Question

阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Oseola McCarty spent more than 75 years washing and ironing other people’s clothes. As a laundrywoman, she was paid only a few dollars each time. Certainly nobody would consider her rich, so they were all amazed when Miss McCarty decided to donate $ 150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi.

The money was all my savings. She could save such a large amount of money because she lived a very simple life. She never learned to drive, and when she wanted to go somewhere, she just walked. She never flew to anywhere till the donation（捐助），and in 50 years she had been out of the South only once. The house in which she lived was also a rather modest one her last uncle left her. Only after she became known in America did she begin to travel all over the country. Since then, she had been the subject of many interviews and articles and was even invited to the White House.

Her donation was for students who clearly needed financial help. She herself left school in the sixth grade and had never married or had children. She said to the reporters that the idea of helping somebody’s child go to college gave her much pleasure.

[写作内容]

用约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

用约120个词就Miss McCarty的捐助谈谈你的想法，内容包括：

你如何看待她的捐助行为；

你认为她的捐助对受惠学生有哪些影响；

如果你自己要捐助，你会选择哪个群体并陈述理由。

[写作要求]

作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文的句子。

作文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

 

Answer 1

Oseola McCarty,an ordinary worker with a thrifty lifestyle,donated a great deal of money to a university ,which aroused public attention and earned her widespread social recognition.In return,she received a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment.

Virtuous and warm-hearted,the lady concerned has donated a considerable amount of saving to help college students struggling with financial difficulties,thereby motivating people at any other corner of the world to participate in this affectionate activity.

From where I stand,not only will the lady’s generosity paint a very brilliant blue print for the future of those students in want of money,but also it will rekindle their faith in life by convincing them that their life goal is elevating and worth trying.

Given the choice,I would make donations to those who still live under the bottom line of the modern living condition.Convincing arguments as follows can be made to support my stance.For one thing,generous and selfless dedication may take indispensable assistance to them,especially for the time when they are confronted with pain and sorrow,twists and turns.For another,just as an Indian old saying goes, roses in her hand;flavor in mine.That is to say,great satisfaction would step slowly and gracefully in to the mercy-producers’ souls as well.

To bring as many angel-like smiles as possible to our society,we should practice more beneficial performance by leading a thrifty life.

【解析】

试题分析：根据提示1:用约30个词概括上文的主要内容,需要考生能够读懂所给的原文，文中的复杂的句子结构能够理解，要用最简短的语言概括短文大意，不能抓住细节铺开来写，那样字数就会超过了，只介绍了Oseola McCarty做了什么，社会影响是什么就行了。

提示2：用约120个词就Miss McCarty的捐助谈谈你的想法，考生要对Oseola McCarty的做法，发表自己的观点，要注意主语及动词时态。写作中注意使用连接词，做到语义通顺，符合逻辑关系。

【亮点说明】短文用了短语和谚语，增加了文章的色彩，如：a great deal of；arouse public attention；make donations to；roses in her hand;flavor in mine等；还用了一些过渡词或句子；如：For one thing，For another；That is to say等；使短文读起来流畅自然。还用了一些关系词，如：which，who及when引导的定语从句，使句子结构复杂，并且用了not only…but also引导的倒装句，增加了作文的亮点。

考点：考查议论文。