1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Though modern agricultural practices damage the environment, feeding the world's growing population is more important than protecting against environmental damage.
From the long term, damaging the environment might be hazardous to the whole population and the earth.
There are other alternative ways to deal with the feeding issue.
2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
The advice from our grandparents have no use for their grandchildren because the world changed a lot during the past 50 years.
First, most grandparents have little intersection of work and interest with their grandchildren due to the rapid progressing society.
Second, most grandparents are too conservative to provide innovative advice.
3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Governments and corporations should share all of their scientific discoveries with the rest of the world.
First, corporations and governments need to gain profit from their discoveries.
Second, sharing some scientific finding has the potential harm to the world.
4. Do you agree or disagree with the statement:
Competition with friends usually has negative effect on friendship?
First, competitions help friends to show themselves better.
Second, competitions will not always spawn conflicts among friends.
5. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Parents should allow children to make mistakes and let them learn from their own mistakes.
First, this practice helps children to gain a deeper impression about their mistakes.
Second, allowing children to learn from their own mistakes cultivates the independence of children.
6. Do you agree or disagree the statement:
It is important for government to provide money for beautiful and not just for some practical things.
First, investing on beautiful things contains some practical values.
Second, providing money for the beautiful makes the whole population happier.
7. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
The most important characteristics for a politician or leader is good communication skills.
First, the decision-making ability is as important as the communication skills.
Second, a certain level of management skills is also critical for a politician or a leader.
8. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Employees who always follow their supervisor’s instructions are more valuable to their companies than employees who try to find new or better ways?
First, finding creative ways improves the productivity of the whole company.
Second, innovative employees serve as role models among the colleagues.
9. Which is more important: having more facilities or hiring more teachers? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Do you agree or disagree?
First, some facilities significantly increase the education quality.
Second, introducing new facilities can improve the environment of the school.
10. If you need to discuss upsetting or controversial problems with others, you will use e-mail or text messaging, OR use the telephone or voice-messaging.
First, e-mail or text message has the potential to contain more information.
Second, people are more rational when they discuss problems by using e-mail or text-message.
11. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? One can learn a lot about the person from the type of friends the person has. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Do you agree or disagree?
First, one can learn a lot about the interests and personalities about a person from the friends the person has.
Second, one can induce the job or field of another person by inspecting his or her friends’ jobs and fields.
