2018年下半年英语四级作文真题试卷三：大城市的挑战，供大家参考练习。
Directions：
For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on The challenges of living in a big city.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
新东方版：
Currently，whether to live in a big city has become a hot topic among people，especially among the young, and heated debates are right on their way. People's opinions about this issue vary from person to person. I consider that living in a big city tends to pose a considerable number of threats to our future.
First and foremost, since the phenomenon of left-behind children has arisen as one of the most fearful social situations, parents are likely to have less family time with their children, which is detrimental to fostering harmonious families. In addition, busy city life is also negative for our mental health. The fierce competition that exists everywhere in big cities is destructive to our relationship with our colleagues, neighbors, and even friends, resulting in our isolation and loneliness.
Taking all these factors into consideration, I solidly consider that we
should be prudent and cautious when we consider about the question of whether we
should live in big cities.
沪江网校版：
Never in our history has the phenomenon that living in a big city become so common. As cities growing larger and larger, there has been a steady rise in the number of people who flood into those big cities. Obviously, it will give rise to a host of challenges to the new citizens.
First and foremost, people will have to face with the high living expenses. For most people in big cities, they have to rent to live and the cost of daily products may also see a rise.
Then, the challenge of working under great pressure couldn’t be denied. While having high salaries, people living in big cities will also encounter with intensive working pressure.
Finally, there may be other challenges like long commute distance, jammed traffic poor air conditions and etc., dealing with such issues can be really challenging.
Taking all these into account, there are still great amount of people choose to work and live in big cities, because great challenges always come along with great opportunities.
有道考神版：
With the development of transportation system and information technology, many people choose to move to big cities for more opportunities, higher salaries, and a colorful life. However, living in big cities also means facing greater challenges.
Firstly, the competition in big cities is much fiercer than the counterpart in small cities, because big cities gather hundreds and thousands of elites from the whole country, even worldwide. This means you need to keep improving themselves to maintain their living conditions in big cities. Otherwise, your place may be taken place by others quickly.
Secondly, big cities also mean higher living spend, including rent and food. Therefore, people need to secure jobs with high salaries to pay for various expenses in big cities.
Thirdly, if young people move to big cities, it may cause that they have to leave their families, which may lead to homesickness and aloneness sometimes. Thus, they have to either set up homes in the new cities or return their hometown after several years.
Due to the challenges mentioned above, although there are abundant opportunities in big cities, people should consider their own situations carefully, before making the decisions to move to big cities.
