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问"场合"/"频率"，例如Test2 - When do people give gifts or presents in your country?Test 3 - When do you think you'll next make a telephone call? Test 4 - How oftendo you ride a bicycle?
回答此类题目，学生可以考虑设置不同的前提，然后根据这些预设的情景来进行细节的补充。
e.g. When do people give gifts or presents in your country? - There aremany occasions when we give gifts in China. For example, I will give presentsfor celebrating my families' or friends' birthday. And for some certainfestivals like Christmas or Spring Festival, we will exchange gifts with eachother, it's kind of like part of the social norms.
在回答Part 1的时候学生还需要注意时态问题，例如Test 2 -When did you last receive a gift? [Whatwas it?]学生在回答时务必要改用过去时态。
最后《剑9》Part 1中有一则题目值得注意，Test 4 -What are the advantages of a bicyclecompared to a car?[Why?]这样询问利弊的提问在以往的《剑桥雅思》的第一部分不曾出现过，事实上这样的题目在第三部分双向讨论的部分里更容易看到。但是联系近期的雅思考试，这样的提问有上升趋势，学生在准备话题时尤其是物品类题目时可以考虑一下分别讨论一下此项事物的利弊。
e.g. What are the advantages of a bicycle compared to a car? - Compared tocars, bicycles are more eco-friendly, because apparently there will be noemissions while cycling. Besides, we can get some exercise when we ridebikes.
从《剑9》Part 2的话题中，明显可以看出事件类的话题卡片增加了，四套真题中有两张事件类的卡片- Describe something youdid that was new or exciting; Describe a journey [e.g. by car, plane, boat] thatyou remember well. 在回答事件类题目时，一定要注意时态的应用，这两张卡片谈论的都是过去的事情，所以学生在描述时要注意时态的改变。
而另外两张话题卡片;分别是Describe a street or open-air market which you enjoyedvisiting; Describe a person who has done a lot of work to helpothers，也和一些常见卡片有所区别，"街市"这个地点相比近期常见考题例如cafeteria, library,house要略不常见，但是学生可以考虑把"商场"的一些描述借用在此题。再看这一张人物类的卡片，会发现它和以往的人物类卡片有不少变化，以往大量的人物类卡片要求较为单纯，限定要求不多，afamous person, a leader, a neighbour,这类题目倾向要求描述人物的性格，但是现在这道a person who has donea lot of work to helpothers和事件类又有所联系，很明显你也需要描述这个人究竟做了什么事情去帮助别人--这样的难度略难于以往，再联系近两年人物类话题的提问方式 "Describea person who has a healthy lifestyle" "Describe a person who helpedyou"，可以说细节限定的提问方式是值得考生注意的。
Part3双向讨论部分，有一个趋势需要格外注意，比较过往剑桥出版的真题，《剑9》的提问有变难得倾向。提问中复杂结构的使用在增加，例如Test 1 -Do people in your country enjoy going to open-air markets that sell things likefood or clothes or 
old objects? Test 4 - What types of services, such aslibraries or health centres, are available to the people who live in your area?提问中有一个从句，基础稍弱的学生对长句把握不太好，也许连题目都不大能明白。
