1、专业八级-104 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、WRITING(总题数：5，分数：100.00)1.Directions: Which would you choose: a high-paying job with long hours that would give you little time with, family and friends or a lower-paying job with shorter hours that would give you more time with family and friends? Explain your
2、choice, using specific reasons and details. （分数：20.00）_2.Directions: Some people say that computers have made life easier and more convenient. Other people say that computers have made life more complex and stressful. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. （分
3、数：20.00）_3.Directions: Some universities require students to take classes in many subjects. Other universities require students to specialize in one subject. Which is better? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. （分数：20.00）_4.Directions: Do you agree or disagree with the followin
4、g statement? Boys and girls should attend separate schools. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. （分数：20.00）_5.Directions: Your city has decided to build a statue or monument to honor a famous person in your country. Who would you choose? Use reasons and specific examples to supp
5、ort your choice. （分数：20.00）_专业八级-104 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、WRITING(总题数：5，分数：100.00)1.Directions: Which would you choose: a high-paying job with long hours that would give you little time with, family and friends or a lower-paying job with shorter hours that would give you more time with family
6、 and friends? Explain your choice, using specific reasons and details. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：()解析：参考范文 Choosing a Job: High-paying with Long Working Hours,or Low-paying with Short Working Hours?There is much discussion on the relationship between income and leisure hours. Some people like high-paying jobs
7、 that demand so much work time that little time can be shared with family and friends. However, others choose lower-paying jobs that give them more leisure time. High-paying jobs with long working hours often place too much stress on people, hurting them both physically and mentally. People who work
8、 long hours have a strong dedication to their jobs. It may be because they care a lot about what their jobs offer, including money, social status and respect from others. However, they have to sacrifice their leisure time for their jobs. While money can improve our living conditions, money cannot bu
9、y good health. In addition, jobs with high salary and long working hours often force employees to work under pressure, which is detrimental to their mental health. A typical example is a friend of mine who is currently working as a computer programmer at Microsoft. He began suffering from serious bo
10、uts of depression after two years of working over 100 hours a week. On the other hand, a lower-paying job with shorter hours would give me more time to rest and spend time with my friends and family, which I believe is more important than money. This can still give me a sense of satisfaction and joy
11、, since family and friends are a vital part of our lives. Gaining money, at the price of alienation from my relatives and friends, is something that I cannot afford to do. Only through support and encouragement from my family and friends can I realize the real meaning of life and be happy with what
12、I do. Briefly, even though a lower-paying job may not be able to provide me with a sufficient budget to fully satisfy my material needs, the non-material reward that is, giving me more time to spend with family and friends and keeping me in a good shape, is much more valuable to me. Frankly, this is
13、 a matter of personal opinion. For those who enjoy a challenging or stressful life, high-paying jobs may be the right choice for them.2.Directions: Some people say that computers have made life easier and more convenient. Other people say that computers have made life more complex and stressful. Wha
14、t is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：()解析：参考范文 Computers and Human LifeSome people say that computers have made life more complex and stressful, but I totally disagree. In my opinion, computers have really made our lives easier and more conveni
15、ent in communicating, getting informed and doing research work, if you have known how to work with a computer. I believe one day computers will become a necessity, like food and water to mankind. (Computers are everywhere in the modern world. We see them in the streets, at work and many of us have o
16、ne at home. While some people believe that computers have made life more stressful, I believe that they made life easier and more convenient. This is especially true in the fields of education and science.) Computers have allowed scientists and researchers to concentrate on their jobs rather than wa
17、sting time manually collecting data and doing mathematical calculations. Many tasks could not be accomplished without the help of computers. For instance, mobile communication systems involve tremendous amounts data exchange every second between customers on opposite ends of the earth. How could thi
18、s be possible without the aid of computers? Another example is weather forecasting systems which, as it is known to all, need to process data from satellites and land-based observation stations in order to come up with complex models to predict the weather. Without computers it would be pure guesswo
19、rk. Besides, computers have made our education easier. Computers have enabled us to learn and absorb information easier and cheaper. Many people can study at home without paying huge amount of tuition fees through computers connected to the internet. My uncle Johnson enjoys learning online. An exper
20、ienced engineer as he is, he always insists that one should be never too old to learn. Considering he is fond of English literature, he oftentimes buries himself into the study of English on the Internet. Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Bacon prosper his life. And whenever we get together, my uncle
21、 will entertain us by telling English comedies he learned from the Internet. “I find English fairly enjoyable,“ one day my uncle told me, breaking into a peel of laughter, “because of the advantage of the computer technology.“ Thus, through my uncle“s experience, I recognize the value of this magic
22、power (computer) for the cultivation of education. Certainly, computers also cause few concerns when we rely too much on them, such as computer viruses and information security issues. But I believe our scientists will resolve these challenges very soon. (While some people may say we are becoming to
23、o reliant on computers to achieve our goals, the same could be said for simpler human technologies like the wheel. I still believe that computers, and the wheel, have made our lives better.)3.Directions: Some universities require students to take classes in many subjects. Other universities require
24、students to specialize in one subject. Which is better? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：()解析：参考范文 Should Students Be Required to Take Classes in ManySubjects or to Specialize in One Subject?Our society is in an increasingly fierce and cruel competition today
25、, so an appropriate university education to the young generation is vital in preparing them to enter this society. There has long been an argument on whether universities should give a well-rounded curriculum or just limit them to specialize in a certain subject. The Whole point of my answer is that
26、 it is better for universities to require students to specialize in one major subject although there are a couple of advantages for students to take classes in different subjects. (The debate on whether a specialized or a liberal education is better has raged ford long time. I believe that in a worl
27、d of fierce competition for employment, specialization is the best decision, even if there are advantages to a liberal education as well.) Admittedly, more and more jobs require knowledge across disciplines and students who have taken courses in different subjects may meet that requirement since suc
28、h a system endows its students with a comprehensive background of various fields after graduation. In addition, it can help students to discover which field truly interests them and they can then go on and specialize in that field. However, while a well-rounded person is of great value to many compa
29、nies, we have to acknowledge that the energy of a single person is limited, while the depth of any certain subject is infinite. Only when a student specializes in one subject can he concentrate on it and become proficient. Just imagine if you had forced Beethoven to study physics, literature, biolog
30、y and math, would he have become such a great musician? The answer is probably not. Specializing in one subject does not mean that the student only needs to take few courses. There are lots of elements to any subjects as well as related fields. Take computer science as an example, you not only need
31、to study algorithms and programming, but also data structure, data mining, statistics, physics and so on. It means a lot of work has to be done, even if the student only plans to specialize in one subject. On the whole, if students have enough time and energy, and have already done well in a special
32、ized area, universities should surely allow them to study some unrelated subjects in which they have a strong interest. This should take a backseat, however, to serious specialization in one particular field.4.Directions: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Boys and girls should a
33、ttend separate schools. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：()解析：参考范文 Should Boys and Girls Attend Separate Schools?Should boys and girls attend separate schools? This question is very arguable. Before rendering my opinion, let“s consider the advantages for boys
34、 and girls to attend separate schools. Since boys and girls are different in many ways, they have different hobbies and the ways to learn new things. If they attend separate schools, the education can be more efficient because the school can teach them differently according to their personalities. B
35、ut the disadvantages of it is greater. While boys and girls attend separate schools, there“re few chances for them to communicate with opposite sexes, which will become a handicap for them to communicate with each other in their future. (I strongly disagree with the statement. I believe that forcing
36、 boys and girls into different schools is neither realistic nor ideal for developing a country“s human resources.) Firstly, learning in the same schools, boys and girls will learn how to behave themselves to each other. Since our society consists of both male and female members, students have to lea
37、rn how to communicate and interact with the opposite sex. For example, if schools only have boys, the boys may treat other boys rudely and may even fight. Meeting female classmates every day will force boys to watch their behaviors carefully in order to look gentlemen-like in the girls“ eyes. Thus,
38、they will improve their appearances as well as behaviors. (First of all, the reality of human society is that men and women live together. One of the main purposes of schools is socializing youngsters and teaching them how to deal with other members of society. How can this be achieved if they are s
39、egregated from 50 % of the society? Moreover, as men and women will eventually have to live together to create families, it is of even greater importance to socialize them at a young age so they will be better able to cohabit with each other later in life.) What is more, going to the same school giv
40、es both boys and girls chances to learn from each other. For instance, while females should learn courage from males, males should learn carefulness from females. While boys will tutor math for the girls, it is the girls“ turns to help the boy learn literature. By doing this, they will enhance their
41、 knowledge in both math and literature. If boys and girls are separated, there are fewer chances for such kind of mutual learning. (Second of all, separating boys and girls into different schools will put one or the other at a disadvantage. The idea that schools could be kept “separate but equal“ wa
42、s tried by the U.S. with regards to its African-American population for almost a hundred years. In practice, the schools of one group were underfunded and underperforming, while resources were redirected to the other group“s schools. The result was that one group was left unprepared to compete in th
43、e marketplace. In a world of increased competition, and lingering sexism, it is hard to believe that female schools would not be underfunded, thereby damaging the development of the nation by leaving 50% of its labor force unable to compete with their peers abroad.) In addition, many schools“ activi
44、ties need participation of both sexes, which will add more interests to the activities. For instance, during a mountain climbing activities organized by a female only school, how can such activities go without boys? With boys and girls joining together, they will be a powerful team. This will add mo
45、re enjoyments for schools“ activities. (Last, but not least, having boys and girls attend the same schools will allow them a wider range of experiences. In a boys only school perhaps there would be no cooking class. Yet experience tells us that most of the professional chefs in the world are men. In
46、 a girls only school perhaps sports would be neglected, yet we know that countries like the U.S. and China which have supported female sports have created world championship women“s football teams. Having boys and girls in the same schools allows them to overcome stereotypes and find their true pass
47、ions.) In summary, by putting boys and girls in the same schools together, we better prepare them for the real world, better prepare our own countries for global competition and allow them to discover their own passions, free from stereotyping and gender limitations.5.Directions: Your city has decided to build a statue or monument to honor a famous person in your country. Who would you choose? Us
