2014年sat写作题目汇总
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Our culture puts entirely too much emphasis on popular entertainment. Of course, we all need to be distracted occasionally, but if we spend a lot of time browsing our favorite websites, watching television, playing video games, or updating our social networking accounts, we are merely avoiding life’s more important realities. Moreover, none of these activities helps us develop any of the skills or acquire any of the knowledge we need to succeed in the real world.
Assignment:Should people who are more fortunate than others have more of a moral obligation to help those who are less fortunate?
6.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Assignment:Should people bejudgedby theirpotentialrather than by theirexperienceand achievements?
Adapted from Howard Zinn, Declarations of Independence
Assignment: Should people make more decisions on their own and rely less on the advice of experts?
2014.05.03
8.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
We place far too much emphasis on experience and achievement in our society. We tend to judge people based on what they've done rather than on what they can do. But looking only at someone's experience and achievements ignores how that person may develop or what that person may become. We can only determine people’s true worth by what they are capable of doing, not by what they have already done.
Many people are philanthropists, giving money to those in need. And many people believe that those who are rich—those who can afford to give the most—should contribute the most to charitable organizations. Others, however, disagree. Why should those who are more fortunate than others have more of a moral obligation to help those who are less fortunate?
2014年sat写作题目汇总
2014.01.25
1.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Frederick Douglass once said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress. This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle." He was right. Progress is something that must be fought for; without conflict, progress simply does not occur.
Assignment:Canpopular entertainmentoffer us anything ofvalue,or is it just a worthlessdistraction?
7.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Assignment: Does progress result only from struggle and conflict?
2.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
By never being satisfied with what we have, we are never content. Our focus on growth, progress, and the idea of “more” makes us fundamentally unhappy, always seeking more than what we need. I used to believe greatly in “growth,” but I’ve changed my mind. It now makes sense to me that growth for growth’s sake creates a fundamental dissatisfaction with what I have.
There are two false assumptions about experts. One is that they see more clearly and think more intelligently than ordinary citizens. Sometimes they do, sometimes not. The other false assumption is that these experts have the same interests as ordinary citizens and hold the same values. In fact, the important decisions of society are within the capability of ordinary citizens. Not only can ordinary people make their own decisions without the help of experts, but they ought to.
Adapted from Ron McDonald, The Spirituality of Community Life: When We Come ’Round Right
AssignΒιβλιοθήκη ent: Do growth and progress make us happy or do they lead to dissatisfaction?
Assignment: Are people who do not follow society’s traditional paths to advancement more likely to be successful than those who do?
4.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Some see printed books as dusty remnants from the pre-electronic age. They point out that electronic books, or e-books, cost less to produce than printed books and that producing them has a much smaller impact on natural resources such as trees. Yet why should printed books be considered obsolete or outdated just because there is something cheaper and more modern? With books, as with many other things, just because a new version has its merits doesn’t mean that the older version should be eliminated.
Assignment:Should people who are more fortunate than others have more of a moral obligation to help those who are less fortunate?
6.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Assignment:Should people bejudgedby theirpotentialrather than by theirexperienceand achievements?
Adapted from Howard Zinn, Declarations of Independence
Assignment: Should people make more decisions on their own and rely less on the advice of experts?
2014.05.03
8.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
We place far too much emphasis on experience and achievement in our society. We tend to judge people based on what they've done rather than on what they can do. But looking only at someone's experience and achievements ignores how that person may develop or what that person may become. We can only determine people’s true worth by what they are capable of doing, not by what they have already done.
Many people are philanthropists, giving money to those in need. And many people believe that those who are rich—those who can afford to give the most—should contribute the most to charitable organizations. Others, however, disagree. Why should those who are more fortunate than others have more of a moral obligation to help those who are less fortunate?
2014年sat写作题目汇总
2014.01.25
1.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Frederick Douglass once said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress. This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle." He was right. Progress is something that must be fought for; without conflict, progress simply does not occur.
Assignment:Canpopular entertainmentoffer us anything ofvalue,or is it just a worthlessdistraction?
7.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Assignment: Does progress result only from struggle and conflict?
2.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
By never being satisfied with what we have, we are never content. Our focus on growth, progress, and the idea of “more” makes us fundamentally unhappy, always seeking more than what we need. I used to believe greatly in “growth,” but I’ve changed my mind. It now makes sense to me that growth for growth’s sake creates a fundamental dissatisfaction with what I have.
There are two false assumptions about experts. One is that they see more clearly and think more intelligently than ordinary citizens. Sometimes they do, sometimes not. The other false assumption is that these experts have the same interests as ordinary citizens and hold the same values. In fact, the important decisions of society are within the capability of ordinary citizens. Not only can ordinary people make their own decisions without the help of experts, but they ought to.
Adapted from Ron McDonald, The Spirituality of Community Life: When We Come ’Round Right
AssignΒιβλιοθήκη ent: Do growth and progress make us happy or do they lead to dissatisfaction?
Assignment: Are people who do not follow society’s traditional paths to advancement more likely to be successful than those who do?
4.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Some see printed books as dusty remnants from the pre-electronic age. They point out that electronic books, or e-books, cost less to produce than printed books and that producing them has a much smaller impact on natural resources such as trees. Yet why should printed books be considered obsolete or outdated just because there is something cheaper and more modern? With books, as with many other things, just because a new version has its merits doesn’t mean that the older version should be eliminated.
