【正文】 口語部分 Preparation for Part One (Interview) In the first part of the test, the interlocutor addresses each candidate in turn and asks general questions. Candidates will not be addressed in strict sequence. This part of the test lasts about three minutes and during this time, candidates are being tested on their ability to talk about themselves, to provide personal information on their home, interests and jobs, and to perform functions such as agreeing and disagreeing, and expressing preference. Sequence: 1. Introduction of people concerned 2. Marksheets required 3. Topics and Questions Questions about candidates’ names and hometowns What‘s your name? How to spell your name? How do you spell your family name/surname/last name? Where are you from? Would you say it‘s a good place to live in? (why) Do you like living in … ? (why) Where would you rather live, … or … ? (why) Do you think it would be better to live in … or … ? (why) Do you e from a large family or a small one? Can you tell me a bit about … in your family? Questions about candidates’ identity work or study Do you work or are you a student? What do you do? What do you study? What‘s your major? What do you like most about your job? What do you like most about your studies? Questions about Candidates’ Preference Regarding Their Work or Study Unit One A Working with Other People What kinds of people do you most like working/studying with? Why? What do you think are the advantages of working in a team of colleagues? Why? (Is it a good thing to work or study with other people? Why/why not?) What sort of skills do you think a manager needs? Why? (What kind of person is a good manager? Why?) people Cooperate fully with each other。 Trust each other。 Listen to different points of view。 Talk openly and honestly with each other。 Offer help when others are under pressure。 advantages Work towards a mon objective。 Everyone makes an equal contribution to the team。 The members share information effectively within the team. Team members take on responsibility and be accountable when things go wrong。 skills Be able to discuss roles and allocate them to team members。 Be able to help individuals develop within the team。 Be able to listen to different points of view。 Skills and Qualities for Work Which specific skills will you need most in your career? Why? (Which skills are most important for your career? Why?) Team work can work constructively with others on a mon task Negotiating discussion to achieve mutually satisfactory resolution of contentious issues Decision making choice of the best option from a range of alternatives Resolving conflict both intrapersonally and in relationships with others Influencing convincing others of the validity of one‘s point of view Arguing for and/or justifying a point of view of course of action Problem solving selection and use of appropriate methods to find solutions Ability to work crossculturally both within and beyond the nation Prioritizing ability to rank tasks according to importance What qualities does a good employee need to have? Why? (What should a good employee be like? Why?) Which special qualities do you think a manager need to have? Why? (What kind of people should managers be?) Self awareness awareness of own strengths and weaknesses, aims and values Selfconfidence confidence in dealing with the challenges that employment and life can throw up Independence ability to work without supervision Adaptability ability to respond positively to changing circumstances and new challenges Stress tolerance ability to retain effectiveness under pressure Willingness to learn mitment to ongoing learning to meet the needs of employment and life Initiative ability to take action unprompted To what extent is it important to train people in interpersonal skills? Why/why not? (Can people be trained to work well with other people?) Training people in interpersonal skills is extremely important and should be set as top priority. Most jobs are not performed in isolation and the need to interact is often essential. In fact, most failures in the workplace are not due to lack of technical ability, but rather to shortings in interpersonal petence. An individual may be a highly skilled worker. However if he or she cannot work well with other employees, chances for success are slim. Unit One B Communication Which method of munication do you like bestletters, phone calls or ? Why? (Do you like municating with other people by letter, phone or ? Why?) I like to use to municate with people in my work and study. Email can be used not only to exchange messages among coworkers and customers but also provide information automatically. You can also set up an autoresponder service that automatically receives a message and sends a document in reply. Replying automatically to is a great way to save time and money and it is much faster than municating through snail mail. Do you think methods of munication at work will change in the future? Why? (Do you think people will municate in different ways at work in the future? Why? Why not?) Of course they will change in the future. The emergence of many new technologies will definitely create faster and more convenient munication methods. For example, the Inter will bee an even bigger deal in the future than it is today. School children will access all the great works of literature ever written with the click of a mouse. Surgery will be performed via cyberspace. All transactions with the government will be conducted via your personal puter, making bureaucratic line ups a thing of the past. Do you think panies should be able to contact their staff outside working hours? Why or why