2 標準化考試對老師惰性的培養
段落大意：標準化考試使得很多教師隻為了考試而準備教學材料。
In many cases, teachers are encouraged to teach only material that will be seen on certain standardized tests. For this reason, teachers are forced to extract superfluous material from the course. Instead, teachers focus only on specific items from the test. Students are encouraged to memorize isolated facts and regurgitate short responses. In an article published by the Fair Test organization, this method is called “teaching the test”. Teaching the test seems to be conducive to improving test-taking skills, but real academic progression is not always represented.
3 標準化考試對孩子自信心的傷害
段落大意：標準化考試會挫傷孩子的自信心。
Standardized tests are used all over the country as a means to measure students' academic performance. Often students become frustrated upon taking these tests and in turn could not perform at their optimal level. Research has shown that standardized tests cannot fully represent a student's intelligence or achievement.
4 標準化考試有內在的不公平性
段落大意：標準化考試對鑒定一個人的能力有著不公平、不精確的弊端。
Standardized testing is an unfair and inaccurate form of judging a person's intellect. In many cases, people are either over- or under-represented by their test scores, partly because America does not currently have the capabilities of fairly scoring the increasing number of tests.
125 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? All students should be required to study art and music in secondary school. Use specific reasons to support your answer.
你同意中學生必須學習藝術和音樂的觀點嗎？
1 音樂是生命中不可缺少的部分
段落大意：音樂是很多人生活的重心，沒有音樂，這個世界將會變得枯燥無味。
Music is central to your life. Without music, the world would be cold and dull. Music can set the rhythm for a long day of work and the mood for a date, a party or even your whole life. It can wrap you in a blanket when you are down. Music is a vehicle for expressing love, telling a story, or showing happiness.
2 音樂可以表達情緒
段落大意：音樂是一個人表達情緒的重要方式。人們的各種情緒，如快樂、悲傷，都可以用音樂來表達。
Music is a style of expression. You can either express the way you feel or get out of that trap, or you can just drown in your problems playing sorrow blues. All my life have worked with music and I realize that music is a difficult but beautiful thing that people should take more time to appreciate. And in life there's nothing I can relate to more than music. Some doctors and lawyers can't help me but music can.
3 學校不提供音樂教育無益於學生價值觀的培養
段落大意：學校不提供藝術課程是錯誤的。藝術，例如音樂，是人們交流的一種方式，會影響到孩子們價值觀的塑造。
There are schools attempting to eliminate teaching musical arts to our children. The board of education claims they must provide education by concentrating on the basic academic courses, but what they don't realize is that music is a major part of basic education. We must not allow them to pull the teaching of music out of our school curriculums because music is an essential form of communication. Our children do not have to be fluent in the arts to receive the value of broad exposure to the different musical dialogues. Deprivation of a very valuable part of education occurs if we do not teach them to appreciate a wide variety of music. Metaphorically speaking, we often associate the terms language and grammar with the term music. This association leads us to believe that music is a form of language.
4 人們的日常生活離不開音樂
段落大意：音樂是一個人生活的重要組成部分。人們在做很多事情的時候，都會聆聽音樂。
Music education is no doubt a necessity to students today. Music plays a major role in everyone's daily life. Music is listened to while driving a car, eating in restaurants, relaxing at home, and even when on hold to a company's overloaded phone system. Music is everywhere, and it should be one of the main subjects to be studied in our public school systems. Public schools need to understand that the funding and continued the study of music is just as important as the funding for math or science to produce a well rounded graduate.
076 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should begin learning a foreign language as soon as they start school. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
學生一上學就該學習一門外語。你是否同意？
1 學習外語便於交流
段落大意：學習外語是為了交流的需要。老師們會采取多種教學方法來教授外語。
Second language acquisition is when a child or adult has already become competent at a language and then attempts to learn another. The goal of learning language is for communication and exchanging message. Normally, teacher does not use one single method, although he/she may have a leading method towards certain aspects. He/she may use a combination of methods, in order to achieve the goal successfully.
2 學習外語的必要性
段落大意：學習外語的必要性：文化交流。
Is a second language a necessity in our world today? Should parents push for their child to learn two languages in elementary school? If we live in multicultural neighborhoods, trade with the global marketplace, and want to use all technology resources available, it is necessary to know two languages. Multilingual people and communities seem to have an advantage over monolingual people.
3 孩子在小的時候學習外語更為有效
段落大意：一些研究證明，孩子在小的時候學習外語更加有效。
The ultimate goal in many classrooms is to communicate in meaningful and appropriate ways. In the United States, students get the opportunity to learn a second language in high school, yet it has been proven that children learn better when they are young. Some schools are taking this opportunity to teach a foreign language to elementary students.
4 孩子較強的接受能力對學習外語有幫助
段落大意：孩子的接受能力更強、更快；越年輕，越容易接受外語。
Children at the age of starting school can learn many new things. They can absorb much new knowledge. The younger they are, the easier they can learn how to pronounce like a native speaker. If we can arrange some suitable courses for children to learn a foreign language as soon as they start school, there will be more advantages for their learning and their future development.
5 學生有更多練習外語的機會
段落大意：孩子會有更多練習外語的機會，通過看電影、聽歌、旅行等方式都可以幫助孩子提高外語水平。
No doubt, an early start means more time for practice. Children can improve their listening ability from foreign movies, songs, or trips. They might not be able to understand the whole conversation, but they will hear the word they have learned and know how to pronounce them correctly. I have read a book about bringing up a child where parents speak two languages, finding that there is no problem for a child to learn two languages at the same time.
130 Some young children spend a great amount of their time participating in sports. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
一些孩子在體育運動上花費太多時間。請討論這樣做的好處和壞處。
011 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Universities should give the same amount of money to their students' sports activities as they give to their university libraries. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
你認為對於學生體育運動和圖書館，大學是否應該給予相同數量的資金？
1 體育對人們的生活有著多種作用
段落大意：體育的正麵作用包括娛樂、提高社交能力、塑造性格等。
Sports provide many opportunities for our youth today. In fact, the British use sports in educational institutions to develop socialization, social control and character on their youth. Sports also provide an obvious form of entertainment in many societies as well. Many role models, heroes, and idols can originate from sports. It also provides a means of recreation for youth to participate in and spend some free time on something constructive.
2 體育的各種社會作用
段落大意：體育對人們的生活、消費、娛樂有很重要的作用，同時也教會人們很多東西。
Sport is defined as an athletic activity requiring skillful or physical prowess, and often shows a competitive nature. Since the creation of man, sports have played a huge part in the way people live their lives. Whether it is gym class in elementary school, varsity basketball in high school, or even professional baseball as a career, sports have an influential role in our everyday lives. Children are taught at a young age to love sports and that they are a necessary part of life. Why is it essential that children be placed in sporting activities? Besides the joy of participating in the sport itself, there are several valuable lessons learned by young athletes through the involvement of sports that make them well rounded.
3 體育運動對於學生的培養
段落大意：現在有很多大學生運動健兒，證明了學校教授體育的好處。
There are many good athletes in professional sports today. There are many good athletes in college sports also. Some of the biggest names in sports are Mark McGwire, Steve Young, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, and so on. To make it into professional sports，you need more than just talent. You need opportunity. College scholarships not only give athletes the opportunity to reach the professional ranks, but also give the chance for many players to earn a degree in higher education. Many people dream of being a professional athlete. Some people make it a reality, but how? There is always a process to reach certain goals. When people think of the process on how to achieve a professional sporting status, people think of doing well in high school first, then earning a college scholarship to give them an edge.
4 學生參加體育運動可以鍛煉體能和心智
段落大意：年輕人參與體育活動會在身體和心智方麵得到鍛煉。
Sports programs provide our youth with positive development both physically and mentally. A positive approach should be used to help develop athletic skills and teach kids lessons in life. Today sports have proven to be a healthy outlet for students, in dealing with stress in the classroom, at home and among their peers.
014 Some people believe that university students should be required to attend classes. Others believe that going to classes should be optional for students. Which point of view do you agree with? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer.
一些人認為應該要求大學生去聽課，另一些人則認為學生有權選擇是否去聽課。你同意哪種觀點？
1 自主選擇使得教育風氣敗壞
段落大意：在很多大學，學生自主選擇是否去上課的製度越來越受歡迎，但是這種製度卻被證明是教育墮落的原因。
Optional attendance to classes at universities has been an increasingly popular way for students to study for several years in quite a few countries. However, it has not yet had its intended results as it had been hoped. In fact, today, this system seems to be one of the reasons for the corruption of university education. In my opinion, compulsory attendance is better than having no requirement for attendance to all the lessons on-campus.
2 自主選擇上課的弊端
段落大意：自主選擇上課會造成經濟資源浪費、成績下降等後果。
There are many negative situations caused by the free-attendance system. The most harmful one is the economic waste for both universities and students. Many students who do not attend classes regularly are likely to suffer decreased performance on their exams and therefore waste their time in college. Not only are the university fees wasted, but also the money for accommodations and other spending.
3 強製上課對學生的好處
段落大意：雖然學生可以自主安排時間，但是對於大多數年輕學生來說，強製上課的製度和紀律是有好處的。
There are two points of view to this question. One side will say that university students are adults and should be able to manage their time as they see fit. This point of view says that sometimes, in today's busy world, people need flexibility to manage their lives. For example, many single parents who are trying to earn their college degrees will sometimes need to skip a class because of the demands of their other responsibilities. However, I believe that the great majority of college students are young and single, and have few responsibilities, and that they need the discipline and structure of a system that requires attendance. Young people who have just gone off to college are notorious for the excesses to which they enjoy their freedom.
023 In some countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good idea? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.
在一些國家，青少年邊上學邊打工。你對這種現象看法如何？
1 工作有助於培養責任感
段落大意：學生工作會增強他們的責任感。例如按時上班、對待顧客要有良好的態度等。
When teenagers have jobs while they are students, they can learn how to be responsible. As an employee, you must follow a weekly schedule. This means that you have to come to work on time. If you are scheduled to begin work at 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning, you have to be there at 8 a.m. It doesn't matter if you went to a party the night before and do not want to get up. You have to get up. Your boss is relying on you to do your job. As an employee, you also learn that you must serve the customer in a friendly manner. If you are not friendly, the store may lose business and you may lose your job. Finally, an employee is responsible for maintaining the store shelves with inventory. If you work in a department store, you have to keep the shelves filled with merchandise. The products have to be priced and placed on the shelves. If the shelves look empty, customers may get a bad impression of the store and may not continue to shop there.
2 工作有助於培養節約觀念
段落大意：工作會增強學生的節約觀念，他們會因此得知賺錢不容易、不應該浪費。
Another benefit to teenagers working is that they will learn the value of money. Often students get money from their parents, but they do not realize how hard their parents work for that money. When students work, they begin to appreciate how difficult it can be to make money. Another reason why it is good for students to work is that they will make wiser choices when they use their own money to buy things. Lastly, when students do spend money for personal objects, they will appreciate them more than if they had gotten the money from their parents.
3 工作有助於培養團隊精神
段落大意：工作會增強學生的團隊精神，這對他們以後的發展是有好處的。
Finally, working teenagers learn from members of a team. As employees, students learn to work with others and help one another. Students will develop friendships with other employees because they have learned to count on each other. Working as a member of a team will build strong character for students.