今天与各位考生、家长一起谈谈如何面对2010年保送生考试的英语口语考试。2010年高考保送生考试迫在眉睫。而第一仗并不是来自各个大学的保送生考试的挑战，而是考生本校的保送生资格选拔考试(全称为太原外国语基础知识测试)。第一仗如果败了，保送生资格便彻底破产。

　　首先明确一点：考什么、怎么考。虽然各大名校自主出题，但命题思路是相似的。现以北京外国语大学的高考保送生口语真题为例。

　　英语口语考试共分为4项：

　　1.考生朗读英语短文，考查考生在朗读中的语音、语调是否标准、自然

　　2.考官就该短文内容进行提问，考生回答问题时不能参看原文

　　3.考生就指定话题进行长度不少于10句话的英语口头作文;时间为1分钟(一般为描述式话题)

　　4.考生就指定的题进行英语口头陈述;时间为3分钟(一般为思辨式话题)

　　其次要学会如何在短短的09秋季备考。现以去年一道北京外国语大学的真题为例。

　　朗读下列短文：

　　Once upon a time there was a cruise ship sailing along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. On board the ship, there was a magician, who was traveling with a parrot, his companion. The magician made his living by giving performances to the passengers on the ship.

　　One day, the magician was giving a show to some passengers. The parrot always stood on the magician’s shoulder when he gave a show. Whenever the magician told a joke, the parrot would give it away. One time the magician had a knife, he spun it around and the knife disappeared! The parrot said “It’s in his pocket, it’s in his pocket”. The crowd booed him because the parrot gave it away. The next trick he did, he waved a magic stick around and it vanished. Again, the parrot said “It’s up his sleeve! It’s up his sleeve!” The magician got mad because he couldn’t keep any of his tricks secret. The parrot kept giving them away.

　　One day the cruise ship sank. The magician and the parrot managed to swim to an island where they stayed for about 3 months when the parrot all of a sudden burst out and asked：“Ok. I give up! Where did you hide the ship?”