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1、1C CCXXX2012 年英语专四考试作文题目：端午节The Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. This festival is to commemorate the death of QU Yuan, an upright and honest poet and statesman who is s
2、aid to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river. The most important activity of this festival is the Dragon Boat races. It symbolizes peoples attempts to rescue Qu Yuan. In the current period, these races also demonstrate the virtues of cooperation and teamwork. Besides, the festival ha
3、s also been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice). Zong zi is made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. People who mourned the death of Qu threw Zong zi into the river to feed his ghost every year. With the changes of the times, the memorial tur
4、ns to be a time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of year. People will hang healthy herbs on the front door to clear the bad luck of the house. Although the significance of the festival might be different with the past, it still gives the observer an opportunity to glimpse a part of
5、the rich Chinese cultural heritage.2011 年专四作文真题：Should private car owners be taxed for pollution?（私家车是否应该交污染税）关于环境） 写作指南： 这是典型的立场观点选择题型。要求考生确立自己的观点，然后进行论证。 本文要求学生就“”私家车是否应该交污染税 ”这一话题发表自己的意见。第一部分：分析现状：私家车越来越多，环境污染日益严重， “污染税” 提出 的背景，进而提出自己的观点：私家车应该交污染税。 第二部分：从两方面进行阐述。首先由于私家车造成环境问题，所以私家车有 义务交税，为国家环境建设所
6、用。其次纳税能提高人们的环保意识。 第三部分：进行总结，再次表明自己的观点。经典范文：Should private car owners be taxed for pollution? With the development of society, many people can afford a car. As the number of the cars is rising, we are facing some problems. One big problem is the pollution caused by the use of cars. In order to solve
7、this problem, government agencies in some big cities recently suggest that a “pollution tax” should be put on private cars in order to control the number of cars and reduce pollution in the city. For my part, I agree to this viewpoint, and my reasons are as follows: To begin with, cars contribute to
8、 the environmental pollution. For example, a lot of big cities in China are now plagued by serious air pollution. Then it is the responsibility of these private car owners to pay for the pollution and they should be 2taxed. The purpose of collecting environmental pollution tax is to raise the fund,
9、and then utilize the tax revenue lever to protect our environment. Secondly, it is a good way to raise peoples environmental awareness by putting a pollution tax on private cars. If people suffer from the financial loss when making a decision, they will think more about their decision. Then they wil
10、l consider more when deciding to buy a private car. Consequently, the increase rate of the number of the private cars can be controlled. In a word, it is a very good and necessary attempt to use the means of taxation to treat the pollution. Of course, it must be kept in mind that all people, includi
11、ng the private car owners, should try their best to protect the environment. 2010 年专四作文真题 Should College Students Hire Cleaners? (大学生是否应该雇佣清洁工)关于大学生的生活独立 Direction： ： It is recently reported in a newspaper that six students who shared a dorm at a local university hired a cleaner to do laundry and cl
12、eaning once a week. And each of them paid her 60 yuan a month. This has led to a heated debate as to whether college students should hire cleaners. 写作指南：这是典型的立场观点选择题型 立场观点选择题型。要求考生确立自己的观点，然后进行论证。第一部分：短文从一则新闻报道入手，要求考生就这一话题发表意见，由于是 考生熟悉的校园话题，且考生看到题目直觉的反应就是不应该雇佣清洁工，因 此首段直接表明观点，对该做法持否定态度。第二部分：主体部分从两方面进行
13、分析，第一，根据古人“一屋不扫，何以扫 天下”的道理展开，说明作为大学生应该逐渐培养独立意识，不应该连最基本 的小事都依赖他人；第二，从金钱角度阐述该现象的恶劣影响，大学生基本靠 父母供养，雇佣清洁工打扫寝室很容易导致校园中产生攀比、炫富等不良现 象。第三部分：结论部分呼吁结束这种做法，并且呼应主体部分的两点原因，号召 大学生尽快建立独立意识和良好的金钱观，让父母对我们的自理能力放心。经典范文： Should College Students Hire Cleaners? According to a recent report, six university students hired c
14、leaners to clean their dorm and do their laundry every week. Although we have no right to tell them what to do with their money, as a university student myself, I find this practice absurd. For a start, away from our parents, it is in university that we learn to be independent adults. Cleaning the r
15、oom and doing ones laundry are the most basic living skills. If we always depend on others to take care of us, how can we survive when there is no one to help us? How can we take on any responsibility when we step into society? For another, the practice reflects their flippant attitude towards money
16、. The money they paid for the cleaners probably comes from their parents, who must be very depressed once they know the truth. It also sets a very bad precedent on campus. 3Other students may follow suit to show the wealth of their families; or worse, they tend to think money can buy them anything in this world, which obviously is wrong. All in all, I think we must do away with this practice. Otherwise, we may never appreciate the good value of money and an
