Part 1

Name

What is your full name?

How should I call you?

Does your name have any special significance?

Who gave your name?

Study/work

Are you a student or Do you work?

What's your subject?

Why did you choose it as your major?

Is your major difficult?

Which part of your subject do you think is most interesting?

What do you learn from your major?

What job will you have in the future?

What do you want to do after graduation?

Is it easy to get a job with your major in your country?

What's your job?

What are you responsible for?

How was your first working day/school day?

Do you think the first day is important?

Schedule/daily routine

House/apartment/flat

Do you live in a house or an apartment?

What's special about your flat?

What do you think is the most important thing in your room?

Will you recommend others to live in your flat, and why?

Do you want to change another house?

How long have you lived there?

Live alone or with others?

Have you ever been living alone for some time?

Surrounding?

What kind of community are you living in?

How is the traffic around your home?

Do you like the place you currently live in?

Hometown

Where are you from?

Where do you live?

Would you say it's a good place to grow up?

Where will you recommend to your friends in your city?

Transportations in your hometown

Where do you want to live, south or north of China?

What's special about your hometown?

Do you like the city you current live in?

What do you like most about your hometown?

Do you like to live in a big city or a small town?

Do you think your hometown has bright future?

Do your family and you live here for a long time?

Do you like to live with your parents?

Happiness

What is happiness to you?

Do you think money is important for a person to be happy?

Bird

Do you like birds?

What kinds of birds are there where you live?

In your country, do different birds represent different things?

In your country, do any birds have special significance?

Are there any birds (in your country/where you live) that have become extinct?/that are much less common today than they used to be?

Do you think we should protect (wild) birds?

Concerts

Have you ever been to a live concert?

Are concerts ever held in your hometown?

When was the last time you attended a concert?

Would you like to go to a concert in the future?

Would you prefer to watch a concert on TV or to attend a live concert?

Which would you prefer, to attend a concert of your favourite artist or to buy a CD of this artist?

Science

Do you like science?

What science have you studied?

What science subjects do you like the most?

Is there anything about science that you dislike?

How do you study science?

What's the most difficult part of studying science?

How has the science that you have studied helped you?/ will help you?

Handicraft

Have you ever made anything by hand when you were a child?

Do children in your country often make things by hand?

Do you think it's very useful for children to make things by hand?

Advertisements

Do you like advertisement?

Do you prefer advertisements on TV or in magazines?

Do Ads influence your choice of what to buy?

Do you think there are too many Ads?

Painting and Drawing

What kind of painting or drawing did you do as a child?

Is it important for a child to draw or paint?

What kinds of things do people draw or paint?

Parties

Do you like to go to parties?

Where are (these) parties usually held?

Do you prefer family parties or parties with friends?

Gift

Do you like buying gifts to others?

When was the last time you buy one for others?

Do you prefer giving gifts or receiving one?

Travelling by air

Do you like to take airplane?

How often do you travel by air?

What do you think the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by air? (compare with other means of transport)

What do you think the air travelling will be in the future?

Dancing

Can you dance?

Do you like dancing?

Is dancing popular where you live?

What kind of dance do Chinese people like?

Animals

Do you like animals?

Do you have a pet?

What kinds of animals do people keep as pets where you live?

Are wild animals protected in your country?

Do you often visit zoos or wildlife parks?

Are animals important in farming in your country?

Friend

Do you usually meet new friends?

How do you make new friends?

Where do you usually hang out with your friends?

Weather/season

What type of weather do you like?

What type of weather do Chinese people usually like?

What do you often do in sunny days? Cold days?

How does weather affect you?

Does weather affect people's work performance?

Which is your favorite season?

What is the most common weather in your country?

Do you pay attention to the weather forecast?

What do you think about weather report?

Do you think people's activities will change in different seasons?

Sound and noise

Your favorite sound from nature and why?

The noise you hate the most?

the types of sounds that you consider as noise

Do you like quiet environment?

What kinds of sounds remind you about your childhood?

Time/watch/Time management

Do you often wear watch?

How do you feel when you are late?

Do you sometimes feel that time goes slowly?

Do you think time management is important?

Can you manage your time well?

How do you manage your time well?

Where did you learn about time management?

Collection

Do you like collecting things?

Why do you have such a collection?

Did you like collecting things when you were a child?

What will you collect when you're rich in the future?

What do Chinese people like to collect?

What can people learn from their collections?

Number

Which number do you like?

Do you have a lucky number?

What numbers do Chinese people like?

Colour

What is your favourite colour? Why?

What color do you dislike?

What colour of clothes do you like?

Do you prefer light colors or dark colors?

What colour would you use to decorate your home?

Is colour very important to you when you are buying sth?

Which colour do Chinese people like?

Food & Cooking & housework

Do you like cooking?

Do you cook/do housework at home?

Did you learn cooking/houseworkin your childhood?

Will you cook/do houseworkin the future?

Who cooks/does houseworkin your family?

Is it important for young people to know how to cook/do housework?

Fruit/vegetable/ healthy eating

What kind of fruit/vegetables do you like? Why?

Where do you buy fresh fruit and vegetable?

Is it easy (convenient to) buy fruit and vegetables where you live?

Do you like to eat fruit(s) and vegetables?

How often do you eat fruit and vegetables?

Did you like to vegetables when you were a child?

What are the benefits of eating fresh fruit (or fresh fruits and

vegetables)?

How much fruit and vegetables do you think a person needs to eat (everyday) to stay healthy?

Fashion/shopping

Do you like fashion?

Do you like shopping?

How often do you go shopping?

Do you prefer to go shopping with friends or alone?

What makes you interested in shopping?

Do you think shopping is a waste of time?

What kind of clothes do you like?

Who buy clothes for you?

What's the difference between big shop and small shop?

When was the last time you went shopping?

Flowers

Do you like flowers?

Why do people like flower?

Do Chinese people grow flowers?

When was the last time you bought flowers/gave flowers to others?

Why will Chinese people buy flowers? On what occasions do people give flowers to other people?

Do Chinese people grow flowers in gardens?

Do you like garden?

Do the old like flowers?

Are flowers popular in china?

Sports/ swimming

What sport do you like?

Do your friends like sport?

Do you often do exercises at university?

Is there any sports equipment near your home?

How often do you do exercise?

Do you think it is necessary for children to do exercise?

Do you prefer to swim at sea or in the swimming pool?

Travelling/sea

Have you ever had a long journey/ been to sea?

When was your last trip (to sea)?

Do you like travelling/ being at sea?

Where have you been?

What is the furthest place/ sea you’ve been to?

Do you prefer traveling alone or with friends?

Among the places you have travelled to, which place/ sea you like most?

What do people usually do at sea?

Internet/Letter or email

What do you think about the internet?

What are the advantages of internet?

Do you like email or letter?

How often do you send email?

Cell phone/ phone

Do you often use a mobile phone?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using cell phones?

Book/reading/news& newspapers & magazines

Do you often read books?

What kinds of books do you usually read?

Did you read a lot when you were a child? If so, what were they?

Why don't you keep reading now?

Do you like reading?

Where do you read books?

How long do you read per day?

Do you enjoy reading when you were a child? Now? Why?

Where do you usually read news from? Newspaper, internet or TV?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using Internet?

Watching TV

Do you like watching TV?

Did you like watching TV when you were a child?

How often do you watch TV?

Do you prefer watching TV alone or with others?

Film

What kinds of film do you like?

Are these types of film popular in your country?

Do you prefer watch movies in cinema or at home?

How often do you watch film?

Driving

Do you have a driving license?

When is the appropriate age for getting a driving license?

Is driving skills important?

Do you (know how to) drive a car?

Do you think it's important to get a driver's license?

Language

What language do you speak?

What other languages can you speak?

Do you want to learn anther language?

How do you learn it (esp. English)?

Do you think learning English is difficult?

How do you improve your English?

Do you think learning languages is important?

Something helps you to learn another language.

Museum

Do you often go to museums?

Why do people usually go to museums?

Why are there museums in almost every city?

Part 2

People

A person/friend with leadership

A person who leads a healthy life

Describe your personality and characteristics

An adventurous person

An interesting person you want to travel with

A character in a story

A person in a piece of news

An artist/ a successful person

A family (member/ but not yours)

an old person(the oldest person)you admire

A child/a friend in childhood you admire

A person who you want tospend some time with/ you ever helped

A neighbour

A visitor/ a person you want to visit

Objects/ things

A means of transport/ vehicle (老题重考)

A gift

something you made yourselfby using computer

a piece of clothes you bought/ other bought for you

A thing you bought but seldom used

Something you wanted and saved money for it/ something expensive you bought

A piece of useful electronic/broken piece of equipment (except computer) in your home

A wild animal

your favorite season

Media

A foreign film you watched recently

A song reminds you of a particular time in your life/ in your childhood

an advertisement

A piece of (interesting) news you read recently

An interesting magazine or newspaper you often read

an exciting message (a special letter/an e-mail)

A kind of book

A book (you enjoyed as a child)

A photograph (of your family)

A website

A quiz show/an educational TV program you like to watch

Places

A work place(an office/ a shop/ a factory)

A place where you would go in the free time off work or college

leisure center in your area

A peaceful place

A placeof natural beauty/ near water/with a lot of noise

A historic site (describe a place you learned some history from)

Your ideal or favourite home/ room (in your childhood) (旧题重考)

An outdoor place for sports

A garden

Your favouritestreetof a city/ your hometown

Modern building (shopping center/supermarket)

a library

a Hotel

a museum/ a place where you learn a lot

a (small) successful company

a city/a small town

a small shop

a restaurant (a place you sometimes go for lunch)

Events

A situation you were angry about

A journey when you met a bad weather

An unforgettable trip in your childhood/ that is longer than you expected

Someone's wedding you have ever took part in of heard of

An unusual thing you do recently or something you do in your free time.

A musical event you attended or watched on TV/ A public event/ a celebration

A good period of time in your life (新题)

A telephone conversation (旧题变体)

Special Meal

Something naughty you did when you were a child

A (exciting/ healthy) physical activity/ sport /a lifestyle change to improve your health

the most useful practical skill(eg.cooking,driving) u've learned./ you learned from computer

A job you think you’ll be good at/that can make the world better

A party for someone/a festival

A group/ outdoor activity you took part in

A sport competition you took part in or watched

A way to protect the environment

A family event

An admirable event that your friend did