一．Analysis of Issue Questions
2、“It is unrealistic to expect individual nations to make, independently, the sacrifices necessary to conserve energy. International leadership and worldwide cooperation are essential if we expect to protect the world’s energy resources for future generations.”
3、“Corporations and other businesses should try to eliminate the many ranks and salary grades that classify employees according to their experience and expertise. A ‘flat’ organizational structure is more likely to encourage collegiality and cooperation among employees.”
9、“Employees should keep their private lives and personal activities as separate as possible from the workplace.”
11、“When someone achieves greatness in any field — such as the arts, science, politics, or business — that person’s achievements are more important than any of his or her personal faults.”
12、“Education has become the main provider of individual opportunity in our society. Just as property and money once were the keys to success, education has now become the element that most ensures success in life.”
13、“Responsibility for preserving the natural environment ultimately belongs to each individual person, not to government.”
16、“Public buildings reveal much about the attitudes and values of the society that builds them. Today’s new schools, courthouses, airports, and libraries, for example, reflect the attitudes and values of today’s society.”
18、“If the primary duty and concern of a corporation is to make money, then conflict is inevitable when the corporation must also acknowledge a duty to serve society.”
21、“Job security and salary should be based on employee performance, not on years of service. Rewarding employees primarily for years of service discourages people from maintaining consistently high levels of productivity.”
24、“A powerful business leader has far more opportunity to influence the course of a community or a nation than does any government official.”
25、“The best strategy for managing a business, or any enterprise, is to find the most capable people and give them as much authority as possible.”
29、“Too many people think only about getting results. The key to success, however, is to focus on the specific task at hand and not to worry about results.”
31、“Financial gain should be the most important factor in choosing a career.”
32、“You can tell the ideas of a nation by its advertisements.”
34、“All citizens should be required to perform a specified amount of public service. Such service would benefit not only the country as a whole but also the individual participants.”
36、“Businesses and other organizations have overemphasized the importance of working as a team. Clearly, in any human group, it is the strong individual, the person with the most commitment and energy, who gets things done.”
37、“Since science and technology are becoming more and more essential to modern society, schools should devote more time to teaching science and technology and less to teaching the arts and humanities.”
38、“Courtesy is rapidly disappearing from everyday interactions, and as a result, we are all the poorer for it.”
39、“It is difficult for people to achieve professional success without sacrificing important aspects of a fulfilling personal life.”
40、“With the increasing emphasis on a global economy and international cooperation, people need to understand that their role as citizens of the world is more important than their role as citizens of a particular country.”