TOEFL IBT 66 QUESTION SPEAKING

TOEFL IBT 66 QUESTION SPEAKING 1.TALK ABOUT A BOOK YOU HAVE READ THAT WAS important to you for some in why the book was important to pecific details and examples to explain your answer. - Answer sample 1: The book that was important to me was an instruction manual on how to pronounce English. When I was a middle school student, I did not speak English very well. I always confused the Chinese pronunciation with the English pronunciation, and I was frustrated with that. So I used this book to practice a lot. And there was also a video with this book, so I watched the video, I practiced and imitated the pronunciation. Now I have improved my English and also gained some confidence because of the book. sample 2: Recently, I read a book named Keep the aspidistra flying written by George Orwell. The book influences me a lot because the story has something that touches my heart. The story talks about a man who wants to be a poet and who abandons many well-paying jobs to pursue his dream of being a poet. I have a similar experience of quitting a very good job in order to be a writer. Also, the man in the story is lack of money because he works as a bookstore assistant and thus has a very low salary. He lives in a shabby apartment and sometimes have no money to buy food. Again, I've got similar experience. I once lived in a cramped apartment alone and had no money. The book is important to me because it touches me and gives me encouragement to persist. 2.SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT TELEVISION HAS HAD A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY.OTHERS BELIEVE IT HAS HAD A NEGATIVE INFLUECE ON SOCIETY.WHICH DO YOU AGREE WITH AND WHY? - Answer sample 1: I think the TV has a negative effect on the society. The reasons are as follows: First of all, there is an increase of violence on television and it would do harm to the children. In fact the children are too young towatch these programs. In addition, spending too much time on TV is not good for people's health because they just sit there and hardly move.The most important thing is that a lot of people nowadays rely on the programs on TV to avoid the reality. Gradually, they become isolated from the society. sample 2: I think television has a positive influence on society. It's a good source of news. The members in the society can get news easily from News Channels and thus keep themselves informed of what's happening around. Like, my grandfather watches News on TV everyday just to keep up with the latest events. Besides, television can be a kind of entertainment. People can watch different shows on TV such as funny talk shows and soap operas. I have many friends who like watching Late show with David Letterman and some other friends like watching TV series such as Lost and Friends. They all consider TV as a good way of relaxing themselves and of killing time. So, with the news and same TV programs, people in a society share a lot of things that they can talk about in any event. Therefore, society actually benefits from TV.