一、社會(huì)（生活方式），共12題占30%1.Ascountriesdevelop,theirpopulationstendtoliveindividuallyorinsmallfamilyunits.Inyouropinion,whatisthiscauseandwhataretheeffectsonsociety.2.Today,thequalitiesoflifeofpeopleinbigcitiesareworse.Whatarethecausesofthisproblem?Anymeasuresshouldbetakentosolveit?3.Nowadayspeopleareencouragedtobuymoreandmoreconsumerproducts.Somepeoplethinkitisgoodfortheeconomy.However,othersthinkitdoesgreatharmtothewholesociety.Discussbothviewsandgiveyourownopinion.4.Nowadaysthetrendofhumanbeingstocopyfromoneanotherisshowninthepopularityoffashioninclothesandotherconsumergoods.Towhatextenddoyouagreeordisagree?5.Inmanycountriestoday,peopleincitieseitherlivealoneorinsmallfamilyunits,ratherthaninlarge,extendedfamilygroups.Isthisapositiveornegativetrend?6.Somepeoplethinkindividualsaremoreandmoredependentoneachother.somepeoplethinkindividualsaremoreandmoreindependent.Discussbothviewsandgiveyourownopinion。7.Manyparentsgotoworkinothercountries,takingtheirfamilieswiththem,doyouthinktheadvantagesoverweighthedisadvantage.8.Ariseinthestandardoflivinginacountryseemstoonlybenefitscitiesratherthanruralareas.Whatproblemsmightthisdifferencecause?Howmighttheproblemsbereduced?9.Acrosstherecentworld,onlyafewlanguagesareincreasinginuse,whilesomeothersdecline.Isitapositiveornegativedevelopment?10.Moreandmorepeoplewanttobuyfamousbrandswithclothes,carsandotheritems.Whatarethereasons?Doyouthinkitisapositiveornegativedevelopment?11.Youngpeopleareleavingtheirhomesfromruralareastostudyorworkinthecities.Whatarethereasons?Doadvantagesofthisdevelopmentoutweighitsdisadvantages?12.Sciencetellsussomeactivitiesaregoodforourhealthandtherearesomeunhealthyactivities.Butmillionsofpeoplestilldothoseunhealthyactivities.Why?whatcanwedotochangethissituation?二、教育，共11題占27.5%1.Insomecountries,theparentsexpectchildrentospendlongtimeinstudyingbothinandafterschoolandhavelessfreetime.Doyouthinkithaspositiveornegativeeffectsonchildrenandthesocietythattheylivein?NegativeOfcourse,thereareadvantagesforchildrentostudyforalongtime.Foronething,itmaycontributetobetteracademicperformance…….Foranother,studyingallthetimemakesitlesspossibleforschoolchildrentogetdistracted,especiallyfromcomputergames…….Ontheotherhand,studyingforalongperiodandhavinglessfreetimealsobringslotsofdisadvantages.Firstofall,itmaydoharmtothephysicaldevelopmentofyoungchildren…….Secondly,2.Somepeoplethinkwatchingtelevisionisbadforchildreninallways.Otherssayitisgoodforchildrentogetknowledge.Discussbothviewsandgiveyouropinion.3.Nowadays,notenoughstudentschoosesciencesubjectsinuniversityinmanycountries.Whatarethereasonsforthisproblem?Whataretheeffectsonthesociety?4.UniversitiesandcollegesarenowofferingqualificationsthroughdistancelearningfromtheInternetratherthanteachersintheclassroom.Doyouthinktheadvantagesofthisdevelopmentoutweighthedisadvantages?5.Somepeoplebelievethatstudyinginacollegeoruniversityisthebestwayforstudentstopreparefortheirfuturecareer.Othersthinktheyshouldleaveschoolassoonaspossibletodeveloptheircareerthroughworkexperience.Discussbothviewsandgiveyourownopinion6.Somepeoplethinkthatschoolchildrenshouldlearnawiderangeofsubjectsanddevelopallgeneralknowledge,otherpeoplethinkthattheyshouldonlylearnasmallnumberofsubjectsindetails.Discussbothviewsandgiveyouropinion.7.Somepeoplethinkallchildrenlearnhistoryinschoolisimportant.Someothersthinklearningsubjectsmorerelevanttolifeisimportant.Discussbothviewsandgiveyouropinion8.Somepeoplethinkthatparentshaveagreatinfluenceontheirchildren,othersbelievethatthemediaisabiggerinfluence.9.Itisbelievedthatsecondaryschoolchildrenshouldstudyinternationalnewsasoneoftheirschoolsubjects.Othersthinkthatthisisawasteofvaluableschooltime.Discussbothviewsandgiveyouropinions.10.Insomecountries，studentspaytheircollegeoruniversityfees，whileinsomeothers，governmentpaysforthem.doyouthinktheadvantagesthatgovermentpaysthemoneyoutweighthedisadvantages.givereasonsandexamples.11.Aspartofeducation,studentsshouldspendaperiodoftimestudyingandlivinginadifferentcountytolearnlanguageandculture.Doyouagreeordisagree？三、科技，共3題占7.5%1.Humansocietyhasmadegreattechnologicalprogressinthelasthundredyears.Somepeoplethinkthishasnegativeeffectsonourlife.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourknowledgeorexperience.2.100yearsago,humanracebelievedwewouldmakecontinuousprogressinallareasoflife.Today,somepeoplefeellesscertainaboutthis.Whichareasofprogresshashumanracemade?Whichareashaven'twedeveloped?Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourknowledgeorexperience.3.Inmodernsociety,itispossibletogoshopping,workandcommunicateviatheInternetwithoutface-to-facecontactwithoneanother.Towhatextentdoyouthinkthisisapositiveornegativedevelopment?四、環(huán)境（動(dòng)物），共3題占7.5%1.Somepeoplethinkthatitisacceptabletouseanimalsinmedicalresearchforthebenefitofhumanbeings,whileotherpeoplearguethatitiswrong.Discussbothviewsandgiveyouropinion.2.Nuclearenergyisthebestsourceofpowerinmeetingever-increasingenergyneeds，towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree3.Somepeoplethinktheyhaverighttouseasmuchfreshwaterastheywant,othersbelievegovernmentsshouldtightlycontroltheuseoffreshwaterasitislimitedresource.Discussbothviewsandgiveyourownopinion.五、政府，共3題占7.5%1.Governmentshouldgivemoremoneytosupportartists,agreeordisagree?2.Therestorationofoldbuildingsinmajorcitiesintheworldspendsnumerousgovernmentexpenditures.Thismoneyshouldbeusedinnewhousingandroaddevelopment.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?3.Somepeoplethinkthatthegovernmentshouldofferfinancialsupportandcaretotheelderlypeople,whileothersthinkthatoldpeopleshouldsavemoneyfortheirfuturelife.Discussbothviewsandgiveyouropinion六、犯罪，共2題占5%1.Somepeoplethinklawbreakersshouldbesenttoprison,whileothersthinktherearesomealternatives(e.g.makethemdoworkwhichalsobenefitsforthelocalcommunity)forthosecrimesareminor.Discussbothviewsandgiveyourownopinion.2.Youngpeoplewhocommitseriouscrimes,suchasarubberyoraviolentattackshouldbepunishedinthesamewayasadults.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?七、旅游，共2題占5%1.Spacetravelhasbeenpossibleforsometimeandsomepeoplethinkthespacetourismcouldbedevelopedinthefuture.Towhatextentdoyouthinkit'sapositiveornegativedevelopment？2.Inrecentyears,responsibletouristshavepaidattentiontopreservingboththecultureandtheenvironmentoftheplacetheyvisit.However,somepeoplesaythatitisimpossibletobearesponsibletourist.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisag