Thecandidatetriesto usearangeoflanguage, butthereareregularerrorsinword
choiceandwordform,andthis occasionallycausesproblemsforthereader.
Similarly,arangeofstructuresisattempted, butnotalwayswith goodcontrolof
punctuation orgrammar.However,themeaningisgenerallyclear.
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.
Sample 47
Familieswhodonotsendtheirchildrento government-financedschoolsshould
notberequiredtopaytaxesthatsupportuniversaleducation.
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.
Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourown
knowledgeorexperience.
modelanswer:(Disagree)
Familieswho do notsendtheirchildrento publicschoolshould berequiredto paytaxes
thatsupportpubliceducation.
Everychildinmycountryisrequiredtoattendschoolandeverychildiswelcometo
enrollathis/herlocalpublicschool.Somefamilieschoosetosendtheirchildrento
otherschools,anditistheir prerogativeto doso.However,thepublicschoolsareused
bythemajority ofourchildrenandmustremain openfor
everyone.Forexample,my unclesenthistwochildrentoaprivateacademyfor primary
school.Then helostahugeamountofmoneythroughsomepoorinvestmentsandhe
could nolongeraffordtheprivateschool'stuition.Thechildreneasilytransferredto
theirlocalpublicschoolandlikeditevenmorethantheiracademy.Thepublicschools
supportedtheirfamilywhenthey had nomoneytoeducatetheirchildren.
Becausethepublicschoolseducatesomanycitizens,everyoneinmycountry-
whetheraparentornot-should paytaxestosupportoureducationalsystem.Weall
benefitfromtheeducationthatstudentsreceivein publicschool.Ourfuture doctors,
firefighters,andteacherspeople
whomwerely oneveryday-areeducatedinlocalpublicschools.Whenapersonisin
trouble,it'sreassuringto knowthatthosewhowillhelp you-suchasfirefighters-know
whatthey'redoing becausetheyreceived goodtraininginschoolandlater.Providingan
excellenteducationinthe publicschoolsystemisvitaltothestrength ofourcommunity
and ourcountry.
Ourgovernmentmustofferthebesteducationavailable, butitcan only dosowiththe
financialassistanceofallitscitizens.Therefore,everyone-includingfamilieswho do not
sendtheirchildrento publicschool-shouldsupportpubliceducation by payingtaxes.