Updated Nov. 30, 2007
Part
1 Topics and Questions
For The IELTS Speaking Tests in Mainland China, Sept. 1 - Dec. 16, 2007
Notes
1)
For more general
information on Part 1 of the test and about this page, go HERE.
2)
* = a question about
which there is some doubt but which you should prepare for, anyway.
3)
If there are two or more
questions in one topic that are very similar, you will only be asked one of
them.
4)
For questions followed by
'Why?/Why not?' you should include why or why not in your answer.
5)
IMPORTANT:
6) Sometimes examiners use previously used topics. See INDEX OF PAST PART 1 TOPICS. The topics below are only those topics that have been reported. It is also possible that you will get any topic that has been in the past.
7) Read my comments about these new topics, HERE.
8) IMPORTANT: The page you are reading now contains the topics and questions that people have reported on the internet since September 1, 2007. Most questions that have been reported are the same questions that have been used previously, although some topics, and the questions for these topics, are new after Sept. 1 this year. Some questions that have been reported since Sept 1. have not been written here because they are already listed in All Part 1 Questions.
The smartest thing to do is to study all the topics and questions on the following page: - All Part 1 Questions. The reason for this is we do not know if examiners, or when examiners, will randomly choose a topic that has been used in the past. This is a big change from the method of Part 1 topic selection that was used before May this year. The questions listed on 'All Part 1 Questions' are questions that have been used in the recent past, since January 2006.
You can choose to prepare only for the topics that are listed on the page you are reading. But it is possible that, at any time, old Part 1 topics such as 'Birds' or 'Dance' or 'Collecting' could be used.
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Summ
0. The four standard introductory questions.
2. Your Home (Your Accommodation)
One of the three topics above is a
compulsory topic and you will be asked about 4 questions on this topic. You will
then be asked questions on two of the topics from below. (Again, about 4
questions per topic).
5. Friends
7. Telephones (New topic after Sept 1, 2007)
8. Weather
9. Music
10. Sport
11. Newspapers (New topic after Sept 1, 2007)
12. Housework (New topic after Sept 1, 2007)
13. Meals
14. Clothes
15. Letters & Emails
16. Daily Routine
17. Computers
18. Parks
21. Games
22. Photography
23. Gifts
24. Reading
25. Shopping
26. People's Ages
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l Do you work or are you a student?
1a)
Your Work
l
What work/job
do you do?
l Why did you choose that job/that kind of work?
l What's the most difficult part of your job?
l What holidays from work do you have during the year?
1b) Your Studies
See also ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 1a. Your Studies
l
What
subject are you studying?
l Why did you choose that subject?
l Why did you choose to attend that university/school?
l What do you most like about your university/school?
l Which class do (did) you enjoy the most? (Why?)
l Do you think it will be easy for you to get a job after you graduate?
l What holidays do you have from school/university?
2. Your Home (Your Accommodation)
See also ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 2. Your Home (Your Accommodation)
l What sort of accommodation do you live in at the moment - a house or a flat?
l What do you usually do in your house/flat/room?
l What part of your home do you like the most?
l (Similar to above) What do you like most about your home?
l What do you least like (= like least) about your home?
l Are there many people living near you?
l Do you know all your neighbours?
l What kind of people are your neighbours?
l Do you spend much time socializing with your neighbours in your neighbours' homes? ('socializing' = talking to; 跟他们一起玩 )
l Would you say the place where you live is good for families (with children)?
l What public facilities are there near your home?
See also ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 3. Your Hometown
l Do you like the city where you are living now?
l Would you say it's a good place for young people to live?
l (Similar to above) Would you say it's a good place for children to grow up?
See also ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 39. Transport
l
How did you get to the test today?
l
What type of transportation do you usually (or, most often) use?
l
For you, what are the
benefits (advantages) of using that form of transportation?
l
What do you think of the transport conditions in your hometown?
l Do
you think transportation costs (gasoline, subway, bus & taxi fares, etc) are
expensive in your hometown?
l
In China, is transportation in the big cities the same as transportation
in small towns and villages?
See also ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 16. Friends
l Do you like meeting new people?
l How do people get to know (get to meet) new people?
l (Similar to above) Do you like talking to strangers?
l When was the last occasion you met someone new?
l Can you remember your first (or, your earliest) friends? (Who were they?)
l Would you say friends are important?
See also ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 44. Your Secondary School
l How do you feel about your high school (secondary school)?
l Why did you choose to attend (= to go to) that particular school?
l Which class did (do) you enjoy the most? (Why?)
7. Telephones (New topic after Sept 1, 2007)
See also ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 37. Telephones
l Do you often make phone calls?
l When do you make these phone calls?
l Who do you call?
l For what purposes do you make or receive phone calls?
l Are cellphones very popular in China? (Why?)
l Which do you prefer to use, a cellphone or a normal house phone (= 'an older-style telephone'; a 'land line phone')? (Why?)
l What are the differences between cell phones and typical house phones?
l Which is better, a face-to-face conversation or a phone call? (why?)
See also ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 41. Weather
l What type(s) of weather cause inconvenience for you?
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 24. Music
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 35. Sport/Exercise
11. Newspapers (New topic after Sept 1, 2007)
See also ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 25. Newspapers
l Do you often read newspapers?
l How old were you when you first started to read newspapers?
l What kinds of news do Chinese people read in newspapers?
l Do you prefer to read about domestic (or local) news or international news? (Why?)
l What different types of newspaper are there in China?
l Do you care about the news?
l Is the news important (to you)?
l What are some methods that newspapers use to attract readers?
12. Housework (New topic after Sept 1, 2007)
See also ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 18. Housework
l Do you like to do housework? (Why?/Why not?)
l What housework do you least like doing? (Why?)
l Who usually does the housework in your home?
l When you were a child, did you ever do any housework?
l Do you think it's important for children to do some housework?
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 23. Meals
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 6. Clothes
l Do any colours have special meaning in your culture?
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 22. Letters & Emails
Also also ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS.htm#9. Daily Routine
l Do you do the same thing every day?
l What are you usually doing at this time of the day?
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 8. Computers
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 28. Parks and Public Gardens
Also see ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS.htm#21. Leisure Time & Relaxing
l What do you usually do in the afternoons?
l What do you like to do at home?
l What are some of the public holidays that China has?
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 11. Drawing or Painting
See also ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 17. Games
l Do you know of any games that are studied in university? (Hints: Game Theory in mathematics; Sports games are also studied in Sports research centres.)
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 30. Photography
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 19. Gifts
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 32. Reading
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 34. Shopping
See ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS 29. People's Ages
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