（1）1997年真題。Directions:
Study the following set of pictures carefully and write an essay in no less than 120 words.
Your essay must be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Your essay should cover all the information provided and meet the requirements below:
1. Interpret the following pictures.
2. Predict the tendency of tobacco consumption and give your reasons.

真題分析：
這是典型的圖表+提綱式的命題，題目中提供的材料十分豐富，包括柱狀圖、餅狀圖以及其他相關數據。組圖充分反映了當代煙草消費的規模、危害和趨勢，是人們普遍關心的熱點話題之一。通過對組圖的分析，我們可以看出煙草在全世界有著十分龐大的消費群體規模，每年因為煙草消費消耗的資金數額大得驚人，同時也有數以百萬計的人由于煙草消費而被奪去了生命。當然，我們從圖中也可以發現一個令人欣喜的趨勢，那就是煙草的總產量在近幾年呈下降的態勢，一定程度上說明了煙草消費引起的健康問題開始得到了人們的重視，并出現了相關的解決措施。
本題的難點在于圖表給的信息量太大，考生如何最恰當地在全文中使用數據將決定文章的質量。如果一味將所有數據都堆在第一段，會造成第一段過于冗長，全文頭重腳輕。在下面的范文中，圖表數字得到了靈活的運用，比較得體。比如文章在一開始先用煙民人數占全世界人數的比例來說明了煙草消費的巨大規模，然后又通過該行業消耗的人民財產和生命進一步說明產業之大、對人類危害之重。而至于第一幅圖中關于煙草產量的數字則被用到了第二段中來說明未來的趨勢，非常得體、恰當。
思路拓展：
近年來國人越來越關注健康問題，隨著2008年北京奧運會的即將到來，在中國更是掀起了全民健身的熱潮。因此健康問題將是中國社會的一個長期熱點問題，考生應該在這方面積累素材、有所準備。相關話題可以引申到知識分子的身體健康問題、全民健身熱潮、健康意識、鍛煉身體的習慣、健康與安全等等，這些都是平時經常可以遇到的一些話題。

范文：
Tobacco is one of the commodities that are consumed in an immense amount worldwide. From the pictures, we can learn that the global smoking population amounts to 1.1 billion, approximately 20% of all the worlds’ residents. 200 billion dollars are spent annually in order to purchase tobacco and relevant products, which further stimulate the business’ flourishing development. Meanwhile, the harm caused by tobacco consumption is experiencing a similar upward trend―statistics indicates that 3,000,000 people die of smoking and related diseases every year.
Nevertheless, given the pessimistic statistics at the present, we can still predict optimistically that tobacco consumption will decline based on several new tendencies that are emerging. In the first place, there is an extensive public awareness of the negative impact of smoking, and as a result, more people resist the tempetation of cigarettes. In the second place, governments are setting more regulations to limit tobacco production. The effectiveness of such a policy was testified by the prompt drop of the tobacco production from 14.364 billion in 1994 pounds to 14.2 billion pounds in 1995 as seen in the picture.
In short, I firmly believe that, with the efforts of the whole society, we can launch more movements to realize a cleaner world with less smoking.

譯文：
煙草是一種在全世界有著巨大消費量的商品。從圖中我們可以看出，全世界的煙民已經到達了11億，約占全世界總人口的20%。人們每年花在購買煙草以及相關產品的費用就達20億美元，進一步促進了煙草業的繁榮。同時，煙草消費帶來的危害也日益增長――統計數據顯示每年有300萬人死于由抽煙引起的相關疾病。[FS:PAGE]
盡管目前的數據非常悲觀，但是從一些新的趨勢中，我們可以樂觀地預測煙草消費將會有所下降。首先，公眾普遍意識到了抽煙的負面效應，因此，越來越多的人拒絕煙癮。其次，各國政府正在制定各項措施限制煙草的生產。圖中顯示煙草生產從1994年的143.64億磅下降到了1995年的14.2億磅，這就證明了政府措施的有效性。
總而言之，我堅信在全社會的努力下，我們可以發起更多的運動，來實現一個更干凈的無煙世界。

閃光詞匯及詞組：
in an immense amount: 以極大的數量
amount to: 達到，總計
approximately: adv. 大約，近似
annually: adv. 年度地，每年一次
purchase: v./ n. 采購，購買
flourishing: adj. 繁榮的，欣欣向榮的
decline: 下降、衰落
emerge: v. 出現，浮出
temptation: n. 誘惑
testify: v. 測試
launch: v. 發行，發起，投入

萬能句型：
From the pictures, we can learn that…
Nevertheless, given the pessimistic statistics at the present, we can still predict optimistically that
In the first place … In the second place …
In short, I firmly believe that

(2) Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should:
1) describe the drawing briefly,
2) explain its intended meaning, and then
3) state your point of view.
You should write on ANSWER SHEET 2.

知識分子健康差壽命短

范文：
The picture depicts a typical Chinese scholar who keeps working late at night, while the presence of his wife and child behind clearly indicates the man’s pressure of supporting a whole family. What is strikingly noticeable is the scholar’s exceptional skinniness, but it can be easily explained by the simple food, bottles of medicine, and poor working environment shown in the picture.
The discernable unhealthiness of this hard-working scholar discloses a prevalent phenomenon that has long existed in China’s academia. Intellectuals are not highly respected and they enjoy unsatisfactory material benefits with particularly unattractive salaries due to low social position. In addition, family, social, and academic stresses are so immensely exerted on intellectuals that they are forced to work diligently and ceaselessly. As a result, the integration of poor living conditions and work pressure leads naturally to their poor health and short life-span, just as the picture shows us.
The situation is rather depressing because intellectuals in fact contribute greatly to our country’s development, and it is largely owing to their painstaking efforts that pave the way for advancement and prosperity. To solve this problem, I think there should be a thriving social trend of showing respect to knowledge and intellects, and those who endeavor to explore new knowledge should be rewarded with good living and working conditions.

譯文：
這幅圖刻畫了一個典型的中國知識分子的形象，他一直工作到深夜，背后的妻子和孩子顯示了他有著很大的養家的壓力。值得我們注意的是這個學者格外削瘦，但這很容易通過圖中簡單的食物、藥罐以及較差的工作環境得到解釋。
這個勤奮學者的不健康狀況顯示出中國學術界一個長期存在的現象。一方面，知識分子沒有受到尊重，他們享受的物質條件也非常差，尤其是由于他們的社會地位很低，他們的工資也相應地非常少。另一方面，知識分子們承擔著巨大的家庭、社會和學術壓力，導致他們被迫非常勤奮地不停地工作。因此，惡劣的生活條件和巨大的工作壓力自然導致他們較差的健康和較短的壽命，正如圖中告訴我們的那樣。[FS:PAGE]
這種情況非常令人失望，因為知識分子實際上對我們國家的發展做出了巨大的貢獻，而且正是因為他們的不懈努力引向了我國的發達和繁榮。為了解決這個問題，我認為全社會要掀起尊重知識、尊重知識分子的高潮，而那些辛勤地探索新知識的人們應該得到較好的工作和生活環境等回報。

閃光詞匯及詞組：
exceptional: adj. 例外的，特別的
skinniness: n.消瘦
discernable: adj. 可觀察到的，可辨別的
disclose: v. 揭露，透露
prevalent: n. 普遍的，流行的
academia: n. 學術界
immensely: adv. 非常，廣大的，巨大的
diligently: adv 勤勉地
life-span: n. 壽命
painstaking: adj. 努力的
pave the way to: 為……鋪平道路，為……做好準備
endeavor: v. 努力，盡力

萬能句型：
The picture depicts…
What is strikingly noticeable is…
The situation is rather depressing because…
To solve the problem, I think there should be…
… it is largely owing to…

(3) Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should:
1) describe the drawing briefly,
2) explain its intended meaning, and then
3) state your point of view.
You should write on ANSWER SHEET 2.

范文：
The picture depicts a man who is happily singing and walking home with his cute dog. He is coming back from work carrying his briefcase, and he must have stopped by the market on his way, buying vegetabl