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剑桥大学出版社近日又发布了一套新的剑桥雅思真题集,也就是传说中的“剑十”。说起剑十那可真是千呼万唤始出来,因为早在半年前互联网上就开始流传着各种号称神奇的内部渠道流出的抢鲜版本,甚至某些机构还若有其事的编写出版了剑十的预测版,实在是煞费苦心。与此同时,大量关于剑十的所谓“独家解析”也开始在网络上疯传,扰乱视听。面对众说纷纭,众考生莫衷一是,不知所措。
作为剑桥雅思中国独家合作伙伴,也是剑桥雅思真题集系列书籍中国地区独家授权引进的合作机构,新东方在第一时间拿到了由剑桥大学出版社官方渠道提供的正版剑十样书。从样书的内容来看,雅思考试在考试设计原则、考察内容、试题难度和评分标准上并没有表现出明显的变化,保持了一个良好的测评体系应有的高度一致性和稳定性。
具体到口语部分来说,剑十的四套真题中选取的话题都是曾经在往年考试中出现的高频话题。我们先来看看Part One部分的样题:
Test 1 |
Weekends |
ü How do you usually spend your weekends? [Why?] ü Which is your favourite part of the weekend? [Why?] ü Do you think your weekends are long enough? [Why/Why not?] ü How important do you think it is to have free time at the weekends? [Why?] |
Test 2 |
Music |
ü What types of music do you like to listen to? [Why?] ü At what times of day do you like to listen to music? [Why?] ü Did you learn to play a musical instrument when you were a child? [Why/Why not?] ü Do you think all children should learn to play a musical instrument? [Why/Why not?] |
Test 3 |
Travel |
ü Do you enjoy travelling? [Why/Why not?] ü Have you done much travelling? [Why/Why not?] ü Do you think it’s better to travel alone or with other people? [Why?] ü Where would you like to travel in the future? [Why?] |
Test 4 |
School |
ü Did you go to secondary/high school near to where you lived? [Why/Why not?] ü What did you like about your secondary/high school? [Why?] ü Tell me about anything you didn’t like at your school. [Why?] ü How do you think your school could be improved? [Why/Why not?] |
熟悉雅思考试的考生一眼就能发现这些都是往年雅思口语考试Part One考得最高频的话题。诸位烤鸭看到剑十居然只给出这么“简单”的几个旧题是否很失望呢?如果您的回答为“是”,那么你真的误会雅思口语考试了!
尽管每个Part One话题在纵向呈现的难度是递增的(比如Weekends这个话题里第二个问题明显难于第一个问题,以此类推),但是所有的话题在设计的时候横向的难度都是大致相当的(也就是说不存在任何A话题故意被设计得比任何B话题更难或更容易)。所有的Part One Task在话题范围上都与学生的日常生活密切相关,提问的形式都不外乎Yes(No)/what/when/ where/ how/ why,考察的语言能力都是Direct Answer + Simple Description/ Reasoning,因此站在出题者的角度来看,所有话题是难度相当的。在实际考试中,考官也并没有针对水平较弱的考生选择“难度较低”的题,而把“难题”留给高分考生。