今日雅思写作考试出现了少有的AB卷，推测原因是不断增加的作弊泄题等情况。这也是雅思官方为了保证考试的公正所采取的措施。也在此提醒广大考生，考试是一种考察能力的形式，也是最为公正的方式。想要取得心仪的分数，靠预测和作弊是很难的，真正需要做的是提高自身能力。

A类小作文

今天考察的两个题型都是比较简单、常规的数据图。从6月份开始，写作考试一直没有考察过流程图，这需要引起考生的注意。

题目1 线图，考察的是英国1951-2001结婚的人数。其中有三条线，一条是所有结婚的，一条是新婚的，一条是二婚的。可以参考剑桥真题8Test 4或者剑桥真题7Test2。动态图需要注意的是描写的趋势、以及线与线之间的关系，句型的多变和精准表达。

题目2柱状图，考察的是在2012年三种不同的水果（句子、柠檬和柚子）销往各地的数量。可参考题型有：剑桥真题7Test1。静态图中需要注意的是数据之间的特殊数值关系，如：最大、最小值，倍数，相似值等。

A类大作文

题目1

In some countries young people areencouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school andstarting university studies. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for youngpeople who decide to do this.

讨论优缺点。

本作文是教育类经典话题。剑桥真题5Test2的原题，此前在2015年2月28日考察过一次相同的题目：在很多国家，高中毕业生在上大学之前会选择出去工作或者旅游一段时间，而不是直接上大学。讨论这个现象的优点和缺点。题目比较简单。

此下为该作文题目的考官范文。

Introduction

Para 1

It is quite common these days for young people in many countries to havea break from studying after graduating from high school. The trend is notrestricted to rich students who have the money to travel, but is also evidentamong poorer students who choose to work and become economically independentfor a period of time.

Body

Para 2

The reasons for this trend may involve the recognition that a youngadult who passes directly from school to university is rather restricted interms of general knowledge and experience of the world. By contrast, those whohave spent some time earning a living or travelling to other places, have a broaderview of life and better personal resources to draw on. They tend to be moreindependent, which is a very important factor in academic study and research,as well as giving them an advantage in terms of coping with the challenges ofstudent life.

Para 3

However, there are certainly dangers in taking time off at thatimportant age. Young adults may end up never returning to their studies orfinding it difficult to readapt to an academic environment. They may think thatit is better to continue in a particular job, or to do something completelydifferent from a university course. But overall, I think this is less likelytoday, when academic qualifications are essential for getting a reasonablecareer.

Conclusion

Para 4

My view is that young people should be encouraged to broaden theirhorizons. That is the best way for them to get a clear perspective of what theyare hoping to do with their lives and why. Students with such a perspective areusually the most effective and motivated ones and taking a year off may be theway to gain this.

鉴于此题为剑桥原题，因此想要拿高分需要有一些新奇的观点来帮助学生提分。在此也为广大考生提出一些建议。

例如：

那些直接从高中进入大学的学生在选择专业的专业的时候可能是盲目的（choose their major blindly）或者是父母的意愿（of their parents' will），所以当进入大学后或者在找工作的时候发现，当初的想法与意愿是违背的（the reality contradicts theexpectation）。与此不同的是，那些曾经出去gap year过的学生，通过换几个工作（shift their jobs），能够了解自己真正想要从事的职业（career they want to pursue in thefuture），这样回到学校后在选择专业方面就能够更加明智（make a wise decision in majorselection）。

题目2

Whenchildren startschools, teachers have more influences on their intellectual and socialdevelopment that parents do. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

辩论型题目。

本题为教育类经典题目，讨论谁应该为孩子的教育负责。其中需要特别注意的关键词包括intellectual和social，侧重于对孩子在这两个方面的影响。缺一不可。题目难易程度：简单。

Introduction.

Recently, parents are likely to attach greater significance to thechildren's social and intellectual development. It is generally believed thatteachers play a significant role in the children's intelligence improvement,but I am convinced that parents are more influential from the perspective ofsocial development.

Body.

As an institution of education, the school is equipped with advancedfacilities and well-trained teachers. Teachers are trained to improve thechildren's ability of knowledge acquisition through a variety of pedagogicalstrategies that parents might lack. In most cases, parents have restricted timeor do not have the capacity to assist in children's learning. In addition, thepurpose to enter a school is to receive education, so it is obligatory for theteachers to help the children overcome the difficulties on the way to academicachievement. Consequently, the school should have the responsibility to educatethe young generations in terms of the intellectual development.

However, as far as the social development is concerned, school teachingmight not be as effective as parents. It is generally acknowledged that socialvalues are trained in a specific environment that parents could set a goodexample for the children. As teachers may pay more attention to children'sacademic achievement, what they could do is just to tap students' potential butnot to improve the social behaviors. It would be less effective merely with theguidance of teachers by informing how to distinguish right from wrong. However,parents are prone to expose the children to different social circumstances andtheir demonstration is secretly imitated by the children.

Conclusion.

Admittedly, school teachers are the experts in terms of children'sintellectual improvement, but the sociability could be obtained more effectivelyfrom their parents.