When my tenth birthday was coming up, I couldn’t help imaging what kind of present my parents would give me. To my surprise, they gave me a book, My Life Story, which was written by an American writer---Helen Keller. In the book, she wrote that she had not been able to see, hear or speak. Disabled as she was, with the help of Miss Sullivan, she learned how to write English words and published many famous works,and My Life Story is just one of them. It was Miss Sullivan’s continuous encouragement and instruction that inspired her to live her life to the fullest.    

I was impressed with the writer’s determination and Miss Sullivan’s kindness. Whenever I felt depressed because of learning difficulties, I would read the book once more.

Although it was ten years ago that I read the book, it shows me a universal truth that books are our friends, which always push us to move on.

题目分析：考查半开放性作文的写作。我们可以使用叙事类的故事来表示书籍的作用，可以用海伦凯勒的故事来说明书的重要性，在写作的时候使用合适的连接词来连接个要点，让它成为整体。写作之前，首先认真审题，并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：半开放性作文给出了一个话题，并有部分的文字提示。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。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。