(1)1999年真題。
Directions:
Study the following set of pictures carefully and write an essay in no less than 150 words.
Your essay must be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Your essay should cover all the information provided and meet the requirements below:
1. Effect of the country’s growing human population on its wildlife
2. Possible reason for the effect.
3. Your suggestion for wildlife protection.
真題分析：
本題為多年來(lái)考研作文短文題目中僅有的一道純圖表題目。圖中只給出了一大一小兩幅簡(jiǎn)單的線形圖，要求考生分析兩幅圖之間的關(guān)系，總結(jié)出題目的主題和內(nèi)涵。
針對(duì)本題，我們所要做的第一步是仔細(xì)閱讀圖中的文字說(shuō)明和數(shù)據(jù)，特別注意數(shù)據(jù)的變化趨勢(shì)。但是，在文章中切忌簡(jiǎn)單羅列所有數(shù)據(jù)，不僅會(huì)使文章無(wú)端地增加長(zhǎng)度，還會(huì)使考官無(wú)法抓住文章主題。對(duì)于數(shù)據(jù)的處理一般都是進(jìn)行概括分析，僅舉幾個(gè)典型的數(shù)據(jù)為例來(lái)說(shuō)明問(wèn)題。
第一幅線形圖中，美國(guó)人口在1800年至1980年至短短200年之間增長(zhǎng)了近250倍，而從1700年至1900年200年間美國(guó)的生物滅絕速度卻增加了70倍。人口增長(zhǎng)的速度和物種滅絕的速度正好成正比。由此可以推斷，題目要求考生認(rèn)清這兩者之間的關(guān)系，認(rèn)識(shí)到人口的增長(zhǎng)和擴(kuò)展嚴(yán)重威脅到了物種的生存，從而要求考生在文章中分析問(wèn)題產(chǎn)生的原因，提出解決方案。
思路拓展：
人口的失控增長(zhǎng)是近幾十年來(lái)全球的熱點(diǎn)話題之一。人口的擴(kuò)張不是一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的問(wèn)題，而是涉及空間、資源控制、生態(tài)平衡、環(huán)境污染、經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展、社會(huì)保障和福利等等一系列、全方位涉及到人類(lèi)在地球上生存和發(fā)展的問(wèn)題。當(dāng)今世界上的許多疾病、矛盾、甚至是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，都是由于人口爆炸而引起的。此外，人口問(wèn)題還涉及到人口質(zhì)量、身體健康、性別比例、人口增長(zhǎng)與財(cái)富分配、老齡化等常見(jiàn)話題。考生可以在平時(shí)的新聞報(bào)道中找到足夠的信息，而可以多找一些報(bào)紙雜志上的評(píng)論文章上閱讀，為自己積累論點(diǎn)和論據(jù)等。
范文：
Currently, there is a widespread concern about the previously neglected connection between growing human population and decreasing wild species. As the two graphs obviously portrayed, American population in 1980 was 250 times than that in 1800, a trend accompanied by the extinction of nearly 70 kinds of wildlife in the past 300 years. A clear correlation is suggested that mankind has exerted a tremendously negative influence on natural species.
There are many factors responsible for the aforementioned tendency. First and foremost, to satisfy the space demand for the booming population, the only available solution for Americans is to take occupation of forests and grassland. that used to be habitat of wild animals and plants. Furthermore, the process of industrialization and urbanization has generated severe pollution that essentially destroys environment and ecosystem.
In my point of view, the dearth of wildlife today forecasts an unpromising future for humans tomorrow. In order to eliminate species extinction, relevant laws and regulations must be established and enforced to maintain a large portion of unspoiled areas. Effective measures should also be applied to ensure that the impact of pollution be removed.
譯文：
近來(lái)人們開(kāi)始普遍關(guān)注以前被忽略的人口增長(zhǎng)和自然物種減少之間的關(guān)系。正如兩幅圖表顯示，1980年的美國(guó)人口是1900年的250倍，同時(shí)在過(guò)去的300年間大約有70種野生生物在美國(guó)滅絕。這清楚地表明人類(lèi)給自然物種帶來(lái)了巨大的負(fù)面影響。
以上趨勢(shì)是由諸多原因造成的。首先，為了滿足迅速增長(zhǎng)的人口對(duì)于空間的需求，對(duì)于美國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)最有效的解決辦法就是占據(jù)森林、草原等其他動(dòng)植物的天堂。此外，工業(yè)化和城市化的進(jìn)程造成了嚴(yán)重的污染，在根本上摧毀了環(huán)境和生態(tài)系統(tǒng)。
我認(rèn)為，今天野生生物生命權(quán)的被剝奪預(yù)示著將來(lái)人類(lèi)并不明朗的前景。為了減少物種滅絕，應(yīng)該制定相關(guān)的法律法規(guī)、強(qiáng)制保護(hù)更多的地區(qū)保持其原始狀態(tài)。應(yīng)該采取有效的措施來(lái)減少污染的影響。
閃光詞匯及詞組：
exert an influence: 對(duì)……造成影響
booming: adj. 急速發(fā)展的
take occupation of: 占據(jù)，占有
generate: v. 產(chǎn)生，發(fā)生
ecosystem: n. 生態(tài)系統(tǒng)
dearth: n. 缺乏
unpromising: adj. 沒(méi)有前途的，沒(méi)有希望的
eliminate: v. 排除，消除
unspoiled: adj. 未損壞的，為開(kāi)發(fā)的
萬(wàn)能句型：
Currently, there is a widespread concern about the previously neglected connection between…
As the two graphs obviously portray…
… is a trend accompanied by…
A clear correlation is suggested that…
There are many factors responsible for the aforementioned tendency.
First and foremost … Furthermore…
Effective measures should also be applied to ensure that…
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