山西大学2006写作(一)考试题_A

Test Paper of Writing for Postgraduates

A (January 9th, 2005)

1.Identify the topic sentences in each of the following paragraphs and write them on the

answer sheet.(2×3)

1. Our friendship was the source of much happiness and many memories.We danced and

popped our fingers simultaneously to the soul tunes of the Jacksons and Stevie Wonder. We sweated together in the sweltering summer sun, trying to win the championship for our softball team. I recall the taste of pepperoni and sausage pizza as we discussed the highlights of our team’s victory. Once we even became attracted to the same young man, but luckily were able to share his friendship.

2.To settlers in early New England, clothes were often a measure of person’s wealth, and people

were supposed to dress according to their station in life. The wealthy dressed themselves in expensive clothes imported from London, while poorer people wore clothes made from rough home-spun. Dressing above one’s station was actually against the law. In 1676, 68 young people were fined for wearing silken clothes. In a strange new world, settlers tried to hold fast laws and customs that made their society feel orderly.

3.My parents have gone out for the evening. Just as I settle down to read or watch TV, my little

brother demands that I play with him. If I get a telephone call, he screams in the background or knocks something over. I always have to hang up to find what’s wrong with him.

Baby-sitting my brother is no fun. He refuses to let me eat a snack in peace. Usually he wants half of whatever I have to eat. Then, when he finally grows tired, it takes about an hour for him to fall asleep.

2. The following paragraph lacks unity. Identify the topic sentence in the paragraph and

revise it by deleting any sentences that distract from the controlling idea that should be direct the paragraph. Write the number of the topic sentence and the sentences should be deleted on the answer sheet.(4 points)

1.①If a person feels guilty about something, the obvious thing to do is to get that guilt out in

the open. ②But many people take a different approach—one that only makes matters worse.

③They try to stifle their bad feelings with stimulants or depressants such as alcohol,

methedrine, or marijuana. ④A friend of mine, for example, feeling guilty about her low grades, tried to stay high nearly all the time. ⑤The result was that she got even worse grades, felt guilty still, smoked even more dope, and eventually dropped out of school. ⑥I had tried to talk to her about her problems, but she was already too depressed to allow anyone to get through to her. ⑦Later, I lost touch with her, and I never did learn whether she straightened herself out. ⑧I think that person li ke her deserve a lot of pity, because if she hadn’t been so sensitive in the first place, she wouldn’t have had the guilty feelings that sent her into a tailspin.⑨Her supposed remedy had become a major part of her problem.

3. The following paragraph lacks coherence. Change the order of the sentences to make it