1、历年英语四级考试作文真题及范文（2014.12 2010.12）2010年 12月 英语四级作文 题目Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled How Should Parents Help Children to Be Independent? You should write at least 120 words folllowing the outline given below.1. 目前不少父母为孩子包办一切2. 为了让孩子独立, 父母应该（1）2010 年
2、 12月大学英语四级考试作文范文高分版How Should Parents Help Children to Be Independent?It is nothing unusual to find overprotective parents who help their children in all aspects of life. The question is, are they sure their heart loaded with love will bring good to their children? Lets look at the real situation of
3、 the second-rich generation. Some of them, rather than becoming the second-strong generation, becomes the defeated generation which is notorious for their life focused on consumption rather than creation.Because of the changes of education in history, most Chinese parents, though successfully accumu
4、late wealth, dont know much about the right value they should pass on to the new generation. They have tried all that they can to be good parents while neglecting the core value they should address, which is INDEPENDENCE.（2）2010 年 12月大学英语四级考试作文范文范文How should parents help children to be independent?T
5、hey should give their children the freedom to make choices for themselves. Children cannot be happy if they dont have control over their life, which in daily life, means they make choices for themselves, like, what to eat, what to wear, what career to do, what kind of spouse they are going to marry.
6、 Some parents may be open-minded enough to let their children to make these tiny decisions about food and clothes, but when it comes to the big ones, they are too anxious to let their children have a try. They used to be young and they made mistakes and now it is their sons and daughters turn to be
7、youngthe deep love and care is so intense that it becomes even suffocating-they are reluctant to give their children opportunities to start to be responsible for their own lives.2011年 6月英语四级作文题目Online Shopping1. 现在网上购物已成为一种时尚2. 网上购物有很多好处，但也有不少问题3. 我的建议参考范文 1Nowadays with the ever rapid development a
8、nd increasing popularity of the information technology , shopping on the internet has been a fashion especially among the youngsters.Online shopping has made our daily life more convenient and comfortable. For example , shopping on the internet can save students a great deal of time on the way betwe
9、en home and store, so they would be able to concentrate more time and energy on their academic work. The internet has shorten the distance between manufacturers and consumers and thus we can even buy goods in other countries .On the other hand , lack of the face to face deal makes online shopping le
10、ss reliable and trustworthy. What s more the delivery will increase the risk of items damage.In my opinion, shopping on the internet is a irreversible trend. More and more people will be accustomed to it. It will be much more popular in the near future. And at the same time we should take some measu
11、res to make it perfect.参考范文 2Nowadays, with the rapid development of information technology, online shopping has gained great popularity among more and more web users. For example, it is fashionable for youngsters to purchase daily essentials, such as books, clothes, electrical equipment, on some fa
12、mous website, like Taobao, EBay and Alibaba.Undoubtedly speaking, online shopping has many advantages. Firstly, compared with traditional shopping, its very convenient. What you need to do is just clicking your mouse and waiting instead of going out by foot or driving. Secondly, more choices than re
13、al store are another attraction to customers. However, in spite of convenience and more choices of online shopping, we cannot turn a blind eye to its disadvantages. Obviously, quality problem is its first disadvantage. Its common that articles arent so good just as they are described online that cus
14、tomers always buy fake commodities. In addition, its troublesome and annoying for many customers to make a change when they are not satisfied with what they bought online.As a college student, I like online shopping but I expected that effective measures should be taken to make it better。Specificall
15、y speaking, government should work out strict regulations and rules to prevent unfaithful and unlawful activities of online shop owners. Only by this way can online shopping become really safe and attract an increasing number of customers.2011年 12月 英语四级作文 题目For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes
16、to write a short essay entitled Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong Will by commenting on the humorous saying, “Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. Ive done it hundreds of times.“ You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.范文Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong WillSom
17、etimes, in our daily life, the easiest thing might be the most difficult thing, as in the case of some people trying to quit smoking for hundreds of times and still making endless efforts without any hope of success. The reason for their failure is their lack of a strong will。In our modern world, no
18、thing is simple and straightforward. Something might appear deceptively easy at first, but as we proceed on, we will find that it is actually extremely difficult. Therefore, we must take whatever we do seriously and be mentally prepared to make our utmost exertions. When we encounter obstacles and s
19、etbacks, we must apply our strong willpower and persevere until we finally succeed。For us university students, in our academic studies or in our daily life on campus, we might not be faced with insurmountable challenges. But we need to get prepared, right now, to take things seriously, try to cultiv
20、ate our strong will, and be ready to pursue our goals through persistence and indefatigable will. I believe its the only way we can achieve our success。Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong WillSuccess depends on many factors, both physical and spiritual. In my opinion, mental factors like a strong will
21、 are far more decisive in enabling us to achieve success. For example, despite our repeated efforts to quit smoking, our lack of a strong will would still cause us to end up in failure。In any of our undertakings, we should first set a goal. Some goals are highly challenging. Without a strong will, p
22、eople would give up in the middle and they fail to achieve their goals. For those people who do succeed, they succeed simply because they have that mental stamina which enables them to challenge even the most insurmountable difficulties。We often say that Impossible is Nothing. To make the impossible
23、 possible, we must exercise our perseverance and strong willpower. Or, as an English proverb goes, If there is a will, there is a way. Our world is becoming increasingly competitive and only by making strong-willed efforts can we maximize our full potential and gain competitive edges, and prevail ov
24、er all obstacles that lie in our way to success。2012年 6月英语四级作文题目Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Excessive Packaging following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.1. 目前许多商品存在过度包装的现象2. 出现这一现象的原因3.
25、 我对这一现象的看法和建议范文：On Excessive PackagingIn recent years, with the economy growing, all kinds of goods are flowing into our life. The packaging of goods becomes more and more attracting our eyes. However, the problem of excessive packaging has aroused peoples wide concern.This phenomenon exists for a n
26、umber of reasons. For one thing, the business has seen through the mind of most consumers who are face-saving, for they thought that the more beautiful the packaging of goods is, the best people like. For another thing, excessive packaging can make the majority of merchants get high profit for the c
27、heap commodity by improving price. Perhaps the primary reason lies that the form far outweighs the content.In my opinion, it is more advisable to focus on the quality of goods than to decorate its appearance. So, it is urgent that immediate measures should be taken to stop the situation. Only in thi
28、s way can we reduce unnecessary waste and have a rational and pure shopping condition, making our money worthwhile.2012年 12月 英语四级作文 题目英语四级作文答案解析(新东方版)金凌虹老师题目来源：美国劳工部(united states department of labor)官网Bureau of labor statistics 劳工统计局在 2012 年 3 月 23 日发布的“教育回报”数据表Education pays 教育回报 (暂定)图表说明：全英文，无中文翻
29、译和提示Education Pays, published every three years, presents detailed evidence of the private and public benefits of higher education. It also sheds light on the distribution of these benefits by examining both the increases and the persistent disparities in college participation and completion. In the
30、 three years between the publication of Education Pays 2007 and Education Pays 2010, median earnings for four-year college graduates increased more rapidly than those of high school graduates and the gap between the unemployment rates of the two groups grew. In addition to earnings comparisons, the
31、report documents differences in lifestyles, health, and other outcomes for people with and without college education. Differences in enrollment and completion patterns across demographic groups highlight the reality that gaps in educational attainment are explained by a combination of money and othe
32、r factors.小虹翻译：教育回报，每隔三年发布一次。它显示了高等教育所能带来的私人和公共利益的详细的证据。同时，通过考查大学入学与毕业方面的增长和长期的差异，它也阐明了由高等教育带来的这些利益的分布状况。在 2007 年和 2009 年教育回报发布后的中间三年，受过四年大学教育的高校毕业生的平均收入的增长要快于高中毕业生，并且，这两者间的失业率的差距也加大了。除了收入对比之外，这份报告也显示了是否拥有大学学历给人们的生活方式，健康和其他因素造成的差异。人群的教育入学和教育完成模式(是否上大学、是否大学顺利毕业)的差异强调了一个事实，那就是，教育程度的不同所带来的差距，是可以通过收入和其他
33、多种因素来解释的。From the bar chart given above, we can observe that it reflects the statistics of income among people of different educational background. Those who possess a doctoral degree earn 1,551dollars median weekly, ranking first among people of other education level. The median weekly earnings of
34、people with associate degree and below can not reach the average of 797 dollars, ranking from 768 dollars to 451 dollars. As for the unemployment rate, 2.5 % of people with doctoral degree will suffer form unemployment. However, the unemployment rate of people with some college, no degree and lower
35、degree surpass the mean value of7.6%, ranking from 8.7% to 14.1%.The bar chart of Education Pays reveals a phenomenon that there exits some difference in incomes and unemployment rate among people with different educational level. Quite a few reasons can account for this phenomenon: for one thing, with the advancement of technology and the adjustment of industrial
