四级预测作文（2016.5）（一）Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessaybasedonthechartbelow,whichshowsthechangeinthepercentageofreaderswhohavegotanexperienceofreadingdigitalbooksbetween2008and2015.Youshouldsummarizethechartfirstandthenexplainthereasonsbehindit.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.Asisshowninthegraph,theproportionofreadersthatexperienceddigitalreadinghasrisenconstantlyfor7yearsfrom2008to2015.Ontheinitialstage,thepercentagestayedat24.5%.Afterthat,itincreasedsmoothly,from24.6%to40.3%.Thepercentagefirstreachedover50%in2013,anditthenclimbedupsharplyby14%andfinallyreacheditssummit64%.Thegrowthoftheratiorevealsanewtrendthatnowadayspeoplepreferreadinginadigitalway.Behindthephenomenonaresomereasonsaccountingforit.Inthefirstplace,therapiddevelopmentoftechnologybringsmoredigitalreadingdevicesandbooksintoourreach,whichmakesourreadinghandyandeasy.Whatcomesthenisthatpeopleattachmoreimportancetoreading—whetheritisreadingfromscreensorfromprintedmaterials—asawaytoacquireinformationwhichrepresentsperhapsthegreatestassetinaknowledgeeconomy.Inaddition,thefast-pacedlifesqueezesourchunksoftimeintopieces.Thereisnodoubtthatportabledevicesfitthiscircumstancebetter.Tosummarize,thistrendwillabsolutelycontinueandourreadinghabitisboundtochangewiththeadvanceoftechnology.点评：第一段对图表进行了描述。首句概括，接着是对每个阶段的详细描述。第二段深入分析了出现这种现象的原因，即外部原因科技和内部动因人们的求知欲，以及现代社会的碎片化。第三段总结，并作出预测。initial意为最初的。当图表中表达上升趋势时，可用increasesmoothly（平稳上升），climbupsharply（急速上升）来表达。summit为顶峰，峰值。表示比例的单词除了percentage，还有ratio。accountfor是表示原因的动词词组。bringsth.intoone’sreach表示触手可及。attachimportancetosth.多用于主动和被动语态，表重视。asset意为财产、资产、有价值的人或物。squeeze表示挤压。chunksoftime表示大量的时间。（二）Directions:Writeashortessaybasedonthepicturebelow.YoushouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthencommentonthetopicStudyinginCollegesorThroughInternet.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.Asisvividlyshowninthecartoon,amanissittingbesideacomputer,sayingthathebelievesstudyingviainternetisbetterwhilethewomanisagainsthisopinion.Withthepopularityofonlinecourse,studyingthroughinternetdrawsourattentiontothedilemmabetweentraditionalcollegeeducationandjumped-uponlineeducation.Somepeopleareinfavorofstudyingviainternetforitsconvenienceandflexibility.Studentscanhavecourseswithouttherestrictionsoftimeandspace.Alsotheflexibilityofchoosingcoursescansatisfyvariousrequirementsofstudentswhoseacademicperformancedifferfromeachother.Otherspreferstudyingincollegebecauseface-to-facecoursesmakeiteasierforteacherstosolvestudents’puzzlesandpassonmoreknowledgeaccordingtostudents’interest.Atthesametime,studentscanbemoreengagedintheclass.Allinall,bothwaysofstudybringusdifferentbenefits.Weshouldmakethemostofdifferentwaysandhaveabettercommandofthem.Onlyinthiswaycanwestudymoreefficientlyandachieveabetteracademicperformance.点评：第一段第一句话对图片进行了概括，第二句话由图画引出本文要讨论的主题。第二段分别从两方面讨论了大学学习和网络学习的优势。最后一段表明态度，即要充分利用二者的优点，将两者结合起来。drawone’sattention表示吸引某人的注意力。dilemma表示进退维谷，两难境地。infavorofsth.常用来表示倾向于，前面和系动词搭配使用...
