Question 1

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

People should be fined if they watch their mobile phones when they are walking on the way or across the road?

Use specific examples and details to support your opinion.

Question 2

Reading part

Listening part

【学校通知】：

The university plans to introduce a new kind of study coaching courses for freshmen.

First, it will help students with studying methods and other things.

Second, the class size will be limited in order to give more opportunities to each student.

【学生态度】：

The man agrees.

First, the studies in universities are very different from those in high schools. The man faced with difficulties in doing research, writing papers and preparing for the exams.

Second, according to the man, many courses are given in the form of big lectures during freshman year. Students will have more chances to communicate with the teachers and share their ideas with their fellow classmates in the small-sized classes.

Question: Explain the man’s opinion and why he holds that opinion.

Question 3

Reading part

Listening part

【名词解释】：

Pratfall effect:

When a person is already considered as competent, people will admire him or her more if he or she makes minor mistakes.

【教授举例】：

A group of people watch two video clips, in which the same person answers the same questions except for one difference.

In the first video, the man answered all the questions correctly. In the second video, the man also answered all the questions correctly, but spilt a cup of coffee on his shirt. And people tend to prefer the man in the second video.

Question: 用听力的例子来解释对这个概念的理解。

Question 4

【讲课要点】：

Two benefits of plant shedding:

First of all, it can prevent the plants from damage. He takes the maple trees as an example. The leaves fall down during winter to prevent from being damaged by heavy ice and snow.

Secondly, shedding can conserve nutrients for the trees. A good example of this is a kind of tree called avocado. It bears many fruits and needs considerable nutrition. By shedding parts of its fruits, the plant can make sure that there are enough nutrients for the remaining fruits.