13商英英语写作期中考试试卷

《英语写作》学科期中考试试卷班级姓名学号得分一、Punctuate the following passages1.most amercian people are fond of cats or dogs it is said that every year they spendabout ＄5.4 billion on their pts including ＄1.5 billion on pet food fourtimes the amount of money they spend on baby food now there are about100 million dogs and cats in the country the number is still going uprapidly since 12500 puppies are born every hour2.its 745 on tuesday morning and 26 year steve Clarkson is going to work he puts onhis jacket and picks up his cell phone pager and laptop as he leaves the house heturns on his mp3 player and puts on his headphones he is ready to go一、Read the following passage, choose the more suitable word from the two providedfor each blank.Until she was five years old, Jade snow’s world was almost wholly Chinese, for her world was her ________ (home, family), the Wongs. Life was secure but formal ,sober but quietly ____________(happy, glad) and few ___________(questions, problems) she had were entirely concerned with what was ____________(appropriate, proper) or improper in the behavior of a __________(small, little) Chinese girl.Even at this __________(small, early) age she had __________(learned, studied) the meaning of discipline, without understanding the necessity for it. A __________(small, little) girl never __________(asked, questioned) the commands of Mother and Father,unless prepared to receive painful _________(effects, consequences) .She never addressed an older person by name—it was always Older Brother, oldest Sister, Second Older Sister, Third older Sister(she had died at one month without a name, but she held a place in the __________(home, family), and Fourth Sister. Only her mother and father, or their generation of uncles and aunts, addressed them as Blessing from Heaven, Jade Swallow, jade Lotus, or Jade ornament. In short, a little girl was never casual with her ___________(older, elder). Even in handing them something she must use both hands to signify that she _________(held, paid)them undivided attention.二、Choose the more suitable word from the two provided for each blank.1.Many people her have got other income ____________(besides, except) their wages.2.Their hard work ___________(effected, affected) rapids progress in the work.3.She is an ___________(eminent, imminent) artist in this city.4.This group of explorers went ____________(farther, further) in the desert than thatone.5.He put all his things ________(in , into) his suitcase.6.He _________(lay, laid0 his pen on the desk and began reading.7.One of her ___________(principals, principles) is that honesty is the best policy.8.He _________(rose, raised) from his seat to greet the guest.9.I _____________(am used, used) to working at quick tempo.10.During the fighting a few soldiers were ___________(injured, wounded).11.Do you know the __________(cause, reason) why he was resigned?12.I don’t know what I should do. I’d like have your ____________(opinion, advice)>13.This salesman made frequent ___________(trips, travels) to nearby cities.14.He illustrated his theory with convincing ____________(examples, samples).15.We waited for a long time .____________(finally, at last) she came.三、Improve the following Chinglish sentences.1.My home has a dog.2.If I do not study hard, I would be backward.3.My exam didn’t pass.4.His age is very young.5.Watching TV can widen our eyesight.五、Rewrite the following paragraph, paying special attention tocoordination ,subordination, and variety in sentence structure.It is a very small village, It is located at the foot of a mountain. In front of it flows a stream supplies the village with clean water. There are only about 50 households in it. Altogether there are about 200 people. It used to be a very poor and backward village. But since the beginning of reform in our country, the village has changed a great deal. A small factory has been set up in it. In the factory young men and women of the village make baskets and other things with rattan. On the mountain behind the village grows a large amount rattan. Their products sell very well. They are beautifully designed and carefully made.Recently some foreign businessmen have shown interest in them. It is possible that they will be sold abroad. Because of this rural enterprise and the progress in agriculture, the village has become richer . A highway has been built between it and a nearby town. New houses have been built. The primary school in the village has been enlarged. Quite a few young have gone to big cities to study. The village will have a bright future. All the villagers are sure of this.六、R ead the following information about a Mr. A. G. Sinclair. Rearrange the sentences sothat they appear in chronological order1.Until he was 18, Sinclair worked as a warehouseman at several firms and spent twoyears as a bus conductor.2.He was the first child in a family of three boys and to girls.3.After working as a bus conductor, Sinclair signed on in the Army but stayed only tenweeks before he bought himself out for ￡100.4.Sinclair was born on December 14, 1942.5.Quitting the army, Sinclair decided to better himself and passing six examinations, hewas about to start a teacher training course in Bradford.6.He left middle school with no qualification and went to work as a waiter at theQueens hotel. It was the first of a long series of jobs.7.After attending Mayflower Infants and Junior school he went to Oaktown SecondaryModern School.。