1、雅思（口语）模拟试卷 12及答案与解析 一、 Speaking Module (10-15 minutes) 1 PART 1 The examiner asks the candidate about him/herself, his/her home, work or studies and other familiar topics. Home What kind of place do you live in-a house, a flat, or a dormitory? Who do you live with? How long have you lived there? Do
2、you like living there? Do you think you will move anytime soon? Computers How often do you use a computer? Which websites do you often visit on the Internet? In what ways do people use computers in your country? How computer literate are you? Cultural events and entertainment Do you often go to cult
3、ural events? Tell me a little about the last time you went to a cultural event. what kinds of cultural events do people like to go to in your city? Is it expensive to go to such events? Have you ever participated in a cultural event or exhibition? 2 PART 2 Describe an advertisement. You should say:
4、-what product or service is advertised; -what the advertisement shows or showed; -why you remember this advertisement in particular and say whether you think the advertisement is/ was effective. You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you
5、re going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. 3 PART 3 Discussion topic: Advertising Example questions: What kinds of advertising can you find in your everyday life? Do you think that there is too much advertising in our lives? Do you think that certain products are better advert
6、ised in particular ways? Many people find advertising informative. Others claim it just creates demand for unnecessary products and services. What do you think? What controls should there be on advertising? 雅思（口语）模拟试卷 12答案与解析 一、 Speaking Module (10-15 minutes) 1 【正确答案】 Home I live in a semi-detached
7、 house. It has two floors, a garage, a small front garden and a large back one. I live alone. Actually, I only bought the house last year, so not very long at all. Before that, I lived in another part of the same city. Yes, I do. The neighbourhood is very nice-clean and quiet. There is rarely any li
8、tter on the pavement and there are no main roads nearby. Most of the neighbours are elderly, so its very peaceful. In fact, I think that Im the noisiest person there! I hope I will go to live abroad for a while, but I intend to keep this house. I only bought it recently, so it would be terrible to h
9、ave to sell it so soon. Computers I use a computer almost every day. I have a computer at work, but I dont use it the whole day. Most evenings I go online using the computer I have at home. I use computers to check my email, write documents, read news articles, visit the websites of companies that w
10、e work with or to play computer games. I go to Yahoo! to check my email and sometimes read the news. I can also use that page to search on the Internet. I often visit websites where you can buy DVDs, such as Amazon. I like to see what is available. I sometimes buy DVDs online, but more often I buy f
11、rom a shop. I think that most people use computers like me. They check their email, write documents, or play computer games. I guess young people are more likely to use computers than older people, especially for computer games and email. Id say that most people in my country know how to use a compu
12、ter for basic things. Im pretty good at using computers, especially since I took a computer course last year at work. The company wanted more people to be able to deal with basic problems themselves rather than having to call out an expensive specialist every time something small went wrong. I think
13、 it was a good idea. Anyway, now I can use all the major programmes and deal with common faults. Sometimes my friends invite me over to dinner and ask me to fix their computers. Its a fair exchange. Cultural events and entertainment No, I dont. I occasionally go to an exhibition, but thats because o
14、f work, so I have to. I go to a concert about once a year, but I find them expensive and the sound quality isnt very good. I much prefer to buy a CD. Last week, I went to an exhibition for companies wishing to export to Asian countries. It was held outside London; so I had to travel there by car. I
15、went with a colleague. We spent the whole day looking around at the exhibitors stalls. Originally, I had thought that it would be a waste of time, but actually we made some good contacts and we have already signed some contracts as a result of meeting people there. There are so many cultural events
16、going on in London all year round. Many of them involve music- everything from classical to punk-rock. There are also hundreds of exhibitions in the city at any one time. The most popular cultural events have to be New Year and the Notting Hill Carnival, when thou- sands of people go out onto the st
17、reets and have some fun. Going to concerts in Britain is quite expensive. I doubt that you can get tickets for less than 20. That would be for tickets right at the back of the opera hall. Many of the expensive tickets are bought by companies who want to impress clients. Exhibitions tend to be much c
18、heaper. In fact, many are free. At least once a year, I have to help organise our company stall at an exhibition. I used to think that they would be boring, but they are that bad if you are on the stall with good, fun people and there are plenty of people visiting your stall to check out what you ha
19、ve to offer. I enjoy handing out leaflets with information about our company and its products, and I love answering peoples questions. 2 【正确答案】 Id like to describe an advertisement we used for our company recently. It is a picture, which can be used on billboards or, on a smaller scale, on walls or
20、at exhibitions. It shows our company logo above two people shaking hands and smiling. There is a table in front of the two people, which gives the impression that the two have just done a business deal. The background is quite bright-yellow and bright purple, which might not sound nice but is very e
21、ye-catching. The advertisement is a simple way of showing what our company does. At the bottom, the main activities of our company are outlined, together with a list of our offices worldwide. I think the advertisement has been very effective. Theres probably no way to be absolutely sure, but since w
22、e started using this ad, our revenue has increased considerably. I think there is a connection. 3 【正确答案】 Advertising seems to be everywhere nowadays. At home, I can see adverts on TV or on the Internet. I find Internet ads quite annoying sometimes, because they cover the whole screen and interrupt y
23、our search. I have installed some software on my computer, but it isnt 100% effective. On the roads, we can see billboards and of course many businesses advertise themselves using signs and at night they often use neon lights. I used to get a lot of leaflets through my letterbox, but the number has
24、fallen considerably since I moved house. I think that the amount is about right. I understand that companies need to make people aware of their products and services. Ive been to Hong Kong on business and there was far more advertising there than in most parts of London. I think that certain product
25、s need to be aimed at certain people, so the place where companies advertise is more important than the method, in my opinion. For example, expensive watches and jewellery should be advertised in magazines that wealthier people tend to buy, rather than newspapers that are bought by a lot of people w
26、ho will probably never be able to afford such items. I think that its a mixture of the two. In Britain, there are fairly strict laws about what advertisers can say. As a result, completely misleading advertisements are rare. Having said that, people need to remember that advertisements might not tel
27、l the whole truth. For example, a product might have certain bad points, which the advertiser will certainly not reveal unless they have to. The iPod is a perfect example. Apple makes a big fuss over how wonderful the design is, but you never hear about how poor the battery is compared with similar
28、items produced by other companies. Other advertisements clearly aim to make us consume more. This can be seen when special offers such as buy one, get one free appear in supermarkets. There have to be some controls. Advertisements should not lie, but advertisers often claim their product is the best, which cannot be proven, since it is a matter of opinion. There should be restrictions on the pictures and images and language used, just as there are now in Britain. Few people would want explicit pictures or language being shown during family viewing or in childrens comics.
