1、雅思（写作）模拟试卷 10及答案与解析 一、 WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 1 WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The table shows the proportion of Australian families that owned certain household appliances in 1995 and 2002. Summarise the information by selectin
2、g and reporting the main features and by making comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.二、 WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. 2 WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: At present, science is developing q
3、uickly, but some people still have a high opinion of artists. What can the arts tell us of life that science cannot? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words. 雅思（写作）模拟试卷 10答案与解析 一、 WRITING TASK 1 You should spend a
4、bout 20 minutes on this task. 1 【正确答案】 The table tells us the percentages of Australian families that had six different household items-personal stereos, computers, TV sets, washing machines, refrigerators and hairdryers-in the years 1995 and 2002. We can see that TV sets and refrigerators were the
5、most widespread of the six items in 1995 and remained so in 2002. In 1995, 79% of families a TV set and 78% of them had a refrigerator. By 2002, these figures had risen to 93% and 96%, meaning that refrigerators had overtaken TV sets as the most common of the six items in Australian family household
6、s. Washing machines were in two-thirds (67%) of Australian family households in 1995 and this percentage had risen to 60% in 2002. Almost half (44%) of Australian families had hairdryers in 1995. By 2002, two out of every three (67%) did. This rise of 23 percentage points was second only to the rise
7、 in the presence of computers. A third (33%) of Australian families had personal stereos in 1995 and by 2002 this had increased to a little under half (45%). The biggest increase was in the number of families with computers. The figure for 1995 was 18%, but this had more than quadrupled by 2002 to 7
8、6%. Overall, the figures show that all six household appliances were more common in households in 2002 than in 1995. 二、 WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. 2 【正确答案】 It sometimes seems that the whole world is obsessed with science and business. Science has certainly told us
9、 a lot about the world we live in, but artists, who work in the less tangible world of feelings and beauty, are still respected by many, if not most, people. In this essay I would like to suggest why this is the case by examining what arts can tell us of life that science cannot. One obvious reason,
10、 I think, is that, whilst science has answered so many of our factual questions, it finds it much harder to answer our more philosophical ones. Artists have long been associated with religion and philosophy, either directly or indirectly. Leonardo da Vinci, famous for his scientific work (e.g. desig
11、ning an airplane centuries before one was constructed), also produced The Last Supper and other religious works. Whilst art and artists cannot provide us with answers to philosophical questions, they can give people ideas about what those answers might be. Artists are also provide us with beauty. Mo
12、st people hang pictures in their homes. Many photographers provide us with vivid images that we can even use as screensavers on our computers. Science is far less about beauty than facts. People like beautiful things and those who can create beauty, whether by using paint, photography or sculpture,
13、are sure to be admired. Even when a work of art is not considered to be beautiful, it can still be considered creative. Again, most people admire those who are creative. To conclude, I think that artists encourage people to think about life in a more philosophical way than science. Artists tell us that there is more to life than finding out facts. They tell us that there are many beautiful things in the world and that creativity is an important part of what makes us human.
