托福聽力態(tài)度題考察考生對聽力材料中說話人態(tài)度的理解。所謂說話人的態(tài)度，是指對發(fā)生過的事件或者科學(xué)研究所表達(dá)的看法，一般可以分為4類：支持，反對，懷疑或者客觀。態(tài)度題的提問方式一般為：

What is the student's attitude toward ?

What is the speaker's opinion of ?

What does the professor think of ?

What is the professor's point of view concerning…?

有時教授會通過語音語調(diào)直接表達(dá)自己對某事的態(tài)度，有時文章中則會出現(xiàn)評價性的語言，當(dāng)我們聽到評價性語言時，我們一定要注意記筆記，因?yàn)檫@里通常會有態(tài)度題出現(xiàn)，表示評價的提示詞有favorable, approval, enthusiastic , supportive，disapproval, dissatisfied, objection, opposition, critical, compromising, concerned，suspicious, incredulous, skeptical, questionable，neutral, impartial, disinterested, unprejudiced, unbiased, detached等。

在講座中，教授通常講解對某項(xiàng)研究不同團(tuán)隊(duì)所做出的假設(shè)，教授通常對此類研究也會表明自己的態(tài)度：證實(shí)假設(shè)，假設(shè)錯誤，有待研究，具體情況需具體分析，或者沒有結(jié)果，將來才能得到答案。

例如：TPO4 L3 Moving Rocks這篇文章中，教授提到“風(fēng)+雨”的理論時說道：

How about wind combined with rain? The ground of this desert is made of clay. It’s a desert, so it’s dry. But when there is the occasional rain, the clay ground becomes extremely slippery. It’s hard for anyone to stand on, walk on. Some scientists theorized that perhaps when the ground is slippery the high winds can then move the rocks. There’s a problem with this theory. One team of scientists flooded an area of the desert with water, then try to establish how much wind force would be necessary to move the rocks. And get this,you need winds of at least five hundred miles an hour to move just the smallest rocks! And winds that strong have never been recorded. Ever! Not on this planet. So I think it’s safe to say that that issues has been settled.

【翻譯】：那風(fēng)加雨怎么樣呢?這片沙漠是由黏土構(gòu)成的，因?yàn)槭巧衬院芨稍铩Ｈ欢既挥杏陼r，黏土地就會變得格外滑，人無法站立，無法行走。一些科學(xué)家設(shè)想當(dāng)?shù)孛鏉窕L(fēng)就能推動這些巖石。這個理論有個問題。一個科學(xué)家團(tuán)隊(duì)將沙漠的一片區(qū)域弄濕，試著測試多大風(fēng)力可以將巖石移動。讓最小的巖石移動，需要風(fēng)速至少500英里每小時。地球上從來沒有見過這么強(qiáng)勁的風(fēng)力。從來沒有!所以，我認(rèn)為這一問題已經(jīng)被解決了。

The professor mentions experiments on the wind speed necessary to move rocks. What is the professor’s attitude toward the experiments?

A. Their results were decisive.

B. They were not carried out carefully.

C. They were not continued long enough to reach a conclusion.

D. The government should not have allowed the experiments.

這道題的答案為A.

由attitude一詞，判斷出本題為態(tài)度題。從這個例子中我們能夠看出，當(dāng)有事例時，后面常常會有評價性語言出現(xiàn)，這里會有態(tài)度題出現(xiàn)。這題當(dāng)中出現(xiàn)了 a problem，never,以及教授強(qiáng)烈語氣的ever，還有So I think it’s safe to say that that issues has been settled. 完全表明了教授的態(tài)度，實(shí)驗(yàn)決定性地證明了風(fēng)加雨理論的錯誤，也就是我們所提到的假設(shè)錯誤，那么答案就是A.