英语专业四级[2009-2018]作文真题(题目)

1、45 MINTEM 4 Writing2009Tourism is a boo ming bus in ess in Chi na. However, some people worry that too many tourists may bring harm to the environment, while others don t think so. What is your opinion?Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the followi ng topic:Will Tourism

2、Bring Harm to the Environment?You are to write in three parts.In the first part state specifically what your opinion is.In the sec ond part, provide one or two reas ons to support your opinion.In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.Marks will be award

3、ed for content releva nee, content sufficie ncy, orga ni zati on, Ian guage quality. Failure to follow the above in struct ions may result i n a loss of marks.2010It was recently reported in a newspaper that six students who shared a dorm at a local university hired a cleaned to do laundry and clean

4、ing once a week. And each of them paid her 60 yua n a mon th. This has led to heated debate as to whether college stude nts should hire clea ners.The followi ng are the supporters and opp onents opinions. Read carefully the opinions from bothsides and write your response in about 200 words, in which

5、 you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on the issue.Marks will be awarded for content releva nee, content sufficie ncy, orga ni zati on, Ian guage quality. Failure to follow the above in struct ions may result i n a loss of marks.YESNOCollege stude nts fi

6、rst priority should be givto academic pursuit and other social activities. Hiring cleaners can free themselves from chores and spare more time for them to improve themselves.A clean and tidy room always brings a good mood, which in turn, leads to efficiency in study. A professional cleaner can surel

7、y offer students a better living environment at a reas on able price.eWVithout a steady financial source, college students will put an even greater burden on their parents by hiring cleaners to do laundry and clea ning.It is an excuse for students not to do laundry and clea ning themselves for acade

8、mic pressure and extracurricular activities. Laundry and cleaning job, if done routinely, just takes a fraction of time.2011Recently government agencies in some big cities have been studying the possibility of putting a “ pollution tax ” on private cars. The amount of tax private car owners would ha

9、ve to pay would depend on the emission levels, i.e. engine or vehicle size. This has caused quite a stir among the public. The follow ing are the supporter and opp onents opinions. Read them carefullyand write your response in about 200words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions

10、from both sides and give your view on the issue.Marks will be awarded for content releva nee, content sufficie ncy, orga ni zati on, Ian guage quality. Failure to follow the above in struct ions may result i n a loss of marks.YESNOIt turns out to be a fact that the emissions of cars in crease the po

11、lluti on. If the amount of tax private car owners have to pay depe nds on the emission level, people would drive less or buy low -emissi on cars in order to save mon ey.Vehicle emission will do great harm to our body respiratory system（呼吸系统）.So it would be a bless ing fro us to put polluti on tax on

12、 private cars.In a long term, taxing private car owners promotes susta in able developme nt and en viro nment protect ion by warni ng car -users to reduce emissi ons.It will be very difficult to implement the policy of “ pollution tax ” H ow to measure the exact amount of emission? How to avoid brib

13、ery for escap ing from fine and puni shme nt?Taxing private car owners doesn teduce pollution, which is mainly caused by heavy in dustry.Car-making industry at home will be heavily weakened by introducing pollution taxes. For the rise of tax, customers will pay much more to own a car, thus delay ing

14、 their pla n of buying cars.2012Read carefully the following excerpt on private-education arguments in the UK, and then write your respo nse in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should:Summarize the main message of the excerpt, and the nComme nt on whether private educati on should advocated.You

15、should support yourself with in formatio n form the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content releva nee, content sufficie ncy, orga ni zati on, Ian guage quality. Failure to follow the above in struct ions may result i n a loss of marks.Do Pare nts Want to Go Private?The latest Ipsos Mori poll for

16、the Independent Schools Council shows that 57% of parents would choose private education if they could afford to do so. That is the highest figure since these polls bega n in 1997.The first thought, is why so many pare nts would choose private educati on? What is motivat ing them to do so?We have sm

17、aller classes in private schools than a decade ago, better -paid teachers, fewer staff shortages, far more computers, and many more new school build in gs. In terms of in vestme nt, education has done pretty well over the past decade: education spending now absorbs a higher proportion of the nation

18、s wealth than 10 years ago.Some of the figures show dramatic improvements. There is now one computer for every six private school pupils compared with one for every 23 in 1994.In 1997, around one quarter of all primary classes contained over 31 pupils. Now it is one in 10.There has been no shortage

19、of intervention strategies to tackle under -achievement: measures to close failing schools, the creation of expensive new academies, and schemes to target children who fall beh ind with their readi ng and maths.2013Nowadays, such new ways of con sumptio n as coup ons, on li ne group -bu ying have em

20、erged. Will new ways of shopping make us smart customers? The following are the opinions of two differe nt groups. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your resp onse in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on t

21、he issue.Marks will be awarded for content releva nee, content sufficie ncy, orga ni zati on, Ian guage quality. Failure to follow the above in struct ions may result i n a loss of marks.YESNOMost of the stude nts do not have eno ugh timeProducts on sale may be sometimes of lowto earn money and we h

22、ave to live on ourquality and those group-buying deals are, inparents. So we collect all kinds of coupons.some cases, fake and misleadi ng.visit group -bu ying websites to save mon ey.More often than not, such new ways ofThe world nowadays is changing rapidly andcon sumpti on tempt us to buy goods n

23、ot becausefashion comes and goes fast. If we can buyof their high quality and suitability but out ofthose shining goods at lower price, that will beimpulse.very great.Coupons and group -buying are not an on -trendSuch new ways ofcon sumpti onastreat offered by shopkeepers and manufacturers.group-bu

24、ying can be con ducted on li ne in justIn stead, they are actually market ing tricks. Thea few minu tes. All you n eed to do is to get toonly purpose of such tricks is to maximizethe stores and enjoy fits.2014Should English majors study maths in university? A letter written by an Engli

25、sh major whocompla ined about the man datory maths classes he had to take has gathered atte nti on rece ntly. The follow ing are the supporters and opp onents opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sidesand write your response in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly

26、theopinions from both sides and give your view on the issue.Marks will be awarded for content releva nee, content sufficie ncy, orga ni zati on, Ian guagequality. Failure to follow the above in struct ions may result i n a loss of marks.YESNONowadays, mathematics is seen everywhere in the digital ag

27、e. Average pers ons with a finan cial awareness should also do various calculations in their daily life. Sometimes they even have to deal with nu mbers in budgets, bank sav ings and so on, let alone those professi on als in computer engin eeri ng.For college stude nts, the subject of mathematics als

28、o ben efits them in further educati on and future job -hunting, which require postgraduates and employees to have a good mastery of data collecti on and an alysis.The mathematics courses in university are designed to be in line with national curriculum. For those studying arts, if is a waste of time

29、 tak ing the courses only to get scores.Gen erally speak ing, stude nts who major in English are often poor in mathematics. If they are forced to learn the subject, they would be very relucta nt.With the developme nt of scie nee and tech no logy, we don thave to lear n those difficult formulas by he

30、art and do complex calculations by ourselves because they are time-c onsuming and computers can do them all in just a few minutes.2015Read carefully the followi ng excerpt on homework banning argume nts in the UK, and the n write your respo nse in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should:Summariz

31、e the main message of the excerpt, and the nComme nt on whether homework should be banned for the sake of both the childre n and their pare nts.You should support yourself with in formatio n from the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content releva nee, content sufficie ncy, orga ni zati on, Ian gua

32、ge quality. Failure to follow the above in struct ions may result i n a loss of marks.Calls for Homework to Be ScrappedA teachers gfoup is calling for kids to do no homework fearing it makes them stressed and un happy.Under the plans homework for primary school kids could be completely scrapped, and

33、 the amount tee nagers have to do would be absolutely can celed.But don think you vbeen let off the hook just yet, as the idea is so far only being talked about. There are also calls for a group to be st up to look at other reasons why kids might be un happy at school.Mary Bousted from the union sai

34、d:I think homework is a waste of time.set it.Homework especially puts lots of stress on poorer childre n, who might not have as many books and computers at home, she added.The government says teachers don t have to give homework, but they are encouraged toA spokesman for the Department for Children,

35、 Schools and Families said homework helped childre n and young people develop their lear ning skills.2016Read carefully the following excerpt on term-time holiday arguments in the UK, and then write your respo nse in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should:Summarize the main message of the excer

36、pt, and the nComment on whether parents should take children out of school for holiday during term time in order to save mon ey.You should support yourself with in formatio n from the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content releva nee, content sufficie ncy, orga ni zati on, Ian guage quality. Fail

37、ure to follow the above in struct ions may result i n a loss of marks.Term -time holiday will be bannedParents are to be banned by Micheal Gove, UK sEducation Secretary, from taking their childre n out of school to save money on holidays.,whicha senior source e disti nctio nHe is to abolish the righ

38、t of head teachers to“ authorize absenee ” frombeen used to let families take term-time breaks, and will warn them they face fines for their childre n not being at school.“ Any time out of school has the potential to damage a child s education,Departme nt for Educatio n said this weeke nd.“ That is

39、why the gover nment will end thbetwee n authorized and un authorized abse nee.”“Thisis part of the government wider commitment to bring down truancy levels in our schools. There will also be stricter pen alties for pare nts and schools.”The tough measures on trua ncy are part of a wider attempt by M

40、r Gove to make educati on more academically rigorous and to tackle a culture in the educational establishment which he believes has accepted “ excuses for failure ”.Russell Hobby, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said the measure would discourage parents from tryin

41、g to put pressure on heads to sanction term time holidays. “ The high cost of holidays outside of term time is still an issue but ultimately a child educati on is more importa nt tha n holiday,” he said.2017Read carefully the followi ng excerpt and then write your respo nse in NO LESS THAN 200 words

42、, in which you should:Summarize the main message of the excerpt, and the nComment on whether our brains will get lazy in a world run by intelligent machines.You should support yourself with in formatio n from the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content releva nce, content sufficie ncy, orga ni zat

43、i on, Ian guage quality. Failure to follow the above in struct ions may result i n a loss of marks.With in tellige nt mach ines to do the thinking, will our brain get lazy?Changing tech no logy stimulates the brain the in creases in tellige nee. But that may only be true if the tech no logy challe n

44、ges us. In a world run by in tellige nt mach in es, our lives could get a lot simpler. Would that make us less in tellige nt?Artificial intelligence is taking over many human jobs. For instanee, planes are being flown much of the time by automatic pilots. And the complex problem of con trolli ng air

45、 traffic around large modern airports is also achieved by artificial intelligence that operates well beyond the capability of mere huma n air traffic con trollers.Artificial in tellige nce is embedded in many featuresof moder n life for the impleme nt reas onthat intelligent machines can already out

46、perform humans, including some aptitude where there was once thought to be a human advantage, such as playing chess, and writing poetry, or even novels.As mach ines get smarter, they will do more of our thinking for us and make life easier. I n the future, the electronic assistant will develop to th

47、e point that serves similar functions as a real livi ng butler, fulfill ing requests such as:“ Orga nize a dinner party for six on Thursday, Jeeves, andin vite the usual guests.”At that point, our long struggle with challe nging tech no logies is at an end. Like Bertie Wooster, we can take is easy k

48、nowing that the hard work of pla nning and orga nizing is being done by a better brain-the electronic assistant. Starved of mental effort, our brains will regress.I sit and to their Ian ds, liste nrealize that there isged2018Read carefully the followi ng excerpt and the n write your resp onse in NO

49、LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should:Summarize the main message of the excerpt, and the nComment on the two points made by Stephen Corry, Survival s Director.You should support yourself with in formatio n from the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content releva nee, content sufficie ncy, orga ni zati on, Ian guage quality. Failure to follow the above in s