1. As a student of university that has a long break between university semesters, the university requires all students to do one of the following for one month during the break:

1) students must take a course on the subject that has no direct connection to their majors of study.

2) students must volunteer to work in the city where the university is located or their hometowns to improve some aspects of life of the city or their own town.

which one do you think is more beneficial for students in their university. Why?

2. Rather than help their children do schoolwork, parents should encourage their children do their homework independently. 

3. At some universities, students take part in making decisions about the issues that affect daily life of everyone on campus, such as how many hours that the libraries should be open each day or what kinds of food should be served in the cafeteria. But at some universities, experts are hired to make these decisions, students almost never involved. Which approach do you prefer and why.

4. One can learn a lot about a person from the type of friends this person has.

5. Do you agree that it is better to work for business owned by someone else than to work for the business of one‘s own family.

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

7. If one of your friends has the opportunity to study in either one of two majors, which one of the following majors you will recommend:

1) A major that would allow your friend to complete studies and get a degree faster (so that he or she can get a full time job sooner)

2) A major that would require longer time to study, but can make it more likely to get better employment opportunities and job offers in the future.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 

8. A lot of high school students now cheat in homework assignments, by asking other students for answers. Which of the following do you think is the most efficient way to stop?

--asking parents to help stop the students from cheating

-- penalty or punishment to the students

--asking teacher to create homework assignment that cannot be easily cheated

9. Parents give their children weekly money to buy whatever they want. Some people think this can cause bad habits and ideas about money in children. Others think the opposite. What's your opinion?

10. Older teenagers (16-19) should be allowed to work at paid part-time job or not.

11. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In the past people ate food that was better for their health than they do today. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

12. Which area the government should fund to improve children’s education?

1) hiring more teachers to teach in a small class

2) preschool education before kindergarten

3) providing some training courses so that teachers can be more professional

13. Physical exercise is important to older people than to younger people.

14. People in daily lives would frequently do the jobs that need creativity, such as the job you have never done before. Under this circumstance, do you prefer to work alone or work with others?

15. When you decide to find a place to travel and want to compare two places, which way do you think help you make a better decision?

--read information online

--discussing with a friend who has been to those places

16. You may choose between two professors who will be teaching a course that you must take at your university. If the following statements are the only information available to you about the differences between the two professors, which professor would you choose? Why?

--A professor who proves to be very popular in students’ evaluations

--A professor who was recently given an award for outstanding research.

17. In order to get a higher promotion and salary, many people chose to improve their job performance in two ways. Which one do you prefer? Why?

--To do additional work and assignments

--To actively participate in the group work

18. A government spends money on all adults after 25-year-old on a training course for the most up-to-date skills at workplace. Do you think it is effective？Why or why not？

19. Your teacher assigns a project to you, and you can select the members to work with.

--choose the members who think and work in similar ways

--choose the members who have totally different ideas

Which would you think is more effective to work with?

20. In order to succeed in study or job，the ability to adjust or adapt to changing condition or circumstance is more important than having knowledge.