2012年英语写作期中考试试题

1. 50分钟的闭卷考试（一节课＋5分钟休息时间）。 2. 分为三部分：

第一部分5分：10个单词，选自教材unit 9－11的Practice A。 第二部分5分：句式合并: Rewrite each pair of the following into one sentence by using different connectives and patterns。 举例如下：

(a) Writing is a challenging game.

(b) Writing leads to personal rewards through practice. 参（学生写出一个即可，但如果题中所有句子都用一种句式将酌情扣分）：

As a challenging game, writing leads to personal rewards through practice. (simple)

On account of/ Because of/ Owing to/ Thanks to its challenges, writing leads to personal rewards through practice.(simple) Because/ Since writing is a challenging game, it leads to personal rewards through practice. (complex)

Writing is a challenging game, so it leads to personal rewards through practice. (compound)

Writing leads to personal rewards through practice, for it is a challenging game. (compound) 复习重点：

Unit 3 Section 3 Recasting Sentences； Unit 9－11的关联词及其运用的句式结构

第三部分15分：按照提纲进行说明文写作，不少于150字。 复习重点Unit 9－11。

Education Pays

From the bar chart given above, we can observe that it reflects the statistics of income among people of different educational background. Those who possess a doctoral degree earn 1,551dollars median weekly, ranking first among people of other education level. The median weekly earnings of people with associate degree and below can not reach the average of 797 dollars, ranking from 768 dollars to 451 dollars. As for the unemployment rate, 2.5 % of people with doctoral degree will suffer from unemployment. However, the unemployment rate of people with some college, no degree and lower degree surpass the mean value of 7.6%, ranking from 8.7% to 14.1%.

The bar chart of Education Pays reveals a phenomenon that there exits some difference in income and unemployment rate among people with different educational level. Quite a few reasons can account for this phenomenon. For one thing, with the advancement of technology and the adjustment of industrial structure, quite a few high-tech industries emerge overnight, which leads to a soar demand of workforces with high educational degree, thus, it is natural that graduates with bachelor’ and higher degree get a high pay-packet and enjoy a stable job. Additionally, those with educational background under associate degree are easily

dismissed and paid by low salary. They can be replaced any time due to the fact that their jobs are easy and can be finished by average people.

Definitely, the higher education degree you get, the more likely you are to enjoy a competitive edge in the employment market. Thus, the authorities should enforce some policies to ensure the equity of education. Only in this way can more people lead a stable and comfortable life. 范文2

Pays corresponds to education levels, as is demonstrated by the chart above, “Education: A Weekly Investment”. The weekly earnings in 2010 increases with the sort of diploma the person holds. For instance, the college students with no degree get paid $712 per week whereas those with a Bachelor’s degree can earn 50%

more than them.

Several reasons, in my opinion, can be identified to account for this phenomenon. To begin with, compared with those with

comparatively lower education degree, people who have received higher education possess considerably wider knowledge, more remarkable learning and research ability, greater innovation and most of all, resourceful social network, all of which are essential to a high-income work. Also, the higher one’s education degree is the bigger platform he will have to show his ability. For example, his college, university, or research institute will organize various job fairs for them to communicate face to face with employers.

This phenomenon tells us that education is a worthy investment, therefore, substantial education investment should be

strengthened while we, as college students, should study harder to build our country and strive for a better life for ourselves.