WRITING1.
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 150 words after you have read the following requirement. 国内家长往往问孩子:“作业做完了吗?”而美国家长很可能问孩子:“你今天课堂上问了几个有意义的问题?”请就这两个问题发表你的见解。
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At first sight, there is nothing special about the two simple questions, which are asked almost each school day. However, the two questions point to the significant difference in teaching approaches between China and the United States.
In China, students, whether at elementary schools or high schools, are expected to listen to the teacher attentively, take as many notes as possible, take the teacher's instruction for granted and finish the home assignment punctually. They are not encouraged to ask questions or challenge the teacher. They have to learn many answers by heart before a test. Their score will suffer if they provide an answer that is different from or contrary to the key given by the test paper. Unlike those in China, American teachers motivate students to think for themselves, ask questions and seek their own answers. In this way, students can become more inquisitive and creative.
Fortunately, schools in China are shifting from test-oriented to quality-oriented. Education administrations at various levels have come to be aware of the problems with passive learning. There have been more test-papers that ask open questions. This change will have great impact on teaching approaches in China.
2. Topic: A great number of people think that those with university education should get higher pay than those without, for they believe that the former have sweated and sacrificed more. To what extent do you agree with this point of view?
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Many people believe that those who received higher education should earn, far more than those who have not,because the former have exerted more efforts than the latter.Personally I do not agree with this opinion,for the following reasons:
In the first place,one's individual income does not wholly reflect the extent to which one's self-value and social value are realized.A person who has received higher education may offer more social value than one who has not.Economists and merchants may serve as in the economic sphere.Nevertheless,the former might create more economic returns for society,while the latter might bring himself more economic profits.Although the economist may not be as wealthy as the merchant,his work is more meaningful to the society he lives in.
In the second place,some people who has admirable capabilities have not had the opportunity to receive higher education.Then,after years of exertions and hard struggle,they secure a proper place for themselves in society and realize their own self-value.Such people have received no college education, however, they deserved have earned.
All in all, it is ridiculous to rack one's brains about who, a man with a higher education or another one without it, should earn more money than the other. One's earnings cannot be solely determined by his or her educational background. We should observe what kind of effort a person has made and decide how we are to define "personal income" before finally judging who should earn more.
3. 1.Man is beginning to realize the importance of environment protection.
2.There are many problems concerning environment at the present: destruction of forests, air pollution, water pollution, etc.
3.Man must protect the natural environment.
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Man and Nature
In recent years we have become increasingly conscious of our duty towards the environment. People have begun to realize that just because we are so dependent on natural resources,we must learn to conserve them,so that they will still be available for future generation.
In modern times,man has exploited the earth to an alarming degree with the effect that he is in danger of destroying the very environment that gives him life.An example of over exploitation is the destruction of forest reserves,which play a vital part in the ecology of the earth.Not only are our forests in danger,but also as a result of industrialization,sea and river have become polluted, and this is causing the fish in them to be poisoned and drinking water to be contaminated. Pollution of the atmosphere with the gases is not only affecting the quality of the air we breathe, but may also resulting in raising the temperature of the earth to the dangerous level.
In view of the seriousness of this problem, people are starting to take measures. They are now getting to know that it is man's responsibility to conserve nature in order to ensure his own survival and well-being.
4. 1.Show the problem presented by the picture.
2. Give reasons to support your argument.
3. Conclude with the best solution to the problem.
[范文]Net-bars Need to Be Put in Order
With the popularization of Internet, net-bars are thriving in China nowadays. To some degree, net-bars are beneficial and helpful for they provide opportunities to get linked with Internet. However, every coin has two sides. Just as is shown in the pictures, the schoolboy has stayed at a net-bar day and night for a couple of days without anybody ever stopping him or searching for him and some bars have unhealthy practice. Therefore, net-bars need to be put in proper order.
The reasons for this phenomenon are complicated and such behavior is very harmful not only to the agent concerned but also to our society. Net-bar is a newly emerging thing and the standing laws can't keep up with the change, without law enforcement on it, net-bars' management couldn't be standardized. Schools, on the one hand, fail to organize vivid and vigorous extracurricular activities to attract teenagers' attention out of unhealthy things. On the other hand, the communication between school and parents are not adequate. Parents are also to blame for the indulgence. Most of them only restrict their children but fail to guide them to the proper use of Internet.
Fortunately, the government has realized the existing problems concerning net-bars and strengthened the management of net-bars. The most effective measure is to close down any net-bar that is open to schoolchildren. Hopefully this will stop the impressionable teenagers from going astray.