高级英语练习测试题含参考答案(第二册) (3)

L e s s o n T h r e e
Pub Talk and the King’s English
I. Choose the one which best explains the word given blow:
1. intricate
A. difficult
B. complicated
C. invalid
D. simple
2. anecdote
A. short amusing story
B. long tedious talk
C. uninteresting writing
D. exciting information
11. sinister
A. not pretended
B. suggesting evil
C. happening in the same time
D. giving orders
12. pejorative
A. sharp
B. distasteful
C. contemptuous
D. penetrating
13. ultimatum
A. the general opinion about the character, qualities etc.
B. state of being in demand
C. sth. that provokes or annoys
D. final statement of conditions to be accepted
14. tussle
A. have a hard struggle or fight
B. raise to a higher grade
C. come to a lower level or state
D. make the greatest possible use of
15. scamper
A. move onward smoothly
B. drop down directly
C. run quickly and playfully
D. walk forward and backward
16. edict
A. order
B. article
C. painting
D. newspaper
26. gossip
A. glory
B. rumor
C. private fact
D. personal things
27. prose
a. imitation B. copying
C. writing
D. drawing
28. punctuate
A. insert occasionally
B. not to emphasize
C. act instantly
D. interrupt periodically
29. recess
A. accepted quantity
B. the act of receiving
C. secluded place
D. secrete news
30. pressing
A. urgent
B. immediate
C. refusing
D. interacting
.
II. Complete the word according to the definition, the first letter
of the word is given:
1. ordinary c ommonplace
12. mocking remark j eer _
13. greatest in power, authority, or rank; paramount or dominant
s upreme
14. to object to, especially in a formal statement p rotest
15. a person, an animal, or a plant whose descent can be traced to a
particular individual or group. d escendant
16. a force that tends to oppose or retard motion
r esistance
17. an enclosure for swine s ty
18. the meat of a calf v eal
19. a narrow fissure in rock or a break in friendly relations r ift
20. something that separates or holds apart b arrier
21. to attempt to overthrow the authority of the state or rebel
r evolt
22. to use wrongly or improperly; misuse a buse
23. treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than
individual merit; partiality or prejudice
d iscrimination
24. physical or mental strength, energy, or force v igor
25. to declare free of blame; absolve. j ustify
III. Put the following words and phrases into the appropriate blanks in the following sentences.
13.Because Matt is susceptible to bronchial infections, his mother
badgered him to get a flu shot.
ura agreed to accept Tom's gift on condition that he allow here
to treat him to a movie.
15.A perceptive child knows immediately when a parent is distraught
or upset.
16.Hank has no concept _ of how difficult it is to operate a farm
these days.
17.The actress was receptive to the director's suggestions for
portraying the role of Lady Macbeth.
18.The performances in this production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
are first-rate, with only one exception.
19.Macbeth's expression was deceptive, for as he smiled, he plotted
King Duncan's death.
20.This antiballistic missile is designed to locate and intercept
21.
3.
5.The worst conversationalist is the person who ______
A.is not making a point.
B.is prepared to loose
C.is trying to talk sense.
D.slips and slides in conversation
V. Determine whether the following statements are true or false. Put a “T”, if the
statement is true and put a “F”, if false.
1.The Norman lords turned up their noses at rabbit, because the rabbit
was not changed into lapin. (F)
2. A good conversation has no focus at all. (F)
3.The rulers of the Angevins and the Plantagenets spoke French. (T)
4.The author agrees to what Auden said that all a writer needs is a
pen, plenty of paper and “the best dictionaries he can afford.”
(F)
5.Even the most educated and the most literate people do not use the
King’s English all the time in conversation. (T)
6.The author is in favour of bilingual education. (T)
7.There exists in the working people, different from the Saxon
peasants, a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of the
ruling class. (F)
8.Looking up the dictionary in the middle of a conversation will
9.
1.
2.
6.
and sparkles or just glows. mixed metaphor
7.The Elizabethans blew on it as on a dandelion clock, and its seeds
multiplied, and floated to the ends of the earth.extended simile 8.One would not have been engaged by interest in the musketeer who
raised the subject, wondering more about her. metonymy
9.They are like the musketeers of Dumas who, ……the recesses of their
thoughts and feelings. simile/ allustion
10. Who was right, who was wrong, did not matter. The conversation was
on wings. metaphor
VII. Translation:
1.给我1000元钱，我也不愿处于你的地位。

2.随着T型福特汽车的成功，汽车工业受到了应有的重视。

3.我们把访问时间缩短了一周。

4.他把他的成功归功于父母在早年给他的良好教育。

5.我讨厌人们那种对爵士乐不屑一顾的文人般的势利作风。

6.我们应该鼓励大学生服务于农业，能源，水利，交通，电力，通讯，教育
和国防等重要行业和部门。

7.
职的大学生创造更多的就业机会和更好的工作条件。

8.
祖国统一所作的努力。

9.
10.
2.
4.
had given him.
5. I'm bored with the intellectual snobbery of people who
turn up their noses at jazz.
6. We must encourage university students to serve in important sectors and departments: agriculture, energy,
water conservancy, transportation, electric power,
telecommunication, education and national defence.
7.The MOE urged government departments, institutes, enterprises and other units to try in every possible means to create more job opportunities and better conditions for
job-hunting students.
8.The eight propositions on the
peaceful return of Taiwan to the motherland
9.
the
10.G ood grain harvests in recent years, and the all-round development of the rural economy have played a vital role in ensuring adequate supplies of farm products, reining inflation, improving economic conditions, and promoting sound growth of the national economy as a whole.。