下面是在職聯(lián)考英語短文寫作中使用率最高、覆蓋面最廣的基本句式，每組句式的功能相同或相似，考生可根據(jù)自己的情況選擇其中的1-2個(gè)，做到能夠熟練正確地仿寫或套用。

　　1.表示原因

　　1.A number of factors are accountable for this situation.

　　A number of factors might contribute to (lead to )(account for ) the phenomenon(problem).

　　2. The answer to this problem involves many factors.

　　3. The phenomenon mainly stems from the fact that...

　　4. The factors that contribute to this situation include...

　　5. The change in ...largely results from the fact that...

　　6. We may blame ...,but the real causes are...

　　7. Part of the explanations for it is that ...

　　8. One of the most common factors (causes ) is that ...

　　9. Another contributing factor (cause ) is ...

　　10. Perhaps the primary factor is that …

　　11. But the fundamental cause is that ...

　　12. There are three reasons for this.

　　13. The reasons for this are as follows.

　　14. The reason for this is obvious.

　　15. The reason for this is not far to seek.

　　16. The reason for this is that...

　　17. We have good reason to believe that...

　　例如：

　　There are three reasons for the changes that have taken place in our life.Firstly，people’s living standard has been greatly improved.Secondly，most people are well paid， and they can afford what they need or like.Last but not least，more and more people prefer to enjoy modern life.

　　注：如考生寫第一個(gè)句子沒有把握，可將其改寫成兩個(gè)句子。如：Great changes have taken place in our life. There are three reasons for this.這樣寫可以避免套用中的表達(dá)失誤。

　　2.表示好處

　　1)It has the following advantages.

　　2)It does us a lot of good.

　　3)It benefits us quite a lot.

　　4)It is beneficial to us.

　　5)It is of great benefit to us.

　　例如：

　　Books are like friends.They can help us know the world better，and they can open our minds and widen our horizons.Therefore，reading extensively is of great benefit to us.

　　3.表示壞處

　　1)It has more disadvantages than advantages.

　　2)It does us much harm.

　　3)It is harmfulto us.

　　例如：

　　However，everything dividesinto two.Television can also be harmful to us.It can do harm to our health and make us lazy if we spend too much time watching televi- sion.

　　4.表示重要、必要、困難、方便、可能

　　1)It is important(necessary，difficult，convenient， possible)for sb.to do sth.

　　2)We think it necessary to do sth.

　　3)It plays an important role in our life.

　　例如：

　　Computers are now being used everywhere，whether in the government，in schools or in business.Soon， computers will be found in every home，too.We have good reason to say that computers are playing an increasingly important role in our life and we have stepped into the Computer Age.