從2013年6月英語四級考試開始，作文題型的命題特點向考研作文出題方式靠攏。這預示著國家希望更多的準研究生英語方面的能力能達到四級水平，使四級考試和考研考試有個流暢的過度和銜接，充分將考研寫作與四級寫作結合，不同之處在於四級寫作字數少，難度上低於考研寫作。
例如：
2013年6月四級考試作文漫畫簡述：一個老師在黑板上教數學乘法口訣，如：2X2=4 2x3=6 ……學生在聽課，其中一個學生說：no offense, by the time in the job market, it is out of dated. 以此作文。首先簡要描述，然後就the importance of learning basic skill 寫一篇more than 120 words but not more than 180 words. (30 minutes)圖畫反映的主題：大學生在校從商，創業，好不好?是學業重要，還是社會經歷重要?
範文：
Nowadays, college students going in for business become more and more popular in campus, even many college students think that is very fashionable. As to this trend, different people have different views.
For me, every coin has two sides, thus college students going in for business has advantages as well as disadvantages, but advantages outweigh the disadvantages. As a college student, I think taking part in business when we still in college has following advantages. Firstly, doing business can develop our communication and management abilities. From purchase to sell, students must communicate with many different people, such as wholesalers and customers, so we can learn many communication skills from this process. Students also have to make some market researches to decide what we will go in for; we should find out wholesalers who can cooperate stably with us; how we set price; how we promote and so on. See, students’ communication and management skills can be developed from above things.
四級作文評分標準(五級評分制)：
①本題所佔卷面總分值15%。
②閱卷標準分為五等：
以2為首項，公差為3的等差數列。
公式為An=A1+(n-1)×3
2分，5分，8分，11分，和14分。
攻略：就一句話，在文章中，最關鍵的地方要埋伏著“亮點”，切忌犯愚蠢的錯誤。
愚蠢的錯誤包括：
時態，名詞單複數，主謂不一致…
關鍵的地方包括：開頭，結尾和段落首句。
如何才能的.高分呢?
——包含所有內容要點;
——使用豐富的語法結構和詞彙;
——語言自然流暢，語法錯誤極少;
——有效地採用了多種銜接手法，文字連貫，層次清晰;
——格式和語域恰當貼切。
對目標讀者完全產生了預期的效果。
打動閱卷人靠什麼?
1. 文章脈絡清晰
1.1 觀點鮮明的開頭
1.2 緊扣主題的結尾
1.3 由主題句引導的銜接自然的中間段落
2. 段落銜接暢順
2.1 重複詞：概括;直接;齊頭
檢驗金子的是烈火，檢驗女人的是金子，檢驗男人的是女人。
The proof of gold is fire. The proof of woman is gold. The proof of man is a woman.
南北戰爭前，美國稱“邦聯”;南北戰爭後，美國稱“聯邦”。
Before the civil war, the United States are; After the civil war, the United States is.
2.2 序數詞
First of all, …
To begin/ start with, …
In the first place, …
Furthermore, …
Moreover, …
What is more, …
Finally, …
Eventually, …
Last but not least, …
2.3關聯詞：遞進;轉折;因果
What is more,
in addition,
but,
because
3. 使用較高階的詞彙和語法結構
3.1 愛心是情感的力量，不論我們周圍的世界多麼黑暗，愛心都能支撐我們。
Love is emotional strength, which can support us no matter how dark the world around us becomes.
3.2 對於世界而講，你也許只是一個人;但對於我而言，你是我的整個世界。
To the world, you may be one person. But to me, you may be the whole world.
4. 書寫優雅美觀
獎勵分(3分)+基準分(5分)
獎勵分給分原則
4.1. 正確正規可讀
4.2. 非正規標記不能寫
4.3. 避免縮寫
