Ôn thi cao học tiếng anh chủ đề Speaking

Introduce yourself
My name is Binh. I am twenty-eight years old. I am still single. (I’m married with
children). I am a former student of HCM City University of Economics. I graduated in 2001
majoring in Business Administration. In my free time, I like cycling or playing sports. The
activities really help me to keep fit.
I’m now working for Longan Machinery Industry Joint Stock Company. My company
professionally manufactures machines for processing rice. In my job, I’m in charge of
managing sales team of 4 people. I really like my job because the salary is not too bad, the
boss is friendly and most of all my colleagues are helpful.
I’m taking this post graduate course in the hope to widen my knowledge so that I can work
better and get promotion. Besides, only by studying can I see myself younger, more
ambitious and more active.
Topic 1: What is important when recruiting newstaff? You should say:
∑Qualifications
∑Experience
∑References
When recruiting new staff, I think qualifications are important because they are proof to
show that an applicant has basic knowledge for certain training. It helps the employer get a
general prospective about the candidate because the employer can learn whether the
candidate has tried hare or not during their study. Besides, an applicant with qualifications
of a well-known college or university has an advantage. Thus, I think qualifications are one
of the important conditions for an applicant to be recruited.
Another important factor is work experience. Having experience, an applicant knows ways
to solve problem quickly and effectively. Moreover, employers don’t have to spend time
and money retraining them. They can start work right away when getting employment.
Therefore, most employers prefer recruiting applicants with work experience.
Nowadays, many employers pay much attention to an applicant’ references. Reference is a
valuable source for recruiters to find out more about an applicant, for example,
performance, behavior, etc. It is important because a letter of reference is from a third
person whose voice is somehow objective about an applicant and in some aspect, it’s worth
consulting. Besides, an applicant himself must be good so he can get someone’s reference.

In conclusion, when recruiting new staff, it is important to look over his or her qualification,
experience and reference.
Topic 2. What is important when renting office premises?
∑size
∑location
∑cost
When renting an office premise, I think the size, the location and the cost of an office are all
important to a company’s budget and employees.
Firstly, the size of the office is very important. As you know when people work in a large
place, they feel comfortable and fresh. Thus, they can work well and finish their work
effectively. Most importantly, their customers or partners may be impressed by the size of
the company, so they feel like doing business with them. Secondly, the location of the office
is also important. Ifour office is located in a convenient place, for example, in the city center
or on a large avenue, it has more advantages. It is easy for customers to look for you or it is
convenient for your employees to commute to work. As a result, you can have more
customers and lower staff turnover.
Lastly, an office with a large size in a good location is perfect. Not enough to say, if the cost
is reasonable. Every business pays much attention to the cost as it directly influences their
business profit. If the rent is too high, they may either increase the price of their products or
services or cut down some fringe benefits. Either of the measures is not good for the
company because they may not remain competitive for the high price. Respectively, their
staff may not stay with them long because they are demotivated with fewer allowances.
Inconclusion, it is ideal if we can rent a large office in a convenient place with a reasonable
cost.
Topic 4. What is important when employing a secretary?
First talk
Skills are important because if she has good skills, she can work well.
Experience because she has good communication skills, she can solve disputes of industrial
relations, or customers’ complaints.
Personal qualities are important because she may be the one whom the boss confides in the

company’s secrets or his, and she won’t discrete them.
Second talk
Firstly, experience is important because she can work efficiently & quickly.
She can solve difficulties easily.
Secondly, skills are important. A secretary’s skills include shorthand taking, foreign
languages, communication, typing, etc. With shorthand skill, she can take notes at meetings
very quickly & exactly, so her manager can get all the discussions and decisions at the
meeting clearly. With her fluency in foreign language, she can help her boss to contact
foreign partners easily. With her good communication skills, she can inform some issues /
regulations to all the staff persuasively.
Thirdly, personal qualities are important. She must be honest because she has somewhat
influence on her manager’s decisions. She is also responsible for her work in order to finish
the assigned tasks on due dates. She must know how to keep secret because she may reveal
some confidential information of the company to the rivals.
Topic 5. What is important when going for a job an interview?
First talk
Knowledge of the company is important because it shows that you are interested in the
company. And it also helps you decide if you can get along well with the work there.
Appearance is important because you may win the interviewer’s love or you may be
confident in yourself and the chance to be successful is high.
OR
Appearance is not important because your ability or qualifications are more important
Because your voice or the way you answer the interviewer’s questions is the key factor for
you to be chosen.
Arriving on time is important because it proves that you are a well-organized person, or you
are a good disciplined person, or respect the interviewer. If you came late, you may miss the
chance to get the job.
Second talk
When going for a job interview I think the knowledge of a company is important because it
can help me to be confident.

When going for a job interview I think appearance is also important because if I have a
good appearance I will make a good impression on the interviewer.
When going for a job interview I think arriving on time is important too. It proves that I
am well-disciplined.
Third talk
It is increasingly difficult to find work in the present economic situation. So, with all the
applicants, the preparation for a job interview is really a challenge.
- The first important thing is your knowledge of the company you are applying. You should
know as much as possible about its establishment and development history, its major
products as well as its market….This shows your attention to the company. You pay much
attention to it which means that you really want to contribute your knowledge and ability to
it and will probably work long with it.
Second, not less important, you should have good appearance. First impressions are very
important. Your good ability and experience must combine with a good feature. An
applicant who dresses in a suitable office clothes, with a self-confident manners and
attitudes will surely attract more attention of the recruiters. Besides, you should smile and
show interests when listening and answering the interviewer’s questions.
Third, you should arrive on time or earlier than suggested. If you are late for your first
appointment, the interviewer may think that you are not responsible or well-disciplined.
Topic 7: what is important when arranging entertainment for clients?
Good morning/afternoon
My candidate number is…
My topic is number 7-what is important when arranging entertainment for clients?
In my opinion to arrange entertainment for clients, the organiser should consider three
things or factors as follows
- types of activities
- venue
- cost
Firstly, types of activities are important. Because it attracts people to attend the
entertainment much and the importance is that the activities is a chance comunicating with

clients and say thanks to them because of their support to our products or something like
that. In my opinion types of activities may include party, organizing a holidays trip for the
clients, talking about the strategy of the company together with going sight seeing and
outdoor activities such as shopping, spa, ect
Secondly, venue is important too. Because selecting a ideal place for the entertainment
partly makes a good impression for the clients and partly helps them be relax when they join
us. There are many beautiful places in Viet Nam, we can arrange the entertainment
sucessfully.
Thirdly, cost plays the most important thing in our arrangement. Because it decides the
success or the failure of the event. If we have lots of money we can spend much on
entertaining our clients and they feel satisfied. And vice sersa, they are upset and
unpleasant. This thing causes bad effect on the our image we have been building so far.
Topic 8: what is important when organising a meeting?
Good morning/afternoon
My candidate number is…
My topic is number 8-what is important when organising a meeting?
To organise a meeting, in my opinion, we should consider three factors as follows
- agenda
- length of meeting
- types of rooms
Firstly, agenda is important. Because when we have an agenda we will focus on the main
points when starting the meeting avoiding waste of time. In my opinion, agenda for the
meeting may include hiring additional employees, the product stratergy, fianance and
accounting, or something like that. In general, the problems the leader wants to inform the
mananger are important so that they can know and understand much about the current
company situation.
Secondly, length of time is important too. Because it helps the leader consider not to present
long and waste of time. In addition to neat and clear presentation is very important. Because
we have no time to listen unuseful information from the reporter. So the meeting program
must stipulate a certain time for a given point.

Thirdly, types of rooms plays an iportant role in meeting. Rooms must be spacious enough
so that everyone can feel comfortable and excitied in meeting. Rooms must have sufficient
facilities sevicing the meeting such as LCD, projector, drinking water, speaker, ect. and
specially types of room must be silent and be well soundproofed.
Topic 9: What is important when choosing suitable transport for business trip? You
should say:
Before you travel on business, there are a few simple questions you need to answer to help
you determine which kind of transport you must take. Make sure you get all the details in
advance to make your business trip easier.
Whether you use your own vehicle or a rented vehicle, it's important to do a quick safety
check to ensure your trip will be safe. Check fluid levels, tire pressure, make sure there is a
spare tire available and it's ready to go if needed. Know what insurance coverages you have
and you might even look into third-party programs such as what are offered by Auto
Associations. If the vehicle is rented who is repsonsible for repairs if required?
In addition to safety, convenience is also important, especially with long distance.
Convenience helps you be healthier so that you can work more effectively.
Third, cost-effectiveness is also a concern whether you use your own vehicle or a rented
vehicle or you go by airplane. If you use your own vehicle, that’s the cost of fuel and and
other expense, if you go on a rented vehicle or you go by airplane, that’s the fee of tickets.
Fourth, you should consider the enjoyment of the journey when choosing transport, if you
go by vehicle, you can see the scenery in the streets, if you go by airplane, it’s just take you
a short time to go to your destination.
In short, every kind of transport has its advantage and disadvantage. So you should choose
the suitable transport depending on the specific situations.
Topic 10: what is important when selecting employees for promotion?
Good morning/afternoon
My candidate number is…
My topic is number 10-what is important when selecting employees for promotion?
In my opinion there are three factors for the director to select employees for promotion
including personal qualities, current performance and seniority.

Firstly, personnal qualities is important. Because the selected person must have good ethics,
talent, wisdom, ect. From his or her qualities, people around them can cosider him or her as
a good manager and other people belonging to his management will obey them strictly.
Secondly, current performance is important too. Because from his/her good result he/she
work for the company, the leader promote him/her up to a higher position as a award. In my
opinion current performance may include completion of the assigned tasks, the abilities that
help him or her sovle the difficult problem sucessfully. With a stable working performance
day by day, month by month, year by year, it is worth selecting to promote him/her.
Thirdly, in my opinion seniority plays an important role in selecting employees for
promotion. Because the very seniority is one of the best standard when promoting someone
to a certain position. On the other hand he/she obtains many good skilks through the process
of their working, he or she can work out solutions to solve it and he/she can predict the
difficulties and overcome easily.
Topic 11: what is important when setting up a new busines?
Good morning/afternoon
My candidate number is….
My topic is number 11-what is important when setting up a new business
In my opinion people want to set up a business you should consider three things/factors as
follows first business plan, second management experience and third is financial backing.
Firstly, business plan is important. Because it ensures that he/she is on the right way. A
business plan may include your products, marketing targets, premises, sources for your
finance, etc. it is like a guidline for a business to exist or develop.
Secondly, management experience is important too. If a manager has good experience
he/she can overcome the difficulties that he/she faces easily. He/she can predict the problem
and work out solutions for them. In my opinion management experience can be the product
management, human management, relations between you and employees, incentives that
you present in order to stimulate all the company performing well, etc.
Thirdly, financial backing plays the most important things/factors in your business because
if you have no money you can not set up your bisiness. If you have good financial backing
you can buy material, equipment, pay for employees, etc.

Topic 12: What is important when deciding whether to apply for a new post?
When you are fed up with your current post or when you see a new oppotunity, you may
want to change your work and apply for a new post. There are plenty of elements to
consider when deciding whether to apply for a new post.
First, the location of te company you will apply for. Please answer the following questions:
Is it convinient for you to go to work? Is the company far or near your house? If it is
convinient for you to go to work, you will feel more comfortable when going to work and if
the company is near your house, you will save a lot of time to do other things you want.
Second, the career prospects. When you decide to apply for a new post, please make sure
that you will get on well with your work and you will have opportunities to get promotions.
Third, the salary is also important. You can compare the salary with that of similar jobs and
positions. Please make sure that the salary of your new post is high competitive.
In a nutshell, to apply for a new post is a hard decision. Your decision will affect your
future. So please think carefully before deciding.
Topic 13: what is important when organising an in-house training course?
Good morning/afternoon
My candidate number is…
My topic is number 13-what is important when organising an in-house training course?
To organise an in-house course, in my opinion, we should consider three factors as follows:
- course contents
- participants selected
- budget
Firstly, course contents is important. Because through the training course the employees can
develop their skill the company want to have so that they do their work effectively and fast.
So course contents are one of the important thing for the trainees. In my opinion the course
contents may be the stuty program that organiser want the trainees to obtain to supplement
the their shortcomings in working and to catch up with the development of the company. It
can be the working skills, the management skills, the communication skills, ect
Secondly, participants selected are important too. Because these are the main subjects of the
course. So the company must select the distinguised people or someone needs to be trained

in helping the company develop. We must select those subjects carefully.
Thirdly, the budget plays the decisive role in the course. Because if we have no money we
can not organise an in-house training course. If we have a good budget we can find or invite
the wellknown person in the certain field to teach our employees more effectively. As a
result we obtain our objectives in training employees well.
Speaking topic 14: What is important when recruiting senior staff? You should say:
-Age
-Qualifications
-Experience
I think when recruiting senior staff, age is very important. There is a saying “You’re good
enough if you are old enough.” There are three reasons for my choice. Firstly, older
employees often have relationships in the community. They can take advantage of these
relations in their business. Therefore, it’s easy for them to work
and bring a lot of benefits to the company. Secondly, when they are old, which means they
have a lot of experience in life and in work. This helps them make cautious and right
decisions. Thirdly, because of their old age, they have an advantage over young managers.
They can be more respected and listened because of Vietnamese culturalbackground.
In my opinion, qualification is also an important factor when recruiting senior staff. We
often assume that a person’s abilities are based on the qualifications s/he has got. It’s
obvious that qualifications show a person’s possible capability to perform a certain job. A
real certificate truly verifies one’s abilities if he/she has really studied courses hard for many
years. Senior staffs with qualifications of a well-known college or university have an
advantage.
The other important factor is also working experience. Experience is something you have
gained through your working time. Again, the saying “If you’re good enough, you’re old
enough.” is true. Having working experience, senior staffs know ways to solve problems
quickly and effectively. With entry-level positions, employers may choose applicants
without experience, as they think the applicants can learn later in their work life. However,
with senior posts, applicants are hired because of their experience. Employers expect them
to start work right away and the applicants’ work is management, not an apprentice.

Topic 15. What is important when cutting production costs?
Firstly, material costs are important so we can’t cut their costs. If we buy cheap materials,
i.e. our products will be low-quality. As a result, we may lose our market share.
OR
Firstly, material costs account for a large part of costs in production. If we can cut material
costs by finding cheap suppliers, similar replacements, etc., we can reduce the cost of our
products. We also use material in an efficient way to reduce wastes.
Secondly, labor costs can be reduced by automating production lines, or upgrading workers’
skills, getting rid of unproductive workers or restructuring the company.
Thirdly, although operating costs play a small part in production costs, they should be
reduced to increase the competitiveness of our products.
Topic 16: What is important when planning market research?
My candidate number is…
My topic is number 16-what is important when planning market reseach?
Nowadays the planning market research helps the company survive and develop in the
competative economy. To plan market research we should consider three things/factors as
follows:
- types of questions
- types of people
- types of products
Firstly, types of questions is important. Because we need to arrange the questionaires
carefully before surveying the market. Types of questions is the pilot that we want to find
and require people to answer our wanted thing. In my opinion types of questions may be in
relation to products, marketing tendency, customer’s taste or something like that.
Secondly, types of people is important too. Because people who are interested in that field
are more effective than those of who not interested in. Besides people are also active and
dynamic suitable for the market research.
Thirdly, types of products play an important role in research market. Beacause our products
must be stranger than the others do and our products must be special in order to attract
customer’s attention. When we research the market we want to receive the response from

the customer so that we can predict the prosperous situation in the future or we must adjust
the product so that our product can meet the requirement from the market.
Topic 18: What is important when deciding whether to obtain a further qualification?
Once you have completed your initial qualification you may want to pursue further
qualification. There are plenty of elements to consider when deciding whether to obtain a
further qualification.
Time commitments
Everyone has a lot of duties in their lives. How to balance the time for working, relaxing
and studying is a thorny problem. Please make sure that you have enough time for studying
so that you don’t fall into stress in the process of study.
Career benefit
Graduating with a postgraduate degree can significantly improve your career prospects.
However, study takes time, so please study more if you have time.
Interest
You can get good knowledge with higher study. Study help to improve your knowledges
and skills. Certain job requires certain skill. So developing skills is essential for some
works.
Topic 19. What is important when placing a newspaper advertisement?
Firstly, newspaper sales figures are important because a newspaper with a large circulation
may ensure the large cover of our advertising. Therefore, our advertisement can reach a
great number of potential customers.
Secondly, advertising costs are important because if the benefits from our advertising do not
cover the costs, we won’t advertise.
Thirdly, types of newspapers are not less important. The type of our products determines the
type of newspaper we choose. For example, if our products are sports equipment, it’s better
for us to advertise on some sports magazines.
Writing 1: WOULD YOU RATHER BE SELF-EMPLOYED, WORK FOR SOMEONE
ELSE OR OWN A BUSINESS?
There is many choices for jobs when someone is old enough to come to employment. Some people
want to become owners who run their own business while others believe they will have a safer life

when they work as employees. In my opinion, I would rather work for someone else than be an
employer.
Firstly, self-employment requires a lot of criteria such as creativity, responsibilities, management
ability, and capital, so it produces a lot ofstress. It is a difficult task to become a director who has to
take responsibilities for all the fates of his employees of a company. That is the reason why bosses
are always bad-tempered. Their hearts and minds are controlled by their business. Most of their
time is at work, so they don’t have enough time for family. They become exhausted after coming
home because of overnight parties to entertain new contracts. Although they are sometimes very
tired, they have to run with their business. If they stop working, their company may go bankrupt.
Secondly, self-employment may bear high risk rates. In fact, it can be seen that so many people who
have prepared carefully their business. They do market survey, produce good products or employ
excellent sales teams. However, there are cases that market turns against them. Take the case of 11
September in the US as a typical example. Of course, businesses working there at the time had had
a lot of experience. They had been in operation for a long time. They had had good staff and good
reputation. They even had had measures to protect themselves to manage risk. However, they had
not survived the disastrous attack, which had caused them completely collapse.
In conclusion, I would prefer to work for someone else because I can’t work under pressure or bear
high risk rates that self-employment has to face.
Writing topic 2: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Face to face
communication is better than other types of communication, such as letters, email, or
telephone calls. Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
I agree with the statement that face to face communication is better than other types of
communication, such as letters, email, or telephone calls. Below are some points to support my
opinion.
First of all, when people communicate with each other in person, they can have instant feedback.
Thus, they do not have to wait hours or days to get an answer to their question as it occurs for letters
or emails, and the possibilities of misunderstanding will be much less than communication by other
ways.
Secondly, face to face communication enhances the relationship with other people. It's hard to
imagine that family members only communicate with each other through telephone calls or email.

Moreover, it is very
difficult to improve friendship or love between people as there is a saying “out of sight out of
mind.” I believe that other types ofcommunication, such as: letter, e-mail and telephone calls have
no such advantages. Furthermore, we need also to take into account what the experts call “non-
verbal communication". People cannot only speak but also use their body languages and face
expressions to help to express themselves more clearly. When discussing with a person, we can
understand better what a person actually thinks about that a specific argument, thanks to non-verbal
messages. These consist of a series of facial expressions or gestures, which help us to comprehend
if the messages the person's body are sending us coincide with what the person is actually saying.
For instance, to make an easy example, when we tell someone a story, we can easily interpret if s/he
is surprised, disappointed, happy or angry through his/her nonverbal responses. An aspect that we
can't obviously analyze when talking on the phone or receiving an email.
To sum up, face to face communication appears to me to have many advantages. I believe it is the
most preferable to those who are eager to know what the interlocutor's feelings are.
Writing 3: People have different ways of escaping the stress and difficulties of modern life.
Some read; some exercise; others work in their gardens. What do you think are the best ways
of reducing stress? Use specific details and examples in your answer.
Modern life has become so demanding nowadays that everyone is facing the problem of stress. In
order to escape the stress due to work pressure, people try out different ways to release it. These
include reading, gardening, cycling, playing and many more things depending on their choice. In
my opinion, the best ways to escape stress are listening to music, going on a short trip and spending
time with family. Here are the reasons for my choices.
Firstly, listening to good music is the best way to escape from stress because music takes us into a
different world. Also, we can listen to music anywhere with portable systems. While listening to the
sweetly composed tunes it makes us forget all the worldly worries. How can anyone feel unmoved
when listening to Mozart or Beethoven’s pieces of music? Or I’m so sure that hardly anyone
ignores Trinh Cong Son’s compositions, simply because of their beautiful words. This helps us
reduce stress whenever we feel so. Therefore I think listening music is an excellent way to avoid
stress.
Secondly, going on a short trip to somewhere peaceful or beautiful is another way to help us

become free from stress. When taking a trip, it allows us to enjoy numerous natural beauties and
lovely sights around which are incomparable. Therefore, I think it is a good way to get rid of
tiredness, overload responsibilities or heavy duties.
Finally, playing sports is also the best way to avoid stress. My favorite sport is tennis. I like playing
tennis because it keeps me not only fit in my physical body but also fresh in my mind. In fact, when
I play sports, this helps us release unpleasant things in my life, and be ready for another new busy
day.
In conclusion, I would like to say again that listening to music, going for a trip and taking a trip and
playing sports certainly releases stress as supported by the above mentioned points.
WRITING 4: people work because they need money to live. What are some other reasons that
people work? Discuss one or more of these reasons. Use specific examples and details to
support yours answer.
People work because they need money to live. Of course, they need money to buy basic necessaries
such as food, clothes, housing or some kinds of entertainment as music, movie or traveling.
Money helps people to ensure their basic needs of life to enjoy their life. However, they work to
define themselves. They work to feel and prove to everyone that they are useful to society. Working
is a normal activity that people perform in order to feel useful and important in their life. Our life is
meaningless if we don’t work. For example, teachers teach their students with the knowledge, or
famers grow rice to provide foods for humans…
Besides working is an activity that people apply theories learned at school to practice. Most of
schools in Vietnam offer students little opportunities to practice. Therefore, they need work to
understand more the theory that they have learnt at school and gain experience for themselves.
Besides, working increases the self-esteem of a person, giving him/her an opportunity to do what
s/he can do the best. A person who works knows that s/he is working because s/he has good
qualifications to do so. S/he can improve his/her skills every day by doing his/her job and he/she
can feelproud of himself/herself.
The last reason is that, in my opinion, working helps people to meet others. Through work, people
can find friends and share with them everything in their life. This makes everyone happy. Working
can enhance the spirit of people because they know that they can do something special in their life.
In fact, working is one ofthe essential activities of human life, no matter how much money you

receive, you always have a feeling of being useful.
In conclusion, people work not only because of money but also because of gaining experience, self-
esteem, and the need to meet others.
Writing 5: Which would you choose: a high-paying job with long hours that would give you
little time with family and friends or a lower paying job with shorter hours that would give
you or time with family and friends, explain your choice, using specific reasons and details
Nowadays, most of people like doing for a big company, because big companies pay them high
salary. However, they have to work long hours and have no tie for their family and friends. On the
contrary, others like working for a small company which offers them a lower paying job, but more
time for their personal life. I prefer having a low paid job, but in return, I can have more time for
my family. Here are the reasons for my choice.
Firstly, all high-paying jobs with long hours put too much relentless pressure on people, causing
harm to their mind and body. People who pursue high-paying jobs always care fringe benefits that
their jobs offer, such as good salary, generous bonus, high social status and a sense of achievement.
We, ofcourse, have to sacrifice our health and love or time for our family and friends for these
advantages. For me, it is not worth doing this. We all agree that money can purchase many things,
and make our life better; however, we can’t buy a good health or love from family and friends with
money.
A lower-paying job with shorter hours gives us more time to accompany my friends and family to
somewhere. Then we can have more fun or more good time together. This will forever be a good
memory in our life. Shorter hours’ work helps us have more time to communicate with my family
and friends to share with sorrow as well as happiness. This can pacify our mind in the thought that
we have someone to care for and to be cared.
In short, even though a lower-paying job can’t provide us with enough money to satisfy our
material needs, I think it can give us more time with our family and friends. What is better, we don’t
need to sacrifice our health and our time fromdeveloping close relationships with my family and
friends.
Topic 6: We all work or will work in our jobs with many different kinds of people. In your
opinion, what are some important characteristics of a co-worker (someone you work closely
with)?

I have been working for my company since I graduated three years ago, and considered it as my
second family. I have worked with many different kinds of people; and each of them has individual
characteristics. In my opinion, an idealco-worker is the one who is well-qualified, helpful to others
and cheerful.
I highly appreciate a well-qualified co-worker because s/he contributes a lot to both his/her
colleagues’ and the company’s progress. A co-worker with good knowledge and skills means that
s/he knows what she is doing and what can be a possible result. S/he also knows the solutions to
problems pending appearing at work. A well- qualified co-worker is very comfortable to work with
because I can rest believed that the work is finished on time and its quality is ensured.
Another important quality is the helpfulness to others. I felt happy when I was a junior in my
company because I was helped so much by the older. They were always willing to give me
complete answers and enthusiastic guide. It is very glad to work with a helpful coworker because
s/he is mostly liked. Moreover, with his or her help we can get the work done by
mutualcontribution.
And the last important property, which I would like from a co-worker, is cheerfulness. Sometimes
there is hard time you feel that your project will be crashed but a cheerful and self-confident person
could help you get over it. A cheerful co-worker doesn’t mean that s/he has to laugh all day long but
in time jokes might be very delighting and encouraging.
In conclusion, in my point of view, I think the above characteristics of a co-worker will help create
a good, healthy and productive environment at job.
TOPIC 7: Some people prefer to work for a large company. Others prefer to work for a small
company. Which would you prefer? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice.
Some people prefer to work for a large company and others prefer to work for a small company. In
my opinion, I prefer to work to work for a large company for the following reasons: more
opportunities for career advancement, challenging issues and confidence build-up.
Firstly, working for a large company can give us with some opportunities in our career
advancement. Working for a large and famous company after a while we will get a lot of good
experience and have a good history in our resume. Moreover, most of large companies include
various departments and we may have chance to move from one department to another and get a
higher position. This may be possible because of the internal job postings or recommendations from

the management who knows our abilities from those who pay attention to optimize the productivity
of the company.
Secondly, working for a large company can help us handle complex issues. Working for a large
company is a big pressure because of a large number of employees, huge information that we have
to learn and the complexity of the work itself. However, when we get used to it, we will find it
really exciting to have an opportunity to deal with various people and cope with different issues
while interacting with co-workers and clients.
Last but not least, working for a large company may help us build up our confidence. Dealing with
a huge amount of work and a large number of people help us get rid of fear and shyness. We feel
more confident in performing at work, even in our private life, and then we will be more successful.
In conclusion, working for a large company will give us many advantages such as career
advancement, dealing with various people and different issues and building up our confidence. For
these above reasons, I would prefer to work for a large company.
Writing 8: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The most important aspect
of a job is the money a person earns, use specific reasons and examples to support your
answer.
After I graduated from university, I had an ambition to work as an accountant for a big company
because I would learn more about high technology, the latest software or upgraded accounting
procedures, etc. I have never thought that the money would be my first choice when choosing a job.
Therefore, I totally disagree with the statement that the most important aspect of a job is the money
a person earns. People work because of many other important factors.
The first factor is the working environment. If we work in a company with a good working
environment, we will feel happy and make the most contribution to our company A good
environment includes a good boss, wonderful colleagues or it may include the IT network, machine
maintenance, or the pay system, all of which can make us happy.
The second factor is the opportunities to learn new things. Having a lot of chances to approach new
technologies, to update our knowledge will make our work life more productive. This ensures us a
good promotion sooner.
The last factor is our satisfaction of the job. We need to enjoy the job in order to get satisfaction
from it. If we earn a lot of money, however, we have no interests in the job we are doing, we are

like a machine. We don’t really have an exciting feeling to look forward to another working day.
We can’t have any initiatives to improve ourselves. We just work watching the clock and wishing
that the time would pass faster.
In conclusion, personally I think the most important aspect of a job is not the money a person earns.
When I look for a new job, I always choose a job that suits me, a job that can give me satisfaction, a
job that offers me more chances to improve myself, a job that I have no difficulty doing it and a job
that I have to insist on doing it for free.