假冒伪劣商品
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Harmfulness of Fake Commodities. You should Write at least 100 Words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1．目前社会上有不少假冒伪劣商品(fake commodities)，为什么会有这些现象?
2．举例说明假冒伪劣商品对消费个人、社会等的危害。
Harmfulness of Fake Commodities
In recent years, a lot of fake commodities have appeared in the market. They range from small, cheap commodities such as a pair of shoes, a tube of toothpaste to large expensive ones such as a video CD player and a refrigerator. We can almost say that where there are people, there are fake commodities.
Many reasons account for the fact that there are so many fake commodities in the market. First, although some factories are not so famous, they want their products to sell well so that they can gain more profit. So they will put the brand name of a prestigious company on their products. Second, although some consumers are not so well off, yet, they can＇t resist the temptation of having something produced by a famous company, therefore, they buy the fake commodities to show off to the others. Finally, some fake commodities serve almost as well as the genuine ones, but they are much cheaper. So many people still buy them.
Fake commodities will undoubtedly do harm to both the individual and the society. The consumers are, of course, the direct victims. Fake commodities are usually of very poor quality, which often do harm to consumers. I have heard so many cases in which gas leaked from gas-heaters, resulting in death. Moreover, fake commodities cut into the profits of the other companies, breaking the rule in fair competition and thus causing other social problems.