Question

假如你是新华中学的学生李华，你的美国朋友Tom一周前给你发电子邮件，询问你寒假里的打算，但你因准备期末考试未能及时回复。请根据以下要点给他回封邮件：
1. 未及时回信的原因；
2. 你假期的打算（如做兼职、补习、旅行、做志愿者等,请列举至少两点）
注意：1. 词数：100词左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 书信格式与开头均已给出（不计入总词数）。

Answer 1

Dear Tom,
　　How are you doing? You asked me in your last letter about my plan for the coming summer vacation. I am sorry that I didn’t reply without delay.
　　How I wish I could read and reply your email as soon as I received it. However, I was busy preparing for my final exam at that time, which is vital for me. As a result, I had no choice but to completely focus on my study. I believe that if you were me, you would make the same choice.
　　By the way, I have a busy schedule for my summer vacation. First and foremost, I would do a part- time job, so that my interpersonal skills would be improved. Additionally, I will take a short trip to Beijing to take a summer course in the New Oriental School. Last but not least, maybe I will work as a volunteer for the school as a teaching assistant.
　　These are my plan for the summer vacation. What’s yours? I am looking forward to your earliest reply.

试题分析：考查的书信。为了考察考生审题能力，命题人并没有把如“感谢”、“道歉”、“建议”、“申请”等明显的字眼放在题中，而是通过考察学生对题干的审题能力暗示学生此书信体作文应大体包含道歉和告知两个方面。因此文章的主干部分要先表示歉意、解释原因，后写假期的打算。
从写作要点和得分点来看，考生应在宏观上把握书信体写作的要求，如格式、文体等，写作段落以三段式为宜，首段体现问候、写信背景等，尾段再次致歉、也可询问Tom暑假里的打算，体现书信体的交际性；而中间段具体交待未及时回信的原因、假期的打算。考生在微观层面上应具体把握写作的内容和语言，做到句子之间有效的连接，长短句结合，多用doing及物做主语，句子加半句原因、结果、目的等具体细节的解释、利用简单而有效的中文思路扩展英文细节。考生若能在写作部分做到内容充实符合要求、语言精彩与众不同、结构清晰一目了然。
【亮点说明】文中使用了非常好的短语和句子为文章增色不少，比如as soon as，be busy doing，prepare for，be vital for, by the way. , Last but not least, look forward to；还运用which引导的非限定性定语从句，并注意了句子的衔接如：but，First and foremost，so that，Additionally等等。