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一、对2013年全年雅思考试的总结,出了哪些新题,考试的难度分布
纵观2013全年雅思口语考试,不难发现今年的雅思口试主要有以下特点:除了较以往的话题相比其内容更加广泛之外,2013年的雅思口试真题在其难度方面有所增加。从今年第一个题库变动期就可以看出,新题的专向性比较强,需要考生们运用丰富且地道的词汇,对日常生活中的所见所闻多做观察,如果没有足够的相关话题知识,就很难应对不停变换的考题。但这又不失为一件好事,为了准备题目,考生们会对相关话题进行资料搜索,通过准备话题的方式来汲取不曾了解的知识。
那么接下来我们对2013年出现的新题做以下整理:
口试PI部分出现了大概12个完全的新题:boat, building, concentration, sleep, patience,trees/forest/plants, being busy, advertisement, sunshine, being polite,history。
其次,口试P2部分的话题还是基本按照人物、地点、物品、事件这四大类来分的。人物类话题中,出现的新题有 “a good parent youknow”, “a person who has an important job”, the most polite person you know”,“an interesting person you met recently”。地点类话题中,出现的新题有 “a cafe in yourhometown”, “a room you spent most of your time in when you were a child”, “aplace crowded with people”, “an interesting country”, “a shoppingstreet’。物品类新出现的话题有 “your favorite kind of clo
thes”, “a book or film you read orwatched about the future”, “a language you want to learn(not English orMandarin)”, “a useful website”, “a childhood toy”, “an important plant in yourcountry”, “a radio program you enjoy listening to”, “a story you heard when youwere a child”, “a rule made bu your school”, “an interesting speech”, “a familybusiness”。事件类新出现的话题有 “an occasion when you were late for sth”, “maths lesson inyour primary shool”, “a change you recently have”, “a party you would like toarrange for your friends or families”, “an interesting historical event”, “anoutdoor picnic/activity you enjoyed”, “an occasion when you were late”, “atraveling using public transport”, “a way to keep healthy”, “your favorite timein a day”, “a time you helped others”, “a science lesson you had in highschool”。
从这些新题中我们可以看出,13年PI出现的的新题主要围绕一些抽象话题和一些比较专向性的实物话题。这对于考生来说难度大大增加了,以往的考试题目主要围绕一些日常活动或基本信息,所以不管是在描述客观事物还是表达感想方面,考生都比较容易想到具体的回答思路。而今年出现的像concentration和patience等抽象话题以及像forest和sunshine等的以自然为主题的话题,如果考生不准备充分,那么在考场上很容易出现思路停滞而大大影响其得分的现象。
第二部分新出现的话题中,我们可以看到很多题目其实就是换汤不换药,题目内容点一样,但可能换了种形式来考学生。但是也要注意的是,这并不说明考试难度没有增加,相反,如果考生不注意题目形式的变换,看到熟悉的词依旧采用原本准备好的思路答题,那么很可能导致回答不切题而失分。除了一些换汤不换药的题之外,我们不难发现一些范围更广的像“a family business”和更专项性的 “math class” “scienceclass”等题,所以在考试话题内容范围上,题目本身所涵盖的知识点越来越大,同样对于考生的能力要求也越来越高。