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  3. The well-being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority. Do you agree or disagree to the statement ab

The well-being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority. Do you agree or disagree to the statement ab

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问题     The well-being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority. Do you agree or disagree to the statement above? Write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
    In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
    Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
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答案 Questioning Authority - Road to Well-being A society is made up of individual people, no two of whom are exactly alike. Some are smarter, some have more money, and some are docile and blindly follow leaders while others are more vocal in addressing the topic of authority. In most cases, it is better when many of a society’s people are questioning authority. Generally, the more the people that are questioning authority, the more the society’s people care about what that authority is doing. In the past, emperors, kings and queens controlled much of the world with an authority that could not be questioned. In some cases, the leaders were deemed to be heavenly deities that could do no wrong, therefore purely blind allegiance was both expected and demanded. In some cases, the entire existence of a society would depend on the unquestioning loyalty of the leader’s subjects. Hundreds of years ago this type of leadership made sense as people were generally poorly educated and would have been much worse off without such a strong leader. However, as time passed and people became better educated, the reasons for having such leaders became fewer and fewer. Along with the Industrial Revolution came the need for more and more people to have a voice in their own governments and chosen leaders. No longer bound to one particular piece of ground by the earth that they farmed, people could move about and learn more about what was happening both in their own societies and those nearby. People began to realize that their leaders were not "heavenly chosen" but merely fallible human beings just like themselves. With the growing realization that these leaders were not perfect came the idea that questioning authority might not be such a bad thing after all. Certainly in the past one hundred years there have been continuing dictatorships that have suppressed millions by wielding absolute authority. In some cases, people were executed for daring to question authority. But every time one person would speak out, another person or two were probably inspired to do the same. One voice could inspire many other voices. Man’s right to self-determination should be an inalienable right, but remaining silent is not the way to assert that right. One voice or a few voices may be silenced, but eventually the authority being questioned will be forced to answer. In general, the more people that question authority, the more likely the society is to get real answers. Questioning authority is the best way to keep a government honest and accountable. People in a self-determining society have the best opportunity for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
解析     文章开头的背景介绍虽然短小，但使得后面论点的提出显得不那么突兀。主体部分首先进行对照，提出过去由于时代背景的局限，人们不敢也没有能力质疑权威。而后话锋一转，说明时代的进步赋予了人们质疑权威的可能性。正文的第二分论点主要是说明人们质疑权威的必要性，即人类享有自主决断的权利，为保障这一权利的充分发挥，人们也应当质疑权威。总体而言，全文为质疑权威的做法提供了充分必要条件，因而为观点提供了合理佐证。
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