历年专八作文真题及范文

2011年

ShouldfamousChinesesitesofhistoricalinterestchargehigherfees

duringpeaktravelseasons?

Nowadays,withtherapiddevelopmentoftourismindustry,ithas

becomepopularforquitesomepeopletotravelatvacationafteralong

periodofheavyloadofworking.Theycometosomehistoricalsitesto

relaxthemselves.Atthesametime,holidayisthebusiesttraveltimesof

theyear.Generallyspeaking,thefamousChinesesitesofhistoricalinterest

willchargehigherfeesduringthetime.Recently,acontroversial

viewpointtowardshistoricsites'higherchargethatwhethersuchaction

willhurtcitizen'ssentiment.Myopinionisthatit'sworthcharginghigher

fees.

Firstofall,Ifirmlybelievethatitisnecessarytochargehigherfees.

Peoplecouldunderstandthemeaningoflifeandthepermanentvaluefrom

thesemeasures,thentheywillchangetheirthinkingstyleofstudyand

work.Historicalsitesletpeoplerealizedeathisnotfarawayandwe

shouldnotwasteourlife.

Moreover,whenparentstaketheirchildrentothehistoricinterest,the

childrencanlearnknowledgeofhistoryratherthanjustplayingthere.At

thesametimetheyreceiveeducation.Infact,Ithinkitismeaningfultogo

toChinesesitesofhistoricalinterestthantotheplayground.

Lastbutnotleast,historicalsites'completepreservationneedsalarge

amountofmoney.Inordertomakeourhistoricalsitesexistforever,we

shouldpayhigherfees.

Tosumup,it'snodoubtthathistoricalsiteschargehigherfees

intourismseason.Weshouldundertaketheresponsibilityofprotecting

historicalsitesandourenvironment,meanwhileweshouldbeawarethat

themeaningoflifeisnotfrombirthtodeathbutmakingcontributionto

society.

2009:Aredialectsjustasacceptableinpublicplaces?

范文一

China'sStateAdministrationofRadioFilmandTelevision(SARFT)

recentlyissuedanoticebanningdomesticradioandTVstationsfrom

translatingforeignradioandTVprogrammesintoanylocaldialect.The

noticesaidthatsuchdialecttranslationcontradictsthenationalinitiative

topromotePutonghua,orMandarin,aroundthecountry.Foreign

programmesthathavebeentranslatedintodialectsmustberemoved

fromtelevisionandradioimmediately.Thenoticeevokedamixed

responsefromexpertsandaudioandvideoproducers,aswellasthe

generalpublic.Manyvoicedtheirconcernsthatlocaldialectswouldbe

forniddeninpublicplaces.Mandarian,whichmeans"commonlanguage",

isthecountry'spredominantlanguageandiswidelyusedbymorethan70

percentofthepopulation.However;localdialectsstillenjoypopularityfor

relativelyless-educatedpeopleinsomeoccasions.Thedialectsdomake

uniqueroleandshouldbetoleratedforexistenceinpublicplaces.

Thoughpromotedwidelyinpublicplaces,dialectsareacceptablein

publicplaces.First,itismorethanameretoolforcommunication.Itis,

mostimportantly,themessengerofitsrespectiveculture.Ifthedialect

waseliminatedfromdailyuse,theculturewillbebroken.Second,

Mandariancanabsorbtheelitepartoflocaldialecttoenrichits

vocabularyandusage.ThisistheperfectionofMandartianfrom

thousandsofyearsblendandcontact.Thedialectscanalsobepopularin

thepublic.AlongwiththefamousshortplaybycomicactorsinNEChina,

thelocaldialectcameintothespotlight,andenjoyedmorepopularity

throughoutChina.Suchaculturalphenomenonrepresentstheaudience

anattitudetolocaldialectswhichcatertothetasteofthemajority.Third,

dialectistheonlymeanofcommunicationtosomeundereducatedlocal

people.Iflocaldialectsareforbiddeninthepublicplaces,theycannot

communicate.

Tosumupzlocaldialectsshouldbetoleratedinpublicplacesforits

uniquerolewhichMandariancannotsubstitute.Weshouldguarteeits

survivalbecausedialectsstandforourspiritualland.Fromalong-term

perspective,dialectsshouldnotandwouldnotbewipedout.Thereisno

needforanypurposefulanddeliberateattempttoprotectdialects.Just

letdialectstaketheirnaturalcourse.Thebestwaytoprotectadialectis

touseitindailylifeandpassitdownfromgenerationtogeneration.

08:WhatIHaveLearnedFromMyYearsatUniversity

Thedevelopmentofanindividualhumanexistencecanbedividedinto

severalimportantstages.Butnoperiodcanbemoreinfluentialuponthe

latercourseofourlifethantheyearswehaveexperiencedincollege.

Hereisthecradleofintelligentsiawithvision,missionandpassion.And

now,asIamreadytoleavecampusandfacetherealworld,Idaresay

thatnootherplacecanteachmemore.

IamveryproudthatinuniversityIhavelearnthowimportantitis

foronetohavevision,thatabilitytoseeaheadoftimeandpossibly

others.Collegehasraisedmeup,sothatIcouldenjoyabroaderviewof

theworld.UniversityLibrary,thesanctuaryofmindalwayskeepsmeina

closetouchwiththegreatthoughtsofgiants,Shakespeare,Russell,

Churchill,Roosevelt,tonameonlyafew.Alltheseoverwhelmingly

famousnameshaveturnedfamiliarandfriendlyhere.Thesegreatminds

teachmehowtoliveameaningfullife.Theywarnmethatthelastbut

greatestenemyformankindishumanexistenceitself.Theirwordsof

wisdomshallguideandguardmetoovercomealltheobstaclesbesetin

thecourseofmylife.Inthelightofthisstatement,Ihavetosaythat

collegeyearshavebrightenedupmyvision.

ItisatuniversitythatIhaveacquiredanaddedunderstandingof

themeaningofmissioni.e.manshouldhaveshouldersstrongenoughto

takemoreresponsibilitiesofthetime.Collegehasenrichedme,sothatI,

tosomeextent,havediscoveredthetruthtoliveby.WhenIwasa

sophomore,IwaschosenavolunteerfortheRedCrossInstitution.My

job,then,wastoassistthedoctorwiththebloodcollectinginablood

donationcaronthestreet.Thosedaysbestowedmewithamovingbut

alittlebitsingularpicture,inwhichthepainfulinjectionandhearty

smileareperfectlyandbeautifullycombined.Everyparcelofblood

meansapieceofhope,throughwhichIseethatthepossessionoflife

liesinsharing.Thisishowcollegeyearshavedefinedmymission.

ItisaftersomeyearsatuniversitythatIhavebetterapprehended

Toynbeewhenhesaid,“Glorybelongstothosewhoareactuallyinthe

arena,fightingpassionatelywhilstshowingeverynowandthenmistakes

orshortcomings?'Ihaveunderstoodthespiritoftranscendingmyself,

sometimeseveninacrazyway.Ifyouthisthefreshnessofthedeep

springsoflife,thencollegemustbethefountainofpassion.Itcheersin

thechaosofgym;ithidesinthesilenceoflab.Duringthecollegeyears,I

neverstoppedpursuingmyowndream,becauseIneverfailtobe

inspiredbytheflowingcurrentofyoungpassion.

LawrenceH.Summers,formerPresidentofHarvardsaidinhis

farewellspeech,“Collegegraduates,capableofdeepreflectionsare

whattheworldneeds."Livinginaworldofmaddingcrowd,agroup,or

evenasmallgroupofpeopleareexpectedtoremaintranscendentaland

sober.Ifanycanliveuptosohighastandardofexistence,college

graduatescan.AndIamfortunateinbeingamongthematthismoment

andhavingsparedlittletimecultivatingmyvision,missionandpassion

inthepastfouryears.Withthese,Ihavebettercouragetochange

myselfandmostprobablybetterpreparationformyfuture.

07:FinancialDisparity:NotaBarrierforFriendship

WiththedevelopmentofmarketeconomyinChinaarisetheincome

gapsbetweenpeopleworkingindifferentfields:someearngoodmoney;

somemakeendsmeet;someothersliveonnarrowmeans.Ontopof

manysocialproblemsthisfinancialdisparitymaycausethereisaclaim

thatitaffectsfriendship.Theassumptionseemsreasonablebutwemay

finditdoesnotreallyholdwaterbytakingacloselookintothesubject.

Firstofalltrueandlastingfriendshipisbuiltoncommonvalues

pursuitsorhobbiesratherthansimilarincomes.Friendsarethosewho

agreewithyourlifeviewsandsticktothesomeprinciplesthosewho

encourageyouwhenyoulackconfidenceinmeetingchallengesand

pursuingyourdreamorthosewhoshareyourinterestsandappreciate

yourtastes.Indeedwhatstrengthenstheseemotionalbondsbetweenyou

andyourpalsisnotthesameamountofwealthbutspiritual

commonalities.Ofcoursewithsimilarfinancialbackgroundsyouwill

probableknowbetterabouteachother'slifestylebutthedifferencein

thisaspectwillnotmatterifyouaremutuallyappreciatedneededand

trusted.ThefriendshipbetweenMarxandEngels--thetwoGerman

revolutionists-isacaseinpoint.Theformerwasoftenindebtwhilethe

latterwaswell-off;yetthesamesocialistdreamdrewthemtogetherand

madethemforeverfriends.

Moreoverfinancialdisparitybetweenfriendsdoesnotcausetrouble

becauseeachofthemusuallylivesaself-reliantlife.Differentfroma

marriedcouplewhohavecommonpropertiesbudgetandspendtheir

incometogetherevenveryclosefriendsliveontheirownfinances.For

instancethoughweexchangeideaswithandconfidesecretstoour

friendswewillneverrelyonthemforacomfortablelifenomatterhow

richtheyare.Admittedlytherearetimeswhenwemaygooutforfunor

todinnertogetherwithfriends;howeverwhethertheyarericheror

poorerthanuswecandefinitelyfindaplacesuitableforallratherthan

onebeyondsomebody'smeans.

Itisclaimedthatpeoplewithdifferentfinancialbackgroundshave

differentsocialcontactsandaccordinglyasfriendswillgetestranged

soonerorlater.Itistrueinsomecasesbutbosomfriendsarenotthose

whoyougetintouchwitheverydayinsteadtheyarethosewholendtheir

handstoyouwhenyoufallintotroublejustastheoldsayinggoesafriend

inneedisafriendindeed.Hencedespitetheirdistinctmateriallifethe

richerandthepoorercanretaintheirfriendshipaslongastheystillcare

abouteachotherunderstandandsupporteachother.

Tosumupfinancialdisparitywillnotaffectfriendshipwhenpeople

havecommonspiritualpursuitsleadanindependentlifeandstandby

eachotherforbetterorworse.Itmightbequitesafetosaythatmoneyis

notthebarrierbutthetouchstoneofrealfriendship.

06:Ambition

Ambitionisthedecisiononemakesandtheresolutionwithwhichhe

carriesoutthatdecision.

Itprovidesuswiththerequireddrivingforcetoaccomplishany

undertakingsinourlife.JustasJosephEpstein,afamousAmericanwriter

putit/Andaswedecideandchoose,soareourlivesformed/Indeed,

oncewemakeupourmindstochoosetodosomething,thenourlife

becomesmeaningfulandspecificallyorientated.Thisnotionoflife,asfar

asIobserve,isclosesttotruthanddoesapplytoalmostallaspectsoflife.

Firstthingsfirst,ambitionrendersusasenseofmission.Nomatter

whatdecisionyoumakeyouhavetoberesponsibleforyourchoice.Your

choiceprocuresyouasenseoforientation,ormorespeciallyasenseof

mission.Andonlyastrongmissionmayenableonetoaccomplish

greatness.CaesaroftheancientRomanEmpirewasurgedbyhisambition

"\came,Isaw,Iconquered?'Andbecameanunrivaledempirebuilderin

thehistoryofRome.JohnMilton,stimulatedalwaysbyhisambitionthat

aimedatwritingsome“mightylines"whichEnglandwouldunwillingly

forget,hadinduetimesecuredhispositionasthesecondShakespearein

thehistoryofEnglishliterature.Inthesecondplace,ambitioncanbring

one'spotentialstothefull.Ambitionmaywellserveasacatalyst

activatingone'sdormantpotentials.Withoutambitionone'spotentials

willremainslumberinglikeadormantvolcano.

AcaseinpointisMsZhangHeidi,aChineseHelenKeller.Itwasher

ambitiontobeausefulpersonhasturnedthealmostparalyzedZhang

Heidiintoawell-accomplishedfigurewhoseachievementswoulddwarf

thoseofsomenormalpeopleaimatthesun,though,atworst,theymay

probablylandonthemoon.Influentialasitisuponus,however,ambition

mustbechanneledintherightdirection.Ifwronglydirected,one's

ambitionmaybringhavoconhimandothers.Hitler,whoseambitionwas

toconquerEuropebywhateverevilmeans,finallyturnedhimintoa

demon.ItwasthisdemonthatalmostcastEuropeintoanunfathomable

abyssofanguishandsuffering.

AnothercaseisMacbethwhoseambitionwastobecomethekingof

Scotland.However,hisambitionwasmaterializedbythemurderofKing

Duncan.Consequently,unbearableguiltandpsychologicalagonydrove

himtohistragicdoom.Tosumup,ambitioncanbenefitustremendously

ifwiselyandcorrectlychanneled,otherwiseitmayruinothersand

ourselves.Apoetsays:lifecanbebad.Lifecanbegood.Lifecanbe

dirty.Lifecanbesad.Lifecanevenbepainful.Inmymind'seye,aperson

canmakehislifebeautiful,meaningfulandrewardingandstandoutasa

respectablepersonageifheismotivatedbyawell-orientatedambition.

05:InterviewAnEffectiveWaytoRecruitEmployees

Nowadays,interviewisfrequentlyusedbyemployersasoneofthe

preferablemeanstorecruitprospectiveemployees.Asaresult,there

havebeenmanyargumentsfororagainstitasaselectionprocedure.

Somepeopleregarditasagoodwaytoselectemployeesinashorttime

whileothersthinkitnotpropertodecideonapersonjustbythesimple

meansofinterview.Bothofthemhavesometruth.Butinmyopinion,itis

anefficientwaytorecruitaprospectiveemployee.

Firstofall,interviewservesasanefficientwaytoexamineifa

personhasthequalitiesthatareneededformoderncompetitionorfora

certaincompany.Ininterview,oneneedstopresentthebestpartof

oneselftotheinterviewers.Iftheintervieweeiswellpreparedandhasa

knowledgeablemind,heorsheshouldshowitplainlytotheinterviewers.

Thekeypointfortheintervieweeonthisoccasionistobequick-minded

andresourceful.Certainlyonewillcomeacrosssometoughquestions

fromtheinterviewers.Whatthelatterexpectsisawittyevenhumorous

answer.Whatismore,inaninterview,facingagroupofinterviewers,who

willmakeadecisionontheinterviewee'fate,theintervieweehasto

remaincalmwhichisanessentialqualityformoderncompetition.

Secondly,interviewembodiesfairness-theprincipleofmodern

society.Duringaninterview,allintervieweeswillfacethesameconditions,

suchasthesameplace,thesametime;theywillfacethesame

interviewersandquestionsofsimilardifficulties.Theoutstanding

candidatehastosurpassalltheotherintervieweesinansweringailsorts

ofquestionsanditmainlydependsonhisorherownability.Andthe

judgmentisnotmadebyoneinterviewerbutusuallybyagroupof

interviewers,whichismoreobjectiveanddemocratic.

Thirdly,interviewoffersabroaderscopeofselectionforboththe

interviewersandinterviewees.Acompanythatneedstoremitemployees

canholdabiginterviewtoselecttheirmostidealemployeestheyexpect

frommanyapplicants.Theintervieweesontheotherhand,canattend

severalinterviewstofindthemostappropriatecompaniesinwhichthey

wishtoworkanddevelop.Thusinterviewisreallya〜importantbridgein

theprocessofjobhunting.

Tosumup,interviewhasmanyadvantagestocaterformodernsociety.

Thankstotheinterview,bothcompaniesandintervieweescanmaketheir

bestchoices.

03:Love,andThenBeLoved

Inrecentyears,moreandmoreteacherscomplainthattheir

studentsareindifferenttoothers.Someevenworrythattheyoung

generationmightruinthefutureofChina.Tobesure,manyofouryoung

peoplecannotseeeyetoeyewiththisview.However,asauniversity

student,Imyselfwouldliketocontentthatweyoungpeopletodayarein

generalmoreself-centeredandunsympatheticthanourprevious

generations.

Tostartwith,most,ifnotall,youngpe