四、Part3 近年题库
(一)人物相关
1.家 庭
(1)In a typical Chinese family, who plays the leading role?
(2)Do you think family relations are important?
(3)What roles do men and women play in Chinese families?
(4)What family activities are there in your country?
2.帮 助
(1)Do people in China being helpful these days?
(2)How to teach children to be helpful to others?
(3)How do you show helpfulness to others?
(4)What kinds of behavior are helpful for you?
3.解决问题
(1)How can schools do to nurture children’s problem solving ability?
(2)How do you consider a person have problem solving ability?
(3)What the biggest problem you’ve solved?
(4)Do you think intelligent children are happier than those who are not?
(5)Do countries need various talents?
(6)Are children good at one subject while bad at another?
4.礼 貌
(1)How do Chinese people show politeness?
(2)Is there any difference between etiquette in cities and in small towns?
(3)How to teach children to be polite?
(4)How do you deal with impolite people?
(5)What kinds of behavior are not polite?
5.隔代关系
(1)These days, people from different generations live together, do you think this is a problem?
(2)Why do some children get spoiled at home?
(3)Do young adults in your country like to communicate with old people?
(4)How much do you think people should be responsible for (the welfare of) their own parents?
(5)Do you think family relationships are important?
6.邻 里
(1)Do you think neighbors are important?
(2)Do you think it’s important to have a good relationship with one’s neighbors?
(3)Do you think people’s relationships with their neighbors today is the same as it was in the past?
(4)What are the benefits of belonging to a community?
7.名 人
(1)In general, how do people become famous?
(2)What kinds of people become famous?
(3)Do you think to become famous, a person need to have some special talents?
(4)What are some general qualities famous people have compared with ordinary people?
(5)Compare the way people become famous today with in the past (30 or 50 years ago).
(6)In your opinion, were the standards for judging who is famous before better than that are now?
8.交 友
(1)How do Chinese people make friends?
(2)Who is more important to you, friends or family?
(3)Do you like to be friends with someone who is different from you?
(4)Do you have any foreign friends?
(5)Why is it easier to make friends on the Internet than in reality?
(6)What kinds of people do you like to be friends with?
(7)Do you prefer to expand your social circle or be friends with a small group of people?
(8)Do you have many friends in your community?
9.人际关系
(1)How does technology help on the relationship between people?
(2)Do people feel safe in China?
10.青少年
(1)What’ s the difference between teenagers and children?
(2)How do teenagers treat old people in your country?
(3)Do you think teenagers today are better than those 30 years ago?
(4)What are the differences between teenagers and old people?
11.警察和法律
(1)What kind of people can become police officers?
(2)Do you think both men and women can be police officers?
(3)Do you think police officers are paid too much?
(4)Is kindness the most important quality of a police officer?
(5)Do all Chinese people obey the law?
(二)物品相关
1.书 籍
(1)What books do children read? Why?
(2)What books do parents recommend to their kids?
(3)Do you think parents should continue reading?
(4)In your country, who would ask children to read, schools or parents?
(5)Do parents read for their children?
(6)Do children will read books for their kids in the future if their parents often read for them?
(7)What is the difference between computer, TV and books?
(8)Do you prefer paper books or E-books?
(9)Do you think printed books will continue to exist?
(10)Do people read as much as they did in the past?
2.讲 座
(1)What kinds of people will be invited to give a speech?
(2)In what occasion would you be a good listener?
(3)What is required to be a good public speaker?
3.演 讲
(1)What kinds of speeches are interesting?
(2)Is listening to speeches important to children?
(3)How to select simple speeches for children?
(4)Will Chinese people feel nervous when it comes to public speaking?
4.决 定
(1)Should we trust the advice given by strangers for making decisions?
(2)Who would like to make bad decisions, men or women?
(3)Who will be helpful when making decision in your country?
(4)Do you think it is advisable listening to others’ advice when making decision?
(5)When young people are to make a decision, should they listen to some advice?
5.食 物
(1)What kinds of special food do people in your country like to eat in special festivals?
(2)What kinds of special food do people in your country like to eat on special occasions?
(3)What do people in your country like to eat in public holidays?
(4)Do families in your country like to eat together during those traditional holidays?
(5)What are the benefits of eating with family members?
(6)Do you think spending a lot of money on wedding is a kind of waste?
(7)What is the difference between the food southerners like to eat and that northerners like to eat?
6.各国的食物
(1)Which foreign food is common in China?
(2)Why do Chinese people like Korean and Japanese food?
(3)Why do people prefer food in their hometown?
(4)Do you like to try new food?
(5)Do you like to cook at home?
(6)Is it expensive to eat out in your country?
(7)What is the difference between Chinese food and western food?
7.衣 物
(1)Why do people want to go shopping with their friends?
(2)What kind of clothes do people usually wear in formal time?
(3)What do people often wear in wedding?
(4)Do clothes change a lot in China nowadays?
(5)Why do women like to wear bright clothes?
(6)What are the benefits of shopping clothes online?
(7)What influences you the most when you buy clothes?
(8)Do men and women have different attitude on shopping clothes?
(9)What is the attraction of shopping to people?
(10)Do different clothes bring you different mood?
8.礼物/免费物品
(1)What do people get for free?
(2)Why do companies send people gifts for free?
(3)Do people feel pleased when receiving free gifts?
(4)What can the government offer to the society?
(5)What do private companies usually donate?
9.物质和消费
(1)What things do young people like to buy?
(2)Why do people buy things that are not necessary?
(3)What should parents do when their children ask for things their friends have?
(4)Is consumption important to a country?
10.蔬菜和农业
(1)What kind of vegetable is common that grows in the garden of your country?
(2)Do people like to plant vegetables in your country?
(3)How do people feel when they eat vegetables they grow on their own?
(4)Do people grow more or less in the future?
(5)Comparing office work, do you think farm work is more tiring?
(6)Do people enjoy doing farm work?
(7)What are the main crops in China?
(8)Do you think farmer a good job?
(9)Do farmers have a good income?
(10)What is the biggest problem for farmers?
11.植 物
(1)Do people in your country like to grow plants at home?
(2)Do old people grow plants?
(3)How do schools teach students to grow plants?
(4)What is the main plant in your country?
12.发 明
(1)Why do people invent new things?
(2)Do new inventions make people lazy?
(3)Is it good to use new technology in education?
(4)Do you think it good to play movie in history class?
13.电视剧
(1)What type of series do you like?
(2)What drama do people like to watch?
(3)What TV series do your family members like?
(4)Talk about a TV series about history.
(5)What is your opinion about soap opera?
(6)Do soap operas have positive influences on young adults?
(7)What are the differences of the TV programs between the young and old?
(8)Do you think soap opera can reflect the real society?
14.企业和工作
(1)What are the difference between big companies and small companies?
(2)Are there many big companies in your country?
(3)What are the good things about working for a big company?
(4)How can a small company grow big?
(5)Should big companies donate more to charities?
(6)Should big companies be punished more seriously if they break the law?
(7)What jobs are well paid? Why?
(8)Why lawyers and finance related jobs earn high incomes?
(9)Can engineers and programmers find a good job?
(10)Do you think good jobs are well-paid jobs?
(11)Is it easy to find a job in your country?
(12)What the government should do to solve the problem of unemployment?
(13)What are the advantages and disadvantages of family business?
(14)How to be a successful businessman in your country?
(15)Do people in your country like to work for big companies or small companies?
(16)Do you think globalization is a positive development?
15.理想工作
(1)Which job earns the highest income in China?
(2)Which job do people prefer, a job they are good at or with good salary?
(3)Is it hard to find a good job in China?
(4)What kinds of preparation should people do for a job interview?
(5)Why do some people keep changing their jobs?
(6)What should a good employer do?
(7)Would you like to work on weekends?
(8)How would you define “a good job”?
16.手工和艺术
(1)Which art is popular in China?
(2)Is art useful?
(3)Do you think art will change the society?
(4)Do old people like the art the same as young adults?
(5)Why do people like to visit art galleries?
(6)What kind of paintings do Chinese people like?
(7)Have you received anything that were made by the giver?
(8)When receiving a gift, do you prefer something that was self -made, or something bought in stores?
(9)Which is better, self-made food or food that you buy?
(10)Are art classes important in schools?
17.网 络
(1)What influence does the Internet have on kid?
(2)Is it harmful?
(3)Do you think the Internet can replace teacher?
(4)Why the Internet is popular in the world?
(5)Do you think paper media will disappear in the future?
(6)Which one you think is better, studying online or with a group of people?
(7)What can children learn from websites?
(8)Do you think students will study at home or school in the future?
18.消 息
(1)How do people celebrate when they hear good news?
(2)What kinds of good news do people like to hear?
(3)What news will people celebrate?
19.集 中
(1)What can employers do to help employees concentrated?
(2)What kinds of jobs requires higher concentration at work?
(3)What kinds of distractions are bothering your life?
(4)Have you ever felt difficult to concentrate?
(5)Is it important for children to learn how to concentrate?
20.天 气
(1)What kinds of clothes do people wear in summer?
(2)What the least favorite season for you?
(3)What types of weather are suitable for outdoor activities?
(4)If the weather is bad, what would people do indoors?
(5)What’s the most typical weather in your country?
21.交 通
(1)Do you think it important to develop transport? Why?
(2)What kinds of transportation do you chose when you go out?
(3)Do people like to travel by bike in your hometown? Why?
(4)What kinds of transportation are good for environmental protection? Why?
(5)Do you think travel by bicycle is better for traffic? Why?
22.运 动
(1)What sports are popular in your country?
(2)What are the major differences between extreme sports and ordinary sports?
(3)What do you think of expensive sports?
(4)Why do you think some people strongly dislike playing sports?
(5)Do you think people should be encouraged to try some of these extreme sports?
(6)Do you like to do a rather dangerous sporting activity?
(7)Why do you think some people like to do these dangerous activities?
23.童年游戏
(1)What kinds of games do children play these days?
(2)Why do people play different kinds of games after they grow up?
(3)Do you think winning is the most important goal for playing games?
(4)Do parents in your country encourage children to play games?
(5)What kinds of games do children play at school?
24.笑和开心
(1)Why do children like to laugh?
(2)Is laughing beneficial to children, how about old people?
(3)What do you do when you feel sad?
(4)What kinds of things do Chinese people do to be happy?
(5)Do you think adults are likely to be happier than children?
25.技 能
(1)What skills may take a long time to learn?
(2)Why would people spend a lot of time learning one skill?
(3)Do people feel happy after they have learned a new skill?
(4)Why are some people unwilling to learn new skills?
(5)Do you think it takes a long time to learn a language?
(三)建筑、地点相关
1.商 店
(1)Do you like big shops or small shops?
(2)Why do some people like to visit small shops?
(3)Should governments develop big shops or small shops?
(4)Should shops be located in city centers or in the suburbs?
(5)What can shops do to attract customers?
2.城乡对比
(1)Do young people enjoy living in the countryside?
(2)Do old people prefer to live in the countryside or in the city?
(3)Why do many people move from small towns to big cities?
(4)What’s the difference between living in the countryside and living in the city?
(5)How has life changed in the countryside in your country?
(6)What’s the difference between people living in the city and people living in the countryside?
(7)What’s the difference between big cities and small cities?
(8)What’s the difference between the north and south part of your country?
(9)What makes one country different from the other?
(10)Do you like living in big cities or small ones?
3.居住和旅行
(1)Why do so many people want to travel to (the you just mentioned)?
(2)What materials did you use to get information about this city?
(3)What was the landform of that place (or around that place)?
(4)Do you think that tourists can harm the local culture of the people and the environment of a tourist spot?
(5)What can we do to stop visitors from damaging historical places?
(6)Do you think having too many tourists is a positive thing for historical attractions?
(7)Why do many people prefer to live in the city instead of in a rural area?
(8)What problems are there from living in a city and what problems are there from living in a village (or the countryside)?
(9)If you were asked to go and live in a village, (for example, as part of your job), would you be willing to go? (Why? / Why not?)
(10)Do you think it’s just as good to live on the outskirts of the city (in the suburbs) as it is to live in the middle of the city?
(11)What are the benefits for children to grow up in an urban area and, alternatively, in a rural area?
(12)Would you agree that people in the rural areas have fewer problems than people living in the cities?
(13)Are the educational facilities in the countryside as good as those in the cities?
(14)In China, what are the major differences between the urban and the rural areas?
(15)Which do you think is the better place to live, a city or a village in the countryside?
(16)Are there more tall buildings than small flats in your country?
(17)Why do most Chinese live in apartments rather than houses?
(18)Why do some people like to visit historical places?
4.假日旅行
(1)Where do Chinese people like to travel to?
(2)Do people in your country like to have holidays?
(3)What are the disadvantages of working overtime?
(4)What kinds of activities do people like to do for holidays?
(5)Why do some people prefer to stay at home during holidays?
5.环 保
(1)What kinds of pollution are serious in your country?
(2)What can individuals do to protect our environment? / How to protect the environment?
(3)Do you think individuals should be responsible for pollutions?
(4)Why is there a need to involve government in environmental protection?
(5)What is the importance of environmental education?
(6)Is it important to teach students environmental protection at school?
(7)Do you think it is necessary to make environmental protection as a subject?
6.学习地点
(1)Do you like to learn on your own or with others?
(2)Do you prefer to study at home or study in other places?
(3)What’s the difference between learning face-to-face with teachers and learning by yourself?
7.安静地点
(1)Why do some people not like quiet places?
(2)Do you know other quiet places?
(3)Do you need a quiet place when you are working?
(4)Why do people like to spend time in quiet places?
(5)Do you know anyone who likes noise?
8.餐 饮
(1)What are some reasons why people eat out?
(2)Does it give people more status to eat in a restaurant rather than eat at home?
(3)Do people now go to restaurants more than before? (Why? / Why not?)
(4)What’s the difference between eating at home and eating in a restaurant?
(5)Is there any difference between home-cooked food and food in restaurants?
(6)Which food do you think is healthier, restaurant food or home-cooked food?
(四)事件经历类
1.假 期
(1)Do you like short holidays or long holidays?
(2)Do you think modern life styles give people enough time for leisure?
(3)What’s the most popular tourist attraction in China?
(4)What’s the most important factor for a tourist attraction?
(5)Do you think we should have more public holidays?
2.聊 天
(1)Why do people like chatting?
(2)Why do women prefer chatting than men?
(3)Why do people like to talk about their troubles with strangers rather than family members and friends?
3.挑 战
(1)Do you think it is good for people to take challenges?
(2)What do you think are the benefits and drawbacks of taking challenges?
(3)Do you think children should learn to deal with challenges?
4.计 划
(1)Can you explain why some people always have their plans but some are not?
(2)Do you have any study plan? Why?
(3)What’s the goal for young generation? Why?
(4)What’s the goal for older generation? Why?
(5)Do you think people should do their own plan everyday? Why?
(6)What do you think some people who don’t do any plan ever?
(7)Someone says you cannot success without a plan, what do you think?
(8)How teenager do their career plan? Why?
(9)Do you think it’s important to make money in the future? Why?
5.外语学习
(1)Do you like learning foreign language? Why?
(2)Do you want to become a foreign language teacher in the future? Why?
(3)Why some people learn fast while others are slow?
(4)Do you think grammar is important when you are learning a foreign language? Why?
(5)Why some people want to learn a second language?
(6)Why there are strong demands for language skills?
(7)What kind of quality should language teacher have? Why?
(8)Do you think foreigner should learn Chinese when they arrive China?
(9)What can people do to learn a second language?
(10)Is it popular to learn English in your country?
(11)What are the difficulties of learning a new language?
(12)What’s the best way to learn a new language?
6.休闲活动
(1)How do you usually plan your free time?
(2)Do young people in your country work longer hours now than in the past?
(3)What are the advantages and disadvantages of flexible work time?
7.水上活动
(1)Is it good to go traveling by ship?
(2)What are the benefits of traveling at seaside places?
(3)What jobs are related to the sea?
(4)Why do some people like water sports?
(5)Do you think government should invest money in building facilities for water sports?
(6)Should kids learn how to swim?
8.搬 迁
(1)Do people like to live in big houses or small houses?
(2)Where do old people like to live, city or countryside?
(3)Do you like to move home frequently?
(4)Is it easy to move home in your country?
(5)Why do some people in your country choose to move home?
(6)Do you think it is good for people to live in a same place for their entire life?
9.童年记忆
(1)What do you think is the most important memory for children?
(2)What should adults remember?
(3)How can we improve our memories?
(4)What can help us to remember our childhood memories?
(5)Why do you think some people can remember things easily?
10.守 时
(1)Why do people get late?
(2)What occasion need people arrive on time?
(3)Do you like to arrive earlier?
(4)Who like time management, the old or the young?
11.变 化
(1)How do children deal with changes in their life?
(2)What are the features of the children who are used to having changes?
(3)Is your country changing rapidly?
12.决 定
(1)What skills are necessary when making decisions?
(2)How can people improve their decision-making skills?
(3)How do you think computers will change the way people make decisions?
(4)Do parents in China allow their children to make important decisions about the future?
(5)Do you think that parents should make important decisions for their children?
13.历 史
(1)How do people in your country learn about historical events?
(2)Do people like to learn history?
(3)What kind of people can appear in history?
(4)How can we learn about historical figure?
(5)Should governments spend money on museums?
(6)Do you think museums should be free?
14.等 待
(1)Do you think patience is important?
(2)Why is it difficult for children to be patient?
(3)Who do you think are more patient, children or adult? Why?
(4)What kinds of situation require people to be patient?
(5)What would you do if you wait for someone for a long time?
(6)Would you easily feel angry when you wait for a long time?
(7)Have you ever been late for meeting someone?
15.儿童及家庭
(1)Do parents in your country spend a lot of time with their children?
(2)Who will accompany with children more, father or mother?
(3)Who did you spend most time with when you were young?
(4)Why do some young people dislike living with old people?
(5)What do you usually do when you hang out with your friends?
(6)Do you like to spend time on your own or with your family/friends?
16.手 机
(1)How do young people and old people use mobile phones differently?
(2)What’s your attitude towards people using mobile phones in public places?
(3)Is it popular to use mobile phones in your country?
(4)Is it harmful for children to use mobile phones?
17.科 技
(1)What are the common home appliances that people use these days?
(2)Do you think modern technology makes people lazier?
(3)What can people do to protect their equipment from technical problems?
(4)When an electronic item of yours does not work, would you repair it or buy a new one?
(5)Are you good at handling problems on your own?
18.信 息
(1)What ways can people get information these days?
(2)What are the differences between getting information from library and getting information from newspaper?
19.服 务
(1)What jobs require staff to get in touch with many people?
(2)What qualities do the staffs need? Why?
(3)What’s the difference between services in big shops and small shops?
(4)How should people do when they get bad service?
(5)Why do some people not know what service is good?
20.投 诉
(1)What products or services do people in your country like to complain about?
(2)Would you buy things in the shops which you have made complaints before?
(3)Is it necessary for companies to set up customer service?
(4)Do you think customers’ complaints will improve products or services?
(5)Are there any disadvantages to set up customer service?
21.惊 吓
(1)Is it OK to frighten others?
(2)How do people usually get frightened?
(3)Do children like to scare others?
(4)Why is it easy for some people to be scared?
(5)What should people do when they feel scared?
22.迷 路
(1)What kinds of people may lose things often?
(2)What can we do to prevent losing important things?
(3)What would you do if you saw something valuable but didn’t belong to you on the street?
(4)What kinds of things have you lost so far?
(6)What do you usually do to look for lost items?
23.借东西
(1)Why do some people like to borrow things instead of buying them?
(2)What would you do if people don’t return the money they borrowed from you?
(3)Why are people embarrassed when they borrow money from others?
(4)What do you think of the sharing economy?
24.收 钱
(1)In your country, do parents give children money for doing housework?
(2)Is it important for children to have a right attitude towards money?
(3)What do you think of the saying: love of money is the root of all evil?
(4)Is it important to teach children how to manage their pocket money?
(5)What kinds of occasions require people to send money as gifts?
25.服 药
(1)What do you think of buying medicine online?
(2)In your opinion, why do some people dislike taking medicine?
(3)Some people say medicine is harmful.Do you think so?
(4)What do you think of fake medicine?