2014年托福独立口语题目分类

 地点类 1. Favorite room (own house, or other places); favorite outdoor place (physical exercise); shopping place. 2. Describe the differences between two cities that you have visited before. 3. Most challenging workplace? Museum, hospital, business office. 4. Recommend students to visit a workplace? 1. A science lab2. A business office 3. A TV studio 5. Better for children? To grow up in a big city or in a small town? 6. Students go to universities or colleges in their hometown or in new cities or towns. 7. A place to live? 1. A place close to school 2. A place close to your family 3. A place close to a transportation hub (airport or bus terminal, etc.) 8. A place to live? 1. Big and new place but far from your workplace and/or university 2. small and old place but near your workplace and/or university  特殊经历篇 9. Most special / important day in your life. 10. Most unforgettable success / a special experience has changed you in life / the changes five years from now. 11. Talk about an experience of learning something new. What difficulties do you have to overcome in order to learn it? 12. Talk about an organization or club you want to join and why. 13. Happiest? 1. Spending time with friends and family 2 .Studying by yourself 3. Exercising  活动或事件篇 14. Do one activity in the near future. 15. An activity you enjoyed doing with your family when you were a child. 16. Do you prefer to participate in activities alone, or with a team or group? 17. What volunteer work at the school or in the community. 18. Extracurricular activities? Plying sports, playing music, or visiting art galleries? 19. Most benefits to children and teenagers? 1. Reading books 2. Talking with elderly members of the community 3. Travelling to other countries. 20. Most benefits for students? 1. A field trip 2. A home tutoring session 3. A presentation given by a local leader. 21. Volunteer work? 1. Working as a home tutor 2. Helping adults 3. Helping old people . 22. Enjoy doing the most? Helping children with communication problems, doing community work, growing plants in the garden. 23. Community service? 1. Helping children with their homework 2. Teaching adults to use the computer 3. Cleaning City Park. 24. Agree or Disagree: Many schools require their students to complete at least 40 hours of community service. 25. Describe a time when you tried to do something that you have never done. Explain what you did and why you did it. 26. Describe one thing you didn’t want to do but you were asked to do. Explain what the result of that thing was. Include reasons and details in your response. 27. Children should be required to help with household tasks as soon as they are old enough to do so. 28. Describe a piece of news or a story that you are interested in recently. 29. Describe a historical event that you’re interested in most. Explain why you are interested in it and want to know more about it. 30. An activity to help protect the environment. 31. Our society is now facing very serious environment problems. Choose one approach that you believe to be useful to save our planet. 32. What can be done to decrease the amount of air pollution in many regions?  物品或影片、书籍篇 33. Describe a gift that you want to give to someone. 34. What is your favorite toy or game in your childhood? 35. Describe a tool or object that you rely on often in your daily life. Why it is important to you. 36. Are you willing to carefully choose the gift which your friends like or choose whatever you like？ 37. If a foreign visitor comes to your country, what food will you introduce to him/her? 38. What kind of food do you recommend to add to the food menu of the campus cafeteria? 39. What is one style of clothing that the students in your school tend to wear? Why do you like this style of clothing? 40. What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating in a fast-food restaurant? 41. What kind of music do you like the least and why? 42. Talk about a type of movie you do not like and why? 43. Like the least? Mystery novel, science fiction, biography. 44. A good idea to keep a pet such as a dog or a cat? What can you benefit from such an experience? 45. Study a new form of art: Wood sculpture, portrait painting, or photography? 46. Choose to learn? Math, painting, science and why?  人物篇 47. Describe your favorite teacher. Explain why you like him or her. 48. Make the biggest contribution to society? Teachers, famers, doctors. 49. Respect the most: photographers, musicians, painters? Explain why. 50. Makes the most important contribution to society? Primary school teacher, nurse, artist. 51. Is it easier to be a teacher than to be a student? 52. Taking a course taught by a teacher, or study by yourself? 53. Do you like to be taught by experienced teachers or by new teachers? 54. Agree or disagree? Young children should learn to draw or paint. 55. Which person do you want to know more about? Explain why. 56. What are the most important qualities that a successful leader should have? 57. What personal quality do you admire most? Creativity, courage or intelligence? Explain why? 58. Your friends like you about the most? Cheerfulness, kindness, intelligence. 59. Most important quality of a working environment: good leaders, good colleagues, or flexible time? 60. To be a leader in a group project or be a supporting member. Which do you prefer and why? 61. In your opinion, what are some important characteristics of a good school? 62. Describe one of your friends. Explain how you met and became friends. 63. Describe a special friend in your childhood. Explain why this friend is special to you. 64. Talk about one of your family members who has similar traits as you. Describe those traits. 65. Talk about the benefits of talking to older family members (grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc.) 66. A person that you look up to as a role model. Explain how this person influenced your life. 67. Describe a character in a book, film, or poem, and explain why you like it. 68. Describe a performer, an actor or a musician, etc. that you think is great. 69. 2 popular singers in your country. Explain why they are popular and how they are different. 70. Do you agree or disagree with the statement: artists and musicians are important to our society. 71. Agree or Disagree: What a person wears can show his or her personality. 72. Agree or Disagree: People should always tell the truth. 73. Agree or Disagree: Personality changes as one grows older. 74. Spend their spare time with friends or spend it alone. Which do you prefer?  科技篇 75. What are some of the benefits that cell phones bring to people? 76. One great impact on people's lives in your country? Airplane, computer or television. 77. Some important effects of the worldwide availability of the Internet on modern people’s life? 78. What do you think is the most important advancement over the past 20 years in your country? 79. Many schools do not allow students to take their laptop computers into the classroom. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of having laptop computers in the classroom? 80. Do you agree or disagree: cell phone changes our lives greatly. 81. Watching TV is not a good use of time. Do you agree or disagree? 82. Watch or listen to news every day while others do that occasionally. Which do you prefer and why? 83. Agree or Disagree? The Internet plays an important role in your life. 84. Which do you prefer, reading paper books or reading electronic books? Explain why. 85. Wash dishes by a dish washer or by hands. Which do you prefer and why? 86. Read paper books or listen to audio books. Which do you prefer and why? 87. To use e-mails to communicate with your friends and family members or to use the telephone? 88. Replace paper books and magazines in its library with electronic books. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this plan? 89. Nowadays robots are widely used in the society. What are the benefits and risks of this? 90. Are the living standards of people today better than the past? 91. Do you prefer to learn from current people and events or from people and events in the past? 92. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Teachers should encourage students to start using computers from primary school.  工作类 93. Do you agree or disagree? Before they decide to enter a particular career, students should take a part-time job or summer employment related with this career. 94. Do you agree or disagree with the following question. In order to stay happy, you must have a job that you love doing. 95. Some people prefer to have classes during the day and do part-time jobs in the evening while others prefer to have classes in the evening and do part-time jobs during the day. Which do you prefer? 96. Some people prefer to do one job or project at one time. Other people prefer to do several jobs or projects at the same time. Which do you prefer and why? 97. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Students should do part-time jobs before attending college. 98. What kind of job will you choose? A job through which you can get a lot of money or a job through which you can get great personal satisfaction. 99. Which do you prefer? A job with a high salary but a lot of business trips, or a job with a low salary but no business trips.  教育类 100. Describe one way to improve the system of education in your country. 101. Your friend studies in a business school now, but he likes playing musical instrument. Would suggestion would you give to your friend? To keep studying business, or to learn to play music? 102. Agree or disagree? University students should learn how to manage their time more efficiently. 103. Some people like to have a break or get a job during summer vacation. Others think it is better to take a class. Which do you prefer and why? 104. Do you prefer to take courses related to a specific career, or to take a variety of courses? 105. Agree or disagree? It is never too late for an old person to receive higher education and to get a university degree. 106. Agree or disagree? It is good for students to attend a university or college in a foreign country. Explain why. 107. Some students take notes very often during class. Other students do not take notes or rarely take notes. Which do you think is better? 108. Some students prefer to study or work on difficult class assignments early in the morning. Other students prefer to do this type of work in the evening. Which do you prefer and why? 109. Some students prefer to take an essay question where they must write an essay to a question. Other students prefer to take a test with objective questions. Which type of exam question do you prefer? 110. Some people think it is better for students to study in a classroom building. Others think that it is better for students to study on the Internet. Which do you think is better and why? 111. Do you agree or disagree that students should be required to go to school before they are 16. 112. Some students prefer to live alone or live with their friends when they study abroad. Other students prefer to live with local family when they study abroad. Which way do you prefer and why? 113. Some people prefer to listen to music while they are studying or working. Others prefer to stay in a quiet place while they are studying or working. Which way do you prefer and why? 114. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The success of a school largely depends on the resources it has such as textbooks and journals. 115. Some students prefer to study for only one long time during a week. Other students prefer to study for several short periods of time during a week, which do you prefer? 116. Do you agree or disagree that assignments handed in after the deadline should receive a lower score? 117. Some people think the best way to study is to attend a lecture. Others say that it’s better to read by yourself. Which way do you prefer and why? 118. If you were to choose a class to study for fun, which one would you choose? An art class or a science class? 119. Do you prefer to have classes in the morning or in the afternoon? Explain why. 120. Some people choose to go to a school which is close to home so they can keep their old friends. However, other people like to study far away from home so they can make new friends. Which do you prefer and why? 开放题 121. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Power and money is the symbol of success. 122. Your friend often feels nervous when speaking in front of a large group of people. What suggestions would you give to your friend to overcome this fear? 123. One of your friends is going to study math as his major. What suggestions would you give to this friend? 124. What suggestions would you give to your friend who wants to improve his/her scores in class? 125. People often feel home sick when they are away from home. What do you often do to deal with home sickness? 126. One of your friends has suddenly received a large amount of money and has asked you for advice on how to handle this money. What advice would you give to your friend? 127. Most difficult for university students? Being far away from families, finding time to relax, making new friends. 128. If you are given an assignment, what would you do to make sure it is finished on schedule? 129. What suggestions would you give to a foreign friend who is coming to your country to study? 130. Describe a change in your country. It could be a social, economic or political change. Explain how this change influenced people in your country. 131. Some people prefer to make decisions quickly. Others prefer to take their time. Which do you prefer and why? 132. Some people prefer to make detailed plans for the future. Others prefer to concentrate on present things and don't make any plans at all. Which way do you prefer? 133. Some people prefer to solve a challenge all by themselves. Others prefer to depend on other people's help. Which do you prefer and why? 134. Do you like to go to one place and stay there for a long time for your vacation, or different places and spend little time at each place? 135. Do you prefer to have fast food in a fast-food restaurant, or do you prefer to have food in other kinds of places? 136. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People who are 18 years old are not mature enough to vote. 137. Do you like to travel alone or travel with your family members? Explain why. 138. Some college students like to spend their free time studying another course or doing schoolwork. Others like to join a club and enjoy club activities. Which do you think is better and why? 139. Do you like to prepare for something in the beginning or wait just before the due date? 140. Some people would borrow money to buy things they need. Others would save up money until they can afford it. Which would you do and why? 141. When they meet a problem, some people prefer to seek advice or help from people who are older than they are, while others prefer to seek advice or help from people of the same age. Which do you prefer and why? 142. Should students start to plan their career before entering college, or should they do so until they have entered college and studied for a period of time? 143. Some people play games for enjoyment. Others play games in order to win. Which do you prefer and why? 144. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Students nowadays work harder in their study than students in the past. 145. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? People should dress according to the latest fashion. 146. Given the choice, many people would prefer to live in an older or more historic building or house. Others would prefer to live in a more modern building or house. Which would you prefer, and why? 147. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In order to be successful, a person should study in the university. 148. Some people like to move about and live in different places. Others like to stay at one place all their lives. Which do you prefer and why? 149. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Watching sports programs on television is not a good use of time. 150. Some people prefer outdoor activities such as basketball. Others prefer indoor activities such as yoga. Which would you prefer and why? 151. Do you prefer to be friends with people who share the same opinion as you do or with people who hold different opinions? 152. Some people like to collect old things such as newspapers. Others throw things away after they have used them. Which do you prefer and why? 153. Some people like to buy new and expensive books while others prefer to buy old and cheap ones. Which would you prefer? 154. Should the government spend money on projects which can encourage its citizens to lead a healthier lifestyle? 155. Should employees be required to wear suits in the workplace, or should they wear casual clothes? 156. When things at home such as furniture or electrical appliances are broken, some people prefer to have them repaired in a shop, while others prefer to fix them at home. Which do you prefer and why? 157. Do you prefer to live in an area that is noisy but close to shops or public transportation, or an area that is quiet but far away from shops and public transportation? 158. When you give gifts to others, do you prefer gifts that are fun or gifts that can be used? 159. In some cities there is a law against making noises at night such as loud music or TV. Some people support this while others do not. What is your opinion? 160. Some people consider going to the gym a priority in their life, while others go to the gym only when they have time. Which do you think is better and why? 161. Which do you prefer? Card game or computer game? Explain why. 162. Some students prefer to work on their course paper one or two days before its due date. Others like to work on the paper bit by bit every day. Which do you prefer and why? 163. If you have time, would you choose to learn to play a new musical instrument or learn to play a new sport?