Part 1

Names
Does your name have any special meaning?
Who gave you your name?
When Chinese people name their children, are there any special customs that are followed?
How are Chinese names and Western names different?

Your Study/work
Are you a student or Do you work?
What’s your subject?
Why did you choose it as your major?
Is your major difficult?
Which part of your subject do you think is most interesting?
What do you learn from your major?
What job will you have in the future?
What do you want to do after graduation?
Do you work or are you a student?
What subject(s) are you studying?
Is your subject interesting? (Why?/ Why not?)

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?
What kind of community are you living in?
How is the traffic around your home?
Do you like the place you currently live in?

Fruit/vegetables
Do you like fruit?
How often do you eat fruit?
What kind of fruit do you like best? Why?
What are the benefits of eating more fruit?

Driving
Do you often drive?
Is it necessary to learn driving?
Is it important to drive well?
When would you allow your children to drive?

Bicycle
Are bicycles popular in your hometown?
Has the number of bicycle riders in China changed much in the past few years?
How old were you when you first learned to ride a bicycle?
What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of bicycles compared to cars?
Would you say bicycles are suitable for people of all ages?

Birthday
Do people in your country celebrate birthdays? How?
Do you think it is important for people to celebrate them?
How did you celebrate your last birthday?
Is the birthday more important for old people or young people?
animals
do you like animals?
do people like to keep pets in your country? why or why not?
swimming
do you like swimming? why? why not?benefits?

Bird
Do you like birds?
What kinds of birds are there where you live?
In your country, do different birds represent different things?
In your country, do any birds have special significance?
Are there any birds (in your country/where you live) that have become extinct? /that are much less common today than they used to be?
Do you think we should protect (wild) birds?
should children learn it?

Your Accomodation
What kind of housing/accommodation do you live in?
Who do you live with?
How long have you lived there?
Do you plan to live there for a long time?
Can you describe the place where you live?
Which room does your family spend most of the time in?
What do you usually do in your house/flat/room?
Are the transport facilities to your home very good?

Museums
Are there any museums or art galleries in your hometown?
Have you ever visited any of these art galleries or museums?
How often do you museums and art galleries?
Did you ever go to art galleries or museums when you were a child?
Would you recommend that schools take their students to visit museums?

Music
Do you often listen to music?
When do you listen to music?
How much time do you spend listening to music every day?
What kinds of music do you like to listen to?
How often do you listen to (that type of) music?
When did you start listening to this type of music?
Where do you listen to it?

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? 

PART2
1. Describe a practical skill you’d like to learn/ something you’d like to learn in free time
2. Describe a family photo
3. Describe something expensive you’d like to buy if you had the money
4. Describe an outdoor activity
5. A shop you know well
6. A wild animal from your country/ hometown
7. A restaurant
8. A piece of music you’d heard/ listened to from another country
9. Bad weather you experienced (during one of your journeys)
10. A wedding you attended
11. A situation when you got a little angry
12. A student who’s good at studying/ a classmate you’d like to study with
13. An advertisement
14. Prefer to live in a house or a flat
15. A TV program which you think has been important to you/ A TV program that taught you something
16. An old person
17. Describe your ideal job
18. Two people from the same family
19. A great (national) leader from your country
20. A gift you gave to someone else
21. A workplace you liked/ like
22. An interesting or unusual thing you did recently
23. A place in the open air (an interesting place)
24. A positive change of your life
25. Describe a good friend
26. A travel in your plan(a place you want to travel to)
27. If you have one day off, what would you do?
28. A person in the news you’d like to meet
29. A family event
30. Something you want to succeed in doing
31. An enjoyable conversation on the phone
32. A sport match you took part in
33. A Street in your hometown/ a place in your city
34. A job that you believe can make the world a better place
35. A book you want to read again
36. A garden that you think is beautiful
37. Your favorite magazine or newspaper
38. A neighbor
39. A foreign film
40. A character in a traditional story
41. A song that reminds you of a special period
42. The good part of your personality