⼤学英语⼝语考试
⼤学英语⼝语考试
⼤学英语⼝语考试Oral Exam questions
Set 1
1.How many subject are you taking this semester?
2.How did you decide which college to attend?
3.What is your typical day at college like?
4.What are three big differences between your college life so far and your high school days?
5.Why did you choose your major? Do you have any regrets?
6.What is the most difficult class you have taken so far?
7.Have you ever pulled an all nighter? What was the situation?
8.Are you a member of any student groups? Which ones? What do you do? Are you satisfied with what's happening with your group(s)?
9.Are there some professors that you can learn from more easily than others?
10.What are the top three changes you would like to see happen at your university?
11.What are the top three things you hope to get out of (get as a result of) your university days?
12.In the West, one of the most valued parts of college life is independence.
o Are you more independent from your parents now than you were in high school?
o Name some things you can do now that you weren't allowed to do in high school.
o Are you as independent now as you would like to be?
13.What's the most difficult class you have taken so far?
14.Are you a member of any student groups (circles or club)? Which ones?
15.What is your fondest memory of your college experience?
16.What is your worst memory of your college experience?
17.What do you think is the hardest thing about going to college?
18.Do you feel it is necessary for young people to attend college these days? Why/why not?
Set 2
1.What are IQ and EQ?
2. D you think that IQ tests are an accurate way of judging intelligence?
3.How can EQ be measured?
4.What kind of questions would you include in an EQ test? Why?
5.Which do you think is more important? IQ or EQ?
Set 3
1.What's your favorite color? Why? Has your favorite color changed as you've grown older?
2.Do you have a color that you hate? If so, what is it? Why do you hate it?
3.Do you think colors affect your mood?
o How does red make you feel?
o How does green make you feel?
o How does blue make you feel?
o How does purple make you feel?
o How does black make you feel?
o How does white make you feel?
o How does yellow make you feel?
o How does brown make you feel?
o How does grey make you feel?
o What do you think of orange?
4.Do you think different cultures have different meanings for colors? What do the different colors mean in your culture?
5.Do you associate any colors with specific items, numbers, or letters not usually associated with color?
6.What's the best color for a car? What's the best color for a house? What do you think is the best color for lens in sunglasses? Why?
7.What's the color for passion?
o What's the color for hatred?
o What's the color for happiness?
o What's the color for sadness?
o What's the color for anger?
o What's the color for death?
o What's the color for jealousy?
o What is the color of envy ?
o What's the color for cowardice?
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8.How would you compare the feeling you get watching a movie in black and white to watching it in color?
9.Do you think different colors have different meanings? If so, what do different colors mean?
10.What do the colors in your home country's flag represent?
11.What is the most memorable in advertisements or commercials for you? (ex. the music, colors, movement, message)
Set 4
1.Are some parts of Zhuhai considered more dangerous than others? Which parts? Why?
2.Are there any places you are afraid to visit because of the high crime rate? If so, where?
3.Are there problems with drugs where you live?
4.Are you apprehensive about walking outside after dark?
5.Do you always lock your house?
6.Do you believe that public executions would deter crime? If so, how?
7.Do you know anyone who has been mugged?
8.Do you know someone who has been a victim of a violent crime?
9.Do you think gun control is a good idea? Explain.
10.Do you think people who use illegal drugs should be put in jail?
11.Do you think policeman should be allowed to carry guns?
12.Do you think that capital punishment is a good idea? Why or why not?
13.Do you think that punishment for violent crimes should be the same for juveniles and adults? Why/why not?
14.Do you think that the legalization of narcotics would decrease the crime rate?
15.Do you think there are any legal drugs that should be illegal?
16.Do you think there is a link between drugs and crime?
17.Do you think there will be more or less crime in the future?
18.Do you think your country is a safe place to live? Why or why not?
19.Does prison help rehabilitate criminals? Should it?
20.Have you ever been the victim of a crime? How about others in your family?
21.Have you ever had anything stolen?
22.Have you ever seen a crime?
23.How can you prevent things from being stolen?
24.If a person steals a loaf of bread because he needs to feed his starving family, should he be punished?
25.Is it ever O.K. to break the law? If so, when?
26.Is prison an effective punishment? Why or why not?
27.Is there a problem with organized crime and/or gangs where you live?
28.Is your hometown considered safe?
29.Under what situations would you think of committing a crime?
30.What are some things people can do to protect themselves from crime?
31.What are some things that are legal that you personally think should be illegal?
32.What crimes do you think will decrease in the future?
33.What crimes do you think will increase in the future?英语二级口语考试
34.What crimes have you heard about recently in the news?
35.What do you think is the worst crime a person could commit? Why?
36.What is a gang?
o What gangs exist in this country and in your home country?
o What are the characteristics of these gangs?
37.What kinds of crime are most common in your country? What are the penalties for these crimes?
38.What makes some people become criminals? Is it poverty, upbringing, lack of education, unemployment or something else?
39.What would you do if you heard a burglar in your house?
40.What's your opinion about the death penalty?
41.Why do you think crime is more prevalent in some societies than in others? Why is there more crime in some countries?
42.Have you ever witnessed acts of vandalism? What do you think is the main cause of vandalism? How can we fight vandalism
43.Do you think graffiti is vandalism or art?
44.Do you agree that terrorism is the evil of the 21st century? What are the roots of terrorism? What act of terrorism terrifies you most of all?
45.Is bribery a crime? What spheres are corrupted most of all in your country? Police? Education? Medicine? What is the best way to fight corruption?
46.Which punishment is more severe, the death penalty or life imprisonment?
47.Is piracy a great problem in your country? Do you consider piracy to be a crime? Is it possible to get rid of piracy?
48.What is intellectual property? Can you think of some examples of stealing intellectual property. Do you think it is a serious crime?
49.Have you ever noticed someone stealing in a store? What were your actions?
50.If your friend has committed a serious crime, how would you act? Would you report to the police or not?
Set 5
1.What is the role of newspapers in society? Why do we buy newspapers? Will newspapers disappear in the future?
2.How often do you watch the news? Do you make a point of watching the news?
Do you feel bad if you miss the news?
3.Which kind of news is the best for you? Why? Newspaper? Radio? Televison? The Internet?
4.Do you think that the news is necessary? Why or why not?
5.What would the world be like without news?
6.Do you think the news tells us just information without giving its opinion?
7.Should the news give an opinion?
8.Do you think the news influences people too much?
9.Do you think the news is shocking now?
10.Do you think people need to know all of the news?
11.What do you think is the most important thing the news should report?
12.What was the most memorable news you ever watched?
13.If the news reported your week, what would be the headline?
14.Do you read magazines? What kind of magazines do you like to read?
15.Where do you get most of your news? Why?
16.Do you like to keep up with current events?
17.Do you think it's important to read the newspaper and know what is going on in the world? Why or why not?
18.Do you trust the information you get from the news?
Set 6
1.Do you play any sports?
2.Are you a member of any sports team? If not, have you ever been?
3.Do you think athletes earn enough money, not enough money or too much money?
4.Do you think everybody should practice sports?
5.Do you think playing sports helps people work better as a team at work?
6.Have you ever been to watch a professional sporting event?
7.How often do you exercise? Where do you go? Who do you go with?
8.How often do you go swimming? Is it good that professional sports are so commercial nowadays? Go scuba diving? Go surfing? Go snorkeling?
9.Were you on any sports teams in high school? How about junior high school? How about now?
10.What do you think is the most popular sport in the world?