Question

请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。
In our daily life, we'd like to receive whatever we can get. But it is often the case that giving is better than receiving.
注意: ①无须写标题；
②除诗歌外，文体不限；
③内容必须结合你生活中的一个事例；
④不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
⑤词数不少于120，如引用提示语则不计入总词数。

Answer 1

One possible version:
We always take it for granted that receiving is better than giving. But in fact, it’s a good virtue to give rather than receive. I learnt it from my mother.
Ten years ago, there was a tough time for my family. One day, there were two apples for my family of three. Knowing that, my mother announced that she didn’t like eating apples. So she gave the two apples to me and my father. As a child, I grasped the apple immediately and ran away. But my mother wore a bright smile when she saw me eating the apple happily. At that time, I just wondered why my mother was so delighted, even when she didn’t eat the apple. But as time went by, I gradually realized that giving is better than receiving, because giving can bring more happiness and love.
Looking back on my mother’s giving, I always choose to give rather than receive in my life.

试题分析：本文是篇半开放性作文。有部分的文字提示给出了一个讨论的话题是“给比拿好”；从自己生活中的一些小事中举一到两个小的例子来进行说明。。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。
【亮点说明】本文结构明确，思路清晰。分三段把内容要点都涵盖了。同时注意应用较高级的短语和句子为文章增色不少，比如take it for granted，adapt themselves to，contribute to，还运用了it’s a good virtue to give rather than receive.非谓语动词作状语、 复合句等等。并注意了句子的衔接如：so，but , because等等。