2014 年 5-8月雅思口语题库

（中国大陆考区适用）

Part 1(35 HF Topics)

Names• Does your name have any special meaning?• When Chinese people name their children, are there any special customs that are followed?• Is there any special ceremony when babies are given their names?• How are Chinese names and Western names different?• What name do people at home call you?• Do many people in China have a nickname?• Are there any big differences between people's names today in China and people's names

many years ago?• Do Chinese people like to have common names?• Why are some Chinese names very similar to each other?• Do Chinese people today usually have a third name?• Is your surname very common in China?• What's the most common surname in China?• Do Chinese people attach a lot of importance to names?• Do people in China ever change their names?• Would you like to change your name?

Studies• Do you work or are you a student?• What subject are you studying?• Why did you choose to study that subject?• Is that a popular subject in your country?• Do you think it's popular because people want to gain knowledge or is there some other reason?• What are the most popular subjects in China?• Why did you choose that university?• Do you have any recreational or entertainment activities at your school/university?• Do you think it's important to choose a subject you like?• What are your favorite classes/ courses/ subjects at university?• What's the most interesting part of your subject?• What are your future work plans?• How will you get the job you want?• Why are you taking the IELTS test?• In addition to gaining knowledge, what other ways have you benefited from your

school/university experience?

Work• What job do you do?• What is the nature of that work?• Why did you choose to do that job?• Is that a popular choice of career in your country?• Would you say your job is very important?• How do you think your subject will help you in the future?• How did you get that job?• Is it easy to find work doing your job?• Where do people get information about jobs, from newspaper or from TV?• Are there other ways for people to get information about jobs?• Which do you enjoy more, communicating with people at work, or the work

itself?• Which do you enjoy more, working or studying?• What do you like about your work?• Do you think it's very important for people to do a job that they like?• What other job do you think you would enjoy, apart from your present job?

Hometown• Where do you come from?• What tourist attractions are there in your hometown? Would a foreign visitor

enjoy them?• Did you learn much about the history of your hometown in school?• What do you think needs to change in your hometown?• What place(s) in your hometown do you go to in your spare time?• Why did you choose to live here/there?• What do you like about your hometown?• What do you think needs to be done to make your hometown a better place to

live in?• For you, what benefits are there to living in a big city?• What facilities does your hometown have?• What sorts of buildings are there in your hometown?• What's the most attractive part of your hometown?• What forms of transport do visitors use to come to your hometown?• How could your hometown attract more visitors?• Has the weather in your hometown changed much in recent years?

Clothes• Do you think it's important what clothes a person wears? (Why?/Why

not?)• Is it important what clothes you wear at your job? (your company)• Do you think the clothes a person wears leaves an impression on others?• What kinds/styles of clothes do you like (or, prefer) to wear? (Why?)• Do you wear the same clothes both at work and after work?• Do you wear the same kinds of clothes in winter and summer?• Do your friends have the same tastes in clothes as you?• What kinds of (or, style of) clothes do people in your country like to wear?• Do you think you will still be wearing the same kinds of clothes when you

are old?• Do you prefer informal or formal clothes? (Why?)• Do you feel comfortable when wearing formal clothes? (Why?/Why not?)• Do you think formal clothes are important?• When do people wear formal clothes?• Are you very interested in fashion (or, clothes fashions)?

Accommodation• Can you describe the place where you live?• What do you usually do in your house/flat/room?• Are the transport facilities to your home very good?• Please describe the room you live in.• Is there anything you don't like about the place where you live?• What kind of decorations does it have?• How do you think this room could be improved?• What can you see when you look out the window of your room?• How well do you know your neighbors?• What kind of people are your neighbors?• Do you spend much time socializing with your neighbors in your neighbors'

homes?• Do you like the environment where you live?• Would you say the place where you live is good for families with children?• In the future, what type of place would you like to live in?• What kind of neighborhood/environment/surroundings would you like to live

in?

Rain

• Does it rain much in your hometown?• Do you like rainy days?• What do you do on rainy days?• What is the importance of the rainfall?• Does the rain ever affect the transportation?

Noise

• What natural sound do you like the most? (Why?)

• What sounds do you dislike? (Why?)• Does your school have any quiet places for

studying?• What are some places where there is a lot of

noise?• Do you mind noises?

Leisure Time

• When do you have free time?• How do you like to relax?• What do you do on weekends?• Do you think modern people have enough time

for relaxing? • What can people do to find more time for

relaxing?• Do you think it's important to spend your leisure

time with your family?

Cars

• Do you like cars?• Do you have a driver's license?• Do you (or your family) have a car?• Do you often drive it?• If you wanted to buy a car, what kind of car

would you choose?• What kinds of cars are popular in your

country?• Do you like traveling by car?

Maps

• Do you use maps?• When do you use a map?• Do you think map is important?• Do you prefer to use electronic maps or those

made of paper?

Train

• Do you like travelling by train?• How often do you travel by train?• Is travelling by train very popular in China?• Do you prefer travelling by train or travelling

by air?

Time

• Do you usually wear a watch?• Do you think time is very important?• How do you feel when you are late?• Do you think it's important to be on time?• When does time seem to move fast and when

does it seem to move slowly?

Shopping

• Do you like shopping?• Is there anything you don't like about shopping?• Do you prefer shopping alone or with others?• What type of shop do you prefer to go to?• Do you like shopping for clothes or other goods

on the internet?• What are some differences between men and

women and shopping?

Music

• Do you like music?• What's your favourite kind of music?• Have you ever learned to play a musical

instrument?• Which instrument would you prefer to study -

the piano or the violin? • Do you think it's important for children to

learn (to play) a musical instrument?

Languages

• What foreign languages have you studied?• Would you say it's a difficult language to learn?• Do Chinese people have many chances to

practice oral English?• Do you think it's important to know more than

one language?• What is the most difficult part about studying a

foreign language?

Internet

• Do you ever use the internet?• What do you do on the internet?• Is there anything you don't understand about

the internet?• Do you think the internet is a good thing?• Do you think the use of the internet needs to

be controlled?

Housework

• Do you usually do any housework?• Do you like to do housework?• What housework does you least like doing?• Do you think it's important for children to do

some housework?• Have there been any changes in the

housework people do?

Animals

• Do you like animals?• What's your favourite animal?• What kinds of animals as a pet do the people

have in your country?• Do you think cities are suitable places for

keeping a pet?• What do you think are the benefits of a child

having a pet?

Dictionary

• Do you use dictionary?• Which kind of dictionaries do you prefer to

use?• Do you think the dictionary is useful?• What are the benefits of using dictionary for

kids?

Toys• What toys did you like to play with when you were a

child?• Do you think you learned anything from playing with

toys?• Did you (prefer to) play with those toys alone or with

other children?• If you had children, what toy would you give them?• If you had to choose a toy for a child, what toy would

you give them?• Is there any difference between the boys' toys and

girls' toys?

TV

• Do you like watching TV?• What types of TV programmes do you (most) like

to watch?• Do you prefer reading a newspaper, (or reading a

magazine) or watching TV?• What types of programme do children in China

like to watch?• How do you feel about advertisements on TV?• Do you prefer to watch TV or listen to the radio?

Gifts

• Do you often give gifts to people?• Do you and your friends or family members give

each other gifts?• Do you think it's easy to choose what to give

other people?• Do you think it's important to give expensive

gifts?• In China, is it necessary to bring a gift when you

visit someone?• Do you think gift-giving is very important?

Cooking

• Do you know how to cook?• Do you like cooking?• Have you thought about learning how to cook?• What do you like to cook?• Do you think everyone should learn how to

cook? (Why?)• Do you eat at home or do you usually eat

outside?

Concentration

• Is it important to focus on things?• When do people need to focus?• Is it easy to concentrate on things?• Can people focus on two different things at

the same time?• How to concentrate the mind on the

particular object?

Weekends

• Are weekends important to you?• How do you (usually) spend the weekend? • Which do you prefer, Saturday or Sunday?• What do you usually do on that day?• What are you going to (planning to) do next

weekend?• Is it important for people to have weekends off?• Should people be paid overtime for working at

the weekend?

Museums

• Are there many museums in your hometown?• Do you think museums are useful for visitors to

your hometown?• Do you often visit a museum?• Did you go to any museums when you were a

child?• Do you think museums are important?• Do you think it's suitable for museums to sell

things to visitors?

Food

• Which do you prefer to eat, lunch or dinner? (Why?)

• Do you think there are any benefits from eating breakfast?

• Are you willing to try some new food?• Which do you prefer – to eat one big meal or to

eat several small snacks?• What do you consider to be a healthy diet?• Do you know how to make (prepare) a meal?

Neighbours

• Are there many people living near you?• Do you know your neighbours?• How often do you see (or talk to) your

neighbours?• Do you think it's important to know your

neighbours?• What do you think of your neighbours?• Would you prefer to have young people as your

neighbours, or old people?

Parks• Are there many parks or public gardens where

you live (or, in your hometown)?• How often do you go there?• What do you (like to) do when you go to a park

or public garden?• What do other people do in these places?• Do you think parks and public gardens are

important to a city?• Do you think every city and town should have

parks and public gardens?

Part 2 & 3(50 Topics)

A film

• Describe a foreign film you like. (another topic : a film you dislike)

You should say: when & where you saw it

why you chose to watch it what it was about

who the actors were and explain why you like/didn't like it.

Do people prefer to watch films in the cinema or at home?Do different types of people all like to watch the same kinds of films?In what ways does watching films influence people?Has the way that people watch films changed much, compared to the way they watched films in the past?Do you want to be a film star?

what equipment of facilities you would need to study it

A Magazine

• Describe a magazine or newspaper that you like to read.You should say: what magazine or newspaper it is what the magazine or newspaper is about how often you read it why you like to read it.(& what effect on you)

• Part 3• 你觉得记者这个职业怎么样，记者喜欢他们的职业吗？

• 你觉得记者应该具备什么素质？为什么• 如果让你为杂志写稿会写什么• 你跟朋友父母看杂志和报纸吗？为什么看• 读书和读杂志的区别 /杂志和报纸的区别• 纸质传媒和电子传媒的发展• 杂志等传媒业对人的影响• 男生和女生喜欢的杂志有何不同

Another topic: A wedding that you attendedYou should say: where & when you attended this wedding whose wedding it was who attended how you felt about this wedding

what do you think is the most important equipment. Do you think general people are influenced by those equipments?会不会make people lazyequipment坏了你会怎么样，修不修，为什么会坏，人们刚拿到新设备的时候什么感觉Repairing and inventing, 儿童时期教孩子修理东西好不好，现在的东西是不是更容易坏onlineshop and store shop, tv or computer which means a lot to you有什么 equipment将会被淘汰

how to teach children to share toywhen sharing house ， it important to make rules？Sharing personal information on the InternetWhat does the gov could do to encourage transportation sharing

Another Culture

Do you think international sports events are necessary?Do such event improve relations between countries?How do people learn about other cultures?Do you think the ways people learn about other cultures today are different to the ways people used to get knowledge decades ago?What do you think is the best way to become familiar with another culture?

A Photo

• Describe a photograph some one took for you.You should say: who took the photo when it was taken where it was takenand explain why you like it.

• Part 3The Purposes of Photographs

• Do you like taking photographs?• Why do so many people like to take photographs (as a hobby)?• Some people don't like taking photographs. Can you make any guesses about why?• What are the occasions when people take photographs?• Why do some people invade the privacy of celebrities by taking photographs of these

celebrities?• Do you think news photographs are an important part of newspaper stories?• Do you think photographs are important in understanding (or representing or recording)

history?• Technology and Photographs• Compare old cameras with those in use today.• How has photography (or, photographic technology) changed over the past few decades?• Compare the photos that you take with those that professional photographers take.• Some people prefer to take still photographs while others prefer to take videos. Why?• Photographs as Art• Compare a typical family photograph and an artistic photograph.• Do many Chinese people visit photograph exhibitions?• Compare painting pictures and taking photographs (as art forms).• Which leaves a deeper impression on people, a picture or a written description of some

event or scene

A website

• Describe a useful website that you like to visit.You should say:when you visited it

how often you go to this website what the contents of the website are (or,

were) what the website helps you and explain why you think it is useful.

Advertisement

• The Nature of Advertising• What are some examples of places where we often see advertisements?• Why do you think many (most) advertisements use good-looking people (to promote

the product or service)?• The influence of advertisements• What are the different kinds of advertising?• What kind of advertising is most common in China?• What are the ways in which advertisements catch the attention of viewers?• Is advertising on the internet very influential?• How do advertisements attract the attention of people?• What is the purpose (= the function) of advertising? = Why do companies spend

money on advertising?• What kinds of advertisements are most attractive to children (or, young people)?• Do you think advertisements are a good or bad influence on children?• Do you think advertisements actually influence people to buy things (perhaps things

they don't really need)?• Do overseas advertisements used in, or adapted for use in China affect Chinese

culture and values?• Controls on Advertisements• Does the Chinese government control advertisements in any way?• What should happen to those people or companies who engage in false advertising?• Do you think there should be controls on (= laws concerning) advertising, for example

cigarette and alcohol advertising?

Sth. You Saved Money For

• Describe something that you saved money to buy.You should say: what it was how long it took you to save enough money to buy it why you wanted to buy this thingand explain how you felt when you bought it.

Part 3

• Which is better for saving money, using a credit card or using cash?

• What do young people in your country save money for?

• Who do you think saves money easier, men or women?

• You do some people find it hard to save?• How can young people learn to manage their

financial affairs?

Wild Animal

• Describe an interesting wild animal from your country (you like best)You should say: what the animal is

what it looks like where it lives

where you saw it / learned about it what happened when you saw it

explain why you like it and how do people in your country feel about this animal.

• Part 3Zoos

• Do you think zoos are good or bad?• Do you think it's cruel to keep wild animals in zoos?• Why do you think so many cities have zoos?• In your opinion, what features should a good zoo have?• Do you think zoos might disappear in the future?• What future developments do you think we will see

concerning zoos?• The Protection of Wild Animals• Why do you think wild animals should be protected?• In what ways does human activity result in the extinction (or

near extinction) of some animal species?• At present, many animals are already facing extinction. How

do you think average citizens could (help) protect wild animals?

• Why do you think films or books for children so often include animals?

A Busy Time

Do you think it's necessary for everyone to spend some time in a relaxed, quiet place?Do you think it's good to be busy?How do people relax themselves in your country?Why do you think some people are much busier than others?

Part3在中国是不是大部分孩子有跟老人住的经历，老年人年轻人怎么互相学习，会不会有misunderstanding成年人和青少年互相能从对方学到什么，小时候多久跟长辈聚一次 ,都做什么 老人和小孩相处的时间有多少 作为一个 teenager的优点和缺点 老人有什么东西是不知道的 小孩为什么不教他们

Forget thing

• Describe a time when you forget sth.• You should say:• what you forgot • when & where this happened • explain why you forget & how you felt after

you forgot it

An intelligent person

• Describe an intelligent person you know.You should say: who this person is

when & where you (first) met what kind of person he or she is what he or she doesand explain why you think he or she is intelligent.

Part3对 academic researcher的看法，什么人能从事这个职业。should students answer question in class,中国老师经常问你问题吗？电视机是否可以给人们带来更多知识general knowledge 对学习生活有帮助吗？为什么人们喜欢看 quiz showacquire information by internet?

A Group

What are some examples of organizations and groups that people join?Is there much difference between the groups that women join and those that men join?What are the benefits that people, both men and women, get from joining a group?What kinds of online groups are there that people join?

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A Park/Garden

• Describe a park/garden you visited and liked/ that impressed you.You should say: the name of it

where it was how often you go there

what it looks like & what you saw in this garden what you & people did there and explain why you liked it.

节日用花习俗 花的含义   什么情况下送花   关于装饰用花养花的好处 老人喜欢养花还是年轻人 城市绿化对人们的好处 城市绿化是谁的责任

A flower

• Describe a flower you like• You should say:• What the flower is• How you know this flower• How often do you buy this flower• Why you like it• 貌似是两站都没有的新题，目前考到的人比较少

A Festival

• Describe a festival in your country• You should say:• What & when the festival is • How people celebrate / prepare it• Why people in your country like it• 貌似是两站都没有的新题，目前考到的人比较少

声明• 本 PPT主要取材于“雅思 9”网站及“人人网雅思哥”，感谢他们为广大考生辛勤地付出。

• 本 PPT在雅 9及雅思哥的基础上，合并两者共有部分，并根据实际考试情况增减个别题目；对于 P2题干不同的部分，出于让考生能更充分准备的目的，大部分做了合并处理，小部分在逻辑上有矛盾的予以删除； P3部分根据考生反馈内容，融合两站提供的问题，做了适当修改和增补，如Magazine话题，根据考生反馈，改为与杂志相关问题。

• 本 PPT 供 2014 年 5 月 -8月期间考试的考生参考使用，其他时段的考试会增减一定话题，请考生关注雅思 9和人人雅思哥的动态。

• 本 PPT制作仓促，有疏漏之处还望谅解。