Sample 161
Wehavebeenlivinginthenuelearagenowforoverhalfacentury.Sincethefirst
atomicbombsweredeveloped,nucleartechnologyhasprovided governmentswith
theabilitytototallydestroytheplanet.Yetthetechnologyhasbeenputtopositive
useasanenergysourceandincertainareasofmedicine.Towhatextentis
nucleartechnology adangertolifeonEarth? Whatarethebenefitsandrisks
associatedwithitsuse?
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.Youshouldspendabout 40 minutes onthistask.modelanswer:
Thesedays,many peopleareafraid of nucleartechnology becauseofthedangers
associatedwithitsuse.Inmy opinion,althoughitistruethatnuclearweapons posethe
greatestthreattolife,theuseof nucleartechnologyforpeacefulpurposesalsocarries
someseriousrisks.
Nuclearpowerstationsprovideanimportantsourceofcheap powerformany
industrialised nationsandsome
developingcountries.However,thereisalwaysthedangerofradiationleaking
fromtheseplants.Eventhoughsafety precautionsaretaken,therehavebeen
numerousdisasterssuchastheexplosion ofanuclearplantinRussianotlongago.
Nucleartechnologyiseven usedto helpcuresomediseasessuchascancer.
Radiationcan beappliedtothebodyto burnawaycancerouscells.Thisis, however,a
dangerousprocedure,andtheapplication ofradiationisalmostalways painfuland not
alwayssuccessful.
Themostworryingaspectofnucleartechnology,though,isitsuseformilitary purposes.
Enoughatomicbombshavealready been builttocompletely destroytheplanet,andthe
realdangeristhatone daysomecountrywillstartawarwiththeseweapons.Toomany
countriesnow havethetechnologyrequiredtomakesuch bombs,andthereiscurrently
much debate
abouthowtocontrolthesituation.Inconclusion, nucleartechnologycertainly
haspositiveuses, butis,
nonetheless, dangerous.However,itwould havebeen betterifithad neverbeen usedto
createnuclearweapons.IflifeonEarthistocontinue.
Sample 162
Somepeoplethinkthatitisimportanttouseleisuretimeforactivitiesthat
improvethemind,suchasreading anddoingwordpuzzles.
Otherpeoplefeelthatitisimportanttorestthemindduringleisuretime.
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutes