全國(guó)20032007年高等教育自學(xué)考試英語(yǔ)寫作試題

1、中國(guó)高教自考網(wǎng) - 圓您大學(xué)之夢(mèng) -全國(guó)2003年10月高等教育自學(xué)考試英語(yǔ)寫作試題課程代碼：00603.Supply the missing paragraph(20 points)The following passage is incomplete with one body paragraph missing. Study the passage carefully and write the missing paragraph of about 100 words. Make sure that the tone and vocabulary you use are in unity

2、 with the passage provided.Childhood Fears I remember my childhood as being generally happy and can recall experiencing some of the most carefree times of my life. But I can also remember, even more vividly, moments of being deeply frightened. As a child, I was truly terrified of the dark, of gettin

3、g lost, and of not being liked by others. These fears were very real and caused me some extremely uncomfortable moments. Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that scared me so much. There was never total darkness, but a streetlight or passing car lights

4、 made clothes hung over a chair take on the shape of an unknown beast. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that the curtains seemed to move when there was no breeze. A tiny crack in the floor would sound a hundred times louder than in the daylight, and my imagination would take over, creating burglar

5、s and monsters. Darkness always made me feel so helpless, too. My heart would pound, and I would lie very still so that the “enemy” wouldn't discover me._ Perhaps one of the worst fears I had as a child was that of not being liked by others. First of all, I was quite shy. Second, I worried const

6、antly about my looks, thinking people wouldn't like me because I was too fat or wore braces. I tried to wear the “right” clothes and even had intense arguments with my mother over the importance of wearing the “flats” instead of saddle shoes to school. Being popular was so important to me then,

7、and the fear of not being liked was a powerful one. One of the processes of evolving from a child to an adult is being able to recognize and outgrow our fears. I've learned that darkness does not have to take on a life of its own, that others can help me when I'm lost, and that friendliness

8、and sincerity will encourage people to like me. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps us to cope with our lives as adults.Write an outline (20 points)Read the following passage carefully and compose a “sentence outline” for it.The Changing Workweek In the early 1900s in the U.S.A

9、., workers in large industries worked long days and long weeks. It was not uncommon for workers in the meat-packing companies of Chicago, for example, to work twelve to fourteen hours, for six or seven days a week. As unions started exerting their influence, however, the working conditions of Americ

10、an workers began improving, and the workweek was gradually shortened. Today, workers have workweek options that were unheard of earlier in the last century. The five-day workweek has become commonplace in American industries. However, the four-day workweek is becoming even more popular. Many workers

11、 prefer four ten-hour days. This gives them longer working days, but it also gives them three-day weekends, an unheard-of luxury even twenty years ago. Management isn't complaining since the same amount of work gets accomplished, and in some cases a plant can be totally shut down on the fifth da

12、y, saving the company thousands of dollars in utilities. Another change in the workweek is the variable hours option. While American workers have traditionally worked either day or night shifts, some companies are allowing workers to set their own hours within the workweek. Flexible schedules are be

13、coming more common in metropolitan areas with commuter-time traffic problems and in industries that are open around the clock. The advantage to the workers is that they can plan their hours around the days of their families. For example, a husband who takes each afternoon off could babysit the child

14、ren while his wife works. The variable hours schedule also motivates workers because the company is letting them control their own time. A third change in the workweek over the past twenty years is the use of overtime. While most workers do not have to work beyond a forty-hour week, many companies w

15、ill pay them time and a half to do so. Although this is more expensive for the company, it is still cheaper than having to hire additional workers and providing benefits. On traditional nonworking days such as holidays, workers are often paid double-time or more to work. Overtime pay allows companie

16、s to meet their production needs without exploiting the workers. It allows workers to make extra money at a higher rate than they normally work for. Although overtime work often represents a return to longer working days and weeks, it is done on a voluntary basis and is usually negotiated willingly

17、by the workers. What does the future hold for American workers? As modern technology turns more and more work to machines, the typical workweek may continue to shrink. Some companies have already gone to the thirty-five-hour week, and in the 21st century, the thirty-five-hour week may be standard. W

18、ithin twenty years, the most common workweek may be a four-day, thirty-two-hour workweek. The great advantage to shorter workweeks is that workers have more time off to themselves. However, given the financial demands upon American families in the future, it may also become common for workers to hol

19、d down two full-time jobs at one time. Given the American work ethic, most workers will probably fill their free time with more work instead of more leisure.Compose an essay(60 points) Many technological innovations have been “double-edged swords” with positive and negative effects on society at lar

20、ge. The automobile is one of such innovations. What do you think is the overall impact of automobiles on society? Write an expository essay (about 300 words) expressing your views on it.全國(guó)2004年10月高等教育自學(xué)考試英語(yǔ)寫作試題課程代碼：00603Supply the missing paragraph (20 points)The following passage is incomplete with

21、 the ending paragraph missing. Study the passage carefully and write the missing paragraph in about 100 words. Make sure that your tone and diction are in unity with the passage provided.Too Many MovesMy first semester of college was the worst Ive been through. Everything started out smoothly enough

22、. I had made plans during the summer to share an apartment with two of my close friends from high school. We had found a nice enough apartment about two miles from campus, but before we even moved in, problems started developing that kept me on the move the entire semester. One of the two girls I wa

23、s to share an apartment with was going to work instead of going to college. However, a week before we were to move in , she found out that she didnt get the job she had been counting on. She was forced to live at home and look for work, and two of us were stuck with higher monthly rent payments. We

24、lasted for a month and then agreed that we couldnt make it by ourselves. Joan moved away and I started looking around. I found another apartment and the rent wasnt bad. The room was small with one tiny bathroom for four people. The place was noisy, but it was the best I could afford for the time. Ho

25、wever, one day when I returned from school, I saw smoke coming from the back of the house. The cottage had caught fire, and the fire department was putting out the last flames. My room was a charred mess; there was no way that anyone could live there for a long time. I was once more out of a place t

26、o stay, and there was still over a month of school left.After looking around all weekend for lodging, I finally gave up and moved home. I had to drive forty miles to school every day, so I almost spent as much on gas as I would have on lodging . Id drive to school, go to classes, and come home and s

27、it in an empty house for a few hours. I was very bored; Id also lost the will to study. It had been such a bad semester moving all over the place that my heart wasnt in school anymore. So the semester just played itself out.Write an outline (20 points)Read the following passage carefully and compose

28、 a “sentence outline” for it.Color Me PinkWe are all sensitive to color. There are some colors we like a lot and some we dont like at all. Some colors soothe or excite us and some make us happy or sad. People are affected because color is tied to all aspects of our lives.Experts in colorgenics belie

29、ve that the colors we wear say a lot about us, and that we subconsciously choose to wear certain colors in order to communicate our desires, emotions and needs.Colorgenics experts claim that our clothes send messages to others about our mood, personality and desires. For them, pink expresses peace a

30、nd contentment of the wearer. People who often wear pink are supposed to be warm and understanding. The message is that you would like to share your peace and happiness with others. Red garments indicate a high level of physical energy. People who wear red like to take life at a fast pace. Brown is

31、the color of wealth and shows a need for independence and material security. Wearers of green have love of nature and enjoy peaceful moments.Color is used symbolically in all cultures and it plays an important role in ceremonies and festivities. Yellow is a symbol of luck in Peru and it can be seen

32、just about everywhere. Yellow is also an important color to the Vietnamese who use it at weddings and on their flag, where it represents courage, victory and sacrifice. In many cultures, white symbolizes purity, and black, on the other hand, symbolizes death.Some experts believe that colors have a s

33、trong effect on us and that colors can be used to heal. They say that by concentrating our thoughts on certain colors, we can cause energy to go to the parts of the body that need treatment. White light is said to be cleansing, and it can balance the bodys entire system. Yellow stimulates the mind a

34、nd creates a positive attitude, so it can help against depression. Green, which has a calming and restful effect, is supposed to be good for heart conditions.Some psychologists also use color to treat patients with emotional and psychological problems. By giving them what is called the Luscher color

35、 test, in which people select the colors they like and dislike, doctors can learn many things about a patients personality.In conclusion, the study of color can help us understand ourselves and improve our lives. It offers an alternative way to heal the body and spirit, and it can help us understand

36、 what others are trying to communicate. We can then respond to their needs and achieve a new level of understanding.Compose an essay (60 points)The command of one or more foreign languages is now a valuable asset for young people. While some find it easy to learn a foreign language, others feel that

37、 it really gives them headaches. Write a 300-word expository essay illustrating different kinds of language learners.全國(guó)2005年10月高等教育自學(xué)考試英語(yǔ)寫作試題課程代碼：00603.Supply the missing paragraph(20 points)The following passage is incomplete with one body paragraph missing. Study the passage carefully and write th

38、e missing paragraph in about 100 words. Make sure that your tone and diction are in unity with the passage provided.Mall People Having fun at entertainment centers can exhaust ones pocket money or bank account. By the time a person has ridden the Ferris Wheel, the Crazy Mouse, Roller Coaster, and pl

39、ayed video games, he may have little money left to buy movie tickets or eat a substantial dinner. As a result, he may turn from winning, dining and moviegoing to the nearby free-parking, free-admission shopping malls. Indeed, shopping malls are not just a paradise for youngsters; it can offer much t

40、o all. Teenagers, lovers on dates, and the nuclear family can all be observed having a good time at this alternative recreation spot. First of all, teenagers are the largest group of mallgoers. The boys saunter by in sneakers, T-shirts, and blue jeans, complete with a package of cigarettes sticking

41、out of their pockets. The girls stumble along in high-heeled shoes and fancy hairstyles, with hairbrushes tucked in the rear pockets of their tight-fitting designer jeans. Traveling in a gang that resembles a wolf pack, the teenagers make the shopping mall their hunting ground. Their raised voices,

42、loud laughter and occasional shouted obscenities can be heard from as for as half a mile away. They basically just come to “hang out”._ Apart from teenagers and lovers, nuclear family members can also be identified as the largest group of mallgoers. Mom, Dad and little Jenny of Fred, visit the mall

43、on Friday and Saturday evenings. Mom walks around looking at various things until she discovers that Jenny is seeing some of the special mall exhibits geared toward little children, or in the case of Fred, he is heading for the place that young boys find appealing. Indeed, the mall provides somethin

44、g special for every member of the nuclear family. In a word, the teenagers, lovers on dates, and the nuclear family make up the majority of mallgoers. There are also gray-hairs, whose attention may suddenly be caught by some modern gadgets. These people may end up spending little money, but they nee

45、d not purchase anything to find pleasure at the mall. They are shopping for inexpensive recreation, and the mall provides it.Write and outline (20 points)Read the following passage carefully and compose a “topic outline” for it.Send in the Clones “Scientists have made a breakthrough to clone a human

46、 being”, as one TV newsman put it. While his description was off the mark, the real news was almost as fantastic: researchers at George Washington University split single human embryos into identical copies, a technology that has sparked a storm of controversy around the world. Claiming they began t

47、he experiments to spur a debate, the researchers got more than they bargained for. The Vatican condemned the technology as evil; one German magazine called the research “immoral”, and sociologists in the U.S. disagreed hotly over whether the technology should be offered to infertile couples, couples

48、 incapable of having children. The news left people wondering what the technology is all about. Actually what the researchers did was to extend a technique that has been used in livestock for more than a decade. The physicians used tube fertilization technology to create 17 human embryos in a labora

49、tory. When the embryos had grown enough to contain 2-8 cells, the researchers separated them into 48 cells. Two of the separated cells survived for a few days in the lab, developing into new human embryos smaller than the head of a pin. Though no great technical feat, the procedure opens a range of

50、unsettling possibilities. For example, parents could have one embryo implanted in the mothers womb and store its identical siblings indefinitely. The spare embryos could be implanted later, allowing parents to create a family of identical children of different ages. Spare embryos could also be sold

51、to other families, who could see from an already born child how their embryo would turn out. Even more bizarre, a woman conceived from a split embryo could give birth to her own twin. Such scenarios raise painful issues about the rights of parents and meaning of individuality. Some sociologists main

52、tain that parents have the right to do with embryos what they will, including having twins born years apart. But others fear that the procedure unacceptably alters what it means to be human being, especially when the younger twins are forced to see older versions of themselves. Amid the controversy,

53、 one thing seems certain: the experiments will continue. While cloning is forbidden in Germany, fertility research is proceeding in the U.S. without federal regulations. But researchers must obtain approval from their hospital board. Without federal oversight, the highly competitive fertility busine

54、ss may soon use the new technology to attract clients. As a doctor told the scientific journal Science, “It was just a matter of time.”_.Compose an essay(60 points)More and more college students are now renting apartments outside campus instead of living in students dorms. Write a 300-word expositor

55、y essay about your preference and reasons._全國(guó)2005年1月高等教育自學(xué)考試英語(yǔ)寫作試題課程代碼：00603.Supply the missing topic sentence in the underlined part of each of the following paragraphs.20%1. _. People in life are like runers in a hurdle race. They have to overcome difficulties as the runners have to jump over the

56、hurdles on the track. Some runners can not pass hurdles.They fall to the ground and lose the race. It is also true of people in life.People may be defeated by difficulties and setbacks and become losers too. How they react to failure and what attitudes they adopt determine their meaning of life.2._.

57、 Dogs are particularly valuable in guiding the blind, protecting property, finding lost people, and hunting criminals. Horses are used in guarding herds, carrying men in lands where there are no roads, and helping farmers work their land. Pigeons have long been used to carry messages. Wild animals from the jungles, forests and seas are very popular performers in circuses and moving pictures.3. _. Consumers may be convinced to buy a product of poor quality or high price because of an advertisement. For example, some advertisers have appealed to peoples d