问答题
Directions
: You will now read a short passage and listen to a conversation on the same topic. You will then be asked a question about them. After you hear the question, give yourself 30 seconds to prepare your response. Then record yourself speaking for 60 seconds.
Over the last ten years, the number of Central College students living on campus in dormitories has decreased by twenty percent. In an effort to counteract the trend, the college has announced a plan to renovate its on-campus housing. The renovations will take two years, and they will include improvements to the bathrooms, lighting, and heating in the dormitories. "A lot of people are moving off campus because the dorms aren"t in great shape," explained the college president. "By renovating the dorms, we can make them more appealing than off-campus housing, and more students will choose to remain on campus."
Housing Renovations Planned
Over the last ten years, the number of Central College students living on campus in dormitories has decreased by twenty percent. In an effort to counteract the trend, the college has announced a plan to renovate its on-campus housing. The renovations will take two years, and they will include improvements to the bathrooms, lighting, and heating in the dormitories. "A lot of people are moving off campus because the dorms aren"t in great shape," explained the college president. "By renovating the dorms, we can make them more appealing than off-campus housing, and more students will choose to remain on campus."
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【答案解析】Prompt
The woman expresses her opinion about the college"s plan. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.
Important Points To respond to this item, you should explain that the woman does not believe that the university"s plan to renovate the dormitories in order to get more students to live on campus will work. To explain the points she makes, you could say that she argues that the renovations will create noise or disturbances, and that people will actually move off campus because of that in the short term. You should also point out her argument that in the long term students will likely remain in off-campus housing after the construction ends, since the university will have to raise the cost of housing to pay for the renovations.
High-level Response: Listen to
Rater Comments
This speaker demonstrates a clear understanding of the information from both the reading and the conversation. He doesn"t say until the end of his response that the woman disagrees with the plan, and that she doesn"t think it will work. However, this doesn"t prevent the listener from following the logic of the response. Consider this sentence from his response: " She saying the price of the dorm fee will be raised...and it will go back to the student, and therefore student will look for the off-campus apartment, which seems cheaper ." We see some minor grammatical errors here, and the speaker mispronounces a few select words (price, cheaper), but he uses intonation well and is able to communicate the point effectively. Overall, this is a well-developed and easy to understand response.
Mid-level Response: Listen to
Rater Comments
In this response, the speaker touches on most of the important points; however, she does not do so with the fluidity and clarity characteristic of a high-level response. Her vocabulary is limited, and she hesitates and repeats words and phrases frequently, which requires listener effort. For example, it is hard to follow when she says, " and and after the construction, the man was saying that maybe it"s good after the construction. " She also does not explicitly explain that the noise from the renovations will cause students to move off-campus, and that later on, they will not move back because the renovations will be paid for by raising the price of housing. [听力原文]
Narrator
Central College is planning to renovate its dormitories. Read the article in the college newspaper about the plan. You will have 45 seconds to read the article. Begin reading now.
The woman expresses her opinion about the college"s plan. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.
Important Points To respond to this item, you should explain that the woman does not believe that the university"s plan to renovate the dormitories in order to get more students to live on campus will work. To explain the points she makes, you could say that she argues that the renovations will create noise or disturbances, and that people will actually move off campus because of that in the short term. You should also point out her argument that in the long term students will likely remain in off-campus housing after the construction ends, since the university will have to raise the cost of housing to pay for the renovations.
High-level Response: Listen to
Rater Comments
This speaker demonstrates a clear understanding of the information from both the reading and the conversation. He doesn"t say until the end of his response that the woman disagrees with the plan, and that she doesn"t think it will work. However, this doesn"t prevent the listener from following the logic of the response. Consider this sentence from his response: " She saying the price of the dorm fee will be raised...and it will go back to the student, and therefore student will look for the off-campus apartment, which seems cheaper ." We see some minor grammatical errors here, and the speaker mispronounces a few select words (price, cheaper), but he uses intonation well and is able to communicate the point effectively. Overall, this is a well-developed and easy to understand response.
Mid-level Response: Listen to
Rater Comments
In this response, the speaker touches on most of the important points; however, she does not do so with the fluidity and clarity characteristic of a high-level response. Her vocabulary is limited, and she hesitates and repeats words and phrases frequently, which requires listener effort. For example, it is hard to follow when she says, " and and after the construction, the man was saying that maybe it"s good after the construction. " She also does not explicitly explain that the noise from the renovations will cause students to move off-campus, and that later on, they will not move back because the renovations will be paid for by raising the price of housing. [听力原文]
Narrator
Central College is planning to renovate its dormitories. Read the article in the college newspaper about the plan. You will have 45 seconds to read the article. Begin reading now.