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[自学考试密押题库与答案解析]英语写作基础自考真题2010年10月 [自学考试密押题库与答案解析]英语写作基础自考真题2010年10月 PAGE1 / NUMPAGES1 [自学考试密押题库与答案解析]英语写作基础自考真题2010年10月 英语写作基础自考真题2010年10月Ⅰ.重写句子Revise each of the following sentences according to the requirement in brackets．问题:1. I was apprenticed to a builder when I was fourteen．(simple sentence)答案:I was apprenticed to a builder at the age of fourteen./ at fourteen./at age fourteen.[解析] 根据简单句的特点，只需把原题中的状语从句，即when I was fourteen转化为介词短语即可。问题:2. Independence Hall in Philadelphia is now restored. Fifty years ago it was in bad shape. (compound sentence)答案:Independence Hall in Philadelphia is now restored, but fifty years ago it Was in bad shape. //Fifty years ago Independence Hall in Philadelphia was in bad shape, and it is now restored.[解析] 本题是两个简单句组成的，要把此题改写成并列句可直接添加并列连词but，或者把原题后句前置，并把后句中“it”替换为“Independence Hall in Philadelphia”，最后通过并列连词and将其与前句连接。问题:3. The story was interesting. It was not believable. (complex sentence)答案:Although the story was interesting, it was not believable.[解析] 要将句子改写成复合句，首先要分析两分句之间的语气关系，然后再选择适合题目的从属连词，将主句与从句连接。由于前后两分句具转折语气，故可用连词although连接，组成复合句。问题:4. Despite its shortcomings, education remains the single best means of economic advancement. (loose construction)答案:Education remains the single best means of economic advancement, despite its shortcomings. //Edueation remains the single best means of economic advancement despite its shortcomings.[解析] 本句的特点是中心意思在前，题目中重点强调的部分是“education remains the single best means of economic advancement”，故将其前置即可。问题:5. My aunt often travels abroad. She enjoys experimenting with unusual food. (sentence with a modifying phrase)答案:My aunt, often travelling abroad, enjoys experimenting with unusual food.//Often travelling abroad, my aunt enjoys experimenting with unusual food.[解析] 本题要求把句子改写为含有一个修饰短语的句子。题目中的第一个句子可转化为分词短语作状语，修饰后面第二个句子。注意，由于句中主语与动作的关系为主动关系，故使用现在分词travelling。问题:6. I want neither your sympathy nor do I want your pity. (sentence with parallel structure)答案:I want neither your symp