1、雅思（写作）历年真题试卷汇编 9及答案与解析 一、 WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. 1 Some people think the best way to improve road safety is to increase the minimum legal age for driving cars and motorcycles. Do you agree or disagree? (2015-02-12) 2 The use of mobile phones in certain places
2、is just as antisocial as smoking. Smoking is banned in certain places, so the use of mobile phones should also be banned. To what extent do you agree or disagree? (2015-02-14) 3 Some people say it is more important to plant trees in open spaces in towns and cities than build more housing. To what ex
3、tent do you agree or disagree? (2015-03-12) 4 Some working parents believe that childcare centres can provide the best care for children who are too young for school, whilst others believe that family members such as grandparents may take good care of children. Discuss both these views and give your
4、 own opinion. (2015-03-14) 雅思（写作）历年真题试卷汇编 9答案与解析 一、 WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. 1 【正确答案】 Statistics show that young people under the age of 25 have by far the most accidents whilst driving cars and in particular motorcycles. These accidents have a huge cost in terr
5、as of injury, days off work, repairs to vehicles, and all too frequently death. Many young people need to be able to drive in order to get to work, so it is better to improve safety in other ways than have an outright ban. One important way to improve safety is better driver education and making the
6、 driving test more thorough. To some extent, allowing young people a provisional licence at 17 but not allowing them to take the test until 18 does increase the age, but also the time taken to learn. Compulsory lessons with a qualified instructor would perhaps help, as well as encouragement to learn
7、 motorway driving skills, not covered in the Pass Plus course that is still optional. Positive encouragement to take an advanced driving test, perhaps with concessions such as cheaper insurance, to encourage people would help. Schemes such as having to display a new driver sign, restriction on the n
8、umber of passengers and night time driving all help to stop young people driving at a time when most accidents happen. This has an advantage of not restricting use of a vehicle to go to work, unless the person works shifts. More attention needs to be paid to the safety of the car itself. There are s
9、trict regulations governing tyres, brakes and so on, but the yearly tests only ensure that the car is roadworthy at the time of the test. The ability to do a basic safety check should be included in the driving test. Many cars, but not all, have airbags; this could be made a requirement in the same
10、ways as seatbelts. Tougher penalties for driving whilst using a mobile phone and a campaign to make this unacceptable would help, but action needs to be taken against drivers who do all sorts other things at the wheel. The actual layout of roads and signing contribute to safety. There is evidence th
11、at too many signs confuse drivers of all ages, and road layout, especially at junctions, could be improved. Drink driving is a serious problem, although it appears that the message is getting through, and attitudes are changing. Perhaps the time has come for a total ban on any alcohol for drivers. S
12、tiff penalties help enforce the rules. It would appear from statistics that parties of young people, especially if they have been drinking, can distract the driver with serious, even fatal, consequences. Restrictions on the number of passengers that a young driver can take, especially at night, can
13、help. 【知识模块】 大作文 2 【正确答案】 The use of mobile phones is increasing, and many people are almost addicted to being constantly in touch with their friends and constantly available. What is needed is mobile phone etiquette, but that would be difficult for the anything goes generation. Apart from some pote
14、ntially dangerous situations, such as using a phone while driving, mobiles are not strictly dangerous. Smoking is in a different category altogether. It is very harmful to smoke, and if others inhale the smoke it can damage their lungs too. For this reason smoking is banned in public places, in cars
15、, where there are children and so on. There is a huge difference between the antisocial behaviour of some phone users and the risk to health caused by smokers. Good manners used to be thought of as acting in such a way so as not to give offence or make others feel uncomfortable. This would suggest t
16、hat using a phone in a quiet restaurant, during a concert or play, in a lecture, cinema or place of worship really is rude and therefore unacceptable. Increasingly, such places ask clients and audiences to turn their phone off. They should not need to be asked. Banning something is drastic, and impl
17、ies that the ban can be enforced. Unfortunately, if a phone rings in the middle of, for example, a concert, the damage is done, the performers concentration lost. Asking a member of the audience to leave, because if their phone rang again, it would cause more disruption, but it would make the point.
18、 Reminders, and if need be, actions, such as requiring to leave, would perhaps make the point stronger. In a recent concert performance in London a soloist demanded that a parent take their crying child out and complained that the whole atmosphere was lost. The incident made the national papers. The
19、 same could happen to selfish phone users! Some trains now have mobile-free carriages, acknowledging that not everyone likes to eavesdrop on a one-sided conversation. A ban should be a last resort, and apply to situations where the use of the phone could actually be dangerous. Examples of this could
20、 be an aircraft and in hospital whose sensitive equipment could be affected, as well as the use of mobiles in cars which is actually illegal but widely ignored. In dangerous situations then, mobile phones should be banned and the ban enforced. In other situations there should be firm reminders and p
21、enalties for those who are rude enough to ignore the reminder. This should help encourage the development of a code of practice for mobile phones where people are not tied to the machine and accept responsibility for the effect of their actions. 【知识模块】 大作文 3 【正确答案】 People have to live somewhere in t
22、owns and cities, which means more housing has to be built. The issue is: do builders build on available land within the city boundary, which could be brownfield sites or open sites such as parks, gardens and commons, or do they encroach on the surrounding countryside? At the same time, as people get
23、 richer, they want bigger houses with gardens that take up space only available outside the town, and with high prices of land there is a temptation to subdivide property, build in gardens, and extend underground, all of which lead to problems. Population growth compounds the problems. Trees too are
24、 vitally important. They convert the carbon dioxide that we exhale into oxygen that we breathe, so the existence of all kinds of plants, but especially trees, is absolutely vital. People also need space for recreation and exercise to encourage good health. Parks, gardens and common land provide the
25、space to do this, often within the boundaries of towns and cities. These areas also provide space for wildlife of all kinds, much of which humans depend on. Without, for example, bees and other pollinating insects, crops do not grow. The insects depend on flowers for their food and flowers grow in o
26、pen spaces. The need to maintain city open spaces puts pressure on the surrounding countryside, as it is easier to build on a green site than to deal with whatever a brownfield site was previously used for. People living in villages prefer this way of life and usually do not want their village swall
27、owed up by the growing city. Agricultural land is important for food production, and once lost is usually lost for ever. There is no simple answer to the question of trees versus homes; both are important, so a balance is called for. Housing in cities has to use land effectively, and high-rise build
28、ings are an obvious solution. Many people really hate this and in cities such as London and Birmingham where nineteenth century slum properties were replaced by modern high rise flats, people missed the old community spirit and hated sky-high living. Some such flats have been demolished and replaced
29、 by lower blocks with better designed environments. Open spaces in cities and towns have to be maintained, and areas once used for industry, such as the coalmining areas of Englands Midlands, made into spaces for recreation. In this area, the National Forest initiatives has resulted in the planting
30、of millions of trees, and opportunities to walk, cycle, and take part in all sorts of nature-related activities. New houses have been built in the once run-down mining villages, improving amenities and so making life better for more people. 【知识模块】 大作文 4 【正确答案】 Traditionally, when families lived clos
31、e together, grandparents and other family members looked after small children whose parents worked. This has many advantages. Grandparents have already brought up children and know what to do. They often have time available and enjoy looking after the next generation. It provides a continuity of car
32、e and encourages love and respect from the children, even though they often get indulged and maybe a little spoilt. For the parents, it is a reliable, usually free of charge, solution to caring for children whilst they work. It can have disadvantages too. Grandparents might not be in the best of hea
33、lth; they could find the children too energetic and demanding, and they might simply not want to do it full time. Increasingly, as more mothers work, children are put into childcare centres. There are advantages to this. The staff are trained to look after small children; they choose to do this work
34、 and, presumably, enjoy it. The centre is staffed by a number of people, so the likelihood of it not being able to accept a child because of staff illness, for example, is small. Very often, such centres will have large equipment, such as climbing frames and swings, which ordinary families cannot ho
35、use. There will also be a variety of toys, such as dolls houses, train sets, dressing up boxes, sandpits, water trays and facilities for painting that many families cannot, or will not, provide. Children learn to socialise in such an environment and will usually be better prepared for starting schoo
36、l. The main disadvantage is cost, especially if the facility is of a really high standard. There is also the view that children are more secure if they are cared for by one or two people they know well, usually the parents, but these days taking time out to look after children is an increasingly rar
37、e luxury. Opinions vary as to which is the better way of looking after pre-school children. Often it depends on the current fashion of the time, usually dictated by the financial situation, and particularly the need to have both parents working. Traditionally it was the mothers role to look after th
38、e children, but more and more, fathers want to take their share. The decision as to the best childcare depends on a number of factors. If the grandparents are available because they live nearby and are not at work, are in good health and willing to do it, this may be the best option for some familie
39、s. Alternatively, a good local, childcare facility may be better for other families. Research has been done on various methods and conclusions are difficult to finalise because so many factors are involved. Perhaps the best way is some sort of compromise, a few days with family members and a few days in a nursery, so the child gets the best of both worlds! 【知识模块】 大作文
