官方考試真題2016年5月北美區(qū)作文

1、Practice Test #5Make time to take the practice test. Its one of the best ways to get y for the SAT.After youve taken the practice test, score it right away at /scoring.© 2016 The Colleg. Colleg, SAT, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the Colleg5MS10EAs youthe passage below,

2、 consider how Eric Klinenberg uses evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims. reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence. stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.Adapted from Eric Klinenberg, “Vi

3、ewpoint: Air-Conditioning Will Be the End of Us.” ©2013 by Time Inc. Originally published July 17, 2013.1 Earlier this week, as the temperature in New York City hit the upper 90s and the heat index topped 100, my utility provider issued a heat alert and advised customers to use air-conditioning

4、 “wisely.” It was a nice, polite gesture but also an utterly ineffectual one. After all, despite our other green tendencies, most Americans still believe that the wise way to use air conditioners is to crank them up, cooling down every room in the houseor even better, relax in the cold blasts of a m

5、ovie theater or shopmall, where someone else pays the bills. Today Americans use twice as much energy for air-conditioning as we did 20 years ago, and more than the rest of the worlds nations combined. As a climate-change adaptation strategy, this is as dumb as it gets.2 Im hardly air-conditioning.

6、During heat waves, artificial cooling can save the lives of old, sick and frail people, and epidemiologists have shown that owning an AC unit is one of the strongest predictors of who survives during dangerously hotsummer weeks. Ive long advocated public-health programs that help truly vulnerable pe

7、ople, whether isolated elders in broiling urban apartments or farm workers who toil in sunbaked fields, by giving them easy access to air-conditioning.3 I also recognize that air conditioners can enhance productivity in offices and make factories safer for workers who might otherwise wilt in searing

8、 temperatures. Used conservativelysay, to reduce indoor temperatures to the mid-70s in rooms that, because of shortsighted design, cannot be cooled by cross-ventilation from fans and windowsair conditioners may well generate enough benefits to balance the indisputable, irreversible damage they gener

9、ate. But in most situations, the case for air-conditioning is of hot air.4 Whats indefensible is our habit of converting homes, offices and massive commercial outlets into igloos on summer days, regardless of how hot it is outdoors. Recently, New York City prohibited stores from pum arctic air out o

10、nto the searing sidewalks in an attempt to lure customers while burning through fossil fuels in suicidal fashion. I cant help but wonder whether cities like New York will ever prohibit stores from cooling their facilities below, say, 70°F. No doubt a law like that would raise even more objectio

11、ns than Mayor Michael Bloombergs attempt to ban big sodas, but it might well be necessary if we cant turn down the dial on our own.2Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal.5 Im skeptical that American businesses and consumers will reduce their use ofair-conditioning without

12、 new rules and regulations, especially now that natural gas has helped bring down energy bills and the short-term costs of cranking the AC are relatively low. Part of the problem is that in recent decades, the fastest-growingU.S. citiesplaces like Las Vegas, Phoenix and Austinhave effectively been b

13、uilt on air-conditioning. (This is also true in the Middle East and Asia, and as a result, global energy consumption is soaring precisely when it needs to be lowered.) Throughout the country, most designs for new office, commercial and residential property rely entirely on AC, rather than on time-ho

14、nored cooling technologies such as shading from trees and cross-ventilation from windows and fans. As a result, there is now an expectation that indoor air will be frigid on even the steamiest days everywhere from the Deep South to the Great West. Whats worse, this expectation is sping to the nation

15、s where American culture carries influence; sales of air conditioners rose 20% and last year.6 Trying to engineer hot weather out of existence rather than adjust our culture of consumption for the age of climate change is one of our biggest environmental blind spots. If you cant stand the heat, you

16、should know that blasting the AC will ultimately make us all even hotter. Lets put our air conditioners on ice before its too late.Write an essay in which you explain how Eric Klinenberg builds an argument to persuade his audience that Americans need to greatly reduce their reliance on air-conditioning. In your essay, analyze how Klinenberg uses one or more of the features listed in the box above (or features of your own choice) to strengthen the logic and persuasiveness of his argument. Be sure that your analysis focuses