1、雅思（写作）模拟试卷 175及答案与解析 1 Some people believe that personal happiness is directly related to economic success. Others believe there are other factors. What do you think? 2 Should people always tell the truth? Give your opinion and reasons to support it. 雅思（写作）模拟试卷 175答案与解析 1 【正确答案】 The pursuit of happi
2、ness has long been the dream of generations of human beings. They have always been puzzled by the essence of happiness. What is happiness? is it closely related to ones economic success? Will ones financial success lead to happiness directly? Personally, I dont agree that ones economic success is th
3、e only prerequisite of ones happiness in life. Ones materialistic happiness is dependant on ones economic success, though not completely. Without a strong and steady economic background, one could never imagine an easy and simple life, let alone an affluent and luxurious one. If you arent able to af
4、ford a house, a car, or even a book, anybody would be horrified at the mere mention of this kind of life. Definitely, some people will feel happy right away if their basic demands for life are satisfied. However, we have to admit that these people still need to be successful materialistically to som
5、e degree. On the other hand, ones success in economy may not necessarily lead to ones spiritual happiness. As we all know, money doesnt get you everything and some even say that money is the root of all evils. Ones financial success may be built on the sacrifice of time, health and love, which are t
6、he three most essential elements of spiritual happiness. All of us are not new to this picture: a successful businessman tasting loneliness alone with a broken heart. In my point of view, ones economic success is only one of the key factors of happiness, but never the only one. to be happy, one need
7、s to be both spiritually and materially satisfied though each of us may have a totally different picture of happiness. 2 【正确答案】 Honesty has always been considered to be a worthy character trait in whatever culture. Indeed, it is often thought of as the most important human value. Generally speaking,
8、 it is therefore not a good idea to tell lies. However, there may be some circumstances when telling lies might be necessary and could even be justified. Providing one makes sure the lie is for the benefits of others, not ones own, it can perhaps be justified. For example, doctors may lie to benefit
9、 their patients when they wish to speed recovery or to conceal the approach of death. The requirement of honesty also seems dwarfed when there is a greater need to shelter aging parents from heart-attack in the case of the brutal news that their son has died accidentally. To put his wife at ease and
10、 to guarantee a promise of top secrecy, a husband may claim that a life-threatening assignment is just a business trip. All these are benevolent deceptions and are understandable. When you make deceptions with good intention, there is one more thing you have to be sure about that you do it well. Lyi
11、ng is a great art, and you need to be very careful about it, until practice and life experience give you the confidence, elegance and precision to do it gracefully and beneficially. If you dont, you are almost certainly going to get caught. Once caught, you can never again be, in the eyes of the goo
12、d and the pure, what you were before. Many a young person has ruined his reputation permanently through a single clumsy and ill-told lie, the result of carelessness born of incomplete training. Integrity is desirable, but the opinion that we ought not to lie at all, of course, is putting it rather m
13、ore strongly than necessary. I maintain that we can practice this art, if it is in others interest, and if you know how to use it well. Otherwise, you had better be honest rather than risking your integrity and credibility by playing tricks. The more important thing is not to think about telling lies, or slide into those mechanical and untruthful habits of thought.
