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2007年SAT写作美西地区考试真题答题辅导如下：
2007.1 美西
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2007.1)
Most human beings spend their lives doing work they hate and work that the world does not need. It is of prime importance that you learn early what you want to do and whether or not the world needs this service. The return from your work must be the satisfaction that work brings you and the world's need of that work. Income is not money, it is satisfaction; it is creation; it is beauty.
Adapted from W.E.B. Du Bois, The Autobiography of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Soliloquy on Viewing My Life from the Last Decade of Its First Century
Assignment: Is it more important to do work that one finds fulfilling or work that pays well? 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 observation.
1. 题目翻译：
大多数人都做着自己不喜欢的工作或者社会不需要的工作度过一生。最重要的是尽早认识到自己想做什么和社会是否需要这种工作。这个工作的回报必须是工作带给你的满足感和社会对这项工作的需求。回报不是金钱，而是满足感和魅力。
题目：做自己喜欢的工作还是薪水更高的工作更重要?
2. 审题关键词：fulfilling, pay well
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
喜欢的工作：Doing the jobs that people feel fulfilling will give you the satisfaction that motivates you work better.
薪水高的工作：Doing the job that pays well will afford you things you want to have. Therefore, you can still live a fulfilling life.
2007.5 美西
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2007.5)
Knowledge is power. In agriculture, medicine, and industry, for example, knowledge has liberated us from hunger, disease, and tedious labor. Today, however, our knowledge has become so powerful that it is beyond our control. We know how to do many things, but we do not know where, when, or even whether this know-how should be used.
Assignment: Can knowledge be a burden rather than a benefit? 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 observation.
1. 题目翻译：
知识就是力量。比如，在农业、医药、工业领域，知识把我们从饥饿、疾病和无聊的工作中解放出来。然而如今，我们的知识变得如此强大，以至于已经失去了我们的控制。我们知道怎样做很多事情，但是我们不知道何时、何地、甚至这种知识是否应当被使用。
题目：知识可能是一种负担而不是好处吗?
2. 审题关键词：knowledge, burden, benefit
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：Sometimes, knowledge, especially new one, can exert harmful effect on the world.
反：Knowledge is the driving force of science and technology.
补：We should always be careful to keep the new knowledge under control.
2007.10 美西
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2007.10)
We value uniqueness and originality, but it seems that everywhere we turn, we are surrounded by ideas and things that are copies or even copies of copies. Writers, artists, and musicians seek new ideas for paintings, books, songs, and movies, but many sadly realize, "It's been done." The same is true for scientists, scholars, and businesspeople. Everyone wants to create something new, but at best we can hope only to repeat or imitate what has already been done.
Assignment: Can people ever be truly original? 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：
我们珍视独立和原创，但是事实却是无论我们走到哪里，都被复制品甚至是反复复制的产品所包围。作家、艺术家、音乐家们通过油画、书籍、歌曲、电影寻求新的东西，然而很多人遗憾地意识到：这些都已经被前人做过了。科学家、学者和商人亦是如此。每个人都希望创造新的东西，但是我们最多只能期望重复或模仿前人已经完成的东西。
题目：人们能够真正原创吗?
2. 审题关键词：original
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：As long as people create the things they have never done themselves, they can be counted as being original.
反：Nothing in the world has never been done by anyone before.
补：We should have a positive attitude towards creation.
