MOOC 高级英语写作(徐静)(贵州民族大学)1453150162 最新慕课完整章节测试答案

单元测试

1、单选题：
‌Mark the letter that identifies the tone for each of the following sentences. ​ ​ Baseball was invented as an urban game in order for owners to make money, players to become arrogant, and spectators to drink overpriced beer. ​​‌​
选项：
A:   objective
B:   nostalgic
C:   humorous 
D:    
答案: 【   humorous 】

2、单选题：
‌ The Puritans came to the new land for religious freedom, yet they allowed little freedom to their followers. Anne Hutchinson was banished from the colony for preaching that salvation can come through good works. ‍‍
选项：
A:   ironic
B:  sentimental
C:   optimistic
D:    
答案: 【   ironic】

3、单选题：
‏When I study now, I’m in a lab with 50 noisy computers. What happened to the quiet chair in a corner with a table for your books, papers, and pencils? ‏‏‏‏
选项：
A:     objective
B:     nostalgic  
C:    bitter
D:    
答案: 【     nostalgic  】

4、单选题：
​ If given the funding, scientists could trace most aggressive behavior of crime and violence to either too much testosterone or low blood sugar. ‎‎
选项：
A:    objective
B:     sentimental
C:   subjective
D:   
答案: 【    objective】

单元测验

1、单选题：
‎ Read the following paragraph and compare the summaries. Decide which is the best.​‎​‎Researchers in France and the United States have recently reported that baboons are able to think abstractly. It has been known for some time that chimpanzees are capable of abstract thought, but baboons are a more distant relation to mankind. In the experiment, scientists trained two baboons to use a personal computer and a joystick. The animals had to match computer designs which were basically the same, but had superficial differences. In the experiment the baboons performed better than would be expected by chance. The researchers describe their study in an article in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.​
选项：
A:   French and American scientists have shown for the first time that baboons have the ability to think in
 an abstract way. The animals were taught to use a computer, and then had to select patterns that were similar, which they did at a rate better than chance.
B:  Baboons are a kind of monkey more distant from
 man than chimpanzees. Although it is known that chimpanzees are able to think abstractly, until recently it was not clear if baboons could do the same. But new research by various scientists has shown that this is so. 
C: According to a recent article in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, baboons are able to 
think in an abstract way. The article describes how researchers trained two baboons to use a personal computer and a joystick. The animals did better than would be expected.       --Academic writing: A Handbook for International Students by Stephen Bailey, 2006, London & New York: Routledge, p. 34
D:        
答案: 【 According to a recent article in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, baboons are able to 
think in an abstract way. The article describes how researchers trained two baboons to use a personal computer and a joystick. The animals did better than would be expected.       --Academic writing: A Handbook for International Students by Stephen Bailey, 2006, London & New York: Routledge, p. 34】

2、单选题：
 Read the following paragraph and compare the summaries. Decide which is the best.‏‏Sociolinguistics is concerned with the ethnography of speaking, that is, with cultural and subcultural patterns of speech variation in different social contexts. The sociolinguist might ask, for example, what kinds of things one talks about in casual conversations with a stranger. A foreigner may know English vocabulary and grammar well but may not know that one typically chats with a stranger about the weather or where one comes from, and not about what one ate that day or how much money one earns. A foreigner may be familiar with much of the culture of a North American city, but if that person divulges the real state of his or her health and feelings to the first person who says, “How are you?” he or she has much to learn about “small talk” in North American English. Similarly, North Americans tend to get confused in societies where greetings are quite different from ours. People in some other societies may ask a greeting, “Where are you going?” or “What are you cooking?” Some Americans may think such questions are rude; others may try to answer in excruciating detail, not realizing that only vague answers are expected, just as we don’t really expect a detailed answer when we ask people “How are you?”‏         --Judith Resnick & Lanny Lester, Text & Thought, pp. 194-195‏‌‏
选项：
A: A foreigner may be familiar with the English language but not with the appropriate topics for making small talk.
B:   North Americans may not respond appropriately to greetings in other societies.
C: Conversation differs around the world. 
D: Sociolinguists are interested in how speech is used in different cultures and different social contexts, such as in making small talk and greeting people.
答案: 【 Sociolinguists are interested in how speech is used in different cultures and different social contexts, such as in making small talk and greeting people.】

3、单选题：
Paraphrase: Choose the choice that best explains the meaning of the original sentence.‎‎Nine out of ten doctors responding to a survey said they recommend our product to their patients if they recommend anything. ‎​‎
选项：
A:  Nine out of ten doctors recommend the product.
B: Of the doctors who responded to a survey, nine out of ten doctors recommend the product.
C:  If they recommend anything, nine out of ten doctors responding to a survey recommend the product.
D: Most doctors recommend the product.
答案: 【  If they recommend anything, nine out of ten doctors responding to a survey recommend the product.】

4、单选题：
Paraphrase: Choose the choice that best explains the meaning of the original sentence. ‌‌This organization may succeed marvelously at what it wants to do, but what it wants to do may not be all that important. ‌​‌
选项：
A: Although the organization may reach its goals, the goals might not be important.
B: The organization is marvelous.
C: What the organization wants is marvelous.
D: The organization does not have a clear goal.
答案: 【 Although the organization may reach its goals, the goals might not be important.】

5、单选题：
  Paraphrase: Choose the choice that best explains the meaning of the original sentence.‏‏This book contains a totally new outlook that combines the wisdom of the past with scientific knowledge to solve the problems of the present. ‏​‏
选项：
A: Problems of the past and present are solved in this book.
B: In this book, current knowledge and past wisdom are combined to solve current problems.
C: Only by using knowledge of the past and present can we solve problems.
D: None of today’s problems can be solved without scientific knowledge. 
答案: 【 Only by using knowledge of the past and present can we solve problems.】

6、单选题：
Paraphrase: Choose the choice that best explains the meaning of the original sentence.‎‎ It would be difficult to overpraise this book. ‎‌‎
选项：
A: This is a difficult book.
B: It is difficult not to overpraise this book.
C: This book deserves much praise.
D: It is difficult to praise this book.
答案: 【 This book deserves much praise.】

7、单选题：
  Paraphrase: Choose the choice that best explains the meaning of the original sentence.‏‏ When there is an absence of reliable information about drugs, the risks involved in using them are greatly increased. ‏‌‏
选项：
A: There is no reliable information about drugs.
B: There are no risks involved in using drugs if we have reliable information about them.
C: The risks involved in using drugs have increased.
D: Using drugs is more dangerous when we don’t know what effects and danger are involved.
答案: 【 Using drugs is more dangerous when we don’t know what effects and danger are