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Electronics
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Pollution, Fuel
Urban vs Country, Transport
Water
Wildlife
Film studies
Food
Geography
Globalisation
History
Health
ICT
Law
Leisure
Languages
Maths
Music and music technology
Media Studies
Photography
Physics
Philosophy
Sociology
Technology
Work, employment and unemployment
Art
Creative artists should be given freedom to express their own ideas (in
words, pictures music or film) in whichever way they wish. There should
be no government restrictions on what they do.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Accounting
To what extent is there a choice between the desire to make a profit and
catering for the real needs of society? Discuss and give your opinion.
Advertising
Discuss both views and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your
answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience.
Today, the high sales of popular consumer goods reflect the power of
advertising and not the real needs of the society in which they are sold.
Business
Increasingly, the western world has been outsourcing its labour-related jobs
to cheaper alternatives available in less-developed countries. Although this
creates opportunities for people in poorer nations, it is a policy that is
criticized by many in the west. What are the advantages and disadvantages
of the outsourcing of labour related jobs?
(Write not less than 250 words)
Chemistry
Some people argue that advances in Science, especially Chemistry have made a
great contribution to helping society. Other people argue that progress in Science
and Chemistry has cost the global environment dearly. Give your opinion using
examples from your own knowledge or experience.
(Write not less than 250 words)
Communication technology
Some people argue that the government should give every unemployed
person a mobile phone and should make sure they have access to the
Internet. They believe this is the best way of using public money to reduce
the problem of unemployment. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
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Computers
The widespread use of the Internet has brought many problems. What do
you think are the main problems associated with the use of the web? What
solution cans you suggest?
(Write not less than 250 words).
Discrimination
Some reports have discovered the incidence of violence for young women is
increasing. Give possible reasons and recommendations to the situation.
Economics
Most of the consumer goods which are advertised and sold in large quantities do
not really reflect the real needs of people and their communities. To what extent do
you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant
examples from your knowledge or experience.
Education
Some people think that children of different abilities should be educated together.
Other people think that its better to teach the intelligent children separately and with
special treatment.
What do you think? Use your own ideas of knowledge and experience and support
your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
Electronics
There has been an explosion in the use of electronic gadgets by teenagers in the
last decade. To what extent do you think this is a good or bad thing?
Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant examples from
your knowledge or experience.
Explain some of the ways in which humans are damaging the environment.
What can governments do to address these problems? What can individual
people do?
Environment: Water
Environment: Fuel
The best way to solve the worlds environmental problems is to increase the cost of fuel. To
what extent do you agree or disagree?
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Food
Nowadays people can consume food from a wide range of different countries not
just from their local area. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this.
Film studies
Famous actors earn hundreds of times more money than other people in
important professions. Some people think this is unfair. To what extent do
you agree or disagree with this? Give reasons for your answers and
include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.
Geography
Globalisation
Health
" Prevention is better than cure." Out of a country's health budget, a large proportion
should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education and preventative
measure.
History
Some people think studying the past has little value in the modern world.
Why do you think it is important to do so? What will be the impacts on
children if they are not taught history?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your
own knowledge or experience.
(Write not less than 250 words)
ICT
As mass communication and transport continue to grow, societies are
becoming more and more alike leading to a phenomenon known as
globalisation. Some people fear that globalisation will inevitably lead to the
total loss of cultural identity.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
(Write not less than 250 words)
Languages
In order to learn a language well, we should also learn about the country as
well as the cultures and lifestyles of the people who speak it.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Learning a foreign language offers an insight into how people from other
cultures think and see the world. The teaching of a foreign language should
be compulsory at all primary schools.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view?
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Law
Levels of youth crime are increasing rapidly in most cities around the
world.
What are the reasons for this, and suggest some solutions.
(Write not less than 250 words)
Leisure
Some people say that people should have different amount of holiday according to
their job. To what extent do you agree or disagree to this opinion?
(Write not less than 250 words).
Nowadays there are various methods to relieve the pressure in modern life.
Some read or exercise, others work in their gardens. What do you think are
the best ways of reducing stress?
Maths
Computers can easily do all the basic and advanced calculations. Do you
think students should spend more time learning basic mathematics or
advanced computer technology. Give your views.
(Write not less than 250 words).
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Media Studies
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of three of the following as
media for communicating information. State which you consider to be the
most effective.
comics
books
radio
television
film
theatre
(Write not less than 250 words).
Music and music technology
There are many different types of music in the world today. Why do we
need music? Is the traditional music of a country more important than
the International music that is heard everywhere nowadays?
Philosophy
Some people believe that the best way of learning about life is by
listening to the
advice of family and friends. Other people believe that the best way of
learning about life is through personal experience.
Compare the advantages of these two different ways of learning about
life. Which do you think is preferable? Use specific examples to support
your preference.
(Write not less than 250 words)
Photography
Some people believe that hobbies such as photography need to be difficult
to be enjoyable.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
(Write not less than 250 words)
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Physical Education
Universities should allocate the same amount of money to their sport activities as
they allocate to their libraries. Do you agree or disagree?
(Write at least 250 words)
International sporting events such as the Olympic Games do little to promote
international understanding, and are a waste of time and money. To what extent do
you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant
examples from your knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
In many parts of the word there is continuous coverage of sport on television. Some
people believe this discourages the young from taking part in any sport themselves.
Discuss this view and give your opinion.
(Write not less than 250 words)
Physics
Sociology
Some people think visitors from another country should follow local
customs and types of behaviour. Others believe this is unnecessary, as
we now we live in a global society. To what extent do you agree or
disagree? Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant
examples from your knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words
Everybody should stay in full-time education until they are at least 21. To
what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answers
and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
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Technology
The 21st century has begun. What changes do you think this new century will
bring? Use examples and details in your answer.
Work
Some people think that only staff who worked in a company for a long time should be
promoted to a higher position. What's your opinion?
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