Part 1

Name
What is your full name?
How should I call you?
Does your name have any special significance?
Who gave your name?

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?
Is it easy to get a job with your major in your country?
What’s your job?
What are you responsible for?
How was your first working day/ school day?
Do you think the first day is important?
Schedule/ daily routine

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

Hometown
Where are you from?
Where do you live?
Would you say it’s a good place to grow up?
Where will you recommend to your friends in your city?
Transportations in your hometown
Where do you want to live, south or north of China?
What’s special about your hometown?
Do you like the city you current live in?
What do you like most about your hometown?
Do you like to live in a big city or a small town?
Do you think your hometown has bright future?
Do your family and you live here for a long time?
Do you like to live with your parents?

Happiness
What is happiness to you?
Do you think money is important for a person to be happy?

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?

Concerts
Have you ever been to a live concert?
Are concerts ever held in your hometown?
When was the last time you attended a concert?
Would you like to go to a concert in the future?
Would you prefer to watch a concert on TV or to attend a live concert?
Which would you prefer, to attend a concert of your favourite artist or to buy a CD of this artist?

Science
Do you like science?
What science have you studied?
What science subjects do you like the most?
Is there anything about science that you dislike?
How do you study science?
What's the most difficult part of studying science?
How has the science that you have studied helped you?/ will help you?

Handicraft
Have you ever made anything by hand when you were a child?
Do children in your country often make things by hand?
Do you think it's very useful for children to make things by hand?

Advertisements
Do you like advertisement?
Do you prefer advertisements on TV or in magazines?
Do Ads influence your choice of what to buy?
Do you think there are too many Ads?
Painting and Drawing
What kind of painting or drawing did you do as a child?
Is it important for a child to draw or paint?
What kinds of things do people draw or paint?

Parties
Do you like to go to parties?
Where are (these) parties usually held?
Do you prefer family parties or parties with friends?

Gift
Do you like buying gifts to others?
When was the last time you buy one for others?
Do you prefer giving gifts or receiving one?

Travelling by air
Do you like to take airplane?
How often do you travel by air?
What do you think the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by air? (compare with other means of transport)
What do you think the air travelling will be in the future?

Dancing
Can you dance?
Do you like dancing?
Is dancing popular where you live?
What kind of dance do Chinese people like?

Animals
Do you like animals?
Do you have a pet?
What kinds of animals do people keep as pets where you live?
Are wild animals protected in your country?
Do you often visit zoos or wildlife parks?
Are animals important in farming in your country? 

Part 2

People
A person/friend with leadership
A person who leads a healthy life
Describe your personality and characteristics
An adventurous person
An interesting person you want to travel with
A character in a story
A person in a piece of news
An artist/ a successful person
A family (member/ but not yours)
an old person(the oldest person)you admire
A child/a friend in childhood you admire
A person who you want tospend some time with/ you ever helped
A neighbour
A visitor/ a person you want to visit


Objects/ things
A means of transport/ vehicle (老题重考)

A gift
something you made yourselfby using computer
a piece of clothes you bought/ other bought for you
A thing you bought but seldom used
Something you wanted and saved money for it/ something expensive you bought
A piece of useful electronic/broken piece of equipment (except computer) in your home
A wild animal
your favorite season

Media
A foreign film you watched recently
A song reminds you of a particular time in your life/ in your childhood
an advertisement
A piece of (interesting) news you read recently
An interesting magazine or newspaper you often read
an exciting message (a special letter/an e-mail)

A kind of book
A book (you enjoyed as a child)
A photograph (of your family)

A website
A quiz show/an educational TV program you like to watch

Places
A work place(an office/ a shop/ a factory)
A place where you would go in the free time off work or college
leisure center in your area
A peaceful place
A placeof natural beauty/ near water/with a lot of noise
A historic site (describe a place you learned some history from)
Your ideal or favourite home/ room (in your childhood) (旧题重考)
An outdoor place for sports
A garden
Your favouritestreetof a city/ your hometown
Modern building (shopping center/supermarket)
a library
a Hotel
a museum/ a place where you learn a lot
a (small) successful company
a city/a small town
a small shop
a restaurant (a place you sometimes go for lunch)

Events
A situation you were angry about
A journey when you met a bad weather
An unforgettable trip in your childhood/ that is longer than you expected
Someone's wedding you have ever took part in of heard of
An unusual thing you do recently or something you do in your free time.
A musical event you attended or watched on TV/ A public event/ a celebration
A good period of time in your life (新题)
A telephone conversation (旧题变体)

Special Meal
Something naughty you did when you were a child
A (exciting/ healthy) physical activity/ sport /a lifestyle change to improve your health
the most useful practical skill(g,driving) u've learned./ you learned from computer
A job you think you’ll be good at/that can make the world better
A party for someone/a festival
A group/ outdoor activity you took part in
A sport competition you took part in or watched
A way to protect the environment
A family event
An admirable event that your friend did