Question

The following article is to tell you how to behave better in an IELTS oral English test． Everyone will make necessary preparations for some possible topics in order to increase your performance in the interview. 1. What would you do if you were asked in an interview to talk about how you feel about your hometown if in fact you really dislike living there?

Some people might think that being truthful in this situation and giving a negative answer, they would not do the right thing. 2. Talk about how they love living there and give a positive answer which sounds more attractive．

3. And giving a negative opinion of something is not important, either. 4. If you have more to say by being truthful, even if it is to express a negative opinion, then that is what you should talk about．

5. And follow it up with your reasons for disliking it instead of saying “I like my hometown… ” and then struggle to find something to say．

We should consider how to deal with this situation in the best way．

A．Actually, truthfulness is not important in such an interview．

B．What is your true feeling about your hometown?

C．It would be much better to say “Actually I don’t really like my hometown．．．”

D．However, sometimes, you will be asked to talk about something that you don’t really like or don’t really want to talk about．

E．No one should have a negative feeling about their hometown．

F．The important thing is that you have something to express．

G．Instead, they try to hide their true feelings．

Answer 1

1.D

2.G

3.A

4.F

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了如何在雅思面試官面前有好的口語表現(xiàn)。

1.小題1】根據(jù)下一句What would you do if you were asked in an interview to talk about how you feel about your hometown if in fact you really dislike living there?如果被問到你對不喜歡的家鄉(xiāng)有什么感受，你應該如何做？得知前面在說：然而有時你會被問到一些不喜歡的話題。選D。

2.小題2】根據(jù)上一句，說出自己的消極想法會降低分數(shù)，因此他們選擇隱藏自己的真實感覺。選AD。

3.小題3】根據(jù)下文給出消極看法也不重要，說明前一句在講：說實話在這樣的面試中不重要。選A。

4.小題4】根據(jù)前兩句都在講：坦誠說出自己的看法不重要，只要你有話題可以表達。選AC。

5.小題5】根據(jù)下一句說出不喜歡的理由。說明前面是先直接表明自己的立場。選 C。

考點：教育類文章