多益聽力｜【Part 4 簡短獨白】題型解析與考情趨勢

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多益聽力測驗Part 4為「簡短獨白 Talks」，共30題，題本編號從第 71-100 題。
 

新TOEIC考試中Part 4是整個聽力測驗中相對難度最大的一部分，共有2個部分新增：

1. 新增「2組原音重現題」

2. 新增「2組圖表資訊題」

Part 4的容錯率對於志在金色證書(860分以上)的同學而言，這部分最多只能錯6題，如果錯6題以上，就說明共30題的題數已經錯了超過20%，顯然這部分的表現是差強人意的。當然這部分也是最考驗考生對於全文內容的把握。
 

整體而言，Part 4在改制後整體難度基本持平，雖然有新題型的加入，但整體難度變化不大，只要考生不要對圖表本身眼盲，看不懂圖表的資訊，問題就不會太大。主要有以下幾個方向，需要在備考時特別注意：

1. 一定要看懂題目和選項

有部分學生在每篇獨白內容後的3個題目中，對於題目和選項的理解有錯誤，這是最可惜的。因為聽都聽懂了，最後卻敗在了閱讀理解上。

2. 圖表和文章的理解

這部分和PART 3的圖表資訊差不多，只是從類型上，更注重地圖的平面圖，此外還可能會有柱狀圖和圓餅圖，以及一些相似圖形的辨識。

對於圖表類資訊來講，要注重一些資料上升和下降的常見表述，例如surpass（超過） / decline（下降）/ increase/surge （增與激增） / slump（暴跌）/ fluctuate（上下波動）等。
 

至於MAP類，目前考試集中有2種MAP：
 

1. 樓層平面圖（高頻考題）

在某次正式考中，考的是飯店某層樓的平面圖，check-in的房間位置是上樓梯左轉走到走廊盡頭。或是明確說明了正對著某個地方，或者緊鄰著什麼地方。這樣的題型沒有特別的單字。
 

2. 公園地圖

會涉及路線圖，注意detour（繞路）/ shortcut（近路）/ 出發點 / 終點/ 半路以及順、逆時針等表達。
 

TOEIC簡短獨白題的特點和Part 3 一樣，「每組對話時間最多不能超過90秒」，在這麼短的時間內要問3個問題，其中有幾個不變的規律必須瞭解：
 

1. 正確答案的順序性

3個問題的答案順序，一定是根據對話內容中的前中後出現，不會出現第一題的答案在對話的最後，或是最後一題的答案在對話內容中間，絕對不會出現這種逆順序，所以只需要順著聽並作答就沒問題。如果你聽到第1題的答案，第2題還沒聽到，但你已經又聽到第3題的答案時，就不要再糾結第2題了，因為答案在對話中早已經過了，只是你沒有聽到而已。
 

2. 必須掌握對話開頭

既然大家瞭解了答案在對話前中後出現的順序性，就說明了對話開頭一定會出現一道題的答案。

換句話說，TOEIC簡短對話題中，每組對話最開始的3句內至少會出現1-2題的答案，如果沒有把握住開頭，反應時間過慢的話，就會直接讓你失去答案，因為大部分題目的答案很難在後面反覆出現。當然這樣的狀況也不是絕對，尤其是問工作地點、職業等問題，並非只從開頭就能判斷出，基本上全文聊的話題，也能讓你感受到底在談什麼內容。
 

3. 提前審視題目

Part 3和Part 4都需要提前預審題目。這裡指的「預審題目」是包含「題目和選項」。審題的建議只提前審出接下來2組即可，因為看太多也會忘記，而每組對話由於會複述一遍各題的題目，並給出8秒的停頓時間，因此完全可以在聽完選完之後，直接看下一篇對話的題目和選項，為自己爭取時間，建立一個良性的循環。但忌諱的是你不能在一組對話結束後立刻做出選擇，思考時間過長，會造成一個連鎖惡性的影響。
 

4. 抓住核心關鍵字

每組3個問題，通常第2題都是「細節考察題」，也是學生最容易出錯的地方。細節題有一半的可能性是原文不變的複述，另一種可能是同義字的轉換，當大家在聽錄音的時候，一定要把握住聽力內容反覆出現的高頻名詞，對照選項中哪裡出現過，那麼正確的可能性很大。

多益聽力｜【Part 3 簡短對話】題型解析與考情趨勢

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多益聽力測驗Part 3為「簡短對話 Conversations」，共39題，題本編號從第32-70題。
 

新制TOEIC考試的Part 3是整個聽力測驗變動最大的一部分，共有4處主要變動點：

1. 題數從30題增至39題（增設3組對話）

2. 增設2組「三人對話」

3. 增設2組「原音重現題」

4. 增設3組「圖表資訊題」

Part 3的容錯率對於志在金色證書(860分以上)的同學而言，這部分最多只能錯7-8題，如果錯9題以上，就說明共39題的題數已經錯了接近4分之1，顯然這部分的表現是差強人意的。大家在做題時，必須統計一下自己的出錯集中在哪個部位。如果是每篇都錯不多不少剛好1個，那麼問題比較大，這部分可能還需要精確分析，是否都錯同一種題型。

整體而言，Part 3在2018年改制之後，整體難度是增加的，主要有以下幾個方向，需要在備考時特別注意：

1. 三人對話並不難

目前看來，三人對話其實與二人對話聽上去並無太大差異，從聽力理解上，不存在任何特別難度。

2. 原音重現題是送分題

這種題型從題目設計的本意來看，是為了讓考生回顧分析一下對話內容的細節，有點仿照托福和雅思考試的一種題型。原本是為了提升難度，因為這一句話很可能學生並沒有在剛才的對話內容中聽到，如果剛好被問到這句話的意思，是無法回憶起剛才這句話出現位置的上下文關係和語境。然而這道題很遺憾的是，在TOEIC考試的題本中把這句話的文字給打出來了…….
 

這句話本身很可能在聽到錄音之前，從閱讀理解上，也能判斷出大概什麼意思，而下面4個選項中，至少有2個甚至是3個選項是殘廢的，肯定跟這句話的意思差距很大，能夠完全不必重聽這句對話的錄音就能選出來，因此這就變成一道送分題了。不僅透露了下面這組對話的某些核心內容，等於變相提示了下一組對話的主題。所以其實考生只需要做到的是，待會兒在聽力過程中確認自己的猜測是否是正確的即可。

而事實證明，在正式考試中學員的回饋，這種題型的題目不具有任何挑戰性。
 

3. 圖表資訊題

這類題型難度不大，就怕有同學自己先嚇自己。主要掌握住整個圖片的表頭以確定主題，再看清楚行列之間橫向的對應關係，找到近似的2組橫向資訊，很可能就是接下來問題的核心。
 

TOEIC簡短對話題的特色在於「每組對話時間最多不能超過90秒」，在這麼短的時間內要問3個問題，其中有幾個不變的規律必須瞭解：
 

1. 正確答案的順序性

3個問題的答案順序，一定是根據對話內容中的前中後出現，不會出現第一題的答案在對話的最後，或是最後一題的答案在對話內容中間，絕對不會出現這種混亂順序，所以只需要順著聽並作答就沒問題。

如果你聽到第1題的答案，第2題還沒聽到，但你已經又聽到第3題的答案時，就不要再糾結第2題了，因為答案在對話中早已經過了，只是你沒有聽到而已。所以第2題就趕緊猜一個答案就好，不要亂了自己的作答步調。
 

2. 必須掌握對話開頭

既然大家瞭解了答案在對話前中後出現的順序性，就說明了對話開頭一定會出現第 1 題的答案。

換句話說，TOEIC簡短對話題中，每組對話最開始的3句內至少會出現1-2題的答案，如果沒有把握住開頭，反應時間過慢的話，就會直接讓你失去答案，因為大部分題目的答案很難在後面反覆出現。當然這樣的狀況也不是絕對，尤其是問工作地點、職業等問題，並非只從開頭就能判斷出，基本上全文聊的話題，也能讓你感受到底在談什麼內容。
 

3. 提前審視題目

Part 3和Part 4都需要提前預審題目。這裡指的「預審題目」是包含「題目和選項」。審題的建議只提前審出接下來2組即可，因為看太多也會忘記，而每組對話由於會複述一遍各題的題目，並給出 8秒的停頓時間，因此完全可以在聽完選完之後，直接看下一篇對話的題目和選項，為自己爭取時間，建立一個良性的循環。但忌諱的是你不能在一組對話結束後立刻做出選擇，思考時間過長，會造成一個連鎖惡性的影響。
 

4. 抓住核心關鍵字

每組3個問題，通常第2題都是「細節考察題」，也是學生最容易出錯的地方。細節題有一半的可能性是原文不變的複述，另一種可能是同義字的轉換，當大家在聽錄音的時候，一定要把握住聽力內容反覆出現的高頻名詞，對照選項中哪裡出現過，那麼正確的可能性很大。

然而目前整體的正式考試中，很少出現同樣的單字，反而出現字義範圍擴大現象，例如對話中說「他喜歡物理」，而選項中變成「他喜歡science」，同樣是正確選項，要求學生能夠反應出這兩種屬於同一類型。

多益聽力｜【Part 2應答問題】題型解析與考情趨勢

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多益聽力測驗Part 2為「應答問題 Question-Response」，共25題，題本編號從第7-31題。
 

新TOEIC考試Part 2取消了例題的讀題時間，也就是說目前整個聽力測驗部分，只有PART 1照片描述題保留了example的閱讀時間，其餘各部分均在簡單讀完題目要求後直接進入主題，所有題目均唯讀一次。大家一定要特別注意，以免第7題開始就錯過聽力內容。
 

Part 2的容錯率對於志在金色證書(860分以上)的同學而言，這部分最多只能錯5題，如果錯6題以上，就說明共25題的題數已經錯了至少1/4，顯然這部分是不合格的。且聽力測驗越到後面，越難拿分。
 

Part 2向來也是聽力測驗中較為簡單的一部分，因為Part 2是整個考試中唯一3選1的題目，也是唯一題目跟選項完全要靠聽力來作答的題目，題本上完全沒有任何的提示。

整體而言，Part 2在改制後，雖然題數有減少，但整體難度有明顯提升，主要有以下幾個方向，需要在備考時特別注意：
 

1. 一般疑問句，答案如果有「是或否(Yes / No)」的回答，後面的描述85%可能都不對。

2. WH疑問句的回答越來越不直接。WH疑問句一方面出題的比例變高，另一方面，在回答是A還是B的時候，目前的正確答案傾向於：弦外之音。

也就是說，回答者直接給出明確想法的答案基本已不存在，比如自己就喜歡A或者B，目前是徹底消滅了。存在小一部分可能是跟對方說自己更討厭什麼，或結合目前情況說出困難，讓聽者瞬間明白回答者到底弦外之音，表示對於選擇哪個比較為難。

另一種導向是詢問他人（即自己不知道）。大家都應該瞭解在PART 2，任何I don’t know都是萬能答案，可以回答一切問題。只不過目前I don’t know答案隱藏的很深，包括I am not sure這種非常明顯的答案都不存在了。

或許回答者會建議問問其他人的意見，或間接暗示另外某人，可能已經有了一些具體消息，暗示問話者應該找這個人去尋求進一步建議。

這部分如果不能直接給出明確的答案，就必須非常清楚區分出錯誤答案，只要用排除法除錯，那這道題就簡單許多。這是目前第二部分最難的地方，就是答案的間接回答比例很高。

當然目前的考試依然遵循一些常見規律，只是比例下降：

1. WH疑問句只要聽到「是或否」回答可以刪除

2. 疑問句出現過的字，選項中一模一樣再出現一次，有90%以上是錯誤的，考察的是同一個單字的不同詞性或不同字義的區分，例如change可當動詞、也可當名詞。

3. 對比第2點，一模一樣即使不出現，也會出現近似字，有可能是同字根的不同詞性，比如一個動詞、一個名詞，也可能是2個完全不同的字，因為拼法接近，導致發音極為接近。
 

最後需要特別注意的是，Part 2出現高難度的名詞單字的可能性很小，所以重點在於聽的時候，第一時間就必須聽清楚疑問詞，把握住句式和語氣，最起碼要把疑問句和陳述句聽出來，最好能把一般疑問句和否定疑問句的區別聽出來（does和doesn’t），否則會影響答案的選擇。另外，要做到果斷選擇，因為Part 2的節奏是很快的，每個題目讀完基本就是數到3以內必須選出來，若有片刻猶豫，下一題就漏聽了前半部分，那麼很可能會造成連鎖錯誤。

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多益聽力測驗的Part 1為「照片描述 Photographs」，共6題。在答案卡上的題號為1-6。
 

第1-2題

這部分以【單人+雙人圖】為主，目前考試90%以上的機率，前兩張圖片以【單人和雙人圖】為主軸，其正確答案一定是描述這一個人或兩個人正在幹什麼。其餘非動作類地描述，包括景物的空間關係都是明顯殘廢選項。

只要你能聽清楚哪個選項是描述某人（或兩人）正在做什麼，那麼只有這個答案是對的。這部分屬於不該丟失分數的題目。

由於人物和物體之間，除了留意動作之外，通常都會與受詞發生接觸關係，因此拿著、舉著、扛著、握著等所有與手部動作有關的常見動詞，是大家需要掌握的重點。

第3-4題

這部分會有【人物題】出現，會加入一張【無人圖】。當然也有機率是2道題目全部是【人物题】，依舊是【單人圖+雙人圖】的策略。與第1-2題不同的地方，要特別注意的是：出現在第3-4題的單人圖，答案肯定與這個人的動作以及所處位置關係無關。正確答案會跑出人物主體進行描述，往往會發生在這個人附近的某個地方、有某種東西的說法。所以要注意人物周遭物體的擺放關係。

【例如】

照片中人物前面的桌子上，擺放什麼物品。

從這題開始，就變得有一定出錯的機率，大家務必謹慎。

第5-6題

這部分基本上都是無人圖片，即出現【物品或風景照】，如果真的出現人物，基本上答案跟這個人已經毫無任何關係了，依舊與某個地方放著某個東西，或是周圍物品的位置關係有關。其中無人圖片的情況，會放入一大堆「現在進行式」與「現在進行式的被動語態」進行錯誤干擾。

原則上，如果連人物都不存在，所以某物正在做某事基本都是殘廢選項。

至於現在進行式的被動語態（be being done），存在某物正在被怎麼做，就必須要存在施動物體，原則上一定得是人，因此基本上也都是錯的，只有在表示狀態時sth. is/are being displayed這種情況是正確答案。而在目前的正式考試中，「某物正在被陳列著」成為正確答案的機率已出現多次，需要特別注意。

【Part 1綜合分析】
Part 1整體難度不大，2018改制後的題數減少，然而「照片描述題」仍舊保留，沒有全數刪除的意義在於【要求考生對於圖片資訊的快速分辨與掌握，留意每個人物或事物在照片中所處狀態的正確表達】。

需要注意的是：往往同學會覺得有的選項本身描述並不能嚴格判斷成是錯的，但其實也存在錯誤的可能性。因此希望大家明白，選擇帶有模糊地表達那麼就是錯的，具有爭議性的選項就不可以選。大家還是要盡可能去選擇最佳描述的選項。

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2020-2021因為新冠肺炎疫情的影響，美國高等院校陸續公佈標準化考試接連取消，或者採“Test-Optional”。這也代表了其他申請文書資料例如essay，就變得更加重要了。

隨著申請高峰期的到來，越來越多的美國大學也公佈了essay的題目。福爾摩思學院陸續從各大學的網站，彙整了30幾所大學的essay題目，讓大家可以快速瀏覽每間學校的要求喔！

Rather than asking you to write one long essay, the MIT application consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us get to know you. Remember that this is not a writing test. Be honest, be open, be authentic—this is your opportunity to connect with us.
 

You should certainly be thoughtful about your essays, but if you’re thinking too much—spending a lot of time stressing or strategizing about what makes you “look best,” as opposed to the answers that are honest and easy—you’re doing it wrong.

Our questions

For the 2020–2021 application year, we’re asking these short answer essay questions:

We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words or fewer)

Although you may not yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (100 words or fewer)
 

At MIT, we bring people together to better the lives of others. MIT students work to improve their communities in different ways, from tackling the world’s biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one way in which you have contributed to your community, whether in your family, the classroom, your neighborhood, etc. (200-250 words)

Describe the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school, community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations? (200-250 words)

Tell us about the most significant challenge you’ve faced or something important that didn’t go according to plan. How did you manage the situation? (200-250 words)

There is also one final, open-ended additional information text box, where you can tell us anything else you think we really ought to know.

Short Answer Questions Applicants submitting the Coalition Application, Common Application, or Quest Bridge Application will respond to the following short answer questions:
Students at Yale have plenty of time to explore their academic interests before committing to one or more major fields of study. Many students either modify their original academic direction or change their minds entirely. As of this moment, what academic areas seem to fit your interests or goals most comfortably? Please indicate up to three from the list provided. Why do these areas appeal to you? (125 words or fewer)

What is it about Yale that has led you to apply? (125 words or fewer)

Applicants applying with the Quest Bridge Application will complete the questions above via the Yale Quest Bridge Questionnaire, available on the Yale Admissions Status Portal after an application has been received.

Applicants submitting the Coalition Application or Common Application will also respond to the following short answer questions, in no more than 200 characters (approximately 35 words):

What inspires you? Yale’s residential colleges regularly host conversations with guests representing a wide range of experiences and accomplishments. What person, past or present, would you invite to speak? What question would you ask? You are teaching a Yale course. What is it called? Most first-year Yale students live in suites of four to six students. What do you hope to add to your suitemates’ experience? What do you hope they will add to yours?

Essays

Applicants submitting the Coalition Application or Common Application: use the two short essays (250 words or fewer) below to reflect on topics and personal experiences that will help the Admissions Committee learn more about you. 

1. Yale’s extensive course offerings and vibrant conversations beyond the classroom encourage students to follow their developing intellectual interests wherever they lead. Tell us about your engagement with a topic or idea that excites you. Why are you drawn to it?

2. Respond to one of the following prompts:2A. Reflect on your membership in a community. Why is your involvement important to you? How has it shaped you?  You may define community however you like.
2B. Yale students, faculty, and alumni engage issues of local, national, and international significance. Discuss an issue that is important to you and how your college experience could help you address it.
2C. Tell us about your relationship with a role model or mentor who has been influential in your life. How has their guidance been instrumental to your growth?

Applicants submitting the Coalition Application: In addition to responding to the prompts above, upload an audio file, video, image, or document you have created. The upload should complement your response to one of the prompts. Above your response, include a one-sentence description of your upload. Please limit uploads to the following file types: mp3, mov, jpeg, word, pdf. Advanced editing is not necessary. Uploads provided via the Coalition Application will be reviewed by the Admissions Office only. Review the supplementary material instructions for material that may be evaluated by Yale faculty. 

Engineering Essay

Applicants submitting the Coalition Application or Common Application who select one of Yale’s engineering majors will also respond to the prompt below in 250 words or fewer:

Please tell us more about what has led you to an interest in this field of study, what experiences (if any) you have had in engineering, and what it is about Yale’s engineering program that appeals to you.

How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago.

七選一：

1.Who does Sally sell her seashells to? How much wood can a woodchuck really chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Pick a favorite tongue twister (either originally in English or translated from another language) and consider a resolution to its conundrum using the method of your choice. Math, philosophy, linguistics… it’s all up to you (or your woodchuck).

2.What can actually be divided by zero?

3.The seven liberal arts in antiquity consisted of the Quadrivium — astronomy, mathematics, geometry, and music — and the Trivium — rhetoric, grammar, and logic. Describe your own take on the Quadrivium or the Trivium. What do you think is essential for everyone to know?

4.Subway maps, evolutionary trees, Lewis diagrams. Each of these schematics tells the relationships and stories of their component parts. Reimagine a map, diagram, or chart. If your work is largely or exclusively visual, please include a cartographer’s key of at least 300 words to help us best understand your creation.

5.”Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?” – Eleanor Roosevelt. Misattribute a famous quote and explore the implications of doing so.

6.Engineer George de Mestral got frustrated with burrs stuck to his dog’s fur and applied the same mechanic to create Velcro. Scientist Percy Lebaron Spencer found a melted chocolate bar in his magnetron lab and discovered microwave cooking. Dye-works owner Jean Baptiste Jolly found his tablecloth clean after a kerosene lamp was knocked over on it, consequently shaping the future of dry cleaning. Describe a creative or interesting solution, and then find the problem that it solves.

7.In the spirit of adventurous inquiry (and with the encouragement of one of our current students!) choose one of our past prompts (or create a question of your own). Be original, creative, thought provoking. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk, and have fun!

Please share with us why you consider Duke a good match for you. Is there something in particular about Duke’s academic or other offerings that attract you?

1.Duke University seeks a talented, engaged student body that embodies the wide range of human experience; we believe that the diversity of our students makes our community stronger. If you’d like to share a perspective you bring or experiences you’ve had that would help us understand you better, perhaps a community you belong to or your family or cultural background, we encourage you to do so here. Real people are reading your application, and we want to do our best to understand and appreciate the real people applying to Duke.

2.Duke’s commitment to diversity and inclusion includes sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. If you would like to share with us more about your identity, you can do so here, or use any previous essay prompt you feel is appropriate.

Successful students at Johns Hopkins make the biggest impact by collaborating with others, including peers, mentors, and professors. Talk about a time, in or outside the classroom, when you worked with others and what you learned from the experience.

三選一（250字內）
1.Brown’s Open Curriculum allows students to explore broadly while also diving deeply into their academic pursuits. Tell us about an academic interest (or interests) that excites you, and how you might use the Open Curriculum to pursue it. (250 words)

2.At Brown, you will learn as much from your peers outside the classroom as in academic spaces. How will you contribute to the Brown community? (250 words)3.Tell us about a place or community you call home. How has it shaped your perspective? (250 words)

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences:

Why are you drawn to studying the major you have selected? 
Please discuss how your interests and related experiences have influenced your choice. Specifically, how will an education from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and Cornell University help you achieve your academic goals?

College of Architecture, Art, and Planning:

What is your “thing”? What energizes you or engages you so deeply that you lose track of time? Everyone has different passions, obsessions, quirks, inspirations. What are yours?

College of Arts and Sciences: 

Students in Arts and Sciences embrace the opportunity to delve into multifaceted academic interests, embodying in 21st century terms Ezra Cornell’s “any person…any study” founding vision. Tell us about the areas of study you are excited to explore, and specifically why you wish to pursue them in our College.

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business: 

What kind of a business student are you? The Cornell SC Johnson College of Business offers two distinct business programs, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the School of Hotel Administration. Please describe how your interests and ambitions can be met through one or both of the Schools within the College.

College of Engineering: 

Tell us about what excites you most about Cornell Engineering and/or studying engineering at Cornell University. How do you see yourself becoming a part of the Cornell Engineering community?

College of Human Ecology: 

How has your decision to apply to the College of Human Ecology been influenced by your related experiences? How will your choice of major impact your goals and plans for the future?

School of Industrial and Labor Relations: 

Using your personal, academic, or volunteer/work experiences, describe the topics or issues that you care about and why they are important to you. Your response should show us that your interests align with the ILR School.

There is a breadth of intellectual opportunities here at Rice. Further explain your intended major and other areas of academic focus you may explore. （150 words）

Tell us about something that really sparks your intellectual interest and curiosity and compels you to explore more in the program/area of study that you indicated. It could be an idea, book, project, cultural activity, work of art, start-up, music, movie, research, innovation, question, or other pursuit. （300 words）

八選四（350 words）
1. Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time.

2. Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side.

3. What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developed and demonstrated that talent over time?

4. Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced.

5. Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement?

6.Think about an academic subject that inspires you. Describe how you have furthered this interest inside and/or outside of the classroom.

7. What have you done to make your school or your community a better place?

8. Beyond what has already been shared in your application, what do you believe makes you stand out as a strong candidate for admissions to the University of California?

(三選一)
“Reflections” Category

Respond to one of the following.

1. Share about a time when you questioned something that you believed to be true.

2. If you could go back in time, what advice would you offer yourself at the beginning of secondary/high school?

3. Reflect on a personal experience where you intentionally expanded your cultural awareness.

“Tell us about you” Category

Respond to one of the following.

1. Which book, character, song, or piece of work (fiction or non-fiction) represents you, and why?

2. If you could witness a historic event first-hand, what would it be, and why?

3. Introduce yourself to your first-year Emory University roommate.

1.Indicate any special talents or skills you possess.（250字內）
2.Briefly discuss the significance to you of the school or summer activity in which you have been most involved. （1,000字左右）
3.As Georgetown is a diverse community, the Admissions Committee would like to know more about you in your own words. Please submit a brief essay, either personal or creative, which you feel best describes you. （1頁紙）
4.What does it mean to you to be educated? How might Georgetown College help you achieve this aim? （單行、1頁紙）

Everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) shared geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. 

Choose one of the communities to which you belong, and describe that community and your place within it. (300 words)

Describe the unique qualities that attract you to the specific undergraduate College or School (including preferred admission and dual degree programs) to which you are applying at the University of Michigan. How would that curriculum support your interests? (550 words)

1.List five books you have read that intrigued you.
2.Tell us how a work of fiction you’ve read has helped you to understand the world’s complexity.（300 words）
3.What piques your intellectual curiosity, and why?（150 words）
4.At Wake Forest, we gather our students in “Calls to Conversation,” congregating small groups around dinner tables in faculty’s and administrators’ homes to discuss topics organized around a theme, for example “arts for social change,” “gender in society,” and “leading a meaningful life.” If you could design a theme for a “Call to Conversation,” what would you choose, and why? （150 words）
5.We live in an age intensely interested in heroes. Professor Joseph Campbell defined “hero” as “someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Describe a hero in public life and how and why, in your opinion, they meet Professor Campbell’s definition.（150 words）

【註】以上題目彙整自各大學院校網站，僅供參考，正確資訊以各大學院校官網為主。

根據同學的反應：
       1. 今天的托福考試雖然依舊是重覆舊題，但笑臉背後卻藏著殺招，比如閱讀測驗中「商周青銅器」，滿滿三大段肯定
           會給許多人留下陰影。不知道接下來的考試是否還會延續這種風格
       2. 很多同學也提到：今天的獨立型寫做是今年以來最難的一次，不但題目又是一次長篇敘述，而且內文也不好發揮。

1. 商朝器皿

2. 農業影響群居生活

3. 爬行動物調節體溫

4. 鳥類在選取棲息地的考慮因素：首要條件是大環境，然後根據是否為季候性鳥類，會受到食物來源的影響

5. 游泳、飛行、走路，哪種消耗最多

6. 1316年歐洲的農業，不好的氣候循環導致一系列後果

7. 小行星帶

8. 捕食者和被捕食者，一種蜥蜴在敵人面前逃走時，會發出很大的聲音，探討原因

9. 日本與中國的單色畫

10. 荷蘭中產階級的藝術欣賞發展

11. 古埃及某地的發展

12. 寒武紀大爆發：地質年代是由重大地質事件和生物事件標記的，最近的一個事件標誌著寒武紀的開始。動物的起源相對處於地球歷史的晚期，在這個地質學週期中，所有現代動物群都進化了。這次快速的動物起源和分化被稱為“寒武紀大爆發”。

Conversation

1. 停車相關

2. 圖書館找書，但沒有找到

3. 履歷相關，教授建議他去這週以及三月份的記者招募會，並說有特別針對性的模擬面試

Lecture

1. 納米材料

2. 黑鑽石

3. 巨石陣

4. 發出噪音的蜥蜴

5. 文藝復興時期的音樂創作

6. 保存繪畫不容易褪色的幾個方法

7. 華盛頓畫像，不同畫家不同風格，有一種把華盛頓畫成一般人，民眾很喜歡，代表了民主；而另一種把華盛頓畫成superhero，有古希臘宙斯的感覺，結果被嫌棄，

8. 漁業也可以讓某個社會發展

Task 1

Agree or disagree：

Should parents monitor their children’s access to social media? 父母應不應該控制孩子使用社交媒體？

Task 2 【聽力同意閱讀】

閱讀：提議學校應該設定不同的返校日期，讓學生分流入住宿舍。

聽力【同意】

1. 新宿舍樓層很多，學生需要排隊上高樓層，浪費很多時間，如果能分流就能解決問題
2. 同意早到的同學幫晚到的同學，因為距離上課還有一段時間，如果有時間幫忙，還能認識新朋友

Task 3

temptation bundling，一種能夠激勵人們做不想做事情的方法，即使人們知道這件事情是有好處的。這種方法具體來說，是把喜歡做的事情和不喜歡做的事情結合在一起，這樣就會促進人們去做不喜歡的事情。有兩個例子：

1. 教授不喜歡打掃房間，但是喜歡聽audio book，所以他邊打掃房間邊聽書，並且成了一個固定的行為
2. 教授不喜歡運動，儘管運動是好事情，但因樓下的健身房能邊騎車邊看教授最喜歡的冒險電影，因此教授辦了會員並且每週都去騎單車。

Task 4

植物為了防止被過度啃食（graze）的兩種適應模式(adaptation)：

1. 再生能力（regrow），舉例一種grass根在土裡很深，被吃了上面的也沒事

2. 讓自己不好吃或者不能吃（taste bad/harm），舉例一種grass的新草長在舊的、腐爛的老草裡，動物就不會去吃。

Independent Writing

和其他人一起工作時，你需要評鑑別人的工作。關於他的工作，你有兩個看法：是先給正面評價更有效？還是先給負面評價更有效？比如你在評價一個同學的作業，或者評價一個同事在一個專案裡的貢獻。

【依舊是一道長題目】

Integrated Writing

閱讀：freshwater不夠用，用iceberg來代替

1. 可以漂浮運輸，更加方便
2. 幫助保護魚類和其它生物，不會傷害生態圈
3. 成本更低

聽力【反駁】

1. 運輸過程中，會有風吹不到的地方，還可能會發生碰撞
2. 運輸時間比較長，iceberg會融化，裡面的鹽分會融入到水裡，傷害水中的生物，危害生態圈
3. iceberg很重很大，運輸的時候需要用機器將它們分割成小塊，並不能節約成本