Name
What is your full name?
How should I call you?
Does your name have any special significance?
Who gave your name?
Part 1
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?
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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?
Friend
Do you usually meet new friends?
How do you make new friends?
Where do you usually hang out with your friends?
Weather/season
What type of weather do you like?
What type of weather do Chinese people usually like?
What do you often do in sunny days? Cold days?
How does weather affect you?
Does weather affect people’s work performance?
Which is your favorite season?
What is the most common weather in your country?
Do you pay attention to the weather forecast?
What do you think about weather report?
Do you think people’s activities will change in different seasons?
Sound and noise
Your favorite sound from nature and why?
The noise you hate the most?
the types of sounds that you consider as noise
Do you like quiet environment?
What kinds of sounds remind you about your childhood?
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?
Colour
What is your favourite colour? Why?
What color do you dislike?
What colour of clothes do you like?
Do you prefer light colors or dark colors?
What colour would you use to decorate your home?
Is colour very important to you when you are buying sth?
Which colour do Chinese people like?
Food & Cooking & housework
Do you like cooking?
Do you cook/do housework at home?
Did you learn cooking/houseworkin your childhood?
Will you cook/do houseworkin the future?
Who cooks/does houseworkin your family?
Is it important for young people to know how to cook/do housework?
Fruit/vegetable/ healthy eating
What kind of fruit/vegetables do you like? Why?
Where do you buy fresh fruit and vegetable?
Is it easy (convenient to) buy fruit and vegetables where you live?
Do you like to eat fruit(s) and vegetables?
How often do you eat fruit and vegetables?
Did you like to vegetables when you were a child?
What are the benefits of eating fresh fruit (or, fresh fruits and
vegetables)?
How much fruit and vegetables do you think a person needs to eat (everyday) to stay healthy?
Fashion/shopping
Do you like fashion?
Do you like shopping?
How often do you go shopping?
Do you prefer to go shopping with friends or alone?
What makes you interested in shopping?
Do you think shopping is a waste of time?
What kind of clothes do you like?
Who buy clothes for you?
What’s the difference between big shop and small shop?
When was the last time you went shopping?
Flowers
Do you like flowers?
Why do people like flower?
Do Chinese people grow flowers?
When was the last time you bought flowers/ gave flowers to others?
Why will Chinese people buy flowers? On what occasions do people give flowers to other people?
Do Chinese people grow flowers in gardens?
Do you like garden?
Do the old like flowers?
Are flowers popular in china?
Sports/ swimming
What sport do you like?
Do your friends like sport?
Do you often do exercises at university?
Is there any sports equipment near your home?
How often do you do exercise?
Do you think it is necessary for children to do exercise?
Do you prefer to swim at sea or in the swimming pool?
Travelling/sea
Have you ever had a long journey/ been to sea?
When was your last trip (to sea)?
Do you like travelling/ being at sea?
Where have you been?
What is the furthest place/ sea you’ve been to?
Do you prefer traveling alone or with friends?
Among the places you have travelled to, which place/ sea you like most?
What do people usually do at sea?
Internet/ Letter or email
What do you think about the internet?
What are the advantages of internet?
Do you like email or letter?
How often do you send email?
Cell phone
Do you often use a mobile phone?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using cell phones?
Do you prefer to call someone or text sb.?
Book/reading/& newspapers & magazines
Do you often read books?
What kinds of books do you usually read?
Did you read a lot when you were a child? If so, what were they?
Why don't you keep reading now?
Do you like reading?
Where do you read books?
How long do you read per day?
Do you enjoy reading when you were a child? Now? Why?
Where do you usually read news from? Newspaper, internet or TV?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using Internet?
Watching TV
Do you like watching TV?
Did you like watching TV when you were a child?
How often do you watch TV?
Do you prefer watching TV alone or with others?
Film
What kinds of film do you like?
Are these types of film popular in your country?
Do you prefer watch movies in cinema or at home?
How often do you watch film?
Driving
Do you have a driving license?
When is the appropriate age for getting a driving license?
Is driving skills important?
Do you (know how to) drive a car?
Do you think it’s important to get a driver’s license?
Language
What language do you speak?
What other languages can you speak?
Do you want to learn anther language?
How do you learn it (esp. English)?
Do you think learning English is difficult?
How do you improve your English?
Do you think learning languages is important?
Something helps you to learn another language.
Part 2 (红色是新题)
People
A person who taught you something(eg. Swimming, cooking, riding a bike)
A (old) person you like and want to talk with
a friend with leadership/
a leader(in business, politics, sports)
Describe your personality and characteristics
An adventurous person
A good student you studied with
A character in a story (media)
A person in a piece of news
a family (member/ but not yours)
A child/a friend in childhood you admire
a person who you want to spend some time with/ you ever helped
a neighbour
a visitor/ a person you want to visit
An interesting animal
Objects/ things
A piece of furniture you want to buy in the future
An old thing of your family
A means of transport/ vehicle
A gift
something you made yourself
a piece of clothes you'd like to wear
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
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
An interesting magazine or newspaper you often read
A piece of (interesting) news you read recently
an exciting message (a special letter/an e-mail)
A kind of book
A book you'd like to read again(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 foreign country you'd like to travel to
a place for swimming
A house or a flat you'd like to live in the future/Your ideal or favourite home/ room (in your childhood)
A work place(an office/ a shop/ a factory)
A restaurant (a place you sometimes go for lunch)
a place where you would go in the free time off work or college
leisure center in your area
A peaceful place
A historic site (describe a place you learned some history from)
An outdoor place for sports
A garden
a library
Your favourite street of a city/ your hometown
Modern building (shopping center/supermarket)
a Hotel
A museum/ a place where you learn a lot
A city/a small town
A small shop
Events
A kind thing sb. did to you
A situation you received congratulations from others
An interesting thing you learnt about another culture/ country
A new change about your city
A holiday
A walk you take regularly
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 or 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
A telephone conversation
Special Meal
Something naughty you did when you were a child
A (exciting/ healthy) physical activity/ sport you are good at/a lifestyle change to improve your health
A sport competition you have never watched but would like to
the most useful practical skill(eg.cooking,driving) u've learned./ you learned from computer
A job you think you’ll be good at/that can make the world better/ a business you want to own in the future
A party for someone/a festival
A group/ outdoor activity you took part in
A way to protect the environment
A family event
