Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then explain how shortcomings will influence our life and how we can overcome our shortcomings . You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
审题立意
1. 导语解读：要求考生简要描述图画内容，并阐述“人生的短板”对生活的影响以及应该如何克服“短板”。
2. 漫画解读：图画中水桶的容量由最短的那根木板决定；铁链再硬，若最脆弱的一环断开，也没有了意义。
3. 文章立意：人的不足之处犹如木桶的短板和铁链的最脆弱一环。因此，弱点会影响我们的生活。但人具有主动性和能动性，可以采取行动尽可能减少弱点对我们的影响。
写作思路
1. 第一段简要描述漫画并揭示其寓意，然后提出论点：恰当地应对不足之处很重要。
2. 第二段从反面论证不足之处对人的不良影响。
3. 第三段提出应对不足之处的策略。
参考范文
As can be seen in the picture, the capacity of a vat depends on the shortest slab; the strength of a chain depends on the weakest link. 1 The picture tells us that shortcomings can influence our life to a large extent. 2 Therefore, facing shortcomings properly is of vital importance. 3
Everyone has his strengths and shortcomings, and even the greatest men in history had their merits and demerits. But sometimes one tends to overlook and not to accept the weak points, which often hinders one’s progress. 4
As a matter of fact, a shortcoming is not necessarily a bad thing. If you look upon it correctly, you can make improvements by correcting it. 5 In the first place, identify your shortcomings in self-reflection and correct them immediately. 6 Secondly, change your shortcomings into strengths and you’ll make great progress. 6
如图所示：决定一个桶的容量的是它的最短板；一根铁链的力量由其最弱的一环决定。该图告诉我们，缺点可以在很大程度上影响我们的人生。因此，正确地面对缺点是十分重要的。
每个人都有他的优点和缺点，即使是历史上最了不起的伟人也是有优缺点的。不过有时候，人往往忽视自己的缺点或者不接受自己的缺点，这通常阻碍了一个人的进步。
事实上，有缺点不一定是一件坏事。如果你正确地看待它，你可以通过改正它取得进步。首先，你要通过自我反省了解自己的缺点并且迅速改正。其次，将你的缺点转化为优点，你就会取得巨大的成功。
范文点评
1. 开篇简要描述图片的内容。
2. 自然过渡，揭示漫画的寓意，指出不足之处可影响我们的人生，紧扣作文话题。
3. 首段末句明确表达自己的观点：恰当地应对不足之处很重要。
4. 从反面论证不足之处对人的影响不容忽视。
5. 末段提出如何应对不足之处。
6. 分两个方面提出应对方法。
要点用法
capacity n. 能力；容量
slab n. 板子
merit n. 优点
demerit n. 缺点
overlook v. 忽视
hinder v. 阻碍
look upon 看待
identify v. 确定
self-reflection n. 反省
句法点评
1. But sometimes one tends to overlook and not to accept the weak points, which often hinders one’s progress.
此句用了which引导的非限制性定语从句，which指代前面一句话的含义。
2. As a matter of fact, a shortcoming is not necessarily a bad thing.
as a matter of fact意为“事实上，实际上”，用在句子中，可以增强语气和表达效果。
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on being happy by referring to the saying “In order to make ourselves happy, we should learn how to make others happy first .” You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
审题立意
1. 导语解读：要求考生根据 “为了让我们自己快乐，要先学会如何让他人快乐”这句话，写一篇关于“快乐”的文章，可以举例说明。
2. 文章立意：首先，赠人玫瑰，手有余香。在给予他人快乐的时候，自己也会得到快乐。其次，一个人快乐，不如与大家一起快乐。再次，好心情是可以互相影响的，当他人快乐的时候，这种快乐情绪会影响到自己，使自己也变得快乐起来。让我们努力做一个能给他人带来快乐的人，因为，使他人快乐就是使自己快乐。
写作思路
1. 第一段引用名言，直接点明主题。
2. 第二段通过理论和实例对主题进行论证。
3. 第三段呼应主题，以总结性的话语为文章画上句号。
参考范文
Everybody wants to be happy, but how can people achieve happiness? The saying teaches us a good method, “In order to make ourselves happy, we should learn how to make others happy first.” 1
Why do we say so? To begin with 2 , while you give others happiness, you can get happiness yourself, which is an eternally immutable life philosophy. Next 2 , being happy together is better than being happy alone. Isn’t there a question in Mencius: “Which is more pleasant—to enjoy music alone, or to enjoy it with others?” The ancients knew the reason. So modern people should understand it even better. Finally 2 , good mood is infectious. While others feel happy, the good mood will affect you and make you happy. For example, if we smile to people we meet every morning, they will smile back. We will have a good mood the whole day.
Let’s try our best to be people who can bring others happiness for making others happy is making ourselves happy. 3
每个人都希望快乐，但是如何获得快乐呢？有句名言告诉了我们一个好方法，那就是“为了让我们自己快乐，要先学会如何让他人快乐”。
为什么这么说呢？首先，在给予他人快乐的时候，自己也会得到快乐，这是亘古不变的人生哲理。其次，一个人快乐，不如与大家一起快乐。《孟子》一书中不是有“独乐乐，与人乐乐，孰乐乎？”的问法吗？古人尚且知道的道理，我们现代人更应该明白。最后，好心情是可以互相影响的，当他人快乐的时候，这种好心情会影响到自己，使自己也变得快乐起来。例如，如果每天早晨我们向遇到的人微笑，我们就会收获他们回报的笑容。这样我们整天都会拥有快乐的心情。
让我们努力做一个能给他人带来快乐的人吧，因为，使他人快乐就是使自己快乐。
范文点评
1. 开篇引用名言，点明主题。
2. 从三个角度，理论联系实例对主题进行论证。
3. 尾段通过一句总结语，“使他人快乐就是使自己快乐”，深化了主题。
要点用法
eternally adv. 永恒地
immutable adj. 不变的
Mencius n. 《孟子》
infectious adj. 传染的；传染性的
句法点评
1. To begin with, while you give others happiness, you can get happiness yourself, which is an eternally immutable life philosophy.
此句是一个复合句，while引导时间状语从句，主句为you can...，该复合句中还包含一个由which引导的非限制性定语从句。
2. Let’s try our best to be people who can bring others happiness for making others happy is making ourselves happy.
此句也是复合句，for引导原因状语，主句为let引导的祈使句，主句中包含who引导的限制性定语从句，修饰先行词people。
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on learning to appreciate others by commenting on the remark, “When you choose to see the good in others, you end up finding the good in yourself .” You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
审题立意
1. 导语解读：要求考生从评论题目中的“当你选择去发现他人好的一面，你就会发现自己美好的一面”出发，就“学会欣赏他人”这一话题展开论述。
2. 文章立意：如果你欣赏他人，他人才会欣赏你。因此，欣赏他人很重要，我们要学会欣赏他人。
写作思路
1. 第一段简要评论题目中给定的话语的含义，然后提出论点：我们应该学会欣赏他人。
2. 第二段通过排比论证的方式阐述学会欣赏他人的重要性：既有利于自身，又有利于他人和社会。
3. 第三段点明应如何欣赏他人。
参考范文
“When you choose to see the good in others, you end up finding the good in yourself.” The remark tells us that if you appreciate others you’ll be appreciated by others. Therefore, we should learn to appreciate others. 1
It is a happy thing to appreciate others and be appreciated in return. Learning to appreciate others can make you become open-minded; learning to appreciate others can make you popular among people around you; learning to appreciate others can make yourself be appreciated by others; learning to appreciate others can make your heart full of love; learning to appreciate others can make you become benevolent; learning to appreciate others can help you become wise. Besides, learning to appreciate others is helpful to establish a healthy and harmonious interpersonal relationship and a bright and beautiful world. 2
How to appreciate others? App-reciating others means accepting, tolerating, praising, respecting and loving others. Take a boy of my classmates as an example. He often gets first place, but he is too arrogant and therefore he is not popular in our class. Although he’s very smart, he is not accepted by others because he can’t appreciate others. Let’s get along with each other with a kind and sincere heart and appreciate each other. 3
“当你选择去发现他人好的一面，你就会发现自己美好的一面。”这句话告诉我们如果你欣赏他人，他人也会欣赏你。因此，我们应该学着去欣赏他人。
欣赏他人而他人也欣赏你是一件快乐的事情。学会欣赏他人可以使你更加开明；学会欣赏他人可以使你在朋友中受到欢迎；学会欣赏他人可以使他人也欣赏你；学会欣赏他人可以使你充满爱心；学会欣赏他人可以使你变得仁慈；学会欣赏他人可以使你变得睿智。此外，学会欣赏他人有助于建立起健康和谐的人际关系和欢快美好的世界。
如何欣赏他人呢？欣赏他人意味着接受、容忍、赞美、尊重、爱他人。比如我们班的一个男生，他经常是班中的第一名，但是他太高傲自大，因此在班里不受欢迎。尽管他很聪明，但因为不会欣赏他人而不被他人接受。让我们用真诚的心与人相处并相互欣赏。
范文点评
1. 开篇简要评述给定话语的含义，引出文章的观点：学会欣赏他人。
2. 第二段采用排比论证的方式论述学会欣赏他人的好处，紧扣作文话题。
3. 第三段运用例证的方式论证如何欣赏他人，进一步升华观点。
要点用法
end up doing sth. 以做某事而告终
open-minded adj. 思想开明的
benevolent adj. 仁慈的；慈善的
harmonious adj. 和谐的；和睦的
get along with 与……相处
句法点评
1. It is a happy thing to appreciate others and be appreciated in return.
It代替真正的主语，即动词不定式to appreciate others and be appreciated，充当形式主语。in return意为“反过来，反而”。
2. Take a boy of my classmates as an example.
take...as an example是“举例”的表达方式，又可以说成take...for example或者直接表示为take sth./sb.意为“以某人/某事为例”。
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay explaining why we should never give up by referring to Ernest Hemingway’s famous remark, “Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated .” You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
审题立意
1. 导语解读：要求考生根据题目要求就海明威的名言做简单评述，阐述“我们为什么应当永不放弃”这一论点。
2. 文章立意：人可以被打倒，但不可以被打败，这就是人的尊严所在。因此，我们绝不要放弃。
写作思路
1. 第一段简要解释名言含义。
2. 第二段解释遭遇困难和失败不应放弃的第一个原因：虽然生活充满困难和失败，但人被赋予坚强的个性，人可以挑战各种困难。
3. 第三段解释不应放弃的第二个原因：我们要过一种有尊严的生活。
4. 结尾段落强调人应该自信、乐观，绝不放弃，再次呼应主题。
参考范文
Ernest Hemingway, the Nobel prize winner, has a famous remark, “Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” That means one should be strong, confident and optimistic. 1 Even if you lose the game, your spirit should always remain upbeat. 2
Life is full of difficulties and failures. Meanwhile, man is endowed with strong personalities, such as courage, confidence, optimism, great ambition and strong will, with which one challenges the nature, decides his fate in his ceaseless pursuit of life, overcomes difficulties and failures and scores the last victory. 3
As human beings, we should lead a life with dignity and grace. Dignity and grace mean heroism and strong personalities. That is easier said than done. Without unconquerable spirit, one can be easily defeated by fate. But with such spirit, one can be capable of claiming spiritual victory even under disastrous circumstances. To be a man is to act with dignity: not to succumb to suffering but to shoulder one’s duty without complaint. 4
Bravery and confidence coupled with a spirit that one never gives up can change a tragic fate. 5
诺贝尔奖获得者欧内斯特•海明威有一句名言：“人生来不是被打败的，一个人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败。”那意味着人要坚强、自信和乐观。即使你失败了，精神上也要一直积极乐观。
人生充满了困难与失败，但同时，人被赋予了坚强的品质，比如勇敢、自信、乐观、伟大的志向和坚强的意志。凭借着这些性格品质，人可以挑战自然，在不断追求的人生中决定自己的命运，克服困难与失败，最终取得胜利。
作为人类，我们应该过着拥有尊严、优雅的生活。尊严和优雅意味着英勇和坚强的个性。这说起来容易，做起来难。如果没有百折不挠的精神，一个人很容易被命运打败。但有了这种精神，一个人就算身处灾难境地，他也可以获得精神上的胜利。作为一个人，就要以尊严行事：不向苦难低头，毫无怨言地承担自己的责任。
勇气、自信以及绝不放弃的精神可以改变悲惨的命运。
范文点评
1. 开篇简要评述名言及其含义。
2. 进一步从反面指出人即使遭遇失败也要保持乐观。
3. 承上启下，阐述人不应放弃的第一个理由。
4. 进一步论述人应该过有尊严的生活，作为不能放弃的理由之二。
5. 结尾段落重申文章观点。
要点用法
famous remark 名言
optimistic adj. 乐观的；乐观主义的
meanwhile adv. 同时
personality n. 个性；品格
pursuit n. 追赶，追求
dignity n. 尊严；高贵
unconquerable adj. 不可战胜的
succumb to 屈服于
句法点评
1. Meanwhile, man is endowed with strong personalities, such as courage, confidence, optimism, great ambition and strong will, with which one challenges the nature, decides his fate in his ceaseless pursuit of life, overcomes difficulties and failures and scores the last victory.
这是一个复杂句，其中包含了“with+which”引导的定语从句，which指代的是strong personalities。
2. That is easier said than done.
这是一个固定表达，表示“说起来容易，做起来难”，用在文中起过渡的作用，承上启下。
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get .” You can give examples to illustrate your point and then explain what you will do to face a changeable life . You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
审题立意
1. 导语解读：要求考生根据给定的话语，就“生活变化无常”这一话题进行简述，并阐述如何应对变化无常的生活。
2. 文章立意：生活是不断变化的，存在着很多不确定的因素。但正是这种不确定的神秘感让人不断去探求生活的秘密。因此，我们要以正确的态度来应对多变的生活。
写作思路
1. 第一段简要阐述给定话语的含义。
2. 第二段论述虽然生活有不确定性，但这种挑战让人坚强。
3. 第三段论述如何以正确的态度应对多变的生活。
参考范文
“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.” That means we are never quite sure what will happen in the future of our life, or simply put, life is changeable. 1
Yes, life is changeable. 2 Gains and losses interchangeably coexist in life. Many successful people accept the fact that life is short and full of uncertainties. They also think the charm of life just lies in uncertainties. Maybe failures make us exhausted mentally and physically, but we bear the heavy burden and become stronger. 3
So what should we do to face a changeable life? 4 Flowers bloom and fade; life has ups and downs. We can’t control the world but we can control our attitude towards it. If we want to have no remorse during our lifetime, cherish the present day, and live in this moment. Don’t be so depressed when we’re at the lowest point in our life because there’s nowhere to go but up. The purpose of life is to live it, to taste and experience it to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences. 5
“人生就像一盒巧克力，你永远也不知道下一颗将是什么滋味。”这句话的意思是，我们永远不能完全确信未来会发生什么，或者简单地说，人生是变幻莫测的。
是的，人生变幻莫测。得与失在人生中是交互共存的。许多成功人士接受了人生短暂并且充满不确定性的事实。同时，他们认为人生的魅力恰恰在于那些不确定性。失败可能会使我们身心俱疲，但我们也会因此忍辱负重并且变得更强大。
因此，我们要怎样面对变幻莫测的人生？花开花谢，人生起伏。我们不可能掌控世界但我们可以掌控自己对世界的态度。如果我们不想在活着的时候留下遗憾，那么就珍惜今天，活在当下。当我们处在人生低谷的时候，不要太沮丧，因为无论朝哪个方向努力，都是向上的。生命的意义在于尽情生活，拼命品味和体验，勇往直前、无所畏惧地去追求更新、更丰富的人生经历。
范文点评
1. 开篇简要描述给定话语的含义。
2. 第二段首句自然过渡，引出生活的多变，紧扣作文话题。
3. 对比论证，论述生活虽多变但却让人在克服困难的过程中变得坚强。
4. 末段首句以疑问的句式提出如何应对多变的生活，自然过渡。
5. 论述以积极的态度应对生活。
要点用法
simply put 简单地说
interchangeably adv. 可交换地
coexist v. 共存；和平共处
uncertainty n. 不确定
exhausted adj. 疲惫的
mentally adv. 精神上
physically adv. 身体上
bloom v. 开花
fade v. 凋谢；褪色
remorse n. 懊悔
句法点评
1. Many successful people accept the fact that life is short and full of uncertainties.
此句用了that引导的同位语从句，从句解释fact 的具体内容。
2. Flowers bloom and fade; life has ups and downs.
采用形象的描写，使表达显得更加生动。
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay explaining why you are the architect of your own fate . You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
审题立意
1. 导语解读：要求考生根据“每个人的命运都掌握在自己手中”这一话题进行简述并阐述原因。
2. 文章立意：每个人的生活都不太可能一帆风顺，遭遇挫折和失败是常有的事。因此，生活的成功与否掌握在人们自己手里，也就是说，每个人才是自己生活的缔造者。
写作思路
1. 第一段指出，生活不是一帆风顺的，会遇到各种困难，由此提出论点：每个人才是自己生活的缔造者。
2. 第二段指出，不要让困难左右你。把困难和逆境当作朋友，把它作为享受生活的一种方式。
3. 第三段指出，困难可使人受益并取得进步，把握命运才能获取成功。
参考范文
Not everyone in the world has roses all the way through his life. 1 One may have growing pains, encounter troubles and difficulties and suffer adversities. No matter what happens, you are the architect of your own fate. 2
Don’t let your troubles define you. Instead, you define them. That’s a wonderful way for you to define yourself. We all have troubles. There’s no doubt that adversity, which is a good friend for anyone, can bring out the best in us. It’s up to us to choose how to respond to it. You can choose to give in; you can also choose to rise above it. Why don’t you choose to enjoy your life regardless of the challenges that the fate serves you? 3
Whether we enjoy every day or not, there’s always something to experience and learn. Experiences are life’s way of helping us. When you look on the most difficult experience of your life as a gift, you know you’re making real progress. Never surrender to fate, even for those who are too weak to determine their own destiny. Right now you are the architect of your own destiny. Rise above the troubles and meet them head-on; you’ll triumph. 4
世上并非每个人的一生都是康庄大道。你可能在成长中遇到烦恼，麻烦缠身，困难重重，身陷逆境。但无论发生什么，你都是自己命运的缔造者。
不要让你的那些麻烦定义你，而是你去定义它们。这也是你定义自己的绝佳方法。每个人都会遇到麻烦。逆境是每个人的朋友，毫无疑问，它能让我们展现出最好的自我。这取决于我们回应它的方式。你可以选择屈服，也可以选择克服它。无论命运给你什么挑战，为什么不选择享受人生呢?
不管我们是否享受每一天，总有一些东西可以经历和学习。经历是生活给予我们帮助的方式。当你把人生中最困难的经历看成一个礼物，你会发现你真的进步了。决不要向命运投降，即便孱弱无力、无法自决命运的人也不应如此。现在，你就是自己命运的缔造者。克服困难，直面挑战，你终将胜利。
范文点评
1. 开篇简要提及生活不会一帆风顺，为引出文章观点作铺垫。
2. 首段末句明确表达文章的观点：每个人才是自己命运的缔造者。紧扣作文话题。
3. 采用逻辑推理方法，层层递进，逻辑严密。
4. 末段最后使用祈使句号召人们不要屈服于命运，只有把握命运，才能获得最终的胜利。
要点用法
encounter v. 遭遇，遇到
adversity n. 逆境；厄运
architect n. 缔造者；建筑师
define v. 定义
be up to 由……决定
rise above 克服；不受……影响
regardless of 不管
progress n. 进步
look on…as 把……看作
surrender v. 投降；屈服
destiny n. 命运；天命
triumph v. 胜利；成功
句法点评
1. Why don’t you choose to enjoy your life regardless of the challenges that the fate serves you?
本句采用了反问句，强调了挑战命运的重要性，同时也避免了通篇都是一成不变的陈述句式。
2. Never surrender to fate, even for those who are too weak to determine their own destiny.
本句中包含了一个由关系代词who引导的限制性定语从句，修饰限定those。从句的运用使行文更加紧凑，丰富了句式的多样性。