2010年03月18日雅思口语试题

　　Event
　　Describe what you did last weekend
　　In China, do you think there is more leisure time than working time or more working time than leisure time?
　　Do you think people should have more leisure time?
　　Do you think weekends are really necessary?
　　What do most Chinese students do on weekends?
　　Would you like the weekend (or weekends) to be longer?
　　If the government changed weekends from two days to three days, what do you think the result would be?
　　If a married person is doing shift work, for example, working during the night and sleeping during the day, do you think this can cause problems for the family?
　　Describe a Public event
　　Do people prefer to actually attend these events or to watch them on TV?
　　What's the difference between watching an event on TV and actually being at the event?
　　What can be done (or, what do suggest should be done) about these problems?
　　What could (or should) be done to decrease the number of people in crowded places?
　　Describe a picnic
　　Do people eat more healthily than before?
　　How do you think of traditional food?
　　Do you think some traditional food is going to be deserted by people?
　　What can the government do to help people eat healthy and diversified food?
　　Describe a memorable happy childhood event
　　Why do people often recall their childhood?
　　Is it important to remember the past?
　　Why is the young generation turning its back on tradition?
　　Why are children more easily influenced by western culture?
　　Describe a science class
　　What do you think of distance learning?来源：http://www.hxen.net
　　What do you think of home studying?
　　What should the parents do to help their children if they choose home teaching?
　　Do your parents help you when you study at home?
　　Do you think studying at home is a good way to acquire knowledge for adults?
　　Do you think studying at home is becoming more popular? Why?
　　Should youngsters learn science? Why?
　　Do you think boys can learn science better?
　　When should students learn science?
　　Should students learn history?
　　How do we acquire the knowledge of history nowadays?
　　What’s the point of acquiring the knowledge of history?
　　Films with historical themes are very popular now. What do you think about them?
　　Should history films retell authentic stories or should the stories be dramatized?
　　How do the dramatized stories affect children?
　　Describe an important conversation you had
　　Are there any communication differences between males and females?
　　Do you think communication skills are important?
　　Describe a journey you would like to take with your friends
　　Do Chinese people like to travel?
　　Do people in China prefer long-distance travel or short trips?
　　When Chinese people travel (as tourists), who do they usually go with?
　　Where do Chinese people like to go when they go on a holiday trip?
　　Do people in China ever go on trips that are a bit dangerous ?
　　What do you think are the disadvantages of not traveling?
　　What are some differences between a business trip and a holiday trip?
　　Do you think the media has much effect on tourism?
　　Describe an experience of helping someone
　　Do you often help people?
　　Do you think people are less willing to help others? Is it good?
　　How should parents encourage their kids to help others?
　　Do people usually do volunteer work in China?
　　What do you think of the volunteer work in China?
　　Do people who live in Beijing like to help visitors for the Olympics?
　　Is English very important when you are helping other people?
　　Have you been to a foreign country?来源：http://www.hxen.net
　　Have you helped other people when you were in a foreign country?
　　Who did you help? Will you help again? Why?
　　How do you help others in your community?
　　What can you achieve from helping others?
　　Whether children should be encouraged to help others?
　　How can children help others?
　　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?
　　Are there and differences between ordinary trips and business ones?
　　What should you take when you are travelling?
　　Person
　　A person you live with
　　In China today, what is the structure of the typical family?
　　Whose responsibility do you think it should be to look after old people - the government's responsibility or the family's?
　　What do you think are some of the advantages and possible disadvantages of having children, parents and grandparents all living together?
　　Do you think family relationships are important?
　　How do you think support from friends and support from parents are different?
　　What responsibilities do young people have towards their family?
　　In typical Chinese families, who is the dominant person, the mother or the father?
　　What's the difference between help from family members and help from friends?
　　Describe an elder person you know and admire
　　Do people like to be old?来源：http://www.hxen.net
　　Do elder people need to be educated?
　　Is there any lesson for elder people?
　　Describe someone who visited your family
　　How do you treat your visitor?
　　Is it convenient to live in your friend’s house?
　　What is the difference between living a hotel and living in your friend’s house?
　　When you visit a place, where do you prefer to stay in a hotel or stay in other people’s house?
　　What kind of service do you want to have in a hotel?
　　What should be improved in a hotel?
　　What is the culture of your country in treating guests? What is the difference between this culture then and now?
　　What do you think about the trend of treating guests in your country?
　　Describe a person who helped you on an important occasion
　　What are the advantages and disadvantages of a strong family relationship?