【写作题目】

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled My View on Postgraduate Craze. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:

1. 目前考研正形成热潮
2. 分析这股热潮产生的原因
3. 你的看法

【参考范文】

My View on Postgraduate Craze

For many college students, at the beginning of each fall semester, they will repeatedly be haunted by pamphlet ad distributors employed by various postgraduate tutoring schools. Indicative of those postgraduate tutoring ad is the popularity of college students applying to take the entrance examination for postgraduates.

Undoubtedly, those postgraduate applicants have many concerns. Firstly, due to the fierce competition in the job market, many college graduates believe postgraduate degree holders will have a competitive edge in the job market. Secondly, as many college students are not current degree education, they want to pursue their studies in prestigious universities. In addition, many white collar workers decide to quit jobs and study in college again, which increases the boom of master's degree pursuers.

However, a master's degree is not a guarantee of a decent job. As the number of master's degree graduates increases, many will have difficulty in finding their ideal jobs after investing so much time, energy and money.

【写作点拨】
本文要求考生就大学生热表自己的看法。在布局上，根据题目中给出的提纲来展开即可。第一段指出考研热这种现象，可以从自己或者身边的同学说起，也可用其他的实例或报道来说明；第二段分析造成这股考研热潮的原因，比如圆名牌大学梦，逃避就业压力等；第三段阐明对这一问题的看法，并说明理由。