2011年12月四级 开放式写作.doc

2011年12月四级 开放式写作For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong Will by commenting on the humorous saying, “Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. Ive done it hundreds of times.” You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. The humorous saying, “Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. Ive done it hundreds of times.”, illustrates the astonishing yet common occurrence that many people try hard to give up a bad habit but in vain. They fail because they lack a strong will. In fact, nothing succeeds without a strong will. Take Thomas Edison for example. He is well-known for his large number of inventions which were created through thousands of unsuccessful experiments. Had it not been for his strong will, he would have merely been wasting time and money achieving nothing. Not surprisingly, Edisons perseverance is actually a common quality among successful people.As college students, we should bear in mind that a strong will helps set a clear goal for people and provide its owner with the motivation and encouragement in face of difficulties. Indeed, success goes to those who are equipped with a strong will. A man with a strong will is a man who cannot be defeated.Its obvious that one can never succeed without a strong will. As a humorous saying goes, “quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. Ive done it hundreds of times.” Judging from the saying above, we can tell that a lot of people fail to do something like quitting smoking, because of their lack of strong wills. Strong wills can provide us with perseverance, which is regarded as a very essential element of success. Take Newton as an example. He could not make such great achievements in science without perseverance brought by his strong will. There is another good case concerned about Edison, who is known as one of the greatest scientists all over the world. Before finding the most suitable material for lights, he did countless experiments and failed thousands of times. However, he never gave up. It is his strong will that gave him great courage and perseverance to try again and again and never be defeated by failures. Eventually, he succeeded.All in all, nothing succeeds without a strong will. Thus, were expected to aim high, work hard, and stick to striving for our dreams.Sometimes, certain words are quite humorous but worthy of being reflected on. “Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. Ive done it hundreds of times.” It is an increasingly common phenomenon that people keep trying and then quitting, which means all the pains are in vain.It is a strong will that can lead us to the ideal destination. Some sound reasons are as follows. First, there are so many fascinating issues filling our society that one may be easily distracted without a strong and definite will. Therefore, chaos will replace profound development. Second, way to success is anything but comfortable. Only people driven by constant passion and incentive will manage to get through this torturing process. Last but not least, the sense of accomplishment that our strong will brings about delights not only us, but people caring about us. Just take quitting smoking as an example. Proud and relieved, our relatives and friends will definitely feel that way.Nothing succeeds without a strong will, while nothing serves as an obstacle if we are armed with an unshakeable will.2010年6月四级Due Attention Should Be Given to Spelling1. 如今不少学生在英语学习中不重视拼写2. 出现这种情况的原因3. 为了改变这种状况，我认为These days when learning English, a large number of students fail to pay due attention to spelling. Easily found in their essays are spelling mistakes which to some extent affect communication.Several factors may account for such phenomenon. In the first place, the wide use of network language with short-formed words and non-standard spellings should be responsible. It sets up a bad example for students to follow. Additionally, the time and effort devoted to different aspects of English learning have a lot to do with it. Oral English and listening skills have gained great attention, while spelling and writing training is inadequate. Last but not least, it is the students themselves that ignore the importance of correct spelling.To reverse the trend, joint efforts are needed. Teachers need to emphasize on spelling in class. On the part of students, its high time that they recognized the significance of spelling and tried to avoid spelling mistakes. By doing so, correct spelling will be guaranteed in the near future.2010年12月四级How Should Parents Help Children to Be Independent?1. 目前不少父母为孩子包办一切2. 为了让孩子独立，父母应该 These days many parents tend to make all decisions for their children for fear that they might do something wrong. The parents purpose is quite clear: to protect their kids from possible failures. But this practice turns out to make their children increasingly dependent on them.For their childrens future development, parents should help them to be independent. The earlier they take measures to do so, the more benefit their children will get. Parents should first teach their children how to make plan, an indispensable skill for their future survival. Parents should also give their children more freedom, a must to childrens independence. If the children only follow rules set by their parents, they will never gain the sense of independence. Most importantly, parents should be open to different ideas from their children. If children feel that their ideas are well listened to and respected, they will become more confident.To sum up, parents should provide their children with plan-making skill, freedom and respect. In this way, children will grow more independent.2011年6月 Online shopping1 现在网上购物已成为一种时尚；2 网上购物有很多优点，但也有不少问题；3 我的建议An increasing number of people are getting used to shopping online nowadays and online shopping is really enjoying a boom.There is no doubt that online shopping has many advantages. First, almost everything you want can be purchased online. Besides, instead of going shopping outdoors, you can just comfortably sit in front of your computer and scan web pages, which certainly saves your time and energy. However, the disadvantages also arise. Consumers are likely to be cheated because the deal is not made face to face. The purchase they get might not match the descriptions online. Worse still, some shop owners fail to mail the goods after they get the remittance. Then, faced with a large abundance of goods online, buyers often get lost and find it hard to select the ideal items.In my opinion, some measures can be taken to improve the conditions of online shopping. For instance, government should set down strict regulations to protect the interest of customers. Meanwhile consumers should be more cautious while purchasing online.The last decade has witnessed the tremendous development of the Internet, which has been provoking various online activities. Online shopping, as a consequence, has become a fashion nowadays and has attracted a large number of people. Its obvious that online shopping has many advantages over traditional shopping. Not only does it often convenient service, it also has low price. However, we cant turn a blind eye to the problems of it. First, the quality of the products, in many cases, seems not as superior as it is promised. Besides, according to many customers, its very inconvenient to change products when they find them unsatisfied. From what has been stated above, we can draw the conclusion that effective measures must be taken to create a more harmonious and convenient online shopping environment. From my point of view, on the one hand, product quality supervising authorities and the related institutions are supposed to ensure the quality of the products in the online shopping. On the other hand, customers should be careful when shopping online. With the measures taken, I firmly believe that a better and more harmonious online shopping environment is around the corner and waiting for us.2006年12月 Spring Festival Gala on CCTV1. 许多人喜欢在除夕夜看春节晚会2. 但有些人提出取消春节晚会3. 我的看法 The Spring Festival Gala on CCTV has long been a tradition for Chinese people to celebrate the New Year. It was very popular at the beginning, but now, some people suggest that it should be stopped because many programs are outdated and boring.In my opinion, the Gala should continue to be held every year. Firstly, it still has a large audience who prefer to spend their new years eve watching it. It has become a custom for them. Secondly, as it is broadcasted throughout the world, it can be a good chance to show our traditional culture to the rest of the world. Thirdly, it is an important program for Chinese people living in other nations. By watching the program, they can feel at home.In a word, the Spring Festival Gala is quite meaningful. It shouldnt be stopped, but be held on year by year.2009年6月Free Admission to Museums? 1. 越来越多的博物馆现在免费向公众开放，目的是. . 2. 有人认为这样做会带来一些问题 3. 在我看来. . Nowadays, more and more museums are open to the public for free. Free admissions to museums will motivate peoples interests in history, arts, and science. In this way, museums can provide people with easier access to knowledge, which is of vital importance for the whole nation. However, some people hold that free admission to museums can bring about many problems. Since anybody can enter a museum without paying, the museum can be overcrowded and it will be a difficult job for museums to maintain their collections. Besides, museums will face financial problems since they cant make profits from the admission fee. Due to the decrease in profits, museums have less motivation to up-date their collections. An out-of-date museum cant avoid the fate to close up in the long run. In my opinion, free admissions to museums are good for the public, but on the other hand they may pose problems to the museum management. Governments should provide help to museums and guide them to serve the public better. 2008年12月Limiting the Use of Disposable Plastic Bags1. 一次性塑料袋曾广为使用2. 由此带来的问题3. 限制使用一次性塑料袋的意义Disposable plastic bags were once widely used. As they were cheap and convenient, we depended on them to carry things when shopping. They had become part of our everyday life.However, disposable plastic bags have brought lots of problems. Firstly, due to their chemical structure, the bags are difficult to break down. Moreover, some poisonous chemicals in the plastics will set off to the soil and damage our crops. Finally, our health may be harmed and the environment may be badly damaged, Can you imagine our earth being covered by millions of plastic bags?So, it really makes sense to limit the use of disposable plastic bags. By reducing the use of them, we can protect our environment and ourselves. Maybe it will be a little more costly to use other bags, but the benefits we get greatly outweigh the extra money we pay. In a word, its necessary to limit the use of disposable plastic bags and in this way, everyone of us can make a contribution to a better environment. 2008年10月What Electives to Choose1. 各大学为学生开设了各种各样的选修课2. 学生处于各种原因选择不同的选修课3. 以我自己为例 Nowadays, there is a great variety of electives in colleges for students to choose from, and they have the freedom to choose whatever they like. Students choose different electives for different reasons. Some students simply choose what they like. They think they will gain some fun from it. Others choose what they think is good to them, so they can learn knowledge and skills from the course although it may not be much fun. Also some students choose a course just because its teacher is famous, so they can have the honor to learn with great masters.Take myself as an example. My elective this term is “English Writing Skills”. The reason why I choose it is because Im crazy about English. Furthermore, English writing is a skill essential to job-hunting today. Ive enjoyed the course, and benefited a lot from it as well.2005年1月A Campaign SpeechDear fellow students,I am grateful that you offer me the chance to speak here. I am impressed by the speeches of the previous candidates. Yet, I want to prove myself better for the post of chairman.First of all, I have a pleasant personality. Last year I was the dorm director of our building and I managed to get along with all the students well. I have acquired working experience and communication skills which I consider as the most essential for the coordinator of the whole students union.Secondly, Im always ready to create. At present our union is very well organized. However our activity schedule is slightly monotonous. I am willing to add some vivid elements into it in order to make our campus life more enjoyable.If I am elected the chairman, I promise I will become your voice and build the student union into a bridge between the students and the university.Im your best choice, vote for me, vote for yourself, thank you!2010年1月Creating a Green Campus1. 建设绿色校园十分重要2. 绿色校园不仅是指绿色的环境3. 为了建设绿色校园，我们应该People are now getting more and more conscious of the harmonious relationship between humans and Mother Nature. In this sense, we should lay more emphasis on “Green Campus”, just like “Green Olympics”.A green campus is more than green environment with green trees and grasses. It also refers to an environmentally friendly way of living in campus. Whats more, the concept of a green campus emphasizes the importance of living in harmony with the environment. On no account should we do damage to the nature or waster the natural resources so that we can leave the next generation a better world.In order to create a green campus, every one of us should save limited energy whenever and wherever there is a chance. For instance, we should turn off the lights when leaving the room and stop littering while walking in the campus. If everyone makes a contribution to creating a green campus, we have every reason to believe that our life will be happier.2003年1月It Pays to Be Honest1. 当前社会上存在许多不诚实的现象2. 诚实利人利已，做人应该诚实At present, people are troubled with a mass of dishonest behaviors in the modern society. Teachers get annoyed when they catch students cheating on exams; consumers get hurt when they unfortunately buy some fake products; children are misled when they see their parents tell lies so as to evade the responsibility they should take.Why do people cheat? The main reason probably lies in immediate interest they may obtain by cheating. A company, which manufactures fake products, may seem to win for a moment because it can minimize its manufacture cost by doing so. This kind of businesses, however, will be driven out of the market in the long run. For the consumers after getting to know the poor quality of the products will no longer buy them.The same is true of individuals. Dishonest people dare not take on the responsibility of life. They cheat in class, in office, at home and so on. But the truth can hardly be masked. The moment the truth comes out they will lose their credibility, which is easier to destroy than to rebuild. Consequently, these dishonest will suffer sooner or later because of their cheating behaviors. In conclusion, no one can afford to be dishonest in a civilized society.Honesty is the pillar of a society. People will benefit from being honest in the long run. Thats why we say it pays to be honest. 2007年6月Welcome to Our Club1.本社团的主要活动内容。2.参加本社团的好处。3.如何加入本社团。Welcome to our club. There can be a rich variety of activities almost every week in our club. Since our club focuses on English language learning, we will hold regular activities such as English Corner (held every Thursday and Sunday), and some other activities like the Translation Competition (held twice or more each term and is very popular among our members). If you join our club, youll find youve made a wise choice, for our club can not only help you improve your English, but can also provide you with many opportunities to make new friends from every part of the nation (and quite a few members are from abroad, so you can enjoy a journey among foreign cultures without even visiting their countries). In short, our club is no difference from a realm of language learning and fun-enjoying.So please feel free to contact us and be one of us. You just need to find a phone and give us a call. And then everything will be well arranged for you.2004年6月A Brief Introduction to a Tourist AttractionYour role: a tour guideYour audience: a group of foreign touristsYour introduction should include:1. some welcoming words2. the schedule for the day3. a description of the place the tourists will be visiting (e.g. a scenic spot or a historical site, etc.)Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Beijing. To begin with, I would like to introduce myself: I am the tourist guide from China Travel Service and its great honor to stay here with all of you for a whole day. Just as the old saying goes, “It is always a pleasure to greet a friend from afar”. I wish all of you to enjoy yourselves during this trip.The following is a schedule of the day. The first spot we are going to visit is the Great Wall, the grandest fortification in ancient China. The next sight to look around is the Ming Tombs, which is one of the best-preserved tombs for 13 emperors in Ming Dynasty more than three hundredyears ago. In the afternoon, we will go for the Summer Palace, the royal park for Chinese ancient emperors.Currently we are on the way to the Great Wall. Dating back to the seven century B