Brief Comment（简评）：三位应答者都采取了中庸的立场，各有可取之处。Example 3指出了城市与乡镇之间在自然环境、社会（人文）环境以及经济（物质）上的不同，观点明晰理据充足；Example 4权衡利弊，分析综合而全面；Example 5列举了一些国外居民重返乡村居 住的例子，可圈可点。新形态2021

Brief Comment（简评）：应答者们对家乡的描述淋漓尽致，感情丰富，让我们大饱眼福。我们感受到了海边城市连云港的清新，乌鲁木齐的生机勃勃，湖北的热情好客，河南漯河的欣欣向荣，江浙和湖南的如画风景，四川的火辣热情……让人不由地感叹祖国山河的壮美和辽阔。新形态2021

Example 2: l don’t know how to call it in English, so I name it Huanghua based on its characteristic. This is a kind of plant. The flowers are yellow which can be used as medi[...]

Example 2：I used to live in the countryside. The kindness and passion of people in my hometown impressed me a lot. Usually if one family has funeral（葬礼，出殡）or wedding matters, [...]

Brief Comment：答题者表达流畅，将家乡的气候特点一一展现在考官面前：降水集中，雨热同季，春秋短暂，冬夏较长。Example 1开宗明义，直接入题，进而结合四季特点展开描述；Example 2引人入胜，开题直接介绍家乡天气特征，引起考官兴趣，如能点明家乡地名，则更显全面Example 3采用了传统的总分总式表达方法，整体中规中矩。通过叙述[...]

Brief Comment：两位应答者不约而同地指出了城市交通拥堵的问题。Example 2回答简明扼要，最后一句风趣幽默，具有讽刺效果，为画龙点睛之语；Example 3将交通拥堵所引起的问题，即时间的浪费、噪音污染和空气污染等逐一指出，层次分明。新形态2021

Example 2: My hometown has changed a lot. People’s living conditions have improved a lot in recent years. Houses are surrounded（环绕）by trees and the air is much fresher than be[...]

Example 2：Oil, petrochemicals, textiles, building materials and electric power are the pillar industries in my hometown. Besides, Xinjiang is an area rich in mineral deposits（[...]

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