2018年议论文题目

 初赛 

  self-service store: beneficial or inconvenient

audio-reading; breaking time/space limits or fast-food reading

peer-pressure: positive or negative

lobster saving: noble or useless

Buddha-like youth(fo xi qing nian: a calm and easyggoing mindset or avoidance of pressure and motivation

复赛

social media deprive people of rational decision making 

books read by American and Chinese students

决赛

scientific experiments: does the end justify the means? 科学实验的伦理道德

2018复赛2 

Write an essay in response to the passage below. You should discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the passage and explain your reasons for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the aithor's opinion might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position. You should write about 500 words.

Either true of false, a piece of information on the internet or social media may be circulated thousands of times in a few minutes, hitting the public with a s0-called "infostorm". Instead of checking the validity of the information, most eople believe that others poesses more knowledge about a situation than they do and kust click the "resend" button. Although the social media provide easy access to an abundance of information, they do not equip us to make rational decisions.

As the author of Crowd: A study of the popular mind observed, irrational group behavior has always existed and as social beings we tend to be influenced by other people's opinions and actions. But modern technology has dramatically changed the speed and scale of this social behavior. Because we can see how many people have liked or resented a story or piece of information, social media greatly reduces reflecion time and harms our ability to think critically and to act rationally.