2012年雅思真题回忆与解析 11月17日

11月17日机经
11月17日听力
综合评述：本次考试两新两旧，整体难度适中。

具体回忆如下：
11月17日阅读
11月17日写作
小作文
线图3根曲线
小作文是三条线，比较有子女无子女的男女在不同年龄段的收入。

思路参考：剑5 TEST 1 WRITING TASK 1
大作文
In the past, people used to travel abroad to look many differences. Nowadays, places all over the world are more and more similar. What are the causes of the similarity.do you think the advantages of this problem outweigh the disadvantages.
在过去，人们通常访问国外看到很多不同，现在，全世界的地方看起来都越来越像了。

这种相似性的原因是什么？你认为积极是否大于消极？
文章解析：REPORT类混合题
共分3段
第一段介绍背景：全球化影响，造成建筑在全球趋同。

第二段解释原因：1. 互联网的发展使得关于新建筑的的影像立即能被传输至网络，从而借鉴。

2.西方文化带来的娱乐方式，使得建筑功能在发展中国家逐步与其靠拢。

第三段自己观点：利大于弊，建筑趋同是现代化的结果，虽然传统文明确实会受到一定的影响。

As the trend of globalization intensifies worldwide, many travellers currently are extremely perplexed by the emergence of identical structures no matter wherever they visit. Here is an essay aiming to illustrate some primary contributors to this awkward resemblance and present my perspective about the phenomenon.
The first and foremost factor is the direct impact from extensive applications of digital technology. With portable devices, such as smartphone and tablet computers, being increasingly regarded as a must for visitors, pictures and video clips of newly-emerged iconic buildings can either be spread instantly by them in HD formats via social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter or be searched anytime on Google and Bing. Under such circumstances, it is small wonder that many architects can get virtually unlimited access to huge flow of information depicting every detail of many globally well-known mega structures situated in many cosmopolitan cities and immediately integrate them into their own works somewhere else. Moreover, partly due to the fact that many developing countries have, more or less, embraced western-style of cultures, local residents there are increasingly seeking for modern forms of entertainment as their American or European counterparts do. Numerous bars, golf courses, as well as amusement parks thus have been constructed as result of this evolution, dotting cityscapes globally with same greens or neon
lights.
Such development, in my observation, is generally positive when it comes to improving standards of living among people living in countries characterized by poverty and shanty towns merely decades ago. A marvelous skyline sharpen by concrete jungles is definitely a symbol of progress and modernization of these nations. It is sad, however, for some backpackers to witness traditions and uniqueness of those ancient civilizations being gradually overshadowed.
词汇解析：
1.Intensify v 加深，加强
2.Perplex adj 矛盾，困惑
3.Identical adj 一致
4.Contributor n 原因，导致因素
5.Awkward adj 尴尬的
6.Phenomenon n 情况
7.First and foremost adj 首先的
8.Extensive application n 广泛使用
9.Tablet computer n平板电脑
10.Video clip n视频剪辑
11.Newly-emerged adj新建成的
12.HD format n 高清格式
13.Social networking site n 社交网络
14.Get unlimited access to v 不限制地接入
15.Depict v 描述
16.mega structure n 大型建筑
17.Cosmopolitan city n 国际化大都市
18.Integrate into v 融入
19.Partly due to v 部分原因
20.Dot v 点缀
11月17日口语
综合评述：本次考试延续一贯的话题，没有新题，但是话题较为全面，所以准备充分尤为必要。

本次总结特别关注了第三部分的内容，对于期待高分的同学可多做参考。

具体回忆总结如下：
Part 1考题总结
2.Stufdy
3.Major
4.Work
5.School
6.Relatives/friends/ family members
7.Hometown:
8.Entertainment(Relax):
9.House/Apartment
10.Clothes and fashion
11.Weather
12.Color
13.Postcard
14.Birthday
15.Art
16.Flowers
17.Toys
18.Electronic products/Internet
19.Food and health
20.Transport
Part 2&3考题总结
1. Describe an interesting family member(older person)
Part3 Is the history important to family members? Is it important to the society? Why do we need to study history? What is the teenagers’ attitude towards history? What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting old? Will the elderly people live a better life in the future? Who should take care of them?
2. A teenager you know(A child)
Part3 What is your attitude towards young and older people? What is the responsibility of young people? Is the life of young people comfortable? What are differences between teenagers and elderly people?
3. An old friend you want to see again
Part3 How do you get in touch with your friends? How do you maintain your friendship with your
friends? Are there any disadvantages of contacting old friends?
4. Describe someone who helped you
Part3 Do you think the competition is getting greater? Do your teachers teach you how to compete with others?
5. Describe a famous person(band singer or musician )in your country
Part3 Do you want to be famous? What do you think about being famous? Why do people want to be famous? Do you think the news about celebrities is reliable? Do you believe the news on TV or newspaper? What makes a person famous? Any there any differences between celebrities in the past and now?
Where do people in your country often go to watch the concert? What are the advantages and disadvantages of living concerts? Who often goes to? What is the importance of the national anthem? What is the influence of technology on music?
Has the high technology made the music changed?
What kinds of instruments do parents send their children to learn?
6. A good neighbor
Part3 What are the qualities of a good neighbor? How is the neighborhood in China? What are the influences of neighborhood on children? What sort of neighborhood is beneficial to children?
7. A person you enjoy talking to
Part3 What are the qualities of a good communicator? Are communication skills important to us? Are there any differences between the way adults communicate with children and the one among adults?
8. An interesting old man
Part3 What are the advantages and disadvantages of being old? What age do you consider is old? Do you like to live with elderly people? How is the life of elderly people in China? Do you think Chinese people are happy? What is people’s attitude towards elderly people in China? What can we do to improve their life?
9. Describe a natural beauty/ a natural protection area
Part3 Do you like travelling? what benefits can we get from the tourist attraction? When you go to other countries, would you like to visit the city or the natural beauty? Do you think tourism can do harm to the local environment? Whether we should take the cell phone when we visit the natural beauty? Should we protect the natural beauty? What measures should the government take to protect the environment? What can an individual do to make contribution to the environmental protection?
10.Describe a lake or sea you have visited
Part3 Are there any kinds of underwater sports in China? Why do people like water sports? Do you think the government should invest more money in setting up more facilities for water sports? Do you think the voyage is popular in China? What are the advantages? Will it be more and more
popular in the future?
11.Describe a house you or a department you want to visit again
Part3 Do you like designing houses? Do you think you can do it better than designers? Will you hang your own works or the works from famous artists on your wall? What kinds of houses do most of people like to live in? What living environment is the most attractive to elderly people?
12.Describe a garden
Part3 What is the importance of the garden to the general public? What do people often do in the garden? Do you think the government should invest money in setting up public gardens? Why/Why not?
13.Describe an important city in your country(A city/town you have visited/would like to visit) Part3 Do you like living in the countryside? Do you prefer to live in the city or countryside? What are the differences between the city and village life? What changes have taken place in the place? What are the problems in the city? Is the crime serious in the city? How to solve it?
14.Describe a book you would recommend to your friends
Part3 What books would children like to read? Is it good to read before going to school? What should parents do to help them? What do you think about reading for pleasure? What are the differences among different libraries? What should be a library equipped with? Should be the electronic equipment included? What should people benefit from the library? Can electronic equipments take place of books? A lot of American Indian can not read, but it is reported that everyone could do, what do you think about it?
15.Describe an interesting family photo
Part3 where do you like taking pictures? Is photography a piece of art? What is the difference between taking pictures by cell phone and camera? Which method do you like? Is it possible that the cell phone can take place of the camera in taking pictures? Are skills required when we take pictures? What are the disadvantages of taking pictures by cell phone? Why do people like to use the software called Ps to beautify pictures?
16.Describe a wild animal/ a situation coming closed to a wild animal
Part3 Do you like pets? Do you keep pets? Why do people keep pets? Is it good to keep wild animals in the zoo? Are they happy in the zoo? What is the role of animals in your country? How do people treat animals? Should we protect the wild animal? What measures should the government take to protect the wild animal? What makes the animals endangered?
17.Describe a present you gave to your friend
Part3 What are presents usually given in China? Which situation is suitable to give a present? What is the present you’d like to receive? There are givers and receivers while the gift is given. What are the feelings of the two when giving a present? Would you like to be a giver or receiver? Is present giving important? Is it different to send gifts made by yourself or you buy?What do we need to pay attention to when we send gifts to children? Should we send gifts which are
educational to children? What influence does the advertisement make on choosing gifts?
18.Describe a film about a real person or an event
Part3 Who do you want to recommend this film to? What makes the actors/actresses successful in the performance? What people or events are usually referred in this type of film? Why do people like watching films about the politicians? What’s your impression on the characters in cartoon films? Will they take place of the real actors/actresses?
19.Describe a TV program that you watch regularly
Part3 What kinds of TV programs are Chinese people keen on? Do you prefer to watch movies at home or in the cinema? Why do people like watching movies on TV? Do you think the cinema will disappear someday? Why elderly people don’t like going to the cinema? Do you think that people will be isolated from the society if they indulge themselves into the TV program? Are there too many Sports TV programs on TV? What are their advantages and disadvantages? What is the importance of international TV program?
20.Describe a meaningful song
21.Describe the food you like
Part3 Do you like eating out or at home? What place do you like to go to eat? How to be polite when we eat?
22.Describe your favorite weather/ season
Part3 What is the influence of seasons on people’s wear? How does it affect tourism and econo my? What sports do people do in different seasons? Can you tell me some festivals related to different seasons? What is the influence global warming has on us? As far as global warming is concerned, what should we do to improve the weather?
23.Describe a vehicle you want to own or you would like to buy
Part3 What are advantages and disadvantages of the bicycle? Is it dangerous to ride the bicycle? What do you think about the motorcycle? What do people long for cars? What do you think about car advertisements? What are pros of public transport?
24.Describe a difficult thing you did well
Part3: What do we need to prepare to do things well? Do you like challenges? What are problems teenagers are facing in China now? How to cope with them? Are there any changes? What do you think about ambition? Is ambition important?
25.Describe something you bought that you were not satisfied with
Part3 Why do people buy foreign goods? Do you think foreign goods are good? Why don’t think Chinese goods are good? Is I-phone the necessity for a student? What are the benefits of shopping online? Do you often shop online? How to avoid customers being cheated by the merchant? What impact has shopping online made on people’s life?
26.Describe an electronic product you want to own or you would like to buy
Part3 How technology is used in education? What is its influence on children? What are the changes of electronic products?
27.Your favorite communication method(email, cell phone, letter)
Part3 What will be the cell phone like in future? Is it good to be contactable? What are its disadvantages?
28.Describe a group project you took part in/ an activity in a group
Part3 What is the importance of teamwork? What can you benefit from teamwork? Should children take part in some group activities? Is it good to take part in some group activities? What kinds of group activities are popular in your country? Do people at the age of your mother like group activities? Why some people like group activities while some other people don’t?
29.Describe an unusual/ideal job
Part3 What kind of jobs is the most attractive in China? What kinds of jobs are less attractive? What kinds of jobs are enough paid in China? What kind of jobs do you think should be highly paid? What comes first at work, being happy or getting more salary? Why do some people often change their jobs? What do you think about changing jobs? What are the differences between men and women on jobs? Why?
30.Describe a science course in secondary or high school
Part 3: Do most of students like science courses? Are girls and boys both interested in science courses? Why do we need to study science courses? What do you think about the science study in Chinese education? Do you think boys do better than girls in science study?
31.Describe an outdoor activity( a physical exercise in the place where you live)
Part3 Do young people and elderly people have the same interest in sports? Do you like indoor activities or outdoor activities? What is the difference? Nowadays people are busy with their work or study, how could we make good use of time to do outdoor activities?
32.Describe your favorite street in your city
Part3 Where do young people like to live? How about elderly people? What do you think about living in the countryside or city? and their differences /What do you think about living in the countryside? Advantages and disadvantages, including facilities, education etc
33.Describe an etiquette/ A situation to be polite(you had to be)
Part3 what is the etiquette like between you and people you are acquainted with? Is it different from the one between you and strangers? Why parents tell their children to tell a lie in some situations? Are there any differences on being polite, friendly and honest? In what situations do we need to be polite? Honest? Who is responsible to teach children to be polite? Are you polite or honest to your friends?
34.Describe a useful skill you have learnt from your parents
Part3 What important skills can parents teach their children? What children can learn from staying with their parents? What role do parents and grandparents play in children’s development?
35.Describe your favorite advertisement
Part3 what kinds of advertisements can you see in China? What kind of advertisement is the most attractive in China? Who is easily influenced by the advertisement? What kind of advertisement is good?
36.Describe a decision made by someone you know that you think is wrong
Part3 Should children be given more opportunities to make their own decisions? What decisions does the family make? What decisions are important? Are there changes in the way the family make decisions?
37.Describe a training session/class you had
Part3 Do you think elderl y people should continue studying? What do you think about children’s education? What is the importance of education to adults?
38.Describe a happy marriage
You should say: who they are, how they met, how they maintain their marriage and explain why they are happy
Part3 What is the wedding like in your country? What do the bride and groom normally do on the wedding day? What is the suitable age for people to get married? Are there any changes on the age between in the past and now for people to get married? When will you get married? Do you think it is reasonable to spend a lot of money on the wedding party? What roles do a man and a woman play in the marriage? What are the responsibilities of married men and women? Will they exchange their roles in the marriage in future?
39.Describe something made you laugh
Part3 What kind of TV program can make people laugh? Are there any differences between men and women? Why do comedies make people laugh? In Chinese culture, do people prefer to express their emotions on face or hide in heart? Do you think it is positive or negative? Do males and females have differences on expressing feelings? Are there any differences between males and females when they deal with relationships with each other
Are comedies popular in your country?
40.something you did recently that made you relaxed
Part3 Are there any differences among different people on the way to relax? What are the differences between now and in the past in relaxation? Do you think the leisure time for people will get shorter or longer in the future?
41.A future plan not related to your work or studies
Part3 What do you think about a day-to-day plan? How to plan your day? What do people often make plans for? Are they important? How do plans benefit our future career? How do people plan their life? What plans should children make?
42.Describe the best time in the day
Part3 How do you often arrange your timetable in one day? How to balance time for working and family?
43.Describe an unforgettable event/journey you had in your childhood
Part3: what was important to you in your childhood? What made you happy? What often made you sorrow? What do you think about the fact that lots of people like to take photos to memorize the past?
What kind of travelling do you like? What is the most popular/expensive travelling? What sort of travelling will be popular in future?
44.Describe a birthday party
Part3: How do Chinese people celebrate birthdays? Are there any differences between adults and children on celebrating the birthday? How do elderly people celebrate their birthdays? Why?
45.A sport event you watched on TV
46.Describe a historical/traditional event in your country
Part3 What makes people historical in your country? Have you ever learned history in your childhood? Do you think it is important for us to learn history? How can we learn the historical event? What do you think about the comments of historic persons? What’s its importance? Should the museum open to the public for free or not? What staff may be displayed in the museum in the future?
Are traditional clothes or food still attractive to young people in your country? More and more Chinese people are celebrating western festivals, do you agree with that? what do you think about it?。