2021年4月一共进行了四场线下考试，其中三场在周 末、一场周中。本月考题均为2017-2019年出现的旧题。其中10日重复2017年1月14日考题，21日重复2019年10月27日考题，24日重复2018年9月15日考题，25日重复2019年7月28日考题。由此可见，对过往3-5年旧题进行充分了解和练习仍旧是考生接下来备考独立题的重要途径。本月出现的话题以工作、活动与人生经验为主，学习类高频话题没有出现在本月考题中。
2021年4月10日
20170114旧题复用
Which do you prefer, work in a small company or organization with only a few people or wok in a large company with many employees?
你倾向于在哪种公司工作——员工少的小公司，或是员工很多的大公司？
题目解析：
Work类话题对于社会经历不足的学生来说会是不小的挑战。我们可以从题中所给两个选项进行分析，然后得出答案。
若是选择员工少的小公司，好处是同事竞争压力小，同事们之间更为了解对方、关系更紧密，但坏处是发展潜力小，资金没有大公司充足更容易陷入破产困境，以及员工福利没有保障等。
若是选择员工多的大企业，好处则在于大企业员工福利待遇如保险、养老金、法定节假日休假等更有保障，工作流程更规范，可以认识更多工作中的同事、对扩展社交圈有所帮助，然而坏处则在于工作压力大，岗位竞争多，部门过多做事效率低等。
考生可以参考上述论点，不过也可以在答题时使用类比的方法将此题置换为选择“学生很少的学”or“学生很多的学校”，在答题首句强调自己“并未工作过，但和选择大小型学校情境类似”即可。
范文：
Well, I’d say working in a large company with more employees works better for me. For starters, larger company has stronger, sturdier cash flow, which means this business can stay strong for longer time on the market than that of a smaller one. This cash flow helps to provide full package of staff welfare such as pension plan, medical care and travel expenses. Second, I love to meet new people. Working inside a large company like Nokia or Facebook gives me the chance know people cross departments, and a broad social circle is always good, good for mentality as well as future career.
2021年4月21日
20191027旧题复用
Your city owns a large piece of vacant land in the city center and wants to do something useful with it. Some people want to rent it to a company that will create job opportunities for local residents. Other people prefer to use the land to create a large park and community garden. Which option do you think would be best？
你的城市市中心有一大片空地可用于开发。一部分人人希望这片地被租给一家公司以创造工作机会给当地人，另一部分人希望将这片地开发成一个大型公园和社区花园。你认为那种方案是好的？
题目解析：
这道题可以看成work、activities甚至environment话题的重叠。
若是选择在空地上建设公司，给当地人提供工作机会，可以使用常用理由“money”
进行解释——当地人可以赚更多钱进行物质文化娱乐消费等，进而刺激当地经济增长。
若是选择将空地开发成大型公园和社区花园，则可以从活动和环境保护两个论点入手。1. 活动：公园可以作为当地居民休闲活动的场地，如野餐、室外烧烤、放风筝、扔飞盘、踢球、遛狗等 2. 建设公园可以帮助净化城市空气，减少空气污染，降低汽车尾气排放的废气影响；公园同时也起到美观城市的作用，在公园里修建喷泉、景观，种植绿植花草等可以让城市变得更吸引人。
考生也可以在答题时使用“厚此薄彼”的方式，赞扬某一选择的好处，反驳另一选择的坏处。
范文：
I think turning this vacant land into a park and community garden is a far better option. Local citizens have already been living in a concrete jungle, they need a central park to chill, to have some weekend getaway fun. For example, I used to go to the city park downtown to have picnics and outdoor barbecue with friends. At the park, there were also guys walking dogs, kids playing Frisbee, it was the such a harmonious scene to watch. Moreover, a park serves as a gigantic air purifier in the city. Cities are packed with cars these days, just imagine the amount of sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide they emit in one single day, a park can at least help to ease the problem.
2021年4月24日
20180915旧题复用
You are the members of two clubs in your school, but you have to quit one because this semester you have a lot of schoolwork to do. Which one do you prefer to quit? And why?
1. hiking club
2. speech and debate club
你同时作为学校两个社团的团员，因为学业很多不得不放弃其中之一。你会选择放弃哪一个？徒步旅行社或是演讲辩论社？
题目解析：
此题为activities话题，即选择hiking还是选择speech and debate。此题可以使用常用理由health、train my mind、relax进行解答。
选择hiking club：可以减肥，有益于增强体魄，促进新陈代谢(health)。同时徒步旅行也可以锻炼自己的心智(train my mind)——如坚持走完全程不放弃。此项运动也可以放松自己的情绪，将自己从繁重的学业中解放出来。
选择speech and debate club：可以锻炼自己的心智(train my mind)——练习自己的演讲能力，提升逻辑思维能力，未来在公开讲话场合更从容。结合考生自己的专业来看，如果专业课需要做演讲或是辩论，那么后者显然更重要，因为可以帮助自己拿到更高的演讲分数，从而获得更高的GPA。
范文：
If I am to choose between the two, the hiking club would continue to stay on my list, while the speech and debate club will be crossed off. Well, I guess what matters to me the most would be the fact that I need to unwind my self from the seemingly never-ending papers, quizzes and exams and such. Doing sports like hiking helps to bring my study nerves down. Survey suggests that college students can get pretty stressed out without decent amount of exercise. The urge to lose weight through working-out might be the other reason to stay in the hiking club. I really need to lose a few pounds to fit into those skin-tight jeans and crop tops that I purchased recently.
2021年4月25日
20190728旧题复用
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should learn how to be independent at an early age.
你是否同意以下结论：孩子应该在很小的年级学会独立。
题目解析：
此题为life experience话题，考生可以结合自身成长经历进行作答。本题题眼为independent和early age。大家需要斟酌这两个词背后的具象意思。如independent可以指孩子学会自我照顾，照顾他人，也可以指遇到麻烦时尝试着自己解决，甚至可以是自己学会挣钱（摆路边摊买柠檬汁、做家务等）。而每个人对于early age 的定义不甚相同，三四岁至八九岁年龄段都可算作early age，如五岁的孩子可能需要学会独立吃饭，八九岁的孩子可以独立上下学，不同年龄的孩子不能一概而论。结合上述对题眼的解析，选择同意的考生可以自行选择年龄段和独立的方面，对本题进行举例。选择不同意则可以谈谈很小的孩子为什么暂时不需要独立，如需要享受童年，和玩伴们一起玩耍，在家看动画片等。
范文：
Personally speaking, I believe that kids do need to learn how to be independent at an early age. Because they gotta grow up and turn into adults someday, it seems reasonable for young kids to prepare for themselves while there’s plenty of time. For example, while I was a innocent 8-year-old girl in primary school, my mom was letting me organize my backpack every night at home, so that it wouldn’t be in a mess like what normally would happen to most of the other children’s backpacks at that time. Being able to do this on my own, I was granted with some other rights such as to go to and leave school without my parents’ watch. That’s how I turned out to be quite an independent person today.
