考试地点：北京鼎钧

 

考试时间：2010年8月16日 13：00

 

ISSUE 147

 

“Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them.”

 

另一题不记得了

 

Argument 140

 

The following appeared in a report of the Committee on Faculty Promotions and Salaries at Elm City University. “During her 17 years as a professor of botany, Professor Thomas has proved herself to be well worth her annual salary of $50,000. Her classes are among the largest at the university, demonstrating her popularity among students. Moreover, the money she has brought to the university in research grants has exceeded her salary in each of the last two years. Therefore, in consideration of Professor Thomas’ demonstrated teaching and research abilities, we recommend that she receive a $10,000 raise and a promotion to Department Chairperson; without such a raise and promotion, we fear that Professor Thomas will leave Elm City University for another college."

 

都挺好写的~人品很好~~今天回家晚上咯，好开心~~~~

时间：2010.08.16 13：00

 

地点： 北京鼎钧

 

Issue:

 

Topic 1:

 

Issue 165

 

"In any given field, the leading voices come from people who are motivated not by conviction but by the desire to present opinions and ideas that differom those held by the majority."

 

Topic 2:

 

Issue 210

 

"Most people choose a career on the basis of such pragmatic considerations as the needs of the economy, the relative ease of finding a job, and the salary they can expect to make. Hardly anyone is free to choose a career based on his or her natural talents or interest in a particular kind of work."

 

本月高频，选了这个

 

Argument:

 

Argument 195

 

The following is a letter from an editor at Liber Publishing Company to the company’s president.

 

"In recent years, Liber has unfortunately moved away from its original mission: to publish the works of regional small-town authors instead of those of big-city authors. Just last year, 90 percent of the novels we published were written by authors who maintain a residence in a big city. Although this change must have been intended to increase profits, it has obviously backfired, because Liber is now in serious financial trouble. The only way to address this problem is to return to our original mission. If we return to publishing only the works of regional small-town authors, our financial troubles will soon be resolved."

　考试地点：北京 鼎钧

 

考试时间：8月16日 下午1点

 

issue 153

 

"Students should bring a certain skepticism to whatever they study. They should question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively."

 

issue 40

 

"Scholars and researchers should not be concerned with whether their work makes a contribution to the larger society. It is more important that they pursue their individual interests, however unusual or idiosyncratic those interests may seem."

 

argument 20

 

The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Balmer Island Gazette.

 

"The population of Balmer Island increases to 100,000 duing the summer months. To reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians, the town council of Balmer Island should limit the number of mopeds rented by each of the island’s six moped and bicycle rental companies from 50 per day to 30 per day during the summer season. By limiting the number of rentals, the town council is sure to attain the 50 percent reduction in moped accidents that was achieved last year in the neighboring island of Torseau, when Torseau’s town council enforced similar limits on moped rentals."

 

人品不错，全是高频

　考试地点：北京鼎均

 

考试时间：8月16 下午3点

 

机经：issue130："How children are socialized today determines the destiny of society. Unfortunately, we have not yet learned how to raise children who can help bring about a better society."

 

issue184："It is a grave mistake to theorize before one has data."

 

Argument：241The following appeared in a memo at the XYZ company.

 

"When XYZ lays off employees, it pays Delany Personnel Firm to offer those employees assistance in creating resumés and developing interviewing skills, if they so desire. Laid-off employees have benefited greatly from Delany’s services: last year those who used Delany found jobs much more quickly than did those who did not. Recently, it has been proposed that we use the less-expensive Walsh Personnel Firm in place of Delany. This would be a mistake because eight years ago, when XYZ was using Walsh, only half of the workers we laid off at that time found jobs within a year. Moreover, Delany is clearly superior, as evidenced by its bigger staff and larger number of branch offices. After all, last year Delany’s clients took an average of six months to find jobs, whereas Walsh’s clients took nine."

 

考场环境还行，老师们挺随和

　考试时间：8.16 8:30

 

考试地点：北京鼎均

 

Issue：144 "It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value."

 

25 "Anyone can make things bigger and more complex. What requires real effort and courage is to move in the opposite direction—in other words, to make things as simple as possible."

 

Argument：157The following is a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.

 

"As a local merchant, I wish to support the development of a ski resort in the state park north of our township. Along with many other merchants who favor the proposal by Ski the Slopes, Incorporated, I would, of course, experience a growth in my business. But I also know how much more prosperous, not to mention lively and interesting, our community would be if tourism increased. Since the main opposition comes from a few environmentalists* who do not even live in this community, I see no reason to give in to their views. The First National Bank has finally researched the project and agreed to fund it. As a result, I see no reason to delay development of the resort.

 

*Environmentalists are people who advocate the preservation of the natural environment.