说明：

(1)此预测针对11月17日托福考试日，大部分源自2013年11月托福考试独立写作题目预测，35道。

(2)预测内容涉及到了教育、人生、媒体、经济、科学、政府、名人、年轻人、成功、商业等诸多话题，题目中或对单一话题进行设问，或结合进行。请同学们注意分类，根据以下复习备考步骤短时间进行备考。

(3)复习备考步骤：1.根据已分类题目在自己的思想及知识积累中搜索背景、论据和例证；2.根据所回顾信息对具体题目进行个性化写作、修改；3.根据已分类题目搜罗最近相关新闻与评论，积累例证，进而升华观点。

(4)11月13日也将为大家出小范围。

(5)口语预测：2013年11月17日托福独立口语题目预测。

正文：

1)Being creative is more important in finding the best solution to a problem than planning carefully.2008.2.1NA

2)Technology has made children less creative than children were in the past.2008.5.3NA

3)Most businesspeople are motivated only by the desire for more money.2008.8.16NA(2011.10.27ML)

4)A teacher who is a serious and strict person is more effective in teaching than a teacher who is a humor and easygoing person.2008.8.23ML

5)Visiting a museum is not the best way to learn about the country.2008.10.12ML(2009.10.25ML)

6)Sports teach us lessons about life.2008.12.5NA(2010.12.19ML)

7)In order to become well-informed, one has to get information from different news resources.2009.2.14NA

8)A job with more vacation time but a low salary is better than a job with a high salary but less vacation time.2009.2.27NA(2011.4.23ML)

9)The best way to improve education is to raise teachers' salaries.2009.4.3NA(2011.12.10ML)

10)Should governments spend more money in support of arts than in support of athletics?2009.5.10ML

11)Getting advice from friends who are older than you is more valuable than getting advice from friends your same age.2009.11.1ML

12)To achieve successful development of a country, a government should focus its budgets more on young children's education rather than on universities.2009.11.7NA/2011.8.21ML(To achieve successful development of country, a government should spend more money on young children's education (5-10) rather than on university.2012.8.25NA)

13)When the kids get high scores, parents should or should not reward children for money?2009.11.21NA

14)Parents do not understand their children as well as the parents did 50 years ago.2009.12.11ML

15)In order to become financially responsible adults, children should manage their own money at the young age.2010.1.15NA

16)Most of environmental issues are too complicated, so individuals can do nothing.2010.1.23ML

17)In order to solve the problems of the present and the future, people should review the past.2010.3.6ML/2011.9.28ML

18)Grandparents have no use for their grandchildren because the world changed a lot during the past 50 years.2010.10.22NA(2012.9.8ML)

19)Young people nowadays have no influence on decisions that determine the future of the society as a whole.2011.2.26NA

20)The most important problems affecting our society today could be solved during your lifetime.2011.3.4NA(The most important problems affecting our society today could be solved during your lifetime.2012.10.27ML)

21)Although science and technology will continue to improve, the most significant improvement for the quality of people's lives have already taken place.2011.3.11NA/2012.9.22ML

22)It is important to know about what is happening around the world, even if it does not affect your personal lives.2011.4.30NA

23)In the past, it was easier for people to identify what types of career or job would lead to a secure, successful future. 2011.5.14ML

24)It's more important for the government to build new housing than preserve old and historical building.2011.6.10NA

25)The most important investment for a company is to spend money to improve the work skills of its employees.2011.8.20NA/2012.9.16ML

26)It is better to wait in patience than take action?2011.8.27NA(2012.12.8ML)

27)The rapid growth of cities in today's world is a mostly positive development for the society.2011.9.18ML

28)The opinions of celebrities, such as certain entertainer or athletes, are more important for younger people than older people.2012.1.21NA/2012.8.25ML

29)Teachers now have more influence on their students than they were in the past.2012.5.26ML

30)It is important for government to protect wild animals and wilderness areas for future generations.2012.4.14NA

31)People care more about public recognition, even though more money is given, public recognition can still make people work harder.2012.6.8NA

32)Young people nowadays do not respect their teachers as much as they did in the past.2012.8.17NA

33)Teachers' performance should be evaluated by students rather than by other teachers.2012.9.15NA

34)The rules that the whole societies today expect to young people to follow and obey are too strict.2012.10.12NA

35)Nowadays advertisements are more honest than they were in the past.2012.12.14NA