文都奉獻：2006考研英語全攻略之寫作(二)

 Although the popular belief is that …, a current (new / recent) study (survey / poll / investigation) indicates (shows / demonstrates) that ….

 Common sense tells us that ….

 The increase (change / failure / success) in … mainly (largely / partly) results from (arises from / is because of) ….

 The increase (change / failure / success) in … is due to (owing to / attributable to) the fact that ….

 Many people would claim that ….

 One may attribute (ascribe / owe) the increase (decrease / change ) to …, but … is not by itself an adequate explanation.

 One of the reasons given for … is that ….

 What is also worth noticing is that ….

 There are many (different / several /a number of / a variety of)causes (reasons) for this dramatic (marked / significant) growth (change / decline / increase) in …. First, …. Second, …. Finally, ….

 There is no evidence to suggest that….

 Why are (is / do / did) …? For one thing, …. For another, ….

 Another reason why I dispute the above statement is that ….

 It gives rise to (leads to / brings /creates) a host of problems (consequences).

 There are numerous reasons why …, and I shall here explore only a few of the most important ones.

 It will exert (have / produce) profound (far-reaching / remarkable / considerable / beneficial / favorable / undesirable / disastrous) effect (influence) on ….

 A multitude of factors could account for (contribute to / lead to / result in / influence) the change (increase / decrease / success / failure / development) in ….

 In 2000, it increased (rose / jumped / shot up) from 5 to 10 percent of the total (to 15 percent / by 15 percent).

 By comparison with 2002, it decreased (dropped / fell) from 10 to 5 percent (to 15 percent / by 15 percent).

 It accounts for 15 percent of the total.

 There were 100 traffic accidents in April, an increase of 5 percent in a five-month period.

 By 2002, only (less than / more than / almost / about / over/ as many as) three quarters (40 percent of / one out of five / one in four) college population (graduates / housewives) as against (as compared with) last year (2002) preferred to (liked) ….

 With the development (improvement / rise / growth / general recognition / acknowledgement / realization) of …, vast changes await this country’s society.

 Now people in growing (ever-increasing / significant) numbers are beginning (coming / getting) to believe (realize / recognize / understand / accept / see / be aware) that ….

 According to a(n) recent (new / official) study (survey / report / poll), ….

 History (Our society) is filled (abounds) with the examples of ….

 The story (case / instance / situation) is not rare (isolated / unique), it is one of many examples (typical of dozens).

 A (one) recent (new / general / nationwide) study (survey / poll / investigation) conducted (taken) at a university by (officials / scientists / experts) indicates (reveals / suggests / shows / proves / demonstrates) that ….

 According to (As can be seen in / As is shown in) the figures (statistics / findings / data / graph / table) released (provided) by the government (an institute), it can be learned (seen / predicted) that ….

 There is (no) good (every / little / sufficient / considerable / strong) evidence (proof) to

 Personal experience (Examples I heard / read of) leads me to conclude that ….

 We must admit the undeniable fact that ….

 No one can deny (ignore / doubt / overlook / obscure / brush aside) the fact that ….

 Experience (Evidence) suggests (shows) that ….

 Take for example … who (that) ….

 The same is true of ….

 As the saying goes, “….”