【命题宗旨】
中国学生（无论是大学生还是中学生）的英语写作能力一直以来都相对较弱，在国内外的各种英语考试中，中国学生在写作题上的得分相比较于其他题型的得分，往往都很低。
高考中的写作占分比例比较大，但实际情况是，很多高中生在校期间，没有在英语写作上投入应有的时间和精力，甚至从初中开始就是如此，所以他们平常对于写作知识和技巧的学习和积累都比较匮乏，一旦提起笔来，无论是从语言组织还是主题内容上，都会觉得无从下手。
为此，我们采用了阅读和写作相结合、先阅读后写作的形式，来锻炼和考查学生的写作能力。阅读是一种以输入为主的语言学习过程，而写作则是一种以输入为主的语言学习过程，但输出是必须以输入为前提的，为了一方面鼓励学生多阅读，通过阅读来学习英语，一方面让学生在答题时，有所参照，我们就采用了读写结合的命题方式。
【考试要求】
作为整个英语写作大赛的复赛阶段，要求考生根据所给的文章以及写作的要求，写一篇不少于120词的文章。
因为考试时间总共45分钟，考生要完成一篇约300－350词左右的文章的阅读和理解，接着又要根据这篇文章的主题内容，按照要求在30分钟之内写一篇作文，概括文章的大意，同时又要针对文章的主题发表自己的观点。
【答题点津】
阅读文章的主题是有关“人与人之间的关爱”的，所以建议考生在平时的学习中，多阅读一些相关主题的文章材料，多动笔写写这方面主题的小文章。
因为文章的篇幅大约是300－350词，所以建议考生用约5分钟时间仔细读完全文，然后记下能够反映文章大意的要点。阅读和笔记的时间最好控制在10分钟之内完成，这样在监考官把试卷回收之前，还有5分钟的时间考虑没有读懂的地方，或者检查文章要点是否已经计全。
15分钟之后，就进入了写作阶段，题目要求考生先用2－3句话概括文章大意，即写小结（Summary）。然后再根据文章的主题内容，发表自己的观点，也就是写议论文了。
在阅卷评分时，考官注重的是考生作文语言的准确性和内容的思想性。所以，考生除了要仔细审查，避免不必要的语言错误之外，也要注意内容上言之有理、言之有物。对于高中生，考官更注重的是其文章是否有思想，所以如果需要的话，篇幅稍长一些，更能把话讲清楚，考生不必过于担心文章太长会对评分有影响，关键在于不要出现不必要的冗余之词。
关于如何写好小结、如何写好议论文以及模拟题的范文，请考生登录英语写作大赛的官网www.ewrite.org，在网站的“开题指导”部分查询和学习。
Read and Write (45 minutes)
Directions: Read the following passage and then write an article in not less than 120 words. Your article must include:
l Title of your article.
l Summary of the passage below in two or three sentences.
l Your opinion: what you would do in the same situation and why.
Dine with a stranger with Hepatitis (肝炎) B?
A girl with Hepatitis B took to the streets Sunday holding a sign saying “Will you have dinner with a HBV carrier” in order to raise awareness about the virus.
The girl, an overseas returnee who calls herself Chucao, told reporters in downtown Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, she was discovered to be carrying HBV – Hepatitis B Virus – during a physical examination to enter high school.
But in a panic, her family feared the stigma (耻辱，污名) attached to the illness and forced her to keep it a secret and move away.
Chucao then entered a college in Japan, where she found HBV is not regarded as a terrible disease like it is in China.
Back in China, Chucao encountered some other HBV carriers through the Internet and they formed an organization named Green Chucao. The organization committed itself to publishing scientific knowledge of HBV by carrying out activities such as inviting people to have dinner with sufferers.
Before coming to Wuhan, Chucao carried out similar activities in Guangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou and Kunshan. She encountered difficulties, but also kind-hearted people. One girl even donated 300 yuan.
In the afternoon, 14 volunteers agreed to go to a restaurant to have dinner with Chucao. They used disposable dishware and the atmosphere was reported as relaxing. It is not known how many of the volunteers were also HBV infected. During a previous occasion in Guangzhou last time all eight volunteers were carriers of the virus.
Medical experts said healthy people who have dinner with HBV carriers would not become infected as transmission does not occur through daily contact. Chucao hoped the news would eliminate people’s discrimination of HBV carriers.