1、考研英语（短文写作）模拟试卷 141 及答案与解析Part BDirections: Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following information. (20 points)1 Career or Family: Which Is More Important?2 Enjoy Leisure 3 Happiness Is an Attitude4 Passive Wait Means Failure考研英语（短文写作）模拟试卷 141 答案与解析Part BDirections: Write an essay of 160-
2、200 words based on the following information. (20 points)1 【正确答案】 Career or Family: Which Is More Important?When asked about their opinion of career and family, people always respond differently. Some people deem it more important to pursue their career, while there are always other people who argue
3、 that family should be the number one in their life.It goes without any question that career plays a key role in our life. In the very first place. career can give us an aim to live on. Without career, much of our living time will be certainly wasted. Whats more, career can provide us with a means t
4、o live on. Most of the people earn their income from a job. On the other hand, family is also an indispensable part of life, as many people will admit. Family is always regarded as a place where we can escape from troubles in life. In addition, we can obtain a sense of belonging from family. Without
5、 it, anyone will feel lonely and desperate.In my opinion, career and family are not in opposition to each other. Rather, they can enhance each other so that one s life can become better and better. Therefore, it s not a choice between right and wrong, but one between ideal and practical.【知识模块】 短文写作2
6、 【正确答案】 Enjoy Leisure Nowadays, the living pace is quickening, and everyone seem to be living in a situation full of pressure. So our bodies are like a machine, which needs to stop after a long time operation. There is also a saying: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, which means that if we
7、 are occupied with work without any relaxation or leisure, our life will become meaningless and dull. So we should have some time to relax, that is we should enjoy leisure.As we all know, there are many ways for us to enjoy leisure time. You can invite some friends to go fishing, camping, or travell
8、ing in the countrysides in the weekends or holidays. If you would not like to go out far away, you can play chess with your family members, friends or colleagues. Besides, you can also choose some physical exercises to take part in. In fact, there are so many meaningful and recreational activities t
9、hat we needn t count them up one by one, as long as you feel it useful, you can take to it and enjoy yourself.Of course, enjoying leisure does not mean that we should free ourselves to do anything. While we relax by enjoying leisure time, we should pay attention to the quality of it, that is we shou
10、ld pay attention to mental health and try to avoid being involved in the “blue things“.【知识模块】 短文写作3 【正确答案】 Happiness Is an AttitudeWe might have an awful day when everything went wrong. But werent there moments of happiness, moments of peace? Now lets think about it. Wasnt there the love and care of
11、 your parents, a letter from an old friend, or a stranger who asked what was your secret in keeping your body fit? You remember having a bad day, yet those good moments occurred.Happiness is like a visitor. You cant change her appearance, you cannot alter her nature, and you cannot command her sched
12、ule. All you can do is to appreciate her beauty, her generosity and her values when she does show up. And you can t force happiness to happenbut you can make sure you are fully aware of its presence whenever it does.Happiness is an attitude, not a condition. It is attending the interesting lectures
13、of well-known professors, or spending a pleasant hour answering your E-mail while listening to a soft music. Happiness is there in your family reunion, gossip of your mother, and mischief of the kids. It is in the present, not in the distant promise of a “someday when .“. How much luckier we are, an
14、d how much more happiness we experience, if we can fall in love with the life we are living.Happiness is a choice. It associates with sunshine, bird singing, and modern comfort as well as with good health, creative work and helping others. Reach out for it at any moment it appears and you will have
15、a life lighted with the radiant colors of hopes.【知识模块】 短文写作4 【正确答案】 Passive Wait Means FailureFrom this picture, we can see that a man is sitting under a tree. He is imagining that a hare will run into a tree. We may feel a little surprised, but we are more feeling pity for him. We know that he will
16、 never wait for his own success.In fact, in our real life, quite a few people always take a passive approach towards their own life. They never strive for their own success. In their eyes, it seems that everything can happen without any personal effort. This passive attitude towards life will bring
17、one a lot of troubles even miseries. For one thing, if one keeps taking a passive approach towards what he should do, he is likely to develop a sense of pessimism. For another, one will miss many valuable opportunities owing to lack of personal struggle. By and by, he may think that life is not so f
18、air and his fate is not good. Whats more, he will impress others that he is not easy to get along with. So he will find that there are no friends around him.In my opinion, life is beautiful but life is also full of hardships. If we want to live a wonderful and successful life, we must take an active attitude towards our own life and everything we should do. We will never learn from that man who is sitting under the tree and wait for a hare to come.【知识模块】 短文写作
