提高写作能力，仿写改写也是一种很好的练习。通过仿写和改写训练写作能力。仿写是提高英语写作能力行之有效的方法，在模仿写作中，格式、构思、表达方式等都可模仿，但要提醒学生注意创新变通，语句要通顺，符合英语表达习惯。仿写前要从时态、句型、内容选材等方面对学生加以辅导，指导学生怎样模仿，尤其要注意时态。

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should focus on the difficulty in acquiring useful information in spite of advanced information technology. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

示例一

As is graphically revealed in the cartoon, a few employees are holding a conference in the meeting room equipped with advanced devices. However, the most striking feature of the drawing is that the man in the center, who seems like a manager, says that they have lots of information technology, while useful information is badly needed. Simple as the illustration seems, it discloses a serious problem that it is rather hard to obtain helpful information in the highly modernized society.

A multitude of reasons can account for the phenomenon. On the one hand, it can be partially due to the fact that the modern technology has been developing at an incredible speed, which provides a booming amount of information and it is difficult to tell the right from the wrong. On the other hand, it is also because the restriction about spreading information on the Internet is far from perfect, making it difficult to get rid of the problem effectively and fundamentally.

From my perspective, it is high time that we transferred our focus from developing technology to searching for something helpful. Only in this way can we acquire

what we literally need.

示例二

The harm caused by misleading information online

It is true that the internet has brought us great convenience and efficiency, however, as the data grows at an exponential rate, the severity of misleading information arises.

Deceptive news or tips travel fast online, and worse still, they may shadow our routine life or even hinder the progress of our society. Lack of enough consideration, we are easily misled by false information which always appears in bulk on the webpage. Some will alter their plans to deal with the so-called disaster but only affect their normal life; a few may even go further to violate social security and economic trend. Moreover, if the misleading news isn’t corrected soon, there may be a trust crisis between individuals and the government. For example, the nuclear leakage in Japan in 2011 has caused great panic in Eastern China, where thousands of people went out to rob salt after the rumor that salt can prevent radiation, and ended in a turbulence in the domestic market.

To prevent misleading information spreading, government should set up laws to regulate online news while individuals need to judge independently. Only when they work in hand will the harm of false information be diminished to the end.