Samples for Note-writingWrite in ANSWER SHEET a note of about 60 words to a friend of yours based on the following situation, including (asking for help, asking for leave, invitation, regret, gratitude, giving a message, congratulation, consolation, etc)Test 1.（祝贺）You have received a note from Ying Tse. Your primary school classmate who has been awarded the Best Athlete for 1994. Write to congratulate him on his recent success.2005-4-24 Dear John,The word from Ying Tse that you got the Best Athlete for 1994 really made my day. No one could have been more deserving. It is great that the dream you had kept so long ever since we were in primary school together finally came true. Congratulations on you success! I wish you all the best in your future career.Sincerely yours,Alice Test 2. （求助）You have returned home to find your bedroom roof has been leaking and your new dictionary and textbooks are ruined. Write a note to your janitor, asking for immediate action.2005-4-24 Dear Mr. Wang,I’m writing to ask a favor from you.（此处不是亲朋好友，应更加客气，再开头表示目的）When I returned home this morning, I found my bedroom in a terrible mess because the leaking roof had ruined all my things including my new dictionary and textbooks. Would you please spare some time to have it repaired as soon as possible? Thank you for your helping hand in advance. （注意：求助或提出要求时，应用情态动词的过去式和一般疑问句表示礼貌，别忘记加上感谢）Sincerely yours,Alice Test 3. （提出要求）You are holding a party at your house. Friends are coming round to help you prepare for the party but you won’t be there when they arrive. Explain in a note where everything for the party can be found, and what your friends can start doing.2005-4-24 Dear friends,I am sorry that I have to be out because an unexpected visitor came to me for something urgent. The frozen food and chicken are kept in the ice box, and those prepared vegetable and fruit preserved in the fridge. Will you be so kind as to start some preparatory work with washing dishes, cutting meat, peeling potatoes and shelling beans? Thanks a lot and I’ll be back soon. （同上条）Sincerely yours,Alice Test 4. （道歉）You’ve forgotten to return something to a colleague, because something rather unpleasant has happened to you (personal reasons). Write a note to your colleague apologizing and explaining.2005-4-24 Dear Miss Wu,Awfully sorry that I forgot to return the novel you lent me a few days ago. Recently I have been occupied by a lot of school work and personal affairs. A phone call from my hometown told me that there had been some misunderstanding between my brother and sister, which worried my parents. What I am thinking about is nothing but how to handle the problem. Anyhow I’ll give the book back to you as soon as possible. （道歉信包括三个部分：开头表示歉意，中间说明原因，最后提出解救方法）Sincerely yours,Alice Another example:2005-4-24 Dear Professor Smith,I regret very much that I have missed the appointment with you yesterday because I got an urgent call from the department office to deal with the enrollment for TEM-4 of my class. I had intended to give you a call but I didn’t know your telephone member. Would you please give me another chance at 7 tomorrow evening? Please let me know whether it’s OK or not. Thank you in advance.Sincerely yours,Alice Test 5. （求助）You can’t get to your morning English classes one day this week. Write a note to a friend instructing him/her to collect exercise materials and tell the teacher(s).2005-4-24 Dear Mary,I am terribly sorry that I cannot go to morning class because I feel a bit under the weather. Will you please tell MsLi about it and ask her for forgiveness? By the way, I have prepared my term paper and I’d like to have it corrected by Ms. Li. Will it be all right with you? Thank you very much for your help.Sincerely yours,Alice Another example (自己请假):2005-4-24 Dear Sir,I am terribly sorry that I wasn’t able to come to the class this morning owing to a sever attack of illness. I enclose a certificate from the doctor who is attending me, and he fears it will be several days before I can attend classes. Anyhow, I will make up all the classes and assignments that I miss after I recover. I wish that my enforced absence will not bother you. Thank you very much.Sincerely yours,Alice Test 6.(求助) You are going away on a long weekend with your friend. It is quite likely that at least three people will phone you, including your parents. Leave instructions with your hosts about what they are to say or do if those people call.2005-4-24 Dear Madam Smith,I am going away on a long weekend holiday with my friend. While I am out at least three friends will probably call me and my parents as well. Would you please do me a favor by answering the phone call, telling them that everything is fine with me and asking them to call me again a week later. Thanks a lot.Sincerely yours,Alice Test 7. (转达信息) You’ve read on the notice board that the university library is looking for a part-time library assistant who can work at weekends. You think that your classmate, George, is a suitable person for this vacancy. Write him a note, telling him what you know about the vacancy and trying to persuade him to go for an interview.2005-4-24 Dear George,Our university library is looking for a part-time library assistant who is available to work on weekends. I think you are a suitable person for this job. You like reading very much and it is really a good chance. Go and have a try. The interview is to be given at 2 pm, Thursday of this week. Be sure not to miss it. Good luck to you! （别忘了给出关键信息）Sincerely yours,Alice Test 8. （邀请）You’re going to have an English Evening this Saturday. Write a note to your teacher, inviting him to takepart in the party.2005-4-24 Dear Mr. Zhang,We’re going to have an English evening at 7:00 pm this Saturday at the Students’ Center. We’d like to invite you to come and all of us are eager to see you show up in the party. We know you have beautiful voice and can play the guitar, so is it possible for us to listen to your singing in the party? We have prepared a big surprise for you too.Sincerely yours,Alice Another example（邀请）:2005-4-24 Dear Laura,We are going to have a tea party to celebrate our fifth anniversary of our graduation and certainly we wish you would come. It will be held at the old café near the school gate on next Sunday, May 2nd at six o’clock in the afternoon. We do hope you can make it, as all of the old classmates are expecting with great pleasure to see you.Sincerely yours,Alice 接受邀请：2005-4-24 Dear Alice,I will be very delighted to come to the party on next Sunday, May 2nd at six o’clock in the afternoon. We haven’t seen each other for such a long time since graduation and I really miss that old café where we used to have so many good times. Thank you for asking me! （不要说thank you for inviting me）I am looking forward with great pleasure to seeing you and all the old classmates.Sincerely yours,Laura 谢绝邀请：2005-4-24 Dear Alice,I wish I could accept your invitation for the tea party on next Sunday, May 2nd at six o’clock in the afternoon, but unfortunately I have already fixed an important business appointment at exactly the same time two weeks ago and it will cause great inconvenience if I cancel it.Thank you just the same for asking me. I do hope you can enjoy the time. Give my regards to all the old classmates.Sincerely yours,Laura 取消邀请2005-4-24 Dear Laura,I am terribly sorry that we have to cancel the tea party invitation for next Sunday, May 2nd at six o’clock in the afternoon because it happened that most of our classmates found the time inconvenient for them. We will plan on a later date for the party and tell you the new plan as soon as it is settled. Please forgive us for this last-minute change.Sincerely yours,Alice Test 9. (转达信息)You’re alone in your dorm when your roommate’s friend calls and asks him/her to come to dinner and bring along a book his/her friend wants to borrow. Leave a message to your roommate.2005-4-24 Dear Ann,Tom called at 9:00 am and asked you to have dinner with him this evening. He said he would be out at noon. You can call him after 2:00 pm. He would be waiting for your call at his dorm then. By the way, he also asked you to bring“Gone with the Wind” along. He wants to read the novel.Have a nice day!Sincerely yours,Alice Test 10.（感谢）Your classmate took care of you when you were ill last week. Write a note expressing your thanks to him/her.2005-4-24 Dear Michael,I finally understand why people say “A friend in need is a friend in deed.” It’s so kind of you to take care of me when I was in hospital last week. You’re like my own brother. You sent me to hospital and even sang songs to me to make me feel better! My appreciation for your help is beyond words. Thank you, Michael. You’re my real friend.Sincerely yours,Alice Another example:2005-4-24 Dear Laura,Thank you so much for the cute nice little piggy bank you sent me. It’s one of the best birthday present I have received and it will also remind me of saving money. I hope you can often come to me and see how much I am going to put into the piggy bank. I guess you just couldn’t have made a better choice. Many thanks again.Sincerely yours,Alice 11. Addition (慰问) One of your classmates have been ill and absent from class. Write a letter to him/her to show your concern2005-4-24 Dear Laura,I am terribly sorry to hear of your illness. Everybody in our class misses you so much and we’re all expecting you’ll be back soon. Although I’m not a doctor, I am taking the liberty of (冒昧地做某事) sending you the following prescription: Don’t worry about your lessons and just take things easy. You’ll get speedy recovery.Best regards.Sincerely yours,AliceWriting TemplateRecently the college students have a wide range of choices after their graduation. Some choose to find a job, others choose to further their postgraduate program, still others choose to set up their own company. What are you going to do after graduation? Write a composition based on the following topic:MY PREFERENCE AFTER GRADUATIONRecently the issue has posed among the general public what college students should do first. Though some people claim that finding a job should be given priority, others are strongly convinced that the post graduate program should be the pre-requisite for a person’s bright career. As to me, I am on the latter side of the argument, which will be illustrated from the following aspects.To obtain a full appreciation of the problem, we must have a bird’s eye view of the importance of post graduate education. Initially, among the most convincing reasons identified by people, one should emphasize that post graduate program, having stood the test of time, is the essence of our future work. As an indispensable part of one’s qualifications for finding a plum job, it is of considerable practical significance. As a matter of fact, its importance can never be overestimated. In addition, another contributing reason is that it is closely linked to one’s self improvement. Therefore, post graduate education should be integrated with the personal development of a college graduate before entering thesociety.To gain a deeper insight into the problem, it must be noted that a master degree brings a handsome benefit to the person’s fulfillment of self value According to an authorized survey, an IT worker with a master degree gains 30% more than those without. By contrast, the lack of the important diploma (the ignorance of the aspect) will undoubtedly exert an adverse impact on the subsequent career development and be detrimental to the improvement of oneself.From what has been discussed above, we may safely arrive at the conclusion that post graduate education should be given the primary attention before a college student graduates. It is high time to heed its necessity and to put considerable emphasis on it. Any nation blind to the issue would pay a heavy price.The Effects of Learning on TechnologyThe contemporary world of ever-changing science and technology has found millions of college students employing hi-tech tools such as computers and the Internet. Upon the situation, science and technology has made a difference in our learning, which is because of 2 reasons.Firstly, science and technology provides more convenience to our learning in information searching and processing. Convenience in accessing information, as an indispensable part of our learning, is of considerable practical significance. As a matter of fact, its value can never be overestimated. In addition, another contributing reason is that this fast approach to information is closely linked to our academic improvement. The science and technology should be integrated with our study convenience.Secondly, science and technology bring a handsome benefit to our study efficiency. According to an authorized survey, an English major can remember more new words by using word-memorizing software than those utilizing traditional methods. By contrast,the lack of computers or the Internet or the ignorance of its importance will undoubtedly impose an adverse impact on our study efficiency and be detrimental to the improvement of our study.To crystallize, the influence of science and technology on our learning should be given the primary attention. Thus, We can have more convenient and efficient learning via modern high technology.。