily comparing to doing outdoor sports like skiing or snowboarding. Indoor sports like yoga are more soothing, or relaxing. Task 3 Reading: The university is going to show student artists’ artworks in dormitory Reason 1: make use of the space Reason 2: it’s a good opportunity for students to sell some artworks Listening Woman agrees Reason 1: art students paint a lot every semester but there’s only 1 or 2 exhibitions in the art department building so they only get to show some artworks Reason 2: students can buy artworks to decorate the dorms, posters can be really boring Task 4 Definition: availability error, a person experienced an event th