Kim Jong-il (16 February 1941- 17 December 2011) was the supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. The presenter in North Korean state television announced that he had died on 17 December at 08:30 of a heart attack while travelling by train to an area outside Pyongyang. Kim Jong-il's funeral was scheduled for 28 December in Pyongyang with a mourning period lasting until the following day. After the death was announced, the South Korean military was put on high alert. President Lee Myung-Bak canceled the rest of his Monday schedule and stated that "For the sake of the future of the Republic of Korea, peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula is more important than anything else. "

题目分析：从材料的呈现方式及材料所提供的要求“关于描述金正日的基本信息和主要影响”可知，本文应该用说明文体来写作。时态的把握是本文的一大难点，一般情况下，说明文应用一般现在时，但本文描述的是人物生平简介，所以在描写的时候要用一般过去时，同时在描写过去发生的动作对现在造成的影响时，谓语动词要用现在完成时，例如本文的起始句可用Kim Jong-il (16 February 1941- 17 December 2011) was the supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011所以说，本文必须用第三人称进行描述

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1． 说明文是以说明为主要表达方式，用简洁明了的语言来解释说明事物，阐明事理，从而给读者提供知识的一种文体。

2． 在高考书面表达中，其主要命题形式为图表式作文，有时也以图画式和提纲式作文来呈现写作材料。

3． 它要求语言要简明扼要，通俗易懂，说明过程讲究层次性和条理性。

4． 这种文体通常用第三人称，时态以一般现在时为主。