电大国开开放大学大学语文（甘肃）形考任务作业参考答案

英语写作基础形成性考核2

试卷总分：100       测试时间：60分钟

剩余时间：59分45秒

单项选择题单项选择题 单项选择题  

一、单项选择题（共 15 道试题，共60 分。Choose the more suitable word from the twoprovided for each blank in the following sentences）

1. Rice is the ________ food of the inhabitants of this area

A.

principal

B. principle

     满分：4  分

2. ________ Jim who has helped me.

A. Its

B. It's

     满分：4  分

3. She treats the orphan _________ her son.

A. as

B.

like

     满分：4  分

4. The audience clapped loudly to _______ more songs.

A. request

B. require

     满分：4  分

5. She said she would _________ me the book by air mail.

A. send

B. bring

     满分：4  分

6. Would you like to stop by my ________ and have a cup of tea?

A.

family

B. home

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7.  

What the minister has said _________ thatthere will be a change in the economic policy.

A. implies

B. infers

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8.  I________  that he is not telling thetruth.

A. doubt

B. suspect

     满分：4  分

9. His horse jumped and he fell ________ it.

A.

of

B.

off

     满分：4  分

10. This salesman made frequent __________ to nearby cities.

A.

trips

B. travels

     满分：4  分

11. Reforms have brought about rapid _________ growth in China in recentyears.

A. economic

B. economical

     满分：4  分

12. Many new _________  have beenbuilt along this road.

A. houses

B. rooms

     满分：4  分

13. This is an interesting book with vivid accounts of _______ events andpeople.

A.

historic

B. historical

     满分：4  分

14. The ________ rain slowed down the construction.

A. continuous

B. continual

     满分：4  分

15. He illustrated his theory with convincing ________.

A.

examples

B. samples

     满分：4  分

二、单项选择题（共 5 道试题，共20 分。Compare the following sentences and decide whichis better.）

1.  Compare the following sentences and decide which is better.

A.

Shakespeare was one of the greatestdramatists in the world.

B. Shakespeare was one of the greatestdramatists.

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2. Compare the following sentences and decide which is better.

A. Although a lifetime is short, much canbe accomplished.

B. A lifetime is short, but much can beaccomplished.

     满分：4  分

3.  Compare the following sentences and decide which is better.

A. Bob either works at his home office oran office at Sanctuary Towers each day.

B. Bob works at either his home office orhis Sanctuary Towers office each day.

     满分：4  分

4. Compare the following sentences and decide which is better.

A.

A. Women have been discriminated against,and they have been patient, but now they are complaining, and their cause isjust.

B.

Having been patient with the unjustdiscriminations against them, women are now complaining.

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5. Compare the following sentences and decide which is better.

A. Corruption in high places becamewidespread; the Roman Empire was considerably weakened.

B. After corruption in high places becamewidespread, the Roman Empire was considerably weakened.

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三、单项选择题（共 2 道试题，共20 分。rearrange the following sentences and choose thecorrect order of these sentences）

1.  

Read the following sentences and choose thecorrect order of these sentences.

A. When Lincoln was eight years old, his father lost most of his land inKentucky.

B. Lincoln’s mother died when he was nineyears old.

C. When Lincoln was nine, his stepmotherpersuaded his father that Abraham should begin to go to school.

D. Lincoln was born in Kentucky.

E. He started school, but it soon closed.

F. The first winter they spent in Indianathey lived in a house with only three walls; the fourth side was open for afire.

G. Lincoln’s family moved to Indiana afterhis father’s bankruptcy.

A. D G A F C B E

B. D A G F B C E

C. G A D B C E F

     满分：10  分

2.  

Read the following sentences and choose thecorrect order of these sentences.

A. Until he was 18, Sinclair worked as awarehouseman at several firms and spent two years as a bus conductor.

B. He was the first child in a family ofthree boys and two girls.

C. After working as a bus conductor,Sinclair signed on in the Army but stayed only ten weeks before he boughthimself out for $100.

D. Sinclair was born on December 14, 1942.

E. Quitting the army, Sinclair decided tobetter himself and after passing six examinations, he was about to start ateacher training course in Bradford.

F. He left middle school with noqualifications and went to work as a waiter at the Queen Hotel. It was thefirst of a long series of jobs.

G. After attending Mayflower Infants andJunior schools he went to Oaktown Secondary Modern School.

A. G. D. B. E .F. A. C

B. D. G. F. B. A. C. E

C. D. B. G. F. A. C. E

     满分：10  分