新托福TPO口语参考答案——TPO23

1. There can be several advantages to spending time
living in another country. Talk about one advantage and explain
how living in another country provides that advantage. Use details
and examples in your response.

One of the advantages to spending time living in another country
is to learn a new perspective. Different country has different
cultures. Different culture views things differently. For example,
I once lived in United State. Almost all I experienced there are
different from my experience in my home country. College students
in the US earn living expenses and tuition fees by themselves while
those in my country rely on their parents. Their way of living
is also different from ours. They usually live off-campus and
drive to school. We live on campus and walk to classroom. They
don’t always eat in cafeteria because food there is a little
experience, while we always eat in cafeteria because food there
is the least expensive. So many different things come together
to help me form a new perspective toward college life.

2. Some people enjoy spending their free time alone
in activities such as reading, thinking or writing. Others enjoy

spending their free time in shared activities with other people.
Which do you prefer and why?

I prefer to spend free time alone doing activities like reading,
thinking and writing. I value my free time very much because that’
s the time I can do whatever I like. I like reading and writing.
By reading books, some masterpieces, I feel like I am talking with
those great authors and masters. I enjoy great stories such as
Robinson Crusoe, Boy’s life and Catcher in the Rye. By writing,
I can take down the meaningful moments and thoughts in my life.
Also, I can write my own stories. Every time I work out a story,
I feel great and eager to let others read it. Through reading and
writing, I can better understand my life. Only by staying alone
can I read, write and think.

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

Campus newspaper editors have made the decision to eliminate the

international news section because other news sources can provide
better international news coverage. Also, the space will be used
as a calendar page covering events and activities around campus.
The woman thinks it’s the right thing to do. Her reason is that
hardly anyone reads the international news section and students
already know about the major stories from local paper and Internet
before they read the section. So she thinks the campus newspaper
should stick to the campus news. Her second reason is that right
now information is everywhere on campus, in different buildings
or in the student center. With the new calendar, students can cut
it out, carry it around, and know what’s taking place and when
and where.

4. Using the example from the lecture, explain how people’
s behavior is affected by reference groups.

Reference groups are groups of people we admire. We tend to imitate
their behavior and attitudes. The professor uses his own life
experience to illustrate this phenomenon. When he entered
university, he made friends with art students. The art students
always dressed casually. They wore t-shirts, jeans and sneakers.

The professor thought they were cool so he also started wearing
t-shirts, jeans and sneakers. But after graduation, the professor
got a job in Chicago. When his co- workers and he gathered for a
concert or a baseball game, he found out that they all dressed
up a little bit. The man would wear a nice pair of pants and the
woman would wear fashionable dress. And he started to think these
look really classy and sharp and began to wear like them. So his
reference group has changed from the art students to his
co-workers.

5. Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are
discussing. Then state which solution you would recommend.
Explain the reasons for your recommendation.

The bus schedule has changed. But the man has to take a bus from
campus to his job in town. Because the bus he used to take is going
to leave earlier, he can’t get there in time. There are two
possible solutions discussed in the conversation. The first
solution is to talk to boss and change the work hours to late at
night so that he can catch the later bus. But if he works late
at night, he will be tired in the class early next morning. The

second solution is to ride bike to work. It only takes 15mins.
But the man is worrying that in bad weather, riding bike will be
inconvenient. If I were the man, I would choose the second solution,
since it only takes 15mins to get to work. Also, he can get exercise
from riding the bike. Plus, not every day has bad weather. Even
if the weather is bad, he can read the weather forecast and shift
work hours ahead of time.

6. Using the examples of the Venus flytrap and the
sundew, describe two ways that carnivorous plants get their
nutrients.

In the lecture, the professor talks about two ways carnivorous
plants capture insects. The first way is active trap. For example,
Venus flytrap has some parts that can move to catch the prey Its
leaves are hinged in the middle and the two parts of the leaves
look like a mouth. Also its leaves have sweat nectar on them to
attract the insects. When insects are attracted by the nectar and
land on the leaves, the leaves spring shut and form little
cages. Then Venus flytrap can digest the insects and get nutrients.
The second way is passive trap. For example, the Sundew plant has

no moving parts. It also has sweet nectar on its leaves. But its
leaves are full of little hairs. When insects land on the leaves,
hairs can produce super sticky glue substance. So the insects get
stuck on the leaves and then Sundew plant can digest the insects
and absorb nutrients.