2003年全國碩士研究生入學(xué)考試英語試題及答案

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　　How impressive the set of drawings are! In the first drawing, it is strongly windy and heavily rainy outside, and yet the flower in the greenhouse is at its best, without any influence from the terrible weather condition. In the second drawing, however, things are quite different. When exposed to the outside wind and rain, the flower appears weak enough and fails to stand against the bad weather.

　　What has been discussed above carries great implications for our daily life, esp. how to better educate children. With the standard of living improving, people tend to provide their children with material comfort and as a result, children are often spoiled. They may possibly succeed with the protection of the comfort on the surface. But what if they leave the so�瞔alled comfort? To live alone, they can barely do; to face drawbacks, they will never do. Much worse, they’ll probably be destroyed by the harsh reality as miserably as the flower.

　　We can deduce from these two vivid drawings that one can hardly challenge possible drawbacks if he stays in a comfortable surrounding too long a period of time to lack the ability to cope with hardships. Like a tiger that is fostered by man. Set it free in the forest, and it will not possibly survive.

　　It is self�瞖vident that the education of the young is vital to the nation. Don’t let them bask in the greenhouse all the time. Have they exposed to the outside surrounding and they’ll be stronger and better prepared for their future.