2019年下半年全国高等自学考试英语写作基础试卷1精品文档10页

1999年下半年全国高等自学考试英语写作基础试卷

Ⅰ. Revise the following sentences according to the requirement.

Write your version in the corresponding space on your answer sheet. (15)

1. John felt that the world had come to an end when he wasn’t chosen

for the football team. (periodic sentence)

2. The building is large. It is gray. It is on the corner. (simple sentence)

3. Bob lay on the couch. He was exhausted from thinking all day.

(simple sentence with –ed phrase)

4. Emily offered some kids china-painting lessons. She did this

to earn her living. (simple sentence with to opener)

5. The parking problem in the downtown area is getting out of hand.

The mayor suggests a new underground parking garage. (compound sentence)

6. Jane played the part of a young, bored housewife. She played

the part with great feeling. (compound sentence)

7. English is offered only in the morning. Physics can be taken

in the afternoon. (complex sentence)

8. The man had gray hair and sad eyes. He doesn’t live here anymore.

(complex sentence)

9. Rose disliked walking home from the bus stop. The street had

no overhead lights. It was lined with abandoned buildings.

(compound-complex sentence)

10. The girl is an actress. She works in the grocery store. She

is studying for an exam. (parallel structure)

Ⅱ. Correct the errors in the following sentences and write down the correct sentences in the corresponding space on your answer sheet. (10)

1.Mary had a wig on it looked more like a hat than a wig.

2.After Tom stopped drinking coffee. He began sleeping better at

night.

3.Please give the book to the boy with the yellow cover.

4.We judge our friends both by what they say and actions.

5.At the age of six my father bought my first pet, a goldfish.Ⅲ. Choose the topic sentence:

(Ⅰ) Choose the best topic sentence from each group below. Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on your answer sheet. (8)

1. A. Shakespeare died in Stratford in 1616.

B. Shakespeare joined his wife and children in 1611.

C.Many people were interested in Shakespeare’s married life.

D. There has been much idle talk about Shakespeare’s married

life.

2. A. A space suit will also have heavy shoes to help in walking.

B. A space suit will help a traveler to the moon in various ways.

C. A space suit will protect a traveler from very low

temperatures.

D. A space suit is necessary because the moon does not have as

much gravity as the earth does.

3. A.Reading books of knowledge is more useful than reading

novels.

B.Sometimes we have difficulty in understanding books of

knowledge.

C. Reading books of knowledge takes me more time than reading

novels.

D. There are some people who like reading novels better than

books of knowledge.

4. A. Some people spend a long time getting a right job.

B. Many people want to know how to get a right job.

C.Getting a right job can lead to an improved sense of

selfesteem.

D. Getting a right job is important and can lead to rewarding

experiences.

(Ⅱ) Read the following paragraphs and spot the topic sentence of each paragraph. Write the number of the topic sentence in the

corresponding space on your answer sheet. (6)

1. (1) In college, handing your own money can be a difficult task

too. (2) When I was at home, I always had my parents help me with my banking and money problems. (3) Now that I’m on my own, I have to learn how to do this by myself. (4) I am now teaching myself how to use a checkbook and balance it diligently.

2. (1) Most people like to talk, but few people like to listen.

(2) Yet listening well is a rare talent that everyone should

treasure. (3) Because they hear more, good listeners tend to know more and be more sensitive to what is going on around them than most people. (4) In addition, good listeners are inclined to accept or tolerate rather than judge and criticize. (5) Therefore, they have fewer enemies than most people. (6) In fact, they are probably the most loved of people …

3. (1) Starting a small business requires some thoughtful planning.

(2) First, the future businessperson must ask who the customers

will be. (3) Specifically, from what economic, social, and ethnic background will they come? (4) Next, the prospective owner must choose an appropriate business site that will provide a steady flow of customers. (5) Last, the prospective small-business owner should ask certain legal questions

concerning licensing and insurance requirements. (6)

Following these steps should assure a reasoned business

decision.

(Ⅲ) Read the following paragraphs carefully and select the best topic sentence from the four possible answers that follow each

paragraph. Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in

the corresponding space on your answer sheet. (6)

1.Topic sentence:

It may even have become too mechanized. Mechanization has

already caused quite a few problems and will cause still more. For

example, many jobs will have been “automated”. That is, machines

will be doing many jobs that people do today. People will no longer

be able to learn only one job in their life-times. They will have

to learn several. Many of the jobs that young people are doing today

will have become unnecessary by the time they are forty. This

problem will have grown in 100 years’time.

A)Life today has certainly become better.

B)Life will certainly have become far more mechanized.

C)Life in the past was far more difficult.

D)Life on earth is more automated than that on other planets.

2.Topic sentence:

They know that it is caused by a virus, not bacteria. However,