Question

假如你是学生李华，想作为一名交换生去马恩岛参观学习，请你向国际交流部刘老师写一封申请函，信的内容应包括以下要点：
1． 你想参加此次活动的原因；
2． 你的基本情况介绍（年龄，性别，爱好和特长等）；
3.  ................（任何涉及学习方面的要点均被接受）。
注意：
1．信的开头和结尾已经为你写好；
2．字数：不少于120。
Dear Mr. Liu，
I want to apply for the chance to go to the Isle of Man for cultural exchange. The reason is that…
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Many thanks!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua

Answer 1

Dear Mr. Liu,
I want to apply for the chance to go to the Isle of Man for cultural exchange. The reason is that I want badly to get a thorough understanding of the British culture and this journey abroad will no doubt broaden my horizon as well as improve my oral English greatly. And below is my self-introduction.
I’m a girl of seventeen. Like many girls of this age, I enjoy making friends with whoever has common interests with me. Going shopping and surfing the Internet are what I often do at weekends. I also love music and I can play the piano fairly well. Of all the subjects I like English best because it is as beautiful a language as my mother tongue. Besides, I hold the belief that a good mastery of English will benefit my future.
I would appreciate it if you can give me such a chance. I am looking forward to your early reply!
Many thanks!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua

试题分析：考查半开放性作文写作。本文首先要说明自己这样做的理由，即想提高自己的应用于，拓宽自己的眼界，更多理解不同的文化等等。自己的情况介绍可以从自身实际出发进行描述。要求考生在保证内容要点全部概括的基础上可以充分发挥自己的想象，进而用自己的语言来表达某种观点或看法，增添了写作的灵活性，同时能较好地考查考生的想象能力和英语语言表达能力。
点评：半开放性作文给出了一个话题，并有部分的文字提示。给考生自由发挥的余地较大。对于考生的综合能力要求较高，要求考生有很强的谋篇布局的能力和组织要点的能力。在完成开放性作文时，首先要选择自己熟悉的短语或者句型，在你的能力范围之内，选择句式时要赋予变化，因为这样你才可以更好的驾驭。同时也要选择合适的连接词，把各个要点组织成一个完整的整体，如besides, further, last but not least等。在发表个人观点的时候，可以使用谚语来提升整个文章的档次和文采，也能增加得高分的可能性。