学术英语写作（天津外国语大学）智慧树知到章节测试答案

第一章测试
1. What steps are involved in writing? （ ）
A:Prewriting
B:Revising and editing
C:Writing the first draft
D:Rewriting
答案:Prewriting
###Revising and editing
###Writing the first draft
2. The objectives of the course include （ ）
A:To improve students’ thinking ability via choosing a topic, sourcing information, writing different parts of a project paper including introduction, literature review, methods, findings, discussions and conclusion
B:To improve students’ writing and reading proficiency in English
C:To improve students’ capability of carrying out research by going through the process of writing a project paper
D:To improve students’ cultural competence through learning western ways of thinking in English writing
答案:To improve students’ thinking ability via choosing a topic, sourcing information, writing different parts of a project paper including introduction, literature review, methods, findings, discussions and conclusion
###To improve students’ writing and reading proficiency in English
###To improve students’ capability of carrying out research by going through the process of writing a project paper
###To improve students’ cultural competence through learning western ways of thinking in English writing
3. In freewriting, the writer needs to make everything perfect.（ ）
A:错
B:对
答案:错
4. The relationship between reading and writing can be described as（ ）
A:When you start learning writing, you will read differently.
B:Reading is the input, while writing is the output of language.
C:When you start learning writing, you will improve the awareness of accumulating language, information and idea for various topics, which will consequently change the way you read.
D:Reading and writing are reciprocal activities; the outcome of a reading activity can serve as input for writing, and writing can lead a student to further reading resources.
答案:When you start learning writing, you will read differently.
###Reading is the input, while writing is the output of language.
###When you start learning writing, you will improve the awareness of accumulating language, information and idea for various topics, which will consequently change the way you read.
###Reading and writing are reciprocal activities; the outcome of a reading activity can serve as input for writing, and writing can lead a student to further reading resources.
5. The functions of writing include （ ）
A:The discipline of writing will strengthen your skills as a reader and listener
B:Writing will make you a strong thinker and writing allows you to organize your thoughts in clear and logical ways
C:Writing encourages you to seek worthwhile questions
D:Writing helps you refine and enrich your ideas based on feedback fromreaders
答案:The discipline of writing will strengthen your skills as a reader and listener
###Writing will make you a strong thinker and writing allows you to organize your thoughts in clear and logical ways
###Writing encourages you to seek worthwhile questions
###Writing helps you refine and enrich your ideas based on feedback from readers
第二章测试
1. A thesis statement should be one single sentence, including only one idea. ( ）
A:对
B:错
答案:对
2. An essay should include at least three specific details to be well-developed. ( ）
A:对
B:错
答案:错
3. The topic sentence for each body paragraph should be fairly specific because each body paragraph deals with only one of the many things stated in the thesis statement. ( ）
A:错
B:对
答案:对
4. Living with my ex-roommate was unbearable. First, she thought everything she owned was the best. Secondly, she possessed numerators filthy habits.Finally, she constantly exhibited immature behavior. Read this paragraph and decide which statement is NOT TRUE? （ ）。
A:This paragraph is well-supported because three reasons have been offered.
B:This is an underdeveloped paragraph.
C:This paragraph is unified because all the supporting details lead to the topic sentence
D:No specific details are supplied to explain or back up the three reasons.
答案:This paragraph is well-supported because three reasons have been offered.
5. Which of the following is a clear, limited thesis statement?（ ）。
A:Working with old people changed my stereotyped ideas about the elderly.
B:I want to show how cardiology has changed in the last 20 years.
C:Completing a college course requires organization, persistence, and patience.
D:College courses can be very challenging.
答案:Working with old people changed my stereotyped ideas about the elderly.
###Completing a college course requires organization, persistence, and patience.
第三章测试
1. Coherence of a paragraph is concerned with its form, or its organization.（ ）
A:错
B:对
答案:对

2. You can use transitional word or phrase, or even a transitional sentence in an essay, but not transitional paragraph.（ ）
A:对
B:错
答案:错
3. To achieve sentence variety, we can vary the beginnings of sentences, the style and length of sentences .（ ）
A:对
B:错
答案:对
4. Which of the following strategies will help you to revise your sentences effectively?（ ）。
A:Vary your sentences.
B:Use parallelism.
C:Use a consistent point of view.
D:Use general words.
答案:Vary your sentences.
###Use parallelism.
###Use a consistent point of view.
5. Which of the following will help you to write varied sentences?（ ）。
A:Use long and short sentences.
B:Use simple, compound and complex sentences.
C:Use prepositional phrase as the beginner of a sentence.
D:Use parallel structures appropriately.
答案:Use long and short sentences.
###Use simple, compound and complex sentences.
###Use prepositional phrase as the beginner of a sentence.
###Use parallel structures appropriately.

第四章测试
1. The ability to read complex texts include（ ）
A:how to keep track of source information
B:how to focus on and direct a research project
C:how to search for scholarly articles from online academic databases
D:how to use complex texts as models for effective writing
答案:how to use complex texts as models for effective writing
2. To acquire the competence in writing up research, the elements involve （ ）
A:how to text the logic and credibility of a new text
B:how to how to engage in modes of inquiry, research methods and evidence that characterize the discipline
C:how to how to find and sort meaningful patterns in information
D:how to use academic language to convey scholarly information
答案:how to use academic language to convey scholarly information
3. Which type of the following writings belongs to academic writing? ( )

A:Stories
B:Popular science articles
C:Dissertations
D:Novels
答案:Dissertations
4. A _____ is a complete description of an empirical research study. ( )
A:research report
B:research paper
C:thesis/dissertation
D:research proposal
答案:research paper
5. A ____ is an extensive piece of writing based on extended reading and independent research at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. ( )
A:thesis/dissertation
B:research proposal
C:research report
D:research paper
答案:thesis/dissertation
第五章测试

1. When choosing a research topic, the researcher need not read a lot.（ ）
A:错
B:对
答案:错
2. When choosing a research topic, whether a topic is too broad or too narrow is sometimes relative.（ ）
A:对
B:错
答案:对
3. The two principles in choosing a research topic include ( )
A:Principle Two implies that, the writer needs to consider the access to the source of materials, the participants and other factors to guarantee the accomplishment of the study.
B:Principle One is about personal interest and academic value.
C:Principle One requires a researcher to integrate personal interest and the academic value of the topic, that is to say, the researchers needs to strike a balance between personal interest and the academic value of the topic.
D:Principle Two is about manageability and availability.
答案:Principle Two implies that, the writer needs to consider the access to the source of materials, the participants and other factors to guarantee the accomplishment of the study.
###Principle One is about personal interest and academic value.
###Principle One requires a researcher to integrate personal interest and the academic value of the topic, that is to say, the researchers needs to strike a balance between personal interest and the academic value of the topic.
###Principle Two is about manageability and availability.
4. The primary sources in doing research include ( )
A:Documents such as poems, diaries
B:Research results generated by experiments, which are published as journal articles in some fields of study
C:Sets of data, such as census statistics which have been tabulated, but not interpreted
D:Court records, surveys, interviews and fieldwork
答案:Documents such as poems, diaries
###Research results generated by experiments, which are published as journal articles in some fields of study
###Sets of data, such as census statistics which have been tabulated, but not interpreted
###Court records, surveys, interviews and fieldwork
5. The secondary sources in doing research include ( )
A:Encyclopedias
B:Secondary sources describe or analyze the primary sources
C:Textbooks,books and articles that interpret or review research works
D:Typical examples of secondary sources include dictionaries
答案:Encyclopedias
###Secondary sources describe or analyze the primary sources
###Textbooks,books and articles that interpret or review research works
###Typical examples of secondary sources include dictionaries
第六章测试
1. In the Literature Review, what should the author tell the reader ( ).
A:What has not been done in this field
B:What needs to be done in this field
C:What has been done in this field
D:Relating the present study with previous studies and proving how it contributes to the research in this field
答案:What has not been done in this field
###What needs to be done in this field
###What has been done in this field
###Relating the present study with previous studies and proving how it contributes to the research in this field
2. Which questions need to be addressed in Literature Review? ( )
A:Which aspect has not been given enough attention?
B:What needs to be improved? What needs to be further explored?
C:Which aspect of the issue has been studied extensively?
D:Which aspect has not been fully examined?
答案:Which aspect has not been given enough attention?
###What needs to be improved? What needs to be further explored?
###Which aspect of the issue has been studied extensively?
###Which aspect has not been fully examined?
3. What are the three organizations for a Literature Review? ( )
A:Spacial format
B:Methodological format
C:Chronological format
D:Thematic format
答案:Methodological format
###Chronological format
###Thematic format
4. Unlike "literature" in "American or British literature"，"literature" in “Literature Review”refers to the published materials in a certain research field or the existing research on a particular subject or topic. （ ）
A:对
B:错
答案:对
5. Spending time on writing a literature review will save time for the author. （ ）
A:错
B:对
答案:对
第七章测试
1. What are the steps involved in writing? （ ）
A:Revising and editing
B:Writing the first draft
C:Prewriting
D:Rewriting
答案:Revising and editing
###Writing the first draft
###Prewriting
2. Completing a questionnaire study usually involves the following steps：（ ）
A:Developing questions
B:Sampling
C:Formatting questionnaires to promote responses and determining reliability and validity
D:Administering the questionnaire and analyzing and interpreting results
答案:Developing questions
###Sampling
###Formatting questionnaires to promote responses and determining reliability and validity
###Administering the questionnaire and analyzing and interpreting results
3. The correct statements about research methods are ( )
A:Quantitative methods (like survey and content analysis) describe, inquire and predict observations in a predominantly numerical terms.
B:Qualitative methods (like case study and ethnography) describe or interpret observations in primarily non-numerical terms.
C:Quantitative methods are used to test hypotheses based on various stimuli.
D:Qualitative methods generate and construct conclusions or theories by exploring and explaining the relationship among multiple factors in the research based on the interaction between researcher and the research participants in natural contexts.
答案:Quantitative methods (like survey and content analysis) describe, inquire and predict observations in a predominantly numerical terms.
###Qualitative methods (like case study and ethnography) describe or interpret observations in primarily non-numerical terms.
###Quantitative methods are used to test hypotheses based on various stimuli.
###Qualitative methods generate and construct conclusions or theories by exploring and explaining the relationship among multiple factors in the research based on the interaction between researcher and the research participants in natural contexts.
4. The formats are appropriate formats to report case studies: ( )
A:To generate theory
B:To analyze, display and compare themes or issues across cases
C:To compare means
D:To simply describe cases
答案:To generate theory
###To analyze, display and compare themes or issues across cases
###To simply describe cases
5. To enable other researchers to replicate the research method, the researcher needs to provide detailed and sufficient information to allow others to redo the work when they want to.（ ）
A:对
B:错
答案:对
第八章测试
1. As one of the four elements, “implications” answers the question: ________ （）
A:What practical actions or scientific studies should follow?
B:Why do the results matter?
C:What can’t the results tell us?
D:What do the results mean?
答案:Why do the results matter?
2. “What practical actions or scientific studies should follow?” is the question to be considered when researchers deal with the element “____”. （ ）
A:recommendations
B:implications
C:limitations
D:interpretations
答案:recommendations

3. A researcher claims a causal relationship when two variables are just significantly correlated. In this case, the researcher makes the mistake of “____” ( )
A:lack of theorizing
B:exaggerated findings
C:lack of evidence
D:downplaying the writing
答案:exaggerated findings
4. “Downplaying the writing” is usually made in writing ____. ( )
A:findings
B:limitations
C:recommendations
D:results
答案:limitations
5. APA style recommends 12 pt. ____ font for the text and Arial font for table and figure labels. ( )
A:Times New Roman
B:Arial
C:Verdana
D:Georgia
答案:Times New Roman

第九章测试
1. Which is not the role of a conclusion? ( )
A:To remind readers of the significance of the paper.
B:To be the last chance for the author to convince the readers.
C:To bring the paper to a close
D:To provide the background information
答案:To provide the background information
2. Which of the four steps of writing an introduction is optional? ( )
A:To open with a broad, general statement
B:To provide background information
C:To state the thesis statement
D:To provide the structure or outline of the paper
答案:To provide the structure or outline of the paper
3. A good introduction does not necessarily provide the structure of the paper.
A:对
B:错
答案:对

4. In a weak introduction, there is too little or too much information about the topic.
A:错
B:对
答案:对
5. Which of the following steps of writing a conclusion are essential? ( )
A:To restate the thesis
B:To state a broad closing statement
C:To summarize the key points
D:To link to the body paragraphs
答案:To restate the thesis;To state a broad closing statement;To summarize the key points
第十章测试
1. Paraphrasing or summarizing others’ ideas without acknowledging the source is plagiarism.
A:对
B:错
答案:对

2. A direct quotation is an exact copy of words, phrases, sentences or even paragraphs from the original source material.
A:错
B:对
答案:对
3. A paraphrase is a restatement of an author's ideas by using our own words and in about the same number of words.
A:对
B:错
答案:对
4. Which three of the following belong to the basic forms of good notes? ( )
A:Summaries
B:Paraphrases
C:Interpretations
D:Direct quotations
答案:Summaries;Paraphrases;Direct quotations
5. Which of the following formats belongs to MLA style? ( )
A:Graham, S. (2006). Listening comprehension: The learners’ perspective. System, 34(2), 165-182.
B:Lipson, Charles. Reliable Partners: How Democracies Have Made a Separate Piece. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2003.
C:Currie, R M., & Cray, E. (2004). ESL literacy: Language practice or social practice?. Journal of Second language Writing, 23(2), 111-132.
D:Levis, J. M. (1999). Intonation in theory and practice, revisited. TESOL Quarterly, 33(1), 37-63.
答案:Lipson, Charles. Reliable Partners: How Democracies Have Made a Separate Piece. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2003.