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1 / 47 1 / 47 英语专业八级（TEM-8） 习作集 Meform 编著 Copyright © 2011 Meform All Rights Reserved. Any unauthorized use or reproduction of any content herein without the prior written consent is strictly prohibited. 2 / 47 Contents 专八真 题 快递公司问题件快递公司问题件货款处理关于圆的周长面积重点题型关于解方程组的题及答案关于南海问题 作文……………………………………………………………………………………3 Financial Disparity: A Barrier for Friendship（2007 年真题）………………………………3 Ambition（2006 年真题）……………………………………………………………………4 Interview（2005 年真题）……………………………………………………………………5 University Students Should Refrain from Going In for Business（2004 年真题）……………6 The Most Important Personal Quality of a University Student: Perseverance（2002 年真题）……………7 Education as a Lifelong Process（2000 年真题）……………………………………………8 Competition & Cooperation（1999 年真题）………………………………………………9 Sowing the Seeds, Nurturing Growth & Harvesting the Rewards（1997 年真题）…………10 热点校园话题作文………………………………………………………………………………11 We Should Be Granted the Right to Live Off Campus………………………………………11 Interest Should Come First In Choosing A Major……………………………………………12 Which Is More Important for A College Student, His Studies or Social Practice?…………13 Limitations of Book Knowledge……………………………………………………………14 It Is Impossible to Rule out the Use of Chinese Totally in English Classes…………………15 Bridge the Gap Between College Students And Teachers…………………………………16 Anticipated Problems after Graduation from Colleges……………………………………17 Pressures on College Students………………………………………………………………19 热点社会话题作文………………………………………………………………………………20 Money and Happiness: How Tight the Bond?………………………………………………20 Fireworks Shouldn’t Be Allowed for Spring Festival Celebration……………………………21 It is Wise to Abolish Pets……………………………………………………………………22 Lend a Helping Hand to Strangers…………………………………………………………23 We Should Never Climb On the Bandwagon………………………………………………24 Positive Influences of TV on Kids……………………………………………………………25 A Comparison between KFC and McDonald’s………………………………………………26 Coupons, Discount in Disguise?……………………………………………………………28 The Negative Effects of Technological Advancements………………………………………29 热点时事话题作文………………………………………………………………………………31 Golden Weeks Should Not Be Cancelled……………………………………………………31 My Comments On the Sanlu Melamine-Tainted Milk Scandal………………………………32 What Impressed You Most In the Year of 2008?……………………………………………33 Lessons Taught by the Beijing Olympic Games………………………………………………34 It Is Wise to Charge for Plastic Bags…………………………………………………………35 其他作文…………………………………………………………………………………………36 Two Slips of Paper……………………………………………………………………………36 Introduction to Our Campus…………………………………………………………………38 My Self-Image………………………………………………………………………………39 A Sample of Job-Application Letter…………………………………………………………41 附录（专四作文集）……………………………………………………………………………42 3 / 47 专八真题作文 Financial Disparity: A Barrier for Friendship With the development of the world and the achievement in science and technology, the globe is becoming increasingly small, and as a result, we can make friends in easier and varied manners than ever. We can get friends in our daily personal contacts, on the Internet or as we travel, thus, chances are that everyone may have a large scope of friends. These friends of our may be of different family backgrounds, distinct characters or varied financial situations. Therefore, many would hastily leap to the conclusion that financial disparity does not affect friendship. However, a comprehensive and careful ponder will lead you to a contradictory answer. In the following context, I am to elaborate on my reasons to make argument convincing and reasonable. First things first, financial disparity leads to difference in personal interests. It is said that friendship is connected or based on the same or similar interests. It is almost impossible for two with no shared interests to establish friendship. A rich man may take interest in singing songs in KTVs, dining and wining or hanging about in shopping malls, while a poverty-stricken man may only afford such interests as reading classics, listening to music or collecting maps, etc. The financially abundant people may hardly find the hobbies of the poor interesting, while the impoverished people may be financially unable to engage in the activities of the rich, thus, they could hardly reach any consensus in their interests and friendship cannot take root between them. Besides, friendship disparity results in differences in personal experience. A Chinese idiom goes that “people of similar experience have sympathy for each other.” Same or similar experience is also a solid groundwork that friendship establishes on, since similar experience can help people better understand one another, while lack of it may cause misunderstandings of this or that sort. To illustrate, a rich people from a metropolitan city may have a broader horizon, a carefree lifestyle and better understanding of the modern world while people with financial difficulties may only have traditional and old-fashioned concepts about the world. When these two come into contact with each other, there is a great possibility that they will have difficulties in understanding or convincing each other, let alone enter into friendship. Moreover, financial disparity gives rise to the disparity in personal characteristics. An English proverb goes that:”Birds of a feather flock together”, friends are often those who share same characteristics or temperaments. However, people of financial disparity often vary in their characters. Affluent people often act in a somewhat high-key and self-centered manner, while the poorer ones prefer a low profile and may seem to be a little self-abased or unconfident. Judging from the reams of evidence stated above, we may reasonably arrive at the conclusion that financial disparity is a barrier rather than a stimulus to friendship. So when we intend to make new friends, we’d better choose the people in the same circle or with kindred background with us, otherwise the duration or worth of the friendship may hardly be guaranteed. (506 words) 4 / 47 Ambition A saying goes that ”It is ambition that keeps the globe revolving and the world regenerating.”, though I cannot remember it is remarked by whom, it left a deep imprint on my mind. As for me, ambition, together with language, unparalleled intelligence, separates human beings from the animal kingdom. Without ambition, the world would lose its vitality and decay into a place of spiritual wasteland. First and foremost, ambition spurs us to struggle for the better. A man without ambition cannot be called a true man, instead, he is only a walking skeleton. Ambition results in our ever-lasting and unremitting efforts to achieve the improvement in the standards of living, a better working environment, a higher salary and so on. With ambition in mind, a man has a clearer picture of what he desires, what his objective is and a greater resolution to attain all his dreams. Secondly, ambition can bring our potential into full play. It is generally acknowledged that human beings have an immense pool of potentialities, so we need something to help us exploit them. Ambition, thus, plays such a role: it could arouse the enterprising spirit in the bottom of our hearts, which, in turn, stimulates our hidden abilities. Before blaming ourselves for not having abilities of this or that sort, we should first ask ourselves whether we have any clear ambition in our minds. Such kind of self-enquiry may help you know clear what your ambition is and make things you thought to be impossible come true. Finally, ambition can help us realize our dreams and values. As a kind of social animal, we human beings must do something that is welcomed or acclaimed by the society to achieve our real essence of existence. Though it is far from possible that ambition alone can results in success or realization of dreams, ambition could pave the way to success for you. Ambition, when coupled with unswerving determination, painstaking efforts and down-to-earth manner, will surely lead us to meet our goals. It is mention-worthy that ambition is the core of so many elements in bringing your dreams come true. From the above discussion, we may easily conclude that everyone must bear his ambition in mind, no matter how lofty or trivial the wish may be, as long as it is practical and we apply down-to-earth manner in our attempts to realize the goal, our ambitions are bond to blossom and bring us a bumper harvest when they yield fruits. (412 words) 5 / 47 Interview As senior college students, we’re facing with graduation and job-hunting in no more than 3 months. Thus, in our spare time of study, we often think about the ways to handle all the procedures in job-hunting: selecting appropriate and suitable employers, sending our applications, preparing for interviews, etc. Among all the procedures, it is undeniable that interview is the most difficult but significant procedure to handle. However difficult it may be, I still regard interview as an indispensable procedure to choose the right employees. My reasons are as follows. Firstly, as for employers, interview is a good way to sort out the best applicants. Through communication person to person, employers can easily distinguish whether the applicants are suitable for the post or not. They can judge it from their words, behavior, demeanor or attitude. Interview acts as a great sifter by which the good applicants are reserved and these inferior are sorted out. Secondly, as for employees-to-be, interview is a great arena to show your ability and to impress the job-suppliers. Seizing the chance, interviewees can show the employers how excellent they are, how eloquent they are, what kind of edge do you have on your competitors. As long as you prepare well for the interview, you can confidently answer the questions cleverly and fluently, and without doubt the job is almost in your hands. Thirdly, as for those relatively introverted job seekers, interviews can also be of great value to them. Perhaps you may ask:” These introverted people are always shy, they can be so nervous that their face may turn red, and their bodies may even shudder when the interview kicks in. They stand a fat chance of getting an edge in interviews, why should you say they could benefit from interviews?” That’s true to some extent, but if looking from another angle, we may find that interviews provide them with great opportunities to train themselves to be talkative. After weathered several times of misery and disappointment, these shy people may learn to become sociable. So there introverted ones should never frown at engaging in interviews for it is a necessary procedure for self-improvement. From what we’ve mentioned above, we can easily see that interview is useful and beneficial to employers as well as candidate employees, no matter he is outgoing or shy. Since interview is an unavoidable and fairly important procedure in selecting appropriate employee, we should take it seriously and make a comprehensive preparation for it. Only by doing so can we land a decent job successfully. (421 words) 6 / 47 University Students Should Refrain from Going in for Business Nowadays, there emerged a heated discussion concerning the attitude we should take towards the phenomenon that university students of increasing number are devoting themselves to business. Some thought that business-dealing experience would help the students better adapt to the 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 be devoted to their academic study. I’m in favor of the latter, for I think the disadvantages of going for business of university students outweigh those advantages it may bring. In the following context I am to make my argument convincing by elaborating on my 3 reasons. First things first, we should keep in mind that it is our top priority to study and accumulate as much knowledge as possible in our 4 years in college. Academic study is a guarantee of our future career and paves the way to our potential success. Engaging ourselves in business requires us to spare a huge amount of time and energy that should be used for our studies, and as a result, we may ruin our studies in the process. Going in for business is not sensible for college students as it may deprive us of chances to study and get better occupation in the future. Besides, college students are often not well-prepared, psychologically and emotionally, to engage in business. It is often said that the circle of business resembles a battlefield. The competition there may be so fierce that collegians can hardly adapt to it. It is also true that businessmen are of various characters and temperament, so it becomes very difficult for those inexperienced and unsophisticated college students to get along with them well, let alone make friends with them or make a big money. Moreover, college students are not financially suitable to explore the business circle. There is no denying that going in for business needs a huge input of money, which is something most college students lack. It is impossible to establish business without a decent financial input. Even if someone has such money, he still stands a fat chance of making success in business, since he may lack in the skills of money management to bring his money into full play or to invest his money rationally or proportionately. From what has been discussed above, we can safely reach to the conclusion that it is irrational and unnecessary for university students to go in for business at the expense of their academic pursuits. Instead, university students should bear in mind that study is their priority during their college life. Only when they’re academically, financially and emotionally mature can they attempt to engage themselves in business and stand a chance of success. (456 words) 7 / 47 The Most Important Personal Quality of a University Student: Perseverance When my eyes caught this topic, my mind began its search for the most important one from many options such as honesty, diligence, self-confidence, fortitude, etc. After turning this question in my mind for a few minutes, the best choice finally came to me. It is perseverance that is regarded by me as the most important personal quality of a university student. My reasons for picking perseverance out of so many candidates are as follows. Firstly, perseverance is the cornerstone on which your academic success is based. Although in college, the study burden is relatively lighter than that in middle school, we still need to spend most of our time and effort to study. We also know that college students are faced with various tempts from the society, such as cyber café, amusement parks, and other temptations which may distract them from their studies. Then, under this circumstance, perseverance could act as a vital quality to help you resist these tempts and focus on your academic goal. Only if you apply perseverance into your study while others hanging about in shopping malls and department stores or indulging in online games in Internet bars, can you keep free from their influence and achieve your academic goals and build a solid foundation for your future career. Secondly, perseverance is also indispensable in applying your knowledge into practical use. It is often said that to learn is one thing, but to use the knowledge that we’ve learnt is totally a different matter. We college students often find it difficult to put our knowledge into practice. Thus, we may encounter many barriers in our first few attempts in the practical application of our knowledge, and that’s where perseverance kicks in. Perseverance can play the role as a stimulant which urges us to continue our efforts in face of those difficulties. Thirdly, without perseverance in mind, we can hardly find a decent and well-paid job after we graduate from university. It is generally acknowledge that the days when students could find satisfactory job easily after their graduation are long gone. Nowadays, in order to get a job, graduates are expected to undergo an intense competition with millions of graduates and laid-off workers across the country. The status quo of college students’ employment is graver than ever, and that’s why students often satirically refer graduation to joblessness. Thus, it is essential for us to apply perseverance into job-application, to face the grave fact in a brave manner, to maintain our confidence in spite of the cut-throat competition and never lose heart at our failure. Only if we don’t lose our perseverance can we get the job that we desire. From the reams of evidence stated above, we can clearly see the significance of perseverance, which is a must for success in many important attempts during our time in college. Thus, we should always keep it in our minds and turn to it for help when we’re in trouble. (492 words) 8 / 47 Education as a Lifelong Process It is a question frequently being asked that “What indeed distinguishes human beings from the animal kingdom?” Our responses to this may vary with our own understandings. Some people may give the ability of thinking and reasoning as their answer, others think the sense of love makes man different, but as in my mind, education is a unique human activity that makes human beings stand out in the animal kingdom. Imagine that without the practice of education, how can we pass down human’s precious knowledge, how can we get ourselves acquainted with our ancestor’s history? Since education is so vital, it is our responsibility to engage in receiving education as much as we can, so we need to regard education as a lifelong process. The first kind of education is what we get at school. We attend classes, learn theoretical knowledge which we may apply into practical use when we grow up and enter the society. It is the fundamental education that we get in the first stage of our lifelong learning process. The education we receive at this stage lays the foundation on which we can further build our goals and dreams after our graduation from university. Education of the second stage is what we receive after we enter the society. We listen to the directions of skilled and sophisticate workers and follow suit; we endeavor to shoulder our responsibility by admitting the mistakes we’ve committed; we learn to improve ourselves after we do some things wrong or imperfectly; we try to teach ourselves new tricks which is needed at work. This kind of education can help us adapt to the society, improve our social skills and increase the possibility of a successful career. Another education worth mentioning is what we learn after our retirement. We need to learn by ourselves the way to relax ourselves after so many years of stressful and hard work; we should learn to enrich our lives in a relatively quiet and idyllic way; we are also expected to learn many things which may help us enjoy our remaining years in