北京邮电大学2013博士英语期末试卷sample.docx

北京邮电大学2012-2013学年秋季学期2012级《博士英语写作》期末考试试卷考试注意事项一、学生参加考试须带学生证或学院证明，未带者不准进入考场。学生必须按照监考教师指定座位就坐。二、书本、参考资料、书包等与考试无关的东西一律放到考场指定位置。三、学生不得另行携带、使用稿纸，要遵守《北京邮电大学考场规则》，有考场违纪或作弊行为者，按相应规定严肃处理。四、学生必须将答题内容做在试卷指定处或指定答题纸上，做在草稿纸上的一律无效。考试课程2012级博士英语写作期末考试考试时间30/12/2012；14:00-16:00题号Part APart B总分iiiiiiiv12满分101010103030100得分阅卷教师Name in Chinese___________________Namein pinyin:___________________Student no?__________________Class no?:_______School / Institute___________________PART A : Controlled WritingARTICLES: Fill in the gaps with an article as appropriate: the / a / an OR 0 (no article) 15points(10 points)REGISTER: Re-write these sentences in a more formal register (e.g. using PASSIVE form, formal register vocabulary items, etc.)(10 points)Obesity is getting a lot of attention nowadays in modern society... LINK WORDS: Complete these texts by choosing the most appropriate LlNK WORD or PHRASE(10 points)Even though computers are clever machines, they cannot understand ordinary spoken English or any other natural language. 1)Yet / Likewise / In fact,the only language central processors can understand consists of a series of binary digits. Such a language can be understood directly by a machine. The instructions are 2)also / therefore / actually said to be in “machine code”.However, machine code as a means of communication is very difficult to write. 3) So / And / Insteadwe use symbolic languages that are easier to understand. By using a special program, these languages can then be translated into machine code. 4)Similarly / Hence / For example, the so called “assembly languages” use abbreviations such as ADD, SUB, MPY to represent instructions. 5)In other words / In brief / In this case,they are labels which can be easily associated with the items to which they refer.VERB FORMS: put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense and form(15 points)The Native American population, which 1) _______________ (decline) to half a million or less by the end of the nineteenth century, has begun