2023年12月大學(xué)英語六級考試真題第一套

20２3年12月大學(xué)英語六級考試真題（第1套)ParｔIＷrｉｔing?(30minｕtes)（請于正式開考后半小時(shí)內(nèi)完畢該部分,之后將進(jìn)行聽力考試）Dｉrectiｏｎs：Foｒthisｐart,ｙｏｕａreallowｅd３0miｎuｔeｓｔｏwriteanessayoｎhappiｎesｓbｙrefｅrｒingtｏtheｓayinｇ“Happinessisnotｔhｅabseｎcｅofproｂlems,buttheaｂｉlitytodealwｉththem.”Yoｕｃaｎciｔｅexamplｅstoiｌlustrａt(yī)eyourpｏinｔａndｔhenｅｘplainhowyouｃandeｖelｏpyoｕraｂｉlｉｔytodealwｉthｐroblemsaｎdbehａppy.Youshoulｄwriｔｅatleａｓt１５0wｏrdsｂutｎｏmoreｔhan2００wordｓ.PartII?LiｓteningCompｒehensｉoｎ?(3０minｕtｅｓ）ＳeｃｔionAＤｉrecｔionｓ:Iｎthiｓseｃtｉoｎ,youwillhear8shoｒtconｖersatioｎsaｎd2ｌoｎｇconversａｔioｎs．Ａｔtheendofｅacｈconveｒsaｔｉon，ｏneｏrmorｅquesｔiｏｎswiｌlbeaskedabｏｕtwhaｔｗａｓsaid.Botｈｔｈeconｖersatiｏnaｎｄtheｑuestｉoｎsｗｉｌｌｂesｐoｋenｏnlyoｎce．Aftereachquestioｎｔｈerewｉlｌbeapause．Dｕringthｅpauｓｅ,yｏumuｓtrｅadthefourchｏiceｓmarｋｅdA)，Ｂ),C)andD)，anddｅｃideｗhiｃｈistｈeｂestansweｒ．TｈenｍarkｔheｃorreｓpoｎdinglettｅroｎA(yù)nｓｗｅrＳｈｅｅt1ｗｉthasｉnglelinethｒｏｕgｈｔhｅceｎｔｒe.注意:此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。1.Ａ）Thｅrｏckbaｎdneｅdsmorehoｕrsoｆpracｔｉce.B)Ｔherockbaｎdisｇoiｎgtoｐlａyhereｆoramoｎｔh.Ｃ)Tｈeiｒｈａrdｗorkhａsｒｅｓulｔedｉnabigsucｃess.D）Heapprｅcｉａｔｅsthewｏｍan’sheｌpｗiththeband．2.A）GoonadivｉｎｇtourｉnEuｒｏｐｅ.? C)Traｖelｏvｅrseaｓoｎｈiｓown.Ｂ)Add30０doｌlaｒstohiｓbuｄgｅt. ? Ｄ）ＪｏinapａckageｔourtoＭexiｃo.3.A）Incasesomeprｏbｌemshoｕldoｃｃur.? ?C)Toａvoidmoreworklatｅｒon.B)Someｔｈｉｎguｎexpｅcｔedhashappeｎed．?? D）Tomakebeｔｔerpreparａｔｉons．４．A)Ｔhｅwｏmａnaskeｄfｏrafreｅpasstotrｙｏuｔthｅfaciｌitｉes.B)Themaｎisgoinｇtorenｅwhismemｂershiｐｉnafitnｅsｓｃeｎｔｅr.C)Ｔｈewoｍanｃangiｖeｔhemａnadｉscｏuntiｆhejｏiｎsｔhecｌubnow．Ｄ）Tｈｅｍａncａntryouttｈeｆacｉｌiｔiesbeforehebecomesamembeｒ．5.Ａ)Hｅｉｓnotafraidofcｈallengｅ.Ｂ)Heiｓnｏtfｉttｏstudｙscｉencｅ．Ｃ)Heisｗoｒrieｄaboutthetｅst.D)Heisgoｉngtodropthephyｓiｃscｏurse6.A）Paｙfoｒpartｏfｔhepｉｃnicfoｏd.????Ｃ)BuｙsoｍｅtｈingｓpｅciａlforGａry.B)ＩnviteGary’sfａmilytoｄｉnner. ??D)Takeｓomefoodtotheｐicnｉc.７.A)Bｕsdｒivｅｒs’workinｇconditions．? C)Publictranspｏrtation.B）Alabordispuｔeatabｕsｃompany.????D)Acorｐoratetaｋeoveｒ.8.A)Thebanksｔateｍeｎt． ?? ??C）Ｔhepａymeｎtforanorｄｅr．B)Theｉｒｓaｌesｏveｒseａs．??? D）Thecｈecｋjuｓtdeposited.Ｑuｅstions9to1１arebasｅdoｎｔｈecoｎversatioｎyouhａveｊustheard.９.A)Ahｏtelreｃepｔionist. ?? ?Ｃ)Ashｏpassisｔａnｔ.B）Aprｉvaｔesｅcretarｙ.? ? 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D)HireＢarｂaraJｏnｅｓｏnatrialbasiｓ.Questｉｏnｓ１２to15arｅbａsedonthecｏnversａt(yī)ionyouhavejuｓtｈearｄ.１2.A）Ｈeinvenｔedtherｅｆrigerator. ??C）HegotａdｅgｒeeinMatｈemａt(yī)ｉｃs.B)Ｈepateｎtedhisfirsｔinｖｅnｔion. ???Ｄ)Hｅwaｓaｄｍｉtteｄtounivｅrsｉty.13．A)Hedistｉnｇｕiｓｈｅdhｉmｓｅlｆinlowtｅmpｅraｔｕrephｙsics.B)HefelliｎloｖｅwiｔhNａｔashaWillｏｕghby.C)ＨebｅcamｅａproｆessorofMatｈｅmａt(yī)ｉcs．Ｄ)Heｓtａrtedｔoworkonｒｅｆrigｅraｔioｎ.1４.A)Ｆｉndiｎgtheｔrueｎａt(yī)uｒeｏfsｕbatomicparticles.Ｂ）Theｉrworkonveｒｙｈiｇhfrｅｑｕeｎｃｙraｄｉowaves.Ｃ）Layｉnｇtｈｅfｏunｄatｉonsｏfmｏdemｍatheｍatics.D)Theirｄiｓcｏveryoftｈelawsofｃauseanｄefｆect.15.A)Ｔｏteaｃhａt(yī)aunｉversity． ? ?Ｃ)Ｔospendhisremainiｎgyears.B）Tｏpａt(yī)ｅｎthｉsｉnventions. ?D)Tohaveathｒeｅ-weｅkholidａy.SectionBDｉrｅctions：Inthisｓecｔion，ｙoｕwiｌlｈｅar3sｈortpassages．Attheendofｅachpassagｅ，youwiｌｌhearsomeqｕeｓtｉons．Bｏtｈthepasｓaｇeａｎdtheqｕestionsｗiｌlhｅspoｋenoｎlｙoncｅ.Afteｒｙｏuhearaｑueｓtioｎ,youmｕstｃhoosethebｅｓtanswｅｒｆroｍtheｆouｒchoicesmarkedＡ),B)，Ｃ)andD).ThenmarｋtheｃｏrｒｅspoｎdinｇlｅtｔｅｒｏｎA(yù)nswerＳｈｅet１wiｔhasinｇlelinｅthrougｈｔhｅcentre.注意：此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。PasｓａgeOneQuｅsｔｉons16tｏ１8ａrebaｓedonthｅpassageｙouhａvejuｓtｈｅaｒd.1６．A）Theyhavｅfalleｎpreytowoｌves.B)Tｈeｙｈavebｅcoｍｅａｔourｉstattrａcｔioｎ．Ｃ)Ｔhｅｙｈaｖecausedlｏtsofｄａmａｇetｏcroｐs.D)Ｔheyhaｖebeｃoｍｅａheadacｈｅtoｔhecｏｍmｕnity.17.A）Toｃｅleｂratｅｔheirvｉctory. ?? Ｃ)Toscａｒethewolvｅs.B)Tocheｅｒuptｈehuntｅrｓ. ???D)Tｏalerｔtｈeｄｅer.18.Ａ)Theywouｌdｈｅｌｐtoｓprｅadaｆatａｌdｉｓeａsｅ．B)Theywoulｄｐoseathrｅattｏｔｈechiｌdrｅｎ.C)Thｅyｗouldeｎdangeｒｄｏmeｓticａｎiｍals.Ｄ）Ｔhｅywouldeｖeｎtｕaｌlyｋilｌofｆｔhedeer．PassａｇｅTwoQuesｔions19tｏ22areｂasｅdonthepaｓsaｇeyｏuhavejｕｓtheaｒd.１9.A)Ｓｈeisanｉnteｒpreｔer. ? C)Sｈeｉsadomｅstｉcserｖaｎt．Ｂ)Sheiｓaｔouriｓtgｕiｄe.?? ? ?D)Sｈeｉsfromtherｏyalfamily．20.Ａ）Iｔwaｓuｓｅdbｙthefamｉlytohｏlddinneｒparties．B)Iｔisｓｉtｕatｅdatｔhefｏｏｔoｆabeaｕtiｆulmouｎｔain.C)Ｉｔｗasfｒequｅntlｙvisiｔedbｙheadsofstatｅ.D)Ｉtisfurnｉsｈｅdliｋeｏneiｎarｏｙalpalaｃｅ.21．Ａ)Itiselaboratelydecoratｅd.B)Ithassurviｖedsｏｍe2,00０yeaｒs.Ｃ)Ｉtisveｒybig,withonlｙsixslimlegs.D)ItisshaｐｅdｌikｅanaｎcｉentSpaniｓhboat．2２．A)Ｔheyaｒeunｃomforｔａbletosiｔｉｎｆorlong.B)Theｙdonoｔmatchｔhｅovaltablｅatａlｌ.C)Theｙhavｅloｓtsomｅoftheirlegs．D）Theyarｅｉntereｓｔiｎgtolookat.PassageThreeQuｅsｔioｎｓ23ｔo25aｒebasedonｔhepassａｇeyｏuｈavejusthearｄ.23.Ａ）Itinanunｃｏmmoｎinfｅcｔioｕsdiseaｓe.B)Itｄestroystheｐaｔiｅnt’sabiｌｉｔytothiｎｋ.C)Itisadｉseａsevｅrydiffｉculｔtodｉagnｏse.D)Itisｔhebiggestcｒippｌeｒoｆyｏｕnｇａdｕlts.２4.A)Sｅａrchforthebestcure. ? ? C)Ｗriteａbookaｂｏutherlife.B)Ｈurｒｙupandlivelife． ????D)Exeｒcisｅmoreaｎdwｏrkhardｅr.25.A)Aggrｅｓｓive． ??? ? C)Sophisｔicaｔed.B)Adventurｏｕs．?? Ｄ）Seｌf-ceｎterｅd.ＳectｉonCDiｒections:Inthissecｔion，yoｕwilｌhｅarapassagethreｅtimeｓ．Whenthepａssａgｅisrｅaｄfortｔhefirｓttime,youshoｕｌdlｉstenｃareｆullyforiｔｓｇｅｎｅraｌidｅa.Wｈenｔhepassagｅｉsｒｅａdforｔhesecoｎdtｉme,yoｕａrｅｒeｑｕｉredｔofillinｔheblanksｗithtｈeｅｘactｗoｒｄsｙouｈａvejusthｅard．Finally,wheｎｔheｐａssageisreadfortｈetｈirdｔime,yoｕｓhoulｄｃhｅckwhatyouhavewritten.注意：此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡１上作答。It’ｓdiｆｆiculttｏesｔimatethenｕmbeｒoｆyｏungstersinvolveｄinhoｍescｈｏｏlinｇ,whｅrｅchｉｌdｒeｎareｎotsenttoschoolanｄrｅｃeivetｈｅiｒfｏｒｍalｅｄuｃationfｒomｏｎeｏrｂothpareｎｔs.（26)___＿＿_(dá)_ａnｄcoｕrtdeｃｉsiｏｎｓｈａvｅmａdｅiｔlｅgalｌypoｓsibleinmｏststatesforｐaｒｅntｓtoeduｃatｅtheirchildrenａt(yī)hoｍe，andeａchyeａrmｏｒｅpeopｌｅtakｅaｄvaｎtaｇeofｔhaｔoppoｒtuｎｉty.Soｍｅｓｔaｔｅsrequireｐarｅnｔｓoraｈoｍeｔutortｏmeettｅachercertｉficaｔｉoｎstanｄａrds,ａndmanｙrequｉrepａrenｔstocompleteleｇalformsｔoｖeriｆythattheiｒchｉldｒenarｅreｃeiving(27)＿_(dá)_＿_(dá)__ｉｎstaｔe－aｐprovedcurricｕla.Suppoｒtsｏｆhoｍeeｄucatiｏｎclaimtｈaｔit’ｓleｓsexpenｓiveａｎdfａｒｍorｅ(28)_______tｈanｍaｓspubliceducatｉon.Ｍoreover,theycｉｔeｓｅveralａdvａntages:aｌleｖiａt(yī)ionofschoolｏveｒｃrowding,stｒeｎｇtｈeｎｅｄｆamｉｌyreｌationｓhｉｐs,lｏwｅr(29)_____＿_(dá)ｒａt(yī)eｓ,thefactthatstudｅnｔsarealｌoｗedtｏleａrnattheiroｗnrａt(yī)e,incrｅaｓｅｄ(３0）＿_(dá)___＿＿,higherｓtanｄardizedtestscores,aｎdｒeduced(31)＿_(dá)___＿_(dá)ｐrｏbleｍｓ.Cｒitｉcsoｆthｅhomeｓchoolｉngmovement(３２)＿_(dá)＿_(dá)___ｔhaｔitcreatｅsasmanypｒoblｅmｓａsｉtsolves.Ｔｈｅyacknowｌedgethat,inafｅwｃａｓｅs，ｈｏｍｅschoｏlｉngｏffeｒseducａt(yī)ionａｌopportuniｔｉeｓsupｅrioｒtotｈｏｓeｆｏuｎdinｍｏstpｕblicscｈoolｓ,ｂutfewpａrentscanprovｉdesuｃhｅducaｔionalaｄvantagｅs.Sｏmｅpａｒｅnｔswｈｏwiｔhdｒａwtｈｅirchildrｅnｆｒomtheschoolｓ（３3)_＿_(dá)__＿_(dá)homesｃhoｏlｉnghaveaniｎadeｑuateｅducatｉonaｌbackgrounｄａnｄiｎsｕfｆiｃientformａltrainingｔoprovidｅasａt(yī)iｓfacｔoｒｙｅｄｕcaｔionｆorthｅirchｉldｒen.Typically，ｐaｒｅntshａvefewertｅchnoｌogicaｌresｏｕｒces(3４)＿_(dá)__＿＿_(dá)thandosｃhｏolｓ.Ｈowever，tｈerelａt(yī)ivelyinexpｅnsivecompｕterｔechnolｏgythatiｓrｅadilyavａilabletｏdaｙisｃausingsomｅtoｃhaｌｌengeｔｈeｎｏtiｏnthatｈoｍeschoolｉngisiｎanywａy(35)__＿_(dá)_＿_(dá)moｒehighlyｓｔｒuｃtureｄclaｓsｒoomeduｃaｔｉon.PaｒｔIII ＲeadinｇComprｅhension（40mｉnuｔes)SecｔｉonAＤireｃｔiｏnｓ:Inthｉssection,tｈeｒｅisaｐasｓaｇｅwithtｅnblankｓ.Yｏuaｒereｑｕireｄtoseleｃｔonewordforeaｃｈblankfｒｏmａlistofcｈoｉcesgiveｎｉnaｗｏrｄbanｋfｏlｌｏwｉngｔhepassage.Readthepaｓsagｅtｈｒoughcａrｅfullｙbefｏreｍakingyourｃhｏｉcｅｓ.Eａcｈchoiceｉnｔｈebankisidentiｆiedbyalｅtter.Ｐl(wèi)easemaｒkthecoｒreｓponｄiｎｇｌetｔerforeachｉteｍonAｎswerSheeｔ2ｗｉthasingｌelinethｒｏｕghthｅceｎｔre.Ｙoumａynｏtuseaｎｙoｆtｈewordsintheｂankｍｏrethaｎonｃｅ．Ｑｕeｓｔions３6to45ａrｅbaｓedｏnthefoｌlowiｎgpａssａge.Soｍepeｒformａｎcｅｅｖalｕatioｎsrequiresuperｖisoｒｓｔｏｔakeactiｏn．Empｌoyeeswhorecｅiｖｅａveｒyｆavorａblｅevａluationmａｙdesｅrvｅsometｙpeoｆreｃoｇnｉtiｏnoreｖenapromotioｎ.Ｉfsupeｒvｉsｏｒsdｏnｏtacknowledgesuchｏｕtstａnｄingpｅｒfｏrmａnce,ｅmｐloyeeｓmａyｅitherloｓetｈeiｒ３6andredｕｃeｔhｅireffｏｒtｏrsearchfoｒanewjobatafirｍthatwｉｌｌ37tｈemｆoｒhiｇhｐerfｏrｍaｎce.Sｕｐerｖisoｒsshｏuｌｄacknowledgehｉghｐerformａnｃesothattｈｅemployeewilｌcoｎtiｎｕetoｐerforｍｗellｉｎthefutｕrｅ．Emｐloyeesｗhoｒｅｃｅiveｕnfａvorablｅevａｌｕaｔionｓmｕstalsobegiｖenattｅntiｏn.Suｐerviｓｏrｓｍｕsｔ3８tｈeｒeａsonsforpoorperfoｒmance．Ｓomerｅaｓons，sｕchａsａfamiｌyｉllnｅsｓ，mａyhａｖｅatemporaryａdｖｅrsｅ39oｎpeｒｆormanｃeａｎdcanｂecoｒrecｔeｄ.Oｔhｅrreasonｓ,sucｈasaｂadatｔiｔｕｄe,ｍaynotｂeteｍporaｒy.Ｗheｎsuｐervｉsorｓgivｅempｌoyeeｓａnuｎfavorableｅｖaluatｉｏｎ,tｈｅymustdｅｃidewheｔhertｏｔakeaｎy40actionｓ.Ｉftｈeｅmｐloyｅｅｓwereuｎａwａreoftheirowｎdeficiencies，theunfavoraｂlｅｅvaｌuationcａｎpｉｎpｏｉnt(指出)thedｅficienｃｉｅsthateｍploｙｅｅsmusｔcorrect.Inthisｃase,thesupervisormaysimpｌyｎeｅｄtomonｉｔortheemployｅｅｓ41andensureｔｈatthedｅficｉenciesarｅcorrected.Iftheeｍploｙｅeswｅｒｅalreadyａwareoｆtheirｄeficｉenｃieｓｂeforetｈeevaｌuａt(yī)ｉｏｎpｅｒiod,ｈoｗｅｖer，thｅymaybeunaｂleorunwｉllingtocorrectｔhem．Tｈissituaｔionisｍoｒeｓeriｏus,aｎdthesupｅrｖｉsormayneedｔotaｋｅactioｎ.Tｈｅactionshoｕlｄbｅ42ｗｉththefｉｒm’sgｕidelｉnesaｎdmayiｎcｌudereassignｉngtheeｍpｌoyeｅstonewjobs,43thｅmｔeｍｐｏrarily,oｒfｉｒingｔhem.Ａｓｕpervisoｒ’sactiontowardapｏorlypｅrfoｒmingwｏrkeｒcan4４ｔｈeａt(yī)ｔitｕdｅsofothereｍpｌoyeeｓ.Ifno4５isｉmｐoseｄｏnaneｍpｌoyeeforpｏorpｅrfoｒmaｎｃe，oｔhｅｒemployeeｓmａｙreactbyｒedｕｃｉngtheiｒproｄｕｃtivitｙaswell.注意:此部分題請?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。Ａ）aｄditionalB)affeｃtC)apｔlyD)ａｓsimilatｅH）circulationＦ)ｃｌｏsｅlyＧ)consｉstentH)entｈusiasmI)ideｎｔifyJ)iｍｐactＫ)ｐenaltｙＬ)rewardＭ)ｓiｍpliｆyiｎgN)ｓuspendiｎgO)vulneraｂleSectionBDiｒectiｏns：Iｎthｉssectｉoｎ,youarｅｇoinｇtoｒeaｄａpassagｅwithtenstatementｓatｔachｅdtoit.Ｅachstatemｅntconｔainｓｉnfoｒmaｔiongivｅninonｅoｆtheparａｇrａｐhs.Ｉdenｔiｆyｔheparaｇraｐhfrｏmwhｉchtheinfｏrmatiｏniｓdｅrivｅｄ.Yｏumaｙchoosｅapａrａgraphmoｒethanonｃｅ.Eachｐaragｒapｈiｓmarkedwitｈaｌｅｔteｒ.AnswertheｑｕｅsｔionｓbyｍarkｉngtheｃｏrreｓpondingleｔteroｎA(yù)nswｅrＳhｅeｔ２．ThｅCoｌleｇeEssaｙ：WhｙThoｓe5０0WordsＤriｖeUsCrａzyA）Megiｓａｌawyeｒ-momｉnsｕburbanWａｓhiｎgtoｎ,D.C.,whｅｒelａwyer－mｏmsarｅthickontｈegｒｏunｄ.HerｓonDｏugisonｅｏfseｖerａlhuｎdredｔhouｓａｎｄhigh-schｏolseniorsｗhohadapainfｕlfaｌl．ThｅdｅadｌｉｎefoｒapplyinｇtohisfaｖorｉtecoｌlegｅｗasＮov.1,andbｙｅarlｙOｃｔoberｈehａdyettｏfｉlloutｔｈeapplication．Mｏretothepｏinｔ,ｈeｈaｄyetｔosettleonａｓubjectforｔhepersonaleｓsaｙaccompａｎyｉngtheａｐpｌicatｉon.Aｃcordingtocoｌlegｅｆｏlklｏｒe，awｅｌl－turnｅdeｓｓａyhａstｈｅpowｅrtoｓeduｃｅ（誘惑)ａnaｄｍisｓｉｏnsｃommiｔｔee.“Hewanｔedtodooｎｅtｈingａt(yī)aｔiｍe,”Ｍegsayｓ，explａiningheｒson’sdelay.“Butrｅallｙ,mysoｎisahｕgeｐrocrａｓｔｉnaｔor(遲延者).Tｈeｅsｓayistｈｅhaｒｄesttｈingtodｏ,sｏhｅ’ｓpｕtｉtoｆfthｅlongest.”FriendsandoｔherveteｒaｎsｏｆthｅｐrocｅsshaveｗarnedMeｇthaｔｔhebackandｆoｒｔhbｅｔweenｅditｉｎgｐaｒｅnｔandwriｔingｓtｕdentcａｎｂetraumａｔｉc（痛苦的).B)Bacｋinthegoodolddayｓ—ｓay,twoyｅarsａgｏ,ｗｈenｔhelastofｍychiｌdrｅnｓuｆfereｄtheordｅal（折磨)—ahigh-scｈｏolsｔudenｔａpｐlｙinｇtoｃoｌｌeｇecouｌｄproｃrastｉnａｔealｌthｅｗaytｏＮｅwYｅar’sDayofthｅirsｅnioryeaｒ,assumiｎｇthｅycoｕldwithsｔandtheparenｔalpｅｓtering(煩擾).Butthingschａnｇefasｔｉntｈeｎaｉl-biｔingworlｄofcollegeadmiｓsｉons．TｈeｒｅceｎtｔｒｅndｔowarｄearlydecisioｎaｎdｅarｌｙaｃtiｏnamongｓｅｌectivecollegesaｎduniｖeｒsｉtｉｅｓhａspusheｄｔhetraditionalｄeadlinｅofJanuarｙｕptｏNov.1oｒearlyＤeｃembｅrformanystuｄｅｎts．C)Ｉｆthetｉmeforｈｅel-ｄragginｇｈasbeensｈｏｒteｎed，ｔhｅtrueｓｏurcｅoｆtｈeanxietyandpanicremaｉnsｗｈaｔｉｔｈasalwaｙsbeｅn．Ａndiｔ’sｎｏtthｅappｌicatｉonitｓｅlf.Aｃoｌlegeapplicａt(yī)ioｎisaｒeｌatiｖelｙstrａiｇhｔｆorwaｒdquestｉonｎaireａskinｇforｔhebasｉcs:naｍe，adｄress，ｆamiｌyhｉstoryemployｍeｎthｉsｔory．Itwouldaｌlbeｉnnocｅntｅnoｕgh—2０mｉnuteｓｏfｂusyworｋ—exceptitcomeｓａt(yī)ｔachｅdtoapersonalｅssay.Ｄ）“Ｔhereareｇooｄｒｅａsonsitcauseｓsｕcｈaｎxiｅｔｙ，”saysＬisaSｏhｍｅｒ，diｒectoｒofcolleｇeｃounseｌｉngattｈｅＧａrdenSchoolinJacｋsonHeigｈts,N.Y.“Ｉt’ｓnｏｔjｕstthｅaｃtuaｌwｒｉｔing．Bynoweｖeryｔhingelsｅiｓaｌreａdyset.Yｏurｃouｒseloadisset，yｏｕｒgraｄｅsａreｓｅt，ｙｏurｔestsｃoresａreset.Buttheｅssａyissｏmetｈｉｎgyoｕｃaｎstｉｌlｃｏｎtｒｏｌ,aｎｄit’sｏpen-ended.Ｓｏｔhetemptatｉonｉｓtowritｅaｎdrｅwriｔｅａndrewrite．”O(jiān)rstallandｓtaｌlandstall.E)Theaｐｐlｉcatioｎessａｙ，alｏngwiｔhｉtsmｙｔhｉｃalimpoｒtaｎcｅ，ｉｓarecｅntiｎventioｎ.Inthe１９30s,whｅnoｎlyｏｎein10Aｍeriｃanshadadｅgrｅefromａfoｕr－ｙeａrcｏllｅge,ａnaｄmiｓsiｏnｓcommｉttｅeｗasｃｏnｔentｔoａskｆorａsampleofａpplｉcａnts’schoｏｌpaperstoassessｔheiｒwritingabiｌｉｔy.Ｂythe１９50s，mostｓchｏolsreqｕiredabrｉeｆpersonａlstａt(yī)ｅmentofwhythesｔｕｄentｈaｄｃhosentoapplytooneｓchooloveranotheｒ.F)Ｔoｄaｙｎearｌy７0ｐerｃentofｇraｄｕatｉngseniｏrsgｏofｆtｏｃoｌlege,ｉnclｕdingｔｗo－yearanｄfｏur－yearｉnstitutiｏns.Evenaｐａｒｔfromｔｈeincreａseｄcompetｉtion，ｔheｋｉdsｅｎｔerapｒocｅsｓthathasｂｅeｎuttｅｒｌyｔraｎsformedfroｍtheonｅbabｙboomersｋnew．Ｎearlyａlｌaｐplicatiｏnｍaterｉalsａres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