全國2011年1月高等教育自學(xué)考試

英語寫作基礎(chǔ)試題

課程代碼：00597

I.重寫句子 (20 points, 2 points each)

Revise the following sentences according to the requirements.

Example: The history of English words is the history of our civilization in many ways. ( periodic sentence)

In many ways, the history of English words is the history of our civilization.

1. Only thirty percent of the local people owned cars at that time. ( periodic sentence)

2. He came too late, so he did not see the first part of the play. ( simple sentence)

3. They are true sisters. It is clear from the facial resemblance between them. ( sentence with a subject clause)

4. He left the room and hummed a tune. (sentence with a verb-ing phrase)

5. The girl cried sadly as she was locked outside. (sentence with a verb-ed phrase)

6. The professor came into the classroom. He had two books in his hand. (prepositional phrase)

7. He knocked the door again and again. There was no answer. (compound sentence)

8. I wrote this letter yesterday. I forgot to post it. (complex sentence)

9. I had planned to go to Australia last summer. It was too expensive. I went to Vietnam instead. ( compound-complex sentence)

10. The boy can sing very well. He can also dance very well. (sentence with parallel structure)