考 研 热
　　每年，数以百万计的中国大学生参加研究生入学资格考试，主要是攻读硕士学位课程。学生们要么通过数年艰辛的自学，要么通过花上不菲的一笔钱参加当地培训学校的课程，来准备这些资格考试。与考试相关的学习材料的出版，以及网上和网下所提供的培训课程，一起构成了一个规模可观的产业。
　　关于这股热潮，一个触目惊心的事实是，大多数学生并不是出于他们自主的意愿而去追求研究生阶段的学习的。面对着就业市场上严峻的现实，看着雇主们永远将目光投向那些学历更高的毕业生，许多大学生发现，进入研究生院去攻读硕士学位不失为一个良策，一方面避免了失业，另一方面可以提升未来求职过程中的竞争力。
　　然则，没有了那份由衷而发的积极性，最终得以进入研究生院的学生，其中大多数缺乏自我上进的动力。对于他们而言，最终而言，唯有其文凭或学位事关重大。他们希望，这个学位或文凭能提升其优势，战胜其他求职者。至于他们研究生课程实际学习什么内容，于他们而言并非关键所在，只要所学的东西能带来一纸学位或文凭即可。看着学生们并非怀着一种真实的意图去攻读研究生课程，实在令人感到悲哀：学生们并不真正热爱其所学的内容，而只是为了找到一份工作，并且这份工作在很多情形中可能与其所学专业毫不相关。
　　一个令人心寒的事实真相是，学生们很快就会发现，他们的期望纯粹是一种幻想。由于本科之后继续读研的学生如此之众，就业形势一如既往地严峻。二至三年额外的学术训练没能给学生带来显著的竞争优势，而是令他们白白地浪费了时光与精力，大学生们有必要对此热潮展开反思。如果他们早在本科期间就以优异的学识与能力脱颖而出的话，他们的处境肯定会来的好得多。

Direction: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic Unhealthy Habits of College Students. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:
　　1.部分大学生有不健康的生活习惯，例如：晚睡、过度消费、沉溺游戏。。。。
　　2.这种不健康生活习惯的危害
　　3.如何纠正
　　写作思路依然是上课反复强调的功能段落的写作思路：首段为负面现象描述(即提出问题)，二段为问题分析(危害)，尾段为建议措施。
　　It can be noticed that there are some unhealthy living habits among young people, especially college students. Typical examples include staying up late, being addicted to games, consuming in an inappropriate way. Thus, due attention should be paid to students’ daily habits.
　　Apparently, these bad habits may generate negative impacts. To begin with, they may impair students’ physical health and psychological fitness. In addition, what worries many teachers is that they may also exert negative influences on students’ academic performance. To conclude, never can we turn a blind eye to these phenomena.
　　In view of the seriousness of this issue, it is time that we took effective measure. Firstly, it is suggested that universities or colleges should cultivate students’ awareness of healthy living. Secondly, students themselves are well-advised to learn to regulate and control their own life appropriately. Only by doing so, can we hope to see the ideal scenes in which students enjoy their colorful and healthy life in Ivory Tower. (162 words)

Part I Writing
　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled College Students on the Job Market. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.
1.现在有越来越多的孩子使用手机
2.人们对此看法不一
3.我的看法
There is a growing tendency nowadays that children in mounting numbers own mobile phones. Does anyone hold the same attitude towards this phenomenon? Definitely not. Actually, opinions vary from person to person.
　　Some emphasize the merits(优点) of children’s using mobile phones, they hold that children can contact with their parents or friends conveniently especially when they are confronted with （面对）difficulties or dangers. Moreover, mobile phones equipped with （装配有）various interesting games are also a convenient source of recreation and relaxation （娱乐和放松的来源）for children who have been under an enormous pressures from an overload of studies （承担过量学业的压力）. On the contrary, a majority of people hold that mobile phones are detrimental to （对…有害）children. For one thing, children’s being addicted to（孩子们对…的沉溺）mobile phones is nothing but a waste of their precious and limited time, which will definitely interfere with （影响）their studies. Additionally, radiation from mobile phone will exert a detrimental impact on （对…产生有害的影响）children’s body health.
From my perspective，it is not advisable that children should bring mobile phones. It is unbelievable that some students carry mobile phones just for the purpose of（目的）killing their precious time instead of keeping in touch with their parents regularly. The supposed helpful （本应该有利的）tool has become harmful. Accordingly, children should concentrate their time and energy on studies，those which might become distractions should not be introduced to them.

Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Immoral Behaviors in Public. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
1. 我们经常在公共场合见到各种不文明的行为，叙述你的一次相关经历；
2. 这些不文明行为会有哪些影响；
3. 我们应该怎样改善这种现象。
Immoral Behaviors in Public
We have all seen or experienced it before---those inappropriate and often unsanitary actions which disgust and annoy most cultured people in society. Spitting, littering, peeing in public---all these and others fall into this category. I personally had the embarrassing experience one late night of seeing a man peeing alongside the river. He was not embarrassed at all.
Such inappropriate public behavior has a terrible effect on society. For one thing, most unsanitary behavior can spread germs and diseases to the general public. For another, they contribute to the pollution of the environment and show little or no consideration for the environment.
We must take steps as a society to improve this situation. Our government should sponsor public announcements and advertisements to emphasize the cultural inappropriateness of this kind of behaviors. Our schools and teachers should teach and enforce acceptable standards for all students. And in the home, parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles should all work together to teach the children what is right by example.

Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled On the Restraint of Spending. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below：
1. 现在许多大学生花钱大手大脚；
2. 有人认为社会整体生活水平提高了，大学生花钱多一些无可厚非；
3. 我的观点。
On the Restraint of Spending
Many students spend money in a quite extravagant way. They see things they like and they must have them, no matter how expensive: clothes, jewelry, shoes, facials, hair and nails for girls; clothes, watches, shoes and electronics for guys. It seems that many students reach university and go a little wild with all the freedom after the stress of high school.
There are two differing opinions about this phenomenon. Some feel that it is fine for students to have a little fun; after all, they can only enjoy their lives in college, since after graduation, there will be nothing but work, work, and more work. Others, however, frown on the extravagance; college is, they point out, the period when people form habits of independent living, since it is probably the first time that most children have been somewhat independent from parents.
In my opinion, we college students need to have some restraint in our spending habits. Most of us are still financially dependent on parents, but we are preparing for independence very soon. If we get used to spending extravagantly now, the adjustment to adult life will be extremely difficult.

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Living alone or Living with Roommates? You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
1．有人认为大学里应独自生活
2．另一些认为大学里应与别人同住
3．你的看法
【对比选择型模板】
When it comes to/When asked about谈论主题, different people will give different answers/offer different views/have different choices/preferences. Some people take it for granted/believe大学里应独自生活.理由一. In addition,理由二.
However, others maintain/argue大学里应与别人同住. In their opinions,理由一. Besides, 理由二.
(这两段也可写成：
When it comes to/When asked about谈论主题, different people will give different answers/offer different views/have different choices/preferences. Some people take it for granted/believe大学里应独自生活. However, others maintain/argue大学里应与别人同住.
Those people who hold the first opinion/make the former choice/have the first preference believe理由一. In addition, in their eyes/they insist/they maintain/they point out 理由二. However, still others think differently/do not agree this/have different choices/preferences. In their opinions,理由一. Besides,理由二.)
Weighing up these two arguments, I prefer the former/latter opinion. For one thing,______. For another, _______________ . Considering these, I may reasonably conclude that __________ ,

Living alone or Living with Roommates
Nowadays, there has appeared a heated discussionamong the college students as to whetherthey should live alone outside the campus orlive together with other roommates in the students’ dormitory. Opinions are divided over the matter.(提出观点段)
Those who are in favor ofliving alone maintain thatit is very convenient to live by themselves. They can enjoy absolute freedom in a room of their own. They can have their own timetable without disturbing others. They are also free to equip the room with a personal computer so that they can have easy access to the Internet. (反面论述段)
But others argue thatliving with roommates has attractions of its own. With several students sharing the same room, each person’s experiences can be greatly enriched. They can learn a lot from talking to one another. By learning to tolerate the differences between individuals, they can become more mature.(正面论述段)
As far as I’m concerned, I prefer tolive with roommates because I love the feeling of belonging. Besides, it is a lot cheaper to live in a dorm than to rent an apartment outside the campus. (总结观点段)

1. 低碳生活受到人们的普遍欢迎
2. 低碳生活方式非常有好处
3. 我们应该如何去做
[范文]
Nowadays, there are a considerable number of individuals who prefer to lead a low-carbon lifestyle which find expression in the fact that more and more commuters are using public transportation system in their daily life.
Low carbon lifestyle can endow us and our society with numerous benefits. Firstly, it goes beyond contribudoubt that low carbon lifestyle contributes a lot to the environmental protection and it is a favorable way to slow down the rate of climate change of our earth, which also means a lot to our health.
We are supposed to undertake the responsibility to lead a low-carbon lifestyle, which is of great significance. And there is a diversity of measures we can take so as to lead such an environmental-friendly life. For one thing, we are expected to minimize the use of private cars, which emit a large amount of greenhouse gases. For another, we are supposed to cultivate the public awareness of energy conservation for energy in the world today is decreasing rapidly. For instance, we can turn off electrical appliances if not necessary as well as using renewable materials. Furthermore, at our leisure, we can seek opportunities to plant more trees which can absorb carbon-dioxide.
In brief, low-carbon lifestyle is nothing but the best choice for us and only in this way can we form a harmonious relationship with the environment.

1. individuals, characters, folks 替换people, persons。
2. positive, favorable, rosy (美好的), promising (有希望的), perfect, pleasurable, excellent, outstanding, superior替换good。
3. dreadful, unfavorable, poor, adverse, ill (有害的) 替换bad，如果bad做表语，可以用be less impressive替换。
例如：An army of college students indulge themselves in playing games, enjoying romance with girls/boys or killing time passively in their dorms. When it approaches to graduation, as a result, they find their academic records are less impressive.
4. an army of, an ocean of, a sea of, a multitude of ,a host of, if not most 替换many。
注：用many, if not most 一定要小心，many后一定要有词。

例如：Many individuals, if not most, harbor the idea that….同理 用most, if not all,替换most。
5. a slice of, quite a few, several替换some。
6. harbor the idea that, take the attitude that, hold the view that, it is widely shared that, it is universally acknowledged that替think (因为是书面语，所以要加that)。
7. affair, business, matter替换thing。
8. shared替换common。
9. reap huge fruits替换get many benefits 。
10. for my part, from my own perspective替换in my opinion。
11. increasing(ly), growing替换more and more （注意没有growingly这种形式。所以当修饰名词时用increasing/growing,修饰形容词，副词用increasingly。）

20. be indicative of, be suggestive of, be fearful of代indicate, suggest, fear。
21. give rise to, lead to, result in, trigger替换cause。
22. There are several reasons behind sth替换...reasons for sth。
23. desire替换want。
24. pour attention into替换pay attention to。
25. bear in mind that替换remember。
26. enjoy, possess替换have （注意process是过程的意思）。
27. interaction替换communication。
28. frown on sth替换be against, disagree with sth。
29. to name only a few, as an example替换for example, for instance。

和谐
As is illustrated in the picture, a student is excessively fond of computer game so that he can not see anything suddenly. Accordingly, the fact that students being on the rise spent their spare time playing computer games such as CS has aroused great concern and should be given enough consideration. There is no doubt that its symbolic meaning that it is imperative to prevent them from indulging in CG ought to be taken seriously.
To account for the above-mentioned case, several effects arisen from CG should be put forward. To begin with ,taking to CG too much impair players’ health especially eyes, just like being revealed in the picture. In addition, the growing number of students neglect their studies, idle away their time and even commit crimes thanks to CG., which is threatening situation we are unwilling to see. No better illustration of this idea can be thought than the example as mentioned below, a student, who had wanted to play CG but had little money ,made a reckless move to waylay and rob. CG, in some sense, is just like Pandora’s box, which gives rise to some undesirable results unexpectedly. Therefore, no issue is as crucial to individual and national survival and prosperity as bringing CG under control in China.
From what have been argued above , it is necessary that some effective steps be carried out to check CG. On one hand, it is demanding for the government to make law to ban CG full of sex and violence on sale. On the other hand, we should assume our responsibilities and spare no effort to bring home people the awareness of harms concerning CG. Only by undergoing these measures, can we make our youths live in healthy life style, which has just gone to the heart of building up the cordial society .

热点作文21
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Online Romance. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1）随着互联网的普及，出现了很多网络恋情
2）人们对此褒贬不一
3）你的看法
【思路点拨】
本题属于提纲式文字命题。提纲第1点要求指出一种现象，提纲第2点要求阐述人们对该现象所持的不同态度，提纲第3点要求表明“我”的看法，由此可判断本文应为对比选择型作文。
根据所给提纲，本文应包含以下内容：描述网络恋情的出现，引出人们对其的不同态度；对比阐述两种态度各自的理由；表明“我”更倾向于哪种态度并说明理由。


【参考范文】
Online Romance
With the widespread of the Internet, there have appeared many online romances. The lovers meet over the Internet, date on the net and finally fall in love with each other. People’s opinions on it vary greatly.

Some people think online love is very romantic and exciting. It is an amazing thing that the Internet brings together two strange persons far away from each other. Moreover, they think that online romance, compared with realistic love, attaches more emphasis on the appeal to each other in spirit and involves less material conditions. However, many others think differently. In their eyes, the Internet is a virtual world, on which there impossibly exist real, enduring love since it is very difficult to tell the real from the fake by the Internet. Besides, they argue that pursuing online romance is sometimes very dangerous because there are many cheaters on the net.
As far as I am concerned, it is an easy and fast way for people to make new people by the Internet. However, people should have more protection and safety consciousness when making friends by the Internet. Don’t give out rashly your personal information to strangers on the net. And keep it in your mind that you should have more realistic knowledge of each other before starting a romance.

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic The Popularity of Adventure Activities. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1）蹦极、攀岩等冒险活动受到很多人的欢迎，尤其是年轻人群

2）有人认为这些活动很危险，应该被限制或禁止；有人却认为这种活动给人们带来很多新鲜的感觉，因此应该鼓励

3）你怎么看？说明你的理由

【思路点拨】

本题属于提纲式文字命题。提纲第1点指出一种现象，提纲第2点提出了对该现象的两种对立观点，提纲第3点要求表明“我”的立场，由此可判断本文应为对比选择型作文。

根据所给提纲，本文应包含如下内容：描述诸如蹦极、攀岩等冒险活动的流行，引出对其的争议：应不应该限制或禁止；表明“我”对冒险活动的看法，并说明理由。





【参考范文】

The Popularity of Adventure Activities
Nowadays, there are more and more adventure activities, like bungee jumping and rocking, which enjoy great popularity, especially among the youth. Some people think these activities are of high risk and should be constrained or even be forbidden, while others insist these activities bring people fresh experience and should be encouraged. As for me, I agree with the latter opinion.
The following reasons can support my view. Firstly, attending adventure activities is a fashionable and efficient means to temper people’s courage and willpower, which is scarcely seen among modern young people. Secondly, people in modern society are facing great pressure. Taking adventure activities has been proved to be an very effective channel to alleviate the pressure of working and life. Finally, from the economic point of view, it’s a new economic growth point which will surely attract a lot of people to take part in.
From the foregoing, we can safely draw a conclusion that adventure activities bring us many rewarding enjoyments and we should try to ensure its sound development. But it is worth noting that adventure activities are not suitable to everyone. These activities require good health condition. Therefore, people should take full account before taking any adventure activity.