Question

【題目】請閱讀下面短文，并按照要求用英語寫一篇 150 詞左右的文章。

In China, Yang Zhiqiao is 77 and has retired. She does the Mickey Mouse costume in Luoyang, Henan Province to earn some pocket money from passers-by, which she saves for her son. “My son is 40 and is still single. I don’t want to be a burden to him. I want to help him financially so he can get a wife,” Yang says.

According to an unrelated news story, parents in a Beijing suburb are getting up at 5 am each day and standing in line for shuttle buses. The early birds have developed this habit not for themselves, but for their grown-up children, who work in downtown Beijing. The youngsters have to spend four or five hours each day commuting and their parents chip in（插嘴）by waiting in line for them so they can squeeze an extra half hour of sleep.

However, children in the US will leave their parents when they grow up. They want to find better jobs, so they usually live far away from their parents. They often write to their parents or call them. And they go to visit their parents during their holidays.

Parents will ask their children to do some work around their house. In many families children will get money for doing some housework so that they can learn to make money on their own. Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think that for young people it is important to decide on their lives by themselves.

【寫作內(nèi)容】

1. 用約30個單詞概述上述信息的主要內(nèi)容；

2. 結合上述信息，用約120個詞寫一篇短文，內(nèi)容包括：

（1）談談你對中美兩國父母同做法的理解；

（2）闡述中美兩國父母不同做法對你的啟示。

【寫作要求】

1. 寫作過程中不能直接引用原文語句；

2. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學校名稱；

3. 不必寫標題。

【評分標準】

內(nèi)容完整，語言規(guī)范，語篇連貫，詞數(shù)適當。

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Answer 1

【答案】

One possible version:

The way some Chinese people show love for their grown-up children can be considerate, who get everything ready for them. But parents in America know how to let go, making their children earn money and live their lives independently when they grow up.

They contrast highlights a number of differences in parental care in different cultural backgrounds. Since westerners attach great importance to individualism, parents tend to treat their children as independent individuals and encourage them to experience life by themselves. However, oriental cultures stress the devotion to children.

As to cultivating children’s independence and ensuring their healthy growth, we can gain some inspiration from western parents. Instead of overprotecting children from any danger or failure, parents should encourage them to make decisions alone so that they are able to pursue what they want, which can help them go through ups and downs in life. Only in this way can they learn to be independent and develop their survival skills.

【解析】本文內(nèi)容完整，語言規(guī)范，語篇連貫，詞數(shù)適當，符合題目的寫作要求。第一段對所給的材料進行了適當?shù)臍w納、概括，第二段概述對中美兩國父母不同做法的理解，第三段闡述中美兩國父母不同做法對考生的啟示。一些高級詞匯，如considerate, highlight, attach great importance to, tend to, ensure, go through和復雜句式，如when引導的狀語從句，which引導的非限制性定語從句，“only+狀語”前置引起的倒裝句等的使用給文章增色不少，亮點紛呈。