2017年4月托福口语机经预测往月考题：3月4日Task 1Recall an argument that you have ever had with others and describe the details of the conflict.Task 2Do you agree or disagree with the following statement that with the popularity of the technology that focuses on entertainment, people read fewer books than before? Use specific details and examples to explain your idea.3月11日Task 1Things always change in an unexpected way. Please describe something you have recently done that, ten years ago, you never imagined you would do.Task 2You live in a crowed city with only one green space – the city park. The government recently proposes to build a housing complex on this only green space. Do you think this is a good idea?3月25日Task 1The university international office is going to hold a social event. Which one of the following choice do you think is the best? International food fair, international music festival, or international film festival?Task 2Some people prefer sending messages while others prefer making phone calls directly, which do you prefer?本月预测题：Task1:1.Which of the following activities should the university give rewards to itshigh performance? 1. Volunteer service 2.Atheletic achievement 3. Academic performance2.In your country when do people give gift to each other? Describe the occasionand types of gifts.3.The university plans to turn long summer holiday into several short holidays.Do you think it's a good idea?4.Which kind of extracurricular activity would you like to attend if you havea chance: writing essays for students’ newspaper, joining a hiking club orworking in the dormitory discipline committee?5.Describe a character in a book, film, or poem, explain why you like him orher. Please use specific details.6.How can you ensure that you can finish the assignment on time when the studyingworkload is heavy? Please include details in your answer.7.Describe one thing you didn't want to do but you were asked to do. How wasthe result? Please explain with details.8.Describe a serious problem that your city is facing. Explain why it is soserious.9.Some people like to get advice from parents or grandparents, while some peoplelike to get help from their peers. Which do you prefer and why? Please include specific reasons and examples to support your answer.10.Teaching quality is very important to a university, what about othersignificant factors? Which one would you choose in the first place and why?1. Size2. Price3. Location11.Which of the following library volunteer work would you choose? Helpingpeople find the right material, reading to kids, or keeping bookshelforganized?12.Which one of the following factors contributes most to an enjoyable vacation?Good food, Good location or good friends to travel with?13.When making major purchase (for example, car or laptop), our decisions canbe influenced by different sources of information. Explain how each of the following sources of information can influence your decision. (1)Recommendations from friends or colleagues (2) Information from media (for example, TV, magazines, newspapers) (3) Recommendations from sales person in the store.14.In your opinion, if a government is facing economic problems, which of thefollowing areas should it spend less money on? A. libraries B. publictransportation C. police15.Which one is the most important for teacher of high school? The ability tohelp students plan for their future; the ability to find the student who need the most help and to give that help; or the ability to encourage studentsto learn on their own outside of the classroom.16.When you have been friends with someone for a long time, is it important foryou to continue the friendship even if that person does something you don't like?17.Your friend wants to get better grades, what advice you want to give her?Please explain your idea with specific examples and18.Which one of the following characteristics does your friend value most:cheerfulness, kindness or intelligence? Please choose one and use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.19.Some people prefer to make detailed plans for the future. Others prefer toconcentrate on present things and don't make any plans at all. Which way do you prefer? Please use specific reasons to support your answer.20.Describe the differences between two schools you've ever attended. Pleaseinclude specific reasons and details in your answer.21.Which type of movie is not enjoyable for you to watch: action, romance orscience fiction movies? Please give your answers with specific examples and details.22.What do you do to deal with homesick when you are away from home? Pleaseinclude specific reasons and examples to support your answer.23.Your friend often feels nervous when speaking in front of large group ofpeople. What suggestions would you give to your friend to overcome this fear?24.Some schools require students to finish a reading list during school breaks.Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of this requirement.25.What's the most important quality a good neighbor should have? Please includereasons and details to support your response.26.If you can have a part-time job at the university, what position would youchoose: a lab assistant, a campus tour guide or a library assistant? Please give specific reasons.27.Describe a skill you have already learned and want to improve. Describe whatyou plan to do to improve it.28.Which way do you think is the best for a student to make new friends: a. joininga sports team, b. participating in community activities, c. traveling.29.Which class would you choose to attend if it is free: improve the skill ofpublic presentation, how to start a small business program, or improve photographic skill?30.Advertisements have too much influence on consumers’ choice. What’s youropinion on it? Please give reasons to support your response.31.What kind of strategy do you use to handle an overwhelming amount of work?32.Which of the following periods in life do you think is the hardest, beinga kid, a teenager or an adult?33.Talk about something you didn't want to do, what was it? What was the resultof it?34.Talk about a subject you enjoy studying. Explain why you enjoy this subjectin details.35.Talk about an activity you enjoy doing with your family. Why do you enjoythis activity?36.Your university of planning to replace paper books with electronic books,what is the advantage and disadvantage of this plan?37.The university dining hall is changing its food service to include morehealthy food with low calories. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of this change?38.Talk about a friend of yours and how you met this person.39.Talk about a type of clothing that is popular in your country.40.Which of the following community service would you choose to do? Working withchildren, cleaning the city park or planting a campus garden.41.Describe a change that happened in your country, and how it has affectedpeople’s life. Explain your answer in details.42.Talk about a piece of art work that you like the most, it could be a photograph,painting or song.43.Talk about a style of clothing you like the most, explain in details why youlike wearing it.44.Talk the advantage and disadvantage of the wide use of robots. Explain youranswer in details.45.Which movie type do you like the least – action movies, romance movies, orscience fiction?46.Talk about the most important characteristics of an apartment or house.47.Do you think college students should be allowed to keep pets in theirdormitory?48.Talk about your favorite type of music and you enjoy listening to this kindof music.49.Describe a person you would like to learn more about and explain why.50.Which one of the following activities do you prefer to do by yourself ratherthan with a group of people? 1.study 2.exercise3.shopping. Please include specific details.51.Which of the following hospital volunteer works would you be interested indoing? Talking to patients, reading to patients or taking care of their families?52.Describe two cities you have visited before and explain their differences.53.Which activity do you think is the most beneficial for children: doing teamsports, talking with others, or travelling?54.Some schools require students to finish 40 hours of community service. Talkabout the advantages and disadvantages of this policy.55.Which of the volunteer activity do you think is the most beneficial to theenvironment, cleaning the city, planting trees or recycling?56.Talk about the things students can do to deal with homesickness.57.Your friend often feels nervous when speaking in front of a large group ofpeople. What suggestions would you give him?58.Talk about a kind of music you enjoy the least, explain why you don’t likeit.59.Which of the following is the best way to spend your weekends, exercising,cooking, or visiting your friends?60.Which of the following activities would you be more interested in doing?Teaching children, teaching adults to use computers or cleaning city park.61.Which one of the following would you like to do at weekend? Stay with yourfamily, go to the gym or watch TV?62.If you can learn a new ability, which one do you prefer? Why? Play a new kindof sports, fly a plane, play a new kind of musical instrument?63.Which of the following three do you think is the most important for a greatworking environment? Friendly coworkers, flexible hours or a helpful boss?64.If you were making a donation, which of the following organization would youmake your donation to? Environmental protection group, city library, or animal shelter?65.Which of the following three activities you would66.Which of the following library volunteer would you want to choose to do?Helping people find the right material, read to kids or keeping bookshelf organized.67.Do you agree or disagree: University education is more important than it wasin the past68.Do you agree or disagree: it is better to live close to parents than far awayfrom them.69.Do you agree or disagree: parents should not allow their children toparticipate in any form of sport (football, basketball, ice hockey...) in order to protect their health and from any form of injuries.70.Do you agree or disagree: employees should be prohibited to listen to musicat work.71.Some people prefer to share a large house with other students; others preferto live in a smaller apartment alone. Which one do you prefer?72.Some students prefer to study nine or ten months a year; others choose tobe in school the whole year. Which do you prefer and why?73.Do you agree or disagree: protecting the environment is as important aseconomic development.74.Emailing and texting takes a major place in contacting people in modern times.However, face-to-face talk could be a more effective way of communication.Which way of communication would you prefer?75.Talk about your favorite book when you were a child. Explain why you likedto read it in details.76.Your friend plans to go to your country to study but has concern aboutexpenditure. What is your advice to your friend?77.If you have a chance to give a lesson in an elementary school, what topicwould you like to teach: 1. How to protect the environment. 2. How to grow plants. 3. How to cook simple and healthy food.78.Among the following professions, which do you think is the most importantto a city? Police officer, building designer or transport worker.79.Describe a person in your family whose personality or behavior is verydifferent from yours and explain why.80.An environmental group is planning to organize an activity to help protectthe environment. What activity do you suggest and why?Task 21.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Building zoos helpsto protect animals. Please give your answer with specific examples and details.2.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Building zoos helpsto protect animals. Please give your answer with specific examples and details.3.Do you prefer big family or small family? Please give your answer withspecific examples and details.4.Do you agree with the statement: employees should be allowed to listen tomusic at work?5.Some people prefer jobs working with computers or other technology, otherslike jobs working with no such technology. Which do you think is better and why?6.Some people prefer to wash dishes by a dish washer. Others prefer to washdishes by hands. Which do you prefer and why?7.Do you agree or disagree with the statement that we should let children usethe computers or other electronic devices as early as they can?8.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Some people think thestories of famous people on TV have no relevance to ordinary people.9.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Wealthy people shouldbe required to help poor people. Please answer the question with specific examples and details.10.What kind of job will you choose? To choose a job through which you can geta lot of money or to choose a job through which you can get great personalsatisfaction? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.11.Some people prefer to write many short assignments for a semester, otherprefer to write one or two long assignments for a semester. Which do you prefer?Explain why.12.Some people prefer to live in places where climate does not change very much,while others prefer to live in places where climate changes with seasons.Which one do you prefer? Why?13.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: 16-year-old kids arenot mature enough to drive? Please use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.14.Advertisement have too much influence on consumers’ choices. What’s youropinion on it? Please give reasons to support your response.15.Some people prefer to celebrate special occasions like birthdays with theirfriends; others prefer to be alone at such occasions. Which do you prefer?Use examples and details to support your response.16.Some people prefer to watch a sport game from the audience seat, others preferto be in the sport field and complete with others. Which do you prefer to do?17.When learning to use a new product, some people prefer to read the instructionmanual. Others prefer to figure out how to use the product on their own. Which do you prefer and why? Give details and examples to support your response.18.Some people prefer to learn about current events from watching televisionnews programs. Others prefer to read about current events in newspaper or on the Internet. Which do you think is better: watching the news or reading the news? Explain why.19.Some people speak out in class, others prefer to listen and quietly observe.Which do you think leads to greater success in school? Explain why you think so.20.Do you prefer to live in a residence where there are strict rules (such asrules against making loud noises at night), or do you prefer to live in a residence without strict rules.21.Some people choose to go to school which is close to home so they can keeptheir old friends. However, other people like to study far away from home so they can make new friends. Which do you prefer and why?22.Do you like jobs with opportunities to interact with people, or do you preferto work without contact with real people? Please explain your preference with specific reasons.23.Which do you think is the more important quality for someone to be successful,taking risks or making safe decisions? Please give your reasons.24.Some university students choose to take difficult classes even if they knowthey might not get a good grade in the class. Other students prefer to take easier classes in which they know they will get a good grade. Which do you prefer? Explain why.25.Do you prefer to learn from people and events in the past or people and eventsthat currently exist? Explain with specific reasons and details.26.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: All universitystudents should take basic science courses regardless of their fields ofstudy.27.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The rules that thewhole societies today expect young people to follow and obey are too strict.28.Some people think that it is an important part of a child’s education togo on field trips (for example, museums), other people think a child’s time is better spent learning in a classroom at school. What is your opinion?29.In order to attract more tourists, the government could either improve safetyby hiring more police or improve its appearance by repairing old buildings and streets. Which way do you think is more effective?30.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Grandparents cannotgive useful advice to their grandchildren because the world of today and the world of 50 years ago are too different.31.Do you agree or disagree: it’s easier to teach primary school students thanto teach university students.32.Some people prefer to take courses that are related to their future career;others prefer to take a variety of course. Which do you prefer and why? 33.Some students like to take notes in class; others prefer to mainly listento the teacher. Which do you prefer and why?34.Do you agree or disagree: University students should take part-time jobs.35.When studying aboard, some students prefer to live by themselves or with theirfriends; others prefer to live with a local family. Which do you think is better?36.Do you agree or disagree: watching sports program on TV is not a good useof time.37.When having some extra money, some people prefer to save it; others preferto spend it. Which one do you prefer?38.Some teachers like to give assignments in person; others prefer to give classassignments by email. Which do you prefer and why?39.Some people prefer to finish reading a book in one setting; others preferto read a few pages each time. Which do you prefer? Explain your answer in details.40.Some people prefer to watch news every day; others prefer to watch news oncein a while. Which do you prefer and why?41.When spending time with friends, some people prefer going to concerts; othersprefer going to movies. Which do you prefer and why?42.Do you agree or disagree: people from small towns are kinder and more helpfulthan people in big cities.43.Do you agree or disagree: government should encourage citizens to live ahealthy life style.44.Do you agree or disagree: children under the age of 16 should attend school.45.Do you think government should spend money on saving the endangered animalsor the money has to come from private sources?46.Some people believe it is better to wear formal clothes to work. Othersbelieve it’s better to wear casual clothes. Which do you prefer?47.Do you think it is good to teach primary school students to use computer?48.Some people prefer to talk about their opinion publicly; others only sharetheir thoughts with families and close friends. Which do you prefer and why?49.Do you agree or disagree: assignments handed in later than the due date shouldreceive a lower grade.50.Do you agree or disagree: young people today are more informed than theirparents when they were young?51.Some people like to collect old things such as newspapers. Others throw thingsaway after they have used them. Which do you prefer and why?52.When you take a trip, do you prefer to just look around, or do you preferto take pictures and keep a journal on the trip.53.Do you think universities in the future will on day stop giving lessons inclassrooms?54.Some people prefer to live in old buildings; others prefer to live in newand modern buildings. Which do you prefer and why?55.Some people prefer to live in old buildings; others prefer to live in newand modern buildings. Which do you prefer and why?56.Do you agree or disagree: children should learn to draw or paint.57.Do you agree or disagree: Cellphone has greatly improved our lives.58.Some people like to take less informative but interesting lectures; otherslike to take boring but more content rich lectures. Which do you prefer?59.Do you agree or disagree: Students should work for a year before enteringcollege.60.Do you agree or disagree: all students should attend social activities suchas join a club or a sports team in school.61.Do you like talking to people face to face, or sending text messages or emails?62.Do you agree or disagree: Newspaper is better than other media such as TV.63.While traveling, some people prefer to go to new places; others prefer togo to familiar places. Which do you prefer? Explain why.64.Do you prefer to work in office or at home?65.Do you prefer to deal with a challenge alone or ask help from others?66.Some students prefer to attend classes during the daytime and do part-timejobs in the evening or on weekends. Others prefer to attend classes in the evening, and do part-time jobs during the daytime. Which do you prefer andwhy?67.Do you agree or disagree: protecting the environment is as important aseconomic development.68.Emailing and texting takes a major place in contacting people in modern times.However, face-to-face talk could be a more effective way of communication.Which way of communication would you prefer?69.Do you agree or disagree: the process is more important than the result70.Do you agree or disagree: it is more effective to work with a group wheneveryone has their responsibilities and duties.71.Some people prefer to do indoor activities; others prefer to do outdooractivities. Which do you prefer?72.Do you agree or disagree: children should start school before the age of 5or 6.73.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Building zoos helpsto protect animals.74.Do you prefer big family or small family?75.Do you agree with the statement: employees should be allowed to listen tomusic at work?76.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents today put morepressure on their children than parents did in the past. Explain why. 77.Some people prefer jobs working with computers or other technology; otherslike jobs working with no such technology. Which do you think is better and why?78.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Doctors that are olderin age are usually more experienced than younger ones.79.The university plans to turn long summer holiday into several short holidays.Do you think it's a good idea?80.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Some people think thestories of famous people on TV have no relevance to ordinary people.。