历届全国创新英语大赛初、复赛试题
第一届
初赛试题：
Topic:High School Students Go Abroad for College Education
Directions: In China today, there is an increasing trend that high school student go abroad for study. Please write a composition about this phenomenon in no less than 600 words with your creativity. Writing of any style is welcome.
注：答题纸请统一用A4纸(21cm*29.6cm)手写或打印。试卷上方留出两行写明考生所属省、市、区(县)及学校班级，写明姓名。作文标题根据要求自拟。
备注：因“非典”之故，未举办复赛。
第二届
初赛试题：
Topic:What do you think are the symbols of success in today’s China? Directions: The answers of what success means vary from person to person and change time to time. What do you think are the symbols of success in today’s China? Please write a composition in no less than 600 words with your creativity. Writing of any style is welcome.
复赛试题：
Upward or Outward?
Directions:
At present, large crowds of people move into cities, making them bigger and bigger. Every city faces the problem whether it should expand upward or outward. You are allowed 60 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Upward or Outward? You should write from 300 to 500 words, and base your composition on the following outline.
1.Description of the city you live in
2.Arguments on the expansion
3.Your opinion and reasons
写作要求：目前大量人口涌入城市，使得城市规模越来越大。各城市都面临
着应该向上发展还是向外发展的难题。请你在60分钟内，根据你居住的城市的特点，些一篇300~500字的作文，按下面提纲阐述你的观点及理由。
1. 描述你居住的城市状况
2. 城市发展方向上的争论
3. 你的观点及理由
第三届
初赛试题：
Directions: Some people argue that English has been overemphasized in China. It seems that almost everything from entering a high school or university to finding a job or getting a promotion depends on one’s mastery of English. This has misled students at schools and universities to spend too much of their time on English rather than on other subjects or their major area studies. Do you agree with this view? Write an essay of approximately 300 words to support your view.
复赛试题：
Directions:
Write a composition of 300 words within an hour according to the following graph. Your composition should cover the following points:
A. Difference in annual income between teachers and businessmen;
B. Difference in annual income between inland cities and coastal cities;
C. These differences greatly influence people’s choice of profession and home;
D. It’s economic interest that counts.
Note: 1. $ refers to US dollars. 2. □ refers to teachers. 3. ■ refers to businessmen.
4. The above graph is a contrast of annual income between teachers and businessmen in the early 90`s China.
第四届
初赛试题：
$6000
$3000
Inland Cities
Coastal Cities
