复赛作文题目及范文
第九届复赛作文Topic: Should We Follow Fashions?
Directions: Some people say that fashion is just for selling clothes, so we should not follow it and we should dress what we like and feel comfortable in it. How far do you agree with them? Write an essay on the following topic: should we follow fashions?
Requirements: Illustrate your view on the topic with no less than 250 words and write down your opinions and reasons so long as they are reasonable.
第八届复赛作文：Directions:
Read the following paragraph and write a composition as stated at about 300 words in 60 minutes. Your composition will be graded according to clarity, accuracy and meaningfulness.
In accordance with CRI news, the spirit of Chinese volunteers, from responding to the May 12 earthquake to the 20## Beijing Olympic Games, not only touched the Chinese people, but also generated worldwide attention. Official statistics show that china has accumulated about 8 billion hours of volunteer work from 380 million volunteers since 1993 and is going to have more and more volunteers, especially the youth.
How do you understand volunteer work? In what way(s) is it important to promote the well-being of individuals, families, communities and the world at large? Your writing ought to contain three parts, your viewpoint, the supporting ideas, and the conclusion.
第七届复赛试题：
Directions: With the development of computers, more and more people are working with computers. But, we know that computers are harmful as well as useful and helpful .Here, you are asked to write an essay on the topic “The Advantages and Disadvantages of Computers”. You can give some examples and facts to support your opinion. Your essay should be written in English with no less than 300 words within 60 minutes.
第六届复赛试题：Directions: Some people maintain that universities are the best place for young people to receive higher education; other people believe that young people can be equally educated by taking correspondence courses or going to evening classes and open universities in their spare time.
Write an article of about 300 words in which you compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of formal university education and informal higher education. Which do you think is more effective and desirable? Support your argument with appropriate examples or illustrations.
命题思路：本试题要求学生对比高等教育的两种主要形式：正规的大学课堂教育与函授、夜大学、电视大学等业余的非正规高等教育。学生必须在对比权衡两种不同模式的利弊后，阐述自己的观点，并有适当的例证。就题目所涉及的内容而言，考生比较熟悉，因为高等教育是与他们最贴近的现实。这样可以在一定程度上保证本次写作考试的信度，确保学生不至于因为思路障碍，无话可说而影响英语写作。从组织结构而言，本试题是典型的“对比型”作文，能够比较有效地考察学生的逻辑思维能力、观点表达能力以及运用适当的语言形式来实现转折、衔接、连贯等语言能力。本题作文的评分可参照如下标准：
1. 内容：(30%)
主要观测点：■内容是否充实、完整；是否有一定的支撑细节；■观点是否鲜明；■论证是否有力；
■逻辑是否合理；
2.组织结构：(20%)
主要观测点：■总体结构是否合理； ■能否确定有意义的比照点，逐点分层次阐述； ■能否分段落陈述，各段落有合适的主题句(Topic Sentence)和辅助句(Supporting Sentences)； ■段落之间是否连贯；
3.语言表达：（50%）主要观测点：
■用词是否贴切； ■句子结构是否符合语法； ■能否运用不同的语言形式，灵活表达；
■能否运用对比、递进、转折等语言衔接手段，实现文章的连贯； ■语言是否得体，语气是否得当。
第五届复赛试题：
Writing Topic for Semifinals
Directions: We can be sure that most people have experienced failure and success. Most often, when we are successful we are happy. If we fail, we are sad. Now, you are asked to write an essay on the topic of Failure and Success. You can give some example and facts to support your opinion. You can give some examples and facts to support your opinion. Your essay should be written in English with on less than 300 words within 60 minutes.
第八届复赛作文范文
1、Dear grandfather:
How are you?
I am writing to invite you to join us, in the next year, to be a volunteer in the great event, which is to hold in Shanghai. We, a generation born in the 90s in our city, have made a team to do the volunteer work. And you are welcomed by all our team members owing to your great amount of knowledge about Chinese traditions and culture. Please don't tell me you are too old to do this job. I believe you are sure to accept my invitation after reading my following explanation of the importance of the volunteer work.
Nowadays, volunteer work, which has raised public interest and concern, is becoming more and more popular throughout the world. As is known to all, volunteer work is not only meaningful but also necessary. One my personal wete, what's more, it's interesting and pleasant! It helps us develop ourselves.
Firstly, for individuals, especially those young people, to do volunteer work is an available way to gain social experience. By doing volunteer work, they can meet various people and they may run across（come through） all kinds of troubles. They however, can become maturity and determined by solving these problems. You know, no pains, no gains. Also, individuals will realize that they do make a difference in someone else's life, even the whole event, and the world! Their confidence can be rovised（builded） and confidence is what is needed in doing any job well.
For families, if you're the one who received the help of the volunteers, of cause your issue will be more easily dealt with. If you're the one who give others your hand, you will realize there exists no better way to educate your children because you'll get the best present - smile deeply from one's heart, in the whole world.
It is a great chance for all members getting closer to each other in communities by taking part in volunteer work. Their team spirits, their co-operation will be great improved. So, why don’t you join us?
The most important thing is that, for the whole world, for the entire human race, volunteer work will make earth a better place to live in。It is through volunteer work that we know there are so many people are willing to help others although they can't get money from it. It is through volunteer work that we know we are all brothers and sisters, that we are all families.
Came on my dear grandfather! Join us and help introduce our great Chinese culture to the world. 21th century is an open century. You can trust yourself and please trust us, too! We'll help you and we need your help! Let's make the world a better place by being a volunteer! It's a small step for us but it is a large one for the whole world!
Love you.
Your granddaughter.（482）
专家建议：句子之间的衔接做的还不是很到位，建议多练练关联词的用法。词汇不够丰富，句型变化不多，建议多看些范文，多练一些经典句型。
专家点评：文章立意很好，整体结构清晰，语言大体流畅，还能够引经据典，显示出有一定的文化底蕴。
2、To be a volunteer ，Bring a ray of sunshine山东省济南市山东省齐钢高级中学高三
Dear Tom:
It is a great pleasure for me to have the wonderful chance to put pen to paper and send my greetings to you. You said that you wanted to be a volunteer and didn't know whether you should or not. I want to help you analyze it.
In my opinion. I think it is not only a good chance to help others but also a good opportunity to make self-improvement. You'd better participate in the volunteer work. If we compare youth to flowers, as is often the case, then the young volunteers are the most beautiful flowers. By joining in the volunteer work, you will learn how to help others and how to love others. What's more you can also find out that there are many people suffering from disaster and then you will value your comfortable life. Although you may feel very tired as a volunteer and it may cost you much time to help others, I still insist that you should be a volunteer because the advantages bright about by volunteer work overweigh the disadvantages.
If all the people refused to be volunteers, the people suffered from the 5·12 earthquake could lose heart（丧失勇气） and most of them wouldn't have the chance to survive from that disaster. If none of the people wanted to be a volunteer, the Beijing Olympic Games would be a failure. If every people didn't feel like being a volunteer, there would be no people cleaning the environment and protecting the beautiful scenery automatically（自发地）. It was terrible! From all mentioned above, volunteers play a very important part in our daily life. To be a volunteer will gain glory for China. As is known to all, Chinese children are always laughed at for lacking of practice，so to be a volunteer is a good chance to change it.
From my point of view, it's high time that you became a volunteer and learned to help others. If everyone makes a contribution to helping others, the world will be much more beautiful!
At last, wish you all the best!
Sincerely Yours.
Lily.
专家建议：一篇文章的结构是评判该文章优劣的重要参考标准，但结构显然不够简洁清晰，所以建议作者能在平时多阅读英文报纸上的文章，有意识地观察规范的英语文章是怎样设计结构的。
专家点评：文章二三段的结构很混乱，建议这样的文章段落都应写成总、分、总的形式更能突出文章的逻辑性，并在“分”的部分也一条一条分开写，而不是都堆在一段内，让人分不清哪句是观点哪句是论证，很混乱。另外注意同义词的替换已是文章表达更丰富，比如文章中多次出现的帮助他人就都是使用：help others就显得过于单一了
3、The importance of volunteer work 辽宁省鞍山市鞍山市第一中学高三
In my opinion, volunteer work is quite an important part of the modern society. The reasons are as follows.
In the modern time, thanks to the development of economy and technology, material enjoyment earned both in higher quality and larger quantity. At a price of this, individuals are taking the risk of losing their own values and even sparing no effort to make their fartane even at the price of the interest of the society. So the volunteer work has been playing an important part as a spiritual comfort not only to the receivers but also to the volunteers, promoting the well-being of the love-givers, making extra value for others and keeping a perfect balance of the whole society.
In families, volunteer work will help to emphasize the importance of morality, meet emotional needs and even become a vivid educational lesson. Parents, who are widely regarded as the first and most important teachers of their children, are teaching their children through the activities which must truly toach the deepest part of the young souls, instead of serious, traditional critical words. Also, during the process, in which every member shows us true love, other members are able to recognize him from a difference point of view. This kind of awareness is promised to promote the communication of the family in the future. In the whole world, the volunteer work can be considered to be an appropriate part of the globalization, during which the world is becoming a Global village. And the natural and economic chisasters are driving people from different cultural back grounds to stand together on the same side, emphasizing the interest of the whole world, which must not be defended without any country's participation. And it is the volunteer work that can be granted the role of offering help in its hour of maximum need.
All in all, volunteer work is truly an irreplaceable part of the society and it is our responsibility to give our hands to make the world a better place.
专家建议：建议该生平时利用好学校里使用的中学英语教科书，因为教科书的权威性不容置疑，选材也适合中学生，是精读甚至背诵的最好选择。之所以推荐给作者教科书，是因为该考生在写作长句子时出现较多错误，说明该生的语法基础不够夯实，那么中学英语课本就恰好能弥补这个弱点。
专家点评：文章结构清晰明了，简洁明了的开头和结尾紧扣主题，精干又有力，很方便读者对文章主旨的把握。中间部分的逻辑性强，思路也很清晰。唯一不足的是在一些长难句的表达上出现了一些错误，有些句子让人很难理解。在以后的写作中可以多关注长句子的练习。
专家建议：在不跑题前提下，内容虽然重要，但关键是语言的包装，建议多看些优秀范文，和英文原著，增加语感，这样文章会更传神。
专家点评：文章思路清晰，叙述条理清楚，但句子之间的衔接做得不够，要多用连接词。此外，应多掌握一些词语的同义词，这样避免重复。在句式变换方便也要多下些功夫。
第七届复赛作文范文The Advantages and Disadvantages of Computers辽宁市鞍山市第一中学
Nowadays, the idea of progress lorns so large in the modern world, and the progress of a particular kind is actually taking place around us. In this circumstances, computers which have a great help come out with the wisdom and hard-working of human beings. It does have given human a tremendous help, it, however, has brought to us its harm at the same time.
The computers can make a great help for us in this high speed society. In the light of this statement, it is computers that can store documents for us which is essential for us, it is computers that can shorten the time in seeking useful information instead of looking for knowledge from a large sums of books and it is computers that can make it possible to communicate with different people who are far away from you. In a word, we can't live normally without computers in such a high-tech society.
On the contrary, having helped us a lot, computers are harmful to people at the same time, especially the adolescents. First of all, sitting in front of the computer may do harm to our eyes. On the other hand, computers not only bring us useful information but also entertainments. Being weak in controlling themselves, those poor adolescents are easier to get crazy about the fantasy world. Seeing a vivid picture which is about a son who gets stuck in computers and phones to his parents downstairs to bring dinner for him. I realized deeply that the computers really have their disadvantages.
According to the statements above, it can not be superficial to simply say that computers are good or bad for us as every coin has both sides. Personally, I still consider that a computer can bring us convenience and high speed which is extolled to all the people even though it is a two-edged weapon. We can learn well punctuated by those purchasable wells of wisdom - computers.
专家建议：
本文个别语言使用不够地道并且偶尔出现句子表意不明的情况，因此建议该考生在平时的学习中尽量多阅读原汁原味的英语 (论坛) 文章，有意识地积累地道的英语表达，不断提高语言运用能力。
专家点评：本篇文章段落结构基本清晰，第一段交代文章主题，第二段主要说明计算机的优势，第三段罗列计算机给人们带来的害处，最后一段是对文章的总结和作者个人看法，整篇文章思路比较清晰。文章用词较为准确，也出现了不少词组及句型，语法多样性也有所体现。能看出这绝对是高中生中佼佼者完成的文章。不足之处在于有个别语言点不够地道，希望以后能进一步雕琢语言，使写作水平进一步提升。
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Computers.安徽省黄山市屯溪一中高一
Currently, with the development of Internet, more and more people focus on the issue that whether it is right to have got a computer. As we all know, a coin has two sides, and a computer has both advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes, we insist that it is rather useful to get a computer, but on the other hand, we find it much more harmful. In a word, however, nothing gains more discussion than computers.
For one thing, we regard computer convenient, in that we can use a computer to draw pictures, write essays and sum up countless numbers. We work on computers and communicate by Internet. Because of e-mails, on-line shopping and a number of information on Internet, we admire the useful computer. What's more, computer and Internet can work in a fantastic speed, which makes our work swiftly. No one can deny that, human can live and work well without computers.
For another, however, computers bring harm to us as well. First, computer games are at large nowadays. Teenagers can be attracted by them easily. They play computers night and day, forgetting anything including study. They spend their valuable time hurting their active bodies. Glasses on their faces show their weakness of sight. Meanwhile internet provides too many things and people cannot tell bad ones from right ones promptly sometimes. As a result, their spirit can be damaged. Nothing can be worse than this. The last but not the least, internet offers many ways to crime. Meanwhile, it is hard to find out. For instance, some bad sayings spread well on internet but the police can do nothing to stop them.
As for as I am concerned, I consider that the computer is rather useful. Whether you may be damaged by computers and internet depends on yourself to the core. You would not be hurt if your, eyes were bright enough to tell right from wrong. As for me, I use computers to write articles watch movies and communicate with each other and I do not fancy any computer games. Besides, the Government should focus their attention to protecting teenagers from computer games. At last, I would say that despite the disadvantages still exist now, computers play a very significant part of role in modern life.
专家建议：建议该生多读英语议论文章，揣摩正规议论文的段落内部的逻辑关系是怎样做到严谨合理的，培养对一件事发表议论的能力。另外，平时应该多练习写作议论文，并在写作过程中要求自己思路清晰，明确自己究竟要写什么，为什么要写这句话，句与句之间到底有没有关系，有什么关系。希望对作者有所帮助。
专家点评：本文结构设置清晰明了，词汇及句型句式的运用较为高级和丰富，语法应用也比较准确和多样。不足之处在于本文段落内部逻辑的混乱，句与句之间的逻辑关系更是令读者一头雾水。值得一提的是，本文还多处出现了议论文章的大忌讳，那就是主观猜测出的毫无依据支持的信息以及缺乏客观性的极端信息，希望作者日后避免此类错误。
第五届复赛作文范文Failure and Success
An ancient Chinese adage says, “Failure is the mother of success”. It tells us that failure teaches people how to succeed. Those philosiphers (philosophers) are always right. No one is a winner for life-long, and thus everybody, even the most successful ones, has failed in sake of (for the sake of) various reasons.
The story of Mr. Abraham Lincoln, the previous president of America, offers us a proper example. Mr. Lincoln started his political journey in his early 20 (20s), but the fate tricked him. Among his first ten attempts of running for elections for political positions like (去掉) Senator and (or) the Head of the State, Mr. Lincoln only won once, and then numerous failures stepped up after that. But he never stopped. Finally, in his 50 (50s), Mr. Lincoln became the president of America. His failures led to his success. All the valuable experiences, including the mistakes, showed him how to succeed. Then, it is obvious that failure can help not only Mr. Lincoln but also everyone to gain experiences and to avoid mistakes. Thus success comes.
Despite the reason described in the above paragraph, another subtle one also serves to the topic. Failure forces people to explore new means to success. KFC is a case in point. As everybody knows, KFC’s origins were in America, but it was not as successful as McDonald. But when KFC came to China, it became popular in one night (overnight). People, especially kids, loved it. KFC has found its new way in China. Situations must be the same to everyone if they explore new things in their failures.
Taking into account all the relevant factors that affect and contribute to the topic, we may safely conclude that, failure, indeed, leads people all the way to success.
第六届复赛作文范文Informal Higher Education Serves Better
Although most students are still fighting for the diploma in universities after graduation from high school, it has been a clear trend that more and more students choose to start their working career earlier and receive informal higher education, which in my opinion, serves better to build more competition (competitive) and suitable personal abilities.
Informal higher education offers better opportunities to adapt to social life for students, and help them understand better the reality of their social community and responsibilities they are to take. Compared with those who spend entirely their time in the (on) campus, students who take evening classes could contact with more people, develop their communication skills and social behaviors during working hours. They know better how cruel and realistic the society is and that it is your power and capabilities that only speak. They understand and adapt better to the pressure of life’s difficulties which in universities could hardly be realized.
Secondly, after experiencing real working life, these (those) who attend correspondence courses would know better what kind of knowledge and abilities they must master, which definitely help them in future advancement and career choices. Suppose you’re a graduate from high school and become an assist of a car repairing workshop. Then you’ll have to know how the engine and different parts of the car works and how to deal with various crisises (emergent problems). Therefore, night schools’ education (evening classes) would enable you (插入 to) acquire more specialized knowledge which are fit to you. However, in universities, you have to learn a great many courses, some of which are comparatively useless and can even make you bewilded of future (bewildered to the future).
Furthermore, as they have more time to manage for themselves, students drop higher education in universities could earn some money and gain earlier start in career. These will ease their families’ burdens and satisfy their desire for basic money needs. As a matter of fact, nowadays, more than a few American teens abandon university’ s education and try to become a worker like air-conditional repairer (air-conditioner repairman) who can earn as much as $ 30, 000 for the first year. Thus, their decisions benefit themselves and their families.
Conclude (To conclude) from all the facts talked above, we can safely arrive at the summary that informal higher education is more efficient and serves better. It make (makes) you ahead of others in career development with more competitive skills, fit knowledge, precious experiences of social life and more leisure to earn some essential financial supports. As we’ll one day indulge ourselves in the real soci (walk into the realistic society,) informal higher education serves better for our present and future developing. (development)