People learn in different ways. Some people learn by doing things; other people learn by reading about things; others learn by listening to people talk about things. Which of these methods of learning is best for you? Use specific examples to support your choice.

學習有不同的方式，做事情，閱讀或者聆聽別人的教誨，你更傾向哪個？

1 讀書可以培養交流能力

段落大意:孩子們讀書可以增強他們以後在學習和工作中的交流能力

Reading skills are essential to success in society today. The ability to read is highly valued and very important for social and economic advancement. Instilling reading into a child』s life can prove to be one of the most valuable skills that they will ever learn. As a result from reading books, the child will be more likely to read and speak in front of people. This is a very marketable skill to have in the workforce and for school.

2 讀書對理解 社交 自信心的鍛煉

段落大意:讀書可以增強人們的理解能力，社交能力，自信心。

One of the effects that reading has on a person is the ability to understand more terms or words over a period of time. This is commonly referred to as comprehension. Reading can be a challenge but is one that must be met accordingly in order to succeed. Children who are successful readers tend to exhibit progressive social skills. Having confidence in reading only comes from the daily practice of reading. One good way to accomplish the task of reading is through books. Reading books can develop a person』s comprehension by learning new words. The easiest way to do this is to look up words in the dictionary that are not understood when they are first read. Writing these words down and reciting them aloud also help to establish them in memory. Incorporating these new words in everyday speaking will increase language skills and boost confidence of the speaker as well.

3 讀書對於辭彙的擴充和語言的理解有重要作用

段落大意：讀書可以擴充人們的辭彙量，增強人們對辭彙的理解。

The second effect that reading books has is vocabulary growth. Along the same lines of comprehension, the growth of vocabulary is also very important. Having a large vocabulary is not only impressive but also useful in many areas of public speaking. For example, many politicians say the same things over and over again, and to the untrained listener this might go on unnoticed. Their ability to do this comes largely from an extensive vocabulary base. Many different words have the same meaning, or as they are more commonly referred to are synonyms. Upon looking up a word in the dictionary one might be surprised to realize that they already know the definition of it. By cross-checking these words and learning the different synonyms to them, one』s vocabulary is being established. As a result of reading books over a period of time, a learning process is formed.

Some people think that your community would be a good place to locate the university. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of establishing a new university in your community. Use specific details in your discussion.

政府打算建一所新大學，有人認為你家附近是個合適的地方。比較好處與壞處，詳細闡述。

It has recently been announced that a new high school may be built in your community. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details in your answer.

可能在你們社區內建一所高中。你同意還是反對，詳細闡述原因。

1 私立學校的建立的必要性以及優勢

段落大意：私立學校的教育更容易為孩子們打下良好基礎，無論是在他們的學習還是工作能力上。

As time has gone by, Americans have increasingly paid more attention to the schooling process, trying harder all the time to get the best education possible for their children. As a result, more parents are turning from the public school systems to the private schools. This happens for several reasons. First, students that graduate from private schools tend to be better prepared for college. Second, private schools open up many opportunities to succeed in the business world. Last, private schools allow parents and students to decide which school will give students the best education. Overall, private schools offer a better education for high school students than public schools.

2 社區學校的種種優勢

段落大意：教育被全社會都認為是很重要的事業。在社區建立學校，方便家長，便於學生交流。

Many people in today』s society believe it』s wise to send their children to private schools. In making the decision on whether to put children in public or private schools, they look to four main factors: curriculum, class size, the graduation rate, and cost. When people have to pay for something, their first thought is, 「Will I be getting what I』m paying for?」 With a private school education, the amount you have to pay is usually well worth it. Here students can find people who are just like them and can associate better.

If you could make one important change in a school that you attended, what change would you make? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

如果你能在你讀書的學校做出一件重要的變化， 你改變什麼？

1 交流能力對現代企業的重要性

段落大意：有效的交流是現代企業成功的一個必備因素（因此本題可以寫到在學校里加強培養學生交流能力的重要性）。

Effective communication is critical for the success of any organization. Through the use of proper communication skills, individuals will be better able to function as a group, thus allowing organizations to share information, to analyze situations and to set goals.

2 交流能力對經濟發展的重要性

段落大意：交流是企業對抗來自國內外發展阻力的手段。

In today』s turbulent economic environment and rapid technological change, communication is critical in allowing a business to deal with the restructuring of national and international economies, in preventing market saturation, and in allowing a business to deal with their competitors more effectively.

3 學校教育對交流能力的重視和培養

段落大意：各個大學已經開始注意交流培訓的重要性。

Oral communication skills have, in fact, been found to be the second most important job skill by the American Society of Personnel Administrators. Even business colleges have begun to recognize the importance of communication skills in business success and many have begun to offer their own communication classes.

4 理財能力的培養

段落大意：學生理財能力的培養以及發展，能讓學生更加清楚的理解未來財產的狀況以及規劃。

Money management is all about discipline and how we handle risk-thats, not overtrading, cutting your losses, and letting your profit run. In other words, money management is the process of analyzing trades for risk and potential profits, determining how much risk, if any, is acceptable and managing a trade position to control risk and maximize profitability. The importance of money management can best be shown through drawdown analysis which is simply the amount of money you lose in trading, expressed as a percentage of your total trading equity. Drawdown does not measure overall performance, only the money lost while achieving that performance. Its calculation begins only with a losing trade and continues as long as the account hits new equity lows.

5 危機管理的能力

段落大意：危機意識充斥著整個世界的經濟發展領域，學生們應該學習危機管理的能力。

Within the worldwide activities in the developing economical industry, many corporations are exposed to a number of risks that arise in the ordinary courses of their business. Risk management is therefore an integral part of our business processes and decisions, including corporate governance. Each operating unit or business entity is accountable for managing the risks associated with its regional or worldwide business. In general, the risk management policy is to take advantage of opportunities while taking on only those risks that are necessarily associated with creating economic value.

Some high schools require all students to wear school uniFORMs. Other high schools permit students to decide what to wear to school. Which of these two school policies do you think is better? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

有些學校強制學生穿校服， 有些不要求。 你喜歡哪種？

1 校服是學校在權威和秩序方面的體現

段落大意：校服對昭顯學校權威，維持學校秩序有著重要作用。

Public schools have recently stepped up to their A game around the country. For a while, dress codes have been implemented in private and parochial schools across the county. It wasnt until more recent that the issue was brought to discussion about a dress code in public schools. Uniforms serve a purpose to the schools that are adapting the change in attire. The uniform dress code has helped make private and parochial schools more prestigious for their organization and the results of it. Uniforms would be beneficial to the public school system because a lot of what the public school system is known for would be stopped because of the newly executed dress code.

2 學校秩序的下滑，使得校服的規制十分重要

段落大意：近年來學校的紀律在各方面都有所下滑，校服的規定有利於扭轉這種局面。

In recent years the face of public schools has changed drastically. Our schools were always intended to be a place where the students could go and learn in a safe and secure environment. Unfortunately for us, the times have changed; discipline, safety and security in our public schools have all fallen by the wayside. Today, our children are faced with the growing threat of violence and crime in their classrooms. In aspirations of bringing back the essential requirements for education in the classroom, numerous parents, teachers, and school officials have come to conclusion that requiring school uniforms is a clear-cut step in reversing the downward trend of our schools. The majority feel that school uniforms will help expedite the effort to guide our schools in the right direction. The implementation of school uniforms has the potential to help bring under control the disciplinary problems found in our schools, and it can do so in many ways.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Classmates are a more important influence than parents on a childs success in school. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

你是否同意，同學比父母對孩子影響更大

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best

teachers. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

父母是最好的老師。 同意與否？

1 知識量的增加有賴於家長幫助

段落大意：家長對孩子知識量的強化和擴充，有著很重要的作用。

Today, the push for more accountability of student performance changed how assessment will be measured and judged in public schools. Not only will students be assessed through test scores, but also through attendance, school work, and observations. Parents hold the school』s responsibility for the advancement of their students』 knowledge. Different tests are given to measure their intelligence level which is either used to compare one student to another or measure their performance based on a pre-existing body of knowledge. The scores from the tests help the schools determine the advancement of a student from grade to grade, additional educational help, and graduation. Accountability needs to apply to everyone, including the administrators, teachers, parents, and students.

2 家長在價值觀方面對孩子的影響

段落大意：家長通過幫助孩子樹立正確價值觀影響到孩子的成長。

Teenager is important in life because most people decided their majors and established their values during this period. There are many factors that influence their decisions and values. In my opinion, among them, family is the most important influence on young adults because they establish right values through the good advice and are helped when they choose the right path for their future.

3 孩子和家長應該建立良好的關係

段落大意：孩子和家長應該建立良好的互相理解和關愛的關係，以縮小他們之間的誤解和差距。

A good parent-children relationship should be set up on the basis mutual understanding and respect. Parents can not impose their ideas on their children. They should treat their children as independent individual. It is advisable for the parents to learn to listen to childrens ideas and encourage them to think on their own rather than decide everything for the children. On the other hand, children should listen to their parents advice for theyre more experienced. Try to be understanding when there is disagreement with parents. Always keep one thing in mind---whatever they do comes from their love for us. It is necessary for children to exchange ideas with parents from time to time so that the gap between parents and children will be narrowed.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? All students should be required to study art and music in secondary school. Use specific reasons to support your answer.

高中學生必須學習音樂和藝術嗎？

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more important for students to study history and literature than it is for them to study science and mathematics. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

科學和歷史文學哪個更重要？

1 學生對文學興趣的喪失現狀

段落大意：很多學生現在已經失去了對文化，藝術的熱情。

Here is a question which may puzzle students who are interested in science and engineer before entering university: 「what will I be – a scientist or an engineer?」 Some of them have lost interests in history, literature, geography, music and art and thought them irrelevant to their choices and less important than English and some other courses in science and engineering, and therefore spent less and less time in learning these unimportant subjects at school. A proper answer may be found after we make clear the difference between a scientist and an engineer.

2 學生應該具有綜合的素質

段落大意：學生去學校學習，應該掌握各方面的知識，培養各方面的素質。

For those puzzled middle school graduates/students, they』d better first make sure what education involves. Education involves cultivating intellectually, culturally, morally and physically. We go to school to learn different things from books and teachers. We go to school to get training of various kinds in order to be well-behaved, intelligent, considerate, creative, imaginative and useful to society. We get to know cultural differences of different times and different countries; we learn to distinguish well from bad and cultivate the patriotic feeling; we also have physical training to build up good health. Every kind of knowledge learned at this period will offer us a window to a more splendid world of science and culture and will help us developing healthy character and good structure of knowledge. We are enlightened and inspired to learn more object and scientific way to know more about the world and ourselves.

3 科學和文學之間相互統一的關係

段落大意：科學揭示自然界奧祕，文學探尋真理，二者可以互相統一。

Science can be an inspiration for literature. Normally we think of science as one kind of human investigation and literature as another, and that the two do not have anything in common, yet in science fiction we have the bringing together of the these two disciplines, either from the perspective of the literary imagination or that of the scientific mind. Science examines the nature of the real world and seeks by means of technology and hard logic to gain an understanding of it; it works with evidence. Literature seeks for truth, which does not necessarily lie in the real world around us but rather in our minds and our imaginations; it works with insight.

4 藝術的多種形式對人的幫助 對生活的反映

段落大意：藝術具有多種多樣的形式，生活和藝術緊緊相連，藝術反映生活，反映社會。

Art is a thoughtful, emotional expression. It has many forms, such as painting, sculpture, architecture and the written word. Rousseau proposes, "Instead of thinking of life as something to which signs and texts are added to represent it, we should conceive of itself as suffused with signs." For these purposes the signs which Rousseau identified are works of art. This statement speaks to the inseparable quality of life and art. Since life and art are connected they invariably affect one another.

5 藝術是人的感情對生活的體現

段落大意：藝術是人對生活感想的表達；藝術和科學的學習同樣重要。

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from one』s response to life. It improves our existence by enhancing, changing and perpetuating our cultural composition. 「The great artist knows how to impose their particular illusion on the rest of mankind,」 proclaimed Guy de Mauspassant. The knowledge in art, literature, and history may be as important and necessary as the knowledge in other subjects in science and engineering and may be a must for a future scientist or engineer to be more creative and more imaginative.

6 藝術的積極的社會作用

段落大意：藝術是社會生活的反映，可以提高人們的志氣，團結社會，提高凝聚力。 Art improves our lives by directly and indirectly lifting the morale of individuals, creating unity and social solidarity. Art creates awareness of social issues. Art may express and reflect the religious, political, and economical aspects of cultures. Art echoes the natural world. It gives order to the world and intensity to human life. Art is a means of communion as well as communication. It provides pleasurable experiences along with cerebral wealth. Art also helps us to express our sentimental relations. It can beautify surprise, inspire, stimulate imagination, inform, tell stories, and record history. As someone once said, 「Art is life.」

Some people believe that a college or university education should be available to all students. Others believe that higher education should be available only to good students. Discuss these views. Which view do you agree with? Explain why.

高等教育是否應該給所有的學生？ 還是給優秀的學生？

1 教育對於社會，是降低貧窮 促進發展的動力

段落大意：教育能降低貧窮率，為可持續發展做好鋪墊。

Education has become one of the most powerful weapons known for reducing poverty and inequality in modern societies. It is also used for laying the foundation for a sustainable growth and development of any nation.

段落大意：教育是社會進步的動力和源泉。

Education is one of the most important tools that the society possesses. The right implementation of this tool is one of the greatest ways of assuring the quality of life within a society. At its most basic definition, education is nothing more than the teaching of ideas. The early stages of schooling instill more attitude and social skills than knowledge. As the age and skill level of the student increases, more education is based upon the interest of the student.

2 教育對人類有著啟蒙和塑造作用

段落大意：教育塑造人類文明，從根本上解決一切經濟問題。

Education is one of the most powerful instruments in shaping the human race. Education is the only answer to all our socio-economic problems. Several global organization and nations have been emphasizing the need for the universalisation of primary education. The Economics Nobel laureate of 1998, Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen has also pointed out that for sustainable development, even the poorest of the poor should be provided proper education. Accordingly, steps have to be taken to bring primary education to the doorsteps of the rural people, since they are less likely to gain necessary education in these areas.

3 教育對個人有提高進步的益處

段落大意：教育是人類用來武裝自己，給自己知識，技能，良好習慣的重要手段。

Education has essentially been a social process in capacity building and maintenance of society since the creation of human beings. To cope with the changing realities and uncertainties of human life, education has been a weapon with which to equip the people to acquire relevant knowledge, skills and habits of surviving in the modern world. There was an International Conference in Paris with a theme titled」 The World Crisis in Education」. This triggered off the process of developing the World Declaration on Education for All. It was spread over the several months and all over the world. Four agencies the World Bank, the United National Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)came together to sponsor the World Conference on Education for All in Jomtiem, Thailand in March, 1990.

4 科技發達的時代需要教育的啟蒙和指導

段落大意：信息化時代的來臨，需要教育培養出一代高素質的，能夠跟得上科技進步的人才。

With globalization, the interaction between information and technology has increased, and thus, this interaction in science forced the nations to review their educational processes and adapt them to the new age. This change has invalidated the slow approaches that used to put students under burden of enormous amount of knowledge, and has turned to the methods that modernize the ways to information, because information has started to penetrated into the daily lives of people rapidly and expanded its interaction zone. This change that is shaping the modern education leads us to see education from new perspective and to configure our knowledge according to these perspectives.

Some high schools require all students to wear school uniFORMs. Other high schools permit students to decide what to wear to school. Which of these two school policies do you think is better? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

孩子應該在可能的時候幫助做家務。同意與否？

1 家長應該培養孩子的各種技能的重要性

段落大意：家長們過多關注的只是孩子們的成績，忽視了能帶給孩子更多發展的其他技能。

The problem is that we as parents are only educating our children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but we are not teaching them the fundamental skills they need to be confident, happy and smart which can be mastered by cooking, sewing and doing other household chores.

2 家長和社會只關注成績對孩子造成的危害

段落大意：僅僅關注孩子的學習成績在長遠上是對孩子發展的制約和傷害，家長們應該看到不同技能對孩子發展的積極影響。

In this world of multiple-choice tests, children』s skills are developed unevenly, hampering them from developing their full potential. By focusing only on studying, parents lose sight of the fact that study is only one aspect of education and development. Worse, by judging the children by his or her test scores, parents make them insecure. Parents should focus on developing all of their child』s skills and increasing his or her self-esteem. In short, giving a good education to the child is not only on the basis of financial investment and on the basis of attaching importance to their skill development. So it can be cheaper and get twice the result with half the effort.

3 烹飪的作用

段落大意：烹飪能教給孩子們耐心和時間觀念。

Teaching your children to cook will improve many of the skills that he or she will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and timing. It is also an enjoyable but different experience. Therefore he or she will learn to work hard independently. In the end he or she can actually see the final product- a well cooked dinner- and that will add much self-confidence.

4 縫紉的作用

段落大意：縫紉可以培養孩子的靈敏度和靈活性。

Teaching your child seemingly simple activities like sewing will improve hand dexterity and agility. Scientists have proved that using hands to perform difficult tasks increases intelligence.

5 機械拆卸的好處

段落大意：允許孩子拆卸機器會培養孩子的好奇心和邏輯思維能力。

Giving your children old machines, such as a broken radio or television to play with, makes him curious and also increases his analytical mind. A child who spends many hours looking at a broken radio and trying to fix it will probably become an engineer when older. These activities are not teaching the child to study, but rather preparing him or her to think.

Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of students. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

有些人喜歡單獨學習， 有些人喜歡和一羣人一起學習。 你喜歡哪種？

1 競爭與合作促進社會和個人的進步

段落大意：競爭和合作共同是是社會和個人進步的動力。

As an effective means of keeping balance between or among complicated social factors, competition could provide an indispensable system for social organizations at different levels to motivate their members and inspire them to make good performance, friendly co-operation and become more competitive and creative. A sound interaction of competition and cooperation promotes each other, thus advancing the development of the whole society. As a matter of fact, it is in this way that our society has achieved today』s prosperity. Let』s compete in the spirit and cooperate on the basis of competition.

2 一起學習對學生團隊意識的培養

段落大意：一起學習會教育孩子培養競爭意識和團隊精神

Let』s illustrate this with a football team. Everyone on the team works hard and strives to be the best player. He will use his own advantages to catch up with and surpass the others. At the same time, everyone should cooperate with others and work together to win the game. A team good at individual skills but poor in team work can never win a game. While competition helps enhance individual abilities, cooperation helps bring individual abilities to full play, make up for each other』s inadequacy and enhance the overall quality of the parties involved. Competition without cooperation may be good to only a few but harmful to society as a whole; cooperation without competition may bring about a peaceful life to all but destroy individual』s initiative and eventually affect social development.

In the future, students may have the choice of studying at home by using technology such as computers or television or of studying at traditional schools. Which would you prefer? Use reasons and specific details to explain your choice.

學生在家裡利用計算機和電視機學習， 還是傳統的學校學習？你喜歡什麼？

1 網路的種種優點

段落大意：網路有效，有用。快速，樂趣。

Firstly, students need to learn to use the Internet because it is an integral part of society, and because they can widen their knowledge of the world through it. Secondly, the Internet is quite useful. Knowing how to make sense of the WWW will help students get good jobs in the future. Thirdly, it is fun. Students can enjoy learning because life on-line is attractive. These facts are making educators rely on the internet as an education tool.

2 網路學習，計算機學習的種種缺點

段落大意：網路也給學生帶來懶惰，不耐心等壞習慣。

The first major problem with the internet is that as an education tool, the internet creates more problems than it solves. Surfing the web does not always teach students useful lessons. More often, it teaches them the wrong lessons. It is silly to teach students to use calculators when they still cannot count properly. Additionally, internet teaches students bad habits such as impatience. It is very fast so students do not have to wait long. As a result, they become impatient and demanding. On-line students learn that social skills are not important because they can ask a machine instead of a classmate or teacher.

3 學生利用傳統和現代綜合的學習方法

段落大意：學生們應該在學會基本技能的條件下有效利用網路學習。

Educators today believe that every student should know how to use the internet. But their enthusiasm is misguided. The internet is indeed important and useful, but so are many other things. Students should master basic skills such as math and reading before turning to the internet. Also, they must learn to cooperate with each other to solve problem, and prepare for their futures.

People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

人們上大學為很多目的， 比如有人為準備工作經驗，有人為增長知識。 你認為人們為什麼上大學？

1上大學對職業經驗的培養

段落大意：職業經驗對於大學生來說相當重要。

The first is Career-related work experience in their field of study. This includes things such as cooperative education assignments, part-time jobs, summer employment, and practicum. Employers look for hands-on experience, and also look for classroom experience with a real-world work orientation including case studies and simulations.

2大學對職業技能的培養

段落大意：電腦等基本職業技能也是僱主需要的，因此也是教育的一個內容。

The second is abundant computer work. Automation and increased utilization of computer technologies are required for almost every job within business, education, and government agencies today.

3 大學對解決問題的能力的培養

段落大意：增強解決問題的能力。

The third is problem-solving skills rather than memorization of coursework. For achieving results in the future management and leadership environments, college students must have clear thinking skills.

4 大學對學生團隊精神的培養

段落大意：增強理解他人的能力，學會團隊精神，是工作中不可缺少的素質。

The forth important quality that college students need today is an understanding of other people』s aspects of the work situation. Examples include team–based assignments, group projects, and associate team evaluations. Employers want colleges and universities to create more projects and team environments so that students can learn project management skills and strengthen team-player competencies.

If you could study a subject that you have never had the opportunity to study, what would you choose? Explain your choice, using specific reasons and details.

如果你能學習一門你從來沒有學過的課程，你挑選什麼？

1 交流課程對學生的重要意義

段落大意：大學要學習與人交流，瞭解自己。

Communicating courses are essential. College is about learning. It is not as simple as teach whatever it is that is being taught in your required classes. It is about learning how to listen, how to speak, how to think. Learning who you are, who your friends are, and the type of people you want as friends, learning how to trust your innermost feelings, and how to find those feelings in the first place. It is about learning what is really important to you, and learning what you really do not give a damn about.

2 信用管理

段落大意：信用管理作為市場經濟的副產品，值得被我們重視以及學習。

Since credit sale is the result of market competition, the enhancing of credit management has become critical to enterprises. Strengthening the control over companys credit risk and establishing credit management system have significant meanings to developing the market economy. A firm should establish a scientific credit management system to change accounts receivable management, lower financial risk, and increase core competence. Therefore we as college students and potential labors should adapt ourselves in the developing issue on credit management.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Grades (marks) encourage students to learn. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

考試分數鼓勵學生學習嗎？

1 標準化考試造成三方的危害

段落大意：標準化考試對老師，學生，學校三方都有危害。

Where is the standardized test that can measure passion for learning, respect for others, and human empathy?」 These are the words of Tom McKenna, a disgruntled high school teacher from Portland, Oregon. Like many other educators and students across the nation, Tom is tired of the system. The educational system today is composed of a series of standardized tests. Standardized tests are bad for many reasons. They cause teachers to limit their curriculum, cause school districts to focus too heavily on raising test scores, and extract the passion for learning from students.

2 標準化考試對老師惰性的培養

段落大意：標準化考試使得很多教師只為了考試而準備教學材料。

In many cases teachers are encouraged to teach only material that will be seen on certain standardized tests. For this reason, teachers are forced to extract superfluous material from the course. Instead, teachers focus only on specific items from the test. Students are encouraged to memorize isolated facts and regurgitate short responses. In an article published by the Fair Test organization, this method is called 「teaching the test.」 Teaching the test seems to be conducive to improving test-taking skills but real academic progression is not always represented.

3 標準化考試對孩子自信心的傷害

段落大意：標準化考試會挫傷孩子的自信心。

Standardized tests are used all over the country as a means to measure students』 academic performance. Often the students become frustrated upon taking these tests and in turn do not perform at their optimal level. Research has shown that standardized tests cannot fully represent a student』s intelligence or achievement.

4 標準化考試有內在的不公平性

段落大意：標準化考試對鑒定一個人的能力有著不公平，不精確的弊端。

Standardized testing is an unfair and inaccurate form of judging a person』s intellect. In many cases, people are either over or underrepresented by their test scores, partly because America does not currently have the capabilities of fairly scoring the increasing number of tests.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? All students should be required to study art and music in secondary school. Use specific reasons to support your answer.

高中學生必須學習音樂和藝術嗎？

1音樂是一個人的生活必需品

段落大意：音樂是很多人生活的重心，沒有音樂，這個世界將會變得枯燥，無味。

Music is central to my life. Without music, the world would be naked, cold and quiet. Music can set the rhythm for a long day of work, the mood for a date, a party or even your whole life. It can wrap you in a blanket when you are down. Music is a vehicle for expressing love, telling a story, or showing happiness. My love for music has grown throughout the past few years and continues to do so even today. Playing musical instruments such as the violin, viola, trumpet and French horn has deepened my appreciation for the sounds I hear when I listen to music. From personal experience playing in concerts and writing my own music I have captured the views of both sides of musics artistic prism: creation and presentation. Creation, I have learned can be a tremendously tedious task. It involves more than perseverance and determination. Creating music requires the harmonious articulation of ones feelings and thoughts through instrumental or vocal sounds. Music is the universal language.

2 音樂對人們有情緒表達作用

段落大意：音樂是一個人情緒表達的重要方式。人們的各種情緒，快樂，悲傷，都可以用音樂來表達。

Born to be free and music is a style of expression. You can either express the way you feel or get out of that trap or you can just drown in your problems playing sorrow blues. All my life I worked with music and I realize that music is a difficult but beautiful thing that people should take more time to appreciate. And in life there』s nothing I can relate to more than music. Some doctors and lawyers can』t help me but music can.

3 學校不提供音樂教育無益於學生價值觀培養

段落大意：學校不提供藝術課程的教育是錯誤的決定。藝術，例如音樂，是人們交流的一種方式，會影響到孩子們價值觀的塑造。

There are schools attempting to eliminate teaching musical arts to our children. The board of education claims they must provide education by concentrating on the basic academic courses, but what they dont realize is that music is a major part of basic education. We must not allow them to pull the teaching of music out of our school curriculums because music is an essential form of communication. Our children do not have to be fluent in the arts to receive the value of broad exposure to the different musical dialogues. Deprivation of a very valuable part of education occurs if we do not teach them to appreciate a wide variety of music. Metaphorically speaking, we often associate the terms language and grammar with the term music. This association leads us to believe that music is a form of language,

4 人們的日常生活離不開音樂

段落大意：音樂是一個人的生活必需品。人們在做很多事情的時候，都會聆聽音樂。

Music Education is no doubt a necessity to the students today. Music plays a major role in everyone』s daily life. Music is listened to while driving a car, when eating in restaurants, relaxing at home, and even when on hold to a company』s overloaded phone system. Music is everywhere you turn, and it should be one of the main subjects to be studied in our public school systems. Public schools in America need to understand that the funding and continued study of music is just as important as the funding for math or science to produce a well rounded graduate.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should begin learning a foreign language as soon as they start school. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

學生一上學就該學習一門外語。同意與否？

1外語學習的交流作用

段落大意：老師們會採取多種教學方法來教導外語學習。學習外語是為了交流的需要。

Second language acquisition is when a child or adult has already become competent at a language and then attempts to learn another. The goal of learning language is for communication and exchanging message. Normally, teacher does not use one single method, although he/she may have a leading towards certain aspects of particular one. He/She may use a combination of methods, in order to successfully achieve the goal.

2學習外語的必要性

段落大意：學習外語的必要性：文化交流。

Is a second language a necessity in our world today? Should parents push for their child to learn two languages in elementary school? If we live in multicultural neighborhoods, trade with the global marketplace, and want to use all technology resources available, it is necessary to know two languages. Multilingual people and communities seem to have an advantage over monolingual people.

3 孩子小的時候學習外語被證明更為有效

段落大意：一些研究證明，孩子們小的時候，學習外語更加有效。

The ultimate goal in many classrooms is to communicate in meaningful and appropriate ways. In the United States, American students get the opportunity to learn a second language in high school, yet it has been proven that children learn better when they are young. Some schools are taking this opportunity to teach a foreign language to elementary students.

4 孩子較強的接受能力對學習的幫助

段落大意：孩子的接受能力更強更快，越年輕，越容易接受外語。

Children at the age of starting school can learn many new things. They can absorb much new knowledge. The younger they are, the easier they can learn how to pronounce like a native speaker. If we can arrange some suitable courses for children to learn a foreign language as soon as they start school, there will be more advantages for their learning and their development.

5 學生有更多練習外語的機會

段落大意：孩子會有更多的練習外語的機會，通過看電影，聽歌，旅行等方式都可以幫助孩子提高外語水平。

No doubt, early start means more time for practice. Children can improve their hearing ability from foreign movie, songs, or from tourists. They might not be able to understand the whole conversation but they will hear the word they have learned and know how to pronounce them correctly. I have read the book about bringing up a child where parents speak two languages finding that there is no problem for a child to learn two languages at the same time.

Some young children spend a great amount of their time practicing sports. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

年輕小孩花費太多時間從事體育的好處和壞處？

Some people say that physical exercise should be a required part of every school day. Other people believe that students should spend the whole school day on academic studies. Which opinion do you agree with? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

有些人認為體育鍛煉應該成為學校每日的必須部分，另外有些人認為學生應該全日把時間用在學習上。你的觀點如何？

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Universities should give the same amount of money to their students sports activities as they give to their university libraries. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

對於學生體育運動和圖書館，大學是否應該給相同金額的資金？

1體育對人們的生活有著多種作用

段落大意：體育的正面作用包括娛樂，社會能力，性格塑造等等。

Sports provide many opportunities for our youth today. In fact the British used sports in educational institutions to develop socialization, social control, and character on their youth. Sports also provide an obvious form of entertainment in many societies as well. Many role models, heroes, and idols can originate from sports. It also provides a means of recreation for youth to participate in and spend some free time on something constructive.

2 體育的各種社會作用

段落大意：體育對人們的生活，消費，娛樂有很重要的作用，同時也會交給人們很多東西。

Sport is defined as an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often a competitive nature. Since the creation of man, sports have played a huge part in the way people live their lives. Whether it was gym class in elementary school, varsity basketball in high school, or even professional baseball as a career, sports have an influential role in our everyday lives. Children are taught at a young age to love sports and that they are a necessary part of life. Why is it essential that children be placed in sporting activities? Other than the joy of participating in the sport itself, there are several valuable lessons learned by young athletes through the involvement of sports that make them better, well rounded, people in life.

3 學校運動對於學生的培養

段落大意：現在有很多大學生運動健兒，證明瞭學校教育體育的好處。

There are many good athletes in professional sports today. There are many good athletes in college sports today also. Some of the biggest names in sports are Mark McGwire, Steve Young, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, and so on. To make it into professional sports you need more than just talent. You need opportunity. College scholarships not only give athletes the opportunity to reach the professional ranks, but also give the chance for many players to earn a degree in higher education. Many people dream of being a professional athlete. Some people make it a reality, but how? There is always a process to reach certain goals. When people think of the process on how to achieve a professional sporting status, people think of doing well in high school first, then earning a college scholarship to give them an edge.

4 學生參加體育可以對體能和心智鍛煉

段落大意：年輕人參與體育活動會從身體和心智上鍛煉他們。

Sports programs provide our youth with positive development both physically and mentally. A positive approach should be used to help develop athletic skills and teach kids lessons in life. Today sports have proven to be a healthy outlet for students, in dealing with stress in the classroom, at home and among their peers.

Some people believe that university students should be required to attend classes. Others believe that going to classes should be optional for students. Which point of view do you agree with? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer.

學生應該不應該自己選擇上課？還是要強迫學生上課？

1 自主選擇使得教育風氣敗壞

段落大意：自主選擇風行各大學校，但是這種制度卻被證明是教育墮落的原因。

Optional attendance to classes at universities has been an increasingly popular way for students to study for several years in quite a few countries. However, it has not yet had its intended results as it had been hoped. In fact, today, this system seems to be one of the reasons for the corruption of university education. In my opinion, compulsory attendance is better than having no requirement to attend all the lessons on-campus.

2 自主選擇課程的弊端

段落大意：自主選擇上課會造成大量的經濟資源浪費，成績下降等後果。

There are many negative situations caused by the free-attendance system. The most harmful one is the economic waste for both universities and students. Many students who do not attend classes regularly are likely to suffer decreased performance on their exams and therefore waste their time in college. Not only are the university fees wasted, but also the money for accommodations and other spending are also wasted.

3 必須上課的紀律性對孩子們的好處

段落大意：雖然學生們可以自主安排自己的時間，但是對於大多數年輕學生來說，強迫上課的制度和紀律是有好處的。

There are two points of view to this question. First, one side will say that university students are adults and should be able to manage their time as they see fit. This point of view says that sometimes, in today』s busy world, people need flexibility to manage their lives. For example, many single parents who are trying to earn their college degrees will sometimes need to skip a class because of the demands of their other responsibilities. However, I believe that the great majority of college students are young and single, and have few responsibilities, and that they need the discipline and structure of a system that requires attendance. Young people who have just gone off to college are notorious for the excesses to which they enjoy their freedom.

In some countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good idea? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details。

學生打工好不好？

1 工作有助於責任感培養

段落大意：學生工作會增強他們的責任感。例如按時上班，對待顧客要有良好的態度等。

When teenagers have jobs while they are students, they can learn how to be responsible. As an employee, you must follow a weekly schedule. This means that you have to come to work on time. If you are scheduled to begin work at 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning, you have to be there at 8 a.m. It doesn』t matter if you went to a party the night before and do not want to get up. You have to get up. Your boss is relying on you to do your job. As an employee, you also learn that you must serve the customer in a friendly manner. If you are not friendly, the store may lose business and you may lose your job. Finally, an employee is responsible for maintaining the store shelves with inventory. If you work in a department store, you have to keep the shelves filled with merchandise. The products have to be priced and placed on the shelves. If the shelves look empty, customers may get a bad impression of the store and may not continue to shop there.

2 工作有助於培養金錢觀念

段落大意：學生工作會增強他們對金錢的觀念，會告訴他們賺錢不容易，不應該浪費。 Another benefit to teenagers working is that they will learn the value of money. Often students get money from their parents, but they do not realize how hard their parents work for that money. When students work, they begin to appreciate how difficult it can be to make money. Another reason why it is good for students to work is that they will make wiser choices when they use their own money to buy things. Lastly, when students do spend money for personal objects, they will appreciate them more than if they had gotten the money from their parents.

3 工作有助於團隊精神培養

段落大意：學生工作會增強他們的團隊精神，這對他們以後的發展是有好處的。

Finally, working teenagers learn from members of a team. As employees, students learn to work with others and help one another. Students will develop friendships with other employees because they have learned to count on each other. Working as a member of a team will build strong character for students.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more important for students to study history and literature than it is for them to study science and mathematics. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion

科學和歷史文學哪個更重要？

1重視科學，或者重視文學是人們的基本觀念

段落大意：人們對科學和文學存在著兩種觀念，科學重要或者文學重要。

If we lived in a world without literature, learning only the sciences, would we be the same people? Does the human race need literature at all; does it have any worth whatsoever except as entertainment? Do people actually learn from literature? These are all questions that divide the human race into two separate sections, those who believe in the power of literature, and those who see it as impoverished compared to the social sciences in its ability to teach us about ourselves. However we need not be so divided on this issue.

2 科學和文學同等重要

段落大意：文學和科學一樣重要。文學給人們知識，娛樂；科學給人們解釋知識，帶來經驗等。

Literature is as essential as science is, but merely differs in technique. Literature offers knowledge to those that seek it, gives experience to those who understand it, and pleasure to those who love it. Science on the other hand imparts knowledge, leads to experience, and gives pleasure to the few who love it.

3 科學和文學同樣範圍寬闊

段落大意：文學和科學範圍一樣，非常寬闊。

Literature is just as varied and expansive as Science is. There are hundreds of styles, millions of authors, and thousands of languages which make up literature. Instead of different fields, as in science, there are different genres. Literature is often backed up by research or first hand information, but can also be fanciful flights of the imagination. They are similar to the research, observation, and hypothesis found in science.

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