Guidelines for Examinees

 Graded Test for English Majors—Band 4

Oral Test

The oral test for the second-year English major is designed to assess your spoken English in different types of situations and on a wide variety of topics. It consists of three tasks, each involving a particular speech activity.

TaskⅠ: Retelling a story

The passage will be approximately 300 words long. It may be a story, accounts of experiences or anecdotes. You have to start your retelling immediately after you have heard the passage twice.

TaskⅡ: Talking on a given topic

A given topic is very often related to the general theme of the passage you have heard previously. For example, the passage may describe someone’s miserable life in his/her early childhood, and the topic you are required to talk about is one happy incident in your childhood. After you have heard the given topic spoken on the test tape twice, you have three minutes to prepare your talk. Your talk is limited to three minutes.

Task Ⅲ: Role-playing

The task involves two examinees. Each of you will get a sheet which contains a specific situation and a specified role you are expected to play. Although the situation is the same for the two examinees, your roles are different. For example, the given situation may be borrowing money. Student A wants to borrow 20 dollars from Student B. Student A must try all the best to persuade Student B must refuse A’s request with politeness. Your preparation time is three minutes. Your conversation is limited to four minutes.

考生须知

1、      全国英语专业四级口语考试采用录音形式。

2、      进入考场后，应根据考号和第三个项目中即将扮演的角色对号入座。如有差错，立即向监考人员报告。

3、      对号入座后，用两分钟时间阅读“考生须知”。

4、      考试共有3个项目。第一项是复述故事。要求考生先听两遍事先录好的英文故事，可以记笔记，听完录音后复述3分钟。第二项是即席讲话。考生根据所给的题目，准备3分钟后即席讲话3分钟。第三项是扮演角色。考生根据规定的情景和分配的角色独自准备3分钟，然后对话4分钟。考生不得擅自提前拆阅这个部分的考题，准备对话过程中不得和对方讨论，否则将被视为作弊。对话过程中应给对方发言的机会，不得独自占用过多的时间。讲话过多或过少都将影响得分。

5、      录音设备一律由监考人员和电教人员操作，不得擅自摆弄。

6、      录音时，应适当控制音量。音量太低将影响得分。

7、      如果提前完成了某项任务，应安心等待下一项任务。

录音提醒：

1、考试过程中，除作答题目外，不要发出任何与答题无关的干扰声（如笑声、叹惜声等）。

2、所有部分的准备都应独立完成，不准交头接耳。

3、熟悉每部分的准备和答题时长。考试开始后，注意看前方大屏幕下方的提示内容和提示时间，显示“正在录音”方可答题，掌握好答题时间。

4、自备空白草稿纸和笔。