2012年专八作文真题及范文(通用15篇)

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第1篇

The Dragon Boat Festival(端午节)is one of the important national festivals in on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic：

The Dragon Boat Festival

First, you should tell what you know about the festival.

Second, you should describe how you or other people usually observe the festival.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization，language and to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第2篇

Owing to economic development and improvement in living standards of common people, more and more private cars are on road. Some believe private cars have brought convenience and mobility to the owners while others argue that private automobiles deserve a limit on the increasing number. As far as I see it, we should not put a limit on private cars.

First of all, the private car is a symbol of freedom and wealth. The private car has given us a freedom and convenience our ancestors could not dream of. We can travel to relatively remote places that it is hard to reach on foot or public transport rarely goes to. A car enables an individual or a family to travel at any time they wish. With a car there is no need to wait for the bus in the bitterly cold or under the scorching sun. Furthermore a car can serve as a symbol of one’s wealth, which makes him or her proud of his or her accomplishments and glorious past.

Secondly, a car can make our work more efficient and life more convenient. Nowadays many Chinese can enjoy the comfort and luxury of owning a private car. Having a car of one’s own means no more traveling to work on crowded buses or subway trains; no more waste of time for waiting at the bus stop or train station. With a car one does not have to worry about the possible danger their child suffers when they are elbowing their way through the crowd, instead they can drop off the children at school on the way to work. In the case of illness, the car takes its owner or other sick person to hospital without any delay.

Last but not least, lifting bans on private cars will stimulate the automobile industry, which provides jobs for a large team of workers. Known as a sunrise industry, Chinese automobile industry needs strong and continuous fueling from domestic demand. If more people buy cars, the industry will embrace continued growth, thus contributing more to the national economy. Moreover, its growth will trigger the boom of related industries like iron and steel production and energy.

In conclusion, the advantages of private cars convince us that we should not put a limit on the number of private cars. What we should do at the moment is to perfect the transport infrastructure to ensure private cars to go faster and more safely.

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第3篇

预计2017年专四考试时间为：2017年4月22日（周六）听力部分：30%/30分钟1.听写（10%）：十个句子，四遍式读法，第一、四遍匀速；第二、三遍单句重复，间隔15秒；(10%)：新题型，与专八MINI-LECTURE格局类似，但难度降低，填空试卷提前发放，按听力材料进行填空，播放一遍；3.长对话（10%）：两段长对话题目，每段内容约500词，卷面只有选项，无问题（与四六级形式一致）。

语言知识：20%/10分钟共计20题，每题一分，从16年试卷题目看，英文语法名词考点已经不见了，问题均以实用语法及搭配考点为主。

完型填空：10%/10分钟共计10题，每题一分，实际为15选10的选词填空（与四六级形式一致）考察实词辨析。

阅读：20%/35分钟共计三篇文章，对应10道客观选择题（每题1分）及到主观简答题（每题2分）；其中，主观题答案不得超过十个单词，注意，需要进行必要的同义替换和含义总结。

写作：20%/45分钟大作文以材料作文为主题，约200词。

包含：1.阅读材料的概括；2.对材料进行评论。

大量学员不熟悉此类问题写作模式分析：1.单词成为绝对重点，听力的听写与talk全都需要扎实的拼写能力；其后的单选和选词填空都需要大量词汇；2.阅读出现主观总结题目，难度增加；同义替换和词性改变要熟练；3.写作成为重灾区，45分钟写200词，其实重点首先在于读懂内容，并作出干净简洁的材料重述，然后才是个人观点。

TEM暑假及秋季总体备考建议1.暑假期间，背词为先，例如“专业四级/专业八级绝对高频词”，不管题目怎么变，单词不变，听读写译全靠单词量，尤其是专八。

2.暑假期间不必过早进入真题训练时间，建议多练习：泛读、用四六级听力材料或专四老版本听力进行单句听写；3.开学季，入手新版专四/专八新版/改编版真题，开始练；4.新版专四专八的阅读和写作题目套路较深，多看范文和标准答案，抽空听课，有老师的点拨能够达到事半功倍的效果；总体来说，第一年改革，虽然担心的人很多，但改革后的题目都不会很难。

现在离考试时间还有充分的时间，各位考生抓紧时间开始复习吧~~~

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第4篇

Nuclear Technology: Benecial or Disastrous?

One question that has caused a great deal of controversy over the years is nuclear technology. Although it offers a number of advantages in world peace and green power, it is also a dangerous technology. Nuclear weapons pose the greatest threat to life. Even the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes also carries some serious risks. In this essay, however, I intend to show how the benets of such technology counterbalance its disadvantages.

The opponents of nuclear power generally base their arguments on the danger it presents to the world. There are two main dangers: the risk of nuclear warfare and the nuclear disasters. The danger of nuclear war is obvious and if one thinks about Chernobyl, it is easy to understand why people are worried about nuclear power, as it can cause major suffering.

There are, however, good reasons for believing that nuclear technology is generally advantageous. The first of these is that there has not been a major world conflict since the invention of nuclear weapons. Although nuclear weapons have enlarged the mechanism of war by threatening to kill more people more secretly and more horribly than those of the past, it is generally agreed that such weapons should be the last thing to be thought of as a means to win a war because there would be no winner in any nuclear conflict. If anything goes wrong, the scale of destruction on human lives and civilization is beyond imagination. The nightmare of Hiroshima is a vivid memory, so nuclear weapons hidden in stock somewhere serve to maintain world peace by theory of counter-attack .

The other most significant benefit relates to the environment. Perhaps the greatest danger facing our world today is a combination of global warming and the greenhouse effect. This danger is caused partly by burning fossil fuel, which leads to our polluted atmosphere. Nuclear power, however, is a much greener alternative which does not have such negative effects.

Already power plants have been in operation in a number of countries. These are successful examples to be followed. All in all, although it is true that nuclear weapons pose the greatest threat to life, the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes is really bene cial. In all appearances, the fear of war is overcome by the need for economic development.

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第5篇

1. 听力两部分，news broadcast 去掉 2. 1:mini-lecture 长度增加 由10个空格增加到15个空格；听前发卷子；2：长篇听力；conversation or interview 重点为学术方面的问题。

问题不印在卷子上，是听到的，给ABCD四个选项；3. 人文知识去掉；proofreading保留。

4. 阅读：增加8个简答题，客观题改成问题；5. 翻译：保留中译英，去掉英译中；6. 写作：给两篇短文，写一个30分钟300词左右的summary，着重学生的表达 观点的能力。

类似材料作文（现在的考试为40分钟400词的命题作文）

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第6篇

As is vividly depicted by the drawing above, the job-hunting girl refuses a service post without any hesitation, complaining that she will never take a job of serving others. At the same time she is wondering why finding a promising job is so difficult in modern society.

This phenomenon can easily be found anywhere in our daily life, especially on campus. On the one hand, many job-seekers are reluctant to take jobs that they consider to be humble and trivial, because they have great ambitions and they only want to ride on the peak of success. On the other hand, wanting to gain more but pay less, both the jobless and graduating students aspire to seek a job that is well-paid, relaxed and comfortable. We should not look down upon service industry, the third industry, because it does provide us with many employment opportunities and positions.

Therefore, it is high time that we took effective measures to improve the current situation. For one thing, an education campaign should be launched to popularize the idea that ^v^the longest journey starts with a single step^v^ and to cultivate a down-to-earth attitude toward life. For another, the tendency of being lazy must be eradicated from the mind of the young. Only in this way can people realize their value of life better and can unemployment rate be reduced and thus can social harmony be achieved.

Here is a picture, interesting but with profound implication. As is vividly depicted in the photo, two men are running away from the computer screen, which successfully captures our eyes. After a close watch, it is not difficult to find that they are frightened away by the internet rumor. Apparently, what the drawing has subtly conveyed is supposed to be given further analysis.

A conclusion could be drawn from the picture: internet is likely to produce negative effect to our life. And my words are based upon the following two reasons. On the top of the list is that the lack of legal penalty may lead to the state of this phenomenon. In addition, there is the other point that no one can ignore. It is universally admitted that internet is a virtual world, and people in it are more likely to do something illegal and cruel.

According to the analysis above, it is advisable for us to take steps to reverse this evil trend. Of all the steps, mass media may play a major role in solving this problem.

2019专八作文预测范文：整形美容

If given the choice, a great many people would change at least one aspect of their appearance. As is depicted in the drawing, a young lady is requesting a doctor to give her a straighter nose, bigger lips, smaller chin, slimmer figure, and so on. One option that has gained tremendous popularity in recent decades is plastic surgery, the branch of surgery dealing with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of body issue.

Firstly, one's appearance is the God's blessing, and has been one part of our body. After breast enlargement surgery, many women look sexier than before. However, many of them are found mammary gland disease. The more serious effect is that they risk being unable to breast feed. Secondly, the advocating for such a practice will mislead people in the judgment of beauty. The concept of beauty is quite rich in its content. It should include many virtues like honesty, diligence, and so on, which should be the real mainstream of our spiritual life. The practice and some contests about man-made beauty will confuse those who are to develop correct concept of beauty.

Concerning the above possible harms the practice may bring about, we are strongly against it and advocate seeking true and natural beauty. Besides, people, especially women, should lay more attention on the cultivation of their inner hearts. The inner beauty outweighs the outside beauty in the long run.

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第7篇

Is it helpful to build an honest and clean government by a fund for incorruptible civil servants? Such an issue has aroused controversy among the public. Proponents believe the innovative move will help to fight against corruption and build a clean government. Opponents say that being clean is an official’s obligation and duty and there is therefore no need to reward them with additional funds. Personally, I’d like to express my disapproval on this question.

First of all, to establish an accumulation fund for clean officials is in fact a challenge to social justice. Public servants should work diligently in an honest and clean way and abide by laws and regulations when performing their duties. That is the basic requirement for them. Any official who fails in this sense does not deserve the position of a public servant. Extra pay for clean public servants will naturally damage the image of public servants in the eyes of ordinary people. In addition, it will play a negative role in their professional work ethics. When public servants are rewarded for what they should do, what about clean doctors, teachers, lawyers, policemen? Obviously such a policy is not well-grounded.

Secondly, the most unfair part about the reserve fund is that it infringes upon the interests of taxpayers who contribute to public servants’ salary in the first place. It’s God’s truth that officials should work for the taxpayers’ interests. But to sustain such a fund system, a large number of workers and farmers will have to pay more for what public servants are supposed to do. As for the reserve fund, only when the amount of the award comes to a tempting figure can it restrain corruption to a certain degree. However, it is impossible to raise such an enormous fund only from their welfare fund. So, the fund is actually a disguised form of reward to public servants through taking advantage of fiscal revenue.

Relatively speaking, public servants are well paid for their service, so it is not rational to raise such a fund of reward. What we can do is to strengthen supervision mechanisms, so as to effectively track down and punish corrupted officials and let them pay higher costs for their behavior. In addition, to fundamentally minimizing the corruption phenomenon in the government, we should take effective measures to put a limit on their power in an attempt to provide fewer opportunities to abuse power.

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第8篇

Some people are committed to their dreams and work hard to achieve their goals. What is guiding them is akind of people think that illusion is good for success while others argue that it is not sogood because it may get people far as I am concerned， illusion is necessary in our life only if it is encouraging and realistic.

There are several of all，there is power in illusion. The illusion can lead people to thepath they want to go on and it gives us passion. We need to live each moment wholeheartedly，with all our senses so that we can find pleasure in the fragrance of backyard garden， the crayoned picture of a six-year-old，and the enchanting beauty of a illusion can be enthusiastic love of life that puts sparkle in our eyes，a lilt in our steps and smoothes the wrinkles from our souls.

Secondly，we are born with wide-eyed，enthusiastic wonder as anyone knows who has ever seen an infant’s delight at the jingle of keys or the scurrying of a is this childlike wonder and illusion that gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air，no matter how old they are. For example，the famous cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing the music flowed through his fingers，his stooped shouldrs would straighten and joy would reappear in his ，for him，was an elixir that made life a never-ending author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote，“Years wrinkle the skin，but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”

Lastly， people with illusions also love what they do，regardless of money or power or we cannot do what we love as a full-time career，we can as do a part-time vocation，like the head of state who paints，the nun who runs marathons and the executive who handcrafts cannot afford to waste tears and energy and time on “might-have-beens”.We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be”.

To sum up，God gives each bird its food，but he does not throw it into its you want to go，just cherish your precious illusion and let your dream be realized.

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第9篇

楼主，你好。

我是今年考上南开的研究生，本科是一个很垃圾的二本院校，我也就是五月份准备的考研，总之首先得给自己信心！我本来和楼上一样是想考复旦的，但终归有些信心不足。

其实计算机考研从13年开始已经有好多院校不考408统考了，南开今年就没考408，而是自主命题考试。

楼主目前阶段先花几天确定目标院校，弄清楚考研的专业课程，再着手准备。

至于英语的提高，建议楼主可以去淘宝买些视频资料，也很便宜，不超过100元。

自己一边做真题，一边听视频就挺好。

其他的模拟阅读完全不用做了。

我考研的时候英语59分，虽然不高，但是我在英语上都没怎么花时间。

楼主主要是把阅读和新题型做好就ok了。

作文也很简单，小作文的十二种类型都背了，大作文背4~5篇，考试的时候套着用就行！专业课的话，如果不是统考的学校，可以去淘宝买相关课程资料，当然如果有同学在那个学校，最好能弄到那个学校的期末试卷。

如果是统考，那资料就很多了。

政治也很简单，考前一个月做肖秀荣的冲刺8套和最后4套，把选择题都弄得很清楚，大题掌握答题思路，多背背，考场上尽量自我发挥，考60+是不难的。

数学是最难复习的，楼主在把书本吃透的基础上，多看看李永乐的复习全书。

当然，李永乐线代的教学视频和陈文灯的高数视频也是我极力推荐的！考研的考试是这样的，可以在3个地方考。

一个是你所报考的学校（前提是该校是考研报名点），其次是你本科院校所在地的报名点，还有就是你的户籍所在地。

在最后，我想提醒楼主，不管你遇到多大困难，不管你有多少题不会做，千万不要放弃！我很感谢我母亲，在我考完数学以后，还极力鼓励我下午去考专业课，否则我也不会有今天的成就。

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第10篇

1、还有近3个月的时间，怎么安排复习？ 答：这段时间里要着手做历年的专八真题和一些预测试卷。

针对自己的薄弱环节进行专项练习，并研究以前做错的题目，分析原因，加深印象，反复强化训练，应该可以收到意想不到的效果。

2、有没有必要背单词？记专四专八词汇有什么技巧？ 答：背单词是非常有必要的。

可以从词根开始背起，背过的词汇要不停的复习，否则很容易忘记。

另外要重视核心词汇，比如我们在听力上可以总结一些常考的必看的新闻词汇等，这样同学们在考试时很容易通过词汇关。

3、阅读中的生词如何积累？ 首先，我们要从题目出发，带着问题看文章，通过做题我们可以看出来，有些生词是不会影响我们做题目的。

如果你还是希望能把遇到的生词都记住，可以选择做题后回头再精读这篇文章，来把生词变成熟词，以便以后再碰到时不会成为我们阅读的障碍。

4、怎么在听力过程中长时间保持住自己的注意力？ 听力是一个需要积累的过程，如果没有长期的积累谁也不可能长时间的集中精力。

在听力的过程中，我们不要把注意力都放在如何做题上面，首先要集中注意力听文章的内容，但是听力是有一些技巧的，我们应该把注意力放在一些有“记号”意义的词语、句子和段落中。

如何能够比较有针对性对专八听力进行训练？Mini lecture时如何把握关键词，如何速记？ 综观TEM-8的听力考题，我们可以发现所有的试题类型都基于由what, who, where, when, why 和how所包括的内容，即事件、人物、地点、时间、原因和方式。

TEM-8考试听力材料由长短不一、针对某一现象或事件的叙述性短文和对话（或面试、访谈）构成。

考生必须在一个大情景下抓住事情的要点和事件的发展线索后才能答题。

大多数英语专业学生具有良好的听力基本功，他们需要提高的是听力的广度和深度，因此，考生在日常的学习生活中必须有意识地多听多练。

同时，我们建议同学们在练习听力时注意以下几个题： 选择准确的听力材料 实际上，“听”和“说”不分家的原则也体现在TEM-8考试中。

TEM-8考试听力均选自一般口语性较强、反映现代生活的英语资料。

因此，考生可以集中精力多听一些大众媒介英语，进行实战演习。

所选听力材料在难度上应低于阅读材料，因为读不懂的东西一般听不懂。

来源于报刊、杂志、电影、电视的英语是练习听力的极好的材料。

英语专业的学生，特别是高年级学生，可以通过看原版电影或听电影录音剪辑来练习听力。

一般学校都会有丰富的音像资料，许多城市还专门开辟了英语电视频道，电视英语新闻对考生应付TEM-8考试第三部分有很大的帮助。

5、阅读应该分配多少时间？如何保证正确率？ 专八阅读是30分钟，这就要求我们要带着问题来读文章。

分清重点，善于抓住文章主旨。

掌握一些基本的阅读技巧，在真正阅读之前先看题干寻找路标，根据路标确定问题的出处，针对四个选项进行排除。

阅读题像学术论文一样，尤其是细节题，读到后来会很不耐烦。

如何把握良好的心态？我们要本着一定要过专八的信念来答题，并且最重要的是抓住文章中每个段落的关键句，这样我们思路清晰，方便答题。

6、人文知识如何复习？要如何记忆？哪块又是重点？ 人文知识总体难度不是很大，考的都是最基本的文学、语言学、文化的知识，对于一个英语专业的学生，这些知识应该都是老师在课堂里讲过的，只是我们缺乏把它串起来变成体系的能力。

在复习当中应该注重英美国家的地理、历史、政治、建筑、节假日、文学、语言学等基本常识，文学一种大作品作家为主，语言学以基本定义为主，复习时多读多看，以熟悉认知为主，列出知识点。

2013年英语专四专八全攻略名师指导视频课程模拟测试历年真题复习计划 7、改错题总是越改越错，有什么技巧？ 改错题采取的避实就虚的原则，应该从根本上解决问题，大量做题未必是件好事，所谓的基本是指语法概念，我们称之为虚的概念，如主谓一致、代词、冠词、副词、分词、逻辑关系、固定搭配、等是最容易出题的地方，学生应该作一写针对语言点、基本功的练习，推荐宫玉波《语言点必备》达到对语言点的敏感程度。

改错不难，关键是对语言点的把握，改错就是以一种比较复杂的结构靠一些比较基础的语言点知识。

对与改错这一题型与其他一些形式不同，它需要考生对英语具备相当高的综合运用能力。

无论是语法、词汇还是惯用法都能成为改错的对象。

考生必须在全面理解短文内容的基础上指出并改正错误，使句子和短文的意思以及句、段的结构正确、完整。

这种改错要求考生具有语篇水平（Discourse level）。

故此可以说，在某种程度上，它能较清晰地反映出考生的总体英文水平。

另外，该题型的主要特点是，一改传统的句子单位改错，代之以篇章单位的短文形式。

这一改革不仅要求考生有更高的阅读理解能力，而且迫使考生摆脱原先较为孤立片面的思维定势，以一种连贯的思路整体的眼光去适应这一新题型。

做题时千万不要拿起来就改。

正确的做法是先从头到尾通读全文，在正确理解或大致正确理解甚至在猜想原文的前提下，再仔细推敲需要改正或增添的内容。

此时，考生必须充分调动...

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第11篇

Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

The twentieth century has brought with it many advances. With those advances, human lives have changed dramatically. In some ways life is worse, but mostly it is better. Changes in food preparation methods, for example, have improved our lives greatly.

The convenience of preparing food today is amazing. Even stoves have gotten too slow for us. Microwave cooking is much easier. We can press a few buttons and a meal is completely cooked in just a short time. People used to spend hours preparing an oven-cooked meal, and now they can use that time for other, better things. Plus, there are all kinds of portable, prepackaged foods we can buy. Heat them in the office microwave, and lunch at work is quick and easy.

Food preparation today allows for more variety. With refrigerators and freezers, we can preserve a lot of different foods in our homes. Since technology makes cooking so much faster, people are willing to make several dishes for even a small meal. Parents are more likely to let children be picky, now that they can easily heat them up some prepackaged macaroni and cheese on the side. Needless to say, adults living in the same house may have very different eating habits as well. If they don’t want to cook a lot of different dishes, it’s common now to eat out at restaurants several times a week.

Healthful eating is also easier than ever now. When people cook, they use new fat substitutes and cooking sprays to cut fat and calories. This reduces the risk of heart disease and high cholesterol. Additionally, we can buy fruits and vegetable fresh, frozen or canned. They are easy to prepare, so many of us eat more of those nutritious items daily. A hundred years ago, you couldn’t imagine the process of taking some frozen fruit and ice from the freezer, adding some low-fat yogurt from a plastic cup and some juice from a can in the refrigerator, and whipping up a low-fat smoothie in the blender!

Our lifestyle is fast, but people still like good food. What new food preparation technology has given us is more choices. Today, we can prepare food that is more convenient, healthier, and of greater variety than ever before in history.

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第12篇

In this competitive society，people cannot avoid the stress from the bustle and hustle of modern pressure is the motivation for our progress，while too much stress will have harmful effects on our health and cannot avoid it，so we must learn deal to with it properly.

In the first place，it is important to have a correct understanding about are now in a world where the fittest will survive，and it’s better to ensure survival than being to individuals， the social environment will not have to realize both the positive and negative aspects of is like a double-edged sword，which may be used by us，or may hurt key point is whether you hold the blade or the handle. We can take it as a motive force for us to make progress，ma^v^ll use of it and avoid being hurt by it.

In the second place，people have to adjust their own mood and should say to ourselves thatI like challenges and I am strong，but never think I am a loser or I cannot stand that any positive hint will change your attitude，and then affect the result of your it is also of great importance to cherish what you have common weak point of the human being is that he longs forwhat he cannot get，but does not value and protect what he has at the people are thinking about how to own more，such as social status，power，honor and so on.

At last the more they want，the more pressure they they can give something up，they will feel ，some practical measures can help us to handle stress in our a plan on the career， increasing the competitiveness and learning to control your time will do much help to reduce the is advisable to separate work from hard when you are at work and have a good rest when you are other words，there must be a boundary.

To sum up，the stress in our life is inevitable，and we must learn to handle it effectively. We must have a right understanding about it，try our best to adjust our own mentality and use practical ways to reduce it.

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第13篇

Some people like to eat out at food stands and restaurants, while others like to prepare food at home. Often it depends on the kind of lifestyle people have. Those with very busy jobs outside the house don’t always have time to cook. They like the convenience of eating out. Overall, though, it is cheaper and healthier to eat at home.

While eating in restaurants is fast, the money you spend can add up. When I have dinner at restaurant with a friend, the bill is usually over twenty dollars. I can buy a lot of groceries with that much money. Even lunch at a fast-food stand usually costs five or six dollars for one person. That’s enough to feed the whole family at home.

Eating at home is better for you, too. Meals at restaurants are often high in fat and calories, and they serve big plates of food--much more food than you need to eat at one meal. If you cook food at home, you have more control over the ingredients. You can use margarine instead of butter on your potatoes, or not put so much cheese on top of your pizza. At home, you can control your portion size. You can serve yourself as little as you want. In a restaurant, you may eat a full plate of food ^v^because you paid for it^v^.

It’s true that eating out is convenient. You don’t have to shop, or cook, or clean up. But real home cooking doesn’t have to take a lot of time. There are lots of simple meals that don’t take long to make. In fact, they’re faster than eating out, especially if you think of the time you spend driving to a restaurant, parking, waiting for a table, waiting for service, and driving home.

Both eating at restaurants and cooking at home can be satisfying. Both can taste good and be enjoyed with family and friends. I prefer cooking at home because of the money and health issues, but people will make the choice that fits their lifestyle best.

Many people visit museums when they travel to new places. Why do you think people visit museums? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第14篇

考研英语的总体要求比六级高，而且考研英语对许多能力如听力、阅读、写作都做了详细的规定和阐述，六级中只是对这些能力给予概念性的模糊定义。

详尽的规定和阐述有利于在考试中设置针对性强的题目，因而考研英语的难度也更加大。

考研英语和英语六级难度方面的区别主要体现在以下六点：1.六级词汇量要求为5500个，以及由这些词构成的常用词组2000个；考研要求考生应能掌握5300个左右的词汇以及相关词组。

从词汇量上看，两者相差不大，甚至六级要求比考研要高。

然而六级和考研的词汇有不重合的地方，虽然这些不重合的单词不多，但也应该引起足够重视。

对语法知识两个考试不仅要求熟练地运用基本语法知识，更注重考生在语篇水平上运用语法知识的能力，这一点在最近几年的考研试题中体现尤为明显。

2.从大纲要求来看，似乎考研听力同六级相比要求不是很高，实际上考研大纲对考生的听力能力做了5个方面的具体阐述，从考查方式和考查内容上区别于六级，实际难度要比六级高。

3.阅读能力一直是英语教学和考试中的重点，这从阅读在各种英语考试中的分值比例就能得知。

六级大纲中对阅读能力只规定了阅读速度和理解准确率，考研大纲中则对阅读材料类型、阅读范围和理解能力做了具体而详尽的规定，考研阅读明显要难于六级阅读。

4.翻译能力是检查英语学习的综合能力，包括词汇、语法、阅读等。

六级考试到目前为止还没有出现翻译试题，而考研英语将英译汉作为阅读理解的一部分，注重对考生根据上下文理解英语句子能力的考查，并且要求用规范的现代汉语将其表达出来。

5.对写作能力的要求基本一致，差别在于考研字数多于六级。

考研大纲中明确了应用文写作，并对实际写作能力做了详尽的规定和阐述。

6.获得大学英语六级考试证书且六级成绩在75分以上的在校生可以申请参加口语考试。

考研由于条件所限，目前还没有统一的英语口试，只是录取学校在复试时简单考查一下考生的口语能力，要求也各不相同。

2012年专八作文真题及范文 第15篇

With the development of market economy in China arise the income gaps between people working in different fields: some earn good money; some make ends meet; some others live on narrow means. On top of many social problems this financial disparity may cause there is a claim that it affects friendship. The assumption seems reasonable but we may find it does not really hold water by taking a close look into the subject.

First of all true and lasting friendship is built on common values pursuits or hobbies rather than similar incomes. Friends are those who agree with your life views and stick to the some principles those who encourage you when you lack confidence in meeting challenges and pursuing your dream or those who share your interests and appreciate your tastes. Indeed what strengthens these emotional bonds between you and your pals is not the same amount of wealth but spiritual commonalities. Of course with similar financial backgrounds you will probable know better about each other's life style but the difference in this aspect will not matter if you are mutually appreciated needed and trusted. The friendship between Marx and Engels--the two German revolutionists--is a case in point. The former was often in debt while the latter was well-off; yet the same socialist dream drew them together and made them forever friends.

Moreover financial disparity between friends does not cause trouble because each of them usually lives a self-reliant life. Different from a married couple who have common properties budget and spend their income together even very close friends live on their own finances. For instance though we exchange ideas with and confide secrets to our friends we will never rely on them for a comfortable life no matter how rich they are. Admittedly there are times when we may go out for fun or to dinner together with friends; however whether they are richer or poorer than us we can definitely find a place suitable for all rather than one beyond somebody's means.

It is claimed that people with different financial backgrounds have different social contacts and accordingly as friends will get estranged sooner or later. It is true in some cases but bosom friends are not those who you get in touch with every day instead they are those who lend their hands to you when you fall into trouble just as the old saying goes a friend in need is a friend indeed. Hence despite their distinct material life the richer and the poorer can retain their friendship as long as they still care about each other understand and support each other.

To sum up financial disparity will not affect friendship when people have common spiritual pursuits lead an independent life and stand by each other for better or worse. It might be quite safe to say that money is not the barrier but the touchstone of real friendship.

 06：Ambition

Ambition is the decision one makes and the resolution with which he carries out that decision. It provides us with the required driving force to accomplish any undertakings in our life. Just as Joseph Epstein, a famous American writer put it,” And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed.” Indeed, once we make up our minds to choose to do something, then our life becomes meaningful and specifically orientated. This notion of life, as far as I observe, is closest to truth and does apply to almost all aspects of life. First things first, ambition renders us a sense of mission. No matter what decision you make you have to be responsible for your choice. Your choice procures you a sense of orientation, or more specially a sense of mission. And only a strong mission may enable one to accomplish greatness. Caesar of the ancient Roman Empire was urged by his ambition “I came, I saw, I conquered.” And became an unrivaled empire builder in the history of Rome. John Milton, stimulated always by his ambition that aimed at writing some “mighty lines” which England would unwillingly forget, had in due time secured his position as the second Shakespeare in the history of English literature. In the second place, ambition can bring one’s potentials to the full. Ambition may well serve as a catalyst activating one’s dormant potentials. Without ambition one’s potentials will remain slumbering like a dormant volcano. A case in point is Ms Zhang Heidi, a Chinese Helen Keller. It was her ambition to be a useful person has turned the almost paralyzed Zhang Heidi into a well-accomplished figure whose achievements would dwarf those of some normal people aim at the sun, though, at worst, they may probably land on the moon. Influential as it is upon us, however, ambition must be channeled in the right direction. If wrongly directed, one’s ambition may bring havoc on him and others. Hitler, whose ambition was to conquer Europe by whatever evil means, finally turned him into a demon. It was this demon that almost cast Europe into an unfathomable abyss of anguish and suffering. Another case is Macbeth whose ambition was to become the king of Scotland. However, his ambition was materialized by the murder of King Duncan. Consequently, unbearable guilt and psychological agony drove him to his tragic doom. To sum up, ambition can benefit us tremendously if wisely and correctly channeled, otherwise it may ruin others and ourselves. A poet says: life can be bad.  Life can be good. Life can be dirty. Life can be sad. Life can even be painful. In my mind’s eye, a person can make his life beautiful, meaningful and rewarding and stand out as a respectable personage if he is motivated by a well-orientated ambition.

05: Interview An Effective Way to Recruit Employees       Nowadays, interview is frequently used by employers as one of the preferable means to recruit prospective employees. As a result, there have been many arguments for or against it as a selection procedure. Some people regard it as a good way to select employees in a short time while others think it not proper to decide on a person just by the simple means of interview. Both of them have some truth. But in my opinion, it is an efficient way to recruit a prospective employee.

First of all, interview serves as an efficient way to examine if a person has the qualities that are needed for modern competition or for a certain company. In interview, one needs to present the best part of oneself to the interviewers. If the interviewee is well prepared and has a knowledgeable mind, he or she should show it plainly to the interviewers. The key point for the interviewee on this occasion is to be quick-minded and resourceful. Certainly one will come across some tough questions from the interviewers. What the latter expects is a witty even humorous answer. What is more, in an interview, facing a group of interviewers, who will make a decision on the interviewee' fate, the interviewee has to remain calm which is an essential quality for modern competition.

Secondly, interview embodies fairness--the principle of modern society. During an interview, all interviewees will face the same conditions, such as the same place, the same time; they will face the same interviewers and questions of similar difficulties. The outstanding candidate has to surpass all the other interviewees in answering ail sorts of questions and it mainly depends on his or her own ability. And the judgment is not made by one interviewer but usually by a group of interviewers, which is more objective and democratic.

Thirdly, interview offers a broader scope of selection for both the interviewers and interviewees. A company that needs to remit employees can hold a big interview to select their most ideal employees they expect from many applicants. The interviewees on the other hand, can attend several interviews to find the most appropriate companies in which they wish to work and develop. Thus interview is really a~ important bridge in the process of job hunting.

To sum up, interview has many advantages to cater for modern society. Thanks to the interview, both companies and interviewees can make their best choices.

03：Love, and Then Be Loved     In recent years, more and more teachers complain that their students are indifferent to others. Some even worry that the young generation might ruin the future of China. To be sure, many of our young people cannot see eye to eye with this view. However, as a university student, I myself would like to content that we young people today are in general more self-centered and unsympathetic than our previous generations.    To start with, most, if not all, young people choose to attend exclusively to their own needs. In their eyes, it is all too natural to seek satisfaction from what they do, even if it may mean inconvenience to others. Take my dormitory for example. It is a common scene here that a roommate cheerfully talks to his girlfriend on the phone at midnight when others are struggling for a sound sleep. One may complain now and then, but to no avail. In fact, the others, to the exclusion of me, live their dormitory life much in the same way. When I take a nap at noon, they often play cards. They have no regard for others. Life is a joy to them, yet they often enjoy it to the neglect of others' feelings. In sharp contrast, our caring parents always pay heed to our needs and those of others. Whenever my father comes back home late in the night, he tiptoes in for fear that he might awake me.    Moreover, our young people tend to be insensitive to others' difficulty. When a classmate falls ill, few people offer to help, but regard it as none of their business. Some students in my class come from poor families. Yet, they are active mobile phone users, who may spend twice as much as what their parents earn from arduous labor. When asked why they behave so, they answer that their parents have the obligation to accommodate their expenses. Personally, I detest their answer, for I know my parents never thought that way when they were young. Being aware of their parents' financial difficulty, they managed to save every penny they could.    For the above reasons and those not mentioned here, I subscribe to the view that young people in today's China are more self-centered and unsympathetic than were our previous generations. It is high time that we learned from older generations so that a harmonious and splendid future can be anticipated.