国际交流学术英文写作

国际交流学术英文写作

Unit 1 Writing a Summary

1.Besides key points, the other element a summary should include is:the thesis statement

2.The key points in the summary don’t have to be reported in the same order of logic as in the original text.（×）

3.In summary writing, the thesis statement, which is the central idea of the original text, is always given as the first sentence, followed and supported by the key points.（√）

4.Even if you give credit, copying many words or ideas from a source, which makes up the majority of your work, is plagiarism.（√）

5.What are the three ways of in-text citation, mentioned in the lecture?①Quoting

②Paraphrasing③Summarizing

6. What are the THREE important features of a summary?①shorter than the source

②reporting only the main messages③using different words

7. Reporting verbs should be used when you refer to other research works or report on other research findings.（√）

Unit 2 Writing a Book Review

1.Which of the following can be used as hedging expressions?①that clauses②lexical verbs such as “seem”③ adverbs such as “possibly”④ modal verbs such as “may”

2.A book review is a summary of the main idea of a book.（×）

3.There are two types of book review: elementary ones and advanced ones.（×）

4.The publication information and the summary of a book are necessary parts of

a book review.（√）

5.Though a critique should point out both the strengths and weaknesses of a book, most critiques put emphasis on the weaknesses of a book by saying what the book should have said but failed to do.（√）

6. One major difference between an elementary review and a comprehensive review is that the latter provides a more systematic critique of a book.（√）

7. To write a critique, you need to cover both the strengths and the weaknesses of a book.（√）

8. Hedging is important in academic writing because it can make you sound more cautious and acknowledge the degrees of uncertainty in your statements and claims.（√）

Unit 3 Writing a Research Proposal

1.Which component is not included in a research proposal? Discussion section

2.What are the three main purposes of writing a research proposal?①Applying

for a graduate school②Writing a thesis or a dissertation③Looking for funding 3.Which tense is not used frequently in research writing? Future tense

4.Which component follows the research background component? Literature review

5.When working on the literature paragraph, what should your paragraph start

with? A topic sentence

6.Which component in a research proposal includes reviewing major schools of thoughts and

findings? Literature review

7.What are the three methods of making a gap statement?①Inadequacy②An extension of the

topic③Unresolved conflict

8.When citing a book on a reference page, what information should not be included?Page

numbers

9.Which tense is used when the focus of the information is on what has been done? Present perfect Unit 4 Writing a Lab Report

10.In which section of a lab report may the purpose of the experiment be included?

Introduction

11.In which section of a lab report may the data of the experiment be presented

and analyzed? Results and Discussion

12.Which of the following visual aids is the best to present numerical data and

standardized values for reference? Tables

13.Which of the following visual aids is the best to present trend over time?

Line Charts

14.Which of the four choices may bring a more concise and stronger effect for

the following sentence?

A time-frequency analysis method is proposed to _______ the magnetotelluric

response function.

Estimate

15.Which of the following may be the essential components of a lab report? Title、

Introduction、Materials and Methods、Results and Discussion

16.Relatively, tables are better presenting numerical values while line charts are better

visualizing changes and trend.（√）

17.Verbs usually bring a more concise and stronger effect, so verbs instead of nouns are

more frequently used in writing a lab report.（√）

Unit 5 Writing a Conference Proposal

1.What is the main purpose of writing a conference proposal? To help conference

members judge your scholarly work.

2.What are the two main elements used to analyze the conference members (the

audience of your conference proposal)?①The setting where the audience are reading your writing②The audience’s knowledge about the topic of your writing

3.When analyzing the setting where the audience read your conference proposal,

what information should you consider? What subject they belong to

4.What are the ways to remove unnecessary words?①Change the sentence structure

②Cut unnecessary words/phrases③Remove unnecessary repetition