大学英语写作常见考试范文

1、Sample WritingAn Eye-Witness Account of a Traffic AccidentIt was the morning of April 6th, 2003. At about 7:30, I went to school by bike as usual. It was a rainy day and the road was slippery. On the way, I noticed a boy riding in front of me, talking loudly with his friends. He didnt wear a raincoa

2、t; instead he held an umbrella in one hand, and rode with another hand. As he turned left to Guangming Road, he failed to see a car coming from behind a truck parked on the corner. Suddenly I heard a big noise and saw an umbrella thrown away. The boy was knocked down by the car. I was completely sho

3、cked. I think the boys absent-mindedness accounted much for the accident. He was talking all the time and dangerously used an umbrella while riding a bike. The weather also played a role in the tragedy. The third cause was the improperly parked truck, which was big enough to make the road conditions

4、 invisible to the students who were going to make a turn. All these contributed to this accident.Reduce Waste on CampusFor college students, the campus should be a holy place to study in and a comfortable place to live. Yet, you can see the phenomenon of waste everywhere. In the dining hall, student

5、s buy much more food than what they can eat and dump the leftover. In the classroom you can see blank paper on the floor and in the washing closet, water keeps dripping but the students dont bother to turn the faucets off. Waste on campus may bring really serious consequences. For students themselve

6、s, its not just money. What they have for med is a bad habit of wasting which will accompany them into their future life. For the whole society, which is suffering from overpopulation, waste is highly likely to be a case for energy crises or water supply shortage. In order to reduce waste on campus,

7、 we college students should start the anti-waste campaign with ourselves. Thrift has been a good virtue in China for thousands of years and thrifty people are always respected by all the people Thus, mind the trifles beside ourselves, try to avoid waste around us and moreover, spread the idea of thr

8、ift and let it take root in everybodys heart.Mobile Phone Uses Should Be Restricted in Library1. 图书馆里时常有人使用手机打电话2. 这种作法并不可取。3. 应当采用一些措施The improper use of mobile phones is becoming increasingly serious in the library. Many students are found talking loudly on phones or taking a phone in audible ring

9、ing mode into the library. There is no doubt that those poor manners have a negative impact on library users. For one thing, mobile phones are a distraction for those users, for they can hardly focus on reading. For another, such behavior causes disturbance to other people. It's very important f

10、or the users to maintain a quiet atmosphere since the library is a place for study and research.Restriction to mobile phone uses in the library helps to create an excellent atmosphere and does good to all library users. So all students should comply with library regulations and keep quiet in the lib

11、rary. If they do need to use mobile phones, they can set their mobile phones in the silence mode and make phone calls in designated areas, such as restrooms, photocopier rooms and the elevator area.Should We Help Strangers?1. 助人为乐是美德;2. 助人为乐也会伴随发生一些问题;3. 个人看法是Helping strangers has always been consid

12、ered a treasured virtue of human kind. On the one hand, we need help from others throughout our life, no matter when we travel to other places or stay at home. On the other hand, helping others brings us tremendous happiness. We feel great joy when we are trusted and needed by others. Therefore, it

13、is highly recommended that we help strangers when possible. However, some people are cautious and would rather not help strangers because it can sometimes put us into trouble. They say some strangers are just cheats who pretend to be pitiful in order to take advantage of our sympathy. Helping them w

14、ould put us in danger. Furthermore, sometimes we are not able to provide the help needed. For example, if we can't swim, it is dangerous to help someone being drowned. In my opinion, we should still try our best to help strangers if possible, though we should also learn to protect ourselves from

15、 being harmed in the process.Average number of hours a student spends on the computer per week上图所示为1990年，1995年，2000年某校大学生使用计算机的情况，请描述其变化。请说明发生这些变化的原因 （可从计算机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说明）。你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题。 Students tend to use computers more and more nowadays. Reading this chart, we can find that the ave

16、rage number of hours a student spends on the computer per week has increased sharply. In 1990, it was less than 2 hours; and in 1995, it increased to almost 4 hours, and in 2000, the number soared to 20 hours. Obviously, computers are becoming more and more popular. There are several reasons for thi

17、s. First, computers facilitate us in more aspects of life. Also, the fast development of the Internet enlarges our demands for using computers. We can easily contact with friends in remote places through the Internet. Besides, the prices of computers are getting lower and lower, which enables more s

18、tudents to purchase them. However, there still exist some problems, such as poor quality, out-of-date designs and so on. And how to balance the time between using computers and studying is also a serious problem. Anyhow, we will benefit a lot from computers as long as we use them properly. Ownership

19、 of Houses in a Big City in China根据上图描述该市住房产权的变化;分析产生这些变化的原因;说明这些变化对个人和社会产生的影响.From 1990 to 2000, great changes have taken place in the ownership of houses in cities in China. While the number of state-owned houses decreased, that of private houses increased. In 1990, there were seventy-five percent

20、 state-owned houses and only twenty-percent private houses. However, in 2000, the proportion of state-owned housed reduced to twenty percent and that of private houses increased to eighty percent.There are some reasons for the great changes. Firstly, I think the development of the economy is one rea

21、son. Thanks to the development of the economy, people earn more money than before. So they can set aside some money to by houses. Secondly, the measures the government adopts have encouraged people to consume. Nowadays, people can buy new houses with the help of loans from banks. There may be some o

22、ther reasons.These changes reflect the rising living standard of the people, which will, in turn, bring about changes in peoples consumption idea- to consume on credit.Cultural Immersion In the picture there is a mature American girl who wears traditional Chinese costume. Her bright smile perfectly

23、matches the traditional Chinese clothes, hat, necklace, etc, all of which seem to belong to a Chinese minority. In such a simple way, the design of the picture managed to reflect rapidly growing exchanges between different cultures, especially between the Chinese and the western cultures. Most peopl

24、e would attach great importance to this phenomenon. They believe that exchanges between these two distinguished cultures will lead to better understanding between China and the western world, which will inevitably bring tremendous changes to our future world. There is no doubt that with better under

25、standing things like confrontation, conflicts and wars can be avoided and that the blend of different cultures will lead to lasting peace and prosperity of the world. As a college student, I firmly believe that globalization is the tendency of today's world and there is nothing that can hold it

26、back. The ideas that western cultures would be a threat to the traditional Chinese cultures and they would be abandoned gradually have been out of date. What we ought to think seriously about is probably not whether this kind of blend is needed or not, but what we could do in order to let this proce

27、ss make positive contributions to the development of the Chinese cultures, and how we can make the traditional Chinese culture known to the world and be accepted by the world. That is the very idea that the designer of the picture wants to tell us. It is probable that only in this way will the balan

28、ce of exchanges be kept and both sides benefit from this process of globalization.This drawing depicts the plight of elderly parents. As we can see from the cartoon, when the New Year comes, the old couple are sitting at the dinner table in disappointment and sadness, because no one comes back to ce

29、lebrate the occasion together with them. Although they have received a lot of presents from their adult children, the miserable feeling has obviously deprived them of their appetite, since what they want most is nothing but sincere love from their children and grandchildren. The moral of this drawin

30、g is not difficult to seek. Nowadays, younger generation is too occupied with their affairs or grows too independent to feel free living with their parents. Rarely can the aging parents have a chance to enjoy some happy hours with them. When festivals approach, it is not unusual for adult children t

31、o send presents instead of visiting their parents in person. However, they actually fail to realize the fact that their presence, not presents, are the best and maybe the only desired gifts for their parents. In conclusion, we should learn the moral of this cartoon by heart, and remind ourselves of

32、the loneliness and helplessness of the aging parents. We should never shy away from the responsibility of taking good care of them in their senior years, physically and mentally. Tourism and Environment PollutionAs is vividly depicted in the cartoon above, a boat, which is carrying two tourists who

33、are casually casting wastes into the water, is floating on a filthy river in view of the incredible amount of rubbish, including food packages, waste bottles, cans, fishbone, etc. Its a nasty scene to see, yet the two on the boat seem to be enjoying their sightseeing. The whole picture reveals the s

34、arcastic consequences that the blooming of tourism has on the ecological environment. As a result of the economic prosperity and the widespread ideology that traveling opens horizon, people tend to attach greater importance to sightseeing than whats necessary. Furthermore, its almost always true tha

35、t more visits to a site bring more littering and pollution. As a consequence, environment of the touring resorts, which are supposed to be attractive and breathtaking, has suffered plenty of damage from the misconducts of the tourists. Littering, among others, has managed to reduce the place of spec

36、tacular view to a dump land. In the long run, it will not be simply possible for anyone to enjoy himself or herself in the wild or open air, nor could the following generation grow up in a naturally beautiful environment. Hence, it would make great sense to put environmental protection on the agenda

37、 immediately. In conclusion, measures should be taken without any delay to address the problem before we have to pay an even greater price for the adverse impact of the development of the tourism. What should be done first is to make more people aware of the significance of environment protection. M

38、eanwhile, related laws must be laid down to guarantee the protection effort will not get frustrated, and to penalize those who violate the rules to different degrees. Only in this way could we enjoy a wonderfully natural sightseeing at present and a boom of sustainable, fast-growing tourist industry

39、. On Opportunity and Success“When people succeed, it is because of hard work, Luck has nothing to do with success.” Do you agree or disagree with the quotation above? Use specific examples to explain your position. When people succeed, it is because of hard work, but luck has a lot to do with it, to

40、o. Success without some luck is almost impossible. The French emperor Napoleon said of one of his generals, “I know hes good. But is he lucky?” Napoleon knew that all the hard work and talent in the world cant make up for bad luck. However, hard work can invite good luck.    When it c

41、omes to success, luck can mean being in the right place to meet someone, or having the right skills to get a job done. It might mean turning down an offer and then having a better offer come along. Nothing can replace hard work, but working hard also means youre preparing yourself for opportunity. O

42、pportunity very often depends on luck.    How many of the great inventions and discoveries came about through a lucky mistake or a lucky chance?One of the biggest lucky mistakes in history is Columbus so-called discovery of America. He enriched his sponsors and changed history, but he

43、 was really looking for India. However, Columbus chance discovery wasnt pure luck. It was backed up by years of studying and calculating. He worked hard to prove his theory that the world was round. On the other hand, think about an actress whos spent years learning and working at her craft. When sh

44、e finally has good luck and becomes a success, she will handle stardom better, she knows she earns it. People who work hard help make their own luck by being ready opportunity knocks. When it comes to success, I think that hard work and luck so hand in hand. Part-time Jobs for College StudentsIn som

45、e countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good idea? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details. In many countries it is common for teenagers to take part-time jobs while they are still in high school, while in other societies this is virt