高級英語寫作（西安外國語大學(xué)）學(xué)習(xí)通測試及答案

第一章節(jié)測驗

1.Baseballwasinventedasanurbangameinorderforownerstomakemoney,playerstobecomearrogant,andspectatorstodrinkoverpricedbeer.Thetoneofthesentence

is.答案：humorous

A、objectiveB、nostalgicC、humorousD、bitter

2.ThePuritanscametothenewlandforreligiousfreedom,yettheyallowedlittlefreedomtotheirfollowers.AnneHutchinsonwasbanishedfromthecolonyforpreachingthatsalvationcancomethroughgoodworks.Thetoneofthesentenceis

.答案：ironic

A、ironic

B、sentimentalC、optimisticD、friendly

3.WhenIstudynow,I’minalabwith50noisycomputers.Whathappenedtothequietchairinacornerwithatableforyourbooks,papers,andpencils?Thetoneofthe

sentenceis.答案：nostalgic

A、objectiveB、nostalgicC、bitter

D、critical

4.Ifgiventhefunding,scientistscouldtracemostaggressivebehaviorofcrimeandviolencetoeithertoomuchtestosteroneorlowbloodsugar.Thetoneofthesentence

is.答案：objective

A、objective

B、sentimentalC、subjectiveD、joyful

5.Editorialsinnewspapersarewrittenmainlyto.答案：argueapoint

A、argueapoint

B、entertainreaders

C、provideinformationD、tellastory

6.SamuelSlateropenedanewfactoryinRhodeIslandin1790andemployedsevenboysandtwogirlsbetweentheagesofsevenandtwelve.Theprimarypurposeofthis

sentenceisto.答案：informreaders

A、persuadereadersB、informreaders

C、toentertainreadersD、describeaplace

7.TheCIAwasengagedin(covert)activitiesinSouthAmericathatwerenotmadepublic.Thewordintheparanthesismeans.答案：hidden

A、foreign

B、dishonestC、dangerousD、hidden

8.Themeetingwasbrief,andthemessagewas(concise)andtothepoint.Thewordin

theparanthesismeans.答案：short

A、laboriousB、lengthyC、short

D、important

9.Ifwehavetohaveapetaroundthehouse,getonethatis(docile)andeasytomanage.

Thewordintheparanthesismeans.答案：gentle

A、gentleB、shortC、sick

D、young

10.Hetalkedsoloudlythatitbecamethe(dominant)characteristicofhispersonality,

theoneyouremembered.Thewordintheparanthesismeans.答案：

outstanding

A、outstandingB、laudable

C、negative

D、diminished

11.Thestudentwasaccusedof(plagiarism)becausethetermpapercontainedtheexactwordsofanauthorwithoutgivingareference.Thewordintheparanthesis

means.答案：stealingwords

A、stealingwords

B、falsehandwritingC、counterfeiting

D、sin

12.Muchofourlives,infact,isspentfillingoutsurveys,takingtests,andbeinginterviewed.Thisstatementisafact.×

13.Alder,too,believedthatearlychildhoodexperiencesshapedthehumanpersonality,butheemphasizedthesocialnatureofthechild’surges.Thisstatementisanopinion.×

14.Whenyouuseannotationstoclarify,youcanunderlinekeystatements,numbersupportingarguments,defineunusualwords,andparaphrasingdifficultpassages.√

15.Inthemarginofabookyouexplicitlystatetheideasonlyindirectlysuggestedbythetext.Thisisannotationtoevaluate.×

16.Ifthemeaningofwordsorstructureisunclear,awell-placedquestionmarkwillremindyouofwhatispuzzling.√

17.Feelfreetoexpressyourboldorunusualopinionswithanytypeofphrase,mark,orsignthatconveysyourattitude.Inthiscase,youareusingtheannotationstoevaluate.√

18.Throughannotationstoclarify,youmayrecognizeyourreactionsandexpresstheminwriting.×

19.Areadingjournalisadiaryofyourthoughtprocesses.√

20.Thereadingjournalprovidesthespaceformoreextendedideas-andparticularlyforideasnottiedtoaparticularpassageoftheoriginal.√

21.Youshouldavoidshiftingthetopic,contradictingyourself,orlosingsenseinyourjournal.×

22.Likeanytypeofwriting,yourreadingjournalneedstobeconvincing.×

23.Unlikemarginalcomments,whatyouwriteinthejournalisoftendecidedbyyourteacher.×

24.Onetechniquefordevelopingthehabitofkeepingajournalisfreewriting.√

25.Outliningisaformofnote-takingthatgivesaquickdisplayofkeyissuesandessentialsupportingdetails.√

26.Theoutlineforcesyoutosortoutsignificantdetailsanddecideonlevelsofimportance.√

27.Whentakingnotesinoutlineform,recordasmanydetailsasyoucan.×

28.Alwaysrememberyouareoutliningtosavetimeforlaterstudyandreview.√

第二章節(jié)測驗

1.Whichofthefollowingsentencesmakesthebestmainidea?答案：B

A、Walkingfortwentyminutesadaythreetimesaweekstrengthenstheheart.B、Swimmingutilizesallthemusclesofthebodyandimproveslungcapacity.C、Exerciseisimportant.

D、Exercisecancontributetoahealthierheartandstrongerlungs.

2.Whichofthefollowingsentencesmakesthebestmainidea?答案：D

A、Asacollegestudenttherearemanyappealingcoursesofstudyfromwhichtochoose.B、Computerscienceprogramsareincreasinglypopular.

C、Childcareandteachingappealtoalargenumberofstudents.D、Manyhighschoolstudentsattendcollege.

3.Whichofthefollowingsentencesmakesthebestmainidea?答案：DA、Someofussuffergreatstressoverourrelationships.

B、Muchofouradultlivesisspenttryingtocometotermswithoneofourparents.C、Manypeopleseektherapytocopewithparentalrelationships.

D、Formanyofus,ourrelationshipwithourparentsisunquestionablyourgreatestcauseofstress.

4.Peopleareincreasinglyconcernedaboutfoodsafety,andmatterssuchasfood-borneillnesses,environmentalcontaminations,naturaltoxicantsinfoods,pesticides,andfoodadditives.Movingthefoodfromthefieldtoprocessors,stores,andontoyourtablerequiresavastnetwork.Publicagenciesmonitorthishugenetwork.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttopicforthepassage?答案：foodsafety

A、foodsafety

B、publicagencies

C、food-borneillnessesD、pesticides

5.Healthisaculturalconceptthatisdefineddifferentlyindifferentcultures.Theprevailingdefinitionofhealthhasevolvedfromthe“absenceofillness”tothebroaderterm,wellness,withitsdefinitionas“alife-stylethatemphasizessuchhealth-promotingbehaviorsaseatingahealthfuldiet,avoidingharmfulsubstances,enjoyingregularexercise,andcultivatingself-esteem.”Whichofthefollowingisbesttopicforthispassage?答案：definitionofhealthA、culturalconcepts

B、definitionofhealth

C、cultivatingself-esteemD、eatingahealthfuldiet

6.Sociolinguisticsisconcernedwiththeethnographyofspeaking,thatis,withculturalandsubculturalpatternsofspeechvariationindifferentsocialcontexts.Thesociolinguistmightask,forexample,whatkindsofthingsonetalksaboutincasual

conversationswithastranger.AforeignermayknowEnglishvocabularyandgrammarwellbutmaynotknowthatonetypicallychatswithastrangerabouttheweatherorwhereonecomesfrom,andnotaboutwhatoneatethatdayorhowmuchmoneyoneearns.AforeignermaybefamiliarwithmuchofthecultureofaNorthAmericancity,butifthatpersondivulgestherealstateofhisorherhealthandfeelingstothefirstpersonwhosays,“Howareyou?”heorshehasmuchtolearnabout“smalltalk”inNorthAmericanEnglish.Similarly,NorthAmericanstendtogetconfusedinsocietieswheregreetingsarequitedifferentfromours.Peopleinsomeothersocietiesmayaskagreeting,“Whereareyougoing?”or“Whatareyoucooking?”SomeAmericansmaythinksuchquestionsarerude;othersmaytrytoanswerinexcruciatingdetail,notrealizingthatonlyvagueanswersareexpected,justaswedon’treallyexpectadetailedanswerwhenweaskpeople“Howareyou?”–JudithResnick&LannyLester,Text&Thought,pp.194-195Whichofthefollowingisthebestsummaryforthispassage?答案：D

A、AforeignermaybefamiliarwiththeEnglishlanguagebutnotwiththeappropriatetopicsformakingsmalltalk.

B、NorthAmericansmaynotrespondappropriatelytogreetingsinothersocieties.C、Conversationdiffersaroundtheworld.

D、Sociolinguistsareinterestedinhowspeechisusedindifferentculturesanddifferentsocialcontexts,suchasinmakingsmalltalkandgreetingpeople.

7.ParaphraseNineoutoftendoctorsrespondingtoasurveysaidtheyrecommendourproducttotheirpatientsiftheyrecommendanything.Whichofthefollowingbestexplainsthemeaningoftheoriginalsentence?答案：C

A、Nineoutoftendoctorsrecommendtheproduct.

B、Ofthedoctorswhorespondedtoasurvey,nineoutoftendoctorsrecommendtheproduct.

C、Iftheyrecommendanything,nineoutoftendoctorsrespondingtoasurveyrecommendtheproduct.

D、Mostdoctorsrecommendtheproduct.

8.ParaphraseThisorganizationmaysucceedmarvelouslyatwhatitwantstodo,butwhatitwantstodomaynotbeallthatimportant.Whichofthefollowingbestexplainsthemeaningoftheoriginalsentence?答案：A

A、Althoughtheorganizationmayreachitsgoals,thegoalsmightnotbeimportant.B、Theorganizationismarvelous.

C、Whattheorganizationwantsismarvelous.D、Theorganizationdoesnothaveacleargoal.

9.ParaphraseThisbookcontainsatotallynewoutlookthatcombinesthewisdomofthepastwithscientificknowledgetosolvetheproblemsofthepresent.Whichofthefollowingbestexplainsthemeaningoftheoriginalsentence?答案：Inthisbook,currentknowledgeandpastwisdomarecombinedtosolvecurrentproblems.

A、Problemsofthepastandpresentaresolvedinthisbook.

B、Inthisbook,currentknowledgeandpastwisdomarecombinedtosolvecurrentproblems.

C、Onlybyusingknowledgeofthepastandpresentcanwesolveproblems.D、Noneoftoday’sproblemscanbesolvedwithoutscientificknowledge.

10.ParaphraseItwouldbedifficulttooverpraisethisbook.Whichofthefollowingbestexplainsthemeaningoftheoriginalsentence?答案：Thisbookdeservesmuchpraise.A、Thisisadifficultbook.

B、Itisdifficultnottooverpraisethisbook.C、Thisbookdeservesmuchpraise.

D、Itisdifficulttopraisethisbook.

11.ParaphraseWhenthereisanabsenceofreliableinformationaboutdrugs,therisksinvolvedinusingthemaregreatlyincreased.Whichofthefollowingbestexplainsthemeaningoftheoriginalsentence?答案：Usingdrugsismoredangerouswhenwedon’tknowwhateffectsanddangerareinvolved.

A、Thereisnoreliableinformationaboutdrugs.

B、Therearenorisksinvolvedinusingdrugsifwehavereliableinformationaboutthem.C、Therisksinvolvedinusingdrugshaveincreased.

D、Usingdrugsismoredangerouswhenwedon’tknowwhateffectsanddangerareinvolved.

第三章節(jié)測驗

1.Intheirarticle,“ThreeIssuesinAIDSResearch”inCurrentSocialIssues,LeonCheungandMarleneJohnsonwrite,“Nowthatwehave…”Themethodofthein-textcitation

usedhereis.答案：quoting

A、summarizingB、paraphrasingC、quoting

D、illustrating

2.Accordingtoonescholar,Weinstein,Disneyland'ssuccessisduetoitsabilitytoreflectandreinforce"America'smostimportantbeliefs,values,ideals,andsymbols"(151).The

numberputintheparenthesisattheendofthesentencerefersto.答案：the

pagenumber

A、theparagraphnumber

B、thepagenumber

C、thesectionnumberD、thevolumenumber

3.Thestudentisquotingfrompage79ofthefollowingsource:Marshall,Eliot.Legalization:ADebate.NewYork:Chelsea,1988.TherearetwoworksbyMarshallinthelistofworkscited.Whichofthefollowingiscorrect?答案：Marshallexplainsthat

marijuanacanbedangerousforpeoplewithheartconditionsbecauseitsuse“candramaticallyincreaseheartrateandbloodpressure”(Legalization79).

A、Marshallexplainsthatmarijuanacanbedangerousforpeoplewithheartconditionsbecauseitsuse“candramaticallyincreaseheartrateandbloodpressure”(Legalization79).

B、Marshallexplainsthatmarijuanacanbedangerousforpeoplewithheartconditionsbecauseitsuse“candramaticallyincreaseheartrateandbloodpressure”(79).

C、Marshallexplainsthatmarijuanacanbedangerousforpeoplewithheartconditionsbecauseitsuse“candramaticallyincreaseheartrateandbloodpressure”(Marshall79).D、Marshallexplainsthatmarijuanacanbedangerousforpeoplewithheartconditionsbecauseitsuse“candramaticallyincreaseheartrateandbloodpressure”(Marshall,79).

4.ThestudentisquotingRabbiIsaacP.Friedfrompage38ofthefollowingnewspaperarticle:Treaster,JosephB.“HealingHerborNarcotic?MarijuanaasMedication.”NewYorkTimes14Nov.1993:38+.Whichofthefollowingiscorrect?答案：“Iconsiderthis[alleviatingacutepainandnausea]aneedthathastobefilled,”saysRabbiIsaacP.FriedofNewYorkofhisadministrationofmarijuanatosufferingpatients.“ShouldIbuckleunderthefearofanarchaiclawthatdoesn'tdealwiththepresentneedsofthe1990's?”(qtd.inTreaster38).

A、“Iconsiderthis[alleviatingacutepainandnausea]aneedthathastobefilled,”saysRabbiIsaacP.FriedofNewYorkofhisadministrationofmarijuanatosufferingpatients.“ShouldIbuckleunderthefearofanarchaiclawthatdoesn'tdealwiththepresentneedsofthe1990's?”(Treaster38).

B、“Iconsiderthis[alleviatingacutepainandnausea]aneedthathastobefilled,”saysRabbiIsaacP.FriedofNewYorkofhisadministrationofmarijuanatosufferingpatients.“ShouldIbuckleunderthefearofanarchaiclawthatdoesn'tdealwiththepresentneedsofthe1990's?”(qtd.inTreaster38).

C、“Iconsiderthis[alleviatingacutepainandnausea]aneedthathastobefilled,”saysRabbiIsaacP.FriedofNewYorkofhisadministrationofmarijuanatosufferingpatients.“ShouldIbuckleunderthefearofanarchaiclawthatdoesn'tdealwiththepresentneedsofthe1990's?”(qtd.inIsaac38).

D、“Iconsiderthis[alleviatingacutepainandnausea]aneedthathastobefilled,”saysRabbiIsaacP.FriedofNewYorkofhisadministrationofmarijuanatosufferingpatients.“ShouldIbuckleunderthefearofanarchaiclawthatdoesn'tdealwiththepresentneedsofthe1990's?”(Isaac38).

5.Thestudentisquotingfrompage623ofthefollowingessay:Bangs,Lester.“WhereWereYouWhenElvisDied?”RockandRollIsHeretoStay.Ed.WilliamMcKeen.NewYork:Norton,2000.623-27.ThepaperincludesanotherworkbyBangs.Whichofthefollowingiscorrect?答案：B

A、BangsarguesthatheseesElvisPresleynot“asatragicfigure...[but]morelikethePentagon,agiantarmoredinstitutionnobodyknowsanythingaboutexceptthatitspowerislegendary”(623).

B、BangsarguesthatheseesElvisPresleynot“asatragicfigure...[but]morelikethe

Pentagon,agiantarmoredinstitutionnobodyknowsanythingaboutexceptthatitspowerislegendary”(“WhereWereYou”623).

C、BangsarguesthatheseesElvisPresleynot“asatragicfigure...[but]morelikethePentagon,agiantarmoredinstitutionnobodyknowsanythingaboutexceptthatitspowerislegendary”(Lester623).

D、BangsarguesthatheseesElvisPresleynot“asatragicfigure...[but]morelikethePentagon,agiantarmoredinstitutionnobodyknowsanythingaboutexceptthatitspowerislegendary”(Bangs623).

6.Youmustgiveeachtimewhenyoudirectlyrefertotheworkofanother

writerinyourwriting.答案：fulldocumentation

A、fulldocumentationB、theauthor’snameC、thetitleofthework

D、thedateofpublication

7.Bettelheim,Bruno.(TheUsesofEnchantment.)NewYork:Knopf,1976.Inthisdocumentation,whatdoesthepartintheparanthesisrefersto?答案：Abook.

A、Anarticle.

B、Amagazine.C、Abook.

D、Anewspaper.

8.Thestudenthasquotedfrompage580ofTheAmericanPromise:AHistoryoftheUnitedStates,2ndcompactedition,writtenbyJamesL.Roark,MichaelP.Johnson,PatriciaClineCohen,SarahStage,AlanLawson,andSusanM.Hartmannandpublishedin2003byBedford/St.Martin’sinBoston.Whichofthefollowingiscorrect?答案：AA、Roark,JamesL.TheAmericanPromise:AHistoryoftheUnitedStates.2ndcompacted.Boston:Bedford,2003.

B、Roark,JamesL.,etal.TheAmericanPromise:AHistoryoftheUnitedStates.2ndcompacted.Boston:Bedford,2003.

C、Roark,JamesL.TheAmericanPromise:AHistoryoftheUnitedStates.Boston:Bedford,2003.

D、Roark,JamesL.,etal.TheAmericanPromise:AHistoryoftheUnitedStates.Boston:Bedford,2003.

9.Youusesomeideasfromanarticlefromyourschool’snewspaperinyouressay.Thisisanactofplagiarism.正確

10.Youhaveadifficultessaytowrite,butyouhavenowayofexpressingyourideaswithoutusingexactlythesamewordsfromtheoriginalsource.ThisisNOTanactofplagiarism.錯誤

11.Youusesomewordsfromanewspaperarticlebecausetheysoundbetterthanhow

youcouldsaysomethingsimilar.ThisisNOTanactofplagiarism.錯誤

第四章節(jié)測驗

1.Whichofthefollowingfailstodefinean“analysis”inwriting?CA、Toexaminesomethingindetail.

B、Todiscoverwhatsomethingmeans.

C、Tocombineideasfromdifferentsources.

D、Tobreaksomethingintoitsdifferentparts.

2.Whatisthenatureofananalysisessay?BA、Anevaluationofanarticleorabook.

B、Aninquiryintothemeaningofagiventopic.C、Adescriptionofthecomponentsofanobject.

D、Anargumentforacertainviewpointoverahotissue.

3.Ananalyticaltoolinananalysispapercanbe.D

A、aprincipleB、atheory

C、aconcept

D、alloftheabove

4.Towriteagoodinterpretiveessay,youshouldfirst.B

A、chooseaninterestingnovel

B、thinkofaninterpretivequestionC、createanattractivetitle

D、makeanoutlineoftheideas

5.Whenyouanalyzealiterarywork,youaredoing_A

A、aninterpretiveanalysisB、atheoreticalanalysis

C、apersonalanalysisD、acausalanalysis

6.Thethesisstatementofaninterpretiveanalysisshouldtellreaders.C

A、thetitleofthework

B、thebackgroundoftheauthor

C、themainpointsintheinterpretationD、thestructureoftheanalysisessay

7.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthecriterionforsourceevaluationinliteraryanalysis?A

A、ReputationB、Currency

C、Relevance

D、Sufficiency

8.Whatdoestheletter“I”inOCIEstandforinparagraphdevelopment?D

A、InstanceB、Interest.C、Input.

D、Interpretation.第五章節(jié)測驗

1.Youmayhavetomakeexplicitanindirectconnectionbetweentwoseparatesources.對

2.Inwritingyoursynthesis,youshouldsummarizeeachsourcematerialbrieflytowardstheendofyouressay.X

3.Tomaketheconnectioncleartoreaders,usetransitionsbetweensections.對

4.Atransitionalphraseorsentencecantietogetherseeminglydiversematerialforitdescribestheconnectionbetweenoneideaandthenext.正確

5.Youcanalsousemoreabstractnounstoputthefactsandideasinsensiblerelationship.錯誤

第六章節(jié)測驗

1.Asolutionessayisargumentativeinnaturelikeanargumentessay.正確

2.Itisreasonabletosuggestthat,inordertosolvetheproblem,allthesolutionsshouldbeusedatonce.錯誤

3.Inasolutionpaper,youshouldargueforyoursolutionthroughsoundreasoningandsolidevidence.正確

4.Whenwritingasolutionessay,makesurethatyourproposedsolutionisfeasible.正確

5.Asolutionpaperisintendedtopersuadereaderstotakeactionstosolvetheproblemthathasbeenaffectingthelifeofacommunity.正確

6.Whenwritingasolutionessay,weknowthatreadersareallawareoftheexistenceorseriousnessoftheproblem.錯誤

7.Oncetheproblemhasbeenidentified,yourpapershoulddiscussotherpossiblesolutions.正確

第七章節(jié)測驗

1.AgoodarguableissueusuallyinvolvesA

A、morethanonereasonableanswerB、personaltastes

C、purelyprivatequestionsD、onedefiniteanswer

2.Towriteagoodargumentativeessay,youshouldbalanceyourargumentby

.D

__________

A、givinganalternativepointofview

B、statingtheopposingsideoftheargumentC、refutingtheopposingarguments

D、alloftheabove

3.Argumentreferstoanindividualclaim,butnotawholetext.錯誤

4.Toulmin’sargumentpatterncanbesimplifiedasageneralthesis-supportstructure.正確

5.Isittheroleofgovernmenttoattempttocontrolpopulation?Thisyes/noquestionforargumentwritingiscalledanissuequestion.正確

6.Qualifierscanplayanimportantroleinyourwriting,givingyourreaderscluesabouthowconfidentyoufeelabouttheinformationyou’representing.正確

7.PresidentNixonprobablyresignedasaresultoftheWatergatecover-up.Theuseoftheword"probably"makesthestatementlessassertive.正確

第八章節(jié)測驗

1.Areviewusuallybeginswiththefullbibliographicalinformationaboutthetextbeingreviewed,includingtheA,date,title,publisher,place,etc.

A、authorB、time

C、professorD、school

2.Despitethesecriticisms,BallardandClanchy’sarticlestillhassomevalueandweneedtojudgeitin