Question

第二節：讀寫任務（共1小題，滿分20分）
閱讀下面的短文，然后根據要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。
The question was once asked of a highly successful businessman，“How have you done so much in your lifetime?” He replied, “I have dreams. I have turned my mind loose to imagine what I wanted to do. Then I have gone to bed and thought about my dreams. In the night I dreamed about my dreams. And when I awoke in the morning ,     I saw the way to make my dreams real. While other people were saying, ‘You can’t do that. It’s  impossible.’ I was well on my way to achieving what I wanted.” As Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the US, said, “We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.”
They see things in the soft haze of a spring day, or in the red fire on a long winter’s evening. Some of us let these dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nourish them through bad days until they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
So please, don’t let anyone steal your dreams, or try to tell you they are impossible.
“Sing your song, dream your dreams, hope your hope and pray your prayer.”
【寫作內容】      
1）以約30詞概括短文的主旨大意；
2）然后以約120個詞就“夢想”這一主題發表看法，包括如下要點：
a) 請談談你是如何理解夢想在人生當中所起的作用的。
b) 列舉一個正面或負面的實例支持你的觀點，可以是你自己的親身經歷也可以是他人的例子。
【寫作要求】
概括要點和使用閱讀材料中的實例時，不得直接引用原文中的句子。
【評分標準】
概括準確、語言規范、內容合適，篇章連貫。  

Answer 1

One possible version for the writing
By presenting examples of successful people whose dreams contributed greatly to their success, this passage emphasizes the importance of dreams and advocates that people should have dreams and never give them up.
Nobody will deny that dreams play a very important part in one’s life. I think dreams influence people in the following ways. Firstly, having dreams means intense concentration on specific goals, which undoubtedly increases the possibility of success. Besides, dreams can serve as great motivations, pushing the dreamers to go ahead with courage and overcome difficulties with effort. Lastly, those who have dreams are more likely to be self-disciplined and well-organized, which are necessary qualities for ambitious people.
It has been seen how much dreams have meant to my father’s life. Country born and country bred, he dreamed of becoming an architect as a kid. For many years, he spared no effort to approach his dream by working extremely hard at his lessons and reading books related to architecture. As was expected, he was finally admitted to his ideal university and majored in architecture. Now he is an authority in architecture and is well-known at home and abroad.
To be brief, no matter who you are and what you are doing, you should have your dreams and hold on to them because they give you chances to taste success.

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