一、教育类

1.  You may choose between two professors who will be teaching a course that you must take at your  university. If  the following statements  are the only information available to you about the differences between the two professors, which professor
 
would you choose? Why?
-A professor who proves to be very popular in students’ evaluations
-A professor who was recently given an award for outstanding research.
                 

2.  In order to make freshman adapt to campus life as soon as possible, which way will you recommend?

1)Attending  a  one-week  orientation  or  introduction  program  when  you  are  in  the university campus, and it will begin before you have the classes.

2)Meeting regularly at your first year with a student in your major field who has entered the university for several years.


3.  People in daily lives would frequently do the jobs that need creativity, such as the job you have never done before. Under this circumstance, do you prefer to work alone or work with others?

4.  Good teachers are more important to a child's development than good parents.
 

5.  Some young people (14-18) tend to divide their free time to participate in several activities, such as competitive sports, and music classes. Others prefer to focus on one activity. Which one do you think is better?


6.  At some universities, students take part in making decisions about the issues that affect daily life of everyone on campus, such as how many hours that the libraries should be open each day or what kinds of food should be served in the cafeteria. But at  some  universities,  experts  are  hired  to  make  decisions,  students  almost  never involved. Which approach do you prefer and why.

7.  Which area the government should fund to improve children’s education?
1)hiring more teachers to teach in a small class
2)preschool education before kindergarten
3)providing some training courses so that teachers can be more professional


8.  Parents give their children weekly money to buy whatever they want. Some people think this can cause bad habits and ideas about money in children. Others think the opposite.


9.  All university students should be required to take history courses no matter what field they study in.


10.  A lot of high school students now cheat in homework assignments, by asking other students for answers. Which of the following do you think is the most efficient way to stop?

1)asking parents to help stop the students from cheating
2)penalty or punishment to the students
3)asking teacher to create homework assignment that cannot be easily cheated


11.  Good teachers are more important to a child's development than good parents.

12.  Some university teachers prefer to record the lecture in advance so that students can familiarize first. In the class, students raise questions and discuss content related to the lecture. Do you think this method effective?

13.  It is the best way for teachers to help students become more interested in a subject by explaining how this subject can help students live better outside of the school.


14.  A high school has decided that all students must take a class in which they learn a practical skill. School administrators are trying to decide whether to hold a class in cooking, managing personal finances or auto repair. Which do you think the school should require students to take? Why?


15.  Some people think that it is an important part of a child’s education to go on field trips (for example, museums), other people think a child’s time is better spent learning in a classroom at school.


16.  Some parents offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark)
they get in school. Do you think this is a good idea?


17.  Universities should require all students to learn about foreign cultures as well as
their own culture.


18.  University  should  spend  more  money  supporting  social  activities  rather  than
improving the canteen food.


19.  The most important things people learned are from families.


20.  School should be more focused on improving facilities (libraries, computers, or
labs) for students than on hiring famous professors.


21.  Which one is the most important for teachers of high school?
a.the ability to help students plan for their future
b.the ability to find the students who need help most and help them
c. the ability to encourage students to learn outside the classroom by themselves.


22.  Which  of  the  following  summer  arrangements  is  better  for  a  16-17  year  old
student of grade eleven?
1) get ready for some of the major courses they want to study in College
2) led by the teacher to visit museums or historical sites, and then write a paper


23.  The government provides funds to the following programs in order to enhance the quality of education, which one choose?
1) hire more teachers to teach in a small class
2) preschool education before kindergarten
3) to provide some training courses so that teachers can be more professional


24.  Teachers  performance  should  be  evaluated  by  students  rather  than  by  other
teachers.


25.  Many  schools  require  young  children  (aged  5-11)  to  study  together  in  small groups instead of studying alone. Do agree or disagree with the following statement? Requiring children to study in groups is the best way to teach them. And why?


26.  Some people think university students should be taught in small class (which means professor knows the names of his/her students), others think large classes with more students are better. Which one do you think is better?


27.  When parents cannot afford time to accompany with their children, they could choose  to  send  their  children  to  child-care  center  where  many  children  are  cared together; or they could send their children to an individual caregiver. Which one is better?


28.  The reading students do on their own is as important as or more important than that assigned by the teachers.

29.  Some  students  enjoy  taking  distance-learning  courses  on  the  computer  or television. Other students would rather take all of their courses with a teacher in a classroom. Which of these options do you think is better?