2005 National English Contest for College Students

Speaking Test

(Level B-Sample)

（教师用卷)

Part I Free talk. (1 minute)

1. What do you think of the advertisements on television or in newspapers? Do you like them or not? Give your reasons.
2. What books have you read recently? What do you think of them?
3. What's the weather like in your hometown? Do you like it?
4. What kind of film do you like best? Could you name some of them?
5. Do you work in your spare time? What kind of job do you like to do? Why?
6. Could you tell us one of the memorable moments that occurred in your life?
7. Think about things you would like to do this weekend. Decide what, where and when.
8. If you could meet your favourite bands or singers, what would you say to them?
9. What kind of job would / wouldn't you like to do? Why?
10. What's your major? Did you choose your major by yourself? Why did you choose this major?

Part II Questions about general topics. (3 minutes)

1. What's your opinion of studying abroad?
2. More and more people now begin to celebrate not only traditional holidays but foreign festivals, such as Valentine's Day, Mother's Day. What do you think of it?
3. Nowadays traffic congestion is a big problem in most of our cities. Have you got any ideas about what has brought about this and how to solve it?
4. How has information technology changed our life today?
5. What do you think of college education? From a larger perspective what is the most important thing a college student should learn? Learn how to live a decent life or try to acquire some specific knowledge or skills in a certain field?
6. What do you think of people who use mobile phones in the classroom?
7. What do you think of the teacher's role in the university?
8. More technology means less communication. Do you agree with this opinion?
9. What should we do to protect our environment?
10. At what age do you think it is best to settle down?

Part III Talk about the pictures. (3 minutes)

Part IV Read the passage aloud first, and then answer some questions.(3 minutes)

The Burglars' Friend

It was 3 o'clock in the morning when four-year-old Russell Brown woke up to go to the bathroom.

His parents were fast asleep in bed. But when he heard a noise in the living room and saw a light was on, he went downstairs.

There he found two men. They asked him his name, and told him they were friends of the family.

Unfortunately, Russell believed them. They asked him where the video recorder was. Russell showed them, and said they had a stereo and CD player, too.

he two men carried these to the kitchen. Russell also told them that his mother kept her purse in a drawer in the kitchen,so they took that. Russell even gave them his pocket money—50 p.

They finally left at 4 a.m. They said, "Will you open the back door while we take these things to the car, because we don't want to wake Mummy and Daddy, do we?" So Russell held the door open for them. He then went back to bed.

His parents didn't know about the burglary until they got up the next day. His father said," We couldn't be angry with Russell because he thought he was doing the right thing."

Fortunately, the police caught the two burglars a week later.

Questions:

1.Why did Russell go downstairs?(Because he heard a noise and saw a light on.)

2.Where did Russell's mother keep her purse?(In a drawer in the kitchen.)

3.When did the two burglars leave?(At 4 a.m.)

4.When did the police catch the two burglars?(A week later.)