雅思口语第一部分的问题和参考答案.doc

I. Possible Questions

Stage One Questions

1. Good morning, my name is Jake Edward. Could you tell me your full name please?
2. And what shall I call you?
3. Can I see your identification please?
4. Does your name have any special meaning?
5. What's the literal translation of your name?
6. Where do you come from?
7. Where were you born?
8. Where about is your hometown?
9. What kind of landscape surrounds your hometown?
10. Could you tell me something about your hometown?
11. What are the main tourist attractions in Beijing?
12. What's the climate like in your hometown?
13. What are the people like in your hometown?
14. What are the differences in accent between the people of your hometown and Beijing?
15. What kind of food and dishes do people eat in your hometown?
16. Tell me about what's the biggest traditional festival in your country.
17. What do you do during the Spring Festival?
18. Can you describe one of the main festivals celebrated in your country?
19. What are some of the customs in your country that I should know about?
20. How long have you lived in Beijing?
21. What's the weather like in Beijing?
22. How do you compare the climate in Beijing with that in your hometown?
23. What places in Beijing do you like best? Why?
24. What places in Beijing should a foreigner visit? Why?
25. What are the major social problems in Beijing? How can they be solved?
26. What is the biggest problem China faces?
27. What places do you recommend a foreigner to visit in your hometown and why?
28. Which city, in your opinion, is the best city in China?
29. Has tourism changed China very much?
30. Has transport changed over the past 20 years in China?
31. Is there anywhere you would particularly like to visit on your holidays? Where and why?
32. Let's talk a little about traveling and transport. For long trips, how do you prefer to travel?
33. Tell me about the kind of accommodation you live in, either this country or in your hometown.
34. Let's talk about your hometown or village. What kind of place is it?
35. What do you usually do in your holidays?
36. Why do you think trains are better than buses?
37. Can you tell me something about your family?
38. Do you have children?
39. What is your child's name?
40. What is your son/daughter like? Tell me about his/her personality.
41. What does your wife/husband do for a living?
42. When did you get married?
43. Tell me something about your wedding, please. Did you have any kind of ceremony?
44. What did you/your wife wear on your wedding day?
45. Where did you go for your honeymoon?
46. Did you have to ask for permission from your parents before you got married?
47. Could you tell me what happens at a wedding in your country?
48. What kind of parent do you intend to be?
49. What hope or fears do you have for your children?
50. What sort of culture do you hope your child will grow up in?
51. As a parent, do you plan to raise your child differently from how your parents raised you?
52. How different is your life from the lives of your parents?
53. Are you going to bring up your child differently? How?
54. Are you going to bring up your child differently from the way you were brought up? How?
55. Do you enjoy shopping?
56. Who does most of the shopping in your family?
57. Do you enjoy cooking?
58. Are you a good cook?
59. Who does most of the cooking in your family?
60. Do you have a lot of friends?
61. What is your major?
62. Why did you choose software development as your major?
63. How do you like your major?
64. When and where did you graduate? What qualifications have you obtained?
65. Could you tell me something about your educational background?
66. Which university is the best one in your country?
67. Why do you think Qinghua is the best university in you country?
68. How are you as a student?
69. How do you try to get good grades as a student?
70. Are there anything you don't like about your studies?
71. Where do you work?
72. What do you do for a living?
73. What is your line of business?
74. What is your job? What does your job involve?
75. What do you do on a daily basis?
76. How do you like your job?
77. Tell me something about your job.
78. What made you decide to get into this field?
79. What kind of hobbies do you have?
80. How did you become interested in your hobby?
81. What do you do in your spare time?
82. How do you spend your weekends?
83. What is your favorite sport? What are the rules?
84. What is the most popular sport in your country?
85. What are the sport facilities like in your university/Beijing?
86. How do you spend your free time?
87. Do you like reading books or newspapers?
88. Do you often go to the cinema/theatre?
89. Which cinema do you often go to?
90. What kind of films do you like?
91. What kinds of things do you like doing when you are not working?
92. Do you often watch TV? What's your favourite programme?
93. What kind of music do you like?
94. Who's your favourite film star? Can you describe him/her to me?
95. Do you enjoy travelling?
96. What do you know about Britain/Canada/Australia, etc.?
97. What sort of accommodation would you most likely to live in when you get to England?
98. What problems or difficulties do you think you may have in Britain/Canada/Australia, etc?
99. How will you try to overcome the difficulties/How will you deal with them?
100. Student life is quite competitive. Do you think you'll be able to manage the demand in Britain/Canada/Australia, etc?
101. What difficulties do you think you'll encounter in your studies in Britain/Canada/Australia?
102. Can you imagine what life in Britain/Canada/Australia etc. would be like?
103. How do you think you'll feel being so far from your family?
104. What do you want to study?/What do you intend to study?
105. Which university are you going to study at?
106. Why did you choose this university? Could you tell me why you choose to study at university of X?
107. Where are you going to study in Britain/Canada/Australia, etc. and why?
108. What are your plans in Britain/Canada/Australia, etc.?
109. What do you hope to gain from your studies abroad?
110. What do you think your study abroad will do for your career?
111. What kind of differences in the cultures are you expecting between China and the UK?
112. What effect do you think your studies will have on your career when you get back to China?
113. What do you intend to do after you graduate?
114. What will be some of your challenges you foresee when you come back to China?
115. Do you think you'll have any problems adjusting back to life in China?
116. What kind of changes will you have to make when you come back to China?
117. Do you think there might be a gap between what you learned from your studies and the level of knowledge you will encounter on arrival?
118. Are there any special places you want to see in Canada? What are they?
119. What kind of things do you particularly want to do in Canada that you can't do here?
120. How do you like your life in X X X University?
121. What do you think of the training you got in the university?
122. What aspect of English do you find the most difficult?
123. Can you compare American English with British English?
124. What sports are played in your country?
125. Could you describe the traditional architecture of your country?
126. Could you tell me why you chose to study at the University of X?
127. What are sporting facilities like in your hometown?
128. What are you going to major in?
129. Are you going to do your own cooking when you are at university?
130. What do you think you will be doing in five years' time?
131. What are your goals in life?

II. Suggested Answers

1. Good morning, my name is Jake Edward. Could you tell me your full name please?
My family name is Huang, and my given name is Qi Guang.

2. And what shall I call you?
Most people call me Xiao Huang.

3. Can I see your identification please?
Yes, here it is.

4. Does your name have any special meaning?
a. Yes. My family name "Huang" means yellow. My given name has two parts. The first part "Qi" means something like enlightenment or the start. The second part "Guang" means light. It was given to me by my grandfather. Actually, all the boys of my generation in my family have the character "Qi" in their names.

b. The first part of my name means "bright" — as in light. The second part means "true" or "truth". Taken together, my name means "Bright Truth". My grandmother gave this name to me.

5. What's the literal translation of your name?
Well, Huang literally translates as "yellow", and "Qi" means "enlightened or the start". "Guang" literally means "light or bright". So, taken together, my given name means something like "the beginning of light" or "being enlightened with light" or something to that effect.

6. Where do you come from?
a. I was born in Xi'an, which is one of the major cities in China. It used to be the capital city at one point in China's history.

b. I come from Shanghai, but I was born in Xi'an. My parents moved to Shanghai when I was just 4 years old, so I really don't know much about Xi'an, apart from occasional summer visits to see some good friends of the family. In fact, I don't have any relatives at all living in Xi'an.

7. Where were you born?
I was born in Xi'an, which is in the centre of China. It's a famous historic city, and is also well known to tourists who travel the Silk Road.

8. Where about is your hometown?
Xi'an is located in Shanxi Province, which is in central China.

9. What kind of landscape surrounds your hometown?
Xi'an is surrounded by plains, and is bordered by a plateau to the north and the Qinling Mountains to the south.

10. Could you tell me something about your hometown?
a. Hmm ... well, the population is about 6 million. It's famous for its historic sites, especially for the Terracotta Warriors. Xi'an was named the capital of China several times over many dynasties. Also, Xi'an is the starting point of the famous Silk Road, which was important in ancient times. The weather is extremely hot in summer, about 40 degrees Centigrade, and fairly cold in the winter, about 14 degrees Centigrade below zero.

b. Okay. Well, first of all, my hometown is "X". I was born in the city, but moved to the outskirts of the town when I was small. "X" is a fairly large city — a pretty important economic centre actually. It has a population of 3 million. It's pretty flat, and is situated right near a large lake.

11. What are the main tourist attractions in Beijing?
They are the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven, and the Summer Palace. Beijing has a lot of other famous sites as well.

12. What is the climate like in your hometown?
It's generally very hot in summer, about 40 degrees Centigrade. In winter, it's cold — about minus 14 degrees Centigrade. The spring and autumn are both mild and pleasant, with temperatures ranging from 12 to 25 degrees Centigrade. Oh, and the summer time is extremely humid as well. There are four seasons. Winter is cold and snowy; spring is short and rainy; summer is hot and humid; and autumn is beautiful.

13. What are the people like in your hometown?
They are usually very friendly and somewhat conservative. If you were to visit Xi'an, you'd soon notice that the people still retain many ancient customs and traditions, which is what I mean by conservative. You'd also notice that people there are very helpful. If you ask someone for directions, they will try to help you out, or find someone else who can help you.

14. What are the differences in accent between the people of your hometown and Beijing?
a. In (name of hometown), we pronounce (a word) like (hometown's pronunciation), but in Beijing, they say (Beijing's pronunciation).

b. There are quite a few differences between my hometown dialect and Beijing dialect. I can't even describe them. When I speak in my local dialect, people in Beijing have no idea what I'm saying.

c. Well, you know Beijing dialect usually has an "errr" added to a lot of words. We don't do that in my hometown. Also, some of the tones are different, and there are slight differences in pronunciation. In Beijing, people might say "shi" meaning "ten", but in my hometown, we say "si". Those are the main differences.

d. In my hometown, if we want to say "a little", we say "yi dian dian". But in Beijing, they say "yi diar". The accent in Beijing has a very strong "rrr" sound to the end of words. We don't have that at all in my hometown. And, I found it hard to get used to at first when I came to Beijing.

15. What kind of food and dishes do people eat in your hometown?
Definitely jiaozi or dumplings. My province is famous for its vinegar, which is used when we eat dumplings.

16. Tell me about what's the biggest traditional festival in your country.
Definitely the Spring Festival. I suppose it's somewhat like Christmas in western countries. Spring Festival is the only time when all families gather together and stores and business are closed for several days.

17. What do you do during the Spring Festival?
I usually go back to my hometown and spend a week in my parents' home. We eat delicious food, visit family and friends, and watch TV. I also like to try and contact my high school friends and see how they're doing and what they're up to. We give each other presents and we buy ourselves new clothes to wear for the new year.

18. Can you describe one of the main festivals celebrated in your country?
National Day, which is on October 1st, is a big holiday. We get three days off and there are a lot of fireworks displays. There are large flower pictures and other types of flowers decorating the city, and some of the larger cities hold parades.

19. What are some customs in your country that I should know about?
China has a great number of customs. Let me tell you something about friendship. Really good friends will always help each other. I can go to a friend's home any time of the day, and he will drop what he is doing and welcome me. It might sound strange to you, because I know that in the West, people usually schedule appointments with each other in advance. But, our friendships in China are very strong and deep, and it would be unheard of not to drop what you are doing and invite a friend in.

21. What is the weather like in Beijing?
There are four seasons. Winter is cold, dry and windy, with a bit of snow. Spring is short and wet. Summer is hot and humid, with temperatures as high as 30 degrees Centigrade. It's pretty miserable in the summer unless you have air conditioning. Fall is probably the best season — it's very comfortable — not windy, not cold, not humid.

22. How do you compare the climate in Be