历年
2009.1 美西
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2009.1)
Most people underestimate their own abilities. They tend to remember their failures more vividly than their successes, and for this reason they have unrealistically low expectations about what they are capable of. Those individuals who distinguish themselves through great accomplishments are usually no more talented than average person: they simply set higher standards for themselves, since they have higher expectations about what they can do.
Assignment: Do highly accomplished people achieve more than others mainly because they expect more of themselves? 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：
许多人低估了自己的实力。他们更清楚地记得自己的失败而不是成功。因此，他们对自己的能力期望过低。那些有着突出成就的人并不比一般人有天赋，他们仅仅是为自己设定了更高的目标，因为他们对自己的能力有着更高的期待。
题目：成功人士是否因为他们对自己期待的更多所以他们更有成就?
2. 审题关键词：expect more, achieve more
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲
正：high expectation of one selves motivates people to set higher goals and prevents people from self-satisfaction
反：higher expectation leads to heavier stress so that people are more likely to suffer from nervous breakdown.
补：it is vital to have a clear and proper understanding of oneself in terms of capability and potentiality.
2009.5 美西
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2009.5)
Good decision making generally requires people to think carefully and logically and to pay attention to practical details. However, people who depend on their feelings and emotions to make important decisions are not likely to spend hours gathering information, making lists, considering all possible outcomes, and so forth. When comparing the advantages or disadvantages of one course of action to another, these people ask themselves, “What do my feelings tell me?”
Assignment: Should people let their feelings guide them when they make important decisions? 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：
一般来说，好的决定需要人们认真、有逻辑地思考，并且专注于实际的细节。然而，依靠自己的感觉和情感做出重大决定的人不太可能花很长时间收集信息、列出清单、考虑各种可能结果或者做出类似的事。当比较一种行为的好处和坏处时，这些人会问自己：“我们感受告诉我应该做什么决定?”
题目：人们应当让感受指引他们做出重大决定吗?
2. 审题关键词：feelings, important decisions
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：It is good to follow your heart when making important life decisions because sometimes, even you know you made the right one, you cannot fool your heart to feel better about it.
反：We cannot let our feelings to take control of ourselves. We need to be rational when making important decisions.
补：There is no such thing as the right decision. It is right as long as you think it is.
2009.10 美西
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2009.10)
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. You need one because you are human. You didn’t come from nowhere. Before you, around you, and, presumably, after you, there are others. Even if you live alone and even if your solitude is by your own choice, you still cannot do without a network or a family.
Adapted from Jane Howard, “All Happy Clans Are Alike: In Search of the Good Family”
Assignment: Does everyone, even people who choose to live alone, need a network or family? 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：
叫它族群也好，人脉也好，家庭也好。不管怎么叫它，不关你是谁，你都需要这样一个群体。你需要这个群体因为你是一个人。你不是随便而生。在你身前、身边、身后，都有他人。即使你独自生活，即使你选择孤独，你依然不能脱离家庭或人脉生活。
题目：每个人，甚至是独自生活的人，也需要人脉和家庭吗?
2. 审题关键词：alone, family, network
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：Everyone is a member of a community. It is the intrinsic characteristic of human beings.
反：Nowadays, with the development of science and technology, people can live alone by choice. We should respect that.
补：Even we do not need family, we need other human beings to live a normal life.
