★從作文類型來看，對比選擇類、現(xiàn)象解釋類、問題解決類以及應用文類是考查的重點。

★從題材來看，一般考查兩類話題，一類是校園生活話題，包括學習、日常生活、工作及健康交際等；另一類是社會熱點話題，考生對這類話題比較熟悉。兩類相結合的趨勢越來越大。

★從體裁來看，一般包括議論文、說明文、圖表作文和應用文寫作（包括書信、便條、通知、海報等）。從近五年真題的趨勢來看，議論文仍然是四級作文的考查重點。

★從命題形式看，主要有提綱作文、情景作文、提示作文、圖表作文、關鍵詞作文等。其中容易作為考題的是提綱作文、情景作文及圖表作文。

容易考到的熱門話題有如下幾類：

1.校園生活類

相關話題：學生兼職/就業(yè)、出國留學、校外住宿、大學生選課以及課外活動等。

熱門詞匯：

Part-time job兼職工作 economic burden經(jīng)濟負擔

working experience工作經(jīng)歷 competition and cooperation競爭與合作

tuition學費 course arrangement課程安排

extracurricular activities課外活動 distance education遠程教育

required course/compulsory course必修課

take an examination/sit an examination參加考試

live outside campus住在校外 food services飲食

application form申請表 withdraw/draw cash取錢

instructor輔導老師 student union學生會

undergraduate本科生 postgraduate研究生

credit學分 degree學位

經(jīng)典句式：

①In recent years, studying abroad has become a new craze among college students.

如今，留學在大學生中成為一種新的熱潮。

②With the admission expansion of colleges, a lot more graduates have to face the fierce competition in the job market.

隨著大學的擴招，越來越多的畢業(yè)生在就業(yè)市場面臨激烈的競爭。

③Diploma and certificates are still significant standards by which many employers measure a person’s ability. In order to increase the qualifications for a job, the students compel themselves to run from one exam to another.

學位和證書仍然是很多雇主衡量一個人能力的重要標準。為了增加找工作資格條件，學生們被迫不斷參加考試。

④During the holidays, a growing number of students choose to be volunteers, take part-time jobs, or take part in other practical activities alike.

在假期，大量的學生選擇做志愿者，做兼職工作或者參加其他類似的實踐活動。

⑤Some students spend too much time in taking parttime jobs so as to ignore their study. Therefore, we are supposed to try to balance the relationship between social practice and study.

有些學生花大量的時間做兼職工作，從而忽視了他們的學業(yè)。因此我們應該平衡社會實踐和學習之間的關系。

2.網(wǎng)絡科技類

相關話題：電腦/互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的普及、信息安全、媒體廣告、通訊設備的進步、網(wǎng)絡教學及網(wǎng)上閱讀、網(wǎng)上娛樂（游戲、博客、開心牧場等）

熱門詞匯：

cyber culture計算機文化 online love affairs網(wǎng)戀

net bar網(wǎng)吧 shopping online網(wǎng)上購物

cyber chat網(wǎng)上聊天 virtual net虛擬網(wǎng)絡

net partner網(wǎng)友 surf on the Internet網(wǎng)上沖浪

net citizen網(wǎng)民 cyberspace網(wǎng)絡空間

cyber college網(wǎng)絡大學 convenient and effective方便有效

e-bank電子銀行 kill time打發(fā)時間

information security信息安全 the popularity of computer電腦的普及

be addicted to對……上癮 campus network校園網(wǎng)絡

release one’s pressure減輕壓力 e-mail電子郵箱

經(jīng)典句式：

①No invention has received more praise and abuse than the Internet.

沒有一項發(fā)明像互聯(lián)網(wǎng)一樣同時受到如此多的贊揚和批評。

②It is commonly thought that our society had been dramatically changed by modern science and technology, and human had made extraordinary progress in knowledge and technology over the recent decades.

人們普遍認為現(xiàn)代科技使我們的社會發(fā)生了巨大的變化，近幾十年人類在科技方面取得了驚人的進步。

③As a product of modern computer and the Internet, online games have become extremely popular among college students.

作為現(xiàn)代電腦和網(wǎng)絡的產(chǎn)物，網(wǎng)絡游戲已經(jīng)在大學生中變得相當普及。

④But as we see, some students lacking selfdiscipline are too much indulged in these games so that their health and academic performances are affected.

但是，正如我們看到的，一些缺乏自律的學生沉迷于網(wǎng)絡游戲以至于影響了健康和學習。

⑤More significantly, it does bring college students much pleasure and release their pressure greatly.

更重要的是，它能帶給大學生們很多快樂并且極大地減輕壓力。

3.體育健康類

相關話題：體育運動、節(jié)食減肥、吸煙、流行性疾病、心理疾病

熱門詞匯：

lung cancer肺癌 smoking-related diseases抽煙引起的疾病

lose weight減肥 go on die節(jié)食

under the weather生病、不舒服 flight-headed頭昏眼花

drowsy昏昏欲睡 flu流感

epidemics瘟疫 rampant猖獗的

contract infections得傳染病 pick up the habit養(yǎng)成這種習慣

physical and mental condition身體與精神狀態(tài) overweight/fat肥胖的

mentally unhealthy精神不健全的 be good for/do good to對……有益處

good living habits良好的生活習慣 take regular exercise進行有規(guī)律的運動

unhealthy eating habit不健康的飲食習慣 junk food垃圾食品

stay/keep healthy/fit保持健康

build up one’s body/improve one’s health強身健體

經(jīng)典句式：

①Epidemics are rampant throughout the whole human history, and they have caused the most devastating impacts on us.

在整個人類歷史上瘟疫肆虐，它們給我們帶來了災難性的影響。

②For example, the outbreak of H1N1once killed lots of people and brought great economic loss to the whole country.

例如，H1N1甲型流感的爆發(fā)奪去了很多人的生命并且給整個國家?guī)砹酥卮蠼?jīng)濟影響。

③According to a recent survey, four million people die each year from diseases linked to smoking.

依照近的一項調(diào)查，每年有4，000，000人死于與吸煙有關的疾病。

④Children are undergoing fast physical development; lack of physical exercise may produce disastrous influence on their later life.

孩子們正處于身體快速發(fā)育時期，缺乏體育鍛煉可能會對他們未來的生活造成嚴重的影響。

⑤In fact, we have to admit the fact that the quality of life is as important as life itself.

事實上，我們必須承認生命的質量和生命本身一樣重要。

4.生態(tài)環(huán)境類

相關話題：石油天然氣緊缺、空氣污染、自然災害、太陽能的利用

熱門詞匯：

population growth人口增長 global warming全球變暖

depletion of the ozone layer臭氧層變薄 air pollution空氣污染

water pollution水污染 noisy pollution噪音污染

endangered species瀕臨滅絕的物種 renewable resources可再生資源

protect forest resources保護森林資源 environmental racism環(huán)境歧視

energy production能源制造 ecological balance生態(tài)平衡

exert a disastrous effect on產(chǎn)生災難性的影響 petroleum石油

pursue one’s short-term interest追求眼前利益 solar energy太陽能

habitat destruction and species extinction居住環(huán)境破壞與物種滅絕

for the future generations/for our descendants 為了子孫后代

raw materials原料

經(jīng)典句式：

①As we know, over the past years, floods, droughts, landslides, and dust storms have frequented our planet.

正如我們所知，在過去的幾年中，洪水、干旱、山體滑坡以及沙塵暴在世界上頻繁發(fā)生。

②A task of top priority for us is to plant trees as many as possible, especially in the arid areas.In the meanwhile, we are supposed to stop deforesting in large amount.

我們首要的任務就是盡可能多地植樹造林，尤其是在那些干旱荒蕪地區(qū)。同時，我們應該停止大量砍伐森林。

③Please join us in the action of protecting our planet.If you are willing to do something to save our planet, please start from the little thing right around you.

請加入我們一起保護我們的地球。如果你愿意為我們的地球做一些事情的話，請從你身邊的小事做起。

④In view of such serious situation, environmental tools of transportation like bicycle are more important than any time before.

考慮到這些嚴重的狀況，我們比以往任何時候更需要像自行車這樣的環(huán)保型交通工具。

⑤We should spare no effort to beautify our environment.

我們應該不遺余力地美化我們的環(huán)境。

5.社會熱點類

相關話題：樂于助人、英雄事跡、青少年犯罪、住房問題、垃圾處理、偽劣商品、下崗就業(yè)、城市移民、打工

熱門詞匯：

civil service examinations公務員考試 shanzhai culture“山寨”文化

self-employment自主創(chuàng)業(yè) juvenile delinquency青少年犯罪

grateful感恩 information security信息安全

shortage of power缺電 shopping by media媒體購物

job-hopping跳槽 housing problem住房問題

pay attention to social moral講究社會公德 fake diplomas假文憑

child abuse虐待兒童 cause alarm and attention引起警惕和關注

aging of population人口老齡化 rush into the city沖進城市

to pay by installments分期付款 unemployment失業(yè)

pose a threat to構成威脅 traffic light交通燈

residential area住宅區(qū) slums貧民區(qū)

financial crisis on college students金融危機對大學生的影響

經(jīng)典句式：

①It is difficult to find work in the present situation.

在當前形勢下，很難找到工作。

②It is indisputable that there are millions of people who still have a miserable life and have to face the dangers of starvation and exposure.

無可爭辯，現(xiàn)在有成千上萬的人仍過著挨餓受凍的痛苦生活。

③With the development of contemporary industry, a growing number of people are flowing into big cities.

隨著現(xiàn)代工業(yè)的發(fā)展，越來越多的人涌向大城市。

④Accordingly, the housing problem in big cities is becoming much more severe. People in the big city are complaining housing shortage and roaring price of the housing.

因此，大城市的住房問題變得越來越嚴重。大城市的人抱怨住房短缺和飛漲的房價。

⑤The fresh air and beautiful scenery in the suburbs will pull many people from the overcrowded city and alleviate the pressure of housing.

郊區(qū)新鮮的空氣和優(yōu)美的景色會吸引很多人從過度擁擠的城市搬出來，減輕住房壓力。

6.文化教育類

相關話題：教育改革、高校合并、擴招、考證熱現(xiàn)象、文憑與就業(yè)、考研熱、失學兒童、中小學生減負問題

熱門詞匯：

diploma文憑 first-rate facilities一流的設施

pre-school education學前教育 educational system教育體制

dropout student失學兒童 expand your horizons開闊視野

compulsory education義務教育 eliminate illiteracy掃盲

integrate with other people與人交往 interpersonal skill人際交往能力

education for all-round development素質教育 educational expert教育專家

impart knowledge and educate people教書育人

rely on science and education to rejuvenate the nation科教興國

teach students according to their aptitude因材施教

be exposed to new ideas/experience接觸各種新思想/新體驗

broaden one’s outlook/expand one’s mental horizons開闊眼界

give full play to one’s ability充分發(fā)揮能力

經(jīng)典句式：

①The latest surveys show that quite a few children have unpleasant associations with homework.

近的調(diào)查顯示相當多的孩子對家庭作業(yè)沒什么好感。

②People seem to fail to take into account the fact that education does not end with graduation.

人們似乎忽視了教育不應該隨著畢業(yè)而結束這一事實。

③Parents should be encouraged to send their children to nursery schools, which will bring about profound impacts on children and families, and even the society as a whole.

應該鼓勵父母將他們的孩子送到幼兒園，這將對孩子、家庭、甚至整個社會產(chǎn)生深遠的影響。

④The majority of students believe that parttime job will provide them with more opportunities to develop their interpersonal skills, which may put them in a favorable position in the future job markets.

大部分學生相信業(yè)余工作會使他們有更多機會發(fā)展人際交往能力，而這對他們未來找工作是非常有好處的。

⑤Although this view is widely held, there is little evidence to prove that education can be obtained at any age and at any place.

盡管這一觀點被廣泛接受，但很少有證據(jù)表明教育能夠在任何地點、任何年齡進行。

7.旅游交通類

相關話題：國外旅游熱、景區(qū)污染、私家車與公交車、城市交通、交通事故

熱門詞匯：

crash撞車 excessive speed超速

cross road十字路 drive without license無證駕駛

tourist attraction旅游勝地 traffic jam交通擁擠

traffic light紅綠燈 traffic police交通警察

traffic regulation交通規(guī)則 travel service旅行社

check-in登記入住 check-out結帳離開（退房）

holiday resort度假區(qū) place of sightseeing游覽勝地

one-way ticket單程機票 round-trip ticket往返機票

sightseeing tour觀光旅游 public transportation公共交通工具

speed limit速度限制 traffic light紅綠燈

underground地鐵/tunnels地下隧道/underpass地下道

經(jīng)典句式：

①Using bicycle contributes greatly to people’s physical fitness as well as easing traffic jams.

使用自行車非常有助于人們的身體健康，并緩解了交通阻塞。

②The number of private cars in urban areas should be limited while the number of public buses should be increased.

在城市，私人轎車的數(shù)量應得到控制而公交車的數(shù)量應該增加。

③It is time the authorities concerned took proper steps to solve the traffic problems.

該是有關當局采取適當?shù)拇胧﹣斫鉀Q交通問題的時候了。

④Those who violate traffic regulations should be punished.

違反交通規(guī)則的人應該受到處罰。

⑤As for me, I’m firmly convinced that the number of foreign tourists should be limited, for the following reasons…

就我而言，我堅定地認為國外旅游者的數(shù)量應得到限制，理由如下……