SAT写作真题汇总

SAT 写作真题汇总20XX年版目录目 录 - 1 -OFFICIAL GUIDE 官方指南题目 - 4 -PRACTICE TEST 1 -4 -PRACTICE TEST 2 -4 -PRACTICE TEST 3 4PRACTICE TEST 4 -5 -PRACTICE TEST 5 -5 -PRACTICE TEST 6 -5 -PRACTICE TEST 7 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 -TEST 3 7TEST 4 -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 - 112005.05 - 122005.06 - 122005.10 - 132005.11 - 132006.01 - 142006.05 - 152006.06 - 172006.10 - 182006.11 - 192006.12 - 202007.01 - 212007.03 - 222007.05 - 232007.06 - 242007.10 - 252007.11 - 262007.12 - 272008.01 - 282008.03 - 292008.05 - 302008.06 -302008.10 -312008.12 -33-2009.01 -332009.03 -342009.05 -352009.06 -352009.10 -362009.11 -372009.12 -38- 39- 40-42-2010.012010.05其它试题Official Guide 官方指南题目Practice Test 11. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below To 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 be motivated 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 below Technology promises to make our lives easier, freeing up time for leisure pursuits. But the rapid pace of technological innovation and the split second processing capabilities of computers that can work virtually nonstop have made all of us feel rushed. We have adopted the relentless pace of the very machines that were supposed to simplify our lives, with the result that, whether at work or play, people do not feel like their lives have changed for the better.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 of human behavior holds that people are primarily driven by selfish motives ：the desire for wealth, for money, or for fame. Yet history gives us many examples of individuals who have sacrificed their own welfare for a cause or a principle that they regarded as more important than their lives. Conscience that powerful inner voice that tells us what is right and what is wrong can be a more compelling force than money, power, or fame.Practice Test 44. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below The old saying, “be careful what you wish for ”, may be an appropriate warning. The drive to achieve a particular goal can dangerously narrow one s perspective and encourage the fantasy that success in one endeavor will solve all of life s difficulties. In fact, success can sometimes have unexpected consequences. Those who propel themselves toward the achievement of one goal 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 below A better understanding of other people contributes to the development of moral virtues. We shall 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 we all have things in common.Assignment: 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 below There is, of course, no legitimate branch of science that enables us to predict the future accurately. Yet the degree of change in the world is so overwhelming and so promising that the future, I believe, is far brighter than anyone has contemplated since the end of the Second World 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 below “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 to question what is important in life. In fact, people who have experienced seriously adverse events frequently report that 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 below Traditionally the term “ heroism h”as been applied to those who have braved physical danger to defend a cause or to protect others. But one of the most feared dangers people face is that of disapproval by their family, peers, or community. Sometimes acting courageously requires someone to speak out at the risk of such rejection. We should consider those who do so true heroes.Assignment: Should heroes be defined as people who say what they think when we ourselves lack the courage to say it?Official Guide Sample Test 19. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below Some people believe that there is only one foolproof plan, perfect solution, or correct interpretation. But nothing is ever that simple. For better or worse, for every so-called final answer there is another way of seeing. There is always a “however”.Assignment: Is there always another explanation or another point of view?Official 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, a roommate, a spouse, a parent, or another loved one, individuals expect others to be honest and 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 of another person. In fact, most lies are harmless social untruths in which people pretend to like someone or something more than they actually do.Adapted from Allison Kornet,“ The Truth About Lying”CollegeBoard 样题Test 111. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below A sense of happiness and fulfillment, not personal gain, is the best motivation and reward for one s achievements. Expecting a reward of wealth or recognition for achieving a goal can lead to disappointment and frustration. If we want to be happy in what we do in life, we should not seek achievement for the sake of winning wealth and fame. The personal satisfaction of a job well done is its own reward.Assignment: Are people motivated to achieve by personal satisfaction rather than by money or fame?Test 212. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below Many persons believe that to move up the ladder of success and achievement, they must forget the past, repress it, and relinquish it. But others have just the opposite view. They see old memories as a chance to reckon with the past and integrate past and present.Adapted from Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, I ve Known Rivers: Lives of Loss an Ldiberation Assignment: Do memories hinder or help people in their effort to learn from the past and succeed in the present?Test 313. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below Given the importance of human creativity, one would think it should have a high priority among our concerns. But if we look at the reality, we see a different picture. Basic scientific research is minimized in favor of immediate practical applications. The arts are increasingly seen as dispensable luxuries. Yet as competition heats up around the globe, exactly the opposite strategy is needed.Test 414. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below Nowadays nothing is private: our culture has become too confessional and self-expressive. People think that to hide one s thoughts or feelings is to pretend noste t oth hoauvgeh ths oor feelings. They assume that honesty requires one to express every inclination and impulse.Adapted from J. David Velleman, “The Genesis of Shame ” Assignment: Should people make more of an effort to keep some things private?Online Course 在线练习试题Online Course Test 115. Think 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 impressions, often our first impressions, of how a person or a situation seems to be. Yet appearances can be misleading. Wha“t seems” isnlwayts a 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 following excerpt and the assignment below. For a variety of reasons, people often make choices that have negative results. Later, they regret 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 cause of later disappointment and suffering. What looks like a wonderful idea at one time can later seem 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 negative consequences?Online Course Test 317. Think carefully 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 people subject to ordinary human weaknesses fear, doubt, and self-interest. In fact, they live ordinary lives until they distinguish themselves by having to deal with an injustice or a difficult situation. Only then, when they must respond in thought and in action to an extraordinary 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 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 make or fail to make. The path one takes in life is not arbitrary. Choices and their consequences determine the course of every persons life. All people, whatever 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 thatclosed doors make us creative.” Th eosbes tpaecolepsleand restrictions are necessary, for without them we would never be forced to come up with new solutions. But“ closed doors,” either in the form of specific obsta colfe s or a lacopportunities, often prevent people from reaching their full creative potential.argue thatkAssignment: Do closed doors make us creative?Online Course Test 620. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.e fittestPeople who like to think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic tend to take it for granted that human nature is“ selfish ” and that life is a struggle in which only thmay survive. According to this view, the basic law by which people must live is the law of the jungle. The“ fittest hos”e p eaorep lte who can bring to the struggle superior force, superiorcunning, and superior ruthlessness.Assignment: Do people have to be highly competitive in order 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 when Columbus said the world was round. The majority threw him into a dungeon for his discoveries. Where is the logic in the notion that the opinion held by a majority of people should have the power to influence our decisions?Adapted from James A. Reed, Majority RuleAssignment: Is the opinion of the majority in government or in any other circumstances a poor guide?22. Think carefully about 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 absolute truth. But, as many news reporters have observed, the idea of objectivity as a guiding principle is too valuable to be abandoned. Without it, the pursuit of knowledge is hopelessly lost.Adapted from “ Focusing Our Values,” Nieman ReportsAssignment: Are people better at making observations, discoveries, and decisions if they remain neutral and impartial?23. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.If you think that what you do is your own business, you are wrong. In this world your conduct affects not only you but the conduct of other people as well. If you behave in a way that is considered unacceptable and other people copy your behavior, you are responsible for the consequences.Adapted from Margaret Banning,“ Letter to Susan”Assignment: Is a person responsible, through the example he or she sets, for the behavior of other 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 whatever we feel absolutely. With others we are busy wondering what does my companion see or think of this, and what do I think of 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 people s 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 that learning for learnings sake is no longer considered desirable, that everything we do and think must be directed toward the solution of a practical problem. More and more we seem to try to teach 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 presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Most of our schools are not facing up to their responsibilities. We must begin to ask ourselves whether educators should help students address the critical moral choices and social issues of our time. Schools have responsibilities beyond training people for jobs and getting students into college. Svi ShapiroAssignment: Should schools help students understand moral choices and social issues?27. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. The media not only transmit information and culture, they also decide what information is important. In that way, they help to shape culture and values. Alison BernsteinAssignment: Do newspapers, magazines, television, radio, movies, the Internet, and other media determine what is important to most people?2005.1028. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.1. Success in life is largely a matter of luck. It has little correlation with merit. And in all fields of life there have always been people of great merit who did not succeed. Karl Popper, Popper Selections2. As Colin Powell said, “ there are no secrets to success. Dont waste time looking for them.Success is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” Adapted from BarryFarber, “ Selling Points”Assignment: Is success in life earned or do people succeed because they are lucky?29. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.1. Celebrities have the power to attractcom-muinditeieds foll”ow eorf sli;k tehey provide anteiedsidentity that people can connect to and call their own. Celebrities are trusted; they stand forcertain ideas and values to which followers can express allegiance.Adapted from William Greider, Who Will Tell the People?people. As we2. Admiration for celebrities is often accompanied by contempt for“ averagon the famous, other people become less important to us. The world becomes populated with a few “some bodies ” and an excess o-f nobodie“s.nea”rAdapted from Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen, Wizards of Media OzAssignment: Is society s admiration for famous people beneficial or harmful?2005.1130. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. There are situations where flattery is mandatory: The bride is always beautiful. If we look at someones artwork, we are obliged to say something complimentary to the artist. If we visit someone with a new baby, we are required to say the infant is cute. In such situations, to say nothing is interpreted as rudeness. We compliment each other because we understand that flattery makes life run smoothly.Assignment: Is praising others, even if the praise is excessive or undeserved, a necessary partof life?What explains our increasing obsession with money and the things it can buy? It seems as though the acquisition of money is gradually replacing real measures of success, such as integrity, honesty, skill, and hard work.Adapted from Alan Durning, Limiting Consumption: Toward a Sustainable Culture Assignment: Has the acquisition of money and possessions replaced more meaningful ways of measuring our achievements?2006.0132. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.A colleague of the great scientist James Watson remarked that Watson was always“ loungingaround, arguing about problems instead of doing experiments.” He concluded that“ there is mthan one way of doing good science.” It was Watson s form of idleness, the scientist went on tosay, that allowed him to solve he greates“t otf all biological problems: the discovery of the structure of DNA.” It is a point worth remembering in a society overly concerned with efficiency.Adapted from John C. Polanyi,“ understanding Discovery”Assignment: Do people accomplish more when they are allowed to do things in their own way?33. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.are lat leastI do not feel terrible about my mistakes, though I grieve the pain they have sometimes caused others. Our lives are“ experiments with truth,” and in an experiment negative resultsas important as successes. I have no idea how I would have learned the truth about myself and my calling without the mistakes I have made.Adapted from Parker Palmer, Let Your Life SpeakAssignment: Is it necessary to make mistakes,