SAT考试真题

2 SAT考试真题 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名﹑准考号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上，并将本人考试用条形码贴在答题卡的贴条形码处。 2. 请仔细阅读各种题目的回答要求，在规定的位置填写您的答案。 3、 不要在试卷上乱写乱画，不要在标封区填写无关内容。 1. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2005.3) 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 Rule” Assignment: Is the opinion of the majority—in government or in any other circumstances—a poor guide? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation. 2. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2005.3) 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. Assignment: Is creativity needed more than ever in the world today? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation. 3. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2005.3) Even scientists know that absolute objectivity has yet to be attained. It's 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 Reports Assignment:Are people better at making observations, discoveries, and decisions if they remain neutral and impartial? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation. 4. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2005.3) 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? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation. 5. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2005.5) It's easy to see why—aside from the income it provides—having a job is so desirable in our culture. Work works for us. It structures our time and imposes a rhythm on our lives. It gets us organized into various kinds 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 Assignment:Do people depend on work—whether it is a job, schoolwork, or volunteer work—to determine what their daily activities and interactions with others should be? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation. 6. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2005.5) There is no progress unless someone comes up with a new way of looking at things, of trying things that have never been done or thought of before. We cannot move forward by looking backward to old customs and past experience. There can be no advancement or improvement unless there are people who look forward in pursuit of the new and untried. Assignment:Does progress depend on people with new ideas rather than on people whose ideas are based on the current way of doing things? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation. 7. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2005.5) We are afraid that our cause is unjust, or that it is unclear, or that it is too insi