1、专业英语八级（作文）模拟试卷 109及答案与解析 一、 PART V WRITING 1 Singles Day has been hailed as another victory by modern society in terms of commercialism. Businessmen view it as a gold mine for money-digging while the netizens sing high praise for the conveniences it brings us. How should we view this newly man-made
2、festival? Read the excerpt carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the authors opinion; 2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instr
3、uctions may result in a loss of marks. Lets not Discount Human Touch Next Nov. 11 I had a punishing days shopping recently. In less than an hour, I bought 12 liter-cartons of milk, the same number of boxes of breakfast cereal, 10 hairy crabs, a dozen pairs of socks, and a replacement laptop power ca
4、ble. The next day it was all delivered straight to my door, neatly packed and alive. Welcome to Chinas most efficient and expanding industry: Online shopping. When I left Edinburgh, the above list might have meant a whole weekend of much blood, sweat and irritation. In Beijing, however, the opposite
5、s apply. I am embarrassed to say, my list was all bought sitting in bed. This is the ultimate in modern convenience and a gold mine for the delivery and retail sectors. But I cant help thinking its becoming a killer for society. Retailers across China will no doubt be toasting another bumper Nov. 11
6、 shopping festival. Alibaba reported that about 91.2 billion yuan was spent on Nov. 11. That was 60 percent higher than the 57. 1 billion yuan it took on Nov. 11 last year. In my view, festivals are about mingling with happy people, listening to music, enjoying each others company. Theyre not about
7、sitting boggled in front of a PC, laptop, tablet or mobile, essentially spending for the sake of spending. In just five years, Nov. 11 has become commercialism on a vulgar scale much like Christmas has in the West. In Edinburgh, I lived in Stockbridge. Theres a 40-year-old cheese shop, a delicatesse
8、n, a hardware store, a stationer, two small supermarkets, a butcher, a fresh-fish shop, even a chocolatier: All within striking distance of each other. At the weekend, families stroll about with armfuls of real shopping bags, having conversations with real neighbors, actually interacting with their
9、fellow Edinburgers. I fully appreciate not everyone has this luxury of such quirky shop windows on their doorsteps. Being able to source thousands of online goods, conveniently from home is amazing and impressive. But have we all become just too used to clicking a mouse than using our own two feet t
10、o go out for a nice piece of old-fashioned retail therapy? I feel weve already got to the point that choosing this rather slothful keyboard opinion is a breeding ground for a more sedentary and unsociable society. What about actual shops? Already, millions are being shuttered around the world. And t
11、hose that do survive may very well be run by artificially intelligent shop assistant applications or robots not much chat over the counter in those. Indoors, too, all-purpose robots are already doing the housework. Sensors in future could also obviate other chores, with your fridge and cupboards pro
12、grammed to place orders for you. I would rather like not having my life ruled by electronics especially those I cant look in the eye, or say hello to. So, instead of Nov. 11, how about “Get Off Your Posterior, and Go and Do Something for Yourself“ Day? Write your response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 2 Ubi
13、quitous, addictive and transformative, smartphones become a necessity of our daily lives. Along with the conveniences smartphones bring us, worries about the negative effects of them have never stopped. In the following excerpt, the author gives his views on smartphones. Read the excerpt carefully a
14、nd write your response in about 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the authors opinion; 2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
15、 Planet of the Phones The dawn of the planet of the smartphones came in January 2007, when Steve Jobs, Apples chief executive, in front of a rapt audience of Apple acolytes, brandished a slab of plastic, metal and silicon not much bigger than a Kit Kat. “This will change everything,“ he promised. Fo
16、r once there was no hyperbole. Just eight years later Apples iPhone exemplifies the early 21st centurys defining technology. Smartphones matter partly because of their ubiquity. They have become the fastest-selling gadgets in history, outstripping the growth of the simple mobile phones that preceded
17、 them. They outsell personal computers four to one. Today about half the adult population owns smartphones; by 2020, 80% will. Smartphones have also penetrated every aspect of daily life. The average American is buried in one for over two hours every day. Asked which media they would miss most, Brit
18、ish teenagers pick mobile devices over TV sets, PCs and games consoles. Nearly 80% of smartphone-owners check messages, news or other services within 15 minutes of getting up. The bedroom is just the beginning. Smartphones are more than a convenient route online, rather as cars are more than engines
19、 on wheels and clocks are not merely a means to count the hours. Much as the car and the clock did in their time, so today the smartphone is poised to enrich lives, reshape entire industries and transform societiesand in ways that Snap-chatting teenagers cannot begin to imagine. As with all technolo
20、gies blessed by smartphones, this future conjures up a host of worries. Some, such as “text neck“ (hunching over a smartphone stresses the spine) are surely transient. Others, such as dependency smartphone users exhibit “nomophobia“ when they happen to find themselves empty-handed are a measure of u
21、tility as much as addiction. After all, people also hate to be without their wheels or their watch. The greater fear is over privacy. The smartphone turns the person next to you into a potential publisher of your most private or embarrassing moments. Many app vendors, who know a great deal about you
22、, sell data without proper disclosure; mobile-privacy policies routinely rival “Hamlet“ for length. And if leaked documents are correct, GCHQ, Britains signals-intelligence agency, has managed to hack a big vendor of SIM cards in order to be able to listen in to peoples calls. If spooks in democraci
23、es are doing this sort of thing, you can be sure that those in authoritarian regimes will, too. Smartphones will give dictators unprecedented scope to spy on and corral their unwilling subjects. By their nature, seminal technologies ask hard questions of society, especially as people adapt to them.
24、Smartphones are no different. If citizens arent protected from prying eyes, some will suffer and others turn their backs. Societies will have to develop new norms and companies learn how to balance privacy and profit. Governments will have to define what is acceptable. But in eight short years smart
25、phones have changed the world and they have hardly begun. Write your response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 3 Many parents are wondering whether it is right or wrong to give their child technological gadgets as toys in terms of early childhood development. What is your idea towards the issue? Read the follo
26、wing article carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the authors opinion; 2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may re
27、sult in a loss of marks. The use of gadgets such as computers, iPads, smart-phones and video games has become part of the trend and lifestyle of todays society. Do you know that gadgets have a huge impact on the lives of people including children? The production of gadgets nowadays is just like “ mu
28、shrooms springing up after the rain“. Along with the advancement of technology and modernity, gadgets have become a necessity for every individual, including children. In fact, a lot of them already know how to use a gadget since a young age. However, the widespread use of technology has its implica
29、tion. Despite the overwhelming enthusiasm of the general public in using gadgets, there is a risk associated with their use that may not be realized, especially to children. One of the risks is the effect of the gadget to their mental development. According to Pengiran Hartini Pengiran Haji Tahir, a
30、 clinical psychologist at the Child Development Center, gadgets can actually be used by children, but their time on their gadgets should be limited depending on their age. She added that it is vital for parents to monitor what type of programmes their children are using and cited researches that hav
31、e found that the type of content is crucial. Gadgets should also not be given to children all the time. If parents do not control their usage, it can affect the mental development and cause other adverse effects to their children. She added that in some cases, parents give their children iPads to he
32、lp them sleep, but said that this will not help as their childs brain will be stimulated and thus, cause them to sleep even late. She said that a lot of children that have been referred to are those who have sleeping problems. While gadgets can be used as learning tools at home or in school, their u
33、se still needs to be controlled. Pengiran Hartini Pengiran Haji Tahir advised that if possible, gadgets should only be given to children on weekends or half an hour per day. She added that in a day, children above 3 years old should only be given a combined time of around 2 hours to watch TV or use
34、their iPads. It should not be more than that as it can affect their mental development. New parents should never give their babies an iPad because at the age of below 2 years old, they are supposed to be interacting and there should be a bonding time with them. As for kids of 3 years of age, their t
35、ime on their gadgets should be limited, while the programmes they are using as well as their frequency on their gadgets should be monitored. Albeit the excitement of the latest technological advancement especially on more sophisticated gadgets, it is all up to the user to think of the pros and cons
36、of using the technology. Write your response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 4 The rapidly developing technology disturbs the relationship between parents and their children, which is now rated a social problem that we need to pay attention to and guard against. Read the following article carefully and write
37、your response in about 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the research findings; 2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. The in
38、creased presence of technology in the daily life of modern children has caused the relationship between parents and their children to be affected. Khan, an educator, did a study on the relationship between the duration of adolescents (14 to 18 years old) technology usage on computer, mobile phone an
39、d video games and their relationship with their parents. This research was done in a New York high school on 63 students. These students represent a generation that has been exposed to technology the most throughout their lifetime. It was found that when they spent long time on computers, the closen
40、ess towards parents diminished. On the other hand, there was no correlation to be found between the usage of mobile and the closeness with parents as mobile phone is still a way for both parents and their children to communicate. Similarly, another research also has shown that relationship between c
41、hildren and their family members is affected by the amount of time they spend on the Internet. Young ( a psychologist) investigated whether any decline and loss of desire for face-to-face communication with their use was related to Internet surfing. The age range (14 to 18 years old) of this study w
42、as controlled because there may be restrictions implied in their use of Internet by parents and also because that generation is being exposed much to technology since birth. Youngs research found that students use the Internet more often, which in turn causes them to spend less time with their famil
43、y. Plus, the desire for face-to-face communication with family members declined when more time was spent on the Internet. Children who spend hours on the Internet will find that there is not much time left for any other types of interaction or bonding time with their family. Consequently, children a
44、nd their parents as family members will have a poorer relationship instead of being able to maintain a stronger family relationship. On top of that, Lee ( a scholar) reported that the use of computer for recreational and communication purposes among 1,312 adolescents from the United States (age 12 t
45、o 18) replaced their time with their parents and Lees result had showed “ an increase of 1 hour in computer-mediated communication results in a decrease of 24 minutes in time with parents“. Lees finding shows a negative correlation between the time spent on computer and on parent-child relationship.
46、 However, one drawback that was found in Lees study was that she did not consider including the specific type of online activity and also the type of social networking sites. Punamaki, Wallenius, Holtto, Nygard, and Rimpelas research had shown similarities in their findings. Their research was condu
47、cted on 478 Finnish children and adolescents from seven schools. The result found that using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for entertainment is related to poor peer and parental relations. In addition, engaging in intensive Internet surfing however was found to associate with poor m
48、aternal relation which is seen most in daughter-mother communication. As there is only 24 hours in a day, the time used on the computer will reduce the time spent on other activities. Thus, the relationship between parents and children are affected by the usage of ICT causing both parents and childr
49、en to have poor communication with one another, when communication is essential in building a strong parent-child relationship. Write your response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. 专业英语八级（作文）模拟试 卷 109答案与解析 一、 PART V WRITING 1 【正确答案】 My Views on On-line Purchase After a frenetic purchase of loads of unnecessary things from the Internet on Singles Day, the author feels remorseful and puts retrospection on this event. Instead of catering to the hail over the triumph of an ever higher sale made by on-line shopping on this day, the author lists its disadva
