2008年前三个月的话题依旧延续2002---2007的话题题库内容，新题出现较少。我们对同一时间的考题搜集发现，当天口语考试题目的在全球各地的差异不大，在中国国内的各大城市则出现了同一天各地相同话题的情况，这些话题的总量在20个左右。对于1月10日到3月13日共11次的考试题目来看，问题总数在200左右，对这些问题的分析以后，我们可以发现一下几个特点。

　　1. 话题范围广，而且有不断扩大的趋势。

　　尽管每次考试的话题范围有限，但是每次考试的话题范围都会有变化，这样一来，每个月4次考试的很多问题都会不一样。另外，part 3的延伸问题会由考官来提问，内容根据考生的回答带来衍生。所以，真正考试中考生所碰到的实际提问会有很多。很多考生过分依赖历年考试回忆来准备雅思考试，但是碰到考试问题有些调整时则反应不过来，造成很多停顿状况，最后的考试分数会很低。在本文的最后会给大家一些考试话题精选，但是考生应实际提高自己的考试应变能力，认真听考官的提问，根据雅思口语的实际评分标准的要求，有针对性地回答考官的问题。

　　2. 口语考试第二部分的问题深入

　　从这11次的考试Part2的实际考题来看，考题的深入化已经是不争的事实。具体内容可在本文结尾的部分找到。话题涉及到环境，交通，语言，文化，手工艺品和传媒等，这些话题尽管是老题，但是在过去出现的次数不频繁，进入2008年，这些题目已逐渐成为主流问题了。所以，教师的教学中和考生的备考中要充分重视这些比较深层次的话题，并在平时不断地加以训练，从而能在考试中获得高分。

　　3. 口语考试回答问题的完整程度对于考试的分数起到关键作用

　　完成程度是包括内容和语言两方面的。内容方面的完整是指考生的对于考官的问题应从comparing, describing, explaining和speculating四个方面来阐述，从而达到逻辑的完整性，换句话说就是我们所熟悉的5W – 1H。语言的完整性是指发音和流利程度方面的，停顿和重复会大大影响最后的分数，发音最起码要做到能让考官听懂，这两项是最基本的要求。因此，即使我们知道了考试的题目，要考到高分还是有难度的。另外语法和词汇这两项也要做到完整，这就体现在句式结构的完整和词组搭配的完整上，这需要平时的积累。

　　附：2008年1-3月口语考试题目精选

　　Part 1

　　Where/how/what did you play in your childhood?

　　What was your favorite story in your childhood?

　　What was the most memorable thing in your childhood?

　　What kind of clothes do you like to wear?

　　What kind of clothes do children usually wear?

　　What do clothes mean to you?

　　What’s your favorite means of transport?

　　What forms/means of transport are available in your hometown?

　　How could the government improve the traffic in cities?

　　How can traffic problems be best solved?

　　Where do you often go traveling?

　　What do you think the goal of traveling should be?

　　Would you like to buy some souvenirs when traveling? What could these souvenirs remind you of?

　　What is the biggest problem in the tourism industry today?

　　Where do you often go shopping? Why?

　　When do you often go shopping?

　　How often do you go shopping?

　　What kind of things do you like to buy?

　　Who prefer shopping, men or women?

　　What do you and your family like to do together? What do you think are the differences between families in the past and today? And what have caused these changes?

　　Part 2&3

　　Describe a person in your family who is most similar to you

　　You should say

　　Who this person is

　　What type of person he/she is

　　Why you two are similar

　　And explain why you think you two are similar.

　　Do other family members agree that you are similar?

　　Is it a typical family structure in China?

　　What do you think of the change of family structure in the past years?

　　What’s your opinion of “one-child” policy?

　　How do you think it will affect the society?

　　Why do you think people get more and more addicted to money nowadays?

　　Women’s role in the family has changed. What do you think of this?

　　What kind of influence does it have on the society?

　　What has the government done to support families?