考试日期

2019年11月23日

类别

Table

题目

The table shows changes in the production of carbon dioxide.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

题目翻译

该表格显示了二氧化碳的产生的变化。

选取主要的特征对信息进行概括，在相关的地方进行比较。

要素回忆（数据仅供参考）

动态表格，纵向为五个国家，横向为多个年份，讲述了五个国家在一段时间内二氧化碳排放量的变化。

写作指导

1. 注意时态，要用过去时。

2. 可先分别描写同一年份下，不同国家二氧化碳排放量的大小比较和排序。

3. 再就描述每个国家二氧化碳排放量在这个时间段内的变化。

重点表达式

A striking feature that can be identified from the graph is that ____.

Experienced a substantial/considerable/slight increase/decline

Twice as much as …

Slightly over half of ….

The period between … and … witnessed a drastic decline in … from… to …

题目评价

难度一般

近期考试趋势

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考试日期

2019年11月23日

类别

教育类

题目

In modern age, some people think it is unnecessary to teach children the skill of handwriting. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

题目翻译

现在，一些人认为没有再教*书写的技能了。你在多大程度上同意或不同意？

写作指导

推荐立场：不同意教小*们书写

推荐思路：四段式

Opening：背景介绍，表达观点

Body1：一直以来，书写技能都是门艺术，从来就不是一种所谓的*的技能。

Body2：在现今社会，书写更是没有了存在的价值和意义

Conclusion：重申立场，总结观点，做适当的论点概括

写作范文

Many are sounding a note of warning that handwriting skill is about to be relegated to history in face of ubiquitous typing on a broad range of electronic gadgets. Though conservatism holds that such skill still has an important place today and should continue to draw emphasis in educational curriculum, I remain hardly convinced.

The argument erroneously assumes that handwriting has been considered a requisite skill before the rise of keyboard, yet that was never the case. Writing is a criterion of basic literacy, but handwriting is more of an art that is deemed an additional skill that stands outside the compulsory education. It is true that those with impressive handwriting are often highly admired, but such aesthetic aspect has never been incorporated in any level of academic assessment from primary school to college. As typing is gaining growing popularity, it appears to be as irrelevant as ever to include handwriting in compulsory education. 

Moreover, the ultimate purpose of teaching children handwriting remains elusive. The Internet has entirely transformed our way of communication, in particular the transition from handwriting to typing. It is even challenging to think of appropriate circumstances under which handwriting proves indispensable: students often write down their notes on their laptop or tablet while taking a lecture; employees send emails or prepares PowerPoint slides to communicate work issues. Perhaps written signature is the only situation in which one is required to write by hand for authentication purpose, but even in that case, aesthetic quality is genuinely the least of our concern.

In conclusion, any attempt to argue for the necessity of learning handwriting can be construed as a desperate measure to cling to the past while refusing adamantly to embrace new changes. Yet, when nostalgic feelings are stripped of handwriting tradition, what is left is merely a past-tense routine that is surely repelled by the future.

重点表达

Sound a note of warning

Be relegated to history

A requisite skill

Incorporate handwriting in academic assessment

Under circumstances

The least of our concern

A desperate measure to cling to the past

Strip A of B

Be repelled by the future

题目评价

难度一般

近期考试趋势

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