英语写作手册 PART THREE 参考答案复习课程

《英语写作手册》 PART THREE 参考答案

I. Read the following and say what kind of sentence each is (loose, periodic, balanced): p.72

1. P

2. P

3. P

4. L

5. B

6. P

7. P

8. P

9. B 10. B

II. Read the following, point out the mistakes and make necessary corrections: p.73

1. Our host entertained us with many interesting stories of adventures, for he had been a member of an exploration team working in the Arctic.

2. When I woke up, I saw him asleep in bed. But I had not heard him when he came back because I had been sleeping soundly.

3. Liu always did his work a little better than his fellow workers, so he got higher pay than others.

4. No student could answer that question, including Yao. Though he was usually quick in answering questions, he was silent.

5. Lin looks like Li; however, they are not related.

6. The old man hunched forward, with his head tilting at an angle, eyes half closed, looking very sleepy.

7. Because their work was well planned, everybody worked with great enthusiasm, and they over fulfilled their quota.

8. Mark Twain’s experience as a pilot on a steamboat was no doubt an important factor that helped him to become a famous writer.

Ш. Rewrite the following by putting the short sentences into complex sentences, or sentences with participial, prepositional, or other phrases: (p.74-75)

1. Xu comes from a working-class family, and he enrolled in college last fall.

Xu who enrolled in college last fall comes from a working-class family.

Xu, who enrolled in college last fall, comes from a working-class family.

Though Xu comes from a working-class family, he enrolled in college last fall.

Xu who comes from a working-class family enrolled in college last fall.

Xu, who comes from a working-class family, enrolled in college last fall.

2. The dean issued a bulletin that the library would remain open on weekends.

3. Last night was a wild night, the thunder roaring, the wind blowing a gale, and the rain falling in torrents.

4. The temperature must have fallen considerably during the night because there are icicles on the trees.

5. He returned to his hometown that he had been away from for twelve years and looked in vain for the familiar landmarks.

Because he had been away for twelve years, he returned to his hometown and looked in vain for the familiar landmarks.

6. We have made some progress, but we still have a long we to go.

Though we have made some progress, we still have a long we to go.

7. The sky was cloudless, the sun shining brightly.

8. There were over two hundred passengers on board the plane, about one third of whom were foreigners.

9. The girl began to learn to play the piano when she was a child as her mother was a famous pianist.

10. Napoleon was born in 1769 when Corsica had just been acquired by France.

11. A stormy applause broke forth as soon as / when she appeared on the stage.

12. The gypsies, who were once thought to be Egyptians migrating into Europe, are really a nomadic people from India.

13. Because the new workers are young and inexperienced, they are eager to learn from the veteran workers.

14. It was a poor quarter with a lot of small huts, dotting a hillside with mud walls and straw roofs.

15. Hearing that his father was ill, he was anxious to go home to see him, so he went to the station early in the morning to buy a ticket.