2000年下半年英語寫作（全國卷）

Ⅰ.Supply the missing conclusion（20 points）

Study the following passage carefully and write a conclusion of about 100

words. Make sure that the tone and vocabulary you use are in unity with the

passage provided.

Big Ideas in Small Words

In English, most often short words are as good as long ones, and simple

words like"bright sun","fresh air"and"sweet home" are best of all. Though

small, these words can meet our needs with grace, charm and strength, and

can cast a clear light on big things like：war and peace, love and hate, and

life and death.

As has been said in THE MIRACLE OF ALNGUAGE by Richard Lederer, many of the

pithy proverbs use very simple words in the expression of excellent ideas,

"Where there is a will, there is a way","Rome was not built in a day","Two

heads are better than one", to name only a few.

Many of the ancient poets and orators recognized the power of small words in

making a straight line between two minds.

Several hundred years ago, William Shakespeare used small simple words in

his play KING LEAR:"And my poor fool is hang'd!

No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, and thou no

breath at all?…"

In the Bible, with which many English speakers are familiar, the short words

which describe the beginning of human life sound like this: And God said,

let there be light, and there was light. And God saw the light, and it was good.

Modern great leaders or poets have also been using simple English words in

their speeches or writings. During World War Ⅱ when Hitler was nearly

occupying the whole of Europe, and many people thought the end of mankind

was drawing near, Winston Churchill responded in his ringing words:"Let's

fight by sea, land, and air, with all our might and with all the strength

that God can give us."A tit-for-tat struggle was forged, and Hitler was

defeated. And now let's hear what  Robert Frost said in his poem THE DEATH OF

THE HIRED MAN:"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have

to take you in."Even more terse words are probably ten two-letter words by

William H. Johnson when he described his secret of success,"If it is to be,

it is up to me."

Ⅱ.Write an outline（20 points）

Read the following passage carefully and compose a"sentence outline"for it.

Foreign Graduates Dominate US Programs

For at least 10 years, most students earning doctoral degrees in science or

engineering in the United States have been from other countries.

In 1996, about 40 percent of the science and engineering doctorates awarded

in the United States went to foreign students, and three out of four went to

foreigh-born minorities, according to the National Science Foundation.

At the University of Texas at Austin, for example, 108 of the 187 graduate

students studying computer science are non

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