1、托福（作文）模拟试卷 12及答案与解析 Writing Based on Knowledge and Experience 1 Some people prefer to get up early in the morning and start the clays work. Others prefer to get up later in the day and work until late at night. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice. 2 What are
2、 the important qualities of a good son or daughter? Have these qualities changed or remained the same over time in your culture? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 3 Some people prefer to work for a large company. Others prefer to work for a small company. Which would you pref
3、er? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice. 4 People work because they need money to live. What are some other reasons that people work? Discuss one or more of these reasons. Use specific examples and details to support your answer. 托福（作文）模拟试卷 12答案与解析 Writing Based on Knowledge and
4、Experience 1 【正确答案】 Which kind of life do you like, get up early or get up late? When I was a kid and did not want to go to bed early, my father always used to say, “The early bird gets the worm.“ I certainly knew what he meant: people who stay up late at night are not able to get up early and take
5、full advantage of the new days opportunities. I am not sure how wise I am, but I can certainly feel that getting a good nights sleep and an early start helps me do a full days work. However, every job or task always has unforeseen problems and complications. A trip to the post office seems simple en
6、ough, but could be complicated and lengthened by heavy traffic, forgetting to bring money or addresses, or long lines. When I need to do many things in a day, a delay at the post office can negatively affect all of my other tasks. To minimize these potential negative effects, I try and get an early
7、start that leaves me plenty of time later in the day to finish my other tasks. Another important reason to get up before 8:00 a.m. is that businesses usually start their workdays by 9:00 a.m. at the latest. A person who wakes up at 10:00 a.m. has already lost two precious business hours. This gives
8、them less time to go to the bank, the post office, or deal with any company or government office that keeps regular business hours. People who get up early have the extra benefit of all of the hours of a full business day during which they can be more productive than they can during non-business hou
9、rs. Finally, getting up early and going to sleep early are a fairly standard schedule to which most of society adheres. If I adhere to it as well, I will have more time to spend with my family and friends. If I get up late and stay up late, I will not only lose opportunities to interact with others
10、during business hours, but also lose chances to interact with people because they are asleep! This would be all right if I were a hermit, but since I enjoy the company of others, I prefer to be an “early bird.“ 【知识模块】 作文 2 【正确答案】 What makes a good son or daughter? In traditional Chinese society, a p
11、ersons most important relationship was that between a parent and a child. The only measure of whether children were good or bad was whether or not they were obedient to their parents wishes. Traditionally a Chinese family had many children. Boys were expected to go to school and, after they grew up,
12、 to have a son of their own, and to manage the familys affairs. When his parents grew old, a son was expected to live with them and care for them. A girls parents would usually arrange her marriage to someone who she did not love without consulting her. After she was married, she was no longer a par
13、t of her biological family; instead she became an adopted daughter of her husbands family and had to respect her husbands parents as she would do her own parents. She was also expected to bear her husband a son. A child who broke these norms, and defied or disrespected their parents was seen as wort
14、hless or immoral at best, and could legally be killed by their parents in extreme cases. Today of course, China is very different. Chinese children are still expected to respect their parents, but society is not as conservative as it used to be. When a Chinese son gets married, he will often prefer
15、not to live in the same house with his parents, although he might still feel quite obligated to care for them in their old age. The greatest strides have been made by Chinese women, who now hope that their daughters grow up to marry someone that they love, and who is able to take good care of them.
16、The major revolution in the Chinese family since the 1980s has been introduction of the one-child policy. Since Chinese families are now usually only allowed to have one child, the roles of parent and child have almost been reversed! Todays children in China, while still expected to treat their pare
17、nts with respect, have become the “little emperors and empresses“ of their families. Many “little emperors“ are so doted on by their immediate and extended families that they become very spoiled, demanding toys, candy, and attention all day long. Because of the changing structure of the Chinese fami
18、ly, the bonds between parents and children, while still of primary importance, are characterized less by rules and respect and more by love. 【知识模块】 作文 3 【正确答案】 A large company or a small one, which do you want to work for? While some people enjoy the relative comfort, stability, and prestige of work
19、ing at a large company, I prefer to live life on the edge. Given the choice, I would much prefer to work at a small company where I could have more responsibility, more excitement, closer relationships with my coworkers, and a greater sense of accomplishment than I could have at a big company. If I
20、worked at a large company, my role at the company would be highly specialized and narrowly defined. At a smaller company everyone has to take on extra responsibilities to make the business work. For instance, if I worked at a small computer software company as a programmer, I might not only program,
21、 but also have to make trips to potential clients for sales. At a large company, the sales department would talk to clients, and I would be stuck in the same boring routine every day with less responsibility. I might be less in touch with what the clients wanted if my responsibilities were limited t
22、o programming. I crave excitement, so the idea of working for a small company particularly suits me. While working at a large company can offer more job security, workers do not usually get any of the annual profits. But if you work for a small company, profits are more likely to be shared at the en
23、d of the year. This means that the harder you work, the more potential there is to make a large amount of money. It is also especially gratifying when you can see how your hard work helped to build or save the company, a feeling of accomplishment that is difficult to attain when working in a large c
24、ompany. Finally, working together in a small company creates a sense of special closeness between colleagues. You have to both trust and depend on each other for everything. This closeness is not only between people within the company but can also extend to your clients and suppliers, all of whom yo
25、u can get to know on a first name basis. Business deals become less impersonal and more pleasurable when you work with people you trust and like. This trust is both deeper and easier to build when you work for a smaller company. 【知识模块】 作文 4 【正确答案】 Reasons why people work other than earning a living
26、One of the most overlooked reasons why people work is to help other people. Government officials, social and charity workers, and religious organizations, and others all work not only for their own salaries, but also for the common good. They labor for others because of their moral convictions, for
27、reasons of personal reciprocity, and because they want to make society more stable, thereby benefiting themselves and others. Some of the most famous charity workers in the world have been affiliated with religious groups. For instance, many of the foreigners living in the poor regions of Africa are
28、 doctors, teachers, and other professionals who are paid by religious organizations to help the poor, sick, and needy people there. These professionals could make much more money if they worked in rich countries. They have chosen to help poor people because they believe their religion tells them to
29、help people who cannot help themselves. They are working for others for moral or religious reasons. Some people work for other people because at some time in their lives, someone else has helped them. Many teachers can tell stories about a particular teacher who changed their lives. The gift a great
30、 teacher gave to them inspired them to become teachers themselves. Likewise, many people become doctors because a doctor saved one of their family members life and they felt like they owed a debt of gratitude that money could not repay. To such people, the motivation for working is not the paycheck
31、at the end of the month, but the smile on a childs face when they read their first book, or the look of joy on new parents faces when they see their healthy newborn baby. Finally, some people work for others because they believe that society is only safe and stable when all of its members are happy.
32、 These people include good government officials who try to make policies that benefit the poorer classes of society. They know that only by making policies that help poor people live richer, happier lives can they lower crime, sickness, and poverty rates, and make society safer and happier for all citizens. 【知识模块】 作文
