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精选优质文档-----倾情为你奉上2016 年专四作文题目Read carefully the following excerpt on term-time holiday arguments in the UK, and then write your response In NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should:1) summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then2) comment on whether parents should take children out of school for holiday during term time in order to save moneyYou should support yourself with information from the excerptMarks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marksTerm-time holidays will be bannedParents are to be banned by Michael Gove, UK’sEducation Secretary, from taking their children out of school to save money on holidays.He is to abolish the right of head teachers to "authorise absence" from the classroom, which has been used to let families take term-time breaks, and will warn them they face fines for their children not being at school“Any time out of school has the potential to damage a child ’seducation, " a senior source at the Department for Education said this weekend. "That is why the government will end the distinction between authorised and unauthorised absence”.“This is part of the government ’swider commitment to bring down truancy levels in our schools.There will also be stricter penalties for parents and schools”.The tough measures on truancy are part of a wider attempt by Mr. Gove to make education more academically rigorous and to tackle a culture in the educational establishment which he believes has accepted "excuses for failure”.Russell Hobby, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said the measure would discourage parents from trying to put pressure on heads to sanction term time holidays. "The high cost of holidays outside of term time is still an issue but ultimately a childs education is more important than a holiday, "he said.专心---专注---专业12017 年专四作文题目Read carefully the following excerpt and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should1) summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then2) comment on whether our brains will get lazy in a world run by intelligent machines.You can support yourself with information from the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marksWith intelligent machines to do the thinking, will our brains get lazy?Changing technology stimulates the brain and increases intelligence. But that may only be true if the technology challenges us. In a world run by intelligent machines, our lives could get a lot simpler. Would that make us less intelligent?Artificial intelligence is taking over many human jobs. For instance, planes are being flown much of the time by automatic pilots. And the complex problem of controlling air traffic around large modern airports is also achieved by artificial intelligence that operates well beyond the capability of mere human air traffic controllers.Artificial intelligence is embedded in many features of modern life for the simple reason that intelligent machines can already outperform humans, including some aptitudes where there was once thought to be a human advantage, such as playing chess, and writing poetry, or even novels.As machines get smarter, they will do more of our thinking for us and make life easier. In the future, the electronic assistant will develop to the point that it serves similar functions as a real living butler, fulfilling requests such as: "Organize a dinner party for six on Thursday and invite the usual guests”.At that point, our long struggle with challenging technologies is at an end. Like Bertie Wooster, we can take it easy knowing that the hard work of planning and organizing is being done by a better brain-----the electronic assistant. Starved of mental effort, our brains will regress.22018 年专四作文题目Read carefully the following report, and then write your response inNO LESS THAN 200words, In which you should:1) summarize the main message of the report, and then2)comment on the two points made by Stephen Corry, Survivals DirectorYou can support yourself with information from the reportMarks 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 Write your response on ANSWER SHEET THREE.Report exposes the dark side of conservationA report launched by Survival International---the global movement for tribal people right ’s------reveals how conservation has led to th。