2009年5月9日雅思口语机经

Personal information & Introduction
What’s your full name?
Are you working or studying?
When do you usually get up?
What’s the best time of a day?
Hometown and Accommodation
Where are you from?
Do you live in a house or an apartment?
Which one do you prefer?
How to improve your home?
Where’s your hometown?
What do you like most about your hometown?
Are bicycles popular in your hometown?
Do you like to live beside the seaside?
What are the facilities in your community?
Which room do you like most?
If you can redesign your home, what would you do? What’s your flat like?
What’s on the wall? What can you see from your window?
Are there any fitness facilities near your home?
How often do visitors visit your home?
Weather and Season
How’s the weather in China? Does weather affect people’s work performance?
Jobs
Why did you choose this career?
Do many Chinese people shift jobs in a year?
Do people perform differently at work in summer and winter?
Would you like to change your job in the future? Why?
Do you think your job is easy? Why?
What are the facilities you usually use at work?
Is your job interesting?
Education
What’s your major?
Why did you choose it as your major?
Is your major difficult?
What do you want to do after graduation?
Do you need any special facilities in your school subjects?
What do you like most about your school?
Who can learn a foreign language better?
The elderly or the young?
Do girls learn a foreign language more quickly than boys?
What’s you suggestion on language learning?
What’s the most difficult part of language learning?
Do you prefer individual learning or group learning?
Food & Cooking
Who usually cooks in your family?
What’s your favorite hometown dish?
Can you cook?
Why don’t you learn?
Do you think it is important for children to learn how to cook?
Do you like to eat out or cook at home?
What are the benefits of eating at home?
Leisure activities
Do you often hang out with friends?
How often do you meet friends?
What do you usually do?
What do you usually do at leisure?
How do you organize time?
What do you usually do in the evening?
How do you spend you vacation?
What do you like and hate to do during vacation?
What was the last vacation you took?
What do you do in your free time?
Sports
What’s your favorite sport?
Do you like swimming?
Culture
Do most people ride bicycles in Shanghai?
Why do children like to ride bikes?
Do you think bike riding is safe in Shanghai?
Why do people in China think bicycles are important?
Did you learn to ride a bicycle when you were a kid?
Do you think it is safe to ride bicycles in a city? Why?
Why do you think kids need to learn how to ride bicycles?
Travelling
Where do you want to visit most?
Do you like traveling?
When was the last time you go traveling?
What would you prepare before travelling?
Shopping
How often do you go shopping?
Talk about your last shopping experience. Why do you like shopping?
Do you prefer to go shopping with friends or alone?
Do you like shopping?
What makes you interested in shopping?
Do you think shopping is a waste of time?
Letter
Is there any letter you do not want to reply?
Do you often write letters?
When is the last time you sent a letter?
What was the letter about?
Gift
When do you usually give a present?
When do Chinese people usually give a present?
Is it difficult to give a present?
Have you ever made a gift by yourself to somebody?
Do you think it is necessary to give expensive gifts?
Toy
Your favorite toy Should adults play with toys?
How do adults entertain themselves in China?
Arts
Is beautiful handwriting important nowadays?
What kind of music do you like?
What kind of music do you like?
Should children learn to play musical instruments?
Health
How do you maintain health?
What’s your favorite sport?
What health food do you usually eat?
Family events
How do people celebrate their birthdays in your country?
Are birthdays more important for children than adults?
Do you think birthday is a special day for people?
How did you celebrate your last birthday?
Do birthdays have any special meanings for children?
Media
How do you get news?

Shopping:
Describe a special thing you want to buy in the future Will the special thing help you in your study?
Do you like to go shopping?
What are the effective ways of advertising?
Why do you like shopping?
Where do you usually go shopping?
How often do you go shopping?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of modern ways of shopping?
Are there any differences between the old and modern ways of shopping?
Media:
Do you like writing letters?
Do you often write letters?
What do you write?
Do you usually write by hand or using a computer?
Do you keep contact with your friends by making phone calls or writing letters?
Who do you usually receive letters from?
Do you think hand writing is important nowadays?
How can children improve their handwriting?
Advertisement What are the advantages and disadvantages of adverting?
Do people usually buy goods after watching advertisements?
Describe an interesting story you saw on television What are the effects of televisions on family life?
What are the effects of televisions on people at different ages?
Are there any differences between interviewing online and meeting people face to face?
Describe a TV program Describe a book Describe a movie
Place:
Describe a library Where is the library?
Is it a campus or public one?
Which parts of the library do you like and dislike?
Should children go to public libraries?
How about the elderly?
Does the government have the responsibility to construct public libraries?
Is it important to learn how to use a library?
Describe how to use a library. How do children benefit from going to public libraries?
How can the elderly benefit from libraries?
Historical place Why do people go to historical places?
Which is your country’s most famous historical place?
Should people pay entrance fees to historical places?
Describe a seaside place you want to visit How to save water?
Arts
Do you think arts are important for people in the modern society?
Do you think you can make money from your art?
How do the elderly and the young view arts?
stages in life
Describe an important conversation you had in the past. What was the situation?
Who did you talk to?
Why is it important to you?
Describe a stage of life you enjoyed When was it?
Who did you live with?
What did you do?
Why do you think the stage is important or enjoyable?
When does a child become an adult?
What cannot you do when you become an adult?
Do you think the law is reasonable?
If you want to make changes, when is the timing?
Describe a happy event in your childhood
Education:
Describe a science class When did you attend it?
What was it about?
Should youngsters learn science? Why?
Do you think boys can learn science better?
When should students learn science?
Language learning Describe something useful for your English learning. How do you learn a new language?
Who do you learn with?
Is learning a second language important?
Will the learning of a new language change your understanding of local culture?
In your opinion, which languages will become more popular in the future?
What are the benefits of learning a foreign language?
Are there any differences between the way the young and the elderly learn a language?
Educational trip Can students benefit from educational visits?
Should schools organize the visits?
What’s your suggestion?
What roles do parents play in a family?
Abstract:
Describe a piece of advice What kind of advice do you usually follow?
Who usually give advice?
Where does the advice lead you?
How to make young people follow wise advice?
Nowadays, do the elderly give advice to children or vice versa?
A success How do you make a success?
How should we define success?
Is result more important than process when you pursue success?
Does success lead to stress?
A speech Why do people feel nervous when delivering a speech?
Who should give speeches to children?
Clothes
Describe what you wore on a special occasion What it was Where you bought it Whether people thought it was good or not Do you still keep it now?
On what occasions do people wear informal or formal clothes?
Do you think you can judge people’s character by what they wear?
How?
People:
Describe a friend Have you ever lived with strangers?
Are there any difference between the friendship among boys and girls?
Describe a person who is good at cooking Describe a chef Describe a famous person you would like to meet Who he/she is How you knew him/her Why would people want to be famous?
How does fame influence them?
How would they change after being famous? Describe a person who helped you on an important occasion
Sports
Sports event How do sports benefit children?
What sports can be done inside a classroom?
Describe a kind of extreme sports
Season & Weather
What’s your favorite season?
Why do you like this season?
What do you usually do in this season?
Place:
Describe your ideal house When was it built?
Should the government invest in maintaining the historical places?
Should government invest in creating more employment?
What kind of housing do most Chinese people live in?
Where is the housing?
What are the differences between the architectural styles in the different areas in China?
Should a company design its own buildings?
Gift:
Describe a gift you received Describe a thing you want to buy in the future Describe a famous person
Traveling:
Describe a trip that you did not make as you planned Do different people think of traveling differently?
Are there any differences between business trip and tour?
What technology will be brought along to assist in trip?
Law
Describe a piece of law Leisure activity Describe a picnic