四級作文一 The challenges of living in a big city

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Never in our history has the phenomenon that living in a big city become so common. With cities growing larger and larger, there has been a steady rise in the number of people who flood into those big cities. Obviously, it will give rise to a host of trials to the new citizens.

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First and foremost, people will have to face with the high living expenses. For most people in big cities, they have to rent to live and the cost of daily products may also see a rise.

Then, the challenge of working under great pressure couldn’t be denied. While having high salaries, people living in big cities will also encounter with intensive working pressure.

Finally, there may be other difficult tasks like long commute distance, jammed traffic, poor air conditions and etc., dealing with such issues can be really challenging.

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Taking all these into account, there are still great amount of people choose to work and live in big cities, because great challenges always come along with great opportunities.

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四級作文二 The challenges of starting a career after graduation.

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Nowadays there is a growing concern over starting a career after graduation for the newly graduates. For years, the society has witnessed that a growing number of newly graduates remain unemployed after graduation, and the challenges may as follows:

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First, students upon graduation may be overwhelmed by the social reality that their majors are not so correspond to the real work. Especially for the liberal arts graduates, because it's challenging to transfer theoretical knowledge into practical use.

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Then, the newly graduates will have to face the challenge that most companies would prefer to hire employees with working experience. It is true that many students graduate with zero experience.

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Besides, the high living expenses after graduation, taking rent as an example, is another great trial that can’t be overlooked.

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There is sufficient evidence to show that starting a career after graduation is certainly challenging. But for the newly graduates, they still need to stay optimistic. The long life path is still at its beginning and the great challenges always come along with great opportunities.

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四級作文三 The challenges of studying abroad

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Nowadays, with globalization making the world more interconnected, a trend of accepting higher education has been on the rise. There are many students considering studying abroad, and here are some of the challenges they may confront with.

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The first one is being exposed to a totally exotic environment. People who studied abroad will be open to everything new and strange. On social level, they also meet a diverse range of counterparts. Sometimes it is no easy to become the ice-breaker.

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The other challenge may come from their family, or to be specific, the oversea students will be more likely to be homesick, especially for those who are in their first year, and their parents will share that feeling with them.

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Besides, we shall not forget the obstacles of culture and language. It is quite often that even if they can understand every single word, they will still fail to grasp the true meaning.

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Despite all these challenges, there are still great amount of people choose to study abroad, because great challenges always come along with great opportunities.

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解析：

本次考試考查的是論說文，難度適中。三個話題——就業(yè)、留學、在大城市居住，均在過往考試中考察過，只是程度的差別，即便是限定在論述挑戰(zhàn)，相信同學們也不會感到太陌生。

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建議文章結構：

第一段：引出這個問題；

第二段：分點闡述具體的挑戰(zhàn)內容；

第三段：簡述應對的心態(tài)；

開頭部分要簡明，引出話題，正文部分結構要清晰。

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就詞匯而言，關鍵詞challenge被大量使用，考慮到詞匯的多樣性，可以使用trial, difficult task，obstacle替換，也可以變換詞性(challenge→challenging)等來充實文章。

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語法上而言，句式運用豐富，有從句，復合句，倒裝句等句型：

倒裝句：Never in our history has the phenomenon that…

同位語從句：…will have to face the challenge that most…

主語從句： “…number of people who flood into those big cities.”

物稱主語：“the society has witnessed…”

分詞結構：“There are many students considering studying abroad…”