2013年4月20日托福独立写作小范围预测

从前到后，重要性降低。越靠前，重要性越高。

　　1. Parents today spend too much time helping their children determine their children’s future. Children should be allowed to make their choices on their own.

　　2. Success is not the most important thing in one’s life. Remaining happy and optimistic when you fail is more important.

　　3. Government should support scientific research even the research has no practical use.

　　4. Having a low-paying but secure job is better than having a high-paying job that can be lost easily.

　　5. People should have hobbies and do physical activities that are very different from their work.

　　6. People who have developed many different kinds of skills are more successful than people who focus on only one skill.

　　7. The personal and work-related challenges that young people face today are not very difference from challenges that their parents and grandparents faced when they were young.

　　8. All high school students should take a basic economics course.

　　9. Sometimes, if you cannot say anything nice about someone, you’d better say nothing.

　　10. Printed books have greater effects on society than television does.

　　11. Some people believe that a school should spend money on improving cafeteria foods. Other people believe that a school should spend money on social activities for students after school. What is your opinion and why?

　　12. Nowadays it is easier to maintain good health than in the past.