Question

讀寫任務(wù)。

     閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語(yǔ)短文。
     We all know the story of "The tortoise and the hare". The hare lost because he was overconfident. So
slow-and-steady wins the race. But did you know the tortoise and hare raced three more times? After his
loss the hare challenged the tortoise to a second race and this time ran without stopping from start to finish.
There was no doubt that he won. The lesson this time was that fast-and-consistent beats slow-and-steady.
Then the tortoise challenged the hare to a third race, over a slightly different route. The hare ran at top speed
until he reached a broad river. Although the finishing line was just a kilometre past the river, the hare had no
way of crossing and once more the slow-and-steady swimming tortoise came out on top.
     The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become good friends. They realized they could perform better
together than separately. So they decided to have one more race. But this time they would work as a team.
They started off, and this time the hare carried the tortoise till the riverbank. There, the tortoise took over and
swam across the river with the hare on his back. On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the tortoise and
they reached the finishing line together, much more quickly than they had been able to alone. They both felt a
greater sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.
【寫作內(nèi)容】
1. 以約30個(gè)詞概括這段短文的內(nèi)容；
2. 然后以約120個(gè)詞就第四次龜兔賽跑的寓意發(fā)表個(gè)人觀點(diǎn)。內(nèi)容包括：
(1) 如何利用自身優(yōu)勢(shì)；
(2) 如何發(fā)揮團(tuán)隊(duì)精神。
【寫作要求】
1. 在作文中可使用自己的親身經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文
    中的句子；
2. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

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Answer 1

One possible version:
     The passage describes four races between the hare and the tortoise and analyses the moral learned
from each race. In the last race, they Iearned they could achieve greater succcss and satisfaction through
co-operation.
     I think the story can teach us that when we work together we can achieve more than when we compete.
It is a win-win effect. The story reminds me of my expcrience when I first came to this school. My classmate, Michael showed great talent in science studies while I was pretty good at history and economics. I feared
that Michael would outperform me in the exams so I avoided helping him and viewed him as my competitor.
It was not until Mtchael suggested that we work together that I understood the importance and benefit of
cooperation. We shared learning methods and helped each other. As a result, we both made progress in our
studies and became top-ten students.
     As far as I'm concerned, it's good to be individually brilliant, but working as a team will always beat
individual performance/brilliance.