托福写作未来机考题（上）
摘自广州愿达托福学校《超越600》
美国托福考试中心公告: 下列作文题可能出现在未来的实际考试中，您应该在实行计算机考试之前熟悉这些题目。公告原文如下：Topics
in the following list may appear in your actual
test. You should become familiar with this list
before you take the computer-based TOEFL test.
事实证明：最近几次考试的题都是从下列试题中抽取的，所以大家对下列试题一定要作好准备。
一、表态类
1. Do you agree or
disagree with the following statement? (本句话以下全部省略)
Playing games teaches us about life.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your
position (本句话以下全部省略)
2. Playing a game
is fun only when you win.
3. Universities should
give the same amount of money to their students'
sports activities as they give to their university
libraries.
4. People should
read only those books that are about real events,
real people, and established facts.
5. A person's childhood
years (the time from birth to 12 years of age)
are the most important years of a person's life.
6. Parents are the
best teachers.
7. In the twentieth
century, food has become easier to prepare. Has
this change improved the way people live?
二、选择类
8. Some people prefer
to spend time with one or two close friends. Others
choose to spend time with a large number of friends.
Compare the advantages of each choice. Which of
these two ways of spending time do you prefer?
9. Some people prefer
to spend most of their time alone. Others like
to be with friends most of the time. Do you prefer
to spend your time alone or with friends?
10. Some people say
that physical exercise should be a required part
of every school day. Other people believe that
students should spend the whole school day on
academic studies. Which opinion do you agree with?
11. Some high schools
require all students to wear school uniforms.
Other high schools permit students to decide what
to wear to school. Which of these two school policies
do you think is better?
12. It has been said,
"Not everything that is learned is contained
in books. " Compare and contrast knowledge
gained from experience with knowledge gained from
books. In your opinion, which source is more important?
Why?
13. You need to travel
from your home to a place 40 miles (64 kilometers)
away. Compare the different kinds of transportation
you could use. Tell which method of travel you
would choose.
14. Some people think
that the family is the most important influence
on young adults. Other people think that friends
are the most important influence on young adults.
Which view do you agree with?
15. Some people enjoy
change, and they look forward to new experiences.
Others like their lives to stay the same, and
they do not change their usual habits. Compare
these two approaches to life. Which approach do
you prefer? Explain why.
16. Some people believe
that a college or university education should
be available to all students. Others believe that
higher education should be available only to good
students. Discuss these views. Which view do you
agree with? Explain why.
17. Some people think
that children should begin their formal education
at a very early age and should spend most of their
time on school studies. Others believe that young
children should spend most of their time playing.
三、列举类
18. Because of developments
in communication and transportation, countries
are becoming more and more alike. How is your
country becoming more similar to other places
in the world?
19. When choosing
a place to live, what do you consider most important:
location, size, style, number of rooms, types
of rooms, or other features?
20. Films can tell
us a lot about the country in which they were
made. What have you learned about a country from
watching its movies?
21. People attend
colleges or universities for many different reasons
(for example, new experiences, career preparation,
increased knowledge). Why do you think people
attend colleges?
22. If you had the
time and money to invent something new, what product
would you develop?
23. Your school has
received a gift of money. What do you think is
the best way for your school to spend this money?
24. If you could
change one important thing about your hometown,
what would you change?
25. If you could
make one important change in a school that you
attended, what change would you make?
26. Your country
is going to build a new national university. What
academic area should be the main focus of this
university?
27. What do you consider
to be the most important room in a house? Why
is this room more important to you than any other
room?
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