1、专业英语八级写作-练习一及答案解析 (总分：120.00，做题时间：90分钟)1.Cosmetic surgery used to be something only for the rich and famous, but recently, it has become accessible to ordinary people. Considering its appealing advantages, such as improving ones chance of getting a job and helping a persons career, many people are i
2、ncreasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of their peers, while some others are concerned about its dangers. What is your view on this? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic:Is It Wise to Seek Cosmetic Surgery?（分数：20.00）_2.China is considering making it a legal duty f
3、or Chinese citizens to visit their aged parents as the country struggles with the challenges created by a graying population. It is generally accepted that people should visit their aged parents regularly if they live separately. But whether this requirement should be written into law is a controver
4、sial matter. What do you think? Write an essay of about 400 words to state your view.（分数：20.00）_3.Many of the worlds lesser-known languages and dialects are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. Some people thus claim that the governments of countries in which these languages and dialects
5、 are spoken should act to prevent them from extinguishing. Do you agree or disagree with them? Write an essay of about 400 words to state your view.（分数：20.00）_4.It has long been recognized both home and abroad that traditional Chinese arts, such as calligraphy, painting, opera, and literature are gl
6、aring with beauty and excellence. In recent years, however, many traditional Chinese art forms have faced financial difficulties and many are even dying out. Some people maintain that it is time for the government to do something, such as providing fund support. What do you think? Write an essay of
7、about 400 words on the following topic:Should Public Funds Be Provided to Help MaintainTraditional Chinese Arts?（分数：20.00）_5.The living pressure in many big cities has had negative effects on city dwellers. As it is, more and more city individuals are suffering from psychological disorders and the n
8、umber is rising quickly. What do you think can be done to ease this situation? Write an essay of about 400 words to state your view.（分数：20.00）_6.Because of television and worldwide computer connections, people can now become familiar with a great many places that they have never visited. As a result
9、, some people fear that tourism will soon become obsolete. What do you think? Write an essay of about 400 words.（分数：20.00）_专业英语八级写作-练习一答案解析 (总分：120.00，做题时间：90分钟)1.Cosmetic surgery used to be something only for the rich and famous, but recently, it has become accessible to ordinary people. Considerin
10、g its appealing advantages, such as improving ones chance of getting a job and helping a persons career, many people are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of their peers, while some others are concerned about its dangers. What is your view on this? Write an essay of about 400 w
11、ords on the following topic:Is It Wise to Seek Cosmetic Surgery?（分数：20.00）_正确答案：(范文Is It Wise to Seek Cosmetic Surgery?In recent years, turning on the television and browsing through newspapers, we can see numerous cosmetic surgery advertisements. With the influence of these advertisements and the c
12、hange of notion, an increasing number of Chinese people have undergone cosmetic surgery. Many people believe that cosmetic surgery can beautify their appearance and bring lots of benefits. However, in my view, it is unwise to take cosmetic surgery due to its great risks, bad psychological effects an
13、d heavy economic burden.To begin with, cosmetic surgery means unexpected surgical risks for those aiming to be more artificially beautiful. Even though nowadays the medical technology has improved by leaps and bounds, and doctors often ensure that they will minimize the medical risks during the oper
14、ation, many cosmetic surgery accidents frequently happen every year. For example, Wang Bei, a former contestant of Super Girl, died on the operation table owing to suffocation during the cosmetic surgery. Sadly, stories like Wang Beis are growing. Some may argue that these extreme examples are rarel
15、y seen after all. However, in addition to life risk, cosmetic surgery also involves other surgical risks like bleeding, infections, allergic reactions, coma and so on, which will lead to serious consequences.Another reason why I am against it is that it has bad effect on the customers psychological
16、health. It has been observed that many individuals undergoing cosmetic surgery tend to suffer from an obsession or infatuation with their look, which can cause an addiction and may impel them to undergo much more cosmetic surgery. In this case, due to the limitations of modem cosmetic surgery techno
17、logy, repetitive operation will finally result in ugliness rather than beauty. This can be proved by countless examples that many women finally ruin their body after several operations of their breasts or eyelids, or liposuction and the like.Aside from the aforementioned side-effects, the financial
18、burden should be taken into serious consideration. Cosmetic surgery is a very expensive operation, which puts tremendous financial pressure on the family. I think that people might as well choose to spend such a great amount of money on other aspects such as workout to make themselves more physicall
19、y attractive rather than on the so-called unnatural beauty.To sum up, it is totally unwise to seek to appear more artificially beautiful at the risk of health and even life. We .should place the innerheart beauty and health first which are essentially more important than the operation-forged physica
20、l beauty. Those to take such a kind of dangerous and unnecessary operation should take a second consideration.)解析：2.China is considering making it a legal duty for Chinese citizens to visit their aged parents as the country struggles with the challenges created by a graying population. It is general
21、ly accepted that people should visit their aged parents regularly if they live separately. But whether this requirement should be written into law is a controversial matter. What do you think? Write an essay of about 400 words to state your view.（分数：20.00）_正确答案：(范文Is Filial Piety Legislation Suitabl
22、e?It is reported that China is considering making a law that requires the adult children to visit their aged parents regularly in order to make the elderly parents feel warm at heart and promote the traditional Chinese virtue of filial piety. In my opinion, to formulate such a law is neither suitabl
23、e nor effective.In the first place, filial piety is a moral obligation which cant be enforced by law. Whether the adult children should be filial to the parents or not can only be discussed in the moral dimension, not the legal one. To legislate morality is not a good method to solve the widespread
24、empty nest elderly problem in China. We should encourage citizens to visit their aged parents as frequently as possible, not through legal enforcement.In the second place, we will encounter many difficulties or dilemmas in the process of formulating such a law. It is very hard to define visit their
25、aged parents regularly. How regularly is regularly? Once a week, a month, a quarter or a year? And it is also difficult to define aged parents accurately. It is obvious that if the law-makers define them too broadly and casually, the law will result in ineffectiveness because the unfilial children w
26、ill probably take advantage of a legal loophole. And when the parents and their children really engage in a lawsuit and even finally the parents win the lawsuit, will the parent-child love still exist between them? ff the children are forced to pay a regular visit to their parents, I am afraid that
27、such a kind of visit is completely unmeaningful and even satirical.In the third place, the law-makers should consider the reality that many adult children have little opportunity to visit their parents due to all-consuming jobs and few days off. To be filial to the parents is the traditional Chinese
28、 virtue which is still advocated and fulfilled by most Chinese people, especially the financially disadvantaged migrant workers, who are most willing to visit their parents frequently, but cant afford the time and money. It is unwise and unreasonable to force the adult children to visit their parent
29、s regularly at the cost of losing their jobs, which will only lead to the deterioration of the lives of both the parents and their children.Admittedly, the growing number of elderly people in China is really a big headache for the government. We should make efforts to find a good way to solve the pr
30、oblem. However, to formulate such a legal rule is not a good solution. Such enforced visits would be not only pointless but downright uncomfortable for both parties.)解析：3.Many of the worlds lesser-known languages and dialects are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. Some people thus clai
31、m that the governments of countries in which these languages and dialects are spoken should act to prevent them from extinguishing. Do you agree or disagree with them? Write an essay of about 400 words to state your view.（分数：20.00）_正确答案：(范文Saving Languages and DialectsThere are numerous benefits to
32、popularize a common language in a society, especially in countries with different ethnic groups. A common language makes it easy for people from different nationalities to communicate with each other. For instance, the spread of Putonghua has contributed much to the construction and modernization of
33、 China.However, the popularization of a common language has greatly reduced the number of people speaking different languages or dialects. Many of them are even in danger of dying out since few people are still using them. It is high time for the government to do something to help save these languag
34、es and dialects.Then, why should we try to save these languages and dialects? For one thing, the extinguishing of a language or dialect always means the forever loss of a history and culture of a certain group of people. We all know that there were once many great civilizations in ancient times, and
35、 they have left some magnificent cultural relics to human beings today. However, since their languages have already died out in history, their customs, culture, and history are hidden in oblivion. For another, a language or dialect, as the chief carrier of the culture, always provide a special and u
36、nique perspective to view the world, ff a language dies, a way. of viewing and explaining what happens in the world is also lost.What can we do to help save those endangered languages and dialects? Firstly, the government must invest in preserving them using multimedia technologies. The US governmen
37、t did just this in the middle of the 20th century. Many linguists then were assigned to ethnic groups to record the languages and dialects because at that time it was realized that many minority ethnic groups, especially some Indian tribes, were being assimilated by the mainstream white culture. If
38、the language is doomed to extinguish, at least it can be saved as audio and video data that can be studied by our later generations! Secondly, as what the Israeli government has done, people from the same ethnic group should be encouraged to use their special dialect or language. That is to say, if
39、a common language is needed, these ethnic groups should adopt the bilingual policy.It is foreseeable that globalization will speed up the extinguishing of many languages and dialects. Attention must be paid to this serious issue, and great efforts should be taken immediately to help save them.)解析：4.
40、It has long been recognized both home and abroad that traditional Chinese arts, such as calligraphy, painting, opera, and literature are glaring with beauty and excellence. In recent years, however, many traditional Chinese art forms have faced financial difficulties and many are even dying out. Som
41、e people maintain that it is time for the government to do something, such as providing fund support. What do you think? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic:Should Public Funds Be Provided to Help MaintainTraditional Chinese Arts?（分数：20.00）_正确答案：(范文Should Public Funds Be Provide
42、d to Help MaintainTraditional Chinese Arts?It is a pity that many traditional Chinese art forms, which were once very popular and prosperous, are dying out. We think it urgent for us to do something to help maintain them, and public funds are especially suitable for this purpose.Why should we mainta
43、in traditional Chinese art forms? First, traditional art forms are a reminder of our history. For instance, when we appreciate the writing works by our ancestors, we are not only impressed by their beauty but also communicating with the distant past. If we practice Chinese calligraphy, we are not ju
44、st imitating but are immersed in the long history and are bridging the past with the present as well. Second, most traditional Chinese art forms, though less popular now, still glare with beauty and excellence, and are enjoyed by thousands of people. Last but not least, traditional Chinese art forms
45、, as a conveyor of our traditional culture, are extremely important for our cultural uniqueness. These art forms, such as weiqi, calligraphy, painting, martial arts, opera, etc., are a reflection of the profound Oriental culture. They are a key to understanding China and the Chinese people. It is un
46、imaginable to forget all these traditional art forms and still remain Chinese.Then, if it is so important to preserve these traditional Chinese art forms, why have many of them fallen into decline? Many factors have led to this unfortunate situation. First, technological development has made the practical functions of many traditional art forms useless. For example, people now practice the martial art
