高级英语 第二册综合测试

《高级英语》

第二册综合测试

(1)

I. For each of the following word, there are four choices

marked

A,B,C,D.

Choose

the

one

which

best

explains

the

word

given: 20%

1. intricate

A. difficult

B. complicated

C. invalid

D. simple

2. eradicate

A. cut into many small parts

B. go round in circle

C. draw together into a small space

D. put an end to; destroy

3. wax

A. grow bigger or greater

B. become less or smaller

C. drop heavily

D. cover with thick coating

4. squash

A. invade

B. infer

C. squeeze

D. separate

5. veer

A. move forward

B. look sideways

C. change directions

D. pour out

6. exultant

A. triumphant

B. ecure

C. exhausted

D. overflowing

7. unsightly

A. invisible

B. ugly

C. precipitate

D. provisional

8. testy

A. examining

B. proving

C. impatient

D. judging

9. tug

A. pull

B. push

C. place

D. fix

10. covet

A. surround

B. cover

C. avoid

D. desire

11. grueling

A. complaining

B. moaning

C. tiring

D. unwilling

12. infamy

A. being famous for

B. being shameful

C. being honest

D. being refused

13. dominance

A. ruling class

B. manageable domain

C. controlling power

D. religious establishment

14. frustrate

A. discourage

B. bring about good result

C. come out fruitfully

D. worry about the result

15. derelict

A. grievous

B. deprived

C. abandoned

D. hunted

16. infuriate

A. set apart from other

B. fill with rage

C. become fastened

D. keep in a certain position

17. hack

A. cut carefully

B. dig roughly

C. make slowly

D. move smoothly

18. convict

A. criminal

B. aggressor

C. captain

D. captor

19. plight

A. condition

B. irritation

C. conscience

D. objection

20. sanctuary

A. a warm place

B. shelter

C. a clean place

D. a harm place

21. hobble

A. walk in difficulty with small steps

B. walk quickly with strides

C. walk slowly and lazily

D. walk sideways with tips and toes

22. debris

A. small individual parts

B. completely good places

C. well preserved pieces

D. scattered broken pieces

23. invective

A. beautiful words

B. facial expressions

C. convincing speech

D. abusive language

24. invoke

A. call forth

B. take down

C. put up

D. take the form of

25. prescribe

A. order or direct

B. produce

C. protect

D. agree

26. vantage

A. variable situation

B. comfortless position

C. advantage

D. disadvantage

27. inquisitive

A. unnecessarily curious

B. seriously urgent

C. completely controlled

D. ready made

28. gruff

A. serious

B. grievous

C. rough

D. gentle

29. alienate

A. ally

B. estrange

C. unite

D. oppose

30. extinguish

A. put out

B. put up

C. put on

D. put down

31. immune

A. secure

B. impure

C. odorous

D. revival

32. disintegrate

A. joint together

B. break up into pieces

C. regard as a individual

D. look down upon

33. coin

A. happen

B. coincide

C. comfort

D. invent

34. anecdote

A. short amusing story

B. long tedious talk

C. uninteresting writing

D. exciting information

35. incredulous

A. unbelieving

B. increasing

C. industrious

D. unimproved

36. tart

A. different

B. sarcastic

C. loaded

D. special

37. trauma

A. emotional shock

B. mental work

C. the state of not having enough

D. a reinforced structure for observers

38. adversary

A. a person who gives advice

B. a friend

C. an enemy

D. a listener

39. delve

A. give oneself up

B. clasp carefully

C. search carefully and deeply

D. look down upon

40. tribulation

A. contribution

B. delivery

C. distribution

D. great difficulty or trouble

BDACC, ABCAD, CBCAC, BBAAB,

ADDAA, CACBA, ABDAA, BACCD

Ⅱ

. Explain the underlined words or phrases: 15%

1. Sometimes the blues did occasionally afflict all.

2. Several vacationers at the luxurious Richelieu Apartments

there held a hurricane party to watch the storm from their

spectacular vantage point.

3. All of them are mummified with age and the sun, and all of

them are tiny.

4. I do not shrink from this responsibility, I welcome it.

5. As the Jews live in self-contained communities they follow

the same trades as the Arabs, except for agriculture.

6. The main thrust of Camille had passed.

7.

Then

for

the

first

time

I

noticed

the

poor

old

earth-coloured

bodies,

bodies

reduced

to

bones

and

leathery

skin,

bent

double under the crushing weight.

8. She already had the makings.

9.

Read,

then,

the

following

essay

which

undertakes

to

demonstrate

that

logic,

far

from

being

a

dry,

pedantic

discipline, is ....

10. However intricate the ways in which animals communicate

with

each

other,

they

do

not

indulge

in

anything

that

deserves the name of conversation.

11. ..., but in a flash the conversation has moved on and the

opportunity is lost.

12. Parts

of

the

beach

and

highway were strewn with

dead

dogs,

cats, cattle.

13. What really appeals to the flies is that the corpses here

are never put into coffins....

14.

It

so

happened

that

I,

as

a

law

student,

was

taking

a

course

in logic myself, so I had all the facts at my finger tips.

15.

Dicto

Simpliciter

means

an

argument

based

on

an

unqualified

generalization.

the

sad

feeling

impressive

are

dried

up

avoid

self- sufficient

community

attack

rough

basic

qualities branch of learning

enjoy

in

a

second

were

covered

with

attract

were

familiar with

unlimited

III. Choose the one which best completes the meaning of each

following sentence. (10%)

1.

Something

that

is

_______

is

deliberately

deceitful,

dishonest or untrue.

A. spontaneous

B. frenzied

C. fraudulent

D. stultifying

2. If something ____________ your skin, it cuts it badly and

deeply.

A. lacerate

B. demolish

C. scud

D. shrink

3.

People

and

animals

that

are

_________

are

hostile

and

unfriendly.

A. inimical

B. derelict

C. facetious