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1、Life was better when technology was simpler. To what extent do you agree of disagree?

Modern technology has revolutionized life in three main fields: work, transport and communication. Although modern technology is often blamed for stress and alienation, I doubt that many people would want to turn back the clock to the pre-technological age.

Despite the fact that life was simpler in former times, I would prefer not to return to that lifestyle, because that simplicity was due to a lack of choice. Before large jet airliners came in in the 1960s, for example, air travel was beyond the reach of most people. Before electronic cash registers, people had to spend a lot of time on math calculations to carry out transactions. Furthermore, our knowledge o f the world around us, especially foreign countries, was sketchy before television brought us the vivid images of documentaries. Modern technology has brought liberation from the exhausting and boring labor and has set us free to enjoy more interesting work and leisure.

It is nor even always true that modern technology is more complex to use than it was to perform household chores. Caring for a horse was a far more complicated and time-consuming matter than starting up a car and taking it to the petrol station for its 5,000-mile household chores. Caring for a horse was a far more complicated and time-consuming matter than starting up a car and taking it to the petrol station for its 5,000-mile service. One has to read the novel from past times to realize the anxiety and frustration that result from transport systems limited to the speed of the horses.

The example I have given are just a few of that can illustrate the case that modern technology makes life more convenient. Probably what can may the people yearn for the good old past simple ways I forces us to speed up our pace of life. But sometimes this change can be resisted, when we set ourselves simple priorities and stick to them.

2、Some people think intelligent students should be educated together with other students. Do you agree or disagree?

It is not uncommon for talented students to get admitted to gift programs today.

Letting talented students take special courses make sense to some extent. They need a more challenging curriculum as they are fast learners and their learning process requires little repetition of the information that has been taught by the teacher. If they find the too easy form them to handle, these intelligent children will end up learning little or nothing ar all. As a matter of fact, many students who are inattentive in class are intelligent ones. Regular courses simply fail to attract their attention.

Then form a purely psychological point of view, intelligent students also feel more comfortable if there are separate classes for them. They would feel isolated and become oversensitive if they spent all their class time with their ordinary peers. This is often true because smart children not only have different learning pattern, their communication patterns tend to be different from those of the ordinary students as well.

Still, it should be pointed out that segregating intelligent student from their peers is nor without its own downside. Some educators believe such classes will be drained of student leaders and role models. Segregation on the basis of IQ may even send a message to those who take regular courses that their work is not as valued as the intelligent students’, which will lower the average students’ self-esteem.

Overall, I would suggest that gifted students spend their class time with their peers. But in addition to that, they should be encouraged to take electives that challenge them mentally.

3、Some people think citizens should be totally responsible for their own health costs. Others think it is better to have a health care system which provides free health services for all. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

A much debated issue these days is whether citizens should take out private health insurance of not. In this essay, I will argue that people who can afford it should be privately insured, but free medical care must be made available for those too poor to do so.

The most important reason for encouraging people to take out private health insurance is the cost to the

government. Free health coverage for people who are able to pay for it is a waste of public money. Of course, people will only pay health insurance premiums if they know that they are getting good value for their money. If they get sick, they will pay little or nothing at all. In addition, the privately insured are entitled to special benefits such as having the choice of their own doctors, and being able to avoid long waiting lists for hospital beds.

On the other hand, those who realty cannot afford to pat private insurance premiums, which are often very high, should still be entitled as citizens to the best medical are available. They cannot be expected to pay their own medical bills. However, if they are working, they should still pay a percentage of their wages (for example 1% to 2%) as a tax which pays towards the cost of providing free medical services.

In conclusion, I think most people should privately insure their health. But it is unreasonable to suppose that all citizens can afford it. Therefore, a safety net in the form of a basic free hea lth care system must exist for the very poor and the unemployed.

4、T elevision has had a significant influence on the culture of many societies. To what extent do you think television has positively or negatively affected culture development?

It has been around forty years since television was first introduced into British households and people today still have mixed views on whether it has a positive or a negative influence on society.

Many people believe that television damages culture. It promotes the stronger culture of countries such as Britain and the us and weakens the cultures of countries such Britain and the US and weakens the cultures of less wealthy countries, This is because the stronger countries are able to assert their own culture by producing more programmes that are shown widely around the world. These programmes then influence people, particularly young people, in the countries where they are shown.

Also, because television networks need to attract large audience to secure their financial survival, they must produce progtammes that are interesting to a broad range of people. In Britain this range is very broad because we are a multicultural society and people of all backgrounds like to watch television. To interest all these different people, most television programmes are short, full of action and excitement and pursue themes common to all cultures, such as crime and romance. Television programmes that concentrate on or develop themes related to one particular culture are not so successful because they only interest a smaller audience. Nevertheless we must recognize that television does have some positive effects on cultures within a society. People who do not live within their own culture can access it through multicultural stations on TV.

In conclusion, I take the view that television promotes and strengthens those cultures that are wealthy and influential while it weakens cultures that are already in a weak position.

5、Many people ignore basic science today. What are the causes and what are your solutions?

While technological developments are constantly covered by the mass media, basic science is hardly getting any attention form the public.

I tend to believe the public ignorance of basic science research is largely due to its unpredictable value. Compared with applied technology that can produce almost immediate benefits, basic science, scientists have to devote a great deal of time and energy to their research, while being very uncertain if this devotion will lead to the intended outcomes. Many scientists become dissatisfied with their working conditions and earning and in the end, they choose to leave their laboratories for other jobs, which can help to explain why basic science is often ignored by the public.

Since basic science is the foundation of most technological developments, some steps must be taken to reverse this trend. On the national level, the government should fulfill its responsibility in raising public awareness of the significance of basic science get the funding and the public support that is urgently needed. Also, companies and institutes should financially support scientists who commit themselves to basic science, not just for the sake of profit, but for the development of science as well. Additionally, the public should be made aware that there would be very few technological advancements if basic science were largely ignored.

Basic science deserves more public attention. Certainly none of us want it to become a completely stagnant

field due to our ignorance.

6、As most people spend a major part of their adult life at work, job satisfaction is an important element for individual well-being. What factors contribute to job satisfaction? How realistic is the expectation of job satisfaction for all workers?

Nowadays, many adults have full-time jobs and the proportion of their lives spent doing such jobs is very high. So feeling about one’s job must reflect how an individual feels about his or her life as a whole, and because of this, job satisfaction is indeed very important to the well-being of that person.

Employees get jobs satisfaction in a number of ways. Firstly, a person needs to feel that they are doing valued and valuable work, so positive feedback form superiors is very important in this respect. A sense of fulfillment is also encouraged if a worker feels the job is worth doing because it contributes to the society or the economy as a whole. Secondly, when some feels they are improving of developing their skills through training opportunities, for examples, then there is a sense of progression and purpose that rewards a worker, the sense of belonging to a team of a working community also contribute to job satisfaction because colleagues help each other to enjoy their working lives. Satisfaction is also increased by a sense of responsibility for and loyalty to a team.

Of course not everyone enjoys his work. Hard economic realities mean that many people have little choice in the kind of job they can get. In some cases an employee is working in a job that suits neither their skills nor their personality. Some jobs are repetitive and boring, and labor relations may be poor and lead to resentment and insecurity rather than to job satisfaction.

However, even though it is unlikely that all workers do feel happy in their work, I think it is not unrealistic to promote more job satisfaction in any job. If the factors identified above are implemented, then any job can be improved and more workers can feel greater degrees of job satisfaction.