to deem health the thing that will most likely bring him or her happiness. An equally a break. Moreover, the endless traffic leads to serious noise pollution. It is common to important reason that makes it difficult for one to clarify the idea of hear happiness lies in a car blowing its horn here and there, a truck thundering along the highway, a city
the ever-changing requirements of individuals. It goes without saying that a high train roaring around at night. These noises sound to me as if they were constantly school graduate may consider admission to a key university the happiest moment of his or mocking our modern civilization and urbanization.
her life. Clearly, with cities growing in number and size, we urban residents also suffer a lot of
pains. Our life quality can be threatened by the environmental pollution resulting from In view of the above reasoning, I am convinced that it is difficult to define the word “happiness”, and that it is advisable for every person to adjust his or her urbanization. And if the problem is left unsolved, our wish for a comfortable city understanding of happiness to reality. It is also clear to me that, despite the lack of a lifewill only be a daydream.
universal definition, true happiness is probably derived from “giving”.
7、教育:读书 8、社会公德 Directions: Directions:
Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should should
1)describe the drawing briefly. 1)describe the drawing briefly. 2)explain its intended meaning, and 2)explain its intended meaning, and
3)give you comments. 3)give you comments.
(图略) Nowadays few of us read extensively after we leave school. This tendency is rather
disturbing, for one should know that reading extensively are no less necessary to one’s Nowadays, it is not rare for teachers to complain that their students areindifferent
mental life than fresh air to one’s physical life. As is vividly shown in the picture above, to classmates. Some are even worried that the young generation might become a huge book is lying above green grass and beautiful flowers. Beside some yellow too selfish to shoulder the due responsibility for the future of China. As is shown in sunflowers which are surrounded by lovely butterflies, there is a topic which says: the caricature, a great many young students are sitting comfortably on a bus while a
“reading”. senior citizen is standing helplessly. All of those students deemed that they are much
From reading extensively, we can derive companionship, experience and instruction. tired than the poor aged man due to their homework.
First and foremost, a good book is our faithful friend. It can increase our contentment From my direct observations as a university student, I must admit that we young when we are cheerful and happy, and lessen our pain when we are sad or lonely. people today are in general more self-centered and unsympathetic than our previous
Furthermore, reading extensively can also offer us a wide range of experiences. In generations. To start with, many, if not most, young people choose to attend reading we may join tourists marveling at incredible power of Niagara Falls, mingle with exclusively to their own needs. In their eyes, it is all too natural to seek satisfaction the happy throngs strolling in the Paris boulevards and experience the bitterness or joy of from what they do, even if it may cause
inconvenience to others. Moreover, our people in different lands and in different times. Few of us can travel far from home or young people tend to be insensitive to others’ difficulties. When a classmate falls ill, few live long over one hundred, but all of us can live many lives through the pages of people offer to help; instead, they regard it as none of their business.
books. The last but not the least, reading extensively can increase our intellectual For the above reasons, I subscribe to the idea that today’s young people in China ability, broaden our minds and make us wise. are more selfish and hard-hearted than our previous generations. It is high time that we
Though with the advent of TV and Internet, books are no longer read as learned from older generations so that a harmonious and splendid future for us all extensively as they once were, nothing can replace the role that reading extensively can be anticipated.
plays in our lives.
9、流行文化:网络谣言/礼仪 10、社会热点:整容 Directions: Directions:
Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should should
1)describe the drawing briefly. 1)describe the drawing briefly. 2)explain its intended meaning, and 2)explain its intended meaning, and
3)give you comments. 3)give you comments. (图略)
(图略) As is revealed in the caricature, a young man with red T-shirt is surfing on line in
front a computer. On the screen of the computer, there are provocation, dirty words and If given the choice, a great many people would change at least one aspect of their rumor in a chat room. The caption indicates that “I will give him some powerful words”. appearance. As is depicted in the drawing, a young lady is requesting a doctor to give
Throughout most of China’s long history, the relationships between people were her a straighter nose, bigger lips, smaller chin, slimmer figure, and so on. One option that
based on carefully prescribed forms of behavior, that is, etiquette. For those who do not has gained tremendous popularity in recent decades is plastic surgery, the branch of follow those prescribed rules of conduct, they are regarded as uncivilized barbarians. As surgery dealing with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of body issue. for
me,traditional Chinese etiquette should be taught in schools. Firstly, if young people Firstly, one’s appearance is the God’s blessing, and has been one part of our body.
canreceive a systematic education on traditional etiquette in class, they can get more After breast enlargement surgery, many women look sexier than before. However, many
prepared for the future. They can only form right behaviors after breaking the rules and of them are found mammary gland disease. The more serious effect is that they risk
being corrected by the costly consequence. Secondly, as these meticulous rules of conduct being unable to breast feed. Secondly, the advocating for such a practice will mislead have been formed throughout Chinese history, they are unique Chinese people in the judgment of beauty. The concept of beauty is quite rich in its content. It