Mistakes are unavoidable in life. But attitudes towards them may make a difference.

I still remember how my spoken English improved. At the beginning, I always kept silent in oral class to avoid making mistakes. When my teacher knew about my situation, he encouraged me to speak out what I wanted to regardless of mistakes. Practice makes perfect. With time going by, I build up my confidence, and now I can talk fluently in English.

Just as the saying goes, “Every bean has its black.” Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Learn from them, and success is just awaiting us.

题目分析：考查半开放性作文。本文讨论的话题是“mistakes”，从所给的材料可以看出这篇文章的主题的犯错有时是好事，通过犯错我们可以得到进步，从而取得成功。写作的时候要围绕这个主题展开论述，要求考生在保证内容要点全部概括的基础上可以充分发挥自己的想象，进而用自己的语言来表达某种观点或看法，增添了写作的灵活性，同时能较好地考查考生的想象能力和英语语言表达能力。在完成开放性作文时，首先要选择自己熟悉的短语或者句型，在你的能力范围之内，选择句式时要赋予变化，因为这样你才可以更好的驾驭。同时也要选择合适的连接词，把各个要点组织成一个完整的整体，如besides, further, last but not least等。

点评：半开放性作文给出了一个话题，并有部分的英语提示。给考生自由发挥的余地较大。对于考生的综合能力要求较高，要求考生有很强的谋篇布局的能力和组织要点的能力。在发表个人观点的时候，可以使用谚语来提升整个文章的档次和文采，也能增加得高分的可能性。