2007年12月大学英语四级考试作文题

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minute to write a short essay on the topic of Elective courses to choose. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given bellow:
1、各大学开设了多种多样的选修课
2、学生因为各种原因选择了不同的选修课
3、以你自己为例……

范文：

Elective courses to choose

　　With the remarkable educational reform and the increasing students’demand, universities strive to offer a variety of elective courses for students to choose. Some higher institutes provide the optional course of cross-cultural communication, and some colleges have computer science on the curriculum of elective courses

　　There are numerous reasons for students’selection of the courses, and I would like to explore a few of the most significant ones here. In the first place, students tend to take personal interest into consideration when they opt for an elective course. Possibly, that’s why cross-cultural communication course is so prevailing on campus. Additionally, some undergraduates attend certain optional courses for their career prospects and future development. Last but not least, to make up for their required credit is another universal reason as students select a course at random.

　　As far as I am concerned, picking up an elective course, I am inclined to give priority to personal interest. I am taking geographic research and discovery course in that I’ve been greatly keen on science since I was a kid.