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英 语 应 用 能 力 考 试应答技巧和策略应用英语系刘 然一、考试情况简介1此项考试分为笔试和口试两种测试。笔试有A级和B级两个级别。从1998年开始举行笔试的全国统一考试。全国统一题目、同一时间考试; 全国统一标准，各省分别批卷。 每年在6月份和12月份进行两次考试。通过者由全国高职高专英语课程考试委员会颁发证书。2从2004年4月开始举行单独的口语考试。一般要求通过笔试A级的学生可以参加口试。3笔试试题的特点：从内容上看，强调英语的应用性，例如：个人简历、求学信、求职信、英语广告、产品说明书、商业信函、产品推销、厂家介绍、合同书、招标书、协议、前言、目录，等等。从形式上看，55%是主观试题，多项选择题只占45%。4几年来全国平均通过率在60%左右。二、如何备考1准备的材料：1）高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求（高等教育出版社）2）英语应用能力考试A级试题练习册1-2本2应做的准备：1）每周至少做一套模拟题。 2）每周写一篇作文。 3）每天至少听半小时的英语。 4）考试前背10篇左右的范文。三、A级题型及做题技巧IListening Comprehension (15%) 1题型Section AMultiple choice according to dialogues. (5%) 常规题型。Section B (5%)Dialogue 1 Dialogue 2每段对话有10句话左右，多数为实用性的。例如：电话约会、师生谈论学习、宾馆住宿、商品定购、贸易洽谈，等等。每个对话后有2 3个单选题。Section C (5%)Answer questions briefly.1段100词左右的短文，用单词或短语简略回答问题。每题答案不能超过3个词。2做题技巧：1）充分利用时间，进行考前的扫视与预测。2）思维与录音带同步。3）精力集中，精神放松，保持良好的心理状态。4）注意英、美发音的区别e.g. cant either/neither hot/box/boss kilometer advertisement II. Vocabulary and Structure (15%)Section A (5%)10道语法。考试内容：A常用词组：介词、名词、动词、形容词等固定搭配。 e.g. in general, make a face, put up with, get along with, famous for, on the other hand, B. 名词的单、复数 e.g. news people class equipment information one hundred dollars fifty percent of people/water C. 词性和词意e.g. hardly friendly seldomD. 时态的一致 He told me that he _his brother for nearly 5 years. A. hasnt seen C. hadnt seen B. havent seen D. didnt seeE. 语态的选择English _ in every college in China. A. teaches C. is teaching B. taught D. is taughtF. 主、谓语的一致 Tom, with his partner, _ finished that experiment. A. has C. has been B. have D. have beenG. 常用的时态和结构： a. 现在完成时 b. 过去完成时 c. 过去将来时 d. 过去进行时 e. 非谓语动词 f. 被动语态 g. 虚拟语气 h. 从句 i. 强调句 j. 倒装句 k. 比较级的结构做题技巧：1）不可为某一小题浪费时间，遇有不认识的单词，要采用排除法；2）将选择的项目放在句中读一遍，靠语感来判断正误。Section B (10%)用所给的词填空，语法题6道, 词汇题4道。e.g. In some ways these schools are (differ) _ from Chinese middle schools. A young man stood nearby while I (read) _ the newspaper. 做题技巧：1先将全句读懂，判断所填的词在句子中的句子成分。如果作谓语，就是语法题，要考虑其时态、语态等，同时要注意时态的一致；若句子中有谓语，就是词汇题，要考虑该词所作的成分及词义，确定所填词的词性。2此题的答案是唯一的，错一个字母就不得分。3平时学习要注意构词法，掌握大纲中所要求的常用的构词前缀和后缀。前缀：agree disagree relevant irrelevant existence nonexistence important unimportant understand misunderstand write rewrite 后缀：eat eatable practice practical attendant attendance educate education drive driver operate operator home homeless beauty beautiful child childhood fool foolish science scientist heavy heavily ill illness friend friendship difficult difficulty Part III Reading Comprehension (35%)共有5篇阅读文章。1第1和第2个阅读题型是多项选择题，每题2分，计20分。2第3个阅读是写出文章的大纲，属于信息转换类型。共5道题，每题1分。用单词或短语回答此题，每题答案不能超过3个单词。3第4个阅读是匹配题，文章中给出英语短语，多数是实用方面的内容。例如：机器操作指令、产品说明、某行业的专用术语、学校开课的名称、体育运动的名称，等等。在答案中给出汉语，只需考生填上相应的英语字母即可。此题一般有10个空，每空0.5分，共5分。4第5个阅读是简答题。5个问题，每题1分。答此题的关键是简要、明确，每题的回答不超出3个单词。Example to Task 5: Do you sometimes forget birthdays or important appointments? Dont worry! Now you can get help from your computer. There is a new service on the Internet called on-line calendars. You start by typing in a list of important dates that you want to remember, like the birthdays of your family and friends. Later, you can add other appointments, plans, and reminds to your list. The on-line calendar will send you an e-mail message to remind you about your mothers birthday or your friends graduation day. Question: How does the service remind you of the important dates?Answer: By sending _. (an e-mail message)The answers given by the students: 1. e-mail (1) 2. e-mail message (0.5) 3. an e-mail message every morning (0.5) 4. an message (0.5) 5. it sends me e-mail (0.5) 6. it can remind me of my mothers birthday (0)Part IV Translation from English into Chinese (20%)翻译试题分为2个部分。第1部分是4个句子翻译，以多项选择的形式出题。每个选择都有相应的分数, 分为2分、1分、0.5分和0分，总计8分。每个选项的汉语句子都符合逻辑，做题技巧：因为每个选项的汉语句子都符合逻辑，所以，必须要1首先阅读和理解英语句子里的每个单词和短语。2找出英语句子中的关键词语。3明确英语句子的结构。第2部分是段落翻译，实用型的短文。有4 5句话，计12分。做题技巧：1根据上、下文去理解句意。不能字对字、词对词地翻译。2译完之后，自己通读一遍，检查是否通顺、是否符合逻辑。3按汉语习惯去翻译：1）被动译成主动；2）状语放在句首；3）代词译成名词；4）可适当增词或减词；5）词性可以转换。Part V Writing （15%）1评分原则：采用总体评分方法，阅卷人员就总的印象给出奖励分，而不是按语言的错误数目扣分。从内容和语言两个方面对作文进行综合评判。2评分标准：（分为5个分数段） A2分 条理不清，语言支离破碎或大部分句子均有错误，且多数为严重错误。B5分 基本切题，表达思想不清楚，连贯性差，有较多的严重语言错误。C8分 基本切题，有些地方表达思想不够清楚，文字勉强连贯，语言错误相当多，其中有一些是严重错误。D11分 切题，表达思想清楚，文字连贯，但有少量语言错误E14分 切题，表达思想清楚，文字通顺，连贯性较好，基本上无语言错误，仅有个别小错。3应注意的问题：A要卷面工整、字迹清楚。B宁可字数多，不可字数少。C不求高、难句型和词汇，只求句子通顺、意思完整。4如何写好作文B思路开阔，用词灵活 Example: “街上有很多汽车”的几种说法： 1) The streets have many cars. (2) 2) There are much cars in the streets. (5) 3) There are many car in the streets. (8) 4) There are more and more cars running in the streets. (11) 5) Wherever you go in China, you will find more and more cars running along the streets. (14)C. 写作时要使用过渡词和短语：1）表示连接、转折、特殊说明、强调，等等 indeed, certainly, however, thus, therefore, but, especially, moreover, similarly, naturally, surely, in this case, above all, for example, in the same way, in contract, on the other hand, of course, as a result, in a word, in conclusion, to sum up, all in all, in fact 2）表示顺序first, second, the last, finally, in the first place, in the second place, the former, the latterD如果想得高分，句子结构要复杂一些，定语可用分词短语或定语从句；多用状语从句、固定短语，等结构。Example:a. His English is good. - He is good at English.b. I saw Jane yesterday. She was listening to radio. - I saw Jane yesterday, who was listening to radio.c. We went to the factory for practice and we learnt a lot from the workers there. - We went to the factory for practice where we learnt a lot from the workers.d. He gave me a book. The cover of the book was blue. - He gave me a book, whose cover was blue.- He gave me a book, the cover of which was blue.e. Do you know the student? He is speaking at the meeting. - Do you know the student speaking at the meeting?E. 用不同的词表示相同的意思：Example: I think this film is very interesting. But his idea is that . My mother regards it as Tom holds that In Mikes opinion, the film is 5A级写作目的和内容主要检查学生的英语实用写作能力。根据考试大纲，写作的内容有：1）日常题材的短文 2）填写个人资料表单 3）填写业务表单 4）名片、贺卡、通知等 5）便条、邀请函及回函 6）个人简历 7）简短私人信函 8）简短业务信函 9）简短传真和电子邮件 10）简短广告 11）简短产品与厂家介绍 12）简短产品维护及使用说明 13）合同写作要求用汉语提示，因而，在一定程度上，这种写作也是一种翻译过程。在平时的训练中，要多记一些各种体裁的写作格式和固定套话。6. 常用实用英语写作句式I. 个人简历中的常用项目：Sex: Male / Female Marital status: Single / Married Nationality: Chinese Work experience:Personal interest: Education:Job/Career objective: Awards and honors:References: II. 各种私人信函的固定用语：A证明信This is to certify that Mr. Guo Yang completed a course of English language Teaching from March 12 to June 12, 2002 in New Idea Language Centre.This is to certify that Wang Hong, female, native of Shenyang, Liaoning, China; born in May 5, 1977. B. 邀请信Im happy to invite you to visit our college.We should be delighted if you could join us.Should you find it possible to accept this invitation, would you be kind enough to let me know the date and time when you would like to come.C.祝贺信I congratulate you on your wonderful result of the final examination.Congratulations on your promotion recently.Please accept my heartiest congratulations.May an old friend congratulate you that D. 感谢信Thank you very much that you Many thanks for your kind and warm letter.Im very sincerely grateful to you for This is to thank you again for your wonderful hospitality and to tell you how much I enjoyed seeing you again.Thank you for doing so much to make my trip to Shanghai interesting.Thank you for doing me a real favor.I appreciate your kind words.Many thanks for allowing me to use your sewing machine over the weekend.E. 推荐信My friend Mike will be in your city next month to spend his holidays. As you know, Ive often wanted you two to meet, and this seems like an excellent opportunity. Im sure you will enjoy meeting him.This note will introduce my good friend and co-worker Tom, of whom youve heard me speak.Anything you can do will be sincerely appreciated on my part. Thanks, Sidney, for any kindness you may extend to Mike. We will both apprec