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HowtoImproveyourWritingSkillsAtopicsentenceSupportingsentencesAconcludingsentenceAtopSupportingpartAfoundationSupportingpartSupportingpartwellorganizedwelldevelopedwellexpressedwell-designedstructurestrongsupportingpartsbeautifulappearanceQ:Whatisthedesiredstructure(organization)ofyourcomposition?(1)Therearethreereasonswhysomestudentscannotfinishtheircollegestudies.(2)Somestudentsfailincollegebecausetheiracademicbackgroundisweak.(3)Forexample,onestudentmightnothavehadanadequatemathematicscourseinhighschool,sohefailshisuniversitymathematicsclass.(4)Next,becauseoffinancialproblems,otherstudentsmayfailuniversityclasses.(5)AccordingtoanarticleinChinaDaily,about9%ofthestudentswhohavetotakejobsdon'thaveasmuchtimetostudy,asaresultofwhich,theymayfailtheirclasses.(6)Finally,somestudentsarenotinterestedincollegesotheyspendtheirtimedoingotherthings.(7)Consequently,theyfail.(8)Becauseoftheweakacademicbackground,financialproblemsandlossofinterestinstudy,numerousstudentsfailincollegeeveryyear.15378246TopicsentenceConcludingsentenceR1R3R2AcompletesentenceneithertoowidenortoonarrowgeneraldetailedRestatementofthetopicandsummaryofthereasonsexamplesdata,factscauseandeffectQ:Whatshouldyouwriteaboutinyourcomposition(Content)?GoodBeginningisHalfDoneNowadaysprivatecarshaveenteredquitealotoffamilies,andmoreandmorepeopleareconsideringbuyingthemselvesprivatecars.Whydoprivatecarsbecomesopopular?2001年高考作文：请你谈谈汽车进入家庭后,对家庭,环境和经济可能产生的影响.Whateffectscanthepopularityofcarshaveonfamilies,environmentandeconomy?2003年高考题:你的好友因家境一般买不起名牌而闷闷不乐,给他写封信,谈谈你的看法和建议.收信人:徐海青寄信人:黄平写信日期:2003年6月8日I’mwritingtoyoutosharemyopinionsonfashionwithyou,forIhavejustheardthatyouwereunhappybecauseyoucouldn’tbuysomethingoffamousbrands.Writeoneortwosentencestoexplainthetopicanddecideonthetopicsentence根据下列表格提示写一篇题为“TheLifeExpectancyofChinesePeopleisGettingHigherandHigher”，文章共为三段：a.简单说明表格内容b.说出产生这种现象的原因c.得出结论。Year1949196319802002LifeSpan(人的寿命)35627175Accordingtothetable,wecanseethattheChineseaveragelifeexpectancyhasbeengettinghigherandhigher.Itwas35beforeliberation,andhasrisenby40yearsinthepastfiftyyears.Inmyopinion,therearethreemainreasonsfortherise.Q:HowdoweGetIdeas?BetterfoodandcomfortablelifeGrowingawarenessabouttheimportanceofsportsandexerciseNewdevelopmentinmedicalfieldTheLifeExpectancyofChinesePeopleisGettingHigherandHigher”，Firstofall,foodwhichweeathasbeenmorenutritiousthaneverbefore.Peoplepaymoreattentiontoawell-balanceddiet.Fruitsandvegetablesareingreatneedbypeopletogetmorevitamins,sotheirhealthhasbeenimprovedalot.Secondly,peoplenowtakeanactivepartinsports.Theyfindthatsportsactivitieshelpthemtobestrongerandhealthier.Thisalsomakesthemlivelonger.Lastbutnotleast,greatprogresshasbeenmadeinthefieldofscience.Scientistshavefoundalotofmethodstotreatdiseases.Cancerisnolongeradifficultproblemintheworld.Morepeoplecanbecuredofseriousdiseaseswhichwerefatalbefore.Toconclude,withthedevelopmentofthemodernscienceandtechnology,ourlifeissuretobecomebetterandbetter.Theaveragelifespanwillkeeponrising.范文所叙述的三个原因是平行的，是一个层次上的：1.Betterdiethelpspeopletolivelonger;2.People’sawarenessoftheimportanceofdoingexercisekeepspeoplehealthyandstrong,whichleadstolongerlifespan;3.Thedevelopmentofmedicalsciencealsocontributesgreatlytopeople’slongerlife.Tosumup,withbetterdiet,growingawarenessofkeepinghealthyandadvancedmedicaltechnology,people’slifeexpectancyissuretoriseinthefuture.Q:Howcanyouimproveyour“Language”?2002高考作文题：阅读下面两则短讯，谈谈你对网吧（InternetBar)现象的看法。（不必把短讯译成英文。）•北京市关闭了许多网吧，但仍有学生周末一早乘车去郊区上网。•辽宁省锦州市6,000余名学生举行集体签名仪式，保证远离网吧。Internetbarshavebecomeanewproblemforthestudentsoftheday.ItcanbearguedthatInternetbarsmaybeofausetostudentswhentheyneedaquickaccesstotheInternettodoresearchwork,butnoonecandenythefactthatunorganizedandillegalbarscandoharmtostudents.Firstofall,withoutproperguidanceandcontrol,astudentmayendupspendingtoomuchtimeinfrontofthescreen,whichmayleadtoeyeproblems,overtiredness,andalossofconcentrationandmemory.Besides,Internetbarsmaycreateafalserealityforthestudentsthroughalltheactivitieswhichtheytakepartin,suchason-linechattingandcomputergames,andthiscandogreatdamagetoastudent’smentalhealth.Furthermore,manyillegalbarsareveryunsafe.ItisreportedmanytimesthatstudentshavebeenkilledinfireaccidentsbecausethoseInternetbarshadnoproperescapingsystems.Therefore,actionsmustbetakentostopInternetbarsfromspreadingitsbadeffectonstudentsandIthinkthebestwaytodosoisnotjustsimplytocloseallthebarsdown,sincetheycanjustbere-opened,buttoeducatethestudentsandcreateanawarenessofthepotentialdangeramongthemsothattheywillvoluntarilystepawayfromInternetbars.Suggestionstoimproveyourlanguage:Practiseusingtheexpressionsyouhavelearned.Varyyoursentencestructures.Trytoexpressyourideasclearly,conciselyandcompletely.Avoidgrammarandspellingmistakes.Achecklisttoremindyouwhetheryouhavewrittenagoodcompositionwhichis:wellorganizedwelldevelopedwellexpressedHaveyoumadeanoutline?Doesyourparagraphhaveapropertopicsentence?Doyoursupportingsentencesfullydevelopthemainidea?Doyouhavespecificdetailstosupportyourgeneralizat