6. Have you ever read a foreign newspaper (or magazine)?
7. Do you think reading foreign magazines and newspapers can help you (or, help people) learn a new language? Advertisements
1. Are there many advertisements in your country?
2. Why do you think there are so many advertisements now? 3. How do you feel about advertisements?
4. What kind of advertisement do you like the most?
5. Do advertisements (ever) influence your choice about what to buy?
6. Where can we see (or, what are the various places where we can) advertisements?
7. Do you prefer advertisements on TV or those in magazines? 8. What sorts of advertisements leave the deepest impression on people?
9. What do you think is the purpose of advertisements (or, advertising)?
10. Do you think advertising plays a very important role in today's world? 11. What do you think about the developments in advertising in China today?
Fruits and Vegetables
1. Do you like to eat fruit(s) and vegetables?
2. What fruit(s) (and /or vegetables) do you especially like to eat?
3. Did you like to vegetables when you were a child?
4. Generally speaking, do children like to eat fruits and vegetables? 5. What fruit and vegetables did you like to eat when you were a child?
6. When you were a child, did you like the same fruits and vegetables that you like now? *
7. Is it easy (or, convenient) to buy fruit and vegetables where you live?
8. What are the benefits of eating fresh fruit (or, fresh fruits and vegetables)?
9. How much fruit and vegetables do you think a person needs to stay healthy?
10. (In China,) is there much difference between the fruits and vegetables that people eat today and what they used to eat in the past? Films
1. How often do you go to the cinema?
2. Are most of the people in the cinema usually children or adults? 3. How much time does it take to watch one film? 4. How much time do you spend watching films? 5. Who do you usually watch films with?
6. Do you prefer to watch films in a cinema or at home? (Why?) 7. What kind of films do you like to watch? (Why?)
8. Is there any kind of film that you don't like to watch? (Why?)
Transport
1. How did you get to the test today? (What form of transportation did you use?)
2. Why did you choose that form of transport? 3. What kind(s) of transport do you usually use?
4. For you, what are the benefits (advantages) of using that form of transportation?
5. Is it very expensive (= very dear)?
6. Is transportation very important where you live?
7. What's the most common means of (= form of) transport in your hometown?
8. What do you think of the transport conditions in your hometown? 9. How do you think the transport system could be improved?
10. Do you think transportation costs (gasoline, subway, bus & taxi fares, etc) are expensive in your hometown?
11. How has the transport system in your hometown changed in the past few decades?
12. How do you think transport (in your hometown) will change in the future (or, in the next 20 or 30 years)?
13. In China, is transportation in the big cities the same as transportation in small towns and villages? Handwriting
1. Do you often write things?
2. What do you usually write?
3. Nowadays, how do most people write things?
4. Do you prefer to write by hand or write using the computer? 5. Do you think computers might one day replace handwriting? 6. When do children begin to write in your country? 7. Do you think handwriting is very important (nowadays)? 8. How can children today improve their handwriting?
Flowers
1. Do you like flowers?
2. Are flowers important in your culture?
3. Do flowers have special meaning in your culture? 4. What's your favourite flower?
5. On what occasions are flowers important?
6. Do you ever give flowers to other people? (If yes, who and why?) 7. When was the last occasion that you bought flowers for someone? 8. Where or did you buy these flowers?
9. When was the last time you gave flowers to someone? 10. Do you like to have flowers in your home? 11. Do you (ever) grow flowers at home? (Give details) 12. Do many people in your country grow flowers at home?
Weather
1. What kind of weather do you like (best)? (Why?) 2. What sort of weather do you least like? 3. What's the weather like in your hometown?
4. Are there any bad points about the weather in your city? 5. What is the typical weather in China like?
6. Have you ever been to any place where the weather is different to your hometown?
7. Which city in China (or, which part of China) has the best weather? 8. Which city in China (or, which part of China) has the worst weather?
9. How does the weather affect people (or, you)? 10. Do you think the weather can affect people's moods?
11. Do you always (often/usually) pay attention to the weather forecast? 12. Can you give any examples of unusual weather?
13. In China, are there ever any problems caused by the weather? Shopping
1. Do you like (going) shopping? (Why?/Why not?) 2. Do you prefer shopping alone or with others?
3. Do you prefer to buy things yourself or to have your parents buy things for you?
4. What time of the day do you prefer to go shopping?