2015年02月28日雅思口语考题回顾

雅思考试口语考题回顾

朗阁海外考试研究中心崔明媛考试日期2015年2月28日

Part 1考题总结

考题总结Study & Work

1. Do you work or are you a student?

2. What's your major? Have you ever communicated about your

major with your friends?

3. Will you study with others in the future? Why?

4. What is your plan for your future study?

5. When you study, do you feel happy?

6. What’s your favorite subject? What do like most about it?

7. Do you enjoy your school life? What are the benefits of being a

student?

8. What do you usually do after class?

Hometown

1. Where do you come from?

2. Is there anything special about your hometown? Are there any

beautiful places in your hometown?

3. What is the weather like in your hometown?

4. What are some of the changes that have taken place in our

home town?

5. What's your hometown famous for?

6. What’s the traffic situation in your hometown?

Watching sky

1. Do you like watching sky?

2. Do you often take time to watch the sky?

3. Do you like the sky during the day or night?

4. Have you learned any courses about stars and planets?

Train

1. Have you ever travelled by train?

2. Where do you usually go by train?

3. Do you like taking trains?

4. Do you think trains are important for public transport?

5. What do you think of the advantages and disadvantages of

trains?

Dictionary

1. Do you often use dictionaries?

2. When do you use them?

3. Do you prefer to use paper dictionaries or electronic

dictionaries? Why?

4. Do you use dictionaries to help learn foreign languages?

5. Do you think dictionaries are necessary for students?

Being on time/Being punctual

1. Are you always being on time?

2. (similar with above) Are you a punctual person?

3. Do you think being on time is important?

4. Is it easy to always be on time?

5. What do you think are the young people’s attitudes toward being

on time? Are they different from the elder people’s attitudes?

Parks

1. Does your hometown have many parks?

2. Do you often visit public parks?

3. What do you usually do there?

4. Do you like parks?

5. What kinds of parks do you like?

6. What do you like most about a park?

7. Did you go to parks when you were a child?

8. What did you do there?

9. Do you think it’s good to have parks and public gardens in

cities?

10. Do you think there should be more of them?

11. Do you think you will go to parks more often in the future?

Weather/ Season/Sunshine/Rain

1. What weather do you like?

2. Do you like hot or cold weather?

3. Do you like sunshine?

4. What harm can strong sunlight do to us?

5. Do all people like sunshine?

6. Would you like to travel when there is little sunshine?

7. What do you often do during summer?

8. What is the weather like in China?

9. What are the differences among four seasons in China?

10. What is the influence of weather on people?

11. Does the weather ever affect what people do?

12. Do you like rain?

13. Do young people like rain?

14. What do you do in rainy days?

15. Did rain ever affect what you would like to do?

Maps

1. Do you use a map?

2. When do you use a map?

3. Who taught you how to use a map?

4. How did you learn to use a map?

5. Do you prefer to use electronic maps or those made of paper?

Cars

1. Do you like cars?

2. Do you have a driver’s license?

3. Have you ever driven a car?

4. Do you have a car?

5. Do you often drive it?

6. Do you plan to buy a car in the future?

7. If you wanted to buy a car, what kind of car would you choose?

8. What kinds of cars are most popular in your country?

9. Do you like traveling by car?

Leisure Time

1. What do you do in your spare time (free time)?

2. In the evenings, do you prefer to relax at home and watch TV or

go out with your friends?

3. What do you usually do with your family?

4. Do you think modern people like to do things with others, in a

group?

5. Are you good at organizing time? How do you usually organize

time?

6. Why do you think some people pay to learn time management?

Do you think children should learn to manage time?

7. Which part of the day do you like best?

8. Which part of the day is beneficial for your study?

9. How do the people in your country relax themselves?

10. What do you usually do on weekends?

Food and cooking

1. What foods do you usually eat?

2. Do you often eat in the restaurant? Do you like to eat outside?

3. What food did you like to eat when you were a child? Do you still

like that food now?

4. If you had children, What food would you cook for your child in

the future?

5. Do you think it's good to take children to restaurants?

6. Do you cook? If not, will you cook in the future?

7. Who cooks in your family?

8. What kind of meat do you like to eat? Do you like vegetables?

9. Which do you prefer, eat more times a day and have little a time

or eat less times a day but have more a time?

10. What do you think of the whole family eating together?

Part 2&3考题总结

考题总结Describe a beautiful or handsome person you know

You should say:

What she/he looks like

How you know this person

What you do together

And explain why you think she/he is beautiful.

Describe a singer or band you like in your country

You should say:

Who the singer/band is

How you know about this singer/band

What kind of music the singer/band is performing

And explain why you like the singer/band.

Describe a neighbor you ever helped.

You should say:

Who this person is

When you helped this person

How you helped this person

and explain why you helped this person.

Part 3

Do you think neighbors are important?

Do you think it’s important to have a good relationship with one’s neighbors?

Do you think people’s relationships with their neighbors today is the same as it was in the past?

Would you say these are changes for the better or changes for the worse?

Do you think people’s relationships with their neighbors are the same in the cities as they are in rural areas?

Describe a friend you had at school

You should say:

What he / she looked like

Where you first met

How you became friends

What you did together

and explain how you feel about him or her

Part 3

Do you think friends are important?

What are the qualities of a good friend?

Do you prefer to have one or two close friends or a wide circle of friends?

Which do you think is better, to have a large group of friends or just a few close friends?

How can one distinguish between a close friends and an acquaintance?

In modern society, which do you think is more important, old friends or new friends?

Is there any difference to the way you make friends now, compared to when you were a child?

Describe someone you know who has an interesting job.

You should say:

Who this person is

How you know this person

What job they do

and explain why you think this person’s job is interesting.

Part 3

In what ways do you think big and small companies are different? What types of companies prefer to hire university graduates?

What do you think of the working conditions in your country today are better that in the past?

Do you think long working hours can have an effect on the family lives of employees?

What effects does working overtime have on the lives of employees, especially women?

Do you think it’s reasonable that people have different salary levels? Is it very difficult for recent university graduates in your country to find a job?

Describe an interesting wild animal from your country / you like best

You should say:

Where you learned about this animal

What it looks like

Where it lives (or where you saw it)

and explain why you like this interesting animal.

Part 3

Do you like zoos?

Some people don’t like zoos. Can you guess why they feel this way? Do you think zoos are good or bad?

Why do you think so many cities have zoos?

In your opinion, what features should a good zoo have?

Compare a nature reserve and a zoo, as places for wild animals to live.

Do you think zoos might disappear in the future?

What future developments do you think will see concerning zoos? Why do you think wild animals should be protected?

In what ways does human activity result in the extinction (or near extinction) of some animal species?

At present, many animals are already facing extinction. How do you think average citizens could (help) protect wild animals?

Why are many people interested in wild animals?

Why do you think films or books for children so often have animals as the leading characters in the film or book?

Describe a sportsperson you know does well.

You should say:

Who the person is

How you know this person

What you do together

And explain how you feel about this person.

Describe a new law in your country

You should say:

What it is

When it was introduced

How you know this law

And explain how you feel about this new law.

Describe something special that you saved money to buy.

You should say:

What it was

How long it took you to save enough money to buy it

Why you wanted to buy this thing

and explain how you felt when you bought it.

Part 3

How important is money in your life?

Do you save money?

Did you save when you were a child?

How has the way people use their money changed in china in recent years?

How can children be taught to manage money?

Why do many people like to go shopping?

What’s a popular law in your country?

Describe a book /magazine/ that you enjoyed reading.

You should say:

What the book was

What was in this book

Why you read it

and explain what effect the book had on you.

Part 3

How often do you read?

Do you have many books at home?

Do Chinese people do enough reading?

Do Chinese people like to read?

What kind of people like reading and what kind of people don’t like reading very much?

Do people with different reading levels all buy the same kinds of reading materials?

What do Chinese people like to read?

Describe a thing you bought but not use very often.

You should say:

What is it

What do you use it for

Why do you bought it

and explain why you do not often use it.

Describe your first cell phone.

You should say:

When did you buy it

Where did you buy it

How did you get it

and explain the difference between the first cell phone and others

Describe a course you like now but didn’t like in the past

You should say:

What it is

When did you learn it

How long have you been studying it

And explain why you didn’t like in the past but like it now.

Describe a situation when you have to be friendly to someone you don’t like.

You should say:

Who the person is

How you know this person

When and where the thing happened

And explain why you have to be friendly to the person.

Describe an equipment which was broken down (washing machines or Television).

You should say:

What is it

When you bought it

How was it broken down

and explain your feeling after it broke down.

Describe a historic building that you visited.

You should say:

Where it was

What people do there

Why you went there

and explain how you felt about this building.

Part 3

Why do people visit historical places?

Do you think reading about a historical place has any advantages over actually visiting it?

What types of historic places do people in your country most often visit?

Do many people in your country visit historical buildings?

Why do they visit these buildings?

What do you think are the differences between actually visiting a historic place and reading about it in a book (or seeing pictures of it on the internet)?

Do you think these historic buildings should be preserved?

Who do you think should pay for these reparations?

Do you think the government should pay for the maintenance and

repair of historic buildings?

Do you think the government should pay for this or should the visitors pay for it?

Which do you think is better, having the government own and pay for the maintenance of historic buildings or having private investors owning the buildings and paying for the maintenance?

We should people learn about history?

Do you think learning about history has any benefits for children?

Describe a country you would like to visit at first.

You should say:

Where the country is

What you know about this country

When you plan to visit this country

and explain why you would like to visit this country at first.

Part 3

When people go travelling (as tourists), what do they spend money on?

When people move to another country, what changes do you think take place in their lives, compared to their lives before they left home?

What do you think about children growing up abroad? Do you think children are affected by growing up abroad? How?

What are benefits of travelling to new places?

What are some of the best (or, most popular) travel destinations in China?

Which places (countries) are Chinese people most interested in visiting?

Describe a special meal that you would like to have./you would like to invite someone to eat.

You should say:

Who you would invited to eat with you

Where you would eat

What you would eat

and explain why you would like to have this special meal.

Part 3

Do people in your country often eat together with others?

On what occasions do people eat a “special meal” in your country? What are the differences between an ordinary meal and meals for special occasions?

Do you think people ate together as a family more in the past than

they do now?

Do you think modern lifestyles affect how often people eat together as a family?

Would you agree that it’s important for the family to eat often together?

Do you have any suggestions on how these problems could be solved?

What do people in your country usually eat?

Do young people usually eat the same types of food that older adults eat?

Would you say there’s a greater choice of what to eat today, compared to the past?

Do you think this trend will continue in the future?

What do you think is more important, the quality or the price of food? What are the pros and cons of eating locally grown food, compared to food that comes from far away?

What are the pros and cons of transporting food over long distances?

Do you think it’s safe to transport food over long distances?

雅思口语趋势分析和备考指导本场考试趋于平稳。自1月份换题以来，各部分话题已基本稳定，高频题目也越发明朗。第一部分话题如sky, parks和shoes是考生需关注的话题；第二部分中的beautiful or handsome person, app, unusual building, a course you didn’t like in the past but like now, a situation you have to be friendly to someone you don’t like是广大考生应认真准备的重点。本月考题数量比较多，考生应灵活准备各话题，找其共性，合并同类项，才能在万变的口语话题中轻松冷静地备考。