综合写作：植食性恐龙（sauropods）长得很大，是否是因为环境因素。

独立写作：

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
The most important problems affecting our society today could be solved within our lifetime. ​​​​

朗阁讲师李艳茹点评:

 

综合写作：

阅读：认为是的

1. 大气中氧气含量高，更加有利于sauropods的呼吸。

2. 充足的食物。

3. 温暖的环境。

听力：反驳

1. 氧浓度不准确，有研究显示那时的空气中氧气含量不高，甚至比现在还低。

2. 虽然食物充足，但是养分不够。

3. 那时的气候有时会过热，它们要想办法躲避，不利于sauropods的生长。

独立写作：

解题思路：选择不同意

As the economy and technology develop at an incredible speed in today’s society, there are an increasing number of people believing that the most important problems affecting our society today could be solved within our lifetime. However, to me, it is not difficult to foretell that the most important problems affecting our society today cannot be solved within our lifetime. My reasons and examples are as follows.（69 words）

First and foremost, poverty cannot be eradicated within our lifetime. Poverty has existed since the beginning of civilization and generations of people have declared war on poverty; however, despite all the effort, many people around the world still have trouble getting access to basic necessities of life--even in the most developed and affluent countries like America, there are still approximately 39.8million people living below the poverty line, let alone the less developed countries like Ethiopia where about 44 percent of the population is chronically or at least periodically food insecure. Worse, because of climate change and economic crisis, more families are suffering and hunger is seen growing worldwide. （108 words）

Besides, wars, big or small, will plague the world for a considerably long time.  Let’s first analyze why wars exist. People fight against each other because they harbor different opinions over religion, state boundary, or, because people scramble for dwindling natural resources like oil and clean water. Considering the truth that it is difficult for people of different religions to reconcile, and natural resources are becoming less and less, it is next to impossible to eliminate war. （79 words）

Last but not least, environmental deterioration is a knotty problem that cannot be solved in the next several decades. Even worse, we have reason to believe that environmental degradation is likely to go from bad to worse. As we all know that economic growth in developing countries is so fast that it puts great strain on the global environment. Take China for example. Chinese economy is growing by 9% annually which means that much energy like coal and oil are burned, emitting more and more pollutants. （86 words）

 

In conclusion, the world is filled with too many prickly problems that deserve our attention. To achieve an affluent, peaceful and desirable life, we still have a bumpy and long road to go.（33 words）

考试预测：

 

1. 综合写作还是考察ETS一贯喜欢的生物生态类话题，这一话题也是我们课上给大家强调的重点，需要大家一定注意。

2.独立写作本场考的老题，重复2011或2012年的题目。属于事实类的题目。事实类的题目是2018年考试出现频率第二高的题目，也需要大家多多关注。

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