考前预测：08年专四大作文题目及范文_2

题目1范文
Awards and prizes are given for excellence in various fields. Do these awards and prizes serve a useful purpose? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

A prize or award, whether it is the Nobel Prize, the Academy Award, or Best Handwriting Prize, is important. Such prizes can have economic, personal, and social effects that enrich the life of the recipient.

Firstly, prizes like the Nobel Prize can be a cash award. But even for prizes that don't give money like the Academy Award can be profitable. An actress who wins Best Actress will be offered more roles and a higher pay than actresses who don't win the award. Even for the elementary student who received the school's Best Handwriting award may get a congratulations gift.

Secondly, the personal benefits of receiving any award are evident. Any award winner is pleased that he or she has been recognized for his or her work. When people receive the Academy Award, they often cry they are so happy. Finally, everyone likes to be with a winner. A person who gets a prize often has many new, best friends. A winner's social life is much better than a loser's social life.

Awards serve a very useful purpose in that their economic, personal, and social benefits add to the recognition that it is more good than bad.