1、雅思（写作）模拟试卷 56及答案与解析 一、 WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. You are unhappy about a plan to make your local airport bigger and increase the number of flights. You live near the airport. Write a letter to your local newspaper
2、. In your letter explain where you live describe the problem give reasons why you do not want this development. You should write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Sir/Madam, 二、 WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this ta
3、sk. 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic. When a country develops its technology, the traditional skills and ways of life die out. It is pointless to try and keep them alive. To
4、what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence. You should write at least 250 words. 雅思（写作）模拟试卷 56答案与解析 一、 WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 1
5、【正确答案】 Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing with regard to the article in your newspaper dated 7th September. My house is situated within 20 minutes walk of the airport. Please allow me to point out the problems which have caused serious damage on the residential area. I am fully sure that the problems must
6、 be aggravated if the plan is carried out to expand the airport and increase the number of flights. First of all, the low-flying aeroplanes are utterly distractive. They make such a big noise that I cannot concentrate on housework at all. What is worse, I am woken up by the late hour flights at midn
7、ight; I was diagnosed as insomnia the other day. I should call this situation noise pollution. Secondly, I am afraid that the expansion of the airport may reduce the plot of land for the playground which is under construction near the airport at the moment. To sum up, I strongly disagree with the pl
8、an. I would appreciate if you could possibly write the article about the problems and disagreement as I said above. Yours faithfully, 二、 WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. 2 【正确答案】 Overall, I disagree with the opinion expressed. I would like to begin by pointing out that
9、traditional skills and ways of life are not automatically of one country, but of a culture or community. In many ways, the history of civilisation is the history of technology: from the discovery of fire to the invention of the wheel to the development of the Internet, we have been moving on from pr
10、evious ways of doing things. Some technologies, such as weapons of mass destruction, are of negative impact. Others, such as medical advances, positively help people to live better or longer, and so very much help traditional ways of life. Surely, few people would seek to preserve such traditions as
11、 living in caves! Interestingly, technology can positively contribute to the keeping alive of traditional skills and ways of life. For example, the populations of some islands are too small to have normal schools. Rather than breaking up families by sending children to the mainland, education author
12、ities have been able to use the Internet to deliver schooling online. In addition, the Internet, and modern refrigeration techniques, are being used to keep alive the traditional skills of producing salmon; it can now be ordered from, and delivered to, anywhere in the world. In conclusion, without suggesting that all technology is necessarily good, I think it is by no means pointless, in any way, to try to keep traditions alive with technology. We should not ignore technology, because it can be our friend and support our way of life.
