江苏大学研究生英语学术论文写作样卷.doc

江苏大学XXXX级研究生期末考试卷样卷 课程：英语学术论文写作时间：XXXX What are the general linguistic features of English academic writing?(10%） A1: There are eight main features that are often discussed to represent the style of academic writing: complex, formal, objective, explicit, accurate, hedged, responsible and making reference to other writers’ work. 2. Compare the stylistic features of the following two passages . (15%) (1) With the maid holding the umbrella over her, she walked along the gravel path until she was under their window. The table was there, washed bright green in the rain, but the cat was gone. She was suddenly disappointed. The maid looked up at her.“Ha perduto qualque cosa, Signora? [Have you lost something, Madam?]”“There was a cat,” said the? American girl.“A cat?”“Si, il gatto. [Yes, a cat.]”“A cat?” the maid laughed. “A cat in the rain?”“Yes,” she said, “under the table.” Then: “Oh. I wanted it so much. I wanted a kitty.”When she spoke English the maid’s face tightened. “Come, Signora,” she said. “We must get back inside. You will be wet.”“I suppose so,” said the American girl.They went back along the gravel path and passed in the door. The maid stayed outside to close the umbrella. As the American girl passed the office, the padrone bowed from his desk. Something felt very small and tight inside the girl. The padrone made her feel very small and at the same time really important. She had a momentary feeling of being of supreme importance. She went on up the stairs. She opened the door of the room. George was on the bed, reading. ------Excerpted from a short story by Hemingway (2) There is now widespread agreement that the changes now underway in the earths climate system have no precedent in the history of human civilization (IPCC, 2007 and Stern, 2007). As a macro-driver of many kinds of environmental changes such as coastal erosion, declining precipitation and soil moisture, increased storm intensity, and species migration, climate change poses risks to