托福独立+综合口语TPO38(听力+阅读+题目+mp3音频下载)

托福口语TPO38 Task1:Advice for Having a Pet
托福TPO38口语task1题目 Question:
Your friend is thinking about getting a pet and asksfor your advice. What kind of pet would yourecommend for your friend? Explain the reasons foryour recommendation.
 
托福口语TPO38 Task2:Fiction and Nonfiction
托福口语task2题目Question:
Do you agree or disagree with the followingstatement? It is more enjoyable for students to readthe works of fiction (such as novels and stories) thannonfiction.Use specific examples and details tosupport your opinion.
 
托福口语TPO38 Task3(听力+阅读+题目):Student Play Should Be Free for Everyone
Reading Part:
Student Play Should Be Free for Everyone
Thanks to our superb theater program here at theuniversity, we are fortunate to be able to see manyplays that are put on by student actors. However, while all employees and students at the universitymay attend these plays for free, anyone who is not directly associated with the university mustplay a fee to attend. I think student plays should be open to everyone free of charge. That way, people in the local community could benefit from having a free entertainment opinion intown. It would also be good for the student actors, since it would help to ensure largeraudiences at the plays.
听力部分:
Now listen to two students discussing about theletter.
W: Hey Paul! You're an actor, right ? What do youthink about this idea ?
M: I think it's great!
W: Oh yeah ?
M: Absolutely!I mean, for the people in town there's sometimes not a lot going on, not a lot todo . There's not even a movie theater nearby and if you want to see a professional show youhave to travel. I think the nearest professional theater's like an hour away.
W: Yeah , plus those professional plays can be really expensive. I saw one last semester andthe ticket cost me like $40.
M: Right, so it'II be good for people to have another entertainment option;an opportunityto see live shows that won't be so expensive.
W: Sure!
M: Plus it would definitely be helpful for us actors.
W: Yeah?
M: Yeah, because on some nights there's not a lot of people that go; not a lot of people there towatch us and that can have a bad effect on the show. It might not be as good.
W: Yeah. I can imagine it must be a completely different energy for you and the other actors ifthe seats are half empty.
M: Exactly . Like if the show was a comedy and it's supposed to be funny, in order for it toreally seem funny, there needs to be a lot of people there to laugh at the jokes.Otherwise it justdoesn't seem as humorous. Having a crowd there laughing at the jokes really helps the showalong; helps it to be good.
W: That makes sense. So this proposal would help that.
M: Yeah, help make it more likely that there'd be a full house; a lot of people watching.
Question:
The man expresses his opinion about the proposaldescribed in the letter. Briefly summarize theproposal. Then state his opinion about theproposal and explain the reasons he gives forholding the opinion.
 
托福口语TPO38 Task4(听力+阅读+题目):Phoresy
Reading Part:
Phoresy
Animals often have to move from place to place toobtain resources. Most animals do so using their ownphysical effort, but animals of certain species maynot be able to transport themselves efficiently inorder to access the resources they need. Theseanimals may make use of another animal species to transport them, without causing anyinjury to the other species. This relationship is known as phoresy. Phoresy, which is atemporary relationship, benefits the passenger species and causes little or no harm to thespecies doing the transporting.
听力部分：
So, here's a good example of this. Mites are verysmall, insect-like creatures. Mites live in tropicalclimates and feed on nectar and pollen and flowers, but these tropical flowers don't last long. They wiltand fall off quickly and so the mites need to find new flowers in order to get more nectar andpollen to eat, but the mites can't fly and they are so small that it would take them awhile anda lot of effort to climb down one flower, crawl to another one, and climb all the way up again. So, how do they get to the next flower? Well, there's a bird: the hummingbird. Hummingbirdseat the nectar from the same flowers as the mites, so when a hummingbird comes around andsticks its beak into the flowers to get the nectar out, the mites quickly climb onto thehummingbird. Well, as I mentioned, mites are pretty tiny, so the hummingbird isn't harmed inany way and all they do is stick to the hummingbird. Since the hummingbird also goes fromflower to flower for nectar, it takes the mites along. Once the hummingbird gets to the nextflower, the mites climb off and eat some pollen and nectar there on the new flower. Withoutthe hummingbird carrying them from one flower to another, the mites would find it much moredifficult getting food.
Question:
Explain how the example of the mite andhummingbird in the lecture, illustrates the conceptof phoresy.
 
托福口语TPO38 Task5(听力+题目):Lab Assistant
Listen to a conversation between two students.
M : Hey Jeff! How's it going ?
M : Not too good. You know how I work as a labassistant in one of the science labs ?
W: Yeah ...
M : Well, I was in there this afternoon and I hadsome textbooks with me and I accidentally left one ofmy psychology books in there. It' s a special book our teacher loaned each student in the class, so I can't get it anywhere else and now the lab's locked up for the night.
W : There's no way you can get back into the lab to get it ?
M : No and I have a psychology test tomorrow morning and I really need the book to study.
W : So, what are you going to do?
M : Well, I could just study from my notes tonight then go to the Science Building and get mybook early tomorrow morning. The lab opens at 6:00 AM and my test's at 8:00 
W : 6:00 AM is pretty early.
M : Yeah. I mean, I could do it, but I'd have to get up at like 5:00 and I wouldn't have muchtime to study the stuff in the book before the test.
W: Hmm...
M : My other option would be to study with another student from that class.
W : Do you know someone you could study with ?
M : Yeah ! There's a guy who sits next to me in class and he actually asked me if r d beinterested in studying for the exam with him tonight.
W : And he has the book?
M : Yeah.
W : Well, why not do that ? Then you'd have more time to study the stuff in the book.
M : Well, he's not a very good student. He has missed a lot of classes and he doesn't take goodnotes during the lectures.
W : So you might spend a lot of time tutoring him instead of studying the stuff you need tostudy.
M : Exactly, but he does have the book.
Question:
Briefly summarize the problem the speakers arediscussing. Then state which of the two solutionsfrom the conversation you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation.
 
托福口语TPO38 Task6(听力+题目):A lecture From a History Class
Listen to part of a lecture from a history class.
So, we've been talking about life in ancient times andtoday I want to discuss an important aspect ofancient civilizations: the economy. As the economiesof ancient civilizations developed over time andbecame more complex, certain changes tended tooccur. Lets talk about a couple of the changes thathappened as the economies of ancient civilizationsdeveloped. One of the key economic changes was in the way that people paid for goods andservices. As their civilizations developed, many began to use currency, money, to pay for goodsand services rather than trading with each other. A monetary system made it easier to makepurchases because people could buy from anyone, not just those that wanted to trade. So, forexample, say a man who baked bread wanted a new coat .Well, with a monetary system, theman could buy a new coat from the coat maker with money. This was better than tradingbecause the coat maker might not want to trade a coat for the bread maker's bread. Now,another economic change was that ancient civilizations began to acquire items from faraway. In the past, people would only trade locally, but as their civilizations developed, theybegan trading with other people in distant places, so they were able to acquire goods theywouldn't have otherwise. For example, the ancient Romans never had silk fabric until theystarted trading with the Chinese who lived a great distance from them. Once the Romansstarted traveling far away to China, they could acquire silk, which was highly prized by theRomans because you just couldn't get it anywhere nearby.
Question:
Using points and examples from the lecture, explaintwo economic changes that occurred in ancientcivilizations.