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For example, big cities such as Toronto, Tokyo, New York all have very good mass transportation systems which can bring people anywhere they want in a short time.. Naturally, the more ti

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Another reason why I want to change my hometown’s air pollution situation is that the city’s development needs clean and tidy environment to attract investors Nowadays people have come

to know that the city’s environment, which is so called “software facility of the city”, plays an important role in the city’s future For example, due to the fact that the environment of the city is very poor, many local students who pursue their study out of the city would rather find

themselves a job in other cities than coming back to their hometown after they graduated

In addition, nowadays people have paid more and more attention to their health If air pollution problem cannot be solved as quickly as possible, people’s requirement for a healthy body will never be realized

In my mind, changing air pollution will apparently be my first choice if I can change one

important thing about my hometown Fortunately people in my hometown are gradually aware of the serious problem

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Topic: 6

If i could change one thing about my hometown, i would like to build up some useful and

advanced facilities for their use A modern library, an advanced broad band system and an

integrated gym may bring a lot of changes to people living in my hometown and keep them up with the latest information and technology

In my opionion, a modern library in my hometown can provide a good environment for the local people to study and upgrade themsevles There are a lot of newspaper, magazines and reference books for their use They can know what happened around the world and keep up with the fast-pace of this developing world From lots of cultural books, they also can own a good habit of reading and learn to get knowledge from books "Knowledge is strengh" Knowledge can give us guidance to overcome problems we meet in the daily life

To popularize the broad band at home also is a quick access to Internet and movie channel, which can give people much more chances to choose their entertainment Because of the Internet, our lives have been changed a lot no matter whether we accept or not We can read news, buy items from e-commerce companies, send a free e-card to our friends, mail our beautiful photos to

anyone we like or watch the movies online Anyway, Internet brings us obvious changes

Additionally, broad band also can provide movie channel to users Can you imagine that you can watch the movies you like just by cliking one button? It provide different types of movie for you

to choose People have more choice to enjoy the life and advanced technology at home

Besides important information we need to know and advanced technology we use, we also need

to do exercise to keep our healthy life This is the reason why i want to set up an integrated gym in

my hometown Through doing many various exercises, such as, swimming, jogging, playing

badminton or tennice, peopple can enhance their ability to resist the virus and enjoy the life

happily Furthermore, people who often do exercise have positive attitudes towards life although when facing difficulties This is really what i hope to see

In summary, i want my hometown to be a city equipped with a modern library, an advanced broad band system and filled with people liking exercise, loving life and possessing positive attitudes towards life Thus, i want to build up above-mentioned facilities first

(Essay ID: 270 )

Topic: 6

With the developement of my hometown in the past few years, the population is expanding very fast The city is expiriencing not only a higher birthrate than ever, but also waves of immigration The streets in the city are crowed or even jamed during the rush hours If I could change one thing about my hometown, I would develope an advanced public traffic system

In order to hold such an exploding population, the city has extended miles by miles without much plan It is common for people to travel from the southmost part to the northmost part of the city to

go to work everyday They have to spend three hours or more on the way they go to work and come home Eight hours' work is a heavy burden, while people have to spend hours before and after the work A subway running through or around the city can solve the problem People could live further away from the downtown without worrying about spending too much time on the way

Some people buy their own car or take a taxi to work everyday It's really expensive for most of the people in the city They can't afford paying so much on traffic fares Many civil engineering experts advocate that sharing a public traffic system is the most efficient way People could

reduce their fares a lot by using the public traffic system, and they can spend the money on some other things

Even there are more and more people who can afford buying a car or taking taxi everyday, It is still suggested to using the public traffic system Because the road developement can never keep

up with the demand of the increasing cars, the cars may jam on the roads during rush hours

Usually, the speed of the car in that time is no higher than a bycicle! And pollution is another concern So many private cars running in the city will bring us an environmental problem On the other hand, the pollution from the public traffic system is much lighter

All in all, an advanced public traffic system time efficient, cost efficient, and pollution preventing This is the trend of advanced cities

(Essay ID: 256 This is a 5 point essay)

Topic: 6

I am from Arroz e Feijao, a small town in the northeast of Brazil Building a factory in there will bring a lot of advantages and disadvantages, but I believe that Arroz e Feijao will mostly benefit from the building of a new factory because it is largely populated by poor people and the factory would bring many benefits to this small town However, of course, a factory has disadvantages as well

As you know, factories usually bring pollution If this factory is not managed very effectively and efficiently according to specific rules, it's prone to polluting the local air and water What's more, factories usually make noise Beside clean drinkable water and fresh air, an ideal community should be quiet If the factory cannot maintain this situation to the community, it will not last long

A factory that is too noisy or pollutes too much will eventually be relocated to a new area

On the other hand, a factory could bring a lot of benefits to the community So I would support the plan to build a factory to my community for all the reasons I will describe below

First of all, the factory's construction will surely improve the local infrastructure To run smoothly, the factory will have to have a steady, reliable supply of water and electricity Some old pipes will

be changed, and some facilities will be renovated The residents' living standard get improved as a

result of these widespread changes, an important benefit in Arroz e Feijao, where many people do not have access to clean water

Secondly, to make the employee commute more convenient, the local roads will have to be rebuilt and broadened, resulting in improved public transportation The town's residents can take a public bus to go shopping or go to work As a result, air pollution and fuel consumption might be

reduced

Most important, a factory's establishment will bring up a lot of employment opportunities for the community A factory need experts from various fields The residents can take just a few minutes

to go to the factory to work So, the local residents can get great benefits from this factory

Generally speaking, I agree with the plan to build a factory near my community If the factory can

be managed successfully, the factory and local residents can have mutual benefit

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Topic: 6

Have you been waiting for buses at bus station for an hour in an extremely hot day? Have you been staying in a car waiting hours for the heavy traffic? Have you seen the scene that tons of people are crammed on a small bus? Maybe you think that’s incredible, but it’s true in my

hometown So the thing I want to change most about my hometown is the mass transportation system

Mass transportation system is a very important part of a city It influences people’s daily life, work and entertainment An effective mass transportation system can save people’s time so that people can do more work hence to increase the city’s efficiency If you were the mayor, would you like the people in the city to sit in the cars or stand at bus stations wait for hours or would you like them to sit in the offices or stand in factories work for hours?

Moreover, a city with bad mass transportation system can’t be qualified as a good city, regardless how rich the city is and how big the city is It’s essential for a city to have a good mass

transportation system to be qualified a good city For example, big cities such as Toronto, Tokyo, New York all have very good mass transportation systems which can bring people anywhere they want in a short time A bad mass transportation system would limit the city to grow and it would

be a handicap for the city to develop in the future

Finally, as we can see, if my hometown can improve the mass transportation system, people will appreciate it a lot It will be a great thing which benefits everyone in the city and makes our lifes more convenient

(Essay ID: 480 )

Topic: 7

Do movies and television affect our behavior? I believe that movies and television do influence our behavior, both for the better and for the worse

Movies and television influence our behavior because they make us less active Looking at films is

a passive activity If we watch too much, we become unhealthy, both mentally and physically We stop using our own imagination when we see things acted out for us Mental laziness becomes physical laziness; we'd rather watch sports on TV than play sports ourselves We'd rather visit

with the characters on "Seinfeld" or "Friends" than go chat with our own neighbors Imaginary people have exciting lives Is it any wonder that some people would rather live a fantasy life than their own? Movies and television also can make people more violent The more we see violent acts on television, the less sensitive we become to them: Eventually violence doesn't seem wrong

We may even commit violent acts ourselves This is especially true because we don't always

realize that violence has consequences Actors can be killed and come back for another movie Sometimes we confuse that with reality We forget that killing someone is permanent

Of course, watching movies and television can also be good for us It can give us a broader

window on the world For example, seeing movies can expose us to people of different races and cultures We can then overcome some prejudices more easily Recently there have been more handicapped people in films, and this also helps reduce prejudice

The best influence on our behavior is that movies and television reduce stress Watching films, we can escape our own problems for a little while Also, sometime movies show positive ways to resolve problems we all face While TV and movies shouldn't be a way to hide from life,

sometimes they can help us cope

It is true that movies and television can influence our behavior negatively However, I also believe that they influence our behavior in positive ways How they affect you depends on how much you watch, what you watch, and how you respond to what you watch

(Essay ID: 81 )

Topic: 7

Hesitating I enter my house, the light outside is dimming and the shadows make everything appear unfamiliar I know that my husband has not returned from work yet, simply because his car is not

in the garage I am alone I carefully check all the rooms, almost expecting something to happen suddenly I hold my bag in my hand as if it were a weapon After the whole house has been

declared "clear," I start to breathe normally again and a smile appears on my face as I realize, once again, how a simple movie seen at the cinema a week earlier can modify my actions

Sometimes I wonder if I should watch TV, with all its shows that make me wonder whether I exercise enough, whether I am slim enough, or whether I treat my pets with the care they deserve:

am I really concerned about their mental health? Not to mention the hundreds of commercials that try to make me believe I need a water purifier to remain alive since the water I am currently

drinking is heavily polluted! And countless are the times when I have heard people talking by quotations learned from movies We need to watch shows and films to know what to say, how to

be, how to act We are so addicted to all this that it almost seems like we cannot think on our own

I cannot help thinking about what happened to me some days ago, an example that clearly shows what kind of power TV has over people My husband and I were in a restaurant when I heard my young neighbor pronouncing violent words in a low angry voice Surprised, I turned to better understand the situation and I saw that he was holding a fake military device and was acting as if

he were filming a war movie I am sure that if I had been a little be more updated about this type

of movie, I would have recognized what he was saying as a quotation Now, I wonder if he uses such a language also with his friends and with his parents, if he is aggressive, and if so, whether his attitude has really nothing to do with what he watches on TV

That same evening on the way home I saw two cars stopped one next to the other at a traffic light and as soon as the light turned green they started racing, in the middle of town In this case not even a major knowledge of movies and TV programs would have helped me: there are just to

many of them on the market showing the exact same thing: people racing with cars

I am sure that everybody, if asked, could easily list many other examples of how TV and movies can modify our behavior and therefore our life but, I wonder, if we will always be able to draw the line between a TV show and real life, between what they make us think we want and what instead

we really need and are and believe

(Essay ID: 332 Sample essay provided by Erin Billy of www.TestMagic.com)

Topic: 8

Television is undoubtedly one of the most powerful means of communication in the history of humankind, rivaled only by such other forms of communication as the Internet, the telephone, movies, and, of course, simple, low-tech speech Television, with its wide availability and rich media with image and sound, is difficult to ignore and even seductive in its appeal Television is as much a part of our lives as are our meals, work, or school; studies consistently show that the

average American child spends almost as much time watching television as she does in school Furthermore, because television is so rich in its media, it often requires our full attention or is more attraction to us than are our daily lives Naturally, the more time one spends watching

television, the less time she has with her family and friends Thus, we can clearly see why some have claimed that television has been harmful for communication among family and friends

However, I believe that, while television has been somewhat harmful in its effects, it has hardly

"destroyed" communication among family and friends for most people, although for some, this may be true

Most people much prefer spending time with their families and friends to spending time watching television Television is of course an important part of many people's lives, but most people would gladly choose family and friends over television were they given the choice Furthermore, most educated people are aware of the deleterious effects of too much television and either avoid

excessive time watching television, or actually do not enjoy it I, for example, after a long day at work, would much rather spend time talking with my wife and playing with my children than I would watching some unrealistic portrayal of life on television For me and my family, our time together is precious and beautiful, and could never be replaced or hurt by television

Furthermore, the effect of television is simply not so great that it could be said to have

"destroyed" communication among family and friends Granting that communication among

family and friends in industrialized countries has decreased in recent years, it might be tempting to blame this problem on television since its rise roughly coincided with the decrease in time we spend with our families However, I believe this situation is more likely due to increased pressures relating from work, school, and the economy In my case, for example, I find that my pressures from work are so great that I must often sacrifice time at home so that I can meet the challenges

of running my own business Many of my friends are in similar situations my best friend, for example, has just finished law school, which took about sixty hours a week of his time In a word, people nowadays have very little time for anything, but television is not the cause it is increased desire to succeed

In some situations, however, television has surely contributed to a decrease in communication among family members In my childhood in the countryside, I often saw parents and children watching television for hours on end, rarely speaking with one another It seemed for them that television was a way to escape from their sad, miserable existence However, even in this case, I would say that television merely contributed to the bad situation, but did not cause it; were

television not existent, surely these people would have found other escapes, alcohol or gambling, for example In other words, people always find a way to do what they want to do

In short, I do not believe that television has destroyed or even harmed interpersonal

communication among most people Most people realize that television is merely a temporary diversion and do not use it to replace interpersonal communication I believe that the damage attributed to television is greatly exaggerated and that such damage is most likely attributable to other more powerful social factors

(Essay ID: 339 Sample essay provided by Erin Billy of www.TestMagic.com)

Topic: 8

When asked about what has been brought by television , different people have different answers There is some people who don't like TV saying that television has destroyed communications among friends and family however other people take a negative attitude on this issue In my

opinion, I disagree with the above statement The reasons are given below

Television is only one instrument for people to relax There is many ways of amusement for

people to select after the working time nowadays You can select to meet your friends, to

accompany your parents or to take part in some sports activities Watching TV at home is simply one way to live It is too narrowly to regard TV as one main reason to damage relationship among friends and family just because some people has spent a lot of time on it

Another reason that I disagree with the above statement is that TV can provide some additional topics for communication among friends and family Talking about the news, the soap drama or soccer game watching on the TV last night is also good communication ways to increase your affections with your friends and your family Also sometimes, skipping one TV program could probably make you lose voices among your friends

Last but not least, watching TV is one good medicine to cure the loneliness when your friends and parents can not accompany with you I would not forget the warm which was brought by TV when along outside the hometown

I can't deny that some people has ignored friends and family when they are addicted into watching

TV However, everything has it's two sides All the factors mentioned above determined me to draw the conclusion that it is not reasonable to say television has destroyed communications

among friends and family

(Essay ID: 234 This is a 5 point essay)

Topic: 8

Some people believe that television has destroyed communication among friends and family I think this is an exaggeration In my opinion, whether or not television hurts communication

depends on what type of program is being viewed More importantly, it depends on the type of viewer

There are empty programs and educational programs Empty programs do not challenge people They have just enough storyline to keep them from switching channels There are also passive and active viewers A passive viewer will just watch television without thinking about what he or she

is seeing The combination of an empty program and a passive viewer makes communication unlikely Passive viewers just continue to watch, actually enjoying the fact that they don't have to think They won't break away to talk about programming with friends and family Even with

better programming, passive viewers still won't think or communicate much They'll probably even