从卷面情况看,相当一部分考生基本功欠扎实,对词句的音、形、义和用法掌握得不够准确,从而影响英语表达。有的是单词书写错误,比如“fruit”错拼成“fuirt”、“smile”写成“smil”、“chat”的过去式写成“chated ”(应为chatted)、 “聊天”被写成“say with them”(应为talk with them)等;有的是句子时态严重错误,比如“they go to the Sunshine Nursing Home”一句中的“go”是一般现在时,但这篇报道写的是学生已经完成的事,应用过去时态“went”;还有的是主谓不一致,单复数混乱,如“As a student volunteer, we should learn from them……”前面是“as a ”,后面又用“we”等。
行文不连贯
不少考生在写作时从语言角度考虑得多,从逻辑角度考虑得少。因此写出的文章虽在语法上表达正确,要点也基本齐全,但由于只是一些简单句的堆砌,缺乏连接词或连接词使用不当,造成上下文逻辑性不强,行文不连贯,破坏了语篇的流畅和整体美感,难以令阅卷老师给高分。比如“They sent some fruit to the elderly ,helped to clean the Home。” 这句话,用逗号分隔显得很突兀,用“and”把两个谓语动词连起来就很有连 贯性。
逻辑欠严密
有些考生思维逻辑欠严密,把自己会写的东西都写上去或是想到哪写到哪,部分考生的作文甚至从头到尾只有一个段落,既没考虑篇章整体布局又没紧扣主题,影响阅卷教师的快速切点,很容易被降低档次。且句子越多越容易出错。比如有的考生在作文开头写道“Only the volunteers in the Olympic Games are greatful? No,the two student volunteers Li Yue and Zhang Hua who brought sunshine to the elderly are greatful also。May 1st,two grade 2 students ……” 这段话第一句纯属多余,第二三句可合并如下“On May 1st two students from Class 3,Senior 2 called Li Yue and Zhang Hua brought sunshine to the elderly。”这样的句子看起来不仅逻辑性严密,意思也很明确,容易博得阅卷老师的好感。
套话作文相对得分低
去年高考英语作文的一个阅卷原则是“凡套路作文不能给高分”。很多考生在考前准备英语书面表达时 ,都会背一些套路作文,比如“As far as I am concerned,taught in both English and chinese could improve our understood……”,“every coin has two sides……”等。但由于去年的作文类型是新闻报道,不是这些套路作文对应的议论文,因此部分考生就把一些套路作文中的经典句型生搬硬套到去年的写作中,只有 50%~60%是自己写的内容。初一看语句通顺、没有语法错误,仔细比对一下就会发现其与文章主旨和要求格格不入。
另外,考生要想拿到更高档次的分数,一定要有亮点,三个以上为佳。比如去年的作文中可巧妙运用分词“On arriving……;sending some fruit to……;Having been taken care of, the old people ……; Feeling moved,everyone gave them a hug when the students left in the evening。”运用各式从句“As soon as they arrived,they……;The elderly were so satisfied that they persuaded the two volunteers to have dinner together。”运用强调句和谚语“Just as a saying goes,‘It is not how much you do but what you do that counts。’”使用被动语态、倒转句,并适当地运用高级词汇“to ease their loneliness and anxiety;encouraging;feel more energetic,from my personal perspective”等。