4 藝術的多種形式對人的幫助以及對生活的反映
段落大意：藝術具有多種多樣的形式，生活和藝術密切相關，藝術反映生活、反映社會。
Art is a thoughtful and emotional expression. It has many forms, such as painting, sculpture, architecture and calligraphy. Rousseau proposes, “Instead of thinking of life as something to which signs and texts are added to represent it, we should conceive of itself as suffused with signs.”For these purposes, the signs which Rousseau identified are works of art. This statement speaks to the inseparable quality of life and art. Since life and art are connected, they invariably affect one another.
5 藝術是人對生活感想的體現
段落大意：藝術是人對生活感想的表達；對藝術和科學的學習同樣重要。
Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from one's response to life. It improves our existence by enhancing, changing and perpetuating our cultural composition. “The great artist knows how to impose their particular illusion on the rest of mankind,”proclaimed Guy de Maupassant. The knowledge in art, literature, and history may be as important and necessary as the knowledge in other subjects in science and engineering, and may be a must for a future scientist or engineer to be more creative and imaginative.
6 藝術積極的社會作用
段落大意：藝術是社會生活的反映，可以提高人們的誌氣，團結社會，提高凝聚力。
Art improves our lives by directly and indirectly lifting the morale of individuals, creating unity and social solidarity. Art creates awareness of social issues. Art may express and reflect the religious, political, and economical aspects of cultures. Art echoes the natural world. It gives order to the world and intensity to human life. Art is a means of communion as well as communication. It provides pleasurable experiences along with cerebral wealth. Art also helps us to express our sentimental contemplation. It can beautify surprise, inspire, stimulate imagination, inform, tell stories, and record history. As someone once said, “Art is life.”
107 Some people believe that a college or university education should be available to all students. Others believe that higher education should be available only to good students. Discuss these views. Which view do you agree with? Explain why.
接受高等教育的機會是否應該對所有的學生開放？還是隻提供給優秀的學生？你同意哪種觀點？請解釋原因。
1 對社會而言，教育是降低貧窮、促進發展的動力
段落大意：教育能降低貧困率，為可持續發展做好鋪墊。
Education has become one of the most powerful weapons known for reducing poverty and inequality in modern society. It is also used for laying the foundation for a sustainable growth and development of any nation.
段落大意：教育是社會進步的動力和源泉。
Education is one of the most important tools that the society possesses. The right implementation of this tool is one of the greatest ways of assuring the quality of life within a society. At its most basic definition, education is nothing more than the teaching of ideas. The early stages of schooling instill more attitudes and social skills than knowledge. As the age and skill level of the student increases, more education is based upon the interest of the student.
2 教育對人類有著啟蒙和塑造作用
段落大意：教育塑造人類文明，從根本上解決一切經濟問題。
Education is one of the most powerful instruments in shaping the human race. Education is the only answer to all our socio-economic problems. Several global organizations and nations have been emphasizing the need for the universalisation of primary education. The Economics Nobel laureate of 1998, Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen has also pointed out that for sustainable development, even the poorest of the poor should be provided with proper education. Accordingly, steps have to be taken to bring primary education to the doorsteps of the rural people, since they are less likely to gain necessary education in these areas.
3 教育可以使個人得到提高和進步
段落大意：教育是人類用來武裝自己，賦予自己知識、技能、良好習慣的重要手段。
Education has essentially been a social process in capacity building and maintenance of society since the creation of human beings. To cope with the changing realities and uncertainties of human life, education has been a weapon equipping people to acquire relevant knowledge, skills and habits of surviving in the modern world. There was an International Conference in Paris with the theme of “The World Crisis in Education”. This triggered off the process of developing the World Declaration on Education for All. It was spread over several months and all over the world. Four agencies including the World Bank, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Development Programme and the United National Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization （UNESCO）came together to sponsor the World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien, Thailand in March, 1990.
4 科技發達的時代需要教育的啟蒙和指導
段落大意：信息化時代的來臨，需要教育培養出一代高素質的、能夠跟得上科技進步的人才。
With the proceeding of globalization, the interaction between information and technology has increased. This interaction has forced the nations to review their educational processes and adapt them to the new age. This change has invalidated the slow approaches that used to put students under the burden of an enormous amount of knowledge, and has turned to the methods that modernize the ways to gain information, because information has started to penetrate into people's daily lives and expand its interaction zone. This change that is shaping the modern education leads us to see education from new perspectives, and to configure our knowledge according to these perspectives.
134 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should be required to help with household tasks as soon as they are able to do so. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
你是否認同孩子在有能力時應該幫忙做家務這個觀點？
1 家長應該培養孩子的各種技能
段落大意：家長們過多關注孩子們的成績，卻忽視了能帶給孩子更多益處的其他技能。
The problem is that we as parents are only educating our children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but we are not teaching them the fundamental skills they need to be confident, happy and smart, which can be mastered by cooking, sewing and doing other household chores.
2 家長和社會隻關注成績會對孩子造成傷害
段落大意：從長遠來看,僅僅關注孩子的學習成績,會對孩子的發展產生製約和傷害，家長們應該看到不同技能對孩子發展的積極影響。
In this world of multiple-choice tests, children's skills are developed unevenly, hampering them from developing their full potential. By focusing only on studying, parents lose sight of the fact that study is only one aspect of education and development. Worse still, by judging the children by his or her test scores, parents make them insecure. Parents should focus on developing all of their children's skills and increasing their self-esteem.
3 烹飪的作用
段落大意：烹飪能教給孩子們耐心和時間觀念。
Teaching your children to cook will improve many of the skills that he or she will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and timing. It is also an enjoyable and unique experience. In the end, he or she can actually see the final product —a well cooked dinner —and that will boost their self-confidence.
4 縫紉的作用
段落大意：縫紉可以培養孩子的靈敏度和靈活性。
Teaching your child seemingly simple activities like sewing will improve hand dexterity and agility. Scientists have proved that using hands to perform difficult tasks increases intelligence.
5 機械拆卸的好處
段落大意：允許孩子拆卸機器會培養孩子的好奇心和分析能力。
Giving your children old machines, such as a broken radio or television, to play with, makes them curious and also increases their analytical mind. A child who spends many hours looking at a broken radio and trying to fix it will probably become an engineer when older. These activities are not teaching the child to study, but rather preparing him or her to think.
184 Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of students. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
有些人喜歡自己一個人學習，有些人喜歡和一群人一起學習。你喜歡哪種？
1 競爭與合作促進社會和個人的進步
段落大意：競爭和合作是社會和個人進步的動力。
As an effective means of keeping balance between or among complicated social factors, competition could provide an indispensable system for social organizations at different levels to motivate their members and inspire them to make good performance. A sound interaction of competition and cooperation promotes each other, thus advancing the development of the whole society. As a matter of fact, it is in this way that our society has achieved today's prosperity.
2 一起學習對學生團隊意識的培養
段落大意：一起學習可以培養孩子的競爭意識和團隊精神。
Let's illustrate this with a football team. Everyone on the team works hard and strives to be the best player. He will use his own advantages to catch up with and surpass others. At the same time, everyone should cooperate with others and work together to win the game. A team good at individual skills but poor in team work can never win a game. While competition helps enhance individual abilities, cooperation helps bring individual abilities to full play, make up for each other's inadequacy and enhance the overall quality of the parties involved. Competition without cooperation may be good to only a few but harmful to society as a whole; cooperation without competition may bring about a peaceful life to all but destroy individual's initiative and eventually affect social development.
157 In the future, students may have the choice of studying at home by using technology such as computers or television or of studying at traditional schools. Which would you prefer? Use reasons and specific details to explain your choice.
在將來，學生可以選擇在家裏利用計算機或電視機學習，還可以在傳統的學校裏學習。你更傾向於哪種？
1 網絡的種種優點
段落大意：網絡具有知識性、實用性以及趣味性。
Firstly, students need to learn to use the Internet because it is an integral part of society, and because they can widen their knowledge through it. Secondly, the Internet is quite useful. Knowing how to make use of the Internet will help students get good jobs in the future. Thirdly, students can enjoy learning because life on-line is attractive.
2 學生可以利用傳統和現代結合的學習方法
段落大意：學生應該在學會基本技能的條件下有效利用網絡學習。
Educators today believe that every student should know how to use the Internet, but their enthusiasm is misguided. The Internet is indeed important and useful, but so are many other things. Students should master basic skills such as math and reading before turning to the Internet. Also, they must learn to cooperate with each other to solve problems, and prepare for their futures.
001 People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
人們上大學的目的有很多，比如為了獲得不同的經曆，為工作作準備，為了增長知識。你認為人們為什麼上大學？
1 大學對職業經驗的培養
段落大意：職業經驗對於大學生來說相當重要。
The first is career-related work experience in their field of study. This includes things such as cooperative education assignments, part-time jobs, summer employment, and practicum. Employers look for hands-on experience, and also look for classroom experience with a real-world work orientation, including case studies and simulations.
2 大學對職業技能的培養
段落大意：電腦操作等基本的職業技能也是雇主需要的，因此這也是教育的一個內容。
The second is abundant computer work. Automation and increased utilization of computer technologies are required for almost every job within business, education, and government agencies today.
3 大學對解決問題能力的培養
段落大意：大學可以增強解決問題的能力。
The third is problem-solving skills rather than memorization of coursework. For achieving results in the future management and leadership environments, college students must have clear thinking skills.
4 大學對學生團隊精神的培養
段落大意：增強理解他人的能力，學會團隊精神，是工作中不可缺少的素質。
The forth important quality that college students need today is an understanding of other people's aspects of the work situation. Examples include team-based assignments, group projects, and associate team evaluations. Employers want colleges and universities to create more projects and team environments so that students can learn project management skills and strengthen team-player competencies.
069 If you could study a subject that you have never had the opportunity to study, what would you choose? Explain your choice, using specific reasons and details.
如果你能學習一門你從來沒有機會去學的課程，你會選擇什麼？
1 交流課程對學生的重要意義
段落大意：要學習與人交流，了解自己。
Communicating courses are essential. College is about learning. It is not as simple as to learn whatever it is taught in your required classes. It is about learning how to listen, how to speak, and how to think. Learning who you are, who your friends are, how to trust your innermost feelings, and how to find those feelings in the first place. It is about learning what is really important to you, and learning what you really do not care about.
2 信用管理
段落大意：信用管理作為市場經濟的副產品，值得被我們重視和學習。
Since credit sale is the result of market competition, the enhancing of credit management has become crucial to enterprises. Strengthening the control over the company's credit risk and establishing credit management system are significant for developing the market economy. A firm should establish a scientific credit management system to change accout-receivable management, lower financial risk, and increase core competence. Therefore we as college students and potential laborers should adapt ourselves to the developing issue on credit management.
072 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Grades (marks)encourage students to learn. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
你同意考試分數鼓勵學生學習的觀點嗎？
1 標準化考試對三方造成危害
段落大意：標準化考試對老師、學生、學校三方都造成危害。
“Where is the standardized test that can measure passion for learning, respect for others, and human empathy?”These are the words of Tom McKenna, a disgruntled high school teacher from Portland, Oregon. Like many other educators and students across the nation, Tom is tired of the system. The educational system today is composed of a series of standardized tests. Standardized tests are bad for many reasons. They cause teachers to limit their curriculum, cause school districts to focus too heavily on raising test scores, and extract the passion for learning from students.