Unit 1
Part III Follow-up Exercises
3. write a focused topic sentence for the following subjects: 1) looking for jobs
A person can look for a job in several ways.
2) penguins
Penguins resemble human beings in many respects.
3) personality
One’s personality plays an important role in foreign language learning.
4) weather
Living in a place where the weather is always warm has many advantages.
4. Read the following paragraphs and write a topic sentence for each of them in the space provided.
Paragraph 1: All inventions are either basic inventions or improvements on earlier inventions.
Paragraph 2: There was a serious accident in the chemistry lab yesterday. Paragraph 3: Nutritional deficiency is a major problem of the elderly.
5. Read the following paragraphs and 1) underline the topic sentence of each paragraph, and 2) mark out the sentences that do not support the topic sentence in the paragraph.
1) topic sentences
Paragraph 1: The world had enjoyed many benefits from the invetnion of the telephone.
Paragraph 2: I had a terrible morning today.
2)sentences that do not support the topic sentence in the paragraph
Paragraph 1: Many people do not like writing letters to each other. And nowadays, the Internet has brought us more convenience.
Paragraph 2: I heard that he was also very strict with his own children.
6. Pick out the topic sentence from the following group of sentences and restore the logical sequence of the others and decide where to put the topic sentence.
Topic sentence: 5) Generally speaking, there are many attractions of living in a city. Logical sequence of the sentences: 5, 7, 4, 1, 6, 9, 8, 3, 2.
7. Put the following words and phrases in the blankets; each word and phrase can only be used once. (1) First of all
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(2) Secondly (3) By and by (4) In addition (5) In short
8. Read the following paragraph and find out what techniques have been used to achieve coherence.
1) repetition of key words : junk food, students
2) use of transitional signals: for one reason, also, as a result, however 3) use of pronouns: they, their, this
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Unit 2
Part III Follow-up Exercises
3. Here is a list of events in time order with a given topic sentence. Organize them into a coherent paragraph by using linking devices and making some necessary alternations.
Topic sentence: When I was a child, we never varied our Christmas Eve ritual. 1) , when 2) 3) As soon as 4) , 5) 6) Meanwhile, 7) Finally, 8) After 9), 10) and 11) Ad 12) , 13) Then 14) 15)
4. Restore the logical sequence of the following sentences and completer the table. Logical sequence of the sentences:
4, 10, 5, 12, 3, 7, 15, 9, 14, 2, 11, 8, 13, 6, 1
Topic sentence: My family spent two fun-filled days at Disney World last year. Concluding sentence: Although we were very tired at midnight, we agreed that our two-day vacation at Disney World was one of the best we had ever had.
5. Put the following words and phrases in the blanks; some can be used twice. (1) Then (2) morning (3) afternoon (4) Then (5) After that (6) when (7) already (8) after
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写作课后答案follow-up exercises
