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Answer Sheet

I . Rewrite the following titles according to general rules:

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II. Identify the figures of speech employed in each of the following sentences

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3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

9. 10.

III. Sentence identification

A. Identify sentences as simple, compound, complex or compound-complex.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5.

B. Identify sentences as loose, periodic, or balanced:

1. 2. 3.

4. 5.

IV. Rewrite the following according to the requirements listed in the

brackets:

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V. Read the following, identify the mistakes and rewrite the sentences:

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VI. The following sentences are given in a wrong order. You are required to

reorganize these sentences into a coherent paragraph by putting the

numbers of these sentences into their correct order.

The correct order:

VII. Choose the most suitable topic sentence for each paragraph.

1. 2. 3.

VIII. Choose from the following transitional expressions and put them in the

blanks in the paragraphs.

1. 2. 3.

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IX. Writing

I. Rewrite the following titles according to general rules. (5 points, 1 point

for each)

1. approaches to teaching english as a foreign language

2. what can the artist do in the world of today

3. hit-and-run accidents

4. best ways to say I love you

5. where i lived, and what i lived for

II. Identify the figures of speech employed in each of the following sentences

and choose the matching one listed as follows. (10 points, 1 point for each)

simile, metaphor, personification, metonymy, synecdoche, euphemism, irony,

overstatement or understatement, transferred epithet, oxymoron, alliteration

1. The leaves are trembling in the cold wind

2. That man can’t be trusted. He’s as slippery as an eel.

3. M: “I was been told that two children had left us in that terrible school bus

accident.”

W: “Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that.”

4. His friends praised his daughter’s performances to the skies.

5. This diligent student seldom reads more than an hour per month.

6. During the national liberation movement, the government was faced with

the choice between the ballot and the bullet.

7. The lovely girl has a rosy cheek.

8. Sword and cross in hand, the European conquers fell upon the Americans.

9. She was so worried about her son that she spent several sleepless nights.

10. When the news of the failure came, all his friends said that it was a

victorious defeat.

III. Sentence identification (10 points, 1 point for each)

(I) Identify sentences as simple, compound, complex or compound-complex.

(5 points, 1 point for each)

1. Smith favored the new plan, but he agreed that the cost was too high.

2. Her report stresses the need for regional medical center in Poderosa, a mining

town.

3. Mickey sang a song, and Marvin played his guitar.

4. Lost in thought, she did not hear the thunder.

5. When I bought the Acer Computer, I thought it was the solution that we had

long needed.

(II) Identify sentences as loose, periodic, or balanced. (5 points, 1 point for

each)

1. Badly frightened by the explosion, the boy rushed out of the laboratory.

2. The Whites must have been gone away for the summer holidays, for we have

not seen them for two or three weeks.

3. Our friends, who had started before us, promised that they would must us, but

when we reporters grumbling and scribbling in their seats.

4. The politician is concerned with successful elections, whereas the statesman is

interested in the future of his people.

5. The new thing that happened to me in the town was that I was thrown into

experiences that finally seemed to cut my ties to the walled world of my

childhood.

IV. Rewrite the following according to the requirements listed in the

disease (illness) ---- cancer, cigarette smoking can also cause other health

problems. (D) For example, it can give one a “smoker’s cough”. (E) Finally,

studies have shown it is easy for cigarette smokers to catch colds. (F) Whether

you get an unimportant cold or terrible killer, cancer, smoking is harmful. Is it

worth it?

2. (A) Often no one looks more guilty than the innocent. (B) On the other

hand, nobody may look more innocent than a professional criminal. (C) And the

man who knows “everything” may really only be trying to hide his own

weakness. (D) So, it is foolish to try to judge a person only by his appearance.

3. (A) Every bride wants her wedding to be the most wonderful day of her

brackets. (10 points, 2 point for each)

1. I always take my raincoat whenever I go out these days. (periodic)

2. In spite of the interruption, he was able to finish all his exercises before the

class was over. (loose)

3. He thought the painting was of little value. He let me have it for only ten

pounds. (compound)

4. The girl began to learn to play the piano when she was a child. Her mother

was a famous pianist. (complex)

5. They were on holiday. Their house was broken into. Some valuable paintings

were stolen. (compound-complex)

V. Read the following, identify the mistakes and rewrite the sentences. (10

points, 2 point for each)

1. Liu always did his work a little better than his fellow workers, that was why

he got higher pay than others.

2. Our host, entertained us with many interesting stories of adventure, he had

been a member of an exploration team working in the Arctic.

3. When I woke up I saw him asleep in bed, I had not heard him when he came

back. Because I had been sleeping soundly.

4. No student could answer that question, even Yao, who was usually quick in

answering questions, was silent.

5. Their work was well planned, everybody worked with great enthusiasm, thus,

they over fulfilled their quota.

VI. The following sentences are given in a wrong order. You are required to

reorganize these sentences into a coherent paragraph by putting the

numbers of these sentences into their correct order. (3 points)

① I stopped the car abruptly as if the announcer’s voice had demanded it.

② “Martin Luther King, Jr., has just been fatally wounded in Memphis,

Tennessee!”

③ I was just pulling into actor Marlon Brando’s yard in the Hollywood hills

when the news came over my car radio.

④ It was a terrible moment, without sound, without motion, without reason

⑤ “My God, my God,” I said, over and over to myself. It was a bottomless

moment.

⑥ The voice I had loved so much had been stilled.

VII. Choose the most suitable sentence as the topic sentence in each

paragraph. (3 points, 1 point for each)

1. (A) Smoking cigarettes is harmful to your health. (B) Experiments show

that cigarette smoking can cause cancer. (C) Besides the most serious and terrible

life. (B) But perfect weddings require careful planning, (C) whether the bride and

bridegroom are planning a traditional wedding or just a registry office ceremony.

(D) Paying for the wedding, which is always a problem, will partly decide the

choice.

VIII. Choose from the following transitional expressions and put them in the

blanks in the paragraphs. (4 points, 1 point for each)

in addition, for example, in fact, furthermore

Teachers of foreign language should be extremely well-qualified in order to

carry out their duties properly. 1 , a teacher should possess a minimum of a

graduate degree from a certified education school or institute of he is to teach

high school or below. Besides the academic degree, teachers should not consider

teaching only as an occupation for earning money; they should also be interested

in teaching. 2 , it was necessary that teachers be knowledgeable in their

major fields. They should be skillful as well. 3 , the language teacher must

know the target language well enough to be imitated by his students. Proficiency

in the target language includes for skills: understanding, speaking, reading, and

writing. A teacher should know the linguistic facts of the language of the

students in order to understand the problems they will have in learning the target

language. 4 , the teacher must be familiar with audio-lingual techniques.

Knowing all this will help the students to learn correctly and quickly.

IX. Writing (40 points)

Directions: For this part, you are required to write a composition

about 350 words on the following topic:

Some people say that learning is mainly from books, while others

say that learning is from experience. Write your opinion and prove

your idea.

In the first part you should state your view, and in the second

part your should support your view with appropriate details. In the

last part you should bring what you have written to a natural

conclusion.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and

appropriateness.

10商务英语 写作试卷（B） 答案

I . Rewrite the following titles according to

general rules:

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Approaches to Teaching English as a Foreign

Language

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What Can the Artist Do in the World of