【2017年整理】英语与写作基础测试题详解.ppt

英语写作基础试题详解;错误原因;1. Learning a new language demands time. It needs patience too. (simple sentence) Learning a new language demands time and patience. Learning a new language demands time and needs patience,too. 2. Bacon stepped to the front of the room. He tripped over the microphone cord. (compound sentence) Bacon stepped to the front of the room and he tripped over the microphone cord. 3. Harrison’s Chemical Corporation is a company. It sponsors important research. (complex sentence) Harrison’s Chemical Corporation is a company which/that sponsors important research. 4. We looked at only two houses before buying the house of our dreams. (periodic sentence) Before buying the house of our dreams we looked at only two houses.;5. Pigeons adjust to farm life. They adjust to city streets. In city streets they peck their livelihoods from garage heaps. (compound-complex sentence) Pigeons adjust to farm life and they adjust to city streets where they peck their livelihoods from garage heaps 6. Tom went to college. His brother James didn’t. James had a very weak heart. (compound-complex sentence ) Tom went to college but his brother James didn’t because he had a very weak heart. 7. She can also speak fluent French in the near future. (periodic sentence) In the near future she can also speak fluent French 8. He will or will not be able to come. I don’t know. (complex sentence) I don’t know whether he will or will not be able to come. ;9. I prefer eating in the school dinning hall. The food there is much cheaper. You don’t have to waste too much time in the line. (compound-complex sentence) I prefer eating in the school dinning hall because the food there is much cheaper and you don’t have to waste too much time in the line. 10. I go to medical school. They want me to do that. (simple sentence) They want me to go to medical school. 11. Although Lilliput was such a pretty country, there was trouble and danger there. (loose sentence) There was trouble and danger there although