1、托福（作文）模拟试卷 15及答案与解析 Writing Based on Knowledge and Experience 1 Some movies are serious, designed to make the audience think. Other movies are designed primarily to amuse and entertain. Which type of movie do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 2 Do you agree or dis
2、agree with the following statement? Businesses should do anything they can to make a profit. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position. 3 Some people are always in a hurry to go places and get things done. Other people prefer to take their time and live life at a slower pace. Which
3、do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 4 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Games are as important for adults as they are for children. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 托福（作文）模拟试卷 15答案与解析 Writing Based on Knowledge and Ex
4、perience 1 【正确答案】 Movies: serious or entertaining? The question of what kind of movie to watch is a familiar one in my home. While my father does not care for movies a great deal, my mother is very fond of this kind of entertainment. Unfortunately, her tastes are very different from mine, and she mo
5、stly likes movies that fall into the light entertainment category. I, on the other hand, do not enjoy watching movies that aim only to amuse. Generally, I derive a greater sense of enjoyment from movies that get me to think, because I can find better light entertainment elsewhere and I consider movi
6、es a serious art form. Sometimes, of course, I enjoy movies that amuse or entertain lightly in order to distract myself from the seriousness of everyday life. Humorous movies such as slapstick comedies are my favorites amongst the amusing ones, and every once in a while I even enjoy a romantic comed
7、y. These movies offer a kind of escape. However, there are other ways of distraction that I prefer. For example, I enjoy taking long walks or listening to music much more than I enjoy watching a flick, which means to accomplish nothing more than diversion. Movies, to me, are serious business. I tend
8、 to look at movies as an art form that should engage its audience and also challenge them. Of course there are different ways to accomplish these two goals. A director might make creative use of stylistic means such as editing or lighting or camera movement. Together with the screenwriter he/she mig
9、ht find ways to present a relationship between classical or stereotypical characters in a complex and innovative way. Ideally, he/she will present an important social issue from a point of view that has not been thoroughly discussed. Thus, through his/her work, he/she will make his/her audience thin
10、k about questions they have not considered before. Thereby, they will add to the discussion and make a contribution to culture and society. In my opinion, this is the goal of all art and thus it should be the goal of movie making. 【知识模块】 作文 2 【正确答案】 Should businesses do anything they can to make a p
11、rofit? The ultimate goal of every business is to make a profit. Businesses that do not turn a profit go under and dissolve, and increasing competition on national and international markets makes it more and more difficult for companies to succeed or simply stay alive. Regardless, as members of socie
12、ty companies are subject to laws and regulations that they must abide by, and the people who run businesses have a personal responsibility to both their employees and the community in which they do business. It is true that stiff competition will force companies to go to extreme measures to secure p
13、rofits, but these must not include illegal means. In the recent past, the enormous sums of money involved in contemporary economics have led CEOs and managers of businesses to bend the rules of the trade. For example, companies have deliberately ignored government standards for environmental polluti
14、on limits or tried to bribe government officials to allow them to bypass these regulations. Such illegal means might be possible because of the sometimes tremendous social and political influences of businesses, but they are immoral, and the government should make a point of punishing violators. Fur
15、thermore, the managers of companies must be aware that employees and their families depend on jobs for financial security. For many businesses cutting jobs or moving jobs to another country is a way to further increase profits. However, the same jobs that are being cut or moved often support entire
16、communities. If, for example, a company closed down an entire manufacturing plant of 5,000 or 10,000 jobs in order to make even greater profits, then a community of the size of a small city would suddenly find itself out of job. The initial consequences would be mass unemployment and a sudden death
17、for the entire local economy, and before long related social problems will surface, e.g. crime, homelessness, domestic violence, and drug abuse. These are all indirect yet devastating consequences of the business aim to increase profits. The owners and managers of the company have an ethical obligat
18、ion not to ignore the consequences of their actions and should not try to maximize profits at all costs. 【知识模块】 作文 3 【正确答案】 Live lire in a hurry or at a slower pace? I used to live at a frantic pace. My wristwatch dictated my life, and the hands of the clock pushed me forward to my next appointment,
19、 my next assignment, and my next social engagement. However, I have managed to relax. Now that I live my life at a slower pace, I have become a better student, a more reliable friend, and a person who enjoys life much more than before. Living life at a slower pace has allowed me to pay much more att
20、ention to detail and to work through my assignments at school more thoroughly. I used to be rushing through my reading and my writing without good concentration. The clubs and sports teams I belonged to demanded a lot of attention. After I decided to get rid of some of the more involved activities,
21、I had more time to focus on my studies and the results have shown in my marks. While I am still busy with school and extra curricular activities, I also make a point of slowing down and taking a step back in order to prioritize the things in my life. This allows me to evaluate how much time I should
22、 spend on one thing or another. For example, while I was hurrying through my schedule I often lost track of my friends. I forgot about dates that we made and things that I agreed to do for them. This will not happen now. By slowing down the tempo and realizing how important my pals are to me, I have
23、 once again become a reliable friend. Lastly, living life at a slower pace allows me to appreciate the good things in my life. In the past I would only think about the things I would have to get accomplished next. This anticipation did not allow me to concentrate on the moment, but now I am able to
24、enjoy a family dinner or an afternoon at the movies with my friends without worrying about what I am supposed to do next. 【知识模块】 作文 4 【正确答案】 Are games equally important for adults and children? Games are fun. This is true for adults and children alike. However, games also teach a variety of skills a
25、nd they further every domain of a persons development. This is particularly important during the early stages of life. Through games children learn gross motor and fine motor skills, they practice and develop the ability to use language, and they learn important interpersonal and social skills. Adul
26、ts can use games to strengthen these areas, but their abilities are already much more advanced, and therefore games are more important for children. At play a child learns gross motor skills such as walking or jumping, which an adult has already mastered. Pushing a shopping cart, for example, teache
27、s a toddler to balance his/her weight and to use his/her legs to support his/her body. This activity is a game and an exercise at the same time, but it would be completely unnecessary for adults. Similarly, fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination are areas in which a child has much more to learn
28、 than an adult. Thus playing catch with a baseball has a much greater benefit to the young and inexperienced person. Language games allow children to practice and strengthen their language skills. Even simple singsong or rhyming games aid in this development. Needless to say, due to their advanced l
29、anguage ability, adults would not get much out of these simple ditties. In comparison, adult language games such as scrabble do not build but fine-tune vocabulary ability. Children are not able to compete here because they have not yet amassed enough knowledge. Elementary interpersonal and social sk
30、ills ranging from communication to cooperation are also developed through play. Children learn systems of social rules when engaging in simple activities like pick-up football games. For example, they learn how to control themselves and to tolerate their frustrations around others. They also learn how to work in a team. These, of course, are abilities that are extremely important for adults as well, but, once again, children have more to learn. 【知识模块】 作文
