1、雅思（写作）模拟试卷 152及答案与解析 1 Differences between countries have become less evident. For example, nowadays the same films, fashions, brands and TV programmes are found worldwide. To what extent do you think the disadvantages of this outweigh its advantages? 2 Will the popularity of tourism harm the minori
2、ty regions? 雅思（写作）模拟试卷 152答案与解析 1 【正确答案】 Globalisation creates conditions for widening international exchanges and strengthening mutual understanding between nations. It expands cultural, educational, and scientific cooperation between countries. It encourages the process of modernisation and the en
3、richment of national culture. However, I believe the disadvantages of this outweigh its advantages. Globalisation creates the possible clanger of diminishing the national culture and exerts a negative impact on the preservation of national identity. Through globalisation and an open door policy, err
4、oneous concepts and a lowering of ethical standards, a selfish and individualistic lifestyle and harmful cultural products can easily be imported into the country. At present, modern information technology which in the main is controlled by US is hourly and intensively disseminating US ideology, way
5、 of life, and culture across the world. Even US food is promoted so that some people consider globalisation as global Americanisation. During the process of economic globalisation, inequality between developed and developing countries has been increasing and the gap between the rich and the poor has
6、 become wider. Globalisation goes to assist developed countries. Globalisation does not pose equal interests and risks to all nations. With an overwhelming advantage compared with most of the developing countries in terms of finance and the level of science and technology, developed capitalist count
7、ries control the situation of economic globalisation. For these reasons, globalisation is a fierce and complicated struggle in both cultural and ideological fields. As the proverb says, fire is a good servant, but a bad master. We take the initiative in international economic integration but also ha
8、ve to take the initiative in fighting to prevent our distinct culture from cross-bred phenomena. 2 【正确答案】 Economic globalisation benefits the world immensely, especially the prosperity of tourism. As a result, the cultures, languages and customs in the minorities are not mysterious to the world any
9、more, which should be attributed to the popularity of tourism. It is a consensus that tourism can stimulate the economic development in a region, since tourism plays an important role in the acceleration of the improvement of service, such as transportation, accommodation, catering and other margina
10、l business. With a view to attracting more tourists, the minority regions have to consider how to improve their image and service, during the course of which they can have an overall plan to promote the status of their region. Nowadays, many people travel for minority regions to satisfy their curios
11、ity, where they can have unexpected findings. Furthermore, tourism can strengthen the interflow of cultures and traditions between the people in different regions. Trips to minority countries and regions render people a lot of new cultures and customs, which, presumably, have been handed down from o
12、ld ages and enjoyed very splendid history. Formerly, people can only get some segments about the minorities from videos, films and other incomplete descriptions on books. Now, tourists have more opportunities to communicate or even live with the minority people and acquire first-hand knowledge about
13、 them, which provides the researchers with a lot of authentic information. Admittedly, tourism damages the natural environment in some minority regions and spoils the peaceful life of them to some degree due to their frequent activities in the minority regions, the environment being deteriorated in
14、some regions, which is not what we expected. Generally, the popularity of tourism brings more advantages than damage to the minority regions, since it has enriched peoples knowledge and widened their horizons. But meanwhile, we should be on the alert for the damage to the minority regions and take effective means to tackle the problems tourism arouses.
