历年
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2009.1)
Planning lets people impose order on the chaotic processes of making or doing something new. Too much planning, however, can lead people to follow the same predetermined course of action, to do things the same way they were done before. Creative thinking is about breaking free from the way that things have always been. That is why it is vital for people to know the difference between good planning and too much planning.
Adapted from Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit
Assignment: Does planning interfere with creativity? 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.
1. 题目翻译：
计划可以让人们在处理新事物时变得更有条理。然而， 太多的计划可能会将人们限制在已经决定好的行动中，按照过去的方法行动。创新思维是指打破常规，不再墨守成规。这就是为什么人们需要区别好的规划和过多的规划。
题目：计划是否干扰创新?
2. 审题关键词： creativity, planning
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲
正：planning is a good way to put clutter in order and save it for a rainy day。
反：yet, too much planning may restrict the creative thinking
补：we should not be afraid of dong something just because it brings us some drawbacks
2009.5 美东
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2009.5)
There are good reasons to pay attention to people who are older or more experienced than we are, even if their opinions on important issues are very different from ours. Of course, not every person older than us is worth learning from, while many young people are. But if the only people we listen to are our age and are likely to see things the same way we do, we will miss out on something important.
Assignment: Should we pay more attention to people who are older and more experienced than we are? 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.
1. 题目翻译：
我们总有理由关注那些比我们年长或有经验的人，即使他们对于重要问题的看法和我们大相径庭。当然，不是每个比我们年长的人都值得我们学习，然而很多年轻人确实值得的。但是如果我们只听从同龄人的意见，他们的意见可能与啊我们相同，我们就会错过很多重要的事。
题目：我们应该更关注比我们年长和更有经验的人吗?
2. 审题关键词：attention, older, more experienced
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：Older people can probably prevent us from making the mistakes they have made before.
反：Their experiences are probably out of date and cannot cater to today’s situation.
补：We should make our own judgment and decisions.
2009.10 美东
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2009.10)
Both in society and in our own lives, today’s problems are serious and require serious solutions. Increasingly, however, people are taught to laugh at things that aren’t usually funny and to cope with difficult situations by using humor. They are even advised to surround themselves with funny people. There is strong evidence that laughter can actually improve health and help fight disease.
Adapted from Marshall Brain, “How Laughter Works”
Assignment: Is using humor the best way to approach difficult situations and problems? 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.
1. 题目翻译：
不论在社会和生活中，今天的问题都很严峻，需要严肃的解决方法。然而，人们越来越多地被告知要笑对人生，要用幽默和困难的情况和解。甚至是和有趣的人在一起。有力的证据表明，笑其实能够改善健康、战胜疾病。
题目：运用幽默是战胜困难情况和问题的最好方式吗?
2. 审题关键词：humor, difficult situation and problems
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：Humor helps you maintain a positive attitude towards life.
反：Difficult situations require serious solutions.
补：Humor is an attitude and wisdom, not something you can learn easily.
