
Part 1
Your Work or Your Studies
Do you work or are you a student?
1a) Your Work
1.What work do you do?
2.Why did you choose to do that kind of work?
3.Do many people in your country choose to do that type of work?
4.What are your responsibilities at work?
5.Do you remember your first day at work?
6.What did you do on your first day at work?
7.Did you like your first day at work?
8.(Similar to above) How did you feel on your first day at work?
9.Do you think the first day at work is important?
10.(Similar to above) Do you think a person's first impressions of a new job are important?
1b) Your Studies
1.What subject(s) are you studying?
2.Why did you choose to study that? / Why did you choose to study those subjects?
3.Do many students in your country study that subject?
4.(Similar to above) Is that a popular subject to study in your country?
5.What school/university do you attend?
6.Why did you choose that school/university?
7.What do you plan to do after you finish your studies?
8.Your First Day at University
9.Did you like your first day at university?
10.(Similar to above) Did you have a good first day at university?
11.(Similar to above) How did you feel on your first day at university/high school?
12.Do you think the first day at university is important?
13.How important do you think it is for people to have an enjoyable first day at university (or, school)?
14.(Similar to above) Do you think a person's first impressions of a new school or university are important?
Your Hometown
1.Where did you grow up?
2.What was it like when you were a child?
3.Has it changed much?
4.Would you say it was a good place to live?
5.Would you say your hometown is a good place for tourists to visit?
6.What do you like about your hometown?
Your Home (Your Accommodation)
1.Can you describe the place where you live?
2.What do you usually do in your house/flat/room?
3.Are the transport facilities to your home very good?
4.Please describe the room you live in.
5.Is there anything you don't like about the place where you live?
6.What kind of decorations does it have?
7.How do you think this room could be improved?
8.What can you see when you look out the window of your room?
9.How well do you know your neighbors?
10.What kind of people are your neighbors?
11.Do you spend much time socializing with your neighbors in your neighbors' homes?
12.Do you like the environment where you live?
13.Would you say the place where you live is good for families with children?
14.In the future, what type of place would you like to live in?
15.What kind of neighborhood/environment/surroundings would you like to live in?
Concentration
1.Is it important to focus on things?
2.When do people need to concentrate on things?
3.What do you do to help you focus?
4.What do people in your country do to focus?
5.How can people deal with 2 different things at the same time?
6.How do you deal with distractions?
Sleep
1.How many hours do you sleep everyday? Why?
2.What are the benefits of getting enough sleep?
3.When do people in your country usually sleep?
4.Do you think staying up late is a good thing?
5.How can people get good rest?
Music
1.Do you often listen to music?
2.Do you like listening to music?
3.Do you like music?
4.Is music important to you?
5.How important is music to you?
6.When do you listen to music?
7.How much time do you spend listening to music every day?
8.What kinds of music do you like to listen to?
9.What kinds of music do you most often listen to?
10.What's your favourite kind of music?
11.How often do you listen to music?
12.When did you start listening to this type of music?
13.Where do you listen to it?
14.How do you feel when you listen to this music?
15.Do you like listening to songs?
16.Have you ever been to a musical performance?
Writing
1.Do you often write things?
2.Do you write everyday?
3.What do you usually write?
4.Do you like writing to people?
5.How often do you send e-mails?
6.What are your main reasons for using e-mails?
7.Do you like to send e-mails?
8.Do you usually write by hand or write using a computer?
9.Nowadays, how do most people write things?
10.Do you think computers might one day replace handwriting?
11.When do children begin to write in your country?
12.How did you learn to write?
13.Do you think handwriting is very important (nowadays)?
Newspapers
1.Do you often read newspapers?
2.Which do you prefer reading, magazines or newspapers?
3.What kinds of newspapers (or magazines) do you usually read?
4.How old were you when you first started to read newspapers?
5.Do you think it's important to read newspapers?
6.Why do people read newspapers?
7.What different types of newspaper are there in China?
8.Do you care about the news?
9.Is the news important?
10.What kinds of news do Chinese people read in newspapers?
11.Do you prefer to read about domestic (or local) news or international news?
12.What are some methods that newspapers use to attract readers?
13.What influence do you think newspapers have on society?
Do you think the internet is a good way to get news?
Transportation
1.How did you get to the test today?
2.Why did you choose that form of transport?
3.Do you often use public transportation?
4.What kind(s) of transport do you usually use?
5.For you, what are the benefits of using that form of transportation?
6.Is it very expensive?
7.What vehicles (or, what means of transport) do people in China most often choose to use?
Cars
1.What form of transport do you usually use?
2.Do you often use public transportation?
3.Why do you think so many modern people drive a car?
4.Do you have a car?
5.Do you (know how to) drive a car?
6.When did you get your driver's license?
7.Do you think it's important to get a driver's license?
8.Do you think it's important to pay attention to safety when driving?
9.Do you think it's important to drive well?
10.How important do you think it is for drivers to have good driving skills?
11.What do you think might happen if a driver had poor driving skills?
12.What advice would you give people about safe driving?
Mobile Phones
1.Do people in your country like using mobile phones?
2.(Similar to above) Are mobile phones very popular in your country?]
3.Do you have a mobile phone?
4.Is your cell phone important for you in your daily life?
5.What do you use it for?
6.How often do you use it?
7.When did you get it?
8.(Similar to above) When did you get your first mobile phone?
9.How did you get your first mobile phone?
10.How did you feel when you got your first mobile phone?
11.What feature (or, function) of your cell phone do you like the best?
12.Is there anything you dislike about using cell phones?
Entertainment
1.What do you do for entertainment?
2.What did you do for entertainment when you were a child?
3.What do (other) people do for entertainment around where you live?
4.(Similar to above) What do you friends do for entertainment?
5.What choices for entertainment are there for young people around where you live
6.Are there any entertainment places near your school?
7.Have you recently been to any place for entertainment?
8.Do you think modern lifestyles give people enough time for leisure?
The Internet
1.Do you often use the internet?
2.(Similar to above) How often do you use the internet?
3.What do you use it for?
4.(Similar to above) What do you do in the internet?
5.Do you think there are any bad points about (using) the internet?
6.Have you ever bought anything on the internet?
7.When did you first start using the internet?
8.Where did you learn to use the internet?
9.How did you learn to use the internet?
10.What do you think is the best way to learn about (or learn how to use) the internet?
11.Is there anything you don't understand about the internet?
12.Do you think the internet is a good thing?
13.Is there anything that's not so good about (or, on) the internet?
14.Do you think the use of the internet needs to be controlled?
15.Is the internet very popular in China?
16.What kinds of people most often use the internet?
17.What age group of people most often use the internet?
18.How can people best make use of the internet?
19.In general, what impact does the internet have on people's lives?
20.How can people learn things on the internet?
21.What sorts of things can people learn on the internet?
22.What do you think are the benefits of "e-learning"?
Dancing
1.Do you like dancing?
2.When do people in your country dance?
3.Do young people in your country like old-style dancing (or, traditional dancing)?
4.Have you ever learned to dance?
5.When was the last time you danced?
6.Why do you think some (or, many) people like dancing?
7.Do you think there are any benefits for young people to go dancing?
8.When do Chinese people like to dance?
9.Does China have any traditional dances?
10.Is traditional dance still popular today in China? (Why?/Why not?)
11.Is there much difference between traditional dancing and modern dancing? (What?)
12.What kinds of dancing are popular with young people in China?
13.Do old people in China like the same kind of dancing as young people? (Why?/Why not?)
14.What do you think is the influence of dance on society?
15.Do you like to watch dance performances?
16.(Similar to above) How do you feel when you watch dance performances on TV?
Cards
1.Do you ever receive letters or cards?
2.Have you ever sent a postcard to a friend?
3.When was the last time you received a card?
4.Do you (ever) give cards to your friends?
5.Which do you think is better (to send or receive), a card or an email?
6.Which do you prefer, to send a card or to receive a card?
7.Do you keep (or, collect) any cards?
Museums
1.Do you often visit museums?
2.(Similar to above) How often do you visit museums?
3.Do you think museums are important?
4.Are there any museums or art galleries in your hometown?
5.Have you ever visited any of these art galleries or museums?
6.How often do you museums and art galleries?
7.Did you ever go to art galleries or museums when you were a child?
8.Would you recommend that schools take their students to visit museums?
9.Do people in China like visiting museums and art galleries?
10.Do you think people can learn anything from art galleries and museums?
11.What do you think is the role of museums and art galleries?
12.Do you think going to museums and art galleries is beneficial for children?
13.Do schools in China have excursions to museums?
14.Do you think teachers should take their students on visits to museums?
Bags
1.Do you usually carry a bag when you go out?
2.What types of bags do you use (in your everyday life)?
3.(Similar to above) Do you have different bags for different occasions (or, different purposes)?
4.What do you put in these bags?
5.What sorts of bags do women like to buy?
6.When you are buying a bag, what factors do you consider?
7.Do you think the style of a bag is very important? (Why?/Why not?)
8.Do you have a bag for special occasions?
9.Have you ever lost a bag?
The Weather
1.What's the weather like today?
2.What kind of weather do you like (best)? (Why?)
3.What sort of weather do you least like?
4.What do you usually do during your favourite weather (or season)?
5.What's the weather (usually) like in your hometown?
6.Do you like that weather (or, that kind of climate)?
7.How often is the weather good in your hometown?
8.What did you do the last time the weather was good?
9.Are there any bad points about the weather in your city?
10.Have there been any changes in the weather over the past few years?
11.Does the weather ever affect what you do?
A Healthy Lifestyle
1.What do you do to keep healthy?
2.(Similar to above) How do people maintain good health?
3.What would you say is a "healthy lifestyle"? *
4.Is there any sport that you would like to try in the future?
Art
1.Are you very interested in art?
2.How often do you draw (or paint)?
3.Do you think drawing (or painting) is difficult?
4.Have you (ever) studied (or, learned) anything about art?
5.Did you do any artistic activities such as painting when you were a child?
6.Do you think art is an important part of people's lives?
7.(Possibly) Would you say art is an important part of your life?
8.Have you ever been to an art gallery (or, an art exhibition)?
9.How often do you visit art galleries (or, an art exhibition)?
10.Would you like to visit some places that have art (such as an art gallery)?
Weekends
1.What do you usually do on weekends (or, on the weekend)?
2.Do you think employees should have to work on weekends?
3.Are weekends important to you?
4.How do you (usually) spend the weekend?
5.(Similar to above) What do you like to do on weekends?
6.Which do you prefer, Saturday or Sunday? (Why?)
7.What do you usually do on that day?
8.Are your weekends today more interesting than your weekends were when you were a child?
9.What are you going to do next weekend?
10.Would you say weekends are important to people?
11.How does the average person in China spend his or her weekend?
12.Do children (or, young people) today spend their weekends differently to children (or, young people) in the past?
Clothes
1.Do you think it's important what clothes a person wears? (Why?/Why not?)
2.Is it important what clothes you wear at your job? (your company)
3.Do you think the clothes a person wears leaves an impression on others?
4.What kinds/styles of clothes do you like (or, prefer) to wear? (Why?)
5.Do you wear the same clothes both at work and after work?
6.Do you wear the same kinds of clothes in winter and summer?
7.Do your friends have the same tastes in clothes as you?
friends wear the same kinds of clothes as you?
8.What kinds of (or, style of) clothes do people in your country like to wear?
Sport
1.Do you like sport?
2.Did you play any sport when you were a child?
3.What sports do young people like to do?
4.What sports do you think are suitable for children to play?
5.Do old people and young people like to do the same sports?
6.What sports do old people like to do?
7.Is there any sport that you have never played that you would like to try?
8.Do you ever do any exercise to keep fit or healthy?
9.Do you think everybody should do some exercise? (Why?)
10.Do you think exercise is beneficial for older people?
11.What do you think are the benefits of exercise?
Cars
1.Do you like cars?
2.Do you have a driver's license?
3.Do you (or your family) have a car?
4.Do you often drive it?
5.(If you don't have a car) Do you plan to buy a car in the future?
6.If you wanted to buy a car, what kind of car would you choose?
7.What kinds of cars are most popular in your country?
8.Do you like traveling by car?
9.Who do you prefer to travel with?
10.Do you like to take long trips in a (your) car?
11.Is there anything you don't like about cars?
12.(Possibly the question above is this) Is there anything you don't like about traveling in cars?
Names
1.Who gave you your name?
2.Does your name have any particular (or, special) meaning?
3.Do you like your name?
4.Would you like to change your name?
5.(Similar to above) Have you ever considered changing your name?
6.Is it easy to change your name in your country?
7.(Similar to above) In your country, are there any problems that could occur if someone changed their name?
8.Who usually names babies in your country?
9.Do you have any special traditions about naming children?
10.(Similar to above) What do people consider when they are giving a baby a name in your country?
Photographs
1.Do you like taking photographs?
2.How often do you take photographs?
3.When (or, in what situations) do you take photographs?
4.(Similar to above) What do you like to photograph?
5.Do you prefer to take pictures of scenery or of people?
6.Is taking photographs very popular in your country?
7.What kinds of photographs do you most like to look at?
8.Which do you think is better to send to someone, a postcard that has a photograph on it, or a photograph you took yourself?
9.(Similar to above) When traveling, do you prefer to buy postcards or take your own photographs?
Friends
1.What do you do in your free time with your friends?
2.Is friendship important to you?
3.Do you prefer to spend time with friends or spend time alone?
4.What kind of people do you like to have as friends?
5.Do you like to spend time with friends? (Why?)
6.What do you and your friends do together?
7.What do your friends think of you?
8.Are friends more important than family? (Why?)
9.How do Chinese people make friends?
10.Do adults and children make friends in the same way?
Part 2
People 人物
A Good Parent
Describe a good parent you know.
You should say:
who the parent is
how you know the parent
what the parent looks like
Why you think the parent is good.
A close friend
Describe a friend that is close to you
You should say:
Who the person is
How you know him/her
What kind of person he/she is
Why are you so close
A person who has an important job
Describe a person who has an important job.
You should say:
who the person is
where the person works
what the person does in the job
why you think the person’s job is important.
A polite person
Describe a polite person you know
You should say:
Who this person is
How you knew him or her
What kind of person he or she is
Why this person is a polite person
An Interesting Old Person
Describe an interesting old person who you know.
You should say:
how you know this person
how often you see them
what you do together
why you think he or she is interesting
A Teenager You Know
Describe a teenager who you know.
You should say:
how old they are
how and where you met him or her
what you and this person do together
what kind of person he or she is
how you feel about him or her.
A Person You Enjoy Talking To
Describe a person you enjoy talking with.
You should say:
how often you speak with this person
when you usually talk with him/her
what topics you usually speak about
Why you enjoy speaking to them
A Good Neighbour
Describe a good neighbour of yours.
You should say:
how long you have known this neighbour
what sort of person they are
how often you see them
Why you consider this person to be a good neighbour.
A Famous Person
Describe a famous person from your country who has impressed you.
You should say:
when you learned about this person
what sort of life they had before they became famous
what achievement this person had
why this person influenced you .
A Good Student
Describe a good student you have studied with.
You should say:
who they were
when you studied together
what relationship you had with this person
why you think he or she was a good student.
Place 地点
A Museum
Describe a museum that you have visited
You should say:
Where it is
When you visited
What does it display
your feeling about this museum
A Room
Describe a room that you have lived in:
Where it is
What is in the room
What you did in the room
Why you like this room
A cafe
Describe a cafe that you know in your hometown.
You should say:
where it is
how often you go there
what kind of food they serve there
why you like to choose in this place.
A Library
Describe a library that you know.
You should say:
where it is
when do you go there
what kinds of books and facilities this library has
what you like or dislike about this library.
A crowded place
Describe a crowded place you have been to
Where it was
Who you were with
What did you do there
Why it was crowded
A City You Visited
Describe a city that you have visited.
You should say:
where the city is
when you went there
what you liked & disliked about the city
why you visited this city.
A Home You Like
Describe a beautiful house or flat that you have visited.
You should say:
when you visited this home
where it was
what it looked like
why you liked it.
A Garden
Describe a garden you visited and liked.
You should say:
where it was
what you saw in this garden
what you did there
why you liked it.
A Street
Describe a street that you know well.
You should say:
where it is
what the main buildings are in that street
what you usually do in that street
how you feel about this street.
A Place Near Water
Describe a place near water
You should say:
where this place was
what you did at this place
who you went there with
you liked this place.
Event 事件
A leisure activity by the sea
Describe a leisure activity that you do by the sea.
You should say:
what type of it is
who you do it with
What you would do
why you like this activity.
A Perfect vacation
Describe a vacation that you have been on:
Where you went
What you did
Who you went with
Why it was nice
A time when you were late
Describe a time when you were late
You should say:
When it was
What happened
Who was with you
Why you were late / Were there any consequences
A Time You Helped Others
Describe a time when you helped someone.
You should say:
who you helped
how you helped them
why you helped them
What was the person’s reaction
A Change
Describe a recent change in your life
What the change was
What you did to change
When it happened
How you benefited from this change
A Way to Relax
Describe a way to relax that you find effective.
You should say:
what you do
where you usually do it
who is usually with you at this place
why this is relaxing for you.
A Project
Describe a project or some work that you did with others.
You should say:
what the project or work was.
when you did this
who was with you
how easy or difficult it was
why you did this with other people.
A Traditional Event
Describe an important traditional event
You should say:
when this event is held
who attends this event
what people do during this event
why this event is important.
A Wrong Decision
Describe someone you know who made a wrong decision.
You should say:
who the person was
what the situation was
what decision they made
why you think it was the wrong decision.
A Plan
Describe a plan you have for the future (but not related to work or study).
You should say:
what it is
why you have this plan
what the first step in your plan is
what you will need to do in order to make the plan work
how you think you will feel after you achieve this.
An Occasion When You Had to be Polite
Describe an occasion when you had to be polite.
You should say:
what the occasion was
where it was
who was with you
why you had to be polite.
An Important Event in History
Describe an important event in the history of your country.
You should say:
what event it was
when it occurred
who was leading this event
how you know about this event
why you think it was important.
Object 物品
An Advertisement
Describe an advertisement you have seen:
What it is
What was in the AD
What kinds of people does it attract
Why you think this advertisement is good
A Plant
Describe a plant in your country
You should say:
What it is
What it looks like
What uses does it have
Why do you like it
A Show
Describe a show or performance that you have watched.
You should say:
what kind of performance it was
when and where you saw it
who was in the show
how you felt about this performance.
A Useful Website
Describe a useful website that you visited
You should say:
What it is
what the contents of the website are
how often you go to this website
How this website helps you.
A Math Class
Describe a math class you attended when you were young
You should say:
when and where you attended the class
what the teacher was like
how did you learn
what you learned from the class/ how you felt about the class.
A childhood game
Describe a game you played when you were a child
What the game was
Who you played it with
How you played it
How you felt about it
A language
Describe a language you would like to learn (not Chinese or English)
You should say:
What it is
Where you heard it
How you can learn it
Why you would like to learn it
A Robot
Describe a robot you know.
You should say:
How you knew about it
what it looks like
what are it’s functions
how you feel about this robot.
A Gift You Would Like to Give
Describe a gift you would like to give to your friend
You should say:
who you would like to give this gift to
what the gift would be
how much it would cost
why you would like to give this gift to this person.
An Old Photograph
Describe an old photograph that you like.
You should say:
who took the photo
when it was taken
where it was taken
why you like it.
An Unusual Job
Describe an unusual job you would do if you had the opportunity.
You should say:
what job it would be
what you would do in that job
why this job is unusual
why you would like to do that job.
A Meaningful Song
Describe a song that has meaning for you.
You should say:
what song it is
when you first heard
what the song is about
why this song has special meaning for you.
A Meal You Like to Eat
Describe a meal that you like to eat.
You should say:
what it is
where you usually eat it
what the meal is made of
why you like it.
A Lesson, Class or Training Session
Describe a class or training session that you enjoyed. –
You should say:
what the teacher did
when & where you had this class
what you learned in this class or training session
why you enjoyed it
A Film About a Real Person or Event
Describe a film about a real person or event that you have watched.
You should say:
when you saw this film
what person or event the film was about
what happened in the film
how you felt about this film.
A Product You Were Dissatisfied With
Describe something that you bought that you were dissatisfied with.
You should say:
what the item was
when and where you bought it
why you bought it
why you were not happy with this product.
Something learned from a family member
Describe something useful you learned from a family member
You should say:
what it was
who you learned it from
how you learned it
why you think it is useful.
A Vehicle You Would Like to Buy
Describe a vehicle you would like to buy
You should say:
what (kind of) vehicle it is
What it would look like
why you would like to have it
how you would buy
why you would prefer this means of transport.*
A Piece of Electronic Equipment
Describe an electronic device that you have such as a CD player.
You should say:
what it is
how you use it
when you use it
and explain how you benefit (or will benefit) from using it.
A Book You Would Recommend
Describe a book you recently read that you would recommend to others.
You should say:
what book it was
what the book was about
what you learned from this book
and explain why you would (like to) recommend it.
A Wild Animal
Describe a wild animal from your country that you have seen.
You should say:
what it looks like
where you saw it or where you can see it
how often you see it
and explain how you feel about this animal.
A sports event
Describe a sports event that you took part in
You should say:
What it is
When you participated
What did you do
Why did you like/dislike it
