At the close of each business day, most trained teachers, administrators, politicians, and statesmen make objective analyses of all that has transpired. They then carefully evaluate performance in the achievement of certain specified

objectives. You, as a student, would be wise to adopt the same practice and reflect upon your performance in relating to the achievement of certain personal and educational objectives.

First, what was your purpose, your motivational force in seeking an education? Did you seek an education in active performance, or did you seek to be educated in passive reception and automatic acquisition(获取) of information that was fed to you? Was the profit motive your primary motivation for obtaining an education? Do you want a better education for the sole purpose of getting a better job? What does the educational process really mean to you?

We are part of a world in which men thrill to the touch of gold and hearts respond to the word money instead of being thrilled by the thought of good. We five in a world in which we are taught that the pursuit of happiness is an equation for the most rapid acquisition of money, by whatever means.

If profit and money are your first priorities, and compassion and commitment to people your least concern, you have done little other than accumulate some facts and compile some information for future reference. If making money is your daydream and losing money your nightmare, if poverty is your worst fear and making money your most fervent prayer, you have missed the opportunity for education. You have failed yourself and have only received Nome instruction.

1. This passage suggests that students should______.

A. assess their aims for learning B. learn more to earn more

C. evaluate their politicians and statesmen D. keep knowledge to themselves

2.The educational procedure should be one in which the student______.

A. does what he is told

B. gets a better education to get a better job

C. makes principles of education for self-betterment of their aims

D. approaches the benefits of being well-off

3. The author seems to feel that______.

A. people's welfare should be the chief concern in learning

B. profit has nothing to do with people

C. poverty is good for the soul

D. knowledge is not the main objective for learning

4.A good title for the selection might be______.

A. The Benefit of Education

B. Education Motivation—Progress or Profit

C. Self-Education

D. Profit and Money

5. The word "nightmare" in the last paragraph is nearest in meaning to_______.

A. a very bad dream B. unhappiness

C. sleeplessness D. a hazard to your health

答案：1. A 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A

 

第二篇：20xx英语四级作文常用句式的总结

英语四级作文常用句式的总结

开头

1.Recently, the problem of … has aroused people’s concern.

最近,…问题已引起人们的关注.

2.Internet has been playing an increasingly important role in our day-to-day life. It has brought a lot of benefits but has created some serious problems as well. 互联网已在我们的生活中扮演着越来越重要的角色.它给我们带来了许多好处,但也产生了一些严重的问题.

3.Nowadays, (overpopulation) has become a problem we have to face.

如今,(人口过剩)已成为我们不得不面对的问题了.

4.It is commonly believed that… / It is a common belief that… 人们一般认为…

5.Many people insist that… 很多人坚持认为…

6.With the development of science and technology, more and more people believe that… 随着科技的发展,越来越多的人认为…

7.A lot of people seem to think that… 很多人似乎认为…

引出不同观点:

1.People’s views on… vary from person to person. Some hold that… . However, others believe that…. 人们对…的观点因人而异.有些人认为….. 然而其他人却认为

2.People may have different opinions on… 人们对…可能会有不同的见解.

3.Attitudes towards (drugs)vary from person to person.人们对待吸毒的态度因人而异.

4.There are different opinions among people as to… 关于…人们的观点大不相同.

5.Different people hold different attitudes toward (failure).

对(失败)人们的态度各不相同.

结尾

1.Taking all these factors into consideration, we naturally come to the conclusion that… 把所有这些因素加以考虑,我们自然会得出结论…

2.Taking into account all these factors, we may reasonably come to the conclusion that… 考虑所有这些因素,我们可能会得出合理的结论…

3.Hence/Therefore, we’d better come to the conclusion that…

因此,我们最好得出这样的结论…

4.There is no doubt that (job-hopping) has its drawbacks as well as merits. 毫无疑问,跳槽有优点也有缺点.

5.All in all, we cannot live without… But at the same time we must try to find out new ways to cope with the problems that would arise. 总之,我们没有…是无法生活的.但同时,我们必须寻求新的解决办法来对付可能出现的新问题.

提出建议:

1 It is high time that we put an end to the(trend).该是我们停止这一趋势的时候了

2.It is time to take the advice of … and to put special emphasis on the improvement of … 该是采纳…的建议,并对…的进展给予特殊重视的时候了.

3.There is no doubt that enough concern must be paid to the problem of … 毫无疑问,对…问题应予以足够的重视.

4.Obviously,….If we want to do something… , it is essential that…

显然,如果我们想做某事,很重要的是…

5.Only in this way can we…只有这样,我们才能…

6.It must be realized that…我们必须意识到…

预示后果:

1.Obviously, if we don’t control the problem, the chances are that… will lead us in danger. 很明显,如果我们不能控制这一问题,很有可能我们会陷入危险.

2.No doubt, unless we take effective measures, it is very likely that… 毫无疑问,除非我们采取有效措施,很可能会…

3.It is urgent that immediate measures should be taken to stop the situation. 很紧迫的是,应立即采取措施阻止这一事态的发展.

论证

1.From my point of view, it is more reasonable to support the first opinion rather than the second. 在我看来,支持第一种观点比支持第二种观点更有道理.

2.I cannot entirely agree with the idea that… 我无法完全同意这一观点….

3.Personally, I am standing on the side of … 就个人而言,我站在…的一边.

4.I sincerely believe that… 我真诚地相信…

5.In my opinion, it is more advisable to do …than to do

在我个人看来,做 比做 更明智.

6.Finally, to speak frankly, there is also a more practical reason why… 给出原因:

1.This phenomenon exists for a number of reasons.First, … Second, … Third, … 这一现象的存在是有许多原因的.首先, … 第二, … 第三, …

2.Why did… ? For one thing… For another…. Perhaps the primary reason is… 为什么会…? 一个原因是… 令一个原因是… 或许其主要原因是….

3.I quite agree with the statement that… the reasons are chiefly as follows. 我十分赞同这一论述,即…,其主要原因如下:

列出解决办法:

1.Here are some suggestions for handling…这是如何处理某事的一些建议.

2.The best way to solve the troubles is…解决这些麻烦的最好办法是…

3.People have figured out many ways to solve this problem.

人们已找出许多办法来解决这个问题.

批判错误观点和做法:

1.As far as something is concerned, ….就某事而言,…

2.It was obvious that…很显然,….

3.It may be true that…, but it doesn’t mean that… 可能…是对的,但这并不意味着…

4.It is natural to believe that… , but we shouldn’t ignore that…

认为….是很自然的,但我们不应忽视….

5.There is no evidence to suggest that… 没有证据表明…

如何连接 强调：still, Indeed, apparently, oddly enough, of course, after all, significantly, interestingly, also, above all, surely, certainly, undoubtedly, in any case, anyway, above all, in fact, especially. Obviously, clearly.

比较 like, similarly, likewise, in the same way, in the same manner, equally.

对比 by contrast, on the contrary, while, whereas, on the other hand, unlike, instead, but, conversely, different from, however, nevertheless, otherwise, whereas, unlike, yet, in contrast.

列举 for example, for instance, such as, take …for example. Except (for), to illustrate.

时间 later, next, then, finally, at last, eventually, meanwhile期间，同时, from now on从现在开始, at the same time, for the time being暂时, in the end, immediately, in the meantime在此期间, in the meanwhile, recently, soon, now and then偶尔，有时, during, nowadays, since, lately, as soon as, afterwards, temporarily临时, earlier, now, after a while过了一会儿.

顺序 first, second, third, then, finally, to begin with, first of all, in the first place, last, next, above all, last but not the least最后一点也是最重要的一点, first and most important.

可能 presumably, probably, perhaps.

解释 in other words, in fact, as a matter of fact, that is, namely, in simpler terms. 递进What is more, in addition, and, besides, also, furthermore, too, moreover, furthermore, as well as, additionally, again. 此外 而且之意

让步 although, after all, in spite of…尽管, despite, even if, even though, though, admittedly, whatever may happen. 虽然 尽管之意

转折 however, rather than, instead of, but, yet, on the other hand, unfortunately不幸的.whereas鉴于，反之，然而

原因 for this reason, due to, thanks to, because, because of, as, since, owing to. 结果 as a result, thus因此, hence因此，今后, so, therefore所以，因此, accordingly, consequently, as consequence.

总结 on the whole, in conclusion, in a word, to sum up, in brief, in summary, to conclude, to summarize, in short.

其他 Mostly主要的， 通常, occasionally偶而, currently当前地, naturally, mainly主要地， 大体上, exactly精确的, evidently明显的, frankly真诚的, commonly一般的，通常的，普遍的, for this purpose, to a large extent范围, for most of us, in many cases, in this case,

图表作文常用句型

As is shown in the graph…如图所示… The graph shows that… 图表显示… As can be seen from the table,… 从表格中可以看出… From the chart, we know that… 从这张表中,我们可知… All these data clearly prove the fact that…所有这些数据明显证明这一事实,即… The increase of …. In the city has reached to 20%. ….在这个城市的增长已达到20%. In 1985, the number remained the same. 19xx年,这个数字保持不变. There was a gradual decline in 1989.19xx年,出现了逐渐下降的情况.