4月8日的考试刚刚结束，一个混合提问的问题让当天很多考生头痛不已。不曾想，两周之后又是一个混合提问的问题接踵而至。20日当天的考试题目并不算难，同样的题干在2014年出现过，但是当年的题目可不是一个混合提问。这次等于是变本加厉地来考验各位考生。

　　原题如下：

　　In the past, people lived in the same place in their life. However, it is common that now people change their place where they live several times during their life. What are the reasons for this? Is it a positive or negative development? 20170420

　　审题时考生一定要注意，本题不仅仅是积极消极的讨论，还包含了原因的分析，这两个问题缺一不可。

　　In the age of globalization, people nowadays become accustomed to moving to various places to begin a new life every a few years rather than spending their whole life in the place where they were born and bred. This situation, thus, sparks off the concern about reasons causing this tendency and whether it is conducive to our society or not.

　　开头段原本没有任何难度，但是部分考生在点题的时候可能会忽略其中一个问题，实乃大忌。此类题目考生也完全没必要在首段就阐明自己的立场。因为这么做只会徒劳地增加文章篇幅。

　　For one thing, people in this day and age have a variety of reasons for moving to different places. Some move due to their job offers, and some settle down in a new place because of their curiosity of local culture. Actually, the deep-rooted reason is that advanced information and transportation technology collectively make this situation available. Current information technology is definitely an eye-opener for people, imparting knowledge concerning the outside world to every modern individual and consequently generating interest to the wide world. On top of this, modern transportation makes people's moving from one end on this planet to the other rather easy. Whereby, some people naturally begin new lives in new places.

　　主段一，规规矩矩地回答第一个问题，此段罗列了两个导致这个现象的原因。

　　For another, population’s flow is beneficial to our society in aspects of cross-culture communication and redistribution of workforce. People in diversely cultural background might live in the same community, and accordingly their mutual understanding will be improved through their daily communication. In addition, places with sufficient working opportunities certainly can attract more people to settle down. On the other hand, pessimists to this situation argue that traditional family tie will be totally broken since younger generation are more likely to move to different places but most older ones will never make this happen. This is to say, the young will have fewer chances to talk with their parents once they live in two separate cites. Notwithstanding, chances are that people can communicate with their family by their mobile phones or Internet whenever and wherever they want.

　　本段自然是回答第二个问题，先是论述展开其积极性，再通过反驳其可能的消极性来完整一个让步的功能。

　　In the final analysis, advancement of related technology provides both motive and means for people to move around the world. Meanwhile, population mobility is surely advantageous for our society, in spite of the possibly negative outcome that can be readily solved by information technology. What modern people are supposed to do is being ready all the time for moving to places they are interested in without worrying about their family or social circle.

　　根据本文的论证逻辑，分别在结尾段总结了全文。

　　如此看来，这篇文章貌似天衣无缝。但是，笔者想给各位阐明的问题如下：

　　1.笔者这么写的目的很简单。

　　此前在公微和大家分享过类似的混合提问的文章。但是大家总是略有微词，说笔者论证过程中总是会忽略一些方面。例如只论证了积极性，而忽视和消极性。或者抱怨笔者只罗列了一个原因，而原题中明确要求写出reasons等。为此，这面文章应该算得上是面面俱到了。

　　2.全文383个单词。

　　如此的篇幅，在真正的考试中几乎没有意义。

　　3.全文涉及论点五个。

　　对于大部分考生而言在考场中就一道题而列举五个论点，难度着实不小。

　　了解上述三点明细之后，其实各位应该明显发现，这个混合提问的文章对于逻辑要求往往不会那么的严谨。为了在考生中有效地应对考试，其实一个更为精简的文章版本才是各位考生应该掌握的，而绝非如此一个“鸿篇巨制”。