临阵磨枪之二：背诵五篇满分范文
黄鹏飞老师整理，仅适用于2010.6月份考试
范文1
题目：Are people better at making observations, discoveries, and decisions if they remain neutral and impartial?
Objectivity by researchers has not, and probably never will be attained. People will always have biases; some will be created by cultural values and others by personal views. The search for objectivity lies in the realm of philosophy along with the search for reality. Even though objectivity can never be reached, people are better at making observations, discoveries, and decisions if they attempt to set aside their biases.
As I have learned in my Theory of Knowledge class, perception and thought are intimately connected. While the same rays of light may enter two different peoples eyes, what they see may be very different. The brain takes the input from the eyes and processes it to form an image. That image is not the only thing the brain produces; it also provides extra information based on generalizations and bias. This unconscious addition of information changes the observation of an object. By attempting to reduce the addition of extraneous information being added to the observation, by being objective, a true observation of an object can be more closely approximated.
Discoveries, especially in the scientific realm can be doubly affected by a lack of objectivity. Since scientific discoveries are based on observation, all of the problems associated with observation apply as well to discoveries. Additional problems occur in the analysis of data collected by a scientific experiment. In a recent experiment in physics class, almost all of the students in my class analyzed the data incorrectly. However, armed with the knowledge that zero percent error is never possible, we were satisfied with the results. Our personal belief in the validity of the method of analyzation we chose, and lack of objectivity, led to our incorrect discovery in the field of energy. A lack of objectivity can clearly be seen to be a problem in my last student council election as well. The most popular person was chosen for president, not the objectively best candidate. Since then, the president has done nothing for our school. If the people involved had attempted to set aside their biases and pursue the goal of objectivity, it is less likely that errors would have been made.
Bias will always be a part of human life. It can, however, be limited in how much we let it affect us. The less we allow bias to influence, the more objective we are, the less likely we are to come to false opinions, discoveries, and bad decisions.
范文2
题目：Do memories hinder or help people in their effort to learn from the past and succeed in the present?
Without our past, our future would be a tortuous path leading to nowhere. In order to move up the ladder of success and achievement we must come to terms with our past and integrate it into our future. Even if in the past we made mistakes, this will only make wiser people out of us and guide us to where we are supposed to be.
This past year, I was auditioning for the fall play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." To my detriment I thought it would be a good idea to watch the movie in order to prepare. For two hours I studied Elizabeth Taylor's mannerisms, attitude, and diction, hoping I could mimic her performance. I auditioned for the part of "Maggie" feeling perfectly confident in my portrayal of Elizabeth Taylor, however, I was unaware that my director saw exactly what I had been thinking. Unfortunately, I didn't get the part, and my director told me that he needed to see "Maggie" from my perspective, not Elizabeth Taylor's.
I learned from this experience, and promised myself I would not try to imitate another actress, in order to create my character. Persevering, I was anxious to audition for the winter play just two months later. The play was Neil Simon's "Rumors," and would get the opportunity to play "Chris," a sarcastic yet witty role, which would be my final performance in high school. In order to develop my character, I planned out her life just as I thought it should be, gave her the voice I thought was right, and the rest of her character unfolded beautifully from there. My director told me after the first show that "Rumors" was the best work he'd ever seen from me, and that he was amazed at how I'd developed such a believable character. Thinking back to my first audition I was grateful for that chance I had to learn and to grow, because without that mistake I might have tried to base "Chris" off of someone I'd known or something I'd seen instead of becoming my own character. I utilized the memory of the Elizabeth Taylor debacle to improve my approach to acting and gave the best performance of my life so far.
范文3
题目： Should people make more of an effort to keep some things private?
I cannot help but believe, despite my slight ambivalence over the issue of privacy, that the trends which now-a-days indicate a slight reluctance on part of people to keep some things private, are dangerous. Shows like "Jerry Springer" in the USA tend to reveal information that is inherently dangerous for young children, and thus should be kept private.
A problem with capitalism that I have become cognizant of, through my observations, is that if some activity can help amass profits, it is widely employed. This almost insane drive to attain profit maximization not only ignores external and societal costs, but is setting dangerous cultural precedents. Since lurid, sensationalist confessions by 'average' people are quite appealing to the general television viewer, it is unsurprising that myriad shows have propped up on television, which pander to these very wants by exposing stories and information which is better kept dissembled.
In this context, the show 'Jerry Springer' epitomizes my argument. In this show, an array of family problems are presented to an audience, not for information dissemination, but for 'entertainment'; In this case, which means—and I think this is quite obvious—nothing but mockery and amusement over the antics of people who choose to expose their problems. These 'personal predicaments' range from some less disturbing ones, such as people cheating on their friends or marital partners, to extremely grave ones, such as people sleeping with their relatives.
I am not someone who would like to contravene principles like freedom of expression, or freedom of choice. But democracy as a system doesn’t herald absolute freedom for its own sake; rather, it champions the cause of 'live and let live'. The latter principal is surely being violated by people who choose to expose such stories—for no plausible reasons I can conjure, since no family problem has actually been solved by such shows—to impressionable young children; for TV ratings and parental supervision do not always work.
Am I exaggerating? Is it not harmful or psychologically detrimental when a child is exposed to such ideas? You be the judge.
范文4
题目：The first step in making things better is to recognize that a problem exists.
A trend these days is to speak up about the world’s mistreatment of the environment. I am not just a tree hugger by saying that without improvement in environmental conditions, my generation and the future generations will suffer in ways too awful to even imagine. At the end of the day you can say the survival of mankind is “hanging in the balance.”
Many countries exploit the Earth’s resources. In some countries, millions of acres of rainforest are being destroyed every year to make room for farmland or to cut lumber to export. Not only does this destroy the habitats of many animals, but kills species of trees and plants that may someday be found to cure cancer, AIDS, MS, or other diseases. In addition, rainforests produce the majority of the oxygen that we need to live. The bottom line is that by clear-cutting rainforests, we are beginning to suffocate ourselves to death.
Other nations exploit the oceans. By dumping garbage, sewage and other hazardous waste into the oceans, they pollute the water. Eventually, the garbage washes back on shore, making the beaches filthy and swimming dangerous. The pollutants also kill and taint the fish in the ocean with toxic materials. Then we end up eating these fish, and the toxins enter our bodies. Many people I know have given up eating tuna fish for the reason they don’t want to put poisonous mercury into their bodies.
Another way the environment is abused is the treatment of the atmosphere. Until the famous Kyoto Treaty, most countries had no laws controlling the amount of harmful gases released by cars and trucks that causes global warming. Some countries still don’t have such laws, and under the Bush administration, the United States withdrew from the Kyoto agreements. I think that governments around the world, including the US of A needs to force the corporations to reduce their burning of fossil fuels in order for less smoke to mix with clouds to form acid rain and to stop the trend to global warming. These are just a few ways which the world abuses the environment. When all is said and done, all people must do their part to leave the world a better place for their children and grandchildren.
范文5
题目： Is using humor the best way to approach difficult situations and problems?
They say that laughter is the best medicine. Pragmatic and realistic even as a child, I have generally scorned this kind of thinking as nonsensical. The best medicine is a band-aid or Advil or Penicillin - "laughter" doesn't even make it into the picture. It took me a few years and several disappointments in life to finally realize that one of the greatest strengths one can have is the ability to laugh at oneself.
One of the greatest - and most recent - disappointments came in the winter of my junior year. I have been a part of my school newspaper staff for three years, and an editor for one. One of the few editors to have such a record of dedication to the paper, I applied for the editor-in-chief position with the hope and modest expectation of receiving it.
I wasn't too concerned about not getting it - I had put the work in, the talent was there, the faculty advisors seemed to like me well enough and so it came as a shock to me and most of the rest of my school when the position went to a new student, Alyce. "Alyce Shyu," I muttered to myself in furious disbelief. I was, quite honestly, devastated. It was the culmination of three years' worthy of work for The Record. The weight of my own failure was crippling.
My friends comforted me and complained with me, offered to write angry letters to the editors for me - one made a comment: "God, just imagine everyone's faces when they just find out like what just happened?" It wasn't funny at all, not witty in the least, but for some odd reason, it made me giggle. The comment had me stop thinking of me and taking myself so seriously, and instead, I began to remember my relatively insignificance in the grand scheme of things. Laughter poured out of me in giggly bursts, and it made me feel, very slightly, better, an emotional Advil - medicine for the soul.
Humor and laughter don't take away pain, anxiety, sadness or anger. What they can do is bring us out of the trap of taking our lives too seriously, and look at our obstacles or disappointments in a bigger perspective. Once you are able to joke around about something that used to devastate you- part of its power is taken away. You are still affected by your feelings, but you also look upon your problems in a fundamentally different light. In the end, humor may not be the best way to approach difficult situations - but it’s certainly worked for me.
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