th 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?
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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?
Science
Are you interested in science?
Did you do any science experiments?
Do you think you will study science in the future?
How has science affected your life?
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
Which colour do you like?
What is your favourite colour? Why?
What colour of clothes do you like?
What colour would you use to decorate your home?
Do different colours have different meanings in your country?
Which colour do Chinese people like?
Food &
Cooking & housework
Do you like cooking?
Do you cook/ do housework
at home?
Did you learn cooking/
housework in your childhood?
Will you cook/ do housework
in the future?
Who cooks/ does housework
in 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
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?
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?
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?
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Part 2
People
An adventurous person
(新题！)
Describe an interesting person you met on a
trip(新题！)
A person who speaks a foreign language
A celebrity not from your
country
An artist
a TV/radio program
presenter
a family (member/ but not
yours)
a person who has influenced
you
an old person you
admire
a teenager/ a friend in
childhood you admire
a person who you want to
spend some time with/ you ever helped
a neighbour
a visitor/ a person you want to
visit
a teacher (in your middle
school)/you want to meet again
Objects/ things
A means of transport/ vehicle (老题重考)
A gift
something you made yourself by 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(新题)
an old thing in your family
A piece of useful
electronic/ broken piece of equipment (except
computer) in your home
A wild animal
your favorite season
your favorite foreign recipe / dish
(新题)
A new law which improve the
place you live/ you’d like to have
(新题)
Media
A film you watched
recently
A type of music which is popular in your country
an advertisement (advantages & disadvantages)
A news (from cell phone/ a
magazine) you feel happy
an exciting message (a special letter/an e-mail)
A book
A photograph (of your family)
A childhood song/
game/ toy/ A book (you enjoyed as a child)
an old/well-known story in your
culture
a quiz show
an educational TV program you like to watch
(新题！)
Places
A place of natural
beauty/ with a lot of water/ with a lot of noise
A historic site (describe a
place you learned some history from)
Your ideal house/ home
(旧题重考)
An outdoor place for
sports
A garden
Your favourite part of 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(新题！)
A small shop
A restaurant (a place you
sometimes go for lunch)
Events
Describe a good period of time in your life
(新题！)
Special Meal
Describe an occasion you were late for
Something naughty you did
when you were a child
An unforgettable walking with your friend
A hobby
you enjoy (when you were young)
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
A party for someone/ a
festival
A group/ outdoor activity you
took part in
An enjoyable public
event
A way to protect the
environment
A science course/
experiment you’d like to study/ a project or piece of work
you did with other people
An unexpected journey
A journey that
didn’t go as well as planned
A case you caught in a traffic jam
A family event
An admirable event
that your friend did
A change you’d like to have in
the future (of yourself/ hometown)
