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　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Wealthy people should be required to help poor people.

　　I disagree that rich people should split their wealth with the poor. Firstly, one's wealth should only be acquired according to the work he has done, People should not be given things they don't deserve. Everything happens for reason. It is the same with people's wealth. Redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor causes unfairness. This might cause social instability. Secondly, split the wealth of rich people to the poor people is just a convenient way to make the wealth of the society seem more evenly distributed. But it cannot work out in the long-run. the government should develop comprehensive welfare system for the society to make it work. 


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　　Describe a character in a book, film, or poem, explain why you like him or her. Please use specific details.

　　I would like to talk about the main character in movie Forest Gump. Actually, the movie stars Tom hanks. This movies won many Oscar awards and it is regarded as one of the greatest movies of all times. Forest Gump is a simple minded person, and he only got an IQ of 75, which is way below average. Despite of the setback, he is actually a very optimistic person, as can be show in the catchphrase, My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. The movie depicts a period span 30 years, and in these many years, Forest Gump achieved fame and financial success, of course, it is not possible for him to achieve that without his determination, willpower and perseverance.

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　　What kind of job will you choose? To choose a job through which you can get a lot of money or to choose a job through which you can get great personal satisfaction? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

　　Personally, I prefer to take a job that gives me great personal satisfaction. Money is not the most important motivation for me even though I need to pay my utility bills and all other living expenses. Cuz, one has to work on a profession for a few decades before retirement, a job with high salary might not be the one you really like. One might suffer from constant depression and pressure doing that kind of job and it will be detrimental to both their physical and psychology healthiness. The truth is that one get bored and fed up with the job if your greatest motivation is money, after all, the experience is more valuable than salary.

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　　Some people prefer to live in places where climate does not change very much, while others prefer to live in places where climate changes with seasons. Which one do you prefer? Why?

　　Personally, I like to live in a place where there are distinctive seasons, cuz I enjoy the characteristics of every single season, it will be really boring just living in the same season without any change. In spring, the weather is mild, I got to enjoy the breeze when I do some jogging, it is warm enough and not being sickly hot, and in fall, the landscaping is beautiful with the colorful leaves. If you ever got a chance to pass a farm with peaches trees and tomatoes, you can smell the freshness of the fruit, plus, I can get a chance to enjoy the snow during winter, like do some snow skiing, and stuff, that will be great fun.

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　　Do you prefer to learn from people and events in the past or people and events that currently exist? Explain with specific reasons and details.

　　Personally, I think it is better to learn from events in the past, actually, learning history from ancestors is a great way to learn the mindset, ideas, and attitudes of the past, and this gives us a chance to learn from who we came from and find one's identity. Additionally, we can draw upon the ancient philosophy to make today's world a better place, like ancient Chinese philosophy can gives us some insight on how to live harmoniously with the mother nature and stop polluting the environment, to help the preserve the endangered species, and stuff like that.