2018年8月25日雅思考試真題回憶

【口語】

最近30天口語話題TOP15

以下爲本次考試部分高頻話題解析：

Part 1

Sleep

How many hours do you sleep every day?

參考答案：

I try to maintain an eight-hour sleep every day. But it’s difficult to keep that as sometimes I have to work overtime or I suffer from insomnia. So I would say I sleep 6 to 8 hours every day.

Is it necessary to take a snap every day?

參考答案：

It differs from person to person. Some people need to take a nap at noon in order to get refreshed for the afternoon, but I personally don’t need it. If I sleep after lunch I won’t get up until dinner time.

Do old people sleep a lot? Why?

參考答案：

Probably yes. Because when people get old, we can get tired easily and need to take a nap or have a rest more frequently. But I have to say old people do have a much healthier lifestyle than young people as they go to bed early and get up early.

Do you always have a good sleep?

參考答案：

Most of the time yes. But sometimes I have to work overtime and get quite stressed, in this case I may suffer from insomnia.

Part 2 & 3

Part 2題目

Describe a day that you went out but didn't spend a lot of money.

You should say:

When this happened

Where you went

Who you went out with

And explain why you didn’t spend much money.

提示：

此話題屬於“事件”類話題。話題範圍較廣泛，可以描述很多活動。如外出騎行、做運動、游泳、去公園散步划船、徒步旅行等等。簡要描述此次活動的時間、地點、人物等，最後講一下爲什麼花費少，大概在一個什麼程度，你的感想等等。

參考答案：

I remember it was an early summer day, I went out cycling with my friend around central Shanghai, yes, you heard that right, the downtown area. We came up with this idea because there are a number of old beautiful streets and alleys hiding in the center of Shanghai, and we decided to find them out. So we rode on shared bikes and started our exploration. The traffic in downtown area was really terrible but as long as you managed to go through it, you will encounter some nice quiet alleys interwoven by longtangs (lanes). We took many photos of the alleys, the old buildings and the typical firmiana.

The day trip didn’t cost a penny instead of one yuan to rent a shared bike. And we were able to enjoy some peaceful places that tourists seldom come to in such a tourist destination like Shanghai. It was a nice day.

重點詞彙及表達：

①alley： 名詞；小巷，小路，小徑

Eg：We live in the same alley.

②as long as: 詞組；只要

Eg：It was a sound that I will never forget, as long as I live.

③interweave: 動詞；交織，混雜

Eg：All these plot lines interweave and tauten right up to the unbearable romantic tension of the climax.

④ tourist destination: 詞組；旅遊勝地

Eg：The thing about New Orleans is that it was not just a tourist destination.

Part 3題目

1. Would you say that you are a person who tends to spend much money?

參考答案：

I don’t think so. I would go shopping quite often but I won’t spend much money buying something I don’t need. Most of the time I just spend money on daily necessities. On the other hand, even if I’d like to spend a fortune, there’s little disposable income for me to fritter.

重點詞彙及表達：

①necessity： 名詞；必需品，需要

Eg：As the company grew and eventually outgrew my loft, child care became a necessity.

②disposable income: 詞組；可支配收入

Eg：With less disposable income, consumers will spend less and the economy would likely mute.

2. Can you comment on the phenomena that some people enjoy going abroad to shop?

參考答案：

On one hand, it’s because of the price margin. High tariffs are placed on imported items such as luxuries and cosmetics, so the price of these goods can be much higher than that abroad. That’s why some people prefer to shop abroad. On the other hand, with the increase of disposable income, travelling abroad is getting more and more popular among Chinese people, so why not enjoy shopping while travelling?

重點詞彙及表達：

①tariff： 名詞；關稅

Eg：The deal gives the U.S. five years to phase out a 2.5% tariff on Korean cars.

②cosmetics： 名詞；化妝品

Eg：He is also trying to sell fish skin, which contains collagen, to cosmetics makers.

3. What are the most enjoyable activities for you to do when go out with your friends?

參考答案：

I think as long as I can be with my friends everything can be fun. It is not what we do that matters, it is whom we are with. But if I have to say I guess it would be to go travelling with my friends as we can enjoy the beautiful scenery, trying some authentic local food, and taking photos together, that’d be superb.

重點詞彙及表達：

①authentic： 形容詞；真正的，正宗的

Eg：Those stories should also show the true you in a memorable and authentic way.

②superb: 形容詞；極好的

Eg：Kings Park is also a superb place to see Perth in an indigenous context.

黃函老師

滬江網校首席雅思口語名師； 英國謝菲爾德大學畢業；英文專業8級；5年以上英文教學經驗。

【寫作】

A類小作文：

題目：The table below shows the oil production in several African countries from 2000 to 2004. Summarize the information given and write your report.

解題思路：

本題爲表格的動態圖。一般表格的數字較多，在描述的時候要注意根據數值特點進行分類描述。這道題可以按照國家石油的產量特點進行分類描寫，Nigeria和Congo-Brazzaville這兩個國家產量較大，可以在一段裏來寫，而Chad和Cote d’ivoire石油產量較小，可以放在一起來寫。

參考範文：

The table illustrates the amount of oil produced in four different African countries between 2000 and 2004, which is measured in barrels per day.

Generally speaking, Nigeria saw an overwhelming production capacity of oil, which was followed by Congo-Brazzaville, whereas Chad and Cote d’ivoire were relatively weaker in terms of the oil production ability.

In Nigeria, the daily oil production in 2000 was 200,000 barrels, and since then, it fluctuated, with the lowest point at 180,000 in 2002 and the highest level at 230,000 in 2004. Unlike the Nigeria, Congo-Brazzaville experienced a consistent decrease trend, from 27,500 barrels per day in 2000 to 20,500 barrels per day in 2004.

Compared with Nigeria and Congo-Brazzaville, Cote d’ivoire had smaller figures for the oil production during the given period. In 2000, this country produced 7,000 barrels per day and one year later, the figure dropped to its lowest amount of 6,000. After the year of 2001, the oil production gradually increased and peaked at 20,000 in 2004. Chad is an interesting case where the output of oil remained at zero for three years from 2000 to 2002 before it sharply went up to 50,000 by 2003.   

重點表達：

①overwhelming: adj.   壓倒性的

②in terms of …: 在……方面

③consistent: adj. 持續的

④peak at: 峯值爲……

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李敏老師

滬江網校雅思教研，英國杜倫大學畢業；英文專業8級；高中英語教師資格證書等，主攻雅思託福等留學考試。參與滬江網校World English A2和 B1、新版雅思6.5分寫作、新版雅思7分寫作等課程的設計規劃與製作。

A類大作文：

題目：Some people think that children should take formal learning at school as young as possible. While others think children should not study at school until at least 7 years old. Discuss both views, and give your own opinion.

題型：雙邊討論

話題：教育類

解題思路：本週寫作主題依舊是教育問題。隨着“成名要趁早”的論調走遍大江南北，加之各類媒體上頻繁出現的“少年天才”，有些人便有了“上學要越早越好”的論斷；但支持傳統教育模式的一方仍然認爲孩子到了一定年齡纔有資格入學。這兩種說法都各有道理，論述時需要雙邊討論，最後給出自己觀點。

參考範文：

Education for children has never failed to be one of the most concerned topics among the public. Some people believe formal learning should begin early in childhood, but opponents advocate setting a minimum age limit of 7 years old for schooling. I tend to agree the latter one, but there need to be special permission for a few talented children.

In formal schooling, children learn subjects in an academic and serious way, and it is the teachers who set learning goals and govern teaching process. Some parents believe this is the best approach for learning. If their children stay at home or in kindergartens where playing games is the main theme of the day, they will waste valuable time and energy on useless things and learn nothing. After all, going to school early also means early graduation, so children can have more time and opportunities for their future career.

Nevertheless, the other side points out that those who believe in early academic training make a fundamental error: they fail to recognise that there are different levels of understanding. For example, learning to identify numbers and letters is far different from learning to perform mathematical operations and to read with understanding. Besides, young children are more adaptable to contextualised learning, which mainly involves activities and conversations with parents and playmates, and children enjoy developing their skills and understanding by such guided experiences. While in schools, errors are always regarded as a failure, so children can easily become frustrated and even daunted when they are stuck in school before fully prepared. Therefore, a formal learning program may even hinder children’s learning interests and potential if the time is inappropriate.

As far as I am concerned, most children should commence formal schooling after the minimum age limit, since it takes time for mental development and self-control. Of course, for some of the intellectually or academically gifted young genius, early education is advisable, but generally speaking, starting school earlier might not always result in long term gains.

重點表達：

①opponent: n.   反對方

②approach: n.   方式，方法

③fundamental error   根源性錯誤

④contextualised learning   語境學習，情景學習

⑤commence: v.   開始

⑥intellectually gifted   智力超常的

⑦academically gifted   有學術天賦的

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王倩竹老師

滬江網校留學資深教研老師，同濟大學英語語言文學碩士，主攻雅思託福等留學考試。參與滬江網校《雅思保七衝八》、Unlock A1-B2雅思能力課程、World English B1、新版雅思6.5分閱讀、新版雅思7分聽力等課程的設計規劃與製作，並幫助多名1V1學生達到雅思寫作7分。

【聽力】

Section 1

舊題

1. green room with large lounge

2. estimated number of people: 40

3. 3 long table

4. should have background music, drinks and flowers

5. holding party: Smith Brothers Engineering

6. postcode: S13 2RT

7. contact person: Collins

8. contact number: 2531486

9. need a big cake

10. time: 28th June

Section 2

新題

11-16)單選

11. C

12. A

13. B

14. A

15. B

16. C

17-20) 地圖

17. C

18. E

19. B

20. G

Section 3

舊題

21-26)單選

21. Why use Rock Music as background music in music festival?

A. useful for achieving measure result

22. Why use this book?

A. it is a widely used textbook popular

B. it is practical

C. it was updated recently

23. Why did she apply the statistics method in bibliography?

A. it is asked by the tutor

B. she thinks it is interesting

C. She thinks it will help her with the figure

24. What area of research did the University of Warwick study?

A. psychological

B. physical

C. various type of music

25. The research of university of Sydney focus on

A. the relationships between music and relaxation

B. the cause of anxiety

C. impact of jazz and classical music

26. drawback for research at Iowa university?

B. the number of people used was too small

27-30) matching

27. lack of questions in questionnaire

E. internet resource

28. disturbance noise of the headphone 

F. barrow equipment from department

29. unreliability of CD players        

B. ask help from technician

30. insufficient time for report writing  

D. divide workload

Section 4

舊題

31-40)

31. it is a program developed by army

32. appeared for a safety incident

33. keep a focus on strategies for interactive learning each other

34. need to check results and reasons

35. need trust

36. writing skills

37. other team leaders

38. fill the form and please answer open questions

39. should provide training course for employees

40. need to take care about time

（答案僅供參考）

【閱讀】

Passage1: Katherine Mansfield

舊題

文章大意：新西蘭女作家。

答案回憶：

1-6）判斷題

1. 作者的筆名是原名：False

2. 作者在女王學院上學時不受歡迎：False

3. 作者在女王學院上學時萌生當作家的想法：False

4. 小說中對毛利人的描述是favorable way： True

5. 作品獲獎了：Not Given

6. 作者在倫敦時對政治不感興趣：True

7-13）填空題

7. 1906

8. Australia

9. family (對家庭和當地生活厭倦了)

10. bankruptcy

11. writers

12. reputation

13. husband

Passage2: Parrots of Australia

舊題

文章大意：第一段和第二段說一共有300多種鸚鵡的種類，其中在澳大利亞就有幾分之幾，有一個製造地圖的人，他把澳大利亞描述成爲非常多鸚鵡的地方；一個藝術家畫家，他也描述了澳大利亞鸚鵡的多樣性。這兩段就是填空。

爲什麼會有那麼多鸚鵡在澳大利亞。因爲在一開始南半球只有一塊大陸，後來裂開才分開3個，南半球有很多鸚鵡的祖先，因此這就是爲什麼現在鸚鵡大多在南半球。

鸚鵡的嘴爲何有那麼多種樣子，因爲植物和果實的多種多樣，他們的喙的形狀也是多種多樣的。

植物也會去適應鸚鵡，顏色會鮮豔，來吸引鸚鵡，幫助傳粉。

鸚鵡的居住地在之前在大陸的比較潮溼的樹林中，但是由於氣候的改變和人類活動的影響，鸚鵡要去重新適應環境。

去適應環境的過程當中，有的鸚鵡就滅絕了。

有一種鸚鵡的存活是建立在另一種鸚鵡的滅絕之上。

人類去人造鳥巢的缺點，少，貴，只是一個居住的地方，但是不是一個生存的環境。大樹不僅能提供住宿，還能提供食物。

答案回憶：

14-18）段落信息配對題

14. 一個關於別的物種影響另外的物種的例子：D

15. two species：F

16. 食物的顏色會爲了適應動物而變化：G

17. 南半球適合鸚鵡生存：J

18. The varied Australia landscape是的鸚鵡種類很多：C

19. H

20-22）選擇題

20. 關於鸚鵡起源：C. in the continent which split up

21. parrot beaks: D. adjust to their suitable diet

22. Box-nesting的缺點沒有提及的是：D. should be frequently maintained

23-26）填空題

23. one-sixth

24. 16 century

25. Gerald Mercator

26. John Gould

Passage3: Amusia 失歌症

舊題

參考文章：Amusia is a musical disorder that appears mainly as a defect in processing pitch, but it also encompasses musical memory and recognition. Two main classifications of amusia exist: acquired amusia, which occurs as a result of brain damage, and congenital amusia, which results from a music processing anomaly at birth.

Studies have shown that congenital amusia is a deficit in fine-grained pitch discrimination and that 4% of the population suffers from this disorder. Acquired amusia, on the other hand, may take several forms. Patients with brain damage may experience the loss of ability to produce musical sounds while sparing speech, much like aphasics lose speech selectively but can sometimes still sing. Other forms of amusia may affect specific sub-processes of music processing. Current research has demonstrated between rhythm, melody and emotional processing of music, and amusia may include impairment Symptoms

Symptoms of amusia are generally categorized as receptive, clinical, or mixed. Symptoms of receptive amusia, sometimes referred to as "musical deafness", include the inability to recognize familiar melodies, the loss of ability to read musical notation, and the inability to detect wrong or out-of tune notes. Clinical, or expressive, symptoms include the loss of ability to sing, write musical notation, and/or play an instrument. A mixed disorder would be a combination of expressive and receptive impairment.

Clinical symptoms of acquired amusia are much more variable than those of congenital amusia and are determined by the location and nature of the lesion. Brain injuries may afflict motor or expressive functioning, including the ability to sing, whistle, or hum a tune (oral-expressive amusia), the ability to play an instrument (instrumental amusia or musical apraxia), and the ability to write music (musical agraphia). Additionally, brain damage to the receptive dimension affects the faculty to discriminate tunes (receptive or sensorial amusia), the ability to read music (musical alessia), and the ability to identify songs that were familiar prior to the brain damage (amnesic amusia).

Research suggests that patients with amusia also have difficulty when it comes to spatial processing. Amusics performed more quickly than normal individuals on a combined task of both spatial and musical processing tasks, which is most likely due to their deficit. Normal individuals experience interference due to their intact processing of both musical and spatial tasks, while amusics do not. Pitch processing normally depends on the cognitive mechanisms that are usually used to process spatial representations.

Those with congenital amusia show impaired performance on discrimination, identification and imitation of sentences with intonational differences in pitch direction in their final word. This suggests that amusia can in subtle ways impair language processing.

答案回憶：

27-31）選擇題

27. D：失歌症患者分辨不了音高，聽不出熟悉的旋律

28. B：第二段的作用是總結研究內容

29. B：有失歌症的通常也有語言障礙

30. C：作用是outlining

31. B：失歌症不算是種病

32- 35）判斷題

32. 對音樂敏感的人比對音樂不敏感的人快樂：NOT GIVEN

33. 中國人少有音樂缺失症：NOT GIVEN

34. YES

35. NO

36-40）配對題

36. 一出生對音樂不敏感的原因：E

37. 對音樂不敏感的人在 聲音的辨別上：A

38. 對音樂不敏感的人大腦反應：B

39. 在很多國家，音樂的敏感度的重要性：G

40. H 

(答案僅供參考)