08-12年试题 英语自考写作

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Ⅰ

. 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

in

about

100

words.

Make

sure

that

your

tone

and

diction are in unity with the passage provided.

The Magic of Music

Music is one of the most common forms of entertainment. I can hardly think of anyone who

doesn

’

t like music. It appears that wherever you go, music is playing or someone is listening to

his

or

her

MP3

or

CD

player.

From

middle

school

students

to

business

executives,

almost

everyone seems to be a keen music lover. Why do people enjoy music so much? I believe music

works like magic: it pleases our senses, lightens our moods, and helps to develop friendship.

To begin with, music appeals to us greatly because heating is one of our most receptive and

pleasure-feeling senses. Our ears are capable of heating and interpreting an extremely broad range

of pitch and tones. Y

et, other than music, the day- to-day sounds we usually hear are a scattered

and unrelated series of overlapping middle tones, for example, voices and construction noise. The

lack of harmony and variation

in these sound waves can cause a headache. Conversely, music is

the only kind of sound that is comprised of a harmonized and logical sequence of high and low

tones. It is simply and naturally pleasing to our senses.

Finally,

music

is

of

great

value

because

it

is

a

means

of

establishing

a

common

interest

among

both

friends

and strangers. Friends

frequently

take

pleasure

in

sharing

new

music.

The

quality of a particular piece of music is something that even strangers can agree on without much

debate. Strangers from different countries can easily become friends through the simple process of

singing or dancing together to music. Music, the only universal language, binds people together.

Therefore, music has magic power which stimulates our senses and enhances our moods and

emotions. It also serves as a means for establishing closer ties between friends and strangers alike.

Indeed, a life without music would be boring and difficult.

Ⅱ

. Write an outline. (20 points)

Read

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

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

’

s works of art made him world-famous. But there was far more to this

great man of ideas than just the Mona Lisa

’

s pretty face. Leonardo is often thought of primarily as

an artist, and with masterpieces such as The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa to his credit, his place

in

art

history

is

assumed.

Y

et

his

notebooks

show

that

his

main

interests

lay

els ewhere

?

—

in

engineering

and

technology.

The

notebooks

are

full

of

drawings

and

designs

for

all

kinds

of

inventions

—

from calculating machines to tanks, from parachutes to helicopters. If his pioneering

work on anatomy is also taken into consideration, we can easily see why Leonardo is considered

one

of

the

greatest

geniuses

of

all

time.

He

is

not

only

an

outstanding

artist,

but

also

a

great

scientist.

Born

in 1452, Leonardo was given only a rudimentary education

in his early age.

After ten

years in the workshop of the artist V

errocchio, he set up as a freelance artist. Some of his works

have survived, and reveal a stunning combination of technical skills with very careful observation.

His

works

also

reveal

an

emerging

fascination

with

technology,

with

technical

drawings

of

equipment of all kinds.

Leonardo

was

particularly

fascinated

by

the

technology

of warfare.

At

this

time,

Florence

was at war with the Pope, and Leonardo realized that this was an opportunity to make use of his

new

inventions

for

better

guns

and

other

military

equipment.

However,

the

war

ended

before

anything could come of his plan and he returned to his painting.

At the age of thirty, he left his home town and eventually moved to Milan, where he spent

seventeen years under the patronage of Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan. Here he continued to

combine

his

scientific

and

technological

work with

his

painting,

which was

of

perspective

and

proportion. During this period, he painted The Last Supper and developed his ideas for chemical

weapons and flame- throwers.

When Sforza was driven from power by the French, Leonardo returned to Florence and spent

four

years

working

for

Cesare

Borgia

as

an

engineer

and

military

architect.

He

now

became

fascinated with flight. He studied birds for clues about how to fly and drew sketches of machines

resembling helicopters.

In 1506, he returned to Milan and became increasingly focused on science. He began to study

human

anatomy

and

the

circulation

of

blood.

He

also

drew

up

a

comprehensive

guide

to

the

working of living creatures.

He died at Amboise in France, where he was welcomed by King Francois I. He continued to

do the occasional sketch, a few designs and plans for buildings, but most of his time was devoted

to sorting out his scientific papers.

Only twenty-one of his dozens of notebooks survive. Just seventeen paintings have been ascribed

to

him

with certainty,

and

some

of those

are

tunfinished.

Leonardo

may

not

have

achieved

the

perfection that he aspired to but he came closer to it in more fields than anyone before or since.

Ⅲ

. Compose an essay. (60 points)

Many

young

people

choose

to

overwork

in

order

to

make

more

money;

however,

persistent

overwork will affect their health in the long,run. What is your opinion on this? Write a 300-word

expository essay explaining your views.

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全国

2012

年

1

月自考

英语写作试题

课程代码

:00603

I. Supply the missing paragraph (20 points)

The

following

passage

is

incomplete

with

one

paragraph

missing. Study

the

following

passage

carefully and write a paragraph of about 100 words. Make sure that the tone and vocabulary you

use are in unity with the passage provided.

Dating in Cyberspace

The

number

of single

people

in

the

United

States

has

been

increasing

for several

years.

Many of them like being single and do not want to find a marriage partner. Some, however, want

to

find

someone,

but

they're

too

busy

to

spend

the

time.

They

don't

want

to

invest

time

in

a

relationship,

find

out

that

they

aren't

compatible,

and

have

to

start

all

over

again.

There

is

a

solution to this problem: cyber-dating. Anyone who is seriously looking for a partner should try

cyber-dating.

For one thing, cyber-dating is extremely convenient. There are many reputable websites that

make it easy to post your profile for others to see. Once you have posted your profile, you read

about the thousands of others who have done the same. Y

ou can take as much or as little time as

you like

looking through the database. Also, these sites are available twenty-four hours a day, so

you can search when you have the time.

________ __________________________________________________ ____________________

__________________ __________________________________________________ __________

____________________________ __________________________________________________

Finally,

the

anxiety

of

dating

is

greatly

lessened

with

cyber-dating.

Traditionally,

men

take the lead in dating. They are the ones who have to ask a woman out on a date. They have to

risk rejection. It's no better for women, however. Many women still wait for a man to ask them out

first. Then, if they don't want to go out with him, they have to let the man dow

n gently. While it's

tree that sometimes with cyber-dating men still get rejected and women still reject, you experience

this in the privacy of your own home. Moreover, you never have to see the person again because

you have never met! It's the perfect solution.

In short, if you are looking for someone to date and even marry

, you should go online and

post your profile on a dating website. It's convenient, safe, and worry-free.

II. Write an outline (20 points)

Read the following passage carefully an

d compose a “topic outline” for it.

The Smell of Home

Last week a friend told me that she was reading a French novel in her university literature

class. It was called Remembrance of Things Past and was written by Marcel Proust. She told me

that in that book, a man bites into a little cookie called a Madeleine and that the taste of the cookie

makes him think about the past. For me, it is the sense of smell rather than the sense of taste that

brings back happy memories.

The

aroma

of

pipe

tobacco

always

makes

me

smile.

I

know

most

people

feel

very

differently

about

the

smell

of

tobacco,

but

I

like

it

for

a

simple

reason:

My

grandfather

used

to

smoke a pipe, and I adored my grandfather. After an especially good dinner, he used to settle into

his favorite chair and go through a long ritual of filling his pipe with something that looked like

dead

leaves

and

smelled

of

apples.

Then

he

would

light

the

pipe,

lean

back,

and

smile.

The

grandchildren gathered around him while he smoked and told us stories about when he was young

and travelled the world on sailing ships. I felt safe and loved sitting near my grandfather while he

smoked his pipe.

Another wonderful smell is the scent of sweet rolls just coming out of the oven. When I was

a child, my mother used to bake sweet rolls every Saturday. The children helped mix the dough

with sugar

and cinnamon

and

shape

it

into

little

balls.

Then we

eagerly

watched the

timer

as

it

counted down the minutes until the rolls were done. After my mother took out the hot rolls and

placed them on the counter, the children mixed water and sugar into a paste. When the rolls were

cool, we spread the paste over the rolls. What a wonderful aroma! My mother let us eat one right

away.

We were

very

happy

and secure

there

in

the family

kitchen with

the smell

of

sweet,

hot

rolls.

My favorite

aunt

always wore

a

perfume

that

smelled

like

roses.

My

aunt was

a tall

and

large woman who had lots of blond hair and wore flowered dresses. Her perfume was just like her:

soft, friendly, warm, and cheerful. She had a lovely singing voice, and when I spent the night at

my cousins' house, she would sit in the bedroom as we fell asleep singing old lullabies in her rich,

low

voice.

I

fell

asleep

under

the

blankets

to

the

smell

of

her rose

perfume

and

her

soft songs,

feeling cared for and content.

These

are

just

three

examples

of

smells

that

I

associate

with

happiness

and safety.

I

don't

know anyone who smokes a pipe these days, so I rarely smell pipe tobacco. However, I have my

mother's recipe

for sweet rolls,

and

I

sometimes

bake

them

for

my

friends.

I

like

to wear

more

than one kind of perfume, but whenever I wear my rose perfume, I think of my aunt. Smells bring

back wonderful memories.

III. Compose an essay (60 points)

Studying the English language in an English-speaking country is the best but not the only way.

Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Write an essay of about 300 words expressing your views on the statement with the title given.

Studying English Abroad: The Best but Not the Only Way

本文来源于

湖北自考网

,

原文地址：

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全国

2011

年

10

月自考

英语写作试题

课程代码：

00603

I. 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

in

about

100

words.

Make

sure

that

your

tone

and

diction are in unity with the passage provided.

?

Life Expectancy

?

A

greater number of people are now hitting the eighty-year mark than ten years ago. In fact,

the

life

expectancy

of

the

average

human

has

gone

up

considerably

and

is

rising

still.

This

encouraging

phenomenon

is

the

result

of

many

factors.

Advancement

in

technology,

improved

quality of life, and people

’

s rising awareness about health are all conducive to prolonged lives.

?

Scientific and medical breakthroughs ensure that patients receive proper and timely treatment.

As

people

learn

more

about

the

human

body,

medical

institutions

and

services

become

better

equipped to tackle various health problems. Diseases such as cancer, which used to result almost

inevitably

in

death,

are

now

largely

curable,

provided

they

are

diagnosed

at

an

early

stage.

Tuberculosis and cholera now cause fewer deaths than in the past. Thanks to new drugs, therapies

and

vaccines, fewer

people

fail

victim

to

the

diseases

that

once

threatened

human

lives.

With