Topics for Oral Test (College English 4)

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Topic 1: Friend and Friendship

Directions: You and your partner are talking about friend and friendship. The following questions may be answered by your conversation: How do you understand friend and friendship? How do you make friend with others? How do you keep friendship? What is the most impressive experience with your friend? Topic 2: Manners

Directions: You and your partner are talking about manners. Your conversation may include: what manners your parents taught you when you were a child; whether you have noticed some changes in manners in China and give examples to illustrate it. Topic 3: Happiness

Directions: You and your partner are discussing happiness. The following questions may be answered by your conversation: What does happiness mean to you? How do you pursue your happiness? What can you do to help those unhappy people? Topic 4: Heroes

Directions: You and your partner are talking about heroes. The following questions may be answered by your conversation: How do you understand heroes? What qualities should a hero have? Do you think it is important for a nation or a person to have heroes? Why? Topic 5: Business Strategies

Directions: You and your partner are discussing what makes such companies as Haier, Apple, DreamWorks, and Samsung, etc. so successful. The following factors are for your reference: company image, efficient management, qualified staff, staff training, quality of products. Topic 6: Trip Experience

Directions: You and your partner are friends. You haven’t seen each other since you moved away, but now your partner is visiting you. Last winter you took a trip together. Talk about what you remember about that trip. Topic 7: Feeling Tired

Directions: You and your partner are friends. It’s Friday night, and you’re having dinner together. Tell your partner about your plans for tomorrow. Your boss has asked you to take some visitors from the overseas branch office to the city tomorrow. They want to spend the day shopping and sightseeing. You’ve been feeling tired recently and had been looking forward to a rest this weekend. Besides, you don’t like shopping and sightseeing! Tell your partner how you feel. Topic 8: Feeling Furious

Directions: You’re giving a presentation tomorrow morning with your partner. It’s 4:30 p.m. now. A lot of work still needs to be done before you go home, but your partner has to leave now. You’re furious! Tell your partner how you feel. Topic 9: Watching a Soccer Match

Directions: You and your partner just watched a soccer march on TV. Your favorite soccer team has two star players: Roy Chanter and Andy Malta. You think that Malta is the best player on the team. He scored the most goals this year. He is the strongest and the fastest, and he has a powerful kick. However, your partner thinks Chanter is the best player on the team. He’s a very intelligent

player. He knows exactly what the other team is doing. The other players rely on him. Express your different opinions.

Topic 10: Headlines in the Newspaper

Directions: Imagine something important or unexpected happened and was reported by the media. You and your partner are talking about that news.