2007年1月SAT写作真题及要点解答

53.Thinkcarefullyabouttheissuepresentedinthefollowingexcerptandassignmentbelow:(2007.1)

Manypeoplebelievethatourgovernmentshoulddomoretosolveourproblems.Afterall,howcanone

individualcreatemorejobsormakeroadssaferorimprovetheschoolsorhelptoprovideanyofthe

otherbenefitsthatwehavecometoenjoy?Andyetexpectingthatthegovernment—ratherthan

individuals—shouldalwayscomeupwiththesolutionstosociety'sillsmayhavemadeusless

self-reliant,underminingourindependenceandself-sufficiency.Assignment:Shouldpeopletakemoreresponsibilityforsolvingproblemsthataffecttheircommunities

orthenationingeneral?Planandwriteanessayinwhichyoudevelopyourpointofviewonthisissue.

Supportyourpositionwithreasoningandexamplestakenfromyourreading,studies,experience,or

observation.

54.Thinkcarefullyabouttheissuepresentedinthefollowingexcerptandassignmentbelow:(2007.1)

Mosthumanbeingsspendtheirlivesdoingworktheyhateandworkthattheworlddoesnotneed.Itisof

primeimportancethatyoulearnearlywhatyouwanttodoandwhetherornottheworldneedsthis

service.Thereturnfromyourworkmustbethesatisfactionthatworkbringsyouandtheworld'sneedof

小马过河国际教育www.xiaoma.comthatwork.Incomeisnotmoney,itissatisfaction;itiscreation;itisbeauty.

AdaptedfromW.E.B.DuBois,TheAutobiographyofW.E.B.DuBois:ASoliloquyonViewingMyLife

fromtheLastDecadeofItsFirstCentury

Assignment:Isitmoreimportanttodoworkthatonefindsfulfillingorworkthatpayswell?Planand

writeanessayinwhichyoudevelopyourpointofviewonthisissue.Supportyourpositionwith

reasoningandexamplestakenfromyourreading,studies,experience,orobservation.

55.Thinkcarefullyabouttheissuepresentedinthefollowingexcerptandassignmentbelow:(2007.1)

Theeducationpeoplereceivedoesnotoccurprimarilyinschool.Youngpeopleareformedbytheir

experienceswithparents,teachers,peers,andevenstrangersonthestreet,andbythesportsteams

theyplayfor,theshoppingmallstheyfrequent,thesongstheyhear,andtheshowstheywatch.Schools,

whilecertainlyimportant,constituteonlyarelativelysmallpartofeducation.

AdaptedfromMihaly

Twenty-FirstCentury\"

Csikszentmihalyi,

\"Education

for

the

Assignment:Iseducationprimarilytheresultofinfluencesotherthanschool?Planandwriteanessay

inwhichyoudevelopyourpointofviewonthisissue.Supportyourpositionwithreasoningand

examplestakenfromyourreading,studies,experience,orobservation.

小马过河国际教育www.xiaoma.com56.Thinkcarefullyabouttheissuepresentedinthefollowingexcerptandassignmentbelow:(2007.1)

Ifwearedissatisfiedwithourcircumstances,wethinkaboutchangingthem.Butthemostimportantand

effectivechanges—inourattitude—hardlyoccurtous.Inotherwords,weshouldworrynotabouthowto

altertheworldaroundusforthebetterbutabouthowtochangeourselvesinordertofitintothatworld.

AdaptedfromMichaelHymers,\"Wittgenstein,PessimismandPolitics\"Assignment:Isitbettertochangeone'sattitudethantochangeone'scircumstances?Planandwritean

essayinwhichyoudevelopyourpointofviewonthisissue.Supportyourpositionwithreasoningand

examplestakenfromyourreading,studies,experience,orobservation.