大學英語應寫作期末試題

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PartIWritingBasics(30%)

Directions:Thereare30incompletestatementsinthispart.ForeachstatementtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosethebestONEtocompletethestatement.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.(1x30=30)

1.Accordingtotheprinciple“conciseness”inwriting,whichsentencebelowis

“concise”?__________.

a.Marisisattractiveinappearance,soeverybodylikesher.

b.Foundedin1871,SmithCollegeisthepremierall-women’scollegeinthe

UnitedState.

c.Atthispointintime,moreandmorepeoplerealizetheimportanceof

protectingenvironment.

d.NowI’dliketomakeananalysisofourcurrentsituation.

2.Semicolonisused__________.

a.betweenindependentclausesthatarenotconnectedbyacoordinating

conjunctioninacompoundsentence.

b.afteradependentadverbialclausefollowedbyanindependentclauseina

complexsentence.

c.beforeacoordinationconjunctioninacompoundsentence.

d.toformacompoundwordorindicatethatawordiscontinuedfromoneline

tothenext.

3.Whichsentencebelowisnotcoherent?__________.

a.Iadmireherbeautifulsingingandhergracefuldancing.

b.TheweatherinGuangzhouishotterthanChengdu.

c.Something,whichwasmadeofmud,hithiminthechest.

d.Ifwedoourbest,wecansucceedintheend.

4.“__________”isacomplexsentence.

a.Wedidnotlikeher,butshestillstayedtherewithus.

b.Shesawastrangelittlecottageamongstthetrees.

c.Wehavetomakeanother50milesbeforeitisgettingdark.

d.IlikewatchingTV;mysisterlikesplayingthepiano.

5.Whichofthefollowingsentencescontainsadanglingmodifier?__________

a.Afterwashingmycar,Iwaxedit.

b.Aftertalkingwithourveterinarian,Ifeltbetterabouttheprognosis.

c.Shecalledherboyfriendbecauseshemissedhim.

d.Noneoftheabov

e.

6.“__________”canbestdescribethis:“ProfessorPepinspendsalotoftime

translatingmedievaltextsonancientmedicine,however,healsostaysinformedaboutthelatestdevelopmentsinmodernasthmatreatments.”

a.Thereisnothingwrongwiththestructureofthissentence.

b.Fragment:althoughthisisalongsentence,it’smissingpartofaverb.

c.Run-on:removetheverbfromthesecondindependentclause.

d.Run-on:changethecommaaftermedicinetoasemicolon.

7.Whichstatementistrue?__________

a.Whileusingthetechnique“clustering”,wedonotneedtoconsidergrammar,

organizationalstructureandrelevanceofthecontent.

b.Clusteringisalinearthinkingpattern.

c.Everyparagraphshouldcontainatopicsentence.

d.Supportingsentenceisusuallythelastsentenceofaparagraph.

8.“__________”doesnotsupportthetopicsentence“Socksandstockingsgiveus

cluestoaperson’sinnerpersonality.”

a.Socksandstockingsareavailableinmorecolorsnowthaneverbefore.

b.Redsocksshowthatthewearerhaslotsofenergythatheorsheneedstolet

goof.

c.Wearersofwhitesocksandstockingsareoftenhidingtheirtruefeelings.

d.Greenstocksarewornwhenapersonfeelstheneedforrestandrelaxation.

9.“__________”isasubordinateconjunction.

a.But

b.For

c.And

d.Because

10.In“Itisnousepersuadinghimnottosmoke.”,theunderlinedpartis__________.

a.aparticipialphrase

b.agerundphrase

c.aclause,notaphrase

d.onepartofthecontinuoustense

11.“__________”isnottolistideasintimeorderororderofimportance.

a.Firstofall

b.Finally

c.Whereas

d.Afterthat

12.Whichsentencebelowdoesnothaveanygrammarerror?__________

a.Shelikestosewandcooking.

b.Hisjobistotendthepigs,makesuretheyarewell-fedandcontent.

c.Hetalksrapidly,shuffleshisfeet,andisnervous.

d.Howtobuyfromorselltobringscriticaldifferencetoacompany’sprofit.

13.Bodyparagraphsshouldservethethesisstatementofanessayby__________.

a.startingeverybodyparagraphwiththethesisstatement

b.developingeverybodyparagrapharoundthethesisstatementbutinamore

narrowed-downway.

c.restatingthethesisstatement

d.addingnewviewpointstothethesisstatement

14.__________doesnotincludeinthebasicwritingstyles.

a.Novel

b.Argumentation

c.Description

d.Exposition

15.“__________”iscommonlyusedatthebe