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For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: Student Use of Computers. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the chart and the outline given below:

1.上图所示为1990年、1995年、2000年某大学生使用计算机的情况，请描述其变化；

2.请说明发生这些变化的原因(可从计算机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说明)；

3.你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题。

范文1

Student Use of Computers

There has been a tremendous growth in the student use of computers since 1990. The past 12 years has witnessed a sharp increase in the hours students spend on computer per week from 3.6 to 12.

To account for this phenomenon, people have come up with various reasons listed below. To begin with, computers can help us accomplish many tasks, including both work and study. We used to do homework on paper while now we could just finish it with computer and e-mail to teachers. What’s more, computers are getting increasingly cheaper and more college students can afford it.

Disadvantages also accompany with the wide use of computers. Many college students may be addicted to playing computer games and neglect their study. We should strike a balance between using computer and study itself.

Student Use of Computer

Since1990, there has been tremendous growth in the use of computers by students. While in 1990, the average number of hours a student spent on the computer was about one hour per week, this number grew to nearly four hours per week by 1995, and to approximately 20 hours per week by the year 2000.

This significant growth in the use of computers by students in the 1990’s can be attributed to several factors,including widespread usage, lower prices, and technological and social developments. Nowadays, computers are widely used by students for word processing, book keeping, multimedia presentations, and access to the Internet for both research and communications. Additionally, since 1990, due to competition and technological advances, computer hardware and software prices, as well as Internet usage charges have dropped significantly. Finally, technological developments and changes in social habits in the 1990’s have played a major role in this tremendous growth in the use of com puters. Today’s society relies heavily on computers for immediate access to the news and for entertainment, including, listening to music, watching movies and sport events, and playing computer games.

While computers are of great assistance to the students, and therefore, are indispensable tools, they also pose some challenges. The biggest challenge that many students face is discipline in the use of this powerful device. That is, students need to have the discipline of not allowing themselves to be lured by the entertaining aspects of this wonderful tool—aspects that can result in addiction to computer games or viewing of undesirable material on the Internet. That is to say, students need to use this powerful tool with great wisdom!

范文3

Student Use of Computers

As can be seen from the chart, in 1990, the use of computers was not popular yet, with the university student spending merely an average of one hour on the computer per week. However, in 1995, the number of hours was quadrupled, climbing up to four hours per week. In 2000, after a lapse of only five years, it was astonishing to find that the number shot up to nineteen hours every week.

This dramatic change in the average number of hours the student spent on the computer per week took place chiefly for three reasons. In the first place, as the society developed, national economy became prosperous, bringing about the popularity of computers. In the second place, the use of computers went far beyond typing words, making them indispensable not only to secretaries but also to people engaged in other areas. Last but not least, prices for computers were reduced, so much so that common people with a modest income could afford them.

It is true that students have benefited from spending more and more time on the computer, but problems have also arisen. Some students indulge themselves in computer games, refusing to concentrate on their studies, while many other students’ health has been damaged as a result of too much exposure to computers.