做写作题首先必须熟悉英语四级写作具体要求。英语四级考试要求考生在30分钟内写出120字的文章。体材主要有议论文(分为“Topic题型”和A&B又称“正反观点题”)应用文(主要是书信)、图表文等。针对不同的体裁，写作思路是不同的。

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying “Listening is more important than talking.” You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of listening. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words。

示例一：

It is quite important to be a good listener.Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking.It’s being content to listen to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond.

Slowing down your responses and becoming a better listener aids you in becoming a more amiable person.As you wait for the person you are communicating with to finish,as you simply listen more intently to what is being said,you will feel more relaxed,and so will the people you are talking to.Not only will being a better listener make you a more patient person,but it will also improve your relationship with others because everyone loves to talk to someone who truly listens to what they are saying.

It is quite easy for you to be a better listener.As long as you for get yourself and imagine yourself in the speaker’s experience to understand the emotion behind the words,and then give your appropriate responses slowly,you will be an endeared listener.

示例二：

Currently in this constantly changing world， learning becomes a seemingly convenient but actually more complex matter。 As an old saying goes，” Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission”。 Apparently， the meaning of this saying is that if we truly desire to learn something， we are supposed to devote our life to it。

There are several reasons accounting for this viewpoint。 For one thing， learning itself is an actually complicated and painful matter， and as a result， it is advisable for us to commit much more time even our whole life to it。 For another， it is exceedingly obvious that we are easy to forget what we learned， and accordingly， the significance of lifetime learning cannot be ignored。 For example， memorizing vocabulary is commonly the first step of preparing for an English test。 However， it is pretty difficult for us to put a huge number of new words in our mind。 Therefore， we can divide these words into some groups and spend some hours each day on it in order to remember and understand these words。

To sum up， lifelong learning lays a solid foundation to the development of ourselves， and only when we realize the significance of lifetime learning can we understand the essence of learning。