2009年专四作文真题：Will Tourism Bring Harm to the Environment?
　　（旅游对环境的影响？）——关于环境
　　Direction：
　　December 5th is International Volunteers Day. Since 1985, when the United Nations announced the special day, tens of millions of people around the world have volunteered to help those in need. China now has 4.5 million registered volunteers how have provided more than 4.5 billion hours of volunteer work. What can you gain from volunteering?
　　Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
　　Will Tourism Bring Harm to the Environment?
　　You are to write in three parts:
　　In the first part, state clearly what your view is.
　　In the second part, support your view with appropriate reasons.
　　In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
　　Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

　　写作指南：
　　这是典型的立场观点选择题型。要求考生确立自己的观点，然后进行论证。
　　历年类似考题：
　　2007 Is It Wise to Make Friends Online?
　　2004 Will Phones Kill Letter Writing?
　　1994 TV: a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?

　　本文要求考生就旅游是否会给环境带来不好的影响这一话题发表自己的看法。根据题目要求，文章结构如下：
　　第一部分：明确表达自己的观点：过度开发旅游对环境会造成不好的影响。
　　第二部分：从两个方面来论证自己的观点。
　　第三部分：进行总结：我们应该做什么？

　　经典范文：
　　Will Tourism Bring Harm to the Environment?
　　In recent years, tourism has developed rapidly in China. Many people believe that tourism produce positive effects on economic growth and we should try our best to promote tourism. But what these people fail to see is that tourism may bring about a disastrous impact on our environment. As for me, I'm firmly convinced that too much tourists bring harm to the environment.
　　The bad impact of tourism on the environment has mainly expressed itself in various ways. One way is the process of exploiting a new scenic spot. In order to attract tourists, a lot of artificial facilities have been built, which have certain unfavorable effects on the environment. This process usually breaks the ecological balance of the area. In some mountainous places, trees are being cut down to build hotels for others to see and explore the beauty of the mountains. Then land slides and mud-rock flows come up. Another way the development of tourism has damaged the environment occurs when tourists go to scenic spots. Some tourists don't have the awareness to protect the environment, and ignorantly throw their garbage here and there. Some people even kill the local wildlife to eat, which badly damages the balance of the natural environment.
　　It is wrong to sacrifice the environment for the growth of tourism. We must keep in mind that too much tourists bring harm to the environment. We need to find a balance between satisfying the needs of tourists and reducing to a minimum the pollution they cause.