2014“外研社杯”全国英语写作大赛决赛赛题Task1NarrativeWritingReadthebeginningoftheletterbelowandthencontinueitfollowingthewriter’slineofthought.Completetheletterin600–800words.ALetteronFather’sDayDearDad,TodayIwasattheshoppingmallandIspentalotoftimereadingtheFather’sDaycards.TheyallhadaspecialmessagethatinsomewayoranotherreflectedhowIfeelaboutyou.YetasIselectedandreadthemoverandoveragain,itoccurredtomethatnotasinglecardsaidwhatIreallywanttosaytoyou.You’llsoonbe84yearsold,Dad,andyouandIwillhavehad55Father’sDaystogether.Youknow,Dad,therewasatimewhenwewerenotonlyseparatedbyagenerationgapbutcompletelypolarizedbyit.YoustoodononesideoftheGreatDivideandIontheother,splitapartbyageandexperience,opinion,hairstyle,clothing,curfew,music,andfriends.…Iloveyou,Dad.Task2ArgumentativeWritingReadthefollowingparagraphswithcontradictingviews,anddecidewhichsideyouwilltake.Youshouldclearlystateyouropinionsandsupportthemwithargumentsand/orexamples.Youshouldwriteabout800words.TheeveninggalastobeairedduringthecomingSpringFestivalonnationalandregionalTVstationsarenowdrawingtheattentionofChineseaudiences.Manynetizenscommentedthatlastyear’sgalas,fromtheChinaCentralTelevision(CCTV)tolocalstations,wentinternational.FrenchfilmstarSophieMarceauandSouthKoreanactorandsingerLeeMin-howereinvitedasguestperformerstotheCCTV’sSpringFestivalGalaonNewYear’sEve,sparkingapubliccontroversy.SomepeopleareexcitedaboutsuchfamousforeignfigurescomingtoChina,andthinkthatthereisnothingwrongininvitingforeignstarstotheSpringFestivaleveninggalas,especiallybecauseahugenumberofChinesereallydoenjoyforeigncelebrities,foreignmusicandexoticfashionssinceChinastarteditsreformandopening-upmorethanthreedecadesago.Somepeople,however,sayitcostsalotmoretoinviteforeignstarstoaChineseshow.Themoneycouldbesavedandusedfornoblercauses.TheyalsothinkthatamajorityoftheSpringFestivaleveninggalasareputonforthegrass-roots,farmersandworkersforexample.Theyask:“Willthesepeoplebeinterestedinforeignperformers?ThereareplentyofstarstheylovehereinChina.Whydon’twebringthemontothestage?”2013年11月3日复赛赛题Task1ArgumentativeWritingTryingtodecidebetweenpublicschoolandhomeschoolingcanbedifficult.Readthefollowingtwoparagraphswhichpresentcontradictingviews.Writeapassageabouttheissue,clearlystatingyouropinionandexplainingyourreasons.Youshouldwriteabout500words.Publicschoolsprovidechildrenwithmanyadvantagesbothinsideandoutsidetheclassroom.Theygenerallyhavearangeofchildrenfromawidevarietyofbackgrounds.Thisprovidesanopportunityforchildrentolearntonegotiatewithothers,acceptingandchallengingotherpointsofview,andlearningtounderstandpeoplewithdiversebackgroundsandvalues.Thefundingfromthegovernmentallowspublicschoolstoofferanarrayofadvancedclassesinthearts,technologystudiesandthesciences,anyandallofwhichmightbedifficulttoprovidebyhomeschoolingparentswhodonothavespecializedtraining.Publicschoolsalsoexposestudentstoavarietyofteachers,whichgivesthemanopportunitytolearnfromdiversepedagogies(教学方法).However,homeschoolingalsohasbenefitsthatcanhardlyberealizedinpublicschools.Oneofthebiggestadvantagesofhomeschoolingisthefactthattheteacher,theparent,cangiveindividualattentiontothechild.Homeschooledchildrenoftenhaveabetterunderstandingoflessonsandcovermorematerialsthantheirpeers.Inafamiliarsetting,childrenaremorelikelytoactivelyparticipateintheirlessons.Becausehomeschooledchildrendonothavesethours,theycanworkattheirownpaceatanypointduringtheday.Moreover,homeschooledchildrendonotgrowupwiththepressureoftryingtobelikeeveryoneelseinordertofitin,sotheyarenotsoeasilyinfluencedbytheirpeers.Task2ExpositoryWritingWriteapassagebasedonthetwobarchartsbelow.ThechartsshowtheagegroupsofChinesemobilenetizens(网民)andthetypesofapps(应用程序)theydownload.Inyourwriting,youshouldsummarizethefeaturesofthetwochartsandmakecomparisonstoexaminewhetherthereisanyconnectionbetweenthem.Youshouldwriteabout500words.
