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小编：林佗弟 406扣动中国无数人心的高考终于在紧张的氛围中落下帷幕。在等待分数的无聊之际，我们一起发挥下人类 强大的求知欲望，探求一下高考英语作文和托福作文的异同吧。为啥呢？说不定，祖国的花朵们会在高考完继续出国深造呢？对吧？ 而如果要出国的话，特别是去美国，托福成绩是必须的！
| 高考作文 | 托福作文 | 异同点 |
考察内容 | 第二部分：读写任务 1. 内容：读一篇文章然后概括文章的内容并且针对阅读内容写一篇感想。 2. 字数：概括部分约30字，感想部分约120字。 3. 语言：要求概括准确，语言规范。 | 第一部分： 1. 内容：要求先看一篇文章，然后再听一篇跟阅读相关的一个听力（只能听一遍），最后再针对看和听的内容进行概括。 2. 长度：150-225字 3. 语言：要求准确，内容概括完整准确。 | 高考的第二部分和托福的第一部分有一定相似之处，都要先看一篇文章然后再写一篇作文。
不同的是，托福的作文在看懂作文的基础上还得听懂一篇听力，否则根本没有办法完成作文。
而高考作文看完文章的概括部分以及写自己感谢部分都可以参考文章，只要不是照抄就可以。所以难度系数相对而言较低。 |
第一部分：基础写作 1. 内容：照已经给出的中文内容以及部分词汇写一篇英文的科技报道。 2. 长度：要求只能用5个句子。 3. 语言：句子结构准确。 | 第二部分： 1. 内容：针对已给的话题发表自己的看法。内容涉及教育、社会、家庭、工作等方面。 2. 字数：至少300字。 3. 语言：要求语法准确，句式和词汇要使用准确且有变化。 | 高考的英语作文的第一部分和托福写作的第二部分的独立写作相似，都是写一篇文章。
不同的是，高考的作文要写的每一句话的内容已经给出中文甚至个别难词已经给出英文。
而托福写作只给出一个题目，理由和观点都需要考生自己想，如果想不出理由，那文章就没有办法展开。另外，在语言要求上，高考的语言要求难度不及托福的十分之一。 | |
考察难度 | 2颗星半 | 5颗星 |
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总的一句：搞定托福你就可以完爆高考英语作文！
如果搞定高考作文？那我们一起开始新的长征吧！
附：2015年高考英语作文第一题和托福写作第一部分样题
2015年广东高考英语写作第一部分题目：
第一节基础写作
你接受了一项写作任务，为英语校报写一篇科技报道。
写作内容：
请根据以下信息，介绍国外医疗行业出现的一项新技术，内容包括：
技术名称：DNA检测 检测方法：唾液样本分析 检测费用：125英镑 检测时长：4到6周 检测用途：1. 预测重大疾病 2. 预知食物偏好 3. 提示合适的锻炼方式 检测影响：1. 增强健康意识 2. 易引起过度焦虑 |
唾液样本：saliva sample
写作要求：
只能用5个句子表达全部内容。
分析：这篇作文乍一看还是有点吓人的，虽然只需要写5句话，有些词汇还是比较的专业。但是它看起来挺吓人的中文，翻译成英文之后其实并没有那么可怕。有些词组看着很难，但是我们可以用较易的英文表达出来。
下面我把上面广东高考英语第一道题的答案的可涉及的一些单词给大家做下参考吧：
DNA检测: DNA test; 唾液样本分析: saliva sample analysis; 125英镑: 125 pounds; 4到6周: 4 to 6 weeks; 预测重大疾病: serious illness; 预知食物偏好：predict food preference; 提示合适的锻炼方式: give advice on proper exercises; 增强健康意识：enhance／increase health awareness; 易引起过度焦虑: cause excessive anxiety/ make people over worried easily.)
托福考试第一部分的样题（tpo15）：
Reading
The cane toad is a large (1.8 kg) amphibian species native to Central and South America. It was deliberately introduced to Australia in 1935 with the expectation that it would protect farmers’crops by eating harmful insects. Unfortunately, the toad multiplied rapidly, and a large cane toad population now threatens small native animals that are not pests. Several measures have been proposed to stop the spread of the cane toad in Australia.
One way to prevent the spread of the toad would be to build a national fence. A fence that blocks the advance of the toads will prevent them from moving into those parts of Australia that they have not yet colonized. This approach has been used before: a national fence was erected in the early part of the twentieth century to prevent the spread of rabbits, another animal species that was introduced in Australia from abroad and had a harmful impact on its native ecosystems.
Second, the toads could be captured and destroyed by volunteers. Cane toads can easily be caught in simple traps and can even be captured by hand. Young toads and cane toad eggs are even easier to gather and destroy, since they are restricted to the water. If the Australian government were to organize a campaign among Australian citizens to join forces to destroy the toads, the collective effort might stop the toad from spreading.
Third, researchers are developing a disease-causing virus to control the cane toad populations. This virus will be specially designed: although it will be able to infect a number of reptile and amphibian species, it will not harm most of the infected species; it will specifically harm only the cane toads. The virus will control the population of cane toads by preventing them from maturing and reproducing.
Listening
The cane toad won’t be as easy to get rid of as the reading suggests. The measures proposed by the reading are likely either to be unsuccessful or to cause unwanted environmental damage.
First of all, a national fence probably won’t stop the spread of the toad. That’s because young toads and toad eggs are found in rivers and streams. No matter where the fence is located, at some point there will be rivers or streams flowing from one side to the other. These waterways will be able to carry the young toads and their eggs to the other side. Since it’s only necessary for a few young toads or eggs to get through the fence in order to establish population on the other side, the fence is unlikely to be effective.
Secondly, a massive group of volunteers could have success trapping and destroying toads. But it’s likely that these untrained volunteers would inadvertently destroy many of Australia’s native frogs. Some of which are endangered. It’s not always easy to tell the cane toad apart from native frogs especially when it’s young.
Third, using the virus is a bad idea because it could have terrible consequences for cane toads in their original habitat in Central and South America. You might be wondering how can a virus released in Australia cause harm in the America. Well, Australian reptiles and amphibians are often transported to other continents by researchers or pet collectors for example. Once the animals infected by the virus reach Central and South America, the virus will attack the native cane toads and devastate their populations. That would be and ecological disaster because in the America cane toads are a native species and a vital part of the ecosystem. So if they are eliminated, the whole ecosystem will suffer.
