1.Describe your favorite book you read, and explain why it is important to you. Include reasons and examples to support your response.
Of all the wonderful books, The Greatest Salesman in the World is the book that I can never put it down and had a transforming effect on my life.
It is such a kind of book that inspires, that offers practical tips about goals, habits, productivity (本义：生产力，可引申为“多产性，创造性”)and more. To be specific, it’s a book about how to empower and motivate yourself to be successful。Many, many people have read this book and many of them have reported life-changing (具生命转折意义的)results from the postive concepts contained within it. They are pretty inspiring. It surely is something that I can depend on when I’m in adversity(逆境).The principals are powerful and really work for me.
In this case, I think the book is very important to me even though it might not work for some other people.
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T1.
Describe a book that you think is the most useful and explain why it is the most useful.
The book that I think is the most useful is OG, Official Guide for new TOEFL. I’m a book lover and have lots and lots of collections. But OG is of the greatest use‘cause I’m taking TOEFL Test, which is a must for a student who is gonna finish his or her overseas study in America. Not only does it give the brief introduction of the test, but it also provides test candidates with practical tips.
On the other hand, some basics of English language are offered following the main parts, which is very helpful for those who don’t have a good command of English.
Most of all, it helps me get well prepared for TOEFL iBT and improve my performance on the four skills as well. This definitely leads to the academic success in my future study. That’s why I think OG is the most useful book for me.
T2.
Does television play a positive or negative role in the modern world?
Television is now playing a very important part in our life. Like other things, it has both advantages and disadvantages. But I think the former outweigh the latter.
First , television keeps one informed of current events, allows one to follow the latest developments in science and politics, and offers programs which are both instructive and entertaining.
Second, it is a great comfort to many lonely people even though there are many arguments against television.
Last, education has improved a lot since the arrival of TV in the home. Through TV a child can extend his knowledge and sparkle (激发，鼓舞) his imagination. Those above are the reasons why I think television plays a positive role in the modern society.
T3.
Reading:【学校通知】：学校要修建sculpture，有个学生写了一封公开信反对，认为学校的经费已经很紧张,修建雕像只会加重学生的负担，并且占用学校的绿地。
Listening: 【学生议论】：女生不同意。原因有二：
1)她认为钱是donor出的，因此不会对学生产生影响，而且觉得
2)学校里有这样的art 是件好事。有个叫Paul的认为雕像占了他们踢球的地方，女生认为他们只要到别的地方踢球就好了。
Sample answer:
In the reading material, the university is considering renovating the sculpture. However, there are students who disagree because they think the school is in bad financial condition. And that will increase the students’ financial burden.
In the listening material, we clearly learn that the woman likes the idea . One reason she gives is that the doner gives the school money, so students won’t be expected to pay additional fees. Another reason is thatshe thinks it is a good thing to have such work of art even though the sculpture occupies the space for playing soccer.
Therefore, she agrees with that opinion.
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T4.
Reading: 【课文要点】关于group thinking。先给一段文章解释其定义以及其形成原因。
Listening:【教授举例】说一次他们讨论公司的电脑是否要做得fashion一些以吸引顾客，这时大部分的员工都表示同意，但是跳出来一个senior manager说应该重视技术而不是外表，大家又纷纷同意了SM，甚至是这个人的partner，因为怕得罪SM得不到升职，也同意了SM。结果电脑卖的不好，但是下一年由于改进了外观就卖的好了。
Sample answer:
In this set of materials, the reading passage gives a defination of group thinking.
In the listening passage, the professor gives a talk on it. He states that group thinking is concerned generally with critical thinking in group, institutional, or organizational contexts and has negative influence on achieving a goal. Then he goes on to further explain that by giving an example. A company is having a group discussion on the appearance of a type of computer. Most of employees agree that the fashionable appearance would be more attractive to the customers. However, a senior manager expressed his opinon that technology is more important than appearance. Then everyone agrees with the senior manager. Even his partner also agrees in case of being unable to get promotion. As a result, the computers don’t sell well. And they have to improve their appearance the next year.
