How I Finance My College Education？（2000．1）
（我是怎樣為上大學提供經費的？）
1. 上大學的費用（tuition and fees）可以通過各種途徑解決。
2. 哪種途徑適合於我（說明理由）。
短文的題目將內容限定在討論上大學的費用問題上。為了避免生硬，最好加入第一段作為引言，指出新的收費制度的實施使學生家長的負擔加重了。第二段，將有代表性的解決上大學費用的幾種途徑羅列出來，如靠父母、打工、獎學金、銀行貸款等。第三段，作為全文的重點，討論哪種途徑適合“我”及其理由。
參考範文：
With reforms carried out in other fields, higher education in China is also undergoing great changes. One of them is the newly-adopted tuition policy. According to this new policy, college students are supposed to pay an average sum of 4,000 yuan each year as tuition. In addition, students must pay other fees, such as accommodation and healthcare.
Students can finance their college education in various ways. First of all, they depend on their parents, as is the most common case in China. Secondly, they do part time jobs to earn the money. Then for some excellent students, they study hard so as to obtain scholarships. Finally, those especially poor students, having no other means to finance their college education, may turn to the loan programs for financial aid.
With one of my parents laid off, my family can’t possibly afford all my expenses at college. However, my family is not as hard up as those from the poverty-stricken areas. Consequently, I’m not eligible to seek help from the loan programs, and I don’t want to. Instead, I practise self-reliance by offering instruction as a tutor. In this way I find myself not only better off financially, but also, by getting out of the ivory tower, making great progress academically. As a result, I have won first-class scholarships for two years on end. Fortunately, I have come by the best way to finance, as well as to benefit from, my college education.