Part V: Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: Should Private Be Encouraged in China? You should base your composition on the following outline (given in Chinese).
1. 中国私人汽车拥有量逐年增加 2. 有些人赞成拥有私人汽车 3. 有些人反对拥有私人汽车
作文范文:Should Private Cars Be Encouraged in China?
With the fantastic spur both in industry and in China, the number of people who own private cars is on the rise. And there have been two quite different views on this phenomenon. Some people argue that private cars can bring convenience and mobility to the owners. If more people buy cars, automobile industry will develop dramatically. What's more, the growth of automobile industry car trigger the boom of other important industries such as iron and steel production, energy and technological application. In brief, they are in favor of developing private cars. However, others hold that automobiles will give rise to a aeries of problems such as more serious environmental pollution, and more energy consumption. Besides, there are 1.2 billion people in China. If every family owned a car, too many cars would run on this land, which will certainly lead to traffic congestion and pose great threat to the existence of people. Therefore, they are against developing private cars in China.