Films and the media 电影与媒体

Form-completion marks turn on the exact key word, not a general substitute. If a passage asks about a 电视节目 (diànshì jiémù, TV programme), a 新闻 (xīnwén, news item) or a 广告 (guǎnggào, advertisement), the vague 东西 (dōngxi, thing) or 内容 (nèiróng, content) does not score. ✗ 他喜欢看那个东西。 ✓ 他喜欢看那个电视节目。(Tā xǐhuan kàn nàge diànshì jiémù.)

Films and news items each take a specific 量词; defaulting to 个 (gè) is a marks-losing imprecision. 电影 (diànyǐng) and 电视剧 (diànshìjù) take 部 (bù): 一部电影; 新闻 (xīnwén) takes 条 (tiáo): 一条新闻; one episode takes 集 (jí): 第一集. ✗ 我昨天看了一个电影。 ✓ 我昨天看了一部电影。(Wǒ zuótiān kàn le yí bù diànyǐng.)

For an opinion article on the internet's effect on young people, weaker candidates repeat the two given viewpoints word for word. Top marks DEVELOP each idea with connectives (因为……所以……, 虽然……但是……) and add your own view. Example: 网络确实很方便，但是因为上面有假新闻，所以我们应该学会判断真假。(Wǎngluò quèshí hěn fāngbiàn, dànshì yīnwèi shàngmiàn yǒu jiǎ xīnwén, suǒyǐ wǒmen yīnggāi xuéhuì pànduàn zhēnjiǎ.)

After a verb, a complement of degree uses 得 (de), not 的 or 地. Reviewing acting or plots is where this slips: ✗ 那个演员演的很好。 ✓ 那个演员演得很好。(Nàge yǎnyuán yǎn de hěn hǎo.) Before a verb, an adverbial uses 地: 我们应该小心地判断新闻的真假 (xiǎoxīn de pànduàn, judge carefully). Keep 的 (attributive), 地 (adverbial), 得 (degree) apart.

Copying a whole passage sentence, with its irrelevant clauses, is not credited; extra or wrong material can cancel a correct point. Select the exact point and re-express it in your own words: from a passage about a student who started following the news, answer 他开始每天看新闻 (tā kāishǐ měitiān kàn xīnwén) rather than copying the line.

In Paper 1 writing (Ex4 and Ex5) you must write in characters only — pinyin is not credited, so substituting pinyin for a character you cannot recall scores nothing for that word. Pinyin is tolerated only in the LISTENING paper, and even there it must be unambiguous. ✗ 我喜欢看kēhuànpiàn。 ✓ 我喜欢看科幻片。(Wǒ xǐhuan kàn kēhuànpiàn.)

A dangerous idea: if it appears online, it must be true. In fact not all news online is real — some is 假新闻 (jiǎ xīnwén, fake news) — and a mature answer explains how to check: compare sources and be wary of sensational headlines. ✗ 网上的新闻都是真的。 ✓ 不是网上所有的新闻都是真的，我们应该小心地判断真假。(Bú shì wǎngshàng suǒyǒu de xīnwén dōu shì zhēn de, wǒmen yīnggāi xiǎoxīn de pànduàn zhēnjiǎ.)

Listing facts — genre, actors, channel — is not enough for speaking. In fact 0523 topic areas must be discussed MATURELY, with opinions and often both sides (is a lot of time on social media good or bad?), not just what or with whom. A bare list such as 我喜欢看喜剧和动作片 (Wǒ xǐhuan kàn xǐjù hé dòngzuòpiàn) does not reach the higher bands; it needs a reason and a second view.