2008年12月英语四级作文五道预测题

　　（一） Directions： For this part， you are allowed 30 minutes to write a Letter of Apology. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese：
　　1. 表达自己对晚交论文一事的歉意。
　　2. 说明未能按时交论文的原因。
　　3. 表示自己将尽快把论文补交上并表示以后将按时交作业。
　　●审题概述●
　　这是一封道歉信，写的时候要遵循道歉信的一般模式：开篇直奔主题，然后说明原因，最后提出可能的补救措施。第一段，对晚交论文及对此造成的后果表示歉意；第二段，说明理由（可信的理由，而不是随便应付老师的借口）；第三段，表示尽快完成论文。
　　“范文”
　　A Letter of Apology
Dear Mr. Wang,
　　①I am writing to apologize for my late homework. The paper which you have ②assigned to us last Monday was ③due this Friday， but to my regret， I haven‘t even started it yet. I feel really sorry for not handing in the paper on time and ④for the inconvenience it would bring to you.
　　I have caught a serious cold last week and the doctor asked me to stay in bed for a week since I was very weak and the weather was very cold these days. Therefore， I couldn‘t go to the library to get the necessary ①referential information which was needed for my paper. As a result of this， I have not started writing the paper yet and could not hand it in on time.
　　Fortunately I have finally fully recovered. I will finish the paper as soon as I can and ①try my best to hand in homework on time in the future.

　　Sincerely yours,
　　Li Ming

　　◇第一段思路点评：
　　表明歉意
　　◇语言点提示：
　　① I am writing to apologize （say sorry） for ：道歉信的常用开头句式
　　② assign： 分配，指定，布置
　　③ due；到期的，预期的
　　④ I’m sorry for the inconvenience it would bring to you： 另一句常用句式
　　◇第二段思路点评：
　　解释原因，虽然不是真的给人道歉，但是理由还是要充分的好。
　　◇语言点提示：
　　① referential： 用作参考的
　　◇第三段思路点评：
　　表明尽快完成论文，并表示以后会按时交论文
　　◇语言点提示：
　　① try my best to……… in the future： 道歉信常用结尾
　　（二）
　　Directions: For this part, you arwrite a short essay on the topic of Income Gap. You should write at least?/font>
　　2. 有些人认为收入差距的存在是不合理的
　　3. 收入差距对社会的影响