2016年9月10日托福綜合寫作真題

　　Topic 議題：whether Brendan Reached North America in the sixth century

　　2016年9月10日托福獨立寫作真題：

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

　　Internet is as important as other service such as building roads that government should make Internet access to all the citizens at no cost.

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　　Sample answer:

　　The writer and the speaker have a debate on whether Brendan Reached North America in the sixth century. The writer puts forward three theories, which are opposed by the following lecture.

　　First, the writer claims that many references confirm that Brendan had Reached North America. While the speaker views this issue from an opposite angle, according to him/her, references are not so accurate, thus leading to misunderstanding. Those burning hills were not volcanoes; instead, people liked setting fire on hills at that time.

　　Secondly, the passage states that shipbuilding technologies at that time were advanced enough for people to reach North America. However, the speaker casts doubt on this opinion by saying that the ship made by scientists is much larger and carried more sailors than Brendan’s one.

　　Last, the writer argues that there were some markings, which were similar to Irish language, on the rock. By contrast, in accordance with the speaker, this claim does not hold water. the markings contain pictures, like sun and tree. In fact, they were carved on the rock by native Americans.