“年年岁岁题相似，岁岁年年人不同”，这句话最好诠释了近13年考研英语大作文的特点。2012年1月7日下午的英语考试刚刚落下帷幕，广大考研学子还要为明天的专业课或数学考试做最后的拼搏。在经历了从08年连续三年大作文部分比较容易审题之后，今年的考生普遍感觉大小作文和往年一样难度适中，体现在大家都觉得有话可说。下面来分析一下今年的大小作文，并提供范文供大家参考。
从05年到07年，小作文已经测试过辞职信(道歉信)、请求信和建议信的写法，08年重考了偏向于与私人交流的道歉信，09年小作文接着又重考了考生对建议信的写作，2010年测试了告示的写作。而今年2012年的小作文还是照搬近几年一贯的出题方式----书信写作，并没有测试今年在广大考生中流传的摘要的写法。
2012年的小作文要求给外国留学生来自己学校写一封欢迎信，并提出一些建议，属于欢迎信和建议信的综合写法。出题老师并没有考单一的欢迎信，而是结合大学生的实际提出一些建议，这给考生充分的自由空间，建议的具体内容要求考生自由发挥的余地较大，考生可以思考出一些具体内容。避免小作文模板化倾向。可以说到中国的一些特有的文化或习惯，让外国学生来适应。写到这些内容需要考生一个扎实的语言基本功，否则只能是望“卷”兴叹，写不出任何东西。下面是我们提供的一个参考范文。
Directions:
Some international students are coming to your university. Write them an email in the name of the Students' Union to
1) extend your welcome and
2) provide some suggestions for their campus life here。
You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter, Use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address. (10 points)
小作文参考范文
Dear my friends,
I am writing this letter to welcome you to our university on behalf of our Students’ Union. I expect you to arrive here with increasing joy as well as excitement. It is of great pleasure to anticipate your coming soon.
As foreign students, you will find everything on our campus quite different, fresh and alien. Therefore, after arriving, you can take full advantage of every opportunity to communicate with us directly to bridge the gap. To be more specific, the climate in Beijing is considerably different from your hometown, but you will soon get accustomed to living here. Finally, I hope to accompany you and introduce some special or unique campus characteristics and cultures so as to let you better be acquainted with/understand our campus life.
We shall strive to make your stay or visit as pleasant as possible by providing the best service as well as support for you. All of our students are looking forward to your early coming eagerly.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
