2010专八真题

2010年真题

PARTVIWRITING(45MIN)Recentlynewspapershavereportedthat

officialsinalittle-knownmountainousareacharacteristicsorlocal

yourviewonthis?Writeanessayofabout

uldsupplyanappropriatetitleforyouressay.

Theimportantroleofacity’slocalconditionsintheurbandesign

Recentlythereisahotdebateonareportthataforeigndesign

companyinvitedbyalittle-knownmountainousareainGuiyang

providedadesignwithoutpayingtoomuchattentiontothecity’s

opleappreciatetheboldinnovationof

inion,anyurbandesign

shouldtakethecity’

designersshouldsuittheirdesigntolocalconditionsandtrytotake

advantageofthelocalresources.

First,acity’sregionalcharacteristicsorlocalculturalheritageare

itssymbol,ntainousarea,toomany

unconventional,super-futuristicbuildingswillnotbecompatiblewith

thecity’tthelandscapes,itisjustanotherso

ijingfor

astfewyears,Beijinghasbeenremovingalarge

numberofsuchalleystraditionallycalledhutong,inordertomakeit

houtthehutongscanthis

citystillbecalledBeijing,anancientcapital?Thedisappearanceof

hutongsmeansthedisappearanceofaperiodofhistory,acordial

lifestyle,ijingwill

loitsuniqueness.

Second,itcanhelpacitysavealotofmoneybysuitingthedesign

ispeciallyimportanttosmallcities,likethisoneinamountainous

nowGuiyangisadevelopingcity,notvery

entional,super-futuristicbuildingsmeanlargeneedof

reburdensmaybeaddedtothiscity,whichwill

runcountertothecity’d,

ifconnectionsbetweenacity’scultureandthevariousurbanctors,

includinghousing,infrastructureandgovernance,arewellmade,the

maximumeconomicbenefitswillbeachieved.

Besides,

haste,eless,itshouldnotbeoverlookedthatthe

shortcomingsoffuturistic-styleconstructingoutweighitsadvantages

brought.

Inconclusion,anyurbandesignshouldtakethecity’soriginal

ignersshouldsuittheirdesignto

localconditionsandtrytotakeadvantageofthelocalresources.A

scientificcitydesignshouldbedependentonthecity’sregional

characteristics,onaca-by-cabasis.

2011年真题

PARTVIWRITINGAccordingtoarecentnewspaperreport,manyfam

oussitesofhistoricalinterestinChinahavebegunorareconsidering

yo

uropinion?ShouldfamousChinesitesofhistoricalinterestcharge

higherfeesduringpeaktravelasons?Writeanessayofabout400w

uldsupplyanappropriatetitleforyouressay.

HigherEntryFeesDuringPeakTravelSeason

Inrecentyears,peopleinChinahavemoretimeandmoneytovisit

famoussitesofhistoricalinterest,owingtolongerholidaysandhigher

isits,ontheonehand,canenrichtheirownlifeand

therhand,toomanyvisits,

especiallyduringtravelpeakswhentherearemorevisitors,have

inion,oneeffective

solutiontothisproblemistochargehigherfeesduringpeaktravel

asons.

Foronereason,thowhooppohigherfeeshaveignoredthe

entfromthe

commonparks,thehistoricalspotsnormallyimplyamplehistorical

icsinthespotsaresopreciousandfragile

thattheyusuallyneedspecialandprofessionalprervation

andadministration,whichobviouslycostslargeamountsofmoney.D

uringpeaktravelasons,evenmoretouristspayvisitstothehist

geamountofpeoplearrivingatonehistoricalsp

thiss

ituation,thereisnobettermeasurethanraisingtheentryfeestoredu

ypurpoofchargi

nghigherentryfeesistostopsomepeople'svisitsduringspeciala

higherentryfees,somepeoplemaychangetheirplansandgiveu

onomicmeansareappliedtoconrvepreci

ousthingsatthesitesofhistoricalinterestinanappropriateand

sustainableway.

Foranotherreason,higherfeeschargedmayeffectivelyreducethe

numberoftouristsvisitinghistoricalspotsinpeakasons,which

isalsogoodtothesafety

sontheaccidentshappeningtotouristsarenot

allyduringpeakasons,heavytrafficofpasn

rmore,relax

mostimpossiblefor

anyonetoappreciateanythinginanovercrowdedspotwithaaof

lholidaymayevenberuinedbythehustleand

bustleandendlesswaiting.

Inshort,weneedtocontrolthenumberofvisitorspeciallyduri

ngthepeaktravelasons,toguaranteeasoundprotectionofhist

thers,higherentr

yfeesmaybeasimpleandeffectiveeconomicmeansofregulation,wh

hetourists

,thismaynotbesobadasitsounds

Withsocialandeconomicdevelopment,ourpeoplehavemoretimeandmoneyto

isits,ontheonehand,canenrich

ther

hand,toomanyvisits,especiallyduringpeaktravelpeakwhentherearemore

visitors,utiontothisistochargehigherfees

duringpeaktravelasons,whichIthinkisnecessaryandIamincompletefavor

ofthisdecision.

Asweallknow,todaythereisnoentrancefeechargedformanyparksinour

countrywhilealmostallfamoussitesofhistoricalintereststillneedanentryfee.

Somepeoplecannotacceptthisfortheythinkthatbothparksandfamoussitesof

ouldhavefreeaccessto

themoratleastshouldn’tpaytoomuchforthevisitsincetheyhavealreadypaid

isfarimpossibleforthopeopletoallowthe

sitestochargehigherfeesduringpeaktravelasons.

Onthesurface,theargumentsthatpeopleopposingtoentryfeeschargedfor

act,thopeople

haveignoredtheuniquefeaturesoffamoussitesofhistoricalinterestwhich

itesdifferfrom

icsinthesitesarepreciousandfragiletodestroy,and

usuallyneedspecialandprofessionalprervationandadministration,which

peaktravelasons,thereisnobettermeasure

poof

charginghigherfeesistostopsomepeople’visitssoastobetterprotectthe

vious

economicmeansareappliedtoconrvepreciousthingsatthesitesofhistorical

interestinanappropriateandsustainableway.

Inaword,duetotheuniquefeaturesofrelicsandtheneedofthesustainable

protectionofsitesofhistoricalinterest,wemustcontrolthenumberofvisitors,

especiallyduringthepeaktravelasonswhentherearetoomanytourists,to

charginghigherfeesduringthepeaktravelasons,aneffectiveeconomicmeans

ofregulationwillbeofgreatimportance.

2012年真题

PARTVIWRITING(45MIN)Arecentsurveyof2,000collegestudents

askedabouttheirattitudestowardsphonecallsandtext-messaging(a

lsoknownasShortMessageService)andfoundthestudentsmaingoa

lwastopassalonginformationinaslittletime,withaslittlesmallt

alk,aspossible."Whattheylikemostabouttheirmobiledevicesis

thattheycanreachotherpeople,"saysNaomiBaron,aprofessorof

linguisticsatAmericanUniversityinWashington,D.C.,whoconducte

dthesurvey."Whattheylikeleastisthatotherpeoplecanreachthem

."HowfardoyouagreewithProfessorBaron?Youshouldsupplyan

appropriatetitleforyouressay.

MobilePhonesMakeStudentsLessHumane

Recently,aprofessorofAmericanUniversityconductedasurveya

boutcollegestudents’attitudestowardsphonecallsandtextmessa

gingandfinallyheconcludedthatwhatthestudentslikemostabout

theirphonesisthattheycanreachotherpeopleandwhattheylikeleast

sultisemingly

contradictory,butinfact,itfaithfullyportraysthedilemmafacedbythe

students,

opinion,itisnothingbuttheverytelephoneitlfthatislargely

responsibleformakingstudentslesshumanebydeprivingthemoftheir

adaptivecapacityandsocialacceptability.

Originallyspeaking,adaptabilityofyoungpeopletonew

surroundingsisoneoftheirgoodqualities,butnowadaystheywould

ratherresorttooldfriendsbyphonecallsandtextmessagesthan

squitefortunatefor

thefreshmentohavetelephonecontactwiththeiroldfriendswhenthey

,thetruthisthat

telephonesprovideashelterforthemtoshyawayfromthenew

environmentaswellastakingawaytheiropportunitiestomakenew

,unabletofostertheiradaptivecapacity,manyofthe

collegestudentswouldprobablyfailtoadapttonewworkingconditions

oncetheystepintosociety.

What’smore,theshortmessagemakesthestudentsunableto

owntoall,the

ShortMessageServiceculturefeaturesungrammaticalstructuresand

non-standardlanguage,whichtotallydiffersfromtheoralexpression,

thusrenderingthephonefreakunabletocommunicatefluentlyinreal

therhand,sincethestudentsdevelopahabitof

non-face-to-facecommunicationbytelephone,theyarepronetosocial

phobiabecauofpoororalexpressionandblushingfacewhenth

uently,itisnowonderthatman

ystudentsturntotheirtelephoneswithanattempttoconcealtheiru

nnaturalnesswhentheyareatadinnertableorataparty.

Inspiteofalltheadverimpactcaudbythemobilephone,iti

,it

isaprovenfactthatthemobilephoneplaysanimportantroleinourl

ore,inordertoremovesuchembarrassingsituation

amongthecollegestudents,theschoolauthoritiesshouldofferapprop

riateguideaboutphoneuandcreateamorepositiveandharmonio

usambienceforthem,whichisalsobeneficialfortheirfutured

evelopment.

2013年真题

PARTVIWRITING(45MIN)Isoursocietyhostiletogoodpeople?Acco

rdingtoarecentsurveybyChinaYouthDaily,76.1percentofthere

spondentssaythatourcurrentsocietyprovidesa“badenvironment

”therhand,themoreopti

misticwouldarguethateachindividualshouldtryhisorherbesttod

ogoodthingsandbenicetoothers,insteadofwaitingforthe“social

environment”,whatdoyouthink?Isasoundsociale

nvironmentnecessaryforpeopletohavehighmoralstandardsandbe

goodtoothers?

Writeanessayofabout400wordsonthefollowingtopic:Isasound

socialenvironmentnecessaryforpeopletobegoodtoothers?

Isasoundsocialenvironmentnecessaryforpeopletobegoodtooth

ers?

Aproverbsaysthat"Prentarotoothers,anditsfragrancerema

insinyourhands."Despitethefactthathelpingothershasalway

sbeenatraditionalvirtueinChina,peoplearenowbecomingreluc

tanttohelpthoinneedforthefearofbeingprocutedforuninten

amethe"badsocialenviron

ment"foritwhileothersbelievethesocialenvironmentshouldbenot

sIamconcerned,Idohold

thatasoundsocialenvironmentisquitenecessaryforpeopletobe

hemeanwhile,weindividualsshouldtakeiniti

ativestocreateaharmonioussociety,ratherthanwaitforittoimpro

vepassively.

Ontheonehand,asoundsocialenvironmentisnecessaryinthatit

ackoflegalandmor

sreports

arepermeatingthemassmediaabouthowgood-willedcitizenndu

pwithtroubleindoinggooddeeds,

upholdsocialjusticeundersimilarsituations,asoundsocialenviro

nmentwithGood

Samaritanlawsisbadlyneededtoprotectthowarm-heartedhelpers

,whichcanfreethemfromworriesandriskswhentheydeliverhelp.I

naddition,thesocialindifferenceisalsopartlyduetothelong-existed

hoe-one'sareoftenleftisolatedand

socialenvironmentthatpraishumankind

nessandtrustcanreducebystanders'hesitationtoassist,surelymak

inghelpersbetterprotected.

Ontheotherhand,itisfutiletowaitforthesocialenvironmentto

aginehowahoucanbebuiltifeverybody

hesocietyiscompodof

individuals,itiachindividual'sbehaviorthatcultivates,protectsand

ialenvironmentwouldnotbe

utonechoice

thatweourlvessparenoeffortinmoralcultivation,protectionand

ourjointeffortstoaccumulategoodconductsstepbystepcanwereally

improvethesocialenvironment.

Inconclusion,asoundsocialenvironmentisnecessarytoencourage

eclimateofmorality

andcredibilitydeterioratinginsomewaytoday,itishightimethatwe

shouldactivelydevoteourlvestotheimprovementofsocialmorality

andbuildaharmonioussociety.

本文的观点设为：人们行善助人需要良好的社会环境，但我们不能消极地等待社会环境好起来才去做好事。第二部分对第一

部分的观点进行详述。本文此部分分两段论述，其一：良好的社会环境对助人者提供法律和道德保障，从而可以鼓励更多人行

善。其二：论证作为个体的个人是社会环境的组成部分，只有大家都积极行动起来，才能建设出和谐的社会环境。第三部分对

全文做出简单的总结，重申主题，强调改善我们现有的社会环境刻不容缓，我们每个人都应该为改善社会道德环境作贡献。

Isasoundsocialenvironmentnecessaryforpeopletobegoodtoothers

HelpingothershasalwaysbeenavirtueintraditionalChineculture,but

nowadaysmanypeopledarenotofferhelptothoinneed,forfearofgettinginto

uehasaroudpublicdebateovertheclimateofmoralityand

credibility,inion,

whilesocialenvironmentisnecessaryforpeopletobegoodtoothers,each

individualshouldtryhisorherbesttodogooddeedsandbesympatheticwith

others,insteadofwaitingfortheenvironmenttoimprove.

Thereisnodenyingthatsometragiceventsturnouttobetrapsbypeople

withevilintentions,sopeoplearebecomingmorerisk-consciousandaremore

opleevenwonder,‘Isoursocietyhostileto

goodpeople?’Thequestionmaysoundridiculousbutmanypeopleapparently

lievethatourcurrentsocietyprovidesabadenvironmentfor

goodpeopledoinggoodthings,andgoodpeoplepayahighpriceforbeing

,suchkindofthingsonlyaccountsforaprettysmall

percentage,butmassivemediacoveragemakesthesituationemrious.

Actually,mostpeoplearoundmearekind,warm-heartedandhelpful,andIam

ievemediashouldpaymoreattentionto

publicizinggoodpeopleandexemplarydeedstoenhanceourconfidence,rather

thanexposingdisgustingbehaviors.

Atthesametime,asJohnDonneputsit,“Nomanisanisland,entireofitlf.

Everymanisapieceofthecontinent,apartofthemain.”Sinceeveryoneofusis

acomponentofthesociety,itiachindividual’sconductsthatformsocial

agineitisyouwhoneedhelp,whatwouldyoufeelifeveryone

watchesindifferentlyorsuspiciously?So,putyourlfinother’spositionandbe

nothingbutwaitfortheenvironmenttoimprove,nothing

removingthefencearoundourkindconsciousnesscanwe

revertheregressofsocialethics,andmakeourworldfullofwarmthand

ore,ifhelpisneeded,

willmakeyouhappyandfeelbetteraboutlife.

Insum,Icontendtheideathatwhilesocialenvironmentisnecessaryfor

peopletobegoodtoothers,itiachindividual’sresponsibilitytoofferhelpto

thoinneed,andtogetherwebuildupamoreharmonioussociety.

2014年真题

PARTVIWRITING(45MIN)Nowadays,somecompanieshave

work-from-homeorremoteworkingpolicies，whichmeansthattheir

ople

thinkthatthiscansavealotoftimetravellingtoandfromwork,thus

raisingemployees’r,othersarguethatinthe

workplace,peoplecancommunicatefacetoface,whichvastlyincreas

youropinion?

Writeanessayofabout400wordsonthefollowingtopic：MyViewson

WorkingfromHome

Nowadays,somecompaniencouragetheiremployeestoworkath

ingthetimespen

tontravelling,

ghthismethodemstoimprovetheemployees’workingefficiency,I

amstronglyagainst

itsinceitwillbringalongmanyunexpectedproblems.

Firstofall,ei

snoonewhoattendstomonitorthem,theywillbeeasilydistracted.I

nacomfortableenvironmentlikehome,onewillthinkaboutwatching

TV,ldtheyconcentrat

eontheirworkandfinishallthetasksontime?Inthissituation,wor

kingathomecannotguaranteetheworkefficiencyoftheemployeesat

ereissometimesavedfromtravellingtotheoffice,timeis

verylikelyspentonsleepingorentertainmentratherthanwork.

Second,muchofacompany’sworkneedstobedoneundercareful

-to-facecommunicationplaysane

emarketingdepartmentforex

tomakeaplanforthecompany’snewproduct,theem

ployeesofthisdepartmentshouldbrainstormtogether,discusstogeth

er,andmakedecisionstogetherduringthessionsoftheface-to-face

er,tobetterimprovetheirplans,theymayalsoneed

mployeesallworkathome,thecommunicationandcooperationwillbe

veryinconvenientanddifficulttofulfill,letaloneraisingthe

employees’productivity.

Third,workingtogethercanenhancetherelationshipbetween

tonlyhelpfulforthelf-developmentof

employeesinthelongrun,butalsoufulforbuildingaunitedand

r,workingathomewillmoreorlesscreate

anofisolationorevenloneliness,whileworkingtogetherprovides

amoreincentiveenvironmentforthemtoaccomplishtheirtasks.

Therefore,Isuggestthatemployeesshouldworkintheworkplace

insteadofworkingfromhome,becauthelattercanneitherguarantee

glya

goodwaytoreducetime-consumption,workingfromhomewillindeed

bringfarmoreproblemsthatwillconsumemoretimethanexpected.

MyViewsonWorkingfromHome

Onweekdays,aspeoplewakeupandmakethecommutetowork,hundreds

eintegrationof

technologyandinnovationintoworkandhomelives,itisdelightedtofindthatwe

ethedayswhenpeoplehave

,thowhoworkathomecancommunicate

withcolleaguesviamobilephone,computer,andotherdigitaldevices.

Regardingworkingfromhome,whatfirstlycomestoourmind?Apparently,

cities,especiallythometropolis,itisa

commonplacethatpeoplesqueezeinandoutofacrowdedbusormetroinrush

’simaginewhatamountoftimecanbesavedwhenthopeoplechoo

edtimecanbedevotedtoprecious

worktime,andthus,rmore,workingathomeeasthe

troublesomeofsomepeopleworkinginthedowntownwhilelivinginthesuburb.

Itisalsobelievedthatalotofpeople,whoreprentativesareworkingparents

withchildcareresponsibility,,

inparticularly,maydon’thavetostruggletojuggletheircareersandtheir

familiesanymore.

eis

embodiedwithlotsofadvantages,

tance,thereductionof

remuchmore

distractionsathomethaninoffices,especiallyforworkingwomenwithbabies.

Besides,fromtheperspectiveofemployers,itishardforthemtomonitorthe

performanceofworkersathome.

Thereforeitisadvisablethatpeopletakeeverythingintoconsideration,

mesthejobnaturehasasayinwhichwork

oplemakeacombinationofworkingfromhomeandat

office,shell,workingfromhomehas

bothadvantagesanddisadvantages,andthekeyalwaysliesinhowtomakethe

bestuofit.