全国2011年1月高等教育英语写作基础自考试题

全国2011年1月高等教育自学考试

英语写作基础试题

课程代码：00597

I.重写句子(20 points, 2 points each)

Revise the following sentences according to the requirements.

Example: The history of English words is the history of our civilization in many way s. ( periodic sentence)

In many ways, the history of English words is the history of our civilization.

1. Only thirty percent of the local people owned cars at that time. ( periodic sentenc

e)

2. He came too late, so he did not see the first part of the play. ( simple sentence)

3. They are true sisters. It is clear from the facial resemblance between them. ( sente nce with a subject clause)

4. He left the room and hummed a tune. (sentence with a verb-ing phrase)

5. The girl cried sadly as she was locked outside. (sentence with a verb-ed phrase)

6. The professor came into the classroom. He had two books in his hand. (prepositio nal phrase)

7. He knocked the door again and again. There was no answer. (compound sentence)

8. I wrote this letter yesterday. I forgot to post it. (complex sentence)

9. I had planned to go to Australia last summer. It was too expensive. I went to Vie tnam instead. ( compound-complex sentence)

10. The boy can sing very well. He can also dance very well. (sentence with parallel structure)

II.改写病句(15 points, 3 points each)

Correct the errors in the following sentences.

Example: Made by his mother, Tony ate up the cake.

Tony ate up the cake made by his mother.

11. Small businesses often grow into large ones. Adding to the economy vitality.

12. Failure turns out to be a valuable learning experience for those. Who may be suc cessful the second or third time.

13. Americans buy many things on credit, stocks are no exception.

14. Having got the land, the laws were changed by the farmers.

15. Their requests include railroad regulations, tax deductions and to make education cheaper.

III.标出主题句(15 points, 5 points each)

16. Choose the best topic sentence from the group below by writing A, B, C or D.

A. There are different types of social worker careers.

B. A social worker can help a child find a home.

C. A mental health social worker helps people deal with depression.

D. A medical social worker helps people with diseases.

Answer:_________________________

17. Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.

The central role of women in horticultural (农耕) societies tends to have political and s ociological consequences. It is the women who own and manage their garden plots and pa ss them on to the next generation. It is the women who decide when their soil is deplete d and where the village should move to clear more fertile ground. One of the more intere sting aspects of horticultural societies is that it is often women who exercise political pow er and authority in their society. Anthropologists (人类学家) and travellers alike call attent ion to the special standing and respect that women enjoy in Austronesian cultures generall y and the Philippines in particular. The honored position of women in Austronesian and P hilippine society, more than likely, remains a legacy (遗产) from their, not so distant, hort icultural prehistory.

18. Read the following paragraph carefully and choose the best topic sentence from t he four possible answers that follow the paragraph by writing A, B, C or D.

Since there are more than 80 million current and former smokers in the United States, a widespread CT scanning program of at-risk individuals would De enormously costly. L ow-dose CT scans also expose patients to considerably more radiation than standard chest