1Peoplelivinginlargecitiesfacemanyproblemstoday.Whataretheseproblems?Shouldthegovernmentencouragepeopletoliveinsmalltownsorruralareas?2Moremeasurestoimprovesecurityhavebeenintroducedinmanycountriesbecauseofincreasingcrimerates.Dothebenefitsofthesemeasuresoutweightheirdrawbacks?3Somepeoplethinkthathistoryhaslittleornothingtotellus,whileothersthinkthatstudyingthepastcanhelpusbetterunderstandthepresent.Discussboththeseviewsandgiveyourownopinion.4Today,manyemployeesworkathomewithmoderntelecommunicationstechnologysuchasmobilephonesandtheInternet.Somepeoplethinkthatitonlybenefitstheworkers,nottheemployers.Doyouagreeordisagree?5Somepeoplethinkthatstudentscanbenefitfromattendingprivatesecondaryschools.Others,however,feelthatprivatesecondaryschoolshavenegativeeffectsontheirstudents.Discussboththeseviewsandgiveyourownopinion.6Childrenwhogrowupinfamiliesthatareshortofmoneyarebetterpreparedfortheproblemsofadultlifethanchildrenwhoarebroughtupbywealthyparents.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?7Multi-culturalsocieties,inwhichthereisamixtureofdifferentethnicgroups,bringmorebenefitsthandrawbackstoacountry.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?8Inmanycountries,thereisnotenoughrespectforelderlyretirees.Whatarethereasonsforthis?Whatproblemsdoesitcause?9Somepeoplethinkthatschoolsshouldselectstudentsaccordingtotheiracademicabilities.Othersbelievethatyoungpeoplewithdifferentabilitiesshouldbeeducatedtogether.Discussboththeseviewsandgiveyourownopinion.10TheadvantagesbroughtbythespreadofEnglishasagloballanguageoutweighitsdisadvantages.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?11Somepeoplethinkthatsecondaryschoolstudentsshouldstudyinternationalnewsasoneoftheirsubjects.Otherpeoplebelievethatisawasteofvaluableschooltime.Discussboththeseviewsandgiveyourownopinion.Somepeoplethinkthatthegovernmentshouldpayforcitizens’healthcareandeducationbecausetheypaytaxes.Whatisyouropinion?13Thegovernmentisresponsibleforprotectinganation’sculturalidentity.Somepeoplebelievethatallthenewbuildingsincitiesandtownssho