XX大学报刊英语试卷.docVIP

XX大学2011/2012学年第一学期考试试卷（A） 课程名称：英文报刊选读 考试方式：开卷 上交期限：2012年1月3日下午4点 班级名称： 学号： 姓名： 得分 阅卷人 Please choose ONE of the following topics and submit a piece of written work of approximately 1,000 words. Adapt a frontarticle from a Chinese newspaper, either national or local, into English for one of the major newspapers in the UK. Please note it is NOT a translation. You need to take into consideration of the stylistic features of the target newspaper and your reader. You are welcome to include photographs, pictures and/or other forms of visual aids. Read a portfolio of articles from The World in 2012, a special edition of The Economist. Summarize The Economist’s predictions of China in 2012 and incorporate your comments where possible. Read “Why is British public life dominated by men?”, a research article from The Guardian (4 December 2011). Summarize the views of this article, and compare the situation in British public life with that in China. Employ figures and facts if possible. Read “Live and Learn” and “Debt by Degrees”, two articles from New Yorker. Summarize the views of these two articles, and compare them with the situation in higher education in China.  Topic (please circle): 1 2 3 4 For Topic 1 Structure 30% Style and Presentation 70% Appropriate style for the chosen target newspaper 15% Fluent piece of writing 25% Few spelling/grammatical errors 20% Legible and well set out 5% Correct length 5% For Topic 2, 3, 4 Structure 15 % Argument 45% Logically developed 15% Independent interpretation 15% Adequate analysis 15% Style and Presentation 40% Fluent piece of writing 15% Few spelling/grammatical errors 15% Legible and well set out 5% Correct length 5% Overall Mark: Note: *Please make sure that your work is page numbered and double spaced, and include a word-count at the end. *Please submit your work electronically in a WORD document to HYPERLINK mailto:transyanying