博士研究生入學考試復習英語范文

[考博英語]博士研究生入學考試復習英語范文

Information and My Life
     As you know, information plays an important role inour modern society. Someone ~ys that ours is a society of information. I agreewith him. In fact, information is expanding at an increasing rate. As a memberof modern society, I am fully aware of the significance of information to mylife. It affects nearly every aspect of my life. Then how to obtain and dealwith information seems to be of utmost importance.
     As for me, the first way to obtain information is togo to library. Our library is so large that it covers a wide range of subjects.Various kinds of information can be got in it. Information about society,economy, politics and sciences will give you a fresh mind. Of course, libraryisn' t the only source of information. I can learn much information by othermeans. Even when talking with my friends I can get a lot of useful information.
      But information is so immense that we haven' tample energy and time to deal deeply with' it. Moreover, some of theinformation might not be true. So, how to select information is alsosignificant to me. Listen to all, trust only three tenths. To obtain accurateinformation and to throw off the false part of it should be our goal.
      Information should be made full use in my life.Right now, I try to use information mostly on my studies. When I get intosociety several years later, information will probably become more andmoreimportant

Today's Luxuries Are Tomorrow's Necessities
     By "luxury", we mean "a pleasant andoften expensive thing that is not necessary". From a historical point ofview, things which Were a luxury when they first came into being all becamenecessities later. When the electric bulb was first invented in the U.S., it wassuch a luxury that only government bodies could afford to use it. Nowadays,however, it has reached every part of the world. It is the same case withtelephone, TV, and a lot of others, which were all luxuries years ago.
     Anything, no matter how luxurious it is, will become anecessity when it is widely used. This is true of many of the present luxuries,including mobile phones, cars, computers and many other things. It is known toall that the purpose of the development of science is to make things easy forthe mankind, not for only a small number of people. Therefore, the first thingto do after a new invention occurs is to spread it so as to benefit as manypeople as possible. In the course of the spread, the luxury becomesdecreasingly luxurious until in the end it becomes a necessity. This is anobjective law, nothing can be an exception.
     With the quick development of science and technology,the process for many things to become a necessity from a luxury will be greatlyshortened. Anything that can be imagined will be invented and in no timebecomes a necessity accessible to ordinary people.

Value of Knowledge
      In the Information Age, public awareness of thevalue of knowledge critically affects the economic growth of a nation. Theschematic diagram clearly shows how the value of knowledge evolved in China in thepast 50 years.
     The schematic diagram mainly consists of three parts.From 1950 to 1966, the curve was roughly a straight line slightly above zero,showing that Chinawas a poorly-educated nation then. In 1966, the curve drastically dropped belowzero, moving down hopelessly in the next 11 years. This periodcoincided withthe "Culture Revolution". Our society went mad then, books wereburned,schools were closed and all kinds of academic activities were banned.Knowledge inflicted its masters nothing but disasters. Life was a nightmare forChinese intellectuals, including famous scholars as well as common people whoreceived higher education or whose profession had anything to do with knowledge.It was a time when ignorance was a virtue and knowledge was a crime. Peopletried desperately to be away from knowledge. As a result, China laggedfarther behind the rapid progressing world. This was the darkest time in thehistory of New China. The curve returned to its original non-zero positionaround 1978 and moved up but slowly. From 1984 on, it has been shooting up. Theopen-up policy encourages people to study and to channel their knowledge to themarket economy. Millions of Chinese are bettering off by means of theirknowledge and more Chinese enjoy the fruits of knowledge and say goodbye forgood to poverty that haunted them for generations.
        As our world is rapidly advancingtowards the Information Age, increasing number of people realize that knowledgeis power and creativity is everything. Only when Chinabecomes a better educated nation, can China be a great nation withinternational prestige.

Task 1
A. Title: Private car
B. Word limit: about 200 words (not including the given opening sentence)
C. Your composition should be based on the outline below and should start withthe given opening sentence: “Nowadays any Chinese can enjoy the luxury ofowning a private car- if he can afford it.”
D. Your composition should be written neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Outline:
1) Advantages of owning a private car.
2) Disadvantages of owning a private car.
3) Should it be necessary to enlarge the private car market? Why or why not?
Nowadays, any Chinese can enjoy the luxury of owning a private car – if he orshe can afford it. Having a car of your own means no more traveling to work oncrowded buses or subway trains, and you can drop off the children at school onthe way. Moreover, it also means that you can enjoy the weekends and holidaysbetter, because with a car you can go to places where the regular buses andtrains do not go, and so you can find a quiet scenic spot with no crowds.
However, there are drawbacks to owning a car. For one thing, with the increasein car ownership in recent years, the roads are becoming more and more crowded,often making the journey to work more of a nightmare than a dream. For another,it is not cheap to run a car, as the prices of gasoline and repairs areconstantly rising, not to mention the prices you have to pay for a license andinsurance coverage.
Having considered both sides of the argument, I have come to the conclusionthat the advantages of owning a car outweigh the disadvantages. Therefore, itseems to me that Chinashould increase its output of automobiles and enlarge the private car market.The result would be that cars would become cheaper, while at the same time theextra demand would encourage the auto industry to produce more efficient andfamily-oriented vehicles.