2017年英语四级写作模拟试题：武广高铁

　　【英语四级写作模拟试题】

　　Part I Writing (30 minutes)

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on Technology and Life. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

　　【英语四级写作范文】

　　As is vividly showed in the picture above, a young man, with his luggage on hand, happily starts his journey by Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway. Just as the words under the picture says “With Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway, cities far away are just like places nearby”, with the development of technology, the distances between cities are shortened and the traveling to other cities become faster and more convenient.

　　Whether one is willing or not, he can not deny that endless innovations of technology are constantly changing our lives. People use technology to communicate with the outside world, to make new friends, to become informed, and to stay in touch with one another. Modern technology also improves medical conditions and prevents many deaths from occurring. Most importantly, technology improves productivity and efficiency.

　　To the young, the startling advances in application technology enable them to work and live more comfortably. As to children, they benefit most from the boom of information technology. In one word, modern technology has undoubtedly made a serious impact on the world.

　　【点评】

　　文章第一段描述了漫画的内容，点明了主题--科技缩短了城市间的距离，方便了人们的生活;第二段指出不计其数的科技发明不断改变着我们的生活，并结合社交、医疗、经济、生产方面指出其影响;第三段总结了科技对社会的影响。

　　第一段中Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway意为“武广高速铁路”， cities far away are just like places nearby是对“每个城市就在家门口”的意译;第二段中prevents many deaths from occurring意为“防止了死亡的发生”， improves productivity and efficiency意为“提高了生产力和效率”;第三段中startling advances 意为“惊人的提升”， benefit…from意为“从……中获益”， In one word意为“换句话说”。