從前,How often可以說(shuō)是一個(gè)必考的題型,《劍橋雅思15》中4個(gè)話題內(nèi)還有兩個(gè)話題包含How often(“How often do you go swimming now?”以及“How often do you wear jewellery? ”)可見(jiàn),比重不輕。
然而官方zui新出的《劍16》中已經(jīng)沒(méi)有How often的題目了。聯(lián)系到目前已經(jīng)出來(lái)的2021年1-4月份的題庫(kù)與5-8月份的題庫(kù)不難發(fā)現(xiàn),第 一 個(gè)季度中只有兩道題帶有How often(“How often do you go on a picnic now?”“How often do you take a break?”),而第二季度只剩下了一道題(“How often do you take a break?”)。
《劍15》的prefer相關(guān)的問(wèn)題是這樣的:“Do you prefer to email, phone or text your friends?”即這類(lèi)prefer相關(guān)的題目是讓同學(xué)們?nèi)ケ容^同類(lèi)型的兩個(gè)不同事物。
《劍16》中沒(méi)有出現(xiàn)這樣類(lèi)型的比較,然而結(jié)合當(dāng)季題目就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn),prefer的題目變成了“Do you prefer to barbecue with family or with friends?”以及“Do you prefer the sky in the morning or the sky at night?”也就是說(shuō),現(xiàn)在的考題是在同一個(gè)事物下的不同條件進(jìn)行比較。
從語(yǔ)法點(diǎn)來(lái)看,2020年真正考試的題目只是涉及一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)和一般將來(lái)時(shí),并且題目中“Do you think it’s difficult to learn a new language?”已經(jīng)算是句子結(jié)構(gòu)zui復(fù)雜的題目了,然而《劍15》中涉及到了用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)來(lái)考查一般過(guò)去時(shí)(“What do you remember about learning languages at school?”),以及zui高 級(jí)+ 插入語(yǔ) + would含蓄虛擬的情況(“What do you think would be the hardest language for you to learn?”),所以《劍15》的題目是比真正考試題難的。
然而到了《劍16》,除了“Have you ever bought flowers for someone else? ”之外書(shū)中考查的是種類(lèi)、favourite和是否重要,然而這個(gè)季度真正在考查的題目卻是比較抽象的特殊含義(“Are there any flowers that have special meanings in China?”)和另一個(gè)跨越兩個(gè)時(shí)間點(diǎn)的現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)(“Have you planted any flowers?”)。相比而言,真實(shí)考查的題目難度更高。
其二、When題目的復(fù)雜化。這一點(diǎn)其實(shí)在今年的考情分析中有提及過(guò)(感興趣的同學(xué)可以戳2020年考情數(shù)據(jù)分析,2021年考試趨勢(shì)解讀及備考建議!)?!秳?5》的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)仍然使用的是“when I was a child”,但是在《劍16》中不但有用“at school”替換“child”的情況,更有“when you study/work better by yourself”以及“when the weather's very hot”等更加細(xì)致的條件。
PART 2
本次《劍16》的part2題目更加偏向事物類(lèi),4張題卡除第 一 張是地點(diǎn)類(lèi)題目(“a tourist attraction you enjoyed visiting”)之外都是事物類(lèi),并且緊跟潮流。另外,很多人都已經(jīng)知道,part2的許多題目都是從前的老題翻新出來(lái)的?!秳?6》本次的4道題目均為老題翻新。
Describe a tourist attraction you enjoyed visiting. (2017年1-4月Describe an interesting tourist attraction.)
Describe a review you read about a product or service. (2016年5-8月; 2018年1-4月;2019年9-12月均有出現(xiàn)關(guān)于product或service的題目)
Describe a luxury item you would like to own in the future. (《劍10》T4 Describe something you don’t have now but would really like to own in the future.)
Describe some technology (e.g. an app, phone, software program) that you decided to stop using. (2016年5-8月; 2020年5-8月Describe an app (program) you usually use on your phone.)