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2016年12月3日---托福独立口语小范围预测及参考答案

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  F. 休闲娱乐、艺术、音乐:

  1. Talk about two singers or musicians and the differences between them. Include examples and details in your response.

  Well, I would like to talk about Bob Dylan and Avril. Bob Dylan can write very poetic lyrics, actually he is the Nobel Prize laureate for literature in 2016. and his songs are generally folklore, which are very peaceful and quiet. When I listen to his music, I feel like I can concentrate better and follow my heart. However, Randy Rhoad is a rock star, his songs are very catchy but they are very disturbing,

  Lots of his heavy metal music focuses on thrashing guitars, frantic drumming and insane lyrics.

  2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Artists and musicians are important to the society.

  Personally, I would say artists and musicians play a very important role in our community. First off, people nowadays are inundated with heavy workloads, regardless what kind of job they have, actually, they need to switch off from their work and take some time to appreciate art and music, like watching a movie, or going to see a musical, and that'll will help them to relax and calm down, and even to refresh their mood. Additionally, the work by artists and musicians have enormous monetary value, like the masterpiece of Beethoven, the paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci, not only are they great assets to the country where it originated, but also are invaluable treasure for the whole human race.

  3. Describe your least favorite music. Please explain the reason.

  Well, actually, this is a very interesting question and I haven't really thought about it before. Frankly I am kind of into all kinds of music, but if I have to answer this question. I would say Heavy Metal is my least favorite type of music. You know,  most metal music focuses on thrashing guitars, frantic drumming and insane lyrics. For me, the only reason to listen to music is to get away from my busy life and study and get a chance to switch off, unfortunately, heavy metal is just doing the opposite.

  4. Some people believe that the high school should teach music and art as other basic science. Some people think that providing music and art education for high school students is not necessary. What is your opinion and why?

  Personally, I think high school students should learn art and music. Actually, it can be very rewarding to learn some art, like kids will understand how to appreciate delicate artwork, such as, porcelain vase, water color painting, sculpture. Plus, art is the expression of the humanity. Without it, we would have no hope, no aspirations, no joy, just nothing meaningful and enlightening, and one can never underestimate the value of art and music, actually, If you try any form of art, you will get a break from the stresses of life, work and study!

  5. Do you agree or disagree with the statement: employees should be prohibited to listen to music at work.

  Well, personally, I think it's a very bad idea to prohibit music in workplace. Actually, listening to music is a very good way for people to release their negative emotions, like sadness, or sorrow, or even anger. Employees might forget about the pressure in life and thus have a higher efficiency in the workplace. Additionally, music keeps people refreshed and spurs creativity and innovation. So, that is why it is a common practice for high-tech to allow the play of music in their office, just so that they can create a relaxing environment and be more creative, and thus make more breakthroughs in their field.

  6. Describe the book you like the most when you were a child.

  Well, the book I like best when I was a child was the Sea And the Old Man, authored by Ernest Hemingway. It was a  novel, and it is very educating and enlightening, I learned a lot from reading this book. The storyline is like this:the old man had not landed any fish in 84 days in a row, finally on the 85th day he landed marlin, unfortunately, on his way back home, he marlin was towed away by some sharks. Even though, he only got back the bones of the marlin, however, he was really the winner; never give up in face of hardships, setbacks, barriers in our lives.

  G. 政府社会类:

  1. Agree or disagree: Zoos are useful than harmful to animals.

  Personally, I couldn't agree more that zoos help to protect animals rather than harm them. To begin with, some animals might live in really harsh environment, like the Arctic region, Sahara deserts, and even in extremely dry areas. However, the zoo can be a very good place to shelter such animals, and they can live in a clean and comfortable environment with abundant food to feed themselves. Additionally, by keeping animals in the zoos, citizens, especially the younger generation will get a chance to closely observe them, thus they will know the animals better, hopefully, this can raise their awareness to protect endangered species.

  2. Describe a serious problem that your country is facing. Explain why it is so serious.

  Personally, I think environment pollution is an enduring problem that we have today. Vehicle emission and poisonous gas discharged by factories are major factors causing the air pollution. Sometimes, the smog and haze in big cities are so serious that people can barely breathe. Actually,  haze and fog have negative impact on people's mood and citizens suffer from dizziness and depression when they suffer from serious haze several days in a row. Also, haze and fog can cause a series of diseases, like heart disease, stroke, respiratory illnesses, birth defects and cancer.

  3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Wealthy people should be required to help poor people.

  I disagree that rich people should split their wealth with the poor. Firstly, one's wealth should only be acquired according to the work he has done, People should not be given things they don't deserve. Everything happens for reason. It is the same with people's wealth. Redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor causes unfairness. This might cause social instability. Secondly, split the wealth of rich people to the poor people is just a convenient way to make the wealth of the society seem more evenly distributed. But it cannot work out in the long-run. the government should develop comprehensive welfare system for the society to make it work.

  4. Agree or disagree: Life is better now than the past. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

  Personally, I cannot agree more with that. To begin with, advanced technology has made lots of impossible things possible, like now it takes only less than one hour to travel over 300 miles by express train. In the past, it might take you a whole day. Now, with the express train, we can save lots of valuable time. Plus, with increasing income, more people have access to nutritional food, like, salmon, tuna, shrimp and stuff like that. They are high in protein, low in carbs.

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