新托福TPO口语参考答案——TPO29

1. Which of the following jobs or careers do you think would be most
rewarding?
?University professor
?Environmental scientist
?Newspaper journalist
Choose one career and explain why you think it would be most rewarding.
Use details and examples to support your answer.

I think being a newspaper journalist is the most rewarding. First of all, I
want to say the rewarding here is not measured by money but by the
experience and influence one can get. Being a journalist offers
opportunities to meet a variety of people. You may need to interview
government officials, wealthy businessmen or people who are least well
off in the society. So you can learn many different perspectives. Also,
journalists need to write articles. People will read those articles. If the
articles are widespread enough, they can be very influential.


2. Some people like to study in public places where there are other people
around. Others prefer to study in places where there are few or no people
around. Which kind of place do you prefer? Explain why.

I prefer to study in places where there are few people around. I am not a
person who likes discussion. I’d rather choose to think independently. So
I always like to choose a quiet place and sit down on a bench to delve into
my mind. If I am with a lot of people, some of them may be chatting, or
playing games or watching videos. Most of people won’t keep quiet.
Sometimes, they may move around or come in and out the room. It’s a
lot disturbing studying with many people around and I’ll be constantly
interrupted.

3. The woman expresses her opinion about the proposal in the letter.
Briefly summarize the proposal. Then state her opinion and explain the
reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

The writer proposes to remove the old bicycles from Campus Racks
because those bicycles have no owners and removing them can create
room for other people’s bicycles. The woman in the conversation thinks
it’s a great idea. She thinks the first reason is a safe assumption because
most of the bicycles there are rusty and missing parts. She suggests that
university give notice before removing those bicycles. She also thinks
that removing those bicycles can help free up space. Right now, there is

no room for other bicycles and university doesn’t allow tying bikes to the
signpost so she always has to park her bicycle in another building and
then walks to the dining hall. This is pretty inconvenient.

4. Explain how the example from the professor's lecture illustrates the
practice of scatter hoarding.

Scatter hoarding is a phenomenon that hoarders store and hide food in
different places. The professor uses a kind of squirrel to illustrate this
phenomenon. The squirrel loves to eat nuts. Nuts are plentiful in the
autumn but scarce in the winter. So the squirrels spend a lot of time
finding nuts in the autumn and store them so that they can get through
winter. First of all, they will prepare the nuts so the nuts can preserve.
Then, they will dig holes to store those nuts. They are not putting all the
nuts in just one big hole but scatter them in many different holes. In this
way, if other animals find their nuts in one place, they will still have nuts
in many other places. Therefore, the squirrel is a typical scatter hoarder.

5. Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing, Then state
which of the two solutions from the conversation you would recommend.
Explain the reasons for your recommendation.

The woman is having a problem. Her flight was delayed so she didn’t get
enough sleep. But she is going to make a presentation in an hour. She is
pretty worried about this. There are two possible solutions. The first one
is to explain to the professor, see if it is okay to put off the presentation.
The second one is to have a cup of coffee and make the presentation. I
recommend the woman choose the second solution. First of all, she says
that she has a lot of things coming up so if she postpones this presentation,
her whole schedule will be thrown off. Secondly, she actually did some
preparation and there is one hour left for her to review the notes. It’s
better just to stick to the plan even if it’s a little hard right now.

6. Using points and examples from the lecture, explain two ways a
company can diversify.

The professor talks about two ways a company can diversify. The first
way is to use the existing technology to develop a new product. For
example, a company that makes television can produce computer
monitors because making these two products needs similar technologies.
So the company uses its existing resources to make monitor so as to reach
new customers. Another way is by appealing to its existing customers.

Customers have other needs. The company can fulfill their needs with
different products. For example a company that sells skis can make ski
jackets. Because customers with skis do winter sports, they definitely
need to wear ski jackets. And they are more likely to buy the ski jackets
with the familiar company’

s name.