1、大学英语四级改革适用（作文）模拟试卷 40及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic The Importance of Confidence. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words following the outline given below: 1不管做什么事都要有信心。 2什么原因造成缺乏信心。 3应该建立信心。 2 For this
2、 part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic Credit Is Important. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words following the outline given below: 1信用对一个人的发展是至关 重要的。 2信用危机在目前社会中很常见。 3如何提高信用度。 3 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay
3、 on the topic Doing Good Deeds. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words following the outline given below: 1有人做好事期望得到回报。 2有人认为应该像雷 锋那样做好事不图回报。 3你的观点。 4 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic Keep Optimistic in the Face of Disasters. You s
4、hould write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words following the outline given below: 1人的一生中，可能会遇到一 些灾难事件，给我们的生活带来意外的打击。 2面对灾难，我们应该坚强，不要过于沉湎于悲痛，要积极面对人生。 3你的看法。 大学英语四级改革适用（作文）模拟试卷 40答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 【正确答案】 The Importance of Confidence Whatever one does, one should do it with confidenc
5、e. (1) If one has no confidence, there is little possibility that one would ever achieve anything, especially when one is faced with (2) drawbacks and hardships. However, in reality we do see a lot of people who complain that they lack the ability to do something or that it s too difficult to overco
6、me the obstacles. For someone, this might be true. But for many others, this only shows that they have (3) lost heart. (4) Why do people often feel frustrated even though they are capable of doing something? There are, among others, two main reasons. First, these people do not have a (5) correct est
7、imate of themselves. Second, they (6) overestimate the difficulties. It is possible to (7) build up faith in oneself by having the right attitude towards one s own abilities. We should not (8) underestimate our abilities but believe in the proverb: (9) “Where there is a will, there is a way.“ Confid
8、ence is the premise for fulfilling a task successfully. 【试题解析】 (1)使用一个长句说明信心的重要性。 (2)使用两个近义词强调 “困难 ”。 (3)lose heart意为 “失去信心 ”。 (4)用一个问句引出失去信心的原因。 (5)correct estimate意为 “正确估计 ”。 (6)overestimate difficulties意为 “高估困难 ”。 (7)build up faith in意为 “建立对 的信心 ”。 (8)underestimate意为 “低估 ”。 (9)用一句谚语作为结束语，更有说服力。 【
9、知识模块】 作文 2 【正确答案 】 Credit Is Important Credit (1) is of great importance to one s development. Without credit, one wouldn t get trust from others, (2) let alone getting help from others or cooperating with others. (3) However, nowadays the whole society is faced with “credit crisis“. To begin with,
10、business is threatened due to the lack of credit and trust. By the Peoples Bank of China, (4) a total amount of 367,240,000 yuan debts were not paid off to banks by the enterprises in the year 2006. (5) In addition, lies often exist between friends. Xiao Wang my neighbor was persuaded to buy certain
11、 insurance product and at last found that he was cheated. (6) We should take measures to improve people s sense of credit and establish stricter laws to punish the behavior of those who do not have credit. (7) Only in these ways can the credit of the whole society be enhanced. 【试题解析】 (1)is of great
12、importance相当于 be important。 (2)let alone意为 “更不用说 ”。 (3)转折引出当今社会出现 “信用危机 ”。 (4)使用具体数字作为例子，更具有说服力。 (5)又举出身边的例子，说明信用危机已近在身边。 (6)提出解决信用危机的办法。 (7)使用强调句加强语气。 【知识模块】 作文 3 【正确答案】 Doing Good Deeds Nowadays, (1) different people hold different views about whether one should expect a reward when doing a good d
13、eed. Some people think that a good deed should be given a certain reward. They say it is agreeable with the rule of fairness. Also, rewards can (2) stimulate people s enthusiasm to do good deeds. (3) However, others take Lei Feng as a model and are always ready to help others without expecting any r
14、eward. Everyone may get into trouble. (4) Only if you help others unselfishly, you can get others help when you need it. Besides, they insist that one can enjoy happiness in doing good deeds, which, they think, is the best return. (5) Weighing up these two arguments, I prefer the second one. First,
15、being happy to help others is one of Chinese peoples traditional virtues. Second, this virtue (6) is of more significance for the creation of a harmonious society. To conclude, it is every citizens responsibility to do good deeds without expecting any reward. 【试题解析】 (1)引出人们的不同观点。 (2)stimulate ones e
16、nthusiasm意为 “激发人们的热情 ”。 (3)转折引出另一种观点。 (4)only if意为 “只要 ”，引导条件状语从句。 (5)weigh up意为 “权衡 ”。 (6)be of+n相当于 be+adj。 【知识模块】 作文 4 【正确答案 】 Keep Optimistic in the Face of On Disasters (1) An old saying goes: Life is full of roses and thorns. As we all know, one s life is full of unexpected events, (2) some of
17、 which are wonderful while some of which are disastrous. Those heavy blows, such as, floods, snowstorms, and earthquakes, threaten to (3) weigh one down. However, it s even worse if one can t (4) drag himself out of the grief in that (5) mental break-down is more serious than the disaster itself. In
18、stead of (6) indulging oneself in sadness, one should take positive attitude towards life and contribute to the reconstruction of his or her life and hometown. (7) As for me, if I were lucky enough to survive in a disaster, I would try my best to help those who are suffering by donation of blood or
19、money. If I am a victim, I will (8) endeavor to recover from the sadness as soon as possible and be strong and supportive to the recovery work. 【试题解析】 (1)用一句谚语引出话题。 (2)两个 some of which道出了人生的无常。 (3)weigh down意为 “使焦虑 ”。 (4)drag oneself out意为 “拉出来 ”。 (5)mental break-down意为 精神崩溃 ”。 (6)indulge oneself in意为 “沉迷于 ”。 (7)用 as for me引出自身。 (8)endeavor意为 “尽力 ”。 【知识模块】 作文
