Dear Mike,  

I am very glad to receive your e-mail. Now I'd like to tell you something that took place in my school yesterday. In the afternoon we held a growing-up ceremony for our coming 18-year-old birthday.

First we made an oath that we should have a sense of duty for our society as grown-ups from now on. Then we showed our thanks to our parents who had gone through hardships to bring us up and teachers who have been educating us patiently. And one of representatives of the parents who attended the ceremony gave a speech to congratulate us on becoming proud citizens of the republic. Finally, we put on wonderful performances, singing and dancing. We learned a lot from the activity. I decide I will work hard at my lessons to fulfill my dream so that I can be more competent and better shoulder my responsibility for my family as well as my country.

I think it's very important for us. I will remember the day in my life. 

Yours

Li Ming 

题目分析：本文主要提及的是“成人仪式”的话题，这一话题是很多人都很熟悉的。注意写作要求的要点：1. 成人宣誓  2. 感谢家长和老师的教育和培养  3. 家长代表讲话  4. 表演节目。

写作时充分发挥自己的想象力，灵活运用英语知识，采用不同的表达方式将各要点完整地表述出来，注意主次分明，详略得当。语言力求准确、简洁。根据情景的发展，按顺序安排好材料。同时应选用合适的连接词或过渡词，使文章具有一定的连贯性。考生必须认真查验是否有漏写情况，有无拼写错误及标点误用等

【亮点说明】文中使用了非常好的短语和句子为文章增色不少，比如be glad to，take place，from now on，go through，bring up，give a speech，congratulate sb. on doing sth.，fulfill one’s dream；还运用高级句型that引导的名词性从句，who引导的定语从句。并注意了句子的衔接如：first，then，finally，and，so that，as well as等等。