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#015 Neighbors are the people who live near us. In your opinion, what are the qualities of a good neighbor? Use specific details and examples in your answer.
Good neighbors are important condition of home comfort. Neighbors influence on quality of our living in the same way as our furniture, kitchen and bath equipment, patio, pool, garden. In my opinion, good neighbor should be communicable but in the same time they should be discreet. And you can always rely on them.
First of all you should communicate with your neighbors. You should know who they are. If you like company of your neighbors, if you have common topic to communicate you can spend your free time with neighbors. You can arrange different celebration for kids together. Good neighbors can give you good advice and help.
Also neighbors should be reliable. They should be law-abiding. And you can trust them. If you trust your neighbors you can ask them to guard your house when you go on holiday. Or you can ask them to carry about your pets or kids when you with your wife are on party.
And the last important quality of good neighbors is discreet. It means that they should mind their own business and shouldn't meddle in your life if you don't ask them about advice. They should be gentle enough to know when they can come to you your house and when they should go. And it goes without saying, good neighbors should be quiet, should always understand your needs. They shouldn't spoil your and your family's life.
To sum up all about, you should know your neighbors. You can call your neighbor "good" when you want spend your free time with them and when you can trust them in your business and family and when you don’t have any problem regarding to your neighbors.

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#016 It has recently been announced that a new restaurant may be built in your neighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
I like cook and I very rarely go eat out especially in restaurants. So, on my opinion, restaurant in my community brings more problems than benefits. Usually restaurant makes a lot of noise. There can be some arguing or fight between drunk restaurant's clients. And restaurant can make our community dirty and bad smelling.
First of all, I don't like restaurant because of noise than it can produce. Workers begin preparation from early morning. So, there will be many cargo vehicles supplying products for future dishes. There will be a lot of people and cars around the restaurant. And they will drive to late night until restaurant will close. Also there can be a loud music in the restaurant. And then when last client drive home cleaning will start which also will be loud.
Secondly, I think that this restaurant can cause crime problem in our community. Sometimes restaurant's clients get drunk and arguing or even fight between each other. It can have bad influence on our children. Because there will be used a bad word and fight or arguing will be a bad example for children.
And last thought it is dirty and smell that restaurant produces. Remains of food in garbage behind the restaurant will attract different harmful animals and incest, like mice, roaches or flies. And people will have to do a lot to keep their houses from this vermin. Also our community will smell by fried fat, spoiled fish or rotten vegetables. And any methods won't help to get out of it.
So, I think that it is a bad idea to build restaurant in my community. I think that it will bring many problems than can change our life to worse. In my opinion, restaurants should be far from human's houses on malls or business regions of cities.

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#017 Some people think that they can learn better by themselves than with a teacher. Others think that it is always better to have a teacher. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons to develop your essay.
Even if some people like learning by themselves I prefer studying with teacher. At times it can be expensive, but it is worst this money. With teacher you get more benefits. Main advantages of such type of studying are teacher's experience, communication and amount of knowledge that you gain from it.
First of all good teacher has good experience. And he knows how to organize you. When you study by yourself you can do it unsystematically what can affect on quality of knowledge you gain. But teacher forces you to learn regularly. You meets with them from time to time and you have to work at home doing tasks. Also he knows better way to learn subject. He knows from where you should begin, what is important and what is waste of time and you can skip it.
When you study with teacher you gain more knowledge, because teacher adds his own ideas, thoughts and knowledge to information from book. Also he can value you progress and understand what part you should improve and what part is good enough. He can give you advice what you could read or study additionally.
And the last main benefit of teacher is communication. Teacher always explains you points that you don't understand. You can quickly get answer on many questions and you don't need to spend time on looking for this information in the Internet or at libraries. Also you can discuss you ideas with him and he can correct them if they are wrong. For example, when I had studied English by myself I had thought that I had pronounced all words properly, but when I began visiting English classes teacher corrected me and I understood that I was wrong.
To sum up, as for me, it is better to study with teacher. It gives you more knowledge and you can study subject quickly because of communication and teacher's experience.

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#018 What are some important qualities of a good supervisor (boss)? Use specific details and examples to explain why these qualities are important.
A huge part of people's impressions about job and results that they get depend on superior who leads this people. At my opinion, good boss should be a strict and smart person. He should have an excellent manager's skills. And he can be communicable.
To take a good result from subordinate boss should be strict people. He should give tasks and check their competitions. He should be able to punish some employee if some work isn't done properly or isn't in time. Also good supervisor should be held in respect in his subordinates. They should follow him not only because of motivation or punishment but also because of his charisma. And once more important thing that good supervisor should do it is protecting his people. He should fight for their salary and work condition. He should protect them against work from other division.
Another important quality of good boss is strong manager skills. He should plan work properly. He should understand ability of his employees and gives them job which they can do in given time borders. People shouldn't sit at work overtime only because their chief planned work badly. He should prioritize tasks. He should try to organize work in advance. This means that he should finish every project a bit earlier to his real deadline and use free time preparing for next project. If he will manage work in such way there never won't be hurries and overworking.
And at the end good boss should be communicable. It is very important if your boss can explain you task clearly and fully. You should have ability tell you problem to your boss and he should understand them and give you advice how to cope with them.
So, in my opinion supervisor is responsible for main part of job that his division does. And to manage work properly and to make his worker happy he should be a communicable charismatic leader with excellent manager skills.

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#020 It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.
Even if I don't have children yet, I think that if it is better when children grow up in the country side. Later, when they will become older they can choose where they want to live: in the countryside or in big cities. But when they are young the countryside is the best place for them. There is more free space than on crowded streets in big cities. People there are more open and children can find there more communication. And at last, it is less dangerous for them live in the suburb.
People, who live in the countryside, commonly have their own detach house. And these houses in most cases are bigger than flats in cities. So, kids have a lot of space when they are at home. Also almost each detach house has a lawn where parents can fry barbecue or play games with their children. And more over in the country side children have lakes for fishing and swimming, sport courts for playing tennis and football, forests for walking and discovering nature. There are fresher air, cleaner water and beautiful landscapes. There are less noise and more calm.
Also, when you live in the countryside you are familiar with most local residents. You and you children know your neighbors and their children. You meet them frequently and spend more time. Together you can organize parties for children or go together fishing or gathering. All this things give kids more communication and enjoyment.
And at the end, I think that living in the countryside is less dangerous. There aren't many cars so risk that children will be injured in car accident is very low. As far parents know most people in village you shouldn't afraid that their children will lose somewhere, because in most situations some of neighbors will help them to find way to home. There aren't any bars or clubs in the countryside usually, so this is less chance that kids will see drunken people and will hear bad words.
So, in my opinion, it is better for children to grow up in the countryside. I grew up there and I know that what it is. It is nature. It is good neighbors. And it is no danger.

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#021 In general, people are living longer now. Discuss the causes of this phenomenon. Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.
Mankind exists on Earth for a long time and it improves its life continuously. Humanity has done a great amount of amazing discoveries and inventions which improve our living conditions. It has been developing different organization systems to manage social relation and to do cooperation between people better and useful for them. All these changes doubtlessly made influence on different aspects of human life. One of these aspects is life expectancy. In average, people live longer now than one hundred years ago and significantly longer than one thousand years ago. In my opinion there are three main cases of increasing of average life expectancy. There are developing of medicine, improving of living conditions and evolving of social institutes.
First of all medical technologies have developed rapidly during last few decades. Now doctors can threat illnesses which were lethal at the beginning of previous century. Now we have a great variety of medicines which can cure people from different sicknesses even without doctors. Today scientists know how to control epidemics which killed millions of people in the past. Some epidemic viruses like smallpox were completely eliminated from the Earth. Also current medical technologies allow make complicated operations on eyeballs, brains, hearts and other parts of human body which help to save life for great amount of people. Now scientists even discuss ability of developing cloning technology which gives them ability to grow up different parts of patient’s body for grafting.
The second cause that people live longer now is change of living conditions. Now most people live rather in less dangerous world. They don't have to go hunting and don't have to work on fields hardly to survive. Now most of people have to work about forty hours per week, take wages and buy for these wages meat, fruits and vegetables. Most of people now have warm and comfortable houses so now they don't suffer from cold and as a result less people have catarrhal illnesses. Also current days we have well developed hygiene which help to avoid different complicated problems with health.
And the last important change that has affected life expectancy is evolving of social institutes. Early governments of different countries used their citizens to achieve their own goals and gave people too little in return. Currently nations try to protect their inhabitants and give them all kinds of support. In fields of health care its expresses in spreading of hospitals, clinics and other medical institutions. And now more and more people become access to health care. Countries vaccinate their people from different epidemic illnesses. They popularize healthy life style and fight against smoking, alcohol and drugs. Also very important thing in health care in health and life insurance which help poor people find funds for treatment in case of need.
So, people are living now longer because we have better medicine, living conditions and social institutes than early. And on my opinion it is not limit for life expectancy there are a lot of fields to improve and give people ability to live longer and longer.

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#022 We all work or will work in our jobs with many different kinds of people. In your opinion, what are some important characteristics of a co-worker (someone you work closely with)? Use reasons and specific examples to explain why these characteristics are important.
As for me I can do my work very well if I have all necessary working conditions. It should be clear and quiet room, ergonomic working place, and quick computer. And also one important thing on work is suitable co-workers. In my opinion, good co-worker should be communicable. You can always rely on him. And he should like his job.
So, first of all I prefer work with people who I can feel myself comfortable with. It should be pleasantly to work together for both of us. I need people who can talk with me about my work problem, helps to solve me them and gives me advices and who in turn asks me about help or advice.
Also one of the most important things in relations among people, especially among co-workers, is reliability. You should be sure in your colleague. And you should be sure than if you trust him some commercial secret he doesn't tell this secret anyone. Also good co-worker has to be honest and responsible. He shouldn't let down you when he has to do some important task which influence on progress of your task.
And last of all, good co-worker has to be assiduous and team-played person. He should work with enthusiasm and energy. If everybody in your workroom will work in such way it will bring more wish and pleasant to work. I don't like complain a lot and don't like when somebody complaints. So, I like co-worker who doesn't like complain and just does his job. If somebody nears you workplace doesn't work properly but instead he is searching in the Internet for personal purpose or playing games, it brings some dismotivation and disharmony in your and your team work. So I don't what to have co-worker who spend time at work.
So, as for me, good co-workers help you to do your work better. And the main characteristics of proper colleague is his attitude to communication, his reliability and assiduous. And on my opinion if everybody on your work would match this description it would be pleasant for every employee to work there and your company would develop rapidly and successfully.

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#023 In some countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good idea? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.
Some people asset that teenagers should work while they are still student because they can gain some work experience in such way and be ready for future job. But I strongly oppose such view. On my opinion teenager students have to study only because studying is their main goal. Sometimes work have bad influence on teenagers' health. Student's life is the last leg before adult life and they shouldn't spend it on job.
When teenager goes to college he has one main goal and this goal is to graduate college with as best mark as possible. To achieve it they have to devote all their time to studying. Students have to read as much books as possible even if some of them are not required teenager should read them in their free time instead of work. Books give much more knowledge and benefit to students that part time work can give experience and money. On the other hand I have some doubts that teenager will be study after work properly. He will be tired and he will want to watch TV or go sleep instead of reading books.
Also I think that combining work with study has bad influence on student health. If student work he have to wake up very early and go to bed late if he want to cope with work and studying. So he has to cut sleeping time but it is dangerous for teenager health because his organism is steel growing and he need to have good rest. In addition, work can cause pressure and stress which can influence on young student's mental development in a wrong way. It would be better for them if they will go to gym or play some sport games with friends in their free time instead of work.
And the last fact in support of studying is that time when you are the student is one of the best times in people's life and teenager student should make the most moments of this life. They have to communicate with their peers a lot. Also teenagers should take a part in social different activities. That gives them experience how to behave and cooperate with other people and how to organize them. Student's years are the last time before adult life. It is time when they get used to real life but still can rely on their parents. And I think they don't have spent this time on the job, because in future they will have a lot of problem and difficulties which will give them experience how to live under his own steam.
So, to sum up all about, I want to say that student have to be the student. He have to study, to meet new people, to exercise and to live life to the full instead of spend this time on the work.

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#024 A person you know is planning to move to your town or city. What do you think this person would like and dislike about living in your town or city? Why? Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.
My home city is small regional center in the west part of Ukraine. It isn't big or reach city with great amounts of modern buildings, shopping and entertainment centers. But I like it very much because I spent my young ages there and from this city I began my way in the future. As every this one has some advantages and disadvantages. Some things I like in it but some I hate.
At first I want to point out the problems that my city has and which I don't like very much. One of the biggest problems is its overcrowding. When this city was built about four hundred years ago contractors couldn't estimate amount of people that can live and drive there. So, they planned and built very narrow streets. And future reconstruction didn't solve this problem because there are a lot of historical buildings in the city which can't be destroyed in any circumstances. Also this situation are worsen by market which is situated near the city center and currently is one of the most visited and crowded place in the city. Other thing that I don't like in my city is practical absence of big shops with variety of goods and it is concerned to clothes especially. And on my opinion reason for this is the same as reason for crowds in the center. It is market. Most people in the city used to buy clothes on the market and it isn't profitable for business to build big shops because they wouldn't have enough attendance to gain invested funds.
And on the other hand there are few things that I like in my city especially. As I mentioned before it is old city and it was built in fascinating West European style. And know government of the city try to support the same style especially in the city center. So city has fascinating architecture appearance which I like very much. One of the most visited places in the city, after the market, is Main Square and street. There are a lot of comfortable and hospitable coffee shops and cafes in the ground floors of old style building. I used to visit these places very often when I lived there. Other thing that I like in my home city is people. On my opinion the people here are the most gentle in the world. They would help you if you have some trouble. They argue rarely. And they are smiled. I lived in few other cities and I noticed that people there are different. They have busy look and they don't worry about people around but just about their own problem.
So, whatever problems my home city has I would like to live there and can advice my friends to move there without any doubt. Because on my opinion it has more advantages then disadvantages.

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#025 It has recently been announced that a large shopping center may be built in your neighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific
reasons and details to support your answer.
To build or not to build new shopping center in my community is very complicated question and it demands deep discussing among all member of my community. Some people strongly oppose this idea because on their opinion having a big shopping center in neighborhood would cause a lot of problem such as overcrowding, pollution and noise. However, other people, to whom I belong too, decide that is great idea because it would bring better shopping abilities, more entertainments and benefit for community environment.
The most obvious advantage of having own shopping center is better and more convenient access to goods. People don't need drive far to buy something. They even can walk to shops. This gives them opportunity to save money on the fuel. Also it is convenient because sometime when you forget something to buy in farther mall you don't what to go so far just for one thing so you try to cope without it, but when you have shopping center near you go and buy this thing.
Secondly, so far as real estate companies try to include social buildings in modern mall' plans to invite more customers and to increase attendance, new shopping center will bring us social infrastructure such as movies, restaurants, food courts, bowling and pool. So, my community would get a lot of entertainment just in few steps near. And for some people, for example for my wife, going shopping is entertainment of itself. She goes shopping when she is bored or when she is depressed or when she is tired mentally.
In addition, new shopping would mall bring benefits to our community in economic field too. First of all it would increase a value of houses around it. And so far most of my neighbors have their own house it would automatically increase wealth of people around this mall. Also I think that owners of this shopping center would take care of local roads and would repair it from time to time. Some company which would be represented on mall might want to become a sponsor of local basketball team to increase awareness of its brand through habitant. And at the end mall would increase tax payment to wake budget and some part of this payment would be spend on my community.
So, in my opinion, it is a good idea to build new shopping center in my community. In spite of all disadvantages it would give much more benefits for local people.

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#026 It has recently been announced that a new movie theater may be built in your neighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
Some people think that such entertainment building like cinema in their community can bring there a lot of problem such as leak of parking places, notice and overcrowding. But in my opinion, having a movie theater near your house is a great idea. People in my community will get more benefits from this facility than harm, because movie is the best way to spend free time. It is very convenient if a movie theater is situated in few minutes from you house. And presence of such facility will help improve and develop other businesses in our community.
Among big amount of entertainment which we can get on the market now movie is one of the most popular thing. Every year movies' producers spent a few billion dollars to make new films for their customer and every year these customers spent even more money to see these films. Comedy or cartoon is a good way to spend time with family. Movies about Batman or Spiderman are good cause for teenagers meet together and have a fun in a movie theater instead of doing crime on the streets. I think that there are a lot of people who want to spend time in such way in my community.
In addition, my community is in uptown, far from downtown and big malls. And it takes about half an hour to get to the nearest movie theater. Also some of my neighbors don't have a car. So, it will be very convenient for both families with and without cars to have our own cinema in community. Ones can save at least one hour on driving and others can just walk to the movie theater.
And the last benefit from new cinema in my community, which I want to notice, is influence that it can have on other local businesses. New cinema will invite new people who will want to eat or drink something before or after the film. Some of them will want to buy something on the road to home. Others of them maybe will want to continue relax and to play bowling or pool. So, these new people will create demand on restaurants and food courts, on shops and supermarkets, on pubs and playing places. And this demand will bring more money to owners of business and will motivate them to improve their facilities more and more.
So, in my opinion, it is very useful for us to have a movie cinema in our community. It will save us time, will give place to relax and will improve our
facilities.

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#027 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Everything that happens has some reason. The same we can say about doing things we don't like to do. These things also have some reasons. And very often these reasons are very important in our lives. We should to do things that we don't like to do as support of our everyday life, as intermediate steps to our goals and as way to better future of your children.
I'm not sure that there are a lot of people who like everyday routine, but all of them try to cope with it. These are the base things that support our being. We can't live without food, so we have to cook. We can't wear dirty clothes, so we have to washing up. We can't feel ourselves well without physical activity, so we have to do exercises or run.
Most people have some goals or even dreams in their lives and they are working hard to achieve them. These works are complicated and have sets of different steps. Some of these steps are interested for person and some are not. But to reach these goals or dreams people have to do all steps aside from like they this steps or not. If won't do some step you will lose you dream. For example, the main goal for me now is apply at the university. I have to major steps to achieve this goal one to pass TOEFL and GRE and other to go to the interview and find professor who will be interested in my candidacy. I like first step because I like studying, and I hate another one because I'm not very communicable and to talk to unknown people is very hard for me. However, to become a student I have to go through both of them.
And the last reason to do things that you don't want to do is to make happy your family. Parents have to work and earn money, even if they don't like their works, to give children interest life and proper education. Parents have to do their best to bring calmness and happiness in their families.
So, taking into account everything above, I strongly support opinion that people have to do things even if they don't like to do it because these things make them, their life and life of their family better.