小编分享的是2015年5月9日托福考试预测，在此祝大家考试成功！

    Conversation 1

    学生想去一个保护 turtle 的 program,没钱,申请 funding。但只提供给 art 和 science 专业,老师建议他去 student center student seeking funding from university to participate in theconservation of leather back turtle -went to financial aid office.The scholarship application already due a month ago. The grants only available to arts, music.The financial aid officer advised the students to Oversea studies Board (not sure) to get more help.

    Conversation 2

    一个学生写 paper,关于什么 log 运输的student seek advice on research paper - impact of automobile on manufacturing..I think the prof worry that the student might not have enough sources (got question) later thestudent change it to the impact of technology on Lumber industrygot question on donkey engine (shit- i select wrongly- should be the steam engine for logging)..hahaThere is a question of how technology impact on Lumber industry - steam logging, demand more log, build railway, (got question)

    Also, the impact of railroad on lumber (got question):

    1) increase cost as rail needs to be built deeper inside forest

    2) forgot

    Lecture 1

    某个文艺复兴时期的 artist 的作画的两个方法很特别,因为他很注重画所表现的故事,然后他有两个技法。1 是让被画的人摆一种 pose,但这种 pose 可能画出来会很畸形,头相对身体不成比例,所以他要求他的学生学习人体构造肌肉什么的。2 是一种空间构图的方式,产生 3D 的效果。

    during Renaissance period -focus on method use to present the realism and naturalism of artduring Renaissance period

    - Why Leone Alberti or Michael Angelo (dont remember) are considered Renaissance artist -coz he knows lots of things - art, music, etc (got question)

    - The type of method use to draw portraits/sculptures (might be wrong)

    - 1st method) one side will differ from other side, like right hand against left leg (bended) to give a real movement. (Note: there is a term called "contropposto" -not important but got question asking why such appearance- i choose to provide realistic movement.

    - Also talking about they draw the portrait and focusing the proportion of head and body- how they study anatomy of body as measurement to avoid the head being too big or too small

    - 2nd method) by Leone Alberti : 3D perspectives--something to do with drawing straight lines and the image you draw will create a 3D illusion.(got question on this)...

 

    Task 1：Describe a special gift you gave to some else. Explain why it is a special gift? Include details to support your explanation.

    分析：这道题的关键词是special gift，是一道物品题，我们熟悉的物品题的素材book, electronic products, clothe, toy等都可以套用到这个题目中去，只要做一些修改就可以了，所以可以采用旧题新做去完成。下面以book作为sample answer，大家可以参考：

    Sample answer：

    I remember when my friend Kay had her 18th birthday; I gave her something very special as a birthday present. It was a 12-month subscription to National Geographic magazine. With this subscription she not only get 12 issues of paper magazines mailed to her home, but also get unlimited access to the national geographic website. My friend Kay later told me that among all the presents that she received that day, she loved this one the most.

    With a 12-month subscription, she said, it was like getting a present from me every month. More importantly, it reminded her once every month that she should study English just a little harder, so that she could understand the written articles in the magazine, and not just look at the pictures.

    Task 2：Some people prefer to use electronic mail to communicate with their family and friends whereas others prefer to use the telephone. Which do you prefer and why? Please use examples and reasons to support your answer.

    分析：这是一道A or B的题目，关键词分别是email, phone, communicate with family & friends。按照task2的答题思路只要分别想出email 和 phone的优缺点就可以了，我们可以分析一下：两者的共同点是利用高科技，所以都非常的convenient和 efficient，但是区别在于email 是文字交流，比较正式，可以思考要说的内容；

    而phone是口头交流，更亲切，能听到对方的声音、及时得到对方的回应等，但是比email更贵，远距离的话需要考虑到时差等等。分析下来可能跟家人或朋友交流用phone会更好说一点，可以参考下面的sample answer：

    In my opinion, it is more ideal to communicate with my family and friends via the phone. Talking over the phone is more personal and it allows us to hear the tone of voice of the other person, which is crucial to fully understand each other. For example, I once had an email conversation with a friend and it turned into a hostile argument because we couldn’t hear each other’ s tone of voice. Later we talked on the phone and resolved the misunderstanding within just two minutes. After this incident, I started to believe that talking on the phone is a more effective and personal way to communicate with others.

    Task 3:

    The university is going to create a new program for environmental protection but the man in the conversation disagrees with this new policy. First, according to the university, this program will encourage students to become more environmentally friendly on campus such as turning off the lights whenever they can and so on. However, the man in the conversation argues that most students on campus are already very aware of environmental protection, which makes the new program unnecessary. He believes that the university is judging the entire student body based

    on the poor behavior of a small group of people. In addition, the university will only allow students who major in environmental science to participate in the training program. The man in the conversation, on the other hand, thinks that the program should be open to all students despite their background because there are many students who are environmentally conscious and not necessarily environmental science majors. For these reasons, the man disagrees with the new plan.

    Task 4：

    The term ―psychological risk‖ refers to a situation where consumers are concerned that a product might not fit their personal belief. This would cause consumers to hold back their decision to purchase the product. The professor uses an example of a sports car manufacturer to show how understanding consumers, psychological risk is able to achieve desired results through advertisements.

    A sports car manufacturer was advertising a sports car with an emphasis on how fast the car could run. However, consumers were worried that the car might pollute the environment and thus a lot of potential buyers were holding back their decision to purchase this car. After finding out this psychological risk,the company began to advertise how environmentally friendly the sports car actually was. As a result, environmentally conscious consumers felt more comfortable about purchasing the car and the sales of the car Increased.

    Task 5：

    The woman in the conversation has a problem that her roommate is planning to rent an apartment off-campus with her but the woman can’t really afford the rent. She can either ask her roommate to find someone else to share the apartment with her roommate or still live with her roommate and work-part time at the restaurant in order to pay the bills.

    In my opinion, the woman should ask her roommate to find someone else to share the apartment with her roommate. First, if she still lives with her roommate off-campus, she will have to spend a lot of time working part-time. This will distract her from her studies and social life at school, which are the two most valuable things for a college student.

    In addition, if she asks her roommate to find someone else to share the apartment with her roommate, the woman can continue to live on campus and be close to all the activities at school. She won’t have to struggle to pay the bills either. For these reasons, the first solution is better for the woman.

    Task 6：

    In the lecture, the professor talks about two mechanisms bony fish have developed in order to evade their predators, including the ability to sense water flow and remain stationary in water. In the professor’s first example, the larvae of zebra fish have been observed to grow hair cells, which allow them to sense the water flow in their surroundings.

    With this mechanism, zebra fish are able to quickly evade a predatory strike when potential threats are near. Another bony fish that’s able to evade their predators is the trout. The trout is capable of remaining still in water through creating vortices by opening its gills. When the trout opens its gills, water is pushed through the gills, which forms vortices around the trout’s body. This enables the trout to align itself with the water flow and remain stationary in aquatic grasses or behind stones until their predators are gone.

 

    P1

    R1：太阳现在的光线比以前强，很久以后也会比现在强。大家会认为很久以前因为太阳光线没有现在强所以地球会更冷，其实是不对的。然后说为什么会不对呢？因为地球会自我调节，主要是植被等自身系统的调节，类似greenhouse，抓住射进来的阳光让它不跑出去。

    R2：工业发展对社会结构的影响。城市化加快因为大量manufacture的出现。比如德国的造枪啊，法国的什么。后面有一段，但是有些产业没有被新技术影响太多，比如做衣服。这里有考点，问这句话的意思。选尽管大部分产业都依赖新技术发展，但有些产业更倾向于在现有技术上创新产品而不是更新技术

    R3：how bird song determine the territory-mating season, complex bird song-impact[I think it's in one of the JJ by Mr kang]

    R4：the agricultural method- fallow and3 tier cropping system

    P2

    R1：讲一种鸟，应该是停在树上，不停在地上的原因，在东南亚流行，为什么在东南亚流行有考题，给出了三种理论解释，比如地上有天敌，树之间 little connection,还有就是树叶不能吃，所以要飞很长路。

    R2：荷马史诗，是什么时候写的和谁写的，这题我晕了，看了好几遍，比较难。

    R3：讲地球山脉的形成，我晕了，再一次，没做完。听力，竹子鸡精全中。不记得了， conversation, a girl went to ask for a storage room, the other forgot, sorry.lecture,讲那个生物仿生，蝴蝶翅膀的结构，还有就是两种形成颜色的方法

    R4：讲风能，说风能不稳定，需要补偿，就讲了三种补偿的方法。

    R5：玛雅文化，分三个阶段，主要讲了第三个阶段， post later culture。大概内容是某个地方也是玛雅文明，属于 post later这个阶段，降了一系列特征，具体，忘记了。

    P3

    R1：是讲古埃及为什么要选MEMPHIS作为首都。有一道题目印象中很难啊。有地图。讲说MEMPHIS连接上埃及的肥沃土地及下埃及的尼罗河三角洲，同时还提到MEMPHIS离沙漠中的通商路线也很近，非常方便。

    R2：讲述文艺复兴时期的音乐发展，其中提到了GUTERNBURG发明了活字印刷术，大大提高了印刷的效率（详情百度，比毕升牛），以及中产阶级追求贵族式的生活和享受，增加了对音乐的刚需，刺激了音乐的发展。

    R3：讲海草，水流强弱，以及纬度高低，盐分等等。温度是其中一个很重要的考点，然后记住盐分对于海草影响比较小。里面有一个例子来说明温度对海草生长的影响，其中提到了某种海草可以在很广的温度区间生存，但同时也说温度过低或者过高对于海草的生长不利，甚至造成死亡。

 

    1. People care more about public recognition than about money. Even if no more money is given, public recognition can still make people work harder.

    2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Technology designed to make our life simply actually makes our life more complicated.

    3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The food we ate in the past was healthier than the food we eat today.

    4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The government should support artists rather than allow them to support themselves.

    5. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Improving schools is the most important factor in the successful development of a country.

    6. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People can solve important problems by themselves or with the help from their family members, so there is no need for the government to help them.

    7. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Having a job with a low-paying salary but that is highly secure is better than having a job with a high salary but that is easy to lose.