2008-2009第2学期写作试卷及答案2套2009年5月17日

北京化工大学2008——2009学年第二学期《英语写作》考试试卷（一）I. Error Correction (20 points)Directions: In each sentence, there is one mistake among the four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. You are supposed to identify and then correct them in your Answer Sheet.1. 1. In the time of economic depression, no matter which choice you make will always be opportunitiesA B Cas well as challenges.D2. The two goals are not isolate, on the contrary, they are interacting with each other.A B C D3. Comparing money with friends，I prefer the latter more，for real friends are not easy to come by，and weA B C Dmust value their real friendship.4. He pointed out that a considerable gap existing between the number of hours people are paidA B C for working and the number of hours spent in productive labor.D5. All of the plants now raised on farms have been developed from plants once grew wild.A B C D6. As you know that you must check in at least 30 minutes before takeoff for most flights.A B C D7. Learners cannot assimilate information that is presented to him at a higher level of abstractionA Bthan that at which they feel comfortable.C D8. Breaking up water into hydrogen and oxygen is a good example of as is known asA B Ca chemical change.D9. Scientists created a brainy four-legged robot resemble a starfish that can sense damage toA B Cits body, and think up a way to recover.D10.Although well receiving by business leaders，the book is not meant to whitewash anyA Bof the miscalculations and shortsighted decisions of some corporate bosses.C DII. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese: （20 Points）1 With the number of human beings having increased more than six-fold in the past 200 years, modern people simply assume that men and women will always breed enough children to grow the population.2 Yet, now, well-fed, healthy, peaceful populations around the world have been producing too few children to avoid population decline.3 Fearful of a future in which the elderly outnumber the young, many governments are doing whatever they can to encourage people to have children.4 Though some policies may encourage people to have children at a younger age, there is little evidence that they cause people to have more children than they otherwise would. 5As governments going as far back as imperial Rome have discovered, when cultural and economic conditions discourage parenthood, not even a dictator can force people to go forth and multiply. （138 words）III. Translate the following sentences into English according to the instructions given in the brackets: （20 Points）1.人们普遍认为，工作除了能给我们提供经济上的支持外，还能够使我们在身心方面保持健康。

（Non-finite verb 非限定动词）2.中国是世界上最大的国家之一，拥有十多亿人口，领土相当于整个欧洲的面积。

（independentconstruction独立主格结构）3.我之所以把大家召集起来，是因为要应对远未过去的危机所造成的影响，需要我们的通力合作。

（划线部分用which 引导的定语从句）4.如果放任这种旷课行为，学校向社会输送的只能是有大学文凭的人，而不是有知识底蕴和自律且诚信的建设者。

（what-从句）5. 如果没有城市的支持，简直难以想象会有大学、医院、大企业，甚至连科学技术也不会有。

（It 做形式主语）IV. Write an essay on the following topic with no less than 200 words: （40 POINTS）How to adapt yourself to the increasingly competitive job market?答案改错1. C—there will always be （will前添加there）主句无主语2. A – isolated；词性、串句（有人改为isolate；也算对，因为个别词典把isolate用作形容词）3. B—去掉more 比较级错误（个别人改为one，也不算错）4. B—exists that从句为破句5. D—once growing wild 非谓语动词（虽然which once grew wild也可以是答案，但相比之下，与前面的raised分词作定语不构成平行结构，所以，为了平行结构，应该使用分词短语为好）6. A –去掉that 破句7. B—them 指代不一致8. C—what 名词从句引导词错误9. B—resembling/ which resembles 从句缺少引导词10. A—Although well received 非谓语动词错误英译汉由于过去二百年人口增加了六倍多，现代人主观上想当然地认为：世间男女会生育足够多的孩子来扩充人口。

然而，现在世界各地那些营养充足、身体健康、生活祥和的人却养育数量很少的子女，致使人口减少。

许多国家政府由于害怕未来社会老年人口多于年轻人口，正在竭尽全力鼓励人们生养。

虽然一些政策可以鼓励人们早育，但是几乎没有证据表明推行这些政策，人们会与不推行这些政策相比多生多育。

一些政府已经发现，就像当年罗马帝国政府那样，当文化和经济条件使人们不想为人父母时，即便是独裁统治者，也无法强迫人民努力去繁殖后代。

汉译英1.It’s generally agreed/believed that aside from offering financial support, work can keep us healthy not onlyphysically but also mentally.2.China, with a population of over one billion, is one of the largest countries in the world, her territory beingabout the size of the whole Europe.3. My motivation in bringing you all together is the need for concerted efforts to deal with the impacts of the crisiswhich is far from over.4. If we give free rein to the trend of cutting classes, （or If cutting classes becomes a trend unleashed,）what theschools turn out to the society would be nothing more than diploma-holders, rather than builders of/ equipped with profound knowledge, self-discipline, and credibility.5. It is virtually impossible to imagine that universities, hospitals, large businesses or even science and technologycould have come into being without cities to support them.北京化工大学2008——2009学年第二学期《英语写作》考试试卷（二）I. Error Correction (20 points)Directions: In each sentence, there is one mistake among the four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. You are supposed to identify and then correct them in your Answer Sheet.1. According to a survey by , it is found that among 3990 interviewees, seventy percent of whomA B Cregard the rich as having low morality and deserving no due respect.D2. In the affected area, food was abundant, water, on the other hand, ran short of supply.A B C D3. At no time in the history of mankind women have greater opportunities for following their careersA B C Dthan they have now.4. Admirers of American ballet that has claimed that its stars can dance as well as or even betterA B Cthan the best of the Russian artists.D5. The population of this small town has more than double in the past few decades.A B C D6. After attracting more than a million marchers—four times of the size of the historical 1963 March inA BWashington-- the 2004 March for Women’s Life became t he largest mass demonstration in history.C D7. Modern science was born when Galileo began trying to explain how things happen and thusA Boriginating the method of controlled experiment which now forms the basis of scientific investigationC D8. I would have come to see you had it been possible, but I had been so busy then.A B C D9. We are at a critical point in our nations’ history and we cannot go back as individuals orAas a country to what we were ten, five or even one year earlier.B C D10. When written a scientific paper, we usually set an original task for research.A B C DII. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese: （20 POINTS）1As a branch of cognitive science, linguistics has undergone systematic inquiry and elaboration in terms of language acquisition and classification. 2When it comes to language learning, the spelling of Chinese characters is notoriously difficult to Westerners, who are often left puzzled about numerous strokes. 3In China, the myth remains that maximum efficiency can be achieved by exposing young children to native speakers as early as possible. 4However, a more profound insight into the process of language acquisition won’t be gained until studies of the brain have developed to the point where the function of each part of the brain is brought to light. 5The eagerness to make children proficient in English on the part of parents in China is open to question. (122 words)III. Translate the following sentences into English according to the instructions given in the brackets: （20 POINTS）1. 从个人到企业，人们越来越意识到开发环保型产品，以确保经济可持续发展的重要性。