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1、SAT写作真题汇总2010年版目录目录.-1-OFFICIAL GUIDE官方指南题目.-4-PRACTICETEST 1.-4-PRACTICETEST2.-4-PRACTICETEST3.4PRACTICE TEST 4.-5-PRACTICETEST5.-5-PRACTICETEST6.-5-PRACTICETEST7.5PRACTICE TEST 8.-6-OFFICIAL GUIDE SAMPLE TEST 1.-6-OFFICIAL GUIDE SAMPLE TEST 2.-6-COLLEGEBOARD 样题.-7-TEST 1.-7-TEST 2.-7-TEST3.7TEST 4

2、.-8-ONLINE COURSE在线练习试题.-9-ONLINE COURSE TEST 1.-9-ONLINE COURSE TEST 2.-9-ONLINE COURSE TEST 3.-9-ONLINE COURSE TEST 4.-10-ONLINE COURSE TEST 5.-10-ONLINE COURSE TEST 6.-10-历年真题(05.03-08.05).-11-2005.03.-11-2005.05.-12-2005.06.-12-2005.10.-13-2005.11.-13-2006.01.-14-2006.05.-15-2006.06.-17-2006.10.

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4、-Official Guide官方指南题目Practice Test 11.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment belowTo change is to risk something,making us feel insecure.Not to change is a bigger risk,though we seldom feel that way.There is no choice but to change.People,however,cannot

5、 bemotivated to change from the outside.All of our motivation comes from within.Assignment:What motivates people to change?Practice Test 22.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment belowTechnology promises to make our lives easier,freeing up time for leis

6、ure pursuits.But therapid pace of technological innovation and the split second processing capabilities ofcomputers that can work virtually nonstop have made all of us feel rushed.We have adoptedthe relentless pace of the very machines that were supposed to simplify our lives,with theresult that,whe

7、ther at work or play,people do not feel like their lives have changed for thebetter.Assignment:Do changes that make our lives easier not necessarily make them better?Practice Test 33.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment belowA mistakenly cynical view

8、of human behavior holds that people are primarily driven byselfish motives：the desire for wealth,for money,or for fame.Yet history gives us manyexamples of individuals who have sacrificed their own welfare for a cause or a principle thatthey regarded as more important than their lives.Consciencethat

9、 powerful inner voice thattells us what is right and what is wrong-can be a more compelling force than money,power,or fame.Assignment:Is conscience a more powerful motivator than money,fame,or power?Practice Test 44.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignmen

10、t belowThe old saying,“be careful what you wish for”,may be an appropriate warning.The drive toachieve a particular goal can dangerously narrow ones perspective and encourage the fantasythat success in one endeavor will solve all of lifes difficulties.In fact,success can sometimeshave unexpected con

11、sequences.Those who propel themselves toward the achievement of onegoal often find that their lives are worse once“success is achieved than they were before.Assignment:Can success be disastrous?Practice Test 55.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment bel

12、owA better understanding of other people contributes to the development of moral virtues.Weshall be both kinder and fairer in our treatment of others if we understand them better.Understanding ourselves and understanding others are connected,since as human beings weall have things in common.Assignme

13、nt:Do we need other people in order to understand ourselves?Practice Test 66.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment belowThere is,of course,no legitimate branch of science that enables us to predict the futureaccurately.Yet the degree of change in the w

14、orld is so overwhelming and so promising thatthe future,I believe,is far brighter than anyone has contemplated since the end of the SecondWorld War.Assignment:Is the world changing for the better?Practice Test 77.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment b

15、elow“Tough challenges reveal our strengths and weaknesses.This statement is certainly true;adversity helps us discover who we are.Hardships can often lead us to examine who we are and toquestion what is important in life.In fact,people who have experienced seriously adverse eventsfrequently report t

16、hat they were positively changed by their negative experiences.Assignment:Do you think that ease does not challenge us and that we need adversity to helpus discover who we are?Practice Test 88.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment belowTraditionally th

17、e term“heroism has been applied to those who have braved physical dangerto defend a cause or to protect others.But one of the most feared dangers people face is thatof disapproval by their family,peers,or community.Sometimes acting courageously requiressomeone to speak out at the risk of such reject

18、ion.We should consider those who do so trueheroes.Assignment:Should heroes be defined as people who say what they think when we ourselveslack the courage to say it?Official Guide Sample Test 19.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment belowSome people bel

19、ieve that there is only one foolproof plan,perfect solution,or correctinterpretation.But nothing is ever that simple.For better or worse,for every so-called finalanswer there is another way of seeing.There is always a“however”.Assignment:Is there always another explanation or another point of view?O

20、fficial Guide Sample Test 210.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below1 Honesty is an important value in every relationship.Whether interacting with a friend,aroommate,a spouse,a parent,or another loved one,individuals expect others to be honestand

21、feel betrayed when they are deceived.2 Deception can actually make it easier for people to get along.In a recent study,for example,one out of every four of the lies told by participants was told solely for the benefit ofanother person.In fact,most lies are harmless social untruths in which people pr

22、etend tolike someone or something more than they actually do.Adapted from Allison Kornet,(The Truth About Lying nAssignment:Is deception ever justified?CollegeBoard 样题Test 111.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment belowA sense of happiness and fulfillm

23、ent,not personal gain,is the best motivation and reward forone s achievements.Expecting a reward of wealth or recognition for achieving a goal canlead to disappointment and frustration.If we want to be happy in what we do in life,weshould not seek achievement for the sake of winning wealth and fame.

24、The personalsatisfaction of a job well done is its own reward.Assignment:Are people motivated to achieve by personal satisfaction rather than by moneyor fame?Test 212.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment belowMany persons believe that to move up the l

25、adder of success and achievement,they mustforget the past,repress it,and relinquish it.But others have just the opposite view.They seeold memories as a chance to reckon with the past and integrate past and present.Adapted from Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot,Ive Known Rivers:Lives of Loss and LiberationAssi

26、gnment:Do memories hinder or help people in their effort to learn from the past andsucceed in the present?Test 313.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment belowGiven the importance of human creativity,one would think it should have a high priorityamong o

27、ur concerns.But if we look at the reality,we see a different picture.Basic scientificresearch is minimized in favor of immediate practical applications.The arts are increasinglyseen as dispensable luxuries.Yet as competition heats up around the globe,exactly theopposite strategy is needed.Assignment

28、:Is creativity needed more than ever in the world today?Test 414.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment belowNowadays nothing is private:our culture has become too confessional and self-expressive.People think that to hide ones thoughts or feelings is t

29、o pretend not to have those thoughtsor feelings.They assume that honesty requires one to express every inclination and impulse.Adapted from J.David Velleman,i(The Genesis of ShameAssignment:Should people make more of an effort to keep some things private?Online Course在线练习试题Online Course Test 115.Thi

30、nk carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.We often hear that we can learn much about someone or something just by casual observation.We are not required to look beneath the surface or to question how something seems.In fact,we are urged to trust our imp

31、ressions,often our first impressions,of how a person or asituation seems to be.Yet appearances can be misleading.What“seems isnt always what is.Assignment:Is the way something seems to be not always the same as it actually is?Online Course Test 216.Think carefully about the issue presented in the fo

32、llowing excerpt and the assignment below.For a variety of reasons,people often make choices that have negative results.Later,theyregret these choices,finding out too late that bad choices can be costly.On the other hand,decisions that seem completely reasonable when they are made may also be the cau

33、se oflater disappointment and suffering.What looks like a wonderful idea at one time can laterseem like the worst decision that could have been made.Good choices,too,can be costly.Assignment:Are bad choices and good choices equally likely to have negativeconsequences?Online Course Test 317.Think car

34、efully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.The people we call heroes do not usually start out as unusual.Often they are ordinary peoplesubject to ordinary human weaknessesfear,doubt,and self-interest.In fact,they liveordinary lives until they distinguish thems

35、elves by having to deal with an injustice or adifficult situation.Only then,when they must respond in thought and in action to anextraordinary challenge,do people begin to know their strengths and weaknesses.Assignment:Do people learn who they are only when they are forced into action?Online Course

36、Test 418.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.Peoples lives are the result of the choices they makeor fail to make.The path one takes inlife is not arbitrary.Choices and their consequences determine the course of every personslife.All people,wha

37、tever their circumstances,make the choices on which their lives depend.Assignment:Are peoples lives the result of the choices they make?Online Course Test 519.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.Many people believe that“closed doors make us cre

38、ative.These people argue that obstaclesand restrictions are necessary,for without them we would never be forced to come up withnew solutions.But“closed doors,“either in the form of specific obstacles or a lack ofopportunities,often prevent people from reaching their full creative potential.Assignmen

39、t:Do closed doors make us creative?Online Course Test 620.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.People who like to think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic tend to take it forgranted that human nature is“sef sh“and that life is a struggl

40、e in which only the fittestmay survive.According to this view,the basic law by which people must live is the law of thejungle.The“fittest“are those people who can bring to the struggle superior force,superiorcunning,and superior ruthlessness.Assignment:Do people have to be highly competitive in orde

41、r to succeed?历年真题(05.03-09.12)2005.0321.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.We must seriously question the idea of majority rule.The majority grinned and jeered whenColumbus said the world was round.The majority threw him into a dungeon for his

42、 discoveries.Where is the logic in the notion that the opinion held by a majority of people should have thepower to influence our decisions?Adapted from James A.Reed,Majority RuleAssignment:Is the opinion of the majorityin government or in any other circumstancesapoor guide?22.Think carefully about

43、the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.Even scientists know that absolute objectivity has yet to be attained.Its the same for absolutetruth.But,as many news reporters have observed,the idea of objectivity as a guiding principle istoo valuable to be abandoned.Without it

44、,the pursuit of knowledge is hopelessly lost.Adapted from Focusing Our Values,n Nieman ReportsAssignment:Are people better at making observations,discoveries,and decisions if theyremain neutral and impartial?23.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment bel

45、ow.If you think that what you do is your own business,you are wrong.In this world your conductaffects not only you but the conduct of other people as well.If you behave in a way that isconsidered unacceptable and other people copy your behavior,you are responsible for theconsequences.Adapted from Ma

46、rgaret Banning,“Letter to Susan nAssignment:Is a person responsible,through the example he or she sets,for the behavior ofother people?2005.0524.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.Alone we can afford to be wholly whatever we are and to feel wh

47、atever we feel absolutely.Withothers we are busy wondering what does my companion see or think of this,and what do I thinkof it?The original impact of our feelings gets lost or reduced.Adapted from May Sarton,The Rewards of Living a Solitary LifeAssignment:Does worrying too much about other peoples

48、opinions prevent us from seeingthings clearly?2005.0625.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.I cannot comprehend those who emphasize or recognize only what is useful.I am concerned thatlearning for learnings sake is no longer considered desirabl

49、e,that everything we do and thinkmust be directed toward the solution of a practical problem.More and more we seem to try toteach how to make a good living and not how to live a good life.Assignment:Do people put too much emphasis on learning practical skills?26.Think carefully about the issue prese

50、nted in the following excerpt and the assignment below.Most of our schools are not facing up to their responsibilities.We must begin to ask ourselveswhether educators should help students address the critical moral choices and social issues ofour time.Schools have responsibilities beyond training pe