日前，李阳在贵阳为明国际学校演讲时，为每一个学生赠送了一本《中考作文成功之路》的小册子，封面写着“认认真真将这13篇经典短文脱口而出，你一定可以在中考英语写作上获得你自己都无法想象的奇迹！”
册子中的每篇作文都经过美国专家修改和润色，册子中还配有一张用慢、中、快三种语速录音的光碟。与此同时，为让学生有准确的发音，短文中的每个单词都附有音标，逐句翻译以及重点语法分析等。
今天，由于版面原因，周刊将遴选其中10篇短文和读者一起分享，文中已按原书标出意短句，方便考生背诵。希望能对2017年参加中考的学生有所帮助。
1.图书义卖活动(2011年南京市中考题)
题目要求：假如你是李平，准备参加学校组织的英语征文比赛。请根据下面提供的信息，介绍今天你校操场举行的“OneforOne”图书义买活动的情况并谈谈你的感受。
ACharitySale
This afternoon / a charitysale / was held / on the play-ground / of our school./ Itspurpose was / to donate books/ to children /in poorareas./ Ifyou bought one book，/ a newbook / would be given / toachild / in need./Allthe teachers/ and students / took an ac-tive part / in this event, / andeveryone / looked pretty happy.
As we know,/ books are thebridge to / knowledge./ Ifchil-dren / in poorareas / can re-ceive / a bettereducation / andgain more knowledge, / theywillhave / more chances / ofsuccess(to succeed) / in thefuture. /Inthis way,/ these chil-dren s lives / can be greatlyimproved.
Ithink / the charity sale /isof great value and is very /meaningful. /A little act/ canreally /make a big difference.
2.提高校园生活建议(2011年宁波市中考题)
为了使同学们更加健康快乐地成长，学校决定向同学们征求建议。假如你是刘波，用英语向校长写一篇80词左右的建议信。注意：文中应包含所有要点，并适当发挥。
Suggestionsfora BetterSchoolLife
Our school:open thelibrarymore often/organize more after-class activities /give us moreforsports/organizefewerexams/……
Our teachers:make classesmoreinteresting/talkless butmoreclearlyin class/finish classes ontime/give uslesshomework/……
正文：
DearHeadmaster,
I m very gladto write aletterto you./ These day we are talkingabouthow to have a betterschoollife./Iwouldliketo share / someofmy suggestions.
First,/itwould be niceforthelibrary to be open/more often./Second,/Ithink /ourschool /canorganize/more after-class activities./Third,/the students / wouldlike/to be given/ more time /forsports,/art,/and music./Finally,/Isuggest /ourschoolshould or-ganize /fewerexams.
Asforourteachers,/Ihope /they can see us /an both students/ andfriends,/and make classes/morelively andinteresting./Iftheycould /talkless /and more clearly/ in class,/we would be /moreinterested/ in thelessons/ andhave more time /to practice./Ad-ditionally,/Ihope /the teacherswould /finish classes /ontime/and give us /lesshomework.
Ihope/ my suggestions /are helpful./Thank youfor /takingthetime /toread myletter.
Yoursincerely,
Liu Bo
3.谈论英语学习(2011年黄冈市中考题)
假如你是韩梅，对英语学习浓厚，但学习起来却很棘手。你知道，中国学生要想学好英语，练就听、说、读、写的技能很关键，掌握枯燥的语法更是必要。对于native speakers来说，是否也是如此？因此，你打算给你远在加拿大的笔友Kate发一份电子邮件，谈谈这些问题。
Talkingabout/LearningEnglish
DearKate,
I m writing to you /withsome questions/ aboutlearningEnglish.
Asyou know,/Ihave always /had a greatinterestin /the Eng-lishlanguage./However,/Ifinditdifficult/ tolearn./In China,/ ifyou wantto /learn English well,/listen,/speaking,/reading,/andwriting/ are quite important./Iwonder/ whetheritisthe same/in Canada.
Ourteachers /tellus /againand again that/ grammar /is veryimportant/and that /we musttakeitseriously./However,/Idon tlikegrammar./Itis so boring/ andIfeellike/ Iwillnevermasterit./DearKate,/is grammar /also veryimportant /to you native speakers?
I am lookingforward to /hearingfrom you /soon.
Yours,
Han Mei
4.
互助让世界更美好(2010年重庆市中考题)
