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2000年6月
Directions: For this part,you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Is a Test of Spoken English Necessary? The first sentence has already been written for you.You should write at least 120 words,and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1.很多人认为有必要举行英语口语考试，理由是……。
2.也有人持不同意见，……。
3.我的看法和打算。
Sample Composition
Is a Test of Spoken English Necessary?
A test of spoken English will be included as an optional component of the College English Test (CET).We have all taken,and are thus familiar with English tests of many kinds,but so far most of them are written ones.Have you any idea of what a spoken English test will be like,and is it necessary to go to all the trouble
to hold or take such a test?People differ in their answers.
Many people will think it necessary.They know that although they have taken dozens,even hundreds,of English tests ever since they started learning it and many even have got surprisingly high marks,few of them can express themselves freely in spoken English.And if people can’t speak a word of it,what’s the sense of learning it and what do those high marks mean?They’re none but deafandmutes before the native speakers.Furthermore,with so many college graduates and undergraduates having passed CET— 4 and CET—6,a test of spoken English is a further way to tell the excellent from the not so excellent.Finally,it is viewed as a new challenge to those who “live and learn.”
There are,however,also people who think differently.Besides the aims in preparation for such a new kind of test,there is also the uncertainty about the reliability and objectivity of the marking system,which may depend mainly on human (and thus subjective) scoring instead of on machine scoring,as in the case of a standardized objective such as CET4 and CET6.
At the prospect of this optional test,I feel encouraged and regard it as a welcome challenge and another opportunity to improve my language ability and career potentials.I am determined to practise my oral English more often,and if I am qualified for such a test,I will not hesitate a moment to appply for it.
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