TOEFL ESSAY COLLECTION VOLUME 2

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Topic 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.
Score: 5.5
Some people believe that success comes from taking risks or chances.Others believe
that sucess results from careful planning.In my opinion success comes from careful
planning because it organises, prepares and provides guidelines to finally accomplish
he purpose.
In my view, a person learns well if he plans ahead of time before venturing any task.
This not only makes him more organised and thoughtful of how to approach a given
task but also allows him to keep pace with time.This would ultimately result in the
proper finishing at correct time.The very example is when we appear for exams,it
should be planned well before rather than sitting at the end moment and at last
leaving it unfinished.
Careful planning allows the learner to know his weakness and strength in a particular
work.This would enable him to work well on areas of weakness and thus would help
him to improve his final performance.This kind is seen among many sports people
who practice well before the final match, to improve where they seem to lack.It gives

them more confidence to finally approach the test with the positive attitude.
Last but not least careful planning further grooms the personality of an individual, as
planning ahead gives him the sense of responsibility and creativity to organise his
work and finally the competitiveness to reach the goal.
Thus overall careful planning makes a person more organised, responsible,
competitive and puctual.All these qualities finally help him to achieve his purpose.
Score: 5.5
Success is the sweetest fruit a person desires in life. But the path to success is often
so very confusing. In fact every successful person have his or her own receipe for this
dish.
Careful planning is no doubt the most rational way to achieve success in life. Unless
and untill we plan our steps ahead of time our work doesn't remain well organised
and untill our effort is organised properly we may not acheive success. However,
human beings being mortal and their powers being limited, no one can predict the
future with a very high degree of accuracy. Thus arises the necessity of making
predictions and taking risks. There may be times when we are faced with multiple
alternatives none of which are perfectly favourable - we have to make a guess and
perhaps hope for the best.
In our country, we are required to qualify in a competitive examination in order to
get admitted into an Engineering College. The first time I sat for this examination, I
failed miserably. I had to get admitted into a General college with Physics as my
major. I then decided to go for the technical colleges a second time. I did it and did it
well. In my Physics course, however, I barely managed to pass through into the
second year. It was a great risk. I could have failed in the competitive exmination the
second time too. I could have fell sick on the day of the examination. I could have
got into a big trouble. In fact, some of my friends who took the same examination
with me failed the second time too and are now passing through hard times.

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So, there cannot be any golden rule to success. It's a receipe with a bowl of planning
and perhaps one or two spoonfull of risks. The exact proportions depend largely on
the individual concerned and the situation. Those who can identify the correct
proportions come out with flying colors; others fade into the millions. God has not
given us the power to predict the future, but he has surely equipped all of us to be
able to measure the pros and cons. We are all capable of taking calculated risks and
that's what is required. How much calculation and how much risk .. well, no golden
rule!
Score: 5.0
According to me success in life comes from careful planning.Its always said "Well
begun is half done". According to me good beginning of any activity is proper
planning. Once any action is well planned nothing comes as a surprise while
implementing it. Unexpected situations are only difficult to handle.Even the worst
situation in life if anticipated can be handled well than a slight unexpected
event.Planning is necessary at every point in our life.
I would mention as an example the adimission process to the Grad schools, planning
is the most important thing needed. We need to plan the dates for different activities
including the time to be allocated to prepare for exams, time to set an appointment
with the lecturer to get a recommendation letter and so on. If these small activities
are not planned and done in a random manner such a complicated procedure can
never be completed on time. Time taken in planning an activity reduces to a great
extent the delays involved during the course of the activity.
On the other hand it is also needed in life at times to take risks or chances. Not
everything can be planned. If we are not ready to take risks we are sure to miss
many chances that we can get only once in our lifetime. I would like to mention

about an extempore elocution competition I once attended. I was in my sixth grade
and all the other competetors were from grade ten or above, I was afraid that the
other participants would do better than me since I was the youngest among all of
them. I was afraid I might commit a mistake which they would not, still I did not
loose hope and decided to take a chance and I participated. I did so well that I got
the first prize and ofcourse, a lot of appreciation.
I believe taking risks at times in life is also necessary but it should be for a good
cause and after being involved in the activitity we must be commited to it. Well
planned activity always leads to sucess but that should not stop us from taking risks
in life at times.

Topic 52: What change would make your hometown more appealing to
people your age? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
Score: 5.0
I live in istanbul which is a very cosmopolitan city.it's in Turkey and by the Marmara
sea.i think that if a place full of cafes,cinemas..etc is built in istanbul,it will be more
appealing to people at my age.
I'm 20 years old at the moment and attending university.in my speare time i like
going to cinemas to watch new films shown and to cafes with my friends. we like
talking with eachother about general things.i think it is a good way of reducing stress
after a hard days work at the school. We are so involved with courses that we would
like to find all these activities like cinemas and cafes together.

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A place full of different cinemas, cafes,fast food reataurants would be the right place
for students to get together.there we could get many different choises.we wouldn't
have to go to one place for cinema and then to another place to eat something,all of
them would be together.
The other reason why i believe a place containing cinemas, cafes,should be built is
that it would be a suitable place for all students to get together after school.there we
can meet different people and have some new friends,also our parents would't worry
about where we are going.Maybe later on,a library can be built into that place.i think
it would be very usefull.We can study there with our friends and when we get tired
and need some rest,we can directly go to a cafe or to cinema.
Finally i can say that a place offering all culturel activities to yhe students should be
built in my city.this will make istanbul even more appealing for students.
Score: 5.0
Beijing is my hometown, the capital city of China, as well as one of the biggest
metropolitan cities in China. With the dramatic economic growth, Beijing attracts
more and more young people at my age to come here work and live in this city which
has full of life. But there are still some unpleasant aspects I would like it to change in
order to be more appealing to people of my age.
First of all, there are not as many foreign companies and joint ventures as in
Shanghai. As many people know, Shanghai is a lot of young people's favorite city to
work and live, because it has more opportunities and chances. Compare with
Shanghai, Beijing, the political, economical and cultural center of China has less
foreign companies. Young people of my age usually have good foreign language skills
and would like to practice them during working. They think it is a good chance to
improve their language skill in foreign companies and joint ventures.
Another aspect I would like my hometown to change is building more roads. Although
our government already put a lot of efforts on city construction, it is still not good
enough. You will see traffic congestion every day during rush hours. People always
can not sure to reach their destination without being late. Young people like me, we
just start working, being on time is very important for us. But with the traffic problem

we are facing everyday, we definitely will spend more time to wait and can not avoid
being late on working and important business appointment.
Although my hometown Beijing is a very lovely city, full of chance. I would like to
change some aspects to make it more appealing to people at my age. I would like to
have more big foreign companies and joint ventures to practice our foreign language
skill and would like to have good city construction with more roads. Thus we will work
more efficiently
Topic 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.
Score: 5.5
I do not agree with the statement that money that you earn is the most significant
aspect of a job. There are many other aspects that are more important than the
money. For example, it is more important whether you like the job or the working
conditions and are good.

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First of all I believe that a person should like the job he has. If he cannot get
satisfaction from what he does, it deos not matter how much he earns. Because in a
job that he does not like he can never be successful or happy. I sometimes hear the
stories of successful business people quitting their jobs and working for charity
organizations. I think that is a good example of how getting satisfaction in a job is
more important than money.
Also working conditions should be good. By this I mean one should have a clean and

nice office and polite people to work with. It does not matter how much you earn if
your office is depressing and the people you work with are disrespectful. Because
people spend usually eight or ten hours a day in their office. It is like their second
home. And this increases the importance of the conditions of the office.
To sum up I believe that getting satisfaction and the working conditions are more
important in a job than the money you earn. Therefore money should not be the
major concern of a person in selecting a job.
Score: 5.5
I disagree with the statement that 'The most important aspect of a job is the money
a person earns' because money is one of the important aspects of a job, but it is not
the most one. All of aspects of a job such as money, achievement, and new
experience are equally important by following reasons.
First of all, nowadays, the world is developed. Everyone have to work hard to survive
in this busy world. Who works hard has more chance to get high rate of salary.
Everything in this world has higher price. Who has no money cannot be in this big
world. Generally, the clever man who have more chance to get better job has to
choose to work in the company that give more money to him because money is one
of the important aspect of a job.
Secondly, not only do worker want money, but also success. Promotion, and good
result of a job are the example of successful. Promotion is another thing that worker
want. Everyone works hard because they want to be promoted to the higher position.
Commonly, most people want to be boss and work without ordering. By the way, If
people work well, the result of a job will be good, so their boss or client will give the
compliment to them.
Last but not least, the more time people work, the more experince people have, so
another important aspect of a job is experience. No one can get new experience, if he
does not work. It is notice that people who have worked for a long time have more
experience than people who just start working. People who have many experiences
can solve the ploblem that suddently face them because they used to face with that
ploblem and try to solve it. Therefore experience is the important aspect os a job.

In conclusion, I can not point out that which aspect among money, accomplishment,
and experience is the most important because all of these have it own beneficial.
Thus, I disgree that the money a person earns is the most important aspect of a job.
Score: 5.5
Some people may think that money is the most important aspect of a job. Of course,
this factor cannot be ignored. But in my opinion, I disapprove this kind of idea. As I
see it, there are many other important aspects a job, rather than money.
One of them is the satisfaction of the worker. No matter what other people say, if the
person is satisfied with his/her work, that's it. For example, my father was a good
student in high school. His parents and teachers told him to go to law school because
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family. But my father disagreed and went to the army because he wanted to. And
until now, he is very satisfied with his job. He didn't choose a job that was
conspicuous to other people, but a job he liked.
Another factor is how well the job suits the person. We can't get a clumsy person to
be a doctor that requires great awareness on the work, such as surgery. A single
mistake, even the slightest failure can kill a person. So people should also consider
on how well he/she can do the job, and if it's suitting the person.
In closing, I disagree with the idea of money being the most important aspect of a
job. Of course, we can't totally ignore money. Usually many people just work,
whether they like it or not, just to earn money. But we must keep in mind that
money should be considered as a second, after we decide things such as the

satisfaction or how well the job suits the person. Money isn't everything in life,
remember that.

Topic 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.
Score: 6.0
I strongly believe that people should never judge a person by external appearances.
The way we look not always reflects the way we are. We can make huge mistakes if
we let the external appearances tell us everything about someone.
I consider that outward qualities are related in some ways to the manner we are and
the way we feel inside. Sometimes the clothes we chose express our mood, how we
are feeling at that moment. Also, the hairstyle, make up and many other aspects of
our look sometimes give an idea of our attitude towards life.
Even though, not all aspects or, for some people, any aspect of the personality is
shown in external appearances. The look is not evident enough to communicate deep
feelings, beliefs, thoughts and behaviours. There is so much more inside of a person
that can only be noticed after knowing him very well.
I have met people who give an erroneous first impression. At first sight one could
describe them in a completely different way from what they turn to be when you get
to know them well. Before making premature conclusions we should pay attention at
many other features, such as the way the person talks, the words he uses, the look
in his eyes, that help us to recognize how is that person like. People’s values,
educational background, skills and virtues lie in the inside, not in the outside.
There is a great risk of missing good friends if we allow us to judge by appearances.
We always should give a second chance to people to show us how they really are,
without masquerades. We have to be smart to not mistake what we see on the
surface, because the main part of almost everything is hidden and not easily seen.
Score: 5.5
One should never judge a person by external experience. I agree with the above

statement because in my opinion external appearances are deceptive and how a
person seems from outward appearance may not actually reveal his real identity.
It is true that outward appearance do give a faint understanding of a person- the
taste and manner of dressing reveals his neatness or probably the country he belongs
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mediocres.But by all this we can only assume his nature and in my opinion it should
not be taken as criteria for judging the person's personality, character or strangth.
The person who may look ugly might be a person with a golden heart whereas the
one looking gorgeous may be the one with a stubborn heart.We should form
conclusion only after mingling with the person, this provides an oppotunity to analyse
the person's thought, study his character and behavior in the most proper
manner.One instance in my life made this more evident- my hostel room mate was
very good looking and everyone seemed to admire looking at her outward attraction.
But only later when we started living together did i come to know that she was a
drug addict, flirt and often bunked her classes freaking with boys.After knowing her
real identity all my friends started disliking her.
External appearance can give false identity of one's position or rank.I say this taking
Gandhiji , a famous indian freedom fighter as example. He was a renowned person
well known among ministers and common people, but if we were to see his external
appearance he looked very weak and lowly person.He used to travel to foreign
countries in the same appearance, thus unless you know him ,none could make out
that he was a great person in Indian history.

Last but not least external appearance cannot indicate the strength of an individual,
a person looking fat may actually have less strength than a person looking thin and
weak from outside.For example, boxing competition in television reveals such
examples where a weak looking competitor will finally win the game beating his
overfat opponent.
Thus with external appearance we cannot deduce the real identity of a person - his
character or position or his strength and in my opinion unless we know the person we
should not judge the person.
Score: 6.0
In this world, there are not only various kinds of animals, but also a variety of kind of
human. Therefore one should never judge a person by external appearances, but
should judge by his real behavior.
Nowadays, some people do not do things that they really want to do. For example in
the office, someone like flattering his boss for his good promotion. It means that he
usually acts as he is working hard when his boss is in the office, but whenever his
boss is not be there, he will not work at all. If new employee is just received to work
there, he may be thing that flatter guy is the good person who enjoy working, but
next few days, he will know that actually flatter guy is only the lazy man who usually
act like good worker.
Another poit of view, there are many people who are not candid. They usually have
secrets, and lie. Although they talk and smile to you, in fact they want to hurt you.
They may be gossip you with your colleague or your boss, so you cannot judge a
person without knowing him.
In addition, sometimes, you may thing that people who are good looking, or rich will
be the good one. Someone look so handsome, but his behavior is really bad such as
he enjoy hurting woman, or does not take care of his parents at all. On the contrary,
someone who are not handsome and sometimes looks greedy, he may be polite guy.
Therefore you should not judge a person by only external appearances.
To conclude, there are various kinds of people such as black, white, handsome, tall,
and so on, but all of these are external appearances which can not be the gain to

judge people. Someone may be frank, and tell the true thing, but someone may

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usually lie. Therefore one should never judge a person by only external appearances,
but should judge by his behavior after really knowing him.

Topic 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.
Score: 6.0
Someone says that a person should make an important decision alone, but in my
opinion, I think that it is not true because everything can be looked in various
aspects, and everyone has different skill and experiences. Consequently, consulting
other persons is the best way for making a decision.
In my point of view, anyone in this world thinks differently from any other persons
because there are many aspects for thinking about something. The more the number
of people who help think, the more idea, so a person should not make an important
decision alone. For example, in prominent company, it is very famous to work with
team because the more the number of co-workers, the more a number of good ideas.
Everyone has a chance to propose his opinion, and all of these opinions will be
merged to be the conclusion decision.
In addition, making a decision alone can make people waste many things such as
money, friends, or life because no one have a good skill in every fields. For example,
in the business, if owner want to increase budget to develop a company, but he

decides to do so by himself without consulting with accountances who are good at
calculating budget, the business may be turn down. So, the owner has to waste a lot
of money because he makes an importance decision alone.
Moreover, it is sure that everyone cannot used to face with the same situation in his
whole life, so no one has the same experiences as do any other persons. Doing
something that we used to do is easy and has less chance to do wrong, so If a person
has to decide to do something that he used not to do so, but he consult with
someone who used to do so, he can do so too. For example, last 6 years ago, I had
to decide in which faculty that I should study. In that time, I had not many
experiences, so I asked about the characteristic of any faculties from my parents, my
teachers, and my parent’s friends who works in various careers. Those advices that
everyone gave me were very useful for me to make a decision, and right now I am
sure that I do not make a wrong decision that I choose to learn in the faculty of
Electrical Engineering. If that time I decided to choose it by myself, I might be a
doctor who was not happy at all.
To conclude, making an important decision is the important thing in people’s life
because it can point out our life such as being the rich or the poor, working as an
engineer or a doctor, or being happy or sad. The best way for making a decision is
consulting with other person. Therefore I agree that a person should never make an
important decision alone.
Score: 5.0
In our life there are a lot of important decisions that we have to make.For example:a
choice of a profession,marriage,the place where to live.These are only a fewest part
of them.I think that in such problems we need to consult other people, parents or
relatives, because they may think in different way that we do.

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It is important to know many possible advantages and disadvantages of your
selection.You ask friends to know their thought,and than you make your own
decision.Friends can understand your opinion and agree with you.That is why people
have friends.
Secondly, if you make an important decision alone,you are going to forgot that this
decision could not be accepted by the others. They can also make their decisions
alone,without you,and you will be in a compicated situation.
Another fact in favor of my opinion is that there are people more experienced than
you.For example your parents.I'm sure that they had in their lifes many problems
that may be close to your problem. I think that to ask them for an advice is the right
way to be sure for your decision.
In conclusion,the important decisions are also a good experience for us.We try to
decide how to behave in these decisions.I'm sure that each of us will make a right
decision after a consultation with a close friends because that is why people have
friends.

Topic 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.
Score: 5.5
If a company is going to give some money either to suppport the arts or to protect
the environment, I will argue in favor of the second option. Of course, money should
be given for both art and environment, but I believe that in our fast going world, with
all the pollution, to protect the nature is more important than to support arts.
First, the air will be fresher than it is today. Nowadays we have a lot of cars, facturies
and plants , which make the air almost impossible to breathe. If a company gives
enough money so that we could clean the air, the life especially in the big cities will

not be so unhealthy. Many people are dying from respirathory deseases. Is it not a
good idea to change that situation?
Second, the water will be cleaner. Water is the most important resourse of the Earth.
While the human body is about sixty percents water, it is essential for people lives.
No one can live without water, so it must be protected and if it is possible it must be
cleaned, so that the humans and animals could continue their existance on the Earth.
Third and equally important, There will be more green places such as forests and
parks. In that way, there will be places where people will enjoy being hand in hand
with the mother nature. Trees, bushes and grass make a person to feel better, full of
energy and ready to take the chalenges of life.
To summarize, I believe that arts are a graet tool for expresing oneself and for
showing the beauty of nature, but they worth nothing if mankind dies and this is
exactly what will happen if people stop protecting the environment.
Score: 5.5
There are many ways that a company can help the society as a whole. For example,it
can support the arts or it can take some action to protect the environment.I believe
that the protection of the environment should be a priority to all businesses.

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First of all nowadays we live in several times more polluted environment than our
ancesters. And life conditions are getting worse every day. I think that companies can
do a lot of things about that. They can even rise their profits helping the society.
Resently, I read in a newspaper about a compain of McDonalds to plant trees in order
to prevent further distruction of the oson layer. They received approval from the

society and increased their profits. So that companies can follow them and help to
save our environment.
Secondly,I think that protecting the environment, the company helps every single
member of the society.I have in mind all the deceases,that have occurred during the
last sentury.These, so called "new era" deceases, like all allegies, are due to the
polluted air. Many companies can make an effort and use special equipment in their
productional procces in order to restric the air pollution.
In conclusion,I think that the company is better to give some money to protect the
invironment, because in this way it will benefit the whole society.It will contribute to
people's health and less polluted environment.
Score: 5.5
I would strongly recommend that the company donate the money towards the
protection of our environment rather than for arts. This does not mean that I have no
regard for the arts. I will explain here why protection of the environment should be
considered higher priority than support of arts.
The Earth has changed in many ways. Along with man's evolution there has been a
noticeable change in Mother Nature. Progress of mankind has brought along with it a
mixture of things-there has been so much technological advancement and improved
quality of life and at the same time, it has also in some ways led to undesirable
changes in our environment, such as pollution, ozone layer breach, tree felling, land
erosion etc.
It is important that we maintain a friendly ecosystem free of all these hazards, which
will help us improve our quality of life. Needless to say,our forefathers lived in a
world which was more pure, fresh and free of pollution. In today's world, for
example, we have automobiles, which in a way has improved our lives, but sadly also
contributes to release of so many toxic substances into the air.
Man has excelled in architecture, and is constantly building better and more
buildings. But this leads to destroying nature- thousands of trees need to be cut, to
clear land as well as to provide wood for construction. This leads to increased
chances of soil erosion, and a disturbance in the delicate balance of the ecosystem.

To increase produce, man has invented many fertilizers and pesticides. While these
substances keep pests away and help in plant growth, they also get deposited on the
leaves and fruits and may be harmful if ingested.
Keeping all these in mind, I would definitely say what the world needs today is a
desperate effort to protect our environment, and hand it down to the future
generations as it was handed down to us by our forefathers. Surely we do no want to
gift our children and grandchildren with polluted land, air and water! Therefore all
attempts must be made towards improving our environment. This can only be done if
there is enough financial support.
At the same time, I do not look down upon or disregard the field of arts. It is
interesting to see how arts has enriched the very quality of life. It allows us to reach
within ourselves and open out emotions. In today's busy world, the arts help us
relax, sit back and enjoy. While it is a truly appreciated field, I only feel that on a
relative basis, the necessity to protect the environment is a lot more important.

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Topic 57: Some movies are serious, designed to make the audience think.
Other movies are designed primarily to amuse and entertain. Which type of
movie do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your
answer.
Score: 5.0
One of the ways of entertainment for the people in this time that we live in is going
to the theatre and waching a movie. Some movies are serious , designed to make
audience think The others are designed primarly to intertain and amuse. I 'm fan of

the movies and watch both types of movies but to tell you the truth I enjoy more
those with that entertain. Why? I explain it .
Our lives are very dinamic , we compete with others about our job's and other stuf
we are are alvays in the run. That's why, for me when I sat down and wach a movie I
want to be relaxed. Especialy, for me are good the comedies in which I can laugh
until I get tears in my eyes. Laughter is good for us and we all need that. And that
can get it in a good movie[comedy0) like "Liar, Liar".
On the other hand ,movies thaty are more seious and make us think, we have to be
very concentrated to follow the hapenings, and sometimes can make us sad or have
bad influence on us. When I was watching the movie "a shot through the heart "
which theme was the war in Bosnia, it make me sad and I felt anger in the same time
against enemy.
All in all , I conclude that I prefer more the movies which are destined to entertain,
Because all I need is to relax and have fun that we all need.
Score: 5.0
There are two major kinds of movies; serious movies and entertained movies.
Serious movies encourage the audience to think and pay most attention until the
end. At the same time, this kind of movie is quite stressful in terms of detail and
overall story. I prefer movies that provide me smile, entertain and thought.
Nowadays, I have many stressful works to do and after long working hour I want to
relax. I want to go see movie that make me laugh and smile. My favourite movie
"Sister Act", entertains me every time I watch. If I have to face with suspended
movie which I have to find out the murder and see the death, my day will be too
hard.
Movies that are designed to amuse and entertain, to me, are more colourful in detail.
Again "Sister Act", my favourite one, has funny plot with good music. Personally, I
like to hear music while watching movie. Not only music but also joke in the story
that interests me. It is definitely more lively to see such a movie.
Some say serious movies make you think, I wouldn't argue but comedy movies can
also give you thought. Good thoughts are found implicitly in almost all kinds of

movies. I can't remember the title of this movie but the story is about family and a
dog. It was light and entertained one and the thought I got from watching this movie
was a relationship between human and animal. We should care more of our little
living pet. It has also heart and life. Comedy make you think subconsciously and you
learn more from fun.
Life is easy, I like the way comedy movies benefit me. I can smile and listen to music
I like while watching movie and absorb good thought from it.

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Score: 5.0
In this globalization era, there are various kinds of movies such as comedy, romantic,
action, horrible, and so on. Some movies are seriously designed to make the
audience think, while other movies are designed primarily to amuse and entertain. I,
myself, prefer to see the latter one because it makes me enjoy and relax, makes me
have more friends, and gets some knowledge without stress to me.
Nowadays, the world is continuously chanced, so people have more stresses in this
busy world. One of the best ways for people to relax from these stresses is seeing
movies. I am one of person who prefer to see amusing and entertaining movies
because I want to relax from working hour. All day, I have many tentions because I
work hard and sit in front of my computer. Whenever I have a leisure time, I choose
to see a movie that is fun and entertain me. Comedy is my favorite kind of movie. I
and my parents laugh and enjoy so much when we see comedy movies such as LIER
LIER, SCARY MOVIE, or so on. About some kinds of movies that are designed to
make the audience think is the last one that I choose to see in my leisure time

because they make me have more stresses. Last week, I went to see the movie
about spy with my friend, I though hard all the time because I tried to know who
were the killer. It does not help allay my stresses. When I went to work in the next
day, I felt as I had not enough relax time.
Moreover seeing an amusing movie make me have a sense of humor. I am happy not
only when I see an entertaining movies but also when any other times. I smile and
laugh many times per day, so I attract many people in my company. No one in my
company is my enemy. Furthermore I remember some funny jok from funny movie
and copy to act with my friends. All of them like it and enjoy with it. It is very useful
from seeing funny movies.
Additionally, not only do movies that are designed to the audience think amuse and
entertain give knowledge to the audience, but also movies that are designed to
amuse and entertain.

Topic 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.
Score: 6.0
Some people think that businesses should do anything they can to make a profit. In
my opinion, these people are thinking a little bit selfish, because there are other
things that a business should do, for example considering the workers, costumers.
Beside all these a business should serve the community.
The most important thing to realize is that, a person who is serving the costumers
and the community should always be honest. In my opinion honesty is the most
important quality a business should have in order to deserve the profit it makes.
Earning money by playing trick on consumers or getting more money than it
deserves is so bad that I don’t think a business which makes profit out of dishonesty
can carry on with success. In a business all the workers must consider the other
workers, the costumers and the community they live in. Colleagues are also very
important, they should respect each other and should never forget that business is a

team-work. If a business is making large profits, it should share it with the people
who made that profit possible.

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If a worker cannot get what he deserves either economically or mentally he may not
be able to work effectively in the future.
The other important thing is that some of the profits one’s business earns from the
community should be returned to the community. For example if big company is
earning a lot of money, it should never forget that the money comes from community
so it should return some of the profit back to community. There are various ways to
do it. For example a company can built a park for the children or crèche just like
public nursery for the children of the workers, get the trust of the workers.
The last very important point is to get customers’ trust. A small company may grow
into a large company after sometime but if it wants to be long lasting, it should
always try to produce high-quality products ,and give good service to its costumers.
Generally, it can be said that the most important thing for a business is to make a
profit, a business should never do anything to make a large profit. There are more
important things such as serving the costumers, workers and community .A business
must make profits, but we all - workers, customers, community- must profit from a
successful business.
Score: 6.0
It was always hard to separate business and life. Even such great company like
Microsoft has been resolving this problem. For this company, for example, it is benefit
to make and sell the computer games, but for some parents it makes a lot of

problems such as their children spend too much of their time with a computer game
instead of going to school or doing their homework. That is why I suppose that I do
disagree with the statement that businesses should do anything they can to make a
profit.
First of all, let think about our society. Every new year brings us many new
discoveries. It is known that each discovery has its positive and negative influence to
us. An example is most all computer games. Almost each child and teenager in the
United States spends the time with a computer game. In my point of view, it is not
the best way to spend the time. Moreover, it destroys one's health, his eyes, and
even his mind. But it brings a lot of money for the computer games companies and
the businessmen like Bill Gates.
Secondly, let think about our future. If we all will do the business only for each of us
benefit we may forget to protect the Nature and the Earth. We will forget about the
most important thing in our lives: we are people and we must think about our
relationship, environment, and acknowledge. For me it is important not only my
interests, but all my closes friends, relatives, and parents interests also. That is why I
think that business must be more humanely.
In short, we need to understand that business is not only a way we gain money, but
it is also a way to give our society more benefits.
Topic 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.
Score: 5.5
I think I would prefer to hurry to get things done than to take my time and live life at
a slower pace because it allows me to do things over a short period of time, make my
self available for opportunities and it makes one to be efficient in life.

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Firstly, life on earth is short and I would advise anyone who cares to listen that it is
advisable to do things on time knowing fully well that you cannot live forever and
that your impact should be felt by people around you. Imagine, if everyone takes
their time to do every thing that they should do, things wouldn't be done on time,
there would be chaos, anarchy and total disorder. For example, the police would fight
crime when they feel like or the president of a country would address urgent
humanitarian needs at his own time or children would go to school when they feel
like.Such a situation would lead to the total breakdown of a society.
If I have to do things at my time, then I would miss a lot of opportunities in life. For
example, if an unemployed graduate like myself spends the whole day doing chores
in the house, when I could do the house chores quickly and attend seminars related
to my field that could keep me updated on recent developemnts in my field and in
the long run enhance my job prospects.
Imagine, if workers in a company take their time to do things at a slower pace, then
such an organisation is bound to fail because things wouldn't be done on time and
such a company would lag behind its competitors.
No matter what some people feel I think is better for people to do things in a hurry to
prevent disaster, promote efficiency and make one available for opportunities.
Score: 5.0
Although taking one's time and living life at a slower pace look atttractive and leisure,
I perfer to get things done quickly. There are some reasons that let me to choose
that kind of fast pace living style.
Above all, at this modern society, everyone got lots of things or works to do
everyday. We cannot afford a slow living pace. I belive the saying: Time is money!
Did comparable more works in relatively short time will win more time to do other
important things. For example, if you do you job in hurry and finifshed the workload

of that day earlier, you may go back home earlier and have more time spend with
family member or get more time to do something interesting you like maintaining a
little hobby.
Second, even though taking one's time to do things lookes relaxative, it's actually
wasting time for most of people. Not too much people can afford to take their time
for the luxury of a slower pace life. You'll need a huge amount money as a backup to
do so. However, I'm not in the line of richmen. So I have to chrish every minute and
use every minute uo to its most to make money for myself to prepare for my future
possible slower life style. Now, I have to keep myself always in hurry and get thing
done as quickly as possible.
In addtions, getting things done fast is suitable for my character . I'm not that kind
of person who can stand the fact that works were done in a leisure way and slow
speed. Thus, it's best for me to do whatever in hand right now.
Therefore, in my view, I prefer to be in a hurry to go places and get things done.
Score: 5.0
Some people are always in a hurry, they go places and get things done, they don’t
have time for their own interests, hobbies…etc. However other people prefer to take
their time and live life at a slower pace and enjoy the things they are doing. I prefer
to tame my time and do things at a slower pace.
First of all, I believe that all people should enjoy the things they are doing. Doing
things quickly in a hurry doesn’t mean that doing it successfully, instead doing things
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act that way but the most important thing they don’t know is that they should savor
each minute because life is shorter then they think.
The most important is to realize is that enjoying our lives, doing things wantingly. For
example, right now I’m studying at high school and enjoying it, because I know that I
won’t have the chance to turn back to these years and because of that I’m trying to
enjoy these high-school years. These years are important experience for students
and prepare us for our future years, I’m going to cafes with my friends and doing
things that all the students at my age are doing.
From my point of view, it is important to do things carefully, completely and correctly
rather than doing them quickly. I see many students start studying for their exams
the night before their exams. But I don’t think it is effective. I don’t wait till the last
night, I study regularly and believe that it is the best way to savor each experience.
Each experience teaches new things to people.
On the whole, I can say that I don’t prefer doing things quickly and rushing through
things. I prefer to take my time and live my life at a slower pace. To my way of
thinking, it is more important to do things that one enjoys and we should never
forget that life is shorter than we think.
Topic 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.
Score: 6.0
Everyone likes games and games are said to be for children. By playing games
children learn new things and have enjoyable time. As long as adults also need to
learn new things and need enjoyable time after a long depressing working day,
games are as important for adults as they are for children. Games are important
because they make adults keep their minds sharp, learn new things and besides
maintain social skills.
A few days ago, I came across a newspaper article and it was stated that modern
research had shown that grown up adults could continue to grow brain cells by
exercising their minds. When I thought about it, I found out that no other way other

than playing games could manage to do it. By concentrating on the tactics of the
game, keeping the track of your opponent’s strategies, you can keep your brain
functioning and growing. Some games can teach us a lot. Games that ask questions
are not only enjoyable but also show us what we don’t know. The best way to learn a
thing is answering a question wrong because then you never forget the correct
answer. It is always easier to keep something in mind when you realize you don’t
know it.
The other important point is that playing games is enjoyable. Not only children, but
also adults need to forget about the problems of the real world. Games provide
everybody a new view of life. You just concentrate on the game, and so don’t think of
anything else. Games get people together. By this way, one can observe people’s
reactions towards different situations. It is always very interesting to watch the
others. Nobody is same, and we can learn new thing from others. Maintaining
personal contacts is important for everyone.
Finally I can say that games are as important for adults as they are for children.
Regardless of your age ,playing games can help you keep your mind alert, learn new
things, and build friendship.

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Score: 5.0
Games, as the ultimate form of mental and physical relief are important to both
children and adults. The prime reason why are they so important, is because both
adults and children learn how to behave, control and fallow the rules from the games
itself. Indirectly throughout playing games children and adults acknowledge that the

life itself is one big game and even a spontaneous drift from it can destroy the whole
game, which emphasizes games' importance in our lives.
There are two types of games. The fist type is mental games, which upgrades our
mental abilities and another type is physical games which keeps people fit and
healthy. And the fallowing are the reasons why are the games so important to adults
as well to children.
An adult, as an active human being needs to have some physical abilities which will
take him off just for a moment from all of the responsibilities in the real world. Also
by playing, adults learn a lot about co-operation, discipline, team work and respect to
others. They also learn a lot about self confidence, which is very important in theirs
stages in life because without it they cannot stand any chance to fight a future. On
other side mental games help them a lot in developing mental abilities needed for
thinking and reasoning in the life and such an example is chess which develops
thinking and strategic abilities needed for facing the future and solving the problems
in real life.
For children, the mental and physical games are worth about the same, because a
child in the age between 2-13, needs some kind of the activities which will helps in
developing physical and especially mental abilities needed for their growing up and
understanding a real world. Of course by playing the games in this stage, children
begin to make the basis of their characters which is very important in their future
because if they get used to the rules of various games in such an early age they will
have not any problems in further life, and therefore adapt quickly and more
efficiently to all of the factors in the life. Physical activities in this age have very
significant role in their life because by playing these kinds of games they are
strengthening the bones, health and in the same time they learn discipline and
improve working habits.
From all of the factors above, it's very clearly that the games either in physical or
mental form help adults and children as well for developing and achieving our goals
in life which make games an exceptional example of a developer and an improver to
our lifestyle.

Topic 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.
Score: 5.5
Parents and adult relatives play a significant role in shaping a child's life. They teach
them how to live, and struggle for the right things. However when children grow up,
often they fail to realize the contributions of their parents and adult relatives in their
lives. Teenage children think that being a teenager they are able to make all the
decisions of their lives. In my opinion, parents and adult relatives should make
important decisions for their teenage children because teenagers are unexperienced,
overconfident and many times they do not realize the consequences that the
imnportant decisions can have on their lives.

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Teenagers, being new in the adult world and having their first experiences of their
adult lives, think themselves as grownups and perfectly able to make their own
decisions. However, most of the times, their decisions are influenced by their friends.
For example a student may get into a top university, but just because his/her friend
is going to college, he/she wishes to go to college too. In this case the decision is
obviously influencial, and can have great negative effects on his/ her life. At such a
point the parents or the adult relatives should make decisions for their children.
Another reason why parents or the adult relatives decisons are very important is that
the teenagers are over confident. The teenagers havent still been into practical life,

and they dont have an idea of how the practial world works. Specially before the
university, teenagers are living in kind of a fantasy world, where they think
everything is cool and perfect. For example they might think that playing basket ball
in the school gym is definetly going to get them selected on the national team. This
may be true in some cases, but usually it doesnt work out this way. So if the
teenager, just neglects his/her studies, he/she is going to be defintely in loss. At such
points, like choosing the subjects in highschool, parents and/or adult relatives should
make decisions for their teenage children.
In conclusion, althought teenagers might think the decisions being imposed on them
as a stone in their paths, it is infact a blessing for them. Teenagers, being
iresoponsible, and unexpereinced are not always able to make decisions for
themselves. Hence parents and/or adult relatives should make the decisions for
them.
Score: 5.0
Teenagers today are so different from their parents, and grandparents, in that they
so freely do what they want to do, and think they have done nothing wrong. Some
people think only old-fashion parents still make arrangement for their children, Some
even think it is impossible to let their rebel, stubborn children to listen what their
parents tell them to do. However, in my point of view, it is necessary for all of
parents to carefully make important decisions for their older teenage children.
We know many children will behavior disobedience and rebellion with their parents.
Some of them even stay in constant trouble at school and with the police because of
their disrespect for authority. It is very important for parents to understand that
children do not have an adequate concept of society and the consequences of what
they have done. At this time, parents’ advices will protect children from harms which
resulted from foolish young peoples’ wrongdoing. Some years ago, One of my
classmates was so-called “problem young man”. What he thought about all the day
was to find funny from making all trouble for the others. After hearing so many
reports from school about their son’s bad masterpiece, his Dad made a big decision
to send him to a good private school known as strict discipline and supervision. Now

that trouble boy becomes a good-manner gentleman, have a good job in a financial
department.
A more essential factor why I advocate that Parent should play a real role to make
decisions for their teenager children is that Parents are always a good teacher. They
are very smart people because they have already lived through everything which
their children are living through. They always prepared to give any help their children
want. Their experiences about life are unmatchable asset to help children to make
good decision. Many young people have initial naive dreams about career and social
relations. After their parents tell them situations about what they actually got into at
early years, young people would be shocked to discover the world is totally different
from their fantasy.

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I think the debate about making decision for teenager children is very helpful. It will
absolutely increase the amount of communication between parents and their children.
It will make many parents to become more open-minded and more reachable by the
children to help solve the problems their children meet. After this debate this idea will
become clearer and clearer, that is, Parents’ decisions are very necessary for their
teenager children.

Topic 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.

Score: 5.0
friend is a person with whom we spend most of our time. It is very important to
spend enjoyable with them. The time we spend with our friends is precious and
shouldn’t be wasted. There are some characteristics that a friend should have such as
being intelligent, having sense of humor, or being reliable. In my opinion, the most
important characteristics, which were mentioned, is having sense of humor.
To my way of thinking, a friend doesn’t have to be very intelligent because getting
higher grades is not important for all the people. I can’t judge my friend when she
gets low marks. It also doesn’t mean that she is successful, she can be very creative
and succeed in arts or music. So we should never judge people according to their
intelligence. A person who is not very intelligence can be a very helpful and friendly
person.
Sense of humor is a very important characteristic that every people should have. If
one doesn’t have a sense of humor, then he doesn’t care about other people’s
feelings and behaves very badly, thinking only of himself. I don’t what that kind of
person to be around me, because he makes everybody around him uncomfortable
because of his selfishness. If one has a sense of humor, than he is there whenever
you are in need of him, he does everything he can.
Sense of humor brings other characteristics such as being helpful, thinking of other
people. And all these characteristics are very important for a friendship to be long
lasting. I would like my friend to listen to my problems and give me advices. His
thoughts are very important for me because I’m sure he thinks the right way
objectively. He thinks of a matter deeply and helps me to make my decisions. If my
friend hadn’t had a sense of humor, he would not try to help me and leave me
confused with my problems. If my friend hadn’t had a sense of humor, he would not
take me to the cinema when I had problems with my parent, I would be in my room
crying and thinking how to solve the problem.
Finally, I can say that if someone has a sense of humor than he also has other
characteristics such as being helpful, caring about others, trying to solve friends’
problems. And all these characteristics are very important for everybody in order to

have a long lasting friendship.

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As a friendly and open-minded person, I enjoy making friends. As a result, I have
many friends. However, regardless of their background, gender and characteristics, I
notice that all of my close friends have one characteristic in common - they all have a
sense of humor.
First of all, I always wanted to feel happy and have a good time when I go out with
friends. By going out with friends who are humorous often make me laugh and cheer
me up whenever I feeling down.
In addition, I believe people who have a sense of humor, are normally the one who
has positive thinking. I like to mix with people with positive thinking because I always
believe that it is better think positive rather than negative when dealing with
problem. For example, when I face a problem, I like to talk to friends who humorous
and positive because they can always give me new ideas and help me to solve
problem by guiding me to look at problem from the different perspective.
In short, what I want the most in a friend is a sense of humor. Friend who has a
sense of humor can influence me positively.

Topic 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.
Score: 5.5
One time when I was in Europe I saw this message in a gift store “Today problems
will be the best experiences in the future”. I do agree with this idea. Although most
experiences in our lives seem difficult, after overcome problems that these
experiences involved, they become valuable lessons for the future.
Difficult experiences demand people be strong. In my own experience, for instance, I
lived one of the most difficult situation that a human being can live, which is to lose
the most valuable person: the mother. Because I lost my mother when I was seven
years old, I learned how to be responsible and take care of myself, and now I am an
independent and strong person who can face any difficulty for severe that seemed.
On the other hand, sometimes, difficult situations offer challenges that can change
one’s life. For example, five years ago I won a scholarship to study a Master degree,
and in compensation for this grant I was asked to do some work for the University
where I was studying. They proposed me to be a teacher. Although I felt fearful and
unconfident at the beginning, I accepted that challenge and I became to be an
excellent teacher.
Finally, after overcome difficult situations people are able to handle any problem in a
better way because they are already familiar dealing with unpleasant experiences. My
own case illustrates it. After loosing my mother and being a teacher without previous
experience, I have developed skills like control of stress and work under pressure
that has allowed me to face any problem o challenge.
In conclusion, people complain about having difficult experiences, but after all, they
understand how living these situations in one of the better way to learn valuable
lessons that will help them all their lives.

Score: 5.0

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Life is a continous struggle and it has its ups and downs. Sometimes we are quite
satisfied with our lives but there are moments when we don't feel zest in our life due
to some unavoidable problems. I totally agree with the notion that the difficult
situations we face in our lives become a valuable lesson for our future. This I
supports with following facts and examples.
It has been proved scientifically that when we feel ourselves threatened, we use our
best physiological and psychological capabilities. Often in our lives, we remain in a
safe and satisfied atmosphere and avoid problems as much as we can. In this
condition, we can easily become lazy and our abilities may rote as we are not using
our full potential. Lets take an example of an employee that is working in a firm for a
very long time. Being content with his job, he must have long abandoned the practice
of increasing his skill set or enhancing his knowledge. Suppose he becomes a victim
of downsizing. He will have a very difficult time.
Observing him closely, you will find that he will also realize that his skill sets are
obsolete in the job market. Therefore, if he is an intelligent man, he will try to learn
the new relevant things related to his profession. Soon he may find himself doing a
higher paying job that he may have never dreamt of while doing his old job. There
are countless examples quoted in newspapers about people who after losing their
jobs unexpectedly found an excellent and more paying job. Truly, a difficult situation
is a blessing in disguise.
Failure is also a cause of our bad experiences. But failures are no more failures if we
can learn from them. Actually, there are no failures only feedbacks. I have used this
statement to guide my life. Once, I have almost failed an examination in my school
life and ended with just passing marks. Instead of being dishearted, I decided to
learn from this experince so that it should not happen again. I listed out all the

factors that were responsible for my failures like watching too much television and
studying without concentration. Next academic year, I took care of all those listed
causes and I was able to secure the first position in my school. Thus, failures gives us
new directions and guidance in our lives.
Survey of successful persons has shown that many have seen more tough time then
probably unsuccessful persons. The only difference is that they have faced the
situation with their full might, learned from them and applied learned lessons in their
future strategy.
We should not be afraid from bad circumstances and should try our best to convert
them into useful lessons to chart our future.

Topic 64: Some people prefer to work for themselves or own a business.
Others prefer to work for an employer. Would you rather be selfemployed,
work for someone else, or own a business? Use specific reasons to explain
your choice.
Score: 5.5
If given a choice of working for someone else or being self-employed I would choose
the latter without any hesitation.This doesn't mean that working for someone else is
in any way inferior to being one's own boss.I believe your personality type and the
way you want to live your life are the key factors in making this choice.
To me a life without thrills and adventures looks unattractive.The myriad challenges
and problems one has to face as a self-emplyed or business person attracts me more
than the relatively secure life of an employee.

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