新考纲要求及题型调整说明
《关于英语专业四级考试（TEM4）题型调整说明》（2015年版）的测试要求为：能在45分钟内根据所给的作文题目、图表或阅读材料等，写一篇200个单词左右的短文。能做到内容相关、充实、语言通顺、用词恰当、表达得体。本部分为命题作文，文章体裁主要属于说明文、言论文或记叙文的范围，以测试学生的基本书面表达能力。
材料以两种形式出现，一类给出关于某一话题的两篇文字材料、观点相反，要求在阅读材料的基础上发表自己对该话题的观点，材料总长度为300词左右。第二类给出一至两份图表材料和一份相关介绍的文字材料，要求对图表进行描述并进行合理分析，文字材料为150左右。
评分标准
分项评分：内容阐述能力、篇章组织能力、语言运用能力。 内容阐述能力：对所给材料进行准确的缩写和充分讨论。
篇章组织能力：考查学生对缩写和讨论部分的组织安排，要求顺序合理、过渡自然、段落划分合理等。
语言运用能力：考查词汇、语法和丰富和准确性，还包括书写规范如拼写准确性、标点运用、卷面整洁等。
题型分析
1.两篇文字材料的写作
所提供两篇文字材料都是关于同一话题，但观点对立。因此，首先要对所给材料正反两方的观点进行综述（summary），考查学生对观点中的重要信息的辨别、概括和转述的能力，其次要求学生要提出自己的观点，考查论辩能力——提供同意或反对的合理论据和逻辑推理能力——说服类的语言表达能力。
注意事项：
第一，概括错误。新的四级写作要求学生对所提供的材料进行概括，通常在概括能力方面，学生容易将材料原文的主要信息未加以转述、原词照搬到自己的作文中，或者在概括过程中未能对观点的主要信息进行归纳总结，将不重要的信息包括过来。
第二，内容不充实。评分标准的要求是“内容相关、叙述清楚、前后一致”，在论述过程中由于思路不清或时间安排不合理等原因，造成内容空洞或论据不充分。例如：
Should Private Car Owners Be Taxed for Pollution?
......Truly, the private cars have caused many problems. According to a recent research, many emissions among all the greenhouse gases are from the private cars. The painful experiences in the past have taught us to live in harmony with nature and manage to avoid any incidents that may have an adverse effect on the environment. Besides, the contaminants sent by the cars are very harmful to our health. The pollutants will have a persistent impact on human body and are likely to cause a number of diseases. Above all, in recent years the number of private cars is growing at an unprecedented rate.......
修正后：
......To start with, the emission from cars contributes to the environment pollution. According to the study, the total gas emission of the private cars amounts to 30~60% among all the greenhouse gases, which leads to the deterioration of the whole ecosystem, such as climate change, acid rain and greenhouse effect. So it is these private car owners who should pay for the pollution, and it’ll be fair to use the tax revenue levied on their cars to treat air pollution.
In addition, tax for pollution will be a good way to solve traffic jams which are becoming more and more severe due to the soaring number of private cars. With oil price becoming higher and higher, additional tax for pollution is surely a burden. Then those who want to buy cars will consider more when deciding to buy a private car. Consequently, the increasing rate of the number of the private cars and then the traffic jam can be controlled.......
第三，语态、时态等错误较多、衔接不自然、句子质量不高。这些问题都是由于语言基本功不扎实引起的。例如：“Why are you always lack of money?” “As far I know...we use money buy food...”
“Peaceful death is worth advocated and will be well received in the future.”
第三，语言不得体。应该根据题目的要求，熟悉议论文、说明文的主体特征，选择合适的人称、正式或非正式用语。如2007年作文，话题对于现在可以经常接触到网络的同学们来说，应该结合自己的经历进行论述，用第一人称展开论述。
2.图表和文字材料的写作
可提供的图表形式较多，有柱形图、曲线图、表格、饼图等等。有可能是一副图，也有可能是复合图（即含有一副以上的图形组合）；文字材料有可能是关于图表话题的背景资料，也有可能是和图表提供的总趋势相悖的文字说明，也可能是和图表提供的数据的补充信息。这类写作就要求学生既要熟悉图表描述，也要能将图表数据和文字材料能自然结合提出自己的观点。
注意事项：
第一，图表内容描述不正确。对图表不熟悉，描述错误，重点不突出。 第二，语言错误。用词贫乏或重复，表述冗余，时态混乱，语态错误等。
历年考试作文话题
年份 作文题目 题材 2000 2001 2002 The Importance of Extracurricular Activities Travel Broadens the Mind The Best Way to Stay healthy 校园生活 旅行 健康 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 The importance of keeping a good mood Will phones kill letter writing? My idea of a university arts festival Saving money or spending tomorrow’s money Is it wise to make friends online? The benefits of volunteering Will tourism bring harm to the environment? Should College Students Hire Cleaners? Should Private Car Owners Be Taxed for Pollution? The Dragon Boat Festival The advantages of being careful with money in daily life Should English Majors Study Maths? How I Deal with Stress? 情绪 手机 校园生活 观念 网络交友 志愿者 社会话题 校园生活 社会话题（环保） 传统文化 校园生活 校园生活 校园生活 从这16年考题来看，标黑色的写作立场已经事先确定，考生无需在作立场判断，这类不妨称之为“说明文”；标红色的则需要考生在写作的第一段表明立场，方便下文就这一立场进行论证，这类可以称为“议论文”。
样题解析（两篇文字材料的写作）： Part IV WRITING
There is recently a debate about the influence of technology on our life. Does it make our life easier or more difficult? The following are the supporters’ and opponents’ opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on the issue.
Mark will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
YES NO Technology and digital media can be a great help to Technology promises to make our reaching out to other people and spreading your message to a lives easier, freeing up time for leisure very large platform. “Social media removes all distances: pursuits. But the rapid pace of geographic, social, hierarchical. You can reach anyone, at any technological innovation and the split time, and communicate in real time. Thus, a permanent link of second processing capabilities of communication has been created,” said Julien Maldonate, a computers that can work virtually senior manager at Deloitte. nonstop have made all of us feel rushed. Amina Belghiti, Partnerships Manager at Facebook, We have adopted the relentless pace of describes how technology has taken the universal the very machines that were supposed communication method of storytelling and transformed it, in a to simplify our lives, with the result way that now more stories can reach more people through that, whether at work or play, people do social media platforms than ever before. She recommends that not feel like their lives have changed for people find their digital media voice, tell sharable stories, and the better. drive engagement. The Indispensability of Technology
It is supposed that technology helps us communicate easier and quicker. Just as Julien Maldonate points out, digital media makes people from different places, different social backgrounds and classes communicate in the same media platform. And messages or stories can reach more readers or audiences by mass media.
However, some people claim that when technology is running more and more rapidly, it quickens our life pace and has not bettered our lives. For example, secretaries have to reply to instant messages immediately when their blackberry beeps at mid-night; phone users always fix their eyes on their cell phones and are ready to answer any ring calls. In fact, life does not become easy and relaxing, instead it becomes much busier and quicker.
Although technology has made our lives more complex, it is an integral part in our lives. Machines in factories and farms have freed us from manual works. Household appliances, such as washing machines, vacuum cleaners and microwave ovens, have made our housework much easier than ever before. I believe most people are not willing to give up using cellphones, the Internet or other information technologies, because they do bring about much convenience on our daily life. In addition,, technology plays an increasingly important role in our society. Owing to the application of technology, it has brought advancements in agriculture, industry, engineering, architecture, and so on. Advancements in technology have led to the evolution of newer and faster modes of transportation and communication. The development of technology has boosted research in fields ranging from genetics to extraterrestrial space. So, technology has touched every aspect of life, making it easier, better and different.
Obviously technology does make our lives more complex. However, without technology we may be living in a primitive society where most people have to live a monotonous life. (301 words)
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