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1、EvergreenLearningCenter(www.evergreenlc.net)Practice50(2013OctoberSATNA)Section1Essay—25minutesPrompt1:Mostpeoplethinkthatcontentment—beinghappywiththewaythingsare—istheperfectstateofaffairs.Afterall,whatcouldbebetterthanbeingsosatisfiedwithhowthingsa

2、rethatyoudon’twantanythingelse?Butcontentmenthasdisadvantages:ifwearecontentwiththewaythingsare,wearenotmotivatedtochangethings,toimproveourselves,ortodobetter.Wemustthereforealwayschoosebetweenbeingcontentandpushingourselvestodobetter.Assignment:Does

3、beingcontentwiththewaythingsarepreventpeoplefromimprovingthemselvesanddoingbetter?Prompt2:Privacywasoncevaluedandprotected.Diariescamewithlockstokeepthewriter’sprivatelyrecordedthoughtsfrombeingreadbyothers.Publictelephoneswereenclosedinboothssothatco

4、nversationswouldnotbeoverheard.ButnowpeoplefeelfreetopostinformationaboutthemselvesonsocialnetworkingWebsitesandcarryoncellphoneconversationsinpublicplaces.Weshouldbemuchbetteroffifwevaluedprivacy—ourownandthatofothers—farmorehighlythanwedo.Assignment

5、:Doweplacetoolittlevalueonprivacy?Prompt3:Nobodywantstobecalledold-fashionedorbeconsideredoutoftouchwithcurrenttrendsandthinking.Butthere’ssomethingtobesaidforholdingontooldideasandcustoms,eveniftheymaynotbeinfashionatthemoment.Peoplearetooeasilyimpre

6、ssedbyanythingnewandtrendy—thelatesttelevisionshow,ormusicgroup,ortechnologicalgadget.Theyplacetoomuchemphasisonnewnesswithoutbotheringtolookatsomething’srealvalue.Assignment:Dopeopleplacetoomuchvalueonnewness?Prompt4:Everythingapublicfigureorcelebrit

7、ysaysordoesislikelytoturnuponanInternetsiteoratelevisionshow.Thegreatappealofthesesitesandshowsisthattheyhelpuslearnasmuchaspossibleaboutpublicfigures.Themoreweknowaboutpoliticalcandidates,forexample,themoreinformedweareasvoters.Muchoftheinformation,h

8、owever,isirrelevantandactuallypreventsusfromfocusingontheissuesthatmatter.Assignment:Doeshavingtoomuchinformationaboutpublicfiguresdistractusfromtheimportantissues?Section2Reading—25minutes1ArchitectToyoItostrivestodesignspacesthatseem“aqueous