八级写作练习一

八级写作练习一 八级写作练习一 TIME LIMIT: 45 MIN PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION PART II READING COMPREHENSION PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION PART V TRANSLATION PART VI WRITING China has practiced its family planning for decades and has succeeded in curbing its population growth. However, the practice has also changed the population structure with aging population increasing, workforce decreasing and gender imbalance. Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: Should China Loosen Its One-child Policy Now? In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. 参考： Should China Loosen Its One-child Policy Now?       With the effective practice of one-child policy in the past decades, China has witnessed its sharply slowed-down population increase. On the other hand, however, population structure has also changed as the result of the practice with increasing aging population and decreasing workforce. Some people maintain that China needs to loosen its one-child policy to tackle the aging problem and the problem of workforce decline. While others claim that one-child policy should not be eased. As far as I am concerned, I prefer the latter.       Easing one-child policy may invite disasters. Firstly, although the Chinese society is facing an aging population crisis, under no circumstances would it be fair to increase the country's birthrate and transfer the burden of an aging society, caused by rising life expectancy, to the younger generation. Secondly, the end of one-child policy in China may worsen some pressing problems we are already facing: depleted water sources, receding underground water tables, pollution of rivers and lakes, desertification, extinction of species, increasing emission of greenhouse gases and fast shrinking natural resources, all of which are obstacles to economic development and environmental protection. For example, in deep contrast to the swiftly rising population is the rapidly declining arable land in China. From 1996 to 2002, the country's population grew by 60 million. But the arable land decreased by 61.64 million mu, and this trend is likely to continue for many years. There is no doubt that food supply will become a serious problem if the population growth is not controlled. Thirdly, China's population has already exceeded the ecological limit consequently a suitable environment and ample supply cannot be ensured.       To sum up, family planning is one of the most essential public policies of China and it has benefited (and will benefit) generations. The government is already finding it difficult to control the birthrate because of the huge population. Even if we follow the existing family planning policy, the population will grow by more than 10 million a year. A decreased population would ensure higher average personal income, help improve the environment, guarantee people a better quality of life, offer better scope for education, especially higher studies and thus strengthen the country's knowledge bank and make a greater contribution to the world development. Besides, a smaller population and better economic condition can ensure more social security. Therefore, we should continue to carry out the family planning in the light of actual situations.