SAT寫作真題全集(譯文版)(共5頁(yè))

1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上SAT寫作真題要素分類2013-12Do customers have the responsibility for their actions to purchase goods from companies or people that are beneficial to society?顧客是否有責(zé)任從對(duì)社會(huì)有益的公司和人們那購(gòu)買商品 2013-11Prompt 1Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.We are o

2、ften reminded that acquiring and owning material possessionsmoney, property, jewelry, even clothingwill not lead to true happiness. While it is certainly true that material possessions alone cannot bring happiness or provide us with genuine meaning in life, there is something to be said for having m

3、aterial possessions. Not only can they make us comfortable, but the happiness they can provide, while it may be momentary, is still happiness.Assignment: Do material possessions make us truly happy? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position

4、with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.物質(zhì)財(cái)富使我們真的快樂嗎Prompt 2Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.Some people emphasize that strong leaders never depart from their goal, plan, or vision and that s

5、uch dedication is, in fact, a measure of their strength. Others would argue, however, that strong leaders are flexible. Strong leaders know when to admit they have made a mistake and when it is appropriate to change their goal or mission. This flexibility shows their strength and the extent of their

6、 wisdom.Assignment: Is flexibility the sign of a strong and wise leader? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的，睿智的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的標(biāo)志是變通性Prompt 3Think care

7、fully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.Aiming advertisements for products directly at teenagers is a practice that occurs on television, in magazines, and on the Internet. These advertisements may help prepare young people for adulthood, as teenagers gain e

8、xperience in evaluating and selecting from among the many options in our complex consumer society. Many critics, however, argue that teenagers are especially vulnerable to misleading claims of the advertising industry; moreover, they argue that advertisements often promote values harmful to young pe

9、ople.Assignment: Are advertisements harmful to teenagers? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.廣告對(duì)青少年是有害的 Prompt 4Think carefully about the issue

10、presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.Too often, peopleespecially young people, who may not have settled on a firm identity yettry to imitate others, because it is easier to do so than to develop their own unique individuality. They focus on trying to imitate what seems attract

11、ive or desirable in others. But imitating others is never a good idea: when we imitate others, all we do is harm our ability to develop our own individuality.Assignment: Is imitation of others always harmful? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your

12、 position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.模仿他人總是有害的2013-10Everything a public figure or celebrity says or does is likely to turn up on an internet site or television shows. The great appeal of these sites and shows is that they help us learn

13、as much as possible about public figures. The more we know political candidates, for example, the more informed we are as voters. Much of the information, however, is irrelevant and actually prevents us from focusing on the issue.Assignment: Does having too much information about public figures dist

14、ract us from the important issues?關(guān)于公眾人物過多的信息是我們偏離重要的問題2013-6Do people need to know the source of any information before they use it?在使用信息之前要知道它的來源Is it possible for a society to be fair to everyone?社會(huì)可能對(duì)每一個(gè)人都公平嗎2013-05睿智最好通過快樂來定義個(gè)人主義VS集體主義行動(dòng)VS思想準(zhǔn)備未來VS享受現(xiàn)在2013-3Are people mostly dissatisfied or disc

15、ontent with their achievement when they achieve their goal?當(dāng)實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)的時(shí)候人們是最不滿意或滿足的2013-1在創(chuàng)新之前模仿他人是有必要的流行文化對(duì)年輕人的特性影響最深決定一個(gè)人生活質(zhì)量最重要的因素是錢根據(jù)情況的不同而改變自己的行為2012-12Prompt：Some people believe that very few of todays inventions are really new.Inventions today seem to consist primarily of improvements to things th

16、at have already been invented.Medicines, it is said, may be better, and vehicles may be faster, but they are really not new or different .In reality ,we have not even begun to exhaust the supply of original ideas or new inventions.There is much more for us to invent and discover.Assignment：Is there

17、really much more to be invented or discovered for people in the world today?現(xiàn)在真的有更多新的東西等著我們?nèi)グl(fā)明和發(fā)現(xiàn)嗎2012年12月北美SAT寫作真題：Are firmly held opinions reasonable?堅(jiān)持意見是合理的嗎2012-10我們要同樣地關(guān)心別的國(guó)家的人檢討過去要比只關(guān)注當(dāng)下學(xué)到更多所有人都需要是有創(chuàng)造力的2012-6尊敬和容忍他人的意見VS對(duì)待錯(cuò)誤的意見要有自己的立場(chǎng)2012-5行動(dòng)VS空談接受不公平,并且利用它金錢導(dǎo)致自私廣告引起煩惱和不滿足2012-1懷疑他人的動(dòng)機(jī)和誠(chéng)實(shí)是睿智的

18、,甚至是那些看上去值得信任的人進(jìn)步通常包含缺陷和問題用獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)刺激人們學(xué)習(xí)或者成就某事是錯(cuò)誤的根據(jù)能力還是事實(shí)的成就來看待人們2011-10人們需要紀(jì)律來實(shí)現(xiàn)自由2011-6新成就帶來新挑戰(zhàn)2011-5規(guī)矩和限制有助于人們的快樂如果工作少一些,人們會(huì)更有創(chuàng)造力,更有活力在他們休息的時(shí)候每個(gè)人都有義務(wù)去認(rèn)真地思考重要的事件,甚至當(dāng)這么做是很困難的時(shí)候只用依賴自己完成目標(biāo)和解決問題才是真正的成功2011-1理想主義方法VS實(shí)用主義方法學(xué)習(xí)他人VS學(xué)習(xí)自己過程VS結(jié)果2010-10有必要學(xué)習(xí)創(chuàng)造性藝術(shù)戶外活動(dòng)和欣賞自然環(huán)境是很重要的原創(chuàng)性VS順從2010-05小決定經(jīng)常有重大的后果談話是最有效,最令人滿意的交流方式政府要對(duì)人們過健康的生活負(fù)責(zé)人們會(huì)通過強(qiáng)調(diào)自己與他人的不同成功嗎2010-1 P1所有人的意見VS有