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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on Albert Einstein's remark “ I have no special talents, but I am only passionately curious. ” You can give one example or two to illustrate your point of view. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
Complexities of human psychology are unlimited, and often difficult to comprehend. One characteristic of us human beings is that we are seldom satisfied with what we have and often want more or something different. Just as Albert Einstein put it , “I have no special talents, but I am only passionately curious.”
If there was no curiosity, we would still be living in the Stone Age. Most of us are driven by natural curiosity to do things in the most efficient way, which leads to experimentation and innovation. This is why we use refrigerators to preserve food instead of ice blocks and why we drive motorized cars instead of horse-drawn carriages. In order to satisfy the thirst for knowledge and meet the demands of life, humans explore all aspects of the tangible and intangible world by putting this nature to good use.
Generally speaking, most people tend to be curious about the outside world, but some do better in harnessing the curiosity. How we recognize and deal with this curiosity will dictate whether its outcome is constructive or destructive.
人的心理无限复杂，复杂到往往让人难以理解。我们人类的一大特性便是很少满足于所拥有的东西，往往想获得更多或不一样的东西。正如阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦所说：“我没有特殊的才能，我只是狂热地好奇。”
如果没有好奇心，我们就仍然生活在石器时代。我们大多数人天生的好奇心驱使我们以最有效的方式做事，从而带来实验和创新。正因为如此，我们用冰箱来让食品保鲜而不是用冰块，坐的是汽车而不是马车。人类为了满足自己对知识的渴求和生活的需要，将这种天性善加利用，对有形世界和无形世界的方方面面进行探索。
总之，大多数人都有对外部世界产生好奇心的倾向，只是有些人在利用好奇心方面做得更好罢了。人们如何认识并处理这种好奇心将决定其后果是建设性的还是毁灭性的。
complexity 复杂
psychology 心理
unlimited 无限的
comprehend 理解
characteristic 特征
seldom 很少
talent 才能
passionately 狂热地
curious 好奇的
curiosity 好奇心
the Stone Age 石器时代
be driven to 为…所驱使
lead to 导致
experimentation 实验
innovation 创新
preserve 保存，保鲜
instead of 而不是
ice block 冰块
motorized car 汽车
horse-drawn carriage 马车
satisfy 满足
thirst 渴求
demand 需求
explore 探索
aspect 方面
tangible 有形的
intangible 无形的
generally speaking 总之
tend to 倾向于
harness 利用
recognize 认识
deal with 处理
dictate 决定
outcome 后果
constructive 建设性的
destructive 毁灭性的
本文第一段应该通过爱因斯坦的这句名言引出主题：好奇心的重要性；第二段可以举出一到两个例子阐明自己的观点，例如爱迪生搞发明、牛顿发现万有引力、华罗庚学数学等；第三段可以进行归纳总结或提出建议措施。
① In today's world, the ability to express oneself is as important as technical competence and professional knowledge. 在今天的世界，表达自我的能力与技术能力和专业知识同等重要。
② The larger the organization you work for, and the fiercer the competition for promotion, the more important it will be that you know how to convey your thoughts and convince others of your ideas. 你就职的公司越大，晋升的竞争越激烈，如何表达自己的思想并使他人信服就越发重要。
③ In today's workplace with increasing diverse standards of employee competency evaluation, professional knowledge only accounts for a part, one's personality and other abilities are equally important. 在当今的职场，员工能力的评价标准日益多样化，专业知识只占一部分，个人的性格和其他能力同等重要。
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On Maintaining Trust by commenting on the saying “It takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.” You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
As an old saying goes , “It takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.” Maintaining trust is the most important characteristic that a person requires to be successful in life. Only by consistently proving to be honest can a person earn the precious trust of family members and business partners.
On the one hand, the parents' relationship with their children must be based on trust and integrity. If a father promises many times to take his son to a football match and cancels every time, his son will naturally begin to lose faith in his father's words. On the other hand, in the business world, people with no trust sooner or later earn the bad reputation they deserve. I have observed how destructive a person's dishonesty has been to his chances for success, and how his relationships with other people are purely superficial, based only on self-interest.
Trust is a very valuable asset, which is easy to lose but hard to gain. In the long run, an honest person will earn the love and respect of the people closest to him or her, which, in my opinion, is the greatest measure of a successful life.
正如古语所说，“建立信任需要很多年，但毁掉它只需要几秒钟。”一个人若想成功，应具备的最重要的特征就是保持信任。一个人只有一贯地保持诚实，才能赢得家人和商业伙伴们的宝贵信任。
一方面，父母和孩子的关系必须建立在信任与诚实的基础上。如果一位父亲多次许诺儿子会带他去看足球比赛，结果每次都取消计划，那么儿子自然就不再相信父亲说的话了。另一方面，在商界，毫无诚信的人迟早会变得臭名昭著。我目睹了一个人用欺骗毁掉了自己成功的机会，他与别人的关系仅仅以个人利益为基础，因而完全是肤浅的。
信任是一份十分珍贵的财富，易失去，难获得。从长远角度看，一个诚实的人将赢得最亲近的人的爱戴和尊敬。在我看来，这就是衡量成功人生的最重要的尺度。
destroy 毁掉
maintain 维持
characteristic 特征
require 具备
consistently 不断地，一贯地
prove to be 证明是
earn 赢得
precious 珍贵的
family member 家庭成员
business partner 商业伙伴
on the one hand 一方面
relationship 关系
integrity 真诚
promise 承诺
on the other hand 另一方面
business world 商界
sooner or later 迟早
reputation 声誉
deserve 应得
observe 观察
destructive 破坏性的
dishonesty 欺骗
chance for success 成功的机会
purely 纯粹地
superficial 肤浅的
self-interest 个人利益
in the long run 长远看来
in my opinion 在我看来
measure 衡量尺度
本文共三段、九句、199个词。第一段为观点陈述段，共三句。第二段是举例论证段，是并列结构，举出两个并列的例子。前两句举出第一个例子：父母和孩子的关系；后两句举出第二个例子：商界关系。第三段为归纳结论段，共两句，是“总—分”结构。
① Incidents of dishonesty frequently happen in recent years, and trust between people is decreasing. 最近几年来，欺诈事件频频发生，人与人之间的信任度正在逐渐下降。
② When the market economy is globalizing, a better international and interpersonal cooperation can only be accomplished when we establish the solid relationships of trust at each level. 在市场经济全球化的同时，我们只有在各个层次建立坚实的信任关系，才能实现更好的国际与人际间的合作。
③ Without trust, we can't get along well with other people, let alone cooperate with them or get help from them. 没有信任，我们无法与其他人友好相处，更不用说与他们合作或者获得他们的帮助了。