英语四级考试作文话题预测及范文
二十三Private Tutoring
1.为孩子聘请家教目前非常普遍
2.家教的利与弊
3.我的看法
Private tutoring is \"in\".A recent investigation shows that about 80 percent of pupils have private tutors，Such a popular practice indicates that people are attaching greater importance to education.Many parents, for various reasons，mied the chance of obtaining a good education.when their children meet with difficulties in study, they arc helple, Private tutoring is the only solution.As private tutoring is usually one-to-one, the teacher knows the strong points as we11 as the weak points of the pupil, clearly.However, private tutoring has its own disadvantages, for one thing, it takes up so much of the pupils\' time that they can hardly find enough time for rest and entertainment, which are eential for their physical and mental health.For another, some teachers, busy\"shuttling\" from one family to another, tend to neglect their regular teaching duties.What\'s more， some teachers are eager to help pupils do well in the test, offering the so-ca11ed tips for test-taking Father than help them acquire what is more meaningful.Generally speaking, its disadvantages outweigh its advantages.Greater emphasis should be laid on claroom teaching and practice, on the improvement of teaching quality and on the tapping of the pupils\' potentials.Only in this way can we generation be healthily brought up.
二十四Directions: For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic City Problems.You should write no le than 120 words and base your composition on the outline below:
1.越来越多的人涌入大城市，有些问题随之产生
2.比较明显的大问题有
3.我对这种现象的想法。
City ProblemsNowadays, millions of migrant workers flock into cities in search of jobs and better living.However, with the sharp rise in the urban
population, many problems arise in the development of cities.Firstly, cities become more and more crowded, putting much preure upon transportation, housing, sanitation, education, employment and so on.City services and facilities have been strained to a breaking point.Secondly, a growing number of private cars emit hugeamount of carbon dioxide, leaving the air mercilely polluted.What is more, the city is also threatened by rising crime.Not a single day paes without the report of someone being robbed, kidnapped or murdered.Last but not least, city-dwellers are not only separated from the natural world but also isolated from each other, even not knowing the name of their next-door neighbor.All these problems have harmed the attractivene of the city.Unle there is some improvement, more and more people may seek to live in the suburbs.
二十五Direction: For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Cars and Air Pollution.You should write no le than 120 words and base your composition on the outline below:
1.私家轿车越来越多，有些问题随之产生
2.比较明显的大问题有......
3.我对这种现象的看法
Car and Air PollutionToo many cars have created a lot of serious problems in our world.Besides congestion, accidents and fast fuel consumption, cars are responsible for a good part of air pollution in big cities.All the time, they are pumping huge amounts of waste gases into the atmosphere.These gases are very harmful, causing disease and even death.One poible solution is to design and develop clean cars and clean fuels.In Shanghai, some of the public buses begin to run on natural gas, which does not give off as much carbon dioxide as the petrol.But it may take decades for the new models of clean cars completely replace the traditional ones.Another solution is to develop modern public transportation systems and restrict the use of private cars.If the price of petrol rises constantly and the public vehicles are efficient and convenient enough, most people
will not buy private cars.And the total number of cars in big cities will reduce greatly.On the whole, the elimination of air pollution needs the collective efforts from the government, the public and the environmentalists.
二十六 Overseas Study at an Early Age
1.目前很多父母在孩子高中毕业前就总他们出国学习
2.导致这种趋势的原因是什么
3.我对此的看法
Nowadays more and more parents are eager to send their children to study abroad before they finish high school by whatever means and at whatever cost.It is quite understandable for parents to send their children to study overseas because they place high expectations on their children.They are encouraged by the succe stories of those who have completed their overseas study.With the development of economy, companies and institutions at home are giving more and more emphasis on overseas experiences, too.Consequently, pursuing overseas study became a kind of short cut in gaining a better future.Moreover, there is still one underlying reason for this rush-economicreason.The rapid economic progre in the past few years in China has enabled more and more parents to afford the huge cost for their children\'s overseas study.As for me, overseas study is surel y a helpful way to get both advanced knowledge and neceary experiences, but overseas study at an early age is neither neceary nor benef1cial.The students may be too young to either tend for themselves or think for themselves.I do think that overseas study can contribute to one\'s self-improvement, but it\'s better to be pursued after one has finished his college study at home, when he is more capable of learning and living on his own.
二十七 Statistics of Family Expenses in Shanghai198019902000Food & Clothing 68%45%20%Recreation3%5%8%Education6%16%22%Health Care6%10%16%Others17%24%35%1.根据上图描述该城市家庭支出的变化2.分析产生这些变化的原因3.说明这些变化对个人和社会产生的影响As is shown in the table above, dramatic changes have taken place in family expenses in the City of Shanghai within two decades (from 1980 to 2000).The most obvious change is in expense on food and clothing, which has dropped by 48%, while those on recreation, education and health care have increased respectively by 5%, l6% and l0%.Expenses on other things keep rising from 17% to 35%.The statistics of rise and fall seem to exist in isolation but are in fact closely related to one another.The most likely factors accounting for these changes are as follows:Development in economy is the fundamental one.The increased income results in the lowering percentage of food and clothing.That is to say, a small percentage of the total income is enou5h to cover food and clothing expenses.Another factor lies in the development of people\'s concept.When people are well fed and well dreed, they begin to interest themselves in recreation and education.These changes should also be attributed to social reforms.In the 1990\'s, college education was not totally free as it was before, which also accounts for the rising expenses on education.Soon after, the government gradually stopped offering houses to its citizens without charges.People had to save a large proportion of their money for housing.That\'s partly why the expenses for \'\'others\'\' doubled.As for the more expenses on health care, I figure there are two main reasons: the cancellation of free medical care and people\'s awarene of the importance of health.The changes reflect the development of the city and indicate that people are enjoying more.
二十八 On Space Project给《**周刊》宇航专栏的编辑写一封信，说明你对太空探索项目的态度(支持或反对)，并简单陈述你的理由。Dear Editor，Thank you for your starting a specia1 co1umn jor the discuion on space projects.Frankly, it seems to me that our space projects so far have been in the main a waste of money, time, energy, human lives and resources.The richer countries are pouring large sums of money into space research programs which are of no benefit to human beings while in underdeveloped countries thousands of people are dying of hunger.Besides, many scientists\' time and energy are wasted, which could have been devoted to improving our living condition.What\'s more, many astronauts have died complete1y uselely in space vehicles which have been faulty.They were young people who hadn\'t enjoyed the fruit of life yet.Apart from human wastage, there is the wastage of resources which are finite and eential if man is to survive.I think it\'s high time we stopped these meaningle programs.
