Question

假设你是李华。昨天你参加了学校组织的演讲比赛，并获得一等奖。由于刚回美国度假的外籍教师Brooke对你的参赛提供了许多帮助，现在你想用英语给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：   
1.介绍参赛情况；   2.告知获奖；   3.表达获奖感受。
词数：120—150，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Brooke.
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Yours,
Li Hua

Answer 1

One possible version
Dear Brooke，
I am writing to tell you that I took the English Speech Contest held in my school yesterday．As the only one from my class．I had to challenge the other l5 excellent participants selected from the whole school．When it came to me to present，I got a little bit nervous at first，but soon I calmed down at the thought of your words and suggestions．As you predicted，everything went smoothly and I performed perfectly．Although the question-and-answer section was the most challenging，I managed to get through it properly with the techniques you taught me．When the judge announced the result, I wasn’t at all surprised but quite excited! I got the first prize in the contest，which I couldn’t imagine months ago．Thank you very much Brooke，for your unselfish and careful help．
I’m looking forward to your return to China．I’d like to show you the contest vedio．
Yours,
Li Hua

试题分析：本文是对外籍教师Brooke表示感谢。感谢他给你提供的帮助，让你赢得了第一名。考生可以从自己参加的某一次真正的比赛的具体情况出发，叙述具体情况。向地方表示真心的感谢。同时希望以后能够再合作。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。