5. Describe an occasion when you got incorrect information
1) What kinds of professions are related to giving information to others?
Sample answer:
For example, some salespersons who needs to point out some special features to address customers’ concerns, I mean, to convince consumers their products are worth the price and more likely to be bought by customers. Plus, teachers also have to answer students’ some practical questions from their own experience to help them ace the test, gain more credits, become top students to gain money to cover tuition fee and living cost. Additionally, tour guides typically recommend citizens to visit tourist attractions, like some historical sites, local specialty and other stuff to get rid of stress.
2) What’s the difference between giving information by phone and by email?
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As for me, giving information by phone is time-saving and effort-saving, you know, I don’t need to operate my laptop, access to Wi-Fi, type the key words then send an email, instead, I can just pull it out and hang it up to receive information. Despite the fact that our technologies are advanced, there is no guarantee that small glitches or malfunctions won’t occur like sudden disconnection from the internet, that would interrupt me a lot. However, giving information by phone is much easier to remember many details, and I can also take notes, highlight the important section of email, which can leave lasting impression on me.
3) How can people check whether a piece of information is correct or not?
Sample answer:
Most of people prefer to go to library and check some real materials like original documents and old newspaper to gain information. Recently, individuals have better chance to access to the internet and look around on their own, coz it’s time-saving and effort-saving, they don’t need to step out and walk around like crazy, instead, they can just stay at home, click the mouse, browse the page, type the key words then get information. However, asking professors for help is my thing, coz they’re knowledgeable and influential as well as answer me some practical questions from their own since they have first-hand knowledge.
4) Do people trust the information online?
Sample answer:
It depends, coz a bunch of netizens who are not in high level of education, so if people encounter some academic difficulties, they prefer to go to library and check some real materials like original documents and old newspaper to gain information, or they can ask professors or parents who are knowledgeable and influential and answer them some practical questions from their own experience, coz they have first-hand knowledge. However, if individuals just wanna know some tips about traveling, recommendation of movies, they would trust the information online, coz some movie buff may have good taste.
6. Describe an experience that you got bored when you were with others
1) Why do people get bored?
Sample answer:
When they need to work or study with a bunch of people who don’t have similar topics and interest or even same goal to reach, so they have a huge gap between them and it’s hard to communicate with each other. As for me, once I was assigned to do a group presentation on tropical plants, like, to memorize the names and key characters of plants, one of my partners typical told some boring jokes and idle our time away, so I felt bored. Plus, when hanging out with friends but we have different places to visit, walking together would be really boring.
2) Why are people less interested in reading books nowadays?
Sample answer:
First, they’re preoccupied by tons of paperwork, emails, documents and other stuff to deal with, so they prefer to have a rest when they’re available, like hanging with friends or watching a film. Plus, people and more time-saving and effort-saving method to receive information other than books, for example, they can watch TV, search for information on website, they can just click the mouse, browse the page, type the key words then get information. Additionally, they can use some social apps to absorb decent parts by watching netizens’ comments or information, which could benefit a lot.
7. Describe a journey you went on by car
1) Do you think cars are a daily necessity?
Sample Answer:
I don’t believe it’s necessary to drive everyday, actually, there are more and more people taking public transportation for daily routine since there are so many benefits. Taking subway for an example, convenience, as you can see, there are plenty of subway stations along the street so we can take it anywhere we want to. Besides, metro runs much more frequently per hour thus we can catch it anytime we like. Another reason is that it’s kind of fast to travel by underground during rush hours as it’s the only vehicle underground, we don’t need to worry about traffic jam at all. As a result, a growing number of citizens are abandoning private cars and prefer to travel by public transportation.
2) What will cars look like in the future?
Sample Answer:
Well, there are so many predictions like “cars will drive by themselves”, “cars will fly”, no one knows for sure. But one thing is certain, driving cars will have to rely on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power. It is obvious to notice that earth’s natural resources are running out so in the future, care for the environment will become very important. As a result, we will waste fewer natural resources in our daily lives, when petroleum is drained off, solar or wind energy might replace it in the car.
3) Is driving a skill that everybody must learn?
Sample Answer:
For most young generations I guess yes, as driving has lots of advantages. The most obvious advantage of driving is speed, it’s much faster than other transportation. When you drive, you don’t have to stop during any bus station or wait for other passengers. A secondary merit of driving is comfort. It’s absolutely cozy since you can adjust air-conditioning to suit your own needs, not to mention it’s quite spacial inside so there is more room to move around. Maybe that’s why there are more cars on the road these days.
4) What are the downsides of having a car?
Sample Answer:
One major concern about owning a car is the expense. It’s really dear to drive to school or work everyday, you need to worry about the petrol, parking fee, maintaining fee, even insurance and so on. Besides, it’s a pain to look for free car parking in the city, you might need to circle around for a while to find a space to park. Once you come across traffic jam, there is no choice left for you but wait in the car until the flow can move. Those are the common drawbacks of having a car.
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