【真题预测】高考的争论给我们的雅思口语发展方向也带来了诸多启示，请看下面朗阁海外考试研究中心口语组专家对此进行的真题预测：
Given the intense pressure, it's not surprising that some critics are beginning to wonder whether the gaokao's shortcomings will outweigh its benefits. Would you agree or disagree with this opinion? Why?
高考会给人带来巨大的压力，很多评论家就在考虑：高考的弊会大于利。你是否认同这种观点？
Do you think students should be totally free of distractions ahead of exams in China?
你认为学生在高考前，应该隔离一切会使人分心的事物吗？
What can be done to help students to focus on studying?
【惊世绝句】高考引发的众多精彩话题为我们的雅思口语提供了丰富的谈话素材。下面的佳句不妨来学习一下：
As China's economy booms, job competition has become ferocious — and the pressure to land a prestigious degree can be unbearable.
随着中国经济的快速发展，工作竞争越来越激烈，为了获得一个享有声望的学位，所承受的压力也是很难忍受的。
job competition工作竞争
ferocious激烈的
prestigious享有声望的
degree学位
unbearable难以忍受的
Students who perform superlatively can expect to be courted by the nation's top schools; the rest find spots in provincial universities or two- and three-year colleges.
只有（在考试中）表现最好的学生才能被国家重点大学所录取；其他学生只能进地方大学，或者进入两年/三年制的（高职或大专）院校。
superlatively 最高地
top school 重点学校
provincial university 地方大学
For the 40 percent of test-takers who fail, there's always next year — or enrollment at one of China's less-selective private institutions.
百分之四十（考试）失败的考生只好等第二年——或进入一个选择人数较少的私立机构。
test-taker参加考试的人
enrollment 入学
selective选择的
private institution私立机构
Educators increasingly view the exam as the centerpiece of an outmoded teaching model that emphasizes rote learning — and fosters a fatal lack of creativity for Chinese workers in an increasingly global marketplace.
教育家越来越把高考看作是过时教育模式的中心，而这种教育模式注重机械学习，却让中国人在日益增长的全球市场中极度缺少创造力。
outmoded过时的
teaching model教育模式
emphasize 强调
rote learning 机械学习
creativity创造力
global marketplace 全球市场
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