第七章单元测试
Inside your arguments, each of your reasons needs to be supported either by sub-arguments or by evidence. The kinds of evidence most often used in argument support are: _____.
Read the following paragraph and identify which evidence it uses to support the main idea.
Each year, malaria kills at least one million people and causes more than 300 million cases of acute illness. For children worldwide, it’s one of the leading causes of death. The economic burden is significant too: malaria costs Africa more than $12 billion in lost growth each year. In the United States, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent every year on mosquito control.
The type of evidence used in this paragraph is _____There are criteria used to evaluate evidence in an argument essay.
Read the following essay and identify which organizational pattern it uses:
A. One-sided argument B. Two-sided argument
Topic: A person’s worth nowadays seems to be judged according to social status and material possessions. Old-fashioned values, such as honour, kindness and trust, no longer seem important.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
Given the power and influence of the super rich, it might seem as if social status and material possessions are the new symbols of personal worth, but in everyday life I do not think this is true.
It is apparent that most celebrities today are admired or envied solely for their material wealth or position in various social hierarchies. Many of these people are known to turn their backs on friends, cheat on their spouses or spend their evenings over-indulging in alcohol and/or drugs. Things like owning a mansion, driving an expensive car and getting into A-list parties are exalted above old-fashioned values. Ultimately, though, it is the many readers of gossip magazines and celebrity blogs who reinforce these ideas.
Nevertheless, I do believe that in their day-to-day lives most people still believe in values such as honor, kindness and trust. In some way most of us want to form loving families, raise our children to be good citizens, stand up for the downtrodden and protect our communities from harm. We still form friendships, romances and business partnerships based on old-fashioned criteria. When our trust is abused or we are unfairly treated, we see that as a major violation of our relationship and we judge the wrongdoer accordingly.
In conclusion, I believe there is some truth to the notion that status and possessions have superseded old-fashioned values as a measure of a person’s worth. Looking beyond the tabloids, however, it is apparent that most ordinary people have still preserved an old-fashioned conscience.
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.
At the heart of any argument is an issue , which we can define as a question that invites more than one _____ answer and thus leads to perplexity or disagreement.
A: personal experience B: examples C: factual data D: statistics
答案: examples### factual data### statistics
A: examples B: explanations C: data D:experiences
A:对 B:错
A:read
B:not read
A:reasonable B:unreasonable C:competitive D:fair
