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1.     Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Playing sports teaches people more lessons about the life.
2.     Some people think that to make sure that others (such as the influential people or your boss) know your strength and accomplishment could help you success, or you will achieve nothing. What is your point of view about that?
3.     For successful development of a country, should a government focus its budget more on every young children education rather than on universities?
4.     Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: In order to solve the problems of the present and the future, people should review the past.
5.     Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Movies are worth watching only when they teach us something about the real life.
6.     Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: professional players should be paid for high salaries?
7.     Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should play sports only for fun, children should not attend competitions.
8.     Should we require our young children (aged 5-10) to learn music and art in addition to math, science, history, and language?
9.     Do you agree or disagree with the statement, although a lot of people know the environmental situation (global warming etc. ) the present situation is unlikely to change in the future.
10.  Is the most important characteristic of a good political or business leader the ability to take responsibility for mistakes?
11.  Should we choose a job with high stability but low salary, or the one with high salary but the risk of unemployment?
12.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Movies and television programs should present stories that good people being awarded and bad people being punished?
13.  When people are going to celebrate a special event such as graduation or a special party, some of them prefer a large party, while some others prefer a small party with only a few close friends and family members. Which one do you prefer?
14.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Young people should try several different jobs before they decide which job or career they will do in the long term?
15.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: people who move out of their native village and town are more successful and happier than the people live in their native village or town all their life?
16.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: the food we ate in the past is healthier than the food today?
17.  Do you think success is important, or it is more important to remain happy and optimistic when you fail?
18.  It is better to relax by a movie or reading a book than doing physical exercise. Do you agree with that?
19.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: A job with more vacation time but a law salary is better than a job with a high salary but less vacation time?
20.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents should allow children to make mistakes and let them learn from their own mistakes?
21.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? If your friend need extra help in schoolwork, suppose you are good at the subject which your friend needs help, it is better for your friend to ask you for help than get help from a professional tutor.
22.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The best way for teachers to make students more interested in a subject is explaining how that subject will help in their lives outside school.
23.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: Parents should help children to do their work or encourage children to do work independently?
24.  Would you like to work with high salary in a place far away from your families and friends, or to work with low salary and stay together with them?
25.  Some people think that the important role of university professors is to do research, others think the main role of them is to educate students. What is your opinion about that?
26.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: people cannot accept others’ criticism cannot achieve success as a team?
27.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The government and corporation should share all their scientific discoveries with other countries in the world? Please use specific details and examples to support your opinion.
28.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The advice from our grandparents has no use for their grandchildren because the world changed a lot during the past 50 years.
29.  There are two types of employees: the one who do their job according to almost all the rules of a company, the other who are always trying to discover new solutions to problems. Which type of employees do you think can make more contribution to the company?
30.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? For success in school and work, the ability to adapt or adjust to a changing condition or circumstance is more important than having excellent knowledge of a job or a field to study.
31.  When you want to discuss things with other people, which one do you prefer? Use e-mails and text-message or telephone and voice message.
32.  Patience is not a good strategy. We should take action now rather than later?
33.  When you choose a college, do you want to go to the one with highly qualified professors or the one with more opportunity of job?
34.  Nowadays, it is much easier to achieve success with help from one’s family than what is like before. Do you agree with that?
35.  Do you agree or disagree that it is easier to be educated today than past?
36.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Although science and technology will continue to improve, the most significant for the quality of peoples live have already taken place?
37.  The most important problems affecting our society today could be solved within our lifetime. What is your opinion?
38.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Cars (automobiles) have greater effect on society than airplane?
39.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The most important investment that a company should spend money on is to improve the work skills of the employees?
40.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: People should not focus the information around the world that with little relation with their daily life?
41.  Students now are more interested in politics than they were in the past. Do you agree with that?
42.   Some people think that we can support our families in a better way in cities than in rural areas. Do you agree with that?
43.  Should we pay more attention on our ambitions or focus more on realistic goals?
44.  In order to improve your health, which way will you choose: the kind of food you eat, the amount of exercise or the amount of stress.
45.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should buy things made by their own country, even if things of other countries may cost less.
46.  You can know a lot about a person through the types of friends this person has made. Do you agree with that?
47.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement that all high school students should have basic economics class?
48.  Our society is developing in an appropriate speed? Do you agree with that?
49.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: People who develop many different skills are more successful than people who focus on one skill only.
50.  Do you think it is better for government to spend money on building future houses or preserving historic or traditional buildings and homes?
51.  Do you agree that people should have hobbies and do physical activities that are very different from one’s work?
52.  Do you agree or disagree that it is more important for government to spend money improving Internet access than public transportation？
53.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: if you cannot say anything nice about someone, you’d better not say anything?
54.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: students who keep rooms their neat and organized are more successful than shoes who do not?
55.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: in order to succeed, you should be more like others than be different from everyone else?
56.  Some people think that we can solve problems by ourselves or under the help of our families, so we don’t need the government to do us favors. Do you agree with that?
57.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: Good looks and dresses are more important for success than good ideas?
58.  Which one do people think is happier? Schoolwork or job with challenges and difficulties, or easy work?
59.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: It is important for companies and schools to regulate the dress of the employees and students?
60.  Should government pay more attention on health care or on environmental improvement?
61.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement:：Are people less friendly today than they were before?
62.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: Parents do not understand their children as well as parents did 50 years ago?
63.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: It is important for families to regularly eat their meals together?
64.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: The ability to read and write is more important now than in the past?
65.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: College or universities should offer students more preparation before they start working?
66.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: Nowadays it’s easier to maintain health than the past?
67.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: economic growth seems to be more important than environmental concerns?
68.  Some people think that college students needn’t to go to campus to attend classes, what they need to do is only taking exams. What is your opinion?
69.  Should parents spend more time playing with their children or do something related with study?
70.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: Organizations and activities the students attend in school are as important as their academic class.
71.  When you are assigned an important presentation for work or school, you prefer to work on it right away so that you can work on it a little bit every day, or wait until you have a good idea about the presentation?
72.  Is evaluation by students or that by other teachers more important for a teacher?
73.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: the rules that the whole society today expect to young people to follow and obey are too strict?
74.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: young people today are better able to make decisions for their own lives than in the past?
75.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: we can learn one person from books and movies that he or she likes?
76.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: people living in small villages are more satisfied with their life than those who live in cities?
77.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: Teaching is harder than it was in the past?
78.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: Some students listen to music and surf the internet while studying?
79.  Nowadays the advertisements get more and more dishonest, so some people say that we can ignore them before we buy the product. What is your point of view about that?
80.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: universities should spend money on improving facilities (labs and general requirements) rather than hiring famous teachers?
81.  Do you agree or disagree with the statement: The personal and work-related challenges that young people face today are not very different from the challenges their parents and grandparents faced in the past?