历年
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2008.1)
It is better to try to be original than to merely imitate others. People should always try to say, write, think, or create something new. There is little value in merely repeating what has been done before. People who merely copy or use the ideas and inventions of others, no matter how successful they may be, have never achieved anything significant.
Assignment: Is it always better to be original than to imitate or use the ideas of others? 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：
努力原创比单纯模仿他人要好得多。人们应当总是尝试说、写、想或者创造新的东西。仅仅重复前人做过的事意义不大。那些仅仅复制或使用其他人的想法和发明的人，不论他们多么成功，都不能成就任何重要的事业。
题目：原创总比模仿或使用他人的观点更好吗?
2. 审题关键词：original, imitate
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：Copying the ideas of others creates nothing new to the world. There is no point repeating what has done before.
反：What has done by others are always useful to this world. Good experiences should be passed on the next generation.
补：We can hardly be absolutely original. Most of the new findings or creations are based on what has done before.
2009.1 美东
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2009.1)
Planning lets people impose order on the chaotic processes of making or doing something new. Too much planning, however, can lead people to follow the same predetermined course of action, to do things the same way they were done before. Creative thinking is about breaking free from the way that things have always been. That is why it is vital for people to know the difference between good planning and too much planning.
Adapted from Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit
Assignment: Does planning interfere with creativity? 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：
计划可以让人们在处理新事物时变得更有条理。然而， 太多的计划可能会将人们限制在已经决定好的行动中，按照过去的方法行动。创新思维是指打破常规，不再墨守成规。这就是为什么人们需要区别好的规划和过多的规划。
题目：计划是否干扰创新?
2. 审题关键词： creativity, planning
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲
正：planning is a good way to put clutter in order and save it for a rainy day。
反：yet, too much planning may restrict the creative thinking
补：we should not be afraid of dong something just because it brings us some drawbacks
2008.5 美东
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.(2008.5)
Technological advances have freed society from tiresome labor, such as washing clothes by hand, hauling heavy loads, and walking long distances, and have given people increased access to information and entertainment. Yet, when given a choice, many people still resist using modern conveniences. There must be something to be gained from not using technology.
Assignment: Are there benefits to be gained from avoiding the use of modern technology, even when using it would make life easier? 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：
科技进步让人们我们从累人的工作当中解放出来。比如说手洗衣服、拉重物、走很长的道路。科技进步也让我们更多地接触到信息和娱乐。然而，当有选择的事后，很多人还是会拒绝使用现代方便。我们一定能够从不用技术当中得到什么。
题目：避免使用现代科技，即使使用可以让生活变得更简单，能够带来好处吗?
2. 审题关键词：modern technology, benefit
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
有好处：We can have basic living skills. So when we are forced to live without modern technology, we can survive./ Without modern technology, such as SNS, we can have more face-to-face communication with other people.
没有好处：We cannot make use of modern technology to make our lives easier./ We cannot promote the development of technology if people do not use it.
2008.10 美东
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2008.10)
We are frequently told that compromise is the best way for people to work out their differences. When people compromise, with each side losing a little in order to reach a satisfactory agreement, both sides can continue to live in harmony. However, compromise can work only when the issue at stake are not that important. Compromise does not work when there is a genuine difference of opinion about strongly held principles or ideas.
Assignment: Is compromise always the best way to resolve a conflict? 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：
我们总被告知，妥协使人们解决分歧的最好方式。当人们妥协的时候，也就是任何一方退让一步以达成满意的协议之时，两方都可以继续和谐共处。然而，妥协只有在讨论的问题不那么重要时才有用。妥协在对于原则和刑法有严重分析的时候是没有用处的。
题目：妥协总是解决分歧的最好方式吗?
4. 审题关键词：compromise, conflict
5. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：Neither side is completely happy or unhappy. Thus, they both partially get what they want. That should be a rather disinterested way of resolving the conflict.
反：Usually, one side will compromise more than the other. Thus, it can hardly be fair.
补：We also need compromise to make ourselves feel better.