北京英语口语证书考试(高级)

北京英语口语证书考试(高级) 口语考试样题(高级) I. Introduction and General Conversation (about 4 minutes) Good morning/afternoon! Sit down, please. My name is …(examiner’s full name) What’s your name and what’s your number(准考证号)? Could I have your market sheet(登分卡), please? Can you give me your mark sheet, please? Can you give me that, please? Thank you. Now, first of all, I’d like to know sth. about you. Where are you from? (Do you live locally) How did you get here today?(What kind of journey did you have to get here today?) Do you live with your family or friends? Are you working or are you a student? (If the examinee is a student) What subjects are you studying at the moment? What do you enjoy about ____(one of the subjects named by the candidate, e.g. computer)? Could you tell me something about your early school days? What were they like? What do you hope to do after you leave college? (If the examinee is working) What do you do? What’s your job? Tell me something about your job. Where do you work? What do you like most about your job? What do you think you’ll be doing in five years’ time? When did you start working? How do you go to work every day? How long does it take you to get there? Would you prefer to work for a big company or a small company? Thank you. Now, I’d like to ask you some questions about your personal experience. Who are the most important people in your life? Do you and your friends share the same ideas? Tell me something about your friend. Thank you. Now, I’d like to ask you one more question. Do you listen to or watch programs in English? What are they? What are the advantages and disadvantages of education abroad for high school students? What’s your opinion of studying overseas and coming back to work for our country? How do you make the best of your free time? Could you tell me something about why you are learning English? What do you think of your English proficiency? How easy do you think it will be to maintain the level of the English you have achieved? Thank you. III. Topic presentation and follow-up questions (about 4 minutes) Please read all THREE topics below carefully. Choose ONE which you feel you will be able to talk about for TWO minutes. You have ONE minute to read and prepare your talk. Topic A You are going to talk about reading. What sort of things do you like reading? The following may give you some ideas. Choose 2 or 3 points you would like to talk about. Add other ideas of your own if you wish. •novels •short stories •books about famous people •newspapers and magazines •non-fiction books •others… (Follow-up question: Do you think the web has changed your reading habits? Give your reasons.) Topic B Finding a satisfying job is not easy. Your impression and performance at the job interview are essential for your success. How will you impress your interviewers? Choose 2 or 3 points you would like to talk about. Add other ideas of your own if you wish. ••dress and hair style •body language •response to questions •relevance of your answers •informative of your answers •others… (Follow-up question: What would be your most important tip for the job applicant? Give your reasons.) Topic C …… III. Presentation and Discussion (about 4 minutes) Now, here are some other topics. Please choose one topic from them. (Show the candidate 4 numbered cards at random order, and all face down. So that the information on them will not be seen, and ask him or her to choose a card.) What is your topic? Now you have 30 seconds to prepare your talk. Would you like to begin now? Now you have 2 minutes to talk about it, and then I’ll ask you some questions. Topic One Services Everybody is serving and being served in our society. How should we serve others in order to get well served? Select 2 or 3 appropriate follow-up questions for the candidate. Why are some people unwilling to serve others? What is the relation between serving others and your social position? How do people usually complain about bad service? What are the differences between good service and bad service? What guarantees the quality of service? What are the differences between your in-work service and after-work help? …… That’s the end of the test. Thank you. Topic One Holidays Nowadays National Day Holidays are very long. However some people have to work while others are enjoying their holidays. What do you think of working on holidays? Follow-up questions: 1. How would you feel if you had to work on “holidays”? 2. How did you spend this National Day Holiday? 3. What was the most pleasant experience during your holidays? 4. What is the benefit of a long holiday for the country? 5. What is the benefit of a long holiday weekend for the ordinary people? Topic Two Education Today many professors have to supervise over 10 or even 20 graduate students at the same time. What problem will arise from such a teaching task? Follow-up questions: 1. Why do so many people want to obtain a Master’s degree or a Doctoral degree? 2. What do you think of the quality of today’s graduate education? 3. What is your view on improving the quality of higher education? 4. What are the differences between an academic degree obtained from a Chinese university and that obtained from abroad? 5. What are the factors determining the quality of education? Topic Three Services Everybody is serving and being served in our society. How should we serve others in order to get well served? Follow-up questions: 1. Why are some people unwilling to serve others? 2. What is the relation between serving others and your social position? 3. How do people usually complain about bad service? 4. What are the differences between good service and bad service? 5. What does “Serving the People” mean? Topic Four Food and Drink As a result of the overuse of chemicals, pesticides in food production and processing, what we eat and drink today seem to be less healthful. What should be done to get rid of foods’ harmful effects on our health? Follow-up questions: 1. What types of foods do you usually eat? 2. How do you remove remaining chemicals in vegetables and meat? 3. What foods do you think are good for health? 4. What do you usually consider before choosing a food? 5. What kind of cooking method do you prefer, the western style or the Chinese style? Topic Five Social Relations Human beings live in very complex social relations. Please talk about the importance and necessity of social relations. Follow-up questions: 1. What are the basic social relations we have? 2. What social relations have been very important in your personal development? 3. What’s the relationship between one’s character and his relations with others? 4. What can be done to improve one’s relationship with others? 5. What do you think of yourself as a social man? Topic Six Health and Body Care Many people work hard and have little or no time for physical exercise. Why do they work so hard and ignore their health? Follow-up questions: 1. Which is important, health or wealth? 2. Will you sacrifice your health for wealth? Why or why not? 3. What’s the relationship between health and wealth? 4. What do you usually do to keep fit? 5. Why do some people live longer than others? Topic Seven Jobs and Occupations A job is what you do for your everyday life but a career is what you pursue as your professional life. How do you harmonize your work with your career? Follow-up questions: 1. Please describe your job. 2. What career are you pursuing? 3. Will you give up your career if it is not money making? Why or why not? 4. Which is more important, job or career? Why? 5. What’s the relationship between one’s job and happy life? Topic Eight Daily Life Our daily life is greatly affected by housing conditions, transportation and income. What do you think of the quality of your daily life? Follow-up questions: 1. What do you think of the daily life of the people around you? 2. What is the most important thing in your daily life? 3. Which is more convenient to you, public transport or taxi? Why? 4. What kind of ideal house or flat do you expect to have? 5. How can one improve his daily life? Topics for Advanced Stage Daily Life， Education， Food and Drink， Free-time Activities， Health and Body Care， Holidays， Home and Family， Jobs and Occupations， People， Shopping， Social Relations， Travel， Services， Weather