严春红：Mr.Zhou，请问竞赛的口试都有些什么题型呢？

　　Mr.Zhou：共有四种题型，下面请听我一一介绍：

　　第一大题：Free Talk,也就是自由会话。题单上可没有会话内容，采用的是老师提问考生回答的形式。请听几个题例：

　　1.Do you like listening to the music?

　　2.How many students are there in your class?

　　3.What difficulties do you meet in English learning?

　　4.Say something about your best friend.

　　5.Do you often read English books in your spare time?

　　怎么样，难不难？

　　尹兆丰：哇，这么简单啊？跟老师上课时的提问差不多嘛。

　　Mr.Zhou：本来就很简单，跟听力测试中的"情景反应"题型也差不多。此题主要是考查考生对情景交流项目和英语国家文化习俗的掌握情况，有时也问一些常识性问题。要答好此题，考生应该具备一定的口语表达能力和语言组织能力。要能够完全听懂问题，理解正确，回答准确，语句流畅，语义连贯，声音洪亮悦耳，表情自然大方，并富有感情。

　　龙东升：这很好搞定。那第二题呢？

　　Mr.Zhou：第二大题是Pronunciation(发音)，要求你Read the words,phrases and sentence below,也就是朗读下面的单词、短语和句子。谁来试试这五个题？

　　严春红：我来！1.rice 2.wrong 3.next to 4.take out 5.How do you go to school?

　　Mr.Zhou：嗯，语音正确，语调优美，朗读自然流利，语速适中，富有节奏感，辅音连缀、连读、不完全爆破、句子重音、弱读等都没问题，而且声音洪亮悦耳，吐词清晰，表情自然大方。读得很好，我给满分！

　　下面请看第三大题：Talking about the Picture.It's a park near your house.Tell us something about it.

　　程素音：哎呀，这种题该怎么下手啊？

　　Mr.Zhou：这好办，不就是看图作文吗？主要是考查考生连续说话的能力、语言组织能力、逻辑能力，以及语音、语调、连读、重读、弱读、意群与停顿等语音知识。准备时要认真审题，看清图意，确定好叙述的顺序，比如由近到远，从左到右等，考虑好用何种时态，打好腹稿。答题时思路要清晰，能清楚地表达出主要意思。还应做到条理清楚，语音清晰，要点齐全，语言简洁，意思连贯，语句通顺，用词准确，表达正确，避免出现语法错误。比如本例题，根据图意，你可以这样说：

　　There is a park near my house.I often go and play there.I'm now in the park.Look!There are many people in it.Two men are fishing near the lake.There are two boats in the lake.Two boys are in one boat,and two girls are in the other boat.Where am I?Do you know?I'm in the boat on the right.My good friend Li Jing is with me.And a duck is swimming near our boat.Oh,there are some boys over there.They are playing football.

　　龙东升：(鼓掌)噢，说得太好了，老师真棒！回去以后我也要找些图片试一试。

　　Mr.Zhou：第四大题是Reading Comprehension,也就是阅读理解，要求你们Read the passage,then answer the questions.请读一读这篇短文。

　　It's Tuesday morning,June 25.Mr.Bascomb is at the bank.He's talking with some businessmen from Chicago.They come from a big toy company.They want to build a toy factory in Wickam City.Mr.Bascomb thinks it's a good idea.He would like to have more new businesses in his city."It's good for the city,"says Mr.Bascomb."New businesses give more jobs for the people and money for the city."

　　Mr.Bascomb works long hours and seldom(很少)has holidays.It's very unusual when he doesn't come to work.Yesterday was an unusual day.Mr.Bascomb wasn't at work.He was at home.He was ill in bed all day.His wife and his dog were there with him.

　　Questions：

　　1.What day is it?

　　2.Where is Mr.Bascomb?

　　3.Who is he talking to?

　　4.What do they want to do?

　　5.Was he at work yesterday?Why not?

　　严春红：这和笔试里的阅读理解题完全一样呀，而且短文也不难，我读懂了。我的答案是：1.It's Tuesday.2.He's at the bank. 3.He's talking with some businessmen from Chicago.4.They want to build a toy factory in Wickam City.5.No,he wasn't.Because he was ill in bed all day.

　　Mr.Zhou：确实很easy，不过，此题要求先朗读短文。读时应该注意，语音语调要正确，比如辅音连缀、连读、不完全爆破、意群和停顿、升调和降调以及句子重音、弱读等，都要读准。考前准备时，应该看懂短文内容，留意各种句式及语音现象，比如哪些句子是该用升调的一般疑问句，哪个地方需要用连读或不完全爆破等等，要做到心中有数。朗读时要读得流利，但语速不宜太快。声音洪亮悦耳，表情自然大方。吐词要清晰，避免含混不清或结结巴巴，还要尽量避免重复。朗读时应该注意表情，尽可能读出感情。回答问题时抓住关键信息，如what,where等，针对这些信息作答即可。可以使用简略回答，比如：第2小题也可答：At the bank.第3小题用Some businessmen from Chicago.也可得满分。

　　备注：本文例题摘自2001年以及2002年初二决赛口试试题。

　　(文/四川宜宾市高县月江中学朱安芳黄世琼；英语通初二版2003年第11期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)