四、八级写作阅卷与思考

英语专业四八级写作阅卷与思考华东理工大学颜静兰《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》•培养21世纪英语专业人才，使英语专业教学在新台阶上展开，使学生整体素质提高。•大纲在培养目标：“1＋3＋3＋3”•一个基础、三种知识、三种能力、三种素质高等学校英语专业培养目标语音语法词汇听力口语阅读写作翻译人文学科知识科技知识专业基础知识获取知识的能力独立思考的能力创新的能力思想道德素质文化素质心理素质打好基本功拓宽知识培养能力提高素质1.新版英语专业八级考试大纲（2005年起执行）试卷的题型、题数、计分、比重和时间列表序号题号各部分名称题型题数计分比重考试时间（分钟）I(A1)--(A10)1--10听力理解A讲座B会话C新闻主观题客观题客观题1055101010%10%25II11—30阅读理解客观题202020%30III31—40人文知识客观题101010%10IV(B1)—(B10)改错主观题101010%15V翻译A汉译英B英译汉主观题主观题11101010%10%60VI写作主观题12020%45合计40+23100100%185VI.写作(PartVI:Writing)•1.测试要求:根据所给的作文题目及要求撰写各类体裁的文章，文章长度约400个单词；能做到内容充实、语言通顺、用词恰当、表达得体。•2.测试形式:本部分分为主观试题,共一个作文题目。考试时间45分钟.•3.测试目的:按照《大纲》的要求测试学生的写作能力.八级考试年份考试人数通过率%平均分20022781959.620046940756.7460.5020059335054.1757.74200611709849.9755.062007139663+36501（补考）17616447.3054.562008151776+43785（补考）19556145.2856.372009160374+51549（补考）21192347.3356.85•华理英语系八级考试情况•年份通过率平均分•2003年97.4467.94•2004年97.2270.51•2005年97.0571.18•2006年95.7566.86•2007年10071.12•2008年91.3866.12•2009年94.1269.28全国听力10％阅读20％人文10％GAP10％改错10％英译中10％中译英10％写作20％总平均分056．9312．596．355．094．325．475．3811．6157．74066．4510．466．116．084．754．525．2811．0155．06076．0811．185．845．634．815．175．3110．2554．56086.1111.185.904.614.586.115.6712.4356.37095.6810.286.933.695.136.614.8813.7056.856.5312.508.263.916.067.887.4116.6869.28TEM-8CompositionMarkingScheme•1.effectivelyaddressthewritingtask•2.demonstrateawelldevelopedlogicalorganizationalstructurewithclearlystatedmainideasandsufficientsupportingdetails•3.noerrorsofvoc,spelling,punctuation,syntax•4.usethelanguagewithappropriacy.(collocation)•E.g.learnknowledge,touchsociety•5.NodifficultyisexperiencedbythereaderWritingScore12－15•KeytoSuccess•Addressthetaskcorrectly•Studythetopiccarefully•1.Nowadayswiththedevelopmentofeconomy,theexistingcitiesaregrowingbiggerandnewcitiesareappearing.Whatdoyouthinkisoneofthemajorproblemsthatmayresultfromthisprocessofurbanization?Writeanessayofabout400wordsonthetopicgivenbelow：•2.OneMajorProblemintheProcessofUrbanization•3.Inthefirstpartofyourwritingyoushouldpresentyourthesisstatementandinthesecondpartyoushouldsupportthethesisstatementwithappropriatedetails.Inthelastpartyoushouldbringwhatyouhavewrittentoanaturalconclusionwithasummary.4.Markswillbeawardedforcontent,organization,grammarandappropriacy.Failuretofollowtheaboveinstructionsmayresultinalossofmarks.八级好作文标准:•审题准确•Thesisstatement–Topicsentence–Detaileddiscussion(example,statistics)–Conclusion•用词恰当到位,没有重大语法错误,拼写错误。TEM-8•2000EDUCATIONASALIFELONGPROCESS•2001THEIMPACTOFTHEINTERNETON…•2002THEMOSTIMPORTANTPERSONALQUALITY•OFAUNIVERSITYSTUDENT•2003YoungPeopleinChinaAre(Not)MoreSelf-•centeredandUnsympathetic•2004ShouldUniversityStudentsGoinforBusiness?•2005Interview•2006Ambition•2007Financialdisparityaffectsfriendship•2008WhatIhavelearnedfrommyyearsatuniversity•2009Aredialectsjustasacceptableinpublicplaces•(2006)通过率：49.97平均分：55.06作文平均分：11.01•WritingTask（45mins）20%•JosephEpstein,afamouswriter,oncesaid,“Wedecidewhatisimportantandwhatistrivialinlife.Wedecide(so)thatwhatmakesussignificantiseitherwhatwedoorwhatwerefusetodo.Butnomatterhowindifferenttheuniversemaybetoourchoicesanddecisions,thesechoicesanddecisionsareourstomake.Wedecide.Wechoose.Andaswedecideandchoose,soareourlivesformed.Intheend,formingourowndestinyiswhatambitionisabout.’Doyouagreeordisagreewithhim?Writeanessayabout400wordsentitled:•Ambition•NowhereisthewordambitionsovividlyandaccuratelydefinedthaninJosephEpstein’scommentthat“intheend,formingourowndestinyiswhatambitionisabout.”Acosmeticdefinitionasitseems,however,Epstein’swordscan,onthewhole,beinterpretedandsummarizedintoonesentence:tobeambitiousistostriveforourownpersonalgoalssetuponourownvaluesregardlessofthepossibleoutcomeandcontroversy.Inotherwords,thetwoindispensablepartsofambitioninclude:firstly,makingyourownuniquetargets;secondly,persistinginachievingtheseaimswithoutbeingdistractedbyothers’ridiculeandscorn.•Tobeginwith,visualizingyourpersonalgoalsinsteadofdriftingamongthemassis,undoubtedly,theveryprerequisiteofthefulfillmentofyouraims.Thereasonforthisissimple.Weourselvesarethebestjudgesofourcapabilitiesandpotentials.Andthesamevoiceisechoedinthat“wedecidewhatisimportantandwhatistrivialinlife.”MadameCurriecouldneverhaveachievedsomanyhonorsandbreakthroughsinscienceandthediscoveryofradiumifshetookthesamepathasmajorityofthewomeninhertime.Itwasherdecisiontodevotehertimeandenergytosciencenothouseholdchoresthatmadeherstandoursoprominently.Ontheotherhand,shemighthavebeenjustasplainandmundaneasotherwomenifshedidnotmatchherselfwithherpersonalaspirationsandgoals.Therefore,havingyourowngoalsisessentialtotherealizationofambition.•Thenthereistheissueofhowoneshouldpursuethesegoals.AgainEpsteingaveaperfectexplanationthat“butnomatterhowindifferenttheuniversemaybetoourchoicesanddecisions,thesedecisionsandchoicesareourstomake.”Anexcellentstatement.Therearetimeswhenwegiveupourbeliefsandaimssimplybecauseofadifferentperspectiveofsomeoneelseandtherearedefinitelydayswhenwefeelfrustratedandbeateninfaceofscathingscornfromtheworld.YetEpsteinshowsusahigherpathonwhichweareencouragedtosticktoourwaysandend