2021年8月托福独立写作机经预测（有新题请注意！）

>>解释（共18题）

1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Technologies that are supposed to make our lives easier often turn out to make them more complicated.

2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The most important problems affecting our society today could be solved within our lifetime.

3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is much easier for parents to raise children today than it was 50 years ago.

4. Sometimes you are required to meet with another person to provide feedback about that person's work (for example, when you must give your opinion about a classmate's work on an assignment or your thoughts about a coworker's contributions to a project). When you have both positive and negative feedback to give about a person's work, do you believe it is more effective to give the positive comments first or the negative comments first? Why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

5. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A friend of yours needs extra help with schoolwork. You have good knowledge of the subject that your friend needs help with. Is it better for your friend to get help from you or from a professional tutor?

6. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? All scientific discoveries should be shared among scientists all around the world; governments and businesses should not keep any discoveries secret.

7. You may choose between two professors who will be teaching a course that you must take at your university. If the following statements are the only information available to you about the differences between the two professors, which professor would. you choose? Why?

-One professor was voted most popular in a survey of students about their teachers.

-One professor has just been given an award for outstanding research.

8. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Nowadays, young people (ages 12-18) behave badly (for example, by being Impolite or unkind) more often than young people did fifty years ago.

9. Recently, some primary, middle, and high schools (students aged 6-18) have reduced the number of attendance days from five to four days a week. However, students spend 90 more minutes in school each day. In your view, is it beneficial or harmful to reduce the number of school days per week while extending the number of hours attended per day?

10. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Requiring students to have discussions in class is a waste of time.

11. Do you agree or disagree with the following view? In many places, it has been typical for teachers of high school students (ages 14-18) to lecture or lead a discussion while the students listen and take notes for most of the school day. However, this is not an effective way to prepare students for careers in the modern workplace. A better way to do that is for teachers to spend most of the school day on student-led discussions (in which students frequently present their ideas and discuss them with the class) and project-based activities (in which students do their own research and work together while the teacher is available to help them as needed).

12. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Work at a place where people all have the same fixed schedule is better than working at a place where people are allowed to choose their own schedules.

13. Some people believe that there are so many different news stories about current events nowadays that it is helpful to take a break from reading or listening to the news. As a result, they stop reading or listening to the news for days or weeks at a time. In your view, is it beneficial to stop reading or listening to the news for a period of a few days or weeks? Why or why not?

14. In areas where there are many restaurants, some people prefer to buy their meals in restaurants very frequently rather than cooking and eating meals at home. Other people prefer to cook most of their meals at home and eat in restaurants only rarely. Which would be your preference, and why?

15. Many people believe that a university education should focus less on teaching academic courses and more on a practical, job specific course of study. Which ONE of the following approaches would best help universities to achieve this goal? Why?

-Universities should require each student to complete an internship (training) program in his or her chosen field to develop the skills needed in the workplace.

-Universities should only offer majors or specializations for which there is a known current or projected need in the market.

16. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is important to have rules about the types of clothing that people are allowed to wear to work and school.

17. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Teachers should be paid according to how well their students perform.

18. Nowadays, some universities realize that not all their new students have adequate learning skills, so they require every freshman to attend a course before the semester begins to develop skills that will needed in college (how to use the library, the computer lab, and how to have class discussions...). Some believe that such a requirement is necessary, while others feel it is unnecessary to require everyone to attend such a course. What is your opinion and why?

1. At one high school, more of its students than ever before have been caught cheating on their homework assignments. For example, many students have asked other students to provide them with answers for assignments. The school is considering making a change to help decrease the number of students who cheat on homework. Which ONE of the following actions do you think will be most effective, and why?

-Asking parents to monitor their children as they do their homework and confirm that their children have not cheated

-Increasing the penalty (punishment) for cheating

-Asking teachers to create homework assignments that will make it more difficult for students to cheat

2. Many people feel homesick (have minor feelings of sadness because they are missing their home) when they travel to a new place. Imagine that you have the opportunity to travel to a new place and stay in that community for several months. If you felt homesick, which ONE of the following do you believe would be most useful In helping you feel less sad about missing your home? Why?

-Doing activities or eating foods that remind you of home

-Maintaining contact with people from home

-Trying activities or foods that are special to your now community

-Making friends in your new community

3. Some universities have student leaders who are chosen by other students to perform important duties at the school (for example, meeting with school administrators to discuss problems at the school). If your university required you to choose student leaders, which ONE of the following do you believe is the best way for you to inform yourself about whom to choose?

-Reading articles in the school newspaper about the views of each person who wants to be a student leader

-Listening to what each person who wants to be a student leader says about important issues (for example, in speeches or interviews)

-Getting recommendations from the teachers of each person who wants to be a student leader

4. Which of the following three sources of news do you feel is the most trustworthy? Why?

-Getting news from social media

-Obtaining news by watching or listening to live and recorded broadcasts on television and radio

-Obtaining news from printed newspapers and magazines

5. Teachers of young children at a primary school are considering making one major change to better support the educational and social development of their students (aged 6-10), which one of the following changes do you think is the most important for the teachers to make and why?

-Encouraging students to ask questions in class more frequently than they do now

-Having students work together in pairs or small groups more frequently than they do now

-Meeting with each student's parents more frequently than they do now

6. Which one of the following values is most important to share with a young child (ages 5 to 10)? Why?

-Being helpful to others

-Being honest

-Being well organized

>>绝对词（共8题）

1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The most important goal of education is to teach people how to educate themselves.

2. Imagine that your friend is looking for a new job. He or she is using only one strategy: sending letters describing his or her interests to companies that he or she would like to work for. Do you believe that this approach will bring your friend success in quickly finding a good job? Why or why not, and what advice would you give your friend? 

3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Improving schools is the most important factor in the successful development of a country.

4. Many companies provide important products or services but also damage the environment. Some people believe that the best way to stop companies from harming the environment is to require them to pay a penalty, such as a higher tax or a large fine, when they cause environmental damage. Other people think there are better ways to stop the companies from harming the environment. Which view do you agree with and why?

5. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Only movies and television shows in which good people are rewarded and bad people are punished are worth watching.

6. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The best way for a company to succeed is to invest a lot of money in advertising.

7. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Students should be required to study art and music in addition to math, science, language and history.

8. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Patience is usually not a good thing and we need to take action at once.

>>缺一不可（共4题）

1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Your job has a greater effect on your overall happiness than your social life does.

2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The reading that a student does on his or her own is as important as, or more important than, the reading that a student does because it is assigned by teachers.

3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? At university, students get as much benefit from participating in student organization or club activities as they do from their academic studies.

4. Some people like to attend small size classes with fewer students so that the professors can pay more attention to each individual, while others like to attend big lecture classes in which there are more students. What kind of class do you prefer and why?