2022年10月自考00603英语写作试题及答案.docx

1、姓 名 : 座 位 号 : 绝密启用前2022年10月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语写作(课程代码 00603)注意事项：1. 应考者必须按试题顺序在答题卡(纸)指定位置上作答，答在试卷上无效。2. 涂写部分必须使用2B铅笔，书写部分必须使用黑色字迹签字笔。I.Supply the missing paragraph.(20 points)The following passage is incomplete with one paragraph missing. Study the passage careffully and write the missing paragraph i

2、n about 100 words. Make sure that your tone and diction are in unity with the passage provided.Why Do We Garden?Theres no better feeling than getting outside in the sun and soil, whether were working in large landscapes or in a few containers on a front porch. Were rewarded each day with beautiful t

3、rees, shrubs and flowers in our landscapes and abundant fruits and vegetables from our gardens. If youve never gardened before and youre wondering what all the fuss is about, you should stop hesitating about it and give it a try.Gardening is one of the most rewarding hobbies you can take up, with lo

4、ng-lasting positive effects on yourself, your community, and the world at large.Gardening is a great form of exercise for your physical health.General gardening is a low to medium impact form of exercise that requires a certain amount of strength and stretching to perform. This amount of strength an

5、d stretching works all of the major muscle groups. One benefit of this workout is that it may decrease the shortage of calcium in the bone later in life. Because of its low impact nature, gardening makes for an excellent activity for those who are older, have disabilities or suffer from chronic pain

6、.The love of gardening and beautification can be a real boon for local communities. Residents who live in areas with natural landscapes know their neighbors better, spend more time outdoors, and generally live in a safer environment. Beautifying roads can have the dual effect of providing pleasing r

7、oadside landscapes while at the same time providing natural ways to make the roads somewhat safer for surrounding communities. A growing phenomenonacross the country that backs up gardening and the sense of community is the rising popularity of community gardens. Whether its someone with an extra pl

8、ot of land to share with their neighbors or a group of row houses getting together on a vacant lot to share in the harvest of happy gardening,community gardens bring neighbors and families together through hard work and a shared bounty.Besides all of the benefits that gardening provides to ourselves

9、 and our local communities, gardening offers an even greater benefit to the world around us. We live in a reciprocal relationship with our plants. Plants can use sunshine to produce food from both the carbon dioxide we breathe out and the water they take in through their roots. In turn, these plants

10、 send out oxygen which allows us to breathe and prevent polluted water from reaching into streams and lakes. Whats more, the plants we grow help to provide both food and shelter to wildlife, allowing for a diverse natural habitat.I. Write an outline.(20 points)Read the following passage carefully an

11、d compose a“Topic Outline”for it.How Loneliness Affects Our Health and Well-beingWeve all experienced loneliness from time to time. As humans are an incredibly social species, being alone or left out of a group causes the inevitable feeling that we experience as loneliness. Although feeling lonely i

12、s a normal part of being human, it doesnt mean that lonelinessespecially prolonged lonelinessis healthy.Loneliness may do harm to the body.Scientists believe that since humans evolved to live in groups, being alone would make people more vulnerable to threats.Thus, loneliness is associated with payi

13、ng more attention to threatening information. For example, when presented with photos of threatening and non-threatening faces, the brains of lonely adults process threatening information faster. This suggests feeling lonely puts our bodies on high alert, making us more responsive to threat than we

14、typically are. While this hyper-vigilance can be adaptive when there is really an imminent threat to worry about, it also takes a toll on the body: Attention to threat increases our stress hormones, which in turm increases our blood pressure and affects the functioning of our immune systems.There is

15、 also direct evidence that loneliness has an immediate impact on our brain. One study revealed that after periods of being socially isolated, adults showed activation in similar英语写作试题第2页(共3页)英语写作试题第1页(共3页)brain regions that are active when were hungry. Another study looked at adults brainsduring an

16、activity after researchers convinced them that they were being excluded from agame with their peers. The parts of the brain that were most active when the adults thoughtthey were being excluded are the same parts of the brain that are active when we feel physicalpain. These suggest that loneliness l

17、iterally hurts.Then, what should we do? The obvious solution is to look for social support whereverwe can find it. In a study of children who mostly grew up among a number of risk factorsincluding poverty and family problems, the children who had the best outcomes on a numberof measures had support

18、from different people in their lives, including grandparents, youthleaders,and members of voluntary organizations. So having people in our life that support uscan obviously help fight feelings of loneliness. We can also reach out to someone and talkabout our feelings when we feel lonely, and we migh

19、t find that we arent as alone as we mighthave thought.But what if we dont have enough social support? Research suggests that giving socialsupport might be just as important for relieving stress as taking it. While both giving andreceiving social support were related to better psychological outcomes,

20、 giving support wasrelated to lower threat activity in the brain during a stressful task. So, helping others may dojust as much to cope with the stress of loneliness as getting support from others, if not more.In conclusion, feeling lonely is a normal part of being human, but it could cause serioush

21、ealth consequences.Fortunately, we can fight loneliness by getting or giving social support. Compose an essay.(60 points)Some people say we are entering a low desire society. More and more people choose to“lie flat,”rejecting pressures on hard work and striving for nothing better in terms of salary,

22、housing and other achievements. How do you interpret this phenomenon? Write a 300-wordexpository essay to express your opinion.英语写作试题第3页(共3页)绝密启用前2022年10月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语写作试题答案及评分参考(课程代码 00603)I.Supply the missing paragraph.(20 points)The above are just some of the reasons why we garden. Even if w

23、e dont have a lot of yard space to get a small garden together, we can still enjoy the benefits of becoming a gardener. Even a few houseplants in our living spaces or some containers of flowers or vegetables on a balcony or front porch can help us gain the benefits of this tremendous way of life. Th

24、rough gardening, well strive for improved health, a better life, and a greater world. We hope these will inspire you to get started as well.【评分参考】1. 本部分满分20分，按四个档次给分。其中12分为及格分，需要慎重把握。2. 提供的答案仅供参考。如果考生的回答与参考答案意思相近，或思路新颖，且有创 见，即使在整体上不够全面，也应酌情给高分，但不得超过该题最高分值。如果考 生的回答与参考答案不完全吻合，但上下一致，语气连贯，条理清晰，应按正确答 案给分

25、。3. 写作的用词量如果不符合要求，应酌情减分。4. 拼写错误每四个扣1分，但不重复扣分。5. 分值不得出现0.5分。第一档 (17-20分)上下连贯，意思完整，语言通顺，表达清楚，很少有语法错误和拼写错 误 。第二档(12-16分)上下较连贯，语言较通顺，表达较清楚，有少数语法错误和拼写错误。第三档(8-11分)上下基本连贯，语言表达不够清楚，有较多语法错误和拼写错误。第四档(0-7分)上下不够连贯，语言不够通顺，表达不清楚，有大量语法错误和拼写 错 误 。英语写作试题答案及评分参考第1页(共3页)I.Write an outline.(20 points)Topic OutlineI. I

26、ntroduction: Lonelinessnormal but harmful/unhealthy(Paragraph 1)A. Loneliness as an inevitable feelingB. Thesis: Loneliness, especially prolonged loneliness, is unhealthy. Negative effects of loneliness (Paragraphs 2-3)A. Doing harm to the bodyB. Exerting an immediate impact on the brain. Methods to

27、 relieve loneliness (Paragraphs 4-5)A. Getting social supportB. Giving social supportIV. Conclusion: Social support as a way to deal with loneliness (Paragraph 6)【评分参考】1. 本部分满分20分，按四个档次给分。其中12分为及格分，需要慎重把握。2. 考生只能按题型要求写出“Topic Outline”,如用“Sentence Outline”或两种混用，则降 档处理。如写成“Summary”或其它形式，则按0分处理。其中Thesi

28、s可置于 Introduction之前。3. 提供的答案仅供参考。如果考生的回答在层次划分上与参考答案不一致，但条理清 晰、合理，概括完整，应按正确答案给分。4. 拼写错误每四个扣1分，但不重复扣分。5. 分值不得出现0.5分。第一档(17-20分)概括准确，内容完整，语言通顺，表达清楚。第二档(12-16分)概括较完整，个别要点有遗漏，语言较通顺，表达较清楚。第三档(8-11分)概括不够全面，部分要点有遗漏，语言基本通顺，表达基本清楚。第四档(0-7分)概括不全面，遗漏大部分要点，语言不够通顺，表达不够清楚。英语写作试题答案及评分参考第2页(共3页). Compose an essay.(6

29、0 points)(略)【评分参考】1. 本部分满分60分，按六个档次给分。其中36分为及格分，需要慎重把握。2. 写作的用词量如果不符合要求，应酌情减分。3. 拼写错误每四个扣1分，但不重复扣分。4. 分值不得出现0.5分。第一档(55-60分)作文切题，内容充实，结构清晰、完整，语言通顺，表达清楚，用词准确，没有语法错误，很少有拼写错误。第二档 (46-54分)作文切题，内容充实，结构清晰、完整，语言通顺，表达清楚，用词 基本得当，有个别语法错误和拼写错误。第三档(36-45分)作文基本切题，内容较充实，结构较清晰、完整，语言较通顺，表达较清楚，有些用词不当，但可以理解，有少数语法错误和拼写错误。第四档 (25-35分)作文基本切题，内容不够充实，结构不够清晰，语言不够通顺，表达不够连贯，有较多语法错误和拼写错误。第五档(11-24分)作文部分切题，内容不充实，结构不清晰，语言不通顺，表达不连贯，有许多语法错误和拼写错误。第六档 (0-10分)作文不切题，内容较空洞，结构较混乱，语言不通顺，无法表达连贯意 思 。英语写作试题答案及评分参考第3页(共3页)