Task 1

1.University students encounter many difficult challenges in their studies. Which challenge do you think is the most difficult one and how do you deal with it?

2. If a foreign friend is going to visit your hometown and doesn't know what to pack, what suggestions do you have for him?

3. Talk about an activity you enjoy doing with your family. Why do you enjoy this activity?

4. In every culture there are some customs or traditions from the past that young people no longer follow. Describe a custom or tradition which formed in the past but you wish it is still popular today. Give specific reasons and examples why you wish it's still popular.

5. Which of the following classes would you like to choose: world economics, environmental science, art history.

6. Which of the following skills would you like to learn: cooking, photography or web design? Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

7. Some people prefer to spend their free time with a group of friends. Others prefer to spend their free time with just one person at a time. Which do you prefer? Why?

8. Which of the following do you think is the most difficult and challenging for university students? Being far away from families finding time to relax or making new friends.

9. What would you do to handle too many assignments at a time? Please include specific details and examples in your response.

10. What are the advantages and disadvantages of requiring students to evaluate their professors at the end of the semester? Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

11. Some high school students in your community are planning to initiate a program promoting environmental friendliness. What advice would you offer them and why? Please include specific examples and details in your explanation.

12. Which of the following would you prefer as a volunteer in the community - assisting visitors with locating books using computers, reading to young children, or shelving books and magazines? Explain why. Please include reasons and details in your explanation.

13. Talk about the biggest change in your country over the past twenty years. Please include specific examples and details in your explanation.

14. Which of the following volunteer activities would you prefer to participate in at a local kindergarten—helping kids with their homework, giving kids a talk about yourself, or teaching sports? Explain why.

15. If your university plans to improve the life of students by one of the following: building a new cafeteria, building a new indoor swimming pool, or making improvements in dormitories, which do you prefer and why?

16. Some universities expect students to choose their major when they enter university. Others let students wait until the second or third year. Which do you think is better and why? Please include details and examples in your explanation.

17. The university is organizing a visit to one of the following workplaces--a science lab, a business office, or a TV studio. Which will you choose to visit and why? Please include reasons and details in your explanation.

18. Describe what your life would be like if you were not allowed to use the cellphone for a month. Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

19. If you are recruited as a volunteer to help the community protect the environment, which of the following would you choose to do—cleaning up trash and litter on the street, planting trees and flowers in town or teaching children to be environmentally friendly? Please include details and examples in your explanation.

20. Which of the following occupations do you prefer to be most—an actor or actress, a computer programmer, or a business owner? Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

 

Task 2

1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should be required to help with household tasks as long as they grow old enough to do so. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

2. Some people prefer to review their class notes regularly after every class. Others prefer leaving all of their review until the end of the semester. Which do you prefer? Please give specific reasons and examples for your answer.

3.Which one do you prefer? To spend money buying or owning things like clothes, computers, or to spend it on experiences like vacations or concerts.

4. Some students enjoy decorating their surroundings; other choose to keep their surroundings simple and free of any decorations. Which do you prefer and why?

5. Do you think it's a good idea for the school to record the lectures and put them onto the school's website?

6. Some people believe that stories about celebrities or their experience in the news do not help ordinary people like us or are irrelevant. Do you think if people should broadcast celebrities, stories on TV? Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

7. You are a leader of a student organization. There is a freshman student who is nervous in this environment. What would you do to help this student in this new environment?

8. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Parents should not read their kids’ text messages or email without their kids’ permission? Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

9. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: studying in groups is more effective. Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

10.The university would like to shorten the summer break and break it down into several shorter breaks throughout the year. Do you agree or disagree with this? Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

11. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: You should consult your family members before making important decisions? Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

12. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement-college education is more important in the modem society than in the past? Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

13.Some people prefer to spend their free time with a group of friends. Others prefer to spend their free time with just one person at a time. Which do you prefer? Why?

14. If your university plans to improve the life of students by one of the following: building a new cafeteria, building a new indoor swimming pool, or making improvements in dormitories, which do you prefer and why?

15.Which of the following forms of art would you choose to learn: making a sculpture, portrait painting, or landscape painting? Explain why. Please include reasons and details in your explanation.

16. Some people prefer to spend their free time with their family or friends. Others prefer to spend their free time alone. Which do you prefer and why? Use specific reasons and examples in your explanation.

17. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: the purpose of art is to guide us in our lives? Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

18.Which of the following do you think is better for a young man who has just graduated from college returning to their hometown to work or moving away from their hometown to work? Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

19. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Happiness comes when we help others rather than ourselves? Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation.

20. Do you agree or disagree with the statement—employees should be prohibited to listen to music at work? Explain why. Please include details and examples in your explanation. 

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