全國2005年10月高等教育自學考試

英語寫作基礎試題

課程代碼：00597

Ⅰ.重寫句子（15 points, 1.5 points each）

Revise the following sentences according to the requirement.

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.The Irish ambassador bid us farewell when the party ended. ( simple sentence)

2. We don’t dare to eat these vegetables. They are seriously polluted by insecticides. (compound sentence)

3. The cloud gets longer and gets closer to the ground. It begins to pull up dirt from the ground.（complex sentence）

4. I have a new digital camera, but I don’t know how to use it properly. (compound-complex sentence)

5. It’s true whether you believe it or not. (periodic sentence)

6. Tiger Woods is the name of a young American golfer. He set a record in the 1997 Master’s Tournament. He surprised all the veterans. He was 22 at the time. (long sentence)

7. At the official launch (發布會) of Beatrix Porter’s Peter Rabbit, the invited children will participate in the singing and dancing session. They will enjoy storytelling of the tales. (parallel structure)

8. Mamoru Oshii’s Japanese animé(動畫) Ghost in the Shell 2 made a hit among the Asian movies that competed. (periodic sentence)

9. I sat in the front row, but I did not get his words. (compound-complex sentence)

10. China’s economic boom is sucking in commodities like soy beans and steel. Brazil is a major exporter. (complex sentence)

Ⅱ.改寫病句（15 points, 3 points each）

Correct the errors in the following sentences

Example: After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television. I resolved never to buy that

brand again.

After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television, I resolved never to buy that

brand again.

11. My brother’s house is on Alp Street. Which is getting new sewers next week.

12. Many large department stores issue credit cards to their customers can be used to make