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第十届全国创新英语大赛初赛考试（作文）

说 明：本试卷共2页，满分100分。

注意事项：

1、答题前请考生仔细阅读考试注意事项；

2、建议考生先在word文档中编辑作文，并且留好备份，然后拷贝到答题区，进行提交；

3、考生可以选择先阅读作文题目要求，但是在考试结束之前在线提交作文即可（请注意考试结束时间）；

4、作文在“预览提交”后系统会提醒考生进行提交确认，从而进入下一页对文章进行预览，只有当进入下一页点击“确认提交”按钮之后才完成考试。

5、初赛考试时间：2011年5月16日09：00——2011年5月31日24：00。

6、完成考试后，作文将只能查看，不可修改。

Ⅰ Writing(本题共100分)

Directions:

Recently, Amy Chua, or the “Tiger Mother”, aroused heated discussions both in US and in China with her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother The following are the ten things she lists in her book that she strictly forbids her two daughters to do:

a Attend a sleepover (a party for children in which they stay the night at someone’s house);

b Have a play date (in which children hang out with their friends);

c Be in a school play;

d Complain about not being in a school play;

e Watch TV or play computer games;

f Choose their own extracurricular activities;

g Get any grade less than an A;

h Not be the No 1 student in every subject except gym and drama;

i Play any instrument other than the piano or violin;

j Not play the piano or violin

You are invited to write under either of the following two topics The length of your writing should not exceed 300 words

(1) Suppose you are a “tiger parent” Write a letter to your child and explain to her/him your ideas about tiger parenting

(2) Suppose you are a child who has tiger parents Write a letter to your parents and explain to them your ideas about tiger parenting

ⅠWriting(本题共100分)

Directions:

Recently,Amy Chua,or the “Tiger Mother”,aroused heated discussions both in US and in China with her book,Battle Hymn of the Tiger MotherThe following are the ten things she lists in her book that she strictly forbids her two daughters to do:

aAttend a sleepover (a party for children in which they stay the night at someone’s house);

bHave a play date (in which children hang out with their friends);

cBe in a school play;

dComplain about not being in a school play;

eWatch TV or play puter games;

fChoose their own extracurricular activities;

gGet any grade less than an A;

hNot be the No1 student in every subject except gym and drama;

iPlay any instrument other than the piano or violin;

jNot play the piano or violin

You are invited to write under either of the following two topicsThe length of your writing should not exceed 300 words

(1) Suppose you are a “tiger parent”Write a letter to your child and explain to her/him your ideas about tiger parenting

(2) Suppose you are a child who has tiger parentsWrite a letter to your parents and explain to them your ideas about tiger parenting

Recently, Amy Chua, or the “Tiger Mother”, aroused heated discussions both in US and in China with her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother 最近，Amy Chua，人称“虎妈”，因为她出版的书（书名：Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother）在中美两国受到了广泛关注。The following are the ten things she lists in her book that she strictly forbids her two daughters to do:以下是她书中列出的她严令禁止自己女儿做的十件事情。

a Attend a sleepover (a party for children in which they stay the night at someone’s house);

参加过夜晚会（外国小孩的一种聚会形式，许多人都呆在一个人家过夜）

b Have a play date (in which children hang out with their friends);

和朋友出去玩（小孩们和自己的朋友出去闲逛。）

c Be in a school play;

参加学校的舞台剧表演

d Complain about not being in a school play;

为不能参加学校的舞台表演而抱怨

e Watch TV or play computer games

看电视或玩电脑游戏;

f Choose their own extracurricular activities;

自主选择课外活动方式

g Get any grade less than an A;

得到低于A的成绩

h Not be the No 1 student in every subject except gym and drama

在除了体育和戏剧表演外的科目中没有拿到第一名

i Play any instrument other than the piano or violin;

演奏除了钢琴和小提琴之外的乐器

j Not play the piano or violin

不学，不弹钢琴或拉小提琴

You are invited to write under either of the following two topics The length of your writing should not exceed 300 words

你需要对以下两个话题任选其一发表观点，文章长度不超过300字

(1) Suppose you are a “tiger parent” Write a letter to your child and explain to her/him your ideas about tiger parenting 假设是你“虎妈”式的家长，给你的孩子写封信解释你这种教育方式

(2) Suppose you are a child who has tiger parents Write a letter to your parents and explain to them your ideas about tiger parenting假设你是有这样家长的孩子，给你的父母写封信说明你对他们这种教育方式的观点。