1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? For success in school and work, the ability to adapt or adjust to a changing condition or circumstance is more important than having excellent knowledge of a job or in a field of study.

以下给出一个参考思路：agree

① 开头段

② 主体段1：First，适应力能够促进交流沟通的能力。Adjustability fosters the ability of communication and cooperation. 环境的变化通常意味着和新的同时伙伴一起学习工作，而在新环境中，你并不熟悉别人，同样，别人也不熟悉你。A changing environment usually means working or studying with new peers，who are not familiar with each other on aspects of personality, ability and quality.当今社会，越来越多的工作学习任务是需要合作的团队项目。An increasing number of businesses have high demand for people who are not only specialists in their fields, but also skilled in social interaction, since tasks are given the need for collaboration. 所以你要具备良好的适应力，能够谦虚耐心的更别人沟通讨论，以及有较好的方式去表达自己的观点态度，相互合作。只有这样才能更好的完成工作。Thus, owning adaptability is crucial as it allows one to modestly and patiently discuss with others and express opinions and attitudes through a proper way. Only this way, tasks in work or study can be well done.

③ 主体段2：Second, 适应调整能力能让人有更好的心态去应对学习工作。Well adjusting to a new environment promises a positive mental attitude to face work or study. 新环境有时候也不仅仅是工作学习场所的变化，更甚至是生活环境的变化。In many cases, not only does new circumstance mean change of working or studying places but also means different living conditions.这种情况下，良好的适应力能保证一个人的积极应对新生活环境中的变化和困难，从而更好的投入在学习工作中。At this time, favorable adaptability can ensure a person positively response to changes and difficulties in the new living environment, so as to better devote to working or learning. 举例论证，比如留学生活，要保证生活上对文化环境、语言环境甚至是思念家乡等方面的适应。

④ 让步段：虽然具备一定的专业知识也有其重要性，但是，专业知识只是敲门砖，进入社会工作后，其实仍然可以不断地学习，但是适应能力缺乏的话，不能很好的适应，反而会让你失去一些提升自我的机会，更甚至无法生存下去。我们知道，那些适应力差的人往往在学校生活的不快乐，甚至是颓废沮丧。Admittedly, mastering professional knowledge is indeed of great importance. However, the ability in specific field of study or work is merely a stepping stone for most jobs, and after entering practical work, in fact, one can continue to learn new things. In contrast, if graduates cannot adjust to changes between school and real society, they would be passed over for better opportunities and promotions instead. Worse, these young people even become discouraged. 所以，生活中我们会发现原本学业上优秀的学生中也有一些人反而在真正的事业发展中表现得并不好Some of the academically successful students do not perform well in their real careers。

⑤ 结尾段

 

2.  Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: one can learn about another person from the books and movie that person likes.

以下给出一个参考思路：agree

① 开头段：Spending a significant amount of time with someone is necessary to get to know their personalities and temperaments. Sometimes, people can also tell a person’s quality and determine his or her personality by analyzing their behaviors. When it comes to the question of whether one can learn about another person from the books or movies that the person likes, I personally am in favor of this statement based on the following reasons.

② 主体段1：First off, by judging from the books or movies or even TV programs that someone like we can tell a person’s interests and hobbies, consequently we can learn more about them. For example, my roommate back in college was really into auto magazines, TV shows and even movies featuring fancy sports cars. At first, I did not know him so well to know his hobbies and interests, however, I was sure at that time that he must have been a big fan of cars. Indeed, my judgment was right and he was a car freak, he likes all kinds of vehicles like sedan, SUV, recreational vehicles, etc. It is not an exaggeration to claim that he can tell not only the brand but also the version of a specific vehicle by just checking out the picture of the cockpit of the car. Ultimately, we can tell a person’s hobbies by the movies and books they like.

③ 主体段2：Additionally, the genre of the books that someone reads says a lot about the person’s character and temperament. Actually, it is natural for someone to shape their characters just because the characters in the novels or movies have a dramatic impact on the person’s behavior and attitude, regardless of the types of the characters like fairy, alien or someone with superpower. For instance, girls who read a lot of romantic novels like Gone With the Wind might be very emotional and very committed to someone they love. For someone who read science fiction novels or watch movies featuring future events and exploration of outer space tend to be very creative and willing to take risks, to be more specific, they might be someone who friends can depend on when they got stuck in some sort of exploration. For someone who likes to read classics of all times like the works by Jane Austen or Ernest Hemingway, they tend to cherish the simplicities and trivialities in lives.

④ 让步段：Admittedly, one’s favorite books and movies cannot be the omni bearing indicator of a person. Some information, such as family background and real personality and not gather from the books and movies he fancies. But, one’s favorites give some information about his education level and professions A person with a low education level will never read a book requires too much intelligence. Unsurprisingly, a large number of people tend to choose the kind of books related to his job to read. So is the movie.

⑤ 结尾段：In a nutshell, by judging from the genre of the book that someone reads, not only can we tell a lot about the person’s interests and hobbies but also the person's character and temperament.

 

3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

People can solve important problems in their daily life on their own or with the help from families; the help from the government is unnecessary.

以下给出一个参考思路：disagree

① 开头段

② 主体段1：首先，以环境问题为例。众所周知，环境目前日益严重恶化，个人和家庭是无法解决这一问题的。（In the first instance, consider the environmental issues. As is common sense, the deteriorating natural environment is so severe and complicated that the solution of such a problem is far beyond the reach of any individuals or families. ）中国的空气污染就足以说明问题，就算人们能够出门的时候戴口罩或者乘坐公共交通，还是无法解决日益严重的污染问题。（The serious air pollution in China is a good case in point. Despite the fact that people can take some actions such as wearing masks or taking the public transportation to relieve the haze occurring frequently in the major cities of China in some degree, the problem cannot be radically solved. ）所以需要政府出台相应的奖惩措施来治理环境污染这一重大问题。 （In this case, it is the government that can get rid of the fundamental cause by shutting down these plants and enacting laws or regulations to restrict their production, which can’t be achieved by any individuals.）

③ 主体段2：其次，教育问题。在中国很多偏远地区的适龄儿童因为贫困和教育资源不足而无法入学。（In the second instance, the same logic goes to the educational problems. As is known to all, many school-age children in rural and remote areas are not able to receive education in school due to the lack of educational resources.）在这种情况下，个人和家庭的力量是薄弱的，唯有政府才能解决这一问题，实现教育资源的优化配置。（When confronted with the issue mentioned above, what individuals or families can do is quite limited. Undoubtedly, only the government has the adequate financial resources and power to allocate educational resources to those places.）+举例：可以举一些中国希望工程等政府基金项目来佐证观点。

④ 结尾段：虽然个人和家庭的力量在解决一些重要问题的时候不容忽视，而且也越来越大，而在解决一些重大问题是，政府的角色还是无法取代的。（Although the ability of individual or families is becoming stronger and greater than before, the help from government is of great necessity in the course of solving significant problems, especially those in the areas of education and environment）

 

4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Sometimes people think that nowadays the media (TV, newspapers, and the Internet) are less concerned about the accuracy of news than in the past, and the incorrect information may cause more problems than it brings benefits to the public.

以下给出一个参考思路：disagree

① 开头段：The media dominate the way people get informed. However, not all people believe what they see, read or hear from the media. As a matter of fact, many people question the credibility of media coverage, and the skepticism, which is justifiable, particularly prevails today. In fairness, inaccurate information is however not necessarily as deleterious as is thought. 

② 主体段1：First, not to demonize the media, journalists may not tamper with information but omit the step of fact check before they publish a story. Since news is time-sensitive, particularly in this age when people can hardly long maintain their interest in a matter, the media must rush before their headlines are late, and they can hardly be meticulous in a hurry. Although those mistakes are honest, they are still attributed to a lack of concern about the truth. By contrast, in the past decades, when audience would wait patiently, reporters were able to write with precision of details and they did.

③ 主体段2：Although it is unfair to deny the integrity of all the media, it is fair to maintain some doubt, as there must be media crews that are insincere. Admittedly, a newspaper or a TV station, as a business, needs to make sales to survive; however, nowadays, some media are too profit-driven to emphasize the truthfulness of their coverage. The worst case is that some journalists, seeing their job as a lucrative career rather than an honest profession, fabricate stories that sell and are only glad to see that circulation or viewership increases and that the business rakes in money. This situation was less likely among past generations of journalists, who understood what true journalism is. The media used to have the integrity and would never bend their work ethics—informing people of but only the truth — even though they would lose financial gains.

④ 让步段：In terms of the effects, inaccurate information is indeed misleading, and if it is mis information, it betrays the public. However, under some circumstances, accuracy is counterproductive, and the media purposefully alter information, under the administration’s instructions, to stabilize a society. For example, the media may selectively report details of natural disasters in order to curtail the spread of negative emotions, which do not help.

⑤ 结尾段：In conclusion, nowadays, the media, including TV, newspapers, and the Internet, care less about the accuracy of news than in the past. They either make honest mistakes or lie. However, it is unfair to see only the downside.

 

5. Some people think that some lessons for young children (age 4-8) which include video games can serve as effective and interesting ways of learning, while others think that these lessons are quite distracting and can be seen as a waste of time. What is your opinion and why?

以下给出一个参考思路：A waste of time

① 开头段：Our age witnesses that the video game has undergone a tremendous change from a sign of wealth to a life necessity. Reportedly, most young children aged from four to eight spend a quite long time learning lessons which include video games. This phenomenon triggers a heated debate. Some people think that video games serve as effective and interesting ways of learning, while others think that these lessons are quite distracting. From my perspective, these lessons can be seen as a waste of time. I will elaborate my viewpoint in the following paragraphs.

② 主体段1：Firstly, it is impossible for young children to fully concentrate on the lessons which include video games. This is because these lessons usually demand a relatively quiet place and preoccupation from young children. Conversely, if young children learn lessons through video games, his or her attention is being torn apart（被分散） and the efficiency of learning must be affected. A good case in point is that when I was young, if I want to learn something, I have to devote all of my attention on it and cannot afford any sight disturbance（视觉干扰）. However, once I play video game, I only notice the animation（动画） in it and totally forget what I have to learn.

③ 主体段2：Besides, these lessons which include video games are likely to do harm to young children’s health. In an important growth stage of young children, playing video games for a long time is unfavorable to（对...不利）their development of organs and physical systems. Worse, it may pose an adverse effect on normal development, especially eyesight. More and more young people become shortsighted at a relatively young age which is a deeply regretful fact. This phenomenon ascribes to the extensive use of eyes by watching video games.

④ 让步段：Admittedly, these lessons including video game can be very attractive to young children and can stimulate their interest in learning. However, we cannot afford to lose young children’s physical development which is the priority compared to learning knowledge.

⑤ 结尾段：To put in the nutshell（总之）, young children are supposed to be preoccupied with their lessons without being disturbed by other distractions such as video games which can be a good way to release anxiety.

 

6. Which one is the most important factor that affects the lasting time of friendship?

- help each other in a crisis

- have similar interests or views on important topics

- trust each other completely 

以下给出一个参考思路：选择have similar interests or views on important topics

① 开头段

② 主体段1：有共同兴趣爱能好有助于友谊的建立，并且产生很多共同经历(common interests help build friendship and create many shared experiences.)。人们往往会因为相似的爱好而产生关联，互相认识接触并了解彼此(It is very likely that people get related and gradually know each other through similar hobbies)。在成为朋友之后，我们的工作和生活的方方面面会因为共同兴趣而有更多的接触机会，从而更进一步的巩固友谊，不断地发展下去(common interests promote more contacts occur in many aspects of our life and work, thus developing and consolidating friendship)。比如，爱好旅行的人可以结伴出游。同样热爱体育竞技，比如篮球、足球等，的人，可以经常一起看比赛，和做运动。同样喜爱阅读的人，甚至喜欢同样的作家的人，会经常在一起去交流沟通，讨论作品。事业与学习上有共同兴趣的人，往往能够互相合作促进，抒发自己的想法。所有的这一切都是对友谊点滴的积累，使之更长久(All of this is an accumulation of little bits of friendship, making it last longer)。

③ 主体段2：对待事情和话题的一致观点能使朋友间相处更加和谐稳定(A consensus of views on issues and topics can make friends more harmonious and stable.)。观念与态度相似的人往往不会产生矛盾冲突(It is known that conflicts rarely appear among people who have same views and attitudes, not to mention they have been friends)。并且，即便偶尔产生矛盾，相同的观念也有助于朋友间互相理解，更好的解决问题(Even there are occasional conflicts, similar views help friends understand each other and solve the problem.)。举例说明。

④ 让步段：诚然，在危机中帮助彼此，雪中送炭(providing timely help)，也能够加固友情，但是重大危机只是小概率事件(but great crises are merely rare events)，任何的感情都是从日常生活的点点滴滴积累而成(Any feelings are accumulated from the daily life.)。有些朋友一生都没有共同经历风浪，但依然能做一辈子的朋友，因为他们在一起很有趣。此外，完全信任不是友谊长久的先决条件，因为没有人会从认识之初就完全信任对方(Complete trust is not a prerequisite for lasting friendship, for trust have not come into being from the very moment they know each other.)。事实上信任是友谊在时间的长期积淀后，逐渐形成的。何况，如果朋友间没有观念的相同，很容易对对方产生质疑，怎么可能会有很好的信任呢。

⑤ 结尾段

 

7. When you are going to be a college student, would you like to participate in an introductory program, like pre-orientation before registration or meet regularly with a student who is in the same field and has been in this university for several years?

以下给出一个参考思路：participate in an introductory program

① 开头段

② 主体段1：深度了解学校，以便以后更好地学习。（Get a head start on your college and learn more about college itself）。一般学生对于学校的了解仅仅是停留在学校的名字上和一些网站上，（rest on the university’s name and its websites ）但是在这些pre-orientation的活动中，学生们可以对学校有一个全新的认识。比如：在露营的时候，学生们就可以和学长们深入交流（deep conversations），学长会帮助你回答所有关于学校的问题：如何选课？多久去参加一次聚会？在课堂上遇到困难时，该怎么办？（older students at your school are there to help answer all the questions you have about college. How do you decide which classes to take? How often do you need to go to parties? What do you do when you’re struggling in a class?）因此，introductory program可以让学生充分了解自己的学校，为学习做准备。

③ 主体段2：可以让新生们结实第一批朋友，让自己的生活变得更加地丰富多彩。（Meet your first friends and make your life more colorful）。Pre-orientation为来自不同地区、学习不同专业的学生们提供交友机会，他们在pre-orientation结交的朋友，很有可能在日后会成为他们的终身益友（Pre-orientation provides students with the opportunity to make friends with each other no matter where they come from and which major they will be aimed at and the friends they acquaint themselves with even have the potential to be lifelong friends）。+亦可举例论证。

④ 让步段：虽然和相同领域的学长定期见面有一些好处，比如他可以在我们专业领域给出极具价值的学习指导。（We cannot deny that meeting regularly with a student who is in the same field and has been in this university for several years has advantages, for example he can list out all the valuable studying instructions concerned with our major courses .）但是，我们可以通过introductory program，了解到很多专业之外的事情，让我们更快地适应学校的学习和当地的生活。

⑤ 结尾段

 

8. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Competition among friends can have negative effects on friendships.

以下给出一个参考思路：disagree

① 开头段

② 主体段1：Firstly, there is nothing wrong with healthy competition between friends. 朋友间的良性竞争并不是件坏事。一般来说, 积极的竞争（positive competition）对人们很多有好处：激励你更努力地工作，积极奋斗（motivating you to work harder and strive for more）。正如孔子所言:“三人行，必有我师焉。”（Friends are more beneficial who are better than you, one way or another）

③ 主体段2：Furthermore, friends strengthen their bonds through competition. 竞争可以加固友谊。诚然，朋友间会彼此竞争，但也会彼此帮助击败其他竞争对手（friends also help each other to beat other competitors），这样会使友谊更加坚固。可举身边朋友的例子或者是运动员之间互相帮助的例子：跳水运动员等

④ 让步段：Trying to be better than your friends at everything might not be so healthy, though.比如：夹杂着愤怒和嫉妒的竞争会使友谊受到重创（a friendship could be severely damaged by competition, invariably mixed with rage and/or jealousy），而有时这些情绪又难以消化（too overwhelming to be swallowed）。若想保住友谊，保持良性竞争就非常重要and避免恶性竞争（unhealthy completion）。The right thing to do, then, is to keep competition positive, if possible at all.

⑤ 结尾段

 

9. Do you agree or disagree with the statement:

Nowadays it is not important for people to have regularly family meals together.

以下给出一个参考思路：disagree

① 开头段：In the 21st century, there has been dramatic improvement（巨大的进步） in diverse（不同的） aspects of people’s lives. However, people are becoming increasingly busy（越来越忙） and sometimes are overwhelmed by endless work or study（被无休止的工作和学习所淹没）. As a result, less time is devoted into（被花费在……） families and people no longer have meals regularly with family members. In my opinion, this is totally mistaken and it is significant for people to eat with family members regularly despite of the change of time. My reasons are as follows.

② 主体段1：To begin with, having regular meals with children can promote family relationship（促进家庭关系）. Due to people’s busy daily schedules, parents and children tend to have less conversation nowadays. Children spend most of their time learning in school and playing with peers; adults are occupied with（忙于做某事） their work and socializing with（与某人社交） colleagues. Therefore, parents are inclined to ignore problems occurring in the family, and then there will be a barrier between parents and children. 对比论证：In contrast, if having regular meals with children, parents can discover the problems that their children struggle with. They can provide guidance or inspire children to find out solution by giving them some nice tips. In this way, children can feel the care and love from parents and parents can know about children’s thoughts. It brings mutual benefits.

③ 主体段2：In addition, for couples, having regular meals can strengthen partners’ relationship.(促进伴侣的感情) Common sense（常识） tells us that as time goes by, passion between lovers decreases. The lack of communication can also result in marriage problems or even serious crises.对比论证： However, by spending some quality time with our beloved companion（伴侣） at meal table we can listen and understand each other better. Ensuring at least one meal with our partners a day shows one’s care and how much we value the other person in spite of the busy schedule. Willing to make time for someone is a great way to demonstrate love.

④ 结尾段：All in all, considering the essential role that regular eating with families plays on children, companion, I insist that it is still of great importance for people to eat with families regularly nowadays.

 

10. Which do you think is the best way for a student to make friends: joining a sports team, volunteering, or traveling?

Use specific examples to support your answer.

以下给出一个参考思路：joining a sports team

① 开头段：It is commonly believed that making friends is an essential part of people's normal social life. This is especially true for students, whose personalities have not been fully developed, and friends will surely help mold their character and share their growing pains as well as happiness. So which way, among joining a sports team, volunteering in community activities and traveling, is the best for students to make friends? My choice is joining a sports team. My reasons and examples are given below.

② 主体段1：In the first place, joining a sports team is definitely a great opportunity for students to meet their peers. Even though students spend most of their time at school, surrounded by their peers, actually, in most cases, a student can only know a few classmates well. Joining a sports team, however, enables students to see many other students outside their classroom. Take me for an example, on the badminton team of my school, I met my partner whom I had barely talked to before. We often played together and enjoyed ourselves so much that we finally became good friends.

③ 主体段2：Further, on a sports team, students collaborate with each other, which can bring them a sense of unity, and close friendship naturally develops. For example, boys on a basketball team will spend a lot of time practicing together. After many tough games, the boys on the team will be able to understand each other only by action. They share the same goal and same interests; they laugh and cry together. Their friendship is so strong that can last for the whole lifetime.

④ 让步段：Admittedly, volunteering in community activities and traveling are quite good ways of making new friends as well. However, I believe that playing sports on a team is an even better way. When volunteering or traveling, students meet with new people, too. Nevertheless, the people who they meet with are usually from a completely different background from them, so the chances are that it is hard for them to find common interests, let alone make friends with them.

⑤ 结尾段：Based on all these arguments, joining a sports team is arguably the best way for students to make friends. I hope that more and more students go out of their houses and a good time playing sports with their friends.

 

11. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

It is a waste of money for government to fund space travel or space exploration.

以下给出一个参考思路：disagree

① 开头段

② 主体段1：不可否认，投资发展太空旅游和太空探索有许多好处，诸如能够为我们寻找新能源。（Admittedly, there are certain benefits of investing money in space exploration, such as developing new energy source for human beings.）举例：因为人口数量激增导致地球上的资源逐渐匮乏，比如一些不可再生资源（non-renewable resources）如煤炭，石油天然气等。所以这个时候我们更应该多投资在太空探索上，为我们找到新能源（new energy sources）。

③ 主体段2：投资太空探索有助于科技的进步，最终给普通市民带来好处（Investing in space travel and space exploration is beneficial to the development of technology，which is good for human beings.）因为对于高科技研究的投资将会从整体上提升科技的水平，这样科技水平提高了，也可以改善人们的生活，从而促进人民的生活质量，给普通市民带来好处。举例：比如刚开始大量投入资金研究飞机目的是为了军用，而现在民用飞机也成为了人们出国旅行所使用的主要交通工具。对于核能源的研究目的是也是为了军事，而最终核能发电也是普通百姓的用电带来了很大保障，且替代了一部分煤炭的使用也是的环境恶化有所遏制。因此可以看出对于太空探索研究的投入也必然会给我们普通市民带来好处。

④ 让步段：虽然政府应该把钱投入到发展教育和经济这样的问题上，但是投资在太空探索上的好处也是不能被否认的。（Although governmental investment should be devoted to solving issues such as education and economy，the benefits of investing in space travel and space exploration can never be denied.）

⑤ 结尾段

 

12. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In the past, people were more friendly than they are today.

以下给出一个参考思路：agree

① 开头段

② 主体段1：社会经济不断发展，人们的生活节奏很快很忙碌，疏于与人有好地沟通交流。With the constantly rapid development of social economy, life rhythm, especially in urban area, is fast, depriving the interpersonal communication among individuals. 许多人因此在日常生活中抱怨生活的冷漠。Cold is the feeling that many people are experiencing and complaining about in daily life.

③ 主体段2：电子设备的不断发展，手机电脑等设备占据着人们的大量时间，即便是闲暇时间。游戏和娱乐应用软件是年轻人沉迷，腐蚀着年轻人的生活，使得他们对现实周围非常的漠不关心，更不要说对他人友好。Using electronic devices, such as smart phones and computers, takes over considerable amount of time, even leisure time. Games and entertainment applications addict young people, corroding their life and making them indifferent to real surroundings, let along to show friendliness to others.

④ 主体段3：过去几十年，由于特殊政策（single-child policy），使得几代人中国人(several generations in China)都是独生子女。他们的生长环境(growth environment and conditions)使他们以自我为中心(self-centered)，只关注自己的想法和利益，使得老一辈人感受到了年轻人的自私和冷漠。

 ⑤ 结尾段

 

13. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Playing sports teaches people important lessons about life.

以下给出一个参考思路：agree

① 开头段：Nowadays, many parents tend to encourage their children to take part in some sports training or to join their friends with some ball games because sports not only bring their children stronger bodies（强健的体魄） but also teach valuable life lessons. Quite a few individuals who are passionate about sports and physical exercise also admit that they always draw their inspiration（获得启发，获得鼓舞） from playing sports. People, from my perspective, can definitely learn useful principles about life （有用的生活信念与原则）from sports.

② 主体段1：坚持不懈的品质。Playing sports teaches people a precious quality, perseverance(坚持不懈，不屈不挠). 解释：我们在运动中会面对很多的很困难（face various tough situations），而在运动赛事中，最基本的规则之一就是坚持到底(one of the most basic rules is to carry on to the end)。不到终点，没人知道谁会赢家(no one knows who will win until the end)，并且不论输赢，坚持到底就是战胜自己内心的恐惧(and no matter win or lose, to hold on straight to the end proves the ability to overcome the fear in heart)。同理(in the same way)，在生活中遇到困难的时候，从体育活动中学会的这种坚持的精神(such spirit of perseverance learned from sports)能帮助人们坚持下去。举例说明。

③ 主体段2：谦虚稳重的性格培养。Modesty is also a valuable character that can be cultivated from sports. 解释：体育活动中，失败往往不一定是由于能力不足造成的(Failure tend not to be the result of lack of ability)。而是由于骄傲自满，轻敌的心理造成的(Instead, it is sometimes the result of arrogance and underestimating enemies)。同样的，生活中，谦逊使人更容易取得成功。比如：有经验的运动员(experienced athletes)会因为他们的轻敌(treat others lightly)在大型比赛像奥林匹克(Olympic Games)这样的赛事中遭遇失败(suffer failures)，遗憾地与奖牌失之交臂(brush against gold medals regretfully)。

④ 主体段3：团队合作。Playing sports teaches people how to work as a team。解释：大部分的体育赛事(most sports events)需要完美地配合(cooperation excellently)去赢得比赛。积极参与这些体育活动(Taking an active part in these sports)，毫无疑问会懂得如何与他人合作与相处(one can undoubtedly learn how to cooperate and get alone with others)。这种合作能力在我们的工作生活中非常重要(this ability of cooperation plays an important role in work and life)。举例：在工作中，我们需要合作（cooperation）来帮助我们更有效率地完成一件工作(work is done in a more efficient way)。在学习上，互相合作帮助我们分别提升自己的成绩(improve our performance on study)，并培养了良好的同学关系(establish a close bond among students)。

⑤ 结尾段

 

14. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is difficult for teachers to be both popular (students like them) and effective to help students learning.

以下给出一个参考思路：disagree

① 开头段：At first glance，being popular contradicts with the effectiveness of teaching.因为老师们想要popular among students，往往都不会太严格（strict）。It is understandable that a student tend to keep teachers at arm’s length（跟老师保持距离）if their teacher keeps a poker face all day long and sets strict rules in class.所以反过来说如果老师为了please students at the expense of being serious，那么the boundary between students and the teacher may be  blurred.因此no wonder会有人质疑（suspect）学生一旦跟老师熟悉起来，那么他们上课时可能就不会把老师的要求当回事儿（take… seriously）这自然就会影响老师的正常教学也会影响学生的学习质量。However, when we take a closer look at this issue, 会发现想要同时做到popular和effectively conduct class并不是那么困难。

② 主体段1：首先，老师们在设计自己的课堂的时候要充分结合学生的兴趣，将看似枯燥的学术知识（academic knowledge）用新颖（novel）有趣的方式表现出来。比如通过视频技术来给学生演示细胞发育成生命体的过程；让学生动手设计实验，自己去验证自己的想法，在讲解比较枯燥的数学公式时，题目的难度要设计的有针对性，不能一下子就难住学生而导致学生太挫败（frustrated），这样能让学生感受到学习的乐趣，老师也自然能在gain popularity的同时有效地进行了教学。

③ 主体段2：合理的课堂管理规则也可以让老师同时实现这两个目标。让学生多参与就是一种非常好的方法。比如老师在第一次上课时就让学生一起讨论并制定课堂好规则，跟学生确定好惩罚与奖励措施，并且可以给学生权利来自我管理。这样学生一方面能够感受到自己被尊重被重视，所以自然就会对老师更加尊敬，另外老师的课堂目标也能很容易地实现。

④ 结尾段

 

15. 一个教授被学生评为最受欢迎教授，另一个教授刚获得研究领域奖项。他们同教一门课，你会选择哪一个教授？

以下给出一个参考思路：刚获得研究领域奖项的教授

① 开头段

② 主体段1：选择这个教授的课程，可以更高效地获取最前沿的专业知识（acquire the latest knowledge more directly and efficiently）。解释：因为能够获得研究领域的奖项，说明这位教授精通这一领域，有着非常专业的知识 (the professor is adept at this field and equipped with a wider range of knowledge and expertise )。因此，上他的课程我们能在最短的时间内接触到最新的技术和专业知识 (we have greater exposure to the-of-the-art technology and professional knowledge when participating in the class)。举例论证

③ 主体段2：选择这个教授的课程，会对我们未来的求学或者职业生涯有直接的帮助(lay a solid foundation in the post-graduation or future careers)。解释：因为这位教授能够获得研究领域的奖项，说明他在这个领域具有一定的知名度，也会受到同行的认可(gain in popularity and sympathy from his peers in this field )，他的建议和想法非常地有权威性(some suggestions and ideas that are advanced by him tend to be authoritative)。因此，在上课的过程中，我们可以和教授建立起紧密的联系(we can build and cement a closer relationship with him through the process of studying together)，从而可以在我们升学前或是步入职场前，给我们写一些推荐信(so that getting a recommendation letter from him before entering into the job market or applying for a higher degree)，这将能够提升我们在求学和求职时的成功率。举例论证

④ 让步段：不得不承认，选择受欢迎老师的课程，会让我们拥有一个轻松愉快的学习氛围。但是，课堂氛围太过轻松会降低学习效率；此外，受欢迎的老师可能只是性格上比较好，但专业度并不一定是最好的，如果想学习更专业的知识，最好的选择还是去听专业领域获过讲的老师的课。

⑤ 结尾段

 

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