CET4口语样题

Examiner: Hello, welcome to the CET Spoken English Test – Band Four. We wish you both good luck today. Now let’s begin with self-introductions.Candidate A, would you please start? （考生A先回答，时间20秒） Thank you. Candidate B, now it’s your turn.  (然后考生B回答，时间20秒) Thank you. OK, now that we know each other, let’s go on. Examiner: Task 1   Read Aloud 45s、1min In this task, you are to read aloud a short passage. You will have 45 seconds to go over the passage and 1 minute to read it aloud. Now here is the passage. (屏幕显示以下文字)  Bill Gates was born in Seattle in 1955. Young Gates’s grades weren’t always great. Not until in the eighth grade did he find his passion. In the 1960s, the Mothers’ Club at Gates’ school bought a computer for the students. Gates discovered it and soon became a computer fan. In fact, it was because of his passion programming that he later dropped out of Harvard. He formed a company with his friend Paul Allen.        Bill gates started Microsoft Company in 1976 and in the years since then, his company has produced computer technology that has changed the way people work, communicate and play. Bill Gates was the chief executive officer of Microsoft until 2000 when he became the company’s chief software architect. Because others were helping to run the company, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda had time to spend on projects to improve global health and education. So far, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest charity organization in the world, has donated a lot of money to various charities. On 27th June 2008, Bill Gates stopped his full-time work at Microsoft.        Bill Gates was married on 1st January 1994. He has three children. He is an avid reader, and enjoys playing golf and bridge. executive 行政的 avid 酷爱的     (考生准备时间45秒) Now please begin to read on hearing the beep. (考生A和B同时回答，时间1分钟) Examiner:   Task 2  Question and Answer In this task, you are to answer two questions. For each question, you will have 20 seconds to respond. Please start speaking on hearing the beep. (问题文字不显示在屏幕上)Question 1: Did Bill Gates finish his college education? Why or why not？(考生A和B同时回答，时间20秒) Question 2: Where would you like to live, downtown or in the suburbs, and why?(考生A和B同时回答，时间20秒) Examiner: Task