Part l Questions

Name

1. What's your full name?

2. How should I call you?
3. Who gave you your name?
4. What does it mean?
Accommodation
1. Do you live in a house or flat?

2. Do you like it? Does your family like it?

3. How would you change your apartment or house?

4. How long have you lived there?

5. Do you live with your family?

6. ls the transport around your home convenient?

7. What's your neighborhood like?

8. What's your favorite room?

9. ls there anything you want to change about this room?

10. Do you want to move?

11. What kind of place did you live in when you were little?

12. What kind of apartments or houses dd you want to live in the future?

13. Do you want to live on the countryside?

'14. Do you spend more or less time with your family than before?

15. Why do you come to this city?

16. Where do you live?

17. What's the traffic like?

1B. Willyou always Iive there?

19. What can you see from the window?

 Hometown
1. Where's your hometown?

2. Do you like it?

3. ls it a good place for children?

4. Good and bad points of it?

5. Are there any changes in your hometown in recent years?

6. Will you work in your hometown in the future?

7. ls transportation convenient in your hometown?

8. Will you find a boyfriend/girlfriend in your hometown?

9. Why do young people like to go to big cities?

10. What problems do big cities have besides bad traffic?

11. What do people take with them when they go out in big cities besides umbrellas?

12. What kind of customs do you have inyour hometown?

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Occupation
1. Do you work or study?

2. What work do you do?

3. What specific things do you do on your job?

4. Why did you choose that job?

5. What do you like most about your job?

6. Would you recommend that job to others?

7. What did you do on the first day of your job?

8. Do you think this job has a bright future?

9. What are the most interesting and the difficult part of your job?

10. Willyou change job in the future?

1 1 . Have you changed your job before?

'12. What's the most interesting thing in y6ur work?

13. How do you communicate with others during work?

14. ls it important to have breaks during work?

15. Do you prefer working alone or with a group of p6ople?

'16. What's your major?

17. Do you like it?

18. Will you change it if you have the chance?

19. Which majorwillyou change itto?

20. ls it different from what you had in mind?

21. Why did you choose that major?

22. Whal kind of courses do you need to study?

23. ls it hard?

24. ls it i'nteresting?

25. How can you learn it well?

26. Where do you study?

 27. Vtlhy did you choose that school?

28. How often do you go home?

29. How Iong have you been studying in that school?

30. Do you like it there?

31" What do you plan to do after you finish your study?

32. Why do you choose to go abroad?

33. Which job do you want to do in the future?

34. Do you prefer studying in the morning or in the afternoon?

35. Who do you think are better at learning, older student or younger student?

36. What's your favorite subject? What do you like to study most?

37. What's the most difficult thing for you during your study?

38. Which subject will be most useful in the future?

39. Will you stay in touch with your classlnates in the future?

40. Who are more important to your study, the teachers or the students?

41. what are the differences between a science student and an art student?

42. Do you prefer studying by yourself or with a group?

43. When do you usually study?

44. What do you enjoy during your study?

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Farniny

1. Who are you like the most in your family?

2. What do you usually do at home?

3. What do you usually do with your family at home?

4. How often do you stay with your family?

5. Do Chinese people usually stay with their family?

6. ls family important in Chinese culture?

 Visit*r

1. Do you welcome guests in your home?

2. Do you have a lot of visitors in your home?

3. Do you like to visit other's home?
4. What do visitors usually do in your home?
5. Do you prefer visiting others orlnviting them over to your home?
6. Do Chinese people usually have dinner parties at their home or outside?
7 . Do you usually hang out with your friends at home or outside? What do you usually do?

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CeE*hrity

1. Who are some of the famous people you like?

2. Do you like to be famous?

3. What are the disadvantages of being famous?

4. Have you seen a celebrity in person?

5. Have you read about anything about this celerity?

6. Do you follow the news of those celebrities?

7. Do you know any celebrities from your hometown?

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1. Do you usually carry a bag?

2. What do you usually put in your bag?

3. Do you have different bags for different occasions?

4. What do you consider when you buy a bag?

5. Have you ever lost your bag? "

6. Will you carry different bags to match your clothes?

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1. Do you like holidays?

2. Do you prefer holidays from school or from work?

3. How long do you need?

4. Do you think a one-day holiday is long enough?

5. What's your favorite holiday? "

6" What do you usually do on holidays?

7. Do you think students need more holidays?

8. Do you prefer staying at home or going out during holidays?

9. What's the most important holiday in China?

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1. What's your favorite color?

2. lmportance of color in your childhood?

3. ls color important to you?

4. Do you prefer dark colors or light colors?

5. Which color will you and will you not use in your roo.m?

6. Will you buy something in a color that you don't like?

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1. Do you like chocolates?

2. How often do you eat them?

3. Do kids like to eat chocolate?

4. Did you like to eat chocolate when you were little?

5. Did you parents allow you to eat chocolate when you were little?

6. Do Chinese people like eating chocolates?

7. Do they make good gift?

8. Why is chocolate so popular in so many different places?

L When did you first eat chocolate?

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Place near wat*r

1. Do you like ride boats?

2. Do you like swimming?

3. Do you know how to swim?

4. ls it important to learn swimming?

5. ls it important for kids to learn swimming?

6. What do you usually do when yoLl go to a place near water?

7. Have you ever travelled by ship?

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1. Do you like reading books?

2. What kind of books do you usually read?

3. Have you read any book recently?

4. Do you prefer buying your own book or borrowing one?

5. Have you read a book for morethan once?

6. Do you like e-books?

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1. Who's your favorlte teacher?

2. What makes a teacher popular?

3. Do you like to be a teacher?

4. Have you ever taught anybody?

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i"ianetwritir:g

1. Do you usually handwrite?

2" When do you have to handwrite?

3. Do you prefer handwriting or typing?

4. What's the difference between handwriting and typing when you write to others?

5. Do you think handwriting will be replaced by computers?

6. ls it still necessary to keep handwriting?

7, What impression does a person's handwriting have on other people?

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Ftrot*s

1. Do you like to take pictures?

2. When do you usually take pictures?

3. Do you like to take pictures with your family?

4. Do you like to take pictures of yourself?

5. How often do you take pictures?

6. How to improve your photography skills?

7. Do you have a lot of pictures taken when you were little?

8. Do you like to take pictures when you are travelling?

9. Do you prefer taking pictures or recoding videos?

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Describe an unusual and interestinE thing yor-r

recently

You shoutd say

. What it was
. Who you did with

' Why you did

and explain why was unusual arrd interesting

Part 3

1. What kind of outdoor activities do people usually do?

2. ls it important for parents to be with their kids when their kids are in activities?
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3. What different activities do men and women like to do?
4. Do you like watching comedies?
5. Which generation of people do you think have the longest free time?
6. Who usually have more free time, men or women?
7. What do kids usually do when they are free?

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A time when you were busy

Describe a time when you were busy

You should say

.. When it was
. What you had to do
. How you got over it

and explain how you felt about it

Part 3

1. Are kids in different countries under the same amount of pressure?

2. how can people keep fit if they don't have time to exercise?
3. Should young children spend more time on study or playing?
4. How long should the holiday be for children?
5. Should children be too busy?
6. How to encourage employees to work extra time?
7. What can kids learn from playing?
B. Do they learn more from playing or from classes?
 A time when you were preparing far a happy event

Describe a time when you were preparing

event

You should say

. When it was
. Who helped you
. How you made it

and explain why it was an happy event

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Part 3

1. Do you think a person's organizational skills are born or learnt?

2. Why are some people better at organizing things than the others?
3. What kind of things do people usually have to prepare for, besides exams and holidays?
4. Do you think preparation is important?
5. How to prepare well?
6. How do people prepare for the work next day?
7. How can parents teach their children about how to prepare for things?

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A tim* when you wer* in clcse cor:tact witl-r a wild anixal

Describe a time when you were in close contact with a

wild animal

You sl-rould say

, When and where it was
. Which animal you saw
. What the animal did

and explain how you felt about it

Part 3

1. Do people usually go to zoos in China?

2. Why do kids love wild animals?
3. Why do teachers always take kids to the zoo?
4. ls it good for kids to see so many animals locked up in cages when they go to the zoo?
5. Why do more and more people like to keep pets?
6. What can kids learn from keeping a pet?
7. What is the purpose of a zoo?
8. Are animals at the zoo treated nicely?
9. Can you see every animal in the zoo?
10. Should animals be kept in the zoo?
11. Which is better for kids, watching animals in the zoo or on TV?
12. Do you like those clothes made of animal furs?

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A tirne when y*u rnissed an imp*rtant appcintn':e*t

Describe a time when yoLr missed

app0intment

\lou shoutd say

' When and where it Was

' How you missed it

. What the corrsequence was

and explain how you felt about it

Part 3

1. Do you have a habit of recording the family history? Why?

2. How do you keep it?
3. How to people remember their appointments?
4. What will happen when you forget an appointment with your boss?
5. ls it ok to be late for just 10 minutes?
6. Can technology help us remember things?
7. Why do people like to know about their family history?
8. ls it necessary for people to remember those who have made contributions to the nation?
L How should people teach children about their family business?
10. Which is worse, missing an appointment about your work or missing an appointment with your
friends?
1'1 . ls it possible that some people forget those appointments on purpose?
12. What can you benefit from having an appointment with your friends or colleagues?
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r{ tinre when you used y*ur imaginaiion

Describe a time when you used your imagination

You shoutd say

.. When and where it was

' What you did

. H0w you were being imaginative

and explain how you felt about it

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Part 3

1. ls it necessary for children to develop their imagination?

2. ls it important for teachers to encourage children's imagination?
3. Why do people think that imagination is important for children?
4. Are stories and cartoons good for children's imagination? Which one works better?
5. ls playing video games good for children's imagination?
6" What kind of jobs require imagination?
7 Do businessmen or scientists need imagination?
8. Can adults have a lot of imagination?
9. ls imagination essential for scientist?
10. How to develop imagination?
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& prrs*ir y** n:*t re(sntiy *r1* w,a{:tl t$ knew mx}rs iabr:,rit

Describe a person you met recently and want to know

rnore about

You should say

. Who this person is

. Wlren you met this persofr for the first tirne

' What this person is like

explain why you want to know more aboLrt this person

Part 3

1. What kind of people are good at making new friends?

2. Can you make true friends online?
3. How do you make new friends?
4. How to leave a good impression on new friends?
5. What qualities do you think are important when you are making new friends?
6. What are the differences between friends at work and friends outside work?
7. YVould you like to organize activities in the office? Will your colleagues enjoy it?
B. How would you make friends if you go to a strange country?
9. ls it important for friends to share a common hobby?
10. ls it important to be polite when you meet someone for the first time?

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A tri*yel*/nr*t*rbil**icar trip you wqrlxi l,hs to t*k*

Describe a bicycle/motorbike/car trip yolr would like

take

You should say

. Where you want to go
. Who you want to go withr
. Why you want to go

And explain whether it will tre difficLrlt or not

Part 3

1. Which is more popular in China? Bicycle or car?

2. What do you think of the transportation system in your hometown?
3. Why do people take cars or the subway?
4. What is the main type of transportation in China?
5. How to people go to those places that can't be reached by bus or subway?
6. Why do people buy cars?
7. lffhat different tran_sportations do people use in the city and in the countryside?

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A website you always visit

Describe a website you always visit

You should say

'. Which website it is

" What it is about

. How yolr knew this wehsite

And explain why you always go there

Part 3

1. ls it easier to shop online? What are the disadvantages?

2. How has internet improved people's lives?
3. ls it good to unblock all the foreign websites in China?
4. Some people think internet has stripped some of our abilities to learn, do you agree?
5. At what ages is it appropriate for kids to start to learning the internet?
6. Do people in different ages use computers with the different frequency?
7. How do parents control kids when their kids play computers?

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 A place in *nather country you !,vant to work in fcr a short period

Describe a place in another country you want to work

in for a short period

You should say

. Where it is
. What kind of job you want to da
. How long yor-r want to work there

And explain why yor,r want to work in that place

Part 3

1. What can you get there that you can't get in China?
2. What kind of jobs are popular in China?
3. Do you want to be a teacher?
4. What qualities do you need to be a teacher?
5. What are the advantages of gap year? Do you want to have one?
6. How come some government don't like to let foreign workers to work in their countries?
7. Why do people usually go to a different place to work for a short period of time? What kind of job
can they usually get?
B. What kind of jobs do people usually do when they work in a different country?
9. Why do some people like to work in multinational companies?
10. What are the advantages for young people to work in a different country?
1'1. Can you find a job in a short time?
'12. What abilities do you need to have if you want to work for an international company?

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An irteresting song

Describe an interesting song

You should say

. Which song it is

. How you knew this song

. When and where yoll usually hear it

And explain why it's interesting

Part 3

1. Why do young people like to listen to music?

2. Why can music help us relax?
3. Where does pop music come from?
4. What different songs do young and old people like?
5. Why are singing shows so popular?
6. ls lt strange for old people to listen to rock or pop music?
7. Which is more important for a song, the melody or the lyrics?
B. what are the differences between concerts and those music reality shows?

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$omething you do occasionally that e*sts you a lot rf m*ncy

Describe something you do occasionally that costs

you a lot of money

You should say

' What it is

' Who you usually do it with

' How expensive it is

And explain why yolr do it occasiorrally

Part 3

1. What kind of expensive things do people usually buy in China?

2. What problems will there be if someone makes a sudden fortune?
3. Will you be jealous if your friends or relatives s,uddenly get rich?
4. Are expensive things always better than cheap ones?
5. Why do people like to do something expensive once in a while?
6. What do rich people do to help others?
7. Do men and women want the same kind of expensive stuff?
B. Have you ever made a sudden fortune?
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An interesting advertisement you sarr recently

Describe an interesting advertisement you

recently

Ybu should say

. What it was about
. When and where you saw it
. What you saw in the advertisenrent

And explain how it impressed you

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Part 3

1. What kind of advertisements are there?

2. Do you prefer paper ad or TV ad?
3. How do children usually react to ads?
4. How do government control ad?
5. ls internet a good platform for advertisement?
6. What are the differences between phone ads and TV ads?
7. What factors need to be considered when making an advertisement?
8. Should ads only be played during a certain time?
9. Should ads targeting kids be prohibited?

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 ,&r impariant piece of equipmeni you oft*n use at yaun hame

Describe an important piece of equipment you CIften

use at home

\bu should say

' What it is

* How often you use it

. What you use it for

And explain why it is irnportant

Part 3

1. Who else uses it?

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using machines in the factory?
3. What's the trend of using machine in the factory?
4. What can home appliances help people do?
5" Are home appliances popular among young people?
6. Do old people know how to use them?
7. Are those home appliances important for young and old people?
B. Can people trust those machines?
9. Why do some factory owners replace their workers with machines?
'10. Do you think machines will replace human laborers in the future?

11. lf it happens, what will happen to those workers?

12. What kind of different equipment do men and women like to use?
'13. Do you want to have a robot at home?

14.lffhat will happen lruithout those equipment?

'l 5. Are there any businesses that purely rely on machines?
16. What kind of equipment are there in the kitchen
17. What are the influences of technology on humans?
18. What kind of things can machine help people do in the iuture?

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A gift ycu Save to others recently

Describe a gift you gave to sthers recently

You should say

r What it was
. Who you gave it to
. What the occasion was and why you chose this gift

And explain how it was received by the other person

Part 3

1. Do you like sending gifts to others?

2. What kinds of gifts are popular in your country?
3. Who will be happier about receiving a gift, adults or children?
4. What are the most common handicrafts?
5. What do you need to consider when you send gifts to kids?
6. When do you send gifts to kids?
7. Advantages and disadvantages of self-made gifts and store-bought gifts?
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Describe your favorite movie

You should say

t What it is

. When you watched it and who you watched it with

. What this movie is abolrt

And explain why this is your favorite

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1. Do men and women like different kinds of movies?

. 2. Do old people and young people like different kinds of movies?
3. Why are Hollywood movies better than Chinese movies?
4. Can Chinese movies catch up with Hollywood movies?
5. Does it cost a lot of money to make a movie?
6. Who are more likely to get popular, actors or actresses?
7. Should every country have its own movie industry?
8. Do people still like black and white movies?
9. Does more investment mean better movies?

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A team prcj*ct you did

Describe a team project you clid

You shoutd say

' Wlrat it was

. When and where you did it
. Who yoLr did it with

And explain how you felt about it

Part 3

1. Will you do it again?

2. What qualities should a team leader have?
3. What qualities should a team member have?
4. Do people in China usually do team project or work on their own?
5. ls it important to have group activities?
6. what are the advantages and disadvantages of working on a project arone?
7. what are the advantages and disadvantages of working on a project with a group?
B. Should kids be forced to take part in group activities?
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A sm*ll br"lsiness you want to start

Describe a small business you want to start

You should say

. lVhat it is

. Where you want to start it

. What you have to do
And explain why you want to do this

Part 3

1. Are there a lot of small businesses near your home? What are they?
2. ls it better to start your own business or to work for a company?
3. Is it easy to set up a business in China?
4. What qualities do you need to have if you want to start a business?
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of starting a small business and working for a
company?
6. What are the difficulties of starting up a business?
7. Should school offer business classes?
8. What qualities do you need to start a business?

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An area of scisnce you are interested in

Describe an area of science you are interested in

You should say

' What it is

. What knowledge it covers

. How yon first knew this and when yoll started to
get interested

And explain why yolr are interested in it

Part 3

1. ls science important in most schools?

2. Do students usually like science?
3. Are there a lot of science museums in your country?
4. What can you learn from visiting science museums?
5. Do young people in China usually go to science museum?
6. ls it necessary to learn science?
7. ls it necessary to build science museums?
B. Are science subjects popular among Chinese students?

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A special meal you want ts have

Describe a special meal you want ts have

You should say

' Where and where it will be

. Who you will have it with
. What you will do during the meal

And explain why it will be special

Part 3

1. What do you think of the food hygiene in China?

2. Do Chinese people like to eat outside?
3. What kind of restaurants are there in your city?.
4. What makes a good restaurant besides the food?
5. What kind of food is popular in your country?
6. What kind of restaurants are popular in your city?
7. What kind of food in your hometown would you recommend to others?
B. What Chinese meals changed in any way in recent years?

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Describe a tatl building you like or dislike

You shoufd say

. Where it is
. \{hat it is for
' What it looks like
And explain why you

Part 3

1. Why do people live in tall buildings instead of low buildings?

2. ls it common for people to live in tall buildings?

3. Do you think more people will move to the suburb in the future?

4. Are people living in tall buildings familiar with their neighbors?

5. what factors will the architects consider when they design a tall building?

6. Will designers cons;ider the local climate?

7. Why are buildings designed differenfly in different places?

8. Do you like to live in tall buildings?

9. Will more people move into tall buildings in the future?

10. Will the design of a buildlng influence people's mood?

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12. What kind of impact do climate and environment have on the design of buildings in different parts

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A good place to relax

Describe a good place to relax

You should say

. Where it is

. What you can do there

' Who you usually gCI with-

And explain why it's a good place to relax

Part 3

1. What do Chinese people usually like to do to relax?

2. Where to workers or students usually go to relax?

3. Do people relax in a different way now compared with the past?

4. Do old people and young people relax in the same way?

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A' place people always do sporls in {stadiun'r/swinrming po*!/sports centen}

Describe a place people always do sports in (e.g.

stadiumlswimming pool/sports center)

You should say

' Where it is

' What kind of facilities are there

. What kirrd of sports people usually do there

And explain how you feel about it

Part 3

1. What different sports do young and old people do?

2. Which sport is popular now?

3. Why do more and more people start to pay attention to the Olympics?
4. will olympics bring all the nations closer the create hatred among them?
5. Which sport are you good at?
6. Will Chinese people try different sports in the future?
7. What are the advantages and disadvantages of hosting an international sports event?
A garden you visited and liked

Describe a garden you visited

You slrould say

* Where [t was
. Who you were there with and why you were there
. What you saw there

And explain how you felt about it

Part 3

1. Why do people go to gardens?

2. How will it influence the children if there's a garden at home?

3. Why are there more gardens in one city than in another?

4. How do people usually make use of the balcony?

5. Will they plant vegetables in the balcony?

6" ls it important to have public parks?

7. Should government pay for those public green places?

8. why isn't building more green space the top priority for the government?

9. Should government spend more money on building more public parks?

10. U/ill teaching kids how to plant vegetables improve their environmental awareness?

11 . lf you had your own garden, what would you use it for?

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