2011级研究生实用英语期末考试说明（2011-2012学年第二学期）
1. 考试时间
（1）口语考试时间： 第16周星期二 （5月29日，7，18班）
第16周星期四 （5月31日，29，40班）
第17周星期二 （6月5日，7，18班）
第17周星期四 (6月7日，29，40班）
第18周星期二 （6月12日，7，18班）
第18周星期四 （6月14日，29，40班）
（2）写作考试时间： 18周周末(6月14日)以后，由研究生院统一安排, 请留意研究生院网页通知
2. 考试形式及题型
（1）口语考试（总40分）
形式：每3-4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，10-15分钟准备，15分钟考试， 其中10分钟考生就话题展开活动，形式不限，5分钟老师提问。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：
* 请各组考生按任课老师安排的时间到平时上课的教室参加考试并签到。
* 考试时考生如果查看甚至照读准备的内容，不给成绩。
* 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
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 1 Health
Sub-topic 1
What important factors contribute to health? Why?
Sub-topic 2
Which is more important, mental health or physical health? Why? How to keep mental health or physical health?
Sub-topic 3
What is the biggest threat to people’s health in modern society? Why? How to cope with it?
Topic 2 Traveling
Sub-topic 1:
What do people often do before leaving home for traveling?
Sub-topic 2:
Where do you dream to go to? Why?
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?
Topic 3 Job and Career
Sub-topic 1
What jobs are popular? Do you know some newly arisen careers?
Sub-topic 2
What is career planning? How to do it?
Sub-topic 3
How to have a successful job interview?
Topic 4 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?
Topic 5 Interpersonal Relationship
Sub-topic 1
What is important in ensuring good human relationships?
Sub-topic 2
Interpersonal relationship differs from culture to culture.
Sub-topic 3
Has the Internet brought people closer?
Topic 6 Love and Marriage
Sub-topic 1
Do you know speed dating and flash marriage? What are your opinions on them?
Sub-topic 2
What characteristics are so important in the opposite sex that may attract you?
Sub-topic 3
Why are some people kept single?
Sub-topic 4
Why does marriage matter and how to make it last?
Topic 7 House and Dwelling
Subtopic 1
Would you prefer to live in a single room or with partners? Why?
Subtopic 2
Would you prefer to rent a flat or buy your own apartment after you graduate from school? Why?
Subtopic 3
What’s the house price in your city? Will it rise or lower in the near future? Why do you think so?
Subtopic 4
Did you see the TV series “Dwelling Narrowness”(“蜗居”）? What are your comments on it?
Topic 8 Past and Future
Subtopic 1
What is the thing you cherish most in the past? Why?
Subtopic 2
What are your ambitions and what do you expect most from life in the future?
Subtopic 3
Can you name a few scientific advancements that have greatly changed human life in the past centuries? What impacts will new technologies have on human life, like cloning, invisible cloak?
Topic 9 Animals and Humans
Subtopic 1
Are humans’ activities the main cause of some animals’ extinction? Do you think that animal extinction or animal conservation merits more attention? Why or why not?
Subtopic 2
How do you feel about the use of animal products for humans? For examples, using furs to make coats and hats.
Subtopic 3
What’s your opinion about the use of animals in biomedical research? Is it moral or necessary?
Topic 10 Internet and Cyberspace
Subtopic 1
Has Internet brought people closer or more alienated to each other? Why you think so?
Subtopic 2
How has Internet influenced our life? What advantages and disadvantages it has?
Subtopic 3
Please imagine and describe a world without computer or Internet today. What would happen around us?