Questions of Spoken English Test for Postgraduates: 1.Do you think that children nowadays are overwhelmed by the increasing of academic demands? Yes,I think so.I strongly objects to the competitive early childhood education and is convinced that too much, too soon and too fast may do more harm to children than good.The development of myelin in the brain determines a child’s learning capability development.It is slow and gradual rather than quick and once for all.In a word ,Outside stimuli will not help a child to learn until his brain is mature enough.
2.What is “smart home”? Do you think “smart home” will be reality? Why or why not? A smart home, or smart house, is a home that incorporates advanced automation systems to provide the inhabitants with sophisticated monitoring and control over the building\'s functions.For example a smart home may control lighting, temperature, multi-media, security, window and door operations, as well as many other functions.
Many new homes are being built with the additional wiring and controls which are required to run advanced home automation systems The range of different smart home technologies available is expanding rapidly along with developments in computer controls and sensors Regardle of the technology, smart homes present some very exciting opportunities to change the way we live and work, and to reduce energy consumption at the same time.
3.What do you know about “the global food crisis”? What’s your opinion about dealing with food crisis? The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. As you know, food shortages have hit many countries in the world and even caused social unrest in some areas.But who is responsible for the current world food crisis? First, annual world grains output has declined because of climate change.Then lots of farmland has been lost due to the rapid development of industry and urbanization.Besides, faced with the rising energy prices, people have turned to the production of biofuels, which has worsened the severe situation.Then what should we do to deal with the problem? On one hand, we should focus on the environmental protection and improve the ecology.On the other hand, strict measures should be taken to protect farmland.Of course, to build a harmonious world the developed countries should take their responsibilities to help the poor ones experiencing food shortage.As for me, I will call on the people around me to live thriftily.And for the moment, I think, we should study hard to develop science and help solve the food shortage in the future.
4.How do you define happine? What is difference between happy people’s attitude towards life and that of unhappy people? Pleasure ,engagement and meaning
Happine is a state of mind,so the real source of happine must lie within the mind ,not in external conditions.if our mind is pure and peaceful we shall be happy ,regardle of our external circunstances.(快乐是一种心理状态，因此真正的快乐之源取决于心理因素，而非外界条件。不管外界条件如何，只要保持心无杂念，心态平和，我们就会感到快乐。) Happy people also expreion of positive emotion and low incidence of depreion .on the contrary, unhappy people also feel impatient,depreed worried ,tired , and so on.5.What is the difference between plagiarism and citation? How to tackle the problem of plagiarism? Plagiarism refers to the use of another’s ideas, information,language ,or writing ,when done without proper acknowledgment of original source.(抄袭是指在没有适当说明材料原始出处的情况下，引用别人的观点、信息、语言或者著作) plagiarism is not necearily the same as citation,which is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source.Firstly, relevant administration departments should impose heavy penalty on those who commit plagiarism Additionally, academics should also bear in mind that the best way lead to the succe of academics is honesty.
Only in this way can we build a positive and health academic atmosphere.
