1、英语写作基础自考题-5 及答案解析(总分：92.00，做题时间：90 分钟)1.He became a soldier when he was twenty. (simple sentence)（分数：2.00）_2.We dont dare to eat these vegetables. They are seriously polluted by insecticides. (compound sentence)（分数：2.00）_3.A childs life is like a piece of paper. On it every passer-by leaves a mark.
2、(complex sentence)（分数：2.00）_4.The first consideration in food preparation is freshness, regardless of the regional differences in cuisine. (periodic sentence)（分数：2.00）_5.My aunt often travels abroad. She enjoys experimenting with unusual food. (sentence with a modifying phrase )（分数：2.00）_6.Lakey is
3、the most beautiful one of the group of girls. She is also the most intelligent and the most resourceful one of them. (sentence with parallel structure)（分数：2.00）_7.It was nearly dark. A snowmobile appeared. The snowmobile was roaring. It was running without lights. It hit Mrs. Li. (long sentence)（分数：
4、2.00）_8.Hebe stopped a taxi for her colleagues to make sure they could go back to the office on time. (sentence with “to Opener“)（分数：2.00）_9.The film projector broke for a second time in the cinema. Some people in the audience hissed, and others made catcalls. (compound-complex sentence)（分数：2.00）_10
5、.Smith forgot his wedding anniversary for the tenth straight year. Smiths wife was extremely angry. She made Smith spend a week sleeping on the porch. (compound-complex sentence)（分数：2.00）_11.I got the highest scores in my English test, he failed.（分数：3.00）_12.Failure turns out to be a valuable learni
6、ng experience for those. Who may be successful the second or the third time.（分数：3.00）_13.There are three boys who are masters of operating computer programs, Tom is the greatest one.（分数：3.00）_14.Mother could not persuade me that giving is as much a joy as to receive.（分数：3.00）_15.He walks slowly behi
7、nd me. As if he does not see me walking a few metres ahead.（分数：3.00）_16.Choose the best topic sentence from the group below by writing A, B, C or D.A. There are some differences in the behavior of rock and classical music audience.B. At a rock concert, the audience members yell, whistle,sing along,
8、and even stamp their feet.C. Members of the classical music audience are so highly disciplined that they refrain from even clearing their throats or coughing.D. With rock music, the better the performance, the more active the audience will be; with classical music, the better the performance, the mo
9、re still the audience will be.Answer: _（分数：5.00）_17.Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.My political opponent has not kept any of his promises to the voters. He said he would not raise taxes, and he did. He said he would not oppose our municipal bond issue, and he did. Furt
10、hermore, he said he would not increase the salary of his personal staff, and he has. On the other hand, there were two things he did not do that desperately needed doing. He did not repair the potholes in our city streets, and he did not build an extension onto our local retirement home. He obviousl
11、y cannot be trusted.（分数：5.00）_18.Read the following paragraph carefully and choose the best topic sentence from the four possible answers that follow the paragraph by writing A, B, C or D.Topic Sentence._Many Americans fear that foreign investors in this country want to take over the American econom
12、y 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, on paper only. Foreign-owned businesses in the U. S., such as hamburger chains and hotels, generate jobs and new g
13、rowth 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 thi
14、s has never stood in the way of our democracy.A. Foreign-owned businesses in America need Americans.B. Theres no need for Americans to fear foreign influence in this country.C. Most of the foreign investments in this country is on paper, not in cash.D. Americans are in constant fear that foreign inv
15、estors might stand in the way of American democracy.（分数：5.00）_19.19. The house they put us in was ugly,with an ugly yard and a few ugly bushes.20. Yet our guardians efforts to punish us were not always effective.21. And the clothes we wore were continually pieced;the food we ate was terrible.22. Aft
16、er our parents death, our comfortable life came to an end and we were kept well below the poverty line by our guardians.23. No more could they put a halt to it than they could keep us.24. They could keep books out of our hands, restrict our communication with the neighbors children by penning us wit
17、hin a wire-net fence.25. The passionate pleasure we got from soap bubbles, rainbows, holy pictures and spider webs was beyond our guardians power of prevention.26. However, they could not stop us from using our eyes.20 24 26（分数：2.00）_20.It was mid-June the morning we graduated, and I fainted in the
18、huge hall for the Commencement (毕业典礼) from the heat. Afterwards Franis parents took several of us to lunch at the Silver Swan. My grandparents had not come for the occasion, but sent me a check for a trip to Europe-that was a graduation present, and a wedding present as well, they wrote. Yes, the de
19、cision of marriage had eventually been made. We had already had an interview with the curate(牧师助理), and it was exactly one week after the Commencement and my twenty-first birthday when we “stood up“ together in the chapel. John told me that I would never become a good actress. We had a one-night hon
20、eymoon at an inn in Briarcliff, and there all of a sudden I had an attack of panic. As we climbed into the big bed, I knew, too late, that I had done the wrong thing. To marry a man without loving him, which was what I had just done, not really perceiving it, was a wicked action, I saw. Stiff with r
21、emorse and terror, I lay under the thin blanket through a good part of the night.（分数：10.00）_21.Write a letter according to the following situation:You are going to apply for an undergraduate English literature program of a university. In the letter, tell them about your interest in the program, your
22、 qualifications and your career plan. The letter is addressed to the program director Mr. Rochester. Dont forget to tell him your phone number (555-5555) and your email address (liping 126. corn). Please sign your name as Wang Fang. (150-200 words)（分数：30.00）_英语写作基础自考题-5 答案解析(总分：92.00，做题时间：90 分钟)1.He
23、 became a soldier when he was twenty. (simple sentence)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(He became a soldier at the age of twenty)解析：解析 本题考查的是把复合句改写为简单句。此句子中“at the age oftwenty”也可写成“at twenty”或“at age twenty”。2.We dont dare to eat these vegetables. They are seriously polluted by insecticides. (compound sentence)（分数：
24、2.00）_正确答案：(We dont dare to eat these vegetables，for they are seriously polluted by insecticides)解析：解析 本题考查的是把两个简单句组合成并列句。for 连接句子表示原因。3.A childs life is like a piece of paper. On it every passer-by leaves a mark. (complex sentence)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(A childs life is like a piece of paper, onwhich ever
25、y passer-by leaves a mark.)解析：解析 考查的是把两个简单句组合成一个复合句。将第二个句子改成“paper”的定语从句，修饰“paper”。4.The first consideration in food preparation is freshness, regardless of the regional differences in cuisine. (periodic sentence)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(Regardless of the regional differences in cuisine, the first considerat
26、ion in food preparation isfreshness.)解析：解析 本题考查将松句改写为掉尾句。根据掉尾句的特点，首先确定句子的关键意思，然后将从属的部分前置。5.My aunt often travels abroad. She enjoys experimenting with unusual food. (sentence with a modifying phrase )（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(My aunt，often traveling abroad, enjoysexperimenting with unusual food. /Often travel
27、ingabroad, my aunt enjoys experimenting with uuusualfood.)解析：解析 本题考查的是含有修饰语的句子。此类考题应首先判断作修饰语的部分(通常是短语)中动词和主句主语的逻辑关系，以确定其分词形式是现在分词还是过去分词，确定修饰语后将其与主句连接。6.Lakey is the most beautiful one of the group of girls. She is also the most intelligent and the most resourceful one of them. (sentence with paralle
28、l structure)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(Lakey is the most beautiful，the most intelligent, and the most resourceful one of the group of girls.)解析：解析 考查的是把两个单句组合成一个含有并列结构的句子。本题第二个单句中的形容词和第一句中的定语修饰同一个中心语，因此可把第二句中的形容词归并到第一句中作定语。7.It was nearly dark. A snowmobile appeared. The snowmobile was roaring. It was running
29、without lights. It hit Mrs. Li. (long sentence)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(It was nearly dark when a roaring snowmobile appeared, running without lights, and hit Mrs. Li.)解析：解析 本题考查的是把若干单句组合成一个长句。第一个单句作长句的主句，后面的句子经过改写用 when引导作从句与主句相连，而从句中的“running without lights”是从句中“snowmobile”的修饰短语。8.Hebe stopped a taxi for h
30、er colleagues to make sure they could go back to the office on time. (sentence with “to Opener“)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(To make sure they could go back to the of fice on time, Hebe stopped a taxi for her colleagues.)解析：解析 考查的是以动词不定式开头的句子，此题型的改写方法是直接将原句中“to make sure”部分移至句首，首字母大写。9.The film projector broke f
31、or a second time in the cinema. Some people in the audience hissed, and others made catcalls. (compound-complex sentence)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(When the fiim projector broke for a second time in the cinema, some people in the audiencehissed, and others made catcalls.)解析：解析 本题考查将若干单句改写成并列复合句。这两句的意思是，剧院中电影播放
32、机又一次坏了的时候，观众席中有人开始骚动，另一些人则发出一片嘘声表示不满。所以在改写时把前面一句改为时间状语从句，后面两句作为并列主句。10.Smith forgot his wedding anniversary for the tenth straight year. Smiths wife was extremely angry. She made Smith spend a week sleeping on the porch. (compound-complex sentence)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(Because Smith forgot his wedding ann
33、iversary for the tenth straight year, his wife was extremely angry, and she made him spend a week sleeping on the porch. /Because Smith forgot hiswedding anniversary for the tenth straight year, hiswife was extremely angry, so she made him spend aweek sleeping on the porch.)解析：解析 本题考查将若干句子改写成并列复合句。因
34、为三个分句间具有因果关系，故可使用because, and和 so将句子改写成以上两种形式中的任一形式。11.I got the highest scores in my English test, he failed.（分数：3.00）_正确答案：(I got the highest scores, and he lailed.)解析：解析 本题考查串句的修改。串句是指在无连接词或标点符号的情况下，将若干独立的句子串在一起的句子。有的串句仅将两个单句用逗号隔开，犯了“逗号粘连”的错误，本题就属此类错误。改正串句主要有 3种方法：(1)句号和大写：(2)逗号和连接词；(3)使用分号。12.Fa
35、ilure turns out to be a valuable learning experience for those. Who may be successful the second or the third time.（分数：3.00）_正确答案：(Failure turns out to be a valuahle learning experience for those who may be successful the second or third time.)解析：解析 本题考查修饰语错置引起的病句。在此题中把后面的从句和前面的主句合并成一个复合句比较合适，所以应把前面
36、的句号删掉且小写 who的首字母。13.There are three boys who are masters of operating computer programs, Tom is the greatest one.（分数：3.00）_正确答案：(There are three boys who are masters of pperating computer programs, Tom being the greaest one.)解析：解析 本题考查串句的修改。此题可直接将 s改成 being，从而使后半部分成为独立主格结构，从属于前面的主句。14.Mother could n
37、ot persuade me that giving is as much a joy as to receive.（分数：3.00）_正确答案：(Mother could not persuade me that giving is as much a joy as receiving. /Mother could notpersuade me that to give is as much a joy as to receive.)解析：解析 考查的是错误平行结构的修改。此题只需将原题统一为现在分词或是动词不定式并列即可。15.He walks slowly behind me. As i
38、f he does not see me walking a few metres ahead.（分数：3.00）_正确答案：(He walks slowly behind me as if he does not see me walking a few inetres ahead.)解析：解析 本题考查破句的修改。修改方法是将后句直接和前句连接，句号改成逗号，As 首字母小写。16.Choose the best topic sentence from the group below by writing A, B, C or D.A. There are some differences
39、 in the behavior of rock and classical music audience.B. At a rock concert, the audience members yell, whistle,sing along, and even stamp their feet.C. Members of the classical music audience are so highly disciplined that they refrain from even clearing their throats or coughing.D. With rock music, the better the performa
