Dear Emily,

How are you? Thanks for your last letter.

This summer holiday, I had a wonderful time with my little niece. She is a ten-month-old baby, who is the loveliest child I have ever seen. Her face is like a red apple and her eyes are like bright stars. When you carry her in your arms, she likes to put her arms around your neck. All the members of my families love her very much and often try to make her smile, but quite often it is she who makes us laugh. Once I winked at her and she smiled. When I did it again, she watched me attentively. Then she tried to copy me. When I saw this, I began to laugh. When I looked at her again, she was looking at me, puzzled, as if she was asking, "What are you laughing at?”

I hope you can share some interesting stories with me. Look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours,                                                                   Li Hua

题目分析：考查半开放性作文。本文要求介绍一下小侄女，考生可以从日常生活中选择一个人物作为原型，根据原型的具体情况展开描述，这样会比较简单容易。写作时在脑海中回想自己积累的哪些句式、句型、单词能用进来，这些单词、句型都应是经典的，不会错的。写的过程中，多注意灵活使用定语从句，包括非限制性定语从句。

点评：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。在完成半开放性作文时，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。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。