2012年专四作文真题

2012年专四作文真题： The Dragon Boat Festival(端午节)is one of the important national festivals in ChinaWrite on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic： The Dragon Boat Festival First, you should tell what you know about the festival Second, you should describe how you or other people usually observe the festival Marks will be awarded for content, organization，language and appropriatenessFailure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks 2012年英语专四考试作文题目：端午节 The Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. This festival is to commemorate the death of QU Yuan, an upright and honest poet and statesman who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river. The most important activity of this festival is the Dragon Boat races. It symbolizes peoples attempts to rescue Qu Yuan. In the current period, these races also demonstrate the virtues of cooperation and teamwork. Besides, the festival has also been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice). Zong zi is made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. People who mourned the death of Qu threw Zong zi into the river to feed his ghost every year. With the changes of the times, the memorial turns to be a time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of year. People will hang healthy herbs on the front door to clear the bad luck of the house. Although the significance of the festival might be different with the past, it still gives the observer an opportunity to glimpse a part of the rich Chinese cultural heritage. 2011年专四作文真题：Should private car owners be taxed for pollution?（私 家车是否应该交污染税） 关于环境 Direction： Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: Should private car owners be taxed for pollution? You are to write in three parts: In the first part, state clearly what your view is. In the second part, support your view with appropriate reasons. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks. 写作指南： 这是典型的立场观点选择题型。要求考生确立自己的观点，然后进行论证。 历年类似考题： 2010 Should College Students Hire Cleaners? 2009 Will Tourism Bring Harm to the Environment? 2007 Is It Wise to Make Friends Online? 2004 Will Phones Kill Letter Writing? 1994 TV: a Good Thing or a Bad Thing? 本文要求学生就“”私家车是否应该交污染税 ”这一话题发表自己的意见。 第一部分：分析现状：私家车越来越多，环境污染日益严重，“污染税” 提出的背景，进而提出自己的观 点：私家车应该交污染税。 第二部分：从两方面进行阐述。首先由于私家车造成环境问题，所以私家车有义务交税，为国家环境建 设所用。其次纳税能提高人们的环保意识。 第三部分：进行总结，再次表明自己的观点。 经典范文： Should private car owners be taxed for pollution? With the development of society, many people can afford a car. As the number of the cars is rising, we are facing some problems. One big problem is the pollution caused by the use of cars. In order to solve this problem, government agencies in some big cities recently suggest that a “pollution tax” should be put on private cars in order to control the number of cars and reduce pollution in the city. For my part, I agree to this viewpoint, and my reasons are as follows: To begin with, cars contribute to the environmental pollution. For example, a lot of big cities in China are now plagued by serious air pollution. Then it is the responsibility of these private car owners to pay for the pollution and they should be taxed. The purpose of collecting environmental pollution tax is to raise the fund, and then utilize the tax revenue lever to protect our environment. Secondly, it is a good way to raise peoples environmental awareness by putting a pollution tax on private cars. If people suffer from the financial loss when making a decision, they will think more about their decision. Then they will consider more when deciding to buy a private car. Consequently, the increase rate of the number of the private cars can be controlled. In a word, it is a very good and necessary attempt to use the means of taxation to treat the pollution. Of course, it must be kept in mind that all people, including the private car owners, should try their best to protect the environment. 2010年专四作文真题: Should College Students Hire Cleaners? (大学生是否应该雇佣清洁工) 关于大学生的生活独立 Direction： It is recently reported in a newspaper that six students who shared a dorm at a local university hired a cleaner to do laundry and cleaning once a week. And each of them paid her 60 yuan a month. This has led to a heated debate as to whether college students should hire cleaners. Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: Should College Students Hire Cleaners? You are to write in three parts: In the first part, state clearly what your view is. In the second part, support your view with appropriate reasons. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks. 写作指南： 这是典型的立场观点选择题型。要求考生确立自己的观点，然后进行论证。 历年类似考题： 2009 Will Tourism Bring Harm to the Environment? 2007 Is It Wise to Make Friends Online? 2004 Will Phones Kill Letter Writing? 1994 TV: a Good Thing or a Bad Thing? 第一部分：短文从一则新闻报道入手，要求考生就这一话题发表意见，由于是考生熟悉的校园话题，且 考生看到题目直觉的反应就是不应该雇佣清洁工，因此首段直接表明观点，对该做法持否定态度。 第二部分：主体部分从两方面进行分析，第一，根据古人“一屋不扫，何以扫天下” 的道理展开，说明作 为大学生应该逐渐培养独立意识，不应该连最基本的小事都依赖他人；第二，从金钱角度阐述该现象的 恶劣影响，大学生基本靠父母供养，雇佣清洁工打扫寝室很容易导致校园中产生攀比、炫富等不良现象。 第三部分：结论部分呼吁结束这种做法，并且呼应主体部分的两点原因，号召大学生尽快建立独立意识 和良好的金钱观，让父母对我们的自理能力放心。 经典范文： Should College Students Hire Cleaners? According to a recent report, six university students hired cleaners to clean their dorm and do their laundry every week. Although we have no right to tell them what to do with their money, as a university student myself, I find this practice absurd. For a start, away from our parents, it is in university that we learn to be independent adults. Cleaning the room and doing ones laundry are the most basic living skills. If we always depend on others to take care of us, how can we survive when there is no one to help us? How can we take on any responsibility when we step into society? For another, the practice reflects their flippant attitude towards money. The money they paid for the cleaners probably comes from their parents, who must be very depressed once they know the truth. It also sets a very bad precedent on campus. Other students may follow suit to show the wealth of their families; or worse, they tend to think money can buy them anything in this world, which obviously is wrong. All in all, I think we must do away with this practice. Otherwise, we may never appreciate the good value of money and an independent way of life. The better and sooner we can take care of ourselves, the more proud our parents will be. 2009年专四作文真题：Will Tourism Bring Harm to the Environment?（旅游 对环境的影响？） 关于环境 Direction： December 5th is International Volunteers Day. Since 1985, when the United Nations announced the special day, tens of millions of people around the world have volunteered to help those in need. China now has 4.5 million registered volunteers how have provided more than 4.5 billion hours of volunteer work. What can you gain from volunteering? Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: Will Tourism Bring Harm to the Environment? You are to write in three parts: In the first part, state clearly what your view is. In the second part, support your view with appropriate reasons. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks. 写作指南： 这是典型的立场观点选择题型。要求考生确立自己的观点，然后进行论证。 历年类似考题： 2007 Is It Wise to Make Friends Online? 2004 Will Phones Kill Letter Writing? 1994 TV: a Good Thing or a Bad Thing? 本文要求考生就旅游是否会给环境带来不好的影响这一话题发表自己的看法。根据题目要求，文章 结构如下： 第一部分：明确表达自己的观点：过度开发旅游对环境会造成不好的影响。 第二部分：从两个方面来论证自己的观点。 第三部分：进行总结：我们应该做什么？ 经典范文： Will Tourism Bring Harm to the Environment? In recent years, tourism has developed rapidly in China. Many people believe that tourism produce positive effects on economic growth and we should try our best to promote tourism. But what these people fail to see is that tourism may bring about a disastrous impact on our environment. As for me, Im firmly convinced that too much tourists bring harm to the environment. The bad impact of tourism on the environment has mainly expressed itself in various ways. One way is the process of exploiting a new scenic spot. In order to attract tourists, a lot of artificial facilities have been built, which have certain unfavorable effects on the environment. This process usually breaks the ecological balance of the area. In some mountainous places, trees are being cut down to build hotels for others to see and explore the beauty of the mountains. Then land slides and mud-rock flows come up. Another way the development of tourism has damaged the environment occurs when tourists go to scenic spots. Some tourists dont have the awareness to protect the environment, and ignorantly throw their garbage here and there. Some people even kill the local wildlife to eat, which badly damages the balance of the natural environment. It is wrong to sacrifice the environment for the growth of tourism. We must keep in mind that too much tourists bring harm to the environment. We need to find a balance between satisfying the needs of tourists and reducing to a minimum the pollution they cause. 2008年专四作文真题：The Benefits of Volunteering （参加志愿活动的好处） 关于大学生和社会 Direction： December 5th is International Volunteers Day. Since 1985, when the United Nations announced the special day, tens of millions of people around the world have volunteered to help those in need. China now has 4.5 million registered volunteers how have provided more than 4.5 billion hours of volunteer work. What can you gain from volunteering? Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: The Benefits of Volunteering You are to write in three parts: In the first part, state clearly what your view is. In the second part, support your view with appropriate reasons. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks. 写作指南： 这是指定明确观点型的作文。要求考生以给定的观点作为中心思想（论点）进行论证。 历年类似考题： 2003 The Importance of Keeping a Good Mood 2000 The Importance of Extracurricular Activities 本文要求论述“ 志愿活动的好处 ”，主体部分可以着重论述志愿活动对社会的好处 ，也可以论述志愿活动 对志愿者本人带来的好处，还可以兼顾两方面。构思立意时要从多个角度论述自己的观点，并对所有者 材加以整合、归纳。 以讨论“ 对志愿者自己的好处 ”为例，可以讨论如下好处： 第一，在交际、沟通能力方面的好处（包括扩大交际面，与不同的人打交道，协调不同的关系，理 解不同的立场等）。 第二，提高工作能力、增加技能的好处（主要谈对自己知识、技能的提高有什么作用，包括学校知 识的运用，实际能力的提高等，注意与前面的“交际能力” 有所区分）。 第三，为志愿者带来成就感，获得必理上的满足（获得尊敬与承认，实现自我价值）。 经典范文： The Benefits of Volunteering Volunteering has grown into a fashion these years, with volunteers ranging from college students to white collar workers. It is reported now China has 4.5 million registered volunteers having provided more than 4.5 billion hours of volunteer work. Why would so many people like to do volunteer work? Are there any benefits of volunteering? The answer is absolutely yes. First of all, through volunteering we can gain more experiences. Whatever volunteering work we do, either being a volunteer teacher for a village school or a volunteer worker in a retired house, we can taste different lifestyles and broaden our horizon. Secondly, through volunteering we can acquire the sense of being needed. Many people feel frustrated with travails in life and empty with the cycling of working and resting. They gradually become numb, losing the sense of being needed. By joining the volunteer group and offering help voluntarily to people who need it, we may feel happy and fulfilled again. Thirdly, through volunteering we can learn more good qualities. Volunteer work is team work, which needs good cooperation. We can know people with different personalities and different background joining in the volunteer group and devoting to the volunteer work together. From our co - volunteers we can absorb many good qualities that could help us be better persons. In conclusion, volunteering is of great benefit in that we can gain more experiences, acquire the sense of being needed and learn more good qualities. 2007年专四作文真题 ：Is It Wise to Make Friends Online? （交网友） 关于流行文化：网络 Direction： Nowadays the Internet has become part of peoples life, and millions of young people have made friends online. Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: Is It Wise to Make Friends Online? You are to write in three parts: In the first part, state clearly what your view is. In the second part, support your view with appropriate reasons. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks. 写作指南： 这是典型的立场观点选择题型。要求考生确立自己的观点，然后进行论证。 历年类似考题： 2004 Will Phones Kill Letter Writing? 1994 TV: a Good Thing or a Bad Thing? 本文要求考生就网上交友是否明智发表自己的看法。根据题目要求，文章结构如下： 第一部分： 明确表达自己的观点。 第二部分：合理论证自己的观点，要有说服力。 第三部分：就以上部分进行总结。 范文与解析： Is It Wise to Make Friends Online? （1） Is it wise to make friends online? (2) Peoples views about this issue vary from one to another. (3) Some people think that it is unwise to make friends online while others think that there is nothing wrong with online friends. (4) In my point of view, although online friends cannot be always trusted, the benefits far outweigh the risks. (5) The reasons are mainly as follows: (6) First of all, it is easy and quick to get to know people and make new friends online. (7) We know friends are indispensable in our daily life but they cannot stay with us wherever we go. (8) For many people, especially college freshmen, leaving friends and the security of home for a new place where they dont know anyone can be overwhelming. (9) With some online chatting tools such as QQ and MSN, they can talk to people they like and find people with common interests easily. (10) In addition, online friends can help broaden our knowledge about different cultures and customs. (11) Chatting with people from different places and social backgrounds is surely an effective way to understand other cultures and develop cross-cultural communication skills. (12) We can also practice our English in speaking and writing. (13) To sum up, making friends online is amazing. In the online global community we can enjoy an active social life with rewarding experience, so it is wise to make online friends. Part One: (1) 开门见山 ，提出问题。 （2）（3）说明不同的人有不同的观点。 （4） 用In my point of view 引出自己的观点。 （5） 起承上启下的作用，引出原因。 Part Two: （6）用first of all 引出网上交友的优点之一，此句作为主题句。 （7）（8） （9）对主题句作进一步诠释。 （10） 用In addition 引出网上交友的优点之二，此句亦为主题句。 （11）对主题句作进一步诠释。 （12）对主题句作进一步诠释。 Part Three: （13）用 To sum up总结全文，重申观点。 2006年专四作文真题：Saving Money is a Good Habit （省钱是好习惯） 关于个人生活 Direction： Recently a Beijing information company did a survey of student life among more than 700 students in Beijing, Guangzhou, Xian, Chengdu, Shanghai, Wuhan, Nanjing and Shenyang. The results have shown that 67 percent of students think that saving money is a good habit while the rest believe that using tomorrows money today is better. What do you think? Write a composition of about 200 words: Saving Money is a Good Habit You are to write in three parts: In the first part, state clearly what your view is. In the second part, support your view with appropriate reasons. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks. 写作指南： 这是典型的立场观点选择题型。要求考生确立自己的观点，然后进行论证。 历年类似考题： 2004 Will Phones Kill Letter Writing? 1999 A Major Advantage, Disadvantage of Advertising on T 1994 TV: a Good Thing or a Bad Thing? 本文要求考生就网上交友是否明智发表自己的看法。根据题目要求，文章结构如下： 第一部分：明确表达自己的观点（总论点）。 第二部分：用几个分论点合理论证自己的总观点，要有说服力。 第三部分：就以上部分进行总结。 范文与解析： Saving Money is a Good Habit （1） Recently the result of a survey conducted by a Beijing information company has shown that the majority of Chinese students think that saving money is a good habit while the rest prefer to use tomorrows money. (2) As is seen to me, the principle of “hard work and thrift” is still at work in China, and I absolutely believe that we will profit more from saving money than from spending tomorrows money. (3) Through saving money, well be better prepared for our life. (4) There is an old saying that “a penny saved is a penny earned”. (5) In modern society, life is so changeable that we cant predict what will happen in the future. (6) So wed better get prepared for unexpected emergencies. (7) Whats more, psychologically speaking, saving money means controlling money rather than being controlled by money, and it enables us to be freer and more independent. (8) With the money weve saved, we dont need to be too much concerned about the old age or the monthly installment that we owe to the bank. Of course I dont mean that we cannot loan money to buy a house or for some enjoyment. What Im saying is that we must think twice before spending tomorrows money. (9) To put it in a nutshell, Im a great believer that saving money is a good habit. Part One: (1) 用一项调查 “a survey” 引入要讨论的问题。 （2）用 “As is seen to me” 清楚地表明了自己的观点。 引用习语“hard work and thrift”使文章更具 说服力。 Part Two: （3）具体分析和解释了选择“saving money”的原因。 （4）此处引用“A penny saved is a penny earned” 恰到好处。 （5） （6）从社会变化难以预测说明节约用钱的必要性。 （7）“Whats more”表达递进关系，使阐述的理由更充分。 （8）阐述了节约用钱的好处。 Part Three: （13） “To put it in a nutshell”为语言亮点，意为“概括地说” 。 2005年专四作文真题：My Idea of a Unive