1 . Global Essay Competition
The John Locke Institute encourages young people to develop the characteristics that turn good students into great writers. Our Essay Competition invites students to explore a wide range of challenging and interesting questions beyond the limits of the school curriculum (课程).
All of our essay prizes are judged by senior academics from the University of Oxford. The judges will choose their favourite essay from each subject category and an overall “best essay” across six subjects: Philosophy, Politics, Economics, History, Psychology and Law.
Entry Requirements
Entry is open to students from any country. Candidates must be eighteen years old, or younger, on the date of the submission deadline, 30 June. Candidates for the Junior Prize must be fourteen years old, or younger, on the date of the submission deadline. Each essay should address only one of the questions in your chosen subject category, and must not exceed (超过) 2, 000 words.
Key Dates
30 June: Submission deadline
14 July: Short-listed candidates informed
26 August: Awards Dinner for the Junior Prize
2. September: Awards Dinner for the Economics Prize and other prizes
Prizes
There is a prize for the best essay in each category. The prize for each winner of a subject category, and the winner of the Junior category, is a scholarship worth US $2,000 towards the cost of attending any John Locke Institute programme, and the essays will be published on the Institute’s website. The prize-giving ceremony will take place in Oxford.
The candidate who submits the best essay overall will be awarded an honorary John Locke Institute Junior, Fellowship, which comes with a US $10, 000 scholarship to attend one or more of our summer schools.
1. What should the entry be about?A.The limits of school courses. | B.The characteristics of great writers. |
C.One of the given questions. | D.Anything in the chosen fields. |
A.It sets a word limit on essays. |
B.It has six subject categories. |
C.Its prizes are judged by voting online. |
D.It is open to any student regardless of his or her nationality. |
A.10 | B.14 | C.18 | D.20 |
A.On 30 June. | B.On 14 July. |
C.On 26 August. | D.On 2 September. |
A.A fellowship at Oxford University. | B.A summer school scholarship. |
C.A chance to get published. | D.A US $1, 000 award. |
假设你是明启中学的学生王磊,你校将组织一次主题为“区域上海”的一日徒步旅行活动,并在校园网征集活动方案。请写一封邮件给负责该活动的李老师,内容须包括:
1. 建议去上海的哪个区进行徒步旅行(上海有徐汇、闵行、静安、黄浦、浦东等16个行政区,从中任选一个即可)
2. 一天的行程计划及相关安排的理由。
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1. 活动举办的时间和地点;2. 活动安排;3. 注意事项。
注意:①词数100左右;②可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;③参考词汇:生态农场ecological farm。
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1. 表示支持;
2. 列举好处;
3. 提出希望。
注意:
1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:海外游学 an overseas study tour
Dear Daniel,
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Yours,
Li Hua
5 . For many years, school children in the US have been taken on “field trips” to cultural institutions such as museums of art. Educators arrange them in the belief that schools exist not only to teach economically useful skills, but also to produce civilized young people who appreciate the art and culture. While there are parents who will take their children to cultural places in their free time, there are plenty of other children who will never have this kind of opportunity unless schools offer it. So you could say that taking school students on field trips is a means of giving everyone equal access to their cultural heritage.
However, the attitude towards field trips in recent years is changing, with the number of tours organized for school groups falling significantly in museums all around the country. The most obvious reason is the issue of finance. Because there are increasing demands on their funds, after all, computers and sports facilities aren’t cheap, schools are forced to make a difficult choice about how to spend the limited money they have. Faced with this dilemma, field trips are an obvious thing to cut since they are seen by many as too expensive.
Additionally, the nature of these field days is also changing. Schools increasingly use trips to amusement parks or sporting events as a treat for students rather than an opportunity for cultural learning. This shift could have a basis in generational differences between teachers’ reasons for organizing days out of school. A recent survey conducted among 500 Arkansas teachers showed that older teachers were significantly more likely to take the primary purpose of a field trip as a learning experience than younger teachers, who view it as fun.
Some evidence shows the trend of fewer trips may have a negative effect on children’s development. A research led by Jay Greene at Arkansas University found that students who received a tour of an art museum greatly improved their knowledge of art and the ability to think critically about art. They also display stronger historical interest and were more likely to visit cultural places in the future. The researchers warn that if schools cut field trips or switch to less educational destinations, valuable opportunities to broaden and enrich children’s learning experiences are lost.
1. What is the original purpose of field trips to cultural institutions?A.To teach students useful skills in economics. |
B.To make art culture accessible to every student. |
C.To educate students to preserve cultural heritage. |
D.To encourage parents to take their children there. |
A.The decrease in school funds. |
B.Teachers’ generational differences. |
C.Students’ demand for fun. |
D.The lack of school funds. |
A.The change from an opportunity for learning to a treat for entertainment. |
B.The switch from sporting events to cultural experiences. |
C.The switch from old generations to young generations. |
D.The change from educational destinations to unique attractions. |
A.Field trips ensure better future academic performance. |
B.Amusement parks enrich children’s learning experiences. |
C.Cutting field trips is critical to the future of the museum. |
D.Students are rewarded with more cultural awareness. |
1.作品要求(双语、时长、截止日期等);
2.你对作品的设想。
注意:
1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
参汇:bilingual subtitles 双语字幕
Dear Terry,
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Yours,
Li Hua
1.活动的时间和地点;
2.活动的具体内容;
3.活动的意义。
注意:1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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Our school organized a crosscountry running race and
1. 所见所闻;
2. 当时的感受。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 题目和开头已为你写好,不计入总词数;
3. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
My First Day at Senior High School
The first day at my senior high school left me a deep impression.
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增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Today our class went on trip to a forest. We went there by bus. It took us two hours to get to there. When we arrived, we walked through the forest in groups of two and three. We wrote down all the wildlife and plant we could see as we walked. When we found a unknown plant, we wrote it down in our notebooks.
At lunchtime we have a picnic in the open air. Later in the afternoon we returned back. To our joy, we not only learned anything new, but also enjoyed myself very much. I hope I’ll have another chance to go out for a more interested outing.