2001年专八真题作文及范文

The Internet is about to take off in China. As many as 9 million people are online, a number that is estimated to hit 20 million by the end of 2000. It is predicted that this phenomenal growth will have great impact on our society and economy. Choose ONE aspect of our society or economy where you think the impact will be most strongly felt, and write an essay of about 300 words entitled. THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET ON ...
范文

The Impact of the Internet on Education
    The Internet is making the world smaller and is changing every aspect of our life. There can be no doubt that the Internet will have greater impact on our society and economy. The impact, in my opinion, will be strongly felt in the aspect of education.  First, the Internet provides equal opportunities for all students, as long as they can get access to the Internet. In the traditional form of education, students who get higher marks in the examination may enter a better school, and those who do not have to enter a relatively less ideal one. With the Internet, every student is provided with the same source of education, so they can get equal opportunities to improve themselves. In this case, the quality of education will also be highly improved in our country.
    Second, the Internet poses a challenge, not a danger really to teachers. Tra- ditionally, teachers are the dominators of education, and students are subject to the instruction of specific teachers. This, in fact, may result in the laziness of teachers, since there is no competition in such a traditional teaching way. With the Internet, a student may select the instruction of any teacher as far as he or she likes it, which is an incentive to the faculty of teachers. Faced with this, a teacher is likely to try his best to improve his instruction and this will in turn improve the educational quality of our country.
    Last but not least, the internet makes education more convenient and efficient for the student. A student can learn at any time he likes and, at the same time, save the money spent on tuition and board. All this may lead to a revolution of education reform. 
    After all, I am not exaggerating the influence of the Internet on education . It is true that the Internet may still remain out of reach of someone and  may be less amicable than human teachers. But the point is that the Internet is certain to accelerate the development of education. With the Internet, let us make the education of our country into a better existence!