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2008.01.12 The government should focus more on environmental problems and less on economic development 2008.01.18 People are happier when they finish a challenging or difficult job than when they complete task. 2008.01.2 !uccessful people accept new things and take risks rather than hold on to the things that t done well. 2008.02.01 "eing creative is more important in finding the best solution to a problem than planning ca 2008.02.08 #dvertisements targeting children aged between 2 and $ should be banned. 2008.02.1$ %t is important for families to have meals together regularly. 2008.02.2& Technology makes people's lives simpler rather than makes people's lives more complicated. 2008.0&.01 To solve the present and future problems( it is necessary to understand the past. 2008.0&.0 People today spend too much time on enjoyment. )e only do what we like to do rather than wh should do. 2008.0&.1* The environmental issue is too comple+ to be solved by the individuals. 2008.0&.2, %t is important to have rules about the types of clothing that people wear at work and at s 2008.0*.2- The government should give priority to improving healthcare than to solving environmental problems. 2008.0$.0& Technology has made children less creative than children were in the past. 2008.0$.0, The government should spend more money on improving access to the %nternet than on the publ transportation.

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2008.01.12The government should focus more on environmental problems and less on economic development.2008.01.18People are happier when they finish a challenging or difficult job than when they complete an easy task.2008.01.27Successful people accept new things and take risks rather than hold on to the things that they have done well.2008.02.01Being creative is more important in finding the best solution to a problem than planning carefully.2008.02.08Advertisements targeting children aged between 2 and 5 should be banned.2008.02.15It is important for families to have meals together regularly.2008.02.23Technology makes people's lives simpler rather than makes people's lives more complicated.2008.03.01To solve the present and future problems, it is necessary to understand the past.2008.03.07People today spend too much time on enjoyment. We only do what we like to do rather than what we should do.2008.03.14The environmental issue is too complex to be solved by the individuals.2008.03.29It is important to have rules about the types of clothing that people wear at work and at school.2008.04.26The government should give priority to improving healthcare than to solving environmental problems.2008.05.03Technology has made children less creative than children were in the past.2008.05.09The government should spend more money on improving access to the Internet than on the public transportation.2008.05.16Telephone has greater influence on people's lives than TV.2008.05.30People today are not as friendly as people were in the past.2008.06.06Playing computer games is a waste of time for children.2008.06.21Good looks and clothing are more important for success than good ideas.2008.06.28People should live in a city or a country all their lives instead of moving to another place.2008.07.11Today, parents do not understand their children as well as the parents did 50 years ago.2008.08.02It was easier to achieve success in the past than it is today.2008.08.08All university students should take basic science courses regardless of their field of concentration.2008.08.16Most businesspeople are motivated only by the desire for more money.2008.08.23A serious and strict teacher is more effective than a teacher who is humorous and easygoing.2008.09.05Which source is more dependable for news, TV or newspapers?2008.09.21Children should play and study rather than learn how to do household chores.2008.09.27Printed books have greater effects on society than TV does.2008.10.12In order to succeed, we should be more like others than be different from others.2008.10.17People benefit more from traveling in their own country than traveling in a foreign country.2008.10.25Students who can keep their own rooms organized are more likely to succeed.2008.10.31It is more fun to see a movie in the cinema with other people than see a movie at home.2008.11.08Scientists should be responsible for the negative impact that is brought by their discoveries or inventions.2008.11.14Children should only play sports for fun rather than play sports in competitions or contests.2008.11.22Students are more influenced by teachers than by their friends.2008.12.05Sports teach us lessons about life.2008.12.07Spending time alone is the best way to relieve stress.2008.12.10People who have interest in different things cannot be friends.2008.12.12Sports and exercises are more important to elderly people than to young people.2008.12.20People should be allowed to use cell phones on public transportation such as buses and trains.2009.01.10Improving schools is the most important factor in the successful development of a country.2009.01.17Advertising is the most important cause of unhealthy eating habits.2009.02.14In order to become well-informed, one has to get information from different news resources.2009.02.21Newspapers and magazines are the best ways to learn about a foreign country.2009.02.27A job with more vacation time but a low salary is better than a job with a high salary but less vacation time.2009.03.07It is better to use ones own knowledge and experience to solve problems than to get advice from others.2009.03.14It is better to spend money on traveling and vacation than to save money for the future.2009.03.21To remain happy and optimistic when you fail is more important than achieving success.2009.03.29Twenty years from now on, students will not use printed books anymore.2009.04.03The best way to improve education is to raise teachers salaries.2009.05.09To become financially responsible individuals, people should be taught how to manage money at a young age.2009.05.15Professional athletes who receive high salaries, such as football or basketball players, deserve what they get.2009.05.30Younger school children (aged five to ten) should be required to study art and music in addition to math, language, science and history.2009.06.05Solving environmental problems is the best way for the government to improve public health.2009.06.12University students should take part-time jobs.2009.06.20Successful leaders should make others part of the decision-making process.2009.07.25Movies and TV programs made in ones own country is always more interesting than those made in other countries.2009.08.07Parents should allow children to make their own choices rather than determine their childrens future for them.2009.09.19It is more important for the government to spend money on art museums and concert halls than on recreational facilities such as swimming pools and playgrounds.2009.09.25Do you prefer to take a low-paid but secure job or a job with a high salary but easy to lose?2009.10.17Movies and televisions should always show audience that good people are rewarded and bad people are punished.2009.10.24Parents should help their children prepare for future life through encouraging them to take part-time jobs.2009.10.31It is not good to move to a new city or a new country because you will lose old friends.2009.11.07To achieve successful development of a country, a government should focus its budgets more on young childrens education rather than on universities.2009.11.20Parents should give money to their children for their high marks at school.2009.12.04People should buy things that are made in their own country, even if the price of these products is higher than that of the products made in other countries.2009.12.11Parents do not understand their children as well as the parents did 50 years ago.2009.12.19People would be happier with fewer possessions.2010.01.15In order to become financially responsible adults, children should manage their own money at the young age.2010.01.22People who go outside are more successful and happier than people who stay in villages.2010.01.30The government should support scientific research that does not have any practical use.2010.02.13People holding different views cannot achieve success as a team.2010.02.27All high-school students should take basic economic courses.2010.03.06Which is better: challenging plans about one's future or practical plans about one's future?2010.03.12If parents want their children to do well at school, they should limit the time their children spend on watching TV.2010.03.20People can solve important problems by themselves or with the help from their family members so there's no need for the government to help them.2010.03.27In order to make ourselves happy, we should learn how to make others happy first.2010.04.10People should have hobbies and do physical activities that are very different from their own work.2010.04.24The way a person is dressed in is a good indication of his/her character orpersonality.2010.05.08The best way for parents to teach children about responsibility is to have them care for an animal.2010.05.16Improving schools is the most important factor in the successful development of a country.2010.05.22The government should spend more money on improving access to the Internet than on the public transportation2010.06.12People should take a secure job immediately when finding one instead of waiting for the job that they find more satisfying.2010.06.19If you need to discuss upsetting or controversial problems with others, will you use e-mail/text messaging OR use telephone/voice-messaging?2010.06.26It is more likely for people with more skills to succeed.2011.01.15Some people think university professors should spend more time doing research while others think they should spend more time educating students. What is your view?2011.01.21Do you agree or disagree the following statement? The rapid growth cities todays should have a positive effect of the development of the society.2011.01.29Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Because the world is changing so quickly, people now are less happy and less satisfied than people in the past.2011.02.05The most important characteristic for politician is to accept responsibility for mistake.2011.02.11Parents should allow children to make and learn from their own mistakes.2011.02.26Young people nowadays have no influence on decisions that determine the future of the society as a whole.2011.03.05The most important problem that affects the society today will be solved during our lifetime.2011.03.11Although new technology and science will continue to advance and improve peoples life, the most significant improvement has been made.2011.04.15It is more important to have more facilities rather than hire more teachers?2011.04.30It is important to know about what is happening around the world, even if it does not affect your personal lives.2011.05.13One of the ways that parents can help children be ready for adult life is to ask them to do a part-time job.2011.05.28One can learn a lot about the person from the type of friends the person has.2011.06.10It's more important for the government to build new housing than preserve old and historical building.2011.06.25When a new technological devices become available. Some peoplebuy it right away, while others will wait until many have acquired it. Which do you prefer?2011.07.08The friends that you can have fun with are more important than the friends that you can get help from?2011.07.23When teachers assign projects on which students must work together, students will learn much more effectively than ask them to do alone.2011.08.05If one of your friends needs assistance in a one of the courses you are good at, it is better for him to turn to you for help or ask for a tutor?2011.08.20The most important investment for a company is to spend money to improve the work skills of its employees.2011.08.27It is better to wait in patience than take action?2011.09.16Children should do jobs that are similar to those of their parents. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.2011.09.17Automobile has had greater effects on society than airplanes.2011.10.22Famous entertainers and athletes deserve to have more privacy than they have now.2011.10.29It is much easier to achieve success with help from one's family nowadays than before.2011.11.19Some jobs can pay high salaries but require employees to leave their family and friends. Some jobs pay few salaries but allow employees staying with family and friend. Which job do you prefer? Why?2011.12.2People who cannot accept the criticism from others will not be successful at working in a group.2011.12.9Your job has more effect on your happiness than your social life does.2011.12.17It is impossible to be completely honest with your friend.2012.01.13Which following statement would you change to improve your health: 1. The kind of food you eat. 2. The amount of exercise. 3. The amount of stress.2012.01.21The opinions of celebrities, such as certain entertainer or athletes, are more important for younger people than older people.2012.01.28The reading that a student does on his or her own is as important as or more important than a reading assigned by professors.2012.02.03Government should share their scientific discoveries with others.2012.02.11Talented peoples leadership is born by nature and cannot be learned by people.2012.02.18Working at home using computers or telephones is better than working in the office.2012.03.03Employees should follow the orders of their bosses rather than propose new ideas.2012.03.09Young people now are more willing to help others than those in the past.2012.03.29Government should focus more on preservation of environment rather than economic development.2012.04.14It is important for government to protect wild animals and wilderness areas for future generations.2012.04.20Which following statement contributes most to an enjoyable vacation: good food, good location or good friends to travel with?2012.04.27People now are more interested in politics than those in the past.2012.05.05Which of the following statement do you think is the best to make new friends:1. Joining in a sport team. 2. Participating in community activities or traveling?2012.05.25Our society today is so busy and crowed that people do not need to be polite to each other.2012.05.26It is easier to maintain good health than in the past.2012.06.08People care more about public recognition, even though more money is given, public recognition can still make people work harder.2012.06.152012.06.23All school teachers should update their knowledge every five years.2012.07.06Participating in activities in organization and clubs is as important as academic study for students.2012.07.28When 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?2012.08.04Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Teachers now have more influence on their students than they were in the past.2012.08.17Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: People show less respect to teachers than they did in the past.2012.08.25Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: To achieve successful development of country, a government should spend more money on young childrens education (5-10) rather than on university.

2012.09.07University should spend more money supporting social activities rather than improving the food students eat.2012.09.15Teachers performance should be evaluated by students rather than by otherteachers.2012.09.27Your job has more effect on your happiness than your living environment dose.2012.09.29The best leader should admit if they made a bad decision.2012.10.06Nowadays, neighbors depend on each other less than the people in the past.2012.10.12The rules that the whole societies today expect to young people to follow and obey are too strict.2012.10.19Younger people spend more time on improving the world than in the past.2012.10.27Although childrens decisions were often made by parents in the past, it is better for children to make decisions nowadays.2012.11.03Parents should spend more time playing games or doing sports with their children or they should spend more time helping their children with their schoolwork.2012.11.162012.11.17People learn about one person from books and movies that they like.2012.12.01People live in countryside are happier than people live in the city.2012.12.08Students can use their mobile phones to surf on the internet or listen to the music while doing their homework.2012.12.14Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Nowadays advertising is more honest than it was in the past.2013.01.12Do you agree or disagree with the statement: In modern times, parents will learn more from children than children learn from parents.2013.01.26Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In order to be successful, businesses must put more money in advertising.2013.02.23In order to attract good studentsmany university spent a lot of money in society activities.2013.03.02People should state their honest opinions even though they know others will disagree with their views.2013.03.22Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Though modern agricultural practices damage the environment, feeding the worlds growing population is more important than protecting against environmental damage.2013.04.06Teachers are appreciated and valued nowadays not as much as they were before.2013.04.27The best way to reduce air pollution is that government to raise the cost of fuelpetrolof the cars. Do you agree this statement or not. Explain your position.2013.05.31The most important thing people learnt is from families.2013.06.08Some students prefer to have their final grades determined by numerous small assignments, whereas others prefer to have their final grades determined by only a few large ones.2013.06.22Is it as important for older people to study or learn new things as it is for younger people?2013.07.13When choosing living place, which factor is the most important one for you?living in an area that is not expansiveliving close to relativesliving in an area with many shops and restaurants.2013.07.26If your teacher says something incorrect in a class, what will you do?interrupt your teacher right awaykeep silentcorrect your teacher after class2013.08.10Some people like to record their life by sharing pictures and other information on social-networking sites. Others keep this information to themselves and never share it online.2013.08.31Government should support scientific researches which do not have practical uses.2013.09.07When making major purchase(eg. Car or laptop), our decision can be influenced by different sources of information. Explain how each of the following source of information can influence your decision.1)recommendations from friends or colleagues2)information from media(eg. TV, magazines, newspapers)3)recommendations from the sales person in the store2013.09.13Children should play and study rather than learn how to do household chores.2013.09.27Using clean energy to protect the environment, but the traditional energy sources such as coal and oil is less expensive.2013.09.28Society benefits more from works of great artists than from political leaders.2013.10.05Some people think that it is an important part of childrens education to go on field trips(eg. Museums).other people think a childs time is better spent in classroom at school.2013.10.11=2013.09.07When making major purchase(eg. Car or laptop), our decision can be influenced by different sources of information. Explain how each of the following source of information can influence your decision.1)recommendations from friends or colleagues2)information from media(eg. TV, magazines, newspapers)3)recommendations from the sales person in the store2013.10.19A high school has decided that all students must take a class in which they learn a practical skill. School administrators are trying to decide whether to hold a class in cooking, managing personal finances or auto repair. Which do you think the school should require students to take?2013.10.25You are helping to elect a student leader for a student organization or a club. Do you agree or disagree that honesty is the most important thing to consider in deciding whom to vote for?2013.11.09Busy parents have less time to spend with their children. Some people think time should be spent to play games or sports. Others think time should be spent by doing something together related to schoolwork.2013.11.16The government is not educating people enough about the importance of good and healthy life style.2013.11.22Scientists have been working to make technology easier and human friendly. How do you think technology had affected our lives?2013.12.06The most important investment that can be made to the education of children aged from four to seven is giving them a computer.2013.12.07If people are on vacation, they should leave their mobile phones at home.2013.12.14The more money people have, the more they should give away to charity.2013.12.20Should government spend money on public parks for everyone or build a sport field for students?2014.01.17Do you think classmates or colleagues should work on projects in person or by e-mails. Why?2014.02.28Nowadays people are more willing to help the people who they dont know (for example, giving food and clothes to the people who need them) than they were in the past.2014.04.05People in the past are more interested in improving their neighborhood (the area where they live) than now.2014.04.19In order to be successful, businesses must put more money in advertising.2014.04.27Your job has more effect on your happiness than your social life does.