河北工业大学学术英语读写与交流

学术英语读写与交流

Unit 1 Understanding Hacking Drones

1.Which is not considered to be the three main communication links

A.A wireless tether

B.A two-way link

C.One or more signals to notify other aircrafts

D.The incoming navigation signal from GPS satellites

is the correct explanation of “Achilles’ Heel” in this passage

A. The name of one part of body

B. A name of a character in a story

C. A deadly weakness or vulnerable point

D. A mistake made by human being

is the solution for the small drone to stay out of the way of other aircraft

A. Automatic Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast

B. Inertial guidance sensors

C. GPS system

D. Spoofing

is not the harm of spoofing to the drone

A. Jamming the signal from drone

B.Threating a GPS system

C.Causing a pilot to die

5. Compared to civil GPS, what is the serious problem of ADS-B to the drone

A. Its transmissions are not authenticated

B. It is expensive to access to

C. It is rarely used

D. It is hard to control

maneuver a drone up, down, sideways or forward require three main communication links . Please match the name of the feature with the sentence.

A. Nominalization

B. Passive voice

C. None of the above

D. Non-finite forms of verbs

was only saved from crashing by an operator who was poised to override the spoofing commands. Please match the name of the feature with the

sentence.

A. None of the above

B. Nominalization

C. Passive voice

D. Non-finite forms of verbs

8. By trying to adjust its location aloft based on erroneous data, the drone actually started to head directly toward the desert floor. Please match the name of the feature with the sentence.

A. Passive voice

B. Nominalization

C. None of the above

D. Non-finite forms of verbs

9. Staying out of the way of other aircraft is especially challenging for small drones. Please match the name of the feature with the sentence.

A. None of the above

B. Passive voice

C. Nominalization

D. Non-finite forms of verbs

possibility of a midair crash between a drone and another aircraft will further complicated acceptance of drones. Please match the name of the feature with the sentence.

A. Non-finite forms of verbs

B. Nominalization

C. None of the above

D. Passive voice

of the following IS LEAST possibly the purpose of making a presentation

A. To train the audience

B. To persuade the audience in order to sell some certain products

C. To inform the audience of a fact

D.To show off the speaker’s competency to the audience

main structure of a presentation usually includes ________.

A. A beginning part, a middle part, and a summary

B. An exposition, an analysis, and a summary

C. A suspense, a rising part, and a climax

D. An introduction, a main body, and a conclusion

of the following is the most important content in the beginning part of a presentation

A. Some shocking facts to arouse the audience’s interest

B. A joke to bridge the gap between the speaker and the audience

C. Outline of the presentation

D. Thesis statement to state clearly the topic of the presentation

of the following is not suggested when giving a presentation

A. Use preaching method

B. Use examples

5ed9513ba0c7aa00b52acfc789eb172dec6399cbe statistics and diagrams

5ed9513ba0c7aa00b52acfc789eb172dec6399cbe visual aids

can the speaker do to attract the audience

A. Avoid eye contact

B. Talk to the screen

C. Try his best to be humorous

D. Use movements and gestures

Unit 2 Understanding The Dawn of the Age of Artificial

Intelligence

of the following is not mentioned by the authors about the development of AT

A. The emergence of AI would fundamentally change the economic growth prospects

B. AI improves the lives of people with disabilities.

C. AI has speeded up the way people travel around the world.

D. AI has changed the mode of education, making more people get access to extensive resources.

of the following is true

A. Over 75% of smart phone users are still in developed countries.

B. By 2012, there were approximately six billion mobile phone subscriptions in the world.

C. In 2000, more than 30% of mobile phone subscriptions in the world were in developing countries.

D. The sale of smart phones, according to IDC, will make up about two-thirds of all sales by 2017.

3. “Billions of Innovators” refers to __________ .

A. those intelligent people in the history

B. billion people on earth

C. invention and creation of mankind

D. AI machines

4. What is the meaning of the word “quibble” in paragraph 11

different decision.

totally different point of view.

small compliant and criticism about something unimportant.

public act of denouncing.

of the following is not the authors’ description about “the second machine age”

A. The development of the second machine age needs the financial support from industrialized countries.

digital interconnection of the people on earth will further accelerate the second machine age.

character of the second machine age is the combination of machine intelligence and billions of interconnected human brains.

printers, speech recognition and synthesis systems are the wonders of the second machine age.

of the following is NOT one of the guidelines of a good thesis(

asserts one main idea.

is very interesting to attract the readers.

states the writer’s clearly defined opinion on some subject.

is often located in the first or second paragraph.

of the following is NOT the technique used by the author when he expressed the development of AI

citing examples.

leading in others’ ideas.

offering data.

making comparison among past, now and future.

the conclusion part of the text, the author talked about the new areas developed in AI.

of the above is true

of the above is true

D. True

part in the debating is the key

10. How many people involved in each side in the debate we practice

11. In order to grab your intended audiences, avoiding repetition is a must. So how to avoid repetition in thesis

of examples

statistics

related words and phrases

of ideas

summing up arguments, how many time is allocated for each member

mins

B. 6 mins

C. 5 mins

mins

arguments important when it comes to debating

, arguments is the key.

, they are connected.

, they are strangers.

D. No, they are irrelevant.

two parts contained in an introduction are _________.

statement

B. supporting details

sentence

statement

functions of general statements are_________.

the controlling idea of the author

attract your readers

C. lead in the topic

make clear the subject of the essay

Unit 3 Understanding Nanotechnology-Based Batteries

recent years nano has become a word, with many commodities using nanotechnology as the selling point.

aspects can nanotechnology be applied

of above

B. housing

products

D. health

unit is nanometer of

D. mass

4. How long is a nanometer

thousandth of a meter

B. one billionth of a meter

C. one millionth of a meter

ten-thousandth of a meter

can’t nanotechnology do for h uman beings

A. improve human’s life quality

traditional technology

human’s life style

applied in many aspects of daily life

does the word “idle” mean in the sentence “Lithium-ion batteries are presently popular in cell phones and laptops and they hold the charge when idle”

no jobs or work

B.(machines, factories)not working or being used

C. to stop them working

D. to spend time in a lazy way

does the word “power” mean in the sentence “sixteen is the fourth power of two”

A. the ability to do something

is used in the expression to indicate that two must be multiplied by itself four times

, especially electricity

the energy that the machine needs in order to work

does the word “field” mean in the sentence “Some people are worried that electromagnetic fields from electric power lines could increase the risk of cancer.”

particular subject of study or type of activity

area of land or sea bed under which large amounts of a particular mineral have been found

C. an area of grass, for example in a park or on a farm

area in which that particular force is strong enough to have an effect

can you get the meaning of the speciality vocabulary

the dictionary.

on the context of the sentence.

of the above.

D. Based on the basic meaning of the vocabulary.

of the following statements is NOT true

vocabulary is concerned about a particular field of science.

strategy for working out the meaning is to look at how a word is constructed.

English is the same with the English people speak and write everyday. should get the right meaning rather than the almost right meaning of the vocabulary.

one is an appropriate way to start a summary

article focuses on the topic of...

article shows that...

is suggested that...

author suggests...

long should the summary be compared to the original

A. 1/4

2

4

5

finish the summary, what should you do

for accuracy.

someone to read your work.

of all.

your work.

brought home several Chinese and English novels, a few copies of Time and Newsweek and some textbooks. She intended to read all of them during

the winter vocation. How to condense this sentence

brought home a lot of books to read during the vocation.

intended to read several Chinese and English novels, a few copies of Time and Newsweek and some textbooks during the winter vocation.

planned to read several Chinese and English novels, a few copies of Time and Newsweek and some textbooks during the winter vocation.

brought home several Chinese and English novels, a few copies of Time and Newsweek and some textbooks to read.

can substitute the first and second person pronoun for________________ .

A. the noun

third person pronoun

adjective

verb

Unit 4 How to Write a Good Abstract: a Brief Introduction

title is more acceptable in English

Survey on Controlling Gas with the Flip of a Switch

Gas with the Flip of a Switch

Study of Controlling Gas with the Flip of a Switch

Research about Controlling Gas with the Flip of a Switch

title is more acceptable in English

patterns of global reef biopersity

Research on Unpicking patterns of global reef biopersity

Unpicking patterns of global reef biopersity

Report on the Unpicking patterns of global reef biopersity

proper tenses used to describe the background of an English abstract could be

tense

tense

perfect tense

tense

Unit 5 How to Write a Good Abstract: Avoiding Redundancy

in Academic English

proper English translation for “同性电荷相斥,异性电荷相吸”could be A. Like charges repel each other ,while opposite charges attract.

charges repel each other , but opposite charges attract.

charges repel each other and opposite charges attract.

charges repel each other, opposite charges attract.

better English collocation for the Chinese phrase “保护环境” could be the environment friendly

protection

environment friendly

protection

Unit 6 How to Write a Good Title, an Affiliation, Key Words

and Acknowledgments

the reader, the title is so critical to a research paper because it . the reader decide whether the paper is worth reading further

the reader a first idea of the contribution

clues on the type of paper

of above

is not the quality of a good title

specific

simple

C. Be standard

unified

an academic paper, what is the proper place of the introduction to the author

and D

the title

end of the paper

of a front page

is the function of key words

represents the theme or subject matter of the paper.

is easy for the information retrieval clerks to make up the index and secondary document.

can find out the theme of the paper by looking at the keywords.

of above.

of the following statements is true

is usually after the References.

are usually used in the form of verbs, not nouns.

keywords of a paper must be contained in the title and the abstract.

D. A title of a paper should be brief and concise.

one is not the typical structure of the Nominal Group Construction

nominal group.

nominal group.

nominal group.

nominal group.

, Captopril, or Both in Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Heart Failure is the structure of ____________.

construction

construction

C. Question construction

group construction

sequencing and informatics: New tools for biochemical discoveries is the structure of __________.

construction

construction

construction

group construction

one is the example of Bi-head group construction

A. Left Ventricular Dysfunction, or Both

to context may contribute to within-session changes in responding

the spheres: A Dialogue

or High-Dose Dexamethasone for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma

to context may contribute to within-session changes in responding is the example of _______________.

group construction

B. Question construction

construction

construction

Unit 7 How to Write a Good Literature Review

is actually more important because you have to finish some tasks which are decisive to your victory in writing a literature review.

body part

pre-writing stage

post-writing stage

writing stage

2.Which of the following is not a database convenient for majors of science to prepare for a literature review

of the following tasks might be included in the checking stage

punctuation mistakes.

spelling mistakes.

sentence pattern mistakes.

of the above.

4.。The key words used in the titles of a literature review published as an essay might be _____.

review of literature

report

review

the post-writing stage, you should first try to ________

evaluating and comparing the information you find about research literature.

a one or two-sentence statement summarizing the conclusion from your discoveries about your subject.

some revising and editing work to refine your paper.

piling up pieces of information about research literature.

Unit 8 How to Write a Good Main Body: Results

the literal part of the Results section, words can be used to do the following except ______.

on the important results

the diagrams

the historical development of the research

the most important findings

to the relevant survey mentioned in the micro class, the top three frequently-used connections are______.

, first, second

, of course, as a result

, for example, in addition

instance, furthermore, moreover

results of a research appear in a paper in combination with ______, the author could point out the limitations of this research and recommend further research.

review

major functions of the Results section are_______.

direct responses to the questions put force by the author

B. serving as evidence for the following discussion part or conclusion part

predictions for the future development of this research

the final conclusion of the research

of the following can be included in the diagram description part of the Results section

tables

kinds of charts and graphs

Unit 9 How to Write a Good Conclusion&Reference

are some statements about conclusion, which one is not true

conclusion is an essential and necessary part of a written work.

conclusion should not add any new information.

conclusion may suggest a solution, make a recommendation, or call for action.

conclusion should leave the readers with the final thoughts on the topic.

one of the following is not the purposes of a conclusion

A. To signal the end of the writing.

remind the readers of the main points.

C. To leave the readers with the final thoughts on the topic.

reduce the writing to a suitable length.

does “recap” mean

word expresses meaning.

summary repeats the main points of a longer discussion.

C. A paragraph describes a point of view.

sentence tells a reason.

“implicitly asks” and “explicitly answers”

.

.

body.

.

of the following is used to write a summary

can conclude from the foregoing discussion that …

is a need for future research/studies to look at/investigate … return to our original question, it would appear that …

us briefly review the discussion so far.

to arrange all you cited sources in an APA Style

the author’s last name according to the alphabet.

the author’s first name according the alphabet.

of the above.

the author’s middle name according to the alpha bet.

writing the date of publication, which one includes only the year

A. Newspapers.

of the above.

.

.

should we use “p.” or “pp.”

.

of the above.

.

D. Journals.

a reference, you list all woks you have consulted.

A.√

B.×

the reading or article is in an anthology, you also need the title and author of the article.

A.√

B.×

Unit 10 International Conference

aids, if selected and designed appropriately, can help the speaker enhance the presentation. Which of the following is the proper way to use the visuals

A. Correlate the visual with the verbal expression.

a pointer around and make it a plaything.

as much information as you can in one slide.

the drawings and charts at the beginning of the presentation.

outline of the presentation is used to introduce the subject and the structure of the presentation. Which is NOT the appropriate expression for an outline

presentation will be given four parts. The first part deals with… can break this area down into the following fields…

want to start with this particular topic and then draw some general conclusions from it.

think this might be a good place for me to wind up my talk.

will give presentations at a plenary session

experts of a particular field

sponsors of the conference

organizers of the conference

chairperson

completing the planned items on the agenda, the chairperson should close the meeting. Which item should NOT be included in the closing speech the next conference.

thanks.

on the achievements.

D. Introducing the keynote speakers.

questions in Question and Answer session can serve a lot of functions, including the following, EXCEPT______.

trigger a debate or challenge your peers

promote a two-way exchanges of ideas

get some additional information

show interest in the speech and subject

shows that the audience could only remember ( )of a presentation long

after they forgot most of what was said in the body part

thesis statement

first few minutes

first and last few minutes

last few minutes

Stephen Lucas points out that there are four objectives of opening a presentation. Which one is not mentioned by him

establish your credibility.

get the attention and interest of your audience.

preview the body of the speech.

create a positive relationship with the host.

the second video, what makes the beginning more powerful and impressive the speaker establishes his credibility by giving a good example.

the speaker previews the body of the speech and points out the key points. the speaker provides the audience with an arresting statement and the striking statistics.

D. Because the speaker gets the attention and interest of the audience.

is a relatively easy but effective way to make the transition from introduction to main concerns

the outline of the presentation.

a good question.

with a well-known quotation.

the speaker’s personal experience.

of the following items should not be covered in the ending of a speech ideas.

.

or opinions.

.

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