9. The next day, Mrs. Harris got up and sat on the edge of her bed. Her head began to swim. She lay down again. (compound-complex sentence)
The next day, when Mrs. Harris got up and sat on the edge of her bed, her head began to swim and she lay down again./The next day, Mrs. Harris got up and sat on the edge of her bed, but her head began to swim, so she lay down again.
[解析] 首先来看译文。第二天,Harris太太起了床,然后坐在床边上。她的头开始晕起来。她就又躺了下来。此题要求将三个简单句改为一个并列复合句。并列复合句中包含并列句和复合句,并列句的句子之间地位平等或顺承;复合句的句子之间是主从关系,即有一个主要动作,还有一个次要动作。根据逻辑关系,began to swim和lay down是主要动作,而got up and sat表示它们的时间,用从属连词when来连接,两个主要动作之间是顺承关系,这种关系常用and连接。
10. Smith forgot his wedding anniversary for the tenth straight year. Smith's wife was extremely angry. She made Smith spend a week sleeping on the porch. (compound-complex sentence)
Smith forgot his wedding anniversary for the tenth straight year, and his wife was extremely angry, so she made him spend a week sleeping on the porch./Because Smith forgot his wedding anniversary for the tenth straight year, his wife was extremely angry, and she made him spend a week sleeping on the porch./Because Smith forgot his wedding anniversary for the tenth straight year, his wife was so angry that she made him spend a week sleeping on the porch.
1. Choose the best topic sentence from the group below. Write the letter of your choice in the blank provided. A. The new restaurant has something for all ages. B. Each child gets a coloring book. C. Anyone over 60 gets seated immediately on arrival. D. The middle-aged get a 90 percent discount. Answer: ______
2. Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence. Americans might be embarrassed because their Japanese friends are so formal with them. Japanese might feel insulted because American acquaintances greet them casually. Still, the forms of greeting in both countries only show respect for others. It just happens that Americans and Japanese have a different way of looking at human relationships and thus have a different way of showing respect.
It just happens that Americans and Japanese have a different way of looking at human relationships and thus have a different way of showing respect.
3. Read the following paragraph carefully and select the best topic sentence from the four possible answers that follow the paragraph. Write the letter of your choice in the blank provided. Topic Sentence: ______ "Music," the teacher would tell his pupils, "is a state of being. It is not so much knowledge and know-how. If you want to be good at playing an instrument, let music get hold of you first and this will in turn get hold your muscles and make them produce the music that is now inside you. How can music come out of an instrument if it is not first put into it? And who is to put it there? The composer, the maker of the instrument, the printed score of the player?" A. If you want to be good at playing an instrument, let music get hold of you first. B. It is about stages of learning to play an instrument. C. Only when the player puts the music into the instrument, can music come out of it. D. Only when the maker of the instrument puts the music into the instrument, can music come out of it.
Ⅳ.重新组合段落 Rearrange the following numbered sentences so that they will read logically. Put the numbers in proper sequence in the boxes provided below.
1. I was staying at a hotel in New York. 20. There, they are afraid to walk on the streets at night. 21. I took a taxi, and that's for a five-minute walk. 22. It was very close to my sister's apartment, in fact, it was only five minutes' walk away. 23. In New York more than in other cities—but it is also true of other large cities—people are afraid. 24. I would pay a dollar and twenty cents taxi fare to such a short way, and that was because people said it was too dangerous to walk on the streets. 25. But if I left the apartment house after 9:30 or 10 o' clock at night, I didn't walk. 26. They are afraid they'll be robbed or hit on the head and robbed.
Ⅴ.标出与段落内容无关的句子 Read the following paragraph and cross out the TWO irrelevant sentences.
1. Lasers have found widespread application in medicine. Lasers play an important role in the treatment of eye disease and the prevention of blindness. The eye is ideally suited for laser surgery. Most of the eye tissue is transparent. The frequency and focus of the laser beam can be adjusted according to the absorption of the tissue. Actually the common people can hardly tell who was the first to discover lasers. The beam "cuts" inside the eye with minimal damage to the surrounding tissue—even the tissue between the laser and the incision. Lasers are effective in treating some causes of blindness. Other treatments are not. The interaction between laser light and eye tissue is not fully understood.
Actually the common people can hardly tell who was the first to discover lasers.
[解析] 通读全段以后可以了解到这段话主要是讲激光在医学领域的应用,尤其是在治疗眼病方面的应用。全段的支持句多是论述激光在治疗眼病方面的优势,只有“Actually the common people can...”这句话讲“人们很难说出是谁首先发现了激光”与本段的主题无关。
Ⅵ.写信
1. Your name is Wang Feng. You are a student of Beijing University. Mary is your friend. She is a student of New York University. Write a letter to tell her about your campus life. (150~200 words)
Dec. 30, 2007 Dear Mary, Today I'll tell you about my campus life. Our school begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m. We have seven classes every day, but four in the morning on Saturday. Classes last 50 minutes, and we have a 10-minute break between each class. I study English, Chinese, political science, computer science and physical education. My favorite subject is English. We have our vacation twice a year: summer and winter vacation. The new school year begins in September and ends in July. The school year is divided into two semesters. I stop writing here. Please tell me about your campus life. I hope to hear from you soon.