Part two

　　人物题

　　A good parent you know (1月新题 北京 )

　　Describe a good parent you met

　　You should say

　　Who he/she is

　　How you met him/her

　　What role he/she plays in the family

　　And explain why you think of him/her as good parent

　　Part 3

　　How do you define a good parent?

　　How can people become good parents?

　　Would you like to become a good parent?

　　How do parents in China parent their children?

　　Should parents be responsible for taking care of their children?

　　How important are children to the parents?

　　Who stays home taking care of the child in a family?

　　Who takes more responsibility in taking care of children in the family, the father or the mother?

　　Do the two parents play an equal role in the family in China?

　　Should the wife and the husband share the same responsibility in the family?

　　How do Chinese parents take care of their children?

　　Can children in china enjoy enough freedom?

　　A person who became your friend on the first day you met(1月新题 杭州)

　　Describe a person who became your friend on the first day you met

　　You should say

　　Who he/she is

　　What he/she is like

　　How you met him/her

　　And explain why you became friends

　　Someone you know who are very polite (1月新题 北京、杭州)

　　Describe the most polite person you met

　　You should say

　　Who he/she is

　　How you met him/her

　　What he/she is like

　　And explain why you think he/she is the most polite

　　Part 3

　　How differently do people from different cities express their politeness?

　　How do you define politeness?

　　What is the difference in the politeness adopted by people from the north and those from the south?

　　A teenager your know (石家庄)

　　Describe a teenager you know.

　　You should say

　　Who he/ she is

　　When you got to know him/ her

　　How you got to know him/ her

　　How you like him/ her

　　Part 3

　　What is the difference in characteristics between teenagers’ and children’s?

　　What is the difference in behaviours between teenagers’ and young children’s?

　　How does school life affect teenagers?

　　What responsibilities should teenagers shoulder?

　　What is the difference between adults and young children?

　　A Neighbor (深圳)

　　Describe one of your neighbors who you know quite well.

　　You should say:

　　how long you have known this neighbor

　　what sort of person he or she is

　　how often you see him or her

　　and explain what kind of relationship you have with them.

　　Part 3

　　How is the relationship of neighbors in the modern world?

　　Are neighbors closer now compared to the past?

　　What qualities does a good neighbor need?

　　Is having a good neighbor important for the growth of a child?

　　What are the benefits of having a good relationship with neighbors?

　　How can we improve relationship between neighbors?

　　事件经历题

　　A recent change in your life(1月新题 北京、杭州、长沙、成都)

　　Describe a recent change in your life

　　You should say

　　What it is

　　When it happened

　　How it happened

　　Who was involved

　　And explain why it is so important

　　Part 3

　　Are people living in the modern world having more options than before?

　　Compared to the young, do the old tend to repel changes more?

　　Why do some older people welcome changes?

　　What can be done to help children with various changes in life, say, changing to a new school?

　　What changes would people have with their career?

　　What different changes would people have now compared to the past?

　　What different changes would the old and the young experience?

　　What are the advantages and disadvantages of changes?

　　How do changes influence children?

　　Would changes be more varied and faster in the modern world?

　　Should parents encourage children to try new things?

　　Should young people have frequent change of job?

　　A perfect holiday(1月新题 北京 )

　　Describe a perfect trip or holiday. You should say:

　　Where you would go.

　　When you would go.

　　Whom you would go with.

　　What you are going to do.

　　Why you think it was perfect.

　　Part three

　　How Chinese people celebrate different holidays?

　　Why do people tend to go abroad to spend their holiday?

　　Does it cost much to travel during holidays?

　　What are the types of vacations Chinese people like to take?

　　How differently do the old and the young spend their holidays?

　　Why do people choose to spend their holidays travelling?

　　Does a luxurious trip value more than a low-budget one?

　　How do you define a good vacation?

　　What preparation should be made before a vacation?

　　Is it important to be well prepared before visiting a new culture?

　　How do Chinese spend different holidays?

　　Why do people like travelling abroad during holidays?

　　Is it beneficial to spend a holiday abroad?

　　Would it cost a lot to spend the holidays travelling?

　　A speech or talk you have listened to (1月新题 长沙)

　　Describe a speech/talk you attended

　　You should say

　　What it was about

　　Where it was held

　　Who the speaker was

　　And explain why you attended it

　　Part 3

　　Are speeches beneficial for children?

　　Why do you think people would feel nervous before giving a speech?

　　What can you do if you feel nervous?

　　A situation you ever helped someone(1月新题 北京)

　　Describe a situation you ever helped someone

　　You should say:

　　who you helped

　　what you did

　　how you helped her or him

　　and explain how you felt after you did this.

　　Part Three

　　Do you think it's important for people to help each other?

　　Who do you think gives people more help, one's parents or one's friends?

　　Are young people more willing to accept help (or, support) from their friends or from their parents?

　　Would you say you are a kind person? *

　　How can you know whether or not someone is a kind person?

　　Do you think children should be brought up to have a sense of kindness? (Why?/Why not?)

　　How do you think children could be brought up to become unselfish people?

　　Do you think school helps teach children to be unselfish?

　　A team/group project (北京、深圳)

　　Describe a team project you did.

　　You should say

　　What it is

　　When you did it

　　With whom you did it

　　How you finished it

　　What you can learn from it

　　Part 3

　　What qualities should a team member have?

　　Should there be a team leader?

　　How important is a leader to a team?

　　Are creative people easy to work along?

　　Is it better for team leaders to be tough?

　　How does team cooperation influence children?

　　Leisure activity on/near the sea you would like to try (北京、杭州)

　　Describe a leisure activity on/ near the sea you would like to try

　　You should say

　　What it is

　　How it is held

　　How popular it is

　　And explain the reason why you would like to try it

　　Part 3

　　Do the elderly like the sea?

　　What would children like to do by the sea?

　　What jobs can affect the oceans?

　　Why have people always desired to live near the sea?

　　A wrong decision someone made (北京、长沙)

　　Describe a wrong decision someone made

　　You should say

　　What the decision was

　　Who made it

　　What the result was

　　And explain why you think it is wrong

　　Part 3

　　What kind of family decisions needs to be made?

　　Is it difficult to make family decisions?

　　What might be hindering the decision making in a family?

　　How do you make decisions?

　　How are decisions made in your family?

　　What is the difference between traditional and modern ways of making decisions?

　　Should children under 10 make their own decisions?

　　What would you do if you missed a chance to make a decision?

　　What kind of situations would delay your decision making?

　　Would strong emotions influence decision making more in good way or bad way?

　　Would people consult someone before making a decision?