托福高分范文：太空旅游业的前景

托福高分范文：太空旅游业的前景

托福综合写作试题

WritingBasedonReadingandListening

Directions:Forthistask,youwillreadapassageaboutanacademictopicandyou

willlistentoalectureaboutthesametopic.Youmaytakenoteswhileyouread

andlisten.

Thenyouwillwritearesponsetoaquestionthatasksyouabouttherelationship

betweenthelectureyouheardandthereadingpassage.Trytoanswerthe

questionascompletelyaspossibleusinginformationfromthereadingpassageand

thelecture.Thequestiondoesnotaskyoutoexpressyourpersonalopinion.You

mayrefertothereadingpassageagainwhenyouwrite.Youmayuseyournotesto

helpyouanswerthequestion.

Typically,aneffectiveresponsewillbe150to225words.Yourresponsewillbe

judgedonthequalityofyourwritingandonthecompletenessandaccuracyofthe

content.

Youshouldallow3minutestoreadthepassage.Thenlistentothelecture.Then

allow20minutestoplanandwriteyourresponse.

Writeyourresponseinthespaceprovided.

READING

Asforthosewhohavetravelledallovertheworld,therewillsoonbesomething

fresh.Privatebusinessesaredevelopingspacecraftthatallowsindividualstopay

fortheirownspacetours.Thus,aprivatizedspacetourismindustrywilltakeshape.

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Atpresent,itisonlythegovernmentwhoisresponsibleforthetravelinspace.

Shortly,thisnewindustrywillbringhugebenefitstobothscienceandthepublic.

First,spacetourismwillbenefitseriousspaceexplorationasitmakesspaceflight

lessexpensive.Privatizationstimulatescompetition,whichconstitutesthegreatest

motivatorstobringdowncosts.Consequently,thecostsofspacetechnologywillbe

loweredrapidly.Asamatteroffact,cuttingtheexpensesofspacetravelwillbe

beneficialtonotonlyspacetouristsbutalsoscientists,whocouldutilizeprivate

spacecrafttoconductresearch.

Inaddition,privatizingspacetourswillenhancetherateatwhichmajorscientific

discoveriesaremade.Sofar,theaerospaceindustryhasalreadysponsoredmany

pioneeringscientificresearchprograms,andtheriseofprivatespaceflight

enterpriseswillhelptheindustrygrowinsizeasawhole,therebyemployingmore

scientists.Theenlargedrecruitmentofworkingscientistsmeansnotjustthe

possibilityofmakingmorediscoveriesbutalsothepossibilityofmakingthose

discoveriesfasterthanbefore.

Finally,whenspacetravelissolelyprovidedbythegovernment,itscostsarepaid

forbytheentiretaxpayingpublic.However,owingtoprivatization,theseexpenses

willbecoveredbythecustomersofthisnewindustry.Thefactthatprivate

spaceflightcompanieswillbeabletoraisefundsthroughticketsalesmeansthat

thefinancialburdenontaxpayerswillbeconsiderablyalleviated.

LISTENING

NowplayTrack2.

Professor:

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Itseemsthatinthenearfutureprivatespaceshipswillhelppeoplerealizethe

dreamofgoingonspacetours.Yetwillthisnewindustryreallybringgreatbenefits

toseriousscienceandthegeneralpublic?Iamafraidnot.

First,privatespacetours,whicharepricedextremelyhigh,willpossiblyremain

expensiveallthetime.Ontheonehand,commercialspacetravelwillrequirean

elaboratespacetraffic-controlsystemthatpreventscollisions.Actually,developing

andoperatingsuchasystemwillbecostlyaswell.Ontheotherhand,safetyis

anotherfactorkeepingtheexpensesatahighlevel,becauseeachnewspaceship

willhavetopassroundsofsafetytests,whichalsotendstobeanextraordinarily

expensiveprocess.Thesecostswillbereflectedinthepricesofspacetourtickets.

Asaresult,itisimpossibletoexpectspaceflightstobecomecheaperspeedily.

Second,regardingtheinfluenceproducedbyprivatespacetravelontherateof

scientificdiscoveriesandbreakthroughs,Iwouldsayitwilldelayorevenprevent

themtooccur.Ifthemostintelligentengineersworkingongovernmentspace

projectsareluredawaybythehighpaysofferedbyprivatebusinesses,theymight

endupworkingoncommercialprogramsthathavenoscientificvalueatall.Thus,

seriousspaceresearchmightactuallysuffer.

Last,willthetaxpayingpublicberelievedfromfinancialburden?Definitelynot!In

fact,theso-calledprivatespacetourismcannotsurvivewithouthugepublictax

subsidies.Billionsuponbillionsofdollarsareneededtoconstructspacestations,

spaceairportsandsoforth,andprivatecompaniesaretrulyincapableofraising

suchlargeamountsofmoney.Therefore,thedevelopmentofprivatespaceflight

industrywillnevereasetheburdenontaxpayers.Onthecontrary,thepublicwill

bepayingmoretaxestosubsidizeprivatespacetours.

Question

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Summarizethepointsmadeinthelecture,beingsuretoexplainhowtheyoppose

specificpointsmadeinthereadingpassage.

Youmustfinishyouranswerin20minutes.

托福综合写作范文

Thematerialsfocusontheprospectsofprivatizedspacetourism.Theauthor

anticipatesthatitwillbebeneficialtoboththescientificfieldandthemasses,

whilethespeakerpresentshisoppositethoughts.

Asthepassagedeclares,itsfirstbenefittoaeronauticsisthereductiononthe

expensesofspacetravels.Incontrast,theprofessorstressestheimpossibilityofa

pricecutbecauseofthecomplextraffic-controlsystem.Besides,conductingsafety

testsalsodemandsheavyinvestment.Thus,theassumptionoftheauthoris

severelyweakened.

Second,thepassagemaintainsthatprivatizedspacetourismwillquickenthepace

ofscientificfindings.Again,thisisretortedbythelecture,whichassertsthatit

actuallyretardsorevenobstructsresearchworkduetobraindrains.Obviously,this

formsasharpcontradictionagainstwhatisstatedbythewriter.

Finally,theauthortakesitforgrantedthatpeople'staxloadwillberemovedasthe

privateenterpriseswillcoverthecostsofspaceflightsandraisecapitalbyselling

expensivetickets.