大学硕士《英语写作》期末考试试卷

大学《英语写作》期末考试试卷

I.ErrorCorrection(20points)

Directions：Ineachsentence,thereisonemistakeamongthe

fourunderlinedpartsmarkedA,B,CandD.Youaresupposed

toidentifyandthencorrecttheminyourAnswerSheet.

1.Iwasoftenalittletiredafteraday'sworkandwatch

TVdemandsverylittle

ABCD

effort.

2.ItisnotagoodideatogoshoppingonSundaysifthe

shopsareverycrowded.

ABCD

3.Hisbusinessissobusythathehasverylittletimefor

anything.

ABCD

4.Hepointedoutthataconsiderablegapexistingbetween

thenumberofhours_

AB

paidforworkingandthenumberofhoursspentinproductive

labor.

CD

5.Playingvideogames,hangaroundandhavingfunwiththeir

friendsmake

ABCD

themhappy.

6.Duringthe1980s1culturewars,schoolsystemsacrossthe

countryculled

AB

somebooksfromlibraryshelvesbecauseitscontentwasdeemed

tobe

CD

inappropriate.

7.Allofthefishesnowkeptintheaquariumwerecaught

fromtheoceandepth

ABC

neverreachbefore.

D

8.Wediscoveredthatsomeofuscouldatleastsingout

aloudthatwecouldnot

ABC

talkabout.

D

9.WhatIwassurprisedatwasnotwhathesaid,butinthe

wayhesaidit.

ABCD

10.Thefactthatmothersinsomespeciesofanimalsreaction

immediatelyifthey

ABC

aremissingoneormoreoftheirlitterdemonstratesasense

ofnumber.

D

II.TranslatethefollowingparagraphintoChinese：(20

POINTS)

TfcontractingpartiestotheUNFrameworkConventionon

ClimateChange(《联合国气候变化公约》)failtoreachany

climateagreementinCopenhageninDecember2009,theglobal

energysectorwillexpendanadditionalUS$500billion

annuallytocutgreenhousegasemissionsby2030.2The

InternationalEnergyAgency(IEA)pointedoutinareport

thattheenergysectorshouldplayakeyroleinaddressing

theissueofclimatechangesinceitcontributesto65percent

ofglobalgreenhousegasemissions.3Atpresentwemustforce

energy-relatedcarbondioxideemissionsdowntoapacethat

wouldultimatelystabilizetheconcentrationsofall

greenhousegasesintheatmosphereat450partspermillion

(ppm).4Althoughsufficientfinancialsupportisneededto

adjusttheenergystructure,itwillbeasoundinvestment

becausebenefitsbroughtbysavingenergy,decreasingfuel

imports,improvingairqualityandthusavoidingextreme

climatechangewilloffsetthisextracost.

III.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglishaccording

totheinstructionsgiveninthebrackets：

(20POINTS)

1.由于近年来增加了植树造林，一些地方飞来了稀有的鸟类。

(simplesentence简单句)

2.进而言之，医患之间应该有足够的交流，这不仅有利于治疗，而且

还能缓解紧张关系。(which-clause)

3.如果他再犯完全一样的错误，就会被撤职。(adverbialclause状

语从句)

4.神舟六号飞船经过5天太空旅行后安全返回地球，极大地鼓舞了

全中国人的士气，激发了爱国热情。(nonfiniteverb非谓语形式)

5.发电机不能产生能量，它只是把机械能转变为电能。(what-

clause)

IV.Writeanessayonthefollowingtopicwithnolessthan

200words：(40POINTS)

ShouldWeEliminateCollegeThesis?

提示：2007年，华中师范大学涂艳国教授提出“与其滥竽充数，东拼

西凑，不如取消本科毕业论文”。对此，中国青年报曾经做过调查。结

果显示，71.3%的人认为本科毕业生对毕业论文不重视，42.5%的人

认为本科毕业论文应该取消。请你做出分析和判断：本科毕业论文是

取消还是保留？

参考答案

1.非限定动词C-watching

2.连词C-because)

3.不定代词后置修饰语D-anythingelse

4.破句B-exists

5.平行结构B-hangingaround

6.代词指代一致C-theircontent

7.非限定动词D—reached

8.从句的连词C—what

9.连词D去掉in

10.词性错误B一react

II.

如果《联合国气候变化公约》的各缔约方不能在2009年12月哥本哈

根的大会上达成一个气候协议，全球能源行业到2030年以前每年将需

要多花5千亿美元来减少温室气体排放。国际能源署(IEA)在一份报

告中指出，能源行业的温室气体排放占到了全世界的65%,因此必须

在解决气候变化问题中扮演核心角色。我们必须迫使和能源相关的二

氧化碳排放减少，使大气中温室气体的浓度最终稳定在百万分之450

(450ppm)o虽然需要足够的财政支撑以调整能源结构，但是这笔投

资会是一个明智的投资，因为节约能源、减少燃料进口、改善空气质

量，因而避免极端气候变化所带来的实惠将抵消这笔额外的支出。

III.

1.Thankstotheexpansionofwoods,quiteafewrarebirds

cometo(settledownin)someplacestheseyears.

Theexpansionofwoodsinsomeplacesattractedquiteafew

rarebirdstheseyears.简单句

2.What'smore,it'snecessarytohaveadequate

communicationsbetweendoctorsandpatients,whichcouldnot

onlyfacilitatethetreatmentsbutalsorelievethetension,

(which-clause)

3.Shouldhemakeexactlythesamemistakeagain,hewillbe

removedfromhisposition.

(状语从句)

4.After5-dayspaceflight/travel,ShenzhouVIsafely

returnedtotheearth,greatly/t