TPO 11
11-1
描述一本你曾读过的有趣的书，并解释你认为它有趣的原因。运用具体的细节和例子做详细阐述。
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I think In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is an extraordinarily interesting book. It is a pioneer in the field of true crime novels. It combines good journalism reporting with emotional explorations about the two killers involved. The book’s plot focuses on the brutal murder of a Kansas family by two robbers during a home invasion. However, Mr. Capote wrote the book with a focus on the background of the killers and their psychological profiles leading up to the murder. He also withheld all the details of the murder until the very end, building up the suspense.
11-2
有些人认为，孩子应该被允许任意选择自己喜欢的电视节目来观看。而另一些人认为家长应该对孩子观看的电视节目实行监管。你同意哪种观点？解释原因。
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I agree with the idea that parents should have some control over the television programs watched by children. The strongest argument would be that children have immature minds and are eager to copy what they have seen sometimes. Thus, extreme violence or lewd pornographic television shows should not be available to children viewers. It is true that if children truly wanted to watch such shows, they would find a way to watch them anyhow. However, parents should at least exert some basic level of control so that such shows are not accessible easily.
11-3
阅读材料：校舍翻修计划
在过去的10年间，中央学院中选择居住在校内宿舍的学生减少了2成。为了缓和这种趋势，校方计划翻修校舍。整个施工将历时2年，范围包括对宿舍内浴室、照明以及供暖设施的改进等。“很多人搬出学校是因为宿舍的条件欠佳，”校长解释道，“而翻修过的校舍会比校外住房更具吸引力，所以会有更多的学生选择留在学校居住。”
题目：对话中的女生表达了她对于大学该计划的观点，请阐述她的观点并解释她所给出的原因。
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The student disagrees with the school’s plan to renovate the college dormitories. The school wants to renovate because students have been moving off campus in the past couple of years and they want to stop this trend. However, the student suggests that the two-year construction will disturb many current on-campus students, encouraging them to move off campus. This would be counterproductive to the goal of attracting more students to live on-campus. Furthermore, the school is planning to raise housing costs later to help pay for the renovation process. Thus, many students will want to move off campus for less expensive housing. That is why the student thinks that the renovation process would not bring more students onto campus housing.
11-4
阅读材料：域外艺术
域外艺术是一个用来特指那些离群索居的艺术家们所创作的艺术作品。这些艺术家在创作这种域外艺术时是完全独立工作且不与其他艺术家接触的，此外他们也并非科班出身，未受到过正规的、系统的训练。因为他们没有从老师或其他艺术家那里习得传统的艺术创作技法，所以这些域外艺术家们必须寻找自己独特的创作手法进行创作。而最终达到的效果就是，在观众眼中，他们的作品显得非常诡异，与传统的艺术作品迥然不同。
题目：解释为什么Henry Darger被认为是一位域外艺术家。
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An Outsider artist is a unique type of artist. An Outsider usually lives in isolation from society, away from other artists and friends. The Outsider artist also probably has had no formal artistic training. Because of this unique background, the Outsider artist usually produces very unique, never-before-seen art. Henry Darger is an Outsider artist because he lives in isolation, just like an Outsider artist. In addition, his artwork cannot be defined by conventional artistic methods. He has never had any real training, and his 9 foot long, cluttered patchwork painting depicts this lack of training. Instead of drawing real human figures and leaving space, he cut out newspaper pictures and put them all over the canvas. Darger’s isolation and unique output as an artist make him an Outsider artist.
11-5
对话中，学生们讨论了一个问题并给出了两种可行的解决方案。简要概括这个问题，并陈述你所支持的方案及其原因。
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The student Frank is going to do summer research for a professor at his school, but he is having trouble with housing options. Since the professor did not reply for a long time, Frank thought that he did not get the research position and therefore did not apply for campus housing. Now, he has to either rent an apartment off campus or commute from home every day. His house is located 2 hours away. I think I would rather rent an apartment off campus because it saves money on gas and he can still visit his parents every weekend. Riding four hours every day for work is too time-wasting, and it will eventually makes him exhausted. Furthermore, living off campus can improve his ability to live independently.
11-6
运用课堂上的观点和事例来解释什么是统一与对照，并且阐述它们是怎样提高室内设计效果的。
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Unity and contrast are essential elements of interior design. Unity is defined by the idea of consistency. Inside a room, having similar elements joined together makes us feel comfortable and orderly. For example, light green walls and darker green sofas combine together to create a sense of unity. However, too much unity can also make the room boring. This is why we need contrast, which carefully breaks up the unity. For example, we can put red and white cushions on the green sofa. This contrast helps the room become exciting and prevents it from becoming boring and monochromatic. However, too much contrast can also be bad, since it can lead to a chaotic room with too many things going on.