历年英语四级作文题及范文（1989-1994）

1989年1月四级作文题及范文

Directions:  The Tape Recorder

范文：
　　The tape recorder is one of the most welcome and popular electronic devices² ever invented. Nowadays, almost every family has a tape recorder. It can record people’s voices or popular songs or some other things that people would like to listen to more than once. Tape recorders have been warmly welcomed since the day they were invented.
　　This device¹ is useful in many ways. For example, a reporter can use it in interviews instead of the old, less accurate³ means of writing them in a notebook. Also, in studying foreign languages, students can use it to improve their listening ability. Moreover⁴, they can record their own voice to improve their pronunciation in the foreign language.
　　However, it can also become a nuisance⁵. Your hearing can be seriously harmed if you listen to a recorder with the volume too high. And, if you can’t control yourself, you can waste a lot of time listening to a recorder. So, if used properly, the recorder will serve you well. If used improperly⁶, it can do harm to you.

1990年1月四级作文题及范文

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition about What Would Happen If There Were No Power in three paragraphs. You are given the first sentence or part of the first sentence of each paragraph. Your part of the composition should be no less than 100 words, not including the words given. Remember to write clearly. You should write this composition on the Composition Sheet. 1. Ever since early this century, electricity has become an essential part of our modern life. 2. If there were no electric power. 3. Therefore.

范文：
　　Ever since early this century, electricity has become an essential part of our modern life. It plays an important role in many fields such as industry, agriculture and the daily life of men. Electricity is a source of energy that makes it possible for the factories to turn out products and for people to create comfortable living conditions, for example.
　　If there were no electric power, things would be quite different. Machines could not run and people would have to fall back on their hands to produce what is essential for them to keep alive. Traffic would have to stop at night because there would be no lights in the street. A world in darkness would no longer be a pleasant one. In a word, things would be in a mess.
　　Therefore, we should realize the importance of electricity. As electricity is insufficient⁷ in our country, we should be frugal⁸ in using electricity. We should make great efforts to produce more electricity.

1990年6月四级作文题及范文

Directions:  For this part, you are allowed 30 miniutes to write a composition on the title:make our city greener,your composition should be based on the following outline: 1：城市绿色的状况 2：绿化的好处（如：清洁空气，美化城市，改善气候......） 3：怎样才能实现绿化

范文：
　　Recent efforts toward⁹ the greening of our cities have achieved much, although the results are still far from satisfactory¹⁰. In recent years many trees have been planted in the cities and much care has been taken of the planted trees. In spite¹¹ of all this, the greening process is relatively¹² slow compared with cities in many other countries. For example, the green space available on average to each Shanghai citizen is only 0.4 Mu while every Londoner has more than 20 Mu.
　　We can benefit much from making our cities greener by planting trees. First, trees absorb carbon dioxide to produce oxygen which is essential to the health of human beings. Second, trees and other greenery make our cities more beautiful. Third, trees can also improve the climate of the cities.
　　Since we can get so much from making our cities greener, we should spare no effort to do that. We should plant more trees and take better care of them. We also should not cut down the trees. In a word, we should do everything to add to the greening of our cities.

1991年1月四级作文题及范文

Directions:  For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition about What Would Happen If There Were No Power in three paragraphs. You are given the first sentence or part of the first sentence of each paragraph. Your part of the composition should be no less than 100 words, not including the words given. Remember to write clearly. You should write this composition on the Composition Sheet. 　 An  Important Means of Transport In  China.  You should based your composition on the/bllowing outline: 1．为什么自行车在中国这样普及。 2．和汽车比较。 3．自行车在中国的前途。

范文：
   The bicycle is the most common means of transport in our country. There are several reasons for that. First, most people are not rich enough to buy a car. Since the bicycle is not expensive, it is affordable¹³ by the average Chinese families. Second, China has a large population and the traffic is heavy. The bicycle has the advantage of being small in size. A road which can only allow two cars to pass may allow more than ten bicycles to run side by side. Finally, people enjoy riding a bicycle to school, to work and on outing. It is so pleasant and the exercise is good for people’s health.
      Compared with a car, a bicycle has its disadvantages and advantages. For instance¹⁴, a bicycle is not fit for a long distance trip. A person who sits all day long in a car might get fat and unhealthy, while a person on a bicycle may gain good health and pleasure.
      The bicycle is popular in China and it will remain so for a long time to come. Many things must change before cars became common in China. Therefore, in the foreseeable future, the bicycle will still be welcome.

1991年6月四级作文题及范文

Directions:  For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 100 words on Changes in People's Diet. Study the following table carefully and your composition must be based on the information given in the table. Write three paragraphs to: 1, state the changes in people's diet (饮食) in the past five years; 2, give possible reasons for the changes 3, draw your own conclusions. 4, you should quote as few figures as possible.

范文：
　　From the chart we can see that during the past five years there have been great changes in people’s diet. The greatest change occurs in grain consumption¹⁵, which has dropped 4% from 49% in 1986 to 45% in 1990 in total food consumption. The second greatest change is in milk consumption, which increased from 10% in 1986 to 13% in 1990. But on the other hand, two trends can be observed in the consumption of meat and fruit and vegetables. From 1986 to 1989, meat consumption increased from 17% to 23% while that of fruit and vegetables dropped from 24% to 20%. From 1989 to 1990, meat consumption dropped a little to 21%, while that of fruit and vegetables increased a little to 21%.
　　What has caused the great changes in people’s diet? The main reason, I think, lies in the improvement¹⁶ in people’s income level. With the development of our society, people are becoming richer and richer, which enables¹⁷ them to purchase more nutritious¹⁸ food such as meat and milk. In the meantime¹⁹, grain consumption in people’s diet consequently²⁰ dropped.
　　So from the analysis, we can draw a conclusion that our society is progressing and people are living a better life than ever before. We are now able to purchase more delicious and nutritious food, resulting in an improvement in our health.

　

1992年1月四级作文题及范文 






Directions: For this part you are allowed30 minutes to write a composition in no less than 100 words, on the topic: Is Failure a Bad Thing? You should base your
composition on the following outline (give in Chinese )

1，失败是常有的事?
2，人们对失败有各种不同的态度。
3，我对失败的态度。
You should write your composition in three paragraphs. Remember to write your composition in readable handwriting on the right side of this sheet.
Is Failure a Bad Thing?


范文：
　　Failure is a common thing in our daily life. As students, we sometimes fail to get high scores in our examinations²¹. When we play games, we might be beaten by others. And there are times when we fail to do satisfactory work. All these failures happen naturally and almost every one of us has such experiences. 
　　However, there are different attitudes towards failure. Some people lose heart when they fail; they think the world is at its end. Some people don’t take failure seriously but just let it be, while some others learn much from failure, and therefore see the light of hope through failure. 
　　In my opinion, what really counts is not failure itself, but what we think of failure and what we do after failure. As long as we don’t give up, keeping believing in ourselves, and in the meantime learn something from failure, we’ll certainly make our mark in the end. So I am never afraid of failure, for I believe that failure is not a bad thing. Rather, “Failure is the mother of success.”

1992年6月四级作文题及范文

Directions:  For this part, you are allowed30 minutes to write a composition based on, the following two questions: 1．你在英语学习中有哪些困难? 2．你是如何克服这些困难的? Your composition should be no less than 100 words. Write this composition on the Answer Sheet. Remember to write it clearly.

范文：
　　To a Chinese, the task of learning²² English well is not easy. So I, like many other English learners, have met with difficulties in learning English during the past seven years. But I managed to overcome them and made much progress.
　　The spelling and meaning of words can be said to be the first difficulty I met as a beginner. But I found our my own way to deal with them. As to spelling, I never copied a new work again and again to remember it, but tried to find its relevance²³ to the sound. In fact, as long as I can read the word out, I can write it out. As to the meaning, I rarely recite its Chinese translation but often put the word into the sentence to learn its meaning. Moreover, if you use a word quite often, its spelling and meaning will be no problem. After all, we are learning English in order to use it.
　　Grammar and idioms may be another difficulty. But I have also got over it. I have not read lots of grammar books. But I spent much time reading the articles written by native speakers or specialists in English. By doing so, I came to gain “a sense of English language”. I began to gain a feel for which sentences are “good English” and which are not.
　　Finally, I want to say that overcoming all these difficulties requires perseverance²⁴. In the past seven years I spent at least an hour on English each day. I believe this is an important reason why I am able to make progress in learning English.

1993年1月四级作文题及范文

Directions:  For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Positive and Negative Aspects of Sport. You should write no less than 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: 1. 运动的积极因素； 2. 运动的消极因素； 3. 你的体会

范文：
　　Sports benefit us in many respects. When taking part in sports, we get the chance to train almost all parts of our body. There is no doubt that properly balanced physical activities keep us physically²⁵ fit. Furthermore²⁶, sports can enrich²⁷ our life and maintain²⁸ our psychological²⁹ health. Through participation³⁰, everyone can learn that on the playing field he not only competes for himself but also for his team. Sports teach us about consideration, cooperation and optimism³¹, and how to cope³² with difficulties.
　　But sports can do harm to those people who cannot balance their activities properly. Training too hard may hurt their body, exhaust³³ their energy and even make them disabled.
　　Personally, I love sports. I enjoy participating in sports. I feel that I not only gain a well-balanced life through sports, but also get more chances to move closer to nature. Sports have really added happiness to my daily life.

1993年6月四级作文题及范文

Directions:  For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic My Most Favorite Programme. You should write no less than 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: 1. 我最喜爱的电视（或无线电）节目是...... 2. 这类节目的内容和特点 3. 我喜欢它的原因

范文：
　　The News Report has always been my favorite TV program. Almost everyday I turn on the TV at 6:30 p.m. and wait for the news program. This has become a part of my life.
　　The News Report contains a large amount of information – from the international political situation to the latest foot-ball game. And the most important character is its fast pace. Because of this fast pace, news programs can contain much information in a short time.
　　In my opinion, the News Report is more than a TV program. It is a way of communication. From this program, people can know and understand world affairs. The world thus becomes smaller and smaller. I especially appreciate this benefit of watching the news.

1994年1月四级作文题及范文

Directions:  1．现代化的交通工具越来越发达。 2．人与人之间的交往越来越频繁。 3．结论。

范文：
　　Most of us have had an experience which reminds us the world is getting smaller. Perhaps when you went to some place far away from the city you live in and thought you knew nobody there, you were surprised to find that you ran into one of your old classmates on the street! Then both of you cried out, “What a small world!”
　　Why is the world getting smaller and smaller? For one thing, modern technology has created various means of transportation. And they are more and more available. Buses, trains, planes and taxis are found in most cities of the world. They carry goods and passengers to and from every corner of the world. For another thing, with the development of modern society, people are in contact with one another more frequently. Everyday we must deal with a lot of people unknown to us before. The more advanced a society, the more contacts we make with others.
　　So we can draw the conclusion that as long as technology makes progress, the world will grow smaller and smaller.

1994年6月四级作文题及范文

Directions:  1．人们对职业务有不同的理想 2．我理想的职业是什么 3．我怎样为我理想的职业做准备

范文：
　　Everyone has his own ideal³⁴ job. Some want to be doctors, some want to be teachers, and some want to be engineers.
　　My ideal job is in teaching³⁵. Firstly, I like children very much. I would like to sing, to dance, and to play with them. Secondly³⁶, a teacher has two vacations each. I can enjoy myself during the summer and winter holidays. Finally, I want to teach the students all that I know and help them to develop their potential so that they can work better for our country in the future.
　　In order to be a good teacher, I will study hard not only in class, but also in daily life. I will train my patience, improve my handwriting, and enrich my knowledge. In a word, I will study harder than ever to prepare for my future teaching job.