四级

Directions： Suppose your university is seeking students’ opinions on whether university libraries should be open to the public. You are now to write an essay to express your view. You will have 30 minutes for the task. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

这道大学英语四级作文试题要求考生论述大学图书馆是否应向公众开放。关于这个话题，长期以来众说纷纭，莫衷一是。所以考生以赞成或反对立论都可以，关键是要能自圆其说。

这篇作文可以写三个段落。

第一段先提出本文要讨论的话题——最近有一场关于大学图书馆是否应向公众开放的热烈讨论。然后提出自己的观点：大学图书馆应该为大学生和教职工专用，即大学图书馆不应向公众开放。

第二段论证自己的这个观点。我们可以从三个方面展开论述。首先，大学图书馆是为了方便师生的学习和研究而建，其关注重点在于学术资料而不是娱乐，因此大学图书馆并不适合公众。大多数公众去图书馆的目的是自我娱乐。其次，由于大学生的数量迅速增加，图书馆为在校大学生服务已经不堪重负，更无力接待社会上的读者。最后是安全方面的考虑，允许公众使用大学图书馆会产生安全隐患。

第三段总结全文，重述观点。我们可以先指出，作为大学的心脏，大学图书馆应当优先满足教师和学生的需要，然后指出大学图书馆向公众开放不可取。

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Recently there has been a heated debate as to whether university libraries should be open to the public. As far as I am concerned， libraries on campus should be for the exclusive use of college students and faculty members.

As we know， university libraries are built to facilitate the learning and research activities of college students and the faculty. So libraries on campus， whose focus is on academic materials rather than entertainment， are not suitable for the public， the majority of whom go to a library with the purpose of entertaining themselves. Also， university libraries， groaning under the burden of surging numbers of students， can hardly cope with swarms of non-student readers. College students already find it difficult to get a vacant seat in their libraries. Plus， allowing the public to have access to university libraries would create potential safety hazards.

As the heart of a university， the library’s priority is to meet students’ and teachers’ needs. I think it is undesirable that university libraries be open to the general public. （171 words）

语言亮点借鉴：

1. As far as I am concerned， libraries on campus should be for the exclusive use of college students and faculty members. 在我看来，校园里的图书馆应当为大学生和教职工专用。