that 的使用，使得文章亮点凸显

【答案】

71.March 6, 2013

About fifty American students came to visit our school today. We gathered at the school gate at 8 to give them a warm welcome. Then we had a get-together in the reading room of our library and our headmaster told them something about our school. And then we talked with each other and exchanged gifts. From 9:30 we showed them around our school. They visited our teaching buildings, the laboratory buildings and the swimming pools. The Friendship Basketball Match started on the playground at 10:30. It wasn’t until 12 that all the American students left our school.It was a busy day for me but meanwhile, I have been in high spirits today.

【解析】

试题分析：本篇书面表达属于日记格式，根据提示信息和要求来写作。写作时注意以下几点：：1、仔细阅读有关提示，弄清试题提供的所有信息，明确要点。2、依据提示信息或词语，按照一定逻辑关系来写。3、根据要表达的内容确定句子的时态、语态；就本文而言适用一般过去时。 4、注意变换句式，增加高级词汇与短语，以突出文章亮点。

【亮点说明】本文结构紧凑，按照时间先后顺序描写，记事明确。文章中使用了大量的时间连接词如：Then， and then, From 9:30等等，尤其是强调句it is not until…that 的使用，使得文章亮点凸显。此外，文中还大量的使用了短语，如 gathered at， give sb a warm welcome，show sb around, talk with, start on等等，使得文章简练优美。