1.     Do you agree or disagree that those important problems affecting our society today could be solved within our lifetime?
2.     Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Colleges or universities should offer students a better job preparation before they start working. Use specific reason and examples to support your response.
3.     Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?  The students nowadays do not respect their teachers as much as the students in the past. Use specific reasons and examples to support your response.
4.     Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Use specific reasons and examples to support your response. Young people today are less dependent on their parents in marking better decisions for their own life than the young people who were in the past.
5.     Do you agree or disagree that all high school students should take a basic economic course.
6.     Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Those who do not accept others’ criticism cannot succeed.  Use specific reasons and examples to support your response.
7.     Do you agree or disagree that the most important investment of a company is to spend money to improve the work skills of its employees.
8.     Do you agree or disagree that TV programs and movies should always show audience that good people are being rewarded and bad people are being punished?
9.     Do you agree or disagree that since most people can solve their problems by themselves or with the help from their families, the help from government is often not necessary.
10.   Some students apply for a university because they can get good jobs after they graduate from this university. Others students apply for university because there are famous professor. What is your opinion and why?
11.   Do you agree or disagree that Children should play sports only for fun rather than for competitions or contests.
12.   Do you agree or disagree that school children (Ages 5-10) should be required to study art and music in addition to math, language, science and history.
13.   Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The most important characteristic of a good political leader or business leader is the ability to accept the responsibility of mistake.
14.   Do you agree or disagree that because environmental issues are too complicated, individuals can do nothing to solve them.
15.   Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?  To increase economic growth, government can neglect environmental concerns. Use specific reason and examples to support your response.
16.   When you are assigned an important presentation for work or school a month in advance, and you are required to write a presentation. Which way do you prefer?  Use specific reason and examples to support your response.
17.   Schools always collect information about teachers’ teaching performance and give rewards to those teachers who perform well. Which way do you think is more useful: 1. to evaluate teachers’ performance by students. 2. To evaluate teachers, performance by teachers? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
18.   Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Use specific reasons and examples to support your response. Government should not offer artists like musicians, filmmakers any financial support.
19.   Do you agree or disagree that one can learn a lot about another person from the books and movies that person likes?
20.   Do you agree or disagree that for successful development of a country, government should spend more money on education of very young children (3-10 years old) than university education?
21.   Do you agree or disagree that professional athletes such as football players and basketball players deserve high salaries?
22.   Do you agree or disagree with the following with the statement? Most business people are motivated by desire of money only.
23.   Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People who have developed many different kinds of skills are more successful than people who focus on only one skill. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
24.   Do you agree or disagree that since the world today is busy and crowded, we should not expect people to be polite to others.
25.   Do you agree or disagree that it’s important to have rules about the types of clothing that people are allowed to wear a work or school.
26.   Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Students should not take part-time jobs while they are studying in universities.
27.   Do you agree or disagree that the movies and TV programs made in one’s own country are more interesting than the movies and TV programs made in other countries?