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全国 2007 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 requirement.
Example: The history of English words is the history of our civilization in many ways. (periodic
sentence)
In many ways, the history of English words is the history of our civilization.
1. One cannot succeed in his study if he is too lazy. (periodic sentence)
2. Susan ate the fish. Susan began to feel sick. (complex sentence)
3. Patiently and skillfully Peter was repairing my car. (loose sentence)
4.Lisa‟s hair was long. Lisa‟s hair nearly touched the floor. (simple sentence)
5.I am going home. I intend to stay there. (compound sentence)
6. There are so many cars on the street. It is impossible to arrive in time for the meeting.(complex
sentence)
7.We warned them that their plan wouldn‟t work. They would not listen to us. (compound sentence)
8. John bought a coat. He tried it on. He found a hole in one sleeve. (parallel structure)
9. The power line stopped. Jack was listening to the stereo. Linda was reading in bed. (compound-
complex sentence)
10. The old lady takes courses in painting and music instead of looking after her grandkids. (periodic
sentence)
II. 改写病句（15 points, 3 points each）
Correct the errors in the following sentences.
Example: After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television. I resolved never to buy that brand
again.
After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television, I resolved never to buy that brand again.
11. To join the club, a form should be filled in first.
12. Martine is friendly, clever and has a lot of humor.
13. I watched the children singing and laughing with great interest.
14. Some of the students working in Professor Smith‟s laboratory last semester.
15. He is talking excitedly to the children. As if he knew everything in the world.
III. 标出主题句（15 points, 5 points each）
16. Choose the best topic sentence from the group below.
A. Skydivers(跳伞运动员) have found a way to fly without a machine.
B. The fall is so smooth that skydivers don‟t feel like they‟re moving at all.
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C. Skydivers jump from an airplane and fall at the rate of 120 miles an hour.
D. For many years people have wished they could fly through the air like birds.
Answer
17．Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.
Wilma was very sick when she was four. She could not move her left leg. Her mother rubbed
her leg for a long time every night. When Wilma was six she would hop a little. Wilma worked hard
to learn to walk and run. When she went to high school she ran on the girls‟ track team and won.
Then she ran track in college. Wilma was so good that she went to the Olympics and won two gold
medals. The little girl who could not walk grew up to be a winner through hard work.
18.Read the following paragraph carefully and select the best topic sentence from the four
possible answers that follow the paragraph.
Topic sentence
On a cloudy day the clouds hide the sun, but the sun is always there. The clouds of thoughts, worries
and desires cover and hide our happiness. We have to get rid of them in order to experience it. Then
the happiness that lies in the soul and is always there will give us warmth. Also, happiness does not
depend on circumstances. Objects and events are not its causes. It is dependent only on one thing:
the peace in our mind. This means that in order to experience happiness intentionally, we have to
make our mind silent, calm and relaxed. This happiness I am talking about is constant and existing
for ever. It is our nature; only our thoughts stand in our way of experiencing it. Drive away the
thoughts and you are happy.
A. Happiness always gives us warmth.
B. Happiness can be found everywhere.
C. Happiness is not dependent on our mind.
D. Happiness is inside us and is not far away.
IV. 重新组合段落(5 points, 1 point each)
Rearrange the following numbered sentences so that they will read logically. Put the numbers
in proper sequence in the boxes provided below.
19. One evening Polson took his son and daughter to dinner at Bananas, a fashionable restaurant.
20. When he brought them their dinners, the professor couldn‟t help telling him that he had a good
memory.
21.Yet he found himself watching the waiter closely when he returned to take the orders at a nearby
table of eight.
22. He just listened, made small talk, told them that his name was John Conrad, and left.
23. The young man was pleased.
24. Again the waiter listened, chatted, and wrote nothing down.
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25. When the waiter took their orders, Polson noticed that the young man didn‟t write anything
down.
26. Polson didn‟t think this was exceptional: there were only three of them at the table.
19 26 24
V. 标出与段落内容无关的句子（10 points）
Read the following paragraph and cross out irrelevant sentences.
As a boy, Sanders was much influenced by books about the sea, but in fact by the age of fifteen
he had decided to become a doctor rather than a sailor. His father was a dentist and as a result,
Sanders had the opportunity of meeting people socially. He was surprised to find that he didn‟t hate
the sight of blood. When he was fourteen he began to work as an assistant for the local doctor so that
he was able to hear the doctor‟s conversations with patients. During the war Sanders served in the
Navy as a surgeon. After the war he married a nurse in a nearby clinic. “That was the happiest time
of my life, doing major surgery. I was dealing with very real suffering and saving the soldiers from
pains.” He saw himself as a life-saver. This gave the young man plenty of opportunity to go on
working as a life-saver. In Rhodes where he worked under an old doctor, he taught the country
people simple facts about medicine. He found that those people lived simply and possessed qualities
and a secret of living which he lacked. Thus, while teaching them what to do, he could feel he was
serving them.
VI. 写信（35 points）
Supposing one of your foreign teachers is going to visit some places around your hometown.
You (Wang Ming) are going to write a letter to him/her. In your letter, make sure to provide some
necessary information about some places of interest and some good restaurants he/she may go to.
Remember to tell him/her how to get there. (150-200 words)
全国 2006 年 10 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（15 points, 1.5 points each）
Revise the following sentences according to the requirement.
Example: The history of English words is the history of our civilization in many ways.(periodic
sentence)
In many ways, the history of English words is the history of our civilization.
1. Character building begins in our infancy, and it continues until death.(simple sentence)
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2. He hasn‟t got much experience of teaching children. He‟s patient and keen to learn.(compound
sentence)
3. A child‟s life is like a piece of paper. On it every passerby leaves a mark. (complex sentence)
4. The wise and good gain wisdom for the future from their errors and mistakes. (periodic sentence)
5. The world is full of wonders. Some of them we don‟t discover until we‟re all grown-up.
(compound-complex sentence)
6. People acting together as a group can accomplish things. No individual acting alone could ever
hope to accomplish those things.(complex sentence)
7.A reserved person never tells you anything about himself, and you may work with him for years
without ever knowing his address. (compound-complex sentence)
8. How much there is to learn and how much I don‟t yet know is one of the most important things
I‟ve learned. (periodic sentence)
9. They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world. He needs someone to
love. He needs something to do and something to hope for. (parallel structure)
10. In 1962, Rachel Carson published her book Silent Spring. Rachel Carson was an American
marine scientist and writer of popular science. The book aroused worldwide concern for the
protection of the environment. (long sentence)
II. 改写病句（15 points, 3 points each）
Correct the errors in the following sentences.
Example: After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television. I resolved never to buy that brand
again.
After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television, I resolved never to buy that brand again.
11. A brother may not be a friend, a friend will always be a brother.
12. Speaking before a group of examiners, the girl‟s knees shook badly.
13. The article is difficult to understand not because the vocabulary is technical but because of the
complicated sentence structure.
14. Our teacher showed us how to create E-cards on the computer with an encouraging smile.(misplaced modifier)
15. We should budget carefully. Even though our income has been greatly increasing.
III. 标出主题句（15 points, 5 points each）
Figure out the topic sentence.
16. Choose the best topic sentence from the group below. Write the choice in the blank.
A. Music is an important part of my life.
B. When I feel low, music cheers me up.
C. I studied music at primary school for six years.
D. I am a member of the pop music club of my college.
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Answer:_______________________________________
17. Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.
Apart from its heavy demands on time and money, campus love, though its sincerity should not
be doubted, may not be able to stand the test of time. It is relatively easy to maintain a stable
relationship on campus, but upon graduation when lovers are faced with different choices—
further education or job, staying at home or going abroad—they begin to pursue their respective
interests. As a result, lovers may go their separate ways. According to a survey conducted by
Nanjing University, 13.6% of campus lovers split up within the one or two months before
graduation. Also, due to college students‟ limited social contacts, the people they develop
romantic relationships with are usually their classmates, schoolmates, or friends they get to
know in intercollegiate activities. Once they enter society and meet more people, their idea of a
good partner may change and they will probably find someone more suitable for themselves.
Thus, campus love gradually perishes as time goes by.
18. Read the following paragraph carefully and select the best topic sentence from the four possible
answers that follow the paragraph.
Topic sentence:_____________________________________
I love sunny days because they are ideal for outings. I remember the sunny weekend when two
roommates and I had a marvelous time in the old Summer Palace. Under the blue sky, the trees
are bathed in golden light. On rainy days, I enjoy the sound of raindrops beating on the
windowpanes. I watch the rain washing the trees and grass clean, knowing they will glitter when
it clears up and hoping a rainbow will follow. In winter, a heavy snowfall offers a different type
of pleasure. Cold as it often is, I always go outdoors and leave my footprints in the thick snow
while throwing snowballs and making snowmen with my fellow students.
A. A person should learn to be happy in all weathers.
B. One‟s mood should not be affected by bad weather.
C. People usually prefer fine weather to severe weather.
D. I enjoy both sunny weather and rainy or snowy weather.
IV. 重新组合段落(5 points, 1 point each)
Rearrange the following numbered sentences so that they will read logically. Put the numbers
in proper sequence in the boxes provided below.
19. George is the best example of this kind of friends; we‟ve known each other since we began
school; I trust George and can tell him my deepest feelings.
20. Missing, however, is the feeling of trust I share with George: we are friends who are just
“friends”, not “close friends.”
21. I have three kinds of friends in my life: close friends, ordinary friends and acquaintances.
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22. Finally, I have friends who are just “acquaintances”; these are people I occasionally see at parties
or sit next to in class.
23. My life is richer for these three types of friends, for they provide me with a healthy variety of
company.
24. We chat and are friendly with one another if we happen to meet, but that is as far as we go: we
don‟t plan things together.
25. My second type of friends, “ordinary friends” are people I like and do things with.
26. The first type, my close friends, are people whom I have known most of my life and who love
and accept me for myself.
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V. 标出与段落内容无关的句子（10 points）
Read the following paragraphs and cross out the irrelevant sentences.
Good manners are necessary to succeed in business and social situations. As we grow, we
become more and more polite.
In the work place, good manners can make the difference between getting a job and staying
unemployed. When calling to set up an interview, one should be polite and professional to the person
answering the phone. Arriving at the interview on time, properly dressed, is another way to impress
the boss. Several days after the interview it is polite to send a letter thanking the interviewer for his
or her time. Having good manners like these can increase one‟s chances of success in the work place.
Bad manners are the opposite of good manners.
Manners are also important in social situations such as parties. When a friend calls with a party
invitation, one should check the date and either accept or decline. Responding promptly to an
invitation is an example of good social manners. When attending the party, one should not bring
people along who weren‟t invited. A guest who shows up with five or six other people will probably
not be invited again. When leaving the party it is polite to thank the host and ask if he or she needs
any help cleaning up. Friends feel appreciated when they are treated this way.
VI. 写信（40 points）
Write a letter.
Your high school friend, Wang Ning, was admitted to the English Department, Fudan
University. You(Go Dan) write him or her a letter of congratulations, in which you tell him/her:
1) how happy you were to hear the news;
2) how proud you felt for his/her acceptance by such a prestigious university;
3) what you think he/she will achieve at college and what you think he/she needs to do at
present.
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(150-200 words)
全国 2005 年 10 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（15 points, 1.5 points each）
Revise the following sentences according to the requirement.
Example: The history of English words is the history of our civilization in many ways. (periodic
sentence )
In many ways, the history of English words is the history of our civilization.
1.The Irish ambassador bid us farewell when the party ended. ( simple sentence)
2. We don‟t dare to eat these vegetables. They are seriously polluted by insecticides. (compound
sentence)
3. The cloud gets longer and gets closer to the ground. It begins to pull up dirt from the ground.
（complex sentence）
4. I have a new digital camera, but I don‟t know how to use it properly. (compound-complex
sentence)
5. It‟s true whether you believe it or not. (periodic sentence)
6. Tiger Woods is the name of a young American golfer. He set a record in the 1997 Master‟s
Tournament. He surprised all the veterans. He was 22 at the time. (long sentence)
7. At the official launch (发布会) of Beatrix Porter‟s Peter Rabbit, the invited children will
participate in the singing and dancing session. They will enjoy storytelling of the tales. (parallel
structure)
8. Mamoru Oshii‟s Japanese animé(动画) Ghost in the Shell 2 made a hit among the Asian movies
that competed. (periodic sentence)
9. I sat in the front row, but I did not get his words. (compound-complex sentence)
10. China‟s economic boom is sucking in commodities like soy beans and steel. Brazil is a major
exporter. (complex sentence)
Ⅱ.改写病句（15 points, 3 points each）
Correct the errors in the following sentences
Example: After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television. I resolved never to buy that
brand again.
After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television, I resolved never to buy that
brand again.
11. My brother‟s house is on Alp Street. Which is getting new sewers next week.
12. Many large department stores issue credit cards to their customers can be used to make
purchases at a particular store.
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13. Born in New Zealand, it is natural to enjoy eating roast lamb.
14. She hoped, by doing lots of revision and studying, pass the exams.
15. The mayor was described as a round, squat (矮胖的) man with a droopy(下垂的)beard
weighing 60 kg.
Ⅲ.标出主题句（15 points, 5 points each）
16. Choose the best topic sentence from the group below. Write the choice in the blank.
A. As tourists, people are expected to learn the traffic rules in a foreign land.
B. As tourists, people are allowed to break the minor rules in a foreign land.
C. It‟s hard to develop universal traffic rules.
D. There seems to be a growing need for all countries to adopt a set of international traffic rules.
Answer:
17. Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.
Scientists have learned to supplement the sense of sight in numerous ways. In front of the tiny
pupil of the eye they put, on Mount Palomar, a great monocle (单片眼镜) 200 inches in diameter,
and with it see 2000 times farther into the depths of space. Or they look through a small pair of
lenses arranged as a microscope (显微镜) into a drop of water or blood, and magnify (放大) by
as much as 2000 diameters the living creatures there, many of which are among man‟s most
dangerous enemies. Or, if we want to see distant happenings on earth, they use some of the
previously wasted electromagnetic (电磁的) waves to carry television images which they
re-create as light by whipping tiny crystals on a screen with electrons (电子) in a vacuum. Or
they can bring happenings of long ago and far away as colored motion pictures, by arranging
、
silver atoms and color-absorbing molecules (分子 微粒) to force light waves into the patterns of
original reality. Or if we want to see into the center of a steel casting or the chest of an injured
child, they send the information on a beam of penetrating (穿透的) short-wave X rays, and then
convert it back into images we can see on a screen or photograph. Thus almost every type of
electromagnetic radiation yet discovered has been used to extend our sense of sight in some way.
18. Read the following paragraph carefully and select the best topic sentence from the four possible
answers that follow the paragraph.
Topic Sentence:
Many Americans fear that foreign investors in this country want to take over the American
economy from the inside. But in reality, things don‟t work that way. Of the trillion dollars in
foreign investments in this country, three-quarters are in bank deposits or securities—that is, in
paper only. Foreign-owned businesses in the U.S., such as hamburger chains and hotels, generate
jobs and new growth because they are totally dependent on the local population for staffing and
customers. Americans are the ones who must be sought after as workers, renters, tourists, and
patrons. Throughout its history, the U.S. has relied on foreign capital to finance a great deal of
its development, but this has never stood in the way of our democracy.
A. Foreign-owned businesses in America need Americans.
B. There‟s no need for Americans to fear foreign influence in this country.
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C. Most of the foreign investment in this country is on paper, not in cash.
D. Americans are in constant fear that foreign investors might stand in the way of American
democracy.
Ⅳ.重新组合段落（5 points, 1 point each）
Rearrange the following numbered sentences so that they will read logically. Put the numbers in
proper sequence in the boxes provided below.
19. One was a St. Bernard dog named Barry, who worked in the Alps in the early 1800‟s, when St.
Bernards were still used to rescue people caught in snowdrifts or avalanches (雪崩).
20. Then there was Chips, the first war dog to be shipped overseas during World War Ⅱ.
21. Yet another animal hero was a canary named Bibs, the pet of an elderly woman, Tess, who lived
alone in Tennessee and whose niece lived nearby.
22. Bibs died after alerting the niece.
23. Among the numerous heroes of history are animals.
24. He saved more than forty lives.
25. One night Chips pulled away from his handler and attacked a German weapons position, seizing
one man and forcing the surrender of four others.
26. One day the niece heard a tapping at her window and discovered Bibs, so the niece quickly went
to her aunt‟s house and found Tess had struck her head on something and fallen over.
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Ⅴ.标出与段落内容无关的句子（10 points）
Read the following paragraphs and cross out the irrelevant sentences.
City dwellers are becoming so numerous that fewer and fewer people can imagine what it is like
to live near to nature, to be regulated by natural events, to be surrounded by the mysteries of the
seasons and feel the pulse of time. It is far from enough to read about nature, to camp occasionally, to
travel around by car. Life in the country as farmers live is as distinct as can be from life in towns and
cities.
Of course, everyone can see this sociologically. There are so many different ways of being
entertained in a city outside office or factory hours. People entertain themselves at their homes.
There are few distractions on a farm and the hours of work are as long as daylight.
Still, the main differences lie somewhere else. Country life is demanding and calls for many
skills. One has to be a jack-of-all-trades to cope with numerous emergencies and with the varying
needs of the moment for, except on the largest farms, it is not easy to enlist the help of a specialist
for each breakdown in machinery, plumbing or electricity. It is not possible to put off jobs on the
land if the weather is going to change. Services of various kinds in the city still leave room for
improvement.
Ⅵ.写信（40 points）
You (Liu Dan) received a present of some money from a relative. Write a letter to thank him or
her for the present and say what you intend to do with it, such as paying the registration fee
for new courses and rents, and buying textbooks and reference books. Promise that you will
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keep him or her informed of your life and study at school. (150-200 words)
全国 2005 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. Correct the errors in the following sentences.(改写病句)10%
Example: After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television .I resolved never to buy that brand again.
After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television, I resolved never to buy that brand again.
1.Those berries are poisonous don‟t eat them.
2.Our city‟s buildings are not as modern as your city.
3.To get ready for the trip, all the things she needed were put into a suitcase.
4.He told me that Mary had returned home for a week.
5.I read the book on the bus which did not interest me at all.
II. Read the following passages and identify the topic sentence in each by underlining it.(阅读以下每段文章，
然后在每段文章的主题句下划线。)20%
1. The biggest problem in ancient DNA reserch is getting the DNA in the first place. The favorite material to
work with is bone, and a small chunk of it is best. Cells can lie inside the hard bone structure waiting to be
liberated after the calcium has been dissolved away. That‟s the easy bit. Getting the DNA out, what little of it that
remains is horrendously difficult and many teams have succumbed to pitfalls in the past. The rule is that it has to
be done in a clean room better than used to assemble spacecraft to go into deep space, and it has to be done away
from any other source of potentially contaminating DNA.
2. Names usually have origins, especially for Indians. Indians with distinctive physical characteristics, might
be given names such as Big Foot or Crooked Leg. If there had been a big storm on the day of a baby‟s birth, the
baby might have been named Thundercloud. Grey Eagle, Red-Dog, Big Bear, and Spotted Wolf are examples of
Indian names after animals.
3. Many TV commercials imply that a woman‟s self-esteem depends on her cleaning ability. In one
commercial, we see a woman terribly upset because her guests find spots on her glassware. Countless other
commercials blur out the message that a woman will pass muster as a person if her kitchen floor gleams and her
toilet bowl is blue. This idiocy must work, because the images of women scrubbing, moping, waxing and smiling
keep on coming over the air.
4. As human beings, we are constantly in the stage of change. Our bodies change everyday. Our attitudes are
constantly evolving. Something we swore by five years ago is now almost impossible for us to imagine ourselves
believing The clothes we wore a few years ago now look strange to us in old photographs. Everything is changing.
This is a prediction I can make with absolute certainty.
5. Electric products are closely associated with our lives. Electric alarm clocks and music pouring from our
radio awaken us; we operate our roaster, brush our teeth with an electric toothbrush, and shave with an electric
razor. We read today‟s headlines from newspapers printed on huge electric presses, and we write a letter on our
electric typewriter before leaving for work to operate a computer and word processor.
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III. Rearrange the following numbered sentences so that they will read logically. Put the numbers in proper
sequence in the boxes provided below.(将下列句子按逻辑顺序重新排列组合成段落)10%
Group One
1.They have to learn not only the streets, landmarks and hotels, but also the quickest way to get there.
2.Becoming a London taxi driver isn‟t easy.
3.People who want to pass the examination spend much of their free time driving or even cycling around London,
studying maps and learning the huge street directory by heart.
4.This is called „The Knowledge‟ by London cab drivers.
5.They are examined not only on the quickest routes but also on the quickest routes at different times of the day.
6.And it can take years of study and practice to get “The Knowledge”.
7.In order to obtain a license to drive a taxi in London, candidates have to pass a detailed examination.
4 3
Group Two
1.He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm blew up.
2.Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.
3.Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house.
4.Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt.
5.For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed, which had springs and a mattress.
6.A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.
7.When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.
8.The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the ground.
9.After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.
10.Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him, the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it
into his house.
2 3 1 4 7
IV. Note-writing(写便条)20%
Arrange to meet a friend somewhere in town. Mention time, place, and reason.(About 50 words)
V. Letter-writing(写书信)40%
Write a letter to a manager of a certain shop to complain about the poor service you received at it. In the
letter you should also raise some specific suggestions to help improve the service quality of the shop.(150—200
words)
全国 2004 年 10 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(本大题共 10 小题,每小题 1.5,共 15 分)
Revise the following sentences according to the requirement.
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Example: The history of English words is the history of our civilization in many
ways.(Periodic sentence)
In many ways, the history of English words is the history of our civilization.
1.The enemy ran away as soon as they saw our flag. ( simple sentence)
2.A high mountain stands in the east. A large river flows in the west.(compound sentence)
3.At last my wish is realized. The government has granted me permission to go to the West.(complex sentence)
4.Jun Ji Hyun(全智贤), a South Korean actress, has earned the adoration of the and audiences. She presents an
honest, flawed character beautifully in the film Sassy.
(compound-complex sentence)
5.Iraq‟s fallen dictator Saddam Hussein refused to answer any questions or recognize any of his crimes when he
was brought to court.(Periodic sentence)
6.Former American President, Ronald Reagan, died at the age of 83(1911-2004).He was
the oldest president in American history.(long sentence)
7.He learned how to categorize and draw animals accurately.(Parallel structure)
8.The men of the expedition put their faith in Washington’s leadership after they were completely out of touch
with their families for over two years.(periodic sentence)
9.The store had the outdoor grill I wanted. The clerk wouldn‟t sell it to me. It was the food
sample.(compound-complex sentence)
10.The tall hedge muffled(减弱)the noise. The hedge surrounded my house.(complex sentence)
Ⅱ.改写病句(本大题共 5 小题,每小题 3 分,共 15 分)
Correct the errors in the following sentences.
Example: After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television. I resolved never to buy that brand again.
After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television, I resolved never to buy that brand again.
11.To keep the girl students interested in getting in shape, an exercise program was set up for the summer months.
12.Although the season has not yet begun has caused the public to get overly anxious for information about the
team.
13.Daisy was an adult, married, and had a young daughter.
14.The reason for Holden‟s disappointment being that his sister wasn‟t there to comfort him.
15.She paid five dollars for a dress at the county fair that she wanted.
Ⅲ.标出主题句（本大题共 3 小题，每小题 5 分，共 15 分）
16.Choose the best topic sentence from the group below. Write the choice in the blank.
A. In later adulthood, we begin to come to terms with our own mortality.
B. There are various stages of human development.
C. Adolescence is typically a time of identity crisis.
D. Psychologists report that we pass through various stages of development throughout our lives.
Answer:
17.Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.
What has happened to the American male? For a long time, he seemed utterly confident in his manhood,
sure of his masculine (男性的) role in society, easy and definite in his sense of sexual identity. The
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frontiersmen(边 远 地 区 居民 ) of James Fenimore Cooper, for example, never had any concern about
masculinity; they were men, and it did not occur to them to think twice about it. Even well into the twentieth
century, the heroes of Dreiser, of Fitzgerald, of Hemingway remain men. But one begins to detect a new theme
emerging in some of these authors, especially in Hemingway: the theme of the male hero increasingly
preoccupied with proving his virility(男子气概)to himself. And by mid-century, the male role had plainly lost
its rugged clarity of outline. Today men are more and more conscious of maleness not as a fact but as a problem.
The ways by which American men affirm their masculinity are uncertain and obscure. There are multiplying
signs, indeed, that something has gone badly wrong with the American male‟s conception of himself.
18.Read the following paragraph carefully and select the best topic sentence from the four possible answers that
follow the paragraph.
Topic Sentence:
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“Music,” teacher would tell his pupils, is a state of being. It is not so much knowledge and know-how .If you
the
want to be good at playing an instrument, let music get hold of you first and this will in turn get hold your muscles
and make them produce the music that is now inside you. How can music come out of an instrument if it is not first
put into it? And who is to put it there? The composer, the maker of the instrument, the printed score or the player?”
A. If you want to be good at playing an instrument, let music get hold of you first.
B. It is about stages of learning to play an instrument.
C. Only when the player puts the music into the instrument, can music come out of it.
D. Only when the maker of the instrument puts the music into the instrument, can music come out of it.
Ⅳ.重新组合段落（本大题共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，共 5 分）
Rearrange the following numbered sentences so that they will read logically. Put the numbers in proper
sequence in the boxes provided below.
19.When the eyes begin to move, this is a sign of another change─the person is dreaming.
20.If a person continues to sleep, she or he enters a new stage, a more active stage.
21.There are two kinds of sleep: active sleep and passive sleep.
22.Throughout the night, people alternate between passive and active to being active, and then dreaming occurs.
23.And as the brain becomes more active, the eyes begin to move rapidly.
24.This stage is known as slow-wave sleep because the brain waves move in a very slow,
regular rhythm.
25.The body goes through several changes: the brain temperature rises, the amount of blood in the brain increases,
the body becomes very still, and the brain goes from being very inactive to being active.
26.In passive sleep, the body is at rest, the heart slows down and the brain becomes very inactive.
20 25 23
Ⅴ.标出与段落内容无关的句子（本大题共 10 分）
Read the following paragraphs and cross out the irrelevant sentences.
To the American visitor, Iceland is a very interesting country, partly because it is different in so many ways
from what he or she is used to seeing at home. There are quite a few things that are not done, or that do not exist on
the island─quite a few no‟s.
There is no pollution, for instance. No dogs are permitted in Reykjavik, the capital. There is no
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television on Thursdays or during the entire month of July, and only three hours of black-and-white TV the rest
of the time. Because many people now worry about the effect that TV has on the young. There is no hard liquor on
Wednesdays and no beer at any time. There are no handguns; even the police do not carry them. Crime is so rare
that there is only one jail of thirty-five cells in the entire land─an admirable figure, even for a small country of
222，000 people.
There is no army, air force or navy. There is no tipping for anything. There are no large stores open on
Saturdays and on Sundays. Since Iceland is situated just under the Arctic Circle, there is no darkness in summer
and no daylight in winter. Therefore, people prefer summer to winter. But thanks to Gulf Stream, the climate is
rather mild, with temperatures ranging from thirty-four degrees Fahrenheit to fifty-two degrees in July.
The rules on television, liquor, and guns are the result of governmental decision. But the absence of pollution is
due in great part to the hot springs that come out of the ground; in fact, Iceland uses only 3 percent of all its
available power.
Ⅵ.写信(本大题共 40 分)
Write a letter of complaints according to the following situation: You (Liu Dan)bought an air conditioner in
Sun Appliances and had it installed the other day, but you found that the fan made too much noise when
the machine operated. You demand the store to send a representative to check it up. In your letter,
provide the specific defects of the air conditioner, the date of purchase, the serial number of it and the
way to contact you.(150-200words)
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