公共英語三級寫作模擬試題

　　Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should:

　　1) describe the drawing briefly,

　　2) explain its intended meaning, and then

　　3) state your point of view.

　　You should write on ANSWER SHEET 2.

　　范文：

　　As is depicted in the picture, compared to the situation in the past, nowadays the total wealth that mankind possesses conspicuously surpasses that of any time in history. What is more striking is that most of the wealth concentrates in the hands of a small bunch of people.

　　It is quite obvious that the artist wishes to set us thinking about the disparity between the rich and the poor in today’s world. On the one hand, it is staggering for us to find in the annual list of the “World's Wealthiest People” by Forbes Magazine how the property of the rich keeps aggregating in an unbelievable scale. For instance, the fortune of Bill Gates certainly amounts to, or even exceeds, the annual GDP of an average developing country. On the other hand, the majority of humans have to struggle simply to make ends meet, not to mention those still suffer from hunger in the most less developed countries.

　　It is beyond doubt that the gross discrepancy of wealth distribution, though being a problem long existing in human society, is now developing to an extreme which may cause chaos. Therefore, the whole world should take this problem into serious consideration. Only through a systematic reform to achieve a more equal society can we prevent the problem from deteriorating.

　　譯文：

　　正如圖中描繪的那樣，比起以前，現(xiàn)在人類擁有的總財富明顯超過了歷史上的任何一個時期。但是，更驚人的是我們的財富集中在了一群非常少的人們手中。

　　很顯然作圖者意在喚起人們對于當(dāng)今世界上不斷拉大的貧富差距這一問題的思考。一方面，通過福布斯雜志每年公布的世界富豪榜中，我們驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)富人們聚集財富的速度和規(guī)模令人難以置信。例如，比爾.蓋茨的財產(chǎn)必然相當(dāng)于甚至是超過了一個一般發(fā)展中國家的年均國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值。另一方面，大部分人都苦苦地為了家里的收支平衡而奮斗，更不用說在那些最窮的國家中人們還在忍饑挨餓。

　　毫無疑問，盡管財富分配不均是人類歷史上一個長久的問題，但是現(xiàn)在這種差距正在向極端方向發(fā)展，并可能導(dǎo)致根本性的混亂。因此，全世界都應(yīng)該嚴(yán)肅地思考這個問題。我們只有通過改革來建設(shè)一個更加公平的社會，才能夠防止這個問題的進(jìn)一步惡化。

　　閃光詞匯及詞組：

　　surpass: v. 超過，超越，勝過

　　disparity: n. 不一致，不同，不等

　　staggering: adj. 驚人的

　　Forbes Magazine: 福布斯雜志

　　property: n. 財產(chǎn)

　　aggregate: v. 聚集，合計

　　amount to: 達(dá)到

　　exceed: v. 超過

　　make ends meet: 收支相抵

　　not to mention: 更不用說

　　discrepancy: n. 相差，差異，矛盾

　　chaos: n. 混亂

　　萬能句型：

　　What is more striking is that…

　　It is quite obvious that the artiest wishes to set us thinking about…

　　It is beyond doubt that…