The Importance of Reading Literature
Literature is acknowledged as the most precious product of human civilization and wisdom, especially by our teachers. So they always ask their students to read as many as literary works. Just as the drawing shown above, a teacher gives a literary work to her student, saying: “Just think of it as if you’re reading a long text-message.”
It is of great significance for us to appreciate literature due to the following reasons. Firstly, a good literature can get you to know a life experience through the eyes of someone other than yourself. The more experience you gain, the more knowledgeable you are. Secondly, a good literature allows you to learn about history in a personalized way. The stories told in the works can act as mirrors and help you adjust your own behaviors. Lastly, a good literature is an effective way for relaxation. The beautiful and moving scenes shown in the literature are helpful for one’s mental health.
In short, literature is indispensable in our life. We, students, should catch our time to read more literatures.
The Importance of the Basic Learning Skills
As what is vividly shown in the picture, many college students have the same doubt as the one in the picture that is whether that stuff will be outdated when they graduated and began to work. That stuff, as we can see from the picture, refers to the basic learning skills such as mathematics we learned when we were in primary school. It also reveals a phenomenon in the college that there are a great number of students, who question the practicability of their subjects because they are too simple to be helpful with their occupation afterwards.
Does that mean these subjects are useless? Definitely not. These subjects are like the foundation of a building. Though they are commonplace even invisible, they are of vital importance. Mastering these basic skills we can grasp the fundamental elements of learning ability. As an old saying goes like this, high buildings rise from the ground. Only if we lay a solid foundation, we can’t set up a high building. Or in another word, do you think it is feasible to let a person learn English without learning a, b, c?
With all was said above, we can draw a conclusion that the basic learning skills are quite essential to both our whole study and the work we will take after graduation. Thus we should pay more attention to the basic subjects and master the ability required at the further career.
The importance of learning basic skills
We can see that in this picture, a teacher is teaching her pupils to deal with arithmetic questions, but some of them think that learning these mathematical skills is useless. They argue that by the time they are in the job market, these skills will be outdated. As to whether it is important to learn basic skills, people hold different views.
As far as I know, it is very important for one student to acquire basic skills. At first, mastering basic skills well can lay a solid foundation for learning advanced skills. Basic skills are a floor, not a ceiling. Students must learn them first so that they can move on to various advanced skills. What’s more, learning basic skills helps to improve confidence and enhance self-esteem. Individuals with basic skills are likely to be more confident and active.
All in all, if we want to keep progressing, it is important to learn basic skills well. By mastering basic skills and learning new things, we will have a bright future!
Which Is More Important
As can be seen from the picture above, there is a conversation between a son and a father. The father told his son that it is more important to empty the dustbin than to worry about disposing of nuclear waste, that is to say, small things go first when dealing with big things. I’m definitely on the father’s side in this and I’m sure I’m not alone.
A case in point is the successful launch of ShenZhou 10 spacecraft, which excites everyone and makes every feel proud of China. Behind this great event there are a host of detailed things, called petty things, conducted by millions of scientists, who have devoted themselves to the mission. It is the petty things that contribute to the success, which reminds us of the significance of small things. We also take ourselves for example. It is acknowledged that before running we must learn to stand and walk building up a solid foundation for running. Although walking is considered as a trifle while running is treated as a great thing, walking is the first step.
As an old saying, One can’t Make a By Success without Bing Self reliant. So we should keep it in our mind that before accomplishing important tasks, perform small tasks. Only in this way can we make the highest eminence.
The importanceof learning basic skills
In the face of various and complicated requirements of employment market, some students begin to question the significance of learning basic knowledge and skills, just as what is exposed in the cartoon above.
However, it is absolutely wrong to hold that idea. Owing to the fact that we are
living in a competitive society, the development of our society demands that we arm
ourselves with basic skills and up-to-date knowledge so as to keep up with the pace of our society. An investigation shows that millions of people spend time and energy
grasping skills and technology so that they can keep a favorable position in job market or enhance their opportunities. While focusing on creativity, innovation, management and leadership skills, we should never forget the fundamental importance of the more basic, essential skills.It is universally known that opportunity is important, but you could do nothing with it if you are not equipped with competitive forces, such basic reading and calculating skills, to seize it.
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图片说明：
子：Dad, I'm a bit worried about disposing of nuclear waste（处理核废料）
父：If you can empty the dustbin（垃圾筒） here, you can do anything
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第二篇：备考20xx年6月四级作文
名师分析：大学英语四级作文改革发展趋势
从20xx年6月开始，四级作文的命题特点想考研(微博)作文出题方式靠拢。这预示着国家希望更多的准研究生英语方面的能力能达到四级水平，使四级考试和考研考试有个流畅的过度和衔接，充分将考研写作与四级写作结合，不同之处在于四级写作字数少，难度上低于考研写作。例如：
20xx年6月四级考试作文漫画简述：一个老师在黑板上教数学乘法口诀，如：2X2=4 2x3=6 ??学生在听课，其中一个学生说：no offense ，by the time in the job market ,it is out of dated. 以此作文，首先简要描述，然后就the importance of learning basic skill 写一篇more than 120 words but not more than 180 words. (30 minutes)
? 四级作文评分标准（五级评分制）：
①本题所占卷面总分值15％。
②阅卷标准分为五等：
以2为首项，公差为3的等差数列。
公式为An=A1+(n-1)×3
2分，5分，8分，11分，和14分。
攻略：就一句话，在文章中，最关键的地方要埋伏着“亮点”，切忌犯愚蠢的错误。
1.愚蠢的错误包括：
时态，名词单复数，主谓不一致?
关键的地方包括：开头，结尾和段落首句。
2.如何才能的高分呢？
---包含所有内容要点；--使用丰富的语法结构和词汇；---语言自然流畅，语法错误极少；---有效地采用了多种衔接手法，文字连贯，层次清晰；---格式和语域恰当贴切。对目标读者完全产生了预期的效果。
3.打动阅卷人靠什么？
1.文章脉络清晰
1.1 观点鲜明的开头
1.2 紧扣主题的结尾
1.3 由主题句引导的衔接自然的中间段落
2. 段落衔接畅顺
2.1 重复词:概括;直接;齐头
2.2 序数词
First of all, ?To begin/ start with, ?In the first place, ?Furthermore, ?Moreover, ?What is more, ?Finally, ? Eventually, ?Last but not least, ?
2.3关联词:递进;转折;因果
What is more, in addition, but, because
4. 书写优雅美观
奖励分 （3分）＋基准分（5分）
1.亚健康问题
1、随着现代化的不断加速发展，全世界的物质生活水平不断攀升，但人们却日益受到“亚健康”这种不良状态的威胁。2、亚健康的具体表现及在我国的蔓延程度(据调查，北京75%、上海72%、广州70%的上班族都处于亚健康状态)
How to Deal with Sub-health
With the modernization of the world, people’s standard of living has improved a lot. Then there appears a state of sub-health among people which poses a new threat to them。
There are some tpical symptoms for people who are in a state of sub-health. First of all, those who suffer from it often have a headache or backache. Secondly, they feel like having a rest frequently. What upsets us most is that, the situation spreading countrywide. As a result, more and more workers in big cities are harassed by it, with a percentage of 75 in Beijing, 72 in Shanghai and 70 in Guangzhou respectively。 Then how can we sovle this problem effectibely? Experts suggest that the best way to keep ourselves thealthy is to do exercises. It is also very important that people should form a good living habit, for example, getting up early and going to sleep early. Only doing so can we keep us healthy。
2.关于考试
1、大学都用考试来衡量学生的成绩，
2、考试可能带来的副作用，
3、我对考试的看法。
In most colleges and universities the examination is used as a chief means of deciding whether a student succeeds or fails in mastering a particular subject. Although it does the job quite efficiently, its side effects are also enormous.
To begin with, examinations lower the standards of teaching. Since teachers are often judged by examination results, they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques. No subjects can be taught successfully merely through being approached with intent to take examinations. In addition, the most undesirable effect is that examinations encourage bad study habits. As the examination score is the only criterion for his academic performance, a student is driven to memorize mechanically rather than to think creatively.
In fact, few of us admit that examinations can contribute anything really important to the students’academic development. If that is the case, why cannot we make a change and devise something more efficient and reliable than examinations?
3.作弊 1当今的校园里出现了各种各样的作弊手段。 2作弊的原因。 3怎样杜绝作弊。 How to Deal with Cheating? A large number of students tend to cheat in the exams. Some will copy the answers from their books. Some will talk with each other to share the right answers. Besides, some even write down the information on their palms of hands or on the arms. There are several causes leading to their cheating. Firstly, some students just play time away and want to get high scores without paying efforts. Secondly, some are under great pressure and they fear to fail the exams. Finally, some are afraid that they will fall behind others in the exams. Once the students are found or caught cheating, the teachers should punish them severely and explain the harm of
cheating to them.There are at least two ways to eliminate cheating. In one way, we should explain the harm of cheating to the students. In another way,strict measures should be taken against cheating. As a result, the fair play in the exams can be achieved and students can pay attention to study instead of cheating.
4.迟到现象 1. 大学校园里，迟到，早退，旷课是常见的现象。 2. 保证学生出勤水平对大学教育的重要性。
3. 作为学生应该怎样做。 Attend Your Classes Regularly Nowadays it is a very common
phenomenon for some university students to belate for or even be absent from their classes. And still there are some students who slip out of the classroom before the class is over. Class attendance has become a thorny problem to both the students and the teachers. In fact, it is very important for the students to attend their classes regularly. First,it will ensure you to catch up with the teachers in your learning. That is very helpful to you if you want to do a good job in your study. Second,
attending classes regularly is a way of showing respect to your teachers, too. Your teachers will feel bad if the students do not attend their classes, which, in return, will affect their teaching and be no good for both the students. Third, attending classes regularly will help to form a good habit of
punctuality, which is of great importance for the students to do a good job in the future. Therefore, we university students should form the good habit of attending our classes regularly from now on. And some day we will benefit from it.
5.兼职 1． 有人认为大学生应作业余兼职。 2． 有人认为大学生兼职有很多弊端。 3． 你的观点。 Taking a Part-Time Job Many college students take part-time jobs in their spare time. Whether it is good or bad is still subject to constant debate. Some people believe that taking a part\|time job certainly brings about several advantages. To begin with, students can learn how to get along with people and know the society better by taking a part\|time job. Furthermore, to take a part-time job provides the students with a valuable opportunity to put what he has learned from books into practice. Finally, students can make some money, which helps to unload their families' financial burden. However, problems may also arise. Firstly, some students spend too much time doing part\|time jobs while neglecting their studies. Secondly, when taking part-time jobs, the students may be distracted from their studies by the colorful lives in the society. Thirdly, some students may be cheated or hurt by their employers, because they don't know how to protect themselves.
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? 范文： As is vividly depicted in the cartoon given above, we can observe that there are many students sitting in a classroom. When listening to the teacher, one of the students just interrupts the teacher and says " No offense, but by the time we’re in the job market, won't that stuff be outdated?" Having heard this question, the teacher stops demonstrating the Multiplication Table and seems to be quite
shocked and embarrassed.
? The cartoon informs us of the phenomenon that quite a few students undervalue
the importance of learning basic skills these days. Confronted with fiercer competition from society and employment market, students are more focused on practical skills which can be applied in daily work immediately. Moreover, they also fears that the basic knowledge and skills they learn today will be outdated by the time they are in the job market.
? However, no one can disclaim the importance of learning basic skills. It enables us to lay a strong foundation for further learning and exploration. In other words, those who have mastered basic skills well are more likely to acquire other skills and knowledge with ease. Basic skills are equivalent to the first step of success, as an ancient Chinese saying goes, " A road of thousand miles towards the success begins with the first step."
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We can see that in this picture, a teacher is teaching her pupils to deal with arithmetic questions, but some of them think that learning these mathematical skills is useless. They argue that by the time they are in the job market, these skills will be outdated. As to whether it is important to learn basic skills, people hold different views. As far as I know, it is very important for one student to acquire basic skills. At first, mastering basic skills well can lay a solid foundation for learning advanced skills. Basic skills are a floor, not a ceiling. Students must learn them first so that they can move on to various advanced skills. What’s more, learning basic skills helps to improve confidence and enhance self-esteem. Individuals with basic skills are likely to be more confident and active.
All in all, if we want to keep progressing, it is important to learn basic skills well. By mastering basic skills and learning new things, we will have a bright future! 3. Directions:
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the importance of reading literature. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. “just read it as if you’re reading a long text message.”
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? The importance of reading literature
? As is humorously portrayed in the cartoon, a teacher is handing a classic
literature book to a student, asking the student to “just read it as if you are reading a long text message.” Obviously, the symbolical meaning of this picture is to show us the importance of reading literature.
? It should be generally acknowledged that classic literature plays a
significant role not only in preserving the essence of great minds but also in enhancing the quality of one’s life. To begin with, literature as the collection of great minds will help us enormously broaden our horizons, experiencing things we won’t have the chance to do as well as lives we won’t be able to enjoy. What is more, those fine stories selected and conveyed by the great author, although happened in the past, still carry some useful information and implication for our daily lives. In addition, the beautiful words and sentences flowing in the pages of excellent literature can greatly ease our tiredness, making us feel easy and quiet.
? Just as the teacher in the picture puts, reading literature should be as easy and common as reading text messages. Facing the coming challenges in the days ahead, we need to equip us with not only science but also literature by which we can beautify our life and the world.
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范文：As is clearly shown in the chart, the education level and earning are closely related to each other. It is obvious that well-educated people owning Doctoral degree and Master's degree have a higher salary than those who have a relatively lower degree.
Isolated as the figure seems to be, as a matter of fact, we can observe that the higher level of education you receive, the higher income you get.
Several reasons can account for this phenomenon. To begin with, compared with those who have comparatively lower education degree, people who have received higher education possess considerably wider knowledge, more remarkable learning and research ability, greater innovation and resourceful social network, all of which are essential to a high-income job. In addition, the higher one’s education degree is the bigger platform he will have to show his ability. For example, his college, university, or research institute will organize various job fairs for them to communicate face to face with employers.
As for me, education is a worthy investment. On one hand, education offers favorable working opportunity and handsome income. On the other hand, it plays a crucial role in personal growth of career. In brief, substantial education investment should be strengthened while we, as college students, should study harder to build our country and strive for a better life for ourselves.
5.Directions:
Study the following set of pictures carefully and write an essay in no less than 120 words. Your essay must be written clearly on the ANSWER SHEET Ⅱ. Your essay should cover all the information provided and meet the requirements below: 1. Interpret the following pictures. 2.Predict the tendency of tobacco consumption and give your reasons. 5.
As is shown in the first picture, the total production of tobacco in the world dropped from 14.364billion lbs. in 1994 to 14.2billion lbs. in 1995. According to the figures given in picture two, cigarette smokers account for 20percent of the total population in the world, reaching 1.1 billion persons. From the third and the fourth pictures we can see that smoking causes a lot of losses. First, it is a tremendous waste of money. The total amount of money spent on cigarette smoking amounts to $200 billion every year. Second, about 3 million people on the globe die of smoking every year. As far as the tendency of tobacco consumption is concerned, I think in some developed
countries the consumption will more or less stabilize. In many developing nations, however, the number of cigarette smokers will be on the rise.
There are two good reasons for what I’ve mentioned above. On the one hand, a growing
number of people in developed countries realize that smoking pollutes the air, that it does a lot of harm to one’s health, and that it may be responsible for lung cancer and many other disease. One the other hand, cigarette smoking, unfortunately, is seen as a sign of economic growth in many developing countries. It is clear that the future tobacco consumption will vary from country to country.
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According to the cartoon, various kinds of promises are often seen not only in advertisements, but also in department stores and even in public services. It is certain that promises are a good thing. But, as is shown in the picture, some of them are found to be false and deceptive. The reason for it is that what many advertisements undertake to fulfill, in fact, amounts to nothing else except what they are duty—bound to do. As far as I am concerned, all promises in ads should be honest, without any sophistry. But now many of them turn out to be false. They attempt to induce consumers to purchase their goods and services. It is clear that there are shop owners and company managers who, making use of promises, stop at nothing to set traps for consumers to fall into. The promises given by them are shown to be the obligations they ought to fulfill. That is to say, they don’t provide consumers with any extra services which would help consumers to relieve their possible problems after they buy the goods. As is known to all, the consumer is God. And the God can’t be fooled. He should be respected. In my opinion, all those who intend to deceive consumers will reap what they have sown. And I suggest that all consumers be on their guard against any false promise.
7．Directions:
Study the following graphs carefully and write an essay in no less than 150 words. Your essay must be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET Ⅱ. Your essay should cover these three points:
1. effect of the country’s growing human population on its wildlife
2. possible reason for the effect
3. your suggestion for the wildlife protectin
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF POPULATION GROWTH
As is shown by the two graphs, during the period of time from 1800 to 1900, with the rapid growth of the U.S. population the number of species no longer existing shot up, adding up to 70 in 1990. It is obvious that the population explosion resulted in the sharp decline in the wildlife of the country. What caused this phenomenon?
There are, I think, two possible reasons for the effect. In the first place, the ever—increasing population needs more land to grow crops and more space to live in. Therefore, there is less and less room in the U.S. for wildlife. Secondly, a host of newly－built factories constantly discharge harmful gases and liquids, which seriously pollute the environment. This disturbs, the ecological balance, contributing to the extinction of some rare wildlife.
In my opinion, two effective measures should be taken to relieve the problem. On the one hand, the birth rate in he U.S. must be put under control as the more population, the more serious the environmental pollution. On the other, the U.S. government is supposed to create as many nature reserves as possible where all the native species of wild animals can wander free and be protected from man.
8．Directions:
Study the following two pictures carefully and write an essay of at least 150 words. Your essay must be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET 2. Your essay should meet the requirements below:
1) Describe the pictures.
2) Deduce the purpose of the drawer of the pictures.
3) Suggest counter-measures
The two pictures given inform us of the brief history of world commercial fishing. From the upper picture we learn that the year 1900 saw a quite encouraging scene of world fishing: there were a great variety of fishes, but a limited number of fishing--boats in the ocean. However, a worrying change took place in the period of time from l900 to1955. As is shown in the lower picture, with the sharp development of world commercial fishing, the ocean became crowded with different kinds of fishing--boats and hence there were few fishes in it. It is clear that a disastrous change occurred in the previous 95 years.
As far as the purposes of the drawer of the pictures are concerned, they are as follows. To begin with, he intends to warn us of the over-exploitation of marine resources, including fish, which will inevitably result in the extinction of many species of marine organisms. Secondly, he aims to draw our attention to the protection of marine resources in every possible way. Finally, the drawer wants, I think, to render the idea that the sea fish resources, which help to keep a large population from being hungry, will be completely ruined if the present situation of overfishing continues at an accelerated rate.
In my opinion, a series of counter--measures should be taken to reverse the current dangerous tendency. On the one hand, the governments throughout the world are supposed to set up as many marine nature reserves as possible to protect marine organisms. On the other hand, it is urgent that the world commercial fishing be put under control because overfishing is one of the factors which are responsible for the present situation. Only in this way can we protect marine resources from being destroyed some day.
9． Directions：
Among all the worthy feelings of mankind, love is probably the noblest, but everyone has his/her own understanding of it. There has been a discussion recently on the issue in a newspaper. Write an essay to the newspaper to
1) show your understanding of the symbolic meaning of the picture below，
2) give a specific example, and
3) give your suggestion as to the best way to show love．
You should write about 200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.（20 points）
As is generally believed, love is probably the noblest of all the worthy feelings of mankind. Without love there exists no association between human beings, no mutual sympathy and help, and ultimately, no responsibility to the society. Every one of us should show love to those who are in need and at the same time tends to hope to be loved. As the picture below depicts, the noble love is just a smiling lamp whose rays become brighter where it is darker. So the symbolic meaning of the cartoon is that help is most desired where one is in difficulties.
Let’s take the Project Hope for example. When a poor little girl in a remote rural area has to drop out of school on account of poverty, a small sincere contribution from the society will help her to get out of the difficulty and to continue with her schooling. Let’s have another example. The year 1998 saw a serious flood in Hubei Province. Many houses were swept away and many local inhabitants were killed or injured in it．At that time the people all over the country were united as one. A large number of contributions were raised and sent to the severely affected areas, which helped the victims to relieve their difficult situation. The two examples given above manifest that love is a lamp which is the brighter the darker a place is.
As far as my suggestion as to the best way to show love is concerned, whenever one gets in trouble, it is our duty to lend a helping hand to him. Love means help. We should never hesitate to show our love to anyone in distress. I believe that only if our society is full of love, tomorrow will be better and brighter.（288 words）