1、大学英语四级改革适用（作文）模拟试卷 151及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Reading Interests of College Students. Please give a brief description of the chart first and then make comments on it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180
2、words. 2 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled College Graduates Ideal Occupations. Please give a brief description of the chart first and then make comments on it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.3 For this part, you are allowed 30
3、minutes to write a short essay entitled The Development of World Urban Population. Please give a brief description of the chart first and then make comments on it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 图示为联合国对世界城市人口比例所做的报告： 1描述图中世界城市人口比例的变化 2分析产生变化的原因 3说明这些变化对社会的影响 4 For th
4、is part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On Failure by commenting on the saying “Sometimes you have to fall before you can fly.“ You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 大学英语四级改革适用（作文）模拟试卷 151答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 【正确答案】 Reading Interests of Coll
5、ege Students As can be seen from the bar chart, students are more inclined to read the four kinds of English articles. The most popular are news articles, with the number of students accounting for 53%. The number of those who like story articles make up 26%. The third group are those who prefer sci
6、ence articles and only 7% of the students are interested in reading articles about learning methods. Most students are fond of reading news articles, because it is the best way to know the world outside and learn the fresh things. The story articles, through the fascinating plot and vivid characters
7、, can inspire imagination. Some students who love science will choose popular science articles, which can satisfy their curiosity for nature. As for the articles about learning methods, perhaps they are so dull and rigid that students can hardly take the initiative to read them. Generally, college s
8、tudents choose the type of English articles according to their interests. Obviously, interesting articles can easily draw more students attention. 【知识模块】 作文 2 【正确答案】 College Graduates Ideal Occupations As the table depicts, the choices of occupations of male and female graduates are different. The m
9、ost desired job for boys is manager,while 45% of girls would like to become teachers, and only 20% of girls like to pursue the profession of manager. 30% of boys and 25% of girls think that businessman is also a good choice, and the rest of the graduates want to become lawyers. According to the abov
10、e table, what boys like to do most is to become managers and businessmen, because they like the idea of rising to challenges and want to prove that they can succeed both socially and financially. While many girls prefer teaching because most of them want to lead a more steady life. In addition, ther
11、e is a part of girls who want to engage in business, in order to adapt to the social development. In a word, the difference of ideal occupations reflects the diversity of graduates ambitions, which are also based on their own characters. 【知识模块】 作文 3 【正确答案】 The Development of World Urban Population T
12、his chart cited from the UN report reviews the rapid change of urban population in the 20th century. It demonstrates that there has been a sharp increase in the population of urban areas from 13% in 1900 to 49% in 2005. It is predicted that the population will amount to 60% in 2030. There are severa
13、l factors leading to the rapid development of urban population in the world. Firstly, with the development of economy, many industries have boomed, attracting more skillful workers and employees to the urban areas. Secondly, with the migrant workers pouring into cities, the structure of the populati
14、on has been changed greatly. Thirdly, the industrialization of the rural areas also contributes a lot to the increase of urban population. With the development of science and technology, the city will be developed at a relatively high speed. And with the increasing pace of industrialization both in
15、the city and the countryside, the urban population will absolutely become larger and larger. 【知识模块】 作文 4 【正确答案】 On Failure The proverb “sometimes you have to fall before you can fly.“ conveys such a moral that failure comes first, followed by success, namely, failure is the mother of success. This r
16、ule holds true for many cases in our life. When someone does something, he often fails before he can overcome obstacles and then move forward. Just think of the story of the great inventor Thomas Edison, who failed 10 000 times before he invented the electric light. The voluminous papers of Edison r
17、evealed that his inventions typically did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly from previous works. It is believed that sometimes a series of apparent failures are really followed by successes. In the long journey of life, we will inevitably encounter all kinds of difficulties and obstacles. We should have strong determination and be not afraid of falling in order to climb to the peak. Please remember if we want to fly freely in the sky of success, we have to fall first. 【知识模块】 作文
