直击考场 | 4月20日雅思考试回忆
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2024.4.20 听力分析
4月20日的考试听力部分,总体偏难,不仅体现在话题上,也体现在题型上,需要考生比较扎实的知识储备和稳定的心理素质。
题型方面,填空题有22个,其中P1为常规的全填空题型,P3部分非常规地出现了填空题,P4只有两个填空,且为图示类;单选题只在P2出现,多选题和匹配题则均在P4出现,另外P2还考察了地图题。
难度方面,P1的场景和考点比较常规,词汇拼写难度也不大;P2部分话题比较常规,题型难度一般,审题压力不大;P3话题难度较大,且虽然是填空题,但是字数要求为NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS,考察同学们对于短语的识别能力,且个别词汇比较难;P4部分继续难度轰炸,话题和题型搭配均比较罕见,选择类部分信息抓取难度大,要求同学瞬时反应速度和同义替换积累量,并且填空题字数要求仍为NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS,听写难度大。
【以下答案和顺序仅供参考】
Part 1 新题
话题:Thornvale Country Market-Stallholder Application Form【乡镇市场摊位咨询】
题型:填空题
1-10 填空题
Name: Julia Smith
Stallholder details
New business name: Sunrise 1.farm
Phone number: 2.0407551827
stall 1
Products to be sold: fresh 3.vegetables/flowers and wooden 4.furniture
Preferred location: near the 5.river end of the market
Size of stall required: 3.6 metres x 6.7.5 metres
Stall 2
Products to be sold: organic 7.tea and a few types of 8.chocolate
Preferred location: near the 9.entrance
Extra requirements: a site with 10.electricity
P1点评: 本次Part 1是新题,话题属于比较常规的【活动咨询】类,但是基础信息考点考察较少,只有号码听写、数字听写两种,剩余全为普通词汇听写。考察词汇中,furniture、entrance、electricity相对较复杂一些,但也是高频考点词,同学在平时练习的时候要注意积累总结。
Part 2 新题
话题:Camp Kowhai: Information for employees
题型: 单选+匹配
11-15单选
11. The main purpose of Camp Kowhai is to develop
B. independence
12. What must camp employees bring with them to camp?
C their hiking boots
13. Which responsibility will be new for camp employees this year?
A. handling money
14. What are camp employees advised to revise before starting work?
B. first aid knowledge
15. Which facility is available only to camp employees?
B. the barbecue
16-20 地图
16. Office E
17. Swimming Pool C
18. Dining Hall D
19. First-aid Station H
20. Boathouse A
P2点评: 本题为新题,为【工作——志愿者】类话题,属于P2高频场景,且今年已经多次考察到,同学要注意积累此场景下常见词汇和表达方法。题型搭配为单选和地图,地图题基本月均一场,同学应当根据自己的考试时间和历史考情合理安排此类题型的复习时间,熟悉地图题常考的词、表达法和陷阱。选择题部分选项长度较短,且很多为名词/名词短语类选项,题干中的提示点比较明显,审题压力不会很大,平时练习的过程中注意积累常见考点,如:目的、must(极值)、时间、建议等。
Part 3 旧题
话题:Archaeology Course
题型:选择+匹配
21-30 填空
Can be combined with any other subject except 21 classical history
Has three 22 compulsory modules in first
Module 1
Title: 23 object matters
Content:
Based on processes
·recording
·24. classification
·interpretation
·display
Assessment: by 25. coursework
Module 2
Title: 26. towns and cities
Content: 27.origins and development of built environments
Assessment: by 28 oralexamination
Learning method: 50% lab work, 50% 29. seminars
The 30. location is to be announced later
P3点评:第三部分为旧题,话题为【历史+课程/学科讨论】,难度较大。历史类场景要注意识别时间切换,课程讨论中要注意“说话人的身份”以及跟科目有关的词汇(比如考古学—archeology)。题型为P3不常见的填空题,上一次出现这种情况是在2023年11月18日,所以大家还是要多准备此大题常见的题型,如单选、多选、匹配类,考场上遇到了特殊题型搭配也不要慌,安心答题。其实P3部分因为是多人对话,节奏感比较强,跟丢的可能性应该更小。但是因为本次考察词汇难度较大,且涉及到短语(比如:classical history古典历史、compulsory强制的、classification分类、coursework作业、oral口语的、seminar研讨会)等,需要同学平时在精听的过程中有意地抓取“意群”,并且积累较难的学科词汇。
Part 4
话题:隧道历史
题型:匹配+多选+填空
31-36匹配
31. 1802 C. tunnel suggested/encouraged by peace movement
32. 1867 G. railway tunnel suggestion
33. 1880 F. first attempt at digging tunnel
34. 1882 B. government cancelled tunnel project
35. 1930s E. construction impossible for financial reasons
36. 1985 A. final agreement to construct a link
37-38多选
TWO reasons for choosing the train/shuttle tunnel scheme in a 1985 competition
C. safest for traveler
D. Best financial basis
39-40图示填空
P4点评: 第四部分为旧题,话题不常规,属于【社会科学—交通/建筑】类。填空题部分为图表类填空,此类图形考频很低,需要同学有一定的识图能力;本次考察两个短语,难度比较大,其中tunnel属于较难学科词,拼写难度较大。匹配题部分相对简单一些,虽然是独白,但是考察到年代,同学们在听音过程中也可以重点关注时间切换,因此也不容易跟丢;多选题部分考点比较明显(因果类),且选项较短、定位相对容易,但是因为存在比较级和最,可能会有干扰出现,同学们切忌在做选择题的时候听到什么选什么,一定要先抓住听音重心,再做排除或者选择。
2024.4.20 阅读分析
总览:本次阅读总体来说难度不大,都是一些非常“雅思阅读”的文章叙述方式,话题新老面孔都有,题型组合也是很常规的,没有偏、难、怪。值得一提的是,本次考试没有像上次阅读那样考到让人头大的段落细节匹配题,但是考到了同样有难度的段落小标题匹配,也不能掉以轻心。同时,单选题也回归了P3主场。
Passage 1 Coffee 咖啡的历史
考频:24.4.20
类别:发展史
难度:★★★
题型配比:判断6 + 填空7
参考答案:
1-6判断
1.TRUE
2.NOT GIVEN
3.FALSE
4.TURE
5.TRUE
6.FALSE
7-13 填空
7.records
8.traders
9.trend
10.politicians
11.frost
12.picking
13.flavor
分析:
这篇文章怎么又是讲×××历史的?的确,雅思爸爸很喜欢就某事某物的发展史做文章,但其实这种话题的文章在结构方面是非常清晰的,以时间为线索定位也没有太大的难度。加上题型组合又是P1常年爱考的判断+填空,难度就不大了。只需要通过定位判断两种题是否需要有交叉,重合的部分可以一并完成,没重合的部分就按照题号来完成。
Passage 2 Pantomime童话剧
考频:24.4.20
类别:发展类
难度:★★★
题型配比:List of Heading 7 + 填空3 + 人名匹配3
参考答案:
14-20 小标题匹配
14. iv (Discovering pantomime at a young age) 英国小孩从小就去剧院看童话剧
15. ii (Outdoor performances with a standard set of characters) 卡司里关键人物基本不变
16. viii (A successful merging of artistic sources) interwove拉丁诗歌with意大利喜剧
17. v (A way of dealing with a negative attitude toward pantomime) critics bitterly attacked pantomimes
iii (Pantomime as a means of focusing on political issues) Britain was at war with France, civil unrest, violent confrontations between the government and the people
i (A character who provoked sympathy and amusement) Leno developed a persona...
vi (An explanation of how a pantomime character appeals to modern audiences) Pantomimes offer us the anarchic excitements ....
21-23 填空
21.masks (Distinctive masks enabled audiences to recognize...)
22.poem (Ovid’s first-century Latin poem ... )
23.policemen (His anarchic activities included chasing and imprisoning policemen)
24-26 人名匹配题
24.D (Dan Leno was the celebrated performer who created and played this talkative and eccentric working-class women, a mother facing the difficulties of poverty)
25.A (Created by actor John Rich, these early pantomimes cleverly mixed spectacle, music, ballet and myth, and were tremendously!enjoyable to watch. Amazing transformations happened at the touch of a magic wand, with mechanical serpents and flying vehicles)
26.C (His anarchic activities included chasing and imprisoning policemen and stealing gigantic quantities of sausages.But the C own was never caught or sent to jail. Audiences were thrilled by his mischief and his endless eating precisely)
分析:
有的同学可能看标题会被吓到,pantomime啥意思啊!但是不要慌,通过阅读文章中提供的信息在首段其实就能够了解pantomime这个词的含义了。所以烤鸭们,在考场上如果遇到不认识的新的概念切记不要慌张哦!静下心来阅读,就一定能get到大致意思。总的来说这篇文章难度不大,讲解了童话剧从16世纪到当今的发展历程。从题型组合来看,虽然存在稍有难度的小标题,但是所给小标题都还是比较好理解的,只要能抓住核心意思对照每个段落的中心大意就能各个击破。同学们可以选择先完成小标题匹配,这样在做细节题的时候定位就比较容易啦。
Passage 3 The search for extra-terrestrial life 寻找外星生物
考频:24.4.20
类别:外星文明、天文学
难度:★★★★
题型配比:单选4 + 判断 5 + 选词填空 5
参考答案:
27-30 单选
27.A
28.D
29.A
30.A
31-35 判断
31.YES (Earth is not the center of the solar system...)
32.NOT GIVEN
33.NO (If life on Earth offers any measure of life elsewhere in the universe, then intelligence must be rare)
34.YES (they may have neither advanced technology nor a desire to communicate...)
35.NOT GIVEN
36-40 选词填空
36.E assumption(we naturally take the existence of liquid water to be a prerequisite for life elsewhere)
37.G distance (should not be too close, should not be too far )
38.F variation (... extreme temperature swings)
39.H evolution (sufficient time for evolution to run its course is essential)
40.D mass (particularly massive stars are short-lived that life on an Earth-like planet ... never have a chance to evolve)
分析:
其实外星生物的话题对于考生来说并不算陌生,剑9 Test1 Passage2(Is there anybody out there?)对该话题就有所涉及。本篇的题型组合也偏常规,单选在前,判断填空紧随其后的模式在剑雅真题中其实不少见。拿下判断填空两个基础题型就成功一半啦!需要注意的是,选词填空题是P3常考的一种填空,综合性较强,但是基本做题方法和一般填空题一样,需要多关注同义替换以及乱序的陷阱。
2024.4.20 写作分析
小作文
The bar chart below shows the percentages of males between 16 and 25 years old who watched and participated in six kinds of sports.
本次考察的是静态图(柱形图)。图中包含了总共六种运动,两种动作,即观赛或是参赛,图上信息还是比较多的。描写的时候可以注重极值、差距和倍数关系。比如,图上比较突出的是观看的值最小值分别在football和fishing这两种运动上,而参加的值刚好在fishing上,但最小值是在tennis以及horse riding and racing这两类运动上。除此之外,倍数关系也能进行描写,如rugby的观看和参加的数值呈现出了3:1的关系。整体来看难度适中。
大作文
Some people think technological development can reduce crime, while others think it actually encourages crime. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
本次考试再一次考到了犯罪类的话题,有的考生反映看到题目就汗流浃背了,毕竟上周考的题都还热乎着呢。题目意思是有的人认为科技发展提高了犯罪发生的几率,而另一部分人认为科技发展降低了犯罪率。
这次考察的是Discuss both these views的题型在上半年考试中占的比例很大。一般来说,此类话题需要先客观一些讨论两边观点之后再给出自己的看法。
参考思路:题干上提到的两个views其实都有一定的道理,所以可以对应着一个主体段对一个View进行论证。如在科技进步减少犯罪这个方面可以去考虑刑侦技术的进步和监控,而增加犯罪这方面可以从网络犯罪和不法分子利用一些技术更加容易地作案这个方向去讨论。