Q 5: P7. Monday’s gathering of republican activists took place in a borrowed office in Islington, the London borough renowned as the HQ of Guardianish opinions. At the behest of the FT’s photographer, they went down with their placards to pose in the quiet side street below. I only saw a couple of passers-by during this exercise. One emitted a distant cry of “Rubbish”. The other was an elderly gent who came over, politely and firmly, to offer his opinion: “I hope to God you people never get your way,” he said. According the 6th paragraph, what is the event that turned the public opinion on the monarcy? What did the edlderly gent mean by “I hope to God you people never get your way,?
SECTION A COMPOSITION [35 MIN]
Comparison has been a part of life for many people. Males compare their careers,
accomplishments and what they have, while females compare brand clothes and families.
What do you think?
Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition o f about 200 words on the topic:
Is It Wise to Compare Ourselves with Others?
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, support your opinion with appropriate details.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss o f marks.
SECTION A COMPOSITION[35 MIN]
Some people are always late, for school, for work, or for any appointment, no matter how important it is. You are to suggest some ways to help them be on time.
Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition o f about 200 words:
You are to write in three parts.
In the. first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In. the second part, support your opinion with appropriate details.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or m.ake a summary.
You should supply an appropriate title for your composition.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss o f marks.
An imaginary argument is better than an actual conversation because______.
A.you can talk on any subject with your supporters
B.it allows you to voice your opinion without limit
C.it can take place any time and any place you want
D.you can find out who is likely to oppose you
We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be offended if your ideas of this kind of education happen not t be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces: they were taught all your sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods… they were totally good for nothing.
We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send up a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them in all we know, and make men of them.
第31题:The passage is about ________.
A) the talk between the Indians and the officials
B) the colleges of northern provinces
C) the educational values of the Indians
D) the problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteenth century
听力原文: On June 17, 1744, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College. In a letter the next day they refused the offer as follows:
We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be offended if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were taught all your sciences; but when they came back to us they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, they were totally good for nothing.
We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it, and to show our grateful sense of it. If the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them in all we know and make men of them.
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A.The educational values of the Indians.
B.The colleges of the northern provinces.
C.The talk between the Indians and the officials.
D.The problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteenth century.
Assignment: Read “Students’ practices and abilities for writing from sources in English at universities in China” by Cumming et al (2018), and write a summary of its thesis and main points. Your summary should be at least one paragraph long (8 -10 lines) and no more than one page. You CANNOT plagiarize from the abstract on the first page or any part of the paper. Summary: a concise restatement of a reading’s main ideas. When composing a summary . . . Do . . . Don’t . . . Use your OWN words. It may be necessary at times to quote the author if you want to capture a particular phrase or tone from the original, but your summary should be mostly in your own words. Rely heavily on quotations. Borrow language directly from the text without enclosing it in quotation marks. At some point (usually either in the beginning or the end of your summary) offer a direct statement of the author’s thesis or main idea in your own words. Include a summary of the supporting ideas the author uses to support his or her main idea. Offer your opinions, analyses, or judgments of the author’s ideas or effectiveness. This can be tricky to avoid—even a statement like “Ulreich beautifully describes . . .” involves your opinion that his description is beautiful. Provide context for your summary by offering the full name of the author and the full title of the text in the first or second sentence. Then, refer to the author throughout the rest of the summary by his or her last name (Since this article has more than three authors, Cumming et al should be used to address the authors). Write as if your reader is already familiar with the text. Use effective verbs that characterize an author’s rhetorical moves: argues, claims, stresses, concedes, admits, examines, questions, analyzes, points out, reasons, compares, refutes, rejects, emphasizes, confirms. Offer some variation in your verbs. If the author is making lots of claims, don’t use the verb claim over and over. Offer some variation through synonyms: claims, posits, argues, asserts, believes, comments, contends, notes, thinks, notes, writes, suggests. Don’t use verbs that indicate a direct statement by the author unless followed by a direct statement. For example, don’t say that the author “states that . . .” when you are only inferring something from his or her remarks. Reserve verbs like states for direct quotes. Don’t use the verb quotes unless the author is quoting someone else. In other words, don’t say “Al Gore quotes that he could have won the nomination.” Reserve the verb quotes for when Al Gore is quoting someone else in the text: “Al Gore quotes Leo Tolstoy, saying that ‘All happy families are alike.’” Compose your summary in the present tense. Switch tenses or use the past tense unless the text itself refers to something that happened in the past. For example, “According to Stevenson, research done in the early 1970’s erred (past) because it ignored women. Because of this she argues (present) that it should be reassessed.” Grading: When grading your summaries, I will pay attention to the following: your ability to adhere to the conventions above; organization; your understanding of the article’s thesis and main ideas; grammar and spelling. Since this is a short assignment (less than one page), I will expect an “A” summary to be free of grammatical and spelling errors. After all, you will likely have less than ten sentences to edit.
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