英语基础写作试卷

华东交通大学2015—2016学年第二学期考试卷（B）卷课程名称：英语基础写作考试时间：120 分钟适用对象：2015级翻译、英语（国贸，国金）班考试方式：闭卷（√）一、Choose the more suitable answer from the two provided for each blank in the following sentences, and write down the corresponding letter A or B on the ANSWER SHEET.(每题 1 分，共 15分)1.As a 21-year-old college student, he published a book and invited historian and scholar YiZhongtian to write a _________ (A. forward B.foreword).2.Macbeth acknowledges that it is wrong for a host to kill his guest, but he and his wife do it anyway.Their murder of Duncan is ____________ ( A.immoral B.amoral).3.One of her ___________ (A.principals B.principles) is that honesty is the best policy.4.Some students are ___________ (A.uninterested B.disinterested) in the schoolwork.5.He ___________ (A.rose B.raised) from his seat to greet the guests.6.I’m quite ___ (A.jealous B. envious) of your opportunity to study at such a famous university.7.That aristocrat often speaks in a (an) ____________ (A.proud B.arrogant) tone.8.The day was ____________ ( A. typical B.representative) of deep winter here; it was snowingheavily and a north wind was blowing.9.We waited for a long time. ____________ (A.Finally B.At last) she came.10.The chairman summed up the results of the discussion. ____________ (A.Finally B.At last) hethanked all the participants for coming.11.This salesman made frequent ____________ (A.trips B.travels) to nearby cities.12.She may be fishing for a ________ (pliment plement) and welcome yourreassurance.13. The love of poetry was ______ (A.lighted B. kindled) in him by her teaching.14. ________ (A.Credulous B. Credible) attitude will only make you take anything for granted.15.If you ______ (A.stride B.stroll) somewhere, you walk there in a slow, relaxed way.二、Error Correction(每题2 分，共20 分)1.We have eliminated the enemy force entirely.2.Please help us to propagate this new product.3.If the products are really good. Many people will use them. Then this company will becomefamous.4.I had no idea what I was getting into, I did not really care.5.People watch TV for different reasons their judgment naturally differs.6.Born in a small town in Anhui Province, Wang became a taxi driver last year.7.She hopes to spend this holiday either in Shanghai or Suzhou.8.Learning to speak English and how to use computers is important.9.The story he told at first sounded very interesting.10.Looking out of the window, the lake is breathtakingly beautiful.三、Sentence Rewriting(每题 3 分，共 15 分)Example for sentence rewriting :The history of English words is the history of our civilization in many ways. ( periodic sentence) Reference for sentence rewriting:In many ways, the history of English words is the history of our civilization.1.I go to medical school. They want me to do that. (simple sentence)2.Bacon stepped to the front of the room. He tripped over the microphone cord. (compoundsentence)3.The picture on the wall was painted by a post-impressionist. Many people were standing in front ofthe picture. They pretended that they could understand the picture. (one sentence with participles) 4.My grandma was sitting in her rocker, and her radio is singing happily in the springfragrance. (absolute construction)5.The farmers grew worried. Clouds were forming over the mountains- They hoped a windwould blow the clouds south. (compound-complex sentence)四、Note-writing(每题10 分，共10 分)Write on ANSWER SHEET a note of 50-60 words based on the following situation.Your classmate, Jimmy, is head of the university’s swimming club. He has invited you to join the club, but you like some other sports. Write him a note, declining and explaining why.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.五、Write a Précis Based on the Following Passage (每题10 分，共10 分)[1] Xiao Liu is a sanitation worker in a restaurant, a much honored one. She has been awarded for her “excellent work and satisfactory service” by the National Tourism Administration four times since she took the job six years ago.[2] Her job seems simple. Every morning, she is required to clean two washrooms, two bathrooms, two locker rooms, the balcony and the corridor. But it is hard and demanding work, especially for a girl who suffers from heart disease. “I usually have to come at 8:30—half an hour before the working time begins, and start to bustle in and out without a break,” says Liu. At 11 o’clock—the opening time of the restaurant, everything is washed up. So is she. Then she stands in front of the washrooms to greet every guest with a smile, help them and do the cleaning whenever it is necessary.[3] “It is unusual work for such a young woman,” says the manager of the restaurant. “It is not only the hard work but also the psychological pressure that she has to stand.”[4] “I felt very ashamed and humble when I stood in front of the washroom on my first working day,” recalls Liu. Then only 17 years old she blushed whenever a guest came. Her colleagues pokedfun at her and her friends called her a fool.[5] “Because of my work, they think I am inferior and can only work in the washrooms. But I am not,” she says. And the young woman, who had been eager to do everything well since she was a child, vowed to prove it.[6] Four years ago, she was honored as Excellent Sanitation Worker by the National Tourism Administration. It was the happiest day of her life. “Standing on the stage, I cried, because it is not only a prize, but a kind of understanding and recognition,” Liu says.[7] In spite of the heavy work during the daytime, Liu spends every night learning from her sister’s textbooks. “Sometimes I read till 3 o’clock in the morning and get up at 6 to go to work,” she says. Two years ago, she passed the entrance examination for the “Worker College”, and this year, she obtained a diploma in finance. Her thesis was selected for excellence and was honored at the commencement. (380 words)六、Writing (每题30 分，共30 分)Should we revive traditional Chinese characters or continue using simplified characters? This has been an intensely discussed question for years. The following are the supporters’and opponents’opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on the issue.Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.。