I. 解释结构：
（1）解释原因
Task 1:
You are allowed 40 minutes to write an essay about 250 words on the following topic.
Since 1980, divorce rate in China has incread rapidly as shown in the following graph. What are the caus for it?（图略）
Divorce in China
In recent years China has experienced a dramatic increa in the divorce rate. According to the chart given, during the last decade, the divorce rate in big cities has incread as much as it had in the entire previous thirty years. In 1960 there were only one divorced person for every 100 married people, and thirty years later the rate was 2.9 percent. But by 2000 the rate jumped to 5.8 percent.（第一段是通过对图表的描写把近十年来离婚率大幅上升的现象表现出来。）The upward trend in divorce reflects three important changes in our society.（这一句是文章的中心思想句，对造成离婚率上升总的概括，然后用three important changes交代了随后的正文发展方向The most significant one is the change in social atti
tude towards the divorced people.（主题句）In the past the act of divorce itlf was considered a social stigma. Even if a couple had already lived parately, they dared not to ek divorce. Now that divorce has become socially acceptable, you won’t be looked down upon just becau you are a divorced person.（原因1：人们对离婚观念的转变）
Second, the change in personal economic activities also facilitate divorce.（主题句）Millions of farmers floods into cities to ek jobs, and thousands of city dwellers go abroad for study or work. The unprecedented social mobility has placed vere strains on married couples, not only in terms of geographic paration, but also psychological change.（原因2：民工潮和出国热的社会流动对家庭的压力）
Finally, legal changes have greatly simplified divorce procedures.（主题句）In the past suing for a divorce was the most difficult thing ever imagined, you wouldn’t succeed without years of efforts. Now the revid divorce law makes legal paration easy for most people to obtain. People, for example, are allowed to get divorce merely for lover’s sake. Thus the last barrier to divorce is removed.（原因3：新的婚姻法简便了离婚手续）
Whatever changes responsible for the ri in divorce rate, one thing is certain: there is a significant c
hange in people’s traditional view of marriage and divorce.（最后是归纳性总结，对文章中心思想句加以重复）
(2)解释理由：
Task 2:
You are allowed 40 minutes to write an essay about 250 words on the following topic.
Going abroad for studies costs a large sum of money. But even so it attracts many young people.Do you like to join them if you have an opportunity? Why? Give your reasons.
Going Abroad for Studies
The other day I announced that I would go abroad for further studies right after my college education. My decision evoked the immediate objection of my family: Why? Why should I bought a huge sum of money for overas studies while I might receive the same education at home at relatively low cost? My answer is: in addition to knowledge, I can gain experiences that tho who stay at home will never have.（用个人经历引出主题，继而引出了文章观点：我出国读书不只是为了知识，还有在国内读书体验不到的经历。）
First, experience is the opportunity for the real-life u of foreign languages.（主题句）While a person can study a foreign language at home, the effect can never be compared with constant u of the language in academic and everyday life. There is no better opportunity to improve cond-language skills than living in the country in which it is spoken. Living in English-speaking countries such as America and Australia for veral years, for example, my English will be as perfect as native speakers.（在国外自然接触外语的经历，其能力的提高是在国内不能比的。）Second, living and studying abroad offers me a different perspective of the world.（主题句）On a university campus, foreign students are likely to encounter their counterparts from different countries and areas and are expod to different ideas and values. This helps me to have a meaningful understanding of different societies and inevitably es my own country in a new light.（在国外接触不同国家的价值观念，对了解自己国家，了解世界，开阔眼界很有帮助。）Third, overas experience, frustrating and painful as it may be, is helpful.（主题句）A person going abroad for study often experiences much more difficulty----difficulty in adapting to a new culture and in dealing with all problems alone. Yet, the difficulty, coupled with the frustration brought on by culture shock, is a rewarding experience for one’s future life and development of personality.（在国外遇到的挫折和独立处理问题的经历对人生的成长是一种宝贵的财富。）Although going abroad is expensive and perhaps painful, the payoff is worthwhile. For the benefit is not merely knowledge gained, but the experiences desirable in one’s personal life.（回到文章开头：出国学习所得到的不仅仅是知识，而且还有经历。）
II. 分析结构：
Task 3:
You are allowed 40 minutes to write an essay about 250 words on the following topic.
While most people pursue success, either academic or professional, some believe that success is not always a good thing. What do you think of it? What kind of adver effects it may produce
Effects of Success
Wangan, a bright and most successful student in our class, scores high in all cours she takes. From primary school to college, she is an A student and awarded scholarships every year, but no one expects she has mentally collapd recently simply becau she failed to be lected in her department as the candidate for studying overas. Wangan’s ca is not rare, but reflects a common phenomenon which shows that success is not always a good thing.（通过描述故事引出观点：成功并不一定好。）
Success, especially the one that comes easily, is damaging.（主题句）The child who wins the first prize in a painting contest with limited entries, the student who gets three A’s in his first year of prima
ry school, the adult who distinguishes himlf at a first job by accident may face probable disappointment and frustration when real challenges ari.（成功来之不易，往往在遇到真正挑战时束手无策）
Success is also bad when it’s achieved at the cost of the total quality or an experience.（主题句）For example, successful students are often the ones who are so obsd with grades that they never enjoy other activities on campus and in life. They never dare venture into new areas. And the lack of experiences in different fields tends to contribute to frustration and failure when they handle problems beyond their fields.（以牺牲发展其他方面的能力而获得单一方面的成功有害无益。）Success can be destructive for it produces unbearable pressure.（主题句）To score high in learning, to pass college entrance examination, to defeat rivals in fierce competition, one has to work under extremely terrible pressure and drive himlf too hard to a point where he es a single examine as a matter of life and death. Hence come many tragedies.（为获取成功而承受巨大压力也会带来害处。）
It is time to rethink of our success. We may ask ourlves: Is it good for our society----for our parents, for our media ---- to place so much emphasis on success?（提出重新考虑对成功的价值观，以问题结束，发人深思。）
III.比较结构：
（1）倾向性比较：
Task 4:
You are allowed 40 minutes to write an essay about 250 words on the following topic.
There are two popular models of traveling. One is to join the package tour, another is to travel individually.Which one do you prefer? Give reasons to illustrate your choice.
Models of Travelling
With the incread standard of living and the declining working weeks, more and more city-dwellers are taking their holidays in scenic spots and places of interest. Most of them like to join package tours as this mode of travel is said to be most convenient. But I prefer to travel individually for freedom.（引出两种不同的旅游方式，并表明倾向自助旅游，因为自由）It is true that joining a package tour can bring great convenience. You don’t have to worry about room and board during the travel, nor about your transportation. The guide will take care of everything. What you do is to follow the guide and enjoy the scenery. But you lo your freedom for this. At the sight of his/her flag wavin
g, you have to take yourlf away from the scenes you are marveling at and follow the guide who sole interest is to cover all spots according to his schedule, regardless of the weather of your health condition.（先肯定旅行社旅游的优点，接着就分析其缺点
Individual travel, however, gives you a great degree of freedom.（主题句）In climbing mountains, you can choo to drive up in cable cars, or take pleasure in the process of climbing. You can decide when to start your way, where to linger a little longer and which spot to be skipped over to save time for another spot. You can always adjust your plan.（然后转到自助旅游点上，详细阐述其优点，如可以自由安排日程等）
Travelling alone, you may encounter inconvenience such as getting accommodation for the night and a place for meals. But you can choo the hotel and restaurant to your liking, and avoid the embarrassment of being forced to share a table or a room with a stranger.（用一句话自助旅游有食宿困难，但在这一点上继续分析其优点，如可以找自己喜欢的饭店和旅馆）To have a holiday tour is to enjoy and relax yourlf, and to relax thoroughly, freedom is of esnce. If you lo the freedom of action, it is no longer a holiday in anything but name. For this reason I like traveling alone with veral friends.（归纳自助旅游的优点）
（2）平衡性比较：
Task 5:
You are allowed 40 minutes to write an essay about 250 words on the following topic.
Some emphasize book knowledge; others stress practical experience. Which one is more important? Give your reasons to illustrate your opinion.
Knowledge or Experience
Which is more important in life, knowledge from the books you read, or personal experience you gain in reality? The answer may vary from person to person. The young, educated may emphasize the former, and the old may stress the latter. But in my opinion, they are of the same importance.（引出要比较的知识和经验，并表明两者都重要）
Experience is priceless. How to become an efficient cretary? How to prepare for your first child to come into the world? There is so much experience we need in careers, in life and even in academic studies. It helps one deal with the problems with ea and confidence. Especially for students who grow up in the ivory tower, to get involved in practical activities and to accumulate experience of different kinds is more crucial.（首先强调经验的重要）
Experience, however, is limited in terms of time and space.（主题句）For one thing, it is impossible for anyone to experience all the events and meet all the famous people. For another, as the speed with which skills are obsolete and new problems crop up is unprecedented becau of the fast development of society, experience is far less adequate. Depending too much on it only leads to narrow-mindedness and prejudice.（分析单靠经验的缺点）
One way to compensate for it is to read books. Books of various kinds can bring us almost unlimited additional experience. From books you can not only trace back to the wisdom of our antecedents, but keep up with the latest developments of science and technology. To be sure, it’s condhand experience. But it is the ideal supplement to our limited experience. Few of us can travel around the world, or live long beyond one hundred years, but all of us live many lives by reading books.（接着指出书本知识的重要性）
Both book knowledge and personal experience are esntial. While experience makes one more resourceful, book knowledge makes one more learned.（归纳总结，作出平衡性结论）
