1、托福（作文）模拟试卷 11及答案与解析 Writing Based on Knowledge and Experience 1 Some people think that human needs for farmland, housing, and industry are more important than saving land for endangered animals. Do you agree or disagree with this point of view? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples to su
2、pport your answer. 2 What is a very important skill a person should learn in order to be successful in the world today? Choose one skill and use specific reasons and examples to support your choice. 3 Why do you think some people are attracted to dangerous sports or other dangerous activities? Use s
3、pecific reasons and examples to support your answer. 4 Some people like to travel with a companion. Other people prefer to travel alone. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice. 托福（作文）模拟试卷 11答案与解析 Writing Based on Knowledge and Experience 1 【正确答案】 Land for human
4、 needs or endangered animals When making decisions about land use, some say that human needs should come before animal needs in every case. While I agree that human needs should have primary consideration, humans have a special responsibility to protect the land that endangered animals call home. An
5、imals adapt very slowly to sudden changes in their environments. Many endangered animals can only live in one place, or in a specific type of place. Humans, on the other hand, have a special ability to adapt quickly to changing and hostile environments. For instance, if humans need to live in a very
6、 dry environment they can use technology to locate and drill for water, or build pipelines to bring in water from outside. Thousands of years ago the residents of Xinjiang dug underground tunnels hundreds of kilometers long to carry water to oasis towns like Turpan. Because humans are thus flexible
7、while many animals are not, humans should make an effort to use up all available space before encroaching upon the habitats of endangered animals. One of the important reasons to protect endangered animals is that the delicate ecological balance of an area might be irreparably harmed by their extinc
8、tion. For example, if humans chop down forests and use the land to grow corn, they might simultaneously destroy the habitats of a kind of bird that eats locusts. The next year because the locust population can grow unchecked, locusts might destroy the entire nearby corn crop. Not only do the birds l
9、ose their homes, but humans are also harmed. The ecological balance of many natural habitats is still not well understood and humans interfere in it at their peril. Finally, humans have much to learn from endangered species. One example is in the field of medicine. By observing a particular species
10、of endangered monkeys in South America, scientists have discovered that monkeys eat a certain kind of plant when they get sick. Through research the scientists discovered that this plant also has medicinal values for humans. If the monkeys habitat had been destroyed to create more farmland, not only
11、 would we lose the plants and the monkeys, we would also lose life-saving medicines and the potential for medical research. 【知识模块】 作文 2 【正确答案】 One skill needed to be successful in the world today People succeed not merely because they have one or more certain skills. However, if I have to choose one
12、 skill which is supposed to be useful to success, I think it should be the ability to convince or persuade others. By convincing or persuading we get what we want from others. When we were children, we always managed to persuade our parents to buy us candies; when we were in the high school, we had
13、to persuade our classmates to play with us; when we applied for a job after graduation, we had better be able to successfully convince the employer that we are qualified employees. Besides, some day, we will all have to convince a person whom we love that we are indeed outstanding husbands or excell
14、ent wives. By convincing or persuading we become more and more sturdy and powerful. Nobody is capable of doing every thing perfect. By persuading others to cooperate with us, we can achieve much more than we could only by ourselves. Mr. Yu Minhong, CEO of Beijing New Oriental Education when we are i
15、n plain sailing, we need persuade ourselves not to be negligent. By convincing ourselves, we become more and more independent, and more and more robust, both of which are characteristics essential to success. 【知识模块】 作文 3 【正确答案】 The attractions of dangerous activities People engage themselves in dang
16、erous activities for various reasons, which probably includes money, pleasure, and perhaps ironically, nescience. Perhaps the most direct drive might come from money, which is needed for everyone, any time and everywhere. People have enough wit to balance their certain choices, especially when they
17、face danger and money. Those stunt men or women in Hollywood movies, photographers who shoot sharks or crocodiles, or those who participate in stock car racing, are always sophisticated enough to calculate whether the outcome outweighs the risk. If they are willing to take the risk, they must have e
18、valuated it well. They know exactly the rule: the more risks they take, the more they might get. There also is another kind of people in the world. Money is of almost no importance to them. They perform dangerous activities just for their own pleasure. Perhaps the most appropriate example involves s
19、ports. Actually every kind of sports is dangerous, and even can be deadly. Danger always exists, but people tend to simply ignore it. Take parachuting for example, who can refuse the fascination of flying in the sky like a bird? On the other hand, it seems that danger itself makes the activity so fa
20、scinating as too hard to refuse. To conquer is the very nature of human being from the very beginning. Pheidippides said seconds before dropping dead two thousand years ago, “Rejoice, we conquer!“ And it seems perfectly logical for some people that celebration follows conquer. Ironically, sometimes
21、blind bravery comes out of nescience. Sometimes people simply do not know the activity is hazardous or how perilous it exactly is. It can be exemplified by a recent incident. Five students (three of them have a masters degree) lost their lives in a mountaineering expedition. Those students reportedl
22、y did not, as it seems highly probable, make an adequate preparation before the expedition, which made the tragedy ineluctable. People always praise alpinists with such words as strong, brave, courageous, but in this case none of these words is appropriate. Those young students traded their springti
23、me with blind bravery, and died in vain. 【知识模块】 作文 4 【正确答案】 Do you travel alone or with a companion? The biggest inconveniences of traveling are high expenses and safety concerns. Traveling with a companion may solve both of these problems and at the same time adds to the enjoyment of the trip. Part
24、 of the joy of traveling is the sense of discovery felt when seeing a completely new place. Traveling with someone else compounds that sense of wonder. When you see or experience something new you can share it with your travel companion. Likewise, when you are traveling with someone else you get the
25、 benefit of another pair of eyes and ears, and you are more likely to notice interesting things when you are not traveling alone. When I was hiking in Yunnan province with a friend, she spied a frog sitting by the edge of the trail. Had my friend not been there, I would not have seen it, and missed
26、part of the natural beauty of Yunnan. Traveling companions not only enrich the experience of travel, but also make it safer. According to police statistics, thieves, rapists, and murderers are all much more likely to target a single person walking alone than to target a group of two or more people.
27、To save money, a person traveling alone might sleep in a dorm room. Apart from the noise and inconvenience of sharing a room with a large number of strangers, travelers also have to be constantly vigilant to prevent other people from stealing your belongings. When traveling with a companion you can
28、take turns watching each others valuables on trains, restaurants, parks, and other public places frequented by tourists. Finally, traveling with a companion is also cheaper than traveling alone. A hotel room for one person might cost 100 yuan, while a room for two at the same hotel might cost 120 yu
29、an. If you have a companion you can each spend 60 yuan per night, rather than spending 100 yuan if you travel separately. It is also cheaper to eat in restaurants and you get to sample more kinds of food when two people order. When bargaining for souvenirs, each person can save a little money if you offer to buy more than one. Traveling with a companion can easily cut your travel expenses in half, while doubling the fun of trip. 【知识模块】 作文
