2017 年 1 月托福真题回忆及解析
不积跬步,无以至千里;不积小流,无以成江海。对于托福考试而言,每天进步一点点,
基础扎实一点点,通过考试就会更容易一点点。无忧考网搜集整理了 2017 年 1 月托福真题
回忆及解析,希望对大家有所帮助。2017 年 1 月举行了 2 场考试,时间分别是 1 月 7 日、1
月 14 日。以下内容仅供参考。
1 月 7 日托福口语真题回忆:
Task1
The university wants to provide student more entertainments and three choices
provided below. which do you prefer and why
4.A theater performance by the student actors
5.A concert provided by professional musician
6.A lecture from a professor
Sample Answer:
Well, as a student, I will choose a theater performance by the student actors. For
one thing, this kind of activity will improve their cooperation skills. To be more
specific, a theater performance includes the whole process of organizing,
participating, and promoting an event. Whether the student director or the actor
take the responsibility to achieve his/her duty, so this is a great opportunity
for them to learn how to deal with other people. Moreover, a performance could
greatly inspire them to be more creative. I mean, in order to make a good show,
students may have lots of difficulties to cope with, so they have to be flexible
to face any emergency. As a result, they may come up with lots of new ideas to make
it. Because of these two reasons, I believe this is the best choice.
Task2
Friends may disagree with each other and still maintain friendship. Do you agree
with or disagree with this idea why?
Sample Answer:
Of course I agree with this idea. Firstly people are bound to be different. We have
various family background as well as education background even though we are friends.
So it is quite naturally that there come up different ideas toward one problem.
For example I like watching movie in the movie theater while my best friend Amy
hate sitting in the dark place. But I never require her to go with me; we are still
very close friends. Also, the friend who holds a different attitude with me sometimes
could inspire me to think from another way. Maybe a very sharp discussion can lead
me to an inspiring idea. After all, the experiences and knowledge of one person
is limited. For me, I like the friend who are differ from me.
Task3
阅读
标题 Create a Student Magazine
原因 1 Students spend a lot of time on their paper and some of them have high quality
So we need a magazine to publish those good quality papers
原 因 2 Publish students paper can share information about their academic
achievement and provide them confidence
听力
态度: Approval
原因 1 There are a lot of paper we can select some of them to publish on a magazine
This will be an encouragement for the students
原因 2 Other students will be able to find useful material from these paper and
they can learn how to organize their own paper
Sample Answer:
The student in the letter suggests that school should create a Student Magazine
because they need a magazine to publish those good quality papers written by
students and in this way students can share information about their academic
achievement and provide them confidence. The man in the conversation totally agrees
with this idea because for one thing, there are a lot of papers for them to select
some of them to publish on a magazine, especially those good quality ones. This
will be a great encouragement for the students. For another thing, other students
will be able to find useful materials from these papers so they can learn how to
organize their own paper. Considering those benefits, the man thinks it is a good
idea.
Task4
阅读
标题 Life Stage of Animal Migration
阅读
定义: In different life stages some amma1 need to migrate to various places to live
because of the deity and safety When they are young. they may safe and have enough
food in the original place。 However if they grow older the original place may have
threads from the predators and the food may be insufficient
听力
例子: Angler fish lay eggs in deep sea Then, the eggs will float to the surface
of the sea where the younger Angler fish can enjoy enough food and sunlight But
when they grow older they predator will be a great threat to them. so they will
migrate to the deep sea.
Sample Answer:
Life Stage of Animal Migration means in different life stages, some animal need
to migrate to various places to live because of the diet and safety. When they are
young,
they may safe and have enough food in the original place while they may migrate
to other places when their lives are threatened by their predators. The professor
takes angler fish as an example. The angler fish lay eggs in deep sea. Then the
eggs will float to the surface of the sea where the younger angler fish can enjoy
enough food and sunlight. But when they grow older, their predator will be a great
threat to them, which means the original place which means that the food may be
insufficient for them to live on. As a result, they will migrate to the deep sea
to survive.
Task5
问题: The girl moved to a new apartment, and the window glass was broken when her
friend help her hanging a picture to the wall. They need to replace the glass but
it is expensive
解决方案 1 Her friend and she share the cost of window glass
优点 1 it is not much money if they share the cost. Only 50 dollar each.
缺点 1 Her friend came to help he rand does not break it purposely. She feels it
`s unfair for her friend.
解決方案 2 She will cover the whole cost
优点 2 it will be fair for her friend and she will feel better 缺点 2 100 dollar
is expensive for her
Sample Answer:
The woman’s problem is that she just moved to a new apartment, but the window glass
was broken when her friend help her hanging a picture on the wall. They need to
replace the glass, but it is quite expensive. There are two solutions, the first
is that she and her friend could split the cost of window glass which is only 50
dollar for each person but she feels it’s unfair for her friend. The other solution
is that she will
cover the whole cost but 100 dollar is expensive to her. I prefer she take the second
solution for sure. For one thing, her friend didn’t break the window purposely
and it was a great favor that the friend helped her. Moreover, money is not a big
problem
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paring with her friend’s kindness and maybe she could do some part-time job to
make the money back which is not that difficult.
Task6
话题: Business Network
要点 1 We are in a business network. Different people engage in various occupations
They have different knowledge and skill
例子 1 A woman running a restaurant may have friends or customers engaged in various
occupation. When she needs an accountant. she will find one from her business network.
She will trust more on the accountant whom she knew than those she does not know
要点 2 In a business network, we not only trust the people from our own networks
we also trust the persons who are recommended by the people we knew. 例子 2 The
women wil1 introduce one of her friends to another who may need the professional
help but does not know a person in his/her own network
Sample Answer:
In the lecture, the professor mainly talks about two aspects of business networks.
The first point is people may have different knowledge and skills from business
networks because they engage in various occupations. For example, a woman running
a restaurant may have friends or customers engaged in various occupations. When
she needs an accountant, she will find one from her business network. She will trust
more on the accountant whom she knew than those she does not know. The second point
is that in a business network, we not only trust the people from our own networks,
we also trust the persons who are recommended by the people we knew. Also take the
woman as an example, she will introduce one of her friends to another, who may need
the professional help but does not know a person in his/her own network.
1 月 7 日托福听力真题回忆:
Conversion 1
话题:学生和教授
内容回忆:学生去找教授 .寒暄了一会儿. 教授说 ,你之前的 paper 我搞丢了,你再发我
下.学生 说, 好的 .然后 就开始问 教授 . 她接 下去要去 做实践教 学.她想 用一种叫 做
consensus 的数学方法.具体就是让一个学扮演老师,读一段其他学生写的文章.学生们可
以提出质疑,如果意见不和. 就相互摆事实讲道理,直到解决这个问题.文章剩下的内容就
让全班分小组按这种模式讨论. 教授说,你掌握了这种方法的精髓,但是在实施之前要和那
个班的老师讨论好.这也是实践数学的必要环节.
Conversion 2
话题分类:学生和图书管理员
内容回忆:学生来找管理员,问哪里可以看到教授 reserve 的要求他们阅读的文章?管理员
指明方向?学生问,我可以看多久?管理员说.两小时.闭馆之后你可以再来.把文章带回家?
但是明早 10 点之前还回来.学生说,我明早的课 10 点 30 结東 ,晚
点还会怎样?管理员说.每小时罚款 30 美分.学生说,那还行.并问.自己没带电脑怎么办?
管理员说:a ,你可以信图书馆的电脑.不过记得准时还 ,可借 5 小时 .超过一小时罚款 10
美刀.之前就有个学生 ,闭馆 5 分钟才赶过来 ,但是闭馆了还不成。电脑不像图书.没有自
动还书籍。结果那个学生只能隔天还 ,罚了 100 刀。学生表示 ,国书馆太不近人情了。
Lecture 1
学科分类: anthropology
标题:集会营销
内容回忆:教授说.同学们.你们注意过吗 ?球赛的时候.会有好多小摊贩卖东西,这种现在
早几个世纪前就有了.当时有一个叫 H 的民族,他们有很多球场. 在这些球场发现了很多
的陶罐 ,这些陶罐来自于 5 个不同地区且功能都不同. 这就很奇怪了.因为这个民族的生
产是去中心化的, 但他们的产品却能够相互协调补充.而且这种去中心化的市场理论上应
该是很不可靠的.因为你不能指望你需要的都能买到.但是 H 民族的市场却很可靠,而且,
他们在集会时候卖陶罐. 可以让那些住在人口稀少地区的人也可以趁球赛来买,此外.他们
的销售量会增大.有意思的事,一段时间后. H 民族的球场骤然減少.随之減少的还有某种的
陶罐。
Lecture 2
学科分类:biology
标题:青蛙的减少
内容回忆: 教授说.世界上有好多两栖动物,青蛙是其中一种,他们的数量在减少.学生 A
问.为什么?我看到过可能提因为环境原因. 教授说是的. 还有一种可能是人类活动.人类
活动使得地域都分割开了,干燥区域和潮湿区域分开了.这让青蛙难以生存.因为. 蛙卵在
水里,而成年青蛙生活在陆地.人类的房子和道路就把干湿分割开了.巴西一个地区正在做
相关研究.该地区青蛙种类多.而土地分割又很厉害.在那里发现, 湿地的幼年娃多余干地,
说明分割给他们移动带来了困难,学生 B 问,这就是青蛙减少的根本原因吗?教授说 ,现在
还不能被确定.需要更多的研究
Lecture 3
学科分类:mechanical engineering
标题:仿生学与机器人制造
内容回忆:教授说 .为了制造机器人,专家们专门研究了动物和人类的行走方式.但是这些
机器人能够行走的路面是有限的,只能在坚硬的地面行走.沙地水面就不行后来.专家们观
察到一种可以在水面行走的蜥蜴 ,就拿来观察他们的行动,专家在水面上放上用于记录蜥
蜴行动的玻璃珠. 其实就是微型摄像机.发现这种蜥蜴的水上行走过程.首先, 足底放射气
囊. 然后,登水,最后,恢复原状.专家们现在造出了可以水上能的机器人,尽管外形和蜥蜴
差很多, 但是行走原理是一样的。
Lecture 4
学科分类:music appreciation
标题:蝴蝶夫人的演变
内容回忆: 教授说,你们知道很多我们现在开始认为是经典的音乐一开始可能被认为是个
failure 吗?比如一些歌剧.要搞懂这个问题,首先得搞清楚过去歌剧迷们是如何看待歌剧
的,学生 A,你说下.学生 A 说.歌剧迷就像现在的球迷.有自己最爱的编曲者和表演者?教
授说是的.拿普契尼的蝴蝶夫人来说.刚开始大家不喜欢因为.言先,普直到初演前还在修改
谱子 , 导致大家排练不熱悉,且初演前的排练是保密的,乐评人就很不乐意, 觉得被拒绝
了. 其次.由于乐评人做了负面宣传,人们去听之前就抱有成见,第三, 蝴蝶夫人只有 2 幕,
传统歌剧有 3 幕, 大家不接受.后来, 歌剧改成了 3 幕,大家排练多了,初演之后不用保
密,大家就开始接受了。
1 月 7 日托福写作真题回忆:
综合
防止海龟减少的办法是否有用
阅读:有 3 种办法防止海龟减少
建立金属围栏,防止海龟蛋被素食者吃掉
禁用塑料袋,海龟吃了塑料袋,消化道会被堵塞
把传统渔网改成只能捕鱼而不会限制海龟的,海龟被渔网捉住,会溺水听力:上述办法都
不行 m 金属围栏会阻碍小海龟的磁场发育,海龟靠磁场导航,找食物,找配偶,找地方产
卵。没有发育好的磁场,海龟根本无法生存,繁衍。
n 限制塑料袋或许有用。问题是,现在海里已经有成千上万的塑料袋了,即使分解成了小片,
一样会危害海龟。所以限塑解决不了燃眉之急。
o 改进的渔网,渔民会拒绝使用,因为网到的鱼会减少,收入会减少。即使有法律规定必须
使用,渔民也会趁没人使用传统渔网,回到岸上再换成改进渔网。
Sample Answer:
When it comes to the decrease of sea turtle’s population, the reading puts forward
three solutions to prevent this tendency. However, all these three solutions are
regarded as invalid in the listening.
First, the idea that building a metal fence will work. Not as it puts in the reading,
the listening argues that the mental fence will hinder the development of magnetic
field which exerts influence on the growth of the little sea turtles. The listening
further illustrates that sea turtles rely on magnetic field to navigate, find food
and mates as well as find a suitable place to lay eggs. Without a fully developed
magnetic field, they cannot live and reproduce.
As to the second measure of a ban of the plastic bags, the listening still refutes
it. As a matter of fact, there are already thousands of plastic bags in the sea,
which, although decomposing into small pieces, still pose great threat to sea
turtles. Therefore, the ban of plastic bags is not the point.
Lastly, the reading calls on to transform the traditional fishing nets into those
catching only fish but not sea turtles. Unfortunately, the third solution is not
able to work well. The listening explains that the fishermen will refuse to use
the transformed fishing nets for they will catch fewer fish and thus get a decreased
income. Even though relevant laws are enacted, the fishermen will apply the
traditional fishing nets before replacing them with the transformed fishing nets
on shore.
独立
You are helping to select a leader for a student organization or a group. Do you
think a person's honest is the most important characteristic for being a leader?
Sample Answer:
Regardless of the increasingly complicated relationships among modern people,
honesty is still regarded as the most cherished characteristic when it comes to
evaluating others around us. Therefore, it is not beyond our expectation that
someone gives priority to honesty when selecting a leader for a student organization.
According to my preference and experience, there are other two factors that are
more worth noticing.
To begin with, the ability to plan and organize is the most essential characteristic
for a student leader for the sake of a smooth progress of the student affairs. In
other words, competent leaders are those with detailed plans and clear goals in
their mind.
Otherwise, the whole group will easily get lost on the way and lose the impetus
to strive for their common goals. By making a detailed plan and carrying it out
step by step, a group leader is not only capable of pushing forward and complete
the preset projects but also able to keep the team members away from distrust and
anxiety. For example, if a leader of English Association is going to conduct an
English speaking contest, he is required to figure out the concrete process of a
speaking contest, the cost related to the applied facilities as well as the
assignment for each individual in the group.
Besides, whether the candidate for the student leader masters the art of
communication is also worth noticing. It is no denying that the leader of a student
organization is exposed to various chances to interact with group members
encompassing students of distinct personality traits. Therefore,it is of paramount
importance for the leader to be possessed with the ability to relate well with others.
More importantly, only by well coordinating the relations among the team members
can the student leader be capable of ensuring the smooth progress of the organization.
To illustrate, if conflicts arise among team members during the process of crucial
projects, the leader has the obligation to properly settle the disagreement by
skillfully calming them down with maybe witty words and then take measures to cope
with the problems.