雅思考试听力考题回顾
Part 1
题目：Holiday rental
题型：Completion
考题回顾：
1. Rent day beginning atSeptember 14
2. cost for the week: 835
3. house was originally used as a school
4. view of the river from the bedroom
5. the living room leads out to the deck for meal
6. doesn’t have a garage
7. bring out own towels
8. is famous for the Chinese restaurant
9. How should she pay? deposit: 200
10.deadline for final payment: final day of July
Part 2
题目：一个 evening school 的课外艺术及体育课程介绍
题型：Multiple choices + Matching features
考题回顾
11-14 Multiple choices
11-12. 哪两门课程需要自带材料？
选A. card making和 E. interior design introduction
13-14. 哪两门课程持续超过一学期？
选 A. solve problem in internet design和 E. practical gardening design
15-20 Matching features
A. venue change B. minimal age required
C. regional competition D. special price
E. children and adults F. visit included
G. famous sports player
15. music dance: A. venue change
16. yoga: E. children and adults
17. tai chi: B. minimal age required
18. lacrosse: D. special price
19. tennis: G. famous sports player
golf:C. regional competition
Part 3
题目：placebo（安慰剂）的研究报告
题型：Multiple choices + Matching features
考题回顾：待回顾
Part 4
题目：介绍蚂蚁窝（fire ants nests）及其起源特征和害处
题型：Completion
考题回顾：
31.live in environment except for desert and cold areas
32.often found under rocks
33. first found in Brisbane in 2001, near the port
34. carried in soil in farming equipment
35. prevent people from getting water
36. reduce use of sports facilities
37. damage electrical systems
38. aided by well-trained dogs
39. camera wired to a helicopter
40. insecticide and bait mixed with corn
雅思考试阅读考题回顾
Reading Passage 1
题目：香水的发展史
题型：Completion
判断题（TRUE/ FALSE/ NOT GIVEN or YES/ NO/ NOT GIVEN
考题回顾：待回顾
Reading Passage 2
题目：英国村庄的复杂和多样
题型：Matching
Summary completion
考题回顾：
话题相似：20100515 Passage2及20131026 Passage2英国村庄的变迁
介绍了英国村庄不同形式及其变迁史。英国的村庄多种多样，文章中介绍了三种：一种是农庄（crop farming），大家用农具干活，但是农具不是家家都有，所以要会用才行；一种是养殖场（livestock farming），人和牛羊都住在一个大长屋里，卫生状况令人担忧。最后一种没有过多描述，主要是祖先住在一个大祖屋里，后代围着大屋建造小屋子。
Reading Passage 3
题目：What do babies think?
题型：Matching sentence endings
Multiple choice
TRUE/ FALSE/ NOT GIVEN
考题回顾：
引出关于 baby thinking 的实验，观察母亲不在时儿童的表现行为，父母和科学家的普遍看法。提出了小孩子对一个实验小火车穿进洞里颜色的改变的反应及表现。其中一位专家 G 认为孩子没有认知，专家 S 是同意 G 的观点，并且举出了一个学者的实验。
话题重复：20150516 Passage 3
题目答案仅供参考：
27-32 TRUE/ FALSE/ NOT GIVEN
27. Baby’s behavior after being abandoned is not surprising.
TRUE
28. Parents are over-estimating what babies know.
NOT GIVEN
29. Only 100 experiments have been done but can prove the theories about what we know.
FALSE
30.Piaget’s theory was rejected by parents in 1920s.
NOT GIVEN
31. Sylvain Sirois’s conclusion on infant’s cognition is similar to Piaget’s.
TRUE
32. Sylvain Sirois found serious flaws in the experimental designs by Baillargeon and Elizabeth Spelke.
FALSE
33-37 Matching sentence endings
33. Jean Piaget thinks infants younger than 9 months won’t know something existing.
— B. before they learn from experience.
34. Jean Piaget thinks babies only get the knowledge.
— E. when the previous things appear again in the lives.
35. Some cognitive scientists think babies have the mechanism to learn a language.
— A. before they are bor
36. Sylvain Sirois thinks that babies can reflect a response to stimuli that are noveld over time.
— D. when facing the possible and impossible events.
37. Sylvain Sirois thinks babies’ attention level will drop.
— C. when they had seen the same thing for a while.
38-40 Multiple choice
38. What can we know about Daniel in the third paragraph?
B. Kids’ attention fell when he accustomed to the changes.
39. What can we know from the writer in the fourth paragraph?
A. The theories about what baby knows changen.
40. What can we know from the argument of the experience about the baby in the sixth paragraph?
D. Sylvain Sirois suggests that novel things attract baby’s attention.
雅思考试口语考题回顾
考题总结
基本题
Hometown
What’s (the name of) your hometown? Is that a big city or a small place?How long have you been living there? Do you like your hometown?
Work & Study
Do you work or study?
Do you like it? Do you find it interesting?
What do you find most difficult with your job/studies? Do you think your job/subject is easy or difficult?
What are you planning to do in the future?
House & Accommodation
What do you like most about the house/apartment you live? Compare the place you grew up and you live now.
Who do you live with?
What room does your family spend most of the time in? Do you live in a house or a flat?
What's the difference between where you are living now and where you have lived in the past?
What’s your ideal house? Why?
Names
Do you like your names?
Does your name have any special meaning? What kinds of names are popular in China?
Are there many Chinese people who have the same names as you? Is there any tradition about naming babies?
与事件相关话题
Change
What do you plan to change next year? Do you like changes? Why?
Are there any changes in your hometown? Have you changed a lot since your childhood?
Discussion
What do you like to talk about?
Did you change the way you discuss when you were a child?
Do you change your opinions frequently?
Borrowing / Lending
Have you borrowed books from others? Have you ever borrowed money from others? Do you like to lend things to others?
How do you feel when people don't return things they borrowed from you?
Water sports
Have you done water sports?
What water sports do you like doing? Are water sports popular in China?
What kind of water sports do you want to try?
Running
Do you think running is a good way to stay healthy? Do you like running?
Where do you usually go running? How often do you go for a run?
Shopping
What do you usually buy?
Do you compare prices when buying goods?
Break
Do you prefer a long break or several short breaks? What do you usually do during breaks?’
Recycle
Do you recycle now? Why?
Did you recycle when you were a kid? Will you recycle in the future?
What kind of things do you recycle?
In a hurry
What do you always do in a hurry? Why?
What kind of things would you never do in a hurry? Do you usually go out in a hurry?
Do you like to be in a hurry?
Weekend
What do you usually do on weekends? Did you do anything special last weekend? What will you do next weekend?
What do other people in your hometown usually do on weekends?
与物相关话题
Furniture
Do you have a lot of furniture in your home? Is there anyone who bought furniture for you? What kind of furniture would you like to buy?
Which furniture do you like best in your home?
List
Do you make a list when you shop?
Do you make a list for your work? Does it work? Why do not some people like making lists?
Do you prefer to make a list on paper or your phone?
Newspaper & Magazine
Do you prefer to read newspaper or magazine?
Do you prefer to read news online or on newspaper?
Clothes
What’s your favourite colour of clothes? What kind of clothes do you never wear? What kind of clothes do you usually wear?
Do you wear the same style of clothes on weekdays and weekends?
Pen & Pencil
When did you buy pens last time? Do you usually use pen or pencil?
Which do you use more often? Pen or pencil?
How do you feel when someone gives you a pen or pencil as a gift? Did teachers teach you how to use pen or pencil to write?
When was the last time you bought a pen or pencil?
Fish
Do you like eating fish? Do you like fishing?
How often do you go fishing?
Gifts
What gifts did you receive in your childhood? Do you like giving gifts to people?
What gifts did you give to others in your childhood?
Art
Have you ever had art class?
Is there any artwork on the wall in your room? Have you ever visited an art gallery?
Do you like art?
History
Have you been to a history museum? Do you like history?
When was the last time you read about history?
Number
What number do you like best?
Are you good at remembering numbers? Do you like math when you were young? Do you usually use numbers?
Jokes & Comedies
Are you good at telling jokes? Do your friends like to tell jokes? Do you like to watch comedies?
Public transportation
Do people usually use public transportation in your country?
What kinds of public transport do people in your country use the most?
Will you ride public transportation in the future? Why?
与地点相关话题
Parks
Do you often go to a park?
What activities can be done in a park? Do you think people like going to parks?
Museum
Do you like going to museums?
Are there any museums or galleries in your hometown? Have you ever visited any of these art galleries or museums? Did you go to any museums when you were a child?
与人相关话题
Stars
Who is your favorite movie star?
Are international superstars popular in your country? Have you ever met a celebrity/superstar in real life?
Famous people
Have you ever met famous people? Who do you want to interview?
Why do you want to meet him or her?
Do you want to meet other famous people? Who?
Tidy
Are you a tidy person
Do you think if one needs to be always tidy?
Age
What do you think is the best age to learn driving? How do you feel about getting older?
Should we treat people of different ages in the same way?
与人相关话题
Describe a family(not your own) which you like and are happy to know
Who is usually the leader in a Chinese family? How do grandparents take care of grandchildren? What’s the most important quality of parents?
How can new parents learn about parenting?
Describe a person who shows his or her feelings openly
Is it difficult for Chinese people to express their feelings? Who do you think talk more? Children or grown-ups
What’s the difference between males and females in terms of expressing their feelings?
Describe a friend who is a good leader
Who is the head of the family in your culture? Are men better at decision making in a family?
Should a leader discuss with team members when making decisions?
Do you think this (more men than women are leaders) will change in the future?
Describe an old person who you respect
What qualities does a person need to take care of old people? Do you think that old people should be taken care of at home?
How can people in the neighborhood help the elderly during the epidemic?
Do you see this kind of (above mentioned) help occurring in your neighborhood?
Describe a person you are happy to know
Are children happier now than in the past?
What’s the difference between the happiness of children and adults? How can people make children happy?
Why people want to buy expensive things to make themselves happy?
Describe a person who taught you something important
What do you think is the best age for children to go to school? Do you prefer to study by yourself or with your friends?
What do you think is the best age for children to go to school? Do you prefer to study by yourself or with your friends?
Describe an intelligent person you know
Why are some children more intelligent than others?
Who do you think plays a more important role in a child’s development, teachers or parents?
Do you think smart people tend to be selfish? Are smart people happier than others?
Describe an old friend that you got in contact again
What is the influence of social media on friendship?
Why do people lose contact with their friends after graduation? Do people in your country like to make new friends?
Do you think old friends are more important to the old generation or the young generation?
与地点相关话题
Describe a place you visited that has been affected by pollution
Do you ever discuss the topic of the environment with your friends? What do you think is the most serious environmental problem in China?
What are the different kinds of environmental problems that exist right now?
Whose fault is it that we have these environment problems? Are cities becoming noisier?
Describe a place (not your home) where you can relax
How do students relax themselves?
What activities do employers organize to help employees relax? Do people nowadays have more ways to relax than in the past? Do you think natural scenery is more helpful than indoor activities?
Describe a public building you enjoyed visiting
Do you think the appearance of a building is important?
What is the most important to a public building, design, location or facilities?
Who should be responsible for conserving the old buildings?
Do more people prefer to live in houses or apartments (in China)?
Describe a crowded place you have visited
Do you think that cities are overcrowded?
What are people’s feelings when they are in crowded places? How to make cities less overcrowded?
Describe an enjoyable journey by public transport
Why do people choose to travel by public transport?
What are the disadvantages of traveling by public transport?
Do you think offering free public transport will solve traffic problems in the city?
Why do more and more people like to travel by plane?
Describe a city you have visited and would like to visit again
What’s the difference between the city and the countryside?
Some people say large cities are suitable for old people, what do you think?
Do you think it is possible that all of the population move to cities? Do you think people in the countryside are friendlier than people in the city?
与物相关话题
Describe a book you read that you found useful
What are the types of books that young people like to read?
What’s the difference between the reading habits of old people and young people?
What’s the difference between paper books and e-books?
Some people say that it is easier for children who start reading from a young age to succeed, do you agree?
Describe a large company that you are interested in
Whataredifferencesbetweenstate-ownedenterpriseand private-owned one?
Which skills should you have if you own a company? What do you think about charity organization?
Describe a prize you want to win
What rewards can children get from school? Should parents push their children to get prizes?
Is it good for children to compete for prizes at school?
What kinds of rewards can companies offer to their outstanding employees?
Describe a good decision you made recently
What decisions do people make every day? Why do people make decisions?
Can children make decisions on their own? When do people change their decisions?
Describe an ambition that you have had for a long time
What kinds of ambitions do people have?
Why should parents encourage children to have ambitions? Should parents interfere with children’s ambitions?
Is there any difference between children’s ambitions and those of grown-ups?
Describe a film which made you think a lot
What do you think makes a good film? Is film industry important for a country?
What kinds of films are popular in China?
Why are special effects used in some movies?
Describe a movie that you want to recommend to others
What kind of film is popular?
Do you think cinemas will disappear in the future? What kind of film do young people like to watch?
Do fewer people choose to watch movies in cinema than people did in the past?
Describe a performance you watched recently
What’s the difference between watching performance live and watching it on TV?
Which do you prefer? Traditional performance or concert?
Should governments provide financial support to promote traditional performance?
Is learning drama or dancing helpful for children?
Describe a job you would not like to do in the future
What kind of job do young people prefer?
Which do you prefer, physical work or mental work?
What factors should people take into consideration when choosing jobs?
Do people nowadays like to leave their hometown to work in other cities? Why?
Describe a short term job you want to have in a foreign country
What are the differences between working in an international company and working in a domestic one?
Why some people do not want to work overseas? What are the benefits of working abroad?
What kind of job do you think people can try overseas?
Describe an app or a program you usually use on your phone or your computer
Which phone app is the most popular in your country?
Do you think parents should limit the time that their children spend on the phone?
Do you think people depend on phone apps too much? Do you think some apps will help people to study?
Describe a foreign country (culture) you want to know more about
From a humanitarian perspective, do you think the internet and globalization widen or narrow the cultural gap?
What do you think is the best way to learn foreign culture?
What do you think is the biggest problem to work in a foreign country?
Some people say that reading is the best way to know about a culture, do you agree or disagree?
Describe a dinner that you really enjoyed
Where do Chinese people usually eat, at home or at restaurants?
Why do more and more people like to eat at restaurants rather than at home?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating at restaurants?
Do you think it is possible that everyone will eat at restaurants instead of at home in the future?
Describe a sport you want to try for the first time
Do teenagers like doing sport in your country? Is doing sports beneficial?
Can you keep fit by doing sports?
What are the advantages of children joining sports groups?
Describe a goal you set that you tried your best to achieve
Do people in your country set goals?
Do people usually set long-term goals or short-term goals? Why is setting goals important in the workplace?
What is the difference between goals set by old people and young people?
Describe a team where you were a member
Which one do you think is more important, individual development or team’s goal?
Do you think it is a good thing to have disagreements within a team? Do you think it is good for kids to join a team?
How to become a good member of a team in the workplace?
Describe an ideal house or apartment where you want to live
What are the differences between living in city and living in the countryside?
What are the disadvantages of living in the city? Can you compare the past and the present of cities?
Describe an area of science (physics, biology, psychology, etc.) that interests you
What’s the best invention in the past one hundred years? What’s the influence of science on human life?
What can individuals do for scientific research?
What influence can international cooperation in science bring about?
Describe a photograph of you that you like
Why do people take photos?
What do people use to take photos these days, cameras or phones? Is it difficult for people to learn how to take good photos?
How do people keep their photos?
与事件相关话题
Describeanexpensiveactivitythatyouenjoydoing occasionally
What kind of expensive things do people like to buy?
What’s the difference between women and men in buying things? What are the advantages and disadvantages about being rich?
Why are some sports expensive? Are they for everyone?
Describe a time you get lost in a place you did not know
Do you think people can easily get lost or not? Do you think it is important to read the map?
Why people are willing to travel in some new place?
Do you think it is important to do some preparation before you go?
Describe an occasion when you forgot something important
What kinds of things do people forget easily? What kinds of people are more forgetful?
How can people improve their memory?
What do you think of people using calendars to remind themselves of things?
Describe a time when you saw children behave badly in public
What bad behavior do children usually have?
How should parents stop their children from behaving badly in public?
Are parents these days stricter than those in the past?
Whose influence on children is more important? Friends’ or parents’?
Describe a time when you received good news
Where do people get news?
What kind of news do people like to read? Why? How can companies tell the public its news?
What do you think of the news on social media?
Describe an experience that you played an indoor game with others
What indoor games do children like to play nowadays? What qualities should a team leader have?
Is teamwork important to individuals?
What do you think of people spending too much time playing computer games?
Describe a risk you have taken which had a positive result
Why do some people enjoy extreme sports? Are action films popular in your country?
Do you think it is a good thing that a leader likes taking risks?
Do you think men and women would make a different choice about risk-taking? What about the young and the old?
Describe a time when someone or something made a big noise
Where can people hear a lot of noise?
What may happen if one listens to very loud music using earphones
when they are running or hiking?
What can be done to reduce traffic noise?
Do you think world will be noisier in the future?
Describe an occasion you had to wear your best clothes
What's the difference between the dressing style of young people and that of old people?
Do the people living in south China (warmer) wear different clothes from the people living in the north (colder)?
Do you think students like to wear uniforms? When do people wear formal clothes?
Describe a time when you learned a mistake you have made
What can we learn from our mistakes? Do children make mistakes easily?
What should parents do if their children make mistakes? How do children benefit from using dictionaries?
Describe a journey you went on by car
Do you think cars are a daily necessity? What will cars look like in the future?
Is driving a skill that everybody must learn? What are the downsides of having a car?
Describe something you enjoyed doing with a group of people
What kinds of jobs need people to work in a team?
What can parents do with their children to make them happy? How can children improve their social skills?
What are the benefits of boys and girls playing together?
Describe a difficult challenge you met
Do you think parents should give kids challenges?
What challenges do you think children might have to face up to? What is the most challenging thing for kids?
Can parents reduce the challenges that kids have? Why?
Describe an event you experienced in which you didn’t like the music played
Why do many young people spend a lot of money on music concerts?
Do you think older people like the same music as young people? Do you think music concerts are suitable for old people to attend? Why do shopping malls often have background music?
Describe the time when you first talked in a foreign language
At what age should children start learning a foreign language? Which skill is more important, speaking or writing?
Does a person still need to learn other languages, if he or she is goodat English?
Do you think minority languages will disappear?
Describe an occasion when you wasted your time
How can we avoid wasting time? Is time management important?
Should parents help children manage time? Do you think relaxing is a waste of time?
Describe a time when you changed your opinion
Do children like to change opinions? When do people change opinions?
Who do young people turn to for advice?
Do people like giving opinions about politics?
雅思考试写作 A 类考题回顾
Task 1
类别：Line chart + Table
题目：Line chart: 欧洲一个国家六年里的人均每周工作时间变化
Table: 六年以来的人均假期
考题回顾：待回顾
Task 2
类别：政府类 + 体育类
题目：
Some people think government should ban dangerous sports. Others, however,saypeople have the freedom to make their own decisions. Discuss
both views and give your own opinion.
写作指导：
话题重复：20110730 Task 2 及 20140809 Task 2注意时态是一般现在时，一般情况下不使用过去时（除非是举过去的例子）。
Opening：改写题目，引出主题，表明自己立场（中立）
主体段 1：
人们有自由选择运动的权利，通过进行一些危险的运动可以帮助我们释放在日常生活和工作中积攒的压力，同时也是对自己毅力和胆量的锻炼。
主体段 2：
但在挑战危险的运动过程中人们很有可能会因此受伤，而且一些人会以危险运动为借口进行暴力行为。
Conclusion：
重申立场，总结观点（支持人们有自由选择危险运动的权利，但也需要政府采取措施进行规范和约束，避免出现受伤以及暴力行为）
