大學英語四級考試自1987年開始至今已走過了22個年頭，而寫作作為必考項目在這18年中無論是命題思路還是寫作方法、寫作技巧都幾乎沒有大的改動。從最近公布的新四級考試大綱和樣題中我們也不難看到，這種穩定性在新四級考試中仍將得到進一步延續。結合多年來對四級寫作的研究和一些豐富的教學經驗，筆者認為非常有必要將一些四級寫作知識和技巧進行總結，因為這不僅僅對現行四級的考生，而且對即將參加新四級考試的學生都有指導和借鑒意義。
　　四級寫作的特點與要求來源：
　　孫子云：“知己知彼，百戰不殆”。想在寫作考試中獲得成功，就必須首先了解四級考試的要求和評分規則。由于新四級考試還沒有開始進行，筆者就以一篇根據現行四級寫作題目“do‘lucky numbers’really bring good luck?”寫成的學生作文為例來講述幾個最基本的道理。
　　例文1：
　　some people think that certian(拼寫錯誤) numbers will bring good luck to them. numbers such as six, eight, sixteen and eighteen are regarded as lucky numbers. there are also people who think that their success is related to certain numbers.
　　however, some other people think numbers have nothing to do with their luck. they believe in their own rather than“lucky numbers”. they don't do things according to certain numbers.
　　as far as i am concerned, i think it is a person's own business whether he believes in a certain number or not. the most important thing is that he has done the work by himself and has done it quite well. as to the belief in numbers, it is their (前后指代不一致，應改為his) personal choice.
　　該文章是當年四級考試命題組印發給全國評卷老師的一篇例文，根據15分制的評分標準，這篇例文被評為14分，供全國評卷老師作為評分參考。