2009年2月22托福英文回忆机经

serein

　　Lreading：
　　1.the extinction of pigeon
　　p1:introduction: the extinction of pigeon is caused not only by the hunt, but also by the destruction of the inhabited environment ( the main reason)
　　p2:reason1:pigeon mainly feed on nuts. The adult pigeon can produce a kind of milk to feed the baby pigeon after eating the nut itself. However, some other species have the habbit of burying nuts when there is surplus. so it's hard for pigeon to predict where there'll be enough nuts and where to nest. another point needs metioning is that if the pigeon inhabit in city A this year, it will have to migrate to city B next year, and city C the next year, because there won't be enough food if they stay in one place for years. Thus they have to cover long distance to survive.
　　p3:reason2:...(forgotten)...the pigeon can't nest in the south because the snow is not thick enough to protect the nuts...
　　p4:reason3: There are second growth trees taking the place of the original trees, in which the pigeons build nest.
　　about the questions: ... all gone...
　　2. the development of human cognition
　　the development of human cognition commonly have four stages, according to XXX, namely, the yyy stage, the preoperational stage, the operational stage, the formal operational stage.
　　During the yyy stage(age 0 to 2), the infants don't understand the permanence of objects. For example, he won't try to locate a toy if the toy is hidden.
　　During the preoperational stage(age 3 to 7), children will acquire the use of language. He see things only in his own perspective and he believe that people share the same knowledge and feeling with him. for instance, if a child at this age want to hide from people, he will cover his eyes with hands and he thought people won't see him. And also, a child at this age won't understand the fact that when the shape of a container changes, the volumes of it won't change.
　　During the operational stage(age 8 to 12), children begin to have a logic thinking and can understand that the preservation of a liquid won't change if the container changes. moreover, a child at this age can visualize what will happen without seeing it.
　　And the last stage, namely the formal operational stage, differs from the 3 stages mentioned above, because it won't grow natually as a child matures. ...(forgotten)...
　　3. ...forgotten...
　　listening:
　　(the order may be different from the original one)
　　part 1:
　　1. a student who perhaps majored in art went to the missionary of the art exhibition for help. She had some requests for her painting, whose paint is sort of special, in order to give the spectators a different experiance of enjoying the painting. these requests included the height and the position of the projector, and the illumination of the light. And at last exhibition missionary promised to help her.
　　2. 3
　　part 2:
　　1.2.3.
　　part 3:
　　1.2.3.
　　reading
　　1. discribe an action your friends ever did to you that have surprised you.
　　2. some people would like to do outdoor activities during long vovations, such as hiking, swimming, while some would like to stay at home and do indoor activities. which do you prefer? and why?
　　3.announcement: the library decided to prolong the openning time to 24 hours perday during the examination period for the sake of the students. To conpenstate the cost, the openning time during the vocation would be shortened.
　　a male students: he disliked the policy for the following reasons: 1st, this policy meant that the school encouraged students to stay up, which was harmful to the students' health. He believed students should have a regular time to study, instead of stay up during the exams. 2nd, shortening the time during the vocation may infulence some students. after all, not all students went to library for examination
　　4.cause-effect error:
　　reading material:来源:考试大网
　　peopel intend to believe that event A is the cause of event B simply because A happen before B.

serein

　　lecture:
　　the professer gives an example:
　　he lends an old car to his friend. when he lends it, the car won't make any noise. but when it is returned, it start to make noise. so he think it is his friend that have caused the result, which in fact is due to the age of the car.
　　5. two students who perhaps worked for a newspaper office came across a problem that a fiction wouldn't be finished on time due to some reasons. and there be blanks in the newspaper.
　　the female student came up with a solution that they could ask a poet for help, since his poem were popular. or they could ask the students in some poetic organization for help.
　　and the male student suggested that he could publish some material on finding jobs on the blank pages, though he originally meant to publish it a month later, when the summer vocation started.
　　6. the development of human creativity
　　the study of human creativity is about when and how does human creativity developed.
　　the scientific experiments on two groups of children to study this .
　　group A: baby of 1 year old. they are a little creative. for instance, they can put a pool(i don't know how to spell it) on his head, as if it is a hat. it is only a little creative because the shape and size of a pool and a hat is similar.
　　group B: child of 3 years old. they are a lot creative. for example, they can sit in a blanket, and imagine it to be a car. It is a much more creative action because the shape and size of a blanket and a car don't resemble at all. so child at the age of 3 is more capable in creativity.
　　writing:
　　1. the explanation of the death of a herd of dinosaurs found in Mexico.
　　reading material:three causes:
　　1, they may be stuck in the mud and can't escape
　　2, they may have been poisoned to death since there are poisonous chemicals found in their body.
　　3, sudden flood. because the skeleton of the dinosaurs remain complete.
　　professer:cost doubt on the three causes:
　　1, if they are stuck in the mud, they...(forgotten)...
　　2, the remains of the fish is found. so the water won't be poisonous.
　　3, the pose of their death body indicates that the death may have happened before the flood.
　　2. the purpose of television is to educate, not to entertain.
　　do you agree with that?

　　It's a pity that I can't remember all the questions, but I hope that the remaining ones can help you a lot.
　　I wish all of us can realize our dream of going abroad to study!