Sample Essays For toefl

93) If you could ask a famous person one question, what would you ask? Why? Use 
specific reasons and details to support your answer. 
 
If I could ask a famous person one question, it would definitely be regarding the meaning 
of life to him/her. The meaning of life has long puzzled even the greatest of minds. In my 
opinion, knowing the meaning of life and what one wants out of life can actually help a 
person to live out a fairly productive life. 
Life represents different things to various people. Some people view life as mesmerizing 
and worth living, while others just take it for granted and don't really give it much thought.
Knowing what life is really about is of great importance to me. I have always been 
amazed at the multitude of living beings that presently inhabit the earth. What is the 
meaning of life? How did it come about in the first place? What can be done to make 
living here on earth worthwhile? Someone who is famous might actually have some 
interesting thoughts to share on this subject.
It surprises me that no one ever asks such questions from famous people. People like to 
interview a famous person and ask all sorts of personal questions. I think that asking this 
single question and carefully observing the speaker can actually reveal a lot about the 
speaker's personality and outlook than asking personal questions. This is because famous 
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people might become somewhat defensive and not entirely honest when asked to describe 
their personality traits or likes/dislikes. But asking them about their outlook about life 
gives them space to talk about a lot more than just answering some to-the-point questions. 
Asking a famous person about his/her view about life might also help us out in how we 
can view the world around us. Often people who become famous or successful have 
positive outlook towards present and future. They don't worry about the hardships of the 
past. This might motivate others to adopt a similar positive view of life.
In short, I would really like to ask a famous person about his/her outlook on life, which in 
effect, will let me know something about the famous person as well.