2017托福写作真题分析与范文

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2017 年01月07日托福写作考题回忆

综合

防止海龟减少的办法是否有用

阅读：有3种办法防止海龟减少

1建立金属围栏，防止海龟蛋被素食者吃掉

2禁用塑料袋，海龟吃了塑料袋，消化道会被堵塞

3把传统渔网改成只能捕鱼而不会限制海龟的，海龟被渔网捉住，会溺水

听力：上述办法都不行

1. 金属围栏会阻碍小海龟的磁场发育，海龟靠磁场导航，找食物，找配偶，找地方产卵。

没有发育好的磁场，海龟根本无法生存，繁衍。

2. 限制塑料袋或许有用。问题是，现在海里已经有成千上万的塑料袋了，即使分解成了

小片，一样会危害海龟。所以限塑解决不了燃眉之急。

3. 改进的渔网，渔民会拒绝使用，因为网到的鱼会减少，收入会减少。即使有法律规定

必须使用，渔民也会趁没人使用传统渔网，回到岸上再换成改进渔网。

Sample Answer:

When it comes to the decrease of sea t urtle?s population, the reading puts forward three

solutions to prevent this tendency. However, all these three solutions are regarded as

invalid in the listening. First, the idea that building a metal fence will work. Not as it puts in the reading, the

listening argues that the mental fence will hinder the development of magnetic field

which exerts influence on the growth of the little sea turtles. The listening further

illustrates that sea turtles rely on magnetic field to navigate, find food and mates as well

as find a suitable place to lay eggs. Without a fully developed magnetic field, they cannot

live and reproduce. As to the second measure of a ban of the plastic bags, the listening still refutes it. As a

matter of fact, there are already thousands of plastic bags in the sea, which, although

decomposing into small pieces, still pose great threat to sea turtles. Therefore, the ban

of plastic bags is not the point.

Lastly, the reading calls on to transform the traditional fishing nets into those catching

only fish but not sea turtles. Unfortunately, the third solution is not able to work well.

The listening explains that the fishermen will refuse to use the transformed fishing nets

for they will catch fewer fish and thus get a decreased income. Even though relevant

laws are enacted, the fishermen will apply the traditional fishing nets before replacing

them with the transformed fishing nets on shore. （247 words）

独立

You are helping to select a leader for a student organization or a group. Do you think a

person's honest is the most important characteristic for being a leader?

Sample Answer:

Regardless of the increasingly complicated relationships among modern people, honesty

is still regarded as the most cherished characteristic when it comes to evaluating others

around us. Therefore, it is not beyond our expectation that someone gives priority to

honesty when selecting a leader for a student organization. According to my preference

and experience, there are other two factors that are more worth noticing.

To begin with, the ability to plan and organize is the most essential characteristic for a

student leader for the sake of a smooth progress of the student affairs. In other words,

competent leaders are those with detailed plans and clear goals in their mind. Otherwise,

the whole group will easily get lost on the way and lose the impetus to strive for their

common goals. By making a detailed plan and carrying it out step by step, a group

leader is not only capable of pushing forward and complete the preset projects but also

able to keep the team members away from distrust and anxiety. For example, if a leader

of English Association is going to conduct an English speaking contest, he is required to

figure out the concrete process of a speaking contest, the cost related to the applied

facilities as well as the assignment for each individual in the group.

Besides, whether the candidate for the student leader masters the art of communication

is also worth noticing. It is no denying that the leader of a student organization is

exposed to various chances to interact with group members encompassing students of

distinct personality traits. Therefore，it is of paramount importance for the leader to be

possessed with the ability to relate well with others. More importantly, only by well

coordinating the relations among the team members can the student leader be capable

of ensuring the smooth progress of the organization. To illustrate, if conflicts arise

among team members during the process of crucial projects, the leader has the

obligation to properly settle the disagreement by skillfully calming them down with

maybe witty words and then take measures to cope with the problems.

Admittedly, it is indisputable that honesty should not be neglected in terms of choosing a

leader. After all, honesty has a lot to do with obtaining trust and creating a harmonious

atmosphere among the whole group. It is natural that people usually rely on an honest

person without reservation. Nevertheless, it is still not wise enough to regard it as the

most crucial factor in terms of choosing a leader for student organizations for honesty

does not testify to one?s ability and competence in dealing with group projects.

To sum up, taking the ability of planning and organizing as well as communication skills into consideration, it is too rash to put honesty first when choosing a leader for student organizations. (469words)

2017 年01月14日托福写作考题回忆

综合

Whether the three methods to stop snakeheads from spreading is feasible.

Reading：

The reading raises three methods to stop the spread of snakehead fish because it threatens the ecosystem.

1. Making laws to prevent people from transporting snakehead fish. Some people in the fish market will illegally transport or release unsold snakehead fish.

2. Educating fishers to catch snakehead. If they recognize that people actually can eat snakehead as a food source, they will catch many to eat and to sell.

3. Researching some poison to kill the snakehead. Though poison will also kill native fishes in the river, people can restock native fishes.

Listening:

The listening contradicts all methods proposed by the author of the passage and points out their potential problems.

1. Even if people do not transport the snakehead, the spread will still continue. The reason is that there are already many snakeheads, and these snakeheads will move to other rivers even without human's efforts, because they can live and move on land as long as they are moist.

2. Educating fishers to catch snakehead will not help stop the spread of snakehead. Conversely, it may lead to the increase of snakehead. Because when fishers realize they can make profit by catching snakehead, they will introduce snakehead to other water bodies and raise snakehead in order to catch more snakehead, even this is illegal.

3. It is true that native fishes can be restocked; however, poison will also kill some insects and micro organisms, which cannot be restocked. So, native fishes that feed on these insects and micro organisms cannot grow to their original size. This is irreversible. Sample Answer:

The reading passage and lecture both talk about how to stop the spread of snakeheads and the professor contradicts all those method mentioned in the passage respectively.

The first solution is to make laws to prevent people from transporting snakehead fish, according to the passage. However the professor gives opposite viewpoint that even if people do not transport the snakeheads, the spread will still continue, because there are already many snakeheads and they will move to other rivers by moving on land as long as they are moist. In other words, whether people transport them or not, they will still establish their population.

Secondly, the professor fights against to teach fishers to catch snakeheads. Actually, when fishers realized that they can make profit by this way, they will introduce snakehead to other water bodies and raise them in order to catch more, which may conversely lead to the increase of snakehead.

As to the virus, professor also shows his strong disapproval. Even though the native fishes can be restocked, the poison will kill some insects and micro organisms, which cannot be restocked. Then there comes to an irreversible consequence that the native fishes, which feed on these insects and micro organisms, cannot grow to their original size.

(207 words)

独立

As a student of university that has a long break between university semesters, the university requires all students to do one of the following for one month during the break:

1、Students must take a course on the subject that has no direct connection to their majors of study ( For example, a student majoring in engineering may take course in fine arts or social science.)

2、Students must volunteer to work in the university’s city or their hometowns to improve some aspects of life of the city or their own town.( For example, students may help local primary school children with their homework.)

Which one do you think is more beneficial for students in their university? Why?

Given detailed examples and reasons. Use your OWN words, do NOT use memorized examples.

Sample Answer:

There is large quantity of students who spend their spare time to do volunteer work mainly as a consequence of the requirement of credit or some working experience. Still, that totally makes no sense. Even though I am not a university students now, given the choice, I would choose to learn some knowledge that different from my own major.

Wide range of social circle is the first benefit when they learn various subjects. All what we do in the society like starting a business and fulfill the ambition in career depend on abundant social resources. The social circle, which provides the greatest help in promoting our work and life, needs to be set up when we are in the university. Various classes are exactly the way that create chances for us to meet friends in various fields. On the contrary, if restricted in own world, we get along with small range of friends who

share the same skills and knowledge. When we meet some trouble in future career, it?s merely impossible to cooperate with them. For the sake of future development, making friends through this way is a great opportunity to expand our pool of companions.

Aside from making friends who are separate from our core social circle, another advantage is that what we learn in other fields may have great contributions to our original major. There is no such subject that can establish without any other field. I am a sociological students, who were asked to learn some statistics that seems irrelevant but actually, help me a lot when I do some social researches. I might not finish my thesis before graduation if the professor had not ask us to take statistics courses. I really don?t see anything wrong with the students taking the courses that have no connection with their major whether they are truly interested in it or just for the sake of annual paper or examinations.

Two years ago, I interviewed some of those students why they took volunteer work in holidays, I found the leading reason was that they wanted to accumulate working experiences. It sounds reasonable but actually, most students apply for the job that is far away from what they did voluntarily before. According to a recent survey conducted by my professor, who is a specialist in research of employment, no more than 7% involved students choose their final job as what their social practice did and most of them have totally different ideas from their original thoughts when they were in campus. Since the working experience from volunteer has no business to their final career, what is the rationale behind this choice?

There is nothing wrong with doing volunteer work in holiday. For the best future development, though, learning different knowledge and skills is the better way to enrich our life. (469 words)

2017 年01月14日托福写作考题回忆

综合

Whether the three methods to stop snakeheads from spreading is feasible.

Reading：

The reading raises three methods to stop the spread of snakehead fish because it threatens the ecosystem.

1. Making laws to prevent people from transporting snakehead fish. Some people in the fish market will illegally transport or release unsold snakehead fish.

2. Educating fishers to catch snakehead. If they recognize that people actually can eat snakehead as a food source, they will catch many to eat and to sell.

3. Researching some poison to kill the snakehead. Though poison will also kill native fishes in the river, people can restock native fishes.

Listening:

The listening contradicts all methods proposed by the author of the passage and points out their potential problems.

1. Even if people do not transport the snakehead, the spread will still continue. The reason is that there are already many snakeheads, and these snakeheads will move to other rivers even without human's efforts, because they can live and move on land as long as they are moist.

2. Educating fishers to catch snakehead will not help stop the spread of snakehead. Conversely, it may lead to the increase of snakehead. Because when fishers realize they can make profit by catching snakehead, they will introduce snakehead to other water bodies and raise snakehead in order to catch more snakehead, even this is illegal.

3. It is true that native fishes can be restocked; however, poison will also kill some insects and micro organisms, which cannot be restocked. So, native fishes that feed on these insects and micro organisms cannot grow to their original size. This is irreversible. Sample Answer:

The reading passage and lecture both talk about how to stop the spread of snakeheads and the professor contradicts all those method mentioned in the passage respectively.

The first solution is to make laws to prevent people from transporting snakehead fish, according to the passage. However the professor gives opposite viewpoint that even if people do not transport the snakeheads, the spread will still continue, because there are already many snakeheads and they will move to other rivers by moving on land as long as they are moist. In other words, whether people transport them or not, they will still establish their population.

Secondly, the professor fights against to teach fishers to catch snakeheads. Actually, when fishers realized that they can make profit by this way, they will introduce snakehead to other water bodies and raise them in order to catch more, which may conversely lead to the increase of snakehead.

As to the virus, professor also shows his strong disapproval. Even though the native fishes can be restocked, the poison will kill some insects and micro organisms, which cannot be restocked. Then there comes to an irreversible consequence that the native fishes, which feed on these insects and micro organisms, cannot grow to their original size.

(207 words)

独立

As a student of university that has a long break between university semesters, the university requires all students to do one of the following for one month during the break:

1、Students must take a course on the subject that has no direct connection to their majors of study ( For example, a student majoring in engineering may take course in fine arts or social science.)

2、Students must volunteer to work in the university’s city or their hometowns to improve some aspects of life of the city or their own town.( For example, students may help local primary school children with their homework.)

Which one do you think is more beneficial for students in their university? Why?

Given detailed examples and reasons. Use your OWN words, do NOT use memorized examples.

Sample Answer:

There is large quantity of students who spend their spare time to do volunteer work mainly as a consequence of the requirement of credit or some working experience. Still, that totally makes no sense. Even though I am not a university students now, given the choice, I would choose to learn some knowledge that different from my own major.

Wide range of social circle is the first benefit when they learn various subjects. All what we do in the society like starting a business and fulfill the ambition in career depend on abundant social resources. The social circle, which provides the greatest help in promoting our work and life, needs to be set up when we are in the university. Various classes are exactly the way that create chances for us to meet friends in various fields. On the contrary, if restricted in own world, we get along with small range of friends who share the same skills and knowledge. When we meet some trouble in future career, it?s merely impossible to cooperate with them. For the sake of future development, making friends through this way is a great opportunity to expand our pool of companions.

Aside from making friends who are separate from our core social circle, another advantage is that what we learn in other fields may have great contributions to our original major. There is no such subject that can establish without any other field. I am a sociological students, who were asked to learn some statistics that seems irrelevant but actually, help me a lot when I do some social researches. I might not finish my thesis before graduation if the professor had not ask us to take statistics courses. I really don?t see anything wrong with the students taking the courses that have no connection with their major whether they are truly interested in it or just for the sake of annual paper or examinations.

Two years ago, I interviewed some of those students why they took volunteer work in holidays, I found the leading reason was that they wanted to accumulate working experiences. It sounds reasonable but actually, most students apply for the job that is far

away from what they did voluntarily before. According to a recent survey conducted by my professor, who is a specialist in research of employment, no more than 7% involved students choose their final job as what their social practice did and most of them have totally different ideas from their original thoughts when they were in campus. Since the working experience from volunteer has no business to their final career, what is the rationale behind this choice?

There is nothing wrong with doing volunteer work in holiday. For the best future development, though, learning different knowledge and skills is the better way to enrich our life. (469 words)

2017 年02月18日托福写作考题回忆

综合

土星的卫星Titan有3个unusual features 难以解释。

Reading：

土星的卫星，Titan,和其他的卫星有相似之处，但是也有一些不寻常无法解释的特征。

1. unusual orbit 普通的卫星运转是circular环形的轨道,但是Titan卫星运转时是 elliptical orbit椭圆轨道。

2. massive depression Titan表层周边有很多depression and crater洼地和坑，正常来讲，一般是由火山活动和碰撞造成的，但是没有证据显示周边有火山，碰撞的话也应在随机位置。

3. sand dunes Titan赤道附近有很多沙丘，沙丘的方向一般是和风向相符的，但是Titan 的沙丘斜面朝东，但是一般表层风向确是朝向西的。

Listening:

这些现象都可以解释的。

1. Titan不是一个单一的卫星，周边的卫星群相互作用，相互影响，就使得它呈现椭圆形

轨道。

2. 洼地和坑不是火山和碰撞造成的，而是强降雨导致的。

3. 沙丘方向和风向确实相符，它上面的沙丘确实斜面朝东，那是因为暴风改变风向把沙吹往东边的。

Sample Answer:

The reading raises three unusual features of Titan, which are puzzling. The listening, however, strongly insist that those features are explainable.

The first feature mentioned in the reading is its elliptical orbit which is different from the common satellites whose orbit is circular. This phenomena is explained by the listening which reminds us that there are other satellites which move around Titan. The nearby satellites could exert influence on titan, hence leading to the elliptical phenomena.

As to the second point, it is believed in the reading that the usual feature of massive depression, which should have been caused by volcanic eruption, but there is no volcano on Titan. The listening pushes forward another theory that instead of being caused by volcanic eruption and collision, the massive depression and crater formed as a result of storm. The reading, therefore, is wrong again.

Lastly, the reading is of the view that the sand tunes near the Titan?s equator should be in the same direction with the wind direction but the opposite is true. It is admitted in the listening that the direction of sand tunes is originally in conformity to the wind direction. What?s more, it is true that the top sand tunes point to the east, which is in a reverse direction to the wind. But the truth is that under the influence of the storm, its direction has been changed. As a result, the last phenomena is also explainable.

(240 words)

独立

Topic: Sometimes we are assigned to work in a group on a project. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The group will be helped more by person who will be willing to do what other group members want than by person who often strongly insists that things should be done in a way that is different from what the group wants to do.

解题思路：Agree

?这样做有助于团队成员关系和谐，达成一致。

?有利于团队明确的分工，提高整体工作效率。

?诚然，这样做的话可能彰显不出个人独特之处，但是从团队整体来讲，团队成员的最终目的都是为了提高工作效率，因此要顾全大局。

Sample Answer:

As the core power of a group, the group members are obliged to spare no efforts to push forward the project in progress. However, the members of a group encompass people of different characteristics, divergent way of thinking and working styles, as a result of which, someone may unconditionally follow the group's orders, while someone maybe

always critical about them. As far as I am concerned, the former is more favorable when considering benefiting the whole group.

Primarily and undeniably, a higher working efficiency could be achieved if the group members could comply with the whole group?s rules and targets. During the process of accomplishing a project, team cooperation is of great significance, which could be realized by the wholehearted dedication of all members with their divergence being eliminated. Evidently, team cooperation is in direct proportion to the working efficiency of the group. By contrast, if a group member, when assigned tasks, always goes against the whole group?s progressing direction and working targets, a bunch of time will be wasted. What?s worse, direct conflict may arise, which brings forth great obstacles standing in the way before the project is started. It is due to such a disagreement within the group that exerts side effects on the working efficiency.

Apart from working efficiency, another important benefit of choosing a compliant group member is all team members will work with greater impetus. Compared with harmony, disagreement never fail to fuel bias and possibly discrimination, hence creating a negative state of mind. Under such circumstance, almost everyone loses the impetus and motivation to struggle in the group, no matter how ambitious and aggressive they are before. Just imagine, an English association is going to conduct an English speaking contest. Every member of the group is allocated with certain assignment like purchasing required necessities, site layout, selecting the contestants and so on, with the purpose of guaranteeing the smooth progression of the contest. If someone of them refuses to accept the assignment by arguing that things should be arranged in another way, it may turn out to be great hazard to the morale of the group especially when others are in agreement with the plans. Needless to say, morale is to a group what soul is to humankind.

I tend to concede that some novel ideas and inspirations may turn out to be new blood for the whole group, but that should not be an excuse for not obeying what the majority of the members insist. Just as an old saying goes: the minority is subject to the majority. Those bearing different considerations should put the collective in the first place.

From what has been discussed above, it is safe to draw the conclusion that a member willing to do what other group members want is more favorable for a group, not only for a higher working efficiency but also for a greater impetus.

(480 words)

2017年02月25日托福写作考题回忆

综合

阅读：palm oil 的生产有积极的影响，应该要扩大生产。

1. 可以帮助保护森林，需要的土地少。

2. 可以用于生产环境友好的biodiesel 。

3. 可以减少小规模生产的农民们的贫困。

听力：palm oil生产同时也会有消极的影响，不应该扩大生产。

1. 种植虽然可以成为森林且需要的土地少，但是在以砍伐其他森林为目的的，也是破坏了森林。

2. 可以用于生产 biodiesel，但是在砍伐完其他森林以后，需要焚烧peat，这个东西的燃烧会产生更多的二氧化碳，对环境不利

3. 是可以减少小规模生产的农民们的贫困，但是小规模生产的农民们对于palm oil生产

的控制时间并不长，随后大的规模的生产机构也对palm oil感兴趣，这样小规模生产的农

民们将失去对palm oil生产的控制，增收很少。

独立

Do you agree or disagree: The way people dresses is a good indication of his or her personality or character.

2017 年02月26日托福写作考题回忆

阅读：New Guinean Flatworms这种虫子在欧洲不断扩散。需要寻找方法控制它蔓延的趋势。提到如下三种方式：

1. Biological control：引入predator，或者依赖当地的鸟类

2. Chemical control：使用pesticide。

3. Soil fertilization：翻耕土壤，提升肥力，使用肥料，提升土壤温度，杀死虫卵。

听力：三种控制方式都不成功

1. 引入predator会导致被引入的种群无法控制。当地鸟类都不吃这种虫子，味道酸难吃。

2. 使用pesticide杀死该虫子，目前没有十分有效的针对该虫子的杀虫剂。唯一的一种Lindane 稍微有效果，但不明显。

3. 翻耕土壤的方法不容易达到杀死虫卵所需温度，效果不好。

Sample Answer:

The reading lists three way to prevent the spread of New Guinean Flatworms and the lecturer gives his prospective to prove that all those methods don?t work.

The first methods is to introduce the predator or other local birds to kill them. However, the lecturer points out that the imported species will eventually become another kind of biological invasion and the local birds act ually don?t like to eat them due to the bad taste. Thus, the biological control seems unlikely to be effective.

Another way is to use pesticide to control the population of flatworms. As to this way, the professor regards that we don?t have the certain a nd effective pesticide to kill the New Guinean Flatworms. The only one we can use is Lindane, but actually it is not sufficient. In other words, chemical control is not suitable.

The third method is to add some powerful fertilization so that the heat will kill the eggs. The professor claims that the temperature are not high enough to kill the small pests and pest eggs. Rather, they may be the great threat of the local crops, which means that we cannot use this way to stop the spread.

(197 words)

独立

Rather than help children with their schoolwork, parents should encourage their children do their work independently.

Sample Answer:

Completing schoolwork on time is actually not easy tasks for most students, especially for those underachievers. In this situa tion, some parents can?t bear to see their kids work late till midnight but with little progress, so they help their children to do the homework. Nevertheless, the parents should realize the importance and meaning of assignments and children will be the great beneficiaries if they do the work by themselves.

The first benefit is to cultivate their learning ability. With the help of parents or teachers, students hardly develop their own way to think, to analysis and even to explore the unknown world. Most of them will be frustrated when they find that they cannot be well-informed and learn something new at work. On the contrary, students who are asked to do homework alone have already been equipped with certain ability about how to deal with the difficulties in school time, and because of this, they prepare well for the future challenge, regardless of the unknown and the unexpected. Compared with the future benefit, the current difficulties in learning alone, clearly, doesn?t matter.

Aside from necessary capabilities, mental independence is another factor to ensure their bright future. The kids who get used to working alone surely rely more on themselves in the future. My cousin Lily is such a girl whose father always ask her to solve the school work by herself. She are never afraid of the unknown challenges and always strong enough to be the pillar of her friends when they study abroad and live in a foreign city. I don?t think there is anything wrong with an individual act weakly among his or her close friends and lover, but when they truly need to rely on themselves, they are supposed to be stronger.

When I talk with some parents about this issue, they think that their children are too young to avoid many mistakes in their schoolwork, which may finally destroy their self-confidence. How much do they know about their “baby”? They just look down upon them and seldom trust that the children can make up their mistakes and more importantly, learn how to be responsible for their schoolwork. If they have never made mistake and experienced the process of solving problem, that will surely lead to the consequence of “no confidence”.

In conclusion, in the way of educating students, it is significant to encourage them to complete task and learn by themselves. Only through that way can students be really aware of the knowledge and methodology learned in school and can they be well-developed into individuals. (429 words)

2017 年03月04日托福写作考题回忆

阅读：出土了一种用陶土做的disk，一面有花纹，一面没花纹。没花纹那面周围有一圈凸起刚好形成了一个浅浅的碗。disk下面还有短短的手柄。这种disk有三种可能的用法。

1、用来做饭，disk无花纹面的碗刚好可以盛放食物，而手柄方便烹饪的时候移动disk。

2、用来当鼓，往disk上蒙上兽皮，就可以形成一个腔体。人们可以一手持手柄，一手击鼓。

3、用作镜子。往无花纹面里到些液体，就可以当镜子用了。而且，这种用法很像古希腊的手持镜子。

听力：上用法都不可信

?不可能用于烹饪的。想一想我们家里用的pans and pots，使用之后会blackend or discolored，因为长时间接触高温，炊具势必会发黑。但是出土的200件disk中没有一个出现了这种情况。

?做鼓使用也不可能发出好听的声音。这中disk使用陶土制作，即使蒙上兽皮敲击的声音也远不如用兽皮和木头制作的鼓好听。此外，陶土制作的鼓非常沉，使用不便。

?无法当作镜子。倒入液体后，disk就必须被水平放置，这样人们可以弯腰照镜子。但是被水平放置后，有花纹的那一面就看不见了。古希腊的镜子是手持的，垂直拿在手里，这样可以随时看见镜子的花纹。

Sample Answer:

About the function of disks, the reading mentions three hypotheses, which are refuted by the listening one by one with the following arguments.

The first possible function of disks, raised by the reading, is for cooking. The listening, however, is opposite to this point by further explaining that after being heated for a long time, cookers must be blackened or discolored, just like pans and pots at our home. But the fact is that among the 200 unearthed disks, none of them is blackened or discolored. Regarding to the drum theory, the listening still disagrees with it. For one thing, it could not produce sound that is pleasing to ears for this kind of disk is made of clay, which, even though covered with hides, could not produce sound that is better than that produced by drums made of hides and wood. For another, drums made of clay are too heavy, making it much inconvenient to use. The listening, therefore, casts doubt on what the reading indicates.

Finally, the reading states that disks could serve as mirrors. This opinion is in sharp contrast with the belief in the listening that it is unlikely that disks are used as mirrors. After pouring liquid, disks must be laid horizontally. And people could look in the mirror

by bending down. But the problem is that with the mirror being horizontal, the side

which is decorated could not be seen. But the Greek mirrors are held by hands so that

the decorative pattern is visible. （251 words）

独立

Nowadays, many movies or films are based on books. Some people prefer to read the original book before they watch the movie, other prefer to watch the movie before reading the book. Which one do you prefer?

Sample Answer:

The movie industry has witnessed an unprecedented boom during recent years with endless movies coming into view. Among the ample supply of movies, many are based

on original books, which provides the general public two choices about the order of reading books and watching movies. Some prefer to watch the movie followed by

reading the book. According to my preference, I would like to read the original book first.

The primary reason for my stance is that by reading the original book, I am allowed to

let my imagination run wild. To illustrate, the original book shows us the detailed plots without displaying the specific characters on screen or through pictures. Therefore, we

are free to imagine without the constraints of movies. Conversely, characters in the movies have already been chosen and designed including their facial expressions, body language and even dressing styles, which leaves us few chances to make full use of our imagination and curiosity to think logically. It is no wonder that giving priority to the original books provides us with more fun, for it is imagination that contributes to happiness.

Another factor tempts me to make such a choice is that I will have a deeper understanding of what is hidden behind the movie after reading the book. As we all know, movies are always adapted, some details of which are unavoidably deleted owing

to the limitation of time. Accordingly, it is highly possible that some plots and lines are

too abstract to understand. The original book, on the other hand, clearly explains the background, hence not giving rise to confuse. I always have a glimpse of the original books before reading the adapted movies, with A Dream of Red Mansions a clear case in point. The book A Dream of Red Mansions mainly describes a touching love story

between Jia Baoyu and his cousin Lin Daiyu, which begins and ends in a luxurious mansion. Hardly could I understand why Lin Daiyu always quarreled with Jia Baoyu in the movie if I did not take time to read the book.

Frankly speaking, movies are short enough for us to make a quick decision about whether it is to our taste and whether it is worth reading the original book. But as mentioned above, movies are adapted more often than not, which cannot serve as the determining factor of whether the original book is a good one.

To sum up, reading the book before watching the movie is definitely a more preferable choice, for it will beget imagination and curiosity as well as a deeper comprehension. （429 words）

2017年03月11日托福写作考题回忆

综合

阅读：保护濒危鸟类Hermit Ibis很困难，因为:

1. habitat destruction生存环境的破坏，大多由于人的占用导致。

2. 附近捕食者(比如秃鹰和乌鸦)对幼鸟和蛋的攻击. Eggs and juvenile are vulnerable to the predators, which, however, cannot be killed because they are also important to ecosystem.

3. 保护濒危物种通常科学家会raise them in captivity 然后release into the wild, 但是Hermit Ibis是迁徙类动物，它们是从父母那里学习how and where to migrate，如果人工饲养然后放回大自然，它们无法生存。

听力：问题可以解决

1. hermit ibis可以在很多地方筑巢，人工搭建的栖息地，比如建筑物的外墙。这个不是问题。

2. 虽然eggs and juvenile are vulnerable，但是它们的天敌都比较胆小，只要在eggs and juvenile成年之前人类通过吹哨子赶走天敌，Hermit Ibis成年后生活就没有问题了。

3. 人类也可以教给年幼的hermit ibis如何迁徙，比如pilot带着年幼的hermit ibis随着它们迁徙的路线飞行，它们也可以学会如何迁徙，放回大自然后它们的生存就不会有任何问题。

Sample Answer:

Contrary to the belief in the passage that it is difficult to protect hermit ibis, the professor asserts a diverse perception.

To begin with, the professor argues that hermit ibis actually can build nest everywhere. For example, the wall of buildings is perfectly suitable for them to build nest. Habitat destruction won?t be a problem to prevent scientists from protecting hermit ibis. This directly challenges the first idea in the reading that like many other endangered species, it is difficult to protect hermit ibis because of the habitat destruction.

Then, the author of the passage points out eggs and juveniles are vulnerable to the predators, which, however, are not supposed be killed because they are also important

to ecosystem. However, their predators actually are coward species. People can easily blow whistles to scare away the predators during the period in which they are vulnerable. When they grow up to adults, there will be nothing to be worried about anymore. Again, this contradicts what the reading passage says about the same issue.

Finally, the professor points out that human can also teach young hermit ibis how to migrate. For example, pilots can flight along hermit ibis? migratory route thus young hermit ibis that is raised in captivity will follow this route and become capable of migrating just like their peers living in the wild. Yet, the reading is of the opposite view that hermit ibis raised in captivity by scientists don?t have the chance to learn how and where to migrate from their parents.

(253 words)

独立

Do you agree or disagree: it?s better to relax through watching a film and reading a book than doing physical exercises?

解题思路：

同意该观点：

1. 有趣的电影情节会带来乐趣。

2. 看书会让心情非常平静和愉悦。

体育运动有时候很无聊而且会容易让人疲惫。

Sample Answer:

Everyone in the society is seeking for a way to release his or her pressure derived from continuous study or work, but what is the key factor of getting completely relaxed? There are two choices – the first one is to sit themselves to a comfortable couch, watching movies and reading books while the other is to go out and do physical exercises. Although someone tends to choose the first approach, I definitely agree that doing physical exercise is a better choice for those who want to relax themselves.

The first and foremost advantage of doing physical exercise is that it helps people stretch themselves and get recovered from anchylosis. People often feel stressed out because they sit still working or studying for 6 or more hours every day. Despite the difficulties caused by some sophisticated problems they need to deal with, sitting still for long is also one of the reasons that cause people?s intense pressure that is harmful to their health. In this case, doing exercise is a superb way to help them get relaxed. Actually, doing some sports that involve the whole body?s movement is the best, such as playing basketball, badminton. Jogging is also a good choice. On the contrary, watching a movie or reading a book still requires people to sit, which might worsen the situation instead.

To better relax ourselves, we must free ourselves from psychology stress. Doing exercise has two benefits in helping us achieve this goal. On the one hand, doing physical exercise facilitates the exudation of dopamine, which is a natural chemical our body secretes that makes us feel happy and relaxed. On the other hand, doing physical exercise generally brings us into contact with outside world. For example, when we jog in a park, the beautiful scenery there often refreshes our mind and takes us to a stress-free world. Besides, when we do some team sports, we communicate with our partners, sharing feelings and worries with them. They not only will cheer us up by saying some nice words but also may provide some suggestions for solving the problems we have. Clearly, we will feel much better after playing sports with them.

While some one may claim that we cannot ignore the importance of watching movies and reading books to relaxing ourselves since watching movies or reading books offer us greater chances to get away from the reality. Anyway, I admit that we can sometimes laugh by watching a comedy or enjoy the graceful description about pastoral country life thereby having an immersed sense. However, watching movies or reading books also requires us to stare at the screen or the book for long time, how can we have a good relaxation we still need to overfatigue our eyes? So, watching movies or reading books can be taken as good pastime when we want to spend weekends or holidays alone. And we should do physical exercise if we want to relax ourselves.

All in all, doing physical exercise is a superb way if we want to relax ourselves. It provides us with great opportunity to stretch ourselves and feel happy.

(518 words)

2017年03月25日托福写作考题回忆

综合

阅读：

给出了三个相关的理论。

1、Dating Error

因为土地沉降问题，所以soil layer对于时间上的证明是不准确的。

2、Trade

小麦并不是当地的农作物，而是有其他地方通过贸易手段到英国的。

3、British Farmers

当时英国还是以打猎为主，但是已经有部分的农民出现，只是没有大范文出现而已。

听力：

1、这种情况很少见，而且因为英国的土壤非常dense,这种transportation不太可能发生，而且在小麦的地层没有其他植物，所以不存在transportation.

2、那个时候只有南欧有小麦，在那个年代长距离贸易是非常困难的，所以不太可能。

3、小麦有reproduction process，所以一定会产生pollen，但是只发现了同时期其他植物的花粉，但是没有小麦的花粉，所以也不存在。

Sample Answer:

The reading lists three possible theories about the domesticated wheat in Britain. However, the lecturer contradicts all those claims perspectively.

First, about the dating error, which indicates that the wheat were actually much younger because of ocean wave transportation, the professor argues that the dirt in British is very dense, and there was no space for wheat to be downward and mixed up with older soil. Furthermore, other species in the upper soil have been discovered but they found nothing in the lower layers.

As to the possibility of trade, the professor also claims that it was too hard to be realized. At that time, wheat only occurred in south Europe and the agriculture had not been well-developed in north Europe, which means the boats at that age cannot meet the need of traveling for such a long distance. Thus, the hypothesis of trade in the reading passage cannot stand either.

Finally, the reading promotes an idea that there were a handful of farmers with certain skills to cultivate wheat. On the contrary, the professor starts with the theory that wheat have their own reproduction process, so they should release a characteristic pollen. In fact, no pollen were found in the layer of wheat, thus indicating that the wheat couldn't be cultivate artificially.

(213 words)

独立

Which one of the reason is most important in helping students to study in colleges and universities?

A、Having access to the university to tutors who can provide individual instruction for the students who have difficulty in study.

B、Having the help and encouragement from the family and friends.

C、Having an excellent teachers in high-school who can help the students before the university.

Use your OWN words to illustrate you point. Don?t use your memorized examples. Sample Answer:

During the Renaissance, in many European countries, universities were only available to those who were born with silver spoon in their mouth and most of children had to work up to almost 19 hours a day in dingy factories. But now even the children in poverty can get access into universities and all kinds of support and help are aim to help students perform better in their college life. Given the choice, I would prefer the help and support from my families and friends.

We all believe that family members and friends are always in our position and know us better than tutors and high-school teachers. For those high-school students who are preparing for the university, parents give everything they have to provide their children with a better learning condition. Especially in Asian countries, the college entrance exam is a totally stiff competition that needs everyone to struggle through, during which the parents and friends act comprehensively as the tutors, the psychologists, the financial patrons even the servants for their daily life. Even though there is something wrong with those who are too dependent on parents and friends, the encouragement and supports from parents and friends can be adopted to some degree.

In comparison, helping from high-school teachers are not suitable at all. It is undeniable that there are huge difference between high schools and colleges, including learning skills, lifestyle and the way you get along with others. In terms of learning skills, the teacher-oriented schooling is popular in high school class, which means what the students need to do is just to sit in silence, listen carefully to teachers and take the practices in and after class. But this pattern is totally inapplicable in university. The professor leaves large space for class discussion and further team work outside the school, which is actually a better and flexible way for students to get in touch with new knowledge. I don't think a high-school teacher with rooted habit of class domination can bring the directions that meet the need of college education.

Some may claim that tutors are the better choice than parents and high-school teachers because they are professionals. The individual directions and pertinent advices are their specialties. Nevertheless, it is just suitable for kids. As an adult, being independent is the most important characteristic, or they will be at a loss in the occasion that no one helps them. The parents and friends also provide help but the difference is, they just provide

help in materials, not directions in decision-making and project-planning. Thus, no matter what your age, independence in personality should not be overwhelmed by utilitarian goals.

All in all, there is nothing wrong with the help of high-school teachers and tutors. For the best possible learning, though, families and friends are the biggest help you can have. (470 words)

2017年04月01日托福写作考题回忆

综合

Topic： the reason of collapse of Akkadine Empire讨论曾经很繁荣的Akkad Kingdom覆灭原因。

阅读：给出帝国覆灭的三个原因。

1. 征服地区人民频繁反抗、起义，伤了帝国根基。

2. 阅读分论点2-降水少导致农耕受影响，没有充足食物供给(enough food supply)。

3. 阅读分论点3-帝国很霸道，总是企图控制贸易(听力中称为unfair trade)，并且把自己的条件强加给其他国家，引起周边国家不满甚至导致了几十个外国国王对其宣战。举例海战。

听力：阅读三个原因都没有说服力。

1. 征服地区的城墙被征服拆了，起义军没有城墙保护很容易会被政府军镇压。

2. 粮食并不短缺，农耕技术很先进，甚至掌握灌溉技术（irrigation)，北方缺水能从别的地区引水。并且知道存储粮食(store grain)

3. 听力分论点3-海战是真实的，虽然和一些国家会有摩擦，但战后新的机会和资源都会变多，弥补(make up)损失。

Sample Answer:

Regarding the collapse of Akkad Kingdom which once experienced prosperity, the reading puts forward three reasons. Yet, all of them are contradicted by the listening with the following illustrations.

Frist, in the author?s point of view, the frequent revolt from the conquered areas damaged the kingdom. The listening, on the other hand, argues that in the conquered