1 . Directions: Read the questions below and write an outline in response to each question to state and support your opinion on a topic. Please also list examples, facts, specific reasons, personal experience, or statistics/figures briefly to support your opinion as well.
1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
The best things in life do not cost money.
Opinion: _________________________________________________________
Supporting ideas:
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Examples, facts, specific reasons, personal experience, or statistics/figures:
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2. Some people think that government should spend as much as money as possible on developing space technology for the exploration of the moon and other planets. Others think that this money should be spent on solving the basic problems of society on Earth. Which view do you agree with?
Opinion: _________________________________________________________
Supporting ideas:
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Examples, facts, specific reasons, personal experience, or statistics/figures:
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2 . Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Blind imitation is self-destruction. To those who do not recognize their unique worth, imitation appears attractive; to those who know their strength, imitation is unacceptable.

In the early stages of skill or character development imitation is helpful. When I first learned to cook. I used recipes and turned out some tasty dishes. But soon I grew bored.     1    

Imitating role models is like using training wheels on a child’s bicycle; they help you get going, but once you find your own balance, you fly faster and farther without relying on them.

    2    If, as a child, you observed people whose lives were bad, you may have accepted their fear and pain as normal and gone on to follow what they did. If you do not make strong choices for yourself, you will get the results of the weak choices of others.

In the field of entertainment, our culture glorifies celebrities. Those stars look great on screen. But when they step off screen, their personal lives may be disastrous.     3    

Blessed is the person willing to at on their sudden desire to create something unique. Think of the movies, books, teachers, and friends that have affected you most deeply. They touched you because their creations were motivated by inspiration, not desperation. The world is changed not by those who do what has been done before them, but by those who do what has been done inside them.    4    The problem a creator faces is not running out of material; it is what to do with the material knocking at the door of imagination.

Study your role models, accept the gifts they have given, and leave behind what does not serve you. Then you can say, “I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors’ tragedies and declare victory, and know that they are cheering me on.”

A．In daily life, imitation can hurt us if we subconsciously hold poor role models.

B．Creative people have an endless resource of ideas.

C．It is how to use imagination creatively that troubles us.

D．Why follow someone else’s way of cooking when I could create my own?

E．But if you begin to enter this field, imitation proves useful.

F．If you are going to follow someone, focus on their talent, not their bad character or unacceptable behaviors.