1、专业英语八级（作文）模拟试卷 31及答案与解析 一、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 1 “To tell the truth is not always essential. On some occasion it is necessary to tell lies and it is not right to tell the truth.“ To what extent do you agree or disagree w
2、ith this statement? Write an essay of about 400 words to state your view. 2 There has been a growing body of evidence to suggest that global warming is worsening and much needs to be done to curb it. While the governments should shoulder the major responsibility of finding a solution to this problem
3、, each individual can help, too. What, do you think, university students can do to help curb global warming? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: What can university students do to help curb global warming? 3 Some people think that university education should be vocation-oriente
4、d. What do you think? Write an essay of about 400 words. 4 An old Chinese saying goes that “He that travels far knows much.“ It implies that personal experience counts much. In contrast to this statement, however, a former president of Harvard University once wrote that “books. are the wisest of cou
5、nselors.“ What do you think? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: Which is more important for you, knowledge from books or personal experience? 专业英语八级（作文）模拟试卷 31答案与解析 一、 PART VI WRITING (45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 1 【正确答案】
6、When to Tell Lies “Dont tell lies! “ Our parents and teachers told us when we were very young. However, during the course of growing up, we began to realize that that might be the biggest lie we have ever been told. We know that we all have at one time or another told lies. So when do we tell lies?
7、Why do we tell lies even though we know that we should not? Roughly speaking, we tell lies for two reasons. First, lies are told for social purposes. For instance, you say, “You look so beautiful today! “ “You really sing well. Its fantastic.“ “Dont worry. Its just a minor operation. You will recove
8、r soon.“ “You are a great cook.“ However, the truth is, you think she puts on too much cosmetics and sings terribly; she is so sick that the operation might face serious risks; and the beef is too tough. You do no tell the truth because you do not want to make her unhappy, because you want to show t
9、hat you are well-educated, polite, and good-mannered, because you want to maintain your friendly relationship with her. Such lies for social purposes are normally called “white lies“. We do not tell white lies to cheat, but to ease social interaction. Therefore, they are very common in life. Second,
10、 lies are told to gain military, economic or political benefits. Here we also have two different types of lies: those told to cheat our enemies, and those told to cheat our customers, friends, acquaintances, and other ordinary people. Lies used to cheat our enemies are always praised, and they are r
11、elated to wisdom. We are happy that Hitler was cheated to believe that the allies would attack Calais instead of Normandy, and we all admire Zhuge Liangs wisdom to cheat Sima Yi into believing that the town where Zhuge Liang was was well prepared for Sima Yis attack. However, on the other hand, we a
12、ll resent lies used to cheat us. We are all familiar with lies related to medicines, foods, tourist services, and even governmental statistics. These lies have greatly undermined our benefits, and have done great harm to the economy, commercial ethics, and social harmony of our country. Measures to
13、stop them must be taken as soon as possible. All in all, there are two kinds of lies: those used to facilitate communication, and those used to cheat. It is desirable to lie for social purposes and admirable to lie to our enemies, but we should always be honest when we do business. 【知识模块】 作文 2 【正确答案
14、】 What can university students do to help curb global warming? Global warming is a term always emerging in news headlines, which brings with it sensational statistics and horrible scenes. Undoubtedly, it is a serious and urgent problem for all of us living on the planet. As a university student, I f
15、irmly believe that each individual can do our own part to help address this problem. Firstly, we should have enough education on global warming. It should be made clear that global warming is a fact actually happening, and tons of scientific statistics have proved that. We should learn more about wh
16、at the mainstream science says about it and persuade others to make simple changes in daily life to help alleviate it. People should be educated to understand why some details in our daily life matter and how they can do something to help. If more and more people know the severeness of this issue, p
17、ublic awareness and consciousness will be aroused. Secondly, we should shop local and buy less if necessary. Oil-burning and vehicle exhaust are the main sources of green gas. Produce and products made locally consume fewer amounts of oil and gas used in transportation chain. In other words, if we s
18、hop local, we can spare much carbon foot-prints, apart from saving money. What is more, if we pursue a simple lifestyle and purchase less, fewer products will be consumed. Since fewer product consumption mean less waste to some extent, we can help build a low-carbon world. Thirdly, we should have th
19、e awareness of recycling. Many things can be recycled and reused. As some thinker said, me waste is just something valuable in wrong places. We can make the most of everything mat can be used more than one time. For instance, the blank side of a printed paper can be used again, food-class plastic co
20、ntainers can be washed and reused. Fourthly, we can reduce the usage of biologically non-degradable items. Plastic bags, for example, are usually non-degradable although convenient to use. If we prepare shopping bags for ourselves, we dont need to have plastic bags for holding shopped items. Thus, w
21、e help alleviate the pressure that the non-degradable waste poses on the natural environment. In conclusion, we university students should do something in everyday life to help curb global warming. It is time for us to take action. 【知识模块】 作文 3 【 正确答案】 University Education Outweigh Vocation Education
22、 About a decade ago when university graduates were rare, most students could easily find a good job. Now with the graduating population continuing to grow, its getting much harder for them to find a satisfactory job. Many people discard the old belief that university education is necessary because t
23、here is no more guarantee for good jobs, and there are people who suggest that university education should be vocation-oriented. However, in doing that, they could be making a huge mistake. Universities play a more important role than vocation education. University education, along with primary and
24、secondary school educations, should focus on the understanding about oneself. Human beings are not just born to learn how to feed themselves, but for other more important purposes. It is sad that in our world most people are so busy sustaining a living that they cant fully understand and enjoy this
25、ephemeral life. We started to know the world around us and our inner selves when we were little, and this process must continue through our lifetime. Our time in college is a crucial moment because its a gateway into a world full of possibilities and challenges. One must be prepared, not only in his
26、 skill to survive, but also the ability to fully live bis life. Another fact about university education is that although it offers education on job-related skills in certain fields, the one who receives this education doesnt necessarily get a job in the field. There is a very high percentage of peop
27、le who change their careers in their lifetime, especially in younger years when they are still finding out about different kinds of jobs and themselves. At that time, their thoughts are immature, and they may have chosen a wrong major in college but they have the time to fix it later on. When univer
28、sity education is solely concerned with ones future jobs, the disadvantage would be easily seen there would be fewer choices in life for the college students because their knowledge is limited in a specific area. Most importantly, a person should be allowed to embrace the full extent of possibilitie
29、s in life instead of being categorized in their early years. One day there will come a time when human beings have so advanced technologies that they dont have to work to survive. Imagine then what would university education be about? Definitely not about ones future vocation, Id say. That day may n
30、ot be today, but the idea does give us a hint of what our university education should really focus on. 【知识模块】 作文 4 【正确答案】 Which is more important for you, knowledge from books or personal experience? Societies throughout the world seem to have a common belief that reading books benefits people great
31、ly through their whole life. And there is no doubt for that. But knowledge from books has to be applied in real life to prove its value and real life experiences are far more important than knowledge from books. A few simple questions, how can there be knowledge in the first place? No doubt, its the
32、 lessons we learned exploring the strange world around us. So knowledge comes from real life experience. And how was knowledge passed down from one generation to another when books werent invented yet? With these asked we come to realize that although books play a great role in the inheritance of kn
33、owledge, it has nothing to do with knowledge in the first place. Keeping this in mind, we analyze the disadvantages of knowledge from books. To begin with, knowledge from books cannot be fully understood until one experiences it in real life. One may read in books that love is a wonderful thing and
34、it also hurts people. Having had this knowledge in mind, one may begin to believe that he knows about love. But not until the day comes when he really falls in love and feels the ecstasy and pain entangled with love can one truly understand the meaning of love. Its the same with other things. Knowle
35、dge from books just seems shallower compared to personal experiences. Secondly, knowledge from books can be misleading and not necessarily true. Books are just old knowledge. If one sticks to them and refuses to study the real world, there can be no progress happening in the world. Great things are
36、created, not learned. And its human creativity that guarantees our bright future. Finally, knowledge from books would be useless if we dont apply them in our everyday life. The value of the knowledge in books is little when we just read to know. Its time we stepped out the ivory tower to see the world around us. The essence of life can only be found by living in it. As a line from Lu You goes: Knowledge from books is shallow, and one has to experience something oneself to fully understand it. 【知识模块】 作文
