什么是 IELTS 考试?
国际英文水平测试（The International English Language Testing System）可以在世界超过100个不同的国家参加. 它专门为准备进入以英文教学的学院或大学深造的学生进行英文水平测试而设的。

考试时间为多长？
考试时间为2小时45分钟；考试包含四个部份，分别为听力、阅读、写作和口语。

有多少种考试模式？
在许多国家只有一种模式-学术模式I（Academic Module） - 其成绩是用于鉴定考试是否具备相应的学术英语水平。在少数的国家中，好像在澳大利亚和新西兰还有一种叫一般训练模式（General Training Module）,该模式是适合于希望那些只想修读文凭课程的学生参加。 一般训练模式中（General Training Module）的阅读和写作部分的要求是比学术模式（Academic Module）中的要求相对较低的。,但写作和口试部分则与学术模式（Academic Module）相同。

在IELTS测试中，将会考些什么？
无论你将会修读那一门科目，或者你过去曾经修读过哪一门科目，所有的同一次参加考生将会做同一份的题目。测试中不会考你专业知识，只会测试你的英语水平。

我如何申请参加IELTS考试？
你可以向你当地教育部门咨询。

在考试中，我的答案要写在哪里？
你可以把答案先写在问卷上，但问卷是不可以带离考场的。到最后，所有的答案必须要写在指定的答卷上。

我什么时候可以知道我的考试成绩?
一般来说，你可以在两周之内受到你的成绩。

在IELTS测试中多少分才算及格？
在IELTS测试中是没有及格与不及格的概念的。你想进入的大学或学院会告诉你，你所希望修读的课程所需要的IELTS分数。请注意，他们或许要求你在考试中某一个部分取得制定的分数（通常在写作部分）。

IELTS测试得分实施如何计算的？
在四部分的测试中，最高分是9分，最低为0分（其中写作和口试部分是没有半分的）。你的总分是四个部分的分数的平均，百分之一分按四舍五入舍去。
例如, 你的分数为
6.5 听力部分
5.0 阅读部分
7.0 写作部分
6.0 口试部分
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总分
24.5

取平均分（24.5/4=6.125),然后百分位四舍五入， 总分是6分。

每两次参加IELTS测试的时间间隔是多长?
如果你再次参加IELTS测试，你必须要等至少三个月的时间。

Possible Questions from the Interviewer of the IELTS Test
1. What is the meaning of your given name?
2. Does your name affect your personality?
3. Tell me something about your hometown.
4. What are the differences in accent between your hometown and Beijing?
5. What is the character of the people like in your hometown?
6. What is people's favourite food in the region where you live?
7. What will you do during the Spring Festival this year?
8. Are there any traditional festivals in your region?
9. Describe a typical Spring Festival for a Chinese family.
10. Tell me something about the Lantern Festival.
11. How have weddings changed in recent years?
12. Tell me something about the Qing Ming Festival.
13. Describe a traditional wedding ceremony.
14. How do Chinese usually celebrate birthdays?
15. Are there any traditions concerning the birth of a baby?
16. How do you like Beijing? Compare it to your hometown.
17. What place do you like best in Beijing?
18. What places in Beijing should a foreigner visit?
19. What places would you recommend a visitor to go to in your region/hometown?
20. If you had the choice, where would you choose to live in China?
21. Which parts of China would you recommend a foreigner to visit?
22. Tell me something about your family.
23. Which is the worst place you've been to in China?
24. Who takes the greatest responsibility for bringing up your child in your family?
25. Which is the best place you've been to in China?
26. Who does most of the household chores in your family?
27. Are the traditional sexual roles within the family changing?
28. Why is the divorce rate increasing so rapidly? Is it a problem?
29. What is your opinion of the one-child policy?
30. How do you discipline your child?
31. Is it acceptable for couples to live together without marrying?
32. If you had the choice, would you have a son or a daughter?
33. Are you going to bring your child up any differently to the way your parents did?
34. What hopes do you have for your child?
35. Do women still have too heavy a burden in their day to day life?
36. Is the increasing influence of the West largely a positive or negative thing?
37. What, according to you, has been the greatest change in recent years?
38. What, according to you, has been the most problematic change in recent years?
39. What, if you are a lecturer what changes have you seen in education over the past few years?
40. Who should bear the responsibility for payment of tuition fees?
41. What can be done to improve education in rural areas?
42. Have recent changes affected your job in any way?
43. Do you agree with private education?
44. What can be done to close the gap between urban and rural areas?
45. If you had the power, what reforms would you carry out within education?
46. Describe a typical working day for you.
47. How do you see yourself in ten years time?
48. If you had the opportunity to change your job, what would you do instead?
49. If you had one million yuan, what would you do with it?
50. If you could start your life again, would you do anything differently?
51. Do you have any ambitions?
52. Which country/place would you most like to visit?
53. What changes do you think China will see in the next few years?
54. Will any possible future changes affect your job in any way?
55. How do you think you will cope in Britain?
56. Does anything worry you about going to the UK?
57. Are you looking forward to anything in particular in Britain?
58. What are your plans on your return to China?
59. What do you do in your spare time?
60. What will you do if you fail the IELTS?