WRITING
Write a composition on the ANSWER SHEET in about 150 words, basing yourself on one of the texts you have learned.
TOPIC: What do you think of the Wade family's principles in the text “First Principles”? Use the following questions as an outline:
•What are the family’s first principles?
•How did the family overcome their difficulties, using their principles?
•How would you comment on the family and their principles?
【正确答案】：
    THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE FAMILY IS: "WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO IS GIVE TO PEOPLE WE LOVE—GIVE MEMORABLE THINGS ACCORDING TO OUR ABILITY."
    SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THEY'D GONE DOWN TO THEIR LITTLE FARM. IT WAS JUST A HALF-DOZEN ACRES THAT HENRY HAD BROUGHT AND HAD HUNG ON TO. IT MADE HIM FEEL GOOD TO OWN A PIECE OF LAND. THEY'D ALL HAD A WONDERFUL TIME, REALLY. THEY HAD CUT A TREE IN THEIR OWN WOODS. THEY HAD EATEN AND SLEPT, AND READ BY THE LIGHT OF OIL LAMPS. THE CHILDREN HAD BEEN MORE THAN SATISFIED WITH THEIR PRESENT; THERE HAD BEEN BALLS, ERECTOR SETS, A NUMBER OF STORY BOOKS, AND A LOT OF JUNK FROM THE FIVE-AND-TEN FOR THE BOYS, AND FOR LAURA, A PICTURE EMILY HAD FOUND CHEAP IN A SECOND-HAND ART SHOP AND A SMALL BROOCH THAT HAD BELONGED TO HENRY'S MOTHER. IT WAS LAURA'S OBVIOUS PLEASURE THAT HAD BRIGHTENED EVERYTHING. WHETHER SHE WAS CHOPPING WOOD, OR ROMPING WITH HER BROTHERS, OR BASTING THE TURKEY, OR TALKING POLITICS VERY SENSIBLY WITH HER FATHER, SHE'D SEEMED TO RADIATE HAPPINESS. 
    THIS FAMILY'S FIRST PRINCIPLE TELL US: "CHILDREN LEARNED LOVE AS WELL AS DISCIPLINE BY FAMILY EXAMPLE; IF YOU DID ALL YOU COULD FOR THEM, KEEPING THEIR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND, THEY WOULDN'T LET YOU DOWN IN A CRISES."
【题目解析】：
建议结合课文回答家庭的首要原则，符合利用自己的原则克服困难的以及评价这个家庭和原则。
这个家庭的第一原则是：“我们应该做的是为我们所爱的人奉献，也就是根据我们的能力送给他们有纪念意义的东西。”
圣诞节的前几天，他们一家就去了农场。那是个只有 6 英亩大的农场，亨利买后就一直没有舍得卖掉。因为拥有一块土地， 他感到很踏实。他们度过了一段美妙的时光，真的。他们在自己的小林子里砍掉一棵树做成了圣诞树。他们吃饭、睡觉，在油灯下读书。孩子们对他们的礼物非常满意。礼物有小球、积木、故事书，给两个男孩子从廉价商店里买了不少的不值钱的玩意儿。劳拉得到的礼物有一幅画，是埃米莉在出售艺术品的旧货店里发现的，还有一枚小巧别致的胸针，是亨利母亲的。正是因为劳拉喜形于色，给全家增添了节日气氛。她不论是劈木柴，还是跟弟弟们一起玩耍嬉闹，或是给火鸡浇肉汁，或是很有见地地和父亲谈论政治，她脸上似乎总是洋溢着幸福的神采。
这个家庭的原则教会我们：孩子通过家人的榜样学会去爱别人，学会自律；如果你把他们的最大利益挂在心上，事事为他们尽力而为， 在紧要关头他们就不会叫你失望。