西南大学培训与继续教育学院课程考试试题卷课程名称【编号】：英语写作【0846】 A 卷考试类别:大作业 满分：100 分答题时请注明题目编号。I. Write a topic sentence for the group of sentences provided. Write the topic sentence onthe Answer Sheet. (10 points)Group 1 Crocodiles are grayish green. Crocodiles have triangular snout.  Alligators like fresh water. Alligators have a rounded snout. The fourth tooth is exposed on a crocodile when their mouth is closed. Topic sentence: __________________ Appearance characteristics of Crocodiles__ ________________.Group 2 Butterflies lay their eggs on leaves. Then, the eggs hatch into small larvae. The larvae grow and turn into caterpillars.  The caterpillars spin a chrysalis or cocoon. Topic sentence: ____________________ Butterfly's life____ __________________.II. Read the following paragraphs to identify the sentence which is not related to its topic.Write the number of the unrelated sentences on the Answer Sheet. (10 points)Paragraph 1My name is Brandon and I began Humans of New York in the summer of 2010. I thought it would bereally cool to create a catalogue of New York City’s people, so I set out to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers andput their photos on a map. (1) I worked for several months with this goal in mind. (2) But along the way, Istarted collecting quotes and short stories from the people I met. Taken together, these pictures and captionsbecame the subject of a blog. (3) Blogs are popular with all age groups. (4) With over eight million followerson social media, HONY now provides a worldwide audience with daily looks into the lives of strangers inNew York City. It has also become a #1 NYT bestselling book.答：(4)Paragraph 2Learning a second language can provide a deeper understanding of a foreign culture. Social habits that maynot make sense to most outsiders might start to make more sense after a few vocabulary lessons. For example,I always wondered why my Dutch cousins rarely said “you’re welcome” after I said “thank you”. (1) Mycousin can speak English but sometimes makes mistakes. (2) At first, I thought he was being rude, but when Ilearned more about his language, I realized that they don’t use “you’re welcome” the same way we do: inresponse to “thank you”. (3) They actually say something that translates to “If you please” when they offer yousomething. (4) This is one of the first things I learned about Dutch culture when I started to learn theirlanguage and it gave me a different perspective on the roles of host and guest since in Dutch the onus to bepolite is on the host, and not the guest as it seems to be in English.答：（1）III. Put the following group of sentences into correct order. Write the number of thereordered sentences on the Answer Sheet. (10 points)1. After Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin returned to Earth, the bag containing thelunar sample had somehow been misplaced and forgotten.2. When NASA tested the pouch, they found it definitely contained lunar dust, a fine grey powderresembling graphite.3. It wasn’t included with the hundreds of Apollo 11 artifacts Johnson Space Center sent to the SmithsonianAir & Space Museum.4. In fact, it contained some of the very first moon dust ever collected, by the Apollo 11 astronaut NeilArmstrong back in July 1969.5. If it had been included, visitors to the museum can admire it within a short distance.答： 1-3-5-4-2IV. Composition writing (70 points)Why do more professors and educators turn video platforms into their classroom?Instructions: Write a composition of about 200 words to discuss the issue, using specific reasons andexamples to support your answer.Why do more professors and educators turn video platforms into their classroom?Online learning has become one of the fastest growing markets in the world, so far, the one who wants to learn can not only choose to a wide range of courses, but also educational institutes. Though it is not possible for online learning to take place of traditional university education, online learning catches people’s attention.Online teaching has led students and teachers to rely more and more on video.Video in education canmean a lot of things:Teachers finding and sharing videos someone else has made.Educators creating their ownvideos, often as a screencast or piece to cameraTeachers hosting video conferences.Students creating their own videos — tutorials, reflections, stopmotion, animation or more.Video is an everyday part of most students’ lives and can be a crucial tool in aremote learning curriculum.In conclusion, online learning provides people a fast and convenient way to learn, it allows students to choose their schedules. As the development of technology, online learning will be more and more popular.So, more professors and educators turn video platforms into their classroom.- 1 -