ALL TOPIC FOR GRADUATION EXAM I. (21-MAY-2011) Write an essay of 250-300 words on one of the following topics: 1.

When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success Do you agree or disagree with the quotation above? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your position. 2. 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. 3. What is your view on todays advertisement 4. Is it easy for you to look for a well-paid job in Ho Chi Minh City? Why and why not? 5. What do you think of the unskilled labor in Vietnam nowadays? 6. Is it easy for you to learn English as a foreign language? Why or why not? 7. What are the best solutions to the problem of overpopulation in Ho Chi Minh City? 8. Is there a generation gap in your family? 9. Qualities of a good teacher. 10. What I have gained from the in-service undergraduate program. 11. Motorcycles should be banned in Ho Chi Minh City. 12. What have you gained from tertiary education? 13. What are some things that students consider when they are choosing a program? 14. Do you think people are healthier now than in the past? 15. The role of computers in language learning 16. What do you think are the best solutions to the problem of heavy traffic in HCM city? 17. Some positive or negative effects of computers on students life and education. 18. Some important factors for success in school or at work. 19. What, in your opion, is the correct way to bring up children? 20. Education has replaced money and family connections as the main provider of opportunities for success in our country. 21. The advantages and disadvantages of using computers. 22. Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of students. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 23. Many people think that it is a good idea that university education program should be divided into two stages, with an examination in between. 24. Some people believe that every citizen of a country should be taxed; Others believe that the government should tax only the rich. Which point of view do you agree with? Use specific reasons to develop your essay. 25. Being good at English is not enough to look for a well-paid job in HoChiMinh City nowadays. 26. Communicating in a foreign language can create some embarrassing misunderstandings. 27. The problem of pollution in your city these days. 28. What the youth of today can do to contribute to the development of the country. 29. Your decision about a future career. 1. When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success Do you agree or disagree with the quotation above? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your position. It is very interesting to speculate as to what one could do after leaving the school. Normally it is too early for one leaving the school to decide upon a definite career. One is not mature this stage to decide upon a future course. Everything is temping and attractive and it is tough making a decision. A career depends on many factors. The occupation of ones parents, a successful neighbour or even an imaginery ideal, may influence the kind of work which one hopes to do. If ones parent is a doctor or a lawyer one may decide to follow the same path. A book one has read or a popular movement may also influence ones future. I have made up my mind to become a doctor. With all the sciences achievements, man is not able to overcome diseases. He has found out medicines and ways to combat diseases but there is no way to eradicate them. As far as humanity is there, there will be diseases. Rich or poor, man suffers from diseases and the number of hospitals is a glaring witness to the presence of diseases. So there is more pleasure for me in serving the suffering humanity. I got the inspiration from Mother Theresa who got the Nobel Peace Prize. What a glorious service she has been doing for the sick and the dying in the streets of Calcutta. I may not rise to that rare height. A medical man is not merely a man who can prescribe a few tablets and give a shot here or there. In one sense, he plays the role of a helper of the creator saving as many patients as possible. To be a good doctor requires a lot of insight into the patients constitution and mind. A medical man must be careful in dealing with individual cases and he must be

sympathetic. When a doctor replaces a heart or kidney he saves a patient. It is a challenge which is worthwhile. Since a medical man deal with humanity, he must be humane. Another fact is that a medical man is always intimate with his patient so it is also ethical to divulge a patients sickness to anybody. Without fleecing a patient a doctor can earn a tidy sum of money if he has created a good name in his special field. So, for these reasons, I am attracted to medicine. 2. 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. It is commonly known that in many parts of the world where studies cannot be afforded easily by the younger population, students are allowed and even encouraged to work while pursuing studies at universities or colleges. This situation raises the question whether it can be considered a good idea or not for them to do so. I truly support the initiative that studying while working can be beneficial in many ways. One of the most important considerations is that working can create in the student a great sense of independence. Many cases are known in which students have to study away from home and may lack the financial support from their parents. These teenagers may seek opportunities to find certain part-time jobs that can give them the freedom and autonomy to pay for their own tuition as well as to take extra-curricular activities that can enhance their performance in the line of studies they are pursuing. In the same order of ideas, it is fact that those who work in study-related jobs will gain the necessary skills to become competent employees in the future. For example, a girl who is planning to major in applied and fine arts will definitely find beneficial to work in a museum even if it is part-time. The exposure to real art and the constant contact with artists and art critics will enhance her performance in her regular classes without mentioning that, once graduated, she will be taken seriously by a recognized gallery. On the other hand, there is a tendency to believe that students who engage in some kind of work might end up having a lack of interest in their studies. For some reason, several people claim that the levels of students dropping out of college come from the fact that these teenagers start developing a love for money that leads them to lose their interest in continuing with their studies. Although this may be true in some cases, it cannot represent the great majority of people who actually cope with both things and get their final goal of getting a degree. As it can be seen, working and studying at the same time surely brings a set of benefits that can surely give us a sense of autonomy and confidence that will lead to the acquisition of new skills for future job opportunities. Students can carry on with their studies and become the best professionals for the future. 3.What is your view on todays advertisement Today, we are living in the market economy. There is always competitive in trade. In order to achieve profits, manufacturers must find any solutions for their products to become well-known. In order to do this they thought about many ways to attract consumers which advertisement is one of that. In my opinion, advertisement has two aspects positive and negative. First of all, advertisement is always positive. In order to get good effect in business, the manufactures find many ways that their brand name is well-known. They can advertise their products through mass media such as television, radio, newspapers. In my opinion, advertisement is necessary for the consumers to have clear understanding about the products they want to use. For example, PS toothpaste which is advertised many times on newspapers. The consumers always have tendency to buy authentic products. They dont really want to buy imitation products. Actually, they fear to buy junk goods. For example, junk medicines can damage their health. From this points of view, we can say that, advertisement is necessary because it helps consumers to understand about products that they want to buy and it also makes consumers believe in manufactures. Second, advertisement also is negative. It is often said that, good wine needs no bush According to common mentality the consumers often buy products that they used many times. They, themselves are people who can access products effectively. In my opinion, accession of consumers is always effective. Many manufactures had used many tricks to polish their brand name. Occasionally, we find out a lot imitation products which are harmful for consumers health. In general, we should not believe from advertisement . In short, advertisement is considered a means for everyone to know. However, we have to remember that, advertisement also has two aspects positive and negative. 30. Your decision about a future career.

Today, it is not easy to choose a career. Hundreds of students pass various examinations every year and compete with one another for positions in the various professions which are not so many as there are applicants. I would, however, like to choose teaching as my career. There are several reasons to consider teacher an interesting job. Being a teacher, we have to learn more. If we teach History or Geography, it is important to read many books to make our teaching lessons more interesting to our students. We therefore gain more knowledge of the subjects that we teach than what we can get from the text books. A large amount of text books for the subjects we teach are not likely enough to help us to become an exciting teacher. In other words, a good teacher often reads many other books which are not related to the subjects he or she is supposed to teach. The large extent of knowledge on different fields make students admire the teacher and love the subject of which he or she is in charge. A teacher has to speak well and clearly so that students can be able to understand instructions and lectures. This would be a motivation to improve our powers of expression. Even our pronunciation of words will be much better. Moreover, a teacher has more free time to read, learn and take some examinations to acquire more qualifications. Finally, as a teacher we are respected as educated persons. Others will show their respect to teachers and have their great regard for them and opinions that teachers give. For the reasons mentioned above, being a teacher can help me to live a happy meaningful life. 27. The problem of pollution in your city these days. Is the air that we are breathing killing us? In this speech you will learn all that you need to know about air pollution. First I will give you the causes of air pollution, then I will list the effects of it, and finally I will tell you how we can prevent air pollution. The average person takes about twenty thousand breaths a day, obviously air is essential to life. Well imagine that the air that you are breathing may be killing you, many diseases are aggravated by air pollution. Scientists believe that all cities with populations exceeding 50,000 have some degree of air pollution. Burning garbage in open dumps causes air pollution, and also it smells pretty bad. Air pollution comes from many different sources. One of the major sources is carbon monoxide which manly comes from automobiles, but also burning of fossil fuels, CFCs etc. Air pollution does not leave the Earth it all gets trapped up in the atmosphere. This doesn't bother most people, and they think that it will not harm them. People burn down forests and people burn fossil fuels, and CFCs from aerosols. Every bit of this harms our atmosphere. Factories and transportation depend on huge amounts of fuel billions of tons of coal and oil are consumed around the world every year. When these fuels burn they introduce smoke and other, less visible, byproducts into the atmosphere. Although wind and rain occasionally wash away the smoke given off by power plants and automobiles, the cumulative effe! ct of air pollution poses a grave threat to humans and the environment. A big example of smog is LA you can see the smog just hovering above the city. I don't think any human alive should be subject to that kind of environment. Scientists believe that all cities with populations exceeding 50,000 have some degree of air pollution. Burning garbage in open dumps causes air pollution Scientist have discovered that over the South Pole the ozone has a high level of ozone depletion. Those diseases include asthma, chronic sinusitis, bronchitis, and allergies. Pollution also has been linked to pulmonary problems in developing fetuses, and damage to the immune system in adults. Those that are most vulnerable to problems of air pollution are the elderly and children, along with people who work and exercise outside frequently and those with chronic respiratory ailments. Due to the fact that children inhale more air per pound, and that the elderly lose important defense mechanisms as they age. Working outdoors may cause you to breathe at a faster rate and inhale deeper. Which causes high student absences and missed days of work, along with higher health insurance cost. There are many causes of air pollution, but the main causes of pollution are motor vehicles. Motor vehicles contribute 40% of pollutants to react with sunlight to cause ground level ozone also called smog. Ozone causes burning of eyes, nose, and tissue in lungs, like sunlight burns your skin. Another cause being a lawn mower, a gaspowered lawn mower can cause the same amount of air pollution as driving a new car three hundred and forty miles. Other causes include that of factories, wood burning, and human error. Now after you have heard about air pollution and all of its dangers I will tell you how you can help prevent air pollution. First you can start by conserving energy everywhere that you go such as your home, work, and school. Be careful not to spill fuel while filling up gas tank and to tighten your gas cap tightly. Keep your car, boat, and other vehicles tuned up according to owner specifications, and carpool, ride a bike and walk as much as possible. Along with using environmentally safe paint and cleaning utensils. You can conserve energy by turning up your air conditioner up higher. In your vehicle try to refill your tank after dusk, combine trips and errands, and limit engine idling. In conclusion I believe that we can stop air pollution and ground level smog be being more efficient in the way we live. I hope that after you heard about the causes, effects, and solutions to air pollution you will want to help prevent it. So do what you can and conserve the air today. 10. What I have gained from the in-service undergraduate program. The issue of whether what people have gained from the in-service undergraduate program has been debated widely. Some people think that in-service undergraduate program is not quality. While others believe these courses have many benefits in self-studying. From my point of view, I have learned to study by myself, to think clearly, to express what I want to say

in a precise and condense manner, and to work well thanks to the knowledge and experience through my in-service undergraduate program. My first benefit from undergraduate program is the self-learning. As you may know, self-study is a must at university. In addition to attending various classes, there are a lot of subjects I must learn through internet, booksto get information.These activities gradually build up my habits of self-study. This habit allows me expand my awareness .I am able to gain further knowledge and skill through my own study. Time is a crucial factor influencing all aspects of modern life. More and more people lead their lives in the past lane. To save my time, I have to learn how to manage time effectively. To save the precious times of the receiver or hearer of my message whom I have an opportunity to communicate with, either orally or in the form of any written document, I always try my best to guarantee what I said is clearly and easily to understand. In others words, I force myself to provide my listener or reader with best message. In such a way that both my energy and his or her time can effort can be saved. Last but least, I highly appreciate the knowledge and skills I have acquired through a variety of courses at university. Such knowledge and skills make me really competent at my work in particular and get me ready for my long and hard struggle against all the other difficulties and challenges in my own life in general. Graduating from the in-service undergraduate program, I have been equipped with many skills as well as knowledge. People may hold different views on education: It is only time comsuming attending in-service training course, while to others it is very beneficial. I belongs to the second group, highly valuating what college education brings to me. Therefore, it deserves my great efforts to meet all the college requirements, the initial requirements off any well-educated person. 31. Do you think people are healthier now than in the past? The issue of whether why people are healthier now than in the past has been debated widely. Some people think that thanks to medical advances prolong the life expectancy of people. While others believe that screening programs bring us many benefits in the life. From my point of view, I truly believe that the following reason below will be the reasons for this. First, developing of medicine or medical advances helps to prolong the peoples lives. Diagnostic techniques have made it possible to discover the disease such earlier than before. This enable doctors to treat condition at an earliest stage. The international of modern medicine can save especially in the case of some cancers. Second, some countries have developed screening program which enable doctors to identify some diseases. For example, chest. X-ray for tuberculosis. More recently in some countries women over a certain age are required to have a mammogram every two years to discover breast cancer. Finally, nutrition also plays an important role for the life expectancy of people. Eating the right foods such as fruits and vegetables can prevent people from having high cholesterol . In short, people are living longer for many reasons. Developing of medicine, developing of screening programs and right nutrition. The advantages and Disadvantages of attending Evening Classes. Working during the day and going to school in the evening is becoming more and more popular in Vietnam these days. People have to work to support themselves and their family; however, in order to work efficiently and earn more money to meet their own increasing needs, they have to upgrade their previous knowledge and skills to meet the demanding requirements of the labor market. I do the same, looking forward to receiving my B.A. in English. From what I have been experiencing in the in-service undergraduate program of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, I am getting aware of a few advantages and disadvantages of attending evening classes. That is no doubt that evening classes provide me with opportunities to improve my English. At workplace English is a must I have to know to communicate with coworkers and customers, suppliers. I found out that my life is beautiful when I knew English, I can listen to music, watch movies in English. Improving English can helps me write email easily. The second advantage of attending evening classes is that I can work during the day. Because I am the breadwinner of my family, I can not quit my job to follow full-time classes. Besides, I can pursue my job, have promotion. When listening from teacher, I can apply much experience from my job. The last but not least, attending evening classes also makes me always young and lively. I can enjoy the atmosphere of the class with my friends and exchange knowledge each others. Besides, I can receive the help from my classmates to get over difficulties. Although I highly appreciate the advantages of attending evening classes, I really suffer from its unavoidable disadvantages.

Firstly, I often feel tired after a long day of hard work, therefore, I hardly study enthusiastically in the evening. In other word, I have little time to do homework, sometimes I must work late so poor attending occur regular. Secondly, attending evening classes means I have to go along the crowded streets of Ho Chi Minh City during the rush hours. I am always in a hurry, frightened of being late. Sometimes, I face difficulties in the rainy reason. Last but not least, attending evening classes means I usually come back home rather late and fail to have dinner with other members of my family. Time for sharing is not much, I also miss the lovely atmosphere of the family dinner. In spite of these disadvantages, I keep on studying what I consider as crucial for my present job and my future career. I can not wait until everything is all right to start my evening courses. I have to do the best with what I have right now. I enjoy the advantages of attending evening classes, and I am ready to accept its disadvantages, following and English saying, Take the bad as well as the good. 32. What do you think are the best solutions to the problem of heavy traffic in HCM city? The number of the people who have died in traffic accidents is much higher than that of the people who have died of cancer or any other diseases. In Ho Chi Minh City, the problem of traffic accidents is really serious. The following measures should be taken to reduce the consequences of this problem. Firstly, the system of the main street in Ho Chi Minh City must be improved or upgraded. Up to now, many streets have very bad conditions with full of holes. Its very dangerous for everyone that circulate on the roads. The rainy reason that makes many streets flooded after a heavy rain. Besides, easily hit other vehicles , causes falling off motorbikes. Secondly, law-breaking and drunken riders and drivers should be punished strickly. There are many people drive at very high speed. They even drunk a lot while driving or riding vehicles. Therefore, cause accidents is from carelessness or lack of control. Last but not least, calling for every citizens obeying traffic laws is crutial. City dwellers awareness of the necessity to obey traffic laws is quite low. A lot of people dont pay attention to traffic lights and others signals. Motor-cyclists occupy the lanes for cars and other four-wheel vehicles. In conclusion, we are overwhelmed by the increasing number of the traffic accidents in Ho Chi Minh City nowadays. It is time to upgrade the whole system of the main streets in this city and apply strong efficient measures both to punish those who break traffic laws and to call for every citizens consciousness of obeying these laws strickly whenever they travel along the streets. The sonner these suggestions will be taken into account, the less serious the traffic accidents happening in Ho Chi Minh City will be. 33. What are the best solutions to the problem of overpopulation in Ho Chi Minh City? Nowadays, the population increase dramatically in most countries around the world. This is true for developed and developing nations. Overpopulation cause different number of problems. However, government can solved these problems by many solution. There are several problems that raising number of people in undeveloped countries causes. Firstly, it is very difficult to provide enough food for all people. Secondly, the government limit the number of children per family to educate in the school. In addition, in poorest countries usually have a lot of unemployment as well, and when the population increase the number of unemployment increase. Finally, when too many people live on the land, the environment suffers There are different problems that overpopulation causes in rich nations. Firstly, it is very difficult for governments to provide helpful public services in overcrowded cities. Moreover, there is generally a great deal more crime such as using drugs, killing people, steeling, and ect. Which that often because of high rates of unemployment. However, overpopulation problems in both nations have two main solution which it deal by governments. Firstly, government must educate people to limit size of the family. For example, in China they have a policy call one cild policy which it is limit size of the family to have one or two children but that it is beginning to have an effect in the worlds most crowded nation. To sum up, if the population impulsive increase continues, many more people will die of hunger in poor countries. Also, in rich nations, the life in the cities will become more and more difficult. 34. Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of students. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. There is much disagreement over whether it is better to study with a group of students or alone. Some people claim that it is more beneficial to study alone, while others may insist that studying with companions is preferable. In my opinion of view, the latter is obviously a better choice. In the first place, studying with a group of students is more efficient than studying alone. When I study in a group, I could easily get people to help me with my questions and discuss with them about any confusions I have in my studies, which

would effectively increase my efficiency in study. Beside, studying with peers brings me a sense of competition and thus I am always under pressure to keep up with others and do things faster and better. In the second place, studying with a group of students benefits to cultivate people`s personality and build up the sense of team work. During the time of studying and solving problems together, they could learn to appreciate other people`s merits and try to earn appreciation from others with their own desirable characters. As a result, they will gradually understand the spirit of team work and sure take advantage of it, which especially counts since being an eligible team player is essential to people`s success in the modern society. The last but not the least, studying with company is much more interesting than studying alone. when students study together and share their learning experience to each other, they could establish sincere friendship which is one of the most desirable treasures of our life. And being with friends, one seems to be more positive to overcome difficulties. I just cannot imagine how lonely and bored one would be when struggling alone with tough study. In conclusion, I believe that studying with a group of students is far more valuable for its contribution to increase our learning efficiency, shape our personality and bring us friendship which makes our life meaningful. Therefore, I prefer to study with company. 35. The role of computers in language learning Computer is widespreadly used. It can be found in schools, in offices, even in homes. Every body rushes to learn how to use computers to have the advantages coming from this modern machine. In fact, computer has made life easier. Computer helps people do many things quicker and faster than they did before. A very clear evidence is that documents can be composed without papers. In our forefathers time, a draft paper should be used before they have a finished one. After draft, they must spend a certain time to rewrite in another paper to make it better to look at. Besides, there are many soft-wares which can be installed into computers to reduce the amount of time for the accomplishment of tasks. Typically, with Photoshop, a comic-book author duplicates the same pictures without drawing them from time to time. The second reason for the fact that computer has made life easier is its storage capability. Office workers nowadays escape the working environment with occupation of documents. As a matter of fact, all the documents are converted into file formats and are stored in the hard disk, which also help the looking for documents easier and more rapid. Further more, the documents in files are able to be copied and sent among computers in all over the world. In other words, people no longer move so many documents in papers from place to place when they must move their working offices. People can entertain with computers. With computers have nowadays been linked together in the world wide web, searching information or reading newspaper can be done at home without going out of house. A son can easily find an old song for his father in just some minutes with google search engine and his father can enjoy the song sooner than he expected in his childhoods time. More amazingly, people can buy things from home if they know how to use basic computer and internet. Most often, people use computers to play games online. This is a very modern type of relaxing and spending their leisure time. However, there is no doubt that children could obtain the negative effects of using computer if he always face the computer monitor or screen everyday because of the radiation that comes from the monitor and directly hitting towards the eyes of a young child. This is really proven that it could cause some health problems. These computer habits cause most of the children to have a lack of outdoor activities and other physical exercises to stay healthy. They prefer to sit and watch in front of the monitor the whole day. Children at young ages should have enough time to have an outside relaxation, breathe healthy and fresh air, walking together with some pets under the light of the sun in the morning, and doing some exercises in the night to avoid the negative effects of computers. In summary, people are used to the advantages brought from a so-called wonder of science. Although there are some disadvantages of using computers people have not counted, computer obviously becomes a friend of every body. This facility is still studied for more utilities to serve human beings.