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1、全国2008年1月高等教育自学考试英语写作基础试题课程代码：00597.重写句子(30 points, 3 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 c
2、ivilization.1. The bridge had been no longer safe weakened by successive storms. (simple sentence)2. In the contract, there are too many ifs. (loose sentence)Too many ifs are in the contract. 3. if you make your own clothes, it will save money,. (periodic sentence)4. To know how to study and to lear
3、n how to arrange time is important for college students. (parallel structure)5. It was a huge rock that took five people to move. (complex sentence)6. He doesnt smoke and he does not drink. (compound sentence)7. We wanted to play a joke on Pauline, so we sent her a Valentines card which said “From y
4、our secret lover”. (compound-complex sentence)8. Go anywhere, and I will follow you.Wherever you go, I will follow you. (complex sentence)9. After her parents died, she was sent to live with her aunt. (simple sentence)She was sent to live with her aunt after her parents death.10. If we do not hurry,
5、 we will be late. (compound sentence)Do hurry, or we will be late. 改写病句（15 points, 3 points each） Correct the errors in the following sentences.Example: Made by his mother Tony ate up the cake. Tony ate up the cake made by his mother.11. I never saw so many cheerful, courteous and helpful students.1
6、2. I am very tired this evening after a long day at the office.13. I have followed faithfully the instruction given by the manual.14. For her to take this course, the professor must give her approval.15. A very powerful story really puts its message across. 标出主题句（15 points, 5 points each）16. Choose
7、the best topic sentence from the group below. A. Picasso was thought to be dead at birth in Malaga on. Oct. 25, 1881. B. By the age of 25, Picasso was an able and gifted artist. C. Picassos father was a painter named Jose Ruiz Blasco. D. The full sweep of Picassos effect on modern art is difficult t
8、o document. Answer: _17. Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence. There is a popular belief that some particular scientific discoveries or theories, such as the Darwinian theory of evolution, have led to the downfall of religion. It would be foolish to deny that these discoveri
9、es have had a great effect in undermining religious dogma. But this account does not at all go to the root of the matter. Religion can probably outlive any scientific discoveries which could be made. It can accommodate itself to them. The root cause of the decay of faith has not been any particular
10、discovery of science, but rather the general spirit of science and certain basic assumptions upon which modern science, from the 17th century onwards, has proceeded.18. Read the following paragraph carefully and select the best topic sentence from the four possible answers that follow the paragraph.
11、 Topic sentence _ At one time, transistor radios were not practical, because they were too expensive, Now all of that has changed. With the reduced price of transistors and the cheaper costs of mass production, the transistor radio is cheaper than the old-style tube model. In addition, transistor ra
12、dios do not heat up like the old tube radios, so they will not wear out as quickly. Also, transistor radios can be made much smaller because transistors are smaller than tubes. Furthermore, transistor radios are more reliable. They have fewer parts, so less can go wrong.A. Transistor radios are prac
13、tical and inexpensive.B. Transistor radios have undergone much improvement.C. Transistor radios are cheaper than tube radios because of mass production.D. Transistor radios are better than the old-style tube radios. 重新组合段落(10 points, 2 points each) Rearrange the following numbered sentences so that
14、they will read logically, put the number in proper sequence in the boxes provided below.19. Those who did not become miners found work in railroad construction, farming and light industries, doing low-paid jobs.20.As in California they formed small pockets of Chinese culture that were known as “Chin
15、atowns”.21. The government issued Exclusion Acts to stop the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States.22. The Chinese called the new land “Mountain of Gold”.23. Many workers fled the concentrated Chinese communities in the West and scattered to the Mid-west and the East.24. He was accused of taking jobs away from the white man.25. By the 1880s, American industrialization brought changing economic realities, resulting in an explosion of resentment toward the Chinese laborer.26. The first big wave of Chinese immigration to America came when gold was di
