1、雅思（写作）模拟试卷 173及答案与解析 1 A burglar was shot dead by the owner of the house being broken into. Do you think the owners action was justified? 2 While people flood into big cities to seek jobs and a happy life, there is a tendency for people to move out. What problems do big cities have? 雅思（写作）模拟试卷 173答案
2、与解析 1 【正确答案】 Ever since the incident that a burglar was shot dead by the owner of the house being broken into was reported in the newspapers, there has been much controversy about it. After weighing all the pros and cons, I find that I agree that the owners action was justified. I support my point o
3、f view with three arguments: self-defense, the sanctity of property and the need to deter criminals. First, everyone has the right of self-defense. When a burglar breaks into somebody elses house, he is a potential threat to the lives of the people who live there. Therefore, the house owner has the
4、right to defend himself and his family with any weapon he can lay his hands on. If that weapon happens to be a gun, the burglar only has himself to blame. Second, it is a principle of law that private property is inviolable. A persons home is probably the most precious thing he has, and usually cont
5、ains most of the things that the house owner considers valuable. He has the right to protect the things he has worked hard to accumulate, especially against a thief. Third, there is far too much crime nowadays, and many people think that the courts are too lenient with burglars when they are caught.
6、 By shooting the burglar dead, the house owner did a great service for society. In fact, his action sent a warning to other burglars that if they break into other peoples houses, they are risking their lives. All in all, I think that the house owners action was a good one in three aspects. He benefi
7、ted himself, by preventing the burglar harming him. He benefited the rule of law by asserting the right of a person to safeguard his own property. And, last but not least, he benefited society by deterring would-be burglars. 2 【正确答案】 Every year men and women crowed into cities in search of employmen
8、t, a decent living, and the excitement and stimulation of urban life. According to a research, the population in Shanghai alone has increased 26% in the last three years. With the rise in urban population, many big cities have met problems of their own. One big problem is the ever-increasing pressur
9、e produced by over-crowding. As more and more people flood into cities, city services and facilities have been strained to a breaking point. Cities have been exposed not only to the problem of traffic and housing, but to the problem of education, sanitation, employment and so on. A second problem is
10、 the physical environment. One is the rise in the concentration of high buildings, stripping people of contact with sun and trees and grass condemning them to a life among stone and concrete, neon lights and endless flow of traffic. Another is the growing number of cars and buses, whose exhaust send
11、s huge quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, making the air of cities unbreathable. But of all our problems, the most serious and pressing, the one which threatens to paralyze the city is the widespread crime. Bank robberies which were unheard of in the past now occur more frequently. No
12、t a single day passes without the reports of somebody being mugged, being kidnapped or being murdered. Today, even walking in the street in broad daylight will make you nervous, let alone in the late night. All these problems make big cities no longer attractive to people as years before. The tendency to move to the edge of the city, the suburban areas reflects this mentality. Unless there is some improvement, more and more people will seek to live in suburbs.
