[例2]Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a passage on“The Helpful Features of Textbooks” based on the following words given: textbooks, school, levels, kids, purpose, learn, therefore, features,information, contentsts,page, understand, divide, sections, finally, alphabetical, mast, help, quickly, efficiently.
[范文]
The Helpful Features of Textbooks
Textbooks are books that students use in schools. Students at all levels and in all kinds of schools use textbooks. They have certain features in common—features that can help students find and understand the information in them.
All textbooks have tables of contents at the beginning. The tables of contents list the chapter titles, the parts of the chapters,and the page numbers of the parts. These sections are divided again into smaller parts with headings and subheadings. Finally, most textbooks have an index at the back of the book. The index lists all the topics in the book in alphabetical order, and gives their page numbers.
These are the features of most textbooks, which help students find and understand the information in textbooks quickly and efficiently.
文章一开头用定义法给教材下了个定义。接下来具体说明教材的主要特征。最后一段与第一段相呼应，并重复和强调了几个关键词中的关键词，比如textbooks，information等。
第四节图表作文
图表作文要求考生用文字材料把图表中所提供的信息准确、完整地表达出来。在写作图表作文时，首先要仔细观察并分析图表，以及题中所给出的有关信息，比如，作文题，英文提纲、英文提示、英语关键词等。在分析图表时，要抓住与主题有关的信息，要发现数据呈现的规律，要充分利用图表中的图形、数据等去说明主题。但是注意不要过多地引用数据，以免造成滥用数据的后果。另外，在写作图表作文时可以套用一些常用词汇或表达方式，这将有助于你写出较为地道的图表作文。例如：
①As can be seen from the table (graph, form) that...
②From the above table it can be seen (concluded) that...
③A careful study of the table shows that...
④The number (percentage) is 3 times as much as that in 2000.
⑤It has decreased (fell, dropped) about twice, compared with (as compared with, as against) that of 2000.
⑥In 2001, it increased (went up, rose) from 5 to 15 percent of the total (to 15 percent, by 15 percent).
[例1]Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 100 words on Changes in People’s Diet. Study the following table carefully and your composition must be based on the information given in the table. Write three paragraphs to:
1. State the changes in people’s diet(饮食)in the past five years
2. Give possible reasons for the changes
3. Draw your own conclusion
You should quote as few figures as possible.
|
Kinds |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
|
Grain |
49% |
47% |
46.5% |
45% |
45% |
|
Milk |
10% |
11% |
11% |
12% |
13% |
|
Meat |
17% |
20% |
22.5% |
23% |
21% |
|
Fruit and Vegetable |
24% |
22% |
20% |
20% |
21% |
|
Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
[范文]
Changes in People’s Diet
As can be seen in the table, there have been great changes in people’s diet in the past five years. Grain used to be the Chinese main food, but now it is playing a less important role in peoples diet, while the consumption of some highenergy foods, such as milk and meat, has increased steadily.
What caused these changes? I think the reasons are as follows: First,the open policy brings the people opportunities to earn a lot of money.Second,people nowadays pay more attention to the structure of their diet.They are seeking the most reasonable diet structure, which will do good to their health.
From the above, we can see that,with the development of the country,the level of the Chinese people’s life has changed in the past five years.I’m sure there will be greater changes in the future.
文中第一句话就明确告诉读者这篇作文是一篇图表作文。接下来根据图表分析了在过去的五年中人们的饮食结构都发生了哪些变化，最后预测将来人们的生活水平还会发生更大的变化。尽管在这张图表中有很多数据，但作者并没有过多地引用这些数据，而是通过数据把要说明的问题点了出来。
[例2]Directions: For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 100 words on Income Sources between Chinese and American Students.Study the following table carefully and your composition must be based on the in formation given in the table. Write three paragraphs to:
1. Describe the differences of the income sources between Chinese and American students.
2. Analyze possible reasons for these differences.
3. Predicate future tendency.
|
Source of income Percentage of Total Income |
Parents |
Part-time job |
Fellowship or Scholarship |
|
American students |
50% |
35% |
15% |
|
Chinese students |
90% |
5% |
5% |
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