1.Some people like to buy and eat their meals at restaurants frequently,
while others like to do this at home. Which do you prefer? Why?

2.Do you agree that it is better to work for business owned by someone else
than to work for the business of one‘s own family

3.Students aged 13-18 are taught different subjects by different teachers
while younger students are taught by only one teacher all day long. Some people
suggest it would benefit young students to be taught by different teachers. Do
you agree with this view? Why or why not?

4.If one of your friends has the opportunity to study in either one of two
majors, which one of the following majors you will recommend:

1)A major that would allow your friend to complete studies and get a degree
faster (so that he or she can get a full time job sooner)

2)A major that would require longer time to study, but can make it more
likely to get better employment opportunities and job offers in the future.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. "

5.A lot of high school students now cheat in homework assignments, by
asking other students for answers. Which of the following do you think is the
most efficient way to stop?

1)asking parents to help stop the students from cheating

2)penalty or punishment to the students

3)asking teacher to create homework assignment that cannot be easily
cheated

6.Most adults believe that modern children (5-10 years old) behave worse
than those in the past. What action parents should take do you think will have
the most positive effect on children to help them be have better like respecting
and treating others kindly?

1)limit the types of the TV programs and movies they watch

2)spend more time talking with children

3)supervise and monitor children while they are playing with their
friends

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

7.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Universities
should require every graduation students to take public speaking courses. Give
specific examples and details to support your answer.

8.Parents give their children weekly money to buy whatever they want. Some
people think this can cause bad habits and ideas about money in children. Others
think the opposite. What's your opinion?

9.Older teenagers (16-19) should be allowed to work at paid part-time job
or not.

10.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In the past
people ate food that was better for their health than they do today. Use
specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

綜合寫作

Reading: Harappan(哈拉帕，一個(gè)古代群落)衰落的原因：

1. 游牧部落的侵略，而且Harappan 的畫和其他東西都表明Harappan 沒有軍隊(duì);

2. 氣候變化導(dǎo)致農(nóng)業(yè)減產(chǎn)，沒有足夠的剩余食物供養(yǎng)更多的人口;

3. 流行病大范圍傳播，并且喝的水污染了，傳染擴(kuò)大。

Listening: 反對(duì)：

1. 被侵略的城市只是Harappan 的很小一部分，Harappan 很大，少部分被侵略不會(huì)影響整個(gè)群落的衰落;

2. 同時(shí)期其他兩個(gè)群落，如埃及和美索不達(dá)米亞也遇到了氣候變化，但是他們適應(yīng)了環(huán)境，他們能夠生產(chǎn)出足夠的食物來維持人口。

3. 說Harappan 有足夠的水源，而且Harappan 在過濾水方面很先進(jìn)，因此大范圍的污染是不可能的，而且傳染病更不能大范圍傳播。