一级重点 教育类话题/工作类话题/政府类话题 教育类1. Some people believe that going to school early in the morning is good for students’ study. Other students want to start a day late in the morning. Which option do you agree with and why? 教育类2. Some people think that older children should be required to take care of the younger children. Others think that this should be done by parents or other adults. Which do you prefer? 教育类3. Some people think it would help students to learn if teachers give time for discussion in class, others think that class discussion is unnecessary. What is your opinion and why? 教育类4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? All school teachers should be required to attend courses every 5 years to update their knowledge. 教育类5. Some people believe that teachers should communicate with students in class. Others believe that teachers should communicate with students by sending them emails. Which way do you think in better and why? 教育类6. Which one is the most important for teacher of high school: ①The ability to help students plan for their future; ②The ability to find the students who need help most and help them; ③ Teach students how to learn outside the classroom. 工作类1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better for children to choose jobs that are similar to their parents’ jobs than to choose jobs that are very different from their parents’ job. 工作类2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In order to succeed in doing a new job, the ability to adapt oneself to the new environment is more important than the excellent knowledge of this job. 工作类3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Employees who always follow the supervisor’s instructions are more valuable to their companies than employees who try to find new or better ways. 工作类4. Some jobs can pay high salaries but require employees to leave their family and friends. Some jobs pay few salaries but allow employees to stay with family and friend. Which job do you prefer? Why? 工作类5. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Workers would be much happier if they are doing different types of tasks during their workday than doing the same task. 政府类1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In order to attract more tourists, government should improve the safety by hiring more police or improve the appearance by improving the old buildings and streets. 政府类2. The government wants to improve the education of high school, and there are two plans: a.choose a group of good teachers and train them first, and after that let them go back to their schools and train other teachers b. provide training for every teacher online, with providing online materials and let them study individually. 政府类3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Government, instead of individuals, should cover Internet fees. 政府类4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The government and corporation should share all their scientific discoveries with other countries in the world. 政府类5. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Governments shouldn’t spend money exploring the outer space. 政府类6. Should government spend money on the construction of public parks or build a sport field for students? 政府类7. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? For successful development of a country, the government should focus its budget more on the education of very young children rather than on universities. 政府类8. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People can solve important problems by themselves or with the help from their family members, so there is no need for the government to help them. 二级重点 成功类话题/科技类话题/媒体类话题 成功类1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In order to succeed, it is better to be like others rather than different from everybody else. 成功类2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? One quality that a successful leader must have is to make decision quickly; when a leader takes too much time to make decisions, he will be seen as ineffective to the people he leads. 成功类3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should be open to new ideas and change their mind to be successful. 成功类4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People who have learned many different skills are more likely to succeed than those who focus on learning only one skill. 科技类1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Technology designed to make our life simpler actually makes our life more complicated. 科技类2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In twenty years’ time, people will lead a more leisurely life. 科技类3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? To truly enjoy a vacation(holiday), people should leave their mobile phones at home. 科技类4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The car (automobile) has had a greater effect on society than the airplane. 科技类5. Scientist have been working to make technology easier and more human-friendly. How do you think has technology affected our lives? Give specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 媒体类1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Advertising today is less honest than it was in the past, so it is less useful for people to choose what they want to buy. 媒体类2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People nowadays spend much more time than they should using text messages and new technologies such as social media to communicate with each other. 媒体类3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People can learn more from watching television than reading books. 媒体类4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The opinions from the celebrities are more important for the younger than for the older. 媒体类5. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Movies and televisions should always show the audience that good people are being rewarded and bad people are being punished. 三级重点 生活类话题/社会类话题 生活类1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Your job has more effects on your happiness than your social life does. 生活类2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to travel around for younger people than for older people. 生活类3 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to relax by watching a movie or reading a book than doing physical exercises. 生活类4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to live in the city than in the countryside. 生活类5. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Compared with people who live in urban areas, those who live in rural areas can take better care of their families. 生活类6. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is as important for older people to study or learn new things as it is for younger people. 生活类7. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is easier to maintain good health nowadays than it was in the past 生活类8. Do you agree with the following statement? People often buy products not because they really need them but because other people have them. 社会类1. Do you agree with the following statement? People can solve important problems in their daily life on their own or with the help from families; the help from the government is not necessary. 社会类2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Society benefits more from works of great artist than from political leaders. 社会类3 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Nowadays people are more willing to help strangers than they were in the past. 类似：Nowadays people are more willing to help the people they do not know (for example, giving clothing and food to people who need them) than people were in the past. 社会类4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Most of the environmental issues are too complex today, so individuals can do nothing about them. 社会类5. Some people argue using a cleaner energy to protect the environment, but others say the traditional energy sources such as coal and oil are less expensive, what is your suggestion? 社会类6. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People today do not respect teachers as much as they did in the past. 社会类7. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The most important problems in today’s world will be solved in our lifetime. 社会类8. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The rapid growth of cities can be seen as a positive development of the society. 社会类9. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People now can better protect the environment than they could in the past. 社会类10. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People in the past were more interested in improving their neighborhood (the area where they live) than they are today.
