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Topics for Oral Test(2014 Fall Semester)1.Are you a happy person? What are the personality factors that happy people usually have?2.Should women stay at home or go out to work? Give examples to illustrate it.3.What is GM food? Talk about the benefits and risks of GM food.4.Do you often play sports? What are the benefits of playing sports?5.What is critical period? Give some specific examples to illustrate it.6.Why does a language always change? Give some specific examples to illustrate it.7.Do you have the problem of sleep deprivation? Talk about its causes and effects.8.What is faith? What’s the power of faith? Give example to illustrate it.9.What kind of advertisement do you like best? Give some specific examples to illustrate it.10.Do you think that the top students are usually successful in life？Give examples to support your view.1.Are you a happy person? What are the personality factors that happy peopleusually have?1. Happy people always look at situations positively. Instead of thinking about all that is wrong, think about all that is right in your life. Happy people look for the best in themselves and in people around them as they are naturally optimistic. They know how to alter negative positions into positive ones.2. Happy people usually know how to speak for themselves about what they feel and if they are not treated well.3. Happy people love, and enjoy listening to music. Remember that music always makes the world go round, especially for happy people.4. Happy people appreciate what they have and recognize the blessings that come their way. They know how to show appreciation and gratitude constantly.5. As happy people receive and share lots of love, compassion and affection, they enjoy life better. And in the process, find that they can sleep better.6. Happy people are both patient with people and things around them, and excitedly look forward to life every day. They are always ready and welcome the adventures life offers them.7. Happy people know their purpose in life and live to their passions. It is because of this that they are always learning new things, and are open to new and fresh ideas.8. Happy people are always ready to forgive themselves, and don’t beat themselves up for unavoidable mistakes.2.Should women stay at home or go out to work? Give examples to illustrate it.Women shouldn’t stay at home to raise their children.In today's society, women often feel that to be seen as successful, they should have to balance their career, children and their marriage. However, most women are force to stay at home to raise children and give up their own career. It’s unfair for women to devote all her lifetime in family instead of catching up the opportunities to live whatever they want. So our group insists that women shouldn’t stay at home to raise ch ildren, here is our main points.First, women and men are born to be equal, there’s no any saying that women are born to raise child and they have to scarify their own life. Women also have the ability and drive to do many things a man can do. They have the legal right as anyone else to decide what is best for them and their children.Second, in china, parents need a lot of money to raise children. A single income is not enough to comfortably support a family, especially those single families. Mothers have to get out working so as to ensure that their children have the best start in life. They can afford the best education and best quality of lifestyle.Third, many forms of childcare can be beneficial and complimentary to the care provided by parents. And I think this would help to improve children’s social skills and more independent than those who rely on their parents.Now we are in the modern society. Women should have their own freedom but not always listen to her husband or take care their children, parents and so on. You see, many women succeed nowadays. It means that women are not worse than men，on the other hand they are strong enough to get success.Staying at home to raise child is a good waySide B: Women should stay at home as housewives.(1) If husband and wife both go out to work, who will look after their children and parents? They will meet a lot of problems in their daily life.(2) China is a country with a large population. A lot of people can’t find jobs. We should encourage more women to stay at home to take good care of their family. Let men go out to earn money. So the quality of our family life will be improved.3.What is GM food? Talk about the benefits and risks of GM food.GM food is the abbreviation of the genetically modified food. Which is most commonly used to refer to crop plants created for human or animal consumption whose genetic makeup has been altered through a process called recombinant DNA.There are many advantages of it.Firstly, GM foods can fight world hunger. The world population has reached an all-time high of over 6 and a half billion. Over 20% of these are suffering from poverty and hunger. That GM foods can stop hunger is one of the noblest motivations behind the development of GM foods. Secondly, GM foods supposedly are easier to grow and bring higher yields. GM crops are designed to be sturdier and more robust than their non-modified cousins. They are meant to be resistant to drought, diseases, and pests. In poverty-stricken parts of the world, higher yields can save millions of lives and bring much-needed economic benefits.Thirdly, GM foods are good for the environment. The damage to the environment that insecticides such as DDT bring about is well-known. Growing GM foods can help eliminate the application of chemical pesticides and reduce the cost of bringing a crop to market. However, we cannot ignore some potential risks.Firstly, some people hold the view that it will bring the environmental hazards. It may reduce the effectiveness of pesticides. Just as some populations of mosquitoes developed resistance to the now-banned pesticide DDT, many people are concerned crops that have been genetically-modified to produce their own pesticides.Secondly,there may be harmful to human health. There is a growing concern that introducing foreign genes into food plants may have an unexpected and negative impact on human health.Thirdly, there are also economic concerns .Many new plant genetic engineering technologies and GM plants have been patented, and patent infringement is a big concern of agribusiness. Yet consumer advocates are worried that patenting these new plant varieties will raise the price of seeds so high that small farmers and third world countries will not be able to afford seeds for GM crops, thus widening the gap between the wealthy and the poor.4.Do you often play sports? What are the benefits of playing sports?Playing sports is something most of us love, isn't it? Undoubtedly, sports are a fun activity but they offer several health benefits too. Playing some sport regularly goes a long way in maintaining your physical and mental well-being. Sports help enhance your personality. They are a good source of both exercise and entertainment.Physical Benefits•Increased strength and stamina•Better body shape increased agility•They help burn calories and shed those extra pounds•They give the body a good exerciseSports serve as an excellent physical exercise. Those who play sports have a more positive body image than those who do not. Sports often involve physical activities like running, jumping, stretching and moving about which turn out to be a good body workout. For example basketball. Games that involve running, kicking or throwing a ball help strengthen the arms and legs.Psychological Benefits•They encourage you to give your best every time•They help build your planning and analytical skills and increase concentration•Sports boost confidence•They build leadership and team skillsPlaying sports is very beneficial for the development of social skills. Sports teach you to interact with people, communicate with them and collaborate as a team. Sports foster collective thinking and harness your planning and delegation skills too. Sports build confidence. Winning a game gives you a sense of accomplishment, which boosts your confidence further.So, when our mood was bad, we can do some sports, like running, playing basketball, that can make we feel better .Let’s remember that “For one hour daily exercise, healthy living life.”5.What is critical period? Give some specific examples to illustrate it.Critical Period is a period during the early life of an animal when some property develops rapidly, and is most susceptible to alteration by the environment. If the organism for some reason does not receive the appropriate stimulus during this "critical period" to learn a given skill or trait, it may be difficult, ultimately less successful, or even impossible, to develop some functions later in life.For example: Everybody knows that children learn languages most rapidly when young, and that it is more difficult when they become adult. Human infants are born with the ability to distinguish sounds in different languages, and lose some of this ability between six and twelve months when they start mouthing their own language.It is known that adults, well beyond the critical period, are more likely to suffer permanent language impairment from brain damage than are children, believed to be due to youthful resiliency of neural reorganizationAnother famous example is imprinting in birds, where a newly born chick will follow the first animal seen after birth, even if it is not its mother, and belongs to a different species.6.Why does a language always change? Give some specific examples to illustrateit.Languages change for a variety of reasons. Large-scale shifts often occur in response to social, economic and political pressures. History records many examples of language change because of invasions, colonization and migration. Even without these kinds of influences, a language can change dramatically if enough users alter the way they speak it.Examples:Frequently, the needs of speakers drive language change. New technologies, industries, products and experiences simply require new words. Plastic, cell phones and the Internet didn’t exist in Shakespeare’s time, for example.And unique way that individuals speak also fuels language change. That’s because no two individuals use a language in exactly the same way. The vocabulary and phrases people use depend on where they live, their age, education level, social status and other factors. Through our interactions, we pick up new words and sayings and integrate them into our speech. Teens and young adults for example, often use different words and phrases from their parents. Some of them spread through the population and slowly change the language.7.Do you have the problem of sleep deprivation? Talk about its causes andeffects.There are many causes of sleep deprivation. From illness, money and debt problems, stress in the workplace, divorce to moving home, and dissatisfaction with the current situation in your life. We may have medical or mental-health conditions that disrupt our sleep, and be well aware that we are sleep-deprived.The Dangers of Sleep DeprivationMany studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous. A person who loses one night’s sleep will generally be irritable and clumsy during the next day and will either become tired easilyToo little sleep may cause:∙Depression∙ A weakening of your immune system, increasing your chance of becoming sick ∙Increase in perception of pain●Memory LossYou probably know that on the days when you are most tired, you're forgetful and unfocused -- but sleep deprivation can lead to permanent cognitive issues. The less we sleep, the less we benefit from the memory-storing properties of sleep.●Hurt Your HeartThe stress and strain of too little sleep can cause the body to produce more of the chemicals and hormones that can lead to heart disease, according to a research. The study found that people who slept for six hours or less each night have higher risk of developing or dying from heart disease.●Poor Quality of Life:You might, for example, be unable to participate in certain activities that require sustained attention, like going to the movies, seeing your child in a school play, or watching a favorite TV show.8.What is faith? What’s the power of faith? Give example to illustrate it. According to a modern dictionary, faith is "unquestioning belief that does not require proof or evidence."Faith is the pressure of the Spirit on humanity, the force that urges humanity towards what is better, not only in the order of knowledge but in the whole order of spiritual life. Faith... a word which can make a heart stronger, a feel which can make a person Starve for their Dreams...You are right! How come after all a five letter word carry so much of Power?? But the power is not of that word! The power lies in us in our hearts. But we need to have some support in our every step.When you are in an unknown path and you don't know where the path leads you ... would you stop their waiting for someone to come and lead u? Or would u take the path along??? But if u believe though worse the path might be ahead, you can explore and lead you to success. And this is how you say that your faith made you successful.When we have faith in heart, we have the power to make some new, to change our lives etc. with the power of faith, we can move mountains because we are so strong that we can doeverything we want to do.9.What kind of advertisement do you like best? Give some specific examples toillustrate it.I think some of the best ads would be video ads of "Here's your problem. Look how easy we can make it go away."It also depends on what aspect of the market you’re trying to capture. Is it the enterprise level? Small companies? Or individual developers.I don’t really notice advertising…until an ad comes on for something I’m in the market to buy. For example, some years ago I was in the market for a computer. Ads for such aspect became attractive. My brain seemed to suddenly think there was secret information that would help me in my buying decision.The more you try to sell me something, the less I want to buy it. If I’m watching TV, and I see an advertisement for a product that might offer something useful to me, there are two things that will make me click it:✓✓ A clear description of the problem it solves and that i happen to have.✓✓ A registration-free trial download.I care nothing for endorsements, cited reviews, or famous existing customers. Unless or until I try and like your trial version.10.11.Do you think that the top students are usually successful in life？Give examplesto support your view.I don’t think so:In college, it’s all about grades. In the real world, it’s about experience. Because once you get past the first job, no one is ever going to ask you about your GPA (grade point average) or how many points on the final exam. What matters in the real world is your ability to adapt, innovate and get along. There are no paper tests or essay exams. There are no teaching material to hold review knowledge or to help you practice your memory. Real life is about how you succeed in your way, and that’s not something taught in a classroom.The greatest thinkers, leaders and entrepreneurs of our time have been the people to defy the rules and take risks. They were the ones getting C’s or flunking out. However, their “failures’ were not a factor of intelligence, but an inability to be weighed down by grades andsuperficial markings. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs are people who achieved a great amounts of wealth, status and success without ever really succeeding in a classroom. They are the men that by society’s standards, had failed.。