问答题 1.  Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on judgment by referring to the saying "Don't judge a book by its cover until you've read the book." You can give examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you can make rational judgments. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
【正确答案】[范文]
   There is a saying that goes like this: "Don't judge a book by its cover until you've read the book." We can not tell whether a book is worth reading or not only by reading the information on its cover. Only after we finish reading the book can we comment on it objectively.
   I can't agree more to this saying. On the cover of a book, we can only see the book's name and some brief introduction, which is not enough for us to know its value. The value of a book lies in its contents, framework, language, writing style, etc. That's why we shouldn't judge a book only by its cover, This is also true when we need to judge other things. For example, when we are browsing all kinds of news online, we can never know the whole story well only by reading the oversimplified—sometimes even misleading—headlines. Actually, we should not make a judgment on anything hastily until we've studied it completely.
   In my opinion, in order to make rational judgments, we'd better spend enough time and energy to understand a person or a thing before drawing any conclusion.
【答案解析】 这是一篇名言分型作文。要求考生对“不能只看封面来判断一本书好坏,而要看内容”这句话进行分析,并发表自己的看法。根据题目要求,文章结构可作如下安排:
   第一段:以名言人题,并稍加分析其含义。
   第二段:论证名言的说法,并举例进一步说明。
   第三段:讲述应该怎么做才能做出理性判断。
[参考译文]
   有句话是这样说的:不能只凭封面来判断一本书好坏,而要看内容。我们不能仅仅通过阅读封面的信息来辨别一本书是否值得阅读。只有在我们完成阅读之后,才能客观地评论它。
   我非常同意这句话。在书的封面上,我们只能看到书名和一些简介,这不足以让我们了解这本书的价值。书的价值在于它的内容、结构、语言、写作风格等等。因此我们不能仅仅通过封面来评判一本书的好坏。我们判断其他事物时也应如此。举个例子,当我们浏览网上各种新闻的时候,我们不能仅仅通过阅读那些过度简化了的——甚至有时是误导的——新闻标题来了解清楚整个故事。事实上,我们不应该对任何事物进行仓促判断。直到我们彻底研究了它。
   在我看来,为了做出理性的判断,我们最好在对人或事物得出任何结论之前,先花足够的时间和精力对其进行了解。