Question

请以Chances always favor those who are prepared为题，结合生活中的事例，用英语写一篇短文，要求如下：①除诗歌外，文体不限；
②文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
③词数不少于120，注意：文章的标题已给出（不计词数）。
Chances always favor those who are prepared

Answer 1

The door of opportunity won’t open unless you do some pushing. Chances always favor prepared minds. The story happened when I was in high school can help illuminate the true meaning of the proverb.
On hearing the news that one student would be chosen and appointed to be the tour guide of some visiting teachers from Ireland, all of us felt excited. However, what annoyed us was that few of us could speak English fluently because most of us attached little significance to oral English. But our monitor, who practiced her listening and speaking nearly every day, was no exception. She succeeded in grasping the opportunity. Even more excitedly, she was offered a free summer camp to Ireland later.
Contrary to common belief that she was simply luckier, I think it was her preparations in advance that led to her succe ss. This is a lesson I can take from her success.

试题分析：考查开放性作文写作,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，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】范文中运用一些固定短语be appointed to 被任命为；attach significance to 认为。。重要；succeed in doing成功做成某事；Contrary to与。。相反；in advance提前；On hearing the news that one student would be chosen and appointed to be the tour guide of some visiting teachers from Ireland, all of us felt excited.在这个句子中on doing表示一。。就，the news后面跟着一个同位语从句，用来解释说明news的内容；However, what annoyed us was that few of us could speak English fluently because most of us attached little significance to oral English这个句子中运用到what引导主语从句；Contrary to common belief that she was simply luckier, I think it was her preparations in advance that led to her succe ss.这个句子运用到宾语从句，强调句。