四级作文题：

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic The World Is Getting Smaller and Smaller. You should write at least 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: 1. 现代的交通工具越来越发达 2. 人与人之间的交往越来越频繁 3. 结论

    范文：

　　We often hear people say, “The world is getting smaller and smaller.”

　　The first reason for this is we are now having more and more advanced transportation, from bicycles to private cars, from buses to trains, from ships to airplanes. The highly developed transportation has greatly shortened the distance which seemed too far to cover.

　　Another reason is that in this modern society we need to contact frequently with each other. Everyday we must deal with a lot of people known or unknown to us to have our work done, and the rapid development of transportation makes our frequent contact possible.

　　As a matter of matter, with the development of technology and society itself, the world we live in we become ever smaller.