第二套題：Section III Writing

　　Part A

　　51. Directions:

　　You are a college student and have just got the news that a respectable professor in your university has retired recently. Now write him a letter, expressing your congratulations and best wishes to him.

　　Write your letter in no less than 100 words. Write it neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.

　　Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter; use “Li Ming” instead.

　　Do not write the address. (10 points)

　　51.范文

　　Dear professor Li,

　　I’ve just learned that you have retired and returned to your hometown, and I’m writing to congratulate you upon your well-deserved retirement.

　　I’m sure you will be missed by everyone here in our university, not only for the high degree of competence with which you have handled your job, but also because you are a very good friend to a lot of people. Thirty years of experience has made you an invaluable teacher, and it will be a pity to study without your tutoring.

　　I sincerely hope that you’ll enjoy your new life in your hometown. Good luck for your future and I look forward to hearing from you from time to time.

　　Yours truly,

　　Li Ming

　　Part B

　　52. Directions:

　　Nowadays more people are buying lottery tickets. Study the following charts carefully and write an article on the issue of lottery. In your article, you should

　　1) describe the phenomenon,

　　2) analyze the phenomenon, and

　　3) give your comments on it.

　　You should write 160 – 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)

　　52.

　　一、審題謀篇

　　本題為圖表加提綱式作文。寫圖表式作文的關鍵之一是把握指導語，因為它給出了作文的基本要求，指出了寫作的方向;其次是對圖表中的相關數據進行描述、分析和評論，它們往往是寫作的材料或論據。由本題的指導語可知：文章要求聯系圖表以彩票為話題，對越來越多的人喜歡買彩票這一現象發表評論。作文的基本框架應為：(一)描述現象;(二)分析現象;(三)發表你的看法。其次，兩個圖表顯示的是兩個調查結果。圖表一反映了北京、上海、廣州三個城市里夢想有一天中500萬的人的比例，平均為70%。圖表二反映了中獎后，人們想做的事。由分析可知，圖表一可用于描述現象，圖表二可用于分析現象，作為支持論點(支持或反對買彩票)的論據。

　　二、參考范文

　　Nowadays, more and more people, especially in big cities, become interested in buying lottery tickets. According to chart 1, averagely 70 percent of those polled in the survey, held in three big cities, claimed to have dreamed of winning the big prize of five-million yuan. 85 percent of those polled in Guangzhou had had such a dream, compared with 65 percent and 60 percent, respectively, in Beijing and Shanghai.

　　The attraction of buying lottery tickets is obvious. The winner can get the biggest profit for the future with only a small investment. It realizes the beautiful dream of every participant-to be richer and to improve living standards. As is shown in Chart 2, should they win a big lottery, 81.3% of people would buy a new house, 61.9% would buy a car, and 61.7% would save the money for the education of themselves or their kids. And a great proportion of people say they would put the money in the bank or use it for investment or touring. Despite all the attractions brought by the lottery buying, it has also come under criticism. Some regard it as a kind of gambling, which is a potentially addictive behaviour.

　　In my opinion, buying lottery tickets is not so bad as some people think. Instead, it is good for society by creating new jobs and representing an important source of income for charity and sports causes. Of course, it is not a means of making money for individuals we should encourage, because the result is hardly predictable. Therefore, we should take a positive but cautious attitude towards lottery buying behavior.