1、雅思（写作）模拟试卷 216及答案与解析 1 Some experts believe that it is better for children to begin learning a foreign language at primary school rather than secondary school. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages? 2 The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls i
2、n the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. 雅思（写作）模拟试卷 216答案与解析 1 【正确答案】 Traditionally, children have begun studying foreign languages at secondary school but introducing them ea
3、rlier is recommended by some educationalists. This policy has been adopted by some educational authorities or individual schools, with both positive and negative outcomes. There are some disadvantages. In the first place, primary school teachers themselves may not have the necessary language skills.
4、 If specialists have to be brought in to deliver these sessions, the interests of language learning for kids will be ruined and the its flexibility will be diminished as well. In the second place, the overly flexible timetable for language learning will never ensure that children have mastered some
5、key features of lingual skills. In comparison, secondary school will supply more professional lessons with accurate teaching from which children can benefit a lot. The arguments in its favour, however, are obvious. First of all, young children learn languages much more easily than teenagers. Their b
6、rains are still programmed to acquire their mother tongue, which facilitates learning another language, and unlike adolescents, they are not inhibited by self-consciousness. Another reason is that lingual skills from primary education are based on the childrens great interests in expressing their fe
7、elings. The strong motivation helps students acquire language with ease and fun. More importantly, without exerted pressing stress from tests and exams, students may devote themselves to language itself but nothing else. In sum, anything which encourages language learning benefits both individuals a
8、s well as society culturally and economically, and early exposure to language learning contributes to this. Young childrens innate abilities should be harnessed to make these benefits more achievable. 2 【正确答案】 The chart shows the time spent by UK residents on different types of telephone calls betwe
9、en 1995 and 2002. The number of local fixed line calls rose slightly from 1995 to 1998, peaking at 90 billion minutes. The next four years witnessed a gradual fall in the number until 2002. There was a slow growth in the number of national and international fixed line calls from 38 billion in 1995 t
10、o 61 billion in the end of the period in question. The number of mobile calls increased moderately from 1995 to 1999. However, the next three years saw a dramatic rise in the number and it reached its highest point at 45 million in 2002. Throughout the period, local fixed line calls had the highest number in the three categories. The number of national and international fixed line calls was higher than that of mobile calls. To sum up, although local fixed line calls were still the most poplar in 2002, the gap between the three categories had narrowed considerably.
