雅思写作机经V20131212

一、 考试时间：2013.12.12

二、 考试整体概述：

Task1：表格

Task2：议论类(positive or negative)

三、 具体题目分析：

Task1

The table below gives information about students studying in six departments in a Australian university in 2011.

名师解析2013年12月12日雅思写作真题

Table上半年共考查了5次：3月1次，4月1次，5月2次，6月1次;下半年7月(13)1次，9月(28)1次，10月(26)1次，11月(16,30)2次;12月(7,12)2次。

范文：

The table provides exact data concerning the different proportion of students studying in an Australia university in 2011.

Over all, though the story varied dramatically from department to department, generally more females than males studied arts, while more non-native speakers preferred science subjects.

Specifically, in majors like humanities, education, science and physics, more than half of the students were females. Among them, females seemed to favor humanities the most, with 72% students learning it, which is in stark contrast with the departments of information technology and engineer, where females only occupied 17% and 15%.

Interestingly, the percentages of students whose mother tongue was English in all departments were less than half, with the figures for science subjects remaining relatively higher, ranging from 38% to 49%. In humanities and education, only 12% and 16% students were native speakers.

The pattern for the proportion of foreign students was quite similar to the group above, with physics and information technology departments taking the lead, both standing at 56%, followed by engineer (48%) and science (31%). Humanities and education again ranked the last, making up only 20% and 23% respectively.

Task 2:

In many countries, more and more people buy a wide range of household goods like television microwave oven and rice cooker. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

With the proliferation of high-tech products in every walk of life, an overwhelming majority of families have possessed more than one piece of electrical device. Whether it does more good than harm to the society is what this essay focuses on.

Admittedly, a growing proportion of families nowadays have been accustomed to living with these amazingly versatile appliances. On one hand, thanks to the sophisticated design, doing domestic chores ceases to be a bother. For instance, a vacuum cleaner can help make even the carpeted floor dustless and a micro-wave oven make cooking a manageable and enjoyable process. Desirably, the present device can be so service-oriented that a rice cooker can automatically start to work as long as its owner presses a button on a remote control or set the schedule in advance. Thus the time and energy saved allows people to work and rest better. On the other hand, some appliances such as television set and stereo system benefit the families in quite a different way. It has been a routine for many families to gather around a TV after dinner watching their favored programs, which can be entertaining and informative in most occasions and educational in some.

Nevertheless, it can be a potential threat to the health of family members as well as the environment as a whole. Firstly, the convenience brought about by the appliances also deprives them of the possibilities to consume a regular amount of calories at home, which, in a long run, is likely to undermine their health since many of them have sat through a day in the workplace. Another detrimental effect is the notorious radiation and it has been reported that when some electrical device and placed in a limited close space, the radiation they give off is not added but multiplied and this can trigger cancer, hurt one’s eyesight and particularly damage the pregnant. Pitifully, a large proportion of the electricity is not made good use of since the poor design and some people just use them lavishly.

In addition, electrical household goods usually get updated at a staggering rate due to the highly-advancing technology, and the accompanying mass production will drive the exploration of natural resources.

To sum up, as can be seen from the arguments mentioned, nowadays electrical appliances brings both boons and banes, but if regulation are carried out to lower their radiation and constrain their inefficient use, its advantages will undoubtedly outbalance its disadvantages.