Writing Test 31

China has a rapidly growing economy, with many companies now becoming world leaders or at least major competitors to already existing onesfor example, Meizu, Xiaomi, AliExpress, and many others. This means two things: firstly, China has a giant labor market, with the amount of workplaces growing every day. For a person both inside or outside China, this is a great opportunity to find his or her dream job. Secondly, as a person from abroad looking for an internship or a job in China, you have higher chances to be hired compared to applying to the same position in your home country; this occurs due to your foreign expertise and the knowledge of English (or another foreign language), which can theoretically help a Chinese company be a more efficient competitor. This is also the factor that can bring you a quicker promotionso, why miss the opportunity? Working in China is a great experience, and a huge bonus to your CV in case you decide to work elsewhere after your Chinese experience.

[passage-header]Read the excerpt given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]There are numerous reasons why high school students should not be allowed to use their cell phones, tablets, and other gadgets at school, not to mention during classes. One of them is a severe cell phone addiction that teenagers can develop if they overuse their devices. According to a study by Gaby Badre, in such cases, teenagers tend to experience increased restlessness with more careless lifestyles, more consumption of stimulating beverages, difficulty in falling asleep and disruptive sleep, and more susceptibility to stress and fatigue. 

Since the times when Facebook and other social media networks gained popularity, the word friends has evolved. Along with the traditional meaning, it also started to mean people whom you get online updates and messages from, whom you inform about your recent activities, whom you get in touch with virtually, and so on. At the same time, a friend on Facebook can actually be a random person, a stranger whom you have seen only once or twice. People add new friends easily; this is related especially to teenagers and students, who tend to friend everyone they meet, including their teachers. Some people see it as a positive sign, assuming that virtual friendship will help make studying more fun and simple. However, there are strong reasons behind teachers decisions not to add students as friends on Facebook or other social media platforms.

The most significant concern is privacy, and perhaps teachers are more vulnerable in these terms than teenagers. Students might learn details from the lives of their teachers which they are not supposed to learn: information about intimate relationships, vacations, and so on.

[passage-header]Read the excerpt given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Inspiration is a phenomenon with many variables. It is difficult to tell when it will come arduous to predict when it will leave yet it is a soulful feast nonetheless. When in the realm of inspiration, ordinary objects can seem phenomenal and the slightest details can be observed (Cannus 64). Inspiration is a wonderful state, as we are most productive and joyful when inspired. In a way, our whole life is searching for that particular state of inspiration that we have come to call ecstasy. In this life-long race for the extraordinary to excite us, though, we sometimes get tired of searching. When life induces too much stress, too much noise and too much rush, it is wondrous to put your headphones on, click play on your favorite playlist and close your eyes, giving way to music.

The choice of a future career is, perhaps, among the most important decision an individual makes throughout their life. Even though a profession may change with the flow of time, making the first step on this path is an essential and responsible act. And despite the fact a particular college or university, where former school students enter after graduating from high school, will not necessarily design and determine their future, for many it is true. Assuming a student is left to decide what they want to become on their own terms, and that nobody should interfere in his or her decision-making process, a necessity to select a collegewhich equals making a fateful decisionrequires deep analysis and contemplation. Therefore, taking a so-called gap year after graduating from high school is a reasonable alternative for those students who are not yet sure about their goals, dreams, and expectations for the future. 

[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]There is a popular stereotype about people living luxurious livesor to be precise, about what they dress. Hollywood movies, novels about beaumonde, glossy magazines, and commercials promote the idea that rich people adore wearing expensive furs and things made from natural leather. Unfortunately, it is not only rich people who wear furs and leatherall over the world, those who have money believe it is their privilege to wear clothes made from the skins of innocent animals. And although the fur and leather industry is prospering, despite the effort of PETA and other similar organizations, public opinion should be persuaded that such a consumerist approach to nature and to the lives of animals is wrong.

To function adequately in civic life students must learn what causes racism in school.[passage-footer]James Loewens book, Lies My Teacher Told Me. [/passage-footer]

Although I have grown up to be entirely inept at the art of cooking, as to make even the most wretched chef ridicule my sad baking attempts, my childhood would have indicated otherwise; I was always on the countertop next to my mothers cooking bowl, adding and mixing ingredients that would doubtlessly create a delicious food. When I was younger, cooking came intrinsically with the holiday season, which made that time of year the prime occasion for me to unite with ounces and ounces of satin dark chocolate, various other messy and gooey ingredients, numerous cooking utensils, and the assistance of my mother to cook what would soon be an edible masterpiece. The most memorable of the holiday works of art were our Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, which my mother and I first made when I was about six and are now made annually.