课程名称：艺术专业英语                                          课程代码：1085
第一部分  课程性质与设置自考本科目标
一、课程性质与特点
本课程是高等教育自学考试艺术类专业（本）所开设的外语必修课程之一。本课程是实践性很强的英语基础课，学分为12分。
二、课程设置目的与要求
课程设置的目的：通过216学时的助学，考生应掌握英语语法和词汇的基本知识和读、写的基本技能，以便为今后进一步自学和应用打好基础。
基本要求：
（一）语言知识：
语法：掌握基本词法、句法知识。（参看附录2“语法表”）
词汇：学习并认知约1800个基本单词 （包括常用词组）。其中半数应熟练掌握。掌握基本的构词法知识。
（二）语言能力：
阅读：掌握基本阅读技能，能阅读理解语言难度与课文相当的、一般题材的文章。
笔译：能将难度与课文相当的英语短文译成汉语，译文基本正确。
第二部分  考核内容与考核目标
一、考核内容
考核的形式为笔试。题型包括：语法和词汇知识的填空题、阅读理解选择题和书面翻译及写作等。内容主要包括：《大学英语自学教程》的语法及词汇，第一册的主课文和阅读课文 (Text A)，其中应重点掌握的内容为1-20课；《工艺美术英语》的专业文献阅读，翻译，写作。
具体要点如下：（包括《大学英语自学教程》第1-20课的语法要点）。

词法部分
（一）动词
1、人称/数；
2、时态：现在时；过去时；现在完成时；过去完成时；将来时
3、语态：主动态；被动态；
4、叙述方式：直陈式；命令式
5、助动词
6、情态动词
7、非谓语动词
8、虚拟语气
（二）名词
数：单数；复数
（三）形容词
升级：原级；比较级；最高级
（四）数词
1、基数词
2、序数词
（五）冠词
1、定冠词 
2、不定冠词
3、零冠词
（六）代词
1、人称代词
2、物主代词
3、反身代词
4、指示代词
5、关系代词
6、疑问代词
7、非人称代词
（七）副词,
（八）副词的升级
（九）介词:
（十）连词
1、并列连词
2、从属连词

句法部分
（一）句子的种类
1、叙述句
2、疑问句
（二）句子的形式分类
1、简单句
句子成分：谓语；主语；宾语；状语；定语
2、复合句
并列复合句
主从复合句：
按照功能分：主语从句；宾语从句；状语从句；定语从句
（三）语序
正语序；反语序

二、考核目标
根据教学内容和要求，考核考生是否掌握上述各项语言基本知识和语言能力。同时，考试也应是评估教学质量的一种手段。
具体目标为：
1、词汇：考核应认知的单词中最常用的约1000个基本单词。
2、语法知识：考核动词、名词、形容词、数词、代词、副词基本词形变化和用法；动词的时态和语态的用法；连词和介词的用法；常见的句型结构和语序（参看附录的语法表）。
3、阅读理解：主要考核考生综合运用英语知识和阅读技巧的能力，考核其摄取和处理信息的能力。考生应能了解所读材料的大意，根据上下文判断词义。考核阅读和翻译工艺美术专业英语的能力。参照范例用英语模拟套写和翻译与本专业有关的实用性文章的能力。
第三部分  有关说明与实施要求
一、指定教材
《大学英语自学教程》（上册） 高远编著  高等教育出版社  1999年出版
《工艺美术英语》 教育部编写组  高等教育出版社 2007年出版

二、自学方法指导
1、阅读教材时，要逐段细读，吃透每一个知识点，对基本概念必须深刻理解。
2、对基本语法规则和句子结构必须彻底理解，然后进行大量练习。
3、在自学过程中，既要思考问题，也要作好阅读笔记。对教材的基本概念的整理加深对问题的认知、理解和记忆。不断提高自学能力。
4、完成书面作业和参加辅导练习是理解和巩固所学知识，培养分析问题、解决问题能力的重要环节。

三、社会助学的要求
1、应熟知考试大纲对课程提出的总要求和每一课的知识点。
2、应掌握各知识点要求达到的能力及其考核目标。
3、辅导时，应以考试大纲为依据，指定的教材为基础，不要随意增删内容。
4、辅导时，应对学习方法进行指导，宜提倡“认真自学教材，积极参加辅导”。注意调动考生的第一外语的知识，培养考生的自学能力。
5、辅导时，教师要突出重点，对考生提出的问题，要积极启发、引导考生自己思考、然后耐心解答。

四、关于命题的若干规定
1、本课程的考试采用闭卷笔试，考试时间为150分钟。百分制评分，60分及格。
2、各单项分数比例大致为：语法词汇基本知识：英译汉：汉译英：阅读理解：完型填空为3:1.5:1.5:3:1

五、题型示例
Ⅰ．语法词汇基本知识：
1.You should be able to tell the meaning of this word from its ______________.
A.compaby  B. Conclusion  C. Context  D. Communication
2. The doctor took my temperature and _________ to my heart.
A. listens   B. Will listen   C. Listened   D. Has listened
Ⅱ．阅读理解：
A . friend of mine had an aunt who couldn’t get on well with others and was quite forgetful. She had begun to use a flower jar to hide money in. Each time she wanted some money; she lifted the plant out of the jar with one hand and put the other hand in to get the money. The coin (硬币)were all kept together in one plastic bag and the notes (纸币)were in another. One day she went off on holiday, but she forgot to tell the neighbor who came in every day to water the plants in the jar with the money. You probably won’t have any trouble to guess what would happen.  When she came back, the first thing she did was to go and look at her favorite plant. To her horror, it was no longer there. She ran to the next door and rang the bell so loudly; her neighbor thought the house must be on fire. “Where′ s my plant？”she shouted the moment the door opened. Her neighbor got quite shaking. “Plant? What are you……?”She started to say before she interrupted (打断……的话). “What have you done with my plant?”“Oh, that one,”the neighbor said, “It died. I threw it out!”
1. The aunt put her money in_____________.
A. the house              B. two flower jars
C. two plastic bags         D. a plastic bag in a flower jar
2. What had happened when she came back from holiday?
A. The house had been on fire.
B. The flower hadn’t died.
C. The flower jars had been thrown away.
D. The flower jar with the money had been thrown away.
3. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The aunt was very kind and friendly.
B. Her flower jar with money was stole.
C. Her neighbor was quite kind and friendly.
D. She didn’t go off for her holiday.
4. What’s the writer′s attitude  towards the question?
    A. The writer was on the neighbor′s side.
    B. The writer was on the aunt′s side.
    C. The writer was against the neighbor.
    D. The writer thought the aunt had found a good idea.
5. The story tells_______________.
    A. a good way for keeping money
    B. we′d better keep money at home
    C. we should learn from the aunt
    D. not to ask for trouble as the aunt did
Ⅲ．完型填空：
These days computer games have become more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy ___1___have changed into computer game houses in order to get more ___2___. These places are always crowded with people.
  In the computer game houses, people ___3___ a lot of money matching in the machined. It’s ___4___for one to beat a computer, but one can do well after trying again and again. People want to ___5___ when they play computer games. The more they ___6___, the  more they want to win, and at last they even can’t ___7___ without it.
  The result is that some people don’t want to ___8___and they play in computer game houses for hours and hours. For school boys, things are ___9___. They don’t want to have classes. When school is over, they rush to the computer game houses near their schools. Some of them can get enough money from their parents. Some are not lucky enough to get the money. So they have to steal or rob other’s and become bad.
  Computer game addition is a ___10____ problem in our society. Something has to be done to stop it.
1. A. streets   B. schools    C. towns    D. cities
2. A. fees   B. fare   C. money    D. computers
3. A. take   B. spend   C. cost    D. pay
4. A. possible   B. easy   C. good   D. hard
5. A. read   B. learn   C. win   D. download
6. A. lose   B. try   C. waste   D. watch
7. A. come   B. eat   C. study    D. live
8. A. watch TV   B. go out    C. stay there   D. work
9. A. better   B. exciting    C. even worse   D. interesting
10. A. important    B. serious    C. unusual    D. wonderful
Ⅳ．英译汉：
1. In Post-industrial societies like the United States, even the nuclear family is changing.
2. Television commercials irritate viewers for a variety of reasons.
Ⅴ．汉译英：
1. 他致力于一项新的食品包装的设计。（apply oneself to）
2. 是现代技术使我们走向成功。(lead to)
Ⅵ．写作：
Complete the following insurance policy with the information given below.
Invoice No: SWT/3500298
Policy No: TY:36-20081
The Insured: Guangdong Textiles I/E Corp.
Marks & Nos: N/M
Quality: 4 CTNS
Description of Goods: Garment
Amount Insured: USD1 839.00
Total Amount Insured: USD1 839.00
Premium: As arranged
Rate: As arranged
Per conveyance S. S: Victory
Slg: on or abt: Nov. 10,2006
From: Guangzhou
To: Hong Kong
Conditions: Covering All Risks
Claim payable at: Hongkong in USD
Issuing office: Guangzhou Branch, No. 106 Zhongshan Rd.
Date: Nov.1, 2006
          
中 国 人 民 保 险 公 司
The People’ Insurance Company of China
总公司设在北京        一九四九年创立
Head Office: BEIJING   Established in 1949

海洋货物运输保险单
Marine Cargo Transportation Insurance Policy
发票号码                 保险单号次
Invoice No.      1                            Policy No.        2       
中 国 人 民 保 险 公 司（以 下 简 称 本 公 司）
This Policy of Insurance witnesses that The People’s Insurance Company of China (hereinafter
根据
 called “The Company”) at the request of             3                 
（以 下 简 称 被 保 险 人）的 要 求，由 被 保 险 人 向 本 公 司 缴 付 约
（hereinafter called “the insured’）and in consideration of the agreed premium paid to the Company
定 的 保 险 费，按 照 本 保 险 单 承 保 险 别 和 背 面 所 载 条 款
by the Insured, undertakes to insure the undermentioned goods in transportation subject to the
与 下 列 特 款 承 保 下 述 货 物 运 输 保 险，特 立 本 保 险 单。
conditions of the Policy as per the Clauses printed overleaf and other special clauses attached hereon.

标记
MARKS & NOs. 包装及数量
QUANLITY 保险货物项目
DESCRIPTION OF GOODS 保险金额
AMOUNT INSURED
4 5 6 7

总保险金额
Total amount insured                  8                           
保费                费率                     装载工具
Preminu       9     Rate        10            Per conveyance S.S.       11             
开行日期                               自                     至
Slg. on or abt.          12               From        13          To      14             
承保险别
Conditions                     15                                   
                     
中国人民保险公司
The People’s Insurance Company of China
赔款付偿地点
Claim payable at       16                                  17            
日期
Date           18