问答题 Part 2&3 　　Place 　　A City you have Visited or Lived In 　　What are the most important things that make a city worth living in? 　　What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a large city? 　　Do you think there are any possible health problems that could arise from living in a large city? 　　Describe a small shop you often go 　　How do you look upon online shopping? 　　Are there any changes in the way people shop today and the past. 　　Is there any difference between the shopping habits of the old and young? 　　What is the difference between going to the shopping mall and going to a small shop? 　　What are the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping? 　　Why men don’t like shopping? 　　Do you often go shopping? Why do you like it? 　　Do you think that it is good for children to go shopping? 　　What type of shop is close to your house? 　　What type of shop do you usually go? 　　What is the difference between going to the supermarket and going to a small shop? 　　Introduce a place with a good water resource 　　What is the importance of water? 　　Why do people use more water now than before? 　　What kind of the policy should the government make to save the water resources? 　　Why do people like to live in a place close to water? 　　What can they do if they live close to the water? 　　Why children like swimming? Object/ Thing 　　Describe a TV program 　　Describe a story from a TV programme 　　Do you talk about the TV programme with other people? 　　Do you think the programme will be changed in the future? 　　How does the programme influence people? 　　Is it educational? 　　Your Favourite Subject at School 　　What do you think of teaching, as a profession (or, as a job)? What are the qualities of a good teacher? 　　Compare the qualities of a good teacher with the qualities of a bad teacher. 　　In what ways does a good teacher have an effect on the students? 　　In what ways does a bad teacher have an effect on the students? 　　Describe a leisure activity you would like to do (in the future) 　　What are the most popular leisure time activities in your country? 　　Do you think it's important for students and working people to have some leisure time? 　　Some people think that having hobbies is a waste of time. What do you think? 　　In the future, what changes do you think we sill see in people's leisure activities? 　　What are some of the more traditional leisure time activities that people in China do? 　　Do you think children (in your culture) should have more leisure time? 　　Describe a science lesson that you had in school or university 　　In general, what is the role of science and technology in society today? 　　Do you think science is very important? 　　In what areas is science and technology most important today? 　　Do you think it's good for (high) schools to have (or, to offer the choice of) science classes? 　　Do you think it's suitable to start teaching science to very young children? 　　Why do you think more males than females study science? 　　A Special Meal 　　Do you think the growing number of supermarkets will have any negative effects on society? 　　Have there been any changes in the eating habits of Chinese people in the past 20 or 30 years? 　　In general, what food do people in China buy when they go shopping for food? 　　Why do you think supermarkets are becoming more popular in China? 　　A card or A letter you received 　　Do young people write letters as much as old(er) people do? 　　Compare letter writing with more modern ways of communicating with people. 　　What are the advantages and disadvantages of real letters and cards, compared to emails and "e-cards"? 　　Do you think writing skills are important? 　　Do you think e-cards will become more popular in the future? 　　Describe a course that you want to learn in the future 　　What (personal) qualities do you think teachers should have? 　　What are the most popular courses that people study today in China? 　　Which do you think is more useful studying a course in a classroom or getting practical work experience? 　　Describe a book you liked in your childhood 　　Why do some books are very popular and people all over the world can read it, while others are less popular? 　　Is there any difference between the books that men and women read? Why? 　　What can reading bring to you except relaxation? 　　What kind of books do children like to read in your country? 　　What are the benefits of reading? 　　What pleasure can adult gain from reading? 　　What is the book about? 　　Why did you read the book first time? 　　What does the book tell you? What did you learn from the book? 　　What kind of book do you like to read? 　　What kind of book should children read before going to school? 　　A handicraft u made before 　　Why do people make a handicraft? 　　What kinds of handicraft do you know? 　　Is it true that some handicrafts are more popular than factory made products? 　　Describe a machine or something electronic you want to buy 　　What modern appliances do you have in your home? 　　What do you think of these appliances? Why? 　　Some people cannot keep up with the development of science and technology. What should they do? 　　Describe a film 　　What kind of movie is popular in China? Why? 　　What is the difference between Chinese movie and foreign movies? 　　What do you learn from watching movies? 　　Do you think it is important for a movie to be advertised? 　　If foreign movies without advertisement, will it still be so success? 　　Do you think a movie will be success without advertisement? If yes, why? 　　What kind of people prefer to watch foreign movies than Chinese Movies in China? Why? 　　What is the difference between Chinese and Foreign movies? 　　Describe an ideal job you would like to do in the future 　　Why do people change jobs? 　　What kind of people can give career advice to you? 　　What will people take into consideration when they choose their jobs? 　　Does your company offer any training courses? 　　What do you think of workaholics? 　　Why is it difficult for people to land jobs in your country? 　　Why do people want to get promoted? 　　What are the disadvantages of doing one job for a lifetime? 　　Describe an exciting sport that you know about 　　Can you give some examples of what is called, 'extreme sports' or sports that are quite dangerous? 　　Why do you think some people like to do these dangerous activities? 　　What qualities do people need to do these dangerous sports? 　　Do you think the government should restrict some of these extreme sports? 　　How important is sport? 　　Do you think there is too much sport shown on TV? Event 　　Describe what you did last weekend 　　In China, do you think there is more leisure time than working time or more working time than leisure time? 　　Do you think people should have more leisure time? 　　Do you think weekends are really necessary? 　　What do most Chinese students do on weekends? 　　Would you like the weekend (or weekends) to be longer? 　　If the government changed weekends from two days to three days, what do you think the result would be? 　　If a married person is doing shift work, for example, working during the night and sleeping during the day, do you think this can cause problems for the family? 　　Describe a Public event 　　Do people prefer to actually attend these events or to watch them on TV? 　　What's the difference between watching an event on TV and actually being at the event? 　　What can be done (or, what do suggest should be done) about these problems? 　　What could (or should) be done to decrease the number of people in crowded places? 　　Describe a picnic 　　Do people eat more healthily than before? 　　How do you think of traditional food? 　　Do you think some traditional food is going to be deserted by people? 　　What can the government do to help people eat healthy and diversified food? 　　Describe a memorable happy childhood event 　　Why do people often recall their childhood? 　　Is it important to remember the past? 　　Why is the young generation turning its back on tradition? 　　Why are children more easily influenced by western culture? 　　Describe a science class 　　What do you think of distance learning? 　　What do you think of home studying? 　　What should the parents do to help their children if they choose home teaching? 　　Do your parents help you when you study at home? 　　Do you think studying at home is a good way to acquire knowledge for adults? 　　Do you think studying at home is becoming more popular? Why? 　　Should youngsters learn science? Why? 　　Do you think boys can learn science better? 　　When should students learn science? 　　Should students learn history? 　　How do we acquire the knowledge of history nowadays? 　　What’s the point of acquiring the knowledge of history? 　　Films with historical themes are very popular now. What do you think about them? 　　Should history films retell authentic stories or should the stories be dramatized? 　　How do the dramatized stories affect children? 　　Describe an important conversation you had 　　Are there any communication differences between males and females? 　　Do you think communication skills are important? 　　Describe a journey you would like to take with your friends 　　Do Chinese people like to travel? 　　Do people in China prefer long-distance travel or short trips? 　　When Chinese people travel (as tourists), who do they usually go with? 　　Where do Chinese people like to go when they go on a holiday trip? 　　Do people in China ever go on trips that are a bit dangerous ? 　　What do you think are the disadvantages of not traveling? 　　What are some differences between a business trip and a holiday trip? 　　Do you think the media has much effect on tourism? 　　Describe an experience of helping someone 　　Do you often help people? 　　Do you think people are less willing to help others? Is it good? 　　How should parents encourage their kids to help others? 　　Do people usually do volunteer work in China? 　　What do you think of the volunteer work in China? 　　Do people who live in Beijing like to help visitors for the Olympics? 　　Is English very important when you are helping other people? 　　Have you been to a foreign country? 　　Have you helped other people when you were in a foreign country? 　　Who did you help? Will you help again? Why? 　　How do you help others in your community? 　　What can you achieve from helping others? 　　Whether children should be encouraged to help others? 　　How can children help others? 　　Describe a trip that you did not make as you planned 　　Do different people think of traveling differently? 　　Are there any differences between business trip and tour? 　　What technology will be brought along to assist in trip? 　　Are there and differences between ordinary trips and business ones? 　　What should you take when you are travelling? 　　Person 　　A person you live with 　　In China today, what is the structure of the typical family? 　　Whose responsibility do you think it should be to look after old people - the government's responsibility or the family's? 　　What do you think are some of the advantages and possible disadvantages of having children, parents and grandparents all living together? 　　Do you think family relationships are important? 　　How do you think support from friends and support from parents are different? 　　What responsibilities do young people have towards their family? 　　In typical Chinese families, who is the dominant person, the mother or the father? 　　What's the difference between help from family members and help from friends? 　　Describe an elder person you know and admire 　　Do people like to be old? 　　Do elder people need to be educated? 　　Is there any lesson for elder people? 　　Describe someone who visited your family 　　How do you treat your visitor? 　　Is it convenient to live in your friend’s house? 　　What is the difference between living a hotel and living in your friend’s house? 　　When you visit a place, where do you prefer to stay in a hotel or stay in other people’s house? 　　What kind of service do you want to have in a hotel? 　　What should be improved in a hotel? 　　What is the culture of your country in treating guests? What is the difference between this culture then and now? 　　What do you think about the trend of treating guests in your country? 　　Describe a person who helped you on an important occasion 　　What are the advantages and disadvantages of a strong family relationship?