2019英语专八模拟试卷及答案（一）

　　PART V WRITING　[45 MIN]

　　The following two excerpts are about Ice Bucket Challenge, an activity initiated to raise money and awareness for the disease ALS (渐冻症). From the excerpts, you can find that the activity seems to have achieved much success, but there have also been doubt and criticism.

　　Write an article of NO LESS THAN 300 words, in which you should:

　　1. summarize the development of ice bucket challenge activity, and then

　　2. express your opinion towards the activity, especially whether the problem found with this

　　kind of activity will finally undermine its original purpose.

　　Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

　　Write your article on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

　　Excerpt 1

　　Headmistress tells pupils not to fret about exams

　　Pupils should not worry about their exam results because no one will remember them in years to come, the head of a leading girls’ school has said.

　　Judith Carlisle, headmistress of Oxford High School, said there was no point fretting over GCSEs because no one will “give a damn” about results — and because they don’t reflect character.

　　She is running a “Death of Little Miss Perfect” initiative at the private school to combat perfectionism in her students.

　　“Perfectionism is only captured in a moment — it’s not achievable longer term,” she said. “It undermines self-esteem and then performance.

　　Miss Carlisle said that students don’t always need to aim for 100 per cent, and if they do need an A grade to attend their university of choice, it’s not necessary to get the highest A possible.

　　She said: “It matters, but sometimes it probably won’t matter. It’s important [the girls are] not going for things that if they don’t get it, it will destroy them. Exams aren’t who they are — it’s what they did on that day.’

　　She said: “There’s unhelpful perfectionism as opposed to high standards. It’s not that we’re aiming to undermine high standards — it will actually help you achieve higher standards.”

　　Excerpt 2

　　THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION

　　The pursuit of perfection is a strategy for motivating organizations to innovate and reach levels of improvement and performance not previously seen as possible. Leveraging the pursuit of perfection as a strategy was developed and refined by quality leaders such as Bob Galvin and Paul O’Neil, and it has led to success in industries including health care, telecommunications, and manufacturing.

　　Prior to serving as U.S Secretary of the Treasury, Paul O’Neil was one of the most successful industrial leaders of the 20th century. As CEO of Alcoa from 1987 to 1999, he proposed and demanded a radical goal: zero work-loss incidents. No one would be hurt working at Alcoa. Alcoa moved toward perfection, becoming the safest industrial company in the world — as well as the most successful aluminum producer in the world.

　　Paul O’Neil has developed a revolutionary kind of leadership — one that centers around the pursuit of perfection.

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