下面是杭州新东方学校的张祥银老师为大家带来的雅思写作预测，此预测适用范围从2012年11月8日至12月8日，近期参加雅思考试的同学们不要错过了哦。
在接下来的每次考试过后会有微调，这里主要的范围框定和具体参考题型。
各位童鞋加油~~
为什么人们倾向于将报纸作文信息的主要来源。
媒体对于社会的积极作用和消极作用。
相关参考题目：
1. News media is important in our society. Why is it so important? Do you think its influence is generally positive or negative?
2. Newspapers play an important role in people’s ideas and opinions. Why is this the case? Is this a positive or negative trend?
艺术(语言，文学，音乐，建筑对人的生活的作用)。
政府是否应该投资语言，文学，音乐，或者政府是否应该保护古建筑。
相关参考题目：
1. Many people think arts like painting and music cannot directly improve people's quality of life, and therefore the government should spend money on other things. Do you agree or disagree?
2. Today, advanced science and technology have made great changes to people’s life, but artists such as musicians, painters and writers are still highly valued. What can arts tell us about life that science and technology cannot?
3. Some people believe governments should spend money in saving languages of few speakers from dying out completely. Others think this is a waste of financial resources.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.
教师vs其他的信息媒介在教学中起的作用。
记忆vs独立思考能力对学生学习起的作用。
小组学习vs单独学习哪个更加的有效。
相关参考题目：
1. Teachers used to be the source of information; however, some people argue that teachers are not as important as before as the increasing variety of information resources. What is your opinion?
2. Some teachers think it is effective for students to study in group while others think it is better to study alone. What are the benefits of each way and which one do you think is more effective?
3. Memorization of information by frequent repetition (rote learning) plays a role in many education systems. Does the usefulness outweigh the limitations?
专才vs全才----对于一个人的将来
相关参考题目：
1. Some people consider that school education should be concentrated on academic subjects, which would be helpful for their future careers, and subjects like music and sports are not useful.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
2. University students always focus on one specialist subject, but some people think universities should encourage their students to study a range of subjects in addition to their own subject. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
