Test4 Owning a car has changed from a dream for most Chinese into a reality, and it is so common nowadays in big cities. However, with the increasing ownership of cars, traffic jam and air pollution has become serious problems and we can not ignore. Should car consumption be encouraged? The following are the supporters’ and opponents’ opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on the issue. Markswillbeawardedforcontentrelevance,contentsufficiency,organizationandlanguagequality.Failuretofollowtheaboveinstructionsmayresultinalossofmarks.
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【参考范文】 CarConsumption:toEncourageortoRestrict? Owning a car has never been simply a personal choice, so to encourage or to restrict car consumption has always been a policy choice for government agencies. The discussion about whether car consumption should be encouraged has never ended. Some in favour of it hold that cars as a status symbol make our life convenient and comfort. While others believe cars will consume too much petrol and cause too much noise. Public transportation is a better choice. As for me, I don’t think to encourage car consumption is a good idea. Those supporting the encouragement of ear consumption have always played the economy card. Given the background of economic slowdown worldwide, China also needs consumption to support the economic development. Compared with developed nations, China still has a low car ownership rate, and this is also one reason held to argue for encouragement policy. But apparently they weren’t aware of environmental influences of car ownership. The citizens’ feelings about the air pollution surely confirm my claim. The increasing traffic jam has also made the convenience of private car a false claim. With more car owners forced to choose public transportation system as their major means for commute, owning a car has also become not so economically reasonable. All in all, I would prefer a gradual process towards restraint of car consumption, since I am simply more convinced by the argumentations provided by the limiting side of the discussion.