1、雅思（口语）模拟试卷 14及答案与解析 一、 Speaking Module (10-15 minutes) 1 PART 1 1. The examiner asks the candidate about him/herself, his/her home, work or studies and other familiar topics. EXAMPLE Work Do you work or arc you a student? What work do you do? What are your responsibilities at work? Would you like to
2、 change your job? How do you and your colleagues help each other at work? Do you often get together with your colleagues after work? Family Do you live alone or with other people? What jobs do the people in your immediate family do? What kind of things do you and your family do together? Who does th
3、e housework in your home? Festivals Do you often celebrate festivals in your country? Do these festivals have special meanings? Are there any festivals special to your city or region? What special things do people do during festivals? Do you celebrate any foreign festivals? 2 PART 2 Tell me about a
4、school that you have attended at any time in your life. You should say: -what you learnt at the school and who taught you； -what the school campus was like； -whether the school and teachers were as you expected and explain how the school helped improve your future prospects (or did not!). You will h
5、ave to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what youre going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. 3 PART 3 Discussion topic: Education Example questions: How has the education system in your country changed over the last 20 years? How do
6、 you think the education system will change in the near future? What changes would you introduce into the education system? Do you think that education should be free? What do you think are the qualities of a good school? 雅思（口语）模拟试卷 14答案与解析 一、 Speaking Module (10-15 minutes) 1 【正确答案】 Work I work. I
7、work as a computer programmer, here in Shanghai. My main responsibility is to ensure that all the computer prograrmmes in the office are running correctly. I often have to write short, new programmes that do exactly what we need and I also have to correct any programmes that go wrong. I would like t
8、o continue doing this kind of job. Its something that Ive been interested in for many years and I think Im pretty good at it. However, the company that 1 work for doesnt offer many opportunities for further training, so Id like to get a job with another company. Actually, I work alone. I help my col
9、leagues from other departments whenever they need me. If Im not busy, I take a wall around the different departments and check that everything is OK. Yes, we often go out somewhere for dinner, particularly if a big project has just been finished. Some of my colleagues then go on to sing karaoke, but
10、 I make my excuses and go home at that point. Family I live with my wife and daughter in a flat fairly near the city centre. My wife works for a state-owned company and she gets this flat at a reduced rent. Were saving to buy our own flat in the future, since my wife would prefer to work for a priva
11、te company or perhaps even start her own business. If she did this, we would not be able to keep our current flat. My wife is an accountant. Her job is to check that certain departments keep within their budgets. To be honest, I dont know much about her work accounting isnt of interest to me. We eat
12、 together. My wife and I agree that it is important to do this. We sometimes watch TV together, if theres something we all like. At the weekends, we often get in the car and go out into the countryside or we go to one of the parks near our home. My daughter likes playing with a Frisbee, but sometime
13、s she throws it in the wrong direction! My wife does most of the housework, but I help out by doing the ironing and cleaning the floor. My wife does most of the cooking, but I help by cutting up the vegetables and meat. My wife does the washing. She says I dont do it properly. Festivals Sure. Im sur
14、e youre familiar with the main Chinese festivals we celebrate, like the Spring Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Workers Day, National Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival. We celebrate in much the same way as other Chinese people by having a meal. At Spring Festival, our daughter gets spoilt because there ar
15、e so many adults in our extended family and she is the only child at the moment. Spring Festival marks the beginning of the Chinese year. As you probably know, each year is represented by one of twelve animals. Workers Day is a traditional socialist holiday that honours workers, bit Im pretty sure i
16、t was first celebrated in America-certainly not in China. National Day celebrates the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949 after the Nationalists were defeated and fled to Taiwan. Tomb Sweeping Day is when people remember their ancestors and visit their tombs or shrines. No, there are n
17、one that I can think of. However, there are many annual exhibitions that are extremely popular. I dont think theres a lot that people do that is really special. There are the red envelopes for children at Chinese New Year and there are fireworks of course. In Shanghai, there are very good official f
18、ire- works displays. Its much safer than allowing people to light fireworks in the streets. Apart from New Year, I like to surprise my wife on Valentines Day. I get either my parents or her parents to baby-sit and take her to a really classy restaurant. She always protests that its a waste of money,
19、 but I think she likes it really. 2 【正确答案】 Id like to talk about my primary school. I went there a long time ago, but I still have fond memories of those years. The school was, and still is, only about ten minutes walk from my parents home here in Shanghai. It was a relatively small school, with onl
20、y a few hundred children there. I know that sounds like a big school, but in China even some primary schools have thousands of pupils. We learnt Chinese, maths, English, basic geography and Chinese history. We also had what I think Westerners call civics classes. These were lessons on how to behave.
21、 Our teachers were very strict, so at school we behaved very well. However, once the last bell had rung, we usually found something more interesting and mischievous to do. The school is rather unusual in that the main building is a converted church. After 1949, many churches were closed down and som
22、e were totally destroyed. However, the authorities decided to convert this one into a school. Im glad they did. Many school buildings are quite ugly, but this one grabs the attention of almost everyone who passes it. 3 【正确答案】 There are more TVs, computers and audio-visual material in the classroom n
23、owadays than 20 years ago. Unfortunately, modem teaching methods have not changed much, so the focus is still on memo- rising information and passing exams. There has been a big change with the appearance of many new private schools. Although the government spends relatively lime on education, Chine
24、se parents are prepared to spend a substantial proportion of their income on it. This means that children often study outside the state school system, perhaps with a tutor or in after-school classes. They usually study the same subjects as in their state school, but some schools specialise in teachi
25、ng art or music or foreign languages. I think that Western teaching methods will eventually be used across China, but I dont think it will happen soon. The whole system is too closely geared towards exams and factual learning, rather than developing skills such as the ability to think creatively or
26、understand how and why things work the way they do. In the near future, I think that there will be more contacts with schools abroad, particularly via the Internet-its too expensive for most parents to actually send their kids abroad. I would change the way subjects are taught to make teaching more
27、student centred. I would also follow the British system and combine the school-leaving exams with the university entrance ones. This would make things a little easier for those finishing high school and wishing to continue their education. I think that parents should only have to pay for a limited n
28、umber of things while their children are at primary and secondary schools, for example notebooks, pens and uniforms. I think that this allows everyone to have a decent basic education. I think that the government should subsidise undergraduate studies for students who get good enough grades, but tha
29、t students should pay part of the cost them- selves. The government could arrange for students loans to be available. Graduates could pay back these loans once they get jobs. I think that a good school should have high standards and not allow those standards to fall. Many schools are just interested
30、 in making money-in China this is sometimes even true in the state sector. Schools can achieve high standards by attracting the most highly qualified and experienced teachers with higher salaries. They can also only allow the best students to enter the school. This is what the best schools and universities do all over the world.
