Tài liệu Answers to all toefl essay question part 23 pptx

They are usually having little free time to spend with friends and family, including me.. Topic 72 Does grades encourage students to learn?. Despite the factor I outlined, we can easily

Topic 70 Have automobiles improved modern life?

Although automobiles have improved our modern life in some way for its

speed, convenience, and capacity of carrying freights, we have had to pay the

price for it Now, as more and more automobiles have been putting into use, the

problems that the automobile has caused are seemed to be more and more

serious accordingly These problems, in my mind, like the accidents, the air

pollution, the damage of the ozone layers should be given more attention than

anytime before

There are a lot of problems that has been caused by the automobile It kills

hundreds of thousands of people and disables many more every year It drinks

up our precious fossil fuels that cannot be replaced New roads for the

automobile also eat up our precious farmlands while many children are starving

all around the world These problems are really serious and disturbing many of

us

The most serious problem caused by the automobile is air pollution It 1s said

that it emits millions of tons of harmful gas into the air everyday The dirty air

harms our human beings health badly It can cause a variety of diseases such as

plumbism, insomnia, mental disability and even certain kinds of cancer That is

really terrible

Air pollution caused by the automobile can give rise to even more serious

consequences One thing, it will destroy the ozone layer that protect the lives

on the earth from the hurt of the strong and direct ultraviolet rays Much more

ultraviolet can also destroy the fragile ecosystem on the earth It is just the life

circle in which we survive Another thing is that the air pollution caused by the

automobile can lead to the global warming If the weather is getting warmer

and warmer, the icebergs scattered in both of the two poles of the earth will be

melted, which will cause the sea level rising and flooding all the cities and

villages along the seashores The lost of the lives and property will be countless

That is really a tremendous disaster

I do not mean to deny the fact that the automobile has improved our modern

Topic 71 A high-paying job vs quality spare time

Some people may prefer to have a lower-paying job as long as the job asks for

shorter working hours so they can have more free time spending with their

friends and family However, I would rather be given a higher-paying job with

longer hours, even if I would have little time with my friends and family I do

not much care about the free time nowadays; I really care about money Besides,

all my friends and my family members are usually busy working Furthermore,

if I do not earn a lot of money, I cannot spend my free time with my friends and

family happily

I really care about money because my budget is too tight nowadays I am so

poor a student The tuition is high, but I have to pay for it I also have to pay

my rentals of room and pay the board I have to pay the transportation fares, the

books, the clothes and a lot of daily supplies All these seem to be a heavy

financial burden to me So, I have to look for a job that could offer me a higher

salary

My friends and my family members are all very busy all day long Some of

them are busy working; others are busy studying They are usually having little

free time to spend with friends and family, including me If I were given a

shorter hours job and more free time, I could not meet them anyway

Besides, even if my friends and I have managed to find out some leisure time to

spend together, if ] have not enough money, where the fun will be? Any

meeting or party costs a fortune, even the simplest picnic If we have no money

to spend for our gathering, we have to just sit over there and chat We will feel

boring soon Knowing this, I am eager for a higher-paying job so that I can get

the money ready for the meetings in the future

For all these reasons, I would like to have a higher-paying job to support

myself and earn enough money to meet my busy friends and family sometime

later Although this job cannot offer me more time to spend with my friends and

family now, I believe that I will compensate it after I have become some kind

of millionaire in the future

Topic 71 A high-paying job vs quality spare time

Between a high-paying job with long hours and a lower-paying job with shorter

hours, I will definitely choose a high-paying job with long hours, although I

might have little time to spend with my family and friends

Firstly, money can help my dreams come true I need a lot of money to do

many things I want to buy a huge house with a garden and a swimming pool I

also want to have an expensive car Maybe my relatives need my financial

assistance Especially, I hope my family can have a kind of comfortable life

My children can go to a famous private university to get excellent education If

I have no money, all of my dreams cannot come true

In addition, to me, making a lot of money is a sign of success I think that no

one respects a poor man 1n today's society From newspaper to television,

almost all media focus on wealthy people instead of the poor I cannot let the

others consider me an incompetent man

Of course, making this choice means that I have to pay a price Perhaps, I

cannot spend too much time with my family and friends But I never regret my

decision because I believe that both my family and my friends can understand

me For my family, I think they should know whom I do this for For my

friends, they will think how success I am and they will proud of me

In conclusion, money is so important to me that I must choose a high-paying

job regardless of the consequences it will cause

Topic 72 Does grades encourage students to learn?

When it comes to the issue that whether grades are the purpose of student's

education, different people have different ideas As far as I am concerned, the

grade can promote student's attitudes toward learning

I take this view on account of the following reasons First of all, grades are the

objects that demonstrate students’ abilities in specified fields that they learned

Since there are lots of drawbacks of other evaluation methods, examinations or

grades are the most efficient and fairest way to describe a student's capabilities

For example, a student who achieves the best grades in all subjects is

undoubtedly the best student in his class

Second to take into account is that grades are possibly the definitive factor

whether one student can obtain a decent and well-paid job Having not many

working experiences, students can only prove the proof of their abilities by

showing exam records to their employers

Last but not least, contrasting to the better grades the his classmates make, a

confident and self disciplined student will continue making effort on his study

Such kind of a grading system certainly encourages students to learn

However, just as the English proverb goes, "a coin has two sides." Those who

maintain the opposite view are partly reasonable that grades could not

demonstrate all the abilities that a student has, such as communication skills

and survival skills

Despite the factor I outlined, we can easily conclude that, generally speaking,

grades are very important for student's study, and they surely encourage

students to learn

Topic 72 Does grades encourage students to learn?

A lot of people claim that marks in tests encourage students to learn I agree

with this statement, because examinations are a good way for a student to

review what he/she has learned; test scores are a standard measurement for

students' learning ability and knowledge level; and the test system can benefit

students' future

First of all, tests are important for students’ learning Attending classes is not

enough for students to learn the subjects no matter how carefully they listen to

what the teachers say They need examinations to review the lessons In most

cases, grades or marks are the only means by which teachers measure students'

learning ability and learning progress Grades encourage students to study for

examinations, and it is a good system for students to learn

Secondly, test scores are a standard measurement for students’ learning ability

and knowledge level Most people would agree with this, therefore universities

all over the world take test results as a standard measurement to give admission

to new students, to offer fellowships, and to decide whether to grant a student

graduation High school teachers use test results as a means to evaluate the

effects of teaching, and students’ learning progress By test scores, teachers also

know each individual student's ability to learn

Thirdly, test results can stimulate a student to work hard on his courses The

testing mechanism encourages students to work hard in order to achieve a

better result; they will devote more time on study, and develop a "never give

up" spirit This will not only benefit their study, but also teach them a truth, that

everyone needs constant learning and hard working in order to be useful to this

society Students who have developed such learning habit and never give up

nature will not only have good performance at schools, but can also superior to

others in other aspects; for example, such natures are important factors even

after finishing schools I believe most students understand the importance of

these qualities and impacts on their life; therefore they know how important it

is to work hard and try to achieve a better score

Topic 72 Does grades encourage students to learn?

In many schools, teachers evaluate students by their grades Many people think

that it is unfair and one-sided to evaluate students by grades and will

discourage students to learn I believe, however, grades encourage students to

learn The reasons can be analyzed as follows

To begin with, using grades as a standard to evaluate students can give students

a pressure to learn No stress, no motivation In order to pass or get high grades,

students must study hard They must read more books, do their homework

carefully Pressure helps them learn more knowledge The worries that they

will not pass simultaneously force and encourage students to learn

Grades can encourage students to compete with each other The modern society

is full of competition Students can learn the concept of competition through

grades At the same time, they can develop the spirit of competition To

compete with others and obtain good results, students must work hard to get

high grades Competing for grades at schools can make students more

adaptable to the society

Grades can also give students confidence and feeling of success When they get

high grades through hard work, students may think that they gained a great

achievement The feeling of success will encourage students to study harder

and harder At the same time, the success achieved at schools encourages

students to succeed in society

From the above analyses, it is not difficult to get the conclusion that grades

encourage students to learn Grades give students the pressure and make them

compete with each other so that they must study and work hard to succeed

Topic 72 Does grades encourage students to learn?

Almost in every modern society, grades play an import role in assessing

students' academic ability There are all kinds of tests to winnow out weak

students Knowledge itself is so complicate and vast, each one of the test

usually cannot cover every aspect of it So I wonder whether grades can really

encourage students to learn

The basic reason why I disapprove of the title statement lies in the belief that

grades usually do not have positive impact on student who is strong or weak

alike Take the example of a student who has high grades: if Tom gets good

grades in the class, normally he will feel conceited This situation certainly will

not lead him into finding some blind spots or weak points in his study And he

will not realize that may be just his photographic memory helps him a lot or

this kind of test suits him well Let us look at another example: suppose Johnny

is so not good at memorization, but he works very hard Unfortunately, he got

poor grades in tests that facilitate memorization One can foresee what harm

will bring to him due to the poor grades In these cases, grades play a negative

role in encouraging students to learn

Most important of all, the grades are usually a convenient way of assessing a

student's academic ability But it is by no means a scientific one Teachers

cannot determine from the grades whether the student is hardworking (diligent)

or out of cram Given tests to all students regardless of their individual

characters and traits, is just like forcing everyone to wear shoes of the same

size The Famous educationist Confucius said two thousands years ago:

"teaching students in accordance with their aptitude." Our world is a colorful

world, so should our educational system be

Grades, especially poor grades will frustrate potentially successful students to

learn It will give them a false impression that their intelligence may be inferior

to other students The worst thing about poor grades is that it may have

repercussions in an underachiever's heart when all his fellow students and

teacher have long forgotten In fact, the potential talent of a student will be

strangled by those poor grades - a real pity to the student and the society

Topic 73 Has computer made life easier?

Computers are involved in our world form sorted trash to satellite control,

making our life easy, convenient and efficient Obviously, it's a great revolution

of human being It's odd that some consider that computers make life more

complex and stressful I suppose computers will become a necessity, like food

and water to the mankind

Computers have changed people's life style, in a way that we can concentrate

on scientific research rather than wasting time on data analyzing and

calculating, for computers are much more efficient in dealing with these

strenuous jobs Many activities could not be run in their present form without

computers Examples are the banking systems, and the weather forecasting

systems How is it possible to deal with data-switching between banks and

clients simultaneously and accurately without computers? As we known,

weather forecasting requires multiprocessing data from the meteorological

satellites and simulating the weather change, which are easy jobs for computers

Although the knowledge of computer is not easy to acquired, especially at early

stage, the IT industry has been making the computer operation system more

friendly and at the same time more powerful Therefore, using computers to

handle problems is not the specialties of computer majors only Even children

can use computers to do their homework We can now benefit a lot from

computers in our day-to-day life

One of the concerns is that computers may cause some troubles when we rely

too much on them, such as various computer viruses and the Y2K problem

Nevertheless, computer experts will surely solve these problems and improve

the computer technology In this sense, the computer technology has much

potential to develop

After all, the computer is one of the most important inventions in the twentieth

century It has formed a new era in our life, and it affects culture, industry,

science, education and other areas Computerization is a trend nowadays, and

computers are being used in many areas Computers like any other technology

hold the key to increased productivity, which will benefit all of us

Topic 74 Is it better to travel with a tour guide?

Traveling is one of the most widely enjoyed recreations The tourist business is

becoming increasingly important for many countries' economies and provides a

great variety of products and services People are different and so are their

preferences when it comes to spending a vacation traveling to interesting and

exotic places One of the first choices one should make when planning a trip is

whether it would be individual or with a group let by a tour guide If it were up

to me, I would go to an excursion as a part of a tourist group

First of all, a common problem of people traveling abroad is the unfamiliar

language of the country they are visiting This is a major inconvenience as it

could hamper their communication and prevent them from learning valuable

things about the place That's why I think that a tour guide, who in most cases

knows at least two languages, would be needed This is a professional whose

job includes guidance and help Also tour guides tell tourists about the history

of the place they are visiting, information which otherwise could hardly be

obtained

Second, group journeys are supposed to be previously organized The travel

agency makes the full program of the trip: hotel reservations, transportation,

food, and sightseeing Furthermore, many services and museum taxes are

cheaper for a whole group In this way, tourists are much more comfortable, as

they safe time and money, and are able to enjoy their vacation without worrying

about anything

Third, traveling in a group can provide people the opportunity to get to know

with many other tourists who are from different backgrounds but are brought

together by their common interest of the place they are visiting Such group

trips are a great chance for making new friendships and eventually learning a

lot about different people

For all these reasons, I prefer to travel in a group with a tour guide, as it would

guarantee a more convenient and enjoyable journey

Topic 74 Is it better to travel with a tour guide?

When people are asked to list their hobbies, travel is among the most frequent

words quoted Some would choose to travel by themselves alone, some others

prefer to traveling with a few close friends or family members; while still

others, including myself, agree that the best way to travel is to join in a group

led by a tour guide

A good tour guide, who has professional knowledge and rich experiences about

certain places, would make our journey more efficient and enjoyable Traveling

to new places is an important way to know our world in the perspectives of

cultural diversity and geographic peculiarities However, we often find

ourselves confounded and do not know what to do next when we are in a new

place A tour guide may help us to arrange the optimum itineraries and

schedules He leads the group around to show us unique tourist spots that we

should not miss His explanation on certain scenic spots is also useful for us to

understand further about the new place

Besides, a tour guide would ensure the maximal security of the group member

Tourists are always warned against the potential risks ant pitfall, since strangers

are easily attacked An experienced tour guide teaches his tourists some tips

and skills to guarantee the security The tour guide is particularly indispensable

in any emergencies, as he can make a timely response and right decisions

A tour guide, besides his training and knowledge, is also a person with a good

sense of humor Far away from our friends and families, tourists often feel

lonely sometimes during the journey, especially when on the way to a new

destination A good tour guide are skillful enough to relieve the loneliness by

telling jokes and interesting stories, playing magic tricks, and so on, which

make the journey joyful and pleasant