2008年浙江师范大学考研真题851英语写作2008年试题

浙江师范大学2008年硕士研究生入学考试 试题 中考模拟试题doc幼小衔接 数学试题 下载云南高中历年会考数学试题下载N4真题下载党史题库下载 科目代码：851            科目名称：英语写作提示：1、本科目适用专业：050201英语语言文学、050211外国语言学及应用语言学；2、请将所有答案写于答题纸上，写在试题上的不给分；3、请填写准考证号后6位：____________。I.Summarywriting(40%)Readthefollowingpassageandwriteasummaryofitinaround100words.Despiteallthecurrentfussandbotherabouttheextraordinarynumberofordinaryilliterateswhooverpopulateourschools,smallattentionhasbeengiventoanotherkindofilliterate,anilliteratewhoseplightis,inmanyways,moreimportant,becauseheismoreinfluential.Thisilliteratemay,asoftenasnot,beauniversitypresident,butheistypicallyaPh.D.,asuccessfulprofessorandtextbookauthor.ThepersontowhomIreferisthestraight-Ailliterate,andthefollowingiswritteninanattempttogivehimequaltimewithhiswidelypublicizedcounterpart.Thesceneismyoffice,andIamatwork,doingwhatmustbedoneifoneistoassistinthecureofadiseasethat,overtheyears,Ihavecometocallstraight-Ailliteracy.Iaminterrogating,Iamcross-examining,Iampryingandprobingforthemeaningofastudent’spaper.Thestudentisacollegeseniorwithastraight-Aaverage,anextremelybright,highlyarticulatestudentwhohasjustbeenawardedacovetedfellowshiptooneofthenation’soutstandinggraduateschools.HeandIhavebeenatthis,havebeengoingoverhispapersentencebysentence,wordbyword,foranhour.“Thechoiceofexogenousvariablesinrelationtomulti-colinearity,”Ihearmyselfreadingfromhispaper,“iscontingentuponthederivationsofcertainmultiplecorrelationcoefficients.”Ipausetocatchmybreath.“Nowthatstatement,”Iaddressthestudent---whomIshallcall,allegorically,Mr.Bright---“thatstatement,Mr.Bright,whatonearthdoesitmean?”Mr.Bright,hisbrowfurrowed,triesmightily.Finally,withbothofuscombiningourlinguisticandimaginativeresources,finally,afterwhatseemsanotherhour,wedecodeit.WedecideexactlywhatitisthatMr.Brightistryingtosay,whathereallywantstosay,whichis:“Supplydeterminesdemand.”Overthepastdecadeorso,Ihaveknownmanystudentslikehim,manycollegeseniorssufferingfromBright’sdisease.Itattacksthebestminds,andgraduallydestroysthecriticalfaculties,makingitimpossibleforthesufferertodetectgibberishinhisownwritingorinthatofothers.Duringtheyearsofhighereducationitgrowsworse,reachingitsterminalstage,typically,whenitsvictimreceiveshisPh.D.Obviously,thevictimofBright’sdiseaseisnoordinaryilliterate.Hewouldneverturninapaperwithmisspellingsorerrorsinpunctuation;hewouldneveruseadoublenegativeortheword“irregardless.”Nevertheless,heisilliterate,intheworstway:heisincapableofsaying,inwriting,simplyandclearly,whathemeans.Theordinaryilliterate---perhapsprovidentiallyprotectedfromcollegeandgraduateschool---mightsay:“Thempeopledownattheshopbetterstockuponwhatourcustomersneed,orweain’tgonnabeinbusinesslong.”Notourman.Takinghiscuefromyearsofhighereducation,yearsofreadingthetextbooksandprofessionaljournalsthatarethemajorsourcesofhisaffliction,hewrites:“Thefocusofconcentrationmustrestuponobjectivescenteredaroundtheknowledgeofcustomerareassothatasophisticatedawarenessofthoseareascanserveasanentrepreneurialfiltertoscreenwhatisrelevantfromwhatisirrelevanttofuturecommitments.”ForwritingsuchgibberishheisawardedstraightAsonhispapers(bothsamplesquotedaboveweretakenfrompapersthatreceivedAs),andtheopportunitytomove,inexorably,towardhisfellowshipandeventualPh.D.AsIhavesuggested,themajorcauseofsuchilliteracyisthestuff---thetextbooksandprofessionaljournals---thestraight-Ailliterateisforcedtoreadduringhisyearsofhighereducation.Helearnstowritegibberishbyreadingit,andbybeingtaughttoadmireitasprofundity.Ifheismajoringinsociology,hemustgrapplewithsuchjournalsastheAmericanSociologicalReview,journalsbulgingwithbarbarousjargon,suchas“ego-integrativeactionorientation”and“orientationtowardimprovementofthegratificational-deprivationbalanceoftheactor”(thelatterofwhichmonstrousphrasesrepresents,toquoteMalcolmCowley,thesociologist’swayofsaying“thepleasureprinciple”).Insuchjournals,Mr.Cowleyremindsus,twothingsareneverdescribedasbeing“alike.”Theyare“homologous”or“isomorphic.”Norarethingssimply“different.”Theyare“allotropic.”Insuchjournalswritersnever“divideanything.”They“dichotomize”or“bifurcate”thins.II.Expositionwriting(50%):Justimaginethatyouaregoingtoattendanemployeerecruitmentfairwhereyouareexpectedtodeliverajob-applicationspeechinfrontofthestaff.Writeaspeechinaround300wordscoveringthefollowingaspects:thereasonwhyyouwantaspecifiedjob,youradvantagesforthepostorpossiblebenefitstotheemployerwithyourjoiningandyourdemandfortheconsiderationofyourapplicationonthepartoftheemployer.Markswillbeawardedonthebasisofyourorganization,diction,grammarandappropriateness.III.Argumentationwriting(60%):Graduationthesesareaprerequisiteforabachelor’sdegree.However,thesiswritingamonguniversityundergraduatesdoesnotseemsatisfactory:feworiginalandhigh-qualitythesesareturnedoutbyourstudentsandmostoftheirthesesarecommonplaceenoughtoberatedvaluelessandsomeareevenguiltyofplagiarism.Therefore,someteachersarguethatstudentscanbegivendifferenttaskstotestwhattheyhavelearntinfouryears’time.Insteadofrequiringeverystudenttowriteagraduationthesispriortograduation,wecanassignthesis-writingtothecapablestudentsand,astothelesscapableones,wecanmakethemtakegraduationexaminationsratherthanwritingtheses.Inthisway,theteacherscanberelievedoftheheavyburdenofpaperguidanceandthelesscapablestudentscanberelievedofthefrustrationasaresultofwritingthesesbeyondtheirreach.Someotherteachersholdadifferentview;theybelievethesiswritingisanabilityeverystudentshouldbeencouragedtocultivateandnoarbitrarydivisionlineshouldbedrawnbetweencapableandlesscapablestudents.Whatisyourattitudetowardthisissue?Writeapieceofargumentinabout500words.Inthefirstpartyoushouldstateyourpositionclearly;inthesecond,youshouldsupplyrelevantevidencetosupportyourpositionandrefutetheopposingside’sview;andfinallyyoushouldbringyouressaytoalogicalconclusion.