1. appearance

OG 54, 119, 121

真题演练 20080621NA

Good looks and clothing are more important for success than good ideas.

20080329NA / 20091114C(完全重复08年3月29日的北美考题)

It is more important to have rules about the types of clothing that people wear at work and at school.

20080621NA

Good looks and clothing are more important for success than good ideas.

20091108C

How a person look or dress is more important to one’s success than a good idea, agree or not?

20100424NA**

The way a person is dressed in is a good indication of his/her character or personality.

 

2. food

OG3, 13

真题演练20071124C/ 20090531C

People will spend less time in cooking or preparing food in twenty years than nowadays. 

 

3. where to live

OG 9, 21

20080628NA

People should live in a city or a country all their lives instead of moving to another place.

20091031 NA ***

It is not good to move to a new city or a new country because you will lose old friends.

20101009NA

Compared with people who live in urban areas, the people who live in rural areas can take better care of their families.

20100122C

People who go outside are more successful and happier than people who live in villages.

 

4. transportation and public facilities

20070114C

Drivers should pay a fee for driving in busy city streets when traffic is in a great amount. 

20070912C/ 20081220NA

People should be allowed to use cell phones on public transportation such as buses and trains.

20071201C

People should pay to use public transportation. 

20080509NA

The government should spend more money on improving access to the Internet than on the public transportation.　

 

5. entertainment

20080606NA

Playing computer games is a waste of time for children.

 

20081114NA

Children should only play sports for fun rather than play sports in competitions or contests.

 

20081205NA

Sports teach us lessons about life.

 

20081207NA　

Spending time alone is the best way to relieve stress.

 

20081212NA

Sports and exercises are more important to elderly people than to young people.

 

6. friends

20061216C

A friend who is intelligent is much better than a friend with a good sense of humor.

20070630C

Letting a friend make a mistake is better than saying or doing something that may destroy the friendship.

20070817C

Getting advice from the older friends is more valuable than the friends on the same age to you. 

20081122NA

Students are more influenced by teachers than by their friends.

20081210NA

People who have interest in different things cannot be friends.

 

7. family

20061201C

Classmates are a more important influence than parents on a child’s success in school.

20070616C

Children now are not controlled by their parents but are more influenced by the media and others that outside home. 

20070922C

The extended family (grandparent, cousin, aunts, and uncles) has become less important in modern society than the past.

20081115C

Parents can’t control children. What the children do is easily influenced by TV, radio, the outside world?

20090118C

It is important for families to regularly eat their meals together.

20090807NA*

Parents should allow children to make their own choices rather than determine their children’s future for them.

20090912C

Some people think children should study and play, other people think children should help with household chores.

20091024 NA/ 20091024C

Parents should help their children prepare for future life through encouraging them to take part-time jobs.

20091120 NA **

Parents should give money to their children for their high marks at school.

20091212C/   20080711NA

The parents do not understand their children as well today as parents understood their children 50 years ago.

20100116NA (重复大陆本日机经)

Is it good or not for children to choose a job similar to their parents’ jobs?

20100312NA**

If parents want their children to do well at school, they should limit the time their children spend on watching TV.

20100320NA

People can solve important problems by themselves or with the help from their family members so there's no need for the government to help them.

20100508C/ 20100508NA

The best way for parents to teach children about responsibility is to have them care for an animal.

20100724NA/ 201109C

The personal and work-related challenges that young people face today are not any different from the challenges their parents and grandparents faced when they were young.

20100911NA（2008 年以来两大考区同周末第10 次重题）

Parents today are more involved in their children's education than parents were in the past.

20101022NA

The advice from the grandparents is of no use to their grandchildren because the world has changed a lot over the past 50 years.

20101106NA

It is easier for parents to raise their children than 50 years ago.

20110211NA

Parents should let children make mistakes and let them learn from their own mistakes.

20110226NA

Young people have no influence on important decisions that determine the future of society as a whole.

 

8. media

20060915C(2006年共18套国内题)

Recently, we have so many sources of news and information, so that we cannot tell which one is the real one or who is telling the truth.

20070323C

It is better to watch serious movies that are designed to make us think than to watch movies designed to amuse and entertain us.

20070421C

Movies and television have more negative effects than positive effects on young people. 

20070429C

It is important to know events happening around the world, though sometimes they will not affect your daily life. 

20070616C

Children now are not controlled by their parents but are more influenced by the media and others that outside home. 

20070714C

Newspapers can truly help people understand world events. Television news doesn’t provide enough information. 

20071111C

Most of the advertisement make products appear better than they really are. 

20071208C

Advertisement is a waste of time and money, because customers already know what they want. 

20080208NA

Advertisements targeting children aged between 2 and 5 should be banned.

20080516NA

Telephone has greater influence on people’s lives than TV.

20080905NA

Which source is more dependable for news, TV or newspapers?

20081031NA

It is more fun to see a movie in the cinema with other people than see a movie at home.

20081109C

Movies and televisions make more negative effects than positive effects on young people’s behavior.

20081221C

Television advertising directed toward young children should be allowed.

20090117

Advertising is the most important cause of unhealthy eating habits.

20090214NA

In order to become well-informed, one has to get information from different news resources.

20090221NA

Newspapers and magazines are the best ways to learn about a foreign country.

20090911NA***

It is only worth watching movies that can teach us something about real life.

20090725NA

Movies and TV programs made in one’s own country is always more interesting than those made in other countries.

20091017NA***

Movies and televisions should always show audience that good people are rewarded and bad people are punished.

20100312NA**

If parents want their children to do well at school, they should limit the time their children spend on watching TV.

20100313C

Printed books have greater influence on people’s lives than TV.

20100508NA

We need to have different sources of news and information to know which one is the real one or who is telling the truth.

20100514NA*

People should gather information from different ways and channels.

20100619NA

If you need to discuss upsetting or controversial problems with others, will you use e-mail/text messaging OR use telephone/voice-messaging?

 

9. Education

a. courses

OG 124, 135

20061021北美

It is better to take the most difficult or challenging classes in college or at university even if it means that you probably will not get top grades (marks) in them.

20061119C

It is more important to choose a subject of your interest than subjects which prepare you for a job or career.

20070728C

In university students should take the history courses no matter what field they study.

20080510C

Governments should spend more money in support of the arts than in the athletics, like an Olympic team.

20080809C

University students should be required to take basic science classes even if they are not part of the field of the study.

20090530NA

Younger school children (aged five to ten) should be required to study art and music in addition to math, language, science and history.

20090919NA***

It is more important for the government to spend money on art museums and concert halls than on recreational facilities such as swimming pools and playgrounds. 　　

20100227NA**

All high-school students should take basic economic courses.

 

b. teachers & money

20070113C/ 20080427C

Many teachers assign homework to students every day. Do you think that daily homework is necessary for students?

20070310C

It is more important for a teacher to help students gain self-confidence than to teach specific knowledge.

20070519C

Teachers should be paid at least as much as lawyers, doctors, and business leaders are paid. 

20070908C

A teacher’s ability to relate well with the students is more important than have sufficient knowledge being taught. 

20071006C

Award student’s efforts or achievement, which one is better?

20071028C

Teachers should be paid according to what their students perform. 

20080824C

A teacher who is serious and strict is more efficient than a teacher who uses humors and is easygoing?

20081123C/ 20081122NA

Which are more influenced students, teachers or friends?

20090327C/ 20090327NA*

Teachers should make their political or social views known in the classroom.

20090403NA**

The best way to improve education is to raise teachers’ salaries.

20090807NA*

Parents should allow children to make their own choices rather than determine their children’s future for them.

20100221C

It is necessary for teachers to take courses every five years to update their knowledge.

20101113NA（2008年以来两大考区同周末第11 次重题）

To improve the quality of education, universities should spend more money on professors' salaries.

20110115NA

Some people think university professors should spend more time doing research while

others think they should spend more time educating students. What is your view?

 

others

20061015C

If a person wants to be successful in life, knowledge gained through study is more important than the ability to be creative.

20061105C

University students accomplish a project by teamwork, and the members share the same mark.

20061203C

Grades (marks) encourage students to learn.

20061208C

It is better to learn broad subjects than to specialize in a special subject.

20070127C

In today’s world, to speak well is more important than to write well.

20070203C

People can learn more from watching than they can by reading books.

20070224C

It is more important for students to understand ideas and concept or learn facts. 

20070825C

High school, colleges, universities should spend less the time teaching subjects and more time preparing the students of specific careers and jobs. 

20080119C

Nowadays each group member get same grade (mark). Is it a good method to evaluate students?

To give the same grade to all the members who do the same project together. What do you think of the way of evaluation? 

20080330C

Students would receive a better, effective education if they were required to attend classes for 11 months of a year.

20081025NA　

Students who can keep their own rooms organized are more likely to succeed.

20090110(09年共36套北美题)

Improving schools is the most important factor in the successful development of a country.

20090509NA**

To become financially responsible individuals, people should be taught how to manage money at a young age.

20090612NA

University students should take part-time jobs.

20090627C

For future career success, is relating well to other people more

important than studying hard at school?

20091024 NA

Parents should help their children prepare for future life through encouraging them to take part-time jobs.

20091107 NA ***

To achieve successful development of a country, a government should focus its budgets more on young children’s education rather than on universities.

20091120 NA **

Parents should give money to their children for their high marks at school.

20091222C（重复07.11.17北美）(2009年共36套国内题)

The ability to read and write is more and more important now than before?

20100116NA (重复大陆本日机经)

Is it good or not for children to choose a job similar to their parents’ jobs?

 

10. work

20061022C

It is not realistic for people to expect to work at the same company or employer all of their life.

20061103北美

It is better to work in a larger company than a small one.

20061117C

Being happy with a job is more important than having a high salary.

20070303C

Because people are busy with doing so many things, they can do few things well. 

20070915C

Having a job to work with other people is better than having a job to work alone. 

20071020C

It is important to spend more time working at job than spending time with families. 

20071103C

People who do not have to work because they have enough money are barely happy. 

20080118C

People are happier when they have pressure (or competition) in their jobs and schoolwork than when they have easy work?

20080802北美(unconfirmed)

People will feel happier when they finish a challenging or difficult work than they finish an easy work.

20090227NA**

A job with more vacation time but a low salary is better than a job with a high salary but less vacation time.

20090925NA

Do you prefer to take a low-paid but secure job or a job with a high salary but easy to lose?

20100213NA***

People holding different views cannot achieve success as a team.

20100410NA*

People should have hobbies and do physical activities that are very different from their own work.

20100522NA= 20111126C

Working at home and using computers or telephones is better than working in the office.

20100612NA( 与2010年06 月12日大陆重题，这是2008 年 1 月以来的第 9 次同周末重题）

People should take a secure job immediately when finding one instead of waiting for the job that they find more satisfying.

20101211NA (2008 年以来两大考区同周末第12 次重题）

It is more enjoyable to have a job and work long hours for three days in a week than to work shorter hours for five days in a week.

20110129NA（2008 年以来两大考区同周末第13 次重题）

Because the world is changing so quickly, people now are less happy and less satisfied than people in the past.

Another edition: The world is changing quickly. People are less happy than before.

 

 

11. money

20070518C

In your opinion, which one is better, to spend money on something that lasts for a long time, such as valuable jewelry, or spend your money on short term pleasure such as vacation? 

20080816NA

Most businesspeople are motivated only by the desire for more money.

20090314NA

It is better to spend money on traveling and vacation than to save money for the future.

20090515NA

Professional athletes who receive high salaries, such as football or basketball players, deserve what they get.

20100813NA

More and more people are spending money on their pets, even though there can be other good ways to spend money.

 

 

12. success

20061028北美

Young people enjoy life much better than older people?

20070304C

People now are in greater need of the ability of cooperating with others than before. 

20070624C

Is it better to finish a project completely and then start another project or finish two projects at one time? 

20070721C

Because modern society has become more complex, it is essential for the young people to have the ability to plan and organize. 

20071103C

People who do not have to work because they have enough money are barely happy. 

20080118NA

People are happier when they finish a challenging or difficult job than when they complete an easy task.

20080127NA

Successful people accept new things and take risks rather than hold on to the things that they have done well.

20080201NA

Being creative is more important in finding the best solution to a problem than planning carefully.

20080307NA

People today spend too much time on enjoyment. We only do what we like to do rather than what we should do.

20080530NA

People today are not as friendly as people were in the past.

20080629C

University Education is the most important factor of success in life

20080802NA

It was easier to achieve success in the past than it is today.

20081012NA

In order to succeed, we should be more like others than be different from others.

20090307NA

It is better to use one’s own knowledge and experience to solve problems than to get advice from others.

20090321NA／20100327NA

To remain happy and optimistic when you fail is more important than achieving success.

20090822NA**

It is more important to work quickly and risking making mistakes than to work slowly and making sure everything.

20100327C

In order to achieve the happiness of yourself, you have to try to make other people happy?

20110129NA

Because the world is changing so quickly, people now are less happy and less satisfied than people in the past.

20090321NA

To remain happy and optimistic when you fail is more important than achieving success.

20090620NA

Successful leaders should make others part of the decision-making process.

individual decision or teamwork decision

20090626NA***

For future career success, is relate to other people more important than working hard at school?

20090801NA

Some people think making sure that others(influential people or potential employers) know about your strengths and accomplishments can help you succeed, if you do not do this, you won`t have a successful life.

20091219NA***

People would be happier with fewer possessions.

20100306NA***

Which is better, challenging plans about one's future or practical plans about one's future?

20100626NA

It is more likely for people with more skills to succeed.

20100724NA

The personal and work-related challenges that young people face today are not any different from the challenges their parents and grandparents faced when they were young.

 

 

13. past?/ future?

20070609C／20090607C

In the twenty years, people will lead a more leisure life. 

20061008C

In twenty years there will be fewer cars in use than there in today?

20070804C／20090329NA

Twenty years from now, students will not use printed book to study. 

20071124C

People will spend less time in cooking or preparing food in twenty years than nowadays. 

20080803C

Twenty years from now on, people will have more leisure time than they do now.

20091211NA

Parents do not understand their children as well as the parents did 50 years ago.

20100911C

Parents today are more evolved in their children’s education than were parents in the past

 

14. technology

20061215C

The Internet provides people with a lot of valuable information.

20080223NA

Technology makes people’s lives simpler rather than makes people’s lives more complicated.

20080503NA

Technology has made children less creative than children were in the past.

20081108NA

Scientists should be responsible for the negative impact that is brought by their discoveries or inventions.

20090621C

Technology makes people’s lives simpler in turn to make people’s lives more complicated.

20100522NA

Working at home and using computers or telephones is better than working in the office.

20110121NA

The rapid growth cities today's should have a positive effect on the development of the society.

Another edition: The fast development of society today is a positive trend.

20110304NA

The most important problems in today’s world will be solved in our lifetime.

 

15. environment

20061210C

Human needs for farmland, housing and industry are more important than saving land for endangered animals.

20070811C

The only effective way to encourage energy conservation is by increasing prices of gasoline and electricity.

20080112NA (08年共39套北美题)

The government should focus more on environmental problems and less on economic development.

20080224

Renewable resources of energy (Sun, wind, water) will soon replace fossils fuels such as gases, oil, and coal. 

20080426NA

The government should give priority to improving healthcare than to solving environmental problems.

20080622C

Most important thing that government can do in improve health care is to clean the environment

20081122C

Instead of spending money on exploration of outer space, government should spend money on environment.

20090322C

Governments should focus more on preservation of environment rather than economic development.

20090605C

To improve health care in society, do you think it is better to put environmental construction in the first place or to improve other things?

20100123C(重复08年03月14日北美)

The environment issue is too complex to be handled by the individual.

20100710NA

Many countries are paying attention to environmental problems. But the attention is not making the environmental situations better.

20080509NA

The government should spend more money on improving access to the Internet than on the public transportation.　

20090110(09年共36套北美题)

Improving schools is the most important factor in the successful development of a country.

20100130NA

The government should support scientific research that does not have any practical use.

20100320NA

People can solve important problems by themselves or with the help from their family members so there's no need for the government to help them.

 

16. Culture

20081017NA

People benefit more from traveling in their own country than traveling in a foreign country.

20091025C

Visiting museums is the best way to learn about a country.

 

17. 其它一些变态的题目

20071027C

Observing and studying animal’s behavior is useful to know human nature.

20090920C

Past people are friendlier than they are today.

20091204NA

People should buy things that are made in their own country, even if the price of these products is higher than that of the products made in other countries.

20100508NA( 与2010年05 月08日大陆重题，这是2008 年 1 月以来的第 8 次同周末重题）

The best way for parents to teach their children about responsibility is to have them care for animals.

20110205NA

One of the characteristics of successful leaders is the sense of responsibility for admitting their mistakes.