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独立口语机经

1. Some students enjoydecorating their surroundings; other choose to keep their surroundings simpleand free of any decorations. Which do you prefer and why?

2. Your friend has aclose family member who is sick and you would do something to comfort her.Describe what would you do to comfort her family member’s illness and explainwhy you think it is helpful. Use specific examples and details to support youropinion.

3. Do you like to make aplan with friends about social activities in advance or plan it when you attendit?

4. Which of the followingthree activities do you prefer to do with a group of people rather than alone?

A.  Eat a meal

B.  Listen to music

C.  Do homework

5. Some students liketeachers who often supervise their study and work, while others like teacherswho allow them to study independently and check their work occasionally. Whichone do you prefer? Explain your reasons.

6. Describe a time thatdisappointed you. What happened and what’s your respond.

7. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement: current celebrities (like musicians,actor/actress, athlete) set a good example as role model the youngpeople.

8. Some people likeparticipating in performance like theatrical or musical show. Others prefer tobe in audience watching those plays. Which do you prefer?

9. Describe a behaviorthat many people may do in public that you find inconsiderate.

10. Which campus improvementdo you suggest your school to invest in: swimming pool, cafeteria or dormitory?Please give specific reasons to support your opinion.

11. Which of thefollowing three would you choose to do in summer vacation? Working as alibrarian, painter in an art center, or life guard in the natatorium?

12. Parents should teachtheir kids to learn how to manage money, and what do you think is the mostimportant thing for it, and explain why it’s important.

13. Some people prefersending messages while others prefer making phone calls directly, which one doyou prefer?

14. Some people want tochange their appearance, even by surgery. Do you agree or disagree? Give yourreasons.

15. Which would youprefer: doing exercise everyday or only when you are free?

16. Do you agree ordisagree that it is important for young people to learn some domestic skillslike cooking, sewing and taking care of children?

17. Some students chooseto enter the university immediately after finishing high school, others prefertaking time off before beginning the university class. Which option do youthink is better? Explain why.

18. If you are going tohave an interview with a famous people in your community, which of thefollowing people will you choose?

A.  businessman

B.  professor

C.  artist

Give detailed informationto support your answer and explain why.

19. In every culturethere are some customs or traditions from the past those young people no longerfollow. Describe a custom or tradition form the past that is no longer commonbut that you wish still popular today. Give specific reasons why you wish thatstill popular.

20. Which of thefollowing creative activities do you feel like to get involved in?

A.  Pottery making

B.  Writing

C.  Art creation

Choose one and explainwhy.

21. If university plansto add a new course that is not being offered to students, which of thefollowing courses, in your opinion, would attract most students?

A.  Sound engineering andrecording

B.  History of rock music

C.  Film studies

22. Among the followingjobs, which one do you is most interesting one and why?

A.  airplane pilot

B.  actor

C.  detective

23. If you are a teacherof a tutor group and you are going to take students to a study trip, wherewould you take them to?

A.    sciencemuseum

B.    localfarm

C.    theaterperformance

24. What do you think isthe most important thing that parents should teach their children? Pleaseinclude details in your response.

25. People are encouragedto use reusable bags and bring their own bags when going shopping, and therewill be a fee imposed to plastic bags. Describe the advantages anddisadvantages of this policy.

26. Which of thefollowing choice do you think has the greatest impact on environmentalprotection?

A.  GovernmentalRegulations

B.  Environmental AwarenessGroups

C.   IndividualEfforts

27. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement: Schools need to encourage students to bemore creative and use imagination to be successful person.

28. Some people get toknow a person by the first observation while others prefer to get to know aperson by long time observation. Which one do you prefer and explain why.

29. Do you think it is agood idea for parents to give kids monetary reward if they have good grades inschool. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

30. If universities aregiven financial support to develop researches, which one do you think wouldreceive more benefits.

A.  To predict weather moreaccurately.

B.  To clean rivers andocean.

C.  To deal with outspace.

31. Your university hasacquired a piece of land next to the campus. There have been three options forthe use of the land. Which do you prefer? Why?

A.  the athletic facilitiesand stadiums.

B.  a park with nature trails

C.   centers forstudents and hotel for campus guests

32. The universitycurrently requires all the students to take the physical education course toget graduate. Which of the following choice will you choose?

A.    soccer

B.    dancing

33. The universitydecides to remodel the dormitory and add a new space to it. Which space do yourecommend to add in your dormitory?

A.  Cafe

B.  Study room

C.  Game room

34. Do you agree ordisagree: Government should not allow violence and bad language in televisionprogram.

35. Your university willsponsor one of the following activities for students, an outdoor camp night, amusic festival to experience the local culture or a computer game contest inthe dorm. Which do you think is the best and why?

36. If a children museumis going to have an exhibition. Which of the following theme will be the mostattractive to children?

A.    robottechnology

B.    deepsea marine

C.    solarsystem

37. The school decided tocancel the long summer vocation. So students have to attend school all yearwith some short breaks during holidays. Do you agree or disagree? Pleaseexplain the reasons.

38. The university wantsto provide student more entertainments and three choices provided below, whichdo you prefer and why.

A.  theater performance bythe student actors

B.  concert provided byprofessional musician

C.  lecture from aprofessor

39. One of your frienddecided to study more courses in order to graduate one year earlier, do youagree or not agree?

40. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement: parents should discourage children tojoin some competitive activities, like sports or entertainment.

41. Some people prefer togive their opinions immediately. Others prefer to wait and listen to others’opinions before giving their own. Which one do you think is better?

42. The best decision ismade by groups or by individuals? Please give your explanations andexamples.

43. The school needs tocut club subsidies. Which of the following clubs do you think should be cut insubsidies?

A.    sportsclub

B.    academicclub

C.    skiingclub

44. Some people believeold people should not take risk and participate adventurous events as the youngpeople. Do you agree? Why?

45. Some countries haveapproved “home school” as part of education. What is your opinion onthis?

46. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement? With the popularity of the technologythat focuses on entertainment, people read fewer books than before.

47. Professors shouldn’tallow students to record class lectures. Do you agree or disagree with thispolicy?

48. Some students thinkthat they are graded by participating in the discussion class, while othersthink that they are graded only by written work, such as paper. Which opinionwould you prefer and give your reasons.

49. In stead of printingbooks in paper version, the university decides to release only online versionof textbooks. Discuss at least an advantage and disadvantage of thischange.

50. Some professorsprefer to answer students’ questions in the end of the lecture, and others stopat different points to answer students’ questions. Which style do you think isbetter for learning?

51. Your universitydecided to allow local communities to listen in the campus, they could enterinto the class, but can’t ask questions and don’t have assignments. Do youagree or not agree?

52. You will need toaccomplish an assignment to do a presentation. Which will you choose?

A.  Act out a scene from a play(witha partner)

B.  Explain your review ofa novel you recently you read

C.   Read a selectionof poem

53. Describe oneadvantage or disadvantage of building universities in small town or ruralareas.

54. A big cooperation isplanning to invest in a factory in your hometown. This factory will create manyjob opportunities for people, but also bring a lot of pollution at the sametime. Do you agree or disagree?

55. Some parents thinkthey should protect students from making mistakes. Some think they should letthem make mistakes. What do you think?

56. What do you think ofthe idea? Children should listen or read news at an early age?

57. Do you agree ordisagree that government should pass a law to fine people who use mobile phoneswhen crossing the street.

58. Children will beunwilling to learn musical instrument since they need to keep practicing. Whatshould parents do?

A.    Forcechild to learn musical instrument.

B.    Letchild choose whether to learn musical instrument.

59. When giving feedbacksto students, some teachers would like to talk to their students in person,while some teachers would give written comments to students. Which do youprefer and why ?

60. The university isgoing to increase the price junk food, to make more money, and use the money toadd more kinds of healthy food. Do you agree or disagree?

独立写作机经

1. It’s the best way forteachers to help students become more interested in a subject by explaining howthis subject can help students live better outside of school.

2. Movies are worthwatching only when they teach something about real life.

3. Do you agree ordisagree: it is better to use your own knowledge and experience to solveproblems than to ask other people for advice.

4. Do you agree or disagree:Itis better to travel abroad to visit different countries when you are youngerrather than when you are older.

5. Agree or disagree? Itis better for the younger people to take risk and explore new things than theolder people.

6. Do you agree ordisagree?It is better to relax by watching a movie or reading a book than doingphysical exercise. To explain with examples and specific reasons.

7. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement? It's better to complete a project andthen start another one than to do several things at the same time.

8. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement. It is better to make friends withintelligent people than with the people who have a good sense of humor.

9. Universities shouldspend more money on facilities (such as computer lab and technology in general)rather than on hiring some famous professors.

10. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement?People who develop many different skillsare more successful than people who just focus on one skill only.

11. Students aged 13-18are taught different subjects by different teachers while younger students aretaught by only one teacher all day long. Some people suggest it would benefityoung students to be taught by different teachers. Do you agree with this view?Why or why not?

12. Nowadays, many moviesor films are based on books. Some people prefer to read the original bookbefore they watch the movie, other prefer to watch the movie before reading thebook. Which one do you prefer?

13. Sometimes we areassigned to work in a group on a project. Do you agree or disagree with thefollowing statement? The group will be helped more by person who will bewilling to do what other group members want than by person who often stronglyinsists that things should be done in a way that is different from what thegroup wants to do.

14. Do you preferwatching TV programmes for knowledge or just for entertainment?

15. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement?Some lessons for young students (5~8years old)increase their interest to learn, including video games. But somepeople believe it will distract young students.

16. If you need to take acourse, which professor's course would you like to take?

a.  a professor whowas voted the most popular

b.    aprofessor who has just won an award for an outstanding research

17. Which one do youprefer:

a.  a companyoffering you a job with challenging and interesting project but less vacationdays or

b.    anothercompany offering you a job that is not so challenging and interesting but morevacation days.

18. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement? The best way for parents to teach theirchildren about responsibility is to have them care for animals.

19. At some universities,students take part in making decisions about the issues that affect daily lifeof everyone on campus, such as how many hours that the libraries should be openeach day or what kinds of food should be served in the cafeteria. But at someuniversities, experts are hired to make this decisions, students almost neverinvolved. Which approach do you prefer and why.

20. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement?Grandparents cannot give useful advice totheir grandchildren because the world of today and the world of 50 years agoare too different.

21. If you want to changeone aspect to improve your health, which would you choose? Why?

a.  The kinds offood you eat

b.    Theamount of the exercise you do

c.     Theamount of the stress in your life

22. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement?It is more important for the governmentto spend money on art museum and concert halls than on recreational facilitiessuch as swimming pools and playgrounds.

23. Which one is the mostimportant factor to help you work productively:

a.  Having anenvironment free of noise and distractions;

b.  Knowing thatyou will receive a reward;

c.     Doingsomething you are interested in.

24. Which one do youthink is the most important factor for a student to success at college oruniversity?

a.  Tutors inuniversity.

b.    Theencouragement from family and friends.

c.     High-qualityeducation from high school.

25. Which one is the mostimportant for teacher of high school? The ability to help students plan fortheir future; the ability to find the student who need the most help and togive that help; or the ability to encourage students to learn on their ownoutside of the classroom.

26. Some young people arefree in the evenings or have days off at school, which way can bring them themost benefit?

a.    toaccumulate work experience by a part-time job or volunteering in a community

b.  learning toplay a sport

c.     learningto play a musical instrument

27. Your friends have theopportunity to choose either one of two types of majors (fields of study),which one of the following two majors do you think is a better choice, andwhy?

a.    Amajor that would allow him to finish years of study and get a degree sooner (sothat he would begin to work full-time quickly).

b.    Amajor that requires many years of study that would provide him with moreemployment opportunities and offers in the future.

Use specific reasons andexamples to support your answer. Be sure to use your own words. Do not memorizesome certain examples.

28. If people want tocontribute to the society, which of the following is the best way?

a.  riding bicycleor walking on foot

b.  recycling thewaste

c.     buylocal organic food

29. School teachers havefound that this year more and more students copy homework from others, whichone of the following choices is the best way to reduce this phenomenon?

a.  parents shouldsupervise their children's study and homework and sigh their names to provethat their children do not cheat.

b.  teachers shouldpunish those children who copy homework from others.

c.   teachersshould assign homework that can not be easily copied.

30. Which one of thefollowing values is the most important to share with a young child(5-10 yearsold)?

a.  being helpful

b.    Beinghonest

c.     Beingwell organized

31. In order to attractmore tourists, the government could either improve safety by hiring more policeor improve its appearance by repairing old buildings and streets. Which way doyou think is more effective?

32. Students in auniversity club want to help others, but they can only choose one project ayear, which one of the following is the best?

a.  Help thosestudents in a nearby primary school with reading and mathematics;

b.    Helppeople who cannot afford to build or rent a home to build a house;

c.     Visitand assist elderly people with daily tasks.

33. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement? When people spend a lot of time watchingsports on television or following their favorite team, does it have negativeeffects on their lives?

34. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement:It's a waste of money for government tofund space travel or space exploration. Give specific examples and details tosupport your answer.

35. Many companies sellproducts or services but at the same time cause environmental damage. Someonesaid it can be stop by ask them to pay penalty, such as a higher tax when theycause the environmental damage. Others said there are better ways to stop themfrom harming environment. What do you think is the best way to prevent theenvironment from deteriorating?

36. Do you agree ordisagree: Internet should be like other services, such as roads, and governmentshould provide it to the public with no cost.

37. The government cantake a variety of actions to help protect the environment. Which one of thefollowing do you think is the most important for the nation’s government totake to protect the environment.

a.  Fund theresearch to develop environmentally friendly energy sources such as solar andwind energy.

b.  Preserve thenatural places like forests and protect the animals that live there.

c.     Enforcelaws to prevent the pollution of air and water by large companies.

38. High school studentsshould be required to study many different subjects at same time or they shouldstudy only three or four subjects at a time.

39. Some people think itis the best approach for students to learn if school start the day at an earlytime in the morning. But someone think the school should start the day at latetime. Which one do you prefer? Use specific reasons and detailed examples tosupport your answer.

40. If you were offeredtwo jobs, one has average paid and you work normal hours (40 hours a week), theother one has much higher salary but you need to work long hours. Which onewould you choose? And state your reasons.

41. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement: children should spend most of their timeon studying and playing, they shouldn’t be required to help family withhousehold chores, such as cleaning and cooking.

42. In order to besuccessful, a person must be open to new ideas and willing to change his or hermind.

43. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement: After high school, students should haveat least one year to work or travel. It's better than attending universitystraight away.

44. Do you agree or disagreewith the following statement?Students do reading by their own personality is asimportant as, or more important than reading assigned by teachers.

45. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement?People who develop many different skillsare more successful than people who just focus on one skill only.

46. If you want to changeone aspect to improve your health, which would you choose? Why?

a.  The kinds offood you eat

b.    Theamount of the exercise you do

c.     Theamount of the stress in your life

47. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement?Competition among friends usually has anegative effect on friendship.

48. Do you agree ordisagree: young people should try many different kinds of jobs or career beforethey decide the long term career of their life.

49. Do you agree ordisagree with the statement? All university students should be required to takehistory courses no matter what field they study in.

50. When parents cannotafford time to accompany with their children, they could choose to send theirchildren to child-care center where many children are cared together; or theycould send their children to an individual caregiver. Which one isbetter?

51. Some people thinkthat 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 youprefer?

52. You have long beenfriend with someone. If they do something that you don’t like , should youstill be friends with him or her?

53. Children rely toomuch on the technology, like computers, smart phones, video games for fun andentertainment. Playing simpler toys or playing outside with friends would bebetter for children’s development.

54. Do you agree ordisagree: The way people dresses is a good indication of his or her personalityor character.

55. Some teenagers tookpart in kinds of activities, such as musical classes, sports classes and so on,but others only focus on one activity which is important to them, which idea doyou support, provide ideas and give some examples.

56. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement: Universities should require everygraduation students to take public speaking courses. Give specific examples anddetails to support your answer.

57. Do you agree ordisagree: people would meet many problems in their daily life and they wouldsolve them by themselves or from the help of their families; the help from thegovernment is not necessary.

58. At work or school,you might encounter a problem that requires creativity -for example, you aregiven a task to complete that is very different from other tasks you do. Inwork or school situation that requires you to think creatively, would youprefer to work alone or with others? Why?

59. Do you agree ordisagree with the following statement? It is important to read or watch thenews presented by people whose views are different from your own or presentedby people whose views are similar to your own?

60. Do you agree ordisagree?It is difficult for teachers to be both popular (liked by students)and effective in helping students in learning.Give your reasons and specificexamples.