1、寫作題庫目錄官方題（一）IntelligentMachines1官方題（二）PublicHealthandIndividualFreedom2官方題（三）9月12日北美題UnjustLaws3官方題（四）9月12日亞太題Creativity4官方題（五）10月24日亞太題Challenge5官方題（六）12月12日亞太題Mastery5官方題（七）12月12日北美題Techfreetime5官方題（八）12月12日香港廣告6官方題（九）12月12日新加坡Beingwiseanddetermining6官方題（一）IntelligentMachinesThissampleprompt,Intel

2、ligentMachines,isrepresentativeofthepromptsthatwillbeusedfortheACTwritingtest.Thetestdescribesanissueandprovidesthreedifferentperspectivesontheissue.Youareaskedto"evaluateandanalyze"theperspectives;to"stateanddevelop"yourownperspective;andto"explaintherelationship"betwe

3、enyourperspectiveandthosegiven.Yourscorewillnotbeaffectedbytheperspectiveyoutakeontheissue.SamplepromptIntelligentMachinesManyofthegoodsandserviceswedependondailyarenowsuppliedbyintelligent,automatedmachinesratherthanhumanbeings.Robotsbuildcarsandothergoodsonassemblylines,whereoncetherewerehumanwork

4、ers.Manyofourphoneconversationsarenowconductednotwithpeoplebutwithsophisticatedtechnologies.Wecannowbuygoodsatavarietyofstoreswithoutthehelpofahumancashier.Automationisgenerallyseenasasignofprogress,butwhatislostwhenwereplacehumanswithmachines?Giventheacceleratingvarietyandprevalenceofintelligentmac

5、hines,itisworthexaminingtheimplicationsandmeaningoftheirpresenceinourlives.PerspectiveOnePerspectiveTwoPerspectiveThreeWhatwelosewiththereplacementofpeoplebymachinesissomepartofourownhumanity.Evenourmundanedailyencountersnolongerrequirefromusbasiccourtesy,respect,andtoleranceforotherpeople.Machinesa

6、regoodatlow-skills,repetitivejobs,andathigh-speed,extremelyprecisejobs.Inbothcasestheyworkbetterthanhumans.Thisefficiencyleadstoamoreprosperousandprogressiveworldforeveryone.Intelligentmachineschallengeourlong-standingideasaboutwhathumansareorcanbe.Thisisgoodbecauseitpushesbothhumansandmachinestowar

7、dnew,unimaginedpossibilities.官方題（二）PublicHealthandIndividualFreedomPublicHealthandIndividualFreedomMostpeoplewanttobehealthy,andmostpeoplewantasmuchfreedomaspossibletodothethingstheywant.Unfortunately,thesetwodesiressometimesconflict.Forexample,smokingisprohibitedfrommostpublicplaces,whichrestrictst

8、hefreedomofsomeindividualsforthesakeofthehealthofothers.Likewise,caremissionsareregulatedinmanyareasinordertoreducepollutionanditshealthriskstoothers,whichinturnrestrictssomepeople'sfreedomtodrivethevehiclestheywant.Inasocietyvaluesbothhealthandfreedom,howdowebestbalancethetwo?Howshouldwethinkab

9、outconflictsbetweenpublichealthandindividualfreedom?PerspectiveOnePerspectiveTwoPerspectiveThreeOursocietyshouldstrivetoachievethegreatestgoodforthegreatestnumberofpeople.Whenthefreedomoftheindividualinterfereswiththatprinciple,freedommustberestricted.Nothinginsocietyismorevaluablethanfreedom.Perhap

10、sphysicalhealthissometimesimprovedbyrestrictingfreedom,butthecosttothehealthofourfreesocietyisfartoogreattojustifyit.Therighttoavoidhealthrisksisafreedom,too.Whenweallowindividualbehaviortoendangerothers,we'vedamagedbothfreedomandhealth.官方題（三）9月12日北美題UnjustLawsUnjustlawsarepartofourlegalsystems.

11、Theycanrestrictourfreedomandviolateourprivacy.Peopleoftenquestionthemselveswhethertheyshouldobeythoselaws.MartinLutherKingJrfamouslycalleduponpeopletoopposethelawsthatwereraciallydiscriminatoryandmorallywrong.Buthowdowe,asprivatecitizensseekingjustice,approachtheseunjustlaws?Whatisthebestwaytoactino

12、rdertoensurethattheharmsoftheselawsareminimizedandthattheyareeventuallyrepealed-withoutbringingharmononeselforthoseforwhomonecares?Thesearequestionsworthexaminingbothhistoricallyandinourmodernsociety.PerspectiveOnePerspectiveTwoPerspectiveThreePeoplehaverightstobreakthelawswhenthelawsareunjustorimmo

13、ral.Breakingthelawshouldnotbeencouragedevenifthelawsthemselvesareproblematic,becausesuchactionwouldresultinchaos.Evenifthelawsarebad,peoplehavereasontocomplywiththemandseekotherwaysforchange.Todefythelawsopenlywouldonlybringdangerandharmonthemselves.官方題（四）9月12日亞太題CreativityCreativityExploretheroleof

14、creativityinthelifeofindividualpeople（回憶版）.PerspectiveOnePerspectiveTwoPerspectiveThreeManynewlycreatedthingstodaydefytraditionandignorehistory.Thebestideasareoftenbasedonprovenmethodsandtheories.Peoplecanlivewithoutcreativity,butinordertothriveinthefastchangingworld,oneneedstobecreative.Creativityh

15、asnostandardorsetdefinition.Itmakesmoresenseforustofocusonotherqualitiesthatareproductiveandaccuratelydefined.官方題（五）10月24日亞太題ChallengesthoughtsPhysicalchallengemaymakeyoustronger.However,ifyoudidn'ctonsideryourphysicalattributes,anarbitrarychallengemaybringharmandrisk.Sometimeschallengebringsimp

16、rovement.Forinstance,challengeone'smindcouldtrainoneEachperspectivesuggestsaparticularwayofthinkingaboutchallenge.Perspectiveone:Sincelifehasprovideduswithenoughchallenges,overchallengecoulddrivepeoplestressedandunhappy.Perspectivetwo:Throughchallenge,onecanboosthispotentialandpushhislimits.Pers

17、pectivethree:Whetherchallengesbringusbenefitsorharmdependsonspecificsituationsoweshouldhavetheinsighttorecognizethem.官方題（六）12月12日亞太題MasteryResearchersclaimthatittakes10,000hoursofstudy,practiceandrepetitionofaparticularskilltotrulyattainmastery.That'stheequivalentofpracticingsomething-amusicalin

18、strument,asecondlanguage,asport,etc.-for8hoursaday,everyday,foraboutthreeanda-halfyears.Giventhelevelcommitmentrequired,itisworthconsideringthevalueandpracticalityofmasteringacomplexskill.PerspectiveOneDedicationtogoalsgivespurposeandmeaningtolife.Thepersistenceanddeterminationputforthallowustodevel

19、opintostrongerpeopleandisarewardinitself.PerspectiveTwoMasteringacomplexskillisworththeeffortforsome,butmostpeopleneedvarietyandfunintheirlives.Itismoreimportanttomaintainawell-roundedandrelaxinglifestyle.PerspectiveThreeFindsomethingyouaregoodatandsticktoit.Bydefault,youwilleventuallyachievemastery

20、withoutrequiringspecialcharactertraitsoreffort.官方題（七）12月12日北美題TechfreetimePerspectives（回憶版）：Perspective1:Technologydefinedusasmodernpeople;Perspective2:Sometechfreetimeisessentialtorestoreourtrueselves.Thenwehavetimetoexploretherealworld;Perspective3:Mostpeoplecannotstayawayfromtheirdigitaldevices,s

21、otheyhavelittletimewithlivelihoodandfamilyconnection.官方題（八）12月12日香港廣告觀點一：廣告幫助人們做出最好的選擇觀點二：人們應該理性對待廣告觀點三：廣告會誤導人這套題行文重點是廣告的功能和特點一一商業廣告主要用于介紹產品以達到銷售目的。可以結合對觀點一盒觀點三的分析。需要分類討論這些廣告中的靜態圖像，動態視頻，音樂，對白旁白，文字等對人的視覺和聽覺的沖擊。同樣可以通過這些聯系到廣告對消費者的引導和誤導，如觀點三。再分析人們把廣告中的產品與自己進行聯系的過程，從而產生購買之后的利弊和影響，所以提出與觀點二一致的態度。官方題（九）12月1

22、2日新加坡Beingwiseanddetermining新加坡題目和本月sat寫作題目certaintyandtobewise驚人的一致，sat也曾考過uncertainty。這道題需要在文章中明確哪些行為是體現wise,哪些行為是determining。兩者優劣判斷（價值判斷）的標準是什么，兩者是否有交叉的部分。自編題CreativityandImitationCreativityandImitationCreativityisvaluedbymodernsociety.Itisregardedasthedrivingforceforsocialprogress,andalltheinven

23、tionsandtechnologicaladvancesareconsideredtheresultsofcreativity.However,someoneholdsthatnothingiscreated,andeverythingisbuiltuponthepreviousachievements.Boththepresentandthefuturearebaseduponinheritance.Sowhichonedoyouthinkofdecidingthesocialprogress?PerspectiveOnePerspectiveTwoPerspectiveThreeCrea

24、tivitydecidestheprogressofhumancivilization.Inasense,creativityisequaltotechnologybecausealmostalldevelopmentsintechnologyaretheproductsofcreativity,whichpropelseconomicprosperity.Nothingistotallycreatedbyhumanbeings.Weareheirsofnatureandourpredecessors,andallourachievementsarebasedonimitation.Forex

25、ample,technologicaldevelopmentsinbionicsderivefromanimalsorplants.Besides,manycreationsarejustthedevelopmentofthepreviousones.Itisimitationweneedtofacilitatesocialadvance.Creativityandimitationareinseparablewitheachotherandplayanequalrole.Everycreationistheproductofcreativetransformationorimprovemen

26、tofearlierthings.Whatweneedistheabilitytofindnewdirectionfrompastandpresent,takeadvantageoftheheritage,andimproveitforabetteruseforthefuture.Humancivilizationreliesinbothinheritanceandinnovation.Thequestionofhowsocietyprogressesnowadaysbecomesonethatpertainstothedeterminingfactorinhumansocialadvance

27、ment,opinionsonwhicharedividedbetweencreativityandimitation.PerspectiveOneandPerspectiveTworesorttothesetwofactors'contributionsrespectivelytotechnologydevelopmentsand/orcreationsandconsequentlysignificancetosocialprogress,whilelosesightoftheinteractionbetweenthetwoparts.AsPerspectiveThreeconten

28、ds,itisthecombinedforceofcreativityandimitationthatpushesforwardhumansocietyvigorouslyandincessantly.Creativityplaysanimportantroleintechnologicalinnovations,whichstaysinaccordancewithPerspectiveOne'sargumentthatcreativityisproductiveoftechnologyimprovementsrangingfromgeneralrevolutionsdowntosub

29、tleameliorations.Bothoftheindustrialrevolutionshavemassivelyboostedtheeconomy,inwhosedurationscreationstookplaceinabundanceduetounprecedentedthrivingofhumancreativity.Wereitnotforthegroundbreakingintroductionofmulti-spindlespinningframetoweavingmachinesandsteampowertoenginesduringthefirstIndustrialR

30、evolutionandtheinventionsemployingelectricityinthesecondIndustrialRevolution,humansocietywouldnothavebeenfundamentallychanged.Absenttheassistanceofadvancedtechnologiesandequipment,humanbeingswouldstillbegropingindarknesswithmindinnocentofgreaterknowledgeandfinermannersthanwhatiswithinthecapacityofca

31、vemen.Imitationconstitutesanintegralparttotechnologicalinnovationssincehumanbeingshavesuccessfullyimprovedtheirlivingconditionsandusheredinoneeraofcutting-edgetechnologiesafteranotherthroughlearningfromnatureandotherspecieslivingtherein.ThisstandsinagreementwithPerspectiveTwothathumanbeingshavegreat

32、lybenefitedfrominheritanceofnature'sfortuneandfornaetsalchievempredecessors.Bywayofapplyingbiologicalprinciplestoengineering,countlessbionicmechanismsandbiomimeticproductshavebeendesignedandmanufactured.Sharkskinswimsuitsaftertheouterskinofsharks,Velcroafterburdockburrs,bullettrainsafterkingfish

33、ers,turbinesafterwhalefins,dustproofpaintafterlotuspetals,andthelistgoesfurtheron.Rudimentaryknowledgeandimitationbasedthereonofourenvironmentandothercreaturesprovideinnovationswithafoundationtomakeconsequentadaptationstoinordertobetteraccommodatehumanneeds.Onaccountofthesignificanceofthetwofactorsmentionedabove,itshouldnotbeoverlookedthatthecooperationofcreativityandimitationasispointedoutinPerspectiveThree,andtheirinfluencesononeanothe