Question

请你根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。
We often hear people say, “Life is hard!” Faced with difficulties and even failures in life, people’s attitudes are different. Some feel optimistic(乐观的) while others do not. Do be optimistic in your school life.
注意：①无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语；②除诗歌外，文体不限；③文中不得透露个人姓名和名称；④词数不少于120。
                                                                             
                                                                             

Answer 1

Life has taught me a lot, among which is that we should take an optimistic attitude towards life. When one is optimistic, he often foresees the hopes and actively tries to work out the problem.
There was a time when I was always No. One in the examination praised by teachers and admired by schoolmates. However, things changed when I entered this key school. I found I had great difficulty with my study and was left behind by many students. I got frustrated and felt pessimistic about my future. Luckily, it was at this very moment that my head teacher found this and encouraged me. With his timely help, I made steady progress. To me, life shows its sunshine and smiles again.
Just as a proverb says, “Life is a mirror. If you smile to life, life often smiles to you.” Having the optimistic attitude is the key in life.

试题分析：考查半开放性作文写作。半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。在保证内容要点全部概括的基础上可以充分发挥自己的想象，进而用自己的语言来表达某种观点或看法，增添了写作的灵活性，同时能较好地考查考生的想象能力和英语语言表达能力。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】所给范文语言简洁，应用了一些较好的词组和句子：work out 计算出，had great difficulty with 有困难，left behind 落后，With his timely help在他及时的帮助下, Life has taught me a lot, among which is that we should take an optimistic attitude towards life. 这句话用了定语从句， There was a time when I was always No. One in the examination praised by teachers and admired by schoolmates.这句话用了定语从句， it was at this very moment that my head teacher found this and encouraged me. 这句话用了强调句， Just as a proverb says, “Life is a mirror. If you smile to life, life often smiles to you.” 最后还使用了谚语。