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1、小马过河国际教育 2007 年 12 月 SAT 写作真题及要点解答76.Think carefullyabout the issue presentedin the followingexcerptand assignment below:(2007.12)The first problem for all of us is not to learn but to unlearn.Wehold on to ideas that were accepted in thepast,and we are afraid to give them up.Preconceptions about wha
2、tis right or wrong,true or false,goodor bad are embedded so deeply in our thinking that we honestly maynot know that they are there.Whether its womens role in society or the role of our country inthe world,the old assumptions just dontwork anymore.Adapted from Gloria Steinem,“A New Egalitarian Lifes
3、tyle”Assignment:Do people need to“unlearn”,or reject,many of theirassumptions and ideas?Plan andwrite an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue.Support your position withreasoning and examples taken from your reading,studies,experience,or observation.77.Think carefullyabout the
4、issue presentedin the followingexcerptand assignment below:(2007.12)Our determination to pursue truth by setting up a fight between twosides leads us to believe that everyissue has two sides-no more,no less.If we know both sides ofan issue,all of the relevantinformation will emerge,and the best case
5、 will be made for each side.But this process does not always小马过河国际教育 lead to the truth.Often the truth is somewhere in the complex middle,not the oversimplified extremes.Adapted from Deborah Tannen,The Argument CultureAssignment:Should people choose one of two opposing sides of an issue,or is the tr
6、uth usually found“in the middle”?Plan and write an essay in which you develop yourpoint of view on this issue.Supportyour position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading,studies,experience,or observation.78.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerptand assignment
7、 below:(2007.12)Allaroundusappearancesaremistakenforreality.Cleveradvertisements create favorable impressionsbut say little or nothing about the products they promote.In stores,colorful packages are often betterthan their contents.In the media,how certain entertainers,politicians,and other public fi
8、gures appear ismore important than their abilities.All too often,what we think wesee becomes far more important thanwhat really is.Assignment:Do images and impressions have too much of an effect onpeople?Plan and write anessay in which you develop your point of view on this issue.Supportyour positio
9、n with reasoning andexamplestakenfromyourreading,studies,experience,orobservation.79.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerptand assignment below:(2007.12)Until fairly recently,technological innovations and inventions were小马过河国际教育 intended to serve basic human needsor desir
10、es.Today,however,the most important and urgent problemconfronting us is no longer thesatisfaction of basic needs.The primary purpose of modern technologyis to solve the unintendedproblems caused by the technology of years past.Adapted from Dennis Gabor,Innovations:Scientific,Technological,and SocialAssignment:Is the most important purpose of technology todaydifferent from what it was in the past?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view onthis issue.Support your position withreasoning and examples taken from your reading,studies,experience,or observation.