2012年1月广东自考英语写作基础真题00597

全国2012年1月高等教育自学考试

英语写作基础试题

课程代码：00597

I．重写句子 (20 points，2 points each)

Revise the following sentences according to the requirements．

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 civilization.

1. She can also speak fluent French in the near future. (periodic sentence)

2. Tom wants to buy a bike, so he is saving up. (sentence with a prepositional phrase)

3. Where can we get enough money for this project? This is our only problem. ( sentence with a subject clause)

4. He stepped carelessly off the pavement, so he was knocked down by a bus. (sentence with a verb-ing phrase)

5. The bike looked as if it was a new one after it had been thoroughly cleaned. ( sentence with a verb-ed phrase)

6. Gilbert formulated this famous theory. This theory is now widely applied in language teaching. (relative clause)

7. It rained. The match was called off. (compound sentence)

8. He will or will not be able to come. I don’t know. (complex sentence)

9. I prefer eating in the school dinning hall. The food there is much cheaper. You don’t have to waste too much time in the line. (compound-complex sentence)

10. They should clean all the classrooms today. They should also plant all the trees around the campus this Saturday. (sentence with parallel structure)

Ⅱ．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. By any measurement. Small businesses are an important part of the trend.

12. While this makes management easier. Some managers act in their own interests.