068 Many teachers assign homework to students every day. Do you think that daily homework is necessary for students? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
學生每天都應該做作業嗎？給出你的觀點。
1 深入理解知識需要練習
段落大意：隻有理論是不夠的，理論要伴隨著實踐才能深入理解。
Study goes with practice. I think it is true because only theory is not enough. You should practice again and again until you understand the essence of problems. To understand the subject, students must spend time doing assignments. Homework can assess the result of understanding.
2 家庭作業可以鞏固所學知識
段落大意：通過做家庭作業，學生可以鞏固當天在課堂上所學的知識。
Homework is an assignment given by teachers to the students so that they can work on it at home. Each day's homework is normally based on the class work done for that day. Sometimes the given homework might also require the students to gather some extra information from external sources like library books and newspaper.
3 家庭作業可以激發學生的好奇心
段落大意：家庭作業可以激發孩子們的好奇心和學習動力。
The second purpose achieved by homework is to intellectually stimulate the child's curiosity for knowledge. Homework that requires a student to gather some information as part of a project, or draw some diagrams or charts, or build something out of paper or word, all stimulate the child's creative and intellectual abilities. The child is forced to explore or enhance his skills, and probably develop some of his inherent qualities.
077 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Boys and girls should attend separate schools. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
男女生應該分學校上課嗎？
1 同校上課可以讓男女生互相尊重
段落大意：男女生同校上課可以讓孩子們學會互相尊重，培養平等意識。
Learning to respect each other is significant for both boys and girls. When children interact with other children of opposite sex, they learn that men and women are equal. As a result, they understand that men and women have the same rights and opportunities.
2 同校上課有助於互相理解和幫助
段落大意：男女生同校上課可以讓孩子們學會互相理解、尊重、幫助。
The disadvantage of attending separate schools is that the mutual sex will be suffering in the future because of lacking the knowledge about the opposite sex. Attending mixture schools, boys and girls can help each other more efficiently than those in separate schools. Since different physical minds have different ways to think about questions, the communication between them can provide some new ideas for each other.
137 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? High schools should allow students to study the courses that students want to study. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
高中應該準許學生學習他們喜歡的課程嗎？
1 學生有權利自主選擇課程
段落大意：雖然學生們一直被強製要求上課，但是他們的自主選擇權應該得到保障。
Nowadays, universities are open places for all people. More and more educational chances have been created for those who want to acquire knowledge from colleges and universities. While registering for a college course seems to be no longer complicated, there still remains an obstacle that has triggered so much controversy in academic environment: mandatory attendance policy. This policy, which is imposed by some schools or some professors, requires that college students must attend class regularly enough. In my opinion, this policy is useless and burdensome to many people involved. University students should be free in choosing which classes to attend.
2 高中知識是基礎知識的延伸
段落大意：高中知識是基礎知識的延伸，因此能夠很好地掌握基礎知識的學生應該被允許自主擇課。
High school is simply an extension of the basic skills learned in the primary school system. It is not the government's decision whether or not you should have to attend high school or choose compulsory classes. It should be the individual's choice, and forced on no-one, because by the time you have completed your primary education, you are old enough to make this decision. In high school there are more trouble makers who only disrupt the classes because they do not want to be there. These people disrupt the class and make it more difficult for those who are interested in the subject and want to learn. If school courses were optional, these students would not be in classes disrupting the class and ruining the chances of other students.
3 學生自主學習的優勢
段落大意：以學生為中心的方式可以促進學生積極主動地學習並培養其實踐能力。
Student-centered learning is a broad teaching approach that encompasses replacing lectures with active learning, integrating self-paced learning programs and/or cooperative group situations, ultimately holding the student responsible for his own advances in education. Student-centered learning environments have a heightened advantage over the traditional teacher-centered, subject-centered environment. They provide complimentary activities, enabling individuals to address their own learning interests and needs, and move forward into increasingly complex levels of content to further their understanding and appreciate subject matter. The student-centered learning environment has the students' satisfaction as its primary focus, whereas the subject-centered environment has the transmission of a body of knowledge as the primary focus. Student-centered learning, when used properly, can change the face of education into a life-long learning process in which the student seeks solutions to problems.
4 自主選課是對學生之間差異的彌補
段落大意：學生之間的學習能力、學習效率都有著很大的差異，因此應該允許不同的學生選擇不同的課程。
The dynamics of the student population yields no two students who are exactly alike. For this reason, it seems unreasonable to use one form of instructional materials, curriculum delivery, and assessment standards for all students. Educators realize that students learn at different rates and through different avenues. Individualized instruction approaches attempt to make the learning experience suitable for each student in terms of his or her learning needs, interests, and developmental level. Individualized instruction programs focus on objectives that are personal for each child. The child is an active partner in decision-making in terms of activities, subject matter, and assessment. Because students learn at different rates, individualized instruction is flexible in instructional pacing and the scheduling of class material. Individual instruction should be varied for each student in order to provide a variety of learning modalities best suited for the student. Teachers must be dedicated to curriculum planning and instructional decision-making, and encourage students to be responsible for their learning and take an active role in the learning process.
075 Some universities require students to take classes in many subjects. Other universities require students to specialize in one subject. Which is better? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
有些大學要求學生學習很多學科；另外一些大學隻要求學生專注於某一學科。你認為哪種方式更好？
一、集中在具體學科技術的發展使得人們不能掌握全部知識
段落大意：技術的不斷發展使得人們不能像從前一樣掌握各種知識和技能，因此學校的任務是培養出某個方向的專才。
University is a place for student to further their education and knowledge. Because of the technology advancement, no one can handle each and every aspect of the subject. Hundreds of years ago, there were lots of brilliant people who can be mathematician, socialist, artist and physicist at the same time. Now we can only find people who specialize in a typical area. It is not because people are not as smart as before, but as each subject is more complicated and deeper than ever before. If one wants to be expert, he must dedicate all his time and effort in one area instead of many areas.
二、學習多學科
1 多選擇有助於人們最終作出正確的選擇
段落大意：很少有人非常清楚自己的真實愛好和選擇，多學科可以幫助他們找到自己的專長。
Unfortunately, few people know well what exactly they are born to do. That is why taking classes in many subjects would help students to make his or her mind in order to realize his or her vocational opportunities. Moreover, taking classes in many subjects helps one to increase his knowledge, broaden horizon and to achieve new levels.
2 交叉學科的出現
段落大意：各種學科互相交叉，學生們應該多學習各種學科，以便更好地理解其他學科。
University is a place for knowledge. Sometimes, knowledge cannot be easily classified into a single category. Take Statistics as an example. It requires both logical thinking techniques and good mathematics foundation for making the study more efficient.
097 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Teachers should be paid according to how much their students learn. Give specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
老師的工資應該根據學生所學多少來支付。你是否同意？
根據學生成績來確定老師工資具有不確定性
段落大意：有很多事情不在老師的掌控範圍之內，學生的成績也不能被老師控製。因此這個標準不合理。
There are variables out of the teachers' control. For instance, the teachers can do a very good class, in the sense, that he shows a deep knowledge of his subject and has an amusing way to explain, to talk, etc. But, if you don't have a responsible student, a student who wants to learn, a student who is open to learn, you will obtain a poor result. Other supportive factors which stand for the impossibility to relate how much the students learn with the payment of the teacher, include that whether they are maturity students, what is the number of students in the class, the level of the primary education that they have had, etc.
129 A university plans to develop a new research center in your country. Some people want a center for business research. Other people want a center for research in agriculture (farming). Which of these two kinds of research centers do you recommend for your country? Use specific reasons in your recommendation.
一所大學計劃在國內建一個新的研究中心。有人希望建立商業研究中心，有人希望建立農業研究中心。你推薦哪種？
1 商業中心對經濟發展的影響
段落大意：商業中心研究各種商業狀況，可以幫助本國經濟的發展，例如進出口的擴大。
Commercial services are established all around the world and they mainly offer comprehensive, customized solutions to your international trade challenges and provide export promotion assistance through a variety of products and services. For example,commercial services in Chinese, promote export of Chinese goods and services to strengthen the Chinese economy. They also assist Chinese firms in realizing their export potential by providing counseling, overseas market information, international contacts, and trade promotion vehicles.
2 農業是人類生存的基礎保障
段落大意：農業是人類生存和社會發展的基礎。目前的糧食短缺問題引起了人們的思考。建立農業研究中心或許對解決這些問題有幫助。
Agriculture has been a fundamental component of human society for centuries. As we enter the 21st century, agriculture receives more attention from the general public as the implications of farming are realized and the problem of potential worldwide food shortage is addressed. Meanwhile, agriculture has turned into a high profit business and biotech companies like Monsanto are constantly trying to come up with better and more efficient ways of farming.
3 農業發展形勢嚴峻
段落大意：全球農場數量減少，糧食產量降低，糧價高漲的現象嚴重。
The number of farms continues to decrease in the world. In the U.S. alone, the Census Bureau counted a little more than two million farms in 2004. About half of those farms had less than forty hectares. Still, farm earnings have risen to record levels in recent years. Agricultural productivity continues to increase because of new technology and methods. But the Agriculture Department estimates that nine percent of farm income last year came from government payments. That number is expected to decrease in the future.
123 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should read only those books that are about real events, real people, and established facts. Use specific reasons and details to support your opinion.
你是否同意人們隻應該閱讀那些反映真實的事件、真實的人物和事實的書？
1 小說能帶給人們快樂
段落大意：小說的趣味性、說理性、奇妙性，都會吸引人們的注意。
Those books, say fictions, can bring us much fun. We are lucky enough to have so many kinds of fictions which can meet the standards of people of every age. In Canada, people, no matter old or young, reading a fiction while traveling and resting can be seen everywhere. As to me, mysterious fictions are most attractive. People are ever absorbed in reading a novel so much that they can hardly do any other things. Those fiction books can also afford people some truth and ethics in our life.
2 各種類型的書籍對於教育的作用體現
段落大意：科普書籍、小說、童話等各種各樣的書籍，都能夠教給人們很多東西。
For hundreds of years, books have always played an extremely important role in people's life. There are many kinds of books: from science books, fiction and non-fiction to children's books, all of which help us further improve our overall knowledge and raise our awareness about the values of our life.
3 各種類型書籍的不同特征
段落大意：科普書籍告訴人們這個世界的基本原理；小說告訴人們生活和文化百態；童話則對孩子們的成長很重要。
While scientific books let us know more about the world around us and the basic scientific subjects such as math, physics, chemistry and biology. Novels will help us understand much more deeply and universally about all kinds of people around us. They also provide us valuable information about different cultures and civilizations in the world. By enjoying those novels, our cultural and spiritual life will be abundant and fruitful. To many children, fairy tales and legend stories are very important. With happy-endings as the good always defeat the bad and humane values highly emphasized, those kinds of books actually help children to build and define good behavior and moral manners at their early age.
168 Many students choose to attend schools or universities outside their home countries. Why do some students study abroad? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer.
為什麼許多學生去國外學習？給出你的理由。
1 出國學習可以打破學習常態
段落大意：去國外學習可以打破枯燥的學習狀態。
College life is full of exciting and challenging opportunities. One of the most anticipated programs for incoming freshmen is studying abroad for a summer, a semester, or an entire year. This is a way to meet new people, experience new places, and break away from the daily routine of college living. Some of the exotic destinations for study include Australia, Italy, the British Isles, France, and Germany. The University of Dayton encourages all students to consider what the study-abroad program has to offer.
2 出國學習為學生提供更多機會
段落大意：國外的學習經曆帶給人很多機會，例如欣賞風光、改變生活方式等。
The program offers a wide variety of opportunities to each individual. Students will not only take courses while they are in a foreign country, but they will also have the opportunity to travel in the beautiful country. Students will also have plenty of time to experience and explore the big cities that the country offers. Some students may even encounter experiences that will change their lives while studying abroad.