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1、ESSAYTime25minutesTurntopage2ofyouranswersheettowriteyourESSAY.Theessaygivesyouanopportunitytoshowhoweffectivelyyoucandevelopandexpressideas.Youshould,therefore,takecaretodevelopyourpointofview,presentyourideaslogicallyandclearly,anduselanguageprecisely.Youressaymustbewrittenonthelinesprovidedonyour
2、answersheetyouwillreceivenootherpaperonwhichtowrite.Youwillhaveenoughspaceifyouwriteoneveryline,avoidwidemargins,andkeepyourhandwritingtoareasonablesize.RememberthatpeopleWhoarenotfamiliarwithyourhandwritingwillreadwhatyouwrite.Trytowriteorprintsothatwhatyouarewritingislegibletothosereaders.Importan
3、tReminders:Apencilisrequiredfortheessay.Anessaywrittenininkwillreceiveascoreofzero.Donotwriteyouressayinyourtestbook.Youwillreceivecreditonlyforwhatyouwriteonyouranswersheer.Anoff-topicessaywillreceiveascoreofzero.Ifyouressaydoesnotreflectyouroriginalandindividualwork,yourscoresfortheentiretestmaybe
4、canceled.Anelectroniccopyofyouressaywillbemadeavailabletoeachofyourdesignatedscorerecipients:colleges,universities,andscholarshipprograms.Youhavetwenty-fiveminutestowriteanessayonthetopicassignedbelow.Thinkcarefullyabouttheissuepresentedinthefollowingexcerptandtheassignmentbelow.Fromthetimewearevery
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6、blenoneofuswouldeversaywhatwetrulymean.Assignment:ShouldwealwaysthinkbeforeWespeak?Planandwriteanessayinwhichyoudevelopyourpointofviewonthisissue.Supportyourpositionwithreasoningandexamplestakenfromyourreading,studies,experience,orobservations.BEGINWRITINGYOURESSAYONPAGE2OFTHEANSWERSHEET.Ifyoufinish
7、beforetimeiscalled,youmaycheckyourworkonthissectiononly.Donotturntoanyothersectioninthetest.2SECTION2Time25minutes25QuestionsTurntoSection2(page4)ofyouranswersheettoanswerthequestionsinthissection.Directions:Foreachquestioninthissection,selectthebestanswerfromamongthechoicesgivenandfillinthecorrespo
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