1、托福（作文）模拟试卷 1及答案与解析 Writing Based on Knowledge and Experience 1 People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support yo
2、ur answer. 2 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 3 Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live? Use specific reasons and examples to support your
3、answer. 4 It has been said, “Not everything that is learned is contained in books.“ Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why? 托福（作文）模拟试卷 1答案与解析 Writing Based on Knowledge and Experience 1 【正确答案】 Why d
4、o people attend college? After graduating from high school many young people have the option to directly enter the work force. Most students who have the opportunity, however, decide to go to college before finding jobs. They attend college to obtain more choices, higher salaries, and more opportuni
5、ties for advancement in an increasingly competitive job market. Before attending college, students have a limited opportunity to specialize. After obtaining a specific college degree a job applicant can be competitive for previously unavailable jobs. For instance, applicants with Computer Science de
6、grees would not only be qualified for jobs in high-tech companies, they would also be well prepared for any job with computer skills as a prerequisite. With a larger range of potential jobs to choose from, degree holders are more likely to find a job that suits their particular needs and interests.
7、Additionally, employers are willing to pay a premium for highly qualified applicants. For example, many companies desire employees who are competent in more than one language and offer higher salaries to attract them. Even if a job applicant without a college degree has high standardized test scores
8、, employers may still place a higher value on an applicant with similar test scores who also possesses credentials from a well-known university. Because of the extent to which a college degree is accepted by employers as proof of competence in a given field, college graduates are not only more likel
9、y to receive more job offers, they can also command higher salaries than applicants who lack college diplomas. Finally, in addition to offering more choices and higher salaries, a college degree offers access to jobs with a clear path toward professional advancement. A B.S. in biology, for example,
10、could allow a student to find a job in a lab after graduation, a first step on the road toward a career in scientific research. The same major could also be used to apply to a medical school, and a career as a doctor. Both of these avenues would be unavailable without taking the first step of an und
11、ergraduate degree in biology. 【知识模块】 作文 2 【正确答案】 Are parents the test teachers? Obviously, in most cases the earliest teachers people have are their parents, and parents are generally most concerned about the development of their children. However, it is not completely true to say that parents are t
12、he best teachers. First of all, not all parents are good teachers. As normal individuals, some parents more or less have some bad habits. Even though parents almost instinctively devote themselves to cultivating their offspring, the outcome might turn out to be a disappointment, for all children ten
13、d to unconsciously or subconsciously copy everything including bad ones from their parents. Another deficiency of parents as teachers is the fact that most parents lack common sense of education. All too often we observe some parents who tend to pursue their cherished but failed dreams by forcing th
14、eir children to develop in a prearranged direction. Ironically, when their children do not follow the instructions, the children will be regarded as disobedient or allegedly rebellious. In fact, it is parents rather than their children that virtually disobey common sense. Moreover, some parents are
15、qualified as good teachers, but not all of them are the best ones. When children are in the preliminary school, it is not surprising that parents are perhaps capable of teaching their children almost every subject even better than professional teachers in the school. But the situation will not last
16、long. We live in a world where knowledge is accumulated exponentially and at the same time becomes more and more specialized. Therefore, to be a professional in a certain field today takes much longer time than has ever been before. No parents are able to be professional in all fields, though they m
17、ight be experts in one or more fields. Wise parents often release rather than charge their children as early as possible. They are aware of the possibility outside the family. Parents may, nevertheless, help their children much more than do good teachers. Most parts of childrens education are virtua
18、lly beyond teachers reach. It is parents that supplement. Psychological studies have shown us that parents love sometimes has astonishingly magic power over their children. Albert Einstein s mother and that of Forest Gump are both good examples. On the other hand, parents might do their children har
19、m more than do bad teachers as well. The nature of those children whose parents have divorced is often severely distorted. In a word, it is rather superficial to simply say that parents are the best teachers. 【知识模块】 作文 3 【正确答案】 Does easier-prepared food improve the way people live? People today can
20、prepare their meal much easier than has ever been before. To prepare a single dinner, provident housewives usually had to work for hours in the past: they had to buy home dirty vegetables which had to be washed, meat which had to be sliced, and so on so forth. Each and every step of preparation was
21、a time-consuming task. But now, things are entirely different. Supermarkets provide clean and neat vegetables and meat, some of which even have relevant ingredients and need only a few minutes to be made into delicious meals. And this change has indeed greatly improved the way people live. In a sens
22、e, food preparation is no longer a tedious task, at least much easier to tolerate. Such a change has liberated many women and given them a chance to do more meaningful things, for example, a higher-pay job or a more respectful one. On the other hand, more men are becoming willing to do the thing tha
23、t they once hated so much, and in some cases such transformation of men brought a dramatic positive impact on the family. Today, it is not hard to imagine a wife comes home after a days hard work and how delightful she is to find out his husband has already prepared several of her favorite dishes! C
24、hildren can more easily become independent at least they can make themselves breakfasts or dinners when parents are occasionally not present. But such a change has also brought some unexpected consequences. Girls nowadays are becoming more and more reluctant to deem household work as their responsib
25、ility. The reason is quite straightforward: it was once really ridiculous to insist men do trivial household work rather than go to work and earn money to support family, but conditions have altered now. Girls might think: “I can work as well, or maybe I can earn a higher salary than you do, dear bo
26、y friend, if you want to marry me, answer me one question first, will you prepare me breakfast and dinner every day?“ And some boys, on the other hand, are becoming hesitant to get married, or simply remain solitary. Among miscellaneous reasons they do so is one thing: “I can take care of myself, at
27、 least I dont really need someone to prepare me dinner!“ Anyway, such a change is positive and it did improve the quality of peoples life. At least it has brought girls, boys, husbands, wives, children and everyone else who has to prepare food an opportunity, no matter what kind of opportunity it is
28、. 【知识模块】 作文 4 【正确答案】 Which is more important, book knowledge or experience? In general, knowledge gained from books has a wider range than that gained from experience. We now live in a world that typophile is no longer exorbitant, and that printed matters are readily available. In libraries, we can
29、learn nearly everything only if we have already acquired basic reading skills philosophy, history, literature, physics, mathematics, chemicals, biology, geography, anthropology, and so on. Unlike the experience of an individual that is limited by the range of that individual, books seem to have almo
30、st no limitation. Sitting in the local library, we virtually can travel everywhere through an interesting geographic encyclopedia, and certainly, with nearly no expense at all. On the other hand, it can be argued that sometimes knowledge gained from experience is much deeper and more comprehensive t
31、han that gained from books. It is quite true that not every thing is contained in books. How to deal with personal finance, how to cope with current social trends, even how to most effectively organize our own minds, and numerous other things can seldom be found thoroughly and comprehensively discus
32、sed in books. We have to gain the knowledge through our own experience. And the sad news is that even some knowledge that is contained in books usually needs further comprehension, mainly through experience. As to which source is more important, the answers vary. Some knowledge can be acquired only
33、through books. It is hard to imagine we can have a good understanding of history without reading books. On the other hand, some knowledge can be obtained only through experience. When we try to learn to swim, merely a detailed manual of swimming skills, even abundantly filled with illustrations, is
34、at most useless. We have to jump into the water and then gain the knowledge from experience. We have to use books and experience as sources simultaneously to get what we want to know. Take learning physics for example, both books and experiences are equally important sources, and such examples are numerous. Therefore, I think whether one source is more important than the other depends on circumstances. 【知识模块】 作文
