托福（口语）模拟试卷18
简单回答问题
1.Some people like to spend their free time doing indoor activities while others like to spend their free time doing outdoor activities. Which do you prefer and why? Include details in your explanation.
I prefer to spend my free time doing outdoor activities. For one thing, being outdoors gives me an opportunity to meet more people. I can meet all kinds of people just by going to the park or walking around my city. Second of all, doing outdoor activities gives me a chance to enjoy nature. There are so many wonderful things outside that I should always take the time to enjoy them.
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2. Read a short passage, and Listen to a lecture, and answer the question following each step. Then answer the question following each step.
Read the following passage about a campus situation.
Improvements to the School Cafeteria
Due to numerous complaints about the low quality of the cafeteria’s food, the university is going to change the style of the cafeteria. Starting next semester, students will be able to eat hot meals, make their own sandwiches, eat from a salad bar, and enjoy pasta or pizza. This should give students many more choices for food everyday.
Listen to a conversation on the same topic.
The woman gives her opinion about the announcement by the university. State her opinion and the reasons for her opinion.
The woman is excited about the improvements to the cafeteria. She does not like the food it now serves, and she wants to have more food choices. That way she can eat different foods everyday.
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3. Read a short passage, and Listen to a lecture, and answer the question following each step. Then answer the question following each step.
Read the following passage about an academic subject.
Supply and Demand
Supply and demand is the fundamental model of microeconomics. It describes the interaction between producers and consumers for goods in the marketplace and is based on price and sales. This model is used to look at correlations between the increases and decreases in both the supply and demand of a given item or service.
Listen to a lecture about the same topic.
The professor describes an economic situation during Victorian England. Explain how that situation relates to supply and demand.
The professor mentions how, in Victorian England, the bread supply dropped, while bread got more expensive, yet the demand for bread remained the same. She mentions that it was due to the fact that expensive bread was still cheaper than meat. This relates to supply and demand because it shows how producers and consumers interact in the marketplace.
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4.Listen to a lecture, and take notes.
Using points and examples from the talk, explain how some foods are altered to last longer.
The lecture mentions milk as an example of a food that is altered to last longer. Milk can be processed to keep it from spoiling. Since moisture is one factor that leads to food spoilage, it is removed from the milk. The milk gets dehydrated into its powdered form. Powdered milk can last for months because it has no moisture that bacteria can use to spoil it.
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