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) Suggest counter-measures.

　　You should write on ANSWER SHEET 2.

　　范文：

　　The drawing portrays a tragic scene in which the only remaining tree of a previous forest begs the pardon of a lumberman, as if empowered by human emotions. Surrounding this tree are numerous fresh tree stumps, which testify to the lumberman’s “hard work” while lamenting the loss of their paradise.

　　The picture aims at assailing a serious environmental problem—deforestation, for which several factors are responsible. In the first place, wood is an indispensable raw material for industrial production and daily life. Secondly, the expanding human population requires more living space, and forests are always the first choice humans decide to sacrifice. As a result, forests have experienced, and are experiencing fatal destruction worldwide.

　　Given forests’ fundamental role in sustaining ecological balance, their damage will result in irreversible harm to the world’s environment. Therefore, urgent and effective measures should be implemented so as to prevent deforestation. For instance, there are already some steps that have proved useful, say, the establishment of reserves of natural lands, the creation of substitutes of wooden products. The preservation and restoration of forests is a complex project that calls for more concern from the human society.

　　譯文：

　　這幅圖描繪了一個悲劇的場景，一片森林中唯一存活的一棵樹向站在它面前的伐木工乞求不要將自己砍掉，仿佛被賦予了人的感情。這棵樹的周圍都是剛被砍掉的大樹留下的樹樁，充分證明了伐木工的“勤奮工作”，同時這些樹樁仿佛也在悲嘆失去了的生活天堂。

　　這幅圖的目的在于質(zhì)問一個嚴重的環(huán)境問題——去森林化，這其中有許多因素。首先，木頭是工業(yè)生產(chǎn)和人們生活中不可或缺的一種原材料。其次，不斷擴張的人口規(guī)模需要更多的生存空間，而森林往往是人類愿意犧牲的第一個選擇。因此，在全世界范圍內(nèi)，森林已經(jīng)經(jīng)歷了并正在經(jīng)歷致命性的毀滅。

　　由于森林對于保持生態(tài)平衡具有重要的作用，因此對森林的破壞會對全球環(huán)境造成不可逆轉(zhuǎn)的破壞。因此，我們必須采取緊急和有效的措施來制止這一去森林化的趨勢。例如，我們已經(jīng)有一些被證明為有效的措施，如建立自然環(huán)境保護區(qū)，發(fā)明木頭產(chǎn)品的替代品等。另外，森林的保護和恢復(fù)是一項復(fù)雜的系統(tǒng)工程，需要得到全社會對環(huán)保問題的共同和全面的關(guān)注。

　　閃光詞匯及詞組：

　　portray: v. 描繪

　　lumberman: n. 伐木工

　　empower: v. 使能夠

　　stump: n. 樹樁

　　testify: v. 證明

　　lament: v. 悲嘆

　　paradise: n. 天堂

　　assail: v. 攻擊，質(zhì)問

　　deforestation: n. 采伐森林，去森林化

　　indispensable: adj. 不可或缺的

　　raw material: 原材料

　　sacrifice: v. 犧牲

　　irreversible: adj. 不能撤回的，不能取消的

　　reserves: n. 保留地

　　restoration: n.恢復(fù)

　　萬能句型：

　　The drawing portrays a tragic scene…

　　The picture aims at assailing a serious … problem

　　Therefore, urgent and effective measures should be implemented so as to prevent…