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Inventors are not as important to society as doctors.

Write at least 250 words.

model answer:
Inventors are creative people who develop new ideas and products, whereas doctors are
specialists who make us feel better when we are ill. I believe that both types of people are
important to society, but in different ways.

Inventors have had an enormous impact on our lives. In the past, they developed things like
electricity, television and aeroplanes. These transformed people’s home lives and working
conditions and enabled them to travel more quickly to other countries. More recently, inventors
have created computers, the World Wide Web and many other technological products that we
now rely on completely. For these reasons, most people would agree that inventors are
important people.

Doctors, on the other hand, save lives. They train for many years and they develop knowledge
and skills that ordinary people do not have. If we get ill, we need someone who knows what is
wrong and can tell us what medicine to take. If we go to hospital, we expect doctors to look after
us. Everyone depends on doctors in this way all through their life.

Although we cannot live without doctors, it is also true that we cannot live without inventors. In
fact, they also depend on each other. Doctors use inventions to help them in their work, and
inventors get ill and need doctors to cure them.

To conclude, I think doctors and inventors are equally important. Like many people in society,
they play an important part in human progress. So it is impossible to say who is more important.

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Write about the following topic:

Some people think that the teenage years are the happiest times of most people’s lives. Others think
that adult life brings more happiness, in spite of greater responsibilities.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Write at least 250 words.

model answer:
What’s the happiest time in people’s lives: youth or old age; school, career or retirement? All of
these have been suggested, but teenage years and adulthood both have many supporters.

Those who believe teenagers are the happiest people cite their lack of responsibilities as a
significant factor. They are supported financially and emotionally by their parents, and although
they may be included in family decisions, they’re not ultimately responsible. However,
adolescents are on the threshold of adult life: they’re old enough to get a part-time job, so they
can enjoy their first taste of financial independence, and their future study and career lie ahead.

Away from these serious concerns, young people have an active social life with their friends,
often simply by hanging out with them. And of course, there’s the excitement of first love and
first heartbreak. With all this to experience, teenagers see their parents’ lives as boring and
stressful.

However, the reverse is also true. Adults see anxious, self-dramatising adolescents, and
appreciate the joys of maturity. These may include a contented family life, long-lasting
friendships and a career. Long-term relationships may not have the fireworks of adolescence,
but are stronger for it, because of the wealth of shared experience. At work, many of us are
challenged and stimulated by the increasing professional skills we acquire, which ensures that
our jobs remain interesting.

The greatest benefit, though, is that maturity gives you greater confidence in your own
judgement, in all areas of life. You’re not afraid to express your opinion when others disagree
and, unlike a teenager, you know when to let things go.

Both these periods can be happy times, but I look back at my own teenage years with no desire
to go back. Adult life may be less dramatic, but fireworks don’t keep you warm.

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Write about the following topic:

Since the 18th century technological advances have replaced people in the workplace. With today’s
technology this process is happening at a greater rate. Technology is increasingly responsible for
unemployment.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Write at least 250 words.

model answer:
Technological advances always have an impact on people at work. Sometimes it can mean that
people are no longer necessary in their job, but sometimes they make people work easier. We
can define technology as scientific knowledge used for practical purpose in industry and
commerce. I would also like to make a further distinction between this and high technology,
which is electronic or information technology.

In my view, technology really began to have an effect on industry in the early of the 20th
century. The result of this was that certain industries like the car industry did not really need as
many people, as automated machines and robots were able to do jobs such as painting the car,
or putting the car together.

However, if we now turn to look at the effect of high technology on the workplace, in my opinion,
there has been a different effect. It is true that computers are able to do some things that people
used to do and advanced in high technology have made people’s lives better through
improvement in communication. For example, now we have e-mail, MSN and some electronic
tool to chat with friends or business partners. In addition, people working in service industries
like banking use computers much more than pen and paper nowadays. In addition, some work
can be done from home, which means that people do not need spend time travelling and can
work where and when they want to.

In conclusion, technology has resulted in unemployment in some traditional industries like car
industry. On the other hand, in other industries such as service industries, technology has
improved the way the work.

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You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

model answer:
The question of how to learn a foreign language has become increasingly important in recent
years as business has become more international. Although there are a number of effective
ways, l am convinced that living in a country, where that language is spoken is the most efficient
way of learning.

Traditionally, people have learned languages as part of a large group in a classroom. This has
the advantage of providing many opportunities to practise what you learn with a number of
different people. In addition, the fees for this form of education are usually reasonable, since a
large number of people are taught at once. However, the size of the group means that more
demands are placed on the teacher’s time. Students may not get the individual attention they
require to improve.

The amount of individual attention you receive is certainly an advantage of working with a
private tutor. Also, the student can work at a pace which is comfortable for them. On the other
hand working with a private tutor can lack the social element, which is crucial in learning to
communicate well in a foreign language. It can also prove to be beyond the means of many
people.

By far the most natural way to acquire a language is to go where it is spoken. Not only is every
social interaction a chance to practise, but you are also exposed to the real, living language. As
well as that, you are able to acquire a natural accent by imitating the people around you. This is
not to say, of course, that there are not drawbacks. Many people suffer from culture shock away
from home, and it can be very difficult to integrate into a foreign culture.

In conclusion, l would argue that the advantages of going to another country to learn far
outweigh the disadvantages, making it the best option.

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Money is important in most people’s lives. Although some people think it is more important than
others.
What do you feel are the right uses of money? What other factors are important for a good life?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your experience.

You should write at least 250 words.

model answer:
Money has an important impact on most people’s lives, whether by being plentiful or in short
supply. While it cannot buy happiness, it can provide much that is of value.

In my view the right use of money is to improve people’s lives, starting with one’s own family.
First, it helps to provide the means for people to develop themselves – by supporting children’s
growth, education and interests, through enabling adults to study and train or re-train and to
develop skill to high level. A third way in which money contribute is to provide pleasure, so that
family members can pursue hobbies and enjoy holidays. Money is also necessary for many
cultural interests: attending concerts and theatre, for example, or buying a musical instrument. A
further use of money is to provide security against emergencies and in retirement. Last and not
least, one of the right uses of money is to give to others, perhaps in the form of charity, so they
can enjoy the same things that we can.

All the elements of life mentioned above are important, but ultimately people find satisfaction – a
good life, that is – in relation to other humans. We need to be part of a community, to give and
receive, to have relationships with others in family, community and work environment. We need
to be useful and to help others. The contributions we can make (or receive) in these endeavours
may or may not be financial.

In other words, money is not the only, or even the most important, factor in developing a good
life, but it can certainly make an important contribution.

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