2012年2月9日雅思写作考试
小作文：line graph，the number of people attended the tops football matches between 1980 and 2004 in Italy,German and England 比较英国德国意大利三个国家观看top-level足球赛的人数，从1980到2004。最后是英国最多，意大利最少，德国居中。
大作文：Some people think the spread of multinational companies and globalization produce positive efforts to everyone.
Do you agree or disagree with the statement ?（跨国公司和全球化的增长对人们的有利影响在加强。你同意还是不同意？）
话题:社会
分析:这个题目对于很多同学来说也许不太容易，要用英语来论述全球化的影响，可能会有些空对空。今年1月7号还考了一次外资企业的利弊。如果你把这两篇文章结合起来看，会发现其中不少的相似之处。今年前两个月，国际话题是雅思写作的大热门，1月7号，1月21号都是国际问题。不要以为接下来国际话题就安全了。出题的考官越来越象有创意的剧作家，总是让人猜不透剧本的结局；而很多同学还在用老式的排除法来猜题，结果一次次成为悲剧的主角。
范文：（来自网络）
Some people think that spreading multinational companies and the increasing globalization produce positive effects to everyone. Do you agree or disagree?
It is becoming clear that the growing globalization, and along with it the expanding multinational companies, is not likely to benefit all the people all the time. In theory globalization could be the answer to the world's seemingly intractable economic problems, but in practice it might backfire because its fragility has often been underestimated. While this game is now inevitable, some people are wondering if the economy of each country has to be dependent on the economy of all the rest countries in order to make everybody happy.
Multinational companies are big players in the game, reshaping world trade. The international economy that used to be is giving way to a new multinational economy as these companies play an increasingly decisive role in globalization changes. The dominance of leading corporations is helping capitals and technologies flow, and goods and services move beyond borders in what seems like a win-win situation. Free trade does pay off, spurring economic growth, creating jobs, reducing labor costs, and lowering prices on many products, among other obvious benefits, even though the practice is not without negative consequences. For example, too much outsourcing jobs overseas has been criticized in the United States because it presents a new threat, contributing to work insecurity and economic recession at home. However, in some labor-intensive countries, too much financial reliance on big foreign firms gives rise to doubts if it would not be an allusion to a new form of colonialism in the making.