历年
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2010.1)
External constraints—factors that limit people’s plans and projects—can create stress, but this stress is not always bad and may even be necessary. In fact, the pressure of deadlines, budgets, rules, and the demands imposed by others can push people to accomplish things that they would find impossible to accomplish with unlimited time, money, and the absence of pressure.
Adapted from Jena Pincott, Success: Advice for Achieving Your Goals from Remarkably Accomplished People
Assignment: Do the demands of others tend to make people more productive than they would be without such pressure? 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：
外部障碍，也就是那些限制了人们的计划和项目的因素，可以造成压力。但是这种压力不总是不好的，有时候这种压力甚至是必要的。实际上，倒数日、预算、规则还有别人所给的要求可以促使人们去完成自己认为不可能在一定时间、金钱和没有压力的时候完成的事情。
题目：别人的要求会让人们比没有这样的压力时产出更多吗?
2. 审题关键词：productive, pressure
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：Pressure is the driving force of productivity. It helps people to bring out their best potential.
反：Pressure will make people too nervous to do things well. Sometimes, more productivity means worse quality.
补：We should manage our time and money well even when nobody is pushing us forward.
2010.5 美东
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2010.5)
People make decisions all the time. Some of these decisions may seem to be minor and inconsequential—whether to read a book or to not attend a meeting while others are obviously more important. But even though the important decisions are likely to have equally important consequences, people should not treat casually or overlook the small decisions. The so-called small decisions have the greatest impact on our lives.
Assignment: Do small decisions often have major consequences? 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：
人们一直在做决定。有的决定看起来不重要，比如要不要读书，不参加会议，而其他决定就明显重要得多。但是尽管重要的决定有可能产生同等重要的结果，人们也不应该轻视或者忽视这些决定。这些所谓的小决定对我们的生活有最大的影响。
题目：小决定总是有大结果吗?
2. 审题关键词：small decision, major consequences
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：Small decisions combined will produce major consequences.
反：It is the major decisions that change people’s lives.
补：We need to consider many factors to make rational decisions.
2010.10 美东
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2010.10)
Why do we not value the creative arts more than we do? Why are subjects like music, drama, photography, and creative writing always the first to be cut from school budgets during hard times? Many would answer that, unlike math, science, history, and other subjects taught in school, the arts are unnecessary. But this is so untrue. The arts are as necessary as these other subject areas—possibly even more necessary.
Assignment: Is it absolutely necessary for people to study the creative arts? 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：
我们为什么不欣赏有创意的艺术?为什么音乐、戏剧、摄影和创意写作这样的课程总是在艰难的时候最先被从学校预算中减去?很多人会这样回答：不像数学、科学、历史和学校所教的其他科目，艺术不是必须的。但是这不是实情。艺术就和这些科目一样必要，甚至是更加必要。
题目：让人们学习艺术是必要的吗?
2. 审题关键词：necessary, art
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：Art is the utmost valuable personification of the values and history of a country.
反：Yet art is impractical compared to other subjects.
补：We should not judge the value and necessity of things referring only to its practicality.
