1、专业八级分类模拟408及答案解析 (总分：130.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、WRITING(总题数：8，分数：130.00)1.题目要求：In recent years, many famous universities have lowered admission requirements for celebrities. More and more celebrities have been admitted to famous universities even without an entry examination. This phenomenon has become a wi
2、despread hot topic. The following are opinions from two sides. Read the excerpts carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the opinions from both sides; 2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organ
3、ization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Marie: I actually find nothing wrong with this system. Its true that these celebrities just need their names to get what others have to work hard to attain to enter the university, and it seems unfa
4、ir. However, if we look at it in this way: once a star successfully debut and has his/her name known, isnt that recognition of his/her talent? So if a university can admit a student with excellent records, why cant they admit a starwhose talent has been recognized by the community? I think the quest
5、ion is not Is it fair or unfair to admit celebrities into universities? but How should the system work to preserve the fairness? I think they should have stricter conditions (like the singers must have an award). Alfie: First of all, I think the criteria are too high, and most celebrities cant meet
6、them. I understand why one would be angered by celebrities having it easy, especially even if you worked your buttocks off and didnt get in. But that phenomenon is everywhere. I mean most American actors go to ivy leagues. Everybody should be treated equally, but everybody knows that that rule doesn
7、t apply to celebrities. But on the other hand, you do get celebrities that want to work hard. So I dont quite mind their admission being easy if they are willing to put on the work afterwards. Marvin: Lowering admission requirements for celebrities is unfair to those students who spare their efforts
8、 to enter a college by examination and fair competition. If universities lower admission requirements for celebrities, some students will lose their chances to go to colleges for an unfair reason. And that is not good for carrying out our national policy in fair education. For another, this kind of
9、action will set a negative example for people in that celebrities have a great influence on our society. If universities treat the celebrities as special figures, more and more people will use these similar examples as an excuse to seek some special treatment in various areas, which will abet the co
10、rruption in our society. A Chinese college student: Many celebrities are not good enough to get into colleges, I mean in terms of academic abilities. After they enter the colleges and universities, they will find it very hard to keep up with their classmates and to follow the teachers and courses th
11、ere. Actually, in 2010 a Chinese university kicked out an Olympic gold medal winner, because she didnt get enough credits. I think that it is bad for the celebrity and the college. It is a waste of time and energy of the celebrity and a waste of social resources. （分数：14.00）_2.题目要求：In todays competit
12、ive world when parents are busy accomplishing their career goals, more and more children are being brought up by their grandparents. It is reported that 90 percent of children under 3-year-old in Shanghai are being looked after by a grandparent. The following are opinions from different sides. Read
13、the excerpts carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the opinions from different sides; 2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instr
14、uctions may result in a loss of marks. Parents RexTEC (China): Id like to take care of my child by myself, but the reality is that my wife and I have to work in another city which is far away from our hometown. We have to leave our child in the hometown with my parents before we have the ability to
15、move our baby and parents to the city. I think most young couples who are working far away from home face a similar predicament. RAJEE (India): Grandparents are indeed an important part of a growing childs life. But in my case they are so indulgent that it can really get very annoying. I am unable t
16、o discipline my daughter and inculcate good habits as they indulge her every whim and it is to them that she runs when she gets in trouble. Grandparents Austin (the UK): As a grandparent in the UK of four, ages 12, 9, 8 and 4, I can say that a fairly high percent of grandparents that have close cont
17、act with their own children do take steps to day sit their grandchildren while their own children go to work. My children, two girls, live very close to me, both living on the same street. We do look after children very often, because both my girls work in our business so we all pull together as and
18、 when needed. ROGERINCA (the US): I think that whenever possible a child should be raised by his or her parents. This is what is most natural and what is best for the child. Taking me myself as an example, with advancing age I find I am not having enough energy or able to physically do all the thing
19、s to my grandson that younger parents are able to do with their child. Experts Wyldsyde (Australia): Grandparents raised their children and should not be the eyeryday parents of their grandchildren. Raising children is the parents job. I see people all too often dumping their children off on other p
20、eople for no other reason than they want to go partying or for other reasons. You had the kids, now raise them. If it means that one of you works nights while the other works days then so be it. Stop pushing your duties off on other people. Bex (China): It is not a good phenomenon that grandparents
21、look after grandchildren. Grandparents have been working all their lives so they deserve a break. Most importantly, the parents should take more responsibilities of their own children. If you decide to have a kid, youd better be capable to look alter him or her. Sharkminnow (Canada): In Canada, chil
22、dren are not brought up by their grandparents. Young adults are taught to be independent and take care of their own kids. Grandparents can visit, but they do not live in the house or raise the children. If young people in Canada are not independent, financially stable to have children, then they are
23、 discouraged from doing so. Many Westerners think Chinese are immature and spoil this way in the fact that they just have their parents raise their kids. （分数：14.00）_3.题目要求：The academic curriculum has never been all that schools and colleges offer to their students. Often a range of other classes, cl
24、ubs and activities is available to students, referred to as extra-curricular activities and they are mostly voluntary for students. Examples would include sports, musical activities, debate, community service, Young Enterprise projects etc. Whether the extra-curriculum should be attached great impor
25、tance in schools and colleges? The following are opinions from different sides. Read the excerpts carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the different opinions; 2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content suffici
26、ency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Lahowl: Students have the right to be able to choose a broad education. Every child and young person are entitled to experience a broad general education. Even if a student does not aim t
27、o be a professional musician they should still have the opportunity to learn an instrument. A career is not the only, or the most important, part of an adults lifeschool needs to make sure they have interests and skills that will help them in their family and leisure life too. Megan: Extra-curricula
28、r activities are prohibitively expensive for schools. Giving a greater place in education to the extra-curriculum means that many more clubs and activities will have to be organised for students. This will be very expensive as it will require more staff and more resources to be paid for. This explai
29、ns why most schools that currently offer a large extra-curriculum are well-funded fee-paying institutions. Nimmo: Extra-curricular activities have important health benefits. Most extra-curricular activities are physically active, getting the students out from behind their desks and making them try n
30、ew things. Physical activity is extremely important for general health whilst ensuring that students are exposed to practical tasks, not just what is taught in class. Sport clubs and teams give students the opportunity to do physical exercise in an enjoyable environment. TVO: Making extra-curricular
31、 activities compulsory makes them less attractive to students. It will take the fun out of it and strip it of its benefits. In the end, the key is fun. Successful extra-curricular groups work precisely because the students have voluntarily chosen to be there. If some were forced to take part, they w
32、ould be less enthusiastic and spoil the activity for the rest. And the more the activity is like ordinary school, the less attractive it will be to young people. Most of the personal development benefits associated with extra-curricular commitmentssuch as altruistic service, initiative-taking, and l
33、eadership skillscome from the voluntary nature of the activity. Estelle: Extra-curricular activities encourage interpersonal interactions that are good for building a strong civil society. Boosting the place of the extra-curriculum in schools is one way of addressing a weakness in modern society, a
34、lack of civil strength and community. Activities offered in schools are vital in providing opportunities to learn the diverse skills, and helping to equip young people with the civic spirit, initiative and organizing skills to set up their own clubs, teams and activity groups when they leave educati
35、on. A successful extra-curriculum often depends on building links between the school and the wider community, bringing local enthusiasts in to work with students, and sending students out to work on community projects. Nicola: Students should focus on gaining the specialist skills they need for thei
36、r chosen professions. Most specialist professions still provide a range of career opportunities, without any need to compromise academic education by over-emphasis on non-academic activities. There are concerns that schools do not focus enough on core subjects. School-leavers and even graduates lack
37、 basic literacy and numeracy skills, according to a survey of big employers. （分数：14.00）_4.题目要求：Some experts suggest imposing a tax on pet owners in order to make our cities cleaner but others are against it. Do you think its OK to impose annual tax on pet owners? The following are opinions from diff
38、erent sides. Read the excerpts carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the opinions from different sides; 2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to foll
39、ow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Pet owners Mixamixa (Finland): Although some pet owners cannot take good care of their pets and remove their waste, it is not fair to force all pet owners to pay for some owners who dont obey the rules. Sikaote (China): Now many people regard
40、their pets as their family members, especially the seniors who dont live with their children. For the seniors who are poor, the tax will significantly increase their financial burden and may make their life lonelier because they may lose their only friend. Non-pet owners Msrong (the US): Some foreig
41、n countries have already levied annual tax on pet owners and I think we can learn from them. One of the most important reasons for doing so is that the previous efforts to get pets registered or the awareness campaigns have not been effective to make pet owners clean their pets waste. BlondeAmber (I
42、reland): Raising pets does bring the pet owners quite a lot benefits. Nevertheless, when it comes to the public interest, we have to say it will lead to more problems. Domestic dogs have posed a threat to morning and evening walkers as most of the time they are more dangerous than stray dogs and it
43、is reported that about 80,000 people are beaten by dogs or cats in Wuhan each year. Imposing pet tax can curb the increasing number of the cases involving dog attacks and reduce the amount of pets waste. Teamkrejados (the US): The money raised by the planned tax would be spent on patrols to ensure t
44、hat pet owners abide by the legislation and clean up the pets waste. It is a good way to make our city much cleaner. Alexzhou (China): I think we should take measures similar to the limitation on buying private cars. They can rule that the tax will be levied on those pet owners who have more than on
45、e or two pets. For those who only have one, they can be exempted from paying the tax. Authorities Chiyomatsu (a Mayor in Japan): What is the most important is that our city will become cleaner. A crackdown is to go into force immediately and operate in tandem with a campaign to raise the awareness o
46、f the importance of owners removing their pets waste. If the awareness-raising campaign is not effective, I would like to introduce the tax. BNN News from Italy: According to the bill, the administration of any given city will be authorized to decide the amount of tax collected from eat and dog owne
47、rs. According to the authors of this document, this will allow creating funds for the capture and housing of stray animals. Furthermore, it will also provide veterinary aid for stray animals, carrying out their census and cleating cemeteries. People who take in a eat or a dog from a state nursery wi
48、ll be relieved from paying this tax. According to the authors, city authorities will be able to use tax revenues to provide services for stray cats and dogs. （分数：16.50）_5.In late October, the Chinese Government released an overall plan to increase the number of top universities and academic disciplines in China. From the excerpts, you can find that the initiative seems to have been doubt and cr
