TPO 57 托福综合写作+独立写作范文

TPO 57

综合写作

阅读原文：

Amtrak is an intercity train service currently owned by the United States government. There

are a number of critics who believe that the government should not own Amtrak and that

Amtrak should be sold to a privately-owned company. These critics put forward several

arguments to support their position.

First, the critics point out that the government loses money on many Amtrak routes. In its

effort to serve citizens in all parts of the country, Amtrak maintains routes even in remote and

less populated areas. Those routes are not used by enough passengers to cover the cost of

maintaining them. The amount of money lost every year due to underuse is sizeable: the

government loses up to several hundred dollars per passenger on some routes, and the total

losses due to underuse add up to hundreds of millions of dollars every year. If Amtrak was

privatized, these unprofitable routes could be cut.

Second, government ownership of Amtrak is unfair to privately owned transportation

companies such as airlines. Government funding of Amtrak means that ticket prices on Amtrak

are cheaper than they otherwise would be. However, the government does not give airline

companies money so they can lower their ticket prices. This situation clearly is unfair to airlines

and other private transportation companies because they must compete against trains for

customers.

Third, critics maintain that if the government wants to support national transportation, it

should spend its money elsewhere. Rail travel is relatively unimportant in the United States:

Amtrak currently transports less than 1 percent of the people traveling between cities. A large

majority of intercity travelers use other means of transport, such as private cars. The critics

argue that rather than finance Amtrak, the government should direct its funding at

maintaining and improving the highway system so that intercity car travel becomes faster and

more efficient.

听力原文：

Should the government sell Amtrak and let a private company run it instead? The answer is

no.

First, losing money due to underused routes: People who complain about this fail to

understand that the main purpose of Amtrak is not to make a profit but to provide needed

transportation services to citizens of the United States. Some of these citizens live in remote

areas, and yes, it’s true—train routes to these hard-to-reach areas are underused and

expensive to maintain. But citizens living in these places have just as much right to

government services as people living in more accessible areas do. So it would be wrong to

sell Amtrak to a private company that would cut these routes.

Second, the idea that government funding of Amtrak is unfair to Amtrak’s competitors: That’s

just silly. The United States supports the airline industry in all kinds of ways: for example, it

pays for the building of air-traffic control towers and the training of the air-traffic control

officers. It also pays for the weather satellites that the airlines depend on to fly safely. The

truth is, private airlines and other forms of mass transportation couldn’t exist without lots of

financial support from the government.

Third, it’s true that train travel is less popular than car travel in the United States, but that’s

only because the Amtrak system is out of date. If people in the United States had trains that

were affordable and fast, they’d gladly take them and leave their cars at home. We know this

because that’s what people in Japan and Europe do. The governments in those places have

invested in high-speed train lines, and train travel is very popular. What the United States

government should do is invest more money in Amtrak to improve the service.

范文：

The reading passage supports the idea that Amtrak should be sold to the private company

rather than owned by the government. However, the professor maintains that selling Amtrak

to private companies is not supportive.

First, the reading passage suggests that according to the critics, many Amtrak routes do not

have enough passengers in less developed areas so that the government costs a lot and

suffers great losses.
On the contrary, the professor argues that rather than making profits,

the main purpose of Amtrak is to provide convenience to the public of the United States.

Besides, people living in these remote places have the same right to enjoy the government

service as the people living in more accessible places.

Second, the critics in reading passage insists that Amtrak creates negative influence on private

transportation companies since they have to lower the ticket prices to compete with Amtrak.

In contrast, the professor supports the idea that it is silly to say that funding Amtrak is unfair

to Amtrak competitors. For example, the government supports the transportation industry in

many kinds of ways, such as building the control tower and training the air traffic control

officers. Thus, private airline could not exist without lots of financial support from the

government.

Third, the reading contends that many travelers prefer to use private cars or other means of

transport instead of the train, which means that the government should spend money in

highway system will be more profitable. 
Nonetheless, the professor contends that if trains

become more comfortable and faster, people would like to leave their cars at home. In fact,

the government in these countries have invested high-speed train line and train travel is quite

popular. Therefore, what the United States government should do is to provide more money

to improve the train services.

独立写作

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The best way to truly

relax and reduce stress is to spend time alone. Use specific reasons and

examples to support your answer.

With the development of people’s living standard, quite a large number of people are facing

a hot topic whether spending time alone is the best way to totally relax. Compared with

enjoying ourselves alone, other forms of relaxation definitely play a key role in our daily life.

From my perspective, spending time with families, traveling with friends and even actively

participate in social activities are more likely to create values in easy life.

When it comes to getting together with families, not surprisingly, it is an effective way for us

to release the pressure. It is quite easy for us to start a topic with our families both about

things that make us happy and about troubles that lead to depression. That is to say, sharing

happiness with families enables us to win double happiness. After they feel the happy moment,

it is common that they will recall their cheerful things in their life or in the workplace and share

with us. In addition, not only will communicating with families bring us the happy moment,

but just watching television with them or having meals together undeniably makes us leave

the unpleasant things behind, thus relieving the stress.

Moreover, despite the way to stay with families, traveling with friends is conductive to relaxing.

Friends, obviously, bring us a lot of happiness because we are familiar with each other and

know what we like and what we are worried about. Traveling with friends can get away from

the daily grind and appreciate the beautiful scenery and capture the memorable moment

with the camera, which ultimately enables us to immerse in the pleasant mood. Evidence

suggests that the more time we stay with friends, the more happiness we will obtain because

peers have the common topic or always like to share the latest information. Thus, this can

enrich our daily life and making us be in the state of satisfaction.

Finally, one radical proposal to relax is to take part in social activities. If we always join some

outdoor or indoor activities, we can not only enjoy the process of meeting new friends, but

also can enjoy the relaxing and pleasant atmosphere for communication and exchange. At

the same time, there is no doubt that activities or parties apparently involve so many special

designed games that players eventually enjoy great pleasure and satisfaction from these

games. Nevertheless, spending time alone means that no one can have a cause

communication with and even no friends around to play together. If facing obstacles and

suffering from stress, hardly do we confide annoyance with others or finding out fun activities

to relieve the stress.

In conclusion, although sometimes to keep ourselves alone may enjoy a piece of peace, I

actually maintain that having time with families, friends and even strangers in parties actually

contributes to relaxing.