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小马过河国际教育 2007 年 10 月 SAT 写作真题及要点解答68.Think carefullyabout the issue presentedin the followingexcerptand assignment below:(2007.10)A person does not simply“receive”his or her identity.Identityis much more than the name or featuresone is born with.True identity is something people must create forthemselves by making choices thatare significant and that require a courageous commitment in the faceof challenges.Identity meanshaving ideas and values that one lives by.Adapted from Thomas Merton,Contemplation in a World of ActionAssignment:Is identity something people are born with or given,oris it something people create forthemselves?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your pointof view on this issue.Support yourposition with reasoning and examples taken from your reading,studies,experience,or observation.69.Think carefullyabout the issue presentedin the followingexcerptand assignment below:(2007.10)We value uniqueness and originality,but it seems that everywhere weturn,we are surrounded by ideasand things that are copies or even copies of copies.Writers,artists,and musicians seek new ideas forpaintings,books,songs,and movies,but many sadly realize,“Itsbeen done.”The same is true forscientists,scholars,and businesspeople.Everyone wants to createsomething new,but at best we can小马过河国际教育 hope only to repeat or imitate what has already been done.Assignment:Can people ever be truly original?Plan and write an essayin which you develop yourpoint of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoning andexamples taken from your reading,studies,experience,or observation.70.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerptand assignment below:(2007.10)All people who have achieved greatness in something knew what theyexcelled at.These peopleidentified the skills that made them special-good judgment,orcourage,or a special artistic or literarytalent-and focused on developing these skills.Yet most peopleachieve superiority in nothingbecause they fail to identify and develop their greatest attribute.Adapted from Baltasar Graciany Morales,The Art of Worldly WisdomAssignment:Do people achieve greatness only by finding out what theyare especially good at anddeveloping that attribute above all else?Plan and write an essay inwhich you develop your point of viewon this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples takenfrom your reading,studies,experience,or observation.71.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerptand assignment below:(2007.10)Having many admirers is one way to become a celerity,but it is notthe way to become a hero.Heroesare self-made.Yet in our daily lives we see no difference between小马过河国际教育 “celebrities”and heroes.”For thisreason,we deprive ourselves of real role models.We should admireheroes-people who are famousbecause they are great-but not celebrities-people who simplyseem great because they arefamous.Adapted from Daniel Boorstin,The Image:A Guide to Pseudo-Events inAmericaAssignment:Should we admire heroes but not celebrities?Plan andwrite 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.
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