in growth,Iwould preferslowgrowthwith good planning.Idon’twanttoseerowsof
cheaplyconstructedtownhouses.Ourquality oflifemustbeconsidered.
Ibelievethatthisgrowthwillchangeourcitytoomuch.Ilovemy hometown becauseit
isasafe,smalltown.Itisalsoeasytotravelhere.Ifwemustexpandto hold new
citizens,thesmall-townfeelwill begone.Imouldmissthatgreatly.
Afactorywould behelpfulinsomeways.However,Ifeelthatthedangersare greater
thanthebenefits.Icannotsupportaplanto buildafactory here,and hopethatothers
feelthesameway.
( 251 words)
Sample 26
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.
Writeaboutthefollowingtopic:
Ithasbeensaid, “Noteverythingthatislearnediscontainedinbooks.”
Compareandcontrastknowledge gainedfromexperiencewithknowledge gained
frombooks.Inyouropinion,whichsourceismoreimportant? Why?
Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourown
knowledgeorexperience.
Writeatleast 250 words.
modelanswer:
“Experienceisthebestteacher”isan oldcliché, butIagreewithit.Themost
important,andsometimesthehardest,lessonswelearninlifecomefromour
participationinsituations.Youcan’learneverythingfromabook.
Ofcourse,learningfrombooksinaformaleducationalsettingisalso valuable.It’sin
schoolsthatwelearntheinformationwe needtofunctionin oursociety.Welearn howto
speakandwriteand understandmathematicalequations.Thisisallinformationthatwe
needtolivein ourcommunitiesandearnaliving.Nevertheless,Ithinkthatthemost
importantlessonscan’tbetaught;they
haveto beexperienced.No onecanteach ushowto getalongwith othersorhowto
haveself-respect.Aswegrowfromchildrenintoteenagers, no onecanteach ushow
to dealwith peerpressure.Asweleaveadolescencebehindandenteradult
life, no onecanteach ushowtofallinloveand getmarried.
Thisshouldn’tstop usfromlookingfor guidelinesalongtheway.Teachersand parents
arevaluablesourcesofadvicewhenwe’reyoung.Asweenterinto newstagesin our
lives,theadvicewereceivefromthemisvery helpfulbecausethey havealready bad
similarexperiences.Butexperiencing ourowntriumphsand disastersisreallytheonly
waytolearn howto dealwithlife.
( 232 words)
Sample 27