2012 年英语专四考试作文题目：端午节 The Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. This festival is to commemorate the death of QU Yuan, an upright and honest poet and statesman who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river. The most important activity of this festival is the Dragon Boat races. It symbolizes people's attempts to rescue Qu Yuan. In the current period, these races also demonstrate the virtues of cooperation and teamwork. Besides, the festival has also been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice). Zong zi is made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. People who mourned the death of Qu threw Zong zi into the river to feed his ghost every year. With the changes of the times, the memorial turns to be a time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of year. People will hang healthy herbs on the front door to clear the bad luck of the house. Although the significance of the festival might be different with the past, it still gives the observer an opportunity to glimpse a part of the rich Chinese cultural heritage.2008 年 经典范文： The Benefits of Volunteering Volunteering has grown into a fashion these years, with volunteers ranging from college students to white collar workers. It is reported now China has 4.5 million registered volunteers having provided more than 4.5 billion hours of volunteer work. Why would so many people like to do volunteer work? Are there any benefits of volunteering? The answer is absolutely yes. First of all, through volunteering we can gain more experiences. Whatever volunteering work we do, either being a volunteer teacher for a village school or a volunteer worker in a retired house, we can taste different lifestyles and broaden our horizon. Secondly, through volunteering we can acquire the sense of being needed. Many people feel frustrated with travails in life and empty with the cycling of working and resting. They gradually become numb, losing the sense of being needed. By joining the volunteer group and offering help voluntarily to people who need it, we may feel happy and fulfilled again. Thirdly, through volunteering we can learn more good qualities. Volunteer work is team work, which needs good cooperation. We can know people with different personalities and
different background joining in the volunteer group and devoting to the volunteer work together. From our co - volunteers we can absorb many good qualities that could help us be better persons. In conclusion, volunteering is of great benefit in that we can gain more experiences, acquire the sense of being needed and learn more good qualities.2005 年 My Idea of a University Arts Festival University arts festival has always been a big occasion to display students’ talent in art as well as to cultivate their artistic taste. Therefore, to make the incoming arts festival more fruitful, I personally think it should include two parts: one is to organize some art activities among students such as singing, painting, photography, recitation or short play contests, and the other is to invite all kinds of art troupes to campus to stage excellent performances of ballet, orchestra or drama for our students. As regards why university arts festival should be organized in this way, there are mainly two reasons: to develop students’ artistic potential and to enhance their aesthetic ability. By participating in art contests, students not only have a golden opportunity to show their special gift for art but also undergo sort of training through preparation, rehearsal and competition. Thus those activities encourage students to get involved in art activities, which is not readily accessible to them in normal times. Such an intimate contact with real art enables students to understand art better and appreciate it properly, which will refine their artistic taste in the long run. Since my idea of arts festival integrates training students’ artistic ability with improving their aesthetic taste, I believe it will go a long way in art education, which is also the ultimate aim of university arts festival.2003 The Importance ofKeeping a Good Mood
With the development of modernscience, technology and economics, our living standard has reached an everhigher level. But more and more people are living under greater pressure thanever before. As a consequence, people are increasingly suffering from variousdistortions both physically and mentally. To help out, it is important thateveryone keep a good mood today. There are several reasons for myargument. First, a good mood can create high efficiency. When you work with agood mood, you will feel happy and be willing to do some work which used to beboring. On the contrary, a bad mood can make you passive and do things withreluctance. Second, a good mood is beneficial to your health. If you fail tokeep a good mood, you will be feeling depressed and fed up, which is apt tocause some psychological diseases. Third, when you have a good mood, otherpeople around you will be influenced. Thus more and more people will feel happyto communicate with you. To sum up, keeping a good mood isvery important both for yourself and for the people around you. If you want tohave a happy and successful life, please keep a good mood every day. 2002 The Best Way to Stay Healthy Nowadays, the desire for goodhealth is universal. Wherever you are and whatever you do, staying healthy isalways important. Different people come up with different views. As far as I amconcerned, the best way to keep healthy is to develop a good quality ofpsychology. To begin with, keeping a goodquality of psychology can reduce the pains. According to some surveys,nowadays, most patients are not physically sick but mentally ill. The burden ontheir shoulders is much heavier than others. So they can’t step out of theshadow of depression and sadness. They need to release their spirit to thenature. Besides, if you have developed a good quality of psychology, you’llbecome more sociable and thus more willing to play your part in the society.Enrolling for some keep-fit clubs or joining some travel agency, which bythemselves are various versions of physical exercise, will benefit you a lot.As a poem says, youth is not a period of time; it’s a state of mind. Everybodywants to keep young at heart because youth is a symbol for endless energy andpassion for living. Keeping a good quality of mindand keeping a sense of humor are really good. Even if you are 80, you’ll neverbe old. 2001 年 范文： Travel Broadens theMind Nowadays more and more peoplechoose to travel during their holidays, since travel not only brings leisureand joy but also broadens the mind. As for me, not only can it bring me morehistorical knowledge, but it can also add to my social experience.
Take my trip to Mount Tai for example. As is known to all, it’s a magnificent mountain famous for both the beautiful scenery and the splendid cultural heritage. At the very sight of her, my soul was attached to her. I remembered the poem “Wang Yue” written by Du Fu,I remembered many historic events which happened on this land and I alsorecalled the responsibility to conserve this heritage. As I climbed up themountain, our guide told me many things I had never got to know before, whichof course broadened my scope of knowledge. It was also on this trip that I mademany new friends with whom I exchanged my opinions, and that I got acquaintedwith some information about first aid and package tour. All this indeed addedto my social experience. In short, travel offers a goodchance for me to open my eyes and enrich my experience while I can enjoymyself. It broadens the mind in a relaxing way.2000 年英语专四真题写作范文中华考试网(www.examw.com) [ 2012 年 5 月 25 日 ] 【大 中 小】 1 The importance of extracurricular activities College is a place to raise all-round intellectuals, which means that life on campus sh ould consist of diverse activities rather than mere academic studies; and that’s why extrac urricular activities become important. For one thing, extracurricular activities can provide students with real-life experienc e in decision-making and problem-solving, through which some specific knowledge or skills ar e required. For example, the development of leadership skills occurs as students assume owne rship for the success of their organization. Such experience will help them more about thems elves and point the way to their future career. For another, participation in extracurricula r activities will enable students to develop a balance between academic accomplishments and social development. This necessary balance will greatly aid each student to more successfull y encounter the challenges of our contemporary society. Moreover, participating in extracurr icular activities could also boost students’ development of interpersonal relationship. The awareness of responsibility, cooperation and punctuality, are fostered as each student inter acts with other members of their group. In short, extracurricular activities are vital because they could help students explore their interests and talents, teach them to manage their time and know their limits, as well as fit them in with other students.1996 年专四真题范文：College Life And Middle School Life 来源：考试大 【考试大——我选择，我喜欢】 2012 年 4 月 26 日
Direction：Every college student would agree that life in college is not the same as it was in the middle school. Now, you have been asked by the Student’s Union to write a passage entitled： The Main Difference Between My College Life And My Middle School Life 范文： It is generally accepted by college students that the main difference between middle school and college life lies in the degree of independence. As for me, I prefer the more independent life in university for the following three reasons. First and foremost, since the very day I entered the university, I have learned to live on my own and cultivated the habit of solving problems by myself. Without parents company, I have learned to arrange my daily meals for myself, wash clothes, set financial plans and make decisions relying on myself. Besides, college life is academically different from that in middle schools. Teachers in university only give students due guidance at due time, which renders college students more freedom to set academic goals. What’s more, we can choose any courses we are interested in and the teachers whose teaching styles are to our preference. Last but not least, we enjoy more free extracurricular time. We can make good use of the free time to broaden our views and make more friends. In conclusion, I am leading a life that is quite different from that in middle school, and I enjoy more independence in university. To the freshmen, I would suggest they devise various methods to adjust themselves to such an independent lifestyle sooner.1995 年专四真题范文：Discuss part-time job 来源：考试大 【考试大：你最值得信赖的考试顾问】 2012 年 4 月 26 日Direction： Nowadays it has become fashionable for college students to take a part-time job in their spare time. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this trend. 范文 1： In recent years, more and more college students begin to take part-time jobs in their spare time to earn pocket money or even education fees by themselves and such a phenomenon has caused numerous heated debates among the people around us. From my standpoint, taking part-time jobs has advantages as well as disadvantages. As a social activity, a part-time job certainly offers college students substantial practice, which is crucial to them after they graduate and go to their work posts. Besides, income earned from part-time jobs can solve their financial problems, especially for those who come from poor-stricken areas. Moreover, with part-time jobs, college students can put what they have learned from their books into use, thus connecting theories with practice and making abstract
knowledge concrete and practical. However, since part-time jobs take much of the students' time that must originally be spent on their studies, those who take them waste a great deal of time, therefore, their academic performance is tremendously affected. According to some worried sociologists, the duty of students is to acquire as much knowledge as possible so that they could better serve the society after their graduation. As a result, such people deem part-time jobs, which are regarded contradictory to study, as “not attending to one's proper duties”. Admittedly, people rarely reach an absolute consensus on such a controversial issue. From my point of view, so long as college students put their courses first and concentrate on their studies while at school, certain amount of time spent on part-time jobs is not incorrect. I think the most important for them to do is to balance the two aspects well and give priority to study if the two contradict each other.contradictory to study, as “not attending to one's proper duties”. Admittedly, people rarely reach an absolute consensus on such a controversial issue. From my point of view, so long as college students put their courses first and concentrate on their studies while at school, certain amount of time spent on part-time jobs is not incorrect. I think the most important for them to do is to balance the two aspects well and give priority to study if the two contradict each other.2010 年专八 The important role of a city’s local conditions in the urban design Recently there is a hot debate on a report that a foreign design company invited by a little-known mountainous area in Guiyang provided a design without paying too much attention to the city’s unique characteristics. Some people appreciate the bold innovation of the design but others do not like it. In my opinion, any urban design should take the city’s original cultural heritage into account. The designers should suit their design to local conditions and try to take advantage of the local resources. First, a city’s regional characteristics or local cultural heritage are its symbol, its identity. In a mountainous area, too many unconventional, super-futuristic buildings will not be compatible
with the city’s landscapes. Without these landscapes, it is just another so called modern city composed of concrete and steel. Take Beijing for example. In the past few years, Beijing has been removing a large number of such alleys traditionally called hutong, in order to make it become a real international city. But without these hutongs can this city still be called Beijing, an ancient capital? The disappearance of hutongs means the disappearance of a period of history, a cordial lifestyle, and even the disappearance of Beijing itself. Then Beijing will lose its uniqueness. Second, it can help a city save a lot of money by suiting the design to local conditions and try to take advantage of the local resources. This is especially important to small cities, like this one in a mountainous area near Guiyang. We all know Guiyang is a developing city, not very rich. Unconventional, super-futuristic buildings mean large need of money input. Then more burdens may be added to this city, which will run counter to the city’s original purpose of developing itself. Instead, if connections between a city’s culture and the various urban sectors, including housing, infrastructure and governance, are well made, the maximum economic benefits will be achieved. Besides, the modernization should be a gradual process. More haste, less speed. Nonetheless, it should not be overlooked that the shortcomings of futuristic-style constructing outweigh its advantages brought. In conclusion, any urban design should take the city’s original cultural heritage into account. The designers should suit their design to local conditions and try to take advantage of the local resources. A scientific city design should be dependent on the city’s regional characteristics, on a case-by-case basis.
2012 年英语专四考试作文题目：端午节 The Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. This festival is to commemorate the death of QU Yuan, an upright and honest poet and statesman who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river. The most important activity of this festival is the Dragon Boat races. It symbolizes people's attempts to rescue Qu Yuan. In the current period, these races also demonstrate the virtues of cooperation and teamwork. Besides, the festival has also been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice). Zong zi is made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. People who mourned the death of Qu threw Zong zi into the river to feed his ghost every year. With the changes of the times, the memorial turns to be a time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of year. People will hang healthy herbs on the front door to clear the bad luck of the house. Although the significance of the festival might be different with the past, it still gives the observer an opportunity to glimpse a part of the rich Chinese cultural heritage.2008 年 经典范文： The Benefits of Volunteering Volunteering has grown into a fashion these years, with volunteers ranging from college students to white collar workers. It is reported now China has 4.5 million registered volunteers having provided more than 4.5 billion hours of volunteer work. Why would so many people like to do volunteer work? Are there any benefits of volunteering? The answer is absolutely yes. First of all, through volunteering we can gain more experiences. Whatever volunteering work we do, either being a volunteer teacher for a village school or a volunteer worker in a retired house, we can taste different lifestyles and broaden our horizon. Secondly, through volunteering we can acquire the sense of being needed. Many people feel frustrated with travails in life and empty with the cycling of working and resting. They gradually become numb, losing the sense of being needed. By joining the volunteer group and offering help voluntarily to people who need it, we may feel happy and fulfilled again. Thirdly, through volunteering we can learn more good qualities. Volunteer work is team work, which needs good cooperation. We can know people with different personalities and
different background joining in the volunteer group and devoting to the volunteer work together. From our co - volunteers we can absorb many good qualities that could help us be better persons. In conclusion, volunteering is of great benefit in that we can gain more experiences, acquire the sense of being needed and learn more good qualities.2005 年 My Idea of a University Arts Festival University arts festival has always been a big occasion to display students’ talent in art as well as to cultivate their artistic taste. Therefore, to make the incoming arts festival more fruitful, I personally think it should include two parts: one is to organize some art activities among students such as singing, painting, photography, recitation or short play contests, and the other is to invite all kinds of art troupes to campus to stage excellent performances of ballet, orchestra or drama for our students. As regards why university arts festival should be organized in this way, there are mainly two reasons: to develop students’ artistic potential and to enhance their aesthetic ability. By participating in art contests, students not only have a golden opportunity to show their special gift for art but also undergo sort of training through preparation, rehearsal and competition. Thus those activities encourage students to get involved in art activities, which is not readily accessible to them in normal times. Such an intimate contact with real art enables students to understand art better and appreciate it properly, which will refine their artistic taste in the long run. Since my idea of arts festival integrates training students’ artistic ability with improving their aesthetic taste, I believe it will go a long way in art education, which is also the ultimate aim of university arts festival.2003 The Importance ofKeeping a Good Mood
With the development of modernscience, technology and economics, our living standard has reached an everhigher level. But more and more people are living under greater pressure thanever before. As a consequence, people are increasingly suffering from variousdistortions both physically and mentally. To help out, it is important thateveryone keep a good mood today. There are several reasons for myargument. First, a good mood can create high efficiency. When you work with agood mood, you will feel happy and be willing to do some work which used to beboring. On the contrary, a bad mood can make you passive and do things withreluctance. Second, a good mood is beneficial to your health. If you fail tokeep a good mood, you will be feeling depressed and fed up, which is apt tocause some psychological diseases. Third, when you have a good mood, otherpeople around you will be influenced. Thus more and more people will feel happyto communicate with you. To sum up, keeping a good mood isvery important both for yourself and for the people around you. If you want tohave a happy and successful life, please keep a good mood every day. 2002 The Best Way to Stay Healthy Nowadays, the desire for goodhealth is universal. Wherever you are and whatever you do, staying healthy isalways important. Different people come up with different views. As far as I amconcerned, the best way to keep healthy is to develop a good quality ofpsychology. To begin with, keeping a goodquality of psychology can reduce the pains. According to some surveys,nowadays, most patients are not physically sick but mentally ill. The burden ontheir shoulders is much heavier than others. So they can’t step out of theshadow of depression and sadness. They need to release their spirit to thenature. Besides, if you have developed a good quality of psychology, you’llbecome more sociable and thus more willing to play your part in the society.Enrolling for some keep-fit clubs or joining some travel agency, which bythemselves are various versions of physical exercise, will benefit you a lot.As a poem says, youth is not a period of time; it’s a state of mind. Everybodywants to keep young at heart because youth is a symbol for endless energy andpassion for living. Keeping a good quality of mindand keeping a sense of humor are really good. Even if you are 80, you’ll neverbe old. 2001 年 范文： Travel Broadens theMind Nowadays more and more peoplechoose to travel during their holidays, since travel not only brings leisureand joy but also broadens the mind. As for me, not only can it bring me morehistorical knowledge, but it can also add to my social experience.
Take my trip to Mount Tai for example. As is known to all, it’s a magnificent mountain famous for both the beautiful scenery and the splendid cultural heritage. At the very sight of her, my soul was attached to her. I remembered the poem “Wang Yue” written by Du Fu,I remembered many historic events which happened on this land and I alsorecalled the responsibility to conserve this heritage. As I climbed up themountain, our guide told me many things I had never got to know before, whichof course broadened my scope of knowledge. It was also on this trip that I mademany new friends with whom I exchanged my opinions, and that I got acquaintedwith some information about first aid and package tour. All this indeed addedto my social experience. In short, travel offers a goodchance for me to open my eyes and enrich my experience while I can enjoymyself. It broadens the mind in a relaxing way.2000 年英语专四真题写作范文中华考试网(www.examw.com) [ 2012 年 5 月 25 日 ] 【大 中 小】 1 The importance of extracurricular activities College is a place to raise all-round intellectuals, which means that life on campus sh ould consist of diverse activities rather than mere academic studies; and that’s why extrac urricular activities become important. For one thing, extracurricular activities can provide students with real-life experienc e in decision-making and problem-solving, through which some specific knowledge or skills ar e required. For example, the development of leadership skills occurs as students assume owne rship for the success of their organization. Such experience will help them more about thems elves and point the way to their future career. For another, participation in extracurricula r activities will enable students to develop a balance between academic accomplishments and social development. This necessary balance will greatly aid each student to more successfull y encounter the challenges of our contemporary society. Moreover, participating in extracurr icular activities could also boost students’ development of interpersonal relationship. The awareness of responsibility, cooperation and punctuality, are fostered as each student inter acts with other members of their group. In short, extracurricular activities are vital because they could help students explore their interests and talents, teach them to manage their time and know their limits, as well as fit them in with other students.1996 年专四真题范文：College Life And Middle School Life 来源：考试大 【考试大——我选择，我喜欢】 2012 年 4 月 26 日
Direction：Every college student would agree that life in college is not the same as it was in the middle school. Now, you have been asked by the Student’s Union to write a passage entitled： The Main Difference Between My College Life And My Middle School Life 范文： It is generally accepted by college students that the main difference between middle school and college life lies in the degree of independence. As for me, I prefer the more independent life in university for the following three reasons. First and foremost, since the very day I entered the university, I have learned to live on my own and cultivated the habit of solving problems by myself. Without parents company, I have learned to arrange my daily meals for myself, wash clothes, set financial plans and make decisions relying on myself. Besides, college life is academically different from that in middle schools. Teachers in university only give students due guidance at due time, which renders college students more freedom to set academic goals. What’s more, we can choose any courses we are interested in and the teachers whose teaching styles are to our preference. Last but not least, we enjoy more free extracurricular time. We can make good use of the free time to broaden our views and make more friends. In conclusion, I am leading a life that is quite different from that in middle school, and I enjoy more independence in university. To the freshmen, I would suggest they devise various methods to adjust themselves to such an independent lifestyle sooner.1995 年专四真题范文：Discuss part-time job 来源：考试大 【考试大：你最值得信赖的考试顾问】 2012 年 4 月 26 日Direction： Nowadays it has become fashionable for college students to take a part-time job in their spare time. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this trend. 范文 1： In recent years, more and more college students begin to take part-time jobs in their spare time to earn pocket money or even education fees by themselves and such a phenomenon has caused numerous heated debates among the people around us. From my standpoint, taking part-time jobs has advantages as well as disadvantages. As a social activity, a part-time job certainly offers college students substantial practice, which is crucial to them after they graduate and go to their work posts. Besides, income earned from part-time jobs can solve their financial problems, especially for those who come from poor-stricken areas. Moreover, with part-time jobs, college students can put what they have learned from their books into use, thus connecting theories with practice and making abstract
knowledge concrete and practical. However, since part-time jobs take much of the students' time that must originally be spent on their studies, those who take them waste a great deal of time, therefore, their academic performance is tremendously affected. According to some worried sociologists, the duty of students is to acquire as much knowledge as possible so that they could better serve the society after their graduation. As a result, such people deem part-time jobs, which are regarded contradictory to study, as “not attending to one's proper duties”. Admittedly, people rarely reach an absolute consensus on such a controversial issue. From my point of view, so long as college students put their courses first and concentrate on their studies while at school, certain amount of time spent on part-time jobs is not incorrect. I think the most important for them to do is to balance the two aspects well and give priority to study if the two contradict each other.contradictory to study, as “not attending to one's proper duties”. Admittedly, people rarely reach an absolute consensus on such a controversial issue. From my point of view, so long as college students put their courses first and concentrate on their studies while at school, certain amount of time spent on part-time jobs is not incorrect. I think the most important for them to do is to balance the two aspects well and give priority to study if the two contradict each other.2010 年专八 The important role of a city’s local conditions in the urban design Recently there is a hot debate on a report that a foreign design company invited by a little-known mountainous area in Guiyang provided a design without paying too much attention to the city’s unique characteristics. Some people appreciate the bold innovation of the design but others do not like it. In my opinion, any urban design should take the city’s original cultural heritage into account. The designers should suit their design to local conditions and try to take advantage of the local resources. First, a city’s regional characteristics or local cultural heritage are its symbol, its identity. In a mountainous area, too many unconventional, super-futuristic buildings will not be compatible
with the city’s landscapes. Without these landscapes, it is just another so called modern city composed of concrete and steel. Take Beijing for example. In the past few years, Beijing has been removing a large number of such alleys traditionally called hutong, in order to make it become a real international city. But without these hutongs can this city still be called Beijing, an ancient capital? The disappearance of hutongs means the disappearance of a period of history, a cordial lifestyle, and even the disappearance of Beijing itself. Then Beijing will lose its uniqueness. Second, it can help a city save a lot of money by suiting the design to local conditions and try to take advantage of the local resources. This is especially important to small cities, like this one in a mountainous area near Guiyang. We all know Guiyang is a developing city, not very rich. Unconventional, super-futuristic buildings mean large need of money input. Then more burdens may be added to this city, which will run counter to the city’s original purpose of developing itself. Instead, if connections between a city’s culture and the various urban sectors, including housing, infrastructure and governance, are well made, the maximum economic benefits will be achieved. Besides, the modernization should be a gradual process. More haste, less speed. Nonetheless, it should not be overlooked that the shortcomings of futuristic-style constructing outweigh its advantages brought. In conclusion, any urban design should take the city’s original cultural heritage into account. The designers should suit their design to local conditions and try to take advantage of the local resources. A scientific city design should be dependent on the city’s regional characteristics, on a case-by-case basis.