2012年9月16日托福考试真题回忆

9月16日托福口语：

2012年9月16日托福考试独立口语重复的是2011.8.20NA题目。

1 Compare and contrast two schools that you have attended. Give details and examples in your response. Begin your response after the beep.

Two different schools that I have attended are my high school and my primary school. In primary school we stayed in one classroom all day and the same teacher taught us all of the different subjects. Although for art, music, and P.E., we would go to other classrooms in the school building. In high school however, we changed classrooms and have a different teacher for each subject. Another thing that is different is that in primary school, we always had to use pencils to complete our homework assignments. If we used a pen, our teacher would not accept our homework. However in high school, teachers prefer that you do work in pen. High school teachers also let you write your assignments on the computer and hand in a printed version.

2 Some people prefer to buy technological devices as soon as they are available to the public, while other people prefer to wait. Which do you prefer? Give details and examples in your response. Begin your response after the beep.

I would prefer to wait for the latest tech gadgets mainly because it is too much of a hassle to get them when they are first released. For example, when the iPhone 4S was released, people waited for days in the cold to buy it only to be disappointed when the Apple Store refused to open its doors because they were worried about starting a riot. Those who were not waiting forever in line bought overpriced iPhones from third party vendors. While the iPhone 4S has a lot of cool features, I would rather pay for the discounted iPhone 2 or 3 than buy the latest version at twice the cost. In truth, I am not really interested in technology. I would rather wait to buy new technology than wait in line for three days.

9月16日写作范文：

2012年9月16日托福考试独立写作重复的是2010.08.20NA的题目。

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The most important investment for a big company is to improve the efficiency and proficiency of its employees.

There are a lot of things that companies can do to make their business more successful. I think one of the easiest ways for a company to generate a lot more business and profit is to invest in the training of their employees in matters of efficiency and proficiency.

An employee that is trained better produces better results. Of course, a boss will hire a person with skills, but additional company training creates more competent and more reliable employees. For example, I know that when computers were first introduced into my father’s company, many employees did not know how to use them. The documents produced using the new computers were error-filled and unusable. So my father’s company paid for IT people to come and train the employees. The IT training was expensive, but by the end of the year the employees had become masters of the computer and were working twice as fast.

Another policy my father’s company introduced when they brought in new computers was to create a system that demanded more efficiency. With the new computers, workers got more done in less time. They were also given an additional incentive for finishing work ahead of the deadline. They even turned it into a competition. Each month, the employee with the most accomplished would receive a free dinner. By encouraging its employees to work faster, the company saved money and resources.

The more competent and better trained a company’s employees are, the less likely they will make errors in their work. A company that does not have well trained employees has to rely on the department managers for quality control. If a company trains employees better, then the department manager does not have to spend as much time correcting the mistakes of his employees. This gives the manager more time to focus on other projects. Google gives its managers, and even its employees, time to focus on their own projects. This freedom has led to technological innovations that generate millions of dollars in profit for Google each year.

By spending a little money on training and organizing its employees, a company can benefit greatly from the end results. The more successful a company, the more benefits a company can give its employees. As a result, employees work harder for the company and help the company become even more successful.