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(3) (Task) We decided to make some improvements in our association; in order to help more than two hundred freshmen and sophomores with their English while publicizing our group。
(4) (Actions: 利用原文的Key Words)
i。 Seek out relevant information:
* What kind of entertainment was popular among students that also offered chances for them to learn English most effectively?
* Which teacher was suitable for this position?
* When were our members available?
* Which place was convenient for a large attendance?
* Other related factors; such as the availability of facilities and the layout of the spots。
ii。 Key issue: What are the weak points of the students' English abilities? Vocabulary? Listening? Speaking? Grammar? Writing?
iii。 Decide on the steps to take:
* Administer a questionnaire to find out the weak points of the students' English abilities。
* Work out some activities with teachers to improve the weak points。
* Administer another questionnaire to evaluate the popularity of our activities and choose the top 3 to launch。
* Launch the top 3 activities。
(5) (Result) The Top 3 activitiesFun Vocabulary Recitation; Friends Mock Show; Devil English Cornerproved highly successful; and we hosted double the number students in our later activities。
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4。 Describe an instance where you made effective use of facts to secure the agreement of others。 描述一个例子, 证明你用事实去说服别人。
点评: 考查意图: 以事实说服他人的能力。关键词: facts; secure agreements。所以, 你的描述应该非常直截了当, 先把大家的不同意见列出来, 以及他人为什么不同意; 然后逐条以事实进行说服。
回答示范:
(1) (What) I advanced a plan to found an English Garden in collaboration with the English association in a neighboring university。
(2) (Situation) When I was a member of the English association in our university; I realized that the activities we anized lacked uniqueness and couldn't effectively help the students improve their English。 Our neighboring university is just a fiveminute walk away from us。
(3) (Task) I proposed the idea to the President of the Association that we found an English Garden in cooperation with the English association in the neighboring university。
(4) (Actions)
i。 (Key Words: disagreement) The disagreements I met included:
* our school authority may dissent。
* The high cost; and we didn't have enough human resources to carry out this project。
* There were too many English corners; another one was unnecessary。
ii。 (Key Words: facts) The facts I made use of:
* Our dean approved this proposal。
* Our partner was willing to provide financial assistance; and our members volunteered to design the details of the plan and implement it。
* A poll showed that the current English corners did not meet the students' requirements and lacked uniqueness。
(5) (Result) Others were convinced and we successfully founded the English Garden。 It's run once a week now; each meeting attracts over a hundred students。
5。 Give an example of how you worked effectively with people to acplish an important goal。 描述一个例子, 证明你有效地与人合作, 共同完成了一件重要的事情。
点评: 考查意图: 团队合作能力。关键词: worked effectively with people。所以, 你的描述应该很清晰: 我做什么+别人做什么。
回答示范:
(1) (What) Our team won the 2nd Prize in the Military Songs petition held in our university。
(2) (Situation) In total 20 teams joined the petition; each team represented a class。
(3) (Task) I was in charge of the project。 We decided to make our team's performance unique in order to win a prize。
(4) (Actions & Key Words) worked effectively with people
i。 Design: I cooperated with my colleagues to plan the climax of the performance; the musical acpaniment of the songs and the whole arrangement of the narrative poem。 As three members in our team were good at guitar; I encouraged them to e up with some ideas about how to use a guitar in the military songs。
ii。 Rehearsal: I worked together with those who were in charge of the lights; sounds and scenes to create the perfect artistic effect。
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iii。 On stage: I reminded my fellows with gestures and eye expressions。 Also; I helped a singer to cope with an emergency。
(5) (Result) Our military team won the second prize in this petition。
6。 Describe a creative/innovative idea that you produced which significantly contributed to the success of an activity or project。 描述一个例子, 你提供了一个创新的想法, 使得某一个活动或者项目取得了成功。
问题分析: 考查意图: 创新能力。关键词是creative idea, significantly contributed。所以, 你的描述要包括你的创新意识、 创新依据、 有了创新的想法之后如何去实现它, 以及这个创新想法起到了多么重要的作用。
回答示范:
(1) (What) I suggested that we set the topic to be 〃Sell Yourself〃 for the annual speech contest in our school。
(2) (Situation) Each year our school holds a speech contest; the topic is randomly chosen by the teachers; for example; how to protect the environment; the importance of honesty; and so on。 Students are not very excited about these topics。
(3) (Task) I am quite interested in participating in speech contests; but I'd like them to be different; more exciting and more useful。 So I decided to offer some suggestions to our school。
(4) (Actions)
i。 I proposed three topics: Sell Yourself; Where I'll be in 3 Years; Be petitive。 All focus on future job hunting and career development; which I believe are attractive topics to most students。
ii。 I surveyed other students and got the information that Sell Yourself seemed better; because it gave us a chance not only to say something; but possibly to sing and dance in addition to just speak。
(5) (Result) My proposal was used in the Speech Contest; which was enjoyed by the students。 Over 500 students came to watch the speech contest; double the previous audience size。 And the participants said the topic gave them a good opportunity to show off and bee more confident。
7。 Provide an example of how you assessed a situation and achieved good results by focusing on the most important priorities。 描述一个例子, 说明你如何评估形势, 并且把精力放在最重要的事情上, 然后取得了比较好的结果。
问题分析: 这个问题的关键词是assessed a situation; focused on the priorities, 考查的是你分析事情和找到问题关键点的能力。所以, 你的描述应该是着重于自己的分析过程。
回答示范:
(1) (What) I once solved the problem of lack of inventory in our store in an hour。
(2) (Situation) Four stores do the promotion at the same time and our store is one of them; the largest one。 The sales assistant on the previous day fot to report that the inventory wasn't enough and I just realized it when I arrived in the morning。
(3) (Key Words: my assessment of the situation) The four promoting stores were not very far from each other; and they opened at different times。 It was possible to fetch some stock from another store and make up for it later。
(4) (Key Words: the priorities) To satisfy the stocking demand of the store which had the largest number of customers。
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(5) (Actions) I reported to the manager and offered my suggestion。 He accepted it。
(6) (Result) Everything went all right。 The inventory in our store was sufficient; and the other store was restocked later before lunchtime。
8。 Provide an example of how you acquired technical skills and converted them to practical application。 描述一个例子, 说明你如何获得了技能, 并且把这些技能转化成实际应用。
问题分析: 这个问题的关键词是convert technical skills to practical application, 真正的考查意图是你的“学习能力”。
回答示范:
(1) (What) I learnt how to arrange the questionnaire forms in a scientific way and use them in the survey of a new beer。
(2) (Situation) In the investigation of customer opinions about the taste of a new kind of beer; I found that the questionnaire form was out of date and limited the freedom of responses。
(3) (Actions)
a) I consulted my boss and a good friend who works in a professional marketing research pany and learnt a new way of arranging questionnaire forms。
b) I designed two new forms; and my boss chose one of them。
(4) (The result) With the help of the converted form; our pan