高级英语第一册试题B

. V

ocabulary: Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blank. You may have to change the form

of the word in some sentences. (10%)

1.

To

ask

what

the

_______

of

computers

are

is

like

asking

what

are

the

applications

of

electricity.

usage

application

practice

2.

Most Americans

remember

Mark Twain

as

the

father

of

Huck

Finn's

idyllic

cruise

through

_______ boyhood.

endless

permanent

eternal

3.

It would be ______, but no more than waiting here for certain detection.

perilous

hazardous

parlous

chancy

4. It grows louder and more _____ until you round a corner and see a fairyland of dancing flashes,

as the burnished copper catches the light of _____ lamps and braziers.

distinct, innumerable

clear, countless

distinct, numerable

5.

I

was

offered

my

teaching

job

back

but

I

________.

Later

I

became

a

geologist

for

an

oil

company.

refused

rejected

declined

6.

I

was

again

crushed

by

the

thought

that

I

stood

on

the

_______

of

the

first

atomic

bombardment.

spot

site

place

area

7.

Just as the Industrial Revolution took over a(n) _________ range of tasks from men’s muscles

and enormously expanded productivity, so the microcomputer is rapidly assuming huge burdens of

drudgery from the human brain.

immense

enormous

numerous

huge

8.

The poor old man died of _______ at the hand of the slave- owner.

mistreatment

ill-treatment

9.

Mark Twain had become a very _______ man during his later life, which was reflected in his

writings. He believed that the world was wrong, where people achieved nothing.

sarcastic

ironic

cynical

sentimental

10. This is the _________ lawyer who is likely to win the whole nation’s attention.

clever

intelligent

remarkable

brilliant

11. The _________ of computers are increasing at a fantastic rate.

able

capable

12. If he does guess correctly, he will price the item high, and _______ little in the bargaining.

produce

resign

surrender

yield

13.

The few Americans and Germans seemed just as _____ as I was.

constrain

curb

inhibit

withhold

14. They would also like to _____ the atomic museum.

demolish

destroy

ruin

smash

15. There must be no mistake, no _____ or dallying because of her own smallness of mind.

irresolution

hesitancy

wavering

vacillation(

优柔寡断）

16. The taxi driver _______ at me in the rear-view mirror when I got on the car.

smile

laugh

grin

stare

17.

Motors

and

bicycles

threaded

their

way

among

the

______

of

the

people

entering

and

leaving the market.

crowd

throng

18.

I see the Russian soldiers standing on the ________ of their native land, guarding the fields.

threshold

frontiers

entrance

19. The _______ I am thinking of particularly is entered by a Gothic-arched gateway of aged brick

and stone.

bazaar

market

mart

exchange

20. The house detective’s piggy eyes surveyed her ________ from his gross

-jowled face.

sardonic

sarcastic

ironical

II. Sentence and Structure (30%)

A. Paraphrase the following. Use brief words. (20%)

1.

a man who became obsessed with the frailties of the human race

2.

My life is much simplified thereby

3.

Serious looking men spoke to one another as if they were oblivious of the crowds about them.

4.

little donkeys thread their way among the throngs of people

5.

The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle.

6.

The computer might appear to be a dehumanizing factor, but the opposite is in fact true.

7.

The house detective’s piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gr

oss jowled face.

8. The microelectronic revolution promises to ease, enhance and simplify life in ways undreamed

of even by the utopians.

9. I experience a twinge of embarrassment at the prospect of meeting the mayor of Hiroshima in

my socks.

10. Then as you penetrate deeper into the bazaar, the noise of the entrance fades away, and you

come to the muted cloth-market.

B. Collocation: Choose the most appropriate expression to fill in the blank. (10%)

1. I treaded cautiously______ the tatami matting.

a) on

b) in

c)down

d) out

2. He reverted_______ this theme

a) into

b) to

c) onto

d)on

3.

Steamboat

decks

teemed

not

only______

the

main

current

of

pioneering

humanity,

but

is

flotsam of hustlers, gamblers, and thugs as well.

a) up

b) of

c) on

d)with

4.

The

widest

benefits

of

the

electronic

revolution

(unlike

those

of

most

revolutions)

will

accrue_______ the young.

a) for

b) except

c) to

d)including

5. As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge______ your ear.

a) on

b) to

c)at

d) against

6. The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein______ her racing mind.

a) in

b) inside

c) to

d) on

7. The subjugation of the western Hemisphere______ his will

a) to

（强迫服从

b) in

c) according to

d) against

8. Bitterness fed_______ the man who had made the world laugh.

a) back

b) to

c) up

d) on

9. But later my hair began to fall_______, and my belly turned to water.

a) off

b) out

c) through

d) away

10. The situation came_______ one essential.

a) up with

b) up to

c) down to

归结起来为·

·

·

d) up against

III. Please identify the figures of speech used in the following underlined parts of the sentences.

(10%)

1

(

)

Then

there

is

the

spice-market,

with

its

pungent

and

exotic

smells;

and

the

food- market,

where you can by everything you need for the most sumptuous dinner, or sit in a tiny restaurant

with porters and apprentices and eat your humble bread and cheese.

antithesis

2 ( ) The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the

very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the mini skirt.

metonymy

转喻

3. ( )

Seldom has a city gained such world renown, and I am proud and happy to welcome you to

Hiroshima, a town known throughout the world for its-oysters.

anti- climax

4 ( ) I asked whether for him, the arch anti-communist, this was not bowing down in the House of

Rimmon.

metaphor

隐喻

5 ( ) We have but one aim and one single, irrevocable purpose.

repetition

6

(

)

We

will

never

parley.

We

will

never

negotiate

with

Hitler

or

any

of

his

gang.

parallelism

7 ( ) He made an attempt to square his shoulders.

metaphor

8 ( ) With the chip, amazing feats of memory and execution become possible in everything from

automobile engines to universities and hospitals, from farms to banks and corporate offices, from

outer space to a baby’s nursery.

parallelism

9 ( ) Huc

k Finn’s idyllic cruise through eternal boyhood...

.hyperbole

10(

)

It

was

a

splendid

population

---

for

all

the

slow,

sleepy,

sluggish-brained

sloths

stayed

at

home...

alliteration

IV

. Passage Reading and Question Answering (10%)

“I am a fisherman by trade. I have been here a very long time, more than twenty years, ” said an

old man in Japanese pajamas.

“What is wrong with you?”

“Something inside. I was in Hiroshima when it happened. I saw the fireball. But I had no burns on

my

face

or

body.

I

ran

all

over

the

city

looking

for

missing

friends

and

relatives.

I

thought

somehow I had been spared. But later my hair began to fall out, and my belly turned to water. I

felt sick, and ever since then they have been testing and treating me.”

The

doctor

at

my

side

e

xplained

and

commented

upon

the

old

man’s

story,

“We

still

have

a

handful of patients here who are being kept alive by constant care. The others died as a result of

their injuries, or else committed suicide.”

“Why did they commit suicide?”

“It is humiliati

ng to survive in this city. If you bear any visible scars of atomic burns, you children

will encounter prejudice on the part of those who do not. No one will marry the daughter or the

niece of an atomic bomb victim. People are afraid of genetic damage from

the radiation.”

The old fisherman gazed at me politely and with interest.

Hanging

over

the

patient

was

a

big

ball

made

of

bits

of

brightly

colored

paper,

folded

into

the

shape of tiny birds.

“What’s that?” I asked.

“Those are my lucky birds. Each day tha

t I escape death, each day of suffering that helps to free

me from earthly cares, I make a new little paper bird, and add it to the others. This way I look at

them and congratulate myself on the good fortune that my illness has brought me. Because, thanks

to it, I have the opportunity to improve my character.”

A. Write a summary of this passage in about 50 words. (6%).

B. Answer the following questions in one sentence. (4%)

1. Where do you think the scene described in the above passage might happen?

2. Wh

y won’t a young man marry the daughter or niece of an atomic bomb victim?

V

. Reading comprehension (40%)

A. Multiple Choice

Passage 1

RUSSIA’S NEW REVOLUTION IN CONSERV

A

TION

When naturalist Sergei Smirenski set out to create Russia’s first private natur

e reserve since the

Bolshevik

revolution,

he

knew

that

the

greatest

obstacle

would

be

overcoming

bureaucratic

resistance.

The Moscow

State University

professor

has

charted

a

steep

uphill

course

through

a

variety

of

foes, from local wildlife service officials who covet his funding to government officials who saw

move value in development than conservation. But with incredible dedication, and the support of a

wide range of international donors from Japan to the United States, the Murovyovka Nature Park

has finally come into being.

Founded

at

a

small

ceremony

last

summer,

the

private

reserve

covers

11,000

acres

of

pristine

wetlands

along

the

banks

of

the

Amur

River

in

the

Russia

Far

East.

Here,

amid

forests

and

marshes

encompassing

a

variety

of

microhabitats,

nest

some

of

the

world’s

rarest

birds—

tall,

elegant cranes whose numbers are counted in the mere hundreds.

The

creation

of

the

park

marks

a

new

approach

to

nature

conservation

in

Russia,

one

that

combines traditional methods of protection with an attempt to adapt to the changing economic and

political circumstances of the new Russia.

“There must be a thousand ways to save a wetland. It is time for vision and risk, and also hard

practicality,”

wrote

Jim

Harris,

deputy

director

of

the

International

Crane

F

oundation,

a

Wisconsin-based organization dedicated to the study and preservation of cranes, which has been a

major supporter of the Murovyovka project.

Dr. Smirenski’s vision has been eminently down to earth. At every step, he has tried to involve

local officials, businessmen and collective farms in the project, giving them a practical, economic

stake

in

its

success.

And

with

international

support,

he

is

trying

to

introduce

new

methods

of

organize farming that will be more compatible with preserving the wetlands.

1. The Murovyovka Nature Reserve came into being because of

[A] Russian government officials. [B] the International Crane Foundation.