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1992年-20年英语专业八级真题作文 1992 Statistics show beyond a doubt that cigarette smoking can damage the health, yet a surprising large number of people continue to smoke in spite of all the warnings. By doing so they are not just shortening their own lives, they are also affecting the health of those around them. You are a university student and there is a debate going on in the students’ magazine on “Smoking in Public Places”. Task: Contribute an article to the magazine entitled “Should Smoking Be Banned in Public Places?” 1993 While some people claim that a person’s essential qualities are inherited at birth, others insist that the circumstances in which a person grows up are principally responsible for the kind of person he/she becomes. Which view do you agree with and why? 1994 Personal Appearance: Look Really Count Or do they? Looks aren’t everything, the saying goes. Write a passage of about 300 words agreeing or disagreeing with the topic. 1995 At present, there is a heated discussion on whether the young should take care of their parents when they grow old; or should it be the responsibility of the state. You are to write a letter of approximately 300 words on this issue to an editor of an evening paper. 1996 On a Chinese college campus, usually several college students share a dormitory. Unfortunately some college students do not pay enough attention to living in a shared environment. For instance, they may ignore the sanitation of their dormitory or they may suddenly star to play music while others are sound asleep. Hence the idea of making dormitory policies to curb these indecencies has become popular on campus. You are in favor of this idea and have therefore decided to write to your university campus radio a passage entitled: IN SUPPORT OF DORMITORY POLICIES 1997 Some people hold the view that a student’s success in university study follows the same pattern as that of fanning, which is characterized by the sowing the seeds, nurturing growth and harve