西南大学网络与继续教育学院课程考试试题卷类别：网教 专业：英语专业 课程名称【编号】：英语写作【0846】 A 卷大作业 满分：100 分答题时请注明题目编号。Part 1. Read the following paragraphs and choose an adequate topic sentence for each ofthem. Write the number of your choices on the Answer Sheet. (10 points)Paragraph 1No matter how kind and loving adults may be, children often suffer from illogical fears which are theresult of an inability to understand the world around them. Nothing can equal the fear a child may feel in thedark, the absolute horror of childish nightmares. But the most painful part of childhood is the period when youbegin to emerge from it: adolescence. Teenagers may rebel violently against parental authority, but this causesthem great unhappiness. There is a complete lack of self-confidence during this time. Adolescents are over-conscious of their appearance and the impression they make on others. They feel shy, awkward and clumsy.Feelings are intense and hearts easily broken. Teenagers experience moments of black despair. And throughthis turmoil, adults seem to be more hostile than ever.1. Children and teenagers are too ignorant.2. Childhood is a period of troubles.3. Children are tortured by a lack of self-confidence.4. Parents should care their children with more love and understanding.正确答案：4Paragraph 2The sentences in most well-written paragraphs may be analyzed into four general functions. First, thereare paragraph introducers, which are sentences that establish the topic focus of the paragraph as a whole.Second, there are paragraph developers, which present examples or details of various kinds that support theideas set forth by the paragraph introducers. Third, there are viewpoint or context modulators, which aresentences that provide a smooth transition between different sets of ideas. Fourth, there are paragraphterminators, which logically conclude the ideas discussed in the paragraph in a psychologically satisfyingmanner. Not all pieces of writing will conform to this analysis; however, most successful paragraphs usuallycontain some combination of these four sentence types.1. Paragraph development needs well-written sentences of four functions.2. Sentences of four functions should be put into different places of paragraphs.3. Paragraph introducers are more significant than the other three types of sentences.4. Different sets of ideas have to be connected by different means of sentences.Part 2. Read the following paragraphs to identify the sentence which is not related to itstopic. Write the number of the unrelated sentences on the Answer Sheet. (10 points)Paragraph 1Movies are popular because people are great watchers. They like to watch other peoples’ lives. By goingto movies, we can escape our own lives, share other emotions, and imagine ourselves as someone else. Manyof our lives are not as adventurous or glamorous as the lives in movies. (1) We do not battle evil all day longand then go back to our luxurious penthouse apartment. We just go to school, do our homework, et, talk to ourfriends, and sleep. We need a little excitement in our lives and we find excitement at the movies. Humans arevery emotional people. (2) We all like to cry and laugh. Fortunately, there is not much to cry about in my lifeso I like to go to sad movies where my heart strings can be tugged. I also like to go to comedies so I can laugh.I tend to cry and laugh more in a dark movie theater than I do in broad daylight. (3) Now I am a student, but Iknow someday I will be a scientist or a politician or a famous model. (4) Last month in Chicago Airport, Icame across with 2 Russian super models. When I go to the movies, I can see my role models. I see how theyact, what they wear, how they talk. I can prepare myself for the day when I will be like them.Paragraph 2There was one thing I found rather strange on my first day at Monk's House. The bathroom was directlyabove the kitchen and when Mrs. Crane was bathing before breakfast, I could, through the thin floor, hear herwhispering to herself, asking questions and giving herself the answers. (1) When Mr. Crane saw that I lookedso surprised, he told me that Mrs. Crane always said the sentences out loud that she had written at night. (2)She wanted to know if they sounded right and the bath was a good place for trying them out. (3) Everymorning, when we carried the breakfast trays to Mrs. Crane's room I noticed that she had always been workingduring the night. There were pencils and paper beside her bed so that when she woke up she could work, andsometimes it seemed as if she had got very little sleep. (4) As we all know, insufficient sleep in a long runcould harm people’s health.正确答案：1Part 3. Put the following group of sentences into correct order. Write the number of thereordered sentences on the Answer Sheet. (10 points)Every semester we have the opportunity to evaluate our instructors, to judge their lectures, their interest instudents' problems, methods of assigning work, and general ability to conduct a class. It is very difficult toevaluate their performance objectively. (1) Another irresponsible form of evaluation occurred when James rated his instructor excellent becausethe instructor is "easy", who gives few tests and only assigns one paper during the entire term.(2) Both Senta and Sam were not fairly evaluating the instructor. They were affected by the grades theywere earning and were biased in their judgments.(3) Her friend Sam wrote a marvelous description of the same instructor because he received an A in thecourse.(4) For example, Senta recently wrote irresponsible remarks about her instructor because she was failingto pass the course.- 1 - (5) On the other hand, James rated Professor Jones poor because he assigns text work daily, gives pre-test and post-test reviews, and packs his lectures with a lot of information.答：（2）（5）（3）（1）（4）Part 4. Composition writing (70 points)Read the following statements in which three people talk about their patterns of time arrangement.Then write a composition of 200 words on My Pattern of Time Arrangement according to theInstructions below. 1. Pattie Kovars: “I admit that I am a night owl.” 　　Even if my whole family gets up very early, I always like to work at night. I find that’s my best time toget work done. I like night time because everything is calm and I can just write. I feel calmer and morefocused at night. There is no pressure. When I read my papers in the morning, I' m always amazed howgood they sound.2. Brandi Baldasano: “I can make efficient use of my time.”　　I try to make use of all the small portions of time that I have available. I find that I can finish a lot infifteen minutes, because I am able to concentrate for that long knowing I have only a few minutes. Thosesmall units of time really add up over a week. Setting small goals seems to help me avoid feelingoverwhelmed. I use my calendar as a guide, by putting down what school work I would like to finish eachday.3. Galo Arboleda: “I have the ability to deal with high pressure.”　　I like to do everything at the last minute, and I really pay the price by being nervous and anxious. Ialways tell myself to stop this pattern, but then once again, I stay all night writing the paper or studyingfor the test. I try to deal with it by at least starting the assignment early, doing at least a quarter or evenhalf of it, so I don’t have to do it all the night before. Usually I do end up doing it all but I always manageto get an A or B. I guess I work well under pressure.Instructions: As we have noticed that some people play a better role in their work or life partly due totheir efficient time arrangement. What is your style of time management? Do you always find itworkable or problematic? Start your writing with the thesis statement (主题句) about your pattern oftime arrangement. Then offer details or examples about how it works and/or how well it works. (Don’tcopy any of the three sample paragraphs above.)Time management of distance learning Time is a special resource. It can neither increase the value of savings like money or gain profits like other resources. Every person has the same amount of time each day, and whether we want it or not, we spend 60 seconds per minute. Therefore, the key of the problem is not how much time we have, but how to manage and control time. This is of great significance for improving work and learning efficiency and improving academic performance.In order to ensure the effectiveness of distance learning, the time of study and the learning content of every day, weekend or holiday will be arranged in a co-ordinate arrangement. For daily activities, a distance learner needs to set up a timetable. Make a general assignment of your work, study, sleep, and other time to ensure that the proper time for study is set aside every day. At the same time minimizedLess planning, unrestrained, meaningless waste of time, so that the daily activities can be arranged in an orderly manner.The learner of network course learning, through online learning platform for distance learners' learning time for automatic monitoring and prompt, and track learning behavior, including the recording time and the number of download learning resources, job submission and completion time and the frequency of participation in online answering. Long distance learners can learn about their own learning by looking at theirpersonal learning files to reflect whether their study plans have been effectively completed. - 2 -