高中英语：2014年高考真题作文范文（5）

5.(2014广东,25分)

阅读下面短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Oseola McCarty spent more than 75 years washing and ironing other people’s clothes.As a laundrywoman,she was paid only a few dollars each time.Certainly nobody would consider her rich,so they were all amazed when Miss McCarty decided to donate $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi.

The money was in fact her life savings.She could save such a large amount of money because she lived a very simple life.She never learned to drive,and when she wanted to go somewhere,she just walked.She never flew to anywhere till the donation(捐助),and in 50 years she had been out of the South only once.The house in which she lived was also a rather modest one her last uncle left her.Only after she became known in America did she begin to travel all over the country.Since then,she had been the subject of many interviews and articles and was even invited to the White House.

Her donation was for students who clearly needed financial help.She herself left school in the sixth grade and had never married or had children.She said to the reporters that the idea of helping somebody’s child go to college gave her much pleasure.

[写作内容]

1.用约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

2.用约120个词就Miss McCarty的捐助谈谈你的想法,内容包括:

(1)你如何看待她的捐助行为;(2)你认为她的捐助对受惠学生有哪些影响;(3)如果你自己要捐助,你会选择哪个群体并陈述理由。

[写作要求]

1.作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文的句子。2.作文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准] 概括准确,语言规范,内容合适,篇章连贯。

[参考范文]

Oseola McCarty,an ordinary worker with a thrifty lifestyle,donated a great deal of money to a university,which aroused public attention and earned her widespread social recognition.In return,she received a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment.

Virtuous and warm-hearted,the lady concerned has donated a considerable amount of savings to help college students struggling with financial difficulties,thereby motivating people at any other corner of the world to participate in this affectionate activity.

From where I stand,not only will the lady’s generosity paint a very brilliant blueprint for the future of those students in want of money,but also it will rekindle their faith in life by convincing them that their life goal is elevating and worth trying.

Given the choice,I would make donations to those who still live under the bottom line of the modern living conditions.Convincing arguments as follows can be made to support my view.For one thing,generous and selfless dedication may take indispensable assistance to them,especially for the time when they are confronted with pain and sorrow,twists and turns.For another,just as an Indian old saying goes,“Roses in her hand;flavor in mine.”That is to say,great satisfaction would step slowly and gracefully into the mercy-producer’s souls.

To bring as many angel-like smiles as possible to our society,we should practice more beneficial performance by leading a thrifty life.