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Summary of Part One Topics
All of these Part One topics are the authentic topics that have been used in the
speaking test for the last 5 years.
The speaking test recycles these
topics but generally speaking, there will be 10
topics in use for around 3 months. After 3 months these topics will be changed to a
different set of 10.
The speaking test does not introduce new Part One topics very often. On average 8
totally new topics are introduced in a year. These new topics are introduced gradually; so
you will not suddenly encounter new topics in Part One. It is more likely that you will see
one or two new topics introduced in each set of 10 topics.
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