英美概况练习题

英美概况练习题

一、将下列汉语单词译成英语，作为提示，每个词、词类和第一个字母以及用短线表示，其余字母数，已给出。

1、饲养v.f________

2.英勇的a.g____________

3.普遍的 a . w _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4.贸易 n .t _ _ _ _

5.占领 v .o _ _ _ _ _

6.城市的 a .u _ _ _ _

7.平均 n. a _ _ _ _ _ _

8.数量 n .q _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9.装饰 v .d _ _ _ _ _ _ _

10.精确的 a .p _ _ _ _ _ _

11.未来n.f_______

12.报纸n.n__________

13.教育v.e________

14.预算 n .b _ _ _ _ _

15.题目 n .t _ _ _ _

16.刺激 v .s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

17.诚实的 a .h _ _ _ _ _

18.开关 n .s _ _ _ _ _

19.著名的 a . f _ _ _ _ _

20.独立的 a .i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

21.混合 v .m _ _

22.说服 v . p _ _ _ _ _ _ _

23.管子 n . p _ _ _

24.表扬 v . p _ _ _ _ _

25.第三 num . t _ _ _ _

二、将括号中的各词变为适当形式填入空白。答案写在答卷纸上。

1、During the war the British navy_________(play)

2.Most users don’t limit________(them)simply to E-mail.

3.In American colleges and universities,a vast array of subjects________(offer).

4. Experiments have to be made under ___________(care) controlled conditions.

5.Garage-sale items usually ___________(price) at a very small part of their original cost.

6.The part of the moon ____________(face) away from the sun appears dark.

7.He was the first to draw a map that ____________(base) on all available knowledge, rather than on guess or imagination.

8.By the time we got to the airport the plane ____________(take) off.

9.A plant that grows more than three _____________(foot) is unusual in that area.

10.In 1964, the Olympic Games in Tokyo became the first program ____________(transmit) via satellite.

11.At the same time a number of more fundamental reforms_________(enact).

12.Between 1488 and 1534 Europeans _________(make)several important voyages to esplore the world.

13. But for the traffic jam, we ___________(will, arrive) on time .

14.The manager insisted on ____________(treat) as an ordinary empolyee.

15. Please send us the goods at your ____________(early) convenience.

三、将下列短文译成汉语

1. Many Americans find silence uncomfortable .They will talk continually to fill any pause in

a conversation, even if it lasts only for a moment. If you are silent for long periods of time, Americans will do their best to include you in the conversation. They may ask you if you are feeling well or if there is anything they can do to help you . However ,if Americans disagree with what you are saying, they may remain quiet. This does not necessarily mean that they agree with you; often it only means that they consider it impolite to argue further.

2．Education has a very honored place in American society .Patents of every kind of bachground and of kll income groups send their children to the local high schools.It is an article of faith in the American Dream that a good education will enable a child to achieve a higher standard of living than his or her parents .This faith also accounts for the very low illiteracy rate (about one percent)in the United States.

四. Cloze Test

下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文的要求选出最佳答案，答案预填在括号内。Faces, like fingerprints are unique. Did you 11 wonder how it is possible for us to 12 people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the 13 that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-- 14 an animal, such as a cat----can learn to recognize faces. We all 15 this ability for granted.

We also tell people 16 by observing how they behave .When we talk about someone's personality, we mean the 17 in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks or feels that 18 that individual different from others.

Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone's personality 19 words is somewhat easier than 20 his face.

1. [A] sometimes [B] ever [C] always [D] anytime（）

2. [A] spot [B] locat [C] know [D] recognize（）

3. [A] features [B] symptoms [C] distinctions [D] functions（）

4. [A] or even [B] and also [C] and then [D] and too（）

5. [A] have [B] take [C] use [D] regard（）

6. [A] about [B] apart [C] from [D] with（）

7. [A] attitudes [B] means [C] ways [D] patterns（）

8. [A] has made [B] are making [C] is made [D] make（）

9. [A] for [B] to [C] in [D] beyond（）

10. [A] describe [B] describing [C] to describe [D] description of（）

五. Translation from Chinese into English

将下列各句译成英语

1.正是闪电造成去年那场森林火灾。

2.空气污染直接危害了人们的健康。

3这些专家们整个上午都在讨论这个问题。

4.许多美国人抱怨政府在这些面目上花钱太多。