Question

“When should I begin to acquire good habits?”a young boy asked his teacher.

“How old are you?” asked the teacher.

“Eight years old, sir.”answered the boy.

“Then you have just lost eight years,”the teacher replied.

There is no doubt that habits are formed at a very early age. When one is young, it is easy to acquire good habits.

Good habits are practices that help us in our daily life. The habit of brushing one’s teeth in the morning, for instance, keeps one’s teeth clean and prevents a bad smell which is unpleasant to others. Bad habits such as sticking one’s tongue out, biting one’s fingernails and picking one’s nose, are undesirable ways of behaving in front of others. If we want people to enjoy being with us, we should try to develop habits that are pleasant.

It is said, “We sow an act; we reap a habit. We sow a habit and we reap a character.” The habits we formed at an early age shape our character. Habits are like tributaries(支流) which flow into a river. The river is made up of all its tributaries; a person’s character is made up of all the habits that he or she has acquired over the years.

【写作内容】

1. 以约30个词概括本文内容；

2. 以约120个词谈谈你对好习惯养成的看法，并包括以下要点：

（1）你认为好习惯重要吗，为什么？

（2）你身上有哪些好习惯，它们对你的学习或生活有什么影响？

（3）怎样才能养成良好的习惯？

【写作要求】

1. 作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文的句子。

2. 作文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称。

Answer 1

The author tells us that habits are formed when we are young and we should try to develop good habits, for they benefit us in our daily life and help us shape our character.

I can’t agree more with the author. Cultivating a good habit can not only shape our character, increase our inner beauty but also influence those people around you. Therefore, I think it is of great significance to form a good habit.

As for me, I benefit a lot from my good habits like getting up early to speak English aloud, reviewing and previewing lessons before going to bed every day. In the past, I didn’t dare to speak English before others because of my poor pronunciation and I also did badly in my English tests. Thanks to my good habits, however, I have been making progress in my English study. Now I am proud of my speaking and writing in English.

Then how can we form a good habit? First of all, you should be determined to fight against your laziness. Once you make up your mind to do something, never give up easily. Then, you have to be confident, believing that you can become a better person. Last but not least, keep pushing yourself. It may take a long period for you to form a good habit but remember it is perseverance that makes you successful!

【解析】

试题分析：本试题没有给定具体题目，但是按照题目要求，是要首先来对前面的那个小故事进行一个概括。其次，还要根据自己的亲身经历和自己身上所拥有的好习惯来进行阐述，同时还要表明自己的观点，要怎么样才能养成一个好习惯。同时也要提到自己的好习惯是如何对自己的日常生活进行影响的。

亮点分析：本文抓住了中心和重点，首先按照题目的要求对前面的文章进行了一个概括。后面再提出自己的观点，有自己亲身的经历和好习惯对自己的影响来展开。运用了较多的短语如can’t agree more with; As for me;not only but also ;Thanks to 等来连接显示了作者扎实的基本功。最后的First of all, Last but not least使得本文更具有逻辑性。运用了强调句型如it is perseverance that makes you successful来为本文增色。本文作者通条理清晰，观点明确，运用较多的词汇，体现了作者深厚的写作功底。问题说明：本文虽然运用的特色词汇较多，但是句式过于单一，所以建议能够添加一些复合句，还能加一些定语从句或者倒装句来增色例如Only if you have a good habit ,can you manage your life more easily；a good habit is like a bright light which can lead you to go to a right way.

考点：论述性文章写作。