1、专业英语四级(作文)模拟试卷 20及答案与解析 SECTION A COMPOSITION (35 MIN) 1 Write a note of about 5060 words based on the following situation: You are going to hold a house-warming party. Write a note to the Smiths to invite them to take part in it. 2 Write a note of about 5060 words based on the following situation:
2、You are Tracy. Your friend Lily has passed TOEFL exam. You are preparing for the exam now. Write her a note to ask for some advice. SECTION B NOTE-WRITING (10 MIN) 3 Some people think that young children benefit from going to nursery school before starting primary school. Others think it is better f
3、or them to stay all day with their families. Whats your opinion? Write a composition of about 200 words on the topic: Is It Better for Children to Go to Nursery School? You are to write in three parts. In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is. In the second part, support your opini
4、on with appropriate details. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. 4 In recent years, the enrollment of postgraduate is expanding. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this trend. Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: On t
5、he Expansion of National Postgraduate Enrollment You are to write in three parts. In the first part, state clearly your viewpoint on both advantages and disadvantages. In the second part, support your viewpoint with details. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with
6、a summary or a suggestion. 专业英语四级(作文)模拟试卷 20答案与解析 SECTION A COMPOSITION (35 MIN) 1 【正确答案】 April 21, 2012 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Im writing to invite you to our house-warming party held at 7:00 p.m. on June 10, 2011. Since weve arranged a wide range of food as well as activities, Im sure you will b
7、e very interested in it. So will you join us? If so, please let us know as soon as possible. Im looking forward to your reply. Yours, Tom 【试题解析】 根据题目要求, 10分钟内写出一张 5060字的便条。内容为:你打算举行乔迁宴会,写张便条邀请史密斯一家来参加。注意邀请类便条的相关格式。 【知识模块】 作文 2 【正确答案】 April 21, 2012 Dear Lily, Im preparing for TOEFL these days. I kno
8、w youve passed TOEFL, so I want you to give me some suggestions on how to prepare for it. If it doesnt trouble you too much, may I pay a visit to you at your house tomorrow? Please call and tell me when you are free. Thanks. Yours, Tracy 【试题解析】 根据题目要求, 10分钟内写出一张 5060字的便条。内容为:你是 Tracy,你的朋友 Lily已经通过了托
9、福考试,现在你也在准备考托福,写张便条征求备考的建议。注意请求类便条的相关格式。 【知识模块】 作文 SECTION B NOTE-WRITING (10 MIN) 3 【正确答案】 Is It Better for Children to Go to Nursery School? A recent survey shows that the number of children going to nursery school has increased fourfold in the last decade. Some people hail such an increase. They
10、believe that young children benefit from going to nursery school before starting primary school. But I dont think so and I insist that it is better for children under 5 to stay all day with their families. I have several reasons to support my view. To start with, kids cant be taken good care of due
11、to the high enrollment of nursery schools. For example, although some nursery schools provide recreational facilities for the kids, the kids are left alone and are free to do whatever they like most of the time. In addition, many kids that are ignored unintentionally by their nursery teachers or oth
12、er kids may develop senses of loneliness and fear, handicapping their psychological development. Finally, the kids put in nursery schools behave more aggressively and tend to be more obstinate than those staying with their families. From the foregoing, a natural conclusion can be drawn that it is be
13、tter to keep children under the wing of their parents than to leave them in the care of nursery schools. 【试题解析】 第一段描述背景来引出我的观点:孩子最好让家人照顾。 第二段给出三大理由:托儿所照顾不周、受忽视的孩子有孤独感和恐惧感、入托的孩子比家庭照看的孩子攻击性强并且更倔强。 第三段总结全文,重申观点。 【知识模块】 作文 4 【正确答案】 On the Expansion of National Postgraduate Enrollment In recent years, pe
14、ople witness an expansion of postgraduate enrollment. Some people are in favor of the expansion while others take an opposite side. As far as I am concerned, the increase of postgraduate enrollment has both advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, the expansion can lead to desirable results. F
15、irstly, enlarging enrollment of college and university can in the short term relieve the unemployment pressure, especially during the recent economic crisis, since in China, we have the largest number of undergraduates in the world. Secondly, the expansion conduces to the improvement of graduate sch
16、ools in terms of their enrollment policies, master programs and so on. On the other hand, the large-scale expanding enrollment of college and university can result in the decline of teaching quality and postgraduates quality. For example, many companies find that the overall quality of postgraduates
17、 is a far cry from what they have originally expected. Therefore, it is quite clear that the expansion of national postgraduate enrollment has merits as well as demerits. However, we should admit that the former outweighs the latter, so I suggest that schools should make the most of instructional facilities to enroll more students, but the quality of instruction should not be lowered on that account. 【试题解析】 第一段描述研究生扩招现象,提出我的观点:扩招有利有弊。 第二段阐述扩招的好处:减轻就业压力、完善研究生院校的招生政策和研究生课程。 第三段讨论扩招的坏处:大规模扩招导致教学质量和研究生素质的普遍下降。 最后一段总结讨论,并 提出扩招的同时不能降低了教学质量。 【知识模块】 作文