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Intermediate English Writing July, 2009 Part One: Paragraph Coherence 1. Directions: There are eight blanks in the following paragraph. You are required to fill in the blanks to complete the paragraph by choosing proper transitions from among the words given above the paragraph. Write your answers in the corresponding blanks on the ANSWER SHEET. (8 points, 1 point for each) First Second Therefore As a result However .Third .Last .For example Paolo likes to fly as an airline passenger at nigh rather than during the day for four reasons. ① ,it costs less. ② , he would have to pay $125 to fly from San Francisco to Mexico City by day. ③ , by night the fare is $75. ④ , the plane is less crowed, on night flights. Therefore, Paolo rarely has to sit three abreast when he flies at nights. Instead, he has more room to stretch out. ⑤ , night flights are quieter than day flights. ⑥ , Paolo can study or read without being distracted by loud conversations or by people walking up and down the aisle. ⑦ , passengers on night flights can usually sleep quiet comfortably if they want to. ⑧ , Paolo rarely reserve a daytime flight on a commercial airline. 2. Directions: There are four groups of sentences below which are not logically organized. Please rearrange the numbered sentences in each group so as to achieve paragraph coherence. Then write the rearranged numbers in proper sequence in the corresponding blanks on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points, 5 points for each) Group 1 ① Nowadays, more and more students are fond of using electronic dictionaries instead of traditional ones. ② Worst of all, a lazy attitude towards language learning is always most inefficient in the long run. ③ However, constant use of such electronic device may cause side effects. ④ Some explanations in them are also so simple that they can certainly cause misunderstanding. ⑤ Electronic dictionaries do not contain much information