1、雅思（口语）模拟试卷 18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. Hometown Tell me about the town or city you come from. Whats the most interesting part of your city? What changes would you li
2、ke to make in your city? Holidays How often do you go on holiday? Tell me more about where you usually go. If you could go to any foreign country for a holiday, where would you go? Languages Do many foreigners speak your native language? How important is your native language in the world today? How
3、long have you been studying English? Do you think your native language is easier than English? What other languages can you speak? 2 PART 2 Tell me about a job that you have never had, but would like to have. You should say: -what the job is and why you want to do it; -if it requires any special ski
4、lls or abilities; -how it would change your personal life; -and explain how you might get this job in the future. You will have 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 Discus
5、sion topic: Work Example questions: What kinds of jobs do you think will be the most popular in the future? Do you think that salary is related to the importance of the job? What other factors can influence the salary a person earns? What factors influence young people when they are deciding on thei
6、r future jobs and careers? If you had your own business, what would it be and what kind of people would you employ? 雅思（口语）模拟试卷 18答案与解析 一、 Speaking Module (10-15 minutes) 1 【正确答案】 Hometown I come from a medium-sized city in the centre of China. It has a population of about two million. It doesnt have
7、 many historic sites, but there are places of interest within an hours travel of the city, such as monasteries, burial sites and places of natural beauty like gorges and mountains. The city itself has a lot of industry, so its not a very clean place to live. The facilities and services there are pre
8、tty good- not as good as in Beijing or Shanghai, but not bad. I think that the most interesting part of the city is the remains of the old city wall. Most of the wall was demolished to make way for new homes and offices, but part was preserved. Most of the year, there are cafes on top of it, so you
9、can sit there and have a drink and a snack whilst enjoying views of the city. I would like to make my city a bit more colourful. At the moment, most of the buildings are grey and I think that they would look much better if they were different colours. I think that the colourful buildings might make
10、people feel better about their city. Holidays I only have the time to go on holiday once a year. I go to visit my grandparents in their village in Yunnan. Its very nice there- peaceful, clean air, relaxing. Both my mothers parents and my fathers parents were born there and have lived there all their
11、 lives. My parents left soon after getting married. I usually go with my parents, but sometimes one of them or both of them have to work. Whilst on holiday, I like to go hiking in the hills or chat with my grandparents or read a book. Well, its a village not far from Kunming. That means that it is p
12、eaceful but quite easy to get to by bus. There are no major tourist attractions in the vicinity- just beautiful scenery. The people there are mostly farmers. I would like to go to Kenya in East Africa on a safari. I love watching TV documentaries about wild animals and would love to see lions, eleph
13、ants, giraffes and other animals in the flesh. Id spend the days diving around in a jeep watching the animals and taking photographs of them. In the evening, Id chat with the locals or read in my tent. Languages I read an article on the Internet that over a hundred million foreign people are learnin
14、g Chinese. I think that Chinese is becoming a very useful language because of the increasing amount of trade between China and the rest of the world. This trade is sure to increase further in the future. Although Chinese companies that do business abroad almost always have people who speak English o
15、r other foreign languages, companies in other countries realise that they also need people who speak Chinese. Many foreigners also come to China to study Chinese. There are several universities here that offer both short and extended courses. Of course, studying in China means that students can use
16、the language outside the classroom, increasing the rate at which they learn. I think Chinese is becoming increasingly important, particularly in Asia. It is not as important as English, but it is certainly as important as Japanese or Korean. Most Asian languages, including Chinese, arc very difficul
17、t to write, so I dont think that any of them will be able to compete with English on a global scale. I have been studying English for 8 years. I began at secondary school and continued at university. Many Chinese children learn English at secondary school and some learn it at primary school, especia
18、lly in the cities. In the countryside, there are fewer English teachers, so not everyone learns it. No. I think that Chinese grammar and pronunciation is easier, but reading and writing in English is easier. Chinese grammar is much simpler than English grammar-there are fewer tenses and structures t
19、o learn. I dont speak any other languages. No other languages were on offer at my secondary school and by the time I got to university, I wasnt really interested in learning any other languages. Only a minority of Chinese students learn a second foreign language. 2 【正确答案】 I would like to be a photog
20、rapher. I would love to be employed by a magazine or newspaper to go around the world capturing images of life in faraway places. I would focus on taking photographs of animals and scenery rather than of people. I think that a lot of people want to have a job like this, so I doubt I will ever get th
21、is kind of job. It requires a good eye for a picture. I mean, nowadays anyone can take a decent picture, but taking a really good one is more difficult. A photographer also needs to be willing and able to travel, often at short notice. They also have to be good at meeting deadlines, especially if th
22、ey work for newspapers. I think that would put a lot of strain on my personal life. I think that there are two ways of getting a job like this. The first is to study photography and get a formal qualification. The second is to take photographs in your free time and send them to various publications
23、in the hope that they think you are talented enough and offer you a job. 3 【正确答案】 Education is becoming a big industry in China, particularly anything to do with languages and technical subjects. As a result, there will be a big demand for teachers. A lot of young people nowadays want to work in fin
24、ance and management. There are plenty of opportunities in these fields, but many of them require a lot of experience, so there arent enough suitably qualified people to fill those positions. I think that another growth area will be in logistics. As the economy develops, trade will grow-not only inte
25、rnational trade, but also internal trade. There will be a need for people who can ensure that goods are transported quickly and efficiently. As demand for such jobs increases, higher salaries should be offered, making them more attractive for people. Sometimes, but not always. Some top businesspeopl
26、e are extremely well paid. This partly reflects the fact that they are responsible for making decisions that affect thousands of people. On the other hand, some people do skilled and important jobs, but are badly paid, such as nurses. In fact, in China many doctors are badly paid too. This can cause
27、 problems if those people decide that they can get better paid jobs abroad. Apart from the importance of the job, there is the education and experience that are needed to do the job well. Thats why people who have been to university can reasonably expect to make more money than those who have not an
28、d why people who have been doing a job for a long time are generally paid more than those who are new to it. Nowadays, an increasing number of people are paid an annual bonus according to their productivity or according to the overall performance of the company they work for. I think that some young
29、 people go for a higher salary, regardless of whether the job is one that they really want to do or not. Making a large salary is a big status symbol in modem China. Other people choose to take a particular career path because it offers greater job security. Thats why many young people are happy to
30、take lower paying jobs in the civil service rather than higher paying jobs in the private sector which are less secure. Other people choose a job because it is connected with an interest that they have. My answer to this question is related to what I said in part two. I would like to run a small bus
31、iness that supplied photographs to newspapers and magazines. The publication would call and say that they needed a particular photo and I would search through my database and provide them with a suitable picture. If my business grew, I would probably need a couple of people to help me. I would choose people who were interested in photography and who knew how to modify photographs using computer programmes.
