特別需要掌握的語言功能有如下幾種：
1、Greetings and Farewells
2、Making Introductions
3、Asking for Information
4、Invitations
5、Making Requests
6、Asking for and Giving Opinions
7、Agreeing and Disagreeing
8、Apologizing and Complaining
9、Congratulations and Compliments
對于表達(dá)這些功能的句型或語言結(jié)構(gòu)必須反復(fù)練習(xí)，力求做到"脫口而出"。除此之外，不要學(xué)會在具體情景下所采用的表達(dá)用語，如Telephoning, Asking the way, Travel by bus, At the post office, In a restaurant 和 Seeing the doctor等。同時，我們要求考生能把上述的語言功能與具體情景配合起來使用，以便提高在特定的情景下口頭表達(dá)的準(zhǔn)確性、流利性和得體性。
口語考試中的第三題是就日常生活和社會生活中的一般話題進(jìn)行自由交談和專題討論�？忌从尺@道題比較難不容易考好。為了幫助考生準(zhǔn)備口語考試，下面介紹一下日常生活和社會生活中的一般話題包括哪些內(nèi)容�？谠囍猩婕暗闹饕掝}如下：
1) Home and family
2) Food and drink
3) Medicine
4) Smoking and health
5) Work and leisure
6) Travel and transport
7) Sport and recreation
8) Education
9) Language learning
10) Plants and animals
11) Love and marriage
12) Women's role in society
13) Television and radio
14) Pollution and the environment
15) Holidays and festivals
16) Religion and belief
17) Computers
18) Tourism
19) Social change and traditions
20) War and peace
考試程序：(對北外考場的回憶，不一定準(zhǔn)確)
--樓外排隊(和報名時一樣);
--進(jìn)第一預(yù)備室(大隊人馬上好幾層樓);
--等待(不用緊張^_^ );
--進(jìn)第二預(yù)備室(一次放進(jìn)十到二十人);
--抽考題紙(一共就可數(shù)的幾類考題紙，就是說，有好幾個人抽到的題是一樣的);
--讀題、理解、消化和思考，準(zhǔn)備回答問題(大概有五分鐘到十分鐘時間，記不清了);
--進(jìn)考場(一次一人，面對兩個老師)，回答問題，和老師對話;
--離開(這時才感覺到其實非常簡單輕松!)。
考試題型：(在抽到的考題紙上，共三題)
水一：
第一題，在預(yù)備教室內(nèi)默讀考題紙上的一小段對話，準(zhǔn)備到考試教室就對話內(nèi)容回答幾道問題(由老師口頭提問);
第二題，考題紙上給出了三種情景，準(zhǔn)備回答就如何應(yīng)對其中一個情景的問題(只考其中一個情景，但都要準(zhǔn)備);
第三題，考題紙上給出了一個話題和幾個就此話題老師會提的問題，腦子里迅速打個草稿，準(zhǔn)備和老師在此話題上進(jìn)行一段對話(主要是自己陳述)。
水二：
和水一大致相同。第一題的對話內(nèi)容相比水一稍長稍復(fù)雜;第二題和水一區(qū)別不大;第三題，在考題紙上給出兩個話題，老師會選其中一個考，形式和水一相同。
其實題型看一下教育報上的模擬試題就清楚了，怕大多數(shù)同學(xué)沒買到那兩期教育報，我還是貼上來給大家參考吧：
水平考試(一)口試模擬試題(1)
I.Read aloud the following dialogue and be prepared to answer some questions about it .
Alex: So what are you going to do after graduation, Susan?
Susan: Well, I've saved some money, and I think I'd really like to travel.
Alex: Lucky you. That sounds exciting!
Susan: Yeah. Then I plan to get a job and my new apartment.
Alex: Oh, you're not going to live at home?
Susan: No, I don't want to live with my parents-not after I start to work.
Alex: I know what you mean.
Susan: What about you, Alex? Do you have any plans yet?
Alex: I'm going to get a job and live at home. I'm broke, and I want to pay off my student loan!
Susan: What kind of job do you want go get?
Alex: I hope to find a job where I can make a lot of money!
II.Three different situations are given below and you will be required to respond to them in the examination.
1. You are a visitor in town and someone asks you the way to the nearest post office. You don't know. What do you say?
2. You want to invite a friend to dine out at the weekend. What do you say?
3. Someone offers to carry the heavy suitcase for you but you refuse. What do you say?
III.Talk about the following topic with the examiner speaking at 120 words per minute.
Tell me about your family
1. Where do your parents live?
2. What do they do?
3. Do you have any brothers or sisters? What do they do?
4. You live with your parents, don't you? Why do you live away from your parents?
5. Do you spend a lot of time with your family? Why not? What sort of things do you do together?
