(定稿2012级2013年秋季学期学术英语写作拓展课期末考试试题2.doc

2012级2013年秋季学期《学术英语写作》（拓展课） 2013年 1月日（星期） I True or False Questions Directions: In this section, you will read 10 statements. For each of them there are 2 choices marked [T] standing for True and [F] for False. You should decide on the better choice and shade the corresponding letter on the answer sheet. 1. The following group of words can be regarded in academic writing as informal: ascend, preserve, immature, sufficient, subsequently, immediately, comprehension, perspiration. [T] [F] 2. Invention techniques are strategies used to generate ideas for written assignments, including freewriting, brainstorming, clustering or mapping and drafting. [T] [F] 3. Using the passive voice is a good way to achieve objectivity in academic writing, but the use of active voice is also acceptable as in “..., we developed a method called low-error amplicon sequencing.” [T] [F] 4. In the editing and proofreading stage of the writing process, the writer should allow himself/herself to do some revision in vocabulary, spelling, grammar, sentence structure and punctuation in terms of the language used in the text. [T] [F] 5. The title in the academic writing is a precise description of the contents, which should include specific words to indicate the the topic, the focus, and optionally, for a scientific article, the purpose of the writing. [T] [F] 6. Academic writing is relatively more complex than other forms of writing in that it has a more varied vocabulary and overlong and wordy sentences. [T] [F] 7. The review article can be seen as a special case of the research article, the purpose of which can vary and the format is generally less rigid than the proper research article. [T] [F] 8. A common standard format for analytical and argumentative essays is the three-part essay structure consisting of introduction, body and conclusion. [T] [F] 9. One of the functions of the literature review i