獨立寫作：

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: One quality that a successful leader must have is to make decisions quickly; when a leader takes too much time to make decisions, he will be seen as inefficient to the people he leads.

　　是否新題：是

　　題材：人物類

　　觀點： 不同意

　　寫作思路：

　　1. 關乎國家和人民利益的決定，領導人應該按照程序謹慎執(zhí)行。

　　2. 做決定慢并不代表著低效，相反，謹慎做決定能夠避免一些問題的出現(xiàn)，反而是更高效的。

　　范文：

　　The discussion about what is the most important quality of being a successful leader has never dimmed. Although no one will seriously cast doubt on the idea that a leader should act decisively and resolutely, I think it is too absolute to say that a leader should make decisions fast in any circumstance. Sometimes, the process of reaching a decision that costs a lot of time is inevitable; and more importantly, making a decision without indiscretion may lead to disastrous inefficiency.

　　First of all, a successful leader, regardless of what he has achieved in his tenure, should be subordinate to the established process of decision-making. If the implementation of the leader’s idea has a marked impact on the future of the country and lives of its people, he ought to be solicitous of the opinions of other in accordance with the existing rules and procedures. Unsurprisingly, it takes time for his consultants, members of his cabinet and opponents to evaluate the idea about its pros and cons, and then to submit each of their own opinions independently, before being ready to go into a lengthy, frustrating and intensive debate. Very likely the process described above only involves the first stage of turning an idea into a practical decision. However, the leader will be in breach of principles in terms of due process, transparency and fairness for failing to listen to the opinions from all interested parties. Otherwise, he is on the path to tyranny.

　　Secondly, a successful leader should not being perceived as inefficient is the exact reason that supports my position. A leader, no matter how marvelous he has been, is a human being after all and any man has a natural tendency to make mistakes. As time-consuming as it feels at first sight, listening to views and arguments from others-not to mention processing the massive amount of information afterwards-enables the leader to review his genuine idea carefully to see how to prevent unnecessary mistakes that are entirely avoidable. On the other hand, if the leader does not bother to spend time taking suggestions from his advisors into consideration but rushes his plan regardless of opposite views, it is likely he will have to spend much more resources and time to amend the mistakes in future. Indeed, the practice of making decisions slowly and carefully can result in higher efficiency in the long run.

　　In conclusion, the statement that a successful leader should make decisions quickly is quite naïve.

　　綜合寫作：

　　加拿大因紐特語不再使用的原因

　　閱讀：

　　1. 加拿大政府做了一項調查，25%的16歲以下的年輕人都不說這種語言了;

　　2. 現(xiàn)在很多場所都使用英語進行交流，漁業(yè)也使用英語交流;

　　3. 很多媒體也不使用這種語言了，很多節(jié)目都使用英語和法語。

　　聽力反駁：

　　1. 這個調查不準確，專家通過面對面的調查結果發(fā)現(xiàn)，其實很多年輕人都說這種語言;政府調查里之所以說他們不說這種語言，是因為他們說的不是傳統(tǒng)的，而是現(xiàn)代的。

　　2. 盡管很多場所用英語交流，但是很多當地的漁民還是使用因紐特進行交流，只有當遇到不會講這種語言的人才使用英語。

　　3. 雖然現(xiàn)在電視節(jié)目很少說這種語言了，但是現(xiàn)在很多年輕人都開始使用互聯(lián)網了，而在互聯(lián)網上很多人還是說因紐特語。