2004年1月广东自考英语写作真题00603

广东省2004年1月高等教育自学考试

英语写作试题

课程代码：00603

Ⅰ.Supply the missing topic sentence in the underlined part of each of the following paragraphs.（20%）

1.Why are men fond of smoking? They regard smoking as something to show their good manners and ability. What a funny logic! We know that smoking is harmful to the health of men. It may cause many diseases such as lung cancer, and shorten our life span. Moreover, a smoker does great harm to non-smokers around him .So in public places smoking is annoying. It is impolite to smoke among those who have no habit of smoking._________________.

2._________________,In the first paragraph she identifies for us what her expectations were. In the next three paragraphs she tells us the background, the actual incident, and the follow-up of one event of critical importance to her. In the final paragraph she gives us her later understanding of the event and relates it to wider implications that readers can supply to their own life.

3.English writing is generally the most difficult one in the language competence required for the students majoring in English, considering the great pains student writers take and the slight progress they make in their practice. Most of the beginners think there is no need to practice writing English compositions since their writing skill in Chinese is quite sufficient, and English writing is after all not quite practical for their future work._________________.

4._________________—one of the smallest bookshelves that you can find in this world.. It offers me so much convenience and help that it has become my close friend and devoted companion: a friend in need and a companion through the night. A roommate once joked that it was like a bird’s nest. “You can say that again,”I replied. “But don’t forget that there are eggs in the nest and they contain the indispensable vitamins.”

Ⅱ.Write an outline.（20%）

Read the following passage carefully and then compose a “topic outline”for it.

Holidays Celebrated in My Country

People in the United States, like citizens of most countries, look forward to a number of holidays each year. These days usually celebrate a patriotic, political, or religious event of the past. Among the patriotic holidays in the United States are Labor Day ,Veterans’Day, Columbus Day, and Thanksgiving. Political holidays include Washington’s Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, and Independence Day. Many Americans think of two religious holidays—Easter and Christmas—as the most important celebrations of the year. One holiday in a category of its own is New Year’s Day .