PART Ⅳ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose one Word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your Answer Sheet. SECTION A COMPOSITION1. A recent investigation shows that about 80 percent of pupils have private tutors. What is your attitude toward this phenomenon?
Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: You are to write in three parts:
In the first part, state your point of view clearly.
In the second part, give some specific reasons to support your view.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
You should supply an appropriate title for your Composition.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Is Private Tutoring Good?
Private tutoring is "in". A recent investigation shows that about 80 percent of pupils have private tutors. Such a popular practice indicates that people are attaching greater importance to education. However, private tutoring has many disadvantages compared with its advantages in my view.
Private tutoring really has its own advantages. Many parents, for various reasons, missed the chance of obtaining a good education. When their children meet with difficulties in study, they are helpless, at this time private tutoring is the only solution. As it is usually one-to-one, the teacher knows the strong points as well as the weak points of the pupil, clearly. However, it docs have its disadvantages. For one thing, private tutoring takes up so much of the pupils' time that they can hardly find enough time for rest and entertainment, which are essential for their physical and mental health. For another, some teachers, busy "shuttling" from one family to another, tend to neglect their regular teaching duties. What's more, some teachers are eager to help pupils do well in the test, offering the so-called tips for test-taking than help them acquire what is more meaningful.
To sum up, its disadvantages outweigh its advantages. Greater emphasis should be laid on classroom teaching and practice, on the improvement of teaching quality and on the tapping of the pupils' potentials. Only in this way can we generation be healthily brought up.[解析]
根据题目,一项调查表明百分之八十的学生都有自己的私人教师,对此要求你谈谈自己的看法,约两百字左右,并给你的文章提供一个合适的标题。
[写作思路]
第一段:表明你的观点,提出私人家教的劣势大于优势。
第二段:用对比法来证明你的观点。
理由一:私人家教的优势。
理由二;私人家教的劣势,用三个理由来说明此劣势一
第三段:总结全文,重申私人家教的劣势大于优势。
SECTION B NOTE-WRITINGWrite on ANSWER SHEET TWO a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:1. You are Dora. Kelly and you will have a visit to the zoo tomorrow afternoon. Write a note to invite your friend Sam to go with you.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
June 2nd, 2007
Dear Sam,
Kelly and I will visit the zoo tomorrow afternoon. And we will meet at the gate of the university at 2:00 p.m. Would it be possible for you to come? Please telephone me or Kelly to let us know whether you will join us or not. We could be very happy if you could go.
Truly yours,
Dora
[解析]
根据题目要求,10分钟内写出一个约50字左右的便条。内容为:假如你是多拉,你和凯莉明天下午去参观动物园,写便条邀请你的朋友萨姆一同去。注意便条的相关格式。
[写作建议]
写邀请函一般包括二下内容:第一,诚挚邀请对方参加某一活动;第二,概括介绍活动的内容和安排;第三,再次表示诚意。