TEM-4 SAMPLE TEST
Exercise 2
With the increasing use of the Internet, online shopping is becoming a truly global experience. Just like a coin that has two sides, online shopping has some advantages and disadvantages. The following are the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your opinion in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on this issue.
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Advantages Disadvantages If you have access to the Internet, you can make One of the biggest concerns about shopping purchase at anytime and anywhere. That’s the main online is the safety of your personal and financial reason for the popularity of online shopping. Without information. physically visiting numerous stores, online shopping saves a lot of energy from testing products and Nowadays many online shops are not legally comparing prices. registered, which leaves the consumers at greater risk of being cheated of their money. Many online stores make it possible to choose from a big array of potential purchases. A physical store may Moreover, online shopping makes you unable to only provide you with limited options. However, an actually touch the item or try on the clothes before online counterpart may offer you additional choices you buy them. What you see online may not be of design and color. For example, retail giant precisely what you receive. Sometimes, the item Wal-Mart sells their additional items only from their can’t live up to the expectations you had when website. Additionally you may find various you made your online purchase. The color may homemade items online which would be unavailable have slight difference from what you saw on the in physical stores. screen. However, it can reduce the chances of disappointment if you buy items in the physical Shrew shoppers often search for the best price before stores. In addition, in case you are not satisfied making the final purchase. Then you can shop online, with your purchase, it’s quite troublesome to which offers the item at a lower price. return the item.
Exercise 3
Scientists advise people to lead a healthy lifestyle, but most people continue with unhealthy activities. Why do people do so? State the solutions.
You are to write your composition in four parts in about 200 words. In the first part, state the concept of healthy lifestyle. In the second part, explain why unhealthy lifestyle exists. In the third part, explain how to deal with this phenomenon.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Exercise 4
Homework is assigned to students every school day in many schools. Do you think that daily homework is necessary for students or not? The following are the supporters’ and opponents’ opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your opinion in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on this issue.
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Yes No Homework is necessary for students, because practice Many teachers assign homework to students every makes perfect. day. Personally, I think it is not necessary. Firstly， homework is the way the teacher provides To begin with, if the teacher doesn’t have classes guidance for students. By checking their homework, today, there is no need for him/ her to assign the teacher can find out the weakness of the students, homework. Because if the teacher still does, and guide them accordingly. Hence the homework perhaps the students will not have enough time to can help students learn efficiently. review other lessons learn the same day. Secondly, sometimes if a student doesn’t have the In addition, every student has his/ her right to won must-do homework, he won’t review or preview the leisure time. They are not machines. So it will be lesson willingly because of the lace of motivation. good for students’ physical and mental health if teachers allow students to have some spare time. Thirdly, homework can reflect how well the student has mastered the knowledge. On the other hand, the Lastly, assigning homework every day is not a teacher is able to find the problems in his/her scientific way of teaching and studying. It can teaching, and make corresponding adjustment, either make students lose interest in studying. for all the students or for a single one.
Exercise 5
It is estimated that only 40 percent of migrant children between five and twelve attend school in Beijing, while in some migrant communities in Shanghai, only 20 to 30 percent of children go to school. Discuss the causes of the problem mentioned above and the way to solve it.
Write a composition of about 200 words based on the following topic:
Education for China’s Migrant Children
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Exercise 6
We are caught in the conflicts between modern and traditional cultures every day. Will our traditional culture exists forever? The following are the supporters’ and opponents’ opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your opinion in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on this issue.
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Yes No Even though modern cultures are widely spread The information revolution, the development of nowadays, traditional cultures still continue to mass media and the advanced technology have dominate. There is no need to worry about whether doubtlessly influenced the traditional culture. our traditional culture will be lost. It is an important People get so used to such a modern society that heritage of the whole human race, which will exist many traditional things have been neglected and forever. abandoned. Therefore, I believe that the traditional culture will gradually get lost. First, traditional festivals remind us of the traditional culture. Our belief in the traditional culture gets ready First, the traditional culture is hindering the to revive at any time. development of new science which is beneficial to the whole society. Moreover, we have taken active measures to conserve the traditional cultures on decline. Many volunteers In addition, the government spent a huge sum of have contributed themselves to studying and money to rebuild or restore the ancient buildings spreading them. Besides, more and more people have just for commemoration, taking no account of realized the importance of the traditional culture, and practicability. they begin to voluntarily protect it. Lastly, nowadays people prefer the modern Our culture changes itself to cater to people science and the advanced technology with the nowadays. We hold some modern activities to meet wholesome education system to the ancient ways, the society’s needs. Though the appearance of which speeds up the loss of the traditional culture. traditional cultures changes, the essence will never change.
Exercise 7
According to a survey, more than two thirds of people in China agree that the public morality level is lower than before. What leads to the declining of people’s morality level? How can we change this situation?
Write a composition of about 200 words based on the following topic:
What We Can Do to Promote Citizens’ Morality?
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Exercise 8
After you graduate from a university or college, would you rather be self-employed or work for someone else? The following are the opinions of being self-employed and those of working for someone else. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your opinion in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on this issue.
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Self-employed Nowadays more and more students choose to be self-employed after graduation. As far as I am concerned, I prefer to be self-employed. I can lead a more free-style life. I can do things on my own will. Moreover, I can decide how to do things; whereas those who are employed by others must do things according to the instructions of their employers. I can allocate my time freely. Hence, if I am tired, I can rest in the daytime; If I am more energetic, I can work late at night. I have more freedom on the choice of work time than those who work for others. Self-employment makes me depend on myself. I have to push myself to learn more and to work harder. I am the master of myself. Working for someone else Being an employee, I have to be subject to discipline, and do things under the instructions of my boss, but that’s just part of life. I would rather work for someone else than be self-employed. I just want to lead a simple and regular life. When you work for yourself, you have to earn more money to end up with the same take-home paycheck you’d get as a company employee. That’s much pressure for me. In addition, besides work, I can still have free time to do the things I enjoy doing, and don’t need to think about the work all the time. I don’t like a complicated life. I haven’t much ambition either in my life or in my career. I dream of living an easy life, a regular life with discipline, without much risk.
Exercise 9
Every year, millions of college students will sit for the post-graduate entrance examination. More and more students have regarded the pursuing of a master’s degree as an indispensable part of their education.
Write a composition of about 200 words to explain the main causes of the phenomenon on the following topic:
Reasons for Continuing One’s Education
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Exercise 10
News media are important in modern society. Why are they important? Is their influence generally positive or negative?
You are to write your composition in four parts in about 200 words. In the first part, you should state your opinion about news media. In the second part, explain the advantages of news media. In the third part, explain the disadvantages of news media.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion.
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Exercise 11
Although it is more convenient for us to communicate through WeChat, emails, or telephone calls, face-to-face communication is still irreplaceable and invaluable. The following are the supporters’ and opponents’ opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your opinion in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on this issue.
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Yes No It is true that the advanced communicational Modern communicational technologies such as technologies make people communicate more easily, telephone, emails, WeChat or QQ, tie people but people became estranged. Hence the best way of together. Today we are connected with other communication is face-to-face communication. people in a way we never have been before. Face-to-face communication could make people For those who are far away from each other, they know the actual personality of the other party can converse as if they were in the same room directly, avoiding being deceived by others. with modern communicational technologies. This improves communication efficiency. We always judge one person through the first impression. Through face-to-face communication, Lots of international businesses are so dependent people will make the evaluation more credible. Take on modern communicational technologies that the interview for example, the interviewer would they would be impossible to run or much less evaluate the interviewee not only from the answers efficient without them. but also from his behavior and attitude and so on. The indirect communication can sometimes avoid Face-to-face communication involves not only verbal embarrassment. For example, the interviewer can expression but also the non-verbal expression, such notify the interviewee of his failure in the as touch and eye contact, which can enhance the interview through telephone calls or emails. relationship.
Exercise 12
Progress has made our lives easier and more comfortable. A lot of people believe progress is always good. Do you agree with them?
Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
Is Progress Always Good?
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Exercise 13
Friends are very important in everyone’s life. There are different types of friends: some are very intelligent, some have a good sense of humor and some are reliable. What do you want most in a friendship? Which one of these characteristics is most important to you?
Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
The Most Important Characteristic of a Friend
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Exercise 14
Research indicates that the characteristics we were born with have much more influence on our personality and development than experiences we have had in our life. But some people believe that appropriate nurture can turn an average person into a special one.
Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
Nurture Plays an Important Role in One’s Development
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
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