英语写作自考2016年4月试题真题及答案（00603）

Some people claim love is most important in a happy marriage, while others believe money plays a decisive role. What is your opinion?

Write a 300-word expository essay stating your views.

Why Movies Are Popular

Many people would say that movies, whether seen in the cinema, on the Internet, or on the DVD player, are one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Judging from the amount of time people are willing to spend on watching them, I readily agree with the statement We have dozens of reasons for our love of movies. But the most obvious ones are the story, the special effects and the stars.

A “movie” is, basically, technology's answer to the traditional storybook. We all hunger for a life full of passion, excitement and love. If we don't find them in our own life, we try to experience them in fictional stories. A movie tells a story more effectively and vividly than a book. Take the movie “Saving Private Ryan” for example. In the first battle scene when the soldiers are under fierce gunfire from the Germans, you feel you are running with the soldiers and witnessing everything firsthand. You hear the echoes of bullets flying overhead. For fifteen frightening minutes, you feel as if you were in the middle of the battlefield! No storybook can create such a vivid effect.

Special effects are another crowd-puller. Take the movie “Jurassic Park” for instance. The dinosaurs’ images are created by a computer, yet in the movie, they look as real as the actors. You can see their shadows and the vapor from their breath. This type of movie magic amazes the audience and keeps them coming back for more. Then there is “The Matrix.” For two hours, the special effects of this movie make us believe that ordinary humans can walk around inside a computer program. Both movies draw a large number of viewers to their sequels (续集), mostly because of their special effects.

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In summary, movies are popular because of the story, the special effects and the movie stars. It is still the quickest and easiest way to temporarily leave your ordinary life and to experience passion and excitement.

How to Deal with Nervousness

Everyone has experienced being nervous at one point in their lives. Being nervous is a normal emotional reaction to stressful, unknown, or intimidating circumstances. One may feel nervous before an upcoming job interview, the first date, and even a doctor's appointment.

For some people, nervousness becomes a problem that interferes with normal life. Shaky and sweaty hands, stammering speech and blank mind may spoil things. However, nervousness can be managed if treated properly.

First of all, it is important to remember that no treatment can make a person instantly calm down and forget about his nervousness, The secret to achieving true calm, without tranquilizers (镇静药), is in practice. The more you practise, putting yourself in situations that may make you nervous and taking action, the more confident you become. This way you eventually feel more and more comfortable and less nervous. If you are getting ready for an important interview or a presentation at work, practise your speech so that you can do it automatically. That way, your lips and body will know what to do even if your mind gets blocked somehow. During the speech you need to concentrate on breathing slowly and deeply to avoid short quick breaths that are common for nervous people. When people talk slowly, they keep a nice steady supply of oxygen flowing through their bloodstream.

In many cases, nervous people spend time visualizing as to what may go wrong in a future situation. This can, of course, create a lot of nervousness. It can also give you the results you imagined, or feared. If you convince yourself that you will fail, then most probably you do fail. Much more helpful is to have pleasant thoughts and try to imagine only good outcome of a situation. If you visualize things in an optimistic way, what actually happens can change a lot about how you behave, how you present it, how convincing you sound, and generally how you feel in the situation. It always has a great effect on how the things actually go.

Sometimes fears occur for a good reason. It is quite understandable that people might be afraid of jumping with a parachute (降落伞), for instance, but what about speaking in public? It is absolutely irrational. Try to compare these two types of fear and maybe then it will be easier to understand that nervousness does not really make that much sense. So, ask yourself a few simple questions. For example, “What is the worst that could happen to me?” Questions of this kind can put things into a healthier perspective and calm yourself down.

With sufficient practice, positive self-image and rational thinking, you’ll be able to build up self-assurance bit by bit and behave confidently whether in workplace or in social life. Apply these strategies and don’t let nervousness stand in the way to your success.