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高等教育自学考试之英语写作试题（doc7页）

全国2005年10月高等教育自学考试

英语写作试题

课程代码：

00603

Ⅰ.Supplythemissingparagraph（20points）

Thefollowingpassageisincompletewithonebodyparagraphmissing.Studythepassagecarefullyandwritethemissingparagraphinabout100words.Makesurethatyourtoneanddictionareinunitywiththepassageprovided.

MallPeople

Havingfunatentertainmentcenterscanexhaustone’spocketmoneyorbankaccount.BythetimeapersonhasriddentheFerrisWheel,theCrazyMouse,RollerCoaster,andplayedvideogames,hemayhavelittlemoneylefttobuymovieticketsoreatasubstantialdinner.Asaresult,hemayturnfromwinning,diningand

“hangout”.

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Apartfromteenagersandlovers,nuclearfamilymemberscanalsobeidentifiedasthelargestgroupofmallgoers.Mom,DadandlittleJennyofFred,visitthemallonFridayandSaturdayevenings.MomwalksaroundlookingatvariousthingsuntilshediscoversthatJennyisseeingsomeofthespecialmallexhibitsgearedtowardlittlechildren,orinthecaseofFred,heisheadingfortheplacethatyoungboysfindappealing.Indeed,themallprovidessomethingspecialforeverymemberofthenuclearfamily.

Inaword,theteenagers,loversondates,andthenuclearfamilymakeupthemajorityofmallgoers.Therearealsogray-hairs,whoseattentionmaysuddenlybecaughtbysomemoderngadgets.Thesepeoplemayendupspendinglittlemoney,buttheyneednotpurchaseanythingtofindpleasureatthemall.Theyareshoppingforinexpensiverecreation,andthemallprovidesit.

Ⅱ.Writeandoutline（20points）

Readthefollowingpassagecarefullyandcomposea“topicoutline”forit.

SendintheClones

“Scientistshavemadeabreakthroughtocloneahumanbeing”,asoneTVnewsmanputit.Whilehisdescriptionwasoffthemark,therealnewswasalmostasfantastic:

researchersatGeorgeWashingtonUniversitysplitsinglehumanembryosintoidenticalcopies,atechnologythathassparkedastormofcontroversyaroundtheworld.

Claimingtheybegantheexperimentstospuradebate,theresearchersgotmorethantheybargainedfor.TheVaticancondemnedthetechnologyasevil;oneGermanmagazinecalledtheresearch“immoral”,andsociologistsintheU.S.disagreedhotlyoverwhetherthetechnologyshouldbeofferedtoinfertilecouples,couplesincapableofhavingchildren.

Thenewsleftpeoplewonderingwhatthetechnologyisallabout.Actuallywhattheresearchersdidwastoextendatechniquethathasbeenusedinlivestockformorethanadecade.Thephysiciansusedtubefertilizationtechnologytocreate17humanembryosinalaboratory.Whentheembryoshadgrownenoughtocontain2-8cells,theresearchersseparatedtheminto48cells.Twooftheseparatedcellssurvivedforafewdaysinthelab,developingintonewhumanembryossmallerthantheheadofapin.

Thoughnogreattechnicalfeat,theprocedureopensarangeofunsettlingpossibilities.Forexample,parentscouldhaveoneembryoimplantedinthemother’swombandstoreitsidenticalsiblingsindefinitely.Thespareembryoscouldbeimplantedlater,allowingparentstocreateafamilyofidenticalchildrenofdifferentages.Spareembryoscouldalsobesoldtootherfamilies,whocouldseefromanalreadybornchildhowtheirembryowouldturnout.Evenmorebizarre,awomanconceivedfromasplitembryocouldgivebirthtoherowntwin.

Suchscenariosraisepainfulissuesabouttherightsofparentsandmeaningofindividuality.Somesociologistsmaintainthatparentshavetherighttodowithembryoswhattheywill,includinghavingtwinsbornyearsapart.Butothersfearthattheprocedureunacceptablyalterswhatitmeanstobehumanbeing,especiallywhentheyoungertwinsareforcedtoseeolderversionsofthemselves.

Amidthecontroversy,onethingseemscertain:

theexperimentswillcontinue.WhilecloningisforbiddeninGermany,fertilityresearchisproceedingintheU.S.withoutfederalregulations.Butresearchersmustobtainapprovalfromtheirhospitalboard.Withoutfederaloversight,thehighlycompetitivefertilitybusinessmaysoonusethenewtechnologytoattractclients.AsadoctortoldthescientificjournalScience,“Itwasjustamatteroftime.”

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Ⅲ.Composeanessay（60points）

Moreandmorecollegestudentsarenowrentingapartmentsoutsidecampusinsteadoflivinginstudents’dorms.Writea300-wordexpositoryessayaboutyourpreferenceandreasons.

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