准备雅思的作文，有哪些准备的着重点呢？这是不少留学生都会关注的问题，那么接下来就跟着出国留学网一起来看看2018年11月17日雅思作文考试真题及答案。
TASK 1
图形为三线图，分析1980至2000年一个欧洲国家林木业中木材（timber），果浆（pulp），纸（paper）的生产量变化。
重难点1）题目中出现timber和pulp两个关于林业的单词，且分别有动词和名词的词性，在写作中要能够分清用法；2）图中线条不多也并不复杂，所以需要细致分析每个支线的总体变化趋势：上升，下降，波动，交叉，平行，以及特殊点的描述，包括峰值，转折点，交叉点等；3）注意过去时态的准确使用
TASK 2
Qualities （a person needs） to become successful in today’s world cannot be learned at a university or similar academic institutions. To what extent do you agree or disagree？
题目分析：
题目类型：教育/社会类
提问方式：同意与否类
Success， an expected good result that a person may reach， is dedicated by various qualities including personal characters， knowledge accumulation， and cooperative spirit. That universities or colleges could educate such qualities for a person to succeed is a too narrow belief.
To begin with， individual personalities and characters are the initial keys to potential achievements， as the road to success is full of thorns， requiring the person to be prepared for optimism， calmness， and perseverance to strike the hedge and step forward to the established goals. These characters， in fact， are formed based on the influences from families， schools， and wider societies during the self-development process， which cannot be learnt at once or in any single place.
The second key is knowledge base. Knowledge is widely regarded as one of the most powerful competences for a person to make a difference， but knowledge and information storage is built and developed in accumulation， starting from antenatal training， then to babbling， and moving on to receiving basic educations at primary and secondary schools. In other words， learning knowledge needs a solid foundation. Without the paved footstone， university and academic study would be as unrealistic as a castle in the air.
Further， the sense of being collaborative plays an indispensable role. Only when an individual learns and knows how to effectively interacts and coordinates with others at growth can he or she acquire parents’ support， teachers’ guidance， and friends’ coordination---the important sources to help the person to become successful. Thus， it would be too late if a person starts learning such quality at university.
University education is the final stage of formal learning after secondary schoolings. This means， university is the place where students could further enhance and strengthen the key qualities， regardless of personal characters， knowledge system， or cooperative consciousness via more professional and well-focused instructions and assignments； rather a kindergarten for nurturing baby learners.