2015专八作文

2015There has been a new trend in economic acti vity- the sharing economy. The biggest sector o f the sharin g economy is travel. You find a po tential host throug h a website. If you both get along and they are available during your plann ed trip, you stand a chance of getting a place for free. In addition, people also use website and apps to rent out their cars, houses, tool s, clothes and services to one another. Time ma gazine has included this trend in a list titled “10ideas that will change the world.”It s aid, “In an era when families are scattered and we may not know the people down the street , sharing things-even with strangers we’ve met just online-allow us to make meaningful connect i ons.”What do you think of Time’s comment? 2014Nowadays, some companies have work-from-home or remote working policies, which means that their employees do not have to commute to work every day. Some people think that this can save a lot of time travelling to and from work, thus raising employees’ productivity. However, others argue that in the workplace, people can communicate face to face, which vastly increases the efficiency of coordination and cooperation. What is your opinion? 2013:Is our society hostile to good people? According to a recent survey by China Youth Daily,76.1 percent of the respondents say that our current society provides a “bad environment" for good people doing good things.On the other hand,the more optimistic would argue that each individual should try his or her best to do good things and be nice to others, instead of waiting for the "social environment”to improve.So,what do you think? Is a sound social environment necessary for people to have high moral standards and be good to others? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: Is a sound social environment necessary for people to be good to others? 2012 A recent survey of 2,000 college students asked about their attitudes towards phone calls and text-messaging (also known as Short Message Service) and found the students' main goal was to pass along information in as little time, with as little small talk, as possible. "What they like most about their mobile devices is that they can reach other people," says Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics at American University in Washington, D.C., who conducted the survey. "What they like least is that other people can reach them." How far do you agree with Professor Baron? 2011 Should famous Chinese sites of historical interest charge higher fees during peak travel seasons? 2010 Recently newspapers have reported that officials in a little-known mountainous area near Guiyang, Guizhou Province wanted to turn the area into a “central business district” for Guiyang and invited a foreign design company to give it a n entirely new look. The design company came up with a blueprint for unconventional, super-futuristic buildings. Tis triggered off different responses. Some appreciated the bold innovation 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. 2009 Mandarin, or putonghua, is the standard service sector language in our country. But recently, employees at a big city's subway station have been busy learning dialects of other parts of the country. Proponents say that using dialects in the subway is a way to provide better service. But opponents think that encouraging the use of dialects in public counters the national policy to promote putonghua. What is your opinion? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: Are Dialects Just as Acceptable in Public Places? 2008 What I Have Learned From My Years at University 2007 Will the financial disparity (悬殊、差距) affect the friendship题目要求自拟。 Financial Disparity and Friendship 2006 Joseph epstein, a famous americanwriter,oncesaid"we decide what is important and what istrivial in life we decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refusetodo but no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. we decide. we choose. and as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. in the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about Do you agree or disagree with him? write an essay of about 400 words entitled: On Ambition You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.