1、托福（作文）模拟试卷 25及答案与解析 Writing Based on Knowledge and Experience 1 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Teachers should be paid according to how much their students learn. Give specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. 2 If you were asked to send one thing representing yo
2、ur country to an international exhibition, what would you choose? Why? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice. 3 You have been told that dormitory rooms at your university must be shared by two students. Would you rather have the university assign a student to share a room with you,
3、 or would you rather choose your own roommate? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer. 4 Some people think that governments should spend as much as possible developing or buying computer technology. Other people disagree and think that this money should be spent on more basic needs.
4、 Which one of these opinions do you agree with? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer. 托福（作文）模拟试卷 25答案与解析 Writing Based on Knowledge and Experience 1 【正确答案】 Should teachers he paid according to how much their students learn? People usually believe that teachers have the most import
5、ant job in all of society. They raise our children to be forward-thinking, bright individuals. They ensure that children get along with each other, and learn to work together as a team. As such, being a teacher typically means a stable paycheck. However, when some people propose that teachers should
6、 be paid according to how much their students learn, I can hardly agree. First of all, students may not be interested in learning. When students are not interested in learning, the teacher can hardly be held responsible. The teacher can grade them harshly, keep them in after class, and discipline th
7、em severely, but the students will still not learn if they do not want to. If the teacher is trying his/her best to teach the students, and the information is presented clearly and succinctly, he/she can do no better job. Moreover, there is a limit on how much a child can learn. If a teacher was to
8、be paid according to how much his/her students learned, there would be a certain point where he/she could teach them no more. I remember when I was in high school, there would be moments in the year when I did not think I could fit any more information into my head. This was not my teachers fault, a
9、nd the point is that I just was not absorbing the material. I think many teachers would find this problem if they were paid by how much their students learnt. Most importantly, teachers should not be paid according to how much their students learn because some of the lessons that a student learns ca
10、nnot be measured by a test. We cannot simply give children a test to discover how much they have learnt in a class. Tests rarely measure ones social skills, ones ability to communicate, or ones ability to integrate successfully into the world. However, it is the teachers who help students to manifes
11、t these qualities. 【知识模块】 作 文 2 【正确答案】 The thing representing your country If I were to send one thing to an international exhibition that represented my culture, it would be rice. Chinese culture, boasting a lengthy history, is composed of numerous sub-cultures. The agricultural way of life, center
12、ed around rice, has played a vastly important part in the countrys history. For thousands of years, the Chinese have been diligently cultivating their land. Blood, sweat and tears have been shed over their soil in the pursuit of favorable harvests. This reliance on the land for so many thousands of
13、years accounts for Chinas strong rural essence. The need for rice production has led the Chinese to pay particular attention to irrigation technologies and improving cultivation. The agricultural way of life, centered on rice, has had a strong influence on the social, economic, political and ideolog
14、ical developments of ancient China. In this sense, traditional Chinese culture may be considered a “rice culture.“ “A meal without rice,“ the Chinese say, “is like a beautiful woman with only one eye.“ In China, where the word for rice is also the word for food, young girls are warned that every gra
15、in of rice they leave in their bowls will be a pockmark on the face of their future husbands. Instead of saying, “How are you?“ as a typical greeting, the Chinese ask “Have you had your rice today?“ Quitting or losing a job is called “breaking the rice bowl“ and it is bad luck to upset a bowl of ric
16、e. Rice is also a very important commodity in todays society. It is one of the major exports in China, allowing people all over the world to take part in something that emanates Chinese culture. Rice remains a staple food for both the rich and the poor, and there is hardly a meal in our country that
17、 does not involve this fine grain. As you can see from the above-mentioned text, rice is an integral part of Chinese culture and tradition. While Chinese culture is spread over a vast number of arts and crafts, I believe that it is the humble, but profound rice that speaks to us all, and most poigna
18、ntly represents the essence of our culture. 【知识模块】 作文 3 【正确答案】 Be assigned a roommate, or choose your own roommate? Going to university is an exciting time in a young persons life. Part of the experience is living in the campus dormitory, and it is the first time for a person away from his/her paren
19、ts, in many cases. If one has to share a room with another student, I believe that it is better that the university picks the prospective roommate. When a young person first goes to university, he/she often moves straight to the school from his/ her bedroom at his/her parents house. This usually mea
20、ns that the person has no idea of the qualities necessary to be a good roommate. Perhaps the young person would choose to live with a good friend. While this situation could be a very happy one, it could also be disastrous. Getting along with a friend as a roommate, if not properly handled, could qu
21、ickly ruin the relationship. If the school picks ones roommate, this is less likely to happen. In many cases, young people travel out of the city they grew up in to go to university. For many of these students, picking a potential roommate would be difficult. They know very few people in the new cit
22、y, let alone at the university. This can lead to very stressful situations. If one is trying to settle in a new environment, but also must find a roommate to live with, he/she might find the whole experience overwhelming. Finally, I think having the school rather than the individuals choose roommate
23、s is a good idea because living with a person you do not know can be a rewarding experience. A stranger can quickly turn into ones best friend, as memories are forged while living together in a confined space. 【知识模块】 作文 4 【正确答案】 Spend money developing or buying computer technology, or on more basic
24、needs? I believe that governments spend too much money on new computer technologies, when they should be focusing on the needs of people in their countries. There are a number of reasons why I think this would be a better usage of a countrys money. Throughout the world, there are millions and millio
25、ns of people who are homeless, and cannot afford to eat. These people need help from the government. If the government has so much money to spend on computer technology, they should easily be able to have enough money to help these people gain entry to the working world. The government could set up
26、programs which allow homeless people to train for jobs. This would be a much better way to spend money than building computers. Pollution is another major problem which plagues all of the industrial nations. Instead of spending money frivolously, we should be focusing on how to fix the planet we liv
27、e on. The ozone layer is getting thinner and thinner every year, which means that the suns radiation is causing more damage to people and the environment. The governments need to design a method to drastically reduce pollution. In addition to the problems of pollution and homelessness, the general p
28、opulation could use the money as well. In many countries, including our own, the health care and education systems leave something to be desired. I think that more money should be put toward making citizens healthier and wiser. With that said, many of the above disagreements need the help of the computer industry. Computers can help governments to keep track of all of the people they need to take care of, and programs can be designed to help isolate problems with the environment. Computers are important, as long as a government does not forget to take care of its people. 【知识模块】 作文
