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1、 40 New Practice Topics for iBT TOEFL Speakin 1. Who is your best friend? Describe this person and say why he/she is your best frien d. My best friend is Lissa , she is funny , smart , loving , caring , nice , and somehow good looking . She is my best friend because she understands, trusts and suppo

2、rts me in all good or bad times. Ive known her for 6 years and shes like a sister to me. She always listens to what Im saying and gives me some advice on the things that I cannot figure out by myself. 2. What is your favorite place to visit on weekends? Describe it and explain why it is your favorit

3、e place to go. We all visit a lot of places and weekend is a time when we get to visit our favorite place. My favorite place to visit is my cousins house. The reason is that I can go and meet my cousin. We have common interests so we get to spend time discussing on the matter which we deem to releva

4、nt to our lives. The second reason for liking the place is that the house is located in the suburbs of the city and I have love places which are peaceful and away from the city. 3. What is your happiest childhood memory? Describe it and give reasons to explain why it is your happiest memory. My happ

5、inest childhood memory was my fifth birthday. I can remember that day I become a big brother and everybody was in the party, charring me, treating me. I was so proud of me. I have become a big brother. And the second reason is that that day I got my bicycle, a new bicycle, for that was I wait for a

6、longtime. I was so happy. I think that was my best birthday ever. 4. What is your most important possession? Describe it and say why it is so important. For me, my most important possession are my family and friends, and my health. Because they are my closet people in my life and they can make me be

7、tter. My family and friends know me better than anyone else and they will be there for me when I need them, while if I have a good health, I will be able to achieve my goals, be successful, and make lots of money to do everything else in life. 5. Talk about a person in your life who has inspired you

8、. Describe the person and expl ain why you found him/her inspirational. The person who inspires me the most is my sister. Whenever I am in trouble, she is always there for me. She always tried to make everyone feel happy, from childhood to now she showed me the correct path to walk on. I am glad tha

9、t god has given me such an adorable, amiable, and angelic sister. Sometimes she gets angry with me for the mistakes I do and scold me, too, but I know that is for my benefit. I love my sister and I admire her too. 6. Where do most like to go to eat out? Describe this place and say why you like it mo

10、 st. There are many restaurants in my city, but one I love and have a lot memory is the garden restaurant. It is a restaurant which built on the bid land with bank river nearly. The restaurant is made up with wood material, and it also has plants at corners. I like this style as it makes me feel rel

11、ax and natural. It has really good food and the food is quite economical, and it provides the best quality at reasonable prices. So I like this place very much. 7. Talk about an important national holiday in your home country. Describe it and exp lain why it is important. The Spring Festival is the

12、most important festival for the Chinese people and it is the time when all family members living away from home go back and get together. It is just like Christmas in the west. The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month. A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lanter

13、n dancing, and temple fairs will be held for days. China has 56 ethnic groups. They all celebrate the Spring Festival at the same day. To everyone the festival is of great significance. 8. What is your favorite book or movie? Describe it and say why it is your favorite. My favorite book is “10 secre

14、ts”. I have read this book about 15 times. This book is about an ordinary person who shares the 10 secrets of his life which he has never told anyone. The things the author told in the book are so bold that no one would ever have been able to tell all the secrets as they would have tarnished the ima

15、ge of the person forever. I was amazed by the truthfulness of the author and also the boldness which made him write the book. I would really recommend this book to people and if a person is less than 18 that parental guidance is advised. 9. Who do you feel close to in your family (or extended family

16、)? Describe this person and say why you feel close to him / her. I am very close to my niece. She is the daughter of my sister. I never had very good relations with my sister as we used to disagree about everything, but I never disagree with my niece. She lives in another city, but whenever she come

17、s to, she spends a lot of time with me, and she likes to spend time with me. When her mother asks her to sleep she starts crying as she is much eager to spend time with me. 10. Where is a good place to have fun in your city or town? Describe this place and ex plain why it is fun. The best place to h

18、ave fun in my city is kongtong City. This is actually an educational city which is providing many other facilities. I used to think that this place is only for getting education, but when I went there I saw that there was a big swimming pool and a very big stadium. I love water and cricket. And this

19、 place is free for all those people who are students of the city. So being a student of the city, I can enjoy the services provided by this place. 11. Talk about an experience in your life that made you feel embarrassed. Describe it and say why it was embarrassing. I was always running away from stu

20、dying, and I never missed a chance of doing anything else other than studying. I had to study for my accounting exam, but I did not study for it and I failed the exam. Failing in the accounting exam was the most embarrassing moment in my life as I was the only student who had failed in the exam. And

21、 when the scores were being announced on the black board, I was so sad that my entire image had now been destroyed. 12. What was your favorite subject at school? Describe it and explain why this subject was your favorite one. When I was at school, I really like history. It was the most fun and inter

22、esting subject foe me. When I learn history, I like to imagine the life in the past. Learning history is like learning and discovering many mysteries from the past. I am really curious about what was happening in the past. If there were this machine, I would like to try it to travel to the past. I l

23、ike maths and geography when I was at school. I am not good at memorizing or writing, so these courses are hard for me. The second reason is that I have a good teacher, and he made me have strong interests to learn maths. Whats more, there is a strong sense of achievement to solve problems and gain

24、high marks. 13. Who is an important person in your country? Describe this person and explain wh y he/she is important. I think the most important person in my country is the Deng Xiaoping. He is a loyal communist who sacrificed his own life in order to make his people have a better life. He was a pr

25、ominent politician of china. He was perhaps the most influential leader in the Communist Party of China. And he formed the center of the “second generation” of leader of the Communist Party of China. Under his leadership and influence, China has become one of the fastest growing economies in the wor

26、ld. 14. Talk about an interesting tourist attraction you have been to. Describe it and say w hy it was interesting. One of the most interesting tourist attraction I have been to is the Great Wall. The Great Wall is the symbol of China, and its one of seven wonders of the world and the largest man-ma

27、de monument ever to have been built. People once said “not been on the Great Wall, not been a great man” The Great Wall is unique in its size and length. When you climb the top of the Great Wall, you will realize that it is difficult to go on visiting another place, because this time you will feel v

28、ery tired, but you also feel that the Great Wall is quite spectacular. 15. Talk about a time when you experienced success. Describe the experience and say why it was a success for you. We all work in this world to achieve success in this world, but the truth is no matter how hard we endeavor or how

29、much we strive, we do not always experience success. But when we do it. It is certainly the best experience. I was working on my educational institute and I was doing everything possible, but in spite of my efforts, I was not being successful. But then the time came when I was given the reward for t

30、he effort I had made. At that time Im very happy, because all my effort is not in vain. 16. What is your favorite style of clothing? Describe it and explain why it is your favo rite. We can classify clothes in to two types of clothes. The first one is the casual clothes and the other is formal cloth

31、es. I am obsessed with formal clothes. I fail to understand when people say that they feel comfortable in casual clothes. I do not see anything good in them. I always want to wear formal clothes because I feel confident after them. I like formal shirts and pants My favorite style of clothing is comf

32、ortable and casual. I think thats more important than anything else for me. Given the opportunity Im happy to just put on a pair of jeans and T-shirt or something similar. But when its required, I have to wear more formal than before. And I am not particular about place that I buy cloth. I can buy m

33、y clothes in a small store or an exclusive shop. In addition, being comfortable is a standard of my choice. 17. Name a person whom you truly admire. Describe the person and say why you adm ire him/her. We meet many people in our lives, but there are some people who have a great impact on our lives.

34、I admire my uncle a lot. He is actually a philanthropist. He is in the work of helping people and I think this is a very noble thing to do. Another thing I like about him is his ability to tackle the problems. He never gets worried or confused if he is ever confronted with a major problem. His patie

35、nce and compassion have forced him to admire him more than anyone else in the world. 18. Think of a place that makes you feel relaxed and peaceful. Describe it and explain why it is relaxing and peaceful for you. I can find peace only in my room. I am not saying that it is the most beautiful room in

36、 the world, but when I enter the room I can feel that it is welcoming. My love for the room is so deep that sometimes I feel as if the room is talking to me and I have a very deep connection with it. I spend more than 12 hours of the day in my room so that is the reason I regard it as the most peace

37、ful place. 19. Talk about a difficulty you have overcome in your life. Describe the experience and say why it was difficult to overcome. I am a very emotional person. There was a time when I used to show my emotions a lot, which make people feel me very sensitive to everything so that they want to g

38、et rid of me. I want to overcome this problem. I want to stop being sensitive, and I do not want to be affected by what other people do to me. So I spend lots of time overcoming this problem. Under all my efforts, I learn to hide them in an unique way, and I can control it well. 20. What is your mos

39、t useful study aid? Describe it and explain why it is useful in hel ping you to study. Cue cards can be one of the most useful tools for studying. They can appeal to every type of learner. For visual learners, they can be color coded. For read/write learners, they can be short descriptions and definitions. As for me, I can write some important and useful information such as an important English expression, some difficult words and so on. And I can carry them anywhere and study while waiting for the doctor, on the bus or just sitting in your living room. It is very