一 题型分析
1．考试要求及考试范围
根据《在职攻读硕士学位全国联考英语考试大纲》的有关规定，暂时取消听力测试，口语交际的测试采用书面形式进行。其要求是：“能用英语进行日常会话。对于生活、学习和工作中的常见英语会话，能理解会话的情景、说话人的意图和对话的含义。能适当进行交际。能正确理解英语口语中常见的习惯用法。”
口语交际分为两部分：完成对话（Dialogue Completion）和对话理解（Dialogue Comprehension）。
（1） 完成对话部分 重点是考查考生的语用能力。即：在不同的场合，或者在不同的语境下，考生能够正确地进行交流，能够选择恰当的语句完成对话。
（2） 对话理解部分 重点是考查考生的对话或语用理解能力。特别是英语口语中的常用习惯用法以及一些固定的句型结构。
2．对话的命题方式
口语交际部分的命题方式大致可以分成三类：
（1）语境题 这类题包括人们日常生活中可能遇到的各种交际活动，如：打招呼、祝贺、购物、接送客人等。如：“Nice to meet you.”“Good morning.”What’s the matter?”等。
（2）习语题 这类题主要是人们日常活动中用到的一些短语和习语。如：“be right on target,”“on the spot，haste makes waste”等。
（3）结构题
[Man]: You will get a vote from Lora?
[Woman]: She is too young to vote.
[Question]: What does the woman mean?
这个对话中有一个英语结构，即，too…to…意思是“太……而不能……”。这道题主要是考查对话情景中双方使用的句子结构是否符合对话的意义。
二 复习要领
（一）口语交际部分的答题要领主要有以下几点
1．理解对话的背景和场景
对话的背景和场景对于正确选择答案是非常重要的。如：
[A]: Hi Mary, long time no see.
[B]:
A．Hi John. Nice meeting you.
B．Yes. Menu, please.
C．Oh, I see. I’ve lots of work to do here.
D．Yes. Do you know I’ve moved to a new apartment?
在对话中，long time no see是在一段时间没有见面之后，在相逢的情景下使用的。所以回答需要首先确定对话的场景，之后选择D项。A项前半部分是在打招呼，而Nice meeting you是人们在分手时的客套话，不符合该对话的情景，因此不对；B项是在饭店的情景；C项可能是在办公室或公司等处，所以与对话的场景不一致。
2．理解对话的关键词和习惯用法
口语交流中需要正确地理解对方的关键词和有关的习语。这些词和习语可以帮助我们确定对话的场景，作出正确的判断。如：
[A]: May I see your driving license and vehicle registration card, please?
[B]:
A．Sorry, I forgot to bring my homework. B．Good. Here is my business card.
C．Sure. Did I do anything wrong? D．Yes. But I don’t think I’m a bad student.
该题的关键词是driving license（驾照）。了解这个关键词后，就可以排除，“对不起，我忘记带作业了”；“这是我的名片”；和“我不认为我是个坏学生”。因为这三句与driving license都没有联系。
再如：
[Man]: I had a quarrel with Mary. She said that she hated me coming back home late.
[Woman]: You need to put your cards on the table.
[Question]: What does the woman mean?
A．The man shouldn’t quarrel with Mary.
B．The man should go home earlier.
C．The man shouldn’t play cards in the evening.
D．The man should talk about the problem openly.
在对话中put your cards on the table是个习语，意思是，“公开谈论；摆到桌面上来”。了解了这个习语的意义，再借助上下文，就可以比较正确地选择答案了。
3．采取排除法答题
考试过程中，经常采用的一种答题方法是“排除法”。即，将不可能的选项一一排除。先排除最不可能的选项，最后确定答案。如：
[Woman]: Tom told me he has had 5 papers published this year. Is that true?
[Man]: You have to take what Tom says with a grain of salt.
[Question]: What does the man imply?
A．The woman shouldn’t believe everything Tom tells her.
B．The woman should believe him.
C．Tom is not serious with the woman.
D．Tom is always true to his words.
对话中的男士在劝告女士不要信Tom的话。可以首先排除B项和D项。因为，这两项是肯定句。下面再仔细比较A和C项。这样得出正确的答案就不是很困难了。
（二）常用口语表达用语
口语交际考试项目需要考生较好地了解常用的口语表达形式。下面总结了27种不同语境情况下的口语表达用语，供考生复习参考。
1．见面时的对话
（1）Greetings
1）Good morning.—Good morning.
Good afternoon.—Good afternoon.
Good evening.—Good evening.
2）Hello.—Hello.
Hi.—Hi.
3）How are you?
—Fine, (Very well, Not bad,) thank you. And you?
—Just so so. I have a headache.
—Not too well, I’m afraid.
4）How’s Bob?
How’s the family?
How’s everybody at the office?
（2）Expressing surprise and pleasure in seeing someone
1）Hello, Jack. Haven’t seen you for a long time (ages) ! How’s everything going?
2）Oh, hello, Wang. I’m so glad to see you. How’re you doing?
3）Hi, John! Nice to meet you here. How are you getting on? (How are things with you?)
4）Hi, Mary! Fancy running into you here! It’s great to see you again. What have you been doing since I saw you last?
2．分手时的对话
（1）Announcing that you must be leaving
1）Well, I must be off. Good-bye.
—Good-bye.
2）I’m afraid I’ve got to be going now. So long!
—So long!
3）Well, I’ve got to be running along. Cheerio!
—Cheerio!
4）I’m afraid I must be going now. It was nice meeting you. See you later.
—(I’m) glad to have met you, too. Take care.
5）Sorry, I’ll have to be going. It’s getting very late. Good night.
—Good night.
6）Mr. Smith. Thank you for a pleasant evening. I must be going now. See you tomorrow.
—It was nice to have you, Mr. Chang. Good night.
（2）When taking one’s leave
1）We’ll be sorry to see you go.
It’s a pity you’re leaving so soon.
We’re going to miss you, Mr. Smith.
2）I hope you’ve enjoyed your stay in China.
—I certainly have. I shall never forget my visit to your wonderful country.
3）Thank you for everything you’ve done for me during my stay here.
—You’re welcome.
4）I wish you a pleasant journey.
—Thank you.
