Question

【题目】请阅读下列材料，并按要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

材料1：各国对迟到时间容忍度的情况调查（单位：分钟）

Tolerance toward one’s lateness

材料2:

There are few habits as annoying as someone making us wait. However, some punctually- challenged people have no intention of offending anyone. They still want to keep friends, family and bosses happy. They are often painfully aware and ashamed of the damage their lateness could do to their relationships, reputations, careers and finances.

Johnson, a doctor in New York, says his reputation for being unpunctual can sometimes be caused by a misunderstanding of opinion. “A friend will ask me to come over, and he’ll say ‘come anytime from seven.’ But if I do turn up at eight or later, he will be annoyed.”

Joanna, a teacher in London, for whom the most distressing (令人苦恼的) thing is writing school reports, never makes the deadline for herself. “I always spend weeks carefully considering everything about the reports,” she says, “just for fear that any error arises.”

【写作内容】

1.用约30个单词为以上材料撰写概要；

2.用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括：

(1)迟到带来的不良影响（至少两点）；

(2)给Johnson和Joanna提出你的建议，至少两条。

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Answer 1

【答案】Different countries adopt different tolerance towards one’s lateness. Actually, some people are late not deliberately but because they misunderstand others’ opinions or pay too much attention to details.

As we all know, frequent lateness will have negative effects on one’s daily life. On the one hand, unpunctual people tend to leave a bad impression on those who have made the appointment with them. Others usually regard being punctual as a sign of keeping the promise. On the other hand, lateness sometimes brings about much trouble in solving urgent problems.

As for those who are unintentionally late, like Johnson and Joanna, I have two suggestions as follows. First, whenever you make appointments with others, make sure you have understood all the details and try to get there a few minutes before the appointed time. Second, make good preparations for the appointments but never become too particular about every detail.

【解析】本文是一篇观点论述类作文。第1题.要求写出文章的概要。“准确”、“简洁”是概括文章主要内容的基本要求。抓住关键句，抓住段意，抓住。要有时间、地点、人物、事件起因、经过、结果六大基本因素要素来概括文章主要内容考生在成文时应注意：第二题要求写出个人的观点，合理发挥想象力，使文章的表达自然，丰满。文章的写作要点要齐全：1）迟到带来的不良影响frequent lateness will have negative effects …2.）提出你的建议I have two suggestions…:注意不能直接引用原文语。2.文章的人称：以第一人称为主。时态：一般现在时。范围用了大量高级词汇adopt，have negative effects on，tend to，leave a bad impression on和句型，以提高文章的档次；恰当使用一些连词On the one hand、On the other hand，使文章表达自然，流畅。注意次数：120左右。

【范文亮点】①As we all know, frequent lateness will have negative effects on one’s daily life. 定语从句。②whenever you make appointments with others,状语从句。