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1、至今为止最全的SAT作文题库86道1.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.3)Assignment:Is the opinion of the majority-in government or in anyother circumstancesa poor guide?Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue.Support your

2、 position withreasoning and examples taken from your reading,studies,experience,orobservation.2.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.3)Assignment:Is creativity needed more than ever in the world today?Planand write an essay in which you develop

3、 your point of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from yourreading,studies,experience,or observation.3.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.3)Assignment:Are people better at making observations,discoverie

4、s,anddecisions if they remain neutral and impartial?Plan and write an essay inwhich you develop your point of view on this issue.Support yourposition with reasoning and examples taken from your reading,studies,experience,or observation.4.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following exc

5、erpt andassignment below:(2005.3)Assignment:Is a person responsible,through the example he or she sets,for the behavior of other people?Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue.Support your position withreasoning and examples taken from your reading,studies,experi

6、ence,orobservation.5.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.5)文本框：If you think that what you do is your own business,you arewrong.In this world your conduct affects not only you but the conduct ofother people as well.If you behave in a way that i

7、s consideredunacceptable and other people copy your behavior,you are responsiblefor the consequences.Adapted from Margaret Banning,Letter to Susan文本框：Even scientists know that absolute objectivity has yet to beattained.Its the same for absolute truth.But,as many news reportershave observed,the idea

8、of objectivity as a guiding principle is toovaluable to be abandoned.Without it,the pursuit of knowledge ishopelessly lost.Adapted from“Focusing Our Values/5 Nieman Reports文本框：Given the importance of human creativity,one would think itshould have a high priority among our concerns.But if we look at

9、thereality,we see a different picture.Basic scientific research is minimizedin favor of immediate practical applications.The arts are increasinglyseen as dispensable luxuries.Yet as competition heats up around theglobe,exactly the opposite strategy is needed.文本框：We must seriously question the idea o

10、f majority rule.Themajority grinned and jeered when Columbus said the world was round.The majority threw him into a dungeon for his discoveries.Where is thelogic in the notion that the opinion held by a majority of people shouldhave the power to influence our decisions?Adapted from James A.Reed,Majo

11、rity RuleAssignment:Do people depend on workwhether it is a job,schoolwork,or volunteer workto determine what their daily activities andinteractions with others should be?Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue.Support your position withreasoning and examples tak

12、en from your reading,studies,experience,orobservation.6.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.5)Assignment:Does progress depend on people with new ideas rather thanon people whose ideas are based on the current way of doing things?Planand write

13、an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from yourreading,studies,experience,or observation.7.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.5)Assignment:Are people afraid to s

14、peak out against authority,whether theauthority is an individual,a group,or a government?Plan and write anessay in which you develop your point of view on this issue.Support yourposition with reasoning and examples taken from your reading,studies,experience,or observations.8.Think carefully about th

15、e issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.5)Assignment:Does worrying too much about other peoples opinionsprevent us from seeing things clearly?Plan and write an essay in whichyou develop your point of view on this issue.Support your position withreasoning and examples tak

16、en from your reading,studies,experience,orobservations.9.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.6)文本框：We are afraid that our cause is unjust,or that it is unclear,or thatit is too insignificant to justify the horrors of a confrontation withAuthor

17、ity.We will endure almost any inconvenience before undertakinghead-on,Im-here-to-tell-you complaint.Adapted from William F.Buckley,Jr.,“Why Dont We Complain?,文本框:There is no progress unless someone comes up with a new wayof looking at things,of trying things that have never been done or thoughtof be

18、fore.We cannot move forward by looking backward to old customsand past experience.There can be no advancement or improvementunless there are people who look forward in pursuit of the new anduntried.文本框：Its easy to see why-aside from the income it provideshavinga job is so desirable in our culture.Wo

19、rk works for us.It structures ourtime and imposes a rhythm on our lives.It gets us organized into variouskinds of communities and social groups.And perhaps most important,work tells us what to do every day.Adapted from Joanne B.Ciulla,The Working Life文本框:Alone we can afford to be wholly whatever we

20、are and to feelwhatever we feel absolutely.With others we are busy wondering whatdoes my companion see or think of this,and what do I think of it?Theoriginal impact of our feelings gets lost or reduced.Adapted from May Sarton,The Rewards of Living a Solitary LifeAssignment:Do memories hinder or help

21、 people in their effort to learnfrom the past and succeed in the present?Plan and write an essay inwhich you develop your point of view on this issue.Support yourposition with reasoning and examples taken from your reading,studies,experience,or observation.10.Think carefully about the issue presente

22、d in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.6)Assignment:Do people put too much emphasis on learning practicalskills?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of viewon this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples takenfrom your reading,studies,experience,or ob

23、servation.11.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.6)Assignment:Should schools help students understand moral choices andsocial issues?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point ofview on this issue.Support your position with reason

24、ing and examplestaken from your reading,studies,experience,or observation.12.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.6)Assignment:Do newspapers,magazines,television,radio,movies,theInternet,and other media determine what is important to most peopl

25、e?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on thisissue.Support your position with reasoning and examples taken fromyour reading,studies,experience,or observation.13.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.10)文本框：Many person

26、s believe that to move up the ladder of success andachievement,they must forget the past,repress it,and relinquish it.Butothers have just the opposite view.They see old memories as a chance toreckon with the past and integrate past and present.Adapted from Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot,Ive Known Rivers:Li

27、ves ofLoss and Liberation文本框：The media not only transmit information and culture,they alsodecide what information is important.In that way,they help to shapeculture and values.Adapted from Alison Bernstein,Artists Thrive on Freedom and FreedomThrives on the Arts文本框：Most of our schools are not facing

28、 up to their responsibilities.We must begin to ask ourselves whether educators should help studentsaddress the critical moral choices and social issues of our time.Schoolshave responsibilities beyond training people for jobs and getting studentsinto college.Adapted from Svi Shapiro文本框：I cannot compr

29、ehend those who emphasize or recognize onlywhat is useful.I am concerned that learning for learnings sake is nolonger considered desirable,that everything we do and think must bedirected toward the solution of a practical problem.More and more weseem to try to teach how to make a good living and not

30、 how to live agood life.Adapted from Philip D.Jordan,The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge”Assignment:Is success in life earned or do people succeed because theyare lucky?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point ofview on this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examplestaken

31、 from your reading,studies,experience,or observations.14.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.10)Assignment:Is societys admiration for famous people beneficial orharmful?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point ofview on this iss

32、ue.Support your position with reasoning and examplestaken from your reading,studies,experience,or observations.15.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.10)Assignment:Do we live in a time when people do not engage in seriousthinking?Plan and writ

33、e an essay in which you develop your point ofview on this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examplestaken from your reading,studies,experience,or observations.16.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.10)Assignment:Should people make

34、 more of an effort to keep some thingsprivate?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of viewon this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples takenfrom your reading,studies,experience,or observations.文本框：This is a time for shallowness.Seriousness is so rare these dayst

35、hat we tend to make all kinds of allowances for those who only seem topossess it.In this way,shallow ideas are not recognized for what they are,and they are increasingly mistaken for deep thoughts.Adapted from Margaret Talbot,t4The Perfectionist”文本框：Nowadays nothing is private:our culture has become

36、 tooconfessional and self-expressive.People think that to hide ones thoughtsor feelings is to pretend not to have those thoughts or feelings.Theyassume that honesty requires one to express every inclination and impulse.Adapted from J.David Velleman,the Genesis of Shame文本框：1.Celebrities have the powe

37、r to attract Ucommunities oflike-minded followers;they provide an identity that people can connect toand call their own.Celebrities are trusted;they stand for certain ideas andvalues to which followers can express allegiance.Adapted from William Greider,Who Will Tell the People?2.Admiration for cele

38、brities is often accompanied by contempt for“average“people.As we focus on the famous,other people become lessimportant to us.The world becomes populated with a few“some bodiesand an excess of“near-nobodies.”Adapted from Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen,Wizards of Media Oz文本框：1.Success in life is large

39、ly a matter of luck.It has littlecorrelation with merit.And in all fields of life there have always beenpeople of great merit who did not succeed.Karl Popper,Popper Selections2.As Colin Powell said,there are no secrets to success.Dont wastetime looking for them.Success is the result of preparation,h

40、ard work,and learning from failure.Adapted from Barry Farber,Selling Points”17.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.11)Assignment:Should our perceptions of beauty be influenced by theperceptions of beauty of other people?Plan and write an essay

41、 in whichyou develop your point of view on this issue.Support your position withreasoning and examples taken from your reading,studies,experience,orobservation.18.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.11)Assignment:Is praising others,even if the

42、 praise is excessive orundeserved,a necessary part of life?Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue.Support your position withreasoning and examples taken from your reading,studies,experience,orobservation.19.Think carefully about the issue presented in the follow

43、ing excerpt andassignment below:(2005.11)Assignment:Is conflict helpful?Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue.Support your position withreasoning and examples taken from your reading,studies,experience,orobservation.20.Think carefully about the issue presented

44、in the following excerpt andassignment below:(2005.11)Assignment:Has the acquisition of money and possessions replaced moremeaningful ways of measuring our achievements?Plan and write anessay in which you develop your point of view on this issue.Support yourposition with reasoning and examples taken

45、 from your reading,studies,experience,or observations.文本框：What explains our increasing obsession with money and thethings it can buy?It seems as though the acquisition of money isgradually replacing real measures of success,such as integrity,honesty,skill,and hard work.Adapted from Alan Durning,Limi

46、ting Consumption:Toward aSustainable Culture文本框：Conflict is not necessarily bad,and it does not necessarilyindicate a failed interaction.It is a signal,a message that says,Thingsarent working around here.Weve got to do something different.Thus,conflict can be a catalyst-a motivating force-encouragin

47、g people tointeract and communicate in ways that are more satisfying.Conflict canactually benefit people by pushing them to make necessary changes.Adapted from Beverly Potter,From Conflict to Cooperation文本框：There are situations where flattery is mandatory:The bride isalways beautiful.If we look at s

48、omeones artwork,we are obliged to saysomething complimentary to the artist.If we visit someone with a newbaby,we are required to say the infant is cute.In such situations,to saynothing is interpreted as rudeness.We compliment each other because weunderstand that flattery makes life run smoothly.Adap

49、ted from Richard Stengel,Youre Too Kind:A brief History ofFlattery文本框：Beauty is not a quality in people or in objects themselves.Itexists in the mind that perceives those objects,and each mind perceivesbeauty differently.To seek real beauty,in some absolute sense,ispointless.Where one person sees be

50、auty,another may even see theopposite.For this reason,we all ought to accept our own perceptions ofwho or what is beautiful,and not be influenced by the perceptions ofothers.Adapted from David Hume,“Of the Standard of Taste”21.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andass