2014级的同学们：
为引导学生重视口语，提高英语应用能力，外国语学院本学期举行14级大学英语Ⅱ口语考试，口语考试成绩将占期末考核总评成绩的15%。
口试题型为段落朗读及口语对话，要求考生按顺序朗读所抽到的材料并进行二人对话，总限时5分钟。考官将按照评分标准根据学生朗读及对话的内容、语音、语调、语速、意群停顿、流利程度等综合打分。
按每个考场学生名单序号，考生在考务人员的安排下提前5-10分钟抽取朗读材料，要求考生在考场后一排座位处安静准备。考试前，考生需要向监考老师出示学生证。考完所抽题签必须交回抽签处，禁止考生对题签做任何标记或折叠。考完后请迅速、安静地离开考场，切勿讨论或喧哗。
时间：2015年6月27日（16周周六） 各班具体时间、地点和名单安排另行通知。
请老师们各班安排的副考务于考试开始之前10分钟到达考场，主动跟考官老师联系。为了保证考试顺利进行，请通知上下午第二场考试的学生提前40分钟到达备考。 以下为30个口语考试题签，请同学们认真准备。祝大家考试成功！
外国语学院大学外语第二教学部
2015年6月
15篇段落朗读
Passage 1
In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give proof to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.
Now the trumpet summons us again — not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need — not as a call to battle, though embattled we are — but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, “rejoicing in hope; patient in trouble,”— a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.
Passage 2
From these changes, Americans would reduce the amount of land, water and chemicals used to produce the food we eat, as well as the incidence of lifestyle diseases linked to unhealthy diets, and greenhouse gases from industrial meat production.
The government’s organic program, says Joan Shaffer, a spokeswoman for the Agriculture Department, “is a marketing program that sets standards for what can be certified as organic. Neither the enabling legislation nor the regulations address food safety or nutrition.” People don’t understand that, nor do they realize “organic” doesn’t mean “local.” “It doesn’t matter if it’s from the farm down the road or from
Chile,” Ms. Shaffer said. “As long as it meets the standards, it’s organic.” Passage 3
But this isn’t just a question of economics. Sport has enduring qualities. It shows us how to participate in something that is bigger than ourselves, and teaches us how to demonstrate respect for teammates and opponents. It helps us learn how to win with humility and lose with grace; how to set a goal and fulfill it. Sport brings people together; the self-worth and self-belief that it teaches are values that can last a lifetime. We all have much to learn from the great programs and projects running all over the world. Now is the time to make heroes of individuals and organizations that use sport to really make a difference.
Passage 4
Today, most farmers who practice truly sustainable farming, or what you might call “organic in spirit,” operate on small scale, some so small that they can’t afford the requirements to be certified organic by the government.
But the organic food business is now big business, and getting bigger. Professor Howard estimates that major corporations now are responsible for at least 25 percent of all organic manufacturing and marketing. In 2006, sales of organic foods and beverages totaled about $16. 7 billion，according to the most recent figures from
Organic Trade Association. Passage 5
Planting your child in front of a television set is not altogether a bad thing, provided that you limit the time that your little one spends watching TV and you monitor the programs watched. However, here’s some food for thought: Media Awareness Network cites research estimating that American children receive a total of $6 billion in allowances each year. And there’s no doubt that advertisers want as much of it as possible. So it would be wise to take a proactive role in teaching your child about the difference between advertising and television shows as soon as your child starts watching advertising.
Passage 6
As she talked, my mind raced. I thought back to when I was visiting my grandma Florence in the hospital every day. One evening, just after returning home, I received a call. Grandma Florence had taken a turn for the worse, and they wanted me to come back immediately. As I sat by her bedside, silent tears spilled from my eyes. The nurse tried to console me by saying, “She’s ready to die.”
Angrily, I retorted, “But I’m not ready to let her die!” Grandma Florence died six weeks later. By then, I was ready to let her go. I was glad God had given me a little
more time. Passage 7
The world is very different now. For man holds in his hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe — the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and enemy, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.
Passage 8
In the U.S.A. it is estimated that 80 million people joined the Earth Hour movement in 2009, which had grown to nearly 1 billion globally.
Recent estimates show 1 billion supporters in 4,100 cities from 87 countries located on seven different continents joined in turning off their lights for Earth Hour.
Earth Hour hopes to encourage consumers, businesses, and governments to be thoughtful in action plans to carry out practical ways to reduce emissions.
Let’s go beyond the light switch! Look at what some are doing to save energy to