华中科技大学研究生实用英语期末考试说明和口语考试指导(最新版2016)

研究生实用英语期末考试说明

1. 考试时间

(1)口语考试时间: 第17周-18周随堂

(2)写作考试时间: 第18周周四下午(未定)

2. 考试形式及题型

(1)口语考试(总40分)

形式:每3-5个考生为一组，每组从课程口语部分的10个话题中随机抽取

1个话题，15分钟准备，15分钟考试(平均每个同学不超过2分半

钟的表达时间， 回答问题占5分钟)。每个话题附有若干子话题:

每组考生可以共同选择其中某一个子话题进行交谈等(形式不限)，

也可以分别选择不同的子话题。列出的子话题仅供参考，考生也可

以在不脱离抽到的话题的条件下自由发挥。

注意事项:

* 请各组考生按抽签决定的顺序和时间到平时上课的教室参加考试并签到。

查看甚至照读准备的内容，不给成绩。 * 考试时考生如果

* 考生必须自己制作醒目的姓名卡，考试时别在衣服上，以供考官记录成绩。

: (2)写作考试(总30分)

题型:信函写作10分+摘要句子排序5分+摘要汉译英15分

形式:开卷，(只可携带纸制课本，笔记本，词典等，不可携带并使用任何

电子工具，如电子词典，快译通，手机，笔记本电脑等。如需携带

手机考试时必须关机。)

时间:60分钟

注意事项:

* 由研究生院安排统考，具体考场安排届时见研究生院网页。 * 考试安排中会列出班号，上课的时间，教室，教师姓名等信息，各考生一定要到自己上课所在班级相应的考场参加考试并签到，否则造成成绩缺失的，后果自负。

口语考试话题、子话题见2-3页

Topic 8 Housing and Dwelling

Sub-topic 1:

Where do you live?

I leave in a dormitory with my three other roommates. More importantly,i like sharing news which happen everyday with my partners ,roommates.Last but most important, if i got in trouble and difficult ,i would ask help for my roommates in time.As for these reasons,i will live in a dormitory

Sub-topic 2:

When you look for a place to live, which things are important for you?

As for me, a quiet conditions is the most important, I can’t stand the noise in the d

eep night. Traffic is important to me too, because going to work and going outside maybe be more convenient if the traffic around your house is well. Last but most importa

nt ,my house must be far away from the industrial zone,which guarantees my family health and.

Sub-topic 3:

Have you ever thought about your ideal / future dwelling? What would it be like?

Yes, Firstly, I think my dream house is clean and smells very well, it will make yo

hat’s more, my ideal house had better bu work efficiently and release your nervous; w

e able to close to the park so that I can appreciate beautiful scenery and listen to the sound of all kinds of birds;

With more and more people rushing into cities, the contradiction between limited land

resources and urbanization is so sharp that there are lots of problems behind this socialphenomenon containing high price, large gap in housing conditions and forced demolition! What is more, there is a big bubble in China’s real estate which will burst soo

ner or later! So I will rent a house after graduation because it is cheap and convenient!

Here, I have to talk about two hot words: ant tribe and naked weeding! Ant tribe means people live in basement like ants. It is too common in first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai! Naked weeding means a couple own a marriage certificate but have no car, no weeding and no house! We also know a sitcom named naked weeding time played by Wenzhang and Yaodi. In this sitcom, they always get in trouble because of the economic situation! LiuYiyang is a perfect man loved by some girls, but it makes us

think twice that naked weeding is feasible or not in this materialistic society! Because

of these problems, our government should take some measures to solve them! Formulate related law and strengthen the supervision by public opinion are positive ways! I want to share a sentence with you, the sentence is that enjoying your own life is the most important no matter whether you have a house nor not, whether your house is big or small, whether your house is in city or village! That is all! Thanks for your attention!

Topic 4 Interpersonal Relationship

Sub-topic 1

What interpersonal relationships should we deal with in our lives?

A: For our graduate students, we have to deal with a varieties of interpersonal relationship, including the relationship with our classmates, with our roommates and especially with our tutor. Because my tutor is the person who is impactful to me.

Sub-topic 2

What are important in ensuring good human relationships?

A: Firstly, we should respect others, and respect is the base of interpersonal relationship, just as a saying goes: If you want to win the respect of others, you first need to

respect others. However, only respect is not enough. If you want to be popular, you should always understand and tolerate others.

B: Secondly, just open your mind and be warm. When we get into a new environment, we need be more active in order to make friends and get to know new things. And a person with a warm heart is welcomed. Every time you give your hand to others, you win a favorable impression which may play an important role in the following co

ntacts.

C: At last, I assume that we have to learn how to care about the others ,their feelin

If we care about the man who we talk with, we will find a lot of topicg ,life and face .

s that we can talk together and the man will be willing to exchange his ideas with us. So we can learn many things from him. And It is good for improving our interpersonal

relationship .

Sub-topic 3

Interpersonal relationship differs from culture to culture.

Culture is complex which includes knowledge, belief, custom and other abilities and habits acquired by people as members of society. Culture is the accumulation of human history, which influences people’s relationship and activities in different areas an

d different periods. We should respect other people’s culture and always show our goo

d understanding to the manner which they treat to others.

Interpersonal relationship is defined as a social relation established by people when they are in the process of production and life. Interpersonal relationship containing friendship, love and profession exists in almost everywhere, such as our schools’ life, our campus activities, and our companies, in short, it exists in our whole society life. This is what our mankind different with other animals. Interpersonal relationship which is the basic demand of our society can help you get a better understanding of yourself! It used as the criterion for social psychological health can help you reach self-realization and affirmation! Although in different places you will find different interpersonal relationships, they have one principle, you should obey certain rules to keep a good relationship with other people and therefore enjoy the benefit in turn. Today our life is becoming better and better, but there is still a problem, that is how to

improve interpersonal relationship? In my opinion, first we should respect others, as an old saying: if you want others to respect you, you need respect others first. Second, we shouldn’t be selfish. If we are selfish we can’t make a true friend. Third, we

should listen to others’ opinion with an open mind and be ready to help others. At last we shouldn’t be inferiority; we need to be outgoing and friendly. Therefore, I am sure we can improve interpersonal relationship through these ways. That is all! Thanks for your attention!

Topic 2 Traffic and Transportation

Sub-topic 1

What are the reasons that cause more and more traffic accidents in China today? Sub-topic 2

How to avoid traffic accidents?

Sub-topic 3

Should private cars be encouraged in China?

With the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards, more and more people have their own cars. However, it will also bring some negative effects. Aswe all know, more and more traffic accidents happen every now and then because of high traffic volume, lagging infrastructures such as inadequate and incompetent road designs, lack of meaningful driver education and testing and a system of traffic enforcement. Many bad and dangerous drivers are not skillful enough and irresponsible. I think the best way to avoid traffic accidents is education for Drivers’ self-discipline and for pedestrians’ self-protection! Those measures, such

as strict and effective official monitoring and management, strict rule implementation, severe punishment, are indispensable. As a driver, we should obey traffic rules all the time. Do not drive too fast in case of tailgating; do not use cell-phones during driving; stop aggressive driving habits such as running the red light or sudden changing lane! If there were an accident, what would we do? First of all, you should stop your car and take some deep breaths to get calm, never hit-and-run. Second, keep yourself and others safe and report to the accident police and call your insurance company. It is important to take the emergency kit with you all the time in your car. So keeping safety in mind is cherishing our own life!

Topic 5 Traveling

Sub-topic 1:

Where do you dream to travel to? Why?

Egyptian pyramids is the place that I want to go even in my dream. It is not only grand building, but also the mysterious stories about it is charming to me. For example the stories about Egyptian pharaoh and mummy which was made by their body. It is said that the method to make the mummy has not been crack by our scientists. So it is my dream place.

Sub-topic 2:

What do people often do before leaving home for traveling?

In my pinions, making a good schedule is essential and it will deciding the quality

of your traveling. Then, you and your partner should creating detailed budgets to keep you away from unreasonable costing expenditure. Finally, people should take some danger into account and tell our tour place for our family members.

Sub-topic 3:

Which one do you prefer, joining a group traveling arranged by a travel agency or traveling by yourself with a free line?

I prefer joining a group travel, because if I faced dangers ,i would have asked help for my partners,i can share some viewpoints and plans with others. In addition to these ,joining a group can make me feel not lonely,safe so that i can enjoy the beautiful scenery.

It is exciting to visit different places. As you travel, you will see beautiful sceneries typical of the region. Besides, you can meet and make friends with people of different colors and races. Finally, you can get to know the customs and living habits of the local people. Today people are so fond of travelling that tourism has become one of the faster growing industries in most countries. The main reason why people travel is, perhaps, for pleasure. For example, having worked hard throughout the weekdays, people will find a widened trip to the nearby mountains or beaches to relax. For another example, spending an annual holiday travelling abroad is an especially satisfying experience for those who do not have much of an opportunity to be away from their homelands. When people return from their travel, they will generally feel fresh and energetic. Travelling is also one of the best means for learning. You may have read or heard about something but you can never get an accurate picture of it until you see it for yourself. Seeing is believing. Furthermore, if you are a careful observer, you can learn much during your travel about the geography, biology, and history of the places you visit. No matter how well educated you are, there is always a lot for you to learn through travelling. The knowledge acquired from travel, as you will have found in your life, is no less valuable than that from any influential reference book.

Topic 6 Love and Marriage

Sub-topic 1

What characteristics are so important in the opposite sex that may attract you?

Oh, there are many characteristics are important, such as men easily gets excited, but women is more quiet and is more careful, and men and women have different ideas about almost everything. Women often pay attention to family and it is most important thing to me.

Sub-topic 2

Why do some people keep single?

A: Be afraid to restart a new affection after being harmed by his or her former lover,

because he or she do not want to endure the harm which can take place surely in the next affection with his or her lover

B: Want to enjoy the happiness of being single,

like one can do things at his or her mind without considering his lover C: Finally,

someone keep single intentionally because he is too picky about his lover and think his ideal marriage partner is still not coming even though he stands beside you actually。

Of course ,there should be a small number of people.I think, who think his present si

tuation don’t permit he to Chase his lover ,no house,no car ,no money,

will my lover love me and stay with me

so he still keeps single intentionally before he realize his dreams。

Sub-topic 3

Why does marriage matter and how to make it last?

For the most people, we only have one chance to marry with another people, and they will be live with each other for a long time, so, we need to consider many things clearly before marriage. If a couple want to make marriage last, I think they must have a clear understanding of each other, and make the deep relationship as basis of the marriage.

People defined love as: based on certain material conditions and the common ideal of life, two people in their heart form the most sincere admiration for each other, and eager to become his/her lifelong partner .It is the strongest, most stable and specific feelings. “L”,Loyal: Be loyal to your lover. “O”,Observant: It is the bridge of

love, which can lead one to the depths of the soul of another. “V”,Valued: When

you have dispute in something, you should respect his/her opinion or choice. “E”,

Excuse: Forgive his\\her shortcomings and mistakes which can make love longer. People defined marriage as: the formal and public commitment of two people to spend the rest of their lives together. Love and marriage are closely related and promote each other. Marriage is built on the base of love. Only with the base of love can the marriage be happiness. Love is a prelude for marriage, and marriage is where

love continues to grow. Before marriage, love is passionate. After marriage, love has changed gradually into a realistic one. Once married, the couple have to deal with numerous household chores and are disappointed to find the perfect beloved one. Love is a subjective personal emotion, whereas marriage is an objective legal union. However, starting a marriage requires a careful consideration. People should think it over that whether they are ready to perform their respective rights and obligations that laws and regulations call for. So, love needs attraction and marriage requires consideration.

Topic 1 Health

Sub-topic 1

What important factors contribute to health? Why?

I think healthy living habits ,happy mood, exercise may contribute to health, beca

use suitable living habits can protect our body against viruses, keeping happy mood can make me work and study in high spirit, exercise can make our body strong ,enhance Our body’s immunity

Sub-topic 2

Which is more important, mental health or physical health? Why? How to keep mental health or physical health?

I think mental health is more important, because good mental health can help people enjoy themself more, secondly, it may help people handle difficult situation, thirdly, it make people stay better with their parents ,their friends, their partners. Firstly, you must get enough sleep, sleep is a time for your body to repair and reduce stress for daily life. Secondly, you should exercise everyday, exercise can make your body strong

,when you face stress,exercise can help release yourself. Thirdly, building confidence

is vital to mental health, confidence can help you get through many difficulties.

Sub-topic 3

What is the biggest threat to people’s health in modern society? Why? How to cope with it?

Healthy diet is all about giving your body the nutrition it needs rather than how much you eat Firstly , Instead of a soda or beer, you should eat food with fluent of fibrin

that’s to say you should eat less meat but more vegetable. Secondly, you should usually eat fruits to get vitamin and some mineral substance. Thirdly, you should keep away from alcohol and the trash foods.

Health, by definition, is a state of physical, mental and social well-being. It implies the absence of infirmity or disease, but their mere absence does not mean health. Earning and maintaining health is an active process. Good health is a result of proper nutrition, regular exercise, health care and hygiene. One of the most important factors determining the mental health of an individual is his/her happiness quotient. Hence, effective stress management forms a vital factor in remaining healthy. What should

we do to keep healthy in our daily life? Firstly, try to be less materialistic and keep your life simple. It is really unnecessary to keep up with the joneses. Why do you buy a car if you can avail of public transport? Secondly, to be healthy also includes being mentally healthy. It’s another important guaranty for people to live or work well. Control your mind. What you think and how you think affect your general well-being. Refuse to entertain negative or self-derogatory thoughts and emotions. Thirdly, exercise regularly. Go for a short run every morning and exercise your eyes regularly, especially if you spend a lot of time in front of the computer. If you have to run errands around the neighborhood, walk or cycle around. Walk up stairways instead of taking the lift. Here, I want to share a sentence with you, the sentence is that enjoying your healthy life is the most important! That is all! Thanks for your attention!

Topic 3 Job and Career

Sub-topic 1

What jobs are popular? Do you know some newly-born careers?

I think Jobs related to IT industry and finance are popular Because these jobs are widely required and you can get well payed.If I have gratuted,I’ll also search for a job

related to IT industry.Today more and more newly-born careers are known by us sele

many people as their profession and also know something about these newly-cted by

born careers.For example,with the development of the bullet train.,the staffs on the bu

llet train are known by more and more people and now we call them “dongge”or “don

gjie”.

Sub-topic 2

What is career planning? How to do it?

As it said,career planning is a planning of your own career.It’s very important for

all the people face to the society because it can determine our whole life.To make a career planning is very important but it’s not that hard.In my opinion,all you have to do i

s to find the answers to the three questions below.

1. What you want to do? 2. What you can do? 3. So what you have to do?

Sub-topic 3

How to have a successful job interview?

A successful job interview depent on many facts such as the school you graduated,your major,your certificates and so on.But the most important is your performance at the interview.First you should be neet and well dressed to make a good impressiong to

the interviewer.Be polite and smile confidently to show your temperament.Never be nervous no matter what the interviewer ask you.Just be cofident on yourself.

A career is a long-life process whereas a job is what you do at a specific moment in your life. Your career may contain many jobs and job is the beginning of the career. The job may let you accumulate the precious experiences, and the career is established abo

ve those experiences. Nowadays, there is a burning question: job problems! The following reasons may account for this social phenomenon: many colleges open their door

s wider and many firms need workers of comprehensive abilities to run the projects well. As a result, the gap between ideal and real is very big. How can we find a decent job? Confusion and anxiety are not benefit to a successful job search, we should adjust

the mood positively for a variety of opportunities. Our government now is improving the employment situation, and we have a variety of channels to achieve our goals! We

should also enhance our own competitiveness, while avoiding the present employment crisis. From my perspective, finding your favorite work and realizing your value are

important! If you are not interested in your job, you can rear your interest in your work! You should understand what you need and recognize the work that you will be engaged in and make career plan! Identifying your strengths and weaknesses is indispensable! That is all! Thanks for your attention!

Topic 10 Chinese and Foreigners

Sub-topic 1

What traits and characteristics of we Chinese make us distinctive from foreign people?

I think there are many reasons of we Chinese distinctive from foreign people, such as

ways of thinking. For me, the fundamental reason culture background, life habits, and

maybe is we have different culture background, and we have different views to many t

hings, which will lead to we are different from foreign people.

Sub-topic 2

What is the fundamental spirit of Chinese culture?

As we know, Chinese culture is extensive and profound, so the fundamental spirits of these culture also contains many aspects, and I think the most important is Chinese will never give up, and we are brave to solving the problems, and I think China will be more and more powerful.

Sub-topic 3

What are some obstacles for Chinese to communicate with foreigners? As we know, there are many obstacles for Chinese to communicate with foreigners, and the most important obstacles include culture and language. First, our culture background is very different from foreigners, we have many different views toward one thing. Second, sometime we are interested in one thing, but we can’t express our thinking

clearly, so language are also an important obstacles for Chinese to communicate with foreigners.

As we all know, there are so many differences between Chinese and foreigners! For example, the ways of taking care of children are different! In the US, children are more

independent. They know what to be at an early age and plan carefully to achieve the goals. In China, Parents usually prepare everything for us!What we should do is to acc

ept without any doubt which means respect. In China there’re usually many rules to ti

e down students, such as wearing uniform. But students in American schools have the freedom to choose what to wear. They are enjoying themselves on the way to success when we’re buried in the ocean of paper to pass the college entrance exam! We can also understand differences from the movie cultural collisions: personal heroism is what

foreigners pursue: but in China, unity is strength, persevering! Although the differences are existing, I think relationships between a Chinese and a foreigner should be friendly and equal in further development! How should foreigners and Chinese keep good

relationship? Firstly, take the initiative to understand each other's living habits and to increase communications and cooperation, mutual benefits. Secondly, respect each oth

er, understand each other to promote the common progress of the world. In a word, we are all living in the same world, so we should make joint efforts on such questions in

order to live in a harmony life with different skin people in different countries.

Topic 9 Fashion

1. What is fashion in your eyes? Is fashion relevant to social development? 2. When you choose your wearing, what do you pay most attention to – fashion,

quality or price? Do you prefer some brands of goods? Why or why not? 3. What’s your opinion on luxuries? Do you think Chinese are more crazy on luxuries than westerners? Why?

Fashion is a term commonly used to describe a style of clothing or the like chased by many people. A fashion usually remains popular for a period of time and then is replaced by another fashion. Fashion is a term usually used in a positive sense, as a synonym for glamour, beauty and style. It is also applied to a prevailing mode of expression, but quite often applied to a personal mode of expression that may or may not be applied to all. Apart from the mainstream commercial fashion, we also have fashion influenced by a subculture. It is fashion from the fringes, which may often be more artistic than practical. Young people would easily accept fashionable things and like pursuing fashion. They are more sensitive to the changes in the fashion world and more willing to spend time and money on it than middle aged people and the elders. Regarding the middle aged people, some of them know something about fashion from TV programs, commercials and their children. Some people like fashionable things, but most of them have no time and do not want to spend too much money on it. Fashion is a person’s attitude towards life. Just as old saying goes, different people hold different views! Some people think fashion increases the economy of society and improves a person’s appearance, but others believe fashion is a waste of natural resource. So we should treat this social phenomenon rationally!

Topic 7 Past and Future

Sub-topic 1

If you had a chance to take a Time Machine, would you like to go to the future or go

back to the past? Why?

If I have a chance to take a time machine, I have to say this is a great thing first, and I would like to go into the future. If I can go into the future, I want to realize the development of world, I think the world will be very beautiful and everyone will be living will, more importantly, I want to know what I will be like, I can’t predict the future

of myself. If I can go back to past, I hope to take another good way to do some things,

and make up for my fault.

Sub-topic 2

If you could change something happened in the past, what would you want to change most?

If I could change something happened in the past, the most important thing I want to change is never fell sad , because these days I find that the time is past away no matter you fellsad or happy. People always feel sad when they meet with terrible thing, but as we all know, feeling sad can’t change anything, but if you face your

matter with your persistence and confidence, you will solve it soon. So I want to tell the past of myself don’t feel sand and solve the problem positively.

Sub-topic 3

Could you predict five things in the future for China?

Of course, first, I believe our country will be more stronger; Second, Chinese will

be spread around the world, I think Chinese will also become a common language; Third, people would take the aircraft to outside, and there is no traffic jam; Fourth, the environment around us will become more beautiful. We can see the blue sky and white cloud everyday; The last, there will be so many high-tech company like Microsoft and apple in China .

Childhood is the happiest and easiest time I cherish most in my life. Children show you their true emotions and they know what’s compassion and what’s tolerance better th

an adults. Intheir world, all real thoughts are presented. They may easily have different opinions with others, but they never understand what’s animosity. They enjoy makin

g friends but they never think about making social communication net. Every child talks from the bottom of his heart without evil plans hidden and never intrigues against each other. Artists say childhood is the flower which is in bud. In the eyes of the dancers, childhood is the most beautiful melody. In the world of the poets, it’s clearly that ch

ildhood is the germination of hope. Today we have high buildings and wider highways, but short temperaments and narrow points of views; we have higher income, but less morals; we have big houses, but small families; we have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space; we have more knowledge, but less judgment; we have much more food, but less nutrition; we have more medicines, but less health! Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment, not only about survival! It takes something from our hearts, and it never comes again. Something beautiful is vanished, and we sigh for it in vain;

find your treasure and cherish it! Future is waiting for you to take the first step to change the situation! That is all! Thanks for your attention!