2015 年 9 月托福真题回忆及解析
【导语】路漫漫其修远兮。在人生的奋斗征途中,目标要一步步接近,不可能一就而蹴。
也会碰到各种各样的困厄,此时,不要过低估计自己的能力,要充满自信,认为"我行我能
",坚持到最后,才能笑到最后,才能看到最佳的风景。以下是无忧考网整理的 2015 年 9
月托福部分真题,希望可以帮到你!2015 年 9 月托福共举行了五场考试,分别是 9 月 5
日、9 月 12 日、9 月 13 日、9 月 17 日、9 月 19 日
9 月 5 日托福写作范文
Independent Writing:
In order to attract more tourists, government should improve the safety by
hiring more police or improve the appearance by improving the old buildings and
streets.
Nowadays, for the economic development of a city, the government place
undue emphasis on how to boost its tourism industry. While some experts show
their enthusiasm on selling their cities to outside tourists by publicizing
good social security via recruiting more police, I hold a different opinion.
From
my
perspective,
improving
old
buildings
and
streets
is
a
better
alternative.
Admittedly, hiring more police might be useful in attracting tourists.
When government is focusing on recruiting more policemen, these new recruiters
would be helpful in improving social security standards. Thanks to the improved
standards, more visitors might be relieved about the city when paying a visit
to the city; hence the the city reputation would be enhanced. However, on
balance, only focusing on police while not improving building places of
interest is not enough. Without places about culture or places for amusement
parks, visitors still would not come even if social security is good. To
attract more visitors, a more effective way would be to improve olds buildings.
To begin with, improving old buildings helps preserve old cultures. In
other words, more visitors would love to visit places with cultural value so
the maintenance of old buildings is attractive to them. For example, when
Beijing government begins to repair the Great Wall, the symbol of diligence of
ancient Chinese people, the experts pay great attention on building the wrecked
walls and restoring some stone relics. Meanwhile, they reshape some broken
bricks for the steps so that visitors could step onto the Great Wall. As a
result, an increasing number of visitors from foreign countries come to Beijing
to watch the marvelous Great Wall building on top of piles of mountains. On the
contrary, if hiring more police, though government would gain reputation for
their good management in social security, it would not add to any cultural
attraction.
In addition, improving the streets makes it convenient for tourists.
That's is to say, tourists would love to visit places with convenient
facilities. According to a survey conducted on Sina Weibo, after polling
hundreds of tourists from the National Holiday, a significant percentage of
them claim that when deciding a place as their touring destination, they are
more likely to choose a city with broader streets. In their minds, when the
city is built with convenient streets and beautiful auxiliary facilities, this
urban planning would give tourists a sense of modernism and make them feel go
into colorful metropolitan life. With these perfect streets, public transport
would be convenient for them to visit both in city and around city.
To sum up, due to the reasons I lost above, I would regard that by
perfecting streets and maintaining old buildings, government would be more
likely to attract tourists to visit the city.
2015 年 9 月 5 日阅读机经
机经词汇:
devoid of = lacking of
correspond: match
ongoing = continuing
peculiar=unusual
diffusion=spread
a wealth of= a valuable amount of
complexity=sophistication
allowing = resulting in
temporarily= briefly
unpromising
distortion
第一篇
考生回忆:本文讨论苏美尔文明。开始的时候那个地方(美索不达米亚平原)的 自然环境
不好,缺乏一些很重要的自然资源,也经常遭遇洪水泛滥,所以人口也 不多。但是此后
somehow 这个地方发展起来了,人口增多了,也出现了很多 新兴的职业比如说
scientists。随着城市的发展出现了贸易,主要参与贸易的是 一些原材料比如 copper 和
stone。由于城市发展需要管理,所以发明了 writing。 后来 writing 还出现了发展,有
了更多的用途,影响深远。
解析:本文以古代苏美尔文明的发展这个主题展开。是一篇按照时间顺序为线索 展开的文
章。本文无论从内容还是结构上都与 TP026 的 Sumer and the First Cities of the
Ancient Near
East 极度相似„ ETS 经常会在同一个话题或者题材 上面出几篇非常类似的文章,然后
每隔一段时间就放出来考一次。多练 TPO 的好 处是不言自明的。
第二篇
考生回忆:有的鱼周围有磁场可以用来感应事物。科学家做了一个实验,把一种 瞎的鱼从
熟悉的环境放到不熟悉的环境里,发现尽管看不见,但是这些鱼还是能 找到一些 holes。
同时磁场还能根据物种的性別发生变化。比如在交配(mating ) 的时候 female 和 male
就明显不一样。还有就是可以识别个体。如果两条鱼的 速率(rate )很相似,那么它们就
会调整自己的速率让这个区别变得可识别的。 解析:本文是关于生物学的一篇文章。学生
在做题之前应该先熟悉与鱼类相关的 词汇。从结构上看,本文文章主旨明确,结构清晰。
从第二段开始,每段首句即 为 topic sentence 的可能性较高。大家在阅读文章之前可以
先跳到最后一题(文章总结题)的位置看看那句对于文章总结的句子。对于大家从整体上
把握文章的 结构有帮助。
考 TPO 中,在内容和题材上类似的文章推荐阅读 0G 的 Swimming Machine,,
第三篇
考生回忆:讲的在寒武纪(Cambrian )的物种大爆发(species explosion X 这个时期
的物种演化的速率和多样性都是別的时期所无法媲美的。科学家们提出 了几个可能性
的原因。 第一个原因是氧气。在寒武纪之前,氧气的含量很丨氏,无法支持大型的生
物生长。 但是寒武纪由于氧气量大大增加,所以也为大型生物的演化提供了条件。
第二个原因是在物种多样性爆发的初期,当时的捕猎者没有很高级的捕猎技术, 所以
一些猎物也能生存。而现在由于捕食者大大控制了猎物的数量,所以再也无 法达到寒
武纪那样的生物多样性的高度。
第三个原因是在寒武纪之前有一个小冰河时期,使得大量的动物灭绝。之后气候 变好
了,所以很多动物就出现了。
解析:本文是一篇以"现象-因果分析〃为主要线索的文章。这种按照总分结构 展开的
文章在 TPO 中大量出现,通常都是一果多因,且每一个原因都会独立成段。 同学们在
阅读此类文章的时候,要注意分清每个段落中不同信息之间的相互关 系。通常段落主
旨出现在段首,而后面的内容都是对主旨的展开。从文章的内容 相关性方面,推荐阅
读 tpo5 的 The Cambrian Explosion。
9 月 5 曰托福写作真题回忆:
综合写作
Integrated Writing:
READNING
LISTENING
小动物小时候玩耍的原因
1 surplus energy theory:不能很好的 manage
1 小 seals 不能自己找食物。食物来源于妈妈
energy;有多余的能量,一定要用完
给 的,所以没有 surplus energy ,但是 seals
still play.
2 动物 play 是为了 hunt for food
2 —组小猫可以 play ,另一组不 play。长大之
后, 可以 play 的那一组并没有成为 better
hunters.
3 动物 play 是为了 establish relationship in
3 rats 小时候 play ,但是是在比较大的时候才
groups.
建 立关系。所以,rats play 发生在 establish
relationships 之前。或者说,两者没有关
系。
独立写作
Independent Writing:
题 目 : In order to attract more tourists, government should improve the
safety by hiring more police or improve the appearance by improving the old
buildings and streets.
范文赏析:
Nowadays, for the economic development of a city, the government place undue
emphasis on how to boost its tourism industry. While some experts show their
enthusiasm on selling their cities to outside tourists by publicizing good
social security via recruiting more police, I hold a different opinion. From
my perspective, improving old buildings and streets is a better alternative.
Admittedly, hiring more police might be useful in attracting tourists. When
government is focusing on recruiting more policemen, these new recruiters
would be helpful in improving social security standards. Thanks to the
improved standards, more visitors might be relieved about the city when
paying a visit to the city; hence the the city reputation would be enhanced.
However, on balance, only focusing on police while not improving building
places of interest is not enough. Without places about culture or places for
amusement parks, visitors still would not come even if social security is
good. To attract more visitors, a more effective way would be to improve
olds buildings
To begin with, improving old buildings helps preserve old cultures. In other
words, more visitors would love to visit places with cultural value so the
maintenance of old buildings is attractive to them. For example, when Beijing
government begins to repair the Great Wall, the symbol of diligence of ancient
Chinese people, the experts pay great attention on building the wrecked walls
and restoring some stone relics. Meanwhile, they reshape some broken bricks for
the steps so that visitors could step onto the Great Wall. As a result, an
increasing number of visitors from foreign countries come to Beijing to watch
the marvelous Great Wall building on top of piles of mountains. On the contrary,
if hiring more police, though government would gain reputation for their good
第二个原因是在物种多样性爆发的
初期,当时的捕猎者没有很高级的捕猎技术, 所以一些猎物也能生存。而现在由于捕食者
大大控制了猎物的数量,所以再也无 法达到寒武纪那样的生物多样性的高度。
第三个原因是在寒武纪之前有一个小冰河时期,使得大量的动物灭绝。之后气候 变好了,
所以很多动物就出现了。
解析:本文是一篇以"现象-因果分析〃为主要线索的文章。这种按照总分结构 展开的文章
在 TPO 中大量出现,通常都是一果多因,且每一个原因都会独立成段。 同学们在阅读此
类文章的时候,要注意分清每个段落中不同信息之间的相互关 系。通常段落主旨出现在段
首,而后面的内容都是对主旨的展开。从文章的内容 相关性方面,推荐阅读 tpo5 的 The
Cambrian Explosion。
Task 1
When do you think is a good time for a person to learn a second language?
I think a good time for a person to learn a second language is around
middle school. First, kids in middle school are capable of understanding
grammar. Of course it’ s ideal for a person to learn a language in a natural
setting, but since most people don ’ t have the privilege of living abroad,
grammar learning is a big part of mastering a language. And I think the earlier
one learns grammar, the better. So middle school is a good time to start
actually understanding
a
second
language.
Second,
based
on
my
personal
experience, I started learning English since 7th grade. I feel it’s important
to start relatively early and take baby steps. We started with “good morning”
and “ how are you” and took time to learn more complicated things. If I had
started learning English in high school, I wouldn ’ t have had such a solid
foundation.
Task 2
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Friends can
maintain friendship even if they have disagreements.
I agree that friendships can be maintained in the presence of disagreement.
True friends should not only support each other, but also challenge each other.
When we disagree with our friends on something, as long as it ’ s not about
strict moral principles, we open our minds to different ways of thinking. For
example, last week I had an argument with a good friend about playing video
games. I didn’t like video games at all, but he gave me a few good reasons why
video games are good for our brains and stuff. I still don’t like video games,
but I get what he was saying and stop judging gamers. Plus true friendships
only become stronger in the face of challenges, so not only can we maintain our
friendship in times of disagreement but we also improve it.
Task 3
The school plans to prohibit bicycles on campus because it ’ s too
dangerous for pedestrians to have bikes around and the school provides bus
service for students to get around.
The woman in the conversation disagrees with this plan. First, accidents
often happen at night because of low visibility on campus. It ’ s not really
dangerous to bike in the day. Second, the campus is very big, and the bus comes
only once an hour. It runs around all buildings on campus and you have to wait
for an hour if you miss one, both of which take a lot of time.
Task 4
Animals protect their territories by defending those of their own species
but not of others. For example, during breeding seasons, a kind of bird would
attack other birds that make different sounds from its own. But if it hears
familiar calls, it won’t attack or chase the birds making the calls.
Task 5
The woman ’ s problem is that she ’ s invited to a conference in New York
but she ’ s concerned about her living arrangement. The first solution is to
live in a hotel, but it’s very expensive. If she does that, she has to save
money on lunch and miss some events like concerts and stuff. The second
solution is to crash at her aunt Mary’s place, but it’s an hour away from the
conference venue which means she will then miss the dinner after the conference
and thus the opportunity to meet famous professors.
Task 6
The professor talks about two ways a third party can help resolve problems
between two people. The first is mediation. For example, two roommates are
having a conflict. They will then find a mutual friend to come up with a
solution they both agree on. The second is arbitration. For example, the two
roommates can tell a third person the story that caused the conflict, and the
third party agrees with one and disagrees with the other, and the two roommates
have to accept the result no matter what.
9 月 12 日托福口语真题回忆:
Task 1
What is the best way to learn about a city: Taking an organized tour,
visiting museums, or walking around the city?
I think the best way to learn about a city is by taking an organized
tour because organized tours often take tourists to the most famous and
important parts of the city, so you can easily get the basic experience and
knowledge you need. For example, when I toured around Washington DC, I went
with a traveling group. Our tour guide showed us around the National Mall,
Georgetown University and American University, the Dupont Circle and so on.
He also told us a lot about the history of each place. I would’ve been a
lot of research on my part if I wanted to learn all that, so going with an
experienced tour guide made it a lot easier.
Task 2