1、 1 2008: In a few months time you are going to graduate from university. How do you think your college years have prepared you for your future life? Write an essay of 400 words on the following topic: What I have learned from my years at university. 翻译：还有几个 月你就要从大学毕业了。你觉得你的大学生活对于你未来的生活起到了什么样的准备作用？写一
2、篇约 400词的文章，题目如下：我在大学里所学到的 2007 ： Some people think that financial disparity affects friendship. What do you think? Write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay. 翻译 :有写人认为财力上的 差距会影响人们之间的友谊。你是如何认为的呢？写一篇约400 词的自命题作文。 2006: Joseph Epstein, a famous American wr
3、iter, once said, “We decide what is important and what is trivial in life. We decide (so) that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do. But no 2 matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. We de
4、cide. We choose. And as we decide and chosse, so are our lives formed. In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition si about.” Do you agree or disagree with him? Write an essay of about 400 words entitled: Ambition 翻译：一位著名的美国作家约瑟夫爱普斯坦曾经说过：“我们决定生命中哪些事情重要，哪些事情微不足道。其实正是我们做出的种种决定和种种拒绝使得使我们成为伟大或渺
5、小的人。但无论这个世界对我们所做的抉择如何漠视，这些抉择都要由我们来实现。我们决定，我们选择。在我们做出抉择的同时，我们的生活轨迹因着他们而改变。在最后，是我们的雄心决定了我们的命运。”你同意他的观点吗？写一篇命题作文：雄心 2005: Interview is frequently used by employers as a means to recruit prospective employees. As a result, there have been many arguments for or against the interview as a 3 selection proc
6、edure. What is your opinion? Write an essay of about 400 words to state your view. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay. 翻译：很多雇主通过面试这种方法来选择具有潜力的员工。所以现在有很多的不同意见，支持或反对把面试当作选人的一流程。你的观点是什么？写一篇约 400 字的自命题作文来陈述你的观点。 2004： It was reported in the press some time ago that a few second-and th
7、ird year students in a provincial university decided to try their hands at business in order to get prepared for the future. They opened six small shops near their university. Their teachers and classmates had different opinions about this phenomenon. Some thought that the students business experien
8、ce would help them adapt better to society after graduation, while others held a negative view, saying that running shops might occupy too much of the students time and energy which should otherwise be devoted to 4 their academic study. What do you think? Write a composition of about 300 words on th
9、e following topic: Should University Students Go in for Business? 翻译：曾有媒体报道，某省一大学的一些大二和大三的学生决定开始做生意，为他们的未来做准备。他们在学校旁边开了 6 家小店。他们的老师和同学对于他们此举有不同的看法。有些人认为学生开店的经历会帮助他们在毕业后更好的适应社会；有些人则持消极的观点，认为开店会占据他们太多的学习时间。你的观点是什么？写一篇约 400 自的作文，题目如下：大学生应该做生意吗？ 2003： An English newspaper is currently running a discussi
10、on on whether young people in China today are（ not） more self-centered and unsympathetic than were previous generations. And the paper is inviting contributions from university students. You have been asked to write a short article for the newspaper to air your views. You should supply a title for y
11、our article. 5 2003: 一个英语报纸现在正在热议一个话题：与老一辈相比，中国现在的年轻人是不是更加以自我为中心、更加没有同情心了。这家报纸正在向大学生征稿来谈论这一话题。你也被邀请来发表你的看法。写一篇 400字的自命题作文。 2002: All of us would agree that in order to be successful in the present-day society, we university graduates have to possess certain personal qualities that can enable us to r
12、ealize our aim. What do you think is the most important personal quality of a university graduate? Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic: The Most Important Personal Quaility of a University Student. 翻译 :很多人都同意这一点：如果想在现在的社会有所作为，大学毕业生们需要具有一些特定的个人品质。你觉得对于一个大学毕业生来说，最重要的个人品质是什么呢？
13、写一篇 400字的作文，题目如下：大学生最重要的个人品质。 6 2001: The Internet is about to take off in China. As many as 9 million people are online, a number that is estimated to hit 20 million by the end of 2000. It is predicted that this phenomenal growth will have great impact on our society and economy. Choose ONE aspect
14、of our society or economy where you think the impact will be most strongly felt, and write an essay of about 400 words entitled: The impact of the Internet on 翻译：互联网在中国正飞速发展。现在我国已有 900 万网民，这个数字估计会在 2000年底增加到 2 千万。有人预测，这种飞速的增长将会对我们的社会和经济产生巨大的影响。选择你觉得因特网最能影响我们生活或经济的一方面，写一篇约 400 词的半命题作文：因特网给带来的影响。 2000
15、:Some people simply see education as going to schools or colleges, or as a means to secure good jobs; most people view education as a lifelong process. In your opinion, how important is education to modern man? Write a 7 composition of about 400 words on the following topic: Education as a Lifelong
16、Process. 翻译：一些人将教育简单地等同于上学，或者找到有保障的工作的一种方法。而大部分人认为教育是个终身学习的过程。在你看来，教育对于现代人有多重要 ？写一篇约400 词的作文，题目如下：教育 终身学习的过程。 1999: Some people claim that competition is more important than co-operation in the present-day society. How far do you agree with these people? You are to write a composition of about 400wo
17、rds on the following topic: Competition or Cooperation? 翻译：一些人认为现今社会竞争要比合作重要。你同意他们的观点吗？写一篇约 400词的作文，题目如下：竞争或合作？ 1998: Nowadays with the development of economy, existing cities are growing bigger and new cities are appearing. What do you think is ONE of the major problems that may 8 result from this
18、process of urbanization? Write an essay of about 400 words on the topic given below: One Major Problem in the Process of Urbanization 翻译：随着经济的发展，已有的城市变得越来越大，新的城市不断出现。你觉得在城市化进程中，会产生一个什么样的问题？写一篇约 400 词的作文，题目如下：城市化进程带来的一个主要问题。 1997： Some people hold the view that a student s success in university study
19、 follows the same pattern as that of farming, which is characterized by the process of sowing the seeds, nurturing growth and harvesting the rewards. Write an essay of about 400 words on the topic given below to support this view with your own experience as a university student： Sowing the seeds, Nu
20、rturing Growth, and Harvesting the Rewards 翻译：一些人认为一个大学生在大学里的成功遵循的是像种田一样的过程 种下种子，施肥种植，到收获果实。写一篇约 400 词的9 作文，表达你对于这种观点的支持，文中请结合你的大学经历。题目如下： 播种、施肥、收获 2010 年英语专业八级（专八、 TEM8）真题：写作（作文）部分。 Recently newspapers have reported that officials in a little-known mountainous area near Guiyang. Guizhou Province wa
21、nted to turn the area into a “central business district“ for Guiyang and invited a foreign design company to give an entirely new look. The design company came up with a blueprint for unconventional, super-futuristic buildings. This triggered off different responses. Some appreciated the bold innova
22、tion of the design, but others held that it failed to reflect regional characteristics or local cultural heritage. What is your view on this? Write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay. 10 In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your mai
23、n argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. 2010 年英语专业八级真题作文点评 正如考前预测的那样，今年的作文题材不是“人生励志”，而是“社会热点”，提刚讲的是经济建设与文化遗产保护的矛盾，题材并不生僻，相信学生能够驾驭。文章第一段可以改写提纲，以叙事方式开篇，点出篇章主题 (thesis statement) 经济建设应为文化遗产保护让路。紧接着，文章主题部分一般分三段，罗列三个理由，最好每一个理由都有一个具体的事例。最后，总结前文观点，深化强调主题。 2010 年英语专业八级真题写作题范文
