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1、小马过河国际教育 2009 年 1 月 SAT 写作真题及要点解答107.Think carefully about the issue presented in the followingexcerpt and assignment below:(2009.1)Planning lets people impose order on the chaotic processes of makingor doing something new.Toomuchplanning,however,canleadpeople tofollow thesamepredetermined course of
2、 action,to dothings the same way they were done before.Creative thinking is aboutbreaking free from the way thatthings have always been.That is why it is vital for people to knowthe difference between good planningand too much planning.Adapted from Twyla Tharp,The Creative HabitAssignment:Does plann
3、ing interfere with creativity?Plan and writean essay in which you develop yourpoint of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoning andexamples taken from your reading,studies,experience,or observations.108.Think carefully about the issue presented in the followingexcerpt and assignment b
4、elow:(2009.1)Most people underestimate their own abilities.They tend to remembertheir failures more vividly thantheir successes,and for this reason they have unrealistically lowexpectations about what they arecapable of.Those individuals who distinguish themselves throughgreat accomplishments are us
5、ually no小马过河国际教育 more talented than the average person:they simply set higherstandards for themselves,since theyhave higher expectations about what they can do.Assignment:Do highly accomplished people achieve more than othersmainly because they expectmore of themselves?Plan and write an essay in whi
6、ch you develop yourpoint of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from yourreading,studies,experience,orobservations.109.Think carefully about the issue presented in the followingexcerpt and assignment below:(2009.1)People are taught that they should not go back
7、on their decisions.In fact,our society supports the notionthat to change your mind is evidence of weakness and unreliability,leading many people to say,Once Idecide,I decide!But why do people make such a statement?If factors,feelings,and ideas change,isntthe ability to make a new decision evidence o
8、f flexibility,adaptability,and strength?Adapted from Theodore I.Rubin,Compassion and Self-HateAssignment:Should people change their decisions when circumstanceschange,or is it best for them tostick with their original decisions?Plan and write an essay in whichyou develop your point of view onthis is
9、sue.Support your position with reasoning and examples takenfrom your reading,studies,experience,or observation.小马过河国际教育 110.Think carefully about the issue presented in the followingexcerpt and assignment below:(2009.1)The history of human achievement is filled with stories of people whopersevere,re
10、fusing to give up inthe struggle to meet their goals.Artists and scientists,for instance,may struggle for years without anyapparent progress or reward before they finally succeed.However,itis important to recognize thatperseverance does not always yield beneficial results.Adapted from Robert H.Lauer
11、 and Jeanette C.Lauer,WatershedsAssignment:Is striving to achieve a goal always the best course ofaction,or should people give up ifthey are not making progress?Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on thisissue.Support your position with reasoning and examples taken fromyour reading,studies,experience,or observations.