2011雅思考试(ielts) 雅思口语 雅思听力 雅思阅读 雅思写作(1)

2011.1.8：(科技类) Some people think that robots are very important for humans' future development. Others, however, think that robots are a dangerous invention that could have negative effects on society. Discuss both views and give your opinion.2011.01.15：(工作类)workplace nowadays is trying to employ the equal number of females and males. Do you think it is a positive or negative trend?2011.01.22：（社会类）There are an increasing number of anti-social behaviors in recent years; People generally believe that the society is to blame. What do you think the causes are and who is responsible for this.2011.1.27：（旅游和现代科技）Some people think that it is necessary to travel abroad to learn about other countries, but other people think that it is not necessary to travel abroad because all the information can be seen at TV and the internet. Discuss both opinions and give your own opinion.2011.2.12：（旅游）Tourism is an excellent way to develop country, but it also can cause some harm. How can a country ensure tourism benefit the development?2011.2.17：（政府投资）some people believe that people work for arts such as painting, music should support fin by government. Some people think that those should find others support instead . Discuss both view and give your opinion.2011.2.19：（社会类）Some people think that women should play an equal role as men in military force or police force, others say women are not suited for such kind of work. Discuss both side and give your own opinion.2011.2.26：（生活类）Many people believe that counties should produce food for all population eats and import food as little as possible. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.3.5：（文化类）Some people say that governments should spend money on measures to save languages that are used by few speakers, while others believe it's a waste of financial resources. Discuss both views and give your opinion.2011.3.12：（个人性格）Competitiveness is a positive quality for people to have among most societies. How does this competitiveness affect individuals? Do you think it is a positive or negative trend？2011.3.19：（科技类） With computer technology becoming cheaper and more accessible, more adults work from home and more children study from home. Do you think it is a positive or negative development?2011.4.2：(环境类)cheap air allow more people ..... Someone think it will cause more pollution should increase ticket price. Discuss both view and give your opinion.2011.4.16：（环境类）many people believe it is important to protect environment, but they make no effort to do it themselves, why don't they and do you have any suggestion for individuals to protect environment?2011.4.30：（旅游）Some people think the foreign visitors should be charged more than the local visitors when they visit the cultural and historical attractions in another country. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.5.7：（环境类）Environmental problems are too big for individual countries and individual people to address. We have reached the stage where the only way to protect the environment is to address it at an international level. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?2011.5.14：（社会生活类）Individual greed and selfishness has been the basis ofthe modern society. Some people think that we must return to the older and more traditional values of respect for the family and the local community in order to create a better world to live in. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.5.19：（犯罪类）The government should control the amount of violence in films and on television in order to decrease the violent crimes in society. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this issue?2011.5.28：（教育类）Many people believe that teachers should take the responsibility for the students to judge what is right and wrong and behave well, others feel that teachers should only teach academic subjects. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.2011.6.4：（公众新闻）We can get knowledge from news, but some people think we can't trust the journalist. What do you think? What qualities should a journalist have?2011.6.11：（政府类）Some people think that government should only spend money on the construction of public services rather than waste on the arts such as music and painting. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.6.23：（食品类）In many countries traditional foods are being replaced by international fast foods. This is has negative effects on both families and societies. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.6.25：（广告）We are surrounded by all kinds of advertising, which significantly influence our lives. Do the positive effects of advertising outweigh its negative effects?2011.7.9：（动物）There are many extinct species in the world nowadays. Some people say we should protect these animals from dying out,while others say we should concentrate more on problems of human beings. Discuss both opinions and give your personal view.2011.7.16：（科技类）In today's world of advanced science and technology, we still greatly value our artists such as musicians, painters and writers. What can arts tell us about life that science and technology cannot?2011.7.28：（教育类）In schools and universities, some girls tend to choose arts subjects, while boys choose to study science subjects. What are the reasons? Do you think this trend should be changed?2011.7.30：（体育）Some people think that dangerous sports should be banned, but others think the people should have freedom to choose sports activities. Discuss both views and give your opinion.2011.8.13：（教育类）Some people think that the main purpose of school is to turn children as a good citizens and workers, rather to benefit them as individuals. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.8.20：（社会类）Some people think that a police force carrying guns can educate higher level of volience.to what extent do you agree or disagree？2011.8.25：（教育类）For some students from poor families, it is a tough mission to attend to college nowadays. Some believe that it is government’s obligation rather than individual duty to pay the tuition fees. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.8.27：(政府类）The number of people who watch foreign films is much more than people who watch local films, describe the reasons and should the government provide financial support to the local film industries.2011.9.3：（教育类）The qualities of a person needs to become successful in this world cannot be learned at universities or similar academic institutions. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?。

2011年1月8日雅思（阅读）真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1.You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.Going BananasThe world’s favourite fruit could disappear forever in 10 years’ time.The banana is among the world’s oldest crops. Agricultural scientists believe that the first edible banana was discovered around ten thousand years ago. It has been at an evolutionary standstill ever since it was first propagated in the jungles of South-East Asia at the end of the last ice age. Normally the wild banana, a giant jungle herb called Musa acuminata, contains a mass of hard seeds that make the fruit virtually inedible. But now and then, hunter-gatherers must have discovered rare mutant plants that produced seedless, edible fruits. Geneticists now know that the vast majority of these soft-fruited plants resulted from genetic accidents that gave their cells three copies of each chromosome instead of the usual two. This imbalance prevents seeds and pollen from developing normally, rendering the mutant plants sterile. And that is why some scientists believe the world’s most popular fruit could be doomed. It lacks the genetic diversity to fight off pests and diseases that are invading the banana plantations of Central America and the smallholdings of Africa and Asia alike.In some ways, the banana today resembles the potato before blight brought famine to Ireland a century and a half ago. But “it holds a lesson for other crops, too”, says Emile Frison, top banana at the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain in Montpellier, France. “The state of the banana”, Frison warns, “can teach a broader lesson: the increasing standardisation of food crops round the world is threatening their ability to adapt and survive.”The first Stone Age plant breeders cultivated these sterile freaks by replanting cuttings from their stems. And the descendants of those original cuttings are the bananas we still eat today. Each is a virtual clone, almost devoid of genetic diversity. And that uniformity makes it ripe for disease like no other crop on Earth. Traditional varieties of sexually reproducing crops have always had a much broader genetic base, and the genes will recombine in new arrangements in each generation. This gives them much greater flexibility in evolving responses to disease - and far more genetic resources to draw on in the face of an attack. But that advantage is fading fast, as growers increasingly plant the same few, high-yielding varieties. Plant breeders work feverishly to maintain resistance in these standardised crops. Should these efforts falter, yields of even the most productive crop could swiftly crash. “When some pest or disease comes along, severe epidemics can occur,”says Geoff Hawtin, director of the Rome-based International Plant Genetic Resources Institute.The banana is an excellent case in point. Until the 1950s, one variety, the Gros Michel, dominated the world’s commercial banana business. Found by French botanists in Asia in the 1820s, the Gros Michel was by all accounts a fine banana, richer and sweeter than today’s standard banana and without the latter’s bitter aftertaste when green. But it was vulnerable to a soil fungus that produced a wiltknown as Panama disease. “Once the fungus gets into the soil it remains there for many years. There is nothing farmers can do. Even chemical spraying won’t get rid of it,”says Rodomiro Ortiz, director of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Nigeria. So plantation owners played a running game, abandoning infested fields and moving to “clean” land - until they ran out of clean land in the 1950s and had to abandon the Gros Michel. Its successor, and still the reigning commercial king, is the Cavendish banana, a 19th-century British discovery from southern China. The Cavendish is resistant to Panama disease and, as a result, it literally saved the international banana industry. During the 1960s, it replaced the Gros Michel on supermarket shelves. If you buy a banana today, it is almost certainly a Cavendish. But even so, it is a minority in the world’s banana crop.Half a billion people in Asia and Africa depend on bananas. Bananas provide the largest source of calories and are eaten daily. Its name is synonymous with food. But the day of reckoning may be coming for the Cavendish and its indigenous kin. Another fungal disease, black Sigatoka, has become a global epidemic since its first appearance in Fiji in 1963. Left to itself, black Sigatoka - which causes brown wounds on leaves and premature fruit ripening - cuts fruit yields by 50 to 70 per cent and reduces the productive lifetime of banana plants from 30 years to as little as 2 or 3. Commercial growers keep Sigatoka at bay by a massive chemical assault. Forty sprayings of fungicide a year is typical. But despite the fungicides, diseases such as black Sigatoka are getting more and more difficult to control. “As soon as you bring in a new fungicide, they develop resistance,” says Frison. “One thing we can be sure of is that the Sigatoka won’t lose in this battle.”Poor farmers, who cannot afford chemicals, have it even worse. They can do little more than watch their plants die. “Most of the banana fields in Amazonia have already been destroyed by the disease,” says Luadir Gasparotto, Brazil’s leading banana pathologist with the government research agency EMBRAPA. Production is likely to fall by 70 per cent as the disease spreads, he predicts. The only option will be to find a new variety.But how? Almost all edible varieties are susceptible to the diseases, so growers cannot simply change to a different banana. With most crops, such a threat would unleash an army of breeders, scouring the world for resistant relatives whose traits they can breed into commercial varieties. Not so with the banana. Because all edible varieties are sterile, bringing in new genetic traits to help cope with pests and diseases is nearly impossible. Nearly, but not totally. Very rarely, a sterile banana will experience a genetic accident that allows an almost normal seed to develop, giving breeders a tiny window for improvement. Breeders at the Honduran Foundation of Agricultural Research have tried to exploit this to create disease-resistant varieties. Further backcrossing with wild bananas yielded a new seedless banana resistant to both black Sigatoka and Panama disease.Neither Western supermarket consumers nor peasant growers like the new hybrid. Some accuse it of tasting more like an apple than a banana. Not surprisingly, the majority of plant breeders have till now turned their backs on the banana and got to work on easier plants. And commercial banana companies are now washing their hands of the whole breeding effort, preferring to fund a search for new fungicides instead. “We supported a breeding programme for 40 years, but it wasn’table to develop an alternative to Cavendish. It was very expensive and we got nothing back,”says Ronald Romero, head of research at Chiquita, one of the Big Three companies that dominate the international banana st year, a global consortium of scientists led by Frison announced plans to sequence the banana genome within five years. It would be the first edible fruit to be sequenced. Well, almost edible. The group will actually be sequencing inedible wild bananas from East Asia because many of these are resistant to black Sigatoka. If they can pinpoint the genes that help these wild varieties to resist black Sigatoka, the protective genes could be introduced into laboratory tissue cultures of cells from edible varieties. These could then be propagated into new, resistant plants and passed on to farmers.It sounds promising, but the big banana companies have, until now, refused to get involved in GM research for fear of alienating their customers. “Biotechnology is extremely expensive and there are serious questions about consumer acceptance,”says David McLaughlin, Chiquita’s senior director for environmental affairs. With scant funding from the companies, the banana genome researchers are focusing on the other end of the spectrum. Even if they can identify the crucial genes, they will be a long way from developing new varieties that smallholders will find suitable and affordable. But whatever biotechnology’s academic interest, it is the only hope for the banana. Without it, banana production worldwide will head into a tailspin. We may even see the extinction of the banana as both a lifesaver for hungry and impoverished Africans and as the most popular product on the world’s supermarket shelves.Questions 1-3Complete the sentences below with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage.Write your answers in boxes 1-3 on your answer sheet.1．Banana was first eaten as a fruit by humans almost_____years ago.正确答案：ten thousand解析：题目答案一定为数字信息，同时根据顺序原则，答案应该出现在文章开头，于是定位于原文第一段第二句话“Agricultural scientists believe that the first edible banana was discovered around ten thousand years ago”，题目信息“eaten”对应原文中的“edible”，所以答案为ten thousand。

2011年雅思写作部分真题TASK 12011/1/8 The pie charts below show what UK students did after leaving university in 2003. 两个饼状图分别代表不同学历的人群在毕业后会做什么。

第一幅图是graduates with 1st degrees，第二幅是graduates with PhD qualifications；毕业后去向有全职就业的，海外就业的，继续学习深造的，还有待业的，还有combination of work and study 5类。

2011/1/15 The pie charts show the proportion of four vehicles on a major road bridge in 1965,1985 and 2005 in UK. 三个饼状图描述四种车型的通过比例：private cars, public transport vehicles, lorries and commercial vehicles.2011/1/22 The two pie charts below compare the distribution of world population and the spending on education in different countries. 2个饼图，一个描述的是人口的分布，另一个描述的是在教育方面的投入比重2011/1/27 The table below gives information about the population, literacy rate(male and female) and infant mortality rate in four different countries (Poland, Brazil, Egypt and Paskistan) in 2002. 比较4个不同国家在3个项目上的情况差距；但由于有3个不同类别的对象2011/2/12 The 4 pie charts compare 4 countries’ different ways of water use：4 countries: Egypt, Arabic, New Zealand, Canada; 3 ways：domestic use, industry, agriculture2010/2/17一个饼图和一个表格，讲的是asia europe us 和其他地方的游客去澳洲holiday resort 的比例情况以及他们在那stay length，accommodation，main activity 的对比表格2010/2/19 line chart 关于misic CDs bourght from music shops, the internet and supermarkets在1998到2004之间数量的变化从music shops CD数量在下降，其他两个是上升的2011/2/12 The pie charts below give information about the water consumption in terms of agriculture, industry and domestic in four countries.Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.Tourism is an excellent way to develop country, but it also can cause some harm. How can a country ensure tourism benefit the development?2011/2/17 The pie chart and table below show the rate of Australian tourists from Asia, Europe, US and others as well as compare stay length，accommodation，and main activity. 小作文属于饼图加表格的混考类。

2011.1.8：(科技类) Some people think that robots are very important for humans' future development. Others, however, think that robots are a dangerous invention that could have negative effects on society. Discuss both views and give your opinion.2011.01.15：(工作类)workplace nowadays is trying to employ the equal number of females and males. Do you think it is a positive or negative trend?2011.01.22：（社会类）There are an increasing number of anti-social behaviors in recent years; People generally believe that the society is to blame. What do you think the causes are and who is responsible for this.2011.1.27：（旅游和现代科技）Some people think that it is necessary to travel abroad to learn about other countries, but other people think that it is not necessary to travel abroad because all the information can be seen at TV and the internet. Discuss both opinions and give your own opinion.2011.2.12：（旅游）Tourism is an excellent way to develop country, but it also can cause some harm. How can a country ensure tourism benefit the development?2011.2.17：（政府投资）some people believe that people work for arts such as painting, music should support fin by government. Some people think that those should find others support instead . Discuss both view and give your opinion.2011.2.19：（社会类）Some people think that women should play an equal role as men in military force or police force, others say women are not suited for such kind of work. Discuss both side and give your own opinion.2011.2.26：（生活类）Many people believe that counties should produce food for all population eats and import food as little as possible. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.3.5：（文化类）Some people say that governments should spend money on measures to save languages that are used by few speakers, while others believe it's a waste of financial resources. Discuss both views and give your opinion.2011.3.12：（个人性格）Competitiveness is a positive quality for people to have among most societies. How does this competitiveness affect individuals? Do you think it is a positive or negative trend？2011.3.19：（科技类）With computer technology becoming cheaper and more accessible, more adults work from home and more children study from home. Do you think it is a positive or negative development?2011.4.2：(环境类)cheap air allow more people ..... Someone think it will cause more pollution should increase ticket price. Discuss both view and give your opinion.2011.4.16：（环境类）many people believe it is important to protect environment, but they make no effort to do it themselves, why don't they and do you have any suggestion for individuals to protectenvironment?2011.4.30：（旅游）Some people think the foreign visitors should be charged more than the local visitors when they visit the cultural and historical attractions in another country. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.5.7：（环境类）Environmental problems are too big for individual countries and individual people to address. We have reached the stage where the only way to protect the environment is to address it at an international level. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?2011.5.14：（社会生活类）Individual greed and selfishness has been the basis of the modern society. Some people think that we must return to the older and more traditional values of respect for the family and the local community in order to create a better world to live in. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.5.19：（犯罪类）The government should control the amount of violence in films and on television in order to decrease the violent crimes in society. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this issue?2011.5.28：（教育类）Many people believe that teachers should take the responsibility for the students to judge what is right and wrong and behave well, others feel that teachers should only teach academic subjects. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.2011.6.4：（公众新闻）We can get knowledge from news, but some people think we can't trust the journalist. What do you think? What qualities should a journalist have?2011.6.11：（政府类）Some people think that government should only spend money on the construction of public services rather than waste on the arts such as music and painting. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.6.23：（食品类）In many countries traditional foods are being replaced by international fast foods. This is has negative effects on both families and societies. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.6.25：（广告）We are surrounded by all kinds of advertising, which significantly influence our lives. Do the positive effects of advertising outweigh its negative effects?2011.7.9：（动物）There are many extinct species in the world nowadays. Some people say we should protect these animals from dying out,while others say we should concentrate more on problems of human beings. Discuss both opinions and give your personal view.2011.7.16：（科技类）In today's world of advanced science and technology, we still greatly value our artists such as musicians, painters and writers. What can arts tell us about life that science and technology cannot?2011.7.28：（教育类）In schools and universities, some girls tend to choose arts subjects, while boys choose to study science subjects. What are the reasons? Do you think this trend should be changed?2011.7.30：（体育）Some people think that dangerous sports should be banned, but others think the people should have freedom to choose sports activities. Discuss both views and give your opinion.2011.8.13：（教育类）Some people think that the main purpose of school is to turn children as a good citizens and workers, rather to benefit them as individuals. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.8.20：（社会类）Some people think that a police force carrying guns can educate higher level of volience.to what extent do you agree or disagree？2011.8.25：（教育类）For some students from poor families, it is a tough mission to attend to college nowadays. Some believe that it is government’s obligation rather than individual duty to pay the tuition fees. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2011.8.27：(政府类）The number of people who watch foreign films is much more than people who watch local films, describe the reasons and should the government provide financial support to the local film industries.2011.9.3：（教育类）The qualities of a person needs to become successful in this world cannot be learned 学习使人进步，相信能就一定能成功at universities or similar academic institutions. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?。

2011年09月15日雅思机经(总分：99.92，做题时间：120分钟)听力1.打电话要求house cleaning service。

填表题，有问地址、拥有的服务项目、需求的服务项目、何时来打扫等。

答案有：第三间房给children；2间double房；地名是anyes(不确定)；最长需要3hours；位置是southern west.（分数：10.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：2.地图题野营公园全部选择，最后有2个双选题，比较简单。

选择题答案中有BBQ和bike trail。

（分数：10.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：一个学生和老师的对话，关于过去一年的进步和未来一年的计划。

（分数：10.00）(1).擅长reference skills，有助于他do mini-report（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(2).建议是：management of time（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(3).他的presentation很多，较难应付（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(4).虽然essay很麻烦，但是还是觉得很有好处，所以建议加长the length of essay（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(5).想知道下学期的tutor是谁（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(6).还想知道deadline of dissertation（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(7).改进的地方：wider reading（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(8).改进的地方：more honest about weakness（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(9). essay should be more organized（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(10).more training in IT（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：3.有关bionomics仿生学的，人从自然和昆虫（蜘蛛）中获取技能。

Part 1Work/Studies Accommodation Hometown Museums Daily life Traveling Newspapers Animal Emails DancingFlying Friendship Leisure Time Time MusicReading Colours Sport Food Mobile Phones Party(New) Shopping(New) Ocean(New) Numbers(New) Seasons(New)Part1补充说明：∙标注New字样的话题为2011年1月加入的新题。

∙鼠标移至每个话题上，可点击超链接，以便打开单独窗口查看具体考题细节。

∙此题库适用中国大陆范围内所有城市(不含海外)。

雅思口语考试Part1话题在2011年4月前几乎不会再产生变化，考生依此准备即可。

Part 2物品Object1. A Wild Animal2. A Piece of Equipmenting Computers4. A Type of Popular Music in your Country5. A Childhood Toy6. A Hobby7. A Film8.Your Future Work Plans9. A News Story that Made you Happy 事件Event1. A Long Journey2.An Important Celebration3. A Time When You Were Late4.An Outdoor Activity5.Something Naughty You Did 地点Place1. A Garden or Park10.An Exciting Message11.A Useful Skill12.Something You Want to Buy13.A Good Law14.A Project or Hom ework Assignment15.Something You are Good At16.A Quiz Show17.Clothes18.A Piece of Advice19.A Broken Thing20.An Advertisem ent21.Something to Protect the Environm ent22.A Photograph(New)23.A Successful Company(New)24.A Healthy Lifestyle (New)25.An Educational TV Program(New)26.A Website(New)27.An Interesting News Story(New)28.Your Dream Job (New)2.Recent Changes to your Hometown3. A Place with a Lot of Noise4. A Restaurant5. A River in Your Hometown6. A Hotel7.Your Childhood Room (New)8.An Ideal Home (New)9. A Place Near Water(New)10.A Peaceful Place (New)人物People1. A Person you Helped2. A Friend You Admire3. A TV or Radio Presenter4. A Person Speaks Another Language5. A Childhood Teacher6.An Old Friend7. A Childhood Friend (New)8.An Adventurous Person(New)Part2补充说明：●标注New字样的话题为2011年1月前两场考试中加入的新题卡。

2011年07月16日雅思机经(总分：90.09，做题时间：120分钟)听力(1).morning （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(2). French class （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(3). first （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(4). bring moneyfor food ingredient （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(5). golf club （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(6). painting class （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(7). bring own brushes （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(8). Date of first class: 15th June （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(9). Location: J52 （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(10). Parking: next to station （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(1).C seating area就是中间书架后面那个（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(2). Cushion F左边第一个（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(3). Computer D右边中间那个（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(4). Cafe A选最远那个靠近lift （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(5). Newspaper右边第2个（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(6).C好环境把人留住（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(7).B儿童的书在对高层（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(8).B NURSEY什么的（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(9).A让人们多买书（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(10).C想在公共场合读自己的书（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：Discussion about cosmetics（分数：10.00）A.inspired by an articleB.referred by a lecturerC.done by an assignment解析：(2).three age groups' preference (bar chart) A. left stands the highest while the middle refers the lowest （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(3). low price of the product priority （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(4).size（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(5). fashion （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(6). smell （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(7). C verbalization （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(8). A interview （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(9). B questionnaire （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(10). C verbalization （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：Undergraduate employment Analysis （分数：10.00）(1).enrolment （分数：1.00）A.the increase of application will decreaseB.some subject will not be popular in the futureC.the enrolment number is the same as before解析：A.The survey in the pastB.only one researchC.poor instrument解析：(3).telephone survey（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(4).case study（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(5).postal survey（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(6).lack problem-solvingskills （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(7).poor communicationskills （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(8).self-evaluation is recommended by the employers （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(9).participation of social activities （分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(10).offer more further training（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：口语part 1 （分数：4.00）(1).Introduction What is your name? What is the meaning of your name? Are you working or studying? Who gave you your name? What is your daily routine? （分数：0.50）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(2).Collection Do you like collecting things? Are you collecting anything now? （分数：0.50）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(3).Fashion What kind of clothes do you like? Can you judge a person by the clothes he/she is wearing? （分数：0.50）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(4).Hometown Where is your hometown? What is your favorite hometown dish? What are the things that should be improved in your hometown? What is your favorite place in your hometown? （分数：0.50）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(5).Sports What kind of sports do you like? Why do you think sports are important for people? Where do you usually play sports? （分数：0.50）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(6).Seaside/beach Do you like to go to seaside? What do you usually do when you go to seaside? （分数：0.50）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(7).Languages How many languages do you speak? How do you learn a new language? Do you think learning another language is important? Are you willing to learn a language if you have a chance? （分数：0.50）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(8).Cooking Do you like cooking? What kind of food do you like to cook? （分数：0.50）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：part 2 & 3 （分数：7.99）(1).Describe a subject that you have studied Do you think the method of teaching in school will be changed in the future? What is the best way to let students learn in school? Describe an advice that was given to you by a friend Do you think your friend always gives you the right advice? Whom do you get advice when you have a problem? What is the most impressive advice you had? （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(2).Describe an outdoor activity What are the things that you can do outdoors aside from sports? Why some people like outdoor activities? （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(3).Describe a toy from your childhood （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(4).Describe a practical skill Are practical skills more important than academic skills? （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(5).Describe an occasion that is very important in your culture （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(6).Describe a story in your hometown that everybody knows （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(7).Describe a popular music in your country How is the music industry developing in your country? Do you think the taste in music of the people in your country is changing? What is the difference between the taste in music of old and young people? （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(8).Describe a thing that you broke in your house when you were a child （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(9).Describe a family member that you had a good time with Is it important to have time for family members? Are you family members more important than your friends? （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(10).Describe a teacher that you would like to meet again Why some students do not like their teachers? What do you think is the best way to teach students? （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(11).Describe a family (Not your own family) How do you know your family? （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(12).Describe the interest of the family members Why do like you like spend time with the family? （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(13).Family What are the benefits for the extended family live together? What the changes of family relationship between the people today and before in your country? What can young people learn from their seniors? Why do you respect your father? In your family who makes the decisions? Big family and small family, compare their benefits and disadvantages. In your country, has women's social status changed in the recent years? Why? （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(14).Describe a successful person Why do you think he/she is successful? How to succeed in your life? Please draw on your personal experience Do you send books to others as gifts? What kind did you read when you were a child? Is it possible to continue part-time study while working? （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：(15).Describe a family event How do you define happiness? Describe a recent event that has made you happy Do you think money is important? Do you think money can give you happiness? Can old people get happiness？ Describe a physical activity What are your favorite physical activities? Why do you like them? What kind of sports do you usually engage yourself in? Why do you prefer to go to the gym? Describe a recent change in your life Do old people like to change their lives?Do young people like changes? What’s your opinion towards switching jobs on a regular basis? Describe a walk that you had Describe an exercise u recommend for people to keep health. Are there any PE courses in your university? What about in your high school and primary school? Do u think people would agree that the government should pay for improving public health condition? （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案：()解析：(16).Object Describe an advertisement What is it advertised? What contains in the advertisement? What kind of people will be interested in this advertisement? Explain why you think this advertisement works well? What kind of advertisement can you see in your country? Describe sth you did with a computer Describe a subject in secondary school Describe sth that you are good at Describe a TV quiz show Describe a TV program you dislike Describe a book had in your childhood Describe a new story you have heard Describe your favorite subject in school Describe an interesting message you have received by email or text message Describe a news story that made you happy Describe a softdrink that you liked when you were a child Describe a letter that you received that made you very happy Describe an unforgettable walk Describe an equipment ( except computer ) Describe a TV program that you dislike Describe something that you kept with your family Describe a book that you read when you were a child Describe sth that you bought but you did not often use Describe a magazine What are the differences between magazine and newspaper and other forms of mass media such as the Internet? Describe an interesting news you read on newspaper or TV How often do people in your country read newspaper? Which one is a popular medium for obtaining information, radio or TV? Do you think we should have more entertainment news in the future? Which one is more important, local news or international news? Describe a photograph Do you like painting or taking photographs? Why do some people not like taking photographs? What sort of pictures are considered most appealing to people? Describe a film Describe a good law Do you think the “one-child” policy in China is considered a good law? Should we tell our children stories concerning robbing the rich so as to help the poor people？ Should we comply with laws? Describe a website you have visited that is useful to you How did you manage to find this website? Why do you choose to talk about this website? What’s the range of people using Internet in your country? What do you think about online shopping? How would you convince an elderly person to learn to use the Internet if he had never used it before and was resistant to modern technology? Describe a sport that you are good at Describe a picture Describe a skill you want to learn Describe a letter you have received Describe a book you have recently read Describe one particular regulation employed during Olympic Games What performances have you watched and with whom? What game have you played in your childhood? Describe a program Describe a useful tool Describe the help you have received before Why do modern people not like to help others? How should help others? How to cultivate our children to develop the habit of helping others? Describe a special meal that you liked Describe a product that you bought but you do not often use （分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案：()解析：(17).Place Describe a place you have visited or lived Describe a place you have studied or worked When and where did you work? How do you think about the workplace? How do you plan your work? What do you want to do in the future? Do you think women should stay at home as a full-time housewife or go out to look for jobs? Why do you like the university you have studied in? What’s your plan after graduation? Are there any beautiful views in your university? Is it necessary for university to purchase teaching equipment? Describe a place you can listen to music Describe a shop that you like to visit Why do some people not like to go shopping? What are the differences betweenbig shops and small shops? Apart from shops, is there any other ways that people can buy things? What are some of the problems in cities? What are some of the environmental problems caused in cities? Describe a place you would like to introduce to your friends Describe a city you like Describe a polluted city Describe a garden you like Do you think garden is important? Should people in the city know much about the country life? Describe the school you have been to when you were a child Do you like modern structure or historical structure? Do you think the government should protect the historical structures? Do you think historical places should be saved by your country?（分数：0.47）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：阅读1.Title: Ecotourism Question types： Matching; Short Answer 大致内容：讲生态旅游（分数：10.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：2.Title: Recycle the waste Question types： T/F/NG; Short Answer 大致内容美国废物回收，废铁卖给Japan，倾倒垃圾的地方是east coast，占比例最高的垃圾是paper，回收比较便宜的是steel，百分比是17%。

2011年雅思写作部分真题TASK 12011/1/8 The pie charts below show what UK students did after leaving university in2003. 两个饼状图分别代表不同学历的人群在毕业后会做什么。

第一幅图是graduates with 1st degrees，第二幅是graduates with PhD qualifications；毕业后去向有全职就业的，海外就业的，继续学习深造的，还有待业的，还有combination of work and study 5类。

2011/1/15 The pie charts show the proportion of four vehicles on a major road bridgein 1965,1985 and 2005 in UK. 三个饼状图描述四种车型的通过比例：private cars, public transport vehicles, lorries and commercial vehicles.2011/1/22 The two pie charts below compare the distribution of world population andthe spending on education in different countries. 2个饼图，一个描述的是人口的分布，另一个描述的是在教育方面的投入比重2011/1/27 The table below gives information about the population, literacy rate(maleand female) and infant mortality rate in four different countries (Poland, Brazil, Egypt and Paskistan) in 2002. 比较4个不同国家在3个项目上的情况差距；但由于有3个不同类别的对象different ways of water use：4 2011/2/12 The 4 pie charts compare 4 countries’　countries: Egypt, Arabic, New Zealand, Canada; 3 ways：domestic use, industry, agriculture2010/2/17一个饼图和一个表格，讲的是asia europe us 和其他地方的游客去澳洲holiday resort 的比例情况以及他们在那stay length，accommodation，main activity 的对比表格2010/2/19 line chart 关于misic CDs bourght from music shops, the internet and supermarkets在1998到2004之间数量的变化从music shops CD数量在下降，其他两个是上升的2011/2/12 The pie charts below give information about the water consumption in terms of agriculture, industry and domestic in four countries.Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and makecomparisons where relevant.Tourism is an excellent way to develop country, but it also can cause some harm. Howcan a country ensure tourism benefit the development?2011/2/17 The pie chart and table below show the rate of Australian tourists fromAsia, Europe, US and others as well as compare stay length，accommodation，and main activity. 小作文属于饼图加表格的混考类。

2011年雅思IELTS作文题目汇总-最全版第一篇：2011年雅思IELTS作文题目汇总-最全版雅思写作机经汇总之2011年大作文2011-1-8(科技类)Some people think that robots are very important for humans' future development.Others, however, think that robots are a dangerous invention that could have negative effects on society.Discuss both views and give your opinion.本次写作考试点评：大作文是关于机器人的问题，属于旧题，难度不大，而且讨论类的提问方式，考生可以清晰地写出文章的结构框架，考生应注意科技类信息和词汇的补充，并从社会角度探讨科技进步带来的利弊。

2011-1-15（社会类）The workplace nowadays is trying to employ the equal number of females and males.Do you think it is a positive or negative trend?本次写作考试点评：大作文工作类的辩论题目，这一趋势在2010年下半年已经凸显，考生应在今后考试中重视此类题目的准备。

本题可根据具体情况进行两面分析：如这样做保证了男女在就业方面的平等，是社会进步的体现；但不考虑到具体岗位设置及性别差异，也会带来一些弊端。

2011-1-22（社会类）Today there is a great increase in anti-social behaviors and lack of respect to others.What are the causes of this? Who should take responsibility for dealing with it? 本次写作考试点评：大作文属于问题分析型，可以用四段式布局，一段讨论原因，一段讨论责任承担方以及理由。

2011年雅思考试题目及参考范文Felix2011年雅思考试题目及参考范文2011.1.8Some people think that robots are very important for humans' future development. Others, however, think that robots are a dangerous invention that could have negative effects on society. Discuss both views and give your opinion.For centuries, people have fantasized that someday robots could have intelligence like mankind and work as faithful servants. Today this dream has come true in many fields thanks to the rapid development of artificial intelligence researches. However, the issue of the wide application of robots can be deemed as beneficial as detrimental.On the one hand, there is no denying that robots bring about an array of positive aspects, such as high work efficiency and low work risk. First, the workload that could take months to finish by manual labor could be done flawlessly by robots in minutes, which allows individuals to be involved in other activities. Second, it is widely acknowledged that robots could do dangerous jobs instead of people in high risk businesses like mining and construction; therefore, a host of people’s safety can be ensured to a considerable degree.On the other hand, a great number of people hold an opposite opinion, asserting there are numerous demerits which should not be neglected. To begin with, people lose jobs when machines take their places, especially in the mass production industry such as automobile business. In factories of the famous carcompany Ford, almost every step of car making is done by giant robots that work faster with higher reliability and precision. As a consequence, employees will have great pressure. Admittedly, there are indeed some occupations that robots might perform much better than human beings, but they cannot work in a flexible way as people do, and they are less likely to make corresponding changes once something unexpected happens. Then human beings’ supervision tends to become imperative.Taking all factors into account, robots have many merits that make our life easier and more convenient, but workers may suffer from unemployment stress. (292 words2011.1.15Nowadays, some workplaces tend to employ equal numbers of men and women workers. Do you think it is a positive or negative development? The gender imbalance has long been a general phenomenon in the labour market. Some analysts argue that it is impossible to eliminate the underrepresentation of women in job markets, while others propose that women should be entitled the same opportunity to be engaged in a position. The essay will compare these two opinions before giving my own opinion.From some people’s point of view, the practice that equal numbers of male and female workers should be employed is unreasonable. First, the packed-schedule of certain positions is likely to make women so busy with their jobs that their family life is neglected. Another point is that it is much easier for female workers to be influenced by marriage and motherhood, and their jobs are often interrupted by daily domestic events. To keep the continuity of work, employers are more inclined to put male workers into their top priority. Opponents of this issue hold that the positive aspects of the practice are more influential. First of all, employing equal numbers of male and female workers can help create positive working environment, for it is usually the case that men or women perform less aggressive in the face of the opposite gender. Second, there is a large possibility that men and women workers bring their respective talents into full play since men are more determined and less likely to be affected by external influence and women are generally more careful and patient. Finally, the move could be regarded as a sign of equality, for in many workplaces, employers used to limit the numbers of women workers and welcome a substantial percentage of males to join them. The practice that equal numbers of men and women workers are accepted indicates the realisation of women’s value.To sum up, it does bring drawbacks to some workplaces if equal numbers of men and women workers are employed, but this cannot deny the benefits of the practice. This essay is inclined to maintain that equal numbers of male andfemale workers can be employed in the same workplace given that there is a rational division of labour, with all employees developing their own particular advantages for mutual benefits.(360 words)2011.1.22Nowadays some people have the anti-social behaviors such as committing crimes. What are the reasons? Who should take responsibility for dealing with it?A dramatic rise in crime rate during the past several years has become a major concern among the public. It is urgent to identify the underlying root causes and adopt proactive approaches.A variety of factors are responsible for the surge of anti-social behaviors such as committing crimes. The predominant factor resulting in this problem is the lack of education. People who fail their school or know little about laws have a much higher likelihood of committing crimes. Excessive exposure to violence is another cause that leads to anti-social behaviors , especially the juvenile delinquency. Without the proper parental guide, some young adults will probably become addicted to the Internet and become heavy net users. Some contents are contaminated by online violence and pornography, which is closely linked to youngsters’ aggressive behaviors.Accordingly, the crime prevention requires the joint efforts from both the government and parents. The government should increase its intervention, including launching public anti-crime campaigns, enforcing new laws and popularizing education. A civilized society is characterized by a high literacy rate and a low crime rate. The negative relationship between these two parameters implies that one will be away from a life of crime if given the access to education. To tackle youth crimes, parents should play a more supportive and loving role, attaching more importance to their children’s emotional needs, limiting their access to unfavorable contents on the Internet, and creating more interesting after-school entertainment.As suggested above, this unpleasant phenomenon can be attributed to several factors, including poor education and lack of parental supervision. The government should take more effective measures to curb crimes and parents are supposed to give correct instructions to their children.(279words)2011.1.27Some people think that it is necessary to travel abroad to learn about other countries, but other people think that it is not necessary to travel abroadbecause all the information can be seen on television and the Internet. Discuss both opinions and give your own opinion.There is a new trend that an increasing number of people choose to travel overseas to form a global perspective. This issue is full of controversy, with concerns being expressed over whether it is necessary to go overseas to know more about other countries, since all the information can be gained through either television or the Internet.A serial of benefits can be brought by traveling abroad to learn about a different country. Initially, it is a memorable life experience that we cannot acquire in our domestic country. As a result, only in real life contexts can people comprehend the culture, customs, or its people etc. Sound as the above statement seems, there are still a group of people holding the view that there is no need to travel abroad. The main factor is that the advanced technology, such as televisions, the Internet, can provide people with almost any information about other places. However, it is unpractical to rely on the media excessively to get any news they want to obtain. Spreading rumors on the Internet are always happening around us. Therefore, only when we experience them personally, can we confirm the accuracy of the information.To sum up, it is imperative for people to travel overseas to learn different nations. Televisions and the Internet are, to some extent, a feasible way to obtain information, but the real experience of traveling abroad largely outweighs the dependence on the media to learn about a different country.(245words)2011.2.12Tourism is an excellent way to develop country, but it also can cause some harm. How can a country ensure tourism benefit the development? The market of international tourism is flourishing as never before and is playing a vital part in the development of one country. However, this booming is accompanied by the soaring number of tourists, which may bring about a substantial number of demerits. Therefore, how to guarantee the sustainable development of tourism and develop our tourism vigorously will be analyzed in this essay.The merits of tourism to one country’s development are beyond doubt. For one thing, tourism can attract a host of foreigners to visit and consume during the tour. For another, the excellent impression of the places of interests will enhance one country’s international image and then stimulate international investments in not only tourism but also other essential sections. Meanwhile, the demerits of unguided tourism can never be ignored and will be represented as follows. First, a sizeable percentage of people may pose a threat to the historical buildings. Second, trash produced in an astonishing amount goes with the super large flow of people, particularly during the peak tourist time. Third, a vast number of people flood into one place, whichaggravates the traffic pressure greatly, contributing too much inconvenience to the local dwellers.To handle above problems and ensure tourism can attract people continuously and benefit economy development, the following methods are strongly suggested. Initially, government should pay close attention to the protection and renovation of historical buildings. Subsequently, the awareness of environmental conservation should be strongly strengthened among the public, therefore efficient environmental campaigns are inevitable. Ultimately, reasonable distribution and improvement of transport facilities should be put on table.(262words)2011.2.17Some believe creative artists should be supported financially by government of their county, but some others suggest creative artists find finance support in other sources instead. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.Arts play a significant role in individuals’ lives. It is widely acknowledged that sufficient investment for artists is necessary if people strive to develop arts. However, whether the government should support them financially or they should find support from other sources arouses a contentious argument.On the one hand, it brings about a wide range of blessings for the government to give financial aids to creative artists. First, the artistic level is more likely to get a promotion with stable fund guarantee. As a result, creative artists can be fully dedicated to their jobs. Second, considering the great significance and profits that arts generate for the nation, for instance, providing numerous products and designs that drive innovation and shape a state’s cultural character, the government should encourage the development of arts with financial assistance.On the other hand, people hold an opposite point of view, asserting that creative artists should gain financial aids from other resources. To begin with, compared with other employees earning money by themselves, creative artists are supposed to strive for the financial support from other sources by their own efforts rather than depend on the taxpayer’s expenses. Furthermore, finding financial support on their own allows creative artists to have enough pressure to motivate themselves, producing great works. Most importantly, in many industries, such as advertising, design, trade show，creative artists are always in shortage. As a result, it is not too hard to access the supply of fund if they have qualified works.As suggested above, financial support from the government indeed generates an array of benefits for creative artists. However, the real creative artists are someone who work with their own strengths to obtain sponsorships, instead of relying on the government.(287 words)2011.2.19Some people think that women should play an equal role as men in military force or police force; others say women are not suited for such kind of work. Discuss both sides and give your own opinion.Over the past several years, the change in women’s participation in nearly every walk of life has been beyond people’s wildest expectations. However, a heated debate with regard to whether women should play an equal role as men in military force or police force has arisen, which draws enormous attention from the public.On the one hand, some people assert that since the society consists of nearly equal numbers of both genders, sex discrimination must be eliminated and ladies can make the same amount of contribution to the police force and military force. The first standpoint is that females have inborn merits standing them in good stead. They are less likely to commit faults, for they are good at tackling matters with accuracy and caution. In addition, another impressive and prominent personality trait is that females have great endurance of hardships, especially under grueling conditions, and their tenderness allows them to excel in positions involving interaction and communication with human personnel.Notwithstanding their strengths, females have some limitations they may need to overcome. One obstacle which cannot be ignored is the social attitude. Females have to cope with the pressure exerted by their families, acquaintances or friends, as serving the army is widely seen as a deadly job which is exclusively for males. The other one is females’ physical and mental qualifications. It is commonly known that homicides and robbers are mostly strong, fierce and cruel, and policewomen are more likely to become victims rather than bring them to justice. Also, it seems to be true that military training and the war field could be too intense and sometimes brutal, far beyond the limits of ordinary women’s physical and mental levels.In conclusion, females should be viewed as equal to males in the defense force and their presence should be encouraged. Nature gives different attributes to both men and women, which is supposed to optimize the productivity and efficiency of the society, rather than cause gender discrimination.(327 words)2011.2.26Countries should try to produce all the food that population eats and import food as little as possible. To what extent do you agree or disagree?There has been a steady increase in the demand for importing food throughout the world in recent years. There are indications that this trade activity has brought various benefits, but importing food is very often criticized as unnecessary and extravagant, especially when air freight is involved.It is important to note that importing food is becoming increasingly popular among the general population. This is mainly due to the fact that countries differ in their product structures because of dissimilar natural resources, climates and geographic features. By adopting an enlightened policy and promoting trade activities with other countries, a country can facilitate the exchange of goods, services and capitals with the rest of the world and promote economic development. However, some countries might become addicted to importing and overlook the possibility of developing a self-contained economy. Government funding in the scientific research can make it possible to achieve a breakthrough on the scarcity of resource and increase the yield, thereby resolving the food supply crisis.Moreover, countries in our planet vary in terms of their resource distributions, climatic conditions and topography, which, to a large extent, affects their population as well as the food production. The imbalance between the capability of producing food and the food consumption makes it hard for a country to produce all the food to meet its people’s requirements.As suggested above, it is unpractical for every nation to supply all the food that the population need, and under favorable conditions, import of food ought to be encouraged. (251words)2011.3.5Some people believe governments should spend money in saving languages of few speakers from dying out completely. Others think this is a waste of financial resources. Discuss both views and give your opinion.Of the thousands of languages in use now, some are used by a huge number of people, like English and Chinese, while some others only have very few speakers. With the increasing efforts of the international community to save those languages used by few speakers, a debate as to whether governments should take measures to save them has arisen.Supporters of governments’ efforts to save the languages verging on extinction hold that any effort made to preserve a language is well worthwhile. As is known to all, each language is loaded with an enormous cultural heritage, reflecting the knowledge, thought and faith of its speakers. Preserving a language which is dying out, we conserve the cultural diversity; losing a language, we lose a cultural heritage. Rare animals cannot be wiped out just because they are few, and old buildings of historical value cannot be pulleddown owing to its bad condition. In the same vein, languages with few speakers cannot be abandoned to their fate.Opponents to governments’ measures to save the languages from the brink, however, claim that the efforts are nothing but a waste of money. First, preserving such languages from extinction, which needs a considerable sum of money, and lets alone substantial human resources, does not bring real benefits. The money spent in unrewarding activities, if invested in more significant undertakings such as poverty alleviation, AIDS combating, scientific researching, etc., will be greatly beneficial to man. Moreover, preserving a language is not conducive to the world peace. After all, when marooned in their own world, people become less receptive to and tolerant of things and values different from theirs, a situation which can easily rub salt against wounds and thus gives rise to antagonism and even hatred.In conclusion, my opinion is that it is worthwhile for governments to spend money saving languages with few speakers, or languages facing extinction. A language is a cultural heritage, which is invaluable and certainly merits preservation at any cost.（329words）2011.3.10In some countries, children start school at the age of seven, so they could have more time to build relationship with their parents. In othercountries, some think that children start school as young as possible. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.It is true that a substantial number of students start school at seven or later in some countries and their parents believe it is significant to establish closer relationship with their children. Conversely, some people from other countries are in favour of the idea that the earlier schooling, the better relationship with parents. Personally, I intend to support the later opinion.A sizeable percentage of people, especially in the developing countries, are convinced that children should be educated in their early age at home to form a strong connection with their parents. For one thing, such a close connection can enhance not only parents’ authority but also their influence. As young children might be affected by others, including friends and strangers, to form unpleasant behaviour, parents must guide their children to distinguish the good from the bad authoritatively. For another, the close relationship can help children to maintain the confidence to face the new things appearing in their life constantly as they know their parents can help them to deal with them if needed.However, a substantial percentage of parents in the developed countries are of the belief that it is earlier schooling instead of later one that can help the foundation of children-parents relation. For one thing, young children will definitely meet friends in the school and learn from them. Bad influence as it may exert, teachers will guide students to avoid bad influence and teach themhow to handle this problem properly. Parents can gain information immediately from teachers and communicate with their children after school, thereby forming a better relationship. For another, early schooling enables children to deal with problems on their own, and this can trigger their confidence to face challenge independently. With their growth, they will realize numerous problems cannot be handled independently, they would ask for their parents’ help, which can noticeably promote the family relationship.My view is that starting school as soon as possible can enlighten and awaken children’s awareness concerning the relationship with friends and teachers when facing problems, therefore enhancing and ensuring the parents-children relationship by handling tho se problems under parents’ instruction and suggestion.(354 words)2011.3.12Competitiveness is a positive quality for people in most societies. How does this affect individuals? Is it a positive or negative trend?It is not uncommon today that competitiveness has been penetrating into people’s everyday life and has been deemed as one of people’s essential merits. This essay tends to illustrate how individuals have been influenced bycompetitiveness and sufficient analysis over whether it is a beneficial or detrimental trend will also be demonstrated in an array of aspects.A host of people assert that it is a beneficial trend for human society in terms of the upsides it brings about, such as the economical boom and improvement of public health. In the first place, competitiveness is inclined to boost the economy at an international level. For example, as a result of the competitiveness, all companies may strive to invest a substantial number of money to produce new products for more profits, thus contributing to the convenience of people’s daily life. In the second place, it will also accelerate the betterment of public health care. As individual country will compete for improving its own citizens’ life, medical care would be thought highly of by the authorities and global death toll from diseases may largely decrease. Meanwhile, a significant number of people hold a negative view towards competitiveness. They say a sizeable percentage of people will lose jobs due to the heated competition in all areas. In this way, it is baneful for a large number of people and the government in turn will shoulder more pressure from those jobless people. They also believe fierce competition may result in deterioration of our environment. They fear that a massive proportion of factories may pursue profits at the expense of environment. Take paper-making industry for example. Factories will sacrifice acres of forests to live on in the competitive society.To sum up, I tend to believe a certain degree of competitiveness is necessarily adopted in order to have the society progress, while contentious competitiveness will inevitably spark off impairments to our life both physically and psychologically.（321words）2011.3.19Computer technologies are more accessible and cheaper, as a result, more adults work at home and children study at home. Is this a positive or negative development?As a result of the soaring advancement of technologies, the use of computer has become prevalent in people’s everyday life. For example, a substantial number of people ranging from workers to students prefer to work and study at home instead of physically sitting in the office and at school.Few would deny that learning or working through computer at home seems beneficial to people in a number of aspects. Initially, the most obvious merit can be attributed to the release of traffic jams. Since less people tend to use the public or private vehicles commuting from work or school to their home, there is a lower possibility of the incidence of traffic jams. Subsequently, it is convenient for people to work or study at home. Distance learning program is a good casein point. It is the distance learning programs through computer that largely helps people who are unable to go to school have access to education.On the contrary, a host of people oppose the opinion above. They believe working or studying at home will probably reduce the communication among colleagues and classmates. They fear that this may encourage people to be more indifferent to others, thus resulting in relationship not as close as in the past. Another consideration for those people lies with people’s physical impairments induced from sitting in front of the computer too long. Since all work needs to be done on computer, barely can people spare a minute for rest and a cup of coffee, which will inevitably hazard people health.All in all, this development can be taken as beneficial as detrimental. It is acceptable for people to work or study with computer at home for sake of the convenience it brings about, but it will also spark off health-related problems and the decrease of people’s social interaction.（304 words）2011.4.2Many people think that cheap air travel should be encouraged because it gives ordinary people the freedom to travel further. However, others think that this leads to environmental problem, and so air travel shouldbe more expensive in order to discourage people from having it. Discuss both sides and give your own opinion.In today’s world, advanced transportation technology has made travelling modes more diverse than ever before. Some people prefer air travel to other ways due to taking the airplane being more comfortable and going further. They, consequently, consider that the cheaper air travel is, the more benefits ordinary people gain, while others especially campaigners for environmental protection propose that w e should limit air travel through increasing the air travel’s price. I think this is an impractical suggestion.Cheap air travel, which can benefit the less-wealthy people, is an inevitable fact of life. Because of the stagnant market and the fierce competition in the area of civil aviation companies, numerous promotion programs are offered to passengers which make air travel affordable for ordinary people. Moreover, air trips make it possible for people to travel around the world quickly and freely, which ensures the growth of modern industries such as international tourism. However, those people who insist on limiting air travel through raising tickets’ prices can reduce environment pollution have made a huge mistake. Air trips can ferry far more passengers and are also much longer than others. Therefore, when we think an increasing amount of pollution is produced by air of per passenger and kilometer travelled, the other travel mode such as a car journey is no more fuel-efficient and environment-friendly than a flight. Discouraging people to travel by air, which will cause less pollution, is a certain improper act.In conclusion, cheap air travel has become an inescapable trend. Instead of persuading people to sacrifice their comfort and convenience, we should focus on improving clean and renewable fuels and more efficient airplanes that will not put the environment in danger. (279 words)2011.4.16Many people believe it is important to protect environment, but they make no effort to do it themselves. What is the reason? Do you have any suggestion for individuals to protect environment?The issue of environmental degradation, if not solved effectively, is believed to impose a severe thr eat to people’s survival in the years ahead. The significance of protecting environment has been staggering into the public, but few people take actions to do it. The reasons will be analyzed followed by some responsible solutions.Several reasons would account for the discouragement of individuals to take few actions to protect environment. First, it is true that tiny individual actions often seem insignificant compared to the scale and complexity of environmental problems such as pollution, deforestation and depletion of natural resources, so individuals choose to relieve their duty rather than do as much as they can to cope with these problems. Another obstacle which makes individual actions almost impossible is government intervention or even。