Question

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语作文。
This is a story that happened in a school campus. One day, after school was over, Peter was taking a walk in the school campus, singing very happily. When he passed by a water tap(水龙头), he found that water was still running.Someone forgot to turn it off although it was the easiest thing for him to turn it off, and he should have done so，he seemed not to have noticed it and went on walking as if nothing was happening there.   
Just then, Mary was passing by and noticed that. Who left the water running after using it? she thought to herself. She rushed to the tap and turned it off as quickly as possible.When　Mary was doing that, Peter was right there, standing beside her with a cold look. Mary turned to him and scolded him for not having turned off the tap. “It is none of my business！”Peter said coldly, Besides, it was not I who had turned it on.”Hearing this, Mary was very disappointed and she was at a great loss.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括短文要点；
2.然后从"节约资源，保护环境，从身边小事做起”这一角度，写一篇120词左右的英语作文。内容包括：    
(1)简要评述Mary或Peter的行为并说明你的理由；    
(2)叙述你或你身边所发生的类似的故事；    
(3)谈谈你的感受与启发。
【写作要求】
1.作文中，可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3.标题为：Try to Do the Small Things around You

Answer 1

Possible version: 
Try to Do the Small Things around You   
Peter found water running out of a tap but turned a blind eye to it，while Mary, a girl of responsibilities, took a different attitude and rushed to turn it off.  
(简要评述Mary或Peter的行为并说明你的理由) As for me, Mary is really great, because she is ready to do something that seems very small. Maybe her behavior is very common in someone’s eyes, but it is playing and will continue to play an important part in our daily life.   
(叙述你或你身边所发生的类似的故事)We could see such kinds of small things around us every day. For example, when we leave the classroom, we just ignore the lights and computers and leave them on; when we have dinners, we often use the one time used chopsticks and plastic bags; when we finish some drinks and food, we throw the leftover very causally. Water wasting is often noticed here and there, too. For example, when some students take a bath, wash their hands, bowls or clothes, the running water doesn’t stop until everything ends. What’s worse, some students seldom turn off the tap/water, leaving it dropping all the way, even if everything is finished.    Are you familiar with those occasions? Are you one of those people that we have mentioned above? Have you ever thought about those bad effects on our environment?   (谈谈你的感受与启)发As we all know, actions speak louder than words. We should take action to do the small things around us to protect our environment. Remember: every little contribution counts.  

试题分析：本文讨论的话题"节约资源，保护环境，从身边小事做起”是考生很熟悉的热门话题，有很强的可写性。可以简单描述自己身边发生的小事情来体现文章的主题。自己的个人感受可以从环境的重要性以及人人为之做出贡献着手。
点评：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。在完成开放性作文时，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。