[写作范文]
Inventions such as the electric lamp and the television have had an important effect on our lives. Choose another invention that you think is important. Give specific reasons for your choice.
Write a composition of about 150 words on the following topic：
Bicycle
Bicycles have become more and more popular in China. People ride bikes to their work places， to shopping areas， to schools， and so on. During the rush hours， you can often see a boiling sea of bicycles running in all directions. With the largest number of bike riders in the world， China is often referred to as the kingdom of bicycles.
All are not friends that speak us fair.
说我们好话的未必全是朋友。
Compared with cars， bikes have many advantages. First， they are not very expensive， and almost every family can afford them. Second， they are very handy and convenient though they are not so fast as cars. With a bike， you can go anywhere you like， and you don‘t have to look for a large parking place. By riding bikes， you can avoid traffic jams and thus save the time and the money for taking taxis. Third， they do not cause air or sound pollution.
Riding bikes does good to your health if you ride it regularly. In modern times， people are usually too busy to spare any time for physical exercise. Riding a bike to your work place regularly serves as a good way to keep yourself strong and healthy.
Therefore， a bicycle is really an important means of transportation in China. It has been very useful， convenient and necessary ever since it was invented. And I do believe it will still be so in the future.
[学习要点]
① rush hour 交通拥挤的时间，高峰时刻
② handy 便利的；容易取得的（useful and simple to use； near and easy to reach）
③ refer to sth. /sb. 把…称作。相当于regard sth. / sb. as
④ serve as 起…的作用
[要点提示]
本文为说明文。本文首先说明自行车在中国普及的现象，然后从几方面说明自行车的
advantages，最后总结：A bicycle is really an important means of transportation in China. 文章正文部分用列举法（一一列举自行车的好处）和比较对比法（与汽车相比）。关联词语：First， … Second， … Third， …
[模拟训练2] ［35 MIN.］
All that glitters is not gold.
发光的未必都是金子。
China is called the kingdom of bicycles because it has the largest number of bicycles in the world. What do you think of the advantages and disadvantages of bikes in China？
Write a composition of about 150 words on the following topic：
My View on Bicycles in China
You are to write in three paragraphs.
In the first paragraph， state the fact of popularity of bikes in China.
In the second paragraph， tell the advantages of bikes.
In the final paragraph， state the disadvantages and your view on it.
Your composition may be based on the outline below：
Ⅰ。 Introduction
TS： China is called the kingdom of bicycles because …
DS： ① … ② … ③ … ④ … （popularity of bikes in China）
Ⅱ。Body
TS： Compared with cars， bikes have many advantages.
DS： First， … Second， … Third， …
Besides， … （advantages）
Ⅲ。 Conclusion
However， …
DS：① … ② … ③ … ④ … （disadvantages and your comment）
[模拟训练参考作文2]
My View on Bicycles in China
China is called the kingdom of bicycles because it has the largest number of bicycles in the world. The bicycle is the most popular transportation tool in China. Wherever you go， you can see many people riding on bikes to go to work， school， do shopping， or visit friends. During the rush hour， you may see a boiling sea of bikes in all directions.
Compared with cars， bikes have many advantages. First， they are very handy and convenient. With a bike， you can go anywhere you like， and you needn‘t look for a large parking place in a crowded town. By riding bikes， you can avoid traffic jams and thus save the time. Second， they are not very expensive， and almost every family can afford them. Third， they do not cause air or sound pollution. Besides， riding bikes regularly does good to your health. In modern times， people are usually too busy to have any time for physical exercise. Riding bikes serves as a good way to keep yourself strong and healthy.
However， bicycles also have some disadvantages. For example， they make streets crowded and are likely to cause traffic accidents. In rainy or snowy weather， riding bikes may be difficult， and fall from them may result in injury. But despite the disadvantages， the bicycle is still very useful， convenient and necessary means of transportation in China. And I do believe it will still be so in future.
Test 3 Books
[写作佳句及惯用表达]
1.A book that remains shut is but a block. （prov.） 藏书
不读如藏木。
2.We may spend our lives in reading fiction， but truth beats fiction all the time， and there has never been yet a novel so wonderful as life itself.
尽管我们一辈子看小说，但现实总是胜过小说，从来没有哪本小说有真正的生活色彩。
3.Books， like friends， should be few and well chosen. （prov.）
读书如择友，宜少而精。
All is well that ends well.
结果好一切都好。
4.A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. （prov.）
好书如挚友，永远不相负。
5.Books are the everburning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
—G.W. Curtis
书籍乃储积智慧之不灭明灯。 ——葛迪斯
6.A good book is the best of friends， the same today and forever. （prov.）
好书如挚友，情谊永不渝。
7.Some books are to be tasted， others to be swallowed， and some few to be chewed and digested. —F. Bacon
书有可浅尝者，有可吞食者，少数则须咀嚼消化。——培根
8.Books are good enough in their own way， but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life. —R.L. Stevenson
从它们自己所发生的效用上，书籍真是够好的东西，但它们是很强悍的、不见血的生命替代者。——史蒂文森
9.There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book， and the tired man who wants a book to read. —G.K. Chesterton一个热心求知者要去读一本书，一个疲倦的人需要一本书来读，这两种人之间有很大的区别。 ——吉士特顿
10.Life being very short， and the quiet hours of it few； we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.—John Ruskin
生命是短暂的，而其中寂静的时光更少，我们不应花其中的宝贵时间去读无价值的书。 ——罗斯金
11.That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. —L. M. Alcott
好书开卷引人入胜，终卷使人获益。 ——亚尔葛脱
12.Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst. —F. M. Ford
只有两类书有广泛的吸引力：真正最好的和最坏的。——福特
Calamity is man‘s true touchstone.
患难之中见人心。
