雅思写作核心72题库及范文

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交通问题

In most parts of the world, the volume of traffic is growing at an alarming rate. In the

form of an assignment, discuss about the main traffic problems in your country, their

causes and possible solutions.

The progress of transport industry is inevitable and undeniable. What is under

controversy is whether the volume of traffic is growing at an alarming rate. To be

frank, I am in high favor that we are well aware of the traffic problem.

In my point of view, a possible cause of the problem is that we lack the infrastructure

construction. Also the overpopulation is the cause of this problem, especially in China.

Although the growth of the transport is rapid, it still cannot meet the increasing

needs of people. Furthermore, people abuse the private cars to take public transport

instead, which caused more cars put into use. Lastly, individuals are also responsible

for this problem. People are lacking in consciousness and awareness for traffic

situation in order. Sometimes, people drive after drinking, which causes more traffic

accidents.

The solution, I think, is for government to inject more funds into the construction of

infrastructure, increase more construction, such as the restructuring of metro

system, elevated ways, Pearl line, and superhighway. Also government should levy

heavy tax on luxurious products, and encourage people to use bus service instead of

private cars. To individuals, we may establish the family planning to control the

growth of the population. Furthermore, we should publicize the importance of

obeying the traffic regulations among people by education, and form the civil health

lifestyle.

To conclude, with the joint effort of people and governments, I am sure the traffic

problems will be improved.

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教育

Many people argue that in order to improve educational quality continuously,

students are encouraged to make comments or even criticism on teachers. Others

think the respect and discipline in the classroom will disappear. Which opinion do you

prefer?

There is dispute over whether or not students are encouraged to make comments or

even criticism on teachers. Some people maintain that it is a good way to improve

educational quality, whereas others are confident that if students do it, the respect

and discipline in the classroom will disappear. Every man will hesitate but if asked to

make a choice between the two. I would not hesitate to choose the former over the

latter.

There are some major causes for it. In the first instance, the improvement of

students is the fin

al goal of education. Only by giving comment on teachers?

performance can let teachers know the process of students? development clearly.

Furthermore, the criticism is the stimulus to teachers? self

-perfection and

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improvement in educational quality. Last but not least, the criticism itself is a kind of

feedback and communication between teachers and students, lack of which will

affect the educational outcome afterwards.

Although each coin has two sides, weighing the pros and cons of the argument, I?m

inclined to agree with the former point of view although it has posed a tremendous

challenge to teachers and thus the entire educational system.

If the students have courage to make comments on their teachers, they will have

more confidence to conquer the difficulties in the future. As a Chinese proverb

says,“the waves behind drive on those behind, so the new excels the old.”Teachers

will find their own disadvantage in the teaching to again and again.

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动物实验

Scientists are doing experiments on live animals for the purpose of research

nowadays. Some people believe that this is not only cruel but also unnecessary;

others think it is in the interest of mankind as a whole. Discuss

Along with the development of society, more and more phenomena have been

brought to our attention. Some people believe that experiments on live animals are

of cruelty, arguing the fact that this kind of research is unvalued. However, other

people who stand on a very different ground firmly point out that it is beneficial to

human beings. From my point of view, I do strongly support the latter idea.

The first reason can be seen by every person is that result of experiments on some

certain animals can help scientists. Scientists can determine whether these sorts of

substance which are used in laboratory are feasible or not by analyzing the reaction

of the animals. Sometimes, it is not only the best way but also the only approach due

to danger of the experiments that could not occur on the human being.

The second reason for my propensity for the above statement is that the scientists

can keep researching with different ways. It is flexible and economical for experts to

do it, even though they fail to attain what they want. Furthermore, they may repeat

process more easily.

Finally, this kind of experiments will let people know more about themselves, which

is a lot in common between human race and animals. Therefore, the results of

research can help people to get further knowledge about mankind.

However, on the other hand, we cannot deny that some people want to reach their

achievements by killing the animals cruelly. So something has to be done to improve

the technology and equipments in laboratory, meanwhile, to make sure these

behaviors are legal.

Judging from above evidence offered, we can see animal experiments do more good

than harm to us. These processes play more and more important roles for the

people's future.

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压力问题

Many people stay off working and studying. What reasons cause stress and how to

solve it?

It has been widely noted that nowadays people tend to feel stressful as a result that

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they stay off working and studying. This has become a serious problem so we have to

pay attention to it. In my view there are two main factors contributing to this problem.

In the first instance, physical deficiency leads to stress. Malnutrition and insomnia

can cause body dysfunction for stress. We all have an experience that after a

sleepless night, we are of tension the whole day.

Secondly, fierce competition in work and societ

y causes people?s uneven mood for a

raining day. People have to work hard and learn more in order to adapt to the fast

pace of modern life and make enough money to support their family. No one wants

to be out of date and thus be eliminated by the society.

In the view of above, I think some measures need to be taken to solve this problem.

First and foremost, we should build up a healthy lifestyle. One hand we keep early

hours. On the other hand we ought to eat a variety of food then we can get more

nutrition.

Furthermore, we need to find different ways to relax ourselves when we face severe

competition. We can choose mental abundance by filling-up or cover-up to renew our

knowledge. We also can choose travel. Travel can widen our vision and broaden our

minds. A deep impression is left on you by traveling which dispels your gloomy mood.

All in all, there are many reasons causing people to stay off studying and working.

However people will come to a new area through different ways to relax themselves

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工作问题

Task 2: The world of work is changing rapidly. Working conditions today are not the

same as before and people no longer rely on taking one job for life. Discuss the

possible causes of these changes and give your suggestions on how people should

prepare for work in the future.

There is much discussion nowadays as to whether or not the working conditions

today are the same as before and people rely on taking one job for life. Diverse

contributing factors can be identified. In the following, I would like to show my point

of view.

Most important of all, with the development of science and technology, the structure

of work force has changed seriously. For example, people no longer need to do some

heavy work by themselves. Instead, they can use machines. Thus, they could

transfer to other positions.

On the second thought, competition in any fields has become more and more intense,

so it is hard for one to keep his or her position without learning anything new and

useful. Therefore, in order to fit the new

situation, people shouldn?t be satisfied with

their present conditions. They should absorb many things that they may have no idea

before. Gratifyingly, more and more people are now trying to improve themselves by

having courses after work and even sacrifice their rest time in purpose of gaining a

good job.

As a proverb goes, “Where there?s a will, there?s a way.” It is inevitable that the world

of work is changing rapidly. Nevertheless, if we determine to improve and perfect

ourselves volitionally, I?m sur

e there is a way in front of us.

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垃圾问题

Many people say that we have developed into a “throw

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away society”, because we

are filling up our environment with so many plastic bags and rubbish that we cannot

fully dispose of. To want degree do you agree with this opinion and what measures

can you recommend reducing this problem?

There is growing tendency nowadays for people to produce much more garbage than

before. Some people hold an opinion that this leads to a throw-away society, for too

many plastic bags and rubbish that can not fully dispose of threaten to overwhelm us.

Personally, I agree with this opinion for the following reasons.

When we come to think about it, there are only three ways we can deal with rubbish.

Dump it, burn it and change for something useful. However, no matter which way we

choose, one thing is certain that garbage is everywhere. In the first instance, we

throw useless things to garbage bins and sometimes we leave a trail of rubbish.

When lorries carry waste to bury them, problems seemingly are solved. However, a

lot of harmful things in these garbage dumps pollute our land. For instance, a set

batter could turn fertile lands within 50 square meters into a barren desert. The

second method is to burn it. As we fire rubbish, harmful gas is released to air. These

poisonous substances pollute not only our health but also our atmosphere.

Additionally, the last way we can choose is to turn garbage into something we can

use again, which sounds a good idea. In fact, advanced recycle technology will cost

a huge sum of money. We sometimes get low quality.

In view of the above reasons, I would recommend that some measures should be

taken to end this serious problem. On the one hand, government should make some

laws to protect the environment. Environment authorities can fine people who bury

harmful garbage under land or fire it. On the other hand, government can establish

a fund helping environment organization to do recycle research. Last but not least,

the public should be further educated to recognize the seriousness of the problem.

Once people know protection environment is their responsibility, they would not ask

shop assistants to pack goods in plastic bags or they prefer to use low quality

recycled commodities.

All in all, there are so many problems existing for environment pollution. If we can do

this, we can be assured that we will have a better and cleaner would in future.

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媒体

Compare the advantage and disadvantage, choose three of the following item as

media for communication information and give your preferred one, which you think

the most effective. Cosmic books film radio Television Theater.

The progression of media is inevitable and undeniable. Today we use a variety of

media for communicating information. In the following essay, I will discuss the pros

and cons of TV, film and books as forms of public media

In the first instance, books are a useful way of communication information. A book is

obviously conveniently portable. You can read book wherever you are and anything

you want however, this form of communication information has some limitations.

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Movies are very popular nowadays even though since early last century they have

begun to flourish and served as a form of communication information. Films provide

vivid pictures to audiences as a means of education. From movies we can learn much

about place and its things that we are never able to visit. Films also improve our

mental edification. Movies based upon novels help us to appreciate literature.

However, every coin has two sides. Going to cinema entails extravagant cost and film

audiences take no initiative. They make choice is limited.

I think among the three kinds of media, TV is the most effective medium for

communication information. Firstly, TV is not only a convenient source of

entertainment but also a comparatively cheap one. Secondly, TV also offers serious

instructive programs. The most distant counties and strangest customs are brought

right in your room. There are many arguments against TV. Flickering pictures are

harmful to eyesight. Once people become addicted to TV, it will separate relationship

among family members.

The above discussion brings us to a conclusion that TV, books, film has both positive

and negative effects. What we should do is make sure that the positive ones are

encouraged and negative ones are eliminated as far as possible.

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教育

Some people say that children should be disciplined in their early age, and

punishment should be used. To some extent do you agree? What kind of punishment

can be used by teachers and parents?

There is dispute over whether the punishment has to be used to discipline the

children in their early age. Some maintain that punishment will do nothing to young

and force ideas upon them, whereas others are confident that it is one of the most

efficient means to discipline children. For my part, I share the latter point of view,

and I give two major reasons why this is so:

First, punishment can teach children right from wrong. Everyone was born with no

consciousness of right and wrong, he or she should be taught through such proper

method as punishment, which is a direct way to make one sure what he did has lead

to a bad result. Since that, punishment gives child a strong impression and lets him

be well disciplined initially.

Second, punishment can teach them a lesson to prevent similar mistake from

happening. According to the first reason I have mentioned, we know that punishment

can influence children deeply and make them be aware if they do wrong again.

However, we should encourage mental punishment rather than corporal one, which

will lead to children?s anger and disgust towards parents? opinion. Some children, for

example, become furious for corporal punishment and leave apart from their parents

without being disciplined. The detailed methods include distraction of their pocket

money, allocation of more housework or deprivation of their entertainment time to

some extent. No matter what kind of methods we take, it?s worth mentioning that

children should not be deprived of their basic human rights through punishment.

Although each coin has two sides, weighing the pros and cons of these arguments,

I?m inclined to agree with latter point of view, as the latter plays an important role in

children?s growing.

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电脑

People can go to shop, bank and work with computer. But the danger of the computer

is people are getting isolated and losing some social skills. To what extent do you

agree with this opinion?

The progression of computer is inevitable and undeniable. Nowadays computers also

have become a part of our daily life. Instead of leaving home to go to shop bank and

work people can do these at home by clicking the buttons. However, some people

hold the opinion that it will cause people isolated from each other and lose social skills.

Personally I find it hard for me to agree with this opinion by following reasons

In the first instance, computers are tool to communication with people instead of

isolation from the world. When we say a person is isolated it means that he is lonely

and cut off the world. However, people seldom have this feeling while they are

surfing the Internet. On the contrary, people tend to make more friends through the

net.

Secondly, people also can acquire social skills on Internet. Communication on

Internet has the same purpose as face-to-face communication has. For example,

through Internet we can send greeting cards to our friends. Furthermore, sometimes

it might be a better way of communication on some occasions such as when you find

it embarrassing to say sorry face- to-face we can send a message of apology to your

friend.

Last but not least, doing something through Internet actually spares more time for

our social life. Sometime we need to spend a lot of time shopping in department

stores. Now we can save the time and may visit our friends.

In general, computer just make our life more colorful so we don?t need to worry about

the changes its may bring to us. Especially most of these changes are positive.

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幸福

Happiness is considered very important in our life. Why it is difficult to define? What

factors are in achieving happiness?

It has been widely noted that happiness is very important to our life. However, what

is happiness? It seems difficult to define, for different people have different ideas.

Some people are brought up that most important thing in their life. They obtain

happiness from seeking fame and profit. Other people are in pursuit of mental

edification. They serve people heart and soul and find happiness from it.

In my view, according to philosophy, everything is in process of development

including happiness. We spare no effort to achieve our goal and obtain happiness

from success. However, after that we have another new aim to achieve. There is no

limit to gaining lasting happiness.

Then how to obtain happiness? I think true happiness can be got in the following

ways:

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In the first instance, true happiness comes from hard work. A student is very happy

when he has gotten high score in his examinations. His happiness is the result of his

hard and patient study. Thus, happiness abounds in hard work.

Secondly, happiness is rooted in optimistic attitude. In our daily life, we should face

a lot of problems, which may lead to setbacks. If these defeatist sentiments seize us,

happiness will be far away from us. The only way is right attitude and sparing no

effort to overcome it then you can find happiness.

Last but not least, happiness comes from frugality. Many example display people

spending money wastefully for satisfaction of their desires may suffer from poverty in

the long run. So living a simple and content life makes one happy and cheerful.

All in all, happiness is very important to our life. The good method to find happiness

is making our mentality and physicality both strong.

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城市扩大化

Since cities have changed a lot, the size of the cities has grown enormously. Discuss

the causes and consequence of the enormous size of cities.

Nowadays, the maps of cities are updated frequently. With the development of city,

more and more suburbs become parts of the city. When the cities in the world are

amplifying constantly, people discuss the topic hotly, the causes and consequence of

the enormous of cities. Different people have different answers by their respective

views.

In my opinion, the evolution of society and the development of economy result in the

growth of the vast size of cities. Since the number of population in every city is

increasing continually, people need a large amount of space to live in. With the

progress of the technology, the output of crops rises sharply. Fewer and fewer

farmers are required, as a result, more and more villages urbanize. The growth of the

cities brings us many huge changes.

There are more job opportunities in the cities. For instance, China will hold the

Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008. The government is amplifying the size of Beijing

to build new gyms in order to hold it excellently. Obviously, people in the cities could

gain a lot of new jobs.

Of course, the enormous size of cities also has bad effects. Pollution is becoming

more and more serious all over the world with the amplification of the cities. For

example, the poisonous gas sent off by factories and automobiles has made the air

unhealthy for people to breathe. Water waste keeps pouring into rivers and lakes; as

a result, many water species are dying out. Furthermore, more people the city have,

more rubbish we can find.

In a word, since each coin has two sides, we should be acquainted clearly with the

reasons why the size of the cities has grown enormously and what it will bring us.

Thus, we could make full use of the positive effects and overcome the negative

effects.

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智能机器人

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We will have intelligent machine-robot in the future to do the work instead of human

beings. State the possible benefits and dangers of it for a university lecturer.

(Sample 1)

The progression of technology is inevitable and undeniable. There also has been

discussion as to advantages and disadvantages of intelligent machine-robot. Many

people have, on different occasions, voiced their opinions, which understandably

vary from one to another. I would like to discuss the pros and cons of automated

machines in the following.

In the first instance, robot can do lots of jobs for human beings, which saves the labor

force to be engaged in other aspects. With the widening use of robots, more and

more automated machines have replaced human labor. Computer manages our

banks and the tickets at the airport are issued by machine-robot. In addition, the

robots have entered offices, departments and houses to help people to work smarter

and smarter and to enjoy longer and longer leisure hours in their own homes. The

computerization certainly relieves human beings from heavy labors.

However, each coin has its two sides. Intelligent machine-robot in the future to

replace human being?s work has its obvious dangers. Firstly, too many

machine-robots will make many workers out of work. A danger arises upon use of

more machines, the more workers will be unemployed and lower our living standard

will become.

Secondly, what?s worse, being lenient in robots will make them become the most

advanced creature in the world. It has a high probability that robots will dominate our

world just like what is shown in the scientific movie.

In conclusion, it has both positive and negative effects. What we must do is make

sure that the positive ones are encouraged and negative ones are eliminated as far as

possible.

(Sample 2)

The modern trend of the development of the modern industry is towards automation.

With the wide use of computer techniques, the production of robots has become

increasingly faster. It is forecast that robots will come into our daily life in the near

future. Some people think it is a blessing that life could be easy with the help of

robots, while others believe it is a curse.

I agree with the former. Although automatic machines are getting more and more

powerful and widespread, there are still jobs that they will be capable of doing. For

example, many tasks depend on original judgment that can only be made by humans.

People are the masters of robots. If some of the performance of robots proved to be

evil and guilty, it is not their fault, nor is the scientists?. We can not blame nuclear

power or Einstein for A-bombing. We can not criticize telephone or Bell for certain

annoying telephoning.

In fact, we have already felt the great charm of automatic machines. The automatic

dog invented in Japan, which is named Gigi, is very popular nowadays. It is wildly

welcomed by not only children but also adults, because it gives people great fun in

raising pets, while they can get rid of the troubles caused by their urban life. Different

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sizes of robots are also used in surgery operation to overcome the limitation of

human beings. We feel obliged that delicate eye operation can be successful with the

application of Artificial Intelligence.

Every coin has its two sides. In the science fiction, we have already experienced the

disastrous ending caused by improper management of robots. However, when we

look deep into the story, we find that disasters are generally caused by human

desires. Scientific inventions and discoveries are always spoiled by greedy politicians.

Therefore, moral guidelines and law restrictions should be set up to guide all kinds of

human activities to prevent misdeeds of human beings. It is not a wise idea to pour

the baby out with the bathing water.

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养老

As for elderly, living in caring house is better than living at home with young children.

Present your argument to illustrate whether you agree or disagree.

Nowadays more and more elderly choose living in caring house. Some people are of

the opinion that caring houses provide old people with a better environment than

homes. Personally I agree with this opinion for the following reasons.

In the first instance, caring house provides the elderly with comparatively first-rate

facilities and services, which the family is lacking in. Nowadays working couple need

to face intense competition, they need to make more money to support their family.

As a result, working couple have less time to care for old people especially when the

elderly suffer from serious disease. On the contrary, when old people live in caring

houses, nurses can attend their need and advanced facilities also provide a good

treatment.

Secondly, in caring houses the older people can meet people of similar age group,

taste and hobby who know more about the elderly. The young generation often has

a different life style from old gene

ration. Young people many feel other?s presence

would upset. Besides, the older people need more serenity and rest while the young

need more activities when the elderly choose living in caring house they need not

worry about this problem.

Last but not least, elder people living in caring house can maintain harmony of family

atmosphere. It is quite obvious that there is a generation gap between the older

people and adult children. For example, old people fear change. They adhere to the

traditional principle and customs while young people welcome new idea. They are

always trying new things. It is inevitable that older people and adult children might

have different opinions on something. These differences might result in the

disagreement even discord.

From what has been discussed above, we may draw the conclusion that elderly

people living in caring house is a good practice not only for adult children but also for

older people. However, it does not mean children will give up the responsibility to

care older people.

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学习电脑

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The one who do not know how to use computer become more and more

disadvantageous. Show the disadvantages and what action should government take?

Computer plays such an important role nowadays that it undeniably becomes the

biggest concern of the present-day world as a whole. With the steady growth in the

hi-tech, as well as computer, there is a growing tendency that man who does not

know how to use the computer will become an illiterate. As far as I am concerned,

there are several major disadvantages for these people.

In the first place, without computer's help, someone may waste a large amount of

precious time to pay attention to complex calculation. It is believed that computer

can do almost everything. It was gradually used not only in mathematics, physics,

chemistry and astronomy, but in places like library hospital and military army to

replace the works of man. Besides, a computer works much faster and more

accurately than man. Therefore, one who cannot use the computer always fails to

keep up with the development of modern society.

In addition, these kinds of people may lose opportunities that make new friends or

contact with outside world and new technology. It is very clear that lots of changes

have taken place in many aspects of people's lives because of the coming of the

computer era. Multi-media and surfing on-line provide people with chances to learn

more about the world and up-dated information. Moreover, sending E-mail seems to

be the most convenient and efficient way to communicate with families, relatives and

best friends. Unfortunately all above will never happen in the life of the layman.

In order to let everyone know about the computer skills, government should set forth

solutions to eliminate the number of these kinds of illiterates. First and foremost, it is

suggested to open more free related training classes, which can encourage people to

cultivate the interesting of using computers. What's more, it is stylish to advertise

the benefits to learn the computer.

All in all, the future for the computer is very promising. We hardly imagine what our

world would be like without the computers.

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健康饮食

A balanced diet, or eating balanced meals, is the key to a healthy life. To what extent

do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer.

Although a balanced diet is important, there are other factors that contribute to a

healthy life. People in some cultures do not eat a balanced diet, but use limited food

sources. In addition, lack of stress could well be as important as diet.

One culture-related reason concerns environmental or climatic conditions. The Inuit,

in the Arctic Circle, live in harsh surroundings and their major source of food for many

months of the year is fish. Nutritionists in industrialized countries would not consider

their diet balanced or even healthy, yet Inuit people have flourished in food from the

sea for centuries. Another cultural reason is religion-based. Many Hindus are

vegetarians because of their religion. Again, many dieticians claim that

vegetarianism is unbalanced because humans need protein, especially from animals.

Hindus, however, seem to be quite healthy, suffering no ill effects from the lack of

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animal protein.

The major reason for disagreeing with the balanced diet argument, however, is to do

with stress. Even though people in the past did not always have a balanced diet,

something existing only on potatoes and bread, they lived healthy lives because

there afflicts urban residents today. Secondly, there is a large percentage of

contemporary people who do their jobs, then relax in front of the TV, and quite often

eat junk food. But seem healthy enough. They may be spared disease by their

relatively stress-free lives.

In conclusion, although it is undeniable that a balanced diet is of some importance to

health, there are no doubt more factors that may get involved in affecting people?s

health in terms of living environment, climate and stress in them.

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艺术家的自由

Creative artists should be given freedom to express their ideas (words, pictures,

music and films. However some people think government should take some

restriction with them. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Give your reasons with own knowledge and give examples.

The responsibility of an artist is to create artworks to cater for people?s needs for

aesthetics and enjoyment. Some masterpieces by the world-renowned artists like

Shakespeare, the greatest poet in British literature; Vinci, the most famous Italian

painter, architect and sculptor impress the people around the world deeply. From my

point of view, the government should not give restrictions to artists. On the contrary,

their creativity and innovation should be encouraged.

Creativity is the source of arts. The development of literature is a very vivid

illustration. From Classicism to Romanticism, from Renaissance to Realism, from

Humanity to Post-

modernism, all the styles of literature reflect people?s thinking and

have epoch-making significance. Suppose there were only one style of literature,

people would not appreciate so abundant poetry and novels and our world would

become so monotonous.

Furthermore, restrictions on creativity will arouse tragedies, one of which is “Burn

books and bury the literati i

n pits” in Chinese history launched by Emperor Qin

Shihuang, who buried the Confucian scholars alive and prohibited the dissemination

of Confucian. Another tragedy was started by Emperor Yongzheng in the Qing

Dynasty, who killed many creative artists and intellectuals, undermining the literal

development and distorting the development of humanity. History proves that only

when a government encourages people to express their own idea and thought freely,

can its country make progress and prosper.

Finally, I

will quote a classic sentence from a famous article entitled “Give me liberty

or give me death” by Patrick Henry, the greatest writer in American history, “I know

not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

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家庭暴力

Some reports have discovered the incidence of violence for young women is

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increasing. Give possible reasons and recommendations to the situation.

It is reported that the proportion of young female criminal unfolds a steady

increasing trend, and women crime, especially the young female's delinquency has

become a serious social problem indeed. Young women, as the most peaceable parts

of human, are always regarded as the last aim by the police office. Why they go

astray is mainly due to the two following reasons: one is their own character

peculiarity, the other is from social pressure.

As far as the former, for one thing, the female is sensitive to the trifles and

sentimental to the reins and loves. Sensitivity often puts them to the edge

unnecessarily and forms extreme ideas, which frequently leads to direct criminal.

Frangibility of sensibility makes them so depressed and despaired that they have a

high probability to do the illegal behavior when they slip down in loves.

As for the latter reason, the social pressure comes of traditionally sexual

discrimination and survival competition. It is no denying the fact that the

contemporary including the women are confronted with the more severe competition

than their ancestors were, and in addition to this point, females still have to struggle

with the deep-booted discrimination.

When young women make their debut in the society, all kinds of crises, trouble and

pressure lay them into flat, which compels them to avenge and relieve their feeling

with lawless methods in unassisted situation. Ponderance of young female criminal

reveals long-term negligence to the female's inner and outer circumstance. It is

almost impossible to change female's nature, so the society should take more care of

women, especially for the young women. For example, some psychological courses

and the methods of solving problem are effective measures to adjust the mood of

women. In the meantime, prejudice to women should be out of the social stage and

fair, equal and friendly atmosphere should be set up, which can help women to take

part in the formal and rational contention. Additionally, the society should approbate

the female's indispensable position of community and encourage them to show their

special aptitude and intelligence.

Undisputablely, the rising criminal rate of young women has relation to both females

themselves and irrational social phenomena. Care and equity are the best way to

solve this increasing problem, after all, they are less aggressive.

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体育明星赚钱多

Is it fair that sports professionals earn a great deal more money than people in other

important professions? Give both sides of reasons of the argument and give your

opinion.

(Sample 1)

The 27th World Football Cup has concluded. People around the world enjoy great fun

from the excellent performance of the football players. But meanwhile, a new issue

arises. Should athletes have a high salary? From my point of view, I think they should

get a good pay.

Firstly, the development of athletic level represents for the power of a country.

Athletes make great contributions to the society and earn great glories to their

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country. When our national anthem is played in the stadium, we feel very proud of

our country's strength. Therefore, a high salary is a reward to the efforts athletes

make.

Secondly, athletes devote themselves fully to the training and exercises. Every day,

they do a lot of exercises with a view to setting new record in the sports games.

Athletes are apt to be hurt in the matches, because some sports games are

dangerous, for example, football, boxing and Wushu. High pay guarantees prompt

and good medical care if they get hurt.

Thirdly, the athletic career is very short. Many athletes retire when they are still quite

young. High salary can ensure that they can have a better life after they retire. If

they want a further study, they will have no financial burdens.

However, we have also noticed that some athletes cheat the referees and spectators

in order to get money. Some of them even bribe the judges and referees. The

government must take some measures to prohibit this kind of corruption.

To sum up, it is reasonable for athletes to get high salary, because they are worth of

it.

(Sample 2)

Salaries should reflect people?s dedication and job responsibilitie

s. However, sports

figures, who don?t benefit the community in general, earn millions of dollars each. In

my opinion this is wrong. Things should be done to change this situation.

If we take the example of a sport star such as Tyson, it is hard for us to say in what

way he benefits the society. In fact, his disobeying game rules set a bad example for

young people, and his abandoned behavior encourages people to experiment with

sex and violence. Besides, his job does not require special skills or years of training

and education. Although he can entertain and excite audience, I do not think he is

justified to receive so much money and his job can be considered essential.

On the other hand, most people in ?ordinary? professions like nurses, doctors and

teacher

s earn only a small fraction of the income of these “stars”. However, if we give

a careful look at these professions, we will find that they not only require special skills

and years of education but also help the people and the whole society. For instance,

teachers disseminate knowledge to the society; doctors and nurses give patients

good medical care and prolong their life. They are much more useful, and actually

more essential to society than sports personalities. Without these ?ordinary?

professions, our society would stop progressing. Their salaries should relate to skill,

education or the value of the individual to society.

Things should be done to make salaries fairer. Huge amounts of money shall be given

to more deserving people. It seems that the only solution is to impose heavy taxes

upon people who earn excessively high salaries.

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男女分校

A lot of countries have schools that focus only on the males or females. What are the

advantages and disadvantages of unisexual schools?

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(Sample 1)

Imagine being asked to spend twelve or so years of years of your life in a society that

consisted only of members of your own sex, how would you react? Unless there was

something definitely wrong with you, you wouldn't be too happy about it, to say the

least. But the fact is that segregated schools shoot up very rapidly around the world,

furthermore, so many parents choose to impose such abnormal conditions on their

children- conditions which they themselves wouldn't put up with for one minute!

Many sociologists and educationalists present their views on this issue from both

sides. Those advocates of segregated schools argue that children from segregated

schools have greater achievements academically. Socially in athletic and have

greater self-confidence. Further, there are many more practical advantages in

segregated schools such as administration. Adolescent problems can be dealt with

better and more easily. Lastly in many countries, the most famous schools are

segregated. It is a wonderful proof of their worth.

On the other side, those advocates of co-education point out that any discussion of

this topic is bound to question the aims of education. One of the chief aims of

education is equip future citizens with all they require to take their places in adult

society which is made up of men and women. When segregated, boys and girls are

made to feel that they are a race apart. Rivalry between the sexes is fostered.

Anyone entering adult society after years of segregation can only be in for a shock.

Segregated schools sometimes provide the right condition for sexual deviation and

make children lack of healthy attitude to life that co-education encourages.

To sum up, every coin has double sides but from my point of view, I believe that

though segregated schools have successfully existed for centuries it is about time

somebody exploded that hoary old myth about segregated schools being the better

place for your children.

(Sample 2)

Boy schools and girl schools shoot up very rapidly both in foreign countries and at

home. In China, girl schools have enjoyed a very long history since one hundred

years ago. Many sociologists and educationalists present their views on this issue

from different angles. In this essay, I will zero in on the advantages and

disadvantages of the controversial phenomenon.

Some parents prefer to send their children to boy schools or girl schools in the hope

that their children can concentrate on study and acquire adequate knowledge and

skills because unisexual schools can make out appropriate curriculum and courses

for students according to their sexual characteristics. In some girl schools, students

have a wider choice of courses such as dancing, music, embroidery and drawing,

which can cultivate their feminine elegance and charm. Furthermore, students can

devote themselves fully to their study and will not be distracted. Campus love affairs

are very common in the current society under the influence of media. Boy schools

and girl schools can eradicate contact between different sexes and purify the campus

environment.

Of course, some experts point out that boy schools and girl schools are not beneficial

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to the adolescent development of students. They believe that boys or girls are likely

to develop their abilities and stimulate their imagination when they are studying with

the opposite sexes. Besides, students can cultivate their interpersonal skills. Some

other people think that separating boys from girls can cause some psychological

problems to youngsters. Meanwhile, this separation affects social progress and lead

to sexism. Investigation shows that graduates from unisexual schools are not aware

how to get along with their colleagues in their career.

To sum up, everything has double folds. Unisexual schools are of no exception. From

my point of view, I think the existence of unisexual schools meets the need of some

parents. But it is definitely not a paradise for their children.

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宠物和食物

Task 2: Some people regard animals as pets while others take them as the source of

food and clothes. How do you think of the situation?

If you are not a vegetarian and claim that you are an animal lover, no one will accuse

you of hypocrisy because it is easy to forget that a steak at the supermarket once

formed part of a livestock. This needn't make you too uncomfortable because you are

in good company. You feel even innocent enough to despise those who wear leather

clothing or are enthusiasts for the hunt. The conscience of us is appeased while we

contribute a litter bit of food to animals in zoo or donate one back to the Animals

Conservation Association.

But what do you think of animals indeed? Some people only regard animals as the

source of food or clothes. Some people who cling to human's supremacy regard

animals as low-grade creatures in the earth. From my point of view, it is normal and

inevitable that we human beings with greater abilities kill some animals and eat them

as wild animals do everywhere in the nature. The key point is that we should do it in

a more moderate way, on a scale that we show our respect to them. Could you

consider an animal as another God-given creature as yourself? Could you treat them

as a lion does to a deer, as a bird does to a beetle? Nature goes harmoniously except

the presence of humans. Only humans slaughtered other creatures as well as fellow

creature in their millions. We could have behaved better if there is a word 'respect' in

our dictionary.

Those who have pets argue that they treat their pets as their family members.

However, do you like to be a pet of another creature? Do you like to walk with a leash

around you neck in a street? If you love animals in your heart, just give their liberties!

Let them go where they used to live instead of your magnificent house!

After all, every creature has equally only one chance to live in the world.

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机器语言翻译

Some people think that machine translation is highly developed in today?s society.

Therefore it is not necessary for children to learn a foreign language. What?s your

opinion?

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(Sample 1)

With the rapid development of modern science, computers have been playing a more

important role in our daily lives. It is such a worldwide trend that there is no

exception for Chinese.

Many people regard the computer as the magic machine. It can solve many problems

quickly and efficiently, and best of all, it can translate all kinds of languages. By using

the computer you can just put ail the original versions into it and then you will get the

fast translation. So some parents raise doubts about the necessity for their children

to learn foreign languages so hard any more.

At first thought, it seems that the computers can really help us to do so. But if you

look in- sue the matter deeply, you may find a different answer. First of all, machines

can never replace mankind. Computers are created by man and are controlled by

human brains. We can never rely too much on machines; otherwise we will become

the slave of them one day. On the contrary, we need to enrich our knowledge as

much as possible so that we can catch up with the fast pace of the world. It is very

necessary to learn more languages so as to upgrade our abilities to follow the

progress of the world.

And furthermore, it will do good to children if they learn more languages. Both their

brain and their thinking modules can benefit from it. When they grow up, they can

easily accept various kinds of cultures and communicate with foreigners, which can

favorably enhance the mutual understanding and develop international brotherhood.

So, we can clearly see that, though computers can be good translators, people still

need to learn more languages with a view to improving their abilities and facilitating

their future communication with people from other cultures.

(Sample 2)

An argument occasionally these days is that some people often think machine

translation can take place of the children's study of a foreign language. As far as I am

concerned, I can't totally agree with this opinion.

It first comes to the point that machine translation is not high efficiency. The human

language is so complex that nowadays no such machine can translate one language

to another sufficiently and totally. The machine can only provide some words or

pieces of half- baked sentences. So we human beings, especially children, may not

rely on this kind of machine, at least recently.

On the other hand, if the real machine that the whole sentence can be translated

completely turn to reality, children should not be taught not study a foreign language.

The reason is the language (especially speaking) is made up of not only the grammar

and words but also tones and mood. And when children are studying a language, he

is not discovering an unknown area, but wild his logic and ideation. Additionally, even

if the machine will be out of work one day occasionally in future, he can talk with

other foreigners freely.

Frankly, the loss of language sensitivity is much popular these days. Many people's

speaking and grammar is terrible. Children often study wrong speaking from

annoying TV programs and untrained broadcasters. The invention of translation

machine will make it worse. The problem whether to teach the boys and girls foreign

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languages or not needs to be treated seriously.

In a word, in modern society the translation machine is stealing our sensitivity of the

language. People should do something to prevent the loss of language ability,

especially in the childhood.

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富国对穷国的帮助

Many people think that countries have a moral obligation to help each other, while

other argue that the aid money is misspent by the governments that receive it, so the

international aid should not be given to the poor countries in the world. Discuss the

two views of international aid and give your opinion.

With the process of economic globalization, many countries and regions have

strengthened cooperation and liaison in the fields of industry, agriculture, trade and

finance. In order to dedicate to the mutual development, many developed countries

spare no effort to help the poor countries by means of technological, medical and

financial aid, which, to my mind, is quite essential to the development of the world.

Firstly, aids from developed countries optimize people's living standard and eradicate

poverty in the poor countries. Due to the backwardness of science and technology,

people in some undeveloped countries and regions such as Africa, Latin America and

Asia suffer a great deal from poverty, hunger and the scarce of water. International

aids from developed countries have improved their living environment and helped

them with the development of agriculture, industry and economy.

Secondly, international aids give good medical care and help promote hygienic

condition in the poor countries. Malaria, cholera and smallpox were once severe

threats to people's health. With the help of the World Health Organization and some

developed countries, these diseases have been eliminated soon and the residents in

the infected areas survived these deadly diseases, which would have devoured

millions of lives without international aid.

Finally, aids to the undeveloped countries in turn benefit the donators. Due to the

limitation of natural and human resources, the production cost rises sharply in the

developed countries. With a view to reducing cost, many countries transferred their

assembly lines and production bases to the developing countries, which not only

solves the problem of low rate of employment in the developing countries but also

make full use of the local resources.

Nevertheless, some countries are showing great concern about the mal- expense of

their aid aroused by bureaucracy and corruption of some governments. Therefore,

the governments should take effective measures to utilize international aids

reasonably and prevent abuse. Only with the help of international aids, can our world

develop more quickly and prosperously.

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艺术和传统的重要性

Traditional arts civilized a nation. Do you think government should subsidize

musicians, artists, actors or drama companies? What should a government do?

Traditional arts, as essential heritage of a nature, keep pace with our ancestors and

us in a friendly way by contrast with bloody and brutal events which abound in the

historical museum. They in existence for centuries have been offering generations

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chances to enjoy civilized pleasures. However, from my point of view, it doesn't

mean that we should blindly accept and maintain all traditional views of arts of our

elders or even protect them with sedulous care.

Some arts that the older generation remember vividly and enjoy are nothing more

than past history. Only those which have truly aesthetic value and have moved us to

tears can survive until now. We are lucky because they are in number by far. But it

is supposed to be a trend that some of them are disappearing far away from the

modern society. So some people who are over anxious about it are appealing to our

government to give subsidies to the musicians, artists, actors and theatrical

companies. On my opinion, we needn't do so because anything in value can be

completely protected by it own value. Just think about Mozart and his great

symphonies and operas which are performed by hundreds of orchestras around the

world everyday. Just take a look at Van Gogh's works, each of which are sold in price

of millions of dollars at auction. Not to mention numerous contemporary respectable

artists.

Furthermore, governmental subsidy is not a guarantee of a masterpiece. Carried to

an extreme, those subsidies may have a bad effect on their beneficiaries. It is difficult

to draw a line between necessary support and mollycoddling. And the latter is a ruin

of a genius. It may be better to let it go as it should be.

If our government really wants to do something, Great efforts should be made to

introduce those great traditional arts to the children. For instance, the government

should sponsor the concerts and exhibitions about traditional arts as frequently as

possible. Everyone will surely enjoy the arts of high quality no matter how old they

are if he was offered a chance to have contract with them.

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汽车的增长

Recently we are facing increasing number of cars, which poses great threat to the

pedestrians and cyclists. What?s more, a lot of parks need to be sacrificed as a result

of the construction of railways and superhighways. Do you agree or disagree? What

do you

think is the best solution to satisfy residents to their heart?s content?

From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. A large number of

once fatal illnesses can now be cured by modern drugs and surgery. The expectation

of life has increased enormously. But though the possibility of a long and happy life

is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible slaughter of men,

women and children on the roads. Man versus the motor-car! It is a never-ending

battle which man is losing provided that the number of vehicles increases

dramatically with years. Besides, we city-dwellers are obliged by our environment to

adopt a wholly unnatural way of life. We lose touch with the land and rhythm of

nature. Only electronic calendar in the computer may reminder you that it is spring

or autumn because many gardens have to make way to highway or expressways.

All the simple, good things of life like sunshine and fresh air are at a premium. Traffic

fumes pollute the atmosphere and the flow of traffic goes on unceasingly and the

noise never stops and thousands of people the world over are killed or horribly

mutilated each year and our governments are quietly sitting back and letting it

happen.

When transportation corporations and motor companies have already made great

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effort to make travel more comfortable and efficient governments should have

concerned about how we can make every dweller satisfied in terms of urban

environment. With regard to selling vehicles and transportation infrastructure plan,

the laws of some countries are notoriously lax, which contributes the extremely

disorder in transportation. From my point of view, here are a few examples of some

of the things that might be done. The majority of roadways in cities should be built

underground to make room for public gardens and lakes. Great effort should be

made to develop public transportation. The tax on petrol should be increased. In

addition, governments should lay down a rule for manufactures of lowest price of

vehicles. These measures may sound inordinately harsh, but surely nothing should

be considered as too severe if it results in a happier life. After all, the world is for

human being rather than motor-cars.

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老人和年轻人

Over the past 50 years, young people gain status and power but old people have lost.

What is the cause and is it a good development or bad development?

The knowledge- based society witnessed great changes over the past decades. Many

young people have taken the place of the old ones and gained political and financial

power in the world. Bill Gates, the director of Microsoft, Tony Blaire, Prime Minister of

Britain and Bush, President of the USA gives us vivid illustration. From my point of

view, the trend is natural and inevitable.

Young people are energetic and vigorous. Most of them have received formal

education in university, where they acquired abundant knowledge and experience,

which are quite essential to their future career. Compared with young people, old

people's knowledge is out-dated, which does not fit in with the development of the

current society. Old people react more slowly than young people, who can always

make quick judges and prompt decisions. Furthermore, young people are more

open-minded than old people who have a tendency of conservation. Therefore,

young people can adapt themselves to the changeable world more easily.

Obviously, this trend brings about both advantages and disadvantages. On the one

hand, young leaders and powers can inject vigor and new hopes to the world, which

not only benefits the development of global economy, but also establishes

multi-lateral relation between the countries in the world. On the other hand, young

people still lack adequate experience and skills to deal with sophisticated national

problems and international relations. As a result, many young leaders in the world

are often criticized for lack of tactics by old people. Some young people are very

radical when faced with trouble. They still have a lot of things to learn.

Generally, old people should offer young guys opportunities to practice their abilities

and talents. At the same time, young people should learn from old ones modestly and

make them more admirable.

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野生动物的价值

Wild animals are of no importance in the twenty-first century. Some people think that

preventing these wild animals from dying out is a waste of resource. To what extent

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do you agree or disagree with this?

Biological diversity has never been so threatened as it is today as a result of the

process of human civilization. The various forms of pressure created by human

activity have destroyed natural balance, led to the deterioration of natural habitats,

genetic erosion and the rarity, even disappearance, of a number of plant and animal

species.

As the pace of civilization accelerates, more people, taking more space, needing to

use more natural resources, engaging in ever-growing consumption, impose severe

deterioration on the habitat of animals. An increasing number of people come to

realize that the disappearance of animals will result in serious threat to the

equilibrium of ecosystem. Simply put, the extinction of hawks, a rat-eating bird seen

in many regions, will result in the rapid propagation of rats. And rats, further, will

destroy the prairies and threaten the other animals like gazelles, zebras and others,

who live on grass and green lands. The coexistence of animals and human beings

creates perfect harmony and brings about the vividness to our planet.

It is hard to imagine what our world would be like without animals. Sociologists also

point out that the disappearance of animals can cause social and economic problems.

Animal trade, as a supporting sector to the world economy, was very active before.

However, the situation is beyond control since animal trade is very profitable and

alluring. Many species cannot escape the adversity of being killed.

Certainly, our diet cannot be without meat. There are living stocks, which can provide

us with sufficient and nutritious produce. Therefore, we need not to resort to wild

animals, especially the endangered ones. To protect animals is to protect our living

environment. Every individual should join efforts to keep the diversity of animals.

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恐怖事件对全球经济的影响

After the 911 event, the global economy has dropped rapidly. Somebody thinks that

this phenomenon is affected by the event. Do you agree or disagree? And what

should your country's state do?

The popular view all over the world holds that the 911 event has

greatly affected the economics not only in USA but also all over the world. Yet the

truth that global economic collapsed was not because people were disappointed and

sad but because the structure was not suitable for global production.

We know in the past 10 years the IT industry played an important role in US. The fast

increasing economic of US also encouraged the global industry because US was the

Top1 country of inlet that IT industry needed and hardware (especially processor)

producer. However, the IT industry is so vulnerable that any unpredictable factors

such as earthquakes in Taiwan island in 2000 could influence it (Taiwan collects most

of the main board and EMS memory producers). The relationship of the economics

among the countries is like human being's nerve system. Once a place turn wrong,

the others will feel pain. So it is true that the 911 is a main signal of economic

depression instead of the cause.

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Additionally, we can say the phenomenon is a 'symptom' of the weakness. Taking a

look at the structure of economics in US, we will find out that it's like a pyramid. The

IT has taken up so many places on the top that when the bubble economic is broken,

the confidence of people will have gone with the wind.

Fortunately, Chinese are not greatly suffered from it as other western countries

because China is also a big agriculture country. But to avoid the incident like 911 and

the economic depression the department of the state should make slightly control on

the fast developing of some industries and enact a law.

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烟草

Although it is a freedom to use tobacco while some people think it should be made

illegal as the same way as other drugs. To what extent do you agree or disagree

？

What?s your opinion?

(Sample 1)

It is an undeniable fact that using tobacco will be harmful to your health. Especially

is an effective method to suicide for that group of addictive people. But I think it is not

equal to other illegal drugs which should be forbidden although it has so many

drawbacks.

A colorless, poisonous alkaloid endanger lung and respiratory, derived from the

tobacco plant and used as an insecticide

，

NICOTINE is the substance in tobacco to

which smokers can become addicted, difficulty explaining the strange effect make

people calm down. It is considered a good method to relax nerves in this society. All

of the severe pressures like fierce competition, unemployment threat, and

extravagant expenses almost make everyone collapsed from exhaustion. Like cats

on the hot bricks, these poor human seek various methods to release themselves. It

seems like a good way to indulged themselves with drinking and smoking

，

dippy with

a confusedly condition. Few people stand in a firm position criticize its negative way

because smoking would not make people lose mind and go to a dead lane, or disturb

social system. .

Different with cigarette, drugs not only lead to death, but also is a severe social

problem needs to solve. In order to get a sudden huge profit, the mafia imposed on

the druggy that need this narcotic extremely, to do illegal bargaining by any kinds of

means. Selling drugs, murder, all of these would disturbance of the peace by criminal

force from many countries, like Italian. Not only is this, the worst thing countless

families destroyed, sadness and darkness around them. And that brings on instability

and chaos to the society directly.

All in all, the essential measurement is government should investment fund and labor

force to reinforce legal system construction and social management. Impose penalty

and improve social awareness and consciousness are the necessary condition. As for

the private thing like smoking, we can do nothing except propaganda and education.

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(Sample 2)

Medically, tobacco has been told distinguishingly from drugs. Nevertheless, there has

been an on-going argument about whether or not tobacco should be made illegal as

drugs. After close inspection, I would like to support the legalization of tobacco for

the following reasons.

The main reason is that tobacco is an absolutely different concept from drugs in

terms of the toxicity. Drugs, such as heroin, can drive people who take it insane and

out of mind. And the damage is both mental and physical. In contrast, despite all

those tobacco-related diseased, tobacco do far less harm to people than drugs do.

What?s more, in our daily life, man

y other things are doing potential damage to

people. For instance, chemical detergent polluted the underground water and

vegetable, causing the toxin accumulating in our body. Therefore, judging only by

the number of diseases tobacco will bring won?t be a reasonable method; we can?t

equate tobacco with drugs.

In the second place, smoking has been part of life of many people. Most male

smokers admit that they will get refreshed after taking a cigarette, especially when a

hard work is just over. Some old people smoke just for relaxation and killing the time.

Lao She, a famous Chinese litterateur, said that he wouldn?t have got inspiration until

smoking a cigarette. And, surprisingly, he has lived a long life of 92 years! It?s

evident that the saying: smoking

will shorten people?s life is unnecessarily true.

What is still worth mentioning is that tobacco has been a pillar industry in some

countries. For those economies, a majority of trade volume owe to the export of

tobacco. Besides, the sum of taxes handed in by tobacco businesses is huge and can

be used in the domestic instruction. Suppose that, some day, tobacco is forbidden

and made illegal, which means a collapse of the gigantic industry and millions of

laid-off workers.

From what has been cited above, we may safely draw the conclusion that tobacco can

never ever made illegal. However, there are still some efforts we can make: printing

the words

—

smoking is harmful to your health

—

on the package of cigarette.

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中学和大学之间的休息

Some people believe that students who want to go to university after graduation

from high school should have about one year?s time to get a job to obtain working

experience or have a travel to enlarge their vision. Do you agree or disagree with the

opinion?

It is reported that average families' expenditure on education is increasing. Yet

，

how

to educate children in a right way always obsessively bothers us. A practice has been

suggested that students should spend one year working or traveling to gain practical

experiences before taking tertiary education. There are some advantages to taking

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one year to work or travel after high- school education.

In general, high- school graduates are less than 20 years old without professional

knowledge. When they take their places in society, only the low- paid or laborious job

offers are available. After one year of hardships and humiliations, their desire for

being equipped with specialized knowledge would inevitably grow greater, turning

into powerful force to drive them on cherishing their further education. Next, travel

can enlarge one's vision, and students can apply what they have seen or heard into

their college curriculums/subjects, helping them better understand theoretical

knowledge.

On the other hand, there are some disadvantages to working or traveling before

going to university. First, high-school graduates are too young to distinguish the

good from the bad. It is common that Generation Y likes hanging out with friends;

they move from one group to another and their friendships change over a period of

a few weeks or months. Therefore, in society the probability of getting involved with

evildoers is pretty high. It is said that the young are easy to become illegal drugs

takers if misleading guidance is conducted. Second, to travel for one year is too

expensive for people from all walks of life, not to mention that students' financial

sources are chiefly from their parents.

Besides, one-year travel means you have to be on a move for a long period from one

city to another, even from one nation to another. Eventually you may not be able to

calm down to concentrate on your studies after the journey.

In conclusion, advantages of working or traveling for a long time before further

education are obvious but not doable. In my opinion, to work at a very young age

might result a hazardous social life and to travel for one year will increase financial

burden to the family, hence to educate children in a row can mould them into sensible

human resources.

30Version 108(A) (Old edition)

缓解压力

Nowadays there are various methods to relieve the pressure in modern life. Some

read or exercise, others work in their gardens. What do you think are the best ways

of reducing stress?

During the past decades great difference to salary and other material things led to

the same weight of pressure to modern people. It's too hard to bear it that many

people even chose killing themselves. In this article I am going to introduce some

effective relaxing ways to readers.

In the first place the reading is chosen to free our minds. A good book will do a pretty

well job to some people especially the clerisy. People suffered from the pressure

which is caused by boss, taxes and such bores may feel themselves released when

they are reading a chef oeuvre.

There are also other kinds of methods that can do this work, such as exercise,

gardening and tour. As it comes to me, wild adventure is also a good function to

release myself. Sometimes I will go to some famous mountains and interesting

places. As you can see, it is not difficult to find such places in China. In the last

National Day vocation I went to the Thaibaishan Mountain, a well-known mountain

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which is located miles of Xi'an city in Western Shanxi Province. It is famous not only

for its height (about 4,000metres) but also because of great scenes that can be seen

from the top of the mountain and the history that it was once a volcano thousands of

years ago. I think I was entirely struck by magnificent scene near the great lake on

the top (in fact it is a crater). Even now I could remember the moment the sun

jumped out from the horizon! Feeling like standing on the top of the world I felt so

comfortable that as if I have got rid of all the pressure of my courses.

In a word, I prefer choosing the reading and wild adventure as my favorite ways to

reduce stress on me. I do recommend these two ways to other guys who are sad and

has lost his confidence on his work because I think both of them did play effectively.

31Version 108(A) (New edition)

政府投资体育和艺术

Some people said the government shouldn't put money on building theatres or sports

stadiums. Instead, it should spend more money on medical care and education. Do

you agree or disagree?

There is a growing tendency these days for the government to put money on building

theatres or sports stadiums. Some people criticize that the money of the government

should be using to maintain the medical care and education. As such a time, it is not

right to spend government money on entertainment projects.

According to Maslow?s theory, b

oth medical care and education belong to lower layer

of needs. As for these less developed and developing countries, settlement of

physiological needs for essential services is more significant than spending

extravagant mount of money on amusement. Medical care is the guarantee of our

health. Education is the foundation of our career. We all may agree a person who has

neither health nor career will pay no attention to a film or sport?s match.

In addition, with burgeoning of some Very Important Powers, the genuine aim of

space recreation has been converted to those profitable items for interests. For

instance, the professional sportsmen respond to provide entertainment without

question. They have paid enough attention to profitability while less devoted to the

spirit of athletics.

On the other side, the government should not neglect culture. With the improvement

of people?s living standard, the spiritual demands of them become more considerable.

They live not only in a material world, but also in a spiritual one.

To sum up, at this stage, the government should stress the economic development

with regard to the medical care and education. It is only a matter of degree and it is

for the government to decide how much money should be spent on building theatres

and sports stadiums.

32Version 108(G)=Version 118(A)

城乡差异

The gap of living in cities and the countryside is larger and larger. What are the

reasons in your country and how to reduce the differences?

As the step of economic development accelerates, the gap between the city and the

countryside becomes more and more overt, which arouses colossal concerns. Take a

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further look at the phenomenon, there are three major causes.

Firstly, the insufficiency of investment in the rural areas accounts mainly for the issue.

China, for example, covers a very large area. Due to the emphasis on the

development in the coastal areas, the government devotes more investment in the

large cities, such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. The investment, undoubtedly,

is repaid by the threefold increase of economy and commerce in these cities.

However, this is not the case in the rural areas and the western regions. The lack of

investment barriers the productivity and economic development and sharpens the

gap between the city and the countryside.

Secondly, the low education level in the rural areas contributes partly to the gap of

living. Education is the prime force of productivity. Keeping this in mind, many

countries and governments give priority to the development of education. Chin

a?s

education witnessed a rapid growth in the past decade. However, the education level

in the countryside still keeps very low. The enrollment of primary schools and

secondary schools is much lower compared with the advanced regions, not to

mention the developed countries in the world. Without good education, the

development of economy and technology would be a dream difficult to be realized.

Finally, the influx of migrant workers to the cities from the countryside deteriorates

the undeveloped condition in the rural areas. The life style in the urban areas is very

attractive to the people in the countryside. To seek more working opportunities,

many people abandon the fertile lands and leave them uncultivated. If the situation

continues, it will lead to serious unbalance of economic and regional development.

To sum up, only when the government renders more concerns over the issue can the

gap between the cities and the countryside be bridged.

33Version 109

电脑代替老师

The computer are widely used in education

，

and some people think teacher are not

playing an important role in the classroom. To what extent do you agree with it?

As one of the greatest inventions in the history of human beings, computers have

played a more and more important role in modern life. It is widely used more

efficiently and conveniently in various fields including education. So some people

think teachers are not playing an important role in the classroom. I disagree with this

point of view for some reasons.

Computer can provide education by its comprehensive knowledge especially fast

data-process and precise computation which can solve many problems. But overuse

and dependence on it will lead to children?s less creativity, flexibility and

self-motivation.

Undoubtedly this magic box can make our life more versatile with interpersonal

services and entertainment. But it will be harmful to that kind of children who are

lacking in immunity system and addicted to net games. Even worse, pornographic

and subversive items will cause them to go astray.

Education is an intercommunication tool which needs ideas between teachers and

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students. But an intelligent machine merely performs teaching program accurately

instead of analyzing feedback data or combining the data together, none to speak of

teaching students in accordance of their aptitude and different levels individually.

Teachers not only teach theoretical knowledge but also tell us some practical things,

right from wrong, even some essential principles to be a good person as instructors.

Communicating with students by language, vision contact, even gesture, the access

of teaching is efficient and of humanization. Question and answer is the best way to

check the effect after teaching, debating with teacher and other students can

improve self-confidence and thinking ability.

Who can imagine the children sitting in front of screen in whole day in the future,

tedious and boring, which makes them like a stick! Perhaps everybody will miss the

kind or strict teachers in their childhood who influenced them almost throughout

their life.

34Version 110

全球化的问题

With the fast pace of globalization, the whole world has become a global village with

combination of different cultures. What are the reasons for losing a variety of

languages and cultures? Think of some solution to alleviate the problem.

(Sample 1)

The progression of globalization is inevitable and undeniable. It has been widely

noted that many of the world?s languages and cultures are dying out. To seek the

solution, we should take a closer look at the causes first.

Most important of all is the objective reason. The essence of globalization is

commercialization and centralization. It is convenient in communication that some

prevalent languages and cultures have its predominance, which makes superior of

the senior and inferiority of the junior. That leads to deterioration of some minors.

These languages and cultures will be overlooked and devalued until they completely

die out.

As concave and convex sides of a nutshell, it has subjective reason. With the

burgeoning of some VIPs, many migrants have swarmed into the dreamlands due to

economic drive and stimulation, meanwhile engaged in local culture perspective and

discarding their native languages and cultures as a ?betrayal?.

Hence this is a problem which must be solved as soon as possible. We should remind

the world of versatility of the minor cultures through popular media such as music,

artifacts or historical heritage, thus renovating the music festivals artistic activities

and museums. In addition, let more people, especially the young men, use their own

language.

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