第九屆復(fù)賽作文Topic:ShouldWeFollowFashions?

　　Directions:Somepeoplesaythatfashionisjustforsellingclothes,soweshouldnotfollowitandweshoulddresswhatwelikeandfeelcomfortableinit.Howfardoyouagreewiththem?Writeanessayonthefollowingtopic:shouldwefollowfashions?

　　Requirements:Illustrateyourviewonthetopicwithnolessthan250wordsandwritedownyouropinionsandreasonssolongastheyarereasonable.

　　第九屆初賽Topic:NaturalDisasters

　　Directions:Readthefollowingparagraphandwriteacompositionasstatedinabout300words.Yourcompositionwillbegradedaccordingtoclarity,accuracyandmeaningfulness.

　　Anaturaldisasteristheeffectofanaturalhazard(e.g.flood,drought,tornado,volcanoeruption,earthquake,typhoon,tsunami,orlandslide)thataffectstheenvironment,andleadstofinancial,environmentaland/orhumanlosses.Recently,wecanseemanynaturaldisastersoccuredhomeandabroadandhugedamagehavebeenmadeeithertotheenvironmentortoourhumanlives.Thosenaturaldisastersurgeustoreconsiderourbeliefsandactionstowardourmothernaturewhenweseekforclothes,food,andshelteringetc.

　　Therefore,whatisyourattitudetowardthenaturaldisasters?Whatshallwedotopreventusfrombeingsimplydestroyed?Whatkindofroledidweplayinthecausesofthosedreadfuldisasters?Yourwritingoughttocontainthreeparts,yourviewpoint,thesupportingideas,andtheconclusion.

　　第八屆復(fù)賽作文：Directions:

　　Readthefollowingparagraphandwriteacompositionasstatedatabout300wordsin60minutes.Yourcompositionwillbegradedaccordingtoclarity,accuracyandmeaningfulness.

　　InaccordancewithCRInews,thespiritofChinesevolunteers,fromrespondingtotheMay12earthquaketothe2008BeijingOlympicGames,notonlytouchedtheChinesepeople,butalsogeneratedworldwideattention.Officialstatisticsshowthatchinahasaccumulatedabout8billionhoursofvolunteerworkfrom380millionvolunteerssince1993andisgoingtohavemoreandmorevolunteers,especiallytheyouth.

　　Howdoyouunderstandvolunteerwork?Inwhatway(s)isitimportanttopromotethewell-beingofindividuals,families,communitiesandtheworldatlarge?Yourwritingoughttocontainthreeparts,yourviewpoint,thesupportingideas,andtheconclusion.

　　第八屆初賽作文Directions:

　　Readthefollowingparagraphandwriteacompositionasstatedatabout300wordsin60minutes.

　　Yourcompositionwillbegradedaccordingtoclarity,accuracyandmeaningfulness.

　　Someexpertsclaimthatparents`attitudestowardsolvingteenageproblemsarecrucialdeterminantsofchildpersonalitydevelopment.Doyouagreeordisagree?Whatroledoesparentalattitudeplayinchildrearingandpersonalitydevelopment?Youwritingoughttocontainthreeparts,yourviewpoint,thesupportingideas,andtheconclusion.

　　第七屆初賽試題：ValueofExamsinSchools

　　Direction:Studentshaveexperiencedalotofexamsallthroughtheirschoolyears.Theymayhavealottosayaboutthepresentexamsystems.Youareallowed60minutestowriteacompositiononthetopic:ValueofExamsinSchools.Youshouldwriteabout300words,andbaseyourcompositiononthefollowingoutline.

　　1、Roleofexams2、Yourexperienceoffailureatoneexam3、Suggestionstobetterexamsystems

　　Directions:Withthedevelopmentofcomputers,moreandmorepeopleareworkingwithcomputers.But,weknowthatcomputersareharmfulaswellasusefulandhelpful.Here,youareaskedtowriteanessayonthetopic“TheAdvantagesandDisadvantagesofComputers”.Youcangivesomeexamplesandfactstosupportyouropinion.YouressayshouldbewritteninEnglishwithnolessthan300wordswithin60minutes.

　　第六屆初賽試題：TheInternetinMyLife

　　AccordingtoareportfromtheDigitalFutureProjectintheU.S.,theoverallInternetaccesshasrisentoitshighestlevelinthelastfouryears;aboutthree-quartersofAmericansgoonline.Thenumberofhoursonlinecontinuestoincrease---risingtoanaverageof12.5hoursperweek---thehighestlevelinthestudysofar.Whatdopeopledoonline?Bothveryexperiencedusersandnewusersspentbyfarthelargestpercentageoftheirtimeonlinedealingwithe-mails;followedbygeneralWebbrowsing,workathomefortheirjobs,readingnews,etc.Intermsofwhoareonline,thereportrevealsthatthreequartersoftheInternetusersareaged55andunder.AreyouanInternetuser?Ifyes,howlongareyouonlineeachweek?HowdoyouconnecttheInternet?Whatdoyougainbyusingit?Ifnot,whynot?Whatdoyoumissbynotusingit?

　　第六屆復(fù)賽試題：Directions:Somepeoplemaintainthatuniversitiesarethebestplaceforyoungpeopletoreceivehighereducation;otherpeoplebelievethatyoungpeoplecanbeequallyeducatedbytakingcorrespondencecoursesorgoingtoeveningclassesandopenuniversitiesintheirsparetime.

　　Writeanarticleofabout300wordsinwhichyoucompareandcontrasttheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofformaluniversityeducationandinformalhighereducation.Whichdoyouthinkismoreeffectiveanddesirable?Supportyourargumentwithappropriateexamplesorillustrations.命題思路：本試題要求學(xué)生對(duì)比高等教育的兩種主要形式：正規(guī)的大學(xué)課堂教育與函授、夜大學(xué)、電視大學(xué)等業(yè)余的非正規(guī)高等教育。學(xué)生必須在對(duì)比權(quán)衡兩種不同模式的利弊后，闡述自己的觀點(diǎn)，并有適當(dāng)?shù)睦�證。就題目所涉及的內(nèi)容而言，考生比較熟悉，因?yàn)楦叩冉逃�是與他們最貼近的現(xiàn)實(shí)。這樣可以在一定程度上保證本次寫(xiě)作考試的信度，確保學(xué)生不至于因?yàn)樗悸氛系K，無(wú)話可說(shuō)而影響英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)作。從組織結(jié)構(gòu)而言，本試題是典型的“對(duì)比型”作文，能夠比較有效地考察學(xué)生的邏輯思維能力、觀點(diǎn)表達(dá)能力以及運(yùn)用適當(dāng)?shù)恼Z(yǔ)言形式來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)轉(zhuǎn)折、銜接、連貫等語(yǔ)言能力。