Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Keeping pets. You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline below:
1. 有些人赞成养宠物
2. 有些人反对养宠物
3. 你的观点
Keeping pets
There is no denying the fact that keeping pets is a hotly debated topic today. Some people claim that keeping pets is a good thing to do. They believe that pets, like cats and dogs, can help relieve the loneliness suffered by senior citizens and other social members who are confined to their homes for this reason or that. They also argue that keeping pets helps mankind understand animals world and develop positive feelings toward them.
Others, however, hold the opposite view. They regard keeping pets as a useless but harmful thing to do. First, pets can transmit diseases. Secondly, the noises and dung of pets are sources of pollution. Last but not least, as many rare birds and animals are kept as pets, they will surely be hunted on a large scale, which means a threat to the balance of the ecosystem.
Weighing the arguments of both sides, I am inclined to agree with the latter. Anyway, we can lessen our loneliness and express our love toward animals in other ways. And it is my belief that only by placing man and other species on an equal basis can we expect to have a lively and colorful world.
养宠物
无可否认，养宠物是一个激烈争论的话题。有的人认为养宠物是做好事。他们认为，养宠物，像猫和狗这样可以帮助减轻，老年人和人都局限于自己的这个原因或寂寞等社会的成员出现家园。他们还认为，养宠物有助于人类了解动物世界的发展和积极的感情。
其他人，然而，持有相反的观点。他们把饲养宠物作为一个无用而有害的事。第一，宠物能传播疾病。其次，噪音和宠物粪便污染的来源。最后但并非最不重要的，许多珍稀鸟类和动物作为宠物饲养，他们一定会找一个大的规模，这意味着一个生态系统的平衡的威胁。
权衡双方的论点，我倾向于同意后者。无论如何，我们可以减轻孤独感和表达我们的爱对动物的其他方面。这是我的信念，只有在人类和其他物种平等的基础上，我们才能期望有一个活泼多彩的世界。