Task 1

1. If a high school is planning to organize an after-school activity for its students, what kind of activity would you recommend and why?

I strongly recommend that the high school should organize basketball matches for the students. The most important reason is that basketball matches will help students build up their stamina, which brings great benefits to their study and the activities will certainly encourage more students to take part in sports rather than spend all day long on their academic study, which leads to a poor health condition and low efficiency in study. Second, Basketball matches are able to help students learn cooperation and competition, which are essential for them when they get started to work.

2. If your university is planning to improve its campus. Which do you think needs to be improved the most: the swimming pool, the cafeteria, or the dormitory?

If I have to choose among the three, I would like the university to improve the dormitory first. I think for any university student, the dormitory is the most important facility on campus. Not only because most students live in the campus dorm, but also because it’s an important place to study and to meet other students. Imagine a dormitory that is in poor condition. For example it does not have good air conditioning, or it is very noisy. Students can’t even get a good night’s sleep. How can they have the energy and spirit to attend the next day’s class? So compared with the dormitory, I think the swimming pool or the cafeteria are less important.

3.Which one you will learn: play a piano, swim, and repair a car.

Personally, I would probably learn how to play the piano. Firstly, learning how to play the piano is definitely a good way to cultivate myself. I could not only enjoy the music created by prominent pianists, but also learn much about music itself. In addition, if I am really good at playing the piano, I could perform in front of a large number of people. It could give me a sense of achievement. What’s more, it’s easy for me to make a great deal of money, being a qualified piano teacher. Last but not least, I would be able to make some friends who have much in common with me. That’s why I am so jealous of those people who can play the piano.

4. A professor want you to help him on his very important project while it's your sister birthday party. Which one do you prefer?

As for me, I ‘d like to go to my sister’s birthday party and celebrate with her. I have a couple of reasons. To begin with, family bonding is far more essential in life than just do research in school and get a good GPA. My sister will be really excited to have me on her birthday party. It will be a shame for me to let her down. And her birthday only happens once a year, so it means a lot to her. Moreover, I believe the professor will understand my dilemma and won’t blame me for that. Also, I still have chances to help him with other projects in the future.

5.Some people like to plan their free time. Others spend their free time without any plan. Which do you prefer? Explain why.

I would say my preference is to play my free time. The main reason is that I want to make every minute in my life count even in my free time. Time is so important and precious that I don’t wanna waste any single minute and I believe if we make decisions about the activities we like to do in advance, we can get started right away when we have time off. Actually before every national day holiday I always make good plans for my vacation and I’m not only able to do what I really want to do but also get refreshed and have a good rest during the holidays.