（1）2004年真題。Directions:
Study the following drawing carefully and write an essay in which you should:
1) describe the drawing,
2) interpret its meaning, and
3) support your view with examples.
You should write about 200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
真題分析：
本題承襲了考研漫畫內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)潔、寓意深刻的風(fēng)格。一個(gè)滿頭大汗的運(yùn)動(dòng)員正沖破了一次長(zhǎng)跑比賽的終點(diǎn)，而在終點(diǎn)的不遠(yuǎn)處，赫然標(biāo)著兩個(gè)大字“起點(diǎn)”。通過漫畫的題目“終點(diǎn)又是新起點(diǎn)”，考生很容易就可以抓住本題的中心論點(diǎn)：在人生道路上，我們不能僅僅滿足于一兩次的成功，而只有不斷地追求，我們才能取得進(jìn)步和發(fā)展。這也符合哲學(xué)上事物是不斷發(fā)展的這一趨勢(shì)和真理。針對(duì)這類人生奮斗類的題型，一般提綱都會(huì)要求考生舉出事例，即使提綱沒有要求，考生最好也能夠?qū)懗鲆粌蓚�(gè)事例，以增強(qiáng)文章的說服力。一般來說，在這種情況下，舉殘疾人、先進(jìn)人物等的例子會(huì)比較切題，有效地加強(qiáng)文章的力度。
思路拓展：（見下題）
范文：
The picture presents a young runner who just finishes a long run and arrives at the finish line, sweating and smiling. While he stand at the end, a sign stating “beginning” lies not far away from his position, indicating that “an end means a new beginning”.
It is true that when a runner reaches the end of one race, he needs to realize that his immediate task is how to achieve the next goal, instead of indulging the past glory and accomplishment. The identical truth applies to every individual, organization, and nation, that setting new goals continuously is the source of advancement.
The deaf and mute American girl Helen Keller is a typical example of our case, as she had spent her whole life struggling and striving for one goal after another. It is not surprising that she finally turned out to be an excellent writer. Equally, businesses and industries should keep setting new tasks in order to preserve their competitiveness. Microsoft, for instance, never ceases creating new products the company launched Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server recently though it is already being such a huge conglomerate. In short, it is non-stop efforts that lead to progress.
譯文：
該圖展示了一個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)員剛完成一場(chǎng)賽跑、達(dá)到終點(diǎn)，他滿頭大汗但是卻非常滿意地微笑著。在他所站的終點(diǎn)標(biāo)志附近，該圖標(biāo)出了“起點(diǎn)”的標(biāo)志，說明了“終點(diǎn)是新的起點(diǎn)”。
確實(shí)，當(dāng)一個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)員跑到終點(diǎn)的時(shí)候，他必須馬上意識(shí)到他的下一個(gè)任務(wù)是達(dá)到新的目標(biāo)，而不是沉湎于過去的榮耀和成就。同樣的道理也適用于每一個(gè)個(gè)人、組織、以及國(guó)家，即不斷地設(shè)立新的目標(biāo)才能不斷地前進(jìn)。
聾啞的美國(guó)女孩海倫.凱勒是這方面的一個(gè)典型例子，因?yàn)樗簧荚跒橐粋�(gè)接一個(gè)的目標(biāo)而努力和奮斗。因此，她最后變成了一個(gè)優(yōu)秀的作家并不令人驚訝。同樣的，工商界如果想要保持它們的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力，就要不斷地為自己設(shè)立新任務(wù)。例如，微軟公司作為如此大型的一個(gè)集團(tuán)，也從來沒有停止創(chuàng)造新產(chǎn)品的腳步，該公司在最近發(fā)布了Vista, Office 2007 和Exchange Server三大產(chǎn)品。總的來說，永不停止的努力才能引領(lǐng)進(jìn)步和發(fā)展。
閃光詞匯及詞組：
sweating and smiling: 這里我們要介紹英語(yǔ)中的一種特殊的修辭方法，叫做alliteration，即“頭韻”。一般在漢語(yǔ)以及英語(yǔ)中我們講究壓尾韻，而英語(yǔ)中經(jīng)常可以把一些開頭的輔音相同的單詞組合在一起，讀起來也非�，槵樕峡�。考生如果能在平時(shí)有意識(shí)地收集這些頭韻組合，在考試中用上一兩個(gè)，會(huì)大大為文章添彩。類似的短語(yǔ)還有我們?cè)凇敖?jīng)典應(yīng)用文背誦”部分中提到的safe and sound。“He has more brawn than brain”，他四肢發(fā)達(dá)頭腦簡(jiǎn)單。
achieve: v. 達(dá)到，完成
glory: n. 榮耀，光榮
accomplishment: n. 成就
identical: adj. 同一的，同樣的
advancement: n. 前進(jìn)，進(jìn)步
turn out to be: 變成
conglomerate: n. 大集團(tuán)
launch: v. 發(fā)行，投放市場(chǎng)
non-stop: adj. 不停的
萬(wàn)能句型：
The picture presents…
It is true that…
…is a typical example of our case
… it is not surprising that…
… Equally…
In short…
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