问答题 1.  Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
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Grow Up and Become Who You Are

   People tend to look on childhood memory as the best time of their whole life and feel the temptation of resisting growing up as growing up usually comes along with pains and struggles. Indeed, it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
   Growing up not only involves coming of age but also entails maturity of mental development and flexibility of doing things. Surely, it is inevitable that we will suffer from difficulties on the way of growing up because becoming who you really are requires sense of responsibility and courage. For example, when you feel mature enough to choose a major or a career your parents may think otherwise and advise you to perform what they think is the best for you in the name of love. Under such circumstances, you definitely need courage to follow your heart.
   In conclusion, growing up may not seem fascinating, but it is a threshold one must step across. One day, when you find yourself capable of shouldering your own responsibility without fear and panic, you may realize all the tears and pains in the process of growing up are worthwhile.
【答案解析】 本文是一篇议论文,要求考生对“为什么长大成为真正的自己需要勇气”这一观点发表自己的评论。写作时,考生应在首段引出话题,中间部分阐明长大成为真正的自己需要勇气的原因,可以举例进行说明,最后对文章进行总结或就观点提出相应的建议。