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《高级英语》第一册期末试卷
TERMINAL EXAMINATION
Ⅰ
. I. Word
explanation
1. merchant
A. mercenary
B. mechanic
C. goods
D. trader
2. balance
A. equality
B. quantity
C. parallel
D. blandness
3. peril
A. perimeter
B. hazard
C. panorama
D. Paralysis
4. bloc
A. league
B. lump
C. restriction
D. square
5. carve
A. cavern
B. tavern
C. engrave
D. intersect
6. undercut
A. undercharge
B. underprice
C. undersell
D. all the above
7. grant
A. certainty
B. presentation
C. subsidiary
D. scholarship
8. concession
A. assent
B. constriction
C.
assertion
D. confession
9.
sophisticated
A. delicate
B.
intricate
C. dandified
D. dignified
10. killing
A. easy prey
B. big
sacrifice
C. large profit
D.
ruthless slaughter
11. charter
A. map
B.
authorization
C. hiring
D.
b and c
12. moth
A.
home remedy
B. buggy
C.
fly-like animal
D. chemical
13. bulk
A. mass
B. trunk
C. clumsiness
D. loose
14. doldrums
A. parts of the ocean
B.
state of being uncertain
C. areas near
the North Pole
D. highly risky situation
15. tactic
A. tackle
B. expedient
C.
strategy
D. policy
16.
ratify
A. validate
B.
verdict
C. verbosity
D.
vacillate
17. line
A.
train
B. ship
C.
company
D. plane
18.
dodgy
A. docile
B. chancy
C. dogged
D. dogmatic
19. supple
A. rich colours
B. flexible
C. purple
D. support
20. preface
A. surface
B. surface anticipation
C.
front
D. introduction
21. deferential
A.
respectful
B. scornful
C.
differential
D. indifferent
22. adolescent
A. adult
B. chap
C.
folk
D. juvenile
23.
despise
A. dislike
B.
dismiss
C. depress
D.
defer
24. disperse
A.
discreet
B. dispatch
C.
disappear
D. scatter
25.
arid
A. wet
B.
barren
C. fertile
D.
abandoned
26. glutton
A.
excessive
B. admirable
C. greedy
D. glorious
27. austere
A. serious
B. agony
C. dignified
D. straight
28.
intermittent
A. internal
B.
interminable
C. constant
D.
occasional
29. nurture
A.
concern
B. cultivate
C.
plant
D. gather
30.
divert
A. attract
B.
change
C. entertain
D.
b and c
31. exhilarate
A.
excite
B. resent
C.
challenge
D. provoke
32.
cram
A. pack
B.
empty
C. crash
D. collapse
33.
malice
A. good desire
B.
loyalty
C. ill will
D.
ill treatment
34. dismissive
A. empty
B. contemptuous
C. longing
D.
rebellious
35. bluff
A.
breath
B. river
C. obstacle
D. cliff
36. reef
A. foreground
B. ridge of rock
C.
small hill
D. high wave
37.
beacon
A. fire
B.
rock on the beach
C. platform
D. food
38. recess
A. corner
B.
vacation
C. alcove
D.
all the above
39. lore
A.
chore
B. affection
C.
knowledge
D. demand
40.
appropriate
A. possess
B.
suitably
C. enjoyable
D.
admirable
Ⅱ
.
Give the full words according to the contexts and
the first letters given:
1.
If you r an action, event, or decision, you regret
it because it has unpleasant result.
2.
A n is a country’s military force that fights at
sea. This word is also used to ref
er to
the ships and
equipment it uses
3. If you g something, you take it or
pick it up suddenly and roughly.
4. A f
is a group of ships organized to do something
together, for example, to fight battles or to
catch fish.
5. Something
that is p lasts for ever or for a very long time.
6. If an account or a
person, organization, country etc is in d , money
is owed because they have
spent more
than they have received.
7. An e is the
part of a person’s arm where the upper and lower
halves of the arm are joined.
8. If something that you value such as
your money or your reputation is at s , it is
being risked and
is in danger of being
lost or damaged, depending on the result of
something that is happening.
9. To l a rocket, missile, or satellite
means to send it into the air or into space.
10.
A
b_
is
a
fast
increase
or
development
in
something,
often
in
the
popularity
or
success
of
something, especially one that results
in a lot of money being made.
11. The p
of a process of development or of an activity is
the point or stage at which it is at its
strongest, most fully developed, most
successful, etc.:
12. If
you throw in the t_________, or chuck in the
t________, you stop trying to do something
because you realize that you cannot
succeed.
13. R
is the money that a company or
organization receives over a fixed period of time
or the
money that a government received
through taxation.
14. If you c someone,
you take them prisoner, especially in a war or
after a struggle.
15. A l_ is a narrow
road, especially in the country.
16. If
you refer to r
things or
places, you mean that they belong or relate
separately to the people
you have just
mentioned.
Ⅲ
.
Replace
the
underlined part
with
one
word
learnt
in
the
text. The
first
letter
of
the
word
is
given:
1.
Despite
his
repeated
petitions,
no
one
attempted
to
say
a
word
of
objection,
haunted
by
the
thought
that he might not mean what he says.
2. It pained him to see Thomas
wandering lazily along the street.
3. He told them that he had a terrible
piece of news to tell .
4.
She looked at the whole world with a detachment
and atranquillitythat few people have.
5. Man is controlled byhis natural
tendenciesas well as by reason.
6. He thinks that poverty is a
punishment of laziness .
7.
Everybody has his odd and unusual habits , and I
am no exception.
8. She
took the remark as a praise to her cooking.
9. We passed the time by
telling jokes during the journey.
10. To him this is the only place for
off-dutyrecreation .
Ⅳ
. There are 22 words and
expressions given below. You are to use their
proper forms to finish
the sentences.
Each word or expression is to be used only once.
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bend
on,
cash
in
on,
cram,
dignify,
diversify,
dominate,
have an eye
for,
hold on to,
inroads,
into the
bargain,
justify,
lay
down,
pinch,
relieve,
run,
save,
score
off,
something of,
as far as,
take
to,
to the exclusion of,
with a
vengeance,
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1. Those people are
evidently mischief.
2. She completely
her family and makes all
the decisions.
3. Let’s
the fine weather and go out
for the day.
4. They the
violence by calling it a patriotic demonstration.
5. He the child's cheek playfully.
6. The conductor worked on the from
Boston to New York.
7. Computers will
make significant
into these
areas.
8. The soldier found himself a
hero when he returned to his village.
9. my hand tightly while we cross this
street.
10. Follow the procedure in our
booklet.
11. The end
the means.
12. That factory
is trying to its products to sell in different
markets.
13. He colour and style in
clothes.
14. Since when __ we __ stamp
collecting?
15. The heat
failed, and then the roof began to leak
16. His humorous remark
the tension in the room.
17. If he had wanted Robert, there were
so many better ways than this
18. It's
no use your head with a lot of unrelated facts;
what you need is a system.
19. I agree
with you,
that you have got
one or two facts wrong.
20. He studied
history in the university, all other subjects.
21. Your conduct,
I can see, is absolutely unjustifiable.
22. If the plans for the redevelopment
scheme are approved, they'll start knocking houses
down .
Ⅴ
. Cloze
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against,
being,
brought,
fact,
final,
further,
in,
legally,
less,
meet,
otherwise,
protest,
tell,
them,
Therefore, trouble,
which, whatever, without, with
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CA 09968
October 5, 1988
Social Security
Administration
Department of Health,
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Washing, D.C. O
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for
me
to
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