2017“外研社杯”全国英语写作大赛初赛Task1ArgumentativeWritingWriteanessayinresponsetothepassagebelow.Youshouldstateclearlywhetheryouagreeordisagreewiththepassageandexplainyourreasonsforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderwaysinwhichtheauthor’sopinionmightormightnotholdtrueandexplainhowtheseconsiderationsshapeyourposition.Youshouldwriteabout500words.IfyoustillthinkoftheInternetasameansofopeningupavastworldofinformationtopeople,youmaybecompletelywrong.Playingapositiveroleinitsearlydays,theInternetisnowenclosingpeopleinawalledroom.Haveyounoticedthatwhendifferentpeoplegooglethesamething,forexample,“Chineseculture”or“America”,theygetdifferentsearchresults?Websitesselectivelyguesswhichinformationisappropriatetoauserbasedonhis/herlocation,past-clickbehaviorandsearchhistory,andtailorinformationandrecommendationsaccordingly.ThemoreoneusestheInternet,themorelikelyoneiskeptawayfromdifferentopinions,andtrappedinone’sownculturalideologicalbubble.ThesituationworsenswhenInternet-boostedsocialnetworkscreepintoeverycornerofourlives.Althoughthereseemstobealargeamountofinformationupdatedalmosteverysecond,theinformationisonlyavailablefrompeople’sfriend-circlesorthesubscriptions(公众号)theychoose.Beyondthesecirclesandchoices,peopledonotreallyhaveaccesstotheunknown.Theybecomeimprisonedinaconfinedworld.Task2ExpositoryWritingThefollowinggraphsshowthedevelopmentofthemobileInternetanditsuseforreadinginChina.Writeanessaybasedonthegraphs.Inyouressay,youshouldsummarizetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeaturesandmakecomparisonswhererelevant.Youshouldwriteatleast300wordsbutnomorethan500words.Graph1:NumberofmobileInternetusersandannualgrowthrates(2011-2017)Graph2:MarketsizeformobileInternetreadingproductsandannualgrowthrates(2011-2017)4357657379838631%15.4%11.8%8.4%5%3.5%0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%0102030405060708090100201120122013201420152016(Expected)2017(Expected)(million)NumberofmobileInternetusersIncreasingrate21034762588410101186140465.2%80.1%41.4%14.3%17.4%18.0%0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%02004006008001000120014001600201120122013201420152016(Expected)2017(Expected)(millionyuan)MarketsizeIncreasingrate(Predicted)Annualgrowthrate(Predicted)(Predicted)(Predicted)Annualgrowthrate