英语四级作文预测题：信函和名言看法

 　　预测题一：

　　Directions: Write a composition entitled¹ Complaint About Noise. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:

　　与你住在同一栋楼里的邻居经常在夜间发出噪音，影响了你和周围 其他人的休息，请给他（她）写一封信，说明你的理由，同时要求对方 停止上述行为。

　　【经典范文】

　　Complaint About Noise

　　June 18, 2010

　　Dear Sir or Madam,

　　I am your neighbor living downstairs in the same building. lamjwriting you to complain of the noise you make during the night.

　　Recently the noise during the night disturbed my rest. Almost every night, there comes some noise from your apartment just as I go to bed and am on my way to a dream. I wonder what the noise is. Are you repairing your furniture? Are you doing physical exercises? Whatever you do at that time of the night, you have to take your neighbors’ rest into consideration. In a word, you are disturbing both your other neighbors and me.

　　I heard you are always a friendly and considerate neighbor. Please stojp making noise at night. Thank you. Take care.

　　Yours friendly neighbor

　　(133 words)

　　预测题二：

　　Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutesto write a short essay entitled Haste² Makes Waste.

　　1.为什么说“欲速则不达”?

　　2.试举例说明。

　　Haste Makes Waste

　　The proverb “Haste Makes Waste”has been widelyaccepted for many years.It reminds us that if we areto achieve our goal we have to do it in a down-to earth way.The truth of it is deep andprofound.

　　There are numerous³ examples supporting this argument.A case in point is the ancientChinese story of “Helping the shoots grow by pulling.”This story proved that the hastecaused not only waste but great loss.For another example,some parents and teachers,in orderto improve children's academic performance in a short time,tend to put too heavy burden onchildren.This,as a result,brings the children nothing but great pressure.

　　All the above-mentioned tells us that we shouldn't be over anxious for quickresults.Everything has its own developing law.Therefore,whatever we do,we should not paytoo much attention to the speed and ignore these laws.

1 entitled   

有资格的

参考例句：

• You will be entitled to your pension when you reach 65. 你到65岁就有资格享受养老金。
• He entitled us to enter his office at any time. 他授权给我们可以随时进入他的办公室。

2 haste   

n.匆忙，急速；草率；v.赶快；匆忙

参考例句：

• In his blind haste he almost ran into the river.他匆匆忙忙地几乎跑到河里去了。
• The contract says the work must be completed with all possible haste.合同上写明这项工作必须尽快完成。

3 numerous   

adj.为数众多的；极多的

参考例句：

• There have been numerous exchanges of views between the two governments.两国政府间曾多次交换意见。
• There are numerous people in the square. 有许多人在广场上。