SAT写作练习 popular culture_SAT写作

SAT写作练习 popular culture

　　Finally, that same month, other takers of the SAT were asked about something near and dear to many, but perhaps not all: their cellphones:

　　An Internet phone service is offering unlimited free telephone calls for anyone who signs up. There is only one catch: the company will use software to listen to customers phone conversations and then send customers advertisements based on what they have been talking about. For example, if they talk about movies with their friends, advertisements for movies will appear on their computer screens. Commentators have voiced concern about customers giving up their privacy in exchange for phone service.

　　Should people give up their privacy in exchange for convenience or free services?

　　And here, at last, is the one, similar prompt that administrators of the ACT gave to us:

　　As the amount of time students spend watching television increases, teachers debate whether television channels should be required to devote at least 20 percent of their programming to educational shows about topics such as science and history.

　　Some teachers support this policy because they think television is an ideal teaching instrument with a very large and very receptive audience. Other teachers do not support this policy because they think what is considered educational by some could be considered merely entertaining by others.