看看美国高考作文都考啥
<p> 美国大学录取高中毕业生,综合考虑几个方面:高中成绩、课外活动、义工服务、申请文章、老师推荐,再加上<span word="SAT">SAT</span>( <span word="Scholastic">Scholastic</span> <span word="Assessment">Assessment</span> <span word="Test">Test</span>),即学术评定测试的成绩。也有的学校采用<span word="ACT">ACT</span>,即美国大学测试的成绩。所谓美国高考主要指的是<span word="SAT">SAT</span>。</p><p> 2005年3月后,<span word="SAT">SAT</span>考三大部分:数学、批评性阅读和写作(<span word="math">math</span>,<span word="critical">critical</span> <span word="reading">reading</span>,<span word="and">and</span> <span word="writing">writing</span>)。写作又分两部分:一是语法、惯用法等,为标准化试题,考35分钟,约占写作800分的70%。另一部分是作文,考25分钟,没有规定字数,通常写4百个单词左右,分数约占写作分数的30%。</p><p> 那么,这作文考什么呢?美国分几个时区,纽约早上7点考试,加州是早上4点,天还没有亮。所以每次考试都有三个作文题目,免得纽约考生向加州亲戚朋友通报作文题目。本月上个星期六那天(唉,没有办法,不能写日期),作文的三个题目是</p><p> 1,每一个成就是否会带来新的挑战?(<span word="Does">Does</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="achievement">achievement</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="challenges">challenges</span>?)</p><p> 2,接受群体的价值观会认可人们避免对他们自己的思想和行为负责吗?(<span word="Does">Does</span> <span word="accepting">accepting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="values">values</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="allow">allow</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="responsibility">responsibility</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="thoughts">thoughts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="actions">actions</span>?)</p><p> 3,鼓励不一致和不同意见的群体是否比不鼓励那样做的群体运行得更好?(<span word="Do">Do</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="encourage">encourage</span> <span word="nonconformity">nonconformity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="disagreement">disagreement</span> <span word="function">function</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="discourage">discourage</span> <span word="it">it</span>?)</p>
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