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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1 Essays Arranged by Topic

1 Why go to university?

2 Are parents best teachers?

3 Has the easiness of cooking improved life?

4 Books and experience

5 A factory in your community

6 Change about my hometown

7 How do movies or TV affect people?

8 Has TV destroyed communication?

9 A small town vs. a big city

10 Luck and hard work

11 Sports or library?

12 Why do people go to museums?

13 Eat out or eat at home?

14 Should students be required to

attend classes?

15 Qualities of a good neighbor

16 A new restaurant in your

neighborhood

17 Learn by yourself or with a

teacher?

18 Qualities of a good supervisor

19 Highways or public transportation?

20 Countryside or city?

21 Why do people live longer?

22 Important qualities of a coworker

23 Should teenagers work?

24 The advantages of living in my

city

25 A new shopping center

26 A new movie theater

27 Should people do things that

they do not like?

28 Media and celebrities

29 Has human harmed the Earth?

30 A high school in the community

31 Stay at one place or move

around?

32 Spend money or save them?

33 Jewelry or concert?

34 Should business never fire people?

35 Live vs. television broadcast

36 A vehicle that changed people's

lives

37 Is progress always good?

38 Is learning about the past useful?

39 Can new technologies help students?

40 Never, never give up

41 Should land be saved for animals?

42 An important skill

43 Dangerous sport

44 Travel with a companion vs.

travel alone

45 Get up early vs. stay up late

46 Qualities of a good son or

daughter

47 A large company vs. a small

company

48 Why do people work?

49 Face-to-face communication

50 Do same things vs. try new

things

51 Taking risks vs. planning

52 Change to your hometown

53 Is money the most important

aspect of a job?

54 External appearance

55 Make decision alone

56 Arts or environment?

57 Serious movies vs. entertaining

movies

58 Can business do anything to

make a profit?

59 Get things done

60 Are games important to adults?

61 Should parents decide for teenagers?

62 What do you want most in a

friend?

63 Are difficult experiences valuable lessons?

64 Self-employed vs. employed

65 Should a city preserve its historic buildings?

66 Are classmates a more important

influence?

67 Inexperienced or experienced

workers?

68 Is daily homework necessary?

69 What subject will you study?

70 Have automobiles improved

modern life?

71 A high-paying job vs. quality

spare time

72 Does grades encourage students

to learn?

73 Has computer made life easier?

74 Is it better to travel with a tour

guide?

75 Multiple subjects vs. one subject

76 Should children learn a foreign

language?

77 Should boys and girls go to

separate schools?

78 Teamwork vs. working independently

79 Who would you choose to build

a statue for?

80 Describe a custom from your

country

81 Has technology made the world

better?

82 Can ads tell about a country?

83 A single world culture

84 The Internet

85 One-day-visit to your country

86 A time and a place in the past

87 An important discovery in the

last 100 years

88 Telephone communication

89 What person would you like to

meet?

90 What famous athlete would you

like to meet?

91 What question will you ask a

famous person?

92 Dynamic weather

93 Important qualities of a good

roommate

94 Dancing's role

95 Explore the outer space

96 Reduce stress

97 Teachers' pay



Sample Essays for the TOEFL Writing Test (TWE) - Answers to All TOEFL Essay Questions

98 What to represent your country?

99 Would you choose your own

roommate?

100 Computer technology or basic

needs?

101 Work by hand vs. by machine

102 Should students evaluate their

teachers?

103 What characteristic makes people successful?

104 Contributions of artists vs. scientists

105 University housing vs. apartment

106 Means of transportation

107 Should higher education be

available to all?

108 The best way of learning

109 Follow the customs of the new

country

110 Being alone vs. with friends

111 One or two friends, or many

friends?

112 How should children spend

their time?

113 A new university in the community

114 Who influence more, family or

friends?

115 Plan for free time

116 Methods of learning

117 Different friends or similar

friends?

118 New experiences vs. usual habits

119 Do clothes make a man?

120 Are quick decisions always

wrong?

121 Do you trust first impressions?

122 Should people be satisfied

123 Non-fictions vs. fictions

124 Social science vs. natural science

125 Should art be compulsory subject?

126 Can young people teach older

people?

127 Fiction vs. movies

128 Physical exercise vs. academic

study

129 Business research vs. agricultural research

130 Children and sports

131 Money and success

132 A new product

133 Are childhood years most important in life?

134 Should children do household

tasks?

135 Should students wear uniforms?

136 Is winning important in a game?

137 Should students choose subjects?

138 Member vs. leader

139 The most important room in a

house

140 Hand vs. machine

141 Change about your school

142 A gift for a child

143 A long vacation vs. short vacations

144 A house vs. an apartment

145 The role of advertisements

146 Outdoors vs. indoors

147 How should your school spend

a gift of money?

148 Does playing games teach us

about life?

149 How would you use a free gift

of land?

150 Is watching TV bad for children?

151 The most important animal

152 Why should forest be saved?

153 Is a zoo useful?

154 Is it right to ban smoking?

155 What plant is important in your

country?

156 Which country would you like

to visit?

157 Computers vs. traditional

schools

158 Are celebrities' opinions right?

159 What should be remembered?

160 Complain in writing vs. in person

161 Why do people remember their

gifts?

162 Do starts deserve high salary?

163 The importance of reading and

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writing

164 What do you do for good health?

165 One thing to improve your

community

166 What events make a person an

adult?

167 Purchase computers or books?

168 Why study abroad?

169 Why is music important to

many people?

170 Why are groups or organizations important?

171 What would you take for a trip?

172 How can schools help new students?

173 Does borrowing money harm

friendship?

174 Generation differences

175 Should students talk on classes?

176 What holiday would you create?

177 A vacation or a car?

178 Changes in the 21st century

179 Qualities of a good parent

180 Why are movies so popular?

181 Should lands be developed?

182 Is human relationship with

pets useful?

183 A country from its movies

184 Self-study vs. group study

185 A house or a business?

Part 2 Additional Sample Essays

23 Work and study

24 Move to my hometown

41 Save the environment

55 Making Decisions

84 The Internet

90 Favorite Star

158 Opinions

159 Changes of 20th Century

160 In writing or in person?

164 For a good health

179 Good parents, good children

180 Why are movies popular

181 Natural lands

703 A good teacher or good parents

704 Truth and relationship

705 Co-operation and Competition

Part 1 Sample Essays Arranged by Topic

not be denied that genuine knowledge tells us how to

practice. A systematic study in a college or a university, of

course, enables us to realize how the society works and

how to cope with certain problems arising from it in a

more efficiently, and more skillful way.

Second, a university education usually makes it possible

that we get hold of a decent job. As a result of the accomplishment of a four-year study, it is not difficult for us

to find a good job in most cases. How can we imagine

that a graduate majoring in astronomy has to be a vendor

in the street! No doubt, he/she should sit in his/her laboratory, doing research on aircraft science before a computer. Obviously, a university education assures him/her a

decent job.

Last but not least, we can help others much better if we

put what we have learned at a university into practice. A

university education fortifies our values, enhance our

skills, and broaden our horizons. With those, we are

more capable of giving a hand to those who are in need

of help.

Knowledge is power. When achieving a degree at a university, we can get a better understanding of the society,

find a decent job in an easy way, and help others better.

All of those are due to the knowledge learned at a university.

Topic 1 Why go to university?

University is no longer a fresh word to people nowadays.

Since the beginning of this century, more and more

youngsters choose to enter university after they have

completed the study in high schools rather than to join

the army or become an apprentice. Therefore, it is kind

of interesting to find out the reason behind.

First of all, students can only learn fundamental knowledge during high school while they are able to focus on

their own interested majors in universities. This period is

the key to knowledge accumulation, which will contribute a lot to the future of an individual. Moreover, university is no doubt the symbol of high education. It offers

more than pure knowledge. A degree from a university

gives people certain identity that makes them stand out

among their competitors. It can be seen from the fact that

most international companies will only hire those who

have at least a Bachelor's degree.

Sincere dreams might also be the reason for university or

college. For instance, in the 60s and 70s, people in China

experienced hard times. Many of them had to give up

advanced education and take up the burdens of life at

their early age. Now, as they became parents or even

grandparents, their dream for university education had

no doubt realized by their younger family members.

Those young people, as reported, often study very hard

in order to fulfill the expectations of two generations.

There is no doubt that university can be the turning point

of one's future, because higher education will provide

people with not only knowledge prepared for their careers, but also the fulfillment of their life goals. Meanwhile, the society has improved its strength to sponsor

higher education. Compared with the past, people now

attend universities also because they are able to secure

various scholarships and supports from different channels. A very good example is that many Chinese students

are now studying in the U. S. Their incentive for application should be attributed to not only to their own performance but also the comprehensive education frameworks in the U. S.

Broadly speaking, people who study in universities have

their hopes: to fulfill themselves. At the same time, our

society generously provides such an environment for

people to achieve such goals. Therefore, when we see

more and more fresh smiles on the campus of universities, let us just wish them a promising future.

Topic 2 Are parents best teachers?

Obviously, the first teachers we have in our lives in most

cases are our parents. They teach us to walk, to speak,

and to have good manners before we reach ¡°the real

world. ¡± More than even the professional teachers that we

have at school, parents are generally the most involved in

the development and education of children.

Almost for sure our parents are the best teachers at the

beginning of our lives, which actually corresponds to the

parents' role in nature. Parents are most committed and

involved in teaching their children; they have a kind of

instinct to sacrifice a part of themselves for the betterment of their children. They love us and have great patience while passing down their knowledge to us. They

wish us a success and thus will not teach us bad things.

And of course, implicit learning occurs when children

unconsciously copy some of their parents' habits and

styles of behavior.

During the second stage of child development, adolescence, parents can still be in the best position to offer

advice even though the children might not accept it. In

this case, perhaps the child's friends would be the best

teachers. Adolescents are notoriously rebellious in many

cultures and may automatically reject any advice from

their parents. My first marriage for instance, was solely a

matter of doing the opposite when my parents tried to

intrude in offering their advice. So in such matters, parents should be much more flexible and be rather the

partners with their children. So we can see that being a

teacher of growing child become more and more complicated case as the time passes and many parents are simply not able to meet the increased demands.

On the other hand, I would say that parents are not pro-

Topic 1 Why go to university?

A university degree often helps a person achieve his goal

with more ease. However, do we attend university just in

pursuit of a degree? Does a university only provide us

nothing beneficial besides a paper-made diploma? As far

as I am concerned, we enjoy university education in the

following aspects:

Firstly, with the knowledge learned at a university, we

will have a deep understanding of our society. It is true

that genuine knowledge comes from practice, but it can5



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