长沙学院2022年专升本《英语写作》考试大纲

一、考试形式及适用对象

1.考试采用闭卷考试。

2.考试对象为专升本考生，主要考察学生词汇运用、语法知识、句子写作及对不同文体的掌握程度，检测学生对选取材料、确立主题、构建篇章等英语写作过程的驾驭以及文字表述等能力。

二、题型

考试题型：完形填空、句子判断、概要写作、篇章写作等。

三、考试时间和分数

满分100分，时间90分钟。

四、参考教材

    《写作教程》1-2册 ， 主编: 邹申，上海外语教育出版社，2020年9月。

五、考试内容

第一部分  完形填空

1.考核知识点

 英语词汇、语法综合知识，以及连接语的正确使用。

2.考核要求

本题向考生提供一篇约200词的题材熟悉、难度适中的短文，在短文留出10个空白，文前为每个空白提供相应的选择项。要求考生在全面理解短文内容的基础上，选择答案，从而使短文成为连贯、通顺的文章。

第二部分 句子判断

1.考核知识点

 学生能辨别正式的、非正式的、口头的、俚语化的英语语言风格，掌握句子的简洁性与得体性。

2.考核要求

要求判断所给每个句子的词汇或结构是否简洁、正确以及句子的语体特征是否得体。学生对每一个句子是否简洁、准确或得体做出判断:如简洁、正确或得体，在该句右边的括号内写(T)；如不简洁、有错误或不得体，在该句右边的括号内写（F）。

第三部分 概要写作

1.考核知识点

概要写作的基本特点、书写格式、要求、内容和语言特征等。 

2.考核要求

概要写作所给定的语篇包含200至300词，内容丰富多样，话题涉及故事、时政、科普等，体裁以记叙文、说明文为主，要求考生写出60词左右、能够使用自己的语言、完整准确地表述原文重要内容的概要。

第四部分  篇章写作

1.考核知识点

段落写作的各种技巧及记叙文、描写文、说明文及议论文四大文体的写作技巧及语言应用能力。

2.考核要求

 要求考生根据要求写出不少于150词的英语篇章。主题清晰、中心明确、细节充分多样、遣词造句简洁、无明显语法错误、条理清楚。主要以议论文和说明文为主。考查考生运用书面语言进行交际的实践能力。

六、样题

I. Blank filling 

Directions: Put the following words in the blanks; some can be used twice. Then, write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.

    difference     similar       but       while    again

    completely   consistency    although      identical            

Among Japanese respondents matters of interest and taste were the most fully discussed topics, followed by opinions about public issues, and attitudes toward work or studies. Financial matters, aspects of personality, and feelings about one’s body ranked lower. Males and females displayed 1) _______topical orientations, 2)_______ females ranked work-related questions second while males ranked them third. But this 3)_______ was slight and ...

II. True or False 

Directions: Make a judgment on whether each sentence is concise, correct or appropriate: if it is concise, correct or appropriate, write T in the right bracket of the sentence; if it is not concise, correct or inappropriate, write F in the right bracket. Then, write all your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

1. In large cities school teachers are usually paid higher wages than the teachers of a school in a smaller town.                                              (F)

2. One of the most difficult decisions I have ever made was whether or not to go to college after high school.                                              (T)

3. ...

III. Précis writing

Directions: Read the following passage and write a précis of about 60 words on the ANSWER SHEET.

When we survey our lives and efforts we soon observe that almost the whole of our actions and desires are bound up with the existence of other human beings. We notice that whole nature resembles that of the social animals. We eat food that others have produced, wear clothes that others have made, live in houses that others have built. The greater part of our knowledge and beliefs has been passed on to us by other people though the medium of a language which others have created. Without language and mental capacities, we would have been poor indeed comparable to higher animals. We have, therefore, to admit that we owe our principal knowledge over the least to the fact of living in human society...

IV. Essay writing 

Directions: Write a short essay on the ANSWER SHEET. 

Comment on the remark “Taking a beautiful fall is better than wandering aimlessly.” 

You should write at least 150 words but no more than 220 words.

Don’t forget to supply an appropriate title for your passage. 

 Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization, language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.