2009年3月SAT写作真题及要点解答26223.pdf
小马过河国际教育 2009 年 3 月 SAT 写作真题及要点解答111.Think carefully about the issue presented in the followingexcerpt and assignment below:(2009.3)Many people believe that being honest and honorable limits theiroptions,their opportunities,their veryability to succeed.Unfortunately,in todays me-first culture,ethics may be the only thing people chooseto live without!They believe they have only two choices:(1)to winby doing whatever it takes,even if it iswrong,or(2)to be ethical and therefore lose.Few people set outto be dishonest,but nobody wants tolose.Adapted from John C.Maxwell,Theres No Such Thing as BusinessEthicsAssignment:Does being ethical make it hard to be successful?Planand write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue.Support your position withreasoning and examples taken fromyour reading,studies,experience,or observation.112.Think carefully about the issue presented in the followingexcerpt and assignment below:(2009.3)Whatever happened to good manners?Many books and articles have beenwritten about the lack ofcommon courtesy and old-fashionedpolitenessin todays society.Fromspoiled children acting out inrestaurants to so-called experts yelling at each other on cable newsshows,people seem less concerned小马过河国际教育 with good manners and civilized behavior than ever before.On theother hand,if people really want tochange the world for the better,they have to risk being seen asimpolite or uncivil.Assignment:Is it sometimes necessary to be impolite?Plan and writean essay in which you developyour point of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoningand examples taken from yourreading,studies,experience,or observation.113.Think carefully about the issue presented in the followingexcerpt and assignment below:(2009.3)Wedefinecouragetooloosely.Realcourageisconsciousself-sacrifice,either for the sake of others orto uphold a value.But we typically identify a single aspect ofcouragedaring or honesty,forexampleas the entire virtue.We even say it takes courage to differfrom the mainstream in onespreferences in fashion or music or to speak out about certain wrongs.Such acts,though admirable,arenot necessarily courageous.Adapted from John McCain with Mark Salter,Why Courage MattersAssignment:Should we limit our use of the term courage to acts inwhich people risk their ownwell-being for the sake of others or to uphold a value?Plan and writean essay in which you developyour point of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoningand examples taken from yourreading,studies,experience,or observations.小马过河国际教育
