英语专业八级考试作文专题.docx

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英语专业八级考试作文专题

CompositionWriting（TEM8）

1.Standardsofagoodcomposition

●Aclearviewpoint（argument）

●Agoodorganizationalstructure

*Thesisstatement

*Topicsentence

*Detaileddiscussion（example,statistics）

*Conclusion

●Theappropriateuseofwords;fewsignificantgrammaticalorspellingmistakes

2.Writingin2005（20%）

400words45minutes

expositionorargumentation

3.Compositionwriting（Macro-structure）

1）Title（inagreementwiththeviewpoint,thesisstatement）

e.g.

2）Thefirstparagraph（thesisstatement,viewpoint,mainargument）

*About5sentences

*Copyoftheinstructions

*Clearthesisstatement;avoidambiguity

e.g.

*Cohesion（transition）:

why?

3）Thesecondandthirdparagraphs

*Topicsentenceineachparagraph

*Detaileddiscussion（examples,statistics）

*Supportingyourargumentorviewpointwithappropriatedetails（typical,make-upstory,notapersonalexperience）

*Cohesion（transition）:

thefirst…;

thesecond…

e.g.

4）Conclusion（summary）

Restatementofthethesisstatement

4.Majormistakes

LinYutang“EnglishmeatwithChinesebone.”

1）Inexplicitness（重点不突出）

Reason:

Paternsofthought

Linear---（开门见山）---threestages

●Saywhatyouaregoingtosay.

●Sayit.

●Thensaywhatyouhavesaid.

Spiral---（画龙点睛）

2）Lackofcohesion（连接性差）

Reason:

Languagetransfer

5.Categoriesofargumentativewriting

1）Doyouagreeordisagreewiththefollowing

Statement?

Dissatisfactionleadstoprogress.Usespecificreasonsandexamplestosupportyouranswer.

Thediscoursestructure

●Introduction（Aclearviewpoint:

eitheragreeordisagree）

●Reason1withanexample

●Reason2withanexample

●Reason3withanexample

●Conclusion（Restatement）

Sampleessay1

Directions:

Peopleshouldberealisticratherthanromanticinordertoliveabetterlife.Doyouagreeordisagreewiththisstatement?

Usespecificreasonstosupportyouranswer.

Ihaveneveryetmetachildwhoisnotabornromantic.Everychildfantasizes.Althoughanadultshouldnevercompletelylosethelightofhischildhoodofimagination,Iagreethatsoonerorlaterwehavetoknuckledowntoreality.

Taketherealityofcareerforexample…

Apartment…ahouse…acar,,,

Supremely,ofcourse,theromanticgetshimselforherselfintomostdifficultywhenitcometoloveandmarriage…Theglamourofthehoneymoonsoongivesawaytoemptyhoursinwhichthenewlywedsmustfindmeaning.

Iagreewiththeabovestatementbecauseitseemstomethateveninmarriage---thatmostpotentiallyromanticofsituations---itallboilsdowntochangingdiapersandworkingovertime.Trueromanceisfoundonlyinrealityofhardwork.

2）Somepeoplelikedifferentfriends.Otherslikesimilarfriends.Comparetheadvantagesofthesetwokindsoffriends.Whichkindoffriendsdoyouprefer?

Why?

Thediscoursestructure

●Introduction（用自己的语言解释命题,肯定2种观点的正确性）

●Statingthedisadvantagesoftheviewpointyouopposeorstatingtheviewpointyousupport

●Reason1forsupportingyourviewpoint

●Reason2forsupportingyourviewpoint

●Conclusion（略提反对的观点的正确性,转折后,明确重申自己的立场）

Sampleessay2

Directions:

Somepeoplelikedifferentfriends.Otherslikesimilarfriends.Comparetheadvantagesofthesetwokindsoffriends.Whichkindoffriendsdoyouprefer?

Why?

Oneofthethemesthatiscommontotheliteratureofalmostalllanguagesistheideaoffriendship.Humansneedthewarmthandlaughterofmeetingothers.Everyday,maleandfemale,atworkandatleisure,peoplemakenewfriends.Yetwecannotmakefriendswitheverybody;wehavetochooseourfriendswisely.Asageneralrule,Iprefertohavedifferentfriends.

Theideaofhavingsimilarfriendsisnotwithoutadvantages.

Wecanfeelasenseofstrengthwhenwehaveagroupoldfriends.…Oldfriendsknowhowtorespectoneanotherandhowtoavoidpotentialarguments…

Nonetheless,Ireckonthatamixtureoffriendsismoreadvantageous.Weallneedtomoveoninlife.Newfriendscanleadtonewadventure…

Afriendfromanothercountryisarealtreasure…

Ifindthatdifferentfriendshelpmetoenjoyavarietyofinterests…

Infact,notonlydoIprefertohavedifferentfriendsbutalsoprefertohaveasmanyaspossible.IremembertheEnglishproverbwhichsays“twoheadsarebetterthanone.”

3）Someschoolsencouragetheirstudentstotakepartinteamsports,suchasfootball,baseball,andbasketball.Otherschoolsplacegreateremphasisonsuchindividualsportsastennis,running,andswimming.Whichtypeofsportsprogramwouldyourecommendforteenagers?

Usespecificreasonsandexamplestosupportyouranswer.

Thediscoursestructure

●Introduction（略提及自己反对的观点的合理性,转折后,明确表明自己支持的观点）

●Reason1tosupportyourviewpoint

●Reason2tosupportyourviewpoint

●Reason3tosupportyourviewpoit

●Conclusion（重申自己的观点）

Sampleessay3

Directions:

Somepeoplesaythatthebestpreparationforlifeislearningtobecompetitive.Otherstaketheoppositeviewandsaythatlearningtobecooperativeisthebestpreparation.Tellwhichoneyouagreewithandexplainwhy.

Somehowinlife,everybodyhastofindabalancebetweenthinkingofhimselfandthinkingofothers.Schoolsoftenhavetochoosebetweenoneconsiderationandtheother.Someinstitutionstraditionallyplacemoreemphasisonthecompetitivespirit;othersusecooperativemethods.IfIwereforcedtoagreewithjustoneofthetwomethods,mychoicewouldbeforacompetitiveenvironment.

ThemainreasonwhyIfeelthatcompetitionismoreimportantforthelearnerisbecauseIknowthatadultlifeisdifficult.Findingagoodjob,forexample…

Oneofthemostfrighteningaspectsoftheworldisthat…Youngpeopleshouldberemindedthattheyneedtobecompetitivebecausetheworldisnotalways“fair”inastraightforwardway.

Afurtherreasonwhy…

Whatismore,theessenceofopencompetitionisthat…

Inshort,humanlifeisfrequentlyasaggressiveasistheanimalkingdom.Competitivelearningpreparesthestudentsforthetoughthingsinlife.Onceheisstrong,hecanbegintohelpothersinawaythatdoesnotdoharmtohimself.

4）A.Inventionssuchaseyeglassesandthesewingmachinehavehadanimportanteffectonyourlives.Chooseanotherinventionthatyouthinkisimportant.Givespecificreasonsforyourchoice.

B.Manypeoplealwaysrememberspecialgiftsorpresents.Whydon’tpeopleforgetthem?

Givespecificreasonsorexamplestoexplainit.

（eg:

tables,diagrams---house-selling;car-selling）

Discoursestructure

●Introduction（acleartopic明确话题）

●Discussionofthefirstaspectofthetopic

●Discussionofthesecondaspectofthetopic

●Discussionofthethirdaspectofthetopic

●Conclusion（summaryofallaspectsdiscussed）

Sampleessay4

Directions:

Manypeoplealwaysrememberspecialgiftsorpresents.Whydon’tpeopleforgetthem?

Givespecificreasonsorexamplestoexplainit.

Comparingnationalcharacteristicsisoneofthemostinterestingareasoflearningaboutforeignlanguagesandpeople.Givingandreceivingpresentsisoneareathatiscommontoallcultures.Whyisrememberingpresentssospecial?

Aboveall,apresentisamaterialexpressionofemotionalneedtoloveandtogive…

Givingandreceivingbeginsatbirth.Theinfantsreceivesfood,careandlovefromhisorherparents…

Presentsarealsogivenasasignofcongratulations…

Finally,presentsaresymbolicmessagesofthegiver’sfeelings…

Fromwhathasbeendiscussedabovewemayreachtheconclusionthatgiftsareanimportantpartofsocialliving.

6.Topicsofwritingsince1998

1）Nowadayswiththedevelopmentofeconomy,existingcitiesaregrowingbiggerandnewcitiesareappearing.WhatdoyouthinkisONEofthemajorproblemsthatmayresultfromthisprocessofurbanization?

1998

OneMajorProblemintheProcessofUrbanization

（4）

2）Somepeopleclaimthatcompetitionismoreimportantthanco-operationinthepresent-daysociety.HowfardoyouagreeORdisagreewiththesepeople?

1999

CompetitionorCo-operation

（1）

3）Somepeoplesimplyseeeducationasgoingtoschoolsorcolleges,orasameanstosecuregoodjobs;mostpeoplevieweducationasalongprocess.Inyouropinion,howimportantiseducationtomodernmen?

2000

EducationasaLifelongProcess

（3）

4）TheInternetisabouttotakeoffinChina.Asmanyas9millionpeopleareonline,anumberthatisestimatedtohit20millionbytheendof2000.Itispredictedthatthisphenomenalgrowthwillhavegreaterimpactonoursocietyandeconomy.ChooseONEaspectofsocietyoreconomywhereyouthinktheimpactwillbemoststronglyfelt.2001

TheimpactoftheInterneton…

（4）

5）Allofuswouldagreethatinordertobesuccessfulinthepresent-daysociety,weuniversitygraduateshavetopossesscertainpersonalqualitiesthatcanenableustorealizeouraim.Whatdoyouthinkisthemostimportantpersonalqualityofauniversitygraduate?

2002

TheMostImportantPersonalQualityofaUniversityStudent

（1）

6）AnEnglishnewspaperiscurrentlyrunningadiscussiononwhetheryoungpeopleinChinatodayare（not）moreself-centeredandunsympatheticthanwerepreviousgenerations.Andthepaperisinvitingcontributionsfromuniversitystudents.Youhavebeenaskedtowriteashortarticleforthenewspapertoairyourviews.2003

Youshouldsupplyatitleforyourarticle

（4）

7）Itisreportedinthepresssometimeagothatafewsecond-andthird-yearstudentsinaprovincialuniversitydecidedtotrytheirhandatbusinessinordertogetpreparedforthefuture.Theyopenedsixsmallshopsneartheiruniversity.Theirteacherandclassmateshavedifferentopinionsaboutthisphenomenon.Somethoughtthatthestudentsbusinesse