《英语写作》复习资料集 .cn



《英语写作》复习资料集

I. Choose A or B to complete each of the following sentences.

1. Runaway slaves used to be (A: hanged; B: hung).

2. This servile man was especially (A: modest; B:humble) when he was talking with his superiors.

3. The price of eggs usually (A: rises; B: raises) during winter.

4. A few listeners were (A: uninterested; B: disinterested) and dozed off.

5. Her clothes, though made of (A: cheap; B: inexpensive) material, are quite elegant.

6. Where are they going to (A: site; B: cite) the new school?

7. He tried to (A: affect; B:effect) a reconciliation between his parents.

8. There came a man with a (A: luxurious; B: luxuriant) moustache.

9. I have had (A: continuous; B: continual) interruptions throughout the day.

10. With a (A: judicious; B: judicial) choice of words, he made a replay that pleased them both.

11. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' (A. command; B. consent)

12. Henry's news report covering the conference was so (A. understanding; B. comprehensive) that nothing had been omitted.

13. No one has (A. still; B. yet) been able to trace the author of the poem.

14. Experience is a great (A. advantage; B. importance) when you’re looking for a job.

15. Like it or not there is always (A. pressure B. standard ) of one kind or another in our daily life in this competitive society.

16. Did you know what his (A. impression；B. reaction) to my proposal would be after the meeting?

17. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully (A. absorbed; B. considered).

18. Those boys don't know much about society; that's why they're so easily (A. taken in; B taken off).

19. She told me she wanted to (A. call off; B. put down) her two o’clock appointment in order to take care of her sick husband.

20. With the fresh water reducing, the United Nations is (A. appealing; B. attracting) to all the citizens to save water.

II. Choose A, B, C or D for each of the following sentences (A. simple sentence; B. compound sentence; C. complex sentence; D. compound-complex sentence).

1. My hair and my muscles are deteriorating and disappearing.

2. Energy is part of youth, but both are quickly spent.

3. English is offered only in the morning while chemistry can be taken at night.

4. At midnight my roommate closed her books, but I studied until 2 A.M.

5. After Jack dialed the police emergency number and received a busy signal, he dropped the phone and ran, so he didn't have time to call back.

6. Youth seems past when my back aches before the day is even half over.

7. The firm lacked funds for expansion and so attempted to borrow some money.

8. As the rain hit, the hot pavement plumes of steam rose from the blacktop, so cars slowed to a crawl for the fog obscured the driver's vision.

9. In many countries around the world, hockey is a sport which is popular.

10. I have checked my documents several times, but I still can’t find the problem.

11. The teacher returned the homework when she noticed the error.

12. We lived in a small town when I was a small child, and we moved to Shanghai later because my father landed a better job there.

13. Alan passed the test because Alan had studied hard and understood the material.

14. Fossil fuels are non-renewable, so we need to find alternative energy sources.

15. My roommate closed her books nearly at midnight. 

16. We must plan our family budget carefully, for the price of food has risen recently.

17. When his vision begins to fade, he knows he’d better get some rest.

18. Because Tom had worded at the construction site all day, he was too tired, and he decided not to meet his friends at the dinner.

19. A child’s life is like a piece of paper, on which every passerby leaves a mark.

20. The world is full of wonders, and some of them we don’t discover until we’re all grown-up.

III. Correct the errors in the following sentences.

1. Brian sat nervously in the dental clinic. While waiting to have his wisdom tooth pulled.

2. We nearly collected three thousand signatures on our petition.

3. The students attending our school are more intelligent than the students attending your school.

4. She is neither young nor is she inexperienced.

5. After putting on a shirt, the room didn't seem as cold.

6. To appreciate the English language, a lot of reading must be done.

7. The soldier told his friends that his barracks were a lively place.

8. I wrote to him, but my letter was not answered.

9. More new machines will be installed to instead of the old ones.

10. We are easy to measure the speed of the car.

11. In summer, Juanna didn’t love traveling in Rome she felt it was too hot there.

12. One of Jenny’s greatest joys in life is eating desserts. Such as milkshake, cookies or strawberry cake.

13. They have all sorts of course. I’m sure you will find one you like.

14. Last summer I take a part-time job in the International Camp for children.

15. Anyone can borrow books if he or she wish.

IV. Write down the number of the topic sentence in the following paragraph.

Passage 1:

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① Hurricanes, which are also called cyclones, exert tremendous power. ② These violent storms are often a hundred miles in diameter, and their winds can reach velocities of seventy-five miles per hour or more. ③ Furthermore, the strong winds and heavy rainfall that accompany them can completely destroy a small town in a couple of hours. ④ The energy that is released by a hurricane in one day exceeds the total energy consumed by humankind throughout the world in one year.

Passage 2:

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①If you hadn't known them, you would have thought Joe and Jim were quite alike. ②They were both tall and wore long and fair hair. They both walked with a steady stride (坚定的步伐). ③They both spoke in a deep voice that made them selves seem much older than they really were. ④Both of them wore dark clothes as a rule, and they liked light coloured ties. ⑤But that was all the likeness they had. ⑥In other things they were sharply different. ⑦Joe was considerate and helpful, and everyone liked him. ⑧Jim, however, was very selfish and often flared into terrible anger (勃然大怒) at little things that displeased him. ⑨Alike as Joe and Jim were on the surface, they were really very different in nature.

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