16.10.17 Pearson 真题回忆
DI
1. Bar chart，此题的变形没有第二行，趋势明显
2. Bar chart，新题，与此题类似
3. 原题
4. Flow chart，原题
RL
1. 4 dimensions: number ofspace or variables used to describe events
(1) Longitude – 1 dimension
(2) Latitude – 2 dimensional
(3) Altitude – 3 dimensional
(4) Time – 4 dimensional
Example: Equator – 1, earth -2, space above surface – 3, outer space – 4
Even more dimensions
2. Globalisation – 2 steps
Subsidy is not always good.When there is more subsidy, …(忘记主语是什么了，可能是farmers) will produce more and the price of productswill be lower which is not good for them.
Some farmers live on lessthan $2 a day
3. Languages extinction
记者问：Isit because languages do disappear in an accelerating speed or we are just moreaware of it?
答：Smalllanguages do disappear in an accelerating speed. The reason can beglobalisation and people migrating to large cities, which caused urbanisation.Large cities are not good places for small languages. In remote areas languagesare more likely to survive.
SWT
1. Compulsory voting
It is time to stop compulsoryvoting. People don’t know much about and candidates. It is farcical and peoplewho are forced to vote will make easier choice instead of the best one. Votingis not compulsory in many other democratic countries.
2. No one would have thoughtLondon would become the world’s financial capital. The progress was not smooth.It beat rivals such as New York and Tokyo and became the nexus of … Now it isthe place to be for people in finance and it’s a very expensive city.
3. Sustainable developmentwas defined as improving the ability of current generation (定语忘记了) without threatening future generation’s ability. Itis implicit that development we have now is not sustainable, which is not thetruth. Future was not predictable twenty years ago and resources…
Essay
Formal written examinations
SST
1. Money that drug companiesspent on commercial ads has doubled. Researchers suggest that though the informationgiven by the ads was technically accurate, the tone is misleading. For example,in an ad it may claim that patients will have control to their lives by takingthe medicine, but it ignores the health condition of patients.
2. Amory Lovins
He is an iconic character inelectricity(不确定)area. He has knowledge in plenty of areas but he is not an academic. He has aconsulting company. He lives in a snow mass without furnace. He usestechnologies we currently have, some of which he demonstrated, to save energy.He is a genius and kind of crazy. A writer called him Mr Green.
WFD
1. The first assignment isdue on 14th of September.
2. Our group is going to meettomorrow in the library conference room.
3. The dining hall willundergo renovation during the fall break.
