期末口语考试话题及说明new

第一篇：期末口语考试话题及说明new

说明：

本学期对2012级学生的期末口语考试有调整和变化。考试内容：

第一部分：朗读。材料选自《新大学英语综合教程4》2、3、4、5、7、8单元第三部分课文。（期末考试时不给准备时间，要求学生平时阅读课文并朗读。）

第二部分：口试。话题根据《新标准视听说4》unit6~unit10，给出如下。（期末考试时不给准备时间，要求学生平时重视并练习。）

1.Do you do any sport at college? What are your favorite sports and why? 2.Do you enjoy doing or watching sports? Give a talk on sports at our college.3.Do you think sportspeople deserve to earn large sums of money? Why? 4.In what ways do you think people can benefit from engaging in sports or regular physical exercise? 5.In the contemporary society, it is very common for sportsmen, to be spokesmen or representatives for a wide variety of products.What do you think of it? Give examples.6.Some young couples prefer to keep pets instead of having their own children.Make comments on it.7.Now it is very popular for people to keep pets.What animal do you prefer to keep as a pet? 8.Can you list some reasons why certain species are dying out? How to protect these wild animals? 9.Some say dogs are the best friends of people.They spend a lot of money on them.What’s your comment?

10.Do you like to watch TV shows and programs? Say something about your favorite TV show(s)or program(s).11.Do you care for pop music? What are the benefits of listening to music? 12.What positive and negative effects does TV have on people’s lives? 13.What kind of indoor and outdoor activities are popular in China? 14.Have you ever done any volunteer work? What are the benefits of doing volunteer work? 15.How do you define hobby? What is your hobby? What can hobbies bring to your life and study? 16.The competition in today’s job market is becoming fiercer than before.What suggestions would you offer to college graduating students? 17.What are the advantages and disadvantage of early career planning? 18.Are you career ready? What qualities do you think you should possess to be a good teacher? 19.It is commonplace these days for people to change their jobs.Which do you prefer, to have a stable job or to change jobs frequently? 20.University graduates are now finding it more and more difficult to get a proper job.How can we succeed in a job interview? 21.What factors will you consider when you are hunting for a job? 22.People are becoming increasingly dependent on computers and mobile phones.What is your opinion on blogs or micro messages? 23.Science is a double-edged sword.In what ways do you think modern technology changes our lives? 24.Can you imagine life without computers or Internet? What kind of problems do they create? What can be done to solve the problems? 25.When did you buy your first mobile phone? What do you think are the positive and negative sides of the mobile phones? 2

第二篇：期末口语考试话题

期末口语考试话题

１．The awareness of time

In the current competitive society, time is money.Time is treated as if it were something almost real.We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it;we also charge of it.It is a precious resource and many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime.1.Why do many people cherish time?

2.What is considered to be a waste of time?

3.How to make full use of time in our study?

２．Environmental protection

In most part of the world, people don’t have consciousness about protection of the environment.They are interested in developing the economy at the sacrifice of the natural world.Consequently, the world is badly damaged and man is faced with many natural disasters.It is high time that people take measures to protect the environment.1.Why are most countries not concerned about environmental awareness?

2.What are the main causes of pollution?

3.What measures can we take to protect our environment?

３．Pros and cons of mixed marriages

People often harbor reservations about a mixed marriage because racial and cultural differences may complicate the marriage life.However, still many people have harmonious and happy marriages across nations.1.Would you mind marrying a person from a different culture or nation? Why or why not?

2.How to deal with the cultural difference in the interracial marriage?

3.What factors do you think may lead to the failure in one’s marriage?

４．Spoiling children

In most of the families, there is the only child.Parents pour all their love, energy and money to their children and try their best to satisfy their children’s needs.As a result, too much love is converted into spoiling, and spoiling children has become a serious social problem.1.Why do parents spoil their children? Please analyze reasons.2.What are the negative influences of the spoiled children on the society?

3.How to stop spoiling children for parents’ part?

５．What’s in a name?

The name is a signal that distinguishes a person from another.However, names have not merely identified people but also described them.Names often suggest or convey parents’ expectatons and dreams to their children.1.What’s in your name?

2.Do you think a person’s name is important? Why or why not?

3.How many factors should parents consider when giving a name to a baby?

６．Relax or overwork

Life is more demanding today than it ever has been.There are greater pressures at work, and people often feel very tired.Relax and paly are the useful ways to outlet one’s negative emotions.How to achieve a balance between life and work is a lesson we must learn.1.What causes stress?

2.How to lighten stress?

3.How to achieve a balance between life and work?

７．Success in life

Everybody yearns for personal success in this society.But the cruel truth is that not everyone can be successful.The road to success is full of thorns, and only those who have a stong will and stick to their goal can ultimately arrive at their destination.1.What are the factors contributing to success in one’s life?

2.What is your attitude toward failure?

3.Have you ever given up on something that you wish you had stuck to? What was it?

８．What if I could live again!

Life is so valuable that almost everyone wants to live again.If one has made some mistakes and is regretful for something, he or she will desire to live twice to mend his or her errors;if one lives very happily, he or she still will yearn for living again.1.What was the most important event in your life?

2.What was your worst memory?

3.What was the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to you?

９．Illness and remedies

People wish to be healthy to enjoy their work and life, but to be a human, it is determined to get sick sometimes.How to cure illness and maintain fit are people’s major concern in their life.1.What kind of diet do you often keep?

2.How to live a healthy life?

3.What physical problems do you have and how to cope with them?

１０．Accepting and declining invitations

People live in a society, and communication among them is very essential.We often participate in many social activities and make acquaintances and friends.1.What is your definiton of “friends”?

2.If you don’t want to attend a party that your friend invites you to, what will you do?

3.What do you think of interpersonal relationship in people’s life?

１１．Asking for and giving advice

Peolple often come across difficulties and harsh problems in their work and life.At that time, they often cannot make decisions by themslves and always resort to others for advice.As friends, people usually offer advice and suggestion to help their friends overcome their difficulties.1.If you come across problems, who is the first perosn you want to ask for advice?

2.If the advie your friend has provided doesn’t seem good to you, how to turn down his or her advice without hurting his or her feeling?

3.Do you think the advice from others sometimes may hinder a person’s decision?

１2．Compare two ways of living

People often have different ways of living.For example, some concentrate on work, while others play crazily as if it is the last moment of life.The way of living reflects a person’s attitude towards life.1.Living in the city or living in the country, which one do you prefer?

2.Discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of living in the city or the country?

3.As a student, living in the college dorm on campus or renting an apartment outside the campus, which one do you prefer?

第三篇：期末口语话题

口语话题

1.Suppose you are going to spend your summer vacation.Say something about your plans.And in what way summer vacations benefit you?

(Tips: traveling / taking a summer job/ taking summer courses /working as a volunteer…)

2.Mobile phones are popular with college students and even teenagers.Do you think it’s a good thing?(Why or why not?)

3.How to cope with the stress you may experience while studying at college or university?

(Tips: academic pressure /financial pressure/job-hunting pressure/emotional pressure)

4.A saying in China goes like this: “It would be fatal for a man to go into the wrong profession or trade, and equally dangerous for a woman to marry the wrong man.” What do you think of the above saying?

5.Do you love traveling? What places of interest have you ever been to? Please share your traveling experiences with me and tell me what you learn from it?

6.Whether senior people should be sent to nursery house？

7.What is your favorite holiday? And why?(Tips: Spring Festival, Thanksgiving Day, Easter Day, Christmas, etc.)

8.What subject do you like best? What makes you like it: your personal interests, the teacher, the practical applications of the course in future, etc.?

9.Which do you think is more important for university students, practical skills or theoretical knowledge? Give your reasons.10.You find your best friend is smoking, and you want to stop him /her, so you talk with him /her about the harm of smoking and try to persuade him /her to quit smoking.11.If you were to graduate from college and were to make a very important decision in your life, what job appeals to you most? And why?

12.Please talk about surfing the Net with respect to the advantages and disadvantages.(Tips: useful information / harmful information;communication via the Internet / junk email, computer viruses;e-learning / overindulging in computer games;e-shopping / computer crime…)

13.How to make a good impression in a job interview?

14.What’s your own way of spending two-day weekend? Anything special? You are welcome to name some advisable choices for our weekend.15.Despite the high divorce rate in modern society, there are, indeed, a lot of examples of successful marriage, including some celebrities.So what are the secrets of a successful marriage? Please tell me some good ways to improve a marriage.16.Do you believe in love at first sight? What’s your definition of “true love”?

17.Which do you think is more important, environmental protection or economic development?(Please explain.)

18.Green food is now becoming more and more popular.Do you know why? And can you say something about the changes in people’s diet nowadays?

19.Finding a job, further study or going abroad, which will you choose and how do you prepare to achieve the goal?

20.There still exists sexual discrimination against the female in job market in China.What’s your opinion on it?

第四篇：东北师范大学2012级第四学期期末口语考试话题及说明

说明：

本学期对2012级学生的期末口语考试有调整和变化，开学初向学生公布。目的：督促学生平时重视口语训练。教学内容：《新标准大学英语》第二册6-10单元，共有话题25个，分别为Unit 6(1-5)Unit 7(6-9)

Unit 8(10-15)

Unit 9(16-21)

Unit 10(22-25)。考试内容：

第一部分：朗读。材料选自《新大学英语综合教程》第四册2、3、4、5、7、8单元第三部分课文。（期末考试时不给准备时间，要求学生平时阅读课文并朗读。）第二部分：口试。话题就是这里给出的25个。（期末考试时不给准备时间，要求学生平时重视并练习。）

1.Do you do any sport at college? What are your favorite sports and why? 2.Do you enjoy doing or watching sports? Give a talk on sports at our college.3.Do you think sportspeople deserve to earn large sums of money? Why? 4.In what ways do you think people can benefit from engaging in sports or regular physical exercise? 5.In the contemporary society, it is very common for sportsmen, to be spokesmen or representatives for a wide variety of products.What do you think of it? Give examples.6.Some young couples prefer to keep pets instead of having their own children.Make comments on it.7.Now it is very popular for people to keep pets.What animal do you prefer to keep as a pet? 8.Can you list some reasons why certain species are dying out? How to protect wild animals? 9.Some say dogs are the best friends of people.They spend a lot of money on them.What’s your comment? 10.Do you like to watch TV shows and programs? Say something about your favorite TV show(s)or program(s).11.Do you care for pop music? What are the benefits of listening to music? 12.What positive and negative effects does TV have on people’s lives? 13.What kind of indoor and outdoor activities are popular in China? 14.Have you ever done any volunteer work? What are the benefits of doing volunteer work? 15.How do you define hobby? What is your hobby? What can hobbies bring to your life and study? 16.The competition in today’s job market is becoming fiercer than before.What suggestions would you offer to college graduating students? 17.What are the advantages and disadvantage of early career planning? 18.Are you career ready? What qualities do you think you should possess to be a good teacher? 19.It is commonplace these days for people to change their jobs.Which do you prefer, to have a stable job or to change jobs frequently? 20.University graduates are now finding it more and more difficult to get a proper job.How can we succeed in a job interview? 21.What factors will you consider when you are hunting for a job? 22.People are becoming increasingly dependent on computers and mobile phones.What is your opinion on blogs or micro messages? 23.Science is a double-edged sword.In what ways do you think modern technology changes our lives? 24.Can you imagine life without computers or Internet? What kind of problems do they create? What can be done to solve the problems? 25.When did you buy your first mobile phone? What do you think are the positive and negative sides of the mobile phones? 2

第五篇：口语考试话题及参考答案

1-Talk about yourself having a healthy lifestyle in great detail Actually, without a healthy lifestyle, the effect to study or do something else will be reduced.Even worse, an unhealthy lifestyle will cause decease.For example, smoking may greatly increase the possibility of the lung cancer.In order to keep healthy, it is necessary to have a healthy lifestyle.As far as I’m concerned, firstly, I eat an apple or a pear every day.As the saying goes ‘an apple a day, keep the doctor away.’ Fruit and vegetables can benefit a lot.Secondly, I don’t skimp on sleep.Studies have shown that those who sleep less tend to weigh more.Adults should aim for between 7-9 hours of sleep per night.Thirdly, doing exercise regularly is of great importance, which is good for mental and physical health.It takes me half an hour to do exercise every day.There are many ways to exercise.For example, running, swimming, hiking or playing ball games like football, basketball, volleyball.As for me, I prefer to running or playing table tennis in my leisure time.I think many people don’t take regular exercise for many reasons, especially for work or study.But I think it’s irrational.We are human being, not the machines.So we can’t work all the time without any exercise.Besides, drinking enough water every day and keeping a balanced diet are very helpful.Many people don’t take breakfast.But not having breakfast will do harm to our health.So I take breakfast every day.What’s more, I get rid of some bad living habits.Eating before sleeping will affect sleep.So if I ‘m hungry, I just eat some fruit.In addition, I don’t watch TV while eating because it’s easy to eat much more than usual while doing other thing.That’s my healthy lifestyle.2-Describe a perfect trip or holiday and be specific on events and places of interest

When I was a child, I once went camping with my family in a holiday.We decided to make a barbecue in the valley.So we collected some tree sticks to make a fire.My father asked me if I could try to make a fire.I was glad to take the job.Then I tried to set fire to the wood with a match, but produced only smoke.Then my father said, “That’s not the right way.I’ll show you how to do it.First use the small pieces of wood because they catch fire easily.Then put the larger ones on top of them.”My father helped me make a big fire.That’s an unforgettable trip.3-Describe a kind of extreme weather and explain the consequences.If I had to describe a kind of extreme weather, I would choose to speak about hazy weather.Summer can bring more than just sunshine and swimming opportunities.In many urban areas, summer is also associated with haze.Haze is air pollution in which is mixed up with dust, smoke and other dry particles.Recently, the hazy weather has happened to many cities in the north of China, such as Beijing, Tianjing, Baoding.There’s also a few hazy weather in Wuhan.But, compared to Beijing, it’s ok.In a hazy weather, everything around disappeared from our sight.Many people, especially children and seniors, even found it difficult to breathe.As a result, local hospitals were crowded with people who had problems with their noses and lungs.The components that make up haze may have negative effect on people's health especially that of the children, the elderly and those who have certain diseases like pneumonia and lung disease.Workers working in the open air have a high risk in their health.It has not only done harm to people’s health, but also affected the public transportation.Some highways were closed.Traffic jams were commonly seen in the streets.Terrible accidents happen every now and then, some highways have to be shut down because of the low visibility.Obviously, people all hate such a terrible weather.The reasons why hazy weather occurs are various.Air pollution is the main factor that has resulted in the frequency of hazy weather.Many factories were over measure produced the smog that had over the standard and the smog seriously influence the air.At the same time, smoke from burning coal and all kinds of dust are also important factors.Now that more and more people realize the harm caused by hazy weather, the government takes action to solve the problem by limiting the number of cars.4-Talk about the difficulties that people face when learning a new language and how to overcome them effectively.I began to learn English when I was about 6 years old.At that time, I was in primary school, and my English teacher taught me to learn English nursery rhymes and English words.Compared to other class like math class, English class is far more interesting because I can learn many interesting stories.In English class, teachers always encourage students to tell anything in English, just talk whatever you want, so I think it’s very relaxing and free.There are many advantages to learn English.When I’m learning English, I can learn the culture and broaden my horizon.Besides，since people in many countries speak English, it will be helpful to learn English well.Nevertheless, there is still a question that how to learn English well.In my opinion, first of all, learning English well needs perseverance because learning English well is a long-term process.If we insist on learning English every day, we will master it one day.If we just study it for a short time and then give up, we will gain nothing in the end.Therefore, we should stick to learn English everyday in order to learn it well.Secondly, in order to learn English well, students should be confident to speak in English.The aim to learn a language is to speak it.It’s meaningless to learn a language without speaking in he language.So, in order to learn English well, we should often talk in English.Thirdly, the best way to master a language is to be personally on the scene.So I advice those people who have condition go abroad for a while.When they come back home, their oral English must have improved.In conclusion, learning English well is not easy.But the process is not that painful.As for me, I enjoy watching American movies and listening to some English music.And it’s also very helpful to learn English.5-Describe your favorite TV show and be able to explain it in great detail.There are many funny TV shows I like, but my favorite one is a show called Happy Camp.It’s a variety entertainment program.I watch it every week.And I never miss it.I mean I’m a fan of it.It is broadcasted every Saturday evening from 8pm to 10pm.I enjoy this TV show, because it’s quite interesting and I can relax myself after one-week study.I started watching happy camp when I was a Junior High school student.This TV show usually invites some well-known celebrities and not just Chinese stars but famous people from all over the world including international film stars or NBA players.On this show, the hosts would talk about something interesting happening in their real lives.There are 5 guests in happy camp.Each of them has different personality.And the guests would share their funny experiences.They also play many kinds of games, some of which are crazy like they used to bring electric saw on the stage.But of course it’s safe.Happy camp enjoys a great popularity in China.Most of the fans of happy camp are young people.In my opinion, happy camp spread the idea that everyone should be happy every day no matter what difficulty is encountered.In this case, I think happy camp benefits me a lot.That’s the main reason I take it as my favorite TV show.6-Describe an environmental problem and how you are able to help solve it.If I had to describe a kind of environmental problem, I would choose to speak about haze.Summer can bring more than just sunshine and swimming opportunities.In many urban areas, summer is also associated with haze.Haze is air pollution in which is mixed up with dust, smoke and other dry particles.Recently, the hazy weather has happened to many cities in the north of China, such as Beijing, Tianjing, Baoding.There’s also a few hazy weather in Wuhan.But, compared to Beijing, it’s ok.In a hazy weather, everything around disappeared from our sight.Many people, especially children and seniors, even found it difficult to breathe.As a result, local hospitals were crowded with people who had problems with their noses and lungs.The components that make up haze may have negative effect on people's health especially that of the children, the elderly and those who have certain diseases like pneumonia and lung disease.Workers working in the open air have a high risk in their health.It has not only done harm to people’s health, but also affected the public transportation.Some highways were closed.Traffic jams were commonly seen in the streets.Terrible accidents happen every now and then, some highways have to be shut down because of the low visibility.The reasons why it occurs are various.Many factories were over measure produced the smog that had over the standard and the smog seriously influence the air.At the same time, smoke from burning coal and all kinds of dust are also important factors.Now that more and more people realize the harm caused by haze, the government takes action to solve the problem by limiting the number of cars.In my opinion, We should call on people to use more public transport.Besides, some factories which cause serious air pollution should be closed down.What’s more, we have to do more to raise people’s awareness of environmental protection.Only in this way can we expect to have more sunny days.7-Talk about your favorite drinks or food and explain it using adjectives and senses.My favorite drink is apple juice.Apple juice is good for us.I used to make an apple juice by myself.But unfortunately, the taste of it is not that good, it’s too sour.The apple juice that I usually buy smells sweet and tastes good.And it is a little sour but not too sour.An apple is full of vitamin in it.It is good for our health.As the saying goes, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”.So I drink it every day.I usually drink it before I go to bed, since I think it’s good for my sleep.Eating before sleeping will affect sleep.So if I ‘m hungry, I just drink apple juice.8-Talk about your childhood hobbies and which ones you no longer enjoy.Given reason When I was a child, I’m quite interested in playing toy bricks.I still remember the first time I played toy bricks.I was so exciting.It was the birthday gift given by my aunt.As a child, I really enjoyed playing toy bricks.I used it to make a house, a ship or anything I wanted to make.When I made what I want successfully, I felt a sense of accomplishment.It seemed like I had done something amazing.In my opinion, the toy bricks make my childhood more colorful and interesting.I could play toy bricks with my friends.And I made many friends because of it.Nevertheless, I became less interested in toy bricks as I got older since it’s a toy for child any way.When I was a junior high student, I preferred to read a nice book, rather than play toy bricks.And now, I’m not a child any longer, but I still wish that more and more child can enjoy the happiness of playing toy bricks.I think every one used to be interested in doing something but finally lost interest.From my point of view, what is more important is it used to give happiness to you, and you had a unforgettable memory.That’s enough.The only thing we can do is go ahead, and become an adult to give our children a happy childhood.9-Describe something you like doing in the evening and what exactly you enjoy about it.I like having barbecue in the evening very much.When I was a child, I once went camping with my family in the summer.We decided to make a barbecue in the valley.So we collected some tree sticks to make a fire.My father asked me if I could try to make a fire.I was glad to take the job.Then I tried to set fire to the wood with a match, but produced only smoke.Then my father said, “That’s not the right way.I’ll show you how to do it.First use the small pieces of wood because they catch fire easily.Then put the larger ones on top of them.”My father helped me make a big fire.10-Talk about a sport of interest you haven’t done yet, but would like to try.Explain why this is so interesting for you.I think the sport interests me most but I haven’t done yet is boogie jumping because it is absolutely an adventurous sport.I think many young people like me show the same interesting in such an adventurous sport.We can make much fun from it.It may give us excitement and thrill.Modern bungee jumping is usually done in a parking lot and people jump from a platform at the top of a crane.