“外研社杯”全国英语写作大赛江西师范大学初赛评分标准及样题.pdf

“外研社杯”全国英语写作大赛江西师范大学初赛

评分标准及样题

议论文：

比赛内容：选手完成1篇议论文写作（字数为400-500）。考查选手的判断分析、

逻辑思辨、评价论述等能力，展示选手的知识广度、视野维度、思想

深度等综合素质。

议论文1：

Giventheimportanceofhumancreativity,onewouldthinkitshouldhavea

highpriorityamongourconcerns.Butifwelookatthereality,weseea

differentpicture.Basicscientificresearchisminimizedinfavorofimmediate

practicalapplications.Theartsareincreasinglyseenasdispensableluxuries.

Yetascompetitionheatsuparoundtheglobe,exactlytheoppositestrategyis

needed.

AdaptedfromMihalyCsikszentmihalyi,Creativity:Flowandthe

PsychologyofDiscoveryandInvention

Assignment：

Iscreativityneededmorethaneverintheworldtoday?Planandwritean

essayinwhichyoudevelopyourpointofviewonthisissue.Supportyour

positionwithreasoningandexamplestakenfromyourreading,studies,

experience,orobservations.

范文

Inaworldwhereeconomicprosperityandgetting“ahead”inworkand

technologyarehighlyvalued,creativityandtheartsareoftenshuntedinfavor

ofmorepractical“”pursuits.Studentsabandondreamsofactingorpaintingin

ordertomajorinmedicine,computertechnology,orengineering:highly

profitableandscientificfields.Evenwiththeadvancesinthesefields,however,

thereisstillaneedforcreativityinourworld,becauseseeingthingsinanew

waycanmakeallthedifference.

Today,moreandmorepublicschoolsareforcedtoabandontheirarts

programstomaketimeforsubjectslikescienceandmath:subjectsinwhichall

studentsmusthaveabasicknowledgeinordertosucceedinhighereducation.

However,byleavingtheseprogramsbehind,childrenaredeprivedofthe

creativ