历年
2006.1 美东
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2006.1)
A colleague of the great scientist James Watson remarked that Watson was always “lounging around, arguing about problems instead of doing experiments.” He concluded that “there is more than one way of doing good science.” It was Watson’s form of idleness, the scientist went on to say, that allowed him to solve “the greatest of all biological problems: the discovery of the structure of DNA.” It is a point worth remembering in a society overly concerned with efficiency.
Adapted from John C. Polanyi, “Understanding Discovery”
Assignment: Do people accomplish more when they are allowed to do things in their own way? 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：
伟大的科学家詹姆斯沃特森的同事说，他总是在闲逛，讨论问题而不是做实验。他总结道，做好的科学不只有一种方式。他继续说，正是沃特森的闲让他解决了生物学最大的问题：发现DNA结构。在这个过于注重效率的社会中，这是值得记住的一点。
题目：人们在被允许用自己的方式做事时能得到更多成就吗?
2. 审题关键词：accomplish, in their own way
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：People have their favorite way of doing things, which is the most suitable for themselves.
反：But most people will simply idle away the time instead of doing real things.
补：Different methods suit different people.
2006.5 美东
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2006.5)
Some people claim that each individual is solely responsible for what happens to him or her. But the claim that we ought to take absolute responsibility for the kinds of people we are and the kinds of lives we lead suggests that we have complete control over our lives. We do not. The circumstances of our lives can make it more or less impossible to make certain kinds of choices.
Adapted from Gordon D. Marino, “I think You Should Be Responsible; Me, I’m not so Sure”
Assignment: Are we free to make our own decisions or are we limited in the choices we can make? 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：
有些人说，人只为自己的事情负责。但是这一说法——我们应当对自己是怎样的人、过怎样的生活完全负责——表明我们对自己的人生负有完全的责任。但是我们没有。我们生活的环境或多或少都会影响我们做出某些选择。
题目：我们是自己自由做出决定还是在做选择时受到限制?
2. 审题关键词：free, limited
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
自由决定：As free individuals, we take full control of our own lives.
选择受限：But our life choices are influenced by such factors like family, friends, or opportunities.
补充：Nobody is completely free to make his choices. Yet we shall not be manipulated by other people.
2006.10 美东
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2006.10)
While some people promote competition as the only way to achieve success, others emphasize the power of cooperation. Intense rivalry at work or play or engaging in competition involving ideas or skills may indeed drive people either to avoid failure or to achieve important victories. In a complex world, however, cooperation is much more likely to produce significant, lasting accomplishments.
Assignment: Do people achieve more success by cooperation than by competition? 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：
有人说竞争是取得成功的唯一方式，而还有人强调合作的力量。在工作和生活中的激烈竞争或者想法和技能的竞争可能促使人们不是避开问题就是取得重要成功。然而在复杂的世界里，合作更有可能取得重要而长久的成就。
题目：人们通过合作比竞争取得更多成就吗?
2. 审题关键词：competition, cooperation
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：Through cooperation, people know better about others’ ideas and work towards the same goal as a team.
反：Only emphasizing cooperation will result in “group think”, where many group members contribute nothing to the team but become “free riders”.
补：We need both cooperation and competition to achieve success.