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2024年公共英语考试四级写作试题

公共英语考试四级写作试题1

SectionIIIWriting

(40minutes)

Directions:

61.Readthefollowingtext(s)andwriteanessayto

1)summarizethemainpointsofthetext(s),

2)makeclearyourownviewpoints,and

3)justifyyourstand.

Inyouressay,makefulluseoftheinformationprovidedinthetext(s).

Ifyouusemorethanthreeconsecutivewardsfromthetext(s),use

quotationmarks(“”).

Youshouldwrite160-200wordsontheANSWERSHEET.

Nowomancanbetoorichortoothin.Thissayingoftenattributedto

thelateDuchessofWindsorembodiesmuchoftheoddspiritofourtimes.

Beingthinisdeemedassuchavirtue.

Theproblemwithsuchaviewisthatsomepeopleactuallyattemptto

livebyit.Imyselfhavefantasiesofslippingintonarrowdesigner

clothes.Consequently,Ihavebeenonadietforthebetter--orworsepart

ofmylife.Beingrichwouldntbebadeither,butthatwonthappenunless

anunknownrelativediessuddenlyinsomedistantland,leavingme

millionsofdollars.

Wheredidwegooffthetrack?Whendideatingbutterbecomeasin,and

alittlebitofextrafleshunappealing,ifnotrepellent?Allreligions

havecertaindayswhenpeoplerefrainfromeatingandexcessiveeating

isoneofChristianityssevendeadlysins.However,untilquiterecently,

mostpeoplehadaproblemgettingenoughtoeat.Insomereligiousgroups,

wealthwasasymbolofprobablesalvationandhighmorals,andfatness

asignofwealthandwell-being.

Todaytheoppositeistrue.Wehaveshiftedtothinnessasournewmark

ofvirtue.Theresultisthatbeingfatorevenonlysomewhat

overweight--isbadbecauseitimpliesalackofmoralstrength.

Ourobsessionwiththinnessisalsofueledbyhealthconcerns.Itis

truethatinthiscountrywehavemoreoverweightpeoplethaneverbefore,

andthatinmanycases,beingoverweightcorrelateswithanincreasedrisk

ofheartandbloodvesseldisease.Thesediseases,however,mayhaveas

muchtodowithourwayofli