2012年12月英语四级作文真题:Education pays

拼写做的很棒，学术词汇可适量增加；作者有一定功底，可在平时练习中增加长难句的记忆；文章层次较为清晰。

　A Boom in Continuing Education 　　From the graph, we know the statistics of the Continuing Education participation and the increasing numbers of the participants in X city. In 1989 there were only thirty people taking part in the Continuing Education, but in 1994 the number has grown to eighty thousand people, and in 1999, a hundred and sixteen thousand, and in 2004, the number of Continuing Education participation reached its top: a hundred and seventy thousand. It can be seen easily that there are more and more people who hope to get advanced degrees and acquire more knowledge after they began to work. 　　There are many reasons responsible for the great change, and the following are the typical ones. For one thing, during the work people begin to realize what they have learned before is far from enough. They recognized what kind of knowledge they need. In addition, as the science and technology in China are developing so fast, adults after graduation have to go back to universities to refresh themselves and improve their competitive ability in society. The main reason is the population growth that affects people promotion chances. Many people without Bachelor have been laid off. Therefore, such competitive social background stimulates many people to continue to study. 　　However, this graph may not predict the entire situation in the future. I believe one thing is quite certain that education can be separated from our social development. As our society is developing, more and more people will receive Continuing Education in the future.