20篇模拟训练写作参考范文

　　Some people like to communicate by telephone. Others like to communicate by letter. Both communications by phone and by letter have their advantages. Whet her I prefer to communicate by phone or letter just depends on what kind of messages I need to pass.

　　Time is money.　　时间是金钱。

　　It is much more convenient to communicate with others by telephone when you have something urgent. For instance, when you are short of money at the university and are anxious to ask your parents for help. You can get through easily and talk with them immediately if you dial the right number. But a letter will take several days before it reaches the destination and returns to you. For messages of urgency, telephone appears favorable. Besides, you save the trouble to spend time writing. What’s more, you can hear the voice. Telephone can keep people in touch with each other easily. On the other hand, telephone sometimes seems less formal, and to some extent it makes people lazy. Most people would rather choose to pick up the telephone for communication.

　　However, letters may do a better job when you have a lot to express to someone. Generally, people like to read letters from friends or relatives. For example, my parents are always looking forward to letters from me. To them, letters can express more than the message, such as emotions, respect, etc. Secondly, letters seem formal. Thirdly, letter writing serves as an effective way to improve our writing skill though it takes time to organize one’s thoughts and express them clearly and logically. In addition, we can keep letters and read them again and again.

　　So, I prefer to use telephone when I have something urgent or less formal;I choose to write letters to keep contact with my friends for messages of no urgency.

　　Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.　没有知识的热心犹如没有光的火。

　　【模拟训练参考作文11】　My View on Competition

　　It is natural that people try to perform better than each other at everything they do. That is competition. Competition is an important element in social development. It is found everywhere because it is human inborn nature to long for the better. On the other hand, some people dislike it because it makes it difficult　for them to survive in fierce competition.

　　It is true that competition benefits us in many ways. First it makes people creative and urges people to pursue for the excellence. Second, competition makes the world develop rapidly. It keeps on bringing us better things like advanced communicative means. Owing to competition in the last twenty years, great many favorable changes have taken place everywhere in China. People’s living standards have improved a lot. Many people are fond of competition because it enables them to bring their knowledge or skills into full play. If you want to lead a prospero us life, you have to perform much better than others.

　　I think competition is equal and fair to everyone. If you want to stay competent, or if you are not satisfied with your present condition, you have to work hard to improve it. Without competition, people would remain idle and have no ambition. Therefore, competition means progress.

　　Time past cannot be called back again.光阴一去不复返。

　　【模拟训练参考作文　　12】The Positive and Negative Effects of Computers

　　It is generally accepted that computers benefit human beings in many ways. But they have also caused many problems. Apparently computers have both advantages and disadvantages.

　　Computers are being used more and more widely in the world today, for the simplest reason that they are far more efficient than human beings. Computers have much better memories and can store huge amounts of information, and they can do calculations in a fraction of the time taken by a human mathematician. In fact, computers can do many of the things we do, but faster and better. They can pay wages, reserve seats on a plane, control machines in factories, work out tomorrow’s　weather, and even play chess, write poetry, or compose music. Nowadays, it is very convenient and economical to do anything on the Internet, such as sending or receiving email, shopping, advertising, making friends, and entertaining. The globe will be like an office or home. This is the unprecedented charm of the computer. In short, computers have been making the whole world much more advanced and civilized than ever before.

　　However, computers have been creating many problems. First, viruses arise frequently, bringing great troubles to many people. Every year, various viruses cause loss of thousands of millions of dollars and ruin numberless projects. On the 26th of a month 1999, many personal computers were destroyed by the CIH virus. Secondly, some computer “experts” make huge amount of money by cheating a computer　system, and they are very difficult to catch. What is worse, some people transmit pornographic information or pictures on the Internet, which is harmful to young people.

　　Despite their disadvantages, computers have brought us far more benefits than troubles.