SAT作文经验分享(二) 题目分类.

二．创造力，新思想。 1．Is creativity needed more than ever in the world today? (2005.3) 2．Does progress depend on people with new ideas rather than on people whose ideas are based on the current way of doing things? (2005.5) 3．Can people ever be truly original? (2007.10) 4．Is it always necessary to find new solutions to problems? (2007.11) 5．Is it always better to be original than to imitate or use the ideas of others? (2008.1) 6．Do closed doors make us creative? 7. Should people always prer the new things, ideas, or values to those of the past? 这一类的题目强调创造力对个人及社会的促进和推动作用，出题角度较一致，从过去和现在说都可，可以联系科技艺术的例子，属于比较好写的一类题目。 三．选择，决定。 1．Are people better at making observations, discoveries, and decisions if they remain neutral and impartial? (2005.3) 2．Do success and happiness depend on the choices people make rather than on factors beyond their control? (2006.11) 3．Does having a large number of options to choose from make people happy? (2007.11) 4．Should people choose one of two opposing sides of an issue, or is the truth usually found "in the middle"(2007.12) 5．Are people’s lives the results of the choice they make? 6．Do bad choices and good choices equally have negative consequences? 7．Are we free to make our own decisions or are limited in the choices we make? 8．Is it important to understand people’s motivations bore judge their actions? 9．Are people’s actions motivated by a desire for power over others?(2008.5) 这一类的题目有些分散，但是都围绕着choice 和decision从各个角度探讨它们与人的主观能动性和客观约束的关系。每个人都要做很多重要的决定，如何去正确的做出选择，以及这些选择对我们未来及他人的影响，都是值得思考的。有些题目可能不太好想观点，那可以尝试着用别的题目的观点往里面套，找出共通的地方。 四．个人与集体，个性和自我。 1．Is a person responsible, through the example he or she sets, for the behavior of other people? (2005.3) 2．Do we put too much value on the ideas or actions of individual people? (2006.11) 3．Should people take more responsibility for solving problems that affect their communities or the nation in general? (2007.1) 4．Is it always best to determine one&aposs own views of right and wrong, or can we benit from following the crowd? (2007.5) 5．Is there any value for people to belong only to a group or groups with which they have something in common? (2008.1) 6．Are organizations or groups most successful when their members pursue individual wishes and goals? (2008.3) 7．Do people accomplish more when they are allowed to do things in their own way? (2006.1) 8．Should each individual decide what and how to learn? (2006.4) 9．Does the success of a community—whether it is a class, a team, a family, a nation, or any other group—depend upon people&aposs willingness to limit their personal interests? (2006.5) 10. Do we tend to accept the opinions of others instead of developing our own independent ideas? (2006.6) 11. Is it more valuable for people to fit in than to be unique and different? (2007.3) 这一类题目似乎跟第一类有些交集，但这里探讨的更多是个人与集体的辨证关系。每个人都属于集体中的一员，处理好与集体的关系是很重要的，但保持个性和自我也是很重要的。个人与集体利益价值观之间的冲突，往往也是SAT作文题目的取材点。可以参照第一类的部分观点，但也应更多地把论证集中在比较个人与集体上。 五．成功，金钱，名誉。 1．Is success in life earned or do people succeed because they are lucky? (2005.10) 2．Has the acquisition of money and possessions replaced more meaningful ways of measuring our achievements? (2005.11) 3．Is it more important to do work that one finds fulfilling or work that pays well? (2007.1) 4．Is it best to have low expectations and to set goals we are sure of achieving? (2007.3) 5．Do people achieve greatness only by finding out what they are especially good at and developing that attribute above all else? (2007.10) 6．Is the fort involved in pursuing any goal valuable, even if the goal is not reached? (2008.1) 7．Can success be disastrous? 8．Do people have to be highly competitive to succeed? 9．Do people achieve success only if they aim to be perfect?(2006.11) 10. Do people achieve more success by cooperation than by competition? (2006.10) 11. Do people place too much emphasis on winning?(2008.5) 如何衡量个人的成功，以及如何成功，不管是得到金钱还是名誉，这类问题不仅是考试的热点，也是社会的热点。也许你会把成功理解为幸福，但是这或许很容易跑题，在作文里写成功应多参照一些成功学的观点，可以讲努力的过程和付出放在第一位，辨证地看待成功的问题。