四六級考試作文的一個總體趨勢是越來越靈活，而且題型也越來越綜合。2002年12月的作文題目是"It Pays to Be Honest"(誠實是值得的)，用一個類似諺語的題目要求學(xué)生給出"當(dāng)前社會上存在許多不誠實的現(xiàn)象"(第一個要求)，并且證明"誠實利人利己，做人應(yīng)該誠實"(第二個要求)。看到這個題目，參加過文都考前輔導(dǎo)的學(xué)生應(yīng)該感到很熟悉，因為輔導(dǎo)老師給出的一個要求同學(xué)們"死背"住的文章題目就是"Honesty Is the Best Policy"(誠實是上策)。以下是考前的輔導(dǎo)原文：

　　Honesty Is the Best Policy

　　It is usually better to be honest than dishonest. Sometimes honesty may get you in trouble or hurt someone, but on the whole telling the truth is less harmful than lying. Dishonesty can result in guilty feelings, cause distrust among people and even ruin your reputation.

　　One of the worse things about lying is that it causes a guilty conscience. Even if no one ever discovers the lie, you will know about it and it will bother you for a long time. Another problem occurs when others know about your lies. As a result, people will not trust you any longer and you will lose your reputation and all your friends. Do you still remember the boy who cried wolf for several times so no one would trust him? At last all his sheep were eaten by the wolf. His dishonesty brought him shame as well as damage.

　　So to sum up, honesty not only brings us honor and friendship, but also material gains. Honesty is the best policy we can take. (172 words)

　　考試時按照文都老師的要求，同學(xué)們應(yīng)該這樣分析并寫作。

　　1.形式：雖然給出了兩個提示，同學(xué)們寫兩段也不會扣分，但根據(jù)老師的要求，最好寫三段。第一段為介紹主題；第二段為"What"(什么)，即給出一些社會上不誠實的現(xiàn)象，最好用上表示順序的連接詞(In the first place…, In the second place…, Last but not the least important…)再加一個例子。第三段為"Why"(為什么)，講誠實如何對自己和他人有好處，為什么做人應(yīng)該誠實。最后可以下一個簡短的結(jié)論。

　　2.原則：在輔導(dǎo)班中老師強調(diào)要"新瓶裝舊酒"。不管形式怎么變化，我們都可以用上傳統(tǒng)題型的展開方法。

　　我們可以寫出這樣的文章：

　　It Pays to Be Honest

　　As is known to all, "It pays to be honest". It is usually better to be honest than dishonest. Sometimes honesty may get you in trouble or hurt someone, but on the whole telling the truth is better than lying.

　　However, there are many dishonest instances in our society. In the first place, many merchants cheat the customers. Take my neighbor, Xiao Wang, as an example. He bought a TV set with 2,000 yuan a week ago, but now it doesn't work. In the second place, some students cheat on exams insgroupsto pass the exams or get high marks. Last but not the least important, many rich professionals cheat the government by evading the taxes. Liu Xiaoqing is a good case in point.

　　On the contrary, honesty not only brings us honor and friendship, but also material gains. To begin with, if we are honest, we will be trusted by others so others' trust will give us self-respect as well as social companionship. In addition, other people's trust will also bring us instrumental support-financial aid, material resources, and needed services. So to sum up, it does pay to be honest. (193 words)

　　文中劃線的部分是例文中的原話或上課時輔導(dǎo)老師給出的原句。同學(xué)們尤其要注意第三段中的大部分的句子是2000年6月四級考試閱讀理解中的句子，在課上老師特別強調(diào)要背一些閱讀理解的文章，或至少是句子。如果用上這些句子，肯定會給自己的文章增色不少。