Shanghai College Entrance Examination Essay Review | Zhang Lin, Senior Chinese Language Teacher at Jiaotong University Affiliated Middle School: A Society of Atmosphere, Thick and High Distance | World | Chinese Language
The unified cultural examination for the enrollment of ordinary universities in Shanghai in 2023 will be held from June 7th to 9th. The Chinese composition questions for the 2023 Shanghai College Entrance Examination are as follows:
Is a person willing to explore unfamiliar worlds solely out of curiosity? Please write an article to discuss your understanding and thoughts.
Requirement: Write your own questions; Not less than 800 words.
The style of essay questions in the 2023 Shanghai Chinese College Entrance Examination - atmospheric, heavy, and lofty.
The conceptual design of the exam questions is very lofty. Exploring an unfamiliar world has been an eternal topic for humanity since ancient times, and it is also a driving force for human development, progress, and pursuit. Encouraging students to reflect on such issues during the college entrance examination is beneficial for their understanding of society, the country, and the world, as well as for their lifelong development.
The content design of the exam questions is very atmospheric. "Is it just because of curiosity?" This type of question stem not only provides hints for candidates, but also has a great degree of openness, and the scope of writing is very large, which is very conducive to students' on-site conception and writing.
The philosophical thinking in the exam questions is very profound. The reason why people are willing to explore the world is precisely a concern and reflection of contemporary Chinese society and even the entire human society. For the development of the nation, for the progress of the world, for the survival of humanity, for the continuation of civilization... These philosophical reflections are heavy, and also enable candidates to educate and reflect on themselves in writing, how to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the times, national rejuvenation, and human progress.
The characteristics of essay questions in the 2023 Shanghai Chinese College Entrance Examination - focusing on society and thinking.
Paying attention to society requires students to think about the problems around them, the problems that occur in society, and the things they have been doing. Of course, the content that students can write is very rich, and there are many optional examples based solely on the classics learned in high school textbooks. For example, in "The Old Man and the Sea", the protagonist explores an unfamiliar world through his own courage and perseverance, loving the world while exploring it. The protagonist of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" explores an unfamiliar world for the continuation of the entire family, experiencing hardships while exploring the world. The protagonist of "Resurrection" explores "his own unfamiliar spiritual world" in order to pursue his own perfection and social progress, at the cost of changing his "original everything". The scientists Tu Youyou, who discovered artemisinin, and Yuan Longping, who nurtured hybrid rice, constantly explore unfamiliar worlds driven by the pursuit of science, love for the country, and longing for a better life for humanity... These are all things that can be written about.
Focusing on critical thinking is to enable students to think deeply about problems. "Willingness," "unfamiliarity," "only," "curiosity," and "exploring the world" all require comprehensive consideration. This also reflects the challenges that the college entrance examination essay questions pose to students. The explanation of "only" in the Chinese Dictionary is: the number of adjectives is small; Indicating being limited to a certain scope, meaning "only" but emphasizing more. So from a logical perspective, students need to clarify the meaning of essay questions: a person is willing to explore unfamiliar worlds only because of curiosity. After determining this logical relationship, students should conduct in-depth analysis when writing, to determine if there are any other reasons besides curiosity; Or even with other reasons, curiosity is still not the main reason. Thinking should be comprehensive, thorough, and dialectical, reflecting the level of high school students.
Overall, the 2023 Shanghai Chinese College Entrance Examination essay questions not only explore the consideration of students' language and thinking abilities, but also explore the evaluation of their aesthetic and cultural abilities, reflecting the direction of integrated teaching and evaluation in the college entrance examination after the new curriculum standards. This is worthy of continuous appreciation, reflection, and learning for Chinese language educators