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TOEFL WRITING (TWE) TOPICS AND MODEL ESSAYS

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WRITING TOPICS
Topics in the following list may appear in your actual test. You should become familiar with this
list before you take the computer-based TOEFL test. Remember that when you take the test you
will not have a choice of topics. You must write only on the topic that is assigned to you.
185 You have enough money to purchase either a house or a business. Which would you choose
to buy? Give specific reasons to explain your choice.
184 Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of students. Which
do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
183 Films can tell us a lot about the country where they were made. What have you learned about
a country from watching its movies? Use specific examples and details to support your response.
182 Many people have a close relationship with their pets. These people treat their birds, cats, or
other animals as members of their family. In your opinion, are such relationships good? Why or
why not? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
181 In your country, is there more need for land to be left in its natural condition or is there more
need for land to be developed for housing and industry? Use specific reasons and examples to
support your answer.

180 Movies are popular all over the world. Explain why movies are so popular. Use reasons and
specific examples to support your answer.
179 What are some of the qualities of a good parent? Use specific details and examples to explain
your answer.
178 The 21st century has begun. What changes do you think this new century will bring? Use
examples and details in your answer.
177 A friend of yours has received some money and plans to use all of it either * to go on
vacation * to buy a car Your friend has asked you for advice. Compare your friend's two choices
and explain which one you think your friend should choose. Use specific reasons and details to
support your choice.
176 Holidays honor people or events. If you could create a new holiday, what person or event
would it honor and how would you want people to celebrate it? Use specific reasons and details to
support your answer.
175 Some students like classes where teachers lecture (do all of the talking) in class. Other
students prefer classes where the students do some of the talking. Which type of class do you
prefer? Give specific reasons and details to support your choice.
174 Every generation of people is different in important ways. How is your generation different
from your parents' generation? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.
173 It is sometimes said that borrowing money from a friend can harm or damage the friendship.
Do you agree? Why or why not? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your answer.

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172 When students move to a new school, they sometimes face problems. How can schools help
these students with their problems? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.

171 Imagine that you are preparing for a trip. You plan to be away from your home for a year. In
addition to clothing and personal care items, you can take one additional thing. What would you
take and why? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice.
170 Groups or organizations are an important part of some people's lives. Why are groups or
organizations important to people? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.
169 People listen to music for different reasons and at different times. Why is music important to
many people? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.
168 Many students choose to attend schools or universities outside their home countries. Why do
some students study abroad? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer.
167 Your school has enough money to purchase either computers for students or books for the
library. Which should your school choose to buy - computers or books? Use specific reasons and
examples to support your recommendation.
166 People recognize a difference between children and adults. What events (experiences or
ceremonies) make a person an adult? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.
165 You have decided to give several hours of your time each month to improve the community
where you live. What is one thing you will do to improve your community? Why? Use specific
reasons and details to explain your choice.
164 164. People do many different things to stay healthy. What do you do for good health? Use
specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
163 Is the ability to read and write more important today than in the past? Why or why not? Use
specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
162 Some famous athletes and entertainers earn millions of dollars every year. Do you think these
people deserve such high salaries? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
161 People remember special gifts or presents that they have received. Why? Use specific reasons
and examples to support your answer.
160 When people need to complain about a product or poor service, some prefer to complain in
writing and others prefer to complain in person. Which way do you prefer? Use specific reasons
and examples to support your answer.
159 The twentieth century saw great change. In your opinion, what is one change that should be
remembered about the twentieth century? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice.

158 When famous people such as actors, athletes and rock stars give their opinions, many people
listen. Do you think we should pay attention to these opinions? Use specific reasons and examples
to support your answer.
157 In the future, students may have the choice of studying at home by using technology such as
computers or television or of studying at traditional schools. Which would you prefer? Use

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reasons and specific details to explain your choice.
156 You have the opportunity to visit a foreign country for two weeks. Which country would you
like to visit? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice.
155 Plants can provide food, shelter, clothing, or medicine. What is one kind of plant that is
important to you or the people in your country? Use specific reasons and details to explain your
choice.
154 In some countries, people are no longer allowed to smoke in many public places and office
buildings. Do you think this is a good rule or a bad rule? Use specific reasons and details to
support your position.
153 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A zoo has no useful purpose. Use
specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.
152 Many parts of the world are losing important natural resources, such as forests, animals, or
clean water. Choose one resource that is disappearing and explain why it needs to be saved. Use
specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
151 What is the most important animal in your country? Why is the animal important? Use
reasons and specific details to explain your answer.
150 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Watching television is bad for

children. Use specific details and examples to support your answer.
149 Imagine that you have received some land to use as you wish. How would you use this land?
Use specific details to explain your answer.
148 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Playing games teaches us about life.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
147 Your school has received a gift of money. What do you think is the best way for your school
to spend this money? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice.
146 Some people prefer to spend their free time outdoors. Other people prefer to spend their
leisure time indoors. Would you prefer to be outside or would you prefer to be inside for your
leisure activities? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your choice.
145 Some people say that advertising encourages us to buy things that we really do not need.
Others say that advertisements tell us about new products that may improve our lives. Which
viewpoint do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
144 Would you prefer to live in a traditional house or in a modern apartment building? Use
specific reasons and details to support your choice.
143 Some people believe that students should be given one long vacation each year. Others
believe that students should have several short vacations throughout the year. Which viewpoint
do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.
142 A gift (such as a camera, a soccer ball, or an animal) can contribute to a child's development.
What gift would you give to help a child develop? Why? Use reasons and specific examples to
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141 If you could make one important change in a school that you attended, what change would

you make? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.
140 Some items (such as clothes or furniture) can be made by hand or by machine. Which do you
prefer - items made by hand or items made by machine? Use reasons and specific examples to
explain your choice.
139 What do you consider to be the most important room in a house? Why is this room more
important to you than any other room? Use specific reasons and examples to support your
opinion.
138 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to be a member of a group
than to be the leader of a group. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
137 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? High schools should allow students to
study the courses that students want to study. Use specific reasons and examples to support your
opinion.
136 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Playing a game is fun only when you
win. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
135 Some high schools require all students to wear school uniforms. Other high schools permit
students to decide what to wear to school. Which of these two school policies do you think is
better? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
134 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should be required to help
with household tasks as soon as they are able to do so. Use specific reasons and examples to
support your answer.
133 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A person's childhood years (the time
from birth to twelve years of age) are the most important years of a person's life. Use specific
reasons and examples to support your answer.
132 If you could invent something new, what product would you develop? Use specific details to
explain why this invention is needed.
131 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Only people who earn a lot of money
are successful. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
130 Some young children spend a great amount of their time practicing sports. Discuss the
advantages and disadvantages of this. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
129 A university plans to develop a new research center in your country. Some people want a

center for business research. Other people want a center for research in agriculture (farming).
Which of these two kinds of research centers do you recommend for your country? Use specific
reasons in your recommendation.
128 Some people say that physical exercise should be a required part of every school day. Other
people believe that students should spend the whole school day on academic studies. Which
opinion do you agree with? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
127 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Reading fiction (such as novels and

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short stories) is more enjoyable than watching movies. Use specific reasons and examples to
explain your position.
126 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? There is nothing that young people
can teach older people. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
125 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? All students should be required to
study art and music in secondary school. Use specific reasons to support your answer.
124 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more important for students to
study history and literature than it is for them to study science and mathematics. Use specific
reasons and examples to support your opinion.
123 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should read only those books
that are about real events, real people, and established facts. Use specific reasons and details to
support your opinion.
122 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People are never satisfied with what
they have; they always want something more or something different. Use specific reasons to
support your answer.

121 Some people trust their first impressions about a person's character because they believe these
judgments are generally correct. Other people do not judge a person's character quickly because
they believe first impressions are often wrong. Compare these two attitudes. Which attitude do
you agree with? Support your choice with specific examples.
120 Decisions can be made quickly, or they can be made after careful thought. Do you agree or
disagree with the following statement? The decisions that people make quickly are always wrong.
Use reasons and specific examples to support your opinion.
119 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People behave differently when they
wear different clothes. Do you agree that different clothes influence the way people behave? Use
specific examples to support your answer.
118 Some people enjoy change, and they look forward to new experiences. Others like their lives
to stay the same, and they do not change their usual habits. Compare these two approaches to life.
Which approach do you prefer? Explain why.
117 Some people choose friends who are different from themselves. Others choose friends who
are similar to themselves. Compare the advantages of having friends who are different from you
with the advantages of having friends who are similar to you. Which kind of friend do you prefer
for yourself? Why?
116 People learn in different ways. Some people learn by doing things; other people learn by
reading about things; others learn by listening to people talk about things. Which of these methods
of learning is best for you? Use specific examples to support your choice.
115 Some people prefer to plan activities for their free time very carefully. Others choose not to
make any plans at all for their free time. Compare the benefits of planning free-time activities with
the benefits of not making plans. Which do you prefer - planning or not planning for your leisure
time? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your choice.
114 Some people think that the family is the most important influence on young adults. Other

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people think that friends are the most important influence on young adults. Which view do you
agree with? Use examples to support your position.
113 Some people think that your community would be a good place to locate the university.
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of establishing a new university in your community.
Use specific details in your discussion.
112 Some people think that children should begin their formal education at a very early age and
should spend most of their time on school studies. Others believe that young children should
spend most of their time playing. Compare these two views. Which view do you agree with?
Why?
111 Some people prefer to spend time with one or two close friends. Others choose to spend time
with a large number of friends. Compare the advantages of each choice. Which of these two ways
of spending time do you prefer? Use specific reasons to support your answer.
110 Some people prefer to spend most of their time alone. Others like to be with friends most of
the time. Do you prefer to spend your time alone or with friends? Use specific reasons to support
your answer.
109 When people move to another country, some of them decide to follow the customs of the new
country. Others prefer to keep their own customs. Compare these two choices. Which one do you
prefer? Support your answer with specific details.
108 Some people believe that the best way of learning about life is by listening to the advice of
family and friends. Other people believe that the best way of learning about life is through
personal experience. Compare the advantages of these two different ways of learning about life.
Which do you think is preferable? Use specific examples to support your preference.
107 Some people believe that a college or university education should be available to all students.
Others believe that higher education should be available only to good students. Discuss these
views. Which view do you agree with? Explain why.
106 You need to travel from your home to a place 40 miles (64 kilometers) away. Compare the
different kinds of transportation you could use. Tell which method of travel you would choose.

Give specific reasons for your choice.
105 Students at universities often have a choice of places to live. They may choose to live in
university dormitories, or they may choose to live in apartments in the community. Compare the
advantages of living in university housing with the advantages of living in an apartment in the
community. Where would you prefer to live? Give reasons for your preference.
104 When you write your answer, you are not limited to the examples listed in the question. It is
generally agreed that society benefits from the work of its members. Compare the contributions of
artists to society with the contributions of scientists to society. Which type of contribution do you
think is valued more by your society? Give specific reasons to support your answer.
103 In your opinion, what is the most important characteristic (for example, honesty, intelligence,
a sense of humor) that a person can have to be successful in life? Use specific reasons and
examples from your experience to explain your answer. When you write your answer, you are not
limited to the examples listed in the prompt.
102 Schools should ask students to evaluate their teachers. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific

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reasons and examples to support your answer.
101 Some people like doing work by hand. Others prefer using machines. Which do you prefer?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
100 Some people think that governments should spend as much money as possible on developing
or buying computer technology. Other people disagree and think that this money should be spent
on more basic needs. Which one of these opinions do you agree with? Use specific reasons and
details to support your answer.
99 You have been told that dormitory rooms at your university must be shared by two students.

Would you rather have the university assign a student to share a room with you, or would you
rather choose your own roommate? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer.
98 If you were asked to send one thing representing your country to an international exhibition,
what would you choose? Why? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice.
97 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Teachers should be paid according to
how much their students learn. Give specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
96 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.
95 Some people think governments should spend as much money as possible exploring outer
space (for example, traveling to the Moon and to other planets). Other people disagree and think
governments should spend this money for our basic needs on Earth. Which of these two opinions
do you agree with? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
94 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Dancing plays an important role in a
culture. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
93 Many students have to live with roommates while going to school or university. What are some
of the important qualities of a good roommate? Use specific reasons and examples to explain why
these qualities are important.
92 Some people prefer to live in places that have the same weather or climate all year long. Others
like to live in areas where the weather changes several times a year. Which do you prefer? Use
specific reasons and examples to support your choice.
91 If you could ask a famous person one question, what would you ask? Why? Use specific
reasons and details to support your answer.
90 If you could meet a famous entertainer or athlete, who would that be, and why? Use specific
reasons and examples to support your choice.
89 If you could travel back in time to meet a famous person from history, what person would you
like to meet? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.
88 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Telephones and email have made
communication between people less personal. Use specific reasons and examples to support your
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87 What discovery in the last 100 years has been most beneficial for people in your country? Use
specific reasons and examples to support your choice.
86 If you could go back to some time and place in the past, when and where would you go? Why?
Use specific reasons and details to support your choice.
85 A foreign visitor has only one day to spend in your country. Where should this visitor go on
that day? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice.
84 Some people say that the Internet provides people with a lot of valuable information. Others
think access to so much information creates problems. Which view do you agree with? Use
specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
83 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Modern technology is creating a single
world culture. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
82 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Advertising can tell you a lot about a
country. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
81 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Technology has made the world a
better place to live. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
80 Describe a custom from your country that you would like people from other countries to adopt.
Explain your choice, using specific reasons and examples.
79 Your city has decided to build a statue or monument to honor a famous person in your country.
Who would you choose? Use reasons and specific examples to support your choice.
78 Is it more important to be able to work with a group of people on a team or to work
independently? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.
77 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Boys and girls should attend separate

schools. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
76 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should begin learning a
foreign language as soon as they start school. Use specific reasons and examples to support your
position.
75 Some universities require students to take classes in many subjects. Other universities require
students to specialize in one subject. Which is better? Use specific reasons and examples to
support your answer.
74 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The best way to travel is in a group led
by a tour guide. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
73 Some people say that computers have made life easier and more convenient. Other people say
that computers have made life more complex and stressful. What is your opinion? Use specific
reasons and examples to support your answer.
72 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Grades (marks) encourage students to
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71 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 more time
with family and friends? Explain your choice, using specific reasons and details.
70 Some people think that the automobile has improved modern life. Others think that the
automobile has caused serious problems. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and
examples to support your answer.
69 If you could study a subject that you have never had the opportunity to study, what would you
choose? Explain your choice, using specific reasons and details.

68 Many teachers assign homework to students every day. Do you think that daily homework is
necessary for students? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
67 If you were an employer, which kind of worker would you prefer to hire: an inexperienced
worker at a lower salary or an experienced worker at a higher salary? Use specific reasons and
details to support your answer.
66 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Classmates are a more important
influence than parents on a child's success in school. Use specific reasons and examples to support
your answer.
65 Should a city try to preserve its old, historic buildings or destroy them and replace them with
modern buildings? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
64 Some people prefer to work for themselves or own a business. Others prefer to work for an
employer. Would you rather be self-employed, work for someone else, or own a business? Use
specific reasons to explain your choice.
63 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Most experiences in our lives that
seemed difficult at the time become valuable lessons for the future. Use reasons and specific
examples to support our answer.
62 What do you want most in a friend - someone who is intelligent, or someone who has a sense
of humor, or someone who is reliable? Which one of these characteristics is most important to
you? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your choice.
61 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents or other adult relatives should
make important decisions for their older (15 to 18 year-old) teenage children. Use specific reasons
and examples to support your opinion.
60 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Games are as important for adults as
they are for children. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
59 Some people are always in a hurry to go places and get things done. Other people prefer to
take their time and live life at a slower pace. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and
examples to support your answer.
58 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Businesses should do anything they
can to make a profit. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
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primarily to amuse and entertain. Which type of movie do you prefer? Use specific reasons and
examples to support your answer.
56 A company is going to give some money either to support the arts or to protect the
environment. Which do you think the company should choose? Use specific reasons and examples
to support your answer.
55 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A person should never make an
important decision alone. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
54 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? One should never judge a person by
external appearances. Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
53 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.
52 What change would make your hometown more appealing to people your age? Use specific
reasons and examples to support your opinion.
51 Some people believe that success in life comes from taking risks or chances. Others believe
that success results from careful planning. In your opinion, what does success come from? Use
specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
50 Some people like to do only what they already do well. Other people prefer to try new things
and take risks. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.
49 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.
48 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 your answer.
47 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.
46 What are the important qualities of a good son or daughter? Have these qualities changed or
remained the same over time in your culture? Use specific reasons and examples to support your
answer.
45 Some people prefer to get up early in the morning and start the day's work. Others prefer to get
up later in the day and work until late at night. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and
examples to support your choice.
44 Some people like to travel with a companion. Other people prefer to travel alone. Which do
you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.
43 Why do you think some people are attracted to dangerous sports or other dangerous activities?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
42 What is a very important skill a person should learn in order to be successful in the world
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41 Some people think that human needs for farmland, housing, and industry are more important
than saving land for endangered animals. Do you agree or disagree with this point of view? Why
or why not? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
40 The expression "Never, never give up" means to keep trying and never stop working for your
goals. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Use specific reasons and examples to support
your answer.
39 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? With the help of technology, students

nowadays can learn more information and learn it more quickly. Use specific reasons and
examples to support your answer.
38 Learning about the past has no value for those of us living in the present. Do you agree or
disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
37 Do you agree or disagree that progress is always good? Use specific reasons and examples to
support your answer.
36 Choose one of the following transportation vehicles and explain why you think it has changed
people's lives. * automobiles * bicycles * airplanes Use specific reasons and examples to support
your answer.
35 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Attending a live performance (for
example, a play, concert, or sporting event) is more enjoyable than watching the same event on
television. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
34 Businesses should hire employees for their entire lives. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific
reasons and examples to support your answer.
33 You have received a gift of money. The money is enough to buy either a piece of jewelry you
like or tickets to a concert you want to attend. Which would you buy? Use specific reasons and
details to support your answer.
32 Is it better to enjoy your money when you earn it or is it better to save your money for some
time in the future? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
31 Some people spend their entire lives in one place. Others move a number of times throughout
their lives, looking for a better job, house, community, or even climate. Which do you prefer:
staying in one place or moving in search of another place? Use reasons and specific examples to
support your opinion.
30 It has recently been announced that a new high school may be built in your community. Do
you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details in your answer.
29 Some people believe that the Earth is being harmed (damaged) by human activity. Others feel
that human activity makes the Earth a better place to live. What is your opinion? Use specific
reasons and examples to support your answer.
28 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television, newspapers, magazines,
and other media pay too much attention to the personal lives of famous people such as public

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27 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should sometimes do things that
they do not enjoy doing. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
26 It has recently been announced that a new movie theater may be built in your neighborhood.
Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your
answer.
25 It has recently been announced that a large shopping center may be built in your neighborhood.
Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your
answer.
24 A person you know is planning to move to your town or city. What do you think this person
would like and dislike about living in your town or city? Why? Use specific reasons and details to
develop your essay.
23 In some countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good
idea? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.
22 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)? Use
reasons and specific examples to explain why these characteristics are important.
21 In general, people are living longer now. Discuss the causes of this phenomenon. Use specific
reasons and details to develop your essay.
20 It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. Do you agree or
disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.
19 Should governments spend more money on improving roads and highways, or should

governments spend more money on improving public transportation (buses, trains, subways)?
Why? Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.
18 What are some important qualities of a good supervisor (boss)? Use specific details and
examples to explain why these qualities are important.
17 Some people think that they can learn better by themselves than with a teacher. Others think
that it is always better to have a teacher. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons to develop
your essay.
16 It has recently been announced that a new restaurant may be built in your neighborhood. Do
you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
15 Neighbors are the people who live near us. In your opinion, what are the qualities of a good
neighbor? Use specific details and examples in your answer.
14 Some people believe that university students should be required to attend classes. Others
believe that going to classes should be optional for students. Which point of view do you agree
with? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer.
13 Some people prefer to eat at food stands or restaurants. Other people prefer to prepare and eat
food at home. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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12 Many people visit museums when they travel to new places. Why do you think people visit
museums? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
11 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Universities should give the same
amount of money to their students' sports activities as they give to their university libraries. Use
specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
10 When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success." Do

you agree or disagree with the quotation above? Use specific reasons and examples to explain
your position.
9 Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a big city. Which place would
you prefer to live in? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
8 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television has destroyed communication
among friends and family. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
7 How do movies or television influence people's behavior? Use reasons and specific examples to
support your answer.
6 If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change? Use
reasons and specific examples to support your answer.
5 A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your community. Discuss
the advantages and disadvantages of this new influence on your community. Do you support or
oppose the factory? Explain your position.
4 It has been said, "Not everything that is learned is contained in books." Compare and contrast
knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which
source is more important? Why?
3 Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
2 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. Use
specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
1 People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences,
career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Topic: 1
People study in college or university for many different reasons. I think the most important reason
is to gain more knowledge and learn more skills. Of course, there are also many other reasons that
people study in college such as to get more friends, and increase one's self-confidence.
These days, most jobs require people who are educated and have good job skills. Therefore, the
people who want a good job have to study hard and at least graduate with a high education.

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people.
Some people who study in college or university want to make more friends and increase their
interpersonal skills. They enjoy their lives in university or college and tend to socialize a lot. They
can meet more people who have the similar interests with themselves. They can go to uni ball
after school and make more friends who they trust.
The people who graduate from college seem more confident in our community. These people are
more respected by society. Many people want to be respected and to be important by family,
friends, their bosses, and others in their lives. They find that most of them can confidently talk and
do their jobs as they are more educated. Therefore, most people want to get the confidence
through the university or college study.
In today's society, people need more knowledge and skills to be adapted. The university and
college study is a good way to achieve this.
(Essay ID: 316. This is a 5 point essay)

Topic: 1
In China, more and more people try their best to attend college or university. What are the
reasons that make people long for it?
First of all, in my opinion, the most important reason is to gain competence to live a better life in
the future. Competition of our days has become more and more drastic, and even a very simple
job or low position will attract hundreds of candidates to apply for it. Only those who have a good
education and general knowledge can gain better work. So, we should attend college or university

for better competence.
Second, attending college or university can change our life. For example, to myself, I am a student
from countryside. I am one of the few people who can attend college or university. Most of those
who have not studied in college or university go to work early in a small factory in a small town or
on a farm in their hometown. Just because I have taken higher education, I can get better chances
to study or work in the capital of our country where a lot of people want to go to. Why? Good
education gives me chances to change my life.
The third reason for attending a college is to increase knowledge. Study is a so interesting thing
that it make our life rich and colorful. It expands our eyesight by informing us with lots of new
things what we cannot gain from our common life or experience. On the other hand, by attending
college or university, you can learn the knowledge or skill necessary for your future work.
People attend college or university for various reasons. Some may attend for new experiences,
and others may think about other things. What I have mentioned is just very few of them.
(Essay ID: 404. This is a 5 point essay)

Topic: 1
Mr.Taoxingzhi, the most famous educator in China, once said: the biggest misfortune in one’s life
is that one does not receive a uniniversiy education. Needless to say, a university degree often
helps a person achieve his goal with more ease. However, do we attend university just in pursuit
of a degree? Does a university only provide us nothing benefieial besides a paper-made diploma?
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attribulates us to a university education:

Firstly, with the knowledge learned in a university,we will have a deep understanding with our
society. It is ture that genuine knowledge comes from practice, but it can not be denied that
genuine knowledge, tells us how to practise. A thorough study in a college or university, of course,
enables us to realize how the society works and how to cope with certain problems arising from it
in a more efficiently, more skillful way.
Second, an university education usually make it possible that we acquire a decent job. Because of
an accomplishment of a four-year study, it is not difficult for us to find a good job in most cases.
How can we imagine that a graduate majoring in astronomy has to be a vendor in the street!
Undoubtfully, he/she should sit in his/her labortory, making a reseach on aircraft on a
computor.Obviously, a university education assures him/her a decent job.
Last, but not the least, we can help others much better if puttiing what we learn in a university
into use. A university education corrects our values, enhance our skills, and broad our horizons.
With those, we are moe capable of giving a hand to those who are in need of help than before.
“Knowledge is power”.When achieving a degree in a university, we can get a better
understanding of the society, find a decent job in an easy way, and help others better. All of those
are due to the knowledge learned in a university.
(Essay ID: 230 )

Topic: 1
People attend a college or a university for the following reasons, to acquire knowledge which is
necessary for a career, to contribute to the society, and to experience life.
Firstly college education is a necessary step for a person who wants to start a career in science
and technology areas. If a student wants to become a scientist, it is important for him to go to a
science school; if he wants to be an engineer, an engineering school is the best place for him.
There is no other place than a college where a student can get sophisticated education in order to
be qualified to become a professional in a specific area.
Secondly, a college education can benefit both the society and the student. By attending college
one can get himself prepared for and contribute to the society, which seems to demand advanced
knowledge more and more. One the other hand, as knowledge plays a very important role in
today’s economy, it has also become the capital and asset of the person who owns it: a college

education can bring wealth not only to the society, but also benefit the individual who processes
it.
In addition, college education is a wonderful experience in one’s life. Only in a college one can be
taught by the finest scholars and meet with the most intelligent people in the nation. Education
can also bring happiness to the student. When a student has conquered a difficult mathematical
problem, he savors the joy which learning has brought to him, and feels that he is the happiest
man in the world.
Of course, learning in a campus does not mean as much for everybody, but it does mean a lot to
me. I was brought up in a knowledge-respecting family. My farther is an engineer and my mother
is a teacher in a primary school. They are both university graduates. My father, being the most
influential person in my life and the son of a poor Chinese farmer, did change the destiny of his
own by learning hard to earn a university degree. Therefore he firmly believes that “knowledge

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can change one’s destiny and university is the best place to achieve one’s goal”. Of course this
influenced me. I strongly believe that attending university is the best choice for me. I do not have
a bit of hesitation to attend a university.
(Essay ID: 72 )

Topic: 1
Why do people need to attend colleges or universities? Different people have different answers to
this question. I believe that the three most common reasons are to prepare for a career, to have
new experiences, and to increase their knowledge of themselves and the world around them.
Career preparation is becoming more and more important to young people. For many, this is the

primary reason to go to college. They know that the job market is competitive. At college, they
can learn new skill for careers with a lot of opportunities. This means careers, such as information
technology, that are expected to need a large workforce in the coming years.
Also, students go to colleges and universities to have new experiences. This often means having
the opportunity to meet people different from those in their hometowns. For most students, going
to college is the first time they've been away from home by themselves. In addition, this is the first
time they've bad to make decisions on their own. Making these decisions increases their
knowledge of themselves.
Besides looking for self-knowledge, people also attend a university or college to expand their
knowledge in subjects they find interesting. For many, this will he their last chance for a long time
to learn about something that doesn't relate to their career.
I would recommend that people not be so focused on a career. They should go to college to have
new experiences and learn about themselves and the world they live in.
(Essay ID: 73 . Sample essay provided by Erin Billy of www.TestMagic.com)

Topic: 1
Now days, more and more people are trying to attend college or university. Different people do so
for different reasons. Some typical reasons are new experiences, career preparation and increased
knowledge. In my opinion, it is the fast developement, almost explosion, of our world that make
people to consider attending college or university.
People would usually get bored when they focus on one field for a long time. For this reason, they
go to college to pursue experiences in new areas. We often hear that an electrical engineer went
to a university to study art or music. With the new experiences, they expand their ken. Maybe
some good ideas would jump out during their daily work.
As for the young, they attend college for career preparation. Not only could they get knowledge
needed for their future work, they could learn how to think and how to solve questions. The
projects students attended are very like their future work.
Some people, who have been graduated from universities for years, are also planning to go back to
school. Most of them reattend universities to increase their knowledge. Techlogy is developing so
fast that people could not keep up with them unless they keep increasing their knowledge.

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(Essay ID: 238. This is a 5 point essay)

Topic: 1
College is a place that the students can learn more and new knowledge and experience in it. Of
course, different people have different reason to study in college. For example, some people want
to be to go on a further study after they graduate from the college; some people hope to find a
good job after their studying in the college and also some people wish to exchange their present
situation through studying in the college. In my opinion, no matter what reason people study in the
college for, studying in the college is just a preparation for their future life.
First of all, students can learn new knowledge and experiences from the studying in the college.
There are many teachers, professors with abundant teaching experience who teach students lots of
new knowledge and help them to solve the problems in their study. With their help, student can
learn a lot of useful basic and professional knowledge which is very helpful for their future work.
and study. After they finish their study in the college, students go to work in the society and
contribute to the different fields.
Secondly, students can learn how to arrange their own time reasonably. Before their studying in
college, their life often arranged by their parents and their study often arranged by their teachers.
It is very different for them to live and study in college, because students studying in college have
to arrange their life and study by themselves. They have right to arrange their part time, such as
when to get up, when is the sport-time, when to finish the assignment etc. This is very important
experience for students' work and life in the future.

Secondly, studying in the college make students having opportunity to live with other student and
learn how to cooperate with other people. Usually, people often have uncomfortable feeling to
live with a stranger, because they do not know each other and perhaps their habit and personality
are different. But for the long run, it is good for them. They have to cooperate with each other and
solve a lot of problems they will face together. Gradually, they can learn how to care and
understand other people. It is a preparation for students to go to cooperate with other people in
the society.
All in all, students not only can learn lots of new knowledge from the books but also can learn
much more necessary experience such as how to arrange time and how to cooperate with other
people. It is ver important for their future work and life.
(Essay ID: 335 . Sample essay provided by Erin Billy of www.TestMagic.com)

Topic: 1
Today more and more people attend college or university. But why? As a student of a key
university, I want to give my opinion.
Of course, we attend university to increase knowledge. University provides some basic knowledge
for our research or our career in the following years. It provides basic information about the major
we chose, such as what it research in. If you find that you are not interested in that major, u can
change it, till u find one u are interested in. It also provides knowledge for all majors, such as
advanced mathematic, English, physics, basic chemistry. Teacher there can help you to decide
what you do in the future, to enter a graduate school or to take a job. We must do a lot of
experiment during the school years, that makes us quite capable. We visit a factory in the second
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to do the real work.
Then, you can get new experience from university. You can join the student union or join a club.
You can learn a lot from it. First, you can learn how to communicate with the different people.
And u can learn how to organize a meeting or a party.
And also you can prepare for your career. There are lots of programs to let the students be trained
for a job. University runs the program by cooperating with some very large company, some
manager from the company will give us some courses which teach us how to run a company, how
to lead your group to finish the work, how to cope with some problem, and how to be more
confident. And they also tell us which kind of employee they want in the company. These things
are quite useful for us, especially for those who want to get a job after graduation.
Now you know that university is quite useful, but the most important thing it teaches us is not the
knowledge nor the experience, it is how to think and how to learn.
(Essay ID: 465. This is a 5 point essay)

Topic: 1
Nowadays, more and more young people attend the universities for different reasons. According
to the survey, the main goal of what most of them do so is for career preparation.
There are many reasons to demonstrate it. The most primary reason is that is that university are
the most suitable spot to absorb knowledge, which mostly determines your career development.
With the development of the society, "knowledge is power" has been a rule: the more knowledge
one possesses, the more easily he succeeds in his career. For instance, it is often reported that
MBA graduates in famous universities, such as Harvard, will acquire high start payment when the
companies employ them for the first time. After several works, abundant working experience and
solid knowledge base will make them further develop in the manager class.
Another reason is that universities will provide one with not only knowledge but also many other
abilities, including communication ability, corporation ability, and independency ability etc, which
are beneficial to future career. At the same time, he can make friends with his schoolmates and
deals with all kinds of people, who often become his colleagues or business partner in the future.
Furthermore, in this way, his view will be widened and abilities will be improved. When he goes

off the campus, he always has stronger competition ability than those who do not go to the
universities.
Last but not the least one is that in contrast, history illustrates that people refused by the
universities have few opportunities to succeed in their career development. Because of their low
educational level, most companies would rather employ them as physical workers than mental
workers. in this way, the development of technology and science will fall them into disuse. Such
as in many manufacturing factories now, there are automatic machines as substitute for workers.
In a word, of many reasons for people to go to universities, career preparation has been the most
primary. When education background becomes more important in career development, it will
attract more people to do so for a long period.
(Essay ID: 389. This is a 5 point essay)

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There are many people want to go to university or college every year and they decide to do so for
many different reasons. I believe there are three common reasons are to prepare for career,
increase their knowledge and get new experience.
Prepare for career is very important for young people nowadays. In a competitive society, if they
have not a good educational background, they will not get a good opportunity in their career or
even cannot find a job, so college and university can provide them new skills to meet the
requirements of career.
Also, students attend to university or college can increase their knowledge in subjects they
interested, for many people, this is maybe the primary reason to go to college. There are many

excellent professors and experts can give us a plenty of knowledge which including many areas.
For many people this maybe their last chance for a long time to get knowledge that don't relate to
their career.
Besides looking for knowledge, some people want to go to college or university because they
decide to live a new life. University can support young people an environment where they can
intercommunicate about many topics such as literature, goal of life, art and emotions which are
hard to talked about after their university lives, so it is a special experience for young people to
live and study in college or university.
All in a word, I prefer increase knowledge and get a special experience to prepare for career in
university because getting good opportunities in career is partly depend on your knowledge and
experiences on diverse areas.
(Essay ID: 260. This is a 5 point essay)

Topic: 2
Who teaches you to walk? Who teaches you to speak? It is your parents who teach you to do
these basic things in your life. So don't you think that parents are the best teachers!
Firstly, parents know us very much. Parents give us life, and I think that we will spend large
amount of time with them. So they know our merit and demerit in details. Meanwhile, they will
help us to get rid of our demerit.
Furthermore, parents possessed many experiences. Since they are older than us, they have
experienced many things. Sometimes, they are just like our models. And as the saying goes:
"Example is better than precept." So we will unconsciously copy some of our parents' habits and
styles of behavior, i.e. we can learn many things from them.
Finally, parents will teach us everything. Since schoolteachers can just teach us knowledge from
the books, our parents can teach us everything. For example, I learn knitting, cooking and makeup from my mother, while learn fixing leaky faucet from my father. They are the persons who
love me most, so they will teach me everything without reservations.
Just as the saying goes: "There is no place like home." And I think there is no teacher like our
parents. They are the best teachers in our life.
(Essay ID: 276. This is a 5 point essay)

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Some people believe parents maybe a very important teacher for children, but will be taken place
by teacher after children go to school, however, I believe parents always are the best teacher no
matter how many knowledge children have acquired from school, the reasons why I think so go as
follow.
First ,children always imitate their parents from birth, so the parents' influence on children is
great. For example, researchers said that parents' expression can influence the growth of their
children' character, if parents always smell and watch their child while he is playing, the child'
confidence will be greater than other child whose parent always leave him alone at home.
Second, parents are also the best teacher for children in emotional area. For example, If a child
feel oppression or feel frustrated in school, he always not talk to his teacher, at this time, parents
can help him and child are also willing to tell his inner feeling to his parents.
Third, although child get many knowledge from teacher, basic skills in his whole life are come
from his parents. For example, our basic language skill, basic realize skill and even basic sport skill
are all acquired from parents. Because of this basic skill parents teach their child, the influence of
parents will follow the child's whole life.
All in a word, the effect parents take on the child's education process is greater than any teachers
in school, they are the best teacher.
(Essay ID: 261. This is a 5 point essay)

Topic: 2
Parents influence greatly their children for a lifetime. I think people are molded by two factors,

family and the society that they are in. From birth, humans are influenced by the surrounding
people for their characteristics. Parents take a big role in bringing up children, which affects their
lives for a long time.
In early infanthood, babies are looking to moms and dads to learn basic manners to be accepted in
society. Some of these manners include not running around in restaurants or hitting other kids. As
they grow up, they learn more from parents about social etiquette, which makes them more
suitable to live in society. Children tend to look to their parents for role models knowingly or
unknowingly.
Besides, parents can also affect children's study habits. Children of doctors , lawyers, investment
bankers, and other professionals see their mothers and fathers work a lot of time, reading books,
and punching keyboards, even at home. They are showing their children how to study by their
own behavior.
However, parents can also be a bad example for their kids. It is difficult for children who have
abusive parents to lead a normal childhood and is possible that they may become similar to their
abusive parents when they grow up. In this sense, the parents' negative role in shaping the
children's personality cannot be emphasized more.
In conclusion, parents are the best teachers for their children. They leave big marks on their
children's lives and are therefore more influential teachers than any others they may have in their
lives.
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Topic: 2
Who are the best teachers in our life? In my opinion, the first teachers we have in our lives in

most cases are our parents. They teach us to walk, to speak, and to have good manners before we
reach "the real world. " More than even the professional teachers that we have in school, parents
are generally the most involved in the development and education of children.
The main reason for my view is that our parents are the best teachers at the beginning of our lives,
which actually corresponds to the parents' role in nature. Parents are most committed and
involved in teaching their children; they have a kind of instinct to sacrifice a part of themselves
for the betterment of their children. They love us and have great patience while passing down
their knowledge to us. They wish us a success and thus will not teach us bad things. And of
course, implicit learning occurs when children unconsciously copy some of their parents' habits
and styles of behavior.
Also, during the second stage of child development, adolescence, parents can still be in the best
position to offer advice even though the children might not accept it. In this case, perhaps the
child's friends would be the best teachers. Adolescents are notoriously rebellious in many cultures
and may automatically reject any advice from their parents. My first marriage for instance, was
solely a matter of doing the opposite when my parents tried to intrude in offering their advice. So
in such matters, parents should be much more flexible and be rather the partners with their
children. So we can see that being a teacher of growing child become more and more complicated
case as the time passes and many parents are simply not able to meet the increased demands.
On the other hand, I would say that parents are not professional teachers and they tend to be very
biased by their love of their children. So wishing good things and an easy life may prevent
children from maturation. In any case, parents usually can present only one viewpoint of the
world, while good teaching should be based on different attitudes. Thus, when children go to
school and have a great diversity of teachers, they learn much more than their parents could
probably give them. Furthermore, once our parents get older, they become more conservative and
cannot always be objective in regard to modern trends and fashions. Thus we need to take their
advice with caution during that period. However, some kind of intuition which I believe shared
between relatives about what everybody needs and great love which exists in a families still
makes our parents very good teachers and advisers at any time.
In short, while parents are not the ideal teachers, and well-rounded children will generally need a
great diversity of teachers in their lives in order to have a more accurate view of the world,

parents are generally the most committed of all teachers and have the greatest emotional
investment in their children and their future.
(Essay ID: 74 . Sample essay provided by Erin Billy of www.TestMagic.com)

Topic: 3
Man, through the ages, has undergone many changes, from a period when he hunted for his food
to the present era when man is dependent on preprocessed foods. During this period not only has
man changed his mode of eating but his whole lifestyle as well. In pursuit of more in this
competitive world, man no longer has time as he once had. He is caught in a race against the
clock. A person who finishes more in lesser time is considered more efficient. This pressure to do
more in less time has affected his eating habits as well and, as a result, man no longer has time to
cook food. Early man's only objective was to seek food to sustain him and his family. Nowadays
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Food is no longer of that importance. This is not an encouraging trend. People are too dependent
on preprocessed or precooked food, which no longer has the freshness it once had. Such foods
loose their mineral and vitamin content and are not as healthy as fresh food. That is why the
number of diseases is also rising. People have also shifted to high calorie content food like French
fries, pizzas, and ice cream, etc., which is causing obesity, fatigue, etc. As man is becoming busy
and too involved in his busy schedule, he has no time even to take care of his own personal needs.
Furthermore, cooking is an art which is dying out. People once enjoyed cooking . It was a means
of eliminating stress and tension. People were once able to relax during this time and reflect on
their lives.

People may tend to argue that by using precooked and preprocessed food they are efficiently
using time and can use this precious time saved for other purposes. But is it really worth it? This is
a question whose answer can invite much speculation about whether by saving this little time we
are inviting lots of other problems, which could easily be avoided. It is actually making our lives
not simpler but more complicated. We have lost many of the simpler things in our lives, like the
simple acts of selecting our evening meal, preparing it, and enjoying it with our loved ones, and
we are worse off for it.
(Essay ID: 336 . Sample essay provided by Erin Billy of www.TestMagic.com)

Topic: 3
Nowadays, wherever we turn our gaze, we can see different types of food that are easier to
prepare. For instance, we can buy frozen foods in a supermarket and just prepare it in a couple of
minutes, whereas before it could have taken us maybe hours to prepare this kind of meals. I would
accept that this so-called improvement has changed our lives, but I believe that there are some
drawbacks as well.
It is true that these kinds of food do not involve hard work to prepare, but food that is easy to
prepare generally has some artificial ingredients mixed in it that makes it "easy-to-cook". If we
take time to read the ingredients, we would definitely come across words like preservatives or
artificial flavorings. It was just a couple of days ago that I came across a newspaper article which
stated that someone was poisoned because he ate this type of food. He was hospitalized for almost
a month.
Not having to cook has also taken the fun out of cooking. Cooking is an art, but in today's world,
this is no more true. People are so busy with their work that they just rely on this simple foods.
The invention and production of this foods have made people lazy not only for cooking but also
for a well family get-together. It was not like former times when families would sit together and
eat freshly baked food. Instead, they are getting these artificial things with minimal nutrients in
them.
Cooking in the yesteryears was much better than today's. People would spend more time in the
kitchen, preparing the food in the way that they liked it. This brought families closer together and
also contributed to the high quality and nutrition of the food. Granted, people are busier nowadays

and do not have as much time as they did in the past, but I believe that people have forgotten the
importance of healthy, fresh food and of the time a family spends together preparing the food. So,
I would say that having food that is easy to prepare has had many disadvantages.
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Topic: 3
It can not be doubted that our eating style has encountered a revolutionary change in the last few
decades. It is the change in the type of food that has had the greatest influence. Not only have the
recipes of certain food types have been altered, but also absolutely new ones have been created.
Examples include yet are not restricted to beef hamburgers, potato chips, and cola drinks. All of
these changes contribute to making food preparation as fast and easy as possible. It cannot be
neglected that modern cooking facilities play a dramatic role in this trend.
Some people regard this trend as a spoiler of our lives. Their argument focuses on two main
points. First, many newly emerged types of food have not the essence of a "complete meal" as
defined by nutritionists. To add to the problem, these food types are often served alone. In fact,
there are many medical reports warning people from depending upon such fast meals in their food.
Other reports indicate a high potential of malnutrition among those who are "addicted" to the
common duet of burgers and cola.
Second, the advantage of gathering family members around a meal at home is lost. Fast prepared
food types are usually eaten outside home. With the absence of regular family meetings,
relationships are likely to be weaker.
Others think that fast prepared food types do improve our style of life. This opinion comes
especially from busy people, working wives, and younger people. They believe that we have many

things in life more important than eating. Time spent on food preparation is considered wasted by
them. Wives will have more time to take care of their families' souls not just stomachs. Family
relationships will get stronger. Business men and women will have more time to concentrate on
their business without worrying about food arrangements. In general, people will have a greater
opportunity to take care of their minds and hearts. Reports estimate the time spent on food
arrangements as a large percentage of our lives.
I agree with that food preparation should take its necessary time and care. Otherwise, the time
saved in food preparation can lead to longer times of headache or even of staying in hospitals
suffering from malnutrition.
(Essay ID: 328 . Sample essay provided by Erin Billy of www.TestMagic.com)

Topic: 3
The twentieth century has brought with it many advances. With those advances, human lives have
changed dramatically. In some ways life is worse, but mostly it is better. Changes in food
preparation methods, for example, have improved our lives greatly.
The convenience of preparing food today is amazing. Even stoves have gotten too slow for us.
Microwave cooking is much easier. We can press a few buttons and a meal is completely cooked
in just a short time. People used to spend hours preparing an oven-cooked meal, and now they can
use that time for other, better things. Plus, there are all kinds of portable, prepackaged foods we
can buy. Heat them in the office microwave, and lunch at work is quick and easy.
Food preparation today allows for more variety. With refrigerators and freezers; we can preserve
a lot of different foods in our homes. Since technology makes cooking so much faster, people are
willing to make several dishes for even a small meal. Parents are more likely to let children be
picky, now that they can easily heat them up some prepackaged macaroni and cheese on the side.
Needless to say, adults living in the same house may have very different eating habits as well. If

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they don't want to cook a lot of different dishes, it's common now to eat out at restaurants several
times a week.
Healthful eating is also easier than ever now. When people cook, they can use new fat substitutes
and cooking sprays to cut fat and calories. This reduces the risk of heart disease and high
cholesterol. Additionally, we can buy fruits and vegetables fresh, frozen or canned. They're easy
to prepare, so many of us eat more of those nutritious items daily. A hundred years ago, you
couldn't imagine the process of taking some frozen fruit and ice from the freezer, adding some
low-fat yogurt from a plastic cup and some juice from a can in the refrigerator, and whipping up a
low-fat smoothie in the blender!
Our lifestyle is fast, but people still like good food. What .new food preparation technology has
given us is more choices. Today, we can prepare food that is more convenient, healthier, and of
greater variety than ever before in history.
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Topic: 4
There are two main channels for people to learn knowledge –from books and from experience.
Generally, knowledge gained from books is theoretical, that gained from experience is practical. It
is difficult to answer which is more important to we people. It depends on the phases and events
of our learning. Knowledge learned from books is instructive, which perhaps cannot learn directly
from experience. We often hear thunders and see lightning in the sky, and we can easily find that
lightning will be seen sooner than sound will be heard. According to our experience alone, we
cannot tell why it had happened. But when we learn some physics in textbooks, we will find the
answer clearly that because light travels faster than sound does, it takes less time for light to travel
the same distance than for sound. Therefore, book knowledge can inform us some useful theories
that can give us general ideas and help us understand the real phenomenon better.
In turn, practice knowledge check out the theories gained from books. There is an old Chinese
saying that practice is the only criterion of inspecting the truth. So not all knowledge from books is

credible, even false. When Aristotle wrote in his transcripts that the earth is the center of our
planets, no one doubts this for centuries. However, when Galileo read about it, he did not suspect
it at first, but when he made some observation and research, he found it is not the truth. Then
comes the new theory—Sun center theory.
In our daily life, we can learn much information from practice. To learn swimming, it is useless to
be absorbed in reading skills written in books. Only when you learn it in a swimming pool, can you
make it. There are still a lot of things you must learn from your own experience, such as driving a
car, riding a bicycle, operating a machine. And the most important is that it is often easier learn
knowledge from practice than from books. As far as the average people are concerned, it is
natural to learn from experience. Primitive people learned skills hand by hand which is the way
they were handed down from one generation to another.
Modern people also learn things in practice. In workshops, leading workers teach apprentices
carefully; in activity clubs, teachers teach youngsters to be familiar with their hobbies. It is
obvious that all of things considered knowledge gained from practice is more close and direct than
from the books.
Therefore, two kinds of knowledge has importance. For research people , knowledge from books
is more important, while for our average people, knowledge from practice is more important. As
students, we must first learn knowledge from books well, and at the same time we must have the

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